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WHITNEY NEILSON ELMIRA’S ZION MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP is ready to practice what it preaches with its new lending service, Neighbour to Neighbour. Organizer Bruce Weber says the idea came about when the congregation was brainstorming ways they could reach out to the community. “Elmira is thought to be the friendly little town that it is, but in reality there are a lot of people here who don’t know anybody. And so the idea was to bring the idea of how neighbours should be acting back to town again and make it something so people in town can get to know other people. We wanted to help out where we could. That was really the impetus of it,” Weber said. They’ve distributed brochures throughout Elmira which list the items people can borrow, things like crock pots, tools, folding tables, gardening tools and camping equipment. He says they polled the members of the church to find out what items they had they’d be willing to loan someone and made the list from that. He notes it’s not an exhaustive list. LENDING | 27

The West Montrose Covered Bridge was a bevy of activity this week as it’s one of the locations for another film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘It.’ The film will be split into two parts, one telling the kids’ story, and one from the adults’ perspective. Bill Skarsgard was cast as the frightening clown villain Pennywise. The film is slated for release in the fall of 2017. Above, director Andrés Muschietti provides direction to the young actors playing the parts of the “Losers Club,” who were working on a scene on Wednesday morning. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2016

Elmira’s bandstand will be rockin’ tonight

Thursday concerts will feature performances by three young bands with roots in the community WHITNEY NEILSON STARTING THE WEEKEND OFF early, three local bands are rocking the Gore Park bandstand tonight as part of the Downtown Elmira BIA’s Sidewalk Sale Days. Grüveyard kicks off the concert at 7 p.m., followed by the Dan Howler Band at 8:15 p.m., and Excuses Excuses at 9:30 p.m. Dan Bossenberry, who goes by Dan Howler, was born and raised in Elmira. He’s never played the bandstand with the Dan Howler Band but played it solo a few years ago for the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. “I grew up just down the street. We’ve been doing a lot of weddings this summer on Saturdays, so we thought, ‘why not fill a Thursday,’ and it worked out,” Howler said. He says he always thought he might end up playing the bandstand once in awhile. He used to play at Elmira’s Central Tavern. Tonight they’ll be playing songs from their 2015 album, Mayfair Hotel, which he’s excited to showcase in his hometown. “We just heard that they were trying to bring new music to the downtown core and to the community. I thought it would be a cool opportunity to showcase my original music,” Howler said. Typically they have a five-piece band, but they’re going to strip it back to a three-piece band for a more low-key setting. He expects their friends and family from Elmira and the surrounding areas to come out to check out their music. Their sound ranges from singer-songwriter to somewhere a bit heavier like The Tragically Hip, something he says should appeal to a large audience. And if you like what you hear this Thursday you’ll be able to catch them later

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The Dan Howler Band hits the stage tonight (Aug. 4) as one of three local bands performing a free concert at the Gore Park bandstand. Grüveyard and Excuses Excuses round out the lineup. [LINDSAY COULTER PHOTOGRAPHY] this year at the Boathouse in Kitchener. They’ve taken a bit of a hiatus due to some band members moving to Toronto but they’re coming back together for this show in Elmira. Four of Grüveyard’s six members are from Elmira as well. They play at the Central Tavern a few times a year. This will be their first time performing at the bandstand. The band consists of Howard Brown, John Rupnow, Jimmy Rupnow, Jonny Sauder, Chris McCormick and Jake Snyder. “A few of the guys have kids. It’ll be kind of nice that they can come see us, instead of in a bar where they wouldn’t be allowed,” Brown said. It’ll also be special for him because his father played the bandstand as a young man with the Elmira Band.

Some of the artists they cover include The Band, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Killers and The Tragically Hip. “I think it will appeal to a wide range of people. We play classic rock from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s and we do some current stuff as well,” Brown said. The current line-up has been together for four years, but the band has existed for 10 years. Their most recent performance was at St. Mary’s Summerfest at the end of July. He notes it’s exciting there’s a fair bit of local talent in Elmira to make an event like this possible. He’s also hoping the audience will include some people who have never had a chance to see them perform. “I’d like to think they’d be impressed. We’re a pretty good band and I think

we do a good job. We have a lot of fun, that’s the main thing. That’s why we do it. We do it for the love of the music,” Brown said. You’ll likely recognize the third act of the night, Excuses Excuses. It was formed by two members of the former Elmira-based band, Stained Glass Army. Kyle Wilton and Trevor Bowman started the band and have added a new drummer since leaving Elmira to attend Queen’s University. Wilton says the sound is similar to their previous band, but improved. He also will be helping set up the equipment for the concert and running sound. “It’s kind of our last big gig in Elmira. I’m not sure how often we’re going to get back here in the future. It’s just a nice opportunity to end it up before we move,” Wilton said.

He hopes people will recognize they’re two of the former members of Stained Glass Army and are excited to come out and see them. “There’s a lot of really good local talent this year, even compared to the last few years. You’re going to get a lot of different genres even through the three bands that are playing,” Wilton said. They’ve been playing around Toronto and Waterloo this summer. They’ll be playing in Oshawa on Aug. 13 and also Maxwell’s Music House in Waterloo on Aug. 20. This fall they’ll also be releasing an EP. The free concert gets started tonight (Aug. 4) in Gore Park with Grüveyard from 7-8 p.m. The Dan Howler Band takes over from 8:15-9:15 p.m. and Excuses Excuses closes out the show from 9:30-10:30 p.m.

TODAY AND TOMORROW, WOOLWICH Community Services wants to feed you some lunch, and for a good cause. As part of a fundraising effort for the youth centre at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, WCS is hosting a barbeque from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 4 and 5. Being held right outside of the WCS Thrift Shop on Memorial Avenue, the barbeque will be helping to bring updated and new activities to the youth centre during the sidewalk sale along Arthur Street/ WCS youth worker Shianna Hofstetter says the event is all about bringing in more supplies and a variety of options for kids in Woolwich Township. “The money raised go towards things like craft supplies to keep the kids occupied and things like the pool table we got a couple of years ago, and other activities for the youth at the centre,” she said. Hungry folks can get their lunch at the barbeque with a burger, chips and a pop for $4, or a hotdog, chips and a pop for just $3. The kids at the youth centre will also be making candy kebabs for a sweet treat to finish of the meal. For Laura Dunne, a summer student at WCS, the facility is a great cause to support. “It is all about the youth centre,” she said. “Any kids from the community can go there and spend the day there. There is plenty to keep them busy,” she said, adding that it is one of the only places in town that kids can just drop in and BBQ | 5

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Plenty of Pokémon to Go around in the townships

Elmira grocer lauded for promoting Ontario produce

Don’t be surprised if you see groups of people wandering around in search of Pokéstops

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Tyler Martin, Kody Lewis and Jesse Bowman took a break from trying to catch them all, to show off their Pokédexes on their Pokémon Go game at the Woolwich Youth Centre on Tuesday. The free location-based game became available in Canada last month and it’s not uncommon to see groups of people playing the game.

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ELMIRA HASN’T BEEN IMMUNE to the recent Pokémon Go craze. And if you think you’ve been noticing more people downtown lately, it might have something to do with the launch of the free game in Canada last month. The locationbased game allows those with data plans on their smart phones to virtually catch Pokémon by walking around their neighbourhood. Certain locations like libraries, monuments and churches are labelled as Pokéstops. Players can stop at these and spin a picture of the landmark to receive items like Pokéballs, incense, potions, eggs, lucky eggs, razz berries, revives, incubators and great and ultra balls. When you open the Pokémon Go app on your phone a map is displayed of your location. Pokéstops are indicated by blue markers. There are also Pokémon Go gyms where you can battle against other Pokémon trainers. These are marked on the map with a tall tower, with the defending Pokémon champion on top. You have to be level five to battle at a gym and the first time you go to a gym you’ll be asked to pick one of three teams to join: Instinct, Mystic or Valor.

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STOCKING THE SHELVES WITH local products has earned Elmira’s Food Basics a gold creative award presented by Foodland Ontario for outstanding commitment to promoting Ontario produce. They’re one of five Food Basics stores to receive the gold creative award for 2015. The gold award is doled out to chain and independent stores in three categories: creative, cross-merchandised and season. Store manager Travis Restoule says the award wasn’t a surprise because buying from local vendors is an important part of the business. “We really put a lot of effort behind it last year and tried to support all the Foodland Ontario initiatives and it just happened to work out for us,” Restoule said. The other four stores receiving gold awards are on Regent Street in Sudbury, Yonge Street in Newmarket, Yonge Street in Richmond Hill and Hartzel Road in St. Catharines. Foodland Ontario has been presenting retailer awards since 1987 to raise awareness about local produce in Ontario. Restoule says this year the Elmira location has been focusing on buying produce from the Elmira Produce Auction Cooperative and also purchasing other products from local vendors. And they’ve been given more say in what they sell at the store. “This year is one of the first years that Food Basics has pretty much opened it up to the stores to buy locally. PRODUCE | 28

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Getting ready for back(pack) to school Woolwich Community Services now taking in donated items for its popular school supplies program WHITNEY NEILSON WOOLWICH COMMUNITY SERVICES IS asking residents to throw some extra supplies in their cart when they’re back-to-school shopping this month, passing along the additional items to help WCS outfit nearly 200 students for the return of classes in September. The agency’s annual backpack program is in full swing just now. WCS executive director Don Harloff says they’re just starting to get donations and they need a bit of everything. Last year they gave out 184 backpacks to students in the area and they expect to provide a similar amount this year. That number went up from 160 in 2014. “We really collect things over the next couple of weeks. We see where the gap might lie, whether we need more backpacks, we need more paper, we need more pencils, or whatever we think we’re short of. And then with the dona-

tions that we receive we go out and purchase those items,” Harloff explained. At this point in time they’re just happy to receive whatever supplies people are willing to provide. Donations are being accepted at Woolwich Community Services’ office at 5 Memorial Ave., at PIB on Industrial Drive in Elmira and at Home Hardware’s head office on Henry Street in St. Jacobs. They also receive plenty of donations from individuals, churches and service clubs. “The entire program is operated through donations from the community, whether it’s donations of backpack materials or it’s donations of funds so that we can go out and buy items that are required for our backpacks,” Harloff said. They provide the usual items you’d think of like pens, pencils, paper and rulers, but they need specific items for high school students, like scientific calculators, combination

Woolwich Community Services’ summer student Laura Dunne has been helping collect donations and advertise for the annual backpack program which provides back to school supplies for nearly 200 students in the area. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

locks and USB sticks. Thermoses and lunchboxes are also part of the program, allowing students to have a proper way to take their lunch to school. “We just want to make sure that kids are well prepared to go back to school and excited about that fact as well,” Harloff said. The backpacks are available to anyone who’s going back to school in the fall, has limited income, and who lives in Woolwich Township or the northern part of Wellesley Township. This includes those entering post-secondary school. “We do a few. Of course we don’t have a lot of residents that are staying here and going to college, they’re usually gone. But there are a few people that do come in and seek our support that way,” Harloff said. Students who come to use the backpack program won’t be handed a backpack stuffed with supplies. Instead they get to choose the items they need for their grade level from a variety of options.

“They get to pick out their favourite colour, their favourite pencil, their favourite ruler, their favourite this, that and the other thing. So it really becomes a personalized backpack to them, which we think is much more important for them and much more exciting for them to do that,” Harloff said. He says their goal is to have enough variety so the first person and the last person who come in both have a good selection. Leftover supplies are kept for next year’s backpack program and so people can come in to replace something if it breaks. “We just want to make sure we have enough supplies for everybody who’s seeking a backpack for themselves to get started. That’s truly our goal, to have enough variety for people as well,” Harloff said. Coleton Benham’s Brush, Book, Bed program will also be running in conjunction with the backpack

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Arts fund open house Tuesday The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund is hosting an open house Tuesday evening for those interested in applying for a grant (fall 2016 round). It’ll be an informal drop-in session where the organization’s board members will be available to share general information about the fund and its mandate. Information about the one-time only 15/150 grants will also be available. In both cases, specific grant-writing assistance isn’t on the table at this event, which is scheduled for Aug. 9,

5-7 p.m. at the Region of Waterloo administrative building, 150 Frederick St. in Kitchener. Created in 2002, the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund is a not-for-profit corporation which provides arms-length funding for the performing, visual, media and literary arts in the area. The organization invites applications in the spring and fall of each year. Applicants are first asked to submit a Stage 1 application outlining their project. On the basis of a review of those applications, a short list of applicants is then asked to submit a more detailed proposal in a Stage 2 application, augmented by budgets and additional support

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Police busy over long weekend Two people died on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads on the Saturday of the recent long weekend. One of the deceased males was a passenger involved in a motor-vehicle collision and a second male lost his life in a boating incident. The following day, a male cyclist died

after colliding with a motor vehicle. Later that evening, another male died when his off-road vehicle and another vehicle were involved in a road collision. The fatalities were part of a busy August long weekend for the OPP, as they investigated four traffic and marine-related deaths, conducted their “Slow Down, Move Over” campaign and partnered with the Canadian Safe Boating Council for the annual “Operation Dry Water” impaired boating campaign. Despite having issued a pre-weekend public reminder about the OPP’s long weekend Slow Down, Move Over campaign, the OPP charged more than 450

drivers under Highway Traffic Act (HTA) Section 159 for failing to slow down and/ or moving over for emergency vehicles and tow trucks parked on the roadside with their lights activated. While the enforcement data is still preliminary, the long weekend charges bring the total year-to-date number of HTA 159 charges to approximately 1,300. The law is intended to provide greater safety for emergency personnel who must work on the roadside, often in busy traffic conditions.

Something corny If the overflowing grocery bins and

roadside stands aren’t enough to satisfy your cravings for corn, Baden is just the place for you on Saturday. The fourth annual Baden Corn Festival offers up music, entertainment and the tastes of local food. The day begins with the firefighters’ breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m., and culminates in a corn roast supper from 5 to 7:30 p.m., with live entertainment until 9 p.m. The Kid Zone offers up free entertainment and live animal displays. New this year is something billed as the Corny Olympics, likely different but far from the perils of Rio. More information can be found online at badencornfest.ca.

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Police make arrests in sweeping investigation of organized thefts IN JANUARY OF 2016, the Waterloo Regional Police Crime Management Team began an investigation into the theft of motor vehicles from automotive dealerships and their subsequent use in the thefts of ATM machines located within commercial businesses. As the investigation broadened, police believe the same group of individuals is responsible for similar offences across southern Ontario. Police allege that the same group is responsible for approximately 80 separate break-and-enters to both commercial and residential locations, including the Kitchener Auditorium, Fairview Park Mall, Stampede Corral and numerous others. In total, 53 of the occurrences took place within Waterloo Region with the remainder happening throughout southern Ontario. The investigation involved police services from all over this part of

the province. Waterloo Regional Police reported this week they believe this was a coordinated criminal operation this is responsible for $870,000 in stolen vehicles, $387,120 in damage to commercial businesses, $72,490 in cash stolen from ATMs, and $114,300 in cash and property stolen during the break-ins Between April and July of 2016, seven individuals were arrested and charged with 68 offences. Individuals facing charges are: Redwan Hussein, 20; Musie Ghebremichael; Fasal Mushtaq, 22; Cathy Phandanuvong, 23; Johnny Nguyen, 24; Leutrim Aliu, 25; and Arif Mohamed, 25. All reside in Kitchener. The investigation continues and anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Waterloo Regional Police Service Crime Management Team at 519-650-8500, ext. 4406 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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striking the gravel shoulder. Officers located the vehicle stopped on the shoulder of Wellington Road 7 with a female seated in the driver’s seat. Upon speaking with the driver, officers noted obvious signs of impairment, placing her under arrest. She was transported to a local OPP Operation Centre for further testing. A 57-year-old Puslinch Township woman was charged with ‘impaired driving’ and ‘over 80 mgs.’ Her driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days. She is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on Aug. 12 to answer to the charges. J U LY 2 4

12:06 AM | Members of the Wellington County OPP

investigated the driver of a 2005 Dodge Caravan in Fergus, Centre Wellington Township that was reported to have open liquor in the vehicle. While speaking to the driver police detected alcohol on his breath and observed signs of possible impairment. Empty beer cans were also observed inside the vehicle. A roadside screening test was conducted, which resulted in a fail. The driver was arrested and transported to a nearby OPP Operation Centre for further testing. A 46-year-old Mapleton man was charged with ‘over 80 mgs’ and two counts of ‘driving while under suspension.’ His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days. He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on

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12:17 AM | Wellington County OPP were conducting radar speed enforcement and monitoring traffic on Highway 6 near Side Road 15 in Centre Wellington Township. An officer observed a male driving a 2004 Chevrolet southbound at a speed that appeared to be well above the posted speed limit. The vehicle was locked on radar at approximately 151 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. A 23-year-old Kitchener man was pulled over and charged with ‘race a motor vehicle.’ His driver’s licence and vehicle were seized for a period of seven days. He is to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on Sept. 7 to answer to the charge.

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Workplace review sees problems, but we await solutions JOBS IN ONTARIO ARE increasingly precarious, a new report makes clear. What can be done about that trend remains unclear. The Changing Workplaces Review commissioned by the Ministry of Labour released an interim report last week, chronicling the input the group has received thus far in looking at changes to the province’s Employment Standards Act (ESA) and Labour Relations Act (LRA). Not surprisingly, much of it is conflicting, with some employers looking for fewer controls and more flexibility, while the groups representing the public are looking for solutions to increasingly unstable work situations. “Probably the most significant employer concern expressed to us relates to hours of work and the limitations on scheduling that are currently in the ESA,” the report notes. “On the other hand, worker advocates, unions, many non-government organizations, policy institutes, academics and individuals see in the current situation of vulnerable and precarious workers an urgent and serious threat to the well-being, not only of a significant number of workers in Ontario, but also to their families and to Ontario society.” Without using the label, the report makes note of the McJobs phenomenon, particularly the shift from good manufacturing jobs to often poor service sector employment. From 1976 to 2015, for example, manufacturing’s share of total employment fell from 23.2 per cent to 10.8 per cent. Over that same period, the service sector’s share increased to 79.8 per cent from 64.5. Good jobs are increasingly hard to come by, as the lowwage workforce in Ontario grew by 94 per cent over the past 17 years, vastly outstripping the 30 per cent growth in total employment. More of us are in precarious employment situations than ever before. Very much indicative of the problem is the increase in the number of workers earning the minimum wage, 11.9 per cent of employees in 2014 versus just 2.4 per cent in 1997. Over that same period, the share of low-wage workers (making within $4 of the minimum wage) went to 29.4 per cent from 19.8 per cent. Not only do these jobs pay poorly – often not enough to cover basic living expenses – those in them are some of the most exploited and vulnerable workers. There are few, if any benefits. No sick days or leave provisions. Lack full-time or even steady hours. In fact, unpredictable hours are the norm for most minimum wage workers (six in 10) and for many workers earning between the minimum wage and $15 an hour in 2014 (four in 10). The lower the pay, the more likely an Ontario worker is forced to take unpaid time off if needed: only 16.8 per cent of minimum wage earners who were absent got paid time off in 2014 and only 24.9 per cent of workers earning $11-$15 got paid time off. In sharp contrast, the majority (56.8 per cent) of Ontario workers earning more than $15 an hour got paid during their absence. Not only are a growing number of jobs paying less, fulltime work is harder to come by. More Ontarians are left to scramble for multiple part-time and contract jobs, none of which provide security. A bigger share of employees in Ontario work less than 40 hours a week today than was the case in 1997: this share grew by 19 per cent, to 50.5 per cent in 2014 from 42.5 per cent in 1997. In other words, one out of two workers in Ontario don’t have a 40-hour-a-week job. The commission continues to study the changing workplace, and will eventually recommend updates to the relevant acts. Whether Ontarians will benefit remains a big unknown.

Faced with the prospect of an end to a very summery break, some kids may be a little more philanthropic just now. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

The U.S. and Russia finally agree on Syria WORLD AFFAIRS GREAT STATES HATE TO admit error, so when they have to change course they generally try to disguise the fact. That’s why you may not have heard much about the way that the United States has changed course in Syria in the past three months. You will recall how Washington insisted for years that it was determined to see the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, and was at the same time working to destroy his mortal enemy, Islamic State – without, of course, committing any U.S. ground troops to Syria. You may also recall how the U.S. government regularly and vehemently condemned Russia’s military intervention in Syria last year. Well, that’s all over now. Two weeks ago, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Moscow and agreed to take “concrete steps” together

in Syria. These included coordinating air strikes against both Islamic State and the Nusra Front, the two Islamist offspring of al-Qaeda that dominate the rebel forces in Syria. Russia is the Assad regime’s main ally in the Syrian civil war. By agreeing to these coordinated “concrete steps” against Assad’s main domestic enemies, Washington is effectively conceding that it now wants him to survive. Assad, it has finally recognized, is the lesser evil compared to a take-over of all of Syria by the Islamist fanatics. It has taken five years to get here. The United States bombs Islamic State forces every day, but when IS troops advanced to seize Palmyra last year, no American bombs fell on the vehicles that took the IS fighters across the desert to the historic city. That would have been “helping Assad” – and so the U.S. let Palmyra be captured and trashed by the fanatics. (Assad’s troops took Palmyra back last March – with Russian air support.) The Obama administration fell into this now ob-

viously hopeless strategy back in the days of the “Arab Spring” in 2010-11. Like most people, Obama was convinced that the Assad regime would fall quickly, and that the government that replaced him would be better both for American interests and for the Syrian people. It was, after all, a brutal and corrupt regime. It still is. As the opposition fell increasingly into the hands of Islamist extremists in 2012-13, the prospect of a peaceful, democratic successor regime vanished. But rather than biting the bullet and switching its support to Assad, the lesser evil, Washington embarked on a forlorn attempt to build a “third force” that would defeat both Assad and the Islamists. It spent billions on the project, but never produced a credible fighting force that could accomplish that miracle. Governments do not easily admit error, so right down to late last year Washington clung to the illusion that somehow or other it could avoid having to choose between Assad and the Islamists. Now it has accepted that neces-

sity, and the deal with Lavrov clearly signals that the United States now wants Assad to survive. It still won’t say that, of course, but bombing both Islamic State and the Nusra Front means that it will effectively be bombing the great majority of the Syrian rebels. There are still some non-Islamist rebels fighting Assad in the “Free Syrian Army,” but most elements of the FSA have been coerced into joining the Nusra Front in an unequal alliance called the “Army of Islam.” The Nusra Front created this alliance specifically to ward off American bombs by wrapping non-Islamist groups around itself. It worked for a while, although Russia was never fooled and has bombed them all without discrimination since it intervened militarily last September. Now the U.S. has signed up to bomb them too. The Nusra Front’s leader, Abu Mohamed al-Julani, responded last week by breaking his organization’s formal ties with al-Qaeda and changing its name, DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What have you been doing to beat the heat this summer?

» Paige Mitchell

» Brittany Weber

“Drinking beer, otherwise we just deal with it.” “Swimming.”

» Kelly Schwindt

» Aron Binning

» Paul Devlin

“Scooping ice cream out of the freezer.”

“Eating ice cream.”

“Drinking a lot of water.”

“The Obama administration fell into this now obviously hopeless strategy back in the days of the “Arab Spring” in 2010-11. ” Gwynne Dyer | 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

As with most things, politicians and public workers spin Ontario’s alcohol situation EDITOR'S NOTES THE OLD JOKE ABOUT how you know a politician is lying – his lips are moving – applies pretty much to every situation where public policy is being pitched. If a politician, civil servant, bureaucrat or corporate hack tells you something is being done for your benefit, you can be sure they’re not telling the truth – any small benefit you might gain is incidental. Most often, they’re selling something that’s for their benefit – fatter wallet, typically – that they want you to sign off on. Examples of this are legion, but because it’s summer and we’ve just come through a long weekend, let’s look at the case of refreshing adult beverages. The topic of spirits, wine and beer are enough to drive many of us to drink, the irony of high prices, poor selection and lack of convenience not lost on us as we venture into the bosom of the tax-mad nanny

state for some solace. Just as it’s doing with the public resource that is (or was) the hydroelectric system, the Wynne government is intent on wringing every last dime out of the sale of alcohol in the province. Again, that’s for its benefit, not yours. You’ll pay ever-higher prices – for electricity and booze – while it concentrates on re-election and paying off campaign financiers. With alcohol sales, there’s been some measure of privatization in expanding access and convenience such as last week’s announcement about online sales (good things) while retaining control and jacking taxes regularly (a bad thing the government attempts to spin – i.e. lie about). Opposed to those moves is the union representing LCBO workers, which is busy putting its own spin on the situation. Last week, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) launched an information picket campaign aimed at what it calls attempts to privatize alcohol sales by expanding sales in

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As the world’s largest buyer of alcohol, the LCBO surely pays lower prices for its products: the labour costs add to the pricing, but not anything like the way taxes do. That doesn’t make them wrong about the potential privatization of the LCBO, the crown jewel of those who would strip the public of assets to benefit a few. Privatization can and often does lead to higher prices, less selection and, over time, control concentrated in fewer hands – it’s not all about mom-and-pop operations. Then there’s the issue of the LCBO putting more than $1 billion a year into government coffers. That said, there are benefits to the long-discussed, never-delivered suggestion to allow the sale of beer and wine in corner stores. That would be a hugely populist and popular idea. Such a change would bring us more in line with longstanding practices in neighbouring provinces and states. It would also lessen the charge that Ontario remains far too paternal and uptight. The

province currently has a hodgepodge of antiquated liquor laws. Spirits are sold only in government-owned stores; beer is sold through outlets owned by the breweries; and wine-only stores are operated by the wineries. Some loosening of sales on an experimental basis doesn’t really change that dynamic. Then there are the hoops set up for brew-on-premises establishments, and the lack of off-sales and other conveniences taken for granted elsewhere, among other issues. Making beer and wine available in convenience stores and supermarkets would be a step toward a more liberalized attitude. More importantly, it would put a salve on the regular sore spot that is government control – read taxation – of alcohol in this province. Certainly there are those who would like to see power wrested from The Beer Store, which holds a virtual monopoly on the sale of beer. Proponents of corner store sales say greater convenience and lower prices would flow

from competition. Currently the distribution and retail systems are owned by the three largest brewers, Labatt, Molson and Sleeman. Once Canadian companies, the three are now foreign-owned: InBevSA of Belgium, U.S.-based Molson Coors Brewing and Japan’s Sapporo respectively. Last year’s revelations this cartel is sanctioned by the government via a noncompetition agreement did lead to some changes with the potential to help small craft breweries. If beer was sold in grocery and convenience stores, it would benefit smaller breweries, which are now dependent on a retail channel owned and controlled by their much larger competitors. The sale of beer and wine in corner stores is a political hot potato. Under previous Conservative governments, the Liberals suggested the change, with the Tories opposed. In power, the Liberals shunned the idea. Supporters of the status quo usually point to the KANNON | 23

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grocery stores across the province. While acknowledging the fight is about protecting good jobs, the union is disingenuous when it tries to wrap its efforts in a veneer of public interest, namely the bogeyman of safety concerns. Apparently, an expansion into a few grocery stores will set off a torrent of underage drinking, family dissolution and drunk driving – but just here, as opposed to jurisdictions with far more liberal (i.e. adult) alcohol laws and pricing. Yes, we can agree with claims that Kathleen Wynne is incompetent and corrupt, doing little of actual public good, but this is a self-serving ploy that protects the interests of 7,000 LCBO workers at the expense of the public. Critics of the union position argue LCBO employees are significantly overpaid, leading to overpriced goods on the shelves. Certainly liquor store pricing is excessive, as a quick trip to other jurisdictions, particularly the U.S., will show. That, however, is the result of indecent taxation levels.

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The Wynne Liberal government’s failed pension scheme cost Ontario taxpayers $70-million and delivered $0 in benefits. Six senior executives will receive $2-million in severance payments. This includes a number of senior Liberal operatives. Saad Rafi, the ORPP’s chief executive officer, will receive $827,925 for only 6 months of work. He was the deputy minister during the eHealth scandal, and responsible for bringing the Pan Am Games $342-million over budget.

“Whatever resistance happens will happen without him. Whatever political revolution happens will happen without him. Whatever hope we have for a sustainable future will happen without him. Sanders, who once lifted up the yearnings of millions, has become an impediment to change. He took his 30 pieces of silver and joined with a bankrupt liberal establishment on behalf of a candidate who is a tool of Wall Street, a proponent of endless war and an enemy of the working class.”

Wellesley staff may soon find itself with a little more elbow room, as the township moves to double the size of its administration building on Lobsinger Line. As a first step, councillors this week approved the hiring of an engineering firm to design and oversee the expansion. Wellesley has so far budgeted $600,000 for the project, which will add 3,272 square feet to the existing 3,290-sq.ft. building.

» Ontario PC Party

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but that will not stop the bombs. The Nusra Front does not indulge in the spectacular acts of cruelty that are Islamic State’s trademark, but they both come out of al-Qaeda and in terms of ideology and goals they are practically identical. Washington is not fooled. The Obama administration has at least learned from its mistakes, and this de facto U.S.-Russian alliance may actually have the power to weaken the

Islamist forces drastically and impose a real ceasefire on everybody else. Syria will not be reunited under Assad or anybody else, but at least most of the killing would stop. Unfortunately, if this approach does not deliver results in the next five months it is likely to be abandoned. Hillary Clinton seems committed to going back to the old, discredited “third force” strategy if she wins the presidency in November, which would mean years more of killing. And if Trump wins ...

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The law is supposed to be consistent IN READING THE TWO articles on Scott Hahn and Todd Cowan in the Observer (July 21, 2016) I was struck by the similarities and inconsistencies when it comes to the way people view these two elected officials. Todd Cowan was in trouble for $2,840.09 (his $2,700 double reimbursement, which he paid back, plus the $140.09 for lunches he shouldn’t have billed to the township). Scott Hahn is in trouble for the difference between his actual campaign expenses and what he filed on his expense report after being elected. Hahn listed $3,072.66 as actual expenses after the Municipal Elections Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC)

hearing began trying to correct the $258.40 amount he officially filed at first. This makes a difference of $2,814.26 between what Hahn originally filed and what he later filed as a correction. That is only a difference of $25.83 between the money involved for Cowan and Hahn. Yet, there are many differences in how people are viewing these two violations of trust by elected officials. In an article in the Observer, Judge Michael Epstein said, “(T)he public is interested in seeing Cowan give something back to the community, that he be held accountable for what he did, and that it be recognized by the court that what he did was wrong. General deterrence and denunciation are clearly the most important factor.” Todd Cowan has paid dearly for being, as defense attorney Thomas Brock stated in the same article, “…a man with poor

organization.” The cartoon, pointing only to Cowan, in the July 21 issue points out that there are additional expenses for the taxpayers for all this mess. The caption reads, “Although former Woolwich mayor Todd Cowan made restitution and paid a small victim surcharge fee, taxpayers are on the hook for a whole lot more.” I would submit that Scott Hahn has cost the taxpayers a significant amount as well. He, Hahn, filed either a dishonest or sloppy expense form after the last election. When he filed that form he was an elected official, putting his case on equal footing with that of Todd Cowan. The difference is that when confronted with evidence produced by the official forensic audit that Hahn had “… ‘contravened multiple provisions of the Municipal Elections Act’ in filing his election expense report” the members of

MECAC “…decided Hahn’s contraventions weren’t significant enough to warrant referring the case to the courts for legal action. Instead, the majority of members agreed the councillor hadn’t been hiding anything, but that he had been ignorant of the rules, guilty of nothing more than poor paperwork after the election.” Isn’t that exactly what happened to Todd Cowan? He was guilty of poor paperwork and admitted as much. Yet, he was taken to court and after several months and thousands of dollars, both his and the taxpayers, was found not guilty of willful fraud. Maybe Scott Hahn will be found not guilty of anything other than being “ignorant of the rules,” but the process needs to be pursued, MECAC was blatantly wrong in not sending the Hahn case to the courts. Being an elected official for the township means

that Hahn cannot continue in thinking that he doesn’t have to follow the election law. If he didn’t know what was expected then I worry that: 1) he didn’t bother to find out the proper, legal way to fill out the form; or 2) he didn’t understand the law, which means he was unable to follow it because it was too complicated for him. As a councillor, he is expected to consider bylaws, ordinances, budgets, and other complicated issues. The issues are honesty, integrity, intent, and a violation of trust by those who represent citizens in their capacity as elected officials in both cases. Don’t the same rules apply to Hahn? The law, all laws, are supposedly written and passed by elected officials for the “good of all citizens”… or in the best interest of citizens. Why then is prosecuting a person for breaking the law “not in the public interest”? Violating the law is

violating the law. Breaking the law is not in the best interest of the citizens. To say, as members of MECAC said, “oh, it is not significant enough” is just wrong. If it is an insignificant law then by all means eliminate or change the law. While it is in effect, though, shouldn’t it be followed? It is disturbing to now hear blame for the expenditure of tax dollars being dumped on a private citizen, Alan Marshall in this case, for requesting that the law of the land be followed. Do we do that when a person reports his property has been stolen? Do we blame the victim of a crime for being a victim? In these cases we are all the victims of these, albeit minor, crimes so why is it that Mr. Marshall is himself victimized by public criticism for wanting the law to be enforced. Why the outrage against Mr. Cowan LETTER | 23

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to make this happen.” Bickle says she has put quite a few kilometres on the car driving the kids to practices and meets all over Ontario. “It is what you do as a parent when you want to see your kids succeed,” she said. “Neither my husband nor I are athletic, so it is nice to see my girls do have some athleticism in them.” Elmira and the Woolwich Wave recently hosted the semi-final swim meet at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, and the team will be heading to Baden this weekend for finals.

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see her daughter succeed after all of the hard work she has put in at practices and meets around the province. “She has always been a natural in the water, but to see her not only placing as high as she has been, breaking this record has been a huge accomplishment,” she said. “It a testament to all the hard work that she has put into it, and also for the coaches too. They put a lot into it as well. They volunteer their time, and they have worked hard with her, and I think that it really shows everyone coming together

Her favourite part of the four-part swim is the butterfly, a complicated swimming stroke where the swimmer’s arms are raised out of the water and used to propel the swimmer forward. It is accompanied by a dolphin kick, and can be exhausting. “Not many people like it,” she said of the butterfly stroke. “In my medley and in relay with other people, I always got stuck with it, and it is not easy for a lot of people, but for me for some reason, it is.” Parker’s mother, Laura Bickle, says she is proud to

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HER MOM SAYS SHE took to swimming naturally when she was young, and now Woolwich Wave swimmer Grace Parker has broken a record. The 14-year-old racer beat the South Western Ontario Swim Association record for the 100-metre medley event at a regular swim meet in Kincardine on July 9. She completed the race in 1:19.97, beating the record time by only 14 milliseconds. The previous record, set in 2004 in the Girls 13 and 14 category, was 1:20.11.

The swimmer says it was a great feeling to see all of her hard work pay off in the pool. “It goes in order with all four of the swim strokes – butterfly, backstroke, breast stroke and freestyle,” she said of the swimming race. “I found out I broke the record really soon after the swim because my coaches had the record written down and we just checked my time and it was fast. I never thought I would break a record, but it is definitely rewarding after swimming for all these years.”

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YESTERDAY, I WAS ON a local lake fly fishing for bass and did OK, too. I lost a really good fish right at my feet – clearly my best fish of the year – and caught and released around 15 or so lesser bass in the 12- to 14-inch range. Luckily, on my way back to the landing I hooked into a good fish to save the day. This was one of those happy events that anglers like me dream of. You see there were about a dozen people on the landing and I suspect they were giggling at me since I was fishing from an inflatable pontoon boat – which is the bass angler’s version of a clown car. Don’t get me wrong; these little one-seater boats are great, if only because deflated, they fit nicely in the back of my vehicle. You use oars and scuba fins to propel the boat. And they go hand in hand with a fly rod too. The problem is they also cause people in big boats to change course and drive across the lake to have a closer look. Then, they inevitably say things like, “Huh!” or “Cute,” “Did the big ship go down? or “Where are the other survivors?” And

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which is always a crowd pleaser. I landed it with my 5-weight rod soon enough and was quite pleased with myself since I had promised to bring one home for dinner. That’s why I left it in my net which hung between my knees in the water, kicked my fins hard and beached at the landing. Once there, a few people

congratulated me on catching a nice fish. Then disaster struck. A polite young mother and her three adorable little kids – three years or less I’m guessing, came over and had a look at the fish. Then, I’m guessing the oldest one said, “Mommy, is he going to let the fish go?” She told her child it was my decision. But it wasn’t

really. As I was about to put the fish on ice, I looked up and saw three of the cutest sets of eyes looking at me with something that I can only describe as hope. For the fish, this was the equivalent of a last minute reprieve from the Governor. I looked at the kids and said, “Come here and watch me let this fish go.” And we did. It took a bit

of reviving but not much since it hardly left the water and was very recently caught. I’ll be honest with you though; I was quietly praying that the fish would go belly up so I could look at the kids and say, “Well, we tried …” But it was not to be. Soon that fish was showing a lot of life and, not long after, swam away no worse for

wear. Maybe I’m getting soft, but it seemed a fair trade for the smiles and clapping those little kids offered. We ate pork chops that night instead. And even though mine was not the tenderest of cuts, I still felt good about it. I just hope those kids are not around during deer season.

There’ll be no shortage of soccer this weekend Teams from all over the province will be converging on local pitches for the Woolwich Invitational Tournament LIZ BEVAN AFTER LOCAL TEAMS SPENT some time touring the province over the summer, the Woolwich Youth Soccer Club is hosting its very own tournament, and this year’s is going to be the biggest yet. Nearly 100 teams will be flooding area soccer pitches this weekend for the annual Woolwich Invitational Tournament. There will be games going in St. Jacobs, Elmira and St. Clements on Saturday and Sunday, and anyone is welcome to come watch. Tak Shibayama, a member of the Woolwich Youth Soccer Club board, is the first-time co-chair of the tournament. He says it is great that Woolwich will

be playing host to so many teams, some from as far away as Sudbury. “It is definitely a fun experience for all the players involved,” he said. “I was always on the player side of things, so I remember tournaments like this are just a good bonding experience with the team. Even the parents can get to know each other. Sometimes you play on a team and you don’t really know your teammates, but tournaments have a way of breaking that barrier down.” The Woolwich Wolfpack has already spent a few weekends dominating tournaments and winning games around the province, as far as Ottawa, and now, they will be defending their titles at home.

The games start up on Saturday morning, bright and early at 8 a.m. Other games start at 9 a.m., and run all day until Sunday evening. There are some new restrictions placed on younger players, this year, however, says Shibayama. “The U9 to U12, because they are considered to be long term development leagues, they don’t count the score, and they are only allowed to play two games a day. We put those on the Saturday,” he said. “On the Sunday, we have the U13 and up and they are allowed to play more than two games. It is new and I think it was implemented last year. I think it has something to do with the level of play, but it just makes things more diffi-

cult on the administrative side of things.” To make up for fewer games played, some teams are trying to figure out ways to set up exhibition games at other times on the weekend. After organizing his very first Woolwich Invitational, Shibayama says he has a whole new appreciation for the work that goes into creating and putting on an event like this. “I used to just kick a ball around,” he said with a laugh. “I can say that I have a much more profound respect for the people orga-

nizing these tournaments. I didn’t know there was so much work involved and with so many people for just two days of soccer.” Although the first goal hasn’t even been scored at this year’s tournament yet, Shibayama says he already has a few ideas for next year, maybe to make the job of organizing the event a bit easier to handle. “We have a lot of teams that are coming in locally, and we have some divisions that are just playing teams from their regular season leagues,” he said. “I think what we need to do

next year is to start advertising to more clubs that aren’t local, and send them a bit earlier – get some new faces.” With one final message, Shibayama is getting ready for that first face off on Saturday morning. “The organizers and volunteers do so much work. It is a big team effort. There are so many volunteers and we want to give them a big thank you,” he said. To view the full tournament schedule, visit the WYS website at www.woolwichyouthsoccer.com.

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Event a big deal both on and off the diamond Wellesley getting set to host popular Don Green Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament next weekend LIZ BEVAN BASEBALL, BURGERS AND BREWS are back in Wellesley next weekend with the 32nd annual Don Green Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament. One of the tournament organizers, Blair Cressman, says that the tournament has been a huge draw for folks from Wellesley Township and beyond, and this year will be no different. “It is a really good event for our community,” he said. “We like to take advantage of our great recreation facilities here, and also to give back through the Don Green Memorial Fund and the work of the

Wellesley and District Lions Club within the community. It is a celebration and a really good weekend for the community. A lot of people come out and take part in the beer gardens and the barbecue and just to watch some games.” Don Green was a fixture on the Wellesley recreation scene before passing away in the 1980s, and for the last 31 years, 16 teams in four divisions have come together to play baseball and raise money for local sports and facilities. It’s a big part of the summer calendar. “It takes a lot of manpower to organize a big tournament like this, and

we know that it is going to a good cause. It is actually one of the Lions’ biggest events of the years that goes towards a lot of the activities the Lions run and participate in throughout the community,” said Cressman. “(Green’s) family set up the Don Green Memorial Fund and specifically this baseball tournament to raise funds to give back to different community events, but mainly a lot of focus on youth activities, sports and recreation in the Wellesley area.” A few years back, the local Lions Club took up the cause with the intent of continuing to support those local causes, like the

Aggregate Resources Act NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE Preston Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd. of 305 Arnold Street, Kitchener Ont. N2H 6G1 hereby gives notice that application has been made for a Major Site Plan Amendment to their existing Jigs Hollow Pit which is a Class A - Category 3 (Pit Above Water) License [# 624962], to a Class A - Category 1 (Below Water Pit), located in Part Lot 3, Crooks Tract, West of Grand River (WGR), Township of Woolwich, Region of Waterloo. A detailed site plan and report(s) for the Amendment may be examined in the local municipal or Regional office or at the District office of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Any person(s) wishing to object to this application must send in writing, their objection with reason(s) to the Applicant and to the District/local office of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry at the address below: The Applicant: Preston Sand & Gravel Co. Ltd. 305 Arnold Street, Kitchener, Ont. N2H 6G1 info@APScrushing.com

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry: 1 Stone Road West Guelph, Ontario N1G 4Y2 c/o Mr. Darren Ungar, Aggregate Technical Specialist darren.ungar@ontario.ca

The last day on which objections may be filed with the applicant and Ministry is the 19th day of September 2016. Note: All information in respect of this application, written objections, the names and address of any objector(s) is available for public review for the purpose of this application under the Aggregate Resources Act. In submitting a written objection, an objector consents under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to its disclosure for purposes of the application.

Aggregate Resources Act Notice of Public Information Session Preston Sand & Gravel Co. Ltd. 305 Arnold Street, Kitchener, Ont. N2H 6G1 Hereby give notice that a Public Information Session will be held on: September 7th, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Lions Club Hall at the St. Jacobs Community Centre, located off of Sawmill Road, (between Picard Peanuts and the St. Jacobs Arena) located at 31 Parkside Drive, St. Jacobs. The purpose of the Information Session is to present the details of the Major Site Plan Amendment for Jigs Hollow Pit [License 624962] from a Class A - Category 3, (pit above water table) to a Class A – Category 1 (pit below water). The location of the existing pit is: Part Lot 3, Crooks Track, West of Grand River Township of Woolwich, Region of Waterloo

The Don Green Memorial Tournament is back next weekend, with 16 teams competing in four divisions in Wellesley. The money raised supports local recreation projects. [FILE PHOTO] accessible playground and the splash pad located at the Wellesley Community Centre. “That was one of the key reasons that we took over the event, was to cover maintenance costs on the splash pad and things like that,” said Cressman, adding that the township has since included splash pad maintenance in their an-

nual budget. “We also have a 50/50 raffle going on, and it has allowed us to free up some of the funds from the event to go to other events and activities.” The burgers will be hitting the grill around 5 p.m. on Aug. 12, with the first game starting shortly after. Cressman says organizers wanted to give families and community

members a bit of time to get to the diamonds after a week at work. Along with the barbecue and beer gardens, Cressman says there is plenty to do at the Wellesley park where the tournament is taking place. The Don Green Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament runs on the evening of Aug. 12 and all day on Aug. 13.

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Spectators crowded at the pool windows in the Woolwich Memorial Centre on July 23 to watch the Woolwich Wave go up against Fergus, Kincardine and more in the SWOSA semi-finals. This weekend, the Wave will be in Baden competing in the finals. EVENT 100 Individual Medley 100 Individual Medley

AGE GROUP Boys 09 & 10 Girls 09 & 10

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Boys 11 & 12

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PLACE 2 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 1 2 3 9 10 12 1 3 4 3 6 1 4 8 1 7 8 9 13 16 1 3 5 8 6 7 3 6 9 4 1 1 4 6 7 1 6 1 1 3 7

NAME Ben Snyder Isobel Speiran Jessica Schmidt Bella Roth Carlin Scheerer Millie Osborne Ian Speiran Caleb Schieck Vanessa Gadsby Audrey Parker Makayla Lemp Sonia Snyder Marissa Wilson Emily Bagg Grace Parker Taylor Girling Ellen Siebel-Achenbach Jonah Schmidt Wade Holland Angela Levac Noelyn Weissenboeck Jamie Meissner Isobel Speiran Olivia Weber Ainslie Robertson Millie Osborne Grace Schmidt Indica Reid Grace Parker Taylor Girling Katie Carreon Melyssa Macdonald Caleb Schieck Colson Ruppert Makayla Lemp Audrey Parker Sonia Snyder Jocelyn Raben Ian Speiran Vanessa Gadsby Marissa Wilson Emily Bagg Annabel Musselman Jonah Schmidt Wade Holland Angela Levac Ben Snyder Jessica Schmidt Ainslie Robertson

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Bella Roth Olivia Weber Indica Reid Connor Scheerer Katie Carreon Taylor Girling Michele Siebel-Achenbach Marissa Wilson Annabel Musselman Jocelyn Raben Ellen Siebel-Achenbach Wade Holland Noelyn Weissenboeck Jamie Meissner Isobel Speiran Olivia Weber Grace Schmidt Ainslie Robertson Carlin Scheerer Indica Reid Connor Scheerer Michele Siebel-Achenbach Colson Ruppert Sonia Snyder Jocelyn Raben Melyssa Macdonald Ellen Siebel-Achenbach Jonah Schmidt Angela Levac Noelyn Weissenboeck Ben Snyder Jamie Meissner Jessica Schmidt Grace Schmidt Bella Roth Carlin Scheerer Indica Reid Millie Osborne Ian Speiran Caleb Schieck Colson Ruppert Audrey Parker Makayla Lemp Vanessa Gadsby Annabel Musselman Emily Bagg Connor Scheerer Grace Parker Katie Carreon Melyssa Macdonald

:26.84 :29.22 :30.90 01:04.9 :44.24 :45.04 :47.53 :50.09 :53.34 01:47.3 01:45.3 :39.94 :35.66 :37.99 :25.28 :29.69 :31.14 :31.57 :33.31 :38.38 01:19.8 :52.48 01:19.9 :54.62 01:48.4 02:02.6 01:53.9 :28.13 :34.19 :39.33 :27.47 :35.81 :18.91 :31.00 :31.03 :33.49 :37.31 :33.59 :25.38 :35.34 :50.34 :18.03 :19.78 :20.53 :27.55 :28.07 01:07.6 :35.43 :42.94 :52.19

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VENTURE FOOD FOR THOUGHT/ OWEN ROBERTS

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FIELD NOTES

A farmer on Line 86 outside of Elmira harvests his hay field, turning them into square bales on Tuesday evening.

nate the weather risk. “Those two things together have changed the outlook for us to get serious and see what we can do in this market,” he said. The first draft of the feasibility study is done and they’ve done some marketing work. They also travelled to China on a trade mission and did some technical work to figure out how to run the co-op and a double compaction press. At the event in St. Jacobs next Friday they’ll report on the progress of hay dryers and explain how they work. They’re a big part of drying the hay artificially as

IN RECENT TIMES, SOME Ontario farm groups – grain farmers, in particular – have used what appeared to be a pretty tough approach in dealing with pressure over neonicotinoid pesticides. They were frustrated, trying to catch up to an issue that had become a motherhood matter for activists. Actions were being taken against them way before all the facts were heard, or even known. Ultimately, they turned to the legal system. Their approach resembled one from a few years earlier, when CropLife Canada lawyered up to challenge municipal legislation in Ontario against cosmetic pesticides. Litigation was neither organization’s first approach. Both had tried stakeholder education, and lobbying through normal channels. But against a huge and more sophisticated P.R. machine, and with little public sympathy on their sides, they couldn’t convince the public to let them battle bugs and weeds with products and in ways that federal authorities had deemed sound.

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[WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

Business opportunities, including export markets, are focus of OHFC meeting next week in St. Jacobs WHITNEY NEILSON THOSE BIG BALES OF hay dotting the landscape these days could be making their way overseas in coming years through the efforts of the Ontario Hay and Forage Co-operative. The OHFC is in the process of completing a feasibility study to decide if creating a double-compacting hay facility in southern Ontario is a financially sound idea. With that in mind, they’re holding a “What’s the Buzz About Hay Dryers?” event next weekend at Scott and Darlene Martin’s farm in St. Jacobs to discuss the co-op’s progress

since its founding, encourage new members to join, and invite industry people who are interested in the forage industry to show their wares and machinery. “It was formed with the purpose of exporting double compacted hay to overseas markets in containers,” explained OHFC chair Fritz Trauttmansdorff. “What we decided is we need to do a feasibility study and do a marketing plan and a business plan to get that done. The first thing they did, we recruited members, formed a board of directors, and then started working on getting money for a feasibility study,” he said.

He expects the feasibility study will be completed in the near future and then they’ll have to start on the business plan. They’re hoping to make good progress this fall and winter and have concrete answers by next spring on the future of the project. “The idea to do a doublecompaction facility in Ontario is not new, it has been around for 20 years. But there was never the right conditions for it to do it mostly because of logistics, like shipping costs,” he said. He says two changes have happened over the past couple years that will even out the playing field for farmers in Ontario.

“That is the widening of the Panama Canal and of the Suez Canal, to allow for full-size container ships to come to the East Coast ports. Now we can competitively ship hay into Asia or into the Persian Gulf region, basically for the same money as everybody else. Before that we were always at a big logistic disadvantage,” he said. The second piece of the puzzle is good usable dryers for big square bales are becoming available, which will take much of the risk out of making hay. He says they will be able to take hay off the fields in about 48 hours, rather than four days. This helps reduce or even elimi-

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ROBERTS: Agricultural industry has some experience in tackling these kinds of issues FROM | 15

Now, it’s time for a different approach. Big commodity groups – Grain Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Pork, Beef Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers and Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers – are coming together to try a kinder and gentler way of generating public support, with a program called Grow Ontario Together. They hope leadership, education and conversa-

tion will do what tough talk and litigation could not – namely, preserve the brand quality of Ontario agriculture, and stave off legislation that ties farmers’ hands. They’re calling it a “comprehensive engagement strategy,” and it could result in some interesting pairings. The group quotes research showing the public trusts policies or programs that have support from organizations representing opposing viewpoints. And with this group, trust is what it’s all about. It will be addressing

numerous issues it sees as being publically contentious – animal husbandry, nutrient management and water quality, among them. But first, it wants to address phosphorus, the nutrient blamed for algae blooms in the Great Lakes and elsewhere. Climate change and environmental sustainability are huge issues for Ontario’s highly urbanized provincial government, and the leadership group wants to be seen addressing it now. Certainly, some phosphorus is associated with run-off from farms. The

group acknowledges excessive phosphorus in the Great Lakes water system has resulted in algae growing faster than the ecosystem can handle, leading to decreased water quality, especially in Lake Erie. The unfortunate results can be closed beaches, fish kills and more elaborate municipal water treatment. This was a huge issue years ago. When the connection between phosphorus loading and certain farm practices were realized, farm groups, led by pork producers and the University of Guelph, conducted a great

deal of research and rallied together to help lessen phosphorus loading. So, they’re not starting from scratch. They can point to some successes they’ve had, and drive towards their goal of what spokesperson Amy Cronin, chair of Ontario Pork, describes as “working with municipalities, environmental groups, citizens and bordering U.S. states to make sure we are all taking action.” Their four-point plan involves a research-based approach, recruiting arm’slength expertise such as

that found at the University of Guelph to arrive at mutually agreed upon science and data, and creating for provincial consideration what Cronin calls “a solid plan that works for everyone.” That will be one measure of victory, as will phosphorus reduction itself. But too, let’s not overlook the mere act of coming together from such diverse and previously divisive perspectives, taking a different approach to leadership. Says Cronin: “Being able to work together collaboratively is a measure of success in and of itself.”

HAY: Group is gauging the market prospects of building a co-operative compacting facility FROM | 15

it comes off the fields, to always have good quality hay. “We would like to see hay grown as a major cash crop, just as wheat and soy beans. It would be much better for the fields. It gives them another market outlet for a crop they can grow and it will ergonomically benefit their farms quite substantially to have hay in their rotation,” he said. He explains there are numerous benefits for those who choose to join the co-op. They’ll help the

co-op finish the feasibility study and do the business plan. And when they issue contracts to supply the coop with hay the members will be first in line. “It’s a great opportunity to get serious about making hay and make it a predictable crop and help us build access to worldwide markets. It is the first time that those markets are actually accessible to Ontario farmers in a way that’s sustainable,” he said. He says a lot of people want to see a good market for hay because one of the

big problems in Ontario is there aren’t enough forages in the farmers’ rotations. They’re also starting to lose top soil and soil quality. He maintains putting hay into the rotation will help alleviate some issues for cash crop farmers. As of now they’re thinking of building the facility in the Kitchener or Guelph area, along the 401 corridor to make it reasonably accessible to as many farmers as possible, and also close enough to the container yards in Brampton. “It is a unique opportu-

nity to get into the world markets for hay on a large scale and just build another outlet for a good Ontario crop that should be growing here,” he said. The Ontario Hay and Forage Co-operative’s “What’s the Buzz About Hay Dryers?” is being hosted by Scott and Darlene Martin on Aug. 12 at their farm, Marhaven Agri on 161 Hawkesville Rd. in St. Jacobs. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature an update on the co-op, along with demonstrations and a trade show.

The Ontario Hay and Forage Co-operative is hoping to build a double-compacting hay facility in the Kitchener or Guelph area. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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THE ARTS ON STAGE / LIVE THEATRE

They’re not just playing a round There’s more than golf involved in The Ladies’ Foursome, Drayton’s next production at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse LIZ BEVAN WHILE HITTING THE LINKS, a group of women will be learning some life lessons, perfecting their game and reconnecting at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse. In The Ladies Foursome, presented by Drayton Entertainment starting Aug. 10, Margot, Tate, Connie and Dory play 18 holes in honour of a friend who recently passed away, and along with some pretty funny jokes, the group reflects on their lives, and learn some new things about each other. Gabrielle Jones plays Connie, a television news broadcaster who is a bit promiscuous, and likes to brag. Jones says the show is all about the laughs, but also has a bit of a message in it. “The show is a real treat. There is a great deal of comedy in it,” she said ahead of the two-and-ahalf week run of the show. “Norm Foster, the playwright, is the king of oneliners. There are lots of wonderful zingers. It gave us plenty of opportunity to get our comedic timing right.” There is a serious message that audiences will take away from The Ladies Foursome, as well, she says. “One hates to encapsulate something, but it is ultimately about forgiving yourself in order to be able to forgive others,” said Jones. “You find out a

Carmen Grant, Karen Wood, Stacy Smith and Gabrielle Jones star in The Ladies Foursome, hitting the stage at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse on Aug. 10. lot about these four women, the circumstances in their lives, the sacrifices that have been made and their life choices. Really, it is a very strong piece. It is one of those shows that is a comedy, but there is a lot of meat on the bone.” Rounding out the fourperson cast are Karen Wood, playing Margot, a successful business woman with issues navigating her personal relationships. Stacy Smith plays Tate, a stay-at-home mom

who is having trouble accepting her life choices. Dory, a former Vegas singer turned northern Ontario inn-owner is played by actor Carmen Grant. The Ladies Foursome has just completed a successful run at the Aquarius Theatre in Hamilton, and after receiving rave reviews from Hamilton audiences, Jones says she hopes to share the love of the show with St. Jacobs and Drayton audiences as well.

“I think they are going to have really enjoyed the humour of it. It is really, really funny and there are some revelations throughout. There is lots of information that comes out that is hinted at earlier in the show,” she said. “Certainly, if the response in Hamilton is anything to go by, it is a great show. We have had the best kind of response and comments and everything. We are excited to get another crack at it.”

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Jones isn’t a golfer in her day-to-day life, but she immersed herself in the role, and took a few practice swings before hitting the stage. “The character I play, Connie, is supposed to be a really good golfer. I only have a vague memory of a pitch and putt at some point, so I went to the indoor driving range in Welland, I live in Niagara, and I booked a session with a golf pro at the range, and just to add to

the mix, I am left handed. It was really beneficial,” she said. The Ladies Foursome starts with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Aug. 10 and runs until Aug. 27. Tickets start at $26 for students, and $44 for adults. They are available for purchase by calling the Drayton Entertainment box office at 1-855-372-9866 or by visiting their website at www. draytonentertainment. com.

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HELP WANTED

RENTALS

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M & G Millwrights has designed, manufactured and installed custom process & material handling equipment for the food, animal feed, aggregate and automotive industries since 1967.

PARTS COORDINATOR

Dedicated to providing exceptional service and support to our employees and clients; we are currently seeking one individual to join our growing team.

Please visit our website for more information www.horstsystems.com/careers,

MECHANICAL DESIGNER/DRAFTER

IS HIRING FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION:

submit your resume directly to recruiting@horstsystems.com, or phone our office at 519-669-1300 for more details.

CAMEO COURT APARTMENTS 30 Church St. W., ELMIRA Rare Premium Downtown Elmira, spacious single Bedroom open-layout Apartment AVAILABLE in new (2012) Apartment Building complete with Elevator, Main floor Common Room, individual Central Heating / Air Conditioning in each Apt., as well as 5 appliances (washer/dryer in each Apt.)

Responsibilities

• Production of detail drawing and bills of material for fabricated equipment • Liaise with in-house estimating, technical and shop staff • Assist fabricators and installers in solving problems

HELP WANTED

Requirements

• Must have throrough knowledge of drafting principles • Must have the ability to use 3D modeling software • Must be familiar with MS Office Applications • Experience with Solidworks an asset • Successful applicant will posses strong organizational • skills and attention to detail.

Our St. Jacobs Retail Store currently has the following opportunity...

Retail Sales Associate

8am to 5pm Saturdays - Noon to 5pm Sundays Weekdays - approx. 7am to 6/9pm 44 hours per week

Qualifications:

Responsible to the Retail Store Manager for providing courteous and efficient service to our customers and staff, you will provide advice on appropriate merchandise and related items. You will handle cash, credit card, and debit card payments by using PRISM and Royal Bank Debit card machines, ticket and replenish merchandise, and general housekeeping of shelves and merchandise on display. Heavy lifting and unloading truck shipments will be required.

We offer a competitive salary and great working conditions. If you are interested in becoming part of Home Hardware, please forward your resume, quoting the Retail Sales Associate (#837), by Thursday, August 11th, 2016 to: Human Resources Department, Home Hardware Stores Limited, 34 Henry St. W., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0 E-mail: hr@homehardware.ca (Microsoft Products Only)

HELP WANTED

Please forward resume to: hr@homehardware.ca

You have a high school diploma or equivalent, a friendly and helpful attitude toward customers and good communication skills. A class D or DZ licence, knowledge of hardware and home repairs are assets.

• Graduate drafting apprentice/technologist or equivalent with related experience • Experience in a mechanical fabrication environment an asset

HELP WANTED

Journeyman Electrician Commercial, industrial and residential experience required. Valid driver’s licence required. Competitive wage and benefit package provided. Send cover letter and resume by

Email to: garyerb@erbelectric.ca ESA Licence # 7000438

HOW TO REACH US

PERTH ENVIRONMENTAL IS seeking an experienced truck driver, full time, for local work. Must have AZ license. Experience preferred. Please reply with resume and clean abstract. Phone 519-595-4343. Fax 519-595-4315. E-mail: info@ perthenvironmental.com

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We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those considered will be contacted.

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MONTESSORI BASED HOME Day Care opening September 2016 in Elmira, On. Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m., ages 1 - 8 years old. Montessori and Early Childhood Education Trained and certified, over 12 years experience. CPR/ AED and First Aid certified. Structured learning time, free play, outdoor activities, arts and crafts. References available upon request, reasonable rates, safe environment. Contact me today to save your spot. Call 519-8033517 or Email: chantalshdc@ gmail.com

BOWEN THERAPY YOUR choice for effective treatment of specific health conditions or wellness maintenance. KEVIN BARTLEY, Professional Bowenwork Practitioner, Clock Tower Wellness Centre, 69 Arthur St. S., Elmira. 519-669-0112. Every Body is Better with Bowen!

FOR SALE 2 MINI VAN Bench seats, burgundy colour, good condition. $75.00 each. Please call 519-747-3039.

FOR SALE FOR SALE: 3 transport trailers used for storage. Best offer. Call Ken 519-897-1209. LAMINATE - LOTS of instock specials from .99 sf. Wellelsey Home Centre - Flooring Division, 2196 Gerber Rd., Box 10, Wellesley, Ont. N0G 1A0. Phone 519-656-3533. LAWN FERTILIZER AND LAWN SEED - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

CONTACT: (519) 525-2222 or (519) 893-7432 OR: evans@hurontel.on.ca FOR SALE SOFTNER SALT - 20kg bags, minimum 25 bags, skid lots of 56. Delivered in St. Jacobs, St. Clements, Elmira & Linwood areas. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-6692045. USED FORKLIFT - larger outdoor unit with dual front tires & fenders. Also sideshift. Contact 519-698-2120.

AUCTIONS 08/10 WED. AUGUST 10 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; tools; collectables; household effects; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community centre in St. Jacob’s for a Waterloo estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF Vehicles, trucks, machinery, antiques, household effects, guns and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Elroy & Shirley Litchi, New Hamburg, Louise Heipel, Wellesley & The Peter Blay Estate, Guelph, on Thursday, Aug. 11th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519699-4451.

AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Brick bungalow, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 157 Wilson Ave. in Kitchener (near Franklin St. South), for Marian Hohner, on Saturday, August 13th @ 10:30 a.m. Gerber Auctions. 519-6994451. SAT. AUGUST 13 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of metal fabricating equipment; metal; scrap metal; hand and power tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at 43739 Harriston Rd Gorrie for Ken Noble. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com FARM PROPERTY AUCTION Of 148 acre farm, to be held at 2904 Kressler Rd. (Wellesley Twp., 1 mile north of Heidelberg), for Vernon Metzger, on Tuesday, August 16th @ 1:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

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CLASSIFIED ADS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1100 Kenning Place, bordering Elmira (Arthur St. North, right on Kenning), for The Harvey B. Martin Estate, on Wednesday, August 17th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. AUCTION SALE OF 62 acre farm to be held at 6563 Rd. 116 Wellesley Twp. (2 miles southeast of Millbank) for Cameron and Susan CunninghamDunlop, on Friday August 19th @ 7:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. FRIDAY AUGUST 19 at 1:00 PM - Farm auction of approx 95 acre farm with well kept 3 bedroom farm house; barn; driveshed; farmland; fenced pasture; and approx 15 acres on Scales Lake; to be held at 402558 Grey Road 17 Township of Georgian Bluffs approx 10 kms east of Wiarton for Dale Louttit. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com AUGUST 20 AT 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of tractor; small farm machinery; household effects; furniture; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at 2902 Notre Dame Dr St. Agatha for Sharon and the late John Wilson. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

AUCTIONS SAT. AUGUST 20 at 2:30 PM - Property auction sale of a 3 bedroom home to be held at 10 Marshall St. in Waterloo for the Schneider Family. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com WED. AUGUST 24 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; household effects; antiques; collectables; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF 100 acres farm to be held at 846493 Township Rd. 9 BlandfordBlenheim Twp. 3 miles southeast of Bright (south of Bright on County Rd. 22 then east on Twp. Rd. 9) for Peter and Sandy Reeves, on Thursday, August 25th @ 6:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. FRI. AUGUST 26 at 6:30 PM - Annual charity auction of quilts; clothes drying rack; pictures; toys; and gift certificates to be held at 7590 Line 86 Wallenstein for the Waterloo County Steam Threshers Reunion. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

AUCTIONS SAT. AUGUST 27 at 9:30 AM - Consignment auction of machinery; horse drawn equipment; woodworking equipment; tools; lawn and garden; miscellaneous items etc to be held at 327095 3rd Concession RR#1 Maxwell. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. jantziauctions.com MONDAY SEPT 5 at 9:30 AM - Clearing auction sale of antiques; collectables; furniture; household effects; and miscellaneous items to be held at 1071 Bridge St. in New Dundee for the estate of the late David McDonald. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

HAY & STRAW SMALL SQUARE HAY and Straw - Baled and delivered. Call Maurice at 519-635-5416. STRAW FOR SALE. 4X5 round bales of clean winter wheat straw. $32 a bale. Delivery available. Call Kevin at 519616-4985 or 519-848-5916. No Sunday calls.

FIREWOOD GERBER’S FIREWOOD YOUR source of quality slabwood and seasoned bodywood. All prices include delivery. No Sunday calls please. 519656-2057.

FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045. BULK SHAVINGS. KILN dried pine or mixed. Dumped off. 30, 35, 50 cu. yard load. Sold by the dollar, in line with straw prices. Great for horses, chickens, cattle and ducks. Bolger Wood Products Inc. 519-846-1179. KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045. OAT & PEAS FOR FORAGE COVER CROPS - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045.

WANTED A RETIRED, MATURE lady wanting to rent a small apartment, or share a house with a woman in the town or country in Elmira, St. Jacobs area. Phone 519-8932744. CASH FOR OLD watches, jewellery, all gold and silver, coins, military, toys, records. Call Terry 519-242-6900or 519210-0551. gallamore@golden. net 40 years experience, fair honest prices. Will travel.

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Council and Information Services Township of Woolwich 24 “PROUDLY ChurchREMEMBERING Street West, P.O. Box 158 OUR PAS T; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.” Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 519-669-6009 P.O. Box 158 24 Church St. W. Toll Free: 1-877-969-0094 ext 6009 Elmira, Ontario www.woolwich.ca N3B 2Z6

RENTALS 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT with gas fireplace. All appliances including laundry. Secured entrance, non smoking, close to downtown Elmira. Available October 1. Call Hugh at 519669-5533 after 6 p.m., or daytime 519-746-5111 ext. 1. MODERN ONE BEDROOM apartment - Close to downtown, with gas fireplace, air conditioning, secured entrance. Non-smoker, appliances included, including no charge laundry. Lots of closet space. Available September 1st. Call Hugh 519-669-5533 after 6:00 p.m. or daytime 519-746-5111 ext. 1.

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE SATURDAY, August 6, 8a.m. - noon. 23 Bauman St., Elmira. Child’s crib and mattress, bedding, material, some children’s clothing. MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE. Aug. 4&5 at 5134 Ament Line (corner of George St. & Ament). 8 - ? Furniture, fabric, books, household etc. etc.

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AUCTIONS

AUCTION SALE Of Household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1100 Kenning Place, bordering Elmira (Arthur St. North, right on Kenning), for The Harvey B. Martin Estate, on

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17TH @ 11:00 A.M.

HOUSEHOLD: FRIDGE. Stove. Maytag

washer (sud saver). Frigidaire dryer. Apt. size chest freezer. Oak 4pc. bedroom suite c/w double poster bed, swing mirror dresser – nice. 2 – 3pc. bookcase bedroom suites. Wardrobe. Cedar chest. 2pc. floral sofa set. La-Z-Boy recliner. Brown loveseat (1 yr. old). Oak china cabinet. Oak double pedestal ext. table & 6 chairs – good. 4 matching oak side chairs. Antique blanket box. Patio furniture. Desk. Filing cabinet. Electric sewing machine. Stacking chairs. Coffee & end tables. Samsung 38in. TV. Vacuum. Lamps. Cutco knife set. Lifetime cookware. Sets of china. Maxwell bible storey books. China, glass, kitchen utensils, fancy cups & saucers, sealers, etc.

MISC.

ITEMS: Husqvarna YTH 150 hydrostatic riding lawn mower, Koehler engine, good running order. Toro 6.5hp selfpropelled mower – good. Stihl FS55 straight shaft trimmer. 5hp garden tiller. Stihl RE 108 pressure washer – good. Stihl 028 chain saw. Garden type dump trailer. Hand, power & garden tools. 2 hanging barn fans. 12 round hog feeders (concrete bases). Few exterior/ interior barn boards, etc. NOTE – See www.auctionsfind.com/gerber for photos. Lunch booth. Executors and auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Terms – Cash or cheque with I.D. AUCTIONEERS:

Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451

2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)

AUCTIONS

AUCTION SALE

Of Vehicles, tractors, machinery, antiques, household effects, guns and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Elroy & Shirley Litchi, New Hamburg, Louise Heipel, Wellesley & The Peter Blay Estate, Guelph, on

THURSDAY, AUG. 11TH @ 10:00 A.M.

VEHICLES/MACHINERY: 2010 Ford F150

XLT 4X4 pickup, 4 dr. white, 5.4 litre 8 cyl, sync, Flex Fuel, 34,000km, selling safetied and e-tested. 2006 Dodge Caravan, light blue, AC, 118,000 km, selling as is. CIH Farmall 85C diesel tractor, 4wd, cab, AC, L730 loader, good condition. MF 240 tractor. Short row of farm machinery. GUNS: 12 including shot guns and high powered rifles (see web for details).

ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES: 2 door flat wall cupboard, grained. China cabinet, bowed front and sides, claw feet. 3pc. fumed oak bedroom suite (dresser, washstand, bed). 3pc. double bedroom suite. Bonnet chest. Dressers. Washstand with towel bar. 2 cherry drop leaf tables. Table c/w spinning removal top. 50’s hutch/buffet. Treadle sewing machine. Needle point stool. Early cradle. Victrola. Sampler type fainting couch and arm chair – nice. Stenciled child’s sleigh. Quilts. Flo Blue & other chamber sets (1 – 6pc.). Wall art. Kitchen collectibles. Lots of collector plates. Farmers Advocates. Johnson Bros. “Cotswold” set of china. Royal Albert “Moss Rose” 12 pl. setting china plus extras. China & glass (Flo Blue platters, pressed glass, carnival glass, coloured glass, etc). HOUSEHOLD: OAK centre pedestal table & 4 arrow back chairs. Wrought iron hall table & mirror. Curio cabinet. Sharp Aquos TV. Wool blankets (still in plastic), plus all the usual household goods.

MISC. ITEMS: White 5-22 snow blower. Troy-

Bilt “Tuffy” rear tine tiller. Stihl chain saw. Air compressor. Hand & power tools, list goes on.

NOTE – See www.auctionsfind.com/ gerber for photos & complete list. Terms – Cash, debit or cheque with I.D. 10% buyer’s premium excluding tractors and vehicles. AUCTIONEERS:

Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451

2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)

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The St. Clements Library bid adieu to beloved librarian Lois Johnson after eight years at the branch. They decorated the library on Saturday, put together a lemonade stand and set up a sign for library patrons to write goodbye messages to her on. It’s noted she was the kind of librarian who would remember your favourite authors and search high and low to find a specific book you were after. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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Sunday August 14, 2016 at R.C. Legion, First. St. E. Elmira 1:30pm to 4:30pm No gifts We are proud of our four children, 8 grand children & 7 great grand children

OBITUARY Martin, Mary Ann Passed away peacefully at her home, RR 2, Elmira, on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at the age of 80 years. Mary Ann (Frey) Martin was the wife of the late Aden Martin (2004). Survived by her children Clarence and Laurene, Edgar and Karen, both of RR 2, Elmira, Lovina and Floyd Brubacher of Dunsford, Ontario; and 18 grandchildren. Remembered by her sister Lydian and Noah Horst of Dorking, and her brother Ephriam and Stella Frey of Kitchener. She was predeceased by her parents Aaron and Lovina (Martin) Frey, two brothers Urias and Melinda Frey and Joseph in infancy, and a sister Nancy Frey. Visitation took place at the family home, 905 Arthur St. S., Elmira on Monday, August 1, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday, August 2, 2016 from 2-5 p.m., where a family service was held on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 9 a.m., then to Conestoga Mennonite Meeting House for burial and further public service. Arrangements entrusted to Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

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Passed away at Guelph General Hospital after a brief illness on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the age of 73 years. M. D. Gwyneth Jackson Brooking (nee Allender) of Maryhill, formerly of Kincardine, was predeceased by her first husband Sam Jackson (1988) and her second husband Colin Brooking (2000). She was the loved mother of R. Gene Jackson (Gwen Shuttleworth) of Oshawa and Shannon (Tony) Metz of Elmira. Loving grandmother of Alyssa, Meghan, Keirsten, Joey, and Sam. Dear sister of Peter (Rosemary), Douglas (Tina), and Ted. Lovingly remembered by her nieces, nephews, and their families. She was predeceased by her parents Bill and Doe Allender. Visitation took place on Sunday, July 31, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A funeral service was held in the funeral home chapel on Monday, August 1, 2016 at 11 a.m. with visitation one hour prior. Cremation has taken place. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Alzheimer Society or Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family.

www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com DEATH NOTICES BOWMAN, SIDNEY M. | Peacefully went home to be with

the Lord on Sunday, July 24, 2016, at Barnswallow Place, Elmira, at the age of 80 years. ROTH, MADELINE MARGARET (NEE BENDER) | Madeline Marga-

ret Roth (nee Bender) passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Sunday July 31, 2016 at the age of ninety eight. Madeline was the daughter of Veronica and Allan Bender of Wellesley Ontario.

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prospects of minors buying beer, believing it’s easier to police The Beer Store than thousands of smaller outlets. While monitoring is easier with some 450 beer stores versus an estimated 10,000 convenience stores, we don’t know that the changes would lead to rampant abuse. Critics take aim at the convenience factor, claiming it would increase the amount of drinking. Again, the numbers don’t bear out that argument. It certainly doesn’t take much extra planning to stop by a beer or liquor store, and hours have been extended due to public demand; the convenience angle is overplayed. From an environmental standpoint,

however, there is an upside to being able to walk to the corner store to pick something up rather than having to climb in your car to do so. Especially advantageous for all concerned if you’re going for a refill. The best arguments in favour of beer and wine in supermarkets and convenience stores are economic. Unlike the LCBO, which is owned by the province and looks after so-called hard liquor, The Beer Store is a near-monopoly in private hands. Such changes seem like a no-brainer. For the government, however, there is risk in change, especially when it has anything to do with something resembling moral implications – even after all these years, the ghost of prohibition still haunts us.

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for a crime of $140.09, which is all he was found guilty of committing, and no outrage against Mr. Hahn for his crime of breaking the law when he failed to report campaign expenses of over $2,800? As was stated in a letter to the editor in the July 28 edition of the Observer speaking of Hahn, “yes, he made mistakes-that’s why there is the catch phrase ‘human error.’ There has got to be space for learning curves and lessons learned.” Is that statement to be taken that if a person who breaks the law says, “Oh, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again” that person should get off with no penalty? If that is what is truly believed then I suggest everyone try saying that the next time you are stopped for speeding or running a stop sign and see what the officer says when he stops laughing. The end of the editorial in the July 28 issue of the

Observer states, “Dragging his (Hahn’s) case back into a courtroom doesn’t serve any community good.” The problem is that Mr. Hahn’s case was never in a courtroom. MECAC is not a court of law, and in their vote of 6-1 to not turn Mr. Hahn’s case over to the court in spite of proof provided by the independent forensic audit and Mr. Hahn’s own admission of guilt, they wrongfully bypassed the court. Mr. Marshall is not asking it be tried again; he is asking that it actually be tried for the first time in a court of law. Mr. Marshall is requiring that the law be followed and he should not be vilified for his efforts to seek justice. What is the difference between Mr. Marshall requesting justice with the Hahn case and the township council requesting justice with the Cowan case?

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Three young hopefuls vying for the title of Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair Ambassador WHITNEY NEILSON SALLY DRAPER WILL HAND over her crown as the Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair Ambassador on Sept. 13 to one of three young ladies contending for this year’s title.

Stephanie Haycock As a volunteer at the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival and the Wellesley Home Show, Stephanie Haycock is looking forward to learning new aspects about Wellesley Township through the ambassador program. “I just thought it would be a really fun experience and get to meet new people and get to help in my community a little more,” she said. The 16-year-old Wellesley Village resident is heading into Grade 12 this fall. She’s hoping to attend Conestoga College to become an Registered Practical Nurse next year. She says she enjoys going to summer school and has been doing this since Grade 8. She takes a class in the summer to focus on the subjects she needs for college and uses the spare class during the school year to either take an online course or work on homework from

The 2014 Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair Ambassador Ashley Jeffries joined this year’s participants, Miranda Schultz, Cassidy Wagler and Stephanie Haycock, in Wellesley on Saturday to meet the young women and answer any questions they might have. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] Stephanie Haycock other classes. Her favourite parts of living in Wellesley include the peace and quiet and how everyone knows each other. She’s hoping she’ll take away good people skills and the ability to speak in front of a large crowd from this experience. She’s sponsored by Pym’s Village Market.

Miranda Schultz With two nominations from where she works and where she volunteers, Miranda Schultz decided to participate in the ambassador program to see what doors it opens and the people she’ll get to meet. “I was flattered to be honest. I decided to think about it because a lot of people encouraged me to do it and I thought if they think I can

Miranda Schultz I’ll try and it’ll be a good chance for me to be involved in a different area in the community,” she said. The 17-year-old is returning to Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School in the fall for a fifth year to determine her career goals. She’d like to attend a local university and is interested in pursuing fine arts, history, or film. She has a variety of career interests,

including become a teacher, historian, graphic designer or illustrator for children’s books. She’s also like to travel across Canada, to see the Yukon, and go to Europe. In the community, she’s on the Wellesley Youth Advisory Committee, which is run out the Wellesley Township Community Health Centre and works at the Wellesley Library. At school she’s been involved with the book club, Students Without Borders Club, the knitting club, the school newspaper, Relay for Life and costumes and painting sets for the school musical. In her spare time the Wellesley Village resident enjoys dabbling in visual arts like painting and sketching. She enjoys the close-knit nature of the township and is excited to

see what relationships are formed through the fall fair. Her sponsor is the Wellesley & District Lions Club.

Cassidy Wagler Having grown up on a farm in New Hamburg and with a love of rural life, Cassidy Wagler is ready to put her agricultural skills to good use. She grew up attending the fall fair and watching the ambassador portion, which she say she’s always been interested in. “I enjoy public speaking and I want to become more involved in my community, so I thought that this is the way to do it,” she said. An avid volunteer, she also enjoys reading and playing the piano and the trumpet. She keeps active through soccer and hockey. The 17-year-old says she’s

Cassidy Wagler looking forward to each of the events associated with the ambassador program. She’s heading to the University of Waterloo in the fall and is hoping this will allow her to learn more about the community and gain more confidence in herself through public speaking opportunities. The Linwood Veterinary Clinic is sponsoring her.

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OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT IN Breslau: Join us Aug. 20 for a movie under the stars at the Breslau Community Centre, hosted by the Breslau Recreation Association. “The Peanuts Movie” will show on a large inflatable screen, starting at dusk (approx. 8:30 p.m.). Admission $5/family. If raining, movie will be shown in the gym. Questions: info@ breslau.org.

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SEPTEMBER 8

RCMP MUSICAL RIDE HOSTED by The Tavistock Agricultural Society. Gates open at 5 p.m. Oxford County Junior Farmers pre-show starts at 6 p.m. Ride begins at 6:45 p.m. Meet and greet with the riders and horses after the show, 985332 PerthOxford County Road, Tavistock (just east of town). Advanced tickets $10/adults (15+), $5/elementary age (6-14); five and under free. Tickets at the gate: $12/adults (15+); $5/ elementary age (6-14); five and under free. For tickets, call 519-655-2776; online: www.tavistockfallfair.com.

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SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon. Breslau Community Centre, 100 Andover Dr., Breslau. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll free 1-855-664-1900 for more information.

SEPTEMBER 14 SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. Cost $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-664-1900 for more information.

SEPTEMBER 19 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.) Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira (community room). Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 for more information.

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light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll free 1-855-6641900 for more information.

SEPTEMBER 24 BOARD GAMES DAY IN Breslau, 1-11 p.m. Join us for our next board games day at the Breslau Community Centre (100 Andover Dr.). New people are always welcome. For more information, email boardgamers@rogers.com. Admission $4. Children under 12 free if accompanied by an adult.

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SEPTEMBER 28 SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Linwood Community Centre, 5279 Ament Lind, Linwood. Cost $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-6641900 for more information.

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OCTOBER 15 THE BRESLAU CRAFT SHOW will be having its 27th show this October. We boast 100+ vendors each and every year. We have raffles, hot and cold food, baked goods and most importantly shopping. This is where Christmas shopping begins, 9 a.m. at Breslau Public School, 58 Joseph St., Breslau. If you have any questions or would like to be a vendor please email bpscraftshow@gmail.com.

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SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Maple Leaf St., Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday

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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.

QWERTY effect shows weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re partial to words from one side of the keyboard WEIRD NOTES

Q. Drinking for humans

is easy using gravity to pull the fluid down our throat to our stomach. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trickier for quadrupeds that have to lower their heads to the ground and somehow transport the fluid up. In the case of dogs and cats, the tongue is key, dogs scooping and cats splashing fluids up. Elephants of course just suck with their trunks, like a drinking straw. But how do giraffes, with their extraordinarily long necks, meet the challenge?

A. To drink, giraffes

valveâ&#x20AC;?), and close their jaws, forcing water up into their throat (esophagus). This process is repeated until the esophagus is full. The final phase involves the giraffe lifting its head up to its normal position, above the body, so that the water flows down to the stomach, â&#x20AC;&#x153;almost certainly gravityâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;assisted.â&#x20AC;? Q. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;quirky effectâ&#x20AC;? but more formally termed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;QWERTYâ&#x20AC;? effect.â&#x20AC;? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably been affected by this one many times yourself. Do you know what it is?

spread their front legs apart and lower their necks far enough to submerge their lips. But with necks about 8 feet long, they have to raise the water about 6.5 feet to get it to where gravity can do the rest. Based on field observations, zoo videos and mathematical models, physicists Philippe Binder and Dale Tayler (writing in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Physics Teacherâ&#x20AC;?) conclude that giraffes create a mechanical â&#x20AC;&#x153;plungerâ&#x20AC;? pump. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how: Starting with jaws closed, they open their submerged lips (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;intake valveâ&#x20AC;?) and close their epiglottis at the opening of the throat. Then they open their jaws to suck water into their mouth, close their lips, open their epiglottis (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;discharge

QWERTY effect all over the web. But as they point out, that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean the products will be more successful. Still, says American Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Naomi Baron, the correlation is fascinating though not clear cut: Is it because words with a higher rightâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;side ratio are easier to type or rather that more vowels appear on that side? Suggests Baron, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put emotions into most of our consonants, we put them into our vowels.â&#x20AC;? Q. New York Yankees fans and baseball lovers everywhere, how did famed manager Billy Martin come by his rather storied name?

letters from the right side of the QWERTY keyboard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; those from â&#x20AC;&#x153;y,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;hâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;nâ&#x20AC;? onward,â&#x20AC;? says Chris Baraniuk in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Not only did English, Dutch and Spanish speakers rate more positively those words with a higher rightâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;side letter ratio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even madeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;up words like â&#x20AC;&#x153;plokeâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;pleekâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but baby names with a similar ratio also were more popular after QWERTY keyboards became common in the 1960s. In one current study, researchers David Garcia and Markus Strohmaier examined millions of Englishâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;language product names and book and film titles appearing on Amazon, YouTube, Rotten Tomatoes and others, and found the

A. It may be hard to believe, but studies have found that people â&#x20AC;&#x153;have more positive emotional associations with words that have a higher ratio of

book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I Know.â&#x20AC;? When Billy was quite young, his father â&#x20AC;&#x153;skipped town â&#x20AC;Ś and around the same time his maternal grandmother started calling him â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Belloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Italian masculine for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;beautiful.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Because his mother hated her exâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;husband, she adopted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billyâ&#x20AC;? as her young sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nickname and kept his true name from him. Reportedly, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until Billy started school and his teacher called out â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alfred Martinâ&#x20AC;? from the roster that he came to realize â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after ignoring her at first â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that he and this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alfred Martinâ&#x20AC;? were one and the same.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.

A. No, he was not born William Martin but rather Alfred Manuel Martin Jr., says Dan Lewis in his

OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Trivial Pursuit edition 5. Hitches 10. British whip 15. The Emerald Isle 16. Incited 17. Serene 18. Molten rock 20. ___ one 21. Chocolate substitute 22. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I ___ returnâ&#x20AC;? 24. Doctrine: Suffix 25. Buddhism doctrine of nonviolence 27. Pigs 29. Timbuktuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land 31. Your, of yore 32. SWAT team device 36. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twelfth Nightâ&#x20AC;? character 38. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That feels good!â&#x20AC;? 39. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That means ___!â&#x20AC;? 40. Gum arabic source 43. Winter coats 45. Mechanical men 47. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frasierâ&#x20AC;? actress Gilpin

50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Acidâ&#x20AC;? 51. Riyadh resident 52. Circle 54. Rock-clinging mollusk 55. Attributes 56. Give away 58. Cereal serving 59. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who cares?â&#x20AC;? 60. Gabriel, for one 62. A ___ pittance 63. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only that...â&#x20AC;? 64. Fitness centers DOWN 1. Beauty 2. Ages 3. Approaching 4. Expose 5. Bathroom installation 6. Bare existence? 7. Kind of race 8. Fairy tale brother 9. Arrange 11. Superfood 12. Lovingness

13. Splash clumsily 14. Takes shelter in a cove 19. Back streets 21. Kind of dog 23. Gray wolf 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smartâ&#x20AC;? ones 26. Nicholas II, for one 28. Paris stock exchange 30. Barricade of sharpened trees 33. Daily delivery 34. Current principle? 35. Hindu Mr. 37. Bay of Naples isle 41. Conclusion 42. Cheese on crackers 44. Fit to eat 46. Bit in a horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth 48. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chicagoâ&#x20AC;? lyricist 49. â&#x20AC;&#x153;__ a deal!â&#x20AC;? 52. Otherwise 53. Declines 57. How pajamas fit 61. Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. 62. Automobile sticker fig.

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CHEF’S TABLE / DONNA GINGRICH

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RECIPE NOTES LAST WEEK A LADY gave me two fresh peaches at the Guelph Market. They were sweet and juicy and utterly delicious. Now I am thinking about peach desserts! I like to make this peach torte at least once each summer – the shortbread crust is better than pie pastry. The trick is to have enough ripe peaches at the same time out of one basket to make something. Let the peaches ripen at room temperature, then put them into the fridge to hold until you have enough to make this dessert.

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Marilyn Brubacher and Bruce Weber are eager to launch the Elmira Zion Mennonite Fellowship’s new lending program, Neighbours to Neighbours. The congregation has gathered a list of items they’re offering to loan to members of the community, as a way of reaching out. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

LENDING: Members were keen to get involved with the program FROM | COVER

If someone comes to them looking to borrow something that isn’t on the list they can ask their members if anyone would be willing to lend the particular item. “We all have those times, ‘man if I only had a ladder, I just need to get up on these eavestroughs and I don’t have a ladder and it’s not worth me buying one. Who can I go to?’ Now with us in the congregation we have lots of people so we just call somebody up and say ‘can I borrow a ladder,’ and ‘oh no problem.’ So we’re just kind of expanding it beyond just who

we are to people we don’t know,” Weber said. They’re not looking to compete with rental companies though, since they’re not lending power tools or other big ticket items. They were advised not to lend large tools like skill saws for insurance reasons, but they do have tools like handsaws, cordless drills and sledge hammers for loan. “It’s the kind of stuff, you know I just wish I had a bigger cooking pot for this one occasion or I need a big thermos – we’re having a group of people and we need a bigger thermos. Or

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we planted a tree and need a garden hose for a few weeks, or something like that. That’s the nature of it,” he said. He says he wasn’t surprised by the generosity of the congregation, which immediately stepped up to offer a wide range of items. “We all have stuff in our basement, our garage that we use once a year or never. And yet if you’re new into the community, even if you’re not new to the community, sometimes you just need something for a one-off. It’s not worth buying it,” Weber said. You don’t have to be a

member of the church to use the program. Despite being downtown on Arthur Street he says many people don’t know about the church and this might spark a bit more interest in them. “We’re not going to preach at them or anything like that. We’re just there to be who God called us to be and that is to be generous with what we have,” Weber said. Those interested in using the Zion Mennonite Fellowship’s Neighbour to Neighbour lending program can contact Weber at 519-669-4172.

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munity takes to heart. It’s similar to our Christmas Goodwill program in that people just really get behind it. It becomes an annual event for many,” Harloff said. School supplies they’re in need of are backpacks, binders, calculators (scientific and regular), coiled notebooks, combination locks, crayons, dictionaries, duotang folders, erasers, glue sticks, highlighters, index sheets, Kleenex, children’s scissors, mar-

kets, math sets, three ring lined paper, pencil boxes, pencil cases, pencil crayons, pencils, pens, rulers and white out. Donations can be dropped off by Aug. 22 to allow time for WCS to determine what materials they need more of, and then purchase them. Families in need can stop by the Woolwich Community Services office from Aug. 31Sept. 2 between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to pick out a backpack and supplies.

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