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Full rules (including no purchase entry details) at HondaOntario.com. �Limited time lease offers available through Honda Financial Services Inc., on approved credit. Representative bi-weekly lease example: based on a 2013 Honda Civic DX Sedan (Model FB2E2DEX) on a 60 month term with 130 bi-weekly payments at 1.99% lease APR. The bi-weekly payment is $87.61 [includes $1,495 freight and PDI, EHF tires ($29), EHF filters ($1), A/C levy ($100 except Civic DX), OMVIC fee ($5) and optional accessories (all season floor mats with a retail value of $165.38)] with $0 down payment or equivalent trade-in, $0 security deposit and first bi-weekly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $11,389.11. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. *Bi-weekly lease available on all 2013 Honda models on 48 and 60-month terms only. †Limited time purchase finance offers available through Honda Financial Services Inc. (HFS), on approved credit. Representative bi-weekly finance examples: based on a 2013 Honda Civic DX Sedan (Model FB2E2DEX) on an 84 month term with 182 bi-weekly payments at 1.99% APR, $1,600 Finance incentive and $431 individual dealer contribution deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. Finance incentive applies only to Finance contracts through HFS. Finance incentive and individual dealer contribution can be combined with subvented rates of interest offered by Honda as part of a low rate interest program. Complete price of $16,970 [includes $1,495 freight and PDI, EHF tires ($29), EHF filters ($1), A/C levy ($100 except Civic DX), and OMVIC fee ($5). Excludes taxes, license, insurance, and registration]. Cost of borrowing is $1,077.28 for a total finance obligation of $16,016.28. $0 down payment required based on approved credit from Honda Financial Services Inc. µLimited time 0.99% APR lease offers on a new 2013 Honda Fit DX (Model GE8G2DEX) // 2013 Honda Civic DX Sedan (Model FB2E2DEX) // 2013 Honda CR-Z // 2013 Honda Accord LX Sedan 6MT (Model CR2E3DE) // 2013 Honda CR-V LX 2WD (Model RM3H3DES) for a maximum of 24 // 24 // 24 // 24 // 36 months available through Honda Financial Services Inc., on approved credit. Representative lease example: based on a 2013 Honda CR-V LX 2WD (Model RM3H3DES) on a 24 month term at 0.99% lease APR, the monthly payment is $481.93 [includes $1,640 freight and PDI, EHF tires ($29), EHF filters ($1), A/C levy ($100), and OMVIC fee ($5)] with $0 down payment or equivalent trade-in, $0 security deposit and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $11,566.32. 48,000-kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. ˆReceive 0.99% purchase financing on any new 2013 Honda Fit DX (Model GE8G2DEX) // 2013 Honda Civic DX Sedan (Model FB2E2DEX) // 2013 Honda CR-Z // 2013 Honda Accord LX Sedan 6MT (Model CR2E3DE) // 2013 Honda CR-V LX 2WD (Model RM3H3DES) models for a maximum of 36 // 48 // 24 // 24 // 48 months available through Honda Financial Services Inc., on approved credit. Representative finance example: based on a 2013 Honda CR-V LX 2WD (Model RM3H3DES) on a 48 month term at 0.99% APR and complete price of $27,765 [includes $1,640 freight and PDI, EHF tires ($29), EHF filters ($1), A/C levy ($100) and OMVIC fee ($5). Excludes taxes, license, insurance, and registration], the monthly payment is $590.20. Cost of borrowing is $564.60 for a total finance obligation of $28,329.60. Down payment or equivalent trade-in on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Honda Financial Services Inc. �$1,000 // $1,500 // $2,000 // $1,500 // $3,500 // $2,000 // $2,500 // $4,000 // $5,000 // $3,000 customer cash incentive is valid on any new 2013 Honda Fit (except DX, model GE8G2DEX) // 2013 Honda Civic Coupe and Sedan (except DX Sedan, model FB2E2DEX) // 2013 Honda Accord Coupe // 2013 Honda Accord Sedan (except LX Sedan 6MT, model CR2E3DE) // 2013 Honda Crosstour EX 2WD and EX-L 2WD (models TF3H3DJ, TF3H5DJNX) // 2013 Honda Crosstour EX-L 4WD and EX-L 4WD NAVI (models TF2H5DJNX, TF2H5DKNX) // 2013 Honda CR-V (except LX 2WD, model RM3H3DES) // 2013 Honda Odyssey // 2013 Honda Pilot // 2013 Honda Ridgeline models when registered and delivered between August 1st and September 3rd, 2013. Cash incentive is available for all Honda retail customers except customers who lease or finance through Honda Financial Services Inc. at a subvented rate of interest offered by Honda as part of a low rate interest program. All advertised lease and finance rates are special rates. Cash incentive will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. For all offers: license, insurance, PPSA, other taxes (including HST) and excess wear and tear are extra. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price. Offers only valid for Ontario residents at Ontario Honda Dealers. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. Offers, prices and features subject to change without notice. See your Ontario Honda Dealer or visit HondaOntario.com for full details. ��Based on Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada (AIAMC) data reflecting sales between 1997 and December 2012. 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BI-WEEKLY LEASE ONLY AVAILABLE ON 48 & 60 MONTH TERMS* 2013 CIVIC DX LEASE OR FINANCE BI-WEEKLY FOR % APR1.9988$ @ DOWN PAYMENT/OAC0$ THE I CAN'T BELIEVETHERE'SA CHANCE TO WINMYCIVIC� CANADA'S BEST-SELLING CAR 15 YEARS RUNNING EVERYWEEK INAUGUST EVENT MODEL FB2E2DEX COMPACT CARSMALL CARS PROUDLY PRODUCED IN ONTARIO C'mon, admit it-- it was the head- line that caught you. Now that I have your attention... It seems this summer has been smokin' by, and with it all the summer jobs on the farm. The most recent job The Sidekick and I have been working on is sorting the sheep into their breeding groups. As I've written in the past, we have two sire rams-- Hemi and Angus. We have a third one on the way in the com- ing month, but we haven't yet given him a name-- we have to see how he acts before christening him with a proper name. We have a deadline here, as Hemi and Angus will soon be moving into the pens with the ewes, spending some 'nudge, nudge, wink, wink' time with the girls, to plant their little seeds, so to speak. The challenge is making sure the correct ewes are ex- posed to the correct ram. You see, some of the ewes in one of the breeding groups are Hemi's daugh- ters and granddaughters (and if you go back far enough, some are related to 'Dodge' our first ram.) And on the other side of the coin, some of Angus' daughters are in the other group. Since our sheep are purebreds, it's kinda important that we don't have any incest in the barn-- if you get my drift. So we have to sort them out. The magic date is September 1, when the 'boys' will be introduced to the ewes. We want our lambs to be born in mid-February, so we have to make sure the 'speed-dating' session starts on time. For a month leading up to this date, the ewes have been fed supplements to build up their bodies, and in doing so, catch Mother Nature's attention. If the ewe is well-fed and healthy, Mother Nature says 'Oh, this young lady is in great shape-- I'll make sure she has twins or triplets.' The same with the rams. They've been receiving their ration of barley ev- ery morning and night, to buff up their body weight. With the rams, there's another rea- son. When the rams are put in with the ewes, well, they pretty much do one thing for the next few weeks-- and eat- ing ain't a part of it. A ram can drop 15-20 lbs. of body weight during that month, so we beef 'em up a bit beforehand. I tell ya, it's tough work preparing for a month-long orgy-- well, so I've been told. Both Angus and Hemi will have about 24 ewes each to look after. This is where the new ram comes in. He'll be re- sponsible for the younger lambs which are only 7-8 months old, to be bred for the first time. He'll have about 12 ewe lambs to look after later in the fall. His 'date' is Novem- ber 1, so they will lamb in the spring. A sheep's gesta- tion period is five months, so the young ewes will deliver their lambs in April, when hypothermia is less of an is- sue with the inexperienced moms. The new ram is the same age and the same size as the younger ewes, so everything 'works' well when he's paired with them. (The other rams are quite a bit bigger.) Having three sire rams makes moni- toring the flock's genetics a whole lot easier. With three sires, we can alternate the rams with the ewes from one year to the next, so in a worst-case-scenar- io, they might be breeding their third cousin-- which is perfectly acceptable in sheep breeding circles. So, as the September 1 date looms in the not-too-distant future, both Hemi and Angus have been doing a lot of bel- lowing and head-banging, as they can sense the females a scant 15 feet away, and are revving their little engines into an amorous state. And I'm quite certain the boys have shivering thoughts of the upcoming month's delights, wafting through their brains. Oh to be a young ram... A Ted Bit It's tough work preparing for a month-long orgy TED BROWN --Ted Brown can be reached at tbrown@theifp.ca 'The rams will do one thing for the next four weeks, and eating ain't a part of it'