Cambridge man North America’s top apprentice plumber
KITCHENER — Ben Wagner bought himself a new remote-controlled mini-monster truck.
That’s how the 34-year-old Hespeler man celebrated winning the United Association’s international apprenticeship competition for plumbing last week in Ann Arbor, Mich.
It’s a Savage X red-and-grey gas-powered demon. “It’ll do 70 kilometres-an-hour,” Wagner beamed.
That’s about how quickly Wagner’s dad Doug – a retired Guelph plumber – sped toward his son on his riding mower last Friday when Ben delivered the news to his parents at their Rockwood home.
“I saw my dad on the lawn mower,” Wagner said. “He looked up and saw me. He came full-blast right up to me.”
In June, Wagner won the national title in Toronto.
Now, he wears the North American crown. Read on....
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