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Hawkesville woman charged with arson Steve Kannon
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Hawkesville woman and two Kitchener men were arrested this week in connection with a fire that destroyed a Waterloo retail strip mall last spring. Lyntje Zinger, 24, Daniel Campbell, 25, and William Schneider, 31, were charged with arson related to the Apr. 22, 2010 blaze at the Campus Court plaza, 140 University Ave. W. Damage was pegged at $4.5 million. Waterloo Regional Police say other charges may be forthcoming. “We believe we made some significant progress, but we have a lot of work left to do,” police spokesperson Olaf Heinzel said Wednesday of the ongoing investigation. “Others being charged is a real possibility.” Both suspects were arrested Apr. 26, Campbell in Kitchener and Zinger in Waterloo. Schneider was arrested Thursday. Police have been investigating the fire since it was deemed a deliberate act in November by the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office. Once ar-
Area ridings could play a role as poll numbers shift across the country Elizabeth Bate
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ith just days until the May 2 federal election major polls across the country are showing a surge in popularity for the NDP, who have sprung to an estimated 69 seats – nine more than the Liberal’s projected 60 – according to the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy (LISPOP). Dr. Barry Kay with LISPOP said although the NDP have made strong gains in Quebec and Atlan-
tic Canada, Ontario remains largely the same as at the beginning of the race. “I don’t think there is sufficient evidence in the province of Ontario for me to suggest that things are different,” Kay said. LISPOP shows the ridings of Kitchener-Waterloo and Kitchener Centre, largely considered bellwether ridings for this election, are within a three per cent margin and are therefore too close to call. The riding of Kitchener-Conestoga, however, remains what Kay called “comfortably conser-
> SEE ELECTION ON PG. 07
GETTING OUT THE VOTE Grade 10 student
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> High winds in Breslau The high winds that swept through the area Wednesday may have spawned a tornado in Breslau, where Environment Canada reports wind gusts topped 100 km/h. A weak tornado was reported in Fergus about 10 minutes later, at 3:30 p.m. Damage in both cases was deemed minor, but Environment Canada was to dispatch teams to investigate the aftermath. The Fergus tornado was the first confirmed tornado in Ontario this year.
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AND THEY'RE OFF Brannon Slade (centre left) and Datsun Fiander lead the pack searching for Easter eggs filled with candy and prizes Apr. 22 in St. Jacobs. Inset: Ella Hicks carefully selects a treat and Thea Elliott, dressed for the occasion in bunny ears, shows off her haul.
Lions event a fundraiser to provide guide dogs to those who need them Elizabeth Bate
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any families know the joy of a four-legged, tailwagging family member, but for Lisa Colombo and her son Matthew, their dog Cash has brought a special kind of love to their home. With the family just over a year, Cash is a dog trained through the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides program to help children with autism. Colombo said the dog provides Matthew with a calming and consistent influence during stressful situations, as well as keeping him safe, even going so far as to hold Matthew down so he doesn’t hurt himself during a meltdown. “Cash enables Matthew to move out of our home and into the community,” she
> Bearskin begins Montreal flights
said. Knowing the importance of Cash in their life, the Colombos will be participating in the upcoming Lions Foundation of Canada Purina Walk for Guide Dogs on May 29. The Woolwich Lions will be hosting the walk on the Kissing Bridge Trail, starting on Arthur Street North and continuing in a five-kilometre loop. All proceeds will be going to the Dog Guide programs run by the Lions, of which there are five types. In addition to autism-assist dogs the Lions also train dogs to assist individuals needing assistance with vision, hearing, special skills and seizures. Each dog costs about $20,000 to raise and train. Lions member Nancy
DOG DAYS Matthew Colombo and his dog Cash, who was trained by the Lions Foundation of Canada, will take part in the Walk for Guide Dogs next month.
> SEE LIONS ON PG. 10
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Bearskin Airlines launches its service to Montreal from the Region of Waterloo International Airport Monday with an inaugural flight that will see local representatives aboard. The presidents of the Greater Kitchener Waterloo and Cambridge chambers of commerce will provide the president of the Montreal Board of Trade or designate with a “gift of technology” from Research in Motion (BlackBerry Torch 9800) to open the doors for businesses in Waterloo Region and Montreal to connect. Bearskin Airlines has provided service to Ottawa from Waterloo Region since October 2007. Today, Bearskin Airlines provides 30 non-stop flights each week to Ottawa from Waterloo Region and their goal is to replicate their success with this Montreal service. “Our community now has the opportunity to fly to Montreal without having to drive to Toronto, and receive the same great service and frequency that our existing Ottawa passengers enjoy,” said Chris Wood, general manager of the Region of Waterloo International Airport.
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Eggs, mailboxes at risk in teenage feud olice received a report Apr. 24 about a Maryhill home that was the target of vandalism. The house had been egged and the mailbox was pulled off its post and thrown into a field. A similar egging incident was reported at another home two weeks ago. Police believe the incidents are linked to a feud between two teenaged girls who are fighting over a boyfriend, but are still investigating.
Calgary man was arrested at the Region of Waterloo International Airport after security discovered nunchucks in his bag during an x-ray scan. The man was charged with ‘unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon’ and he was released on a promise to appear. The incident is similar to another one that occurred last week at the airport.
APRIL 21 >>9:10 AM | An attempted
car theft was reported on Industrial Court in Wellesley. Major damage was done to the steering column of a pickup truck. Police said there were indications the male suspect was in the vehicle for close to 90 minutes trying to get it started. No arrests have been made, but police are still investigating.
>>10:04 AM | A car was
reported broken into overnight on Nightingale Crescent in Elmira. It is currently unknown if anything was stolen from the
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>>10:17 AM | Two transport
trucks collided on King Street North at Highway 85. A truck hauling livestock driven by a 50-year-old Quebec driver hit a truck driven by a 55-yearold Ontario driver while attempting to change lanes. Moderate damage was done to both vehicles. The Quebec driver was charged with ‘changing lanes not in safety.’
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APRIL 22 >>4:50 PM | A motorcycle lost control on Herrgott Road near Line 86 and ended up in a ditch. The citizen who called in the crash told police the driver passed him at high speeds before losing control. The driver was reported to be limping, but walking around.
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APRIL 23 >>1:50 AM | A Golf Course
Road, Conestogo resident was woken in the middle of the night by suspicious noises and noticed 25 election signs and a real estate sign thrown around the street. The resident suspected vandals, however police could not find any suspects in the area.
>>6:42 AM | A break-in was reported to a silo at Shantz Station Terminal. Chains and padlocks were pried open over night. Police have goods leads indicating three youths broke into the silo at about 4:30 a.m. The suspects walked through the grain and threw hunks of steel into the grain after which they opened chutes to two of the silos and let the grain out. About $15,000 worth of grain was lost. Police are still investigating.
found on Oriole Parkway. The owner of the bike can inquire at the Elmira police station.
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>>1:50 PM | A bicycle rack was >>7:55 PM | A break-in was reported to be vandalized at the reported to a Snyder Avenue apartment building in Elmira. The thieves broke into the laundry room and tried to pry open the coin boxes on four laundry machines. The machines were damaged, however the thieves were unsuccessful in stealing anything. The investigation continues.
APRIL 25 >>9 AM | A 61-year-old Poole
woman hit a deer on Manser Road in Wellesley Township. Minimal damage was reported to the car, however police were required to put the deer down upon arrival. No injuries were reported to the driver and no charges were laid.
>>9:46 AM | A small, green >>12:34 PM | A blue, 10-speed bike described as new-looking bike with a white seat was
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Woolwich Community Health Centre in Elmira. The rack was cut off at the concrete. Police are still investigating.
APRIL 26 >>3:50 PM | A single-vehicle
crash was reported on Line 86. A horse-drawn buggy driven by a 39-year-old Wallenstein man went off the shoulder and rolled into the ditched after the horse was spooked. The buggy contained three adults and an infant. No injuries were reported, however about $50 of damage was done to the buggy. No charges were laid.
>>7:43 PM | A rusty-red bike
was found on Porchlight Drive in Elmira and is being held at the Elmira police detachment for pick-up by its rightful owner.
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Neighbours concerned about Wellesley skateboard park Arson: Councillors discuss opposition to plan that is still in the early stages More Elizabeth Bate charges expected A as case continues > CONTINUED FROM COVER son was in the mix, the police took over from the fire investigators, examining the motive behind the incident, from a so-called firebug right through to financial gain. “We need to look at why would someone do this? For what purpose or gain?” he said. The early-morning fire destroyed several businesses, including Mel’s Diner, Tabu nightclub, Mr. Sushi, University Vision Centre and Sugar Mountain. “For a lot of business owners there, this would have created a significant struggle,” said Heinzel of the hardships endured by the destruction of the plaza, which has yet to be rebuilt. As this is an ongoing investigation, police are still looking for anyone with information to contact North Division detectives at 519-650-8500, ext. 3337 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.
plan to build a skateboard park in Wellesley got a rough ride at township council this week, as Erb Park neighbours presented a petition opposing the idea. The park proposal is still in the planning stages and will be presented to council by the Optimist Club once it is completed. Residents living near the park expressed their concerns in a letter to council, dis-
cussed at Tuesday night’s recreation committee meeting. They are worried the park would cause excessive noise, be a risk for injuries and may lead to drug and alcohol use or to vandalism in the area. Councillors noted any proposal for a park would include portable facilities, including a sound barrier, which could be stored in the winter or moved as required. “If you go and ask any of the merchants,
when we had the park last year in the arena, it took away from what was happening out in front of their places and I think if you talked to any one of them they would be in favour of it,” said Ward 3 Coun. Jim Olender, referring to residents concerns about increased loitering and petty crime. “When they’re talking about the kids congregating, there’s more congregations down there now, when there’s nothing there.” A similar proposal in
Elmira last week highlighted the safety skate parks provide for youth participating in alternative sports like skateboarding and BMX bicycling, getting them off streets and away from traffic. Contrary to residents’ concerns, studies being performed in the United States, including one by the Tony Hawk Foundation, cite a decrease in petty crime statistics and juvenile delinquency once a skate park is built. Olender said
youth serious about participating in the sport would not tolerate vandalism or crime in a park such as this. “They police their own,” he said. Costs and payment for the park have yet to be discussed, however councillors said the funding would come from local service groups such as the Optimists and the Lions Club. The skate park proposal is still being researched and will be presented to council at a later date.
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Local candidates try to woo young voters EDSS hosts roundtable discussion with candidates leading up to the election James Jackson
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O STAKING A POSITION Albert Ashley (left), Green party candidate for Kitchener-Conestoga, listens as incumbent Conservative Harold Albrecht outlines his take on rising tuition fees at EDSS Tuesday.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICREGION INFORMATION PROPOSED OF WATERLOO CENTRE Biosolids SIGN Master Plan Update BY-LAW
n Tuesday morning at Elmira District Secondary School, the four candidates for Kitchener-Conestoga reached out not to the voters of today, but to the voters of tomorrow by participating in a round-table discussion in the school’s library. More than 50 teachers and students sacrificed their lunch period to listen to what Harold Albrecht of the Conservatives, Lorne Bruce of the NDP, Bob Rosehart of the Liberals and Albert Ashley for the Green party had to say in one of their fi-
nal public meetings leading up to the May 2 federal election. Candidates were granted a three-minute opening statement and were asked for their party’s position on five questions ranging from the environment to the economy and rising tuition costs, which they had two minutes to respond to. The meeting was billed not as a debate, but a roundtable discussion between the candidates and the students. It was a laid-back affair, with only one of the candidates – incumbent Harold Albrecht – electing to wear a tie.
For the majority of the talk the candidates stuck to their scripted answers for the five questions asked by student moderators Jacob Nederend and Graham Colby, organizers of the Student Vote campaign at EDSS. Student Vote is a national program aimed at getting students more involved in the election process and to become more aware of the issues that affect them and their communities. In the room full of students – many of them in their senior year – the
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The is Waterloo updating will its Biosolids Plan to addresscentre recent planning, regulatory, The Region Region of be holdingMaster a public information to introduce a draft environmental, andrespecting technological changes, and theroads. adoption the Region’s Environmental Regional By-law signs on Regional The of proposed Sign new By-law addresses Sustainability Strategy Biosolids are generated by the treatment processes at theaccessory Region’s all types of unoffi cial. signs on Regional roads including election signs, business wastewater Biosolids Mastersigns, Plan Update will help Region assess signs, farm treatment accessoryplants. signs, The mailbox accessory open house signsthe and poster signs.the status of its biosolids treatment, management, and disposal facilities. will reconfirm The proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unoffi cialItsigns including:or develop a preferred biosolids management strategy, to the year 2041, that is environmentally sustainable, • Location and placement; economically viable, and that can be maintained over the long term. The Master Plan study will • Size, shape, construction and content; incorporate comments from the public and agencies received through consultation during the • Impacts to the function of the road; course of the study. • Number of signs and timing of placement; and
• Sign removal. A Public Information Centre will be held to receive input and comments from interested members Staff are also proposing anproject amendment to the Tourism and Essential Services of the community. A display of information willRegion’s be available for viewing and staff from the Signingand Policy allow tourism onbe Regional for agri-toursim activities. Region the to consultant (CH2Msignage HILL) will present roads to discuss the information and answer questions. presented will include of and the results of the evaluation When: Information Tuesday, June 17, 2008, dropan in overview 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. process, including the preferred biosolids management strategy. Place: Regional Administration Headquarters (lobby)
Nancy Buttonpresented at Public Information Center #2 will be available at the Region’s The information Manager, Engineering website afterTransportation May 10, 2011: www.region.waterloo.on.ca/bmp Region of Waterloo 150notice Frederick Street, 7th Floor This issued April 23, 2011. Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 If you require accessible services to participate in this meeting, please contact José Bicudo by Friday, April 29, 2011. All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to José Bicudo.
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first question asked of the candidates was perhaps the most pressing on their minds: how does your party plan to assist youth looking to go on to secondary education? “I think if you look at a government and its responsibility and its role, we should be doing everything we can to make it easier for young folks to get an education and to graduate from that and get a good job to participate in the economy,” said Bruce, while outlining the NDP platform to direct $800 million to combat skyrocketing tuition costs, and raise the education tax credit from $4,800 to $5,760 per year. The other three candidates also promised to increase funding for post-secondary education as well as tax benefits for families. Albrecht highlighted the Conservatives plan to make all scholarships and bursaries for students tax-free; Rosehart said the Liberals would give all students an outright grant ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 per year for school; and Ashley emphasized the importance of students exploring their postsecondary options and outlined how the Green party would increase the number of spaces available at educational institutions, while also supporting integrated co-op program placements. “Having five children that have gone on to postsecondary education, it’s
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NDP hopeful Lorne Bruce (left) and Liberal candidate Bob Rosehart both expressed frustration over the Conservative government’s failure to address pressing environmental concerns during Tuesday’s discussion at EDSS. very necessary for you to environmental record ferred to Elmira Disgo on and it’s a great op- over the past five years. trict Secondary School portunity for you,” Ash“I’m more concerned as a model for how we ley told the crowd. about the quality of can increase voter turnAnother question of air that my grandchil- out once the graduate particular interest to dren will breath and from high school,” said the students was each the quality of water Albrecht in an interof the candidate’s posi- that they’ll drink than view afterwards. “I betion on restoring Can- whether or not we get lieve that if we get them ada’s reputation as an some fictitious ‘fossil’ turned on to the idea environmental leader award,” he responded, of voting while they’re around the world. highlighting the fact a student, then in most Bruce and Rosehart that the Conservative cases, that will translate each expressed dismay government had made into them continuing to and frustration over inroads in ensuring the vote down the road.” how Canada’s environ- major carbon emitters Rosehart, meanwhile, mental record had tak- were on-board to re- expressed fear for the en a beating on the in- duce their green-house future of democracy in ternational stage under gas emissions under Canada if candidates Stephen Harper, with the Kyoto Protocol – fail to engage youth bethe NDP candidate Canada in particular fore they are old enough highlighting Canada by 20 per cent in 2020, to cast their first ballot. winning the ‘Fossil of and by 60 to 70 per cent “It’s never too early the Year’ award in Co- in 2050 – as well as tak- [to get young voters inpenhagen last winter. ing steps to protect the terested],” he said fol“I think we should nation’s water supply. lowing the discussion. be leading the way, While the candidates “Stephen Harper has and under the current could not come to a basically said ‘this elecgovernment and the consensus on most of tion is over and we’re one before it we aren’t the subjects discussed going back to work on leading the way. We’re on the day, all four did Tuesday,’ and with this becoming a stumbling agree that engaging ultimate arrogance, block to achieve what the youth vote in Can- someone should rewe need to achieve,” ada was critical for the mind him that voting said Bruce. long-term health of de- day is Monday. I think Albrecht, meanwhile, mocracy in the nation. that’s really what it is defended his party’s “I have always re- all about.”
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vative.” Kay also called Cambridge for the Conservatives, and said Guelph was too close to call. “Those three seats being as competitive as they are makes the residents of this region quite unique in having an opportunity to influence the determination of the whole election, whether there is a majority or minority,” said Kay. “That's more competitive seats just within our region, including Guelph, than exist in the entire three Prairie provinces.” Just as in the 2008 fed-
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Winners selected in Elmira Kiwanis Music Festival James Jackson
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he halls of Woodside Bible Fellowship were alive with the sounds of the Elmira Kiwanis Music Festival from Apr. 11-16, a weeklong event that saw some 130 performers from as young as six to as old as 18 play in front of judges in the categories of junior and senior piano, strings and flute. The festival featured solos, duets, trios, quartets and ensembles ranging from pop to Chopin.
“It was a very enjoyable week, and the students work very hard with the teachers and the parents,” said Sue Brenner, the secretary for the event for more than 20 years. “They just do such a wonderful job and it’s a wonderful way for them to display their talents.” To perform at the Elmira festival, the students must take lessons in the area, but some live as far away as Fergus, Linwood and Wellesley. The adjudicators – Kelly Lindstrom
(strings), Karen Rowell (senior piano) and Sandra Young Tangjerd (junior piano) – were asked to judge the students performances, give suggestions on ways they could improve, and to decide who would win a wide range of scholarships and other prizes for top performances. More than $1,500 was awarded at the end of the week to 26 winners, all of which was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Elmira. The festival has been
a mainstay across Canada, and has been in Elmira more than 30 years, Brenner said, adding that she has seen students start at a very young age and make their way up into the older ranks during her time with the festival. “That’s cool,” she said. “It’s good that they keep involved, especially since there isn’t much music in the schools anymore.” The individual trophy and scholarship winners for the 2011 festival were:
Scholarship for $100 presented by Kiwanis and a trophy presented by the studio of Jacqueline Wall for Violinistic Excellence – Janna Martin Scholarship for strings and flute – Veronica Connors and Aidan Reid The Myrtle Wilfong Memorial Trophy and $200 scholarship for senior piano – Will Allan $75 scholarship – Evangeline Drost $50 scholarship – Julia Bowman, Katie Glofcheskie, Henrietta Flach, Abigail
Hamann, Danielle Johnson, Thomas FastSittler, Jordan Long, Irian Fast-Sittler, Sam Domzella, Liv Cento, Mercedes Weber, Savannah Weber, Nathan Shuh, Jaron Bowman, Matthew BeaudoinHayes, Cameron Beaudoin-Hayes, Sarah Allen, Rachel Reigier, Andrew Flint The Elmira Kinettes Trophy and $150 scholarship for junior piano – Tony Domzella The Jack Price Memorial scholarship for $100 – Michelle Lin
Another round of meat canning AID IS IN THE CAN From
Monday to Thursday this week, nearly 200 volunteers helped can some 40,000 pounds of pork for the 15th annual MCC meat canning drive in Elmira. This year’s federally-inspected packing site was at the Elmira Produce Auction, where volunteers put the meat into cans before washing, inspecting and labeling each one. The food will be distributed to hungry nations around the world.
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The art of the fish fry funds Calvary projects Elizabeth Bate
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resh fish and homebaked pie were the main attractions at Calvary United Church’s 14th fish fry Apr. 26. The St. Jacobs church served more than 500 pieces of fish to guests to raise money for the church’s capital fund. Volunteer and convenor of the event Dorothy McMillan said the fundraiser started at the downtown location of the church to raise money for a bigger facility and became so popular it continued after the new church opened in 2000. “It was really quite hectic (downtown) because we had a tiny little kitchen. Here we can serve more people,” she said. “We’ll need a new roof soon, so (the money) will go to that.” Fish was provided for the event by Tom Howell, who fried more than 30 pieces of fresh white fish at a time in the parking lot. How-
ell’s van is especially equipped with a fryer inside, allowing him to transport the portable fish-frying operation from his home in Wiarton. Eat-in guests were served by volunteers in the church’s community room, while more volunteers filled the take-out orders that poured in. “You can have any kind of pie you want,” McMillan laughed, pointing to a row of pie choices, from traditional fruit and pumpkin to creamier chocolate and coconut. “A lot of the food is donated. It’s amazing how it brings our church together because we require a lot of volunteers.” Friends and families gathered for the dinner crowding together at long tables to enjoy the fes-
tivities. “It’s a great community event,” McMillan said. “They’ve been inside all winter and now they get out and they see their neighbours and they see the community.”
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First Elmira Scouters gather to recognize outstanding youth and leaders
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Searching through the forest for a tree
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Region contest looks for the biggest and oldest trees Elizabeth Bate
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aterloo Region’s arborists want you to keep your eye out for big game this summer. After more than 20 years, tree experts Phil Dickie, Mike Hayes and Greg Templeman have brought back the Great Waterloo Region Tree Hunt. The hunt, aimed at encouraging residents to maintain the region’s largest and oldest trees as well as planting new ones, will catalogue trees in the area, culminating in an ‘honour-roll’ of trees. The original tree hunt in 1990 was run by the KW Field Naturalists and generated a booklet with pictures of the biggest tress in the region. Dickie said he came across the idea a year ago and thought it was time to hold another hunt. “It’s been 20 years and there could be a few changes or some trees
that got overlooked,” he said. “We thought it would be a nice way of getting people involved in appreciating what we have in our region as far as large trees.” Dickie said the use of the Internet – largely unavailable in 1990 – is the big difference in the new hunt. The tree hunt website (www. treehunt.ca) features a list of the species which have been nominated as fair game for hunting, information about measuring and submitting trees to the project and information on tree preservation. “It’s very user-friendly,” said Dickie. “People don’t have to be experts in tree identification, we do provide them with some pictorial information and some links to other web sites that will give them all the information they need to identify trees.” One of the tree measuring techniques pre-
sented involves using a stick the height of your arm to measure the height of the tree. Holding the stick at arms length, a person would walk backwards until the tree and the stick appeared to be the same height. Then the distance from the person to the tree is measured and, voila!, that’s the height of the tree. “It’s pretty simple mathematics when you think about it, but it does work,” said Dickie. The arborists have nominated about 40 species that will qualify to be identified during this tree hunt, including the Eastern Cottonwood, the winner of the tree hunt in 1990. The 35-metre-tall tree located in Wellesley is still standing. “It’s not just the one single-largest tree,” Dickie said. “It’s the largest tree of all those species.” The hunt will be-
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REGION OF WATERLOO PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING NOXIOUS WEEDS The main purpose of the Weed Control Act is to reduce the impact of noxious weeds on the industries of agriculture and horticulture. Primarily, this Act applies to agricultural and horticultural lands that generate income or other benefits to agriculture; this excludes lawns, gardens and private areas used for personal enjoyment and leisure. Under the Weed Control Act, you are required to destroy all noxious weeds on your property. The Weed Control Act can be viewed at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca In Urban Areas: The destruction requirements under the Weed Control Act do not apply to noxious weeds or weed seed that are far enough away from any land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes as they do not interfere with that use. However, individual city Property Standards By-laws or Lot Maintenance By-laws may apply to these situations. All properties within the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, including the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, are required to be in compliance with the Weed Control Act, by May 15, 2011 and throughout the season. Designated Noxious Weeds:
Common barberry
European buckthorn
Wild carrot
Colt’s-foot
Dodder spp.
Goat’s beard spp.
Poison hemlock
Johnson grass
Knapweed spp.
Milkweed spp.
Poison ivy
Ragweed spp.
Black-seeded proso millet
Yellow rocket
Sow-thistle (annual & perennial)
Cypress spurge
Leafy spurge
Bull thistle
Canada thistle
Nodding thistle
Russian thistle
Scotch thistle
Tuberous vetchling
Velvetleaf
Giant Hogweed
Noxious weeds may be destroyed by the following methods: a) b) c) d)
Pulling or otherwise removing the plants from the soil; Cutting the roots or stalks of the plants before the seeds has developed sufficiently to open after cutting; Cultivating the soil in which the plants are growing; Treating with herbicide that causes the plants to be destroyed or prevents the growth of the plants or ripening of their seeds.
Except for Giant Hogweed and Poison Ivy, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo strongly encourage the methods of (a), (b), or (c) to control noxious weeds. Property owners should review and comply with the Pesticides Act, 2009.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING ADDITIONAL NOXIOUS WEED: GIANT HOGWEED The main purpose of the Weed Control Act is to reduce the impact of noxious weeds on the industries of agriculture and horticulture. Primarily, this Act applies to agricultural and horticultural lands that generate income or other benefits to agriculture; this excludes lawns, gardens and private areas used for personal enjoyment and leisure. Under the Weed Control Act, you are required to destroy all noxious weeds on your property. The Weed Control Act can be viewed at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca Additional Noxious Weed: In late 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs designated Heracleum Mantegazzium, commonly known as Giant Hogweed as a noxious weed within the Weed Control Act. All properties within the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, including the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, are required to be in compliance with the Weed Control Act, forthwith and throughout the remainder of the season, regarding Giant Hogweed. NOTE: Giant Hogweed can cause severe dermatitis and great care should be taken in handling or eradicating it. Contact the Area Inspector (below) or a certified land exterminator / pesticide applicator for advice. Enforcement of the Weed Control Act in the Townships of North Dumfries, Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich will be carried out by the Area Weed Inspector: Larry Martin, Area Weed Inspector Regional Municipality of Waterloo
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Enforcement of the Weed Control Act in the Cities of Cambridge, Waterloo and Kitchener will be carried out by the Municipal Weed Inspectors: Gloria MacNeil Municipal Weed Inspector City of Kitchener 519-741-2330
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Odilio DeVarges or Darryl Oliveira, Municipal Weed Inspector City of Cambridge 519-740-4684, ext. 4271
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Spotlight on energy-saving Simple techniques and high-tech options on display at Green Living fair in St. Jacobs James Jackson
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ast week, the Ontario Power Authority announced that provincial rate payers would be taking another hit to their pocketbooks. Ratepayers who are on the smart meter program will see prices rise by 0.8 cents per kilowatt hour starting May 1. The average residential ratepayer who consumes about 800 kilowatt hours would be faced with an increase of $3.80 a month, the OEB said, while those who do not have a smart meter will face a price increase of 6.1 per cent, or around $6.12. In preparation for their plan to phase out coal-fired plants and shift towards greener energy sources by 2014, the provincial government has warned consumers that electricity rates will jump nearly 46 per cent over the next five years to pay for green energy projects and upgrades to the system. While the rate increases may have some in the region seeing red, the Green Living and Tech Fair at the St. Jacobs arena earlier this month sought to relieve some of that anger through energysaving tips and devices. Dozens of vendors ranging from solar panels and environmentally-friendly roofing alternatives, to geothermal projects and car-sharing ventures provided energy and water-saving strategies with the hundreds of people who attended the fair back on Apr. 16. There was also a series of workshops aimed at providing consumers with easy athome tips and tricks to save money on their hy-
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TIPS FOR AT HOME Paul Parker led a workshop discussing the benefits of installing solar panels on your property at the Green Living and Tech Fair Apr. 16 in St. Jacobs. dro and water bills, and ers and home improvehow to take the next ment products like step in their renewable- caulking to eliminate energy interests. drafts or ‘smart’ power “A lot of the things bars to reduce energy that we do in our day consumption are growto day lives have an ing in popularity, said environmental effect, store manager Dave so just being aware of Gromeder. those habits and rou“There are lots of tines are important,” little things we can do said Julian van Mossel- to change our lifestyle Forrester, the outreach and help save power,” coordinator for the Wa- he said. “It’s a realterloo Region Residen- ity we face now with tial Energy Efficiency increasing fuel costs Project (REEP) who led these days.” a workshop called ‘EnHe also said that cusergy Saving Ideas for tomers are becoming Less than $100.’ more educated when it “I just wanted people comes to ‘green’ claims to be aware that heating on packaging, the everuses two-thirds of our present risk of comenergy across Canada in panies trying to fool our homes,” he said, add- consumers through ing that simple measures ‘green-washing’ and like eliminating drafts that many are skeptical around your windows, of seemingly too-gooddoors and the headers of to-be-true products or your basement can lead claims. to enormous energy sav“I think with comings – particularly in the puters and people rewinter. searching on the InHe also touched on ternet these days, they water-saving tips like (customers) are more installing low-flow aware,” he said. shower heads and makFor homeowners ing baths a rare treat, looking to make an rather than a daily oc- even bigger splash in currence. their energy-saving St. Jacobs Home habits, Paul Parker led Hardware was at the a workshop discussing fair displaying many of the possibilities of inthe energy- and water- stalling solar panels on saving devices the store your property. offers. Items such as Parker, a professor motion-activated light- of environmental studing, water-heater tim- ies at the University of
Waterloo, has had solar panels on the roof of his Conestogo home for six years. He said the solar panel market has grown considerably in Canada. He did admit, though, that for many people considering installing solar panels, it is hard to get over the initial “sticker-shock” of having to shell out up to $20,000 all at once. Yet with the Ontario government’s microFIT plan – which pays up to 80.2 cents per kWh for roof-mounted solar panels over a 20year contract – he notes the system will pay for
itself in a matter of a few years and generate a tremendous rate of return throughout the life of the system, and that it should be perceived as an investment on your home, much like a mortgage. Parker also said that, for him, installing solar panels was one of the final steps in achieving an energy-efficient home. He had already conducted an audit on the home to find and drafts or points of inefficiency and taken the steps necessary to improve those areas – much of it repeated from the ‘Energy Saving Ideas for Less than
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Democracy in this country has deteriorated, and we no longer have the necessary checks and balances in our system. Jamie Kropf letter on page 16
VERBATIM 'm excited about what's happened. When I saw the first vote mob in Guelph, I just Ithought it was just tremendous. ... I never saw
young people that positive before. [They're] way more positive than I was when I was that age. I'd be yelling 'down with ... down with... !' They were yelling 'up with ... up with!' They were waving flags, they're singing O Canada and just saying 'surprise, we're voting.' "
> Comedian Rick Mercer on the surge in youth participation in the
federal election, which many attribute to his satirical rants
THE MONITOR to the preliminary figures, Apollsccording 2,056,001 electors voted at the advance in this federal general election. This is
a 34.5% increase from the 1,528,780 electors who voted in advance in the 40th general election in 2008.
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Canadians deserve better government in Ottawa V
oting in Monday’s federal election is as simple as ABC – anything but Conservative. Well, the idea is simple, but executing it will prove a little trickier in much of the country. If the goal is to prevent a Conservative majority – and, ideally, put an end to the Reform experiment – residents of each riding will have to assess which of the other parties has the best chance of winning – in some, it will be the Liberal candidate, in others the NDP (or the Bloc, in most Quebec ridings). The Greens, while making inroads, still remain on the outside, though they run the risk of splitting the centreleft vote. Here in Kitchener-Conestoga, currently held by Tory Harold Albrecht, voting patterns are such that only Liberal flag-bearer Bob Rosehart has a realistic shot of unseating the incumbent. The riding had been
Liberal prior to the 2006 election, and Rosehart’s résumé and accomplishments put him head and shoulders above the others. Few of us, however, vote for the local candidate, opting for the party instead. On that front, too, the choice should exclude the Conservatives, as their policies are ultimately destructive for middle-class Canadians, whose incomes and standard of living have been eroding under neo-conservative ideologies. Tory times are tough times, as history has shown, both here and abroad. If Canadians voted in their own best interests, there would be no talk of a Conservative government. Alas, that is not always the case – look no further than the George W. Bush years in the U.S. to see that large numbers of people will elect someone who makes a mess of their economy and their lives.
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tired lies. But she has been largely invisible this time around, and has no chance of becoming prime minister at any rate. The battle really comes down to Harper versus Ignatieff. Here, the devil we know is certainly more worrisome than the scholarly devil we don’t. It’s true that none of the parties really resonates with Canadians, nor have we been given much in the way of policy to ponder. But if we’re going to find our way to a better economy, a healthy middle class and a more equitable society, it will not be with the Conservatives, who represent just the opposite. Instead, we’ll have to look past the shallow surface presented to us in this campaign to the type of country we want to build, which starts with a new government. Change that, and we can start on a better path.
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» Saturday, April 30, 2011
15 OPINION
Time for Mexico to just say ‘no’ to the war on drugs S
omething remarkable happened in Mexico earlier this month. Tens of thousands of Mexicans gathered in the main squares of cities across the country to demand an end to the “war on drugs.” In the Zocalo, in the heart of Mexico City, they chanted “no more blood,” and many called for the resignation of President Felipe Calderon, who launched the current war by deploying the army against the drug cartels in late 2006. Some 35,000 people in Mexico have been killed in drug-related violence since then. Even as the crowds chanted, news came in of another 59 bodies discovered in mass graves in Tamaulipas state. In the words of poet-journalist Javier Sicilia, who inspired the demonstrations after his own son was killed earlier that week, the war is “tearing apart the fabric of the nation.” But what does he know? In fact, the United States and Mexico are on the brink of winning the war on drugs. We know that because Michele Leonhart, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said so on the very same day, at an international conference in Cancun. “It may seem contradictory, but the unfortunate level of violence is a sign of success in the fight against drugs,” she said. She presumably means that all the Mexican drug-traffickers will be dead soon, and that nobody else will be tempted by the easy money to take the place of those who are killed. Americans will then stop using drugs because they simply aren’t available, or at worst they will be so scarce and expensive that only the very rich can afford them. And we’ll all live happily ever after (except the very rich, of course). True, drugs in the United States have become cheaper, stronger and more eas-
THE VIEW FROM HERE
International Affairs GWYNNE DYER ily available in the United States over the past 40 years, despite annual claims by the DEA that victory is at hand. To go on doing the same thing every year for four decades, while expecting that next time will have a different outcome, is sometimes seen as evidence of insanity, but we shouldn’t be judgmental. We could, however, try to be rational. Former Mexican president Vicente Fox has been doing well on the rationality front recently. Last August he wrote in his blog: “We should consider legalizing the production, sale and distribution of drugs. Legalization does not mean that drugs are good. But we have to see it as a strategy to weaken and break the economic system that allows cartels to make huge profits, which in turn increases their power and capacity to corrupt.” This would mean that Mexican drugusers could get any drugs they want, of course. Just like now. The only differences would be that the drugs, being state-regulated and taxed, might cost slightly more, and that there would be fewer deaths from impurities and overdoses. But it wouldn’t actually break the power of the cartels so long as drugs remain illegal in the huge U.S. market. Former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria addressed this issue headon in a recent interview with Time magazine: “U.S. drug policy has failed. So please, change it. Don’t force us to sacrifice thousands of lives for a strat-
egy that doesn’t work simply because American politicians lack the courage to change course.” Well said – but why did these men not act when they had the power? Because they were afraid of the American reaction. The United States has repeatedly made it clear that it will inflict grievous economic pain on any Latin American country that defects from its war against drugs. That is becoming an empty threat, however, for U.S. economic power is nothing like it used to be, even in Latin America. That’s partly due to the recent nearcollapse of the U.S. economy, but it’s also the result of the rapid growth of the Latin American countries. Mexico, for example, is a rising industrial power with tens of millions of educated middle-class people and an economy that’s growing at seven per cent a year. It can now say no to Washington without being crushed. It is the American refusal to allow its consumers legal access to the drugs they want that creates the demand, and American weapons that arm the Mexican gangs that compete for that market. Since no American politician will commit political suicide by advocating gun control or the legalisation of drugs, Mexico can only escape from its current agony by refusing any further cooperation with the DEA. Ending the war on drugs in Mexico would not instantly stop the killing, most of which is between cartels competing for control of the routes by which drugs transit Mexico on their way to the United States. But just ending the army’s involvement would greatly lower the level of violence, and legalizing drugs in Mexico would di-
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THE VOICE
What is the major issue that is going to get you to vote on May 2?
"I’m not voting for the first time in my life because I think this election was unnecessary." > Sharon Hill
"I’m hoping for a majority because I’m tired of elections, and I don’t think they [the Conservatives] have done too bad a job up until now." > Warren Dalton
BY SCOTT ARNOLD
"I want to see someone who is not a thief or a liar get in." > Sharon Landriault
For local hockey fans, there’s an easy choice in the Royal Wedding vs. the Battle Royal, as the Elmira Sugar Kings start the best-of-seven series against Niagara Falls.
"I’m going to vote because I don’t think the election was needed." > William Smith
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Electoral changes may be needed to make us more democratic W
e go to the polls Monday. So, what’s going to get you out? What issue will motivate you to help reverse the trend of falling voter turnout? This hasn’t been an election about issues, as you may have noticed. Well, not about a host of big ideas, which have long been absent from electoral landscape. Instead, we’ve had a series of tweaks. Most of the media coverage has been about the election itself: the polls, the politicking, the predictions. With the campaign in its final week, the buzz was all about the surge of the NDP. Both the Conservatives and the Liberals reacted, as did the Bloc in Quebec. But there wasn’t much analysis as to why the swing; most of the attention was on the resultant tactics. It’s easy to see why: electionsas-sport make for colourful – and easy – coverage for the media, especially as it’s now conventional wisdom Canadians are tuning out. Maybe, the pundits posit, the lack of charisma is to blame. Nobody’s rallying to the banner of the current leaders, though perhaps the NDP spike is due to Jack Layton being seen as sincere and honest, the kind of guy we could talk to over a beer. Michael Ignatieff, with his renowned intellect, seems a little foreboding, though he has managed to soften that image. Stephen Harper seems neither warm nor engaging, exuding an air of unfriendliness and dishonesty. We have to go back to Pierre Trudeau for the kind of charisma that
From the Editor Steve Kannon captured our attention. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen the likes of the outpouring that greeted Barack Obama or Bill Clinton. Brian Mulroney, the most reviled prime minister, was bombastic. Jean Chrétien had a personal appeal that translated into three majority governments, but he was not the magnetic type. This time around, an assessment of the leaders runs to character, which does not bode well for Harper, who has shown Canadians he has none. If there is one emerging issue it’s the ABC (anything but Conservative) movement and another push for strategic voting, which has become even more pronounced in areas where the NDP is playing well with the electorate. Jack Layton’s popularity has also given rise to more discussion of a unite-the-left movement, a merger of the Liberals and NDP akin to the Reform Party and Progressive Conservatives on the right. Vote splitting on the left will allow the Tories to slip up the middle, say proponents of a united front. That position is augmented by some who would prefer two-party politics as in the United States. But that’s certainly not a
model we want to emulate. Problems with American politics extend well beyond the two-party system, but the divisive nature and lack of real representation are real drawbacks. Accused of Republican tendencies – the playbook is the same – Harper is attempting to institute changes that could push us down the road to both U.S.-style politics and the kind of financial manipulate rampant in their elections by pursuing an end to the per-vote subsidy given to political parties. Few of us like the idea of public money going to political parties – especially those we don’t like – but that funding model beats the alternative of undo corporate influence. As pollster Nik Nanos suggests, the changes envisioned by Harper could prompt a two-party system, as smaller parties face a financial squeeze. “If we took the proposal to its logical conclusion, this would probably lead to a two-party state, that would be the logical long-term conclusion,” he says in The Hill Times. “The current regime, whether you love it or hate it, sustains minority views with funding. The Green Party is probably a good example.” We’d probably be much better off with proportional representation than with what goes on to the south. Of course, the mere mention of that summons the coalition bogeyman Harper has been beating to death since the campaign began, though only the truly committed are drinking the kool-aid. Coalitions,
formal or not, are a common feature in the Westminster system of government, as well as other models used around the globe. By now, Canadians are familiar with minority governments. The current arrangement has done little given the prime minister, but past minorities have been responsible for some of those big ideas in short supply today, including universal healthcare. Conventional wisdom holds that mainstream political parties won’t push for electoral reform because the current system serves them just fine. The Liberals, and occasionally the Conservatives, have formed majority governments while capturing less than 50 per cent of the popular vote – at times much less. Critics argue a proportional system would fragment the House, leading the way to more minority governments. Neglecting the fact that we’ve now had three successive minorities under the existing system, the fragmentation is already underway due to the increase in the number of parties. Where the Reform and Progressive Conservatives formerly split the vote on the right, the Liberals, NDP and Greens all seem to be vying for a similar audience. The presence of the Bloc in Quebec muddies the water still more in Canada’s second-largest province. Change is already here. The system should reflect changes in the best interest of voters, not politicians and their parties.
LRT is about building for the future
azine find themselves silent on road subsidies but “mad-as-hell” about giving transit users a fair shake. I’m going to say something many might find drastic: Waterloo Region’s LRT project is not about getting very many existing residents out of their cars – it is about attracting creative technology workers, who do not want to drive, to move here. These people have lots of disposable income to spend, and right now burn that cash on the 401 daily from Mississauga and Toronto because the kind of urban lifestyle they seek is not available here. Let’s give them the rail transit system they expect from a world-class region such as ours, so they can move here, spend their disposable income on local business, and dispose with the unnecessary metal-and-plastic albatross of the last century that is the private vehicle.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Vote strategically against Harper To the Editor, We are a few short days from a possible Harper majority – but it’s not too late to stop it. Do the math people. Harper and his extreme regime are consistently hovering around 39 per cent in the polls. The Liberals and NDP are fluctuating, but their combined totals are well in excess of 50 per cent. The right wing is dangerously close to sliding straight up the middle to a potentially powerful and devastating majority. Prepare to see many things vanish – such as a woman’s right to choose, the gun registry and universal health care, just to name a few. The only way to stop this insanity is to unite the left. The difference between the platforms of the Liberals and the NDP are negligible. The only difference is that the Liberals have a realistic chance to form the next government – the NDP does not. Along with almost 67 per cent of Canadians, I voted against Stephen Harper in the last election. If you did the same thing – please join me in voting Liberal this time around. It’s our only hope.
To the Editor, I have serious concerns regarding the possible outcome of the May 2 election. Democracy in this country has deteriorated, and we no longer have the necessary checks and balances in our system. Stephen Harper now has a majority in the Senate, has cowed the civil service into submission, has removed any independent oversight (with the exception of the Auditor General Sheila Fraser, who resigns within the year), and has concentrated power in his own office, a group of unelected, unaccountable appointees. MPs within his party do not dare to challenge what Stephen Harper says or does. His record shows his true colours – an intense dislike for anything run by government (including our health care system, income security programs, the CBC, and industry regulation). He has an agenda of smaller government, and this means fewer services for Canadians. I believe that handing this man a majority could have irreversible consequences for Canada. I am firmly convinced that the NDP and Green Party candidates do not have a chance to win in KitchenerConestoga. That’s why I am endorsing Bob Rosehart, the candidate that can defeat the Conservative incumbent.
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To the Editor, The Woolwich Observer should be wary of whose analysis they buy. Nowhere in Steve Kannon’s Apr. 23 column about LRT does it mention that the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a right-wing libertarian think tank, was the group that published Steve Lafleur’s report. Instead of learning this through the article, readers are left to Google for answers, which are readily available on Mr. Lafleur’s website. While the goal of curbing urban sprawl is commendable, this is the same group that advocates pay-asyou-drive road pricing. Libertarianism works in theory just like any other system, but the implementation is appalling. In practice, people are attracted to their own subsidies, which is why libertarian thinkers like Peter Shawn Taylor of Maclean’s mag-
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Dyer: Looking to reduce violence > CONTINUED FROM PG. 15
minish the epidemic of corruption, too. You don’t need to bribe officials if the drug trade is legal. The current wave of demonstrations against the drug war is only a start. The policy won’t change so
long as Calderon is president, for too many people have been killed for him to repudiate it now. But by the end of 2012 he will be gone, and his successor, from whichever party, will be free to change the policy. One of these days, Mexico will just say ‘no.’
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17 BUSINESS
BUSINESS Next generation clads himself in the family business
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eremy Weber has been wearing a hardhat for as long as he can remember. “I grew up on the jobsite,” Weber said of his experiences with the family business. “As soon as I could walk I was on the site. Siding and exteriors is in my blood.” This year Weber took over the family business from his dad, giving the company a new owner and a new name. Formally RMW Aluminum, Weber decided to change the name to suit the company’s expanded services: RMW Exteriors. With an updated logo to accompany the updated name, the business is tackling a wide-range of projects, specializing in high-end and custom exteriors. “Over the years the business has evolved into a lot of custom homes and architectural moldings,” said Weber of the Elmira-based company. “Wood siding is our specialty now.” The specialized pre-fin-
ished wood siding is guaranteed for 15 years and is lower maintenance than traditional wood siding, which used to require re-finishing about every two years. Wood siding adds curb appeal to homes, something Weber says is invaluable to homeowners. “When you’re listing a house, curb appeal is everything,” he said. “A person drives up to look at the house, if it doesn’t look nice from the street they’re likely to keep on driving; they won’t even give your house a chance.” New siding, windows and doors can also help homeowners save money, providing customers with more energy efficient homes. Weber said proper attic ventilation of old homes is especially important. “Often if a house was built in earlier years, renovation to an attic was an oversight, it wasn’t important,” said Weber. “We always recommend to customers that we open it up and get ventilation to the attic, it allows
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» ELIZABETH BATE
Taking over from his dad, Jeremy Weber changes the name and focus to RMW Exteriors
PASSING THE TORCH
Jeremy and Robert Weber of RMW Exteriors share a passion for home exteriors and working with customers to create their dream homes. Easing himself into retirement, dad has turned over the business to his son, who has expanded the focus and changed the company name.
your attic to breathe.” Weber said an unventilated attic would be like placing a fridge next to a stove in a kitchen. In the winter, homeowners have a pocket of cold air sitting on top of their
house and warm in the summer, causing twice as much energy to be used during climate control. Robert Weber began RMW Aluminum 25 years ago with a simple pursuit and has seen the company grow steadily ever since. “I always enjoyed working with my hands,” he said.
“I grew up on a farm and wasn’t interested in farming, so my choice was construction; I liked it.” Robert’s growing business meant he needed to spend an increasing number of hours with clients and administrative work and less on job sites until Jeremy’s role in the company grew in 2010. Although Robert loves the customers he says have gen-
> SEE RMW ON PG. 19
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Vote for those you trust with your food
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eople vote either with their wallets or their ballots for people they trust. People trust farmers. Farmers rank high among the most trusted occupations. So maybe it’s no wonder local food, which farmers produce, has caught on like wildfire. Trusted people producing trusted food. It resonates. To produce food, farmers need help from society. They need policies that give them the latitude to farm, as well as understanding from their neighbours and support from consumers who appreciate the fact that in so many ways, cheap doesn’t mean good. For example, it might be cheaper for farmers to clear woodlots and pay little attention to wildlife on their land. Unsustainable farming practices might be cheaper, too, in the short run. So might disregard for the rural landscape, groundwater and carbon sequestration. But society expects farmers to look after such things. Typically, though, it doesn’t want to pay for them, in the same way it doesn’t really want to pay for the true cost of food. For the past couple of years, politicians have been coming through the Guelph area talking about assembling a national food policy. If its proponents have their way, it would balance farmers’ and consumers’ needs. Shouldn’t we
Food For Thought Owen Roberts already have such a policy, given how fundamental food is to a nation’s well-being? Absolutely. But we don’t, and organizations such as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture say it’s high time we did. The federation wants the winner of Monday’s federal election to consider compensating farmers for what it calls ecological goods and services. These are farm activities that go hand in hand with modern food production. You’d broadly consider them environmental stewardship. One way or another they cost money, and because they impact society as a whole, the federation thinks farmers shouldn’t have to foot the whole bill. It’s a liberal, European model, one that recognizes public policy as it relates to farming isn’t fashioned autocratically in Ottawa or Toronto, but rather, democratically, in the fields of rural Ontario. Whoever wins the election could borrow a page from the Ontario government; specifically, the chapter that will ultimately be written on
how it’s handling policy related to the latest of the threatened species, the bobolink. Recently the province announced a proposal for a three-year transition period to help farmers learn how to live with the bobolink, whose population – about 800,000 – represents almost a two-third reduction since the late 1960s. The bird is pervasive in the province because it favours hay and pasture for nesting. And it typically returns to the same locations year after year, seeking out tall grass prairie, meadows and other open grasslands. As such habitats were lost through land clearing, bobolinks began utilizing hayfields and pasture. Farmers, led by the federation, worried the bobolink’s newly minted status would impact this year’s land management. It caused considerable angst in the farming community – normally, agricultural activity must stop when threatened species are
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found, according to the dictates of the province’s Endangered Species Act. But the proposal states that during this transition, the protection provisions of the act will be waived for the estimated 10,000-30,000 Ontario farmers and rural landowners who may have bobolink on their lands. The government says it is committed to supporting dedicated and targeted funding for stewardship incentives for bobolink, as well as short-term applied research pilot projects, targeted outreach and extension services to support landowner activities that enhance the conservation of bobolink, plus recognition for outstanding grassland stewardship. That’s the kind of public policy development everyone can live with – democratic and liberal, recognizing farmers need protection but acknowledging society’s (and threatened species’) needs.
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RMW: Growing up in the business gave son an inside look at exteriors
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erously supported his family over the years, he is happy to be turning that part of the business over to his son and going back to working with his hands at job sites. When he isn’t working part-time for RMW, his retirement will allow him to spend his winters in the sunny south. Taking over the business from his father was a natural progression for Weber, who also shares his father’s love of working with his customers and working with his hands. Moving from aluminum and vinyl siding to more elaborate projects also seemed like a natural progression to Weber, and now the company works with homeowners on things like restoration projects of heritage homes. “We specialize in something that’s rare in the industry, renewing the house, but keeping the traditional look,” Weber said. “Everything has to be done very specifically: we can recommend what they have to do (to maintain a heritage home).” In construction and reno-
» ELIZABETH BATE
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THE NEW FACE OF THE OPERATION Formerly RMW Aluminum, Robert Weber’s exteriors company received a facelift of its own when son Jeremy took over this year. Now RMW Exteriors, the company has a new logo and a new outlook, specializing in restoration of heritage homes and high-end exterior projects.
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Maryhill ball hockey tournament to benefit local family with two autistic boys earlier this month to help cover some of their costs, rothers Brian and Brent and when Brian, Brent Kron, along with Travis and Travis heard about the and Brandon Bauman, have event, they decided to hold been playing ball hockey the tournament in the boys’ together for as long as they honour this year to help the can remember. So when family with some of the filast year they decided they nancial problems associwanted to do something to ated with the disorder. give back to their commu“These flyers came out for nity of Marythe fundraiser hill, the soluin April and we tion was close “We’re completely thought this was blown away. It’s just a good cause,” at hand. A communi- amazing that these said Brent, who ty-wide tourthat none guys want to help out added nament and of them had met fundraiser was Jackson and Carter, the two autistic held last May and we’re so grateful boys before they with the goal of decided to help and touched.” raising about them out. $3,000 for imNext month’s Sarah Stoneman provements tournament to the Maryhill Heritage will be very similar to last Park. The event was a huge year’s, though the boys success and grew into a hope to raise about $5,000 two-day, 21-team affair that this time around. They’ve raised $3,600 towards a new spent the past two months chain-link fence around the organizing the event, which outdoor rink. includes finding sponsors, “We heard that car win- settling insurance, renting dows were getting smashed the hall and recruiting playand we thought something ers and teams. They hope to had to be done, and we see about 20 teams particiwanted to give back to the pating May 6, 7, and 8 at the community,” said Brent, 19. Maryhill Heritage Park. The boys have decided Entry fees are $80 per to repeat the tournament team, consisting of six playthis year, but with one big ers and a goalie. change. Instead of donating “I don’t even have words, the money to a community we’ve been so taken aback project like improvements by everyone’s generosity for the park, they have de- and help,” said Sarah Stonecided to donate all of the man, the mother of Jackproceeds to the Stoneman son and Carter. She said family, whose house is only the family had waited three a few feet from the park. years before finally asking Jackson Stoneman, 6, and the community for any asCarter Stoneman, three- sistance for their two sons. and-a-half, have been di“We’re completely blown agnosed with autism. The away. It’s just amazing that family held a fundraiser these guys want to help
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SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY Brent Kron (back left), Travis Bauman and Brian Kron have organized a ball hockey tournament at the Maryhill Heritage Park from May 6-8 to raise funds for Carter (front left) and Jackson Stoneman, who have both been diagnosed with autism. out Jackson and Carter, and we’re so grateful and touched.” Jackson qualifies for government assistance to cover some of the expenses associated with the condition,
but Carter does not because his autism is not deemed severe enough. The family has also been told that Jackson likely won’t be eligible to collect government assistance next year, either.
Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the first three years of life, and affects the brain’s normal development of social
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A different take on throwing a steak on the BBQ From The Chef's Table
Steak with Cornbread and Salsa Verde Cornbread:
>>1 cup all-purpose flour >>1 cup cornmeal >>1 tbsp baking powder >>1/4 tsp ground cumin >>1/4 tsp smoked (mild) paprika >>1 tsp kosher salt >>1/4 cup sugar >>1 cup buttermilk >>1/8 cup melted butter >>2 eggs, lightly beaten >>1/4 cup corn relish >>2 green onions, sliced >>1 tbsp oil
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ooking for a new twist for steak and baked potatoes this grilling season? Try some fabulous local steak and pair it up with these two sides: cornbread and salsa verde. I devised the cornbread to use up some corn relish preserves that a friend had given to me, and the salsa verde to use up a bunch of herbs growing in the indoor herb garden we have at The Culinary Studio. If you don’t have corn relish, try substituting some chopped green chilies, some frozen corn or even some regular green relish. Bake the bread in a cast iron pan either in the oven or even on the BBQ. While it’s baking you can make the sauce, and when the bread is cooling you can grill the steak. We love the top sirloin steak from
Fundraiser: They’ll be having a ball for a good cause in Maryhill > CONTINUED FROM PG. 22 and communication skills. Jackson was diagnosed when he was just 21 months old, while Carter was diagnosed two days before his second birthday. The later diagnosis was the result of Carter having a milder form of the disorder, the exact cause of which still remains unknown. Children with autism typically have difficulties in pretend play, social interactions and verbal and nonverbal communication. The costs for the family vary greatly. First and foremost is the boy’s therapy, known as intensive behaviour intervention, or IBI. Jackson and Carter each have at least two therapists who come into the home twice a day to interact with them and help them to develop their cognitive and mental skills, as well as their interactions with other people. “It’s the only evidenced-based therapy for kids on the autism spectrum,” said Christine Wittig, one of the family’s therapists. “We help them learn how to functionally play with toys and how to interact appropriately in social situations and with their peers.” Jackson is largely nonverbal and is very sensitive to light, loud noises and even material against his skin, while Carter is very social and quite smart for a three year old, but needs help to develop proper social etiquette and learn how to interact with others. A minimum of 20 hours per week of intensive therapy is required to help the boys develop the skills necessary for later in life, with 40 hours being optimum, said Wittig.
One problem, however, is that the therapy is very expensive. Sarah says it is tens of thousands of dollars each year, and her husband Jake works night and day as a financial planner for ManuLife to help pay the bills. He still finds time to serve as a volunteer firefighter with the Maryhill station. Nearly 450 people turned up to the fundraiser back in April and they were very successful, raising enough money for about half a year of therapy for the boys. Not only that, but the family must also pay tuition for Jackson to attend Foundation Christian School in Winterbourne because his IBI therapists are not permitted in a regular classroom, Sarah said. “If they miss their therapy even for a week, it’s unreal how different they are,” she said. “Jackson has been sick for most of the winter and he was progressing like there was no tomorrow, but now we’ve had a real regression.” For anyone still interested in submitting a team for the tournament, they will be accepted until tomorrow (Sunday). Anyone interested in making a donation or submitting an item for the silent auction or raffle, Brian and Brent will be accepting donations up until the day of the tournament, and even after. So far they have already collected a lot of good sports memorabilia for the silent auction including three hockey jerseys, a baseball signed by major league player Chipper Jones, gift certificates, golf passes and more. The event will run rain or shine, and for more information call Brent at (519) 648-3323 or email brentkron3@hotmail.com.
Charles Quality Meats – it has really great flavour and is so tender. Remember to bring it to room temperature before grilling, and let it rest afterwards. Pre-heat oven to 375°F; place an eight-inch oven-proof pan in the oven; In a bowl, blend together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, cumin, paprika and salt; In another bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and butter, then whisk in eggs; Blend wet ingredients with dry ingredients, and then stir in relish and green onion; Take hot pan out of oven and
Salsa Verde: >>3 tbsp Italian flat leaf parsley, finely chopped >>3 tbsp chives, finely chopped >>1 tbsp capers, finely chopped >>1 clove garlic, minced >>1 tsp anchovy paste >>Zest of one lemon
quickly swirl oil in pan and then spread batter in the pan; Place back in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes. Blend all of the salsa verde in-
Steak: >>1 2-3 lb top sirloin steak >>A generous amount of Kosher salt and black pepper
>>2 tbsp olive oil gredients together in a small bowl; set aside Pre-heat grill or heavy pan to medium high heat; Rub the steak with the olive oil, salt and pepper; Grill steak about 4 minutes per side for medium rare; let steak rest, tented with foil, for 5 minutes before carving; Using a sharp carving knife, slice steak across the grain in long strokes, about half- inch slices; serve with salsa verde drizzled atop or on the side and with a big warm piece of cornbread.
>>Chefs
Kirstie Herbstreit and Jody O’Malley are both Red Seal certified chefs. Together they run the company YouCanCook2 and The Culinary Studio. You can also find them cooking at Entertaining Elements in St. Jacobs,where they hold private dinners for eight people. To contact the chefs, visit their website www.theculinarystudio.ca.
>>3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil >>2 tsp sherry wine vinegar >>Pinch of salt
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GETTING IT DONE Elmira’s Brad Kraus takes a shot on goal while Spencer MacCormack looks on at a do-or-die game Apr. 24 at the Dan Snyder Arena. The Kings beat Niagara Falls 4-3 in overtime to advance to the final series.
Kings do their part in making it to the Sutherland Cup final series Back-to-back wins earn Elmira a berth; best-of-seven finals get underway this weekend Elizabeth Bate
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aving dropped the first two games of the round-robin portion of the Sutherland Cup playoffs, Elmira wasn’t in complete control of its destiny. But the Sugar Kings did their part, winning backto-back games, including a 4-3 overtime nail-biter last Sunday night over Niagara
Falls to clinch a spot in the finals. That victory, coupled with a 4-1 win over St. Thomas and that team’s loss a day earlier to Niagara Falls, got the Kings where they needed to be. The jockeying for position led to a real treat at the Woolwich Memorial Centre Apr. 24. With 1,220 fans in atten-
dance, the noise in the Dan Snyder Arena was deafening as fans urged the team on to its second victory in as many nights. “Our fans were unbelievable that game,” said Kings head coach Geoff Haddaway. “When we came out on Sunday it was the loudest I’ve ever heard it and I think that really got our guys going. We
had a really strong start to our game, and I think a lot of that had to do with our fan support.” Haddaway wondered what the noise level in the arena would sound like if every seat was filled. “That would be an impressive accomplishment,” he said. Despite almost doubling
Niagara’s shot count, with final totals 61-35 in Elmira’s favour, the game was close, with a sudden-death finish. The Kings’ strong start saw a lot of action in the Niagara zone, but at 8:55 the Canucks found the back of the Elmira net, drawing first blood. Elmira didn’t wait too
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Where the boys are ... and it's not the golf course A
s I write this, the wild turkey season is entering into its fourth glorious day. And I have yet to set my sights on any legal bird that possesses a beard. I haven’t gotten desperate yet, but let’s just say I’d probably settle for one wearing a false nose, glasses and moustache. On opening morning a distant gobbler provided me with a brief glimpse of hope. But that was short-lived. Since then, work has prevented me from getting out regularly. But yesterday I did run into three hens, not one of which had even the slightest whisker. This is a common predicament with turkey hunters, in fact. A young fellow I know told a story this week that ought to make any grown man cry. He had acquired sole permission to hunt a woodlot where the population density of turkeys rivalled that commonly found on a Japanese bullet train. The next morning, he slipped
Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea into the edge of those woods well before sunrise, opting not to set up a decoy in order to maintain stealth. As the morning brightened, he said the sound of gobblers was deafening. In fact, he said he listened to several after they flew down from the roost – and this show went on for over an hour. The noise was so loud that he eventually got a headache from it. Still, he did everything just right, sitting perfectly still and yelping softly on his call on occasion. At one point, he heard the telltale shuffle of birds dragging their feet though the leaf litter as they approached from the rear.
Then out of the corner of his eye, he caught glimpse of feathers. It turned out that they belonged to three hens. As he watched them pick at the ground and his boots, the sound of several gobblers faded away, leaving him heartbroken and seriously considering the merits of golf. The point is there isn’t a turkey hunter I know who hasn’t had to deal with similar heartache and frustration. And that’s just to get permission to leave the house. But every turkey hunter knows the benefits too. Even on my two fruitless outings, I was thrilled by the sights, sounds and signs of wildlife, everything from moose tracks to woodcock. I was also assured that our local grouse population is on the rebound – every time I yelped on my slate call, another rooster would drum from some nearby log. All kidding aside, these are the things that bring hunters like my
friend and I back to the woods on spring mornings. There is nothing like the cool morning air and the glorious sound of songbirds, crows and passing geese to loose tension and make you glad that you got out of bed. I can’t hunt this morning. An unexpected deadline has gotten in the way. But last night I scouted a glorious ridgeline where wild leeks scent the air. Something feels right about that place; the hardwoods and open meadows seem tailor-made for a couple of toms I saw prior to the season. Next week, everything else is on hold. My plan is to slip along that ridge line and find a comfortable tree to lean my back against. There I’ll wait and enjoying the sights and sounds of a spring morning. If a gobbler sounds off and comes to the call so much the better. Golf has nothing on this.
Green seeking hardware in South Africa I
n 16 years, St. Clements resident Norm Green has captured 22 medals at national and international lawn bowling competitions. From May 2-13 he’ll have the chance to add two more to that collection when he competes in the International Bowls for the Disabled tournament in South Africa. The tournament runs every four years and the last time he was there, in 2002, he won a pair of bronze medals in the singles and mixed-doubles. This year he will be competing against eight other bowlers in his bracket, and while the tournament attracts players of varying disabilities, he will only compete against others with a sight disability. Green, 69, was left with limited sight after an 18-foot fall onto his head while on a catwalk at work in 1992. Now, Green is categorized as a B2, which means he has less than 5 per cent vision remaining. A B1 is someone who is completely blind, while a B3 is someone with less than 10 per cent of their vision. Green has no vision in his one eye and only four per cent vision in the other. Players are allowed to bowl against anyone in the same sight category or higher, but cannot compete against any-
one lower, he said. Green won the right to represent Canada after he captured gold in the men’s singles at the Canadian Nationals in Winnipeg last year – his third Canadian title – and will pair up with the women’s winner, Heather Hanka, for the mixed doubles portion of the tournament. He will arrive in Africa tomorrow (May 1) and immediately get to work. Over the course of the tournament he could play up to 300 ends, rain or shine. In single play the winner is the first to reach 21 points, while in doubles the winner is decided after 14 ends. Players will be given one day of practice prior to the start of the tournament – a day Green will certainly need to hone his skills. “I haven’t picked a bowl up since last September,” he said with a laugh. He bowled in Elmira up until about two years ago, when he moved to a facility in Kitchener. They have both indoor and outdoor bowling greens, but he doesn’t bowl in the winter because of his other passion – curling. “Curling I really love, I’d curl all year round if they let me.” Fortunately, the two sports are actually quite similar. In lawn bowling there is a ball
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Blind bowler representing Canada at international tournament starting next week
READY TO ROLL Norm Green displays some of his medals from earlier lawn bowling competitions, as well as his Canadian gear prior to heading off to South Africa for the International Bowls for the Disabled from May 1-13.
called the jack which players throw down the playing green to start the match. It must travel at least 76 feet
(23 metres) down the 120-foot (35-metre) green, then players each take turns bowling their four balls – called
bowls – in an attempt to get as close to the jack as possible, much like the centre rings in curling. The only tricky part is that, unlike the centre rings in curling, the jack can move when it is hit. “You might be lying two or even three, looking good, and I take the jack away from you. Ninety per cent of the time the jack will move backwards,” said Green with a laugh while explaining some of the tactics of the sport. “So if you get a bowl close, you try to put one a little bit deeper in case it (the jack) moves.” Green said he relies heavily on his coach, Bill Mayer, and he said he focuses on his coach's white shoes against the green grass to help line up his shots, as well as directions from his coach once the shot has been made to help him adjust for the next one. The tournament concludes in the middle of May, but Green and his wife Carol will be staying a few extra weeks to travel around the country and go on safari, proof that he hasn’t allowed his disability to slow him down in the 19 years since his accident. “Whenever we travel anywhere, we try to make a vacation out of it,” he said.
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strong throughout the game, but we had a bit of a lapse in third,” Haddaway said. “I think I would describe it as off-focus. We knew if we won, we got to go to the Sutherland Cup and I wonder if when we scored to make it 3-1, we were too focused on that rather than just focusing on the game.” That lack of focus in the third period would prove nearly fatal for the Kings, as the Canucks scored twice to even out the scoreboard. Elmira’s Baleshta got two minutes for slashing early in the period, giving Niagara a chance that they capitalized on at 4:43. They scored again before the period was half over, taking advantage of another powerplay at 7:40. Regulation play finished with a score of 3-3. An intense and noisy over time period saw each team
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long to counter, with Spencer MacCormack, assisted by Wade Pfeffer and Lukas Baleshta, taking advantage of a power play at 12:34. The first period ended with the teams tied at one apiece. Elmira would continue to make use of their special teams in the second frame, scoring one powerplay goal and one shorthanded goal. Brad Kraus took it to the net with the help of Josh MacDonald and Pfeffer at 6:58 with th man advantage. Less than three minutes later, Brady Campbell scored an unassisted goal while Elmira’s Andrew Smith was serving time in the box for charging. Niagara failed to secure a goal in the second, so the Kings went back to the room up 3-1. “I thought we were fairly
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MAKING A POINT Andrew Smith makes a bid for the net in overtime of an intense match-up against Niagara Falls Apr. 24. Smith’s assist would guarantee the Kings a spot in the Sutherland Cup finals. striving to finish off the other. At 10:01 into OT, MacDonald, assisted by Campbell and Andrew Smith, made that a reality for the Kings as he slipped the puck past Canucks goalie Michael Gallardi during some heavy traffic in front of the net. “I think Niagara Falls is a good team and they took advantage of that, fortunately we were able to pull it out in the end and we still get to move on,” Haddaway said. The two teams now square off in the best-of-seven finals, with the victor claiming the Junior B’s highest prize. The Kings were in Niagara Falls
Friday night before returning home Sunday for game
two. The festivities get underway at the WMC at 7 p.m.
TOUGH BATTLE
Spencer MacCormack tries to keep a handle on the puck during the fast and furious action against the Canucks.
KEEPING THEM IN THE GAME
Kings’ goalie Matthew Smith makes one of 32 saves to help his team to the Sutherland Cup championship round.
LIGHTING THE WAY The Kings’ mascot did Niagara Falls a favour by
advertising for help in the final round of the Sutherland Cup finals. The signs encouraged boisterous fans at the Dan Snyder Arena Apr. 24.
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Optimist Club hosts its annual tournament Saturday at Park Manor Public School James Jackson
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he Elmira Sugar Kings aren’t the only hockey team in action this weekend. Today (Saturday) marks the 20th annual Elmira Optimist Club road hockey tournament, which will be played on the tennis and basketball courts at Park Manor Public School. About 185 kids are expected to participate in what has become an annual rite of spring in town. “This has been going on a long time and it’s been a great success. It seems to be one of the great days for the Optimist Club in Elmira,” said convener and organizer Steve Bisbee. “We get out and can be hands-on with the kids. It is such a fun event” The tournament is for boys and girls ranging from 7 to 14 years, and it starts bright and early at 8 a.m., with the champs decided by 2:30 p.m. Teams will consist of five players – one goalie and four players – with games lasting 30 minutes. The tournament is a double-elimination for-
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TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS Tegan and Cade Schaus battle for the ball with Noah Bauman at last year’s Elmira Optimist ball hockey tournament. Inset, Ben Lenaers blocks a shot and Tyler Rogers looks for a rebound. mat with every team guaranteed at least two games before they are eliminated. The day also includes a barbecue and all the participants will take home a mini
hockey stick, with the winners receiving a medal and some prize money as well. The Optimists have one mandate, said Bisbee, and that is to collect money and
give it away in order to sponsor kids’ events in Elmira, but he emphasized that today’s tournament was not about the money. “It’s not a fundraiser. In
no way is it a fundraiser,” Bisbee said, adding that the entry fee 20 years ago was $5 per player, and has remained the same to this day. “We just want to have a great day with the kids.” The Optimist Club – which has 14 members in Elmira – has relied heavily on volunteer support over the years, and this tournament is no different. Bisbee said that students from the high school have been calling to ask about fulfilling their volunteer hours for graduation, and the Woolwich Minor Hockey referees have also agreed to officiate the games for free. “It lends some credibility to the games,” said Bisbee with a laugh about including the referees in the games. “I think it’s kind of a win for both of us. We get them, and they get their volunteer hours for high school.” The event will proceed rain or shine, but the outlook for Saturday is promising, with a high of 14 degrees and only a 20 per cent chance of rain. “I asked for that,” laughed Bisbee.
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>>Gravely Lawnmower 48” wide, zero turn, 21 h.p. Koehler engine. Used five seasons. Good condition. $3300 obo. 519-638-2826. >>Sheep Manure Composted, bagged $4.00 per bag organic manure for flower beds or small gardens. Call 519-6693956, Elmira. >>Wicker
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>>TUTOR Available. Experienced Ontario Certified Teacher (All Subjects/Grades). Guitar and Spanish Language Instruction available as well. Call Matthew Bauman at 519-519-669-2128. CHILD CARE REQUIRED
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HEALTH CARE
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FOR SALE
>>1979 15 ft Fibreglass fishing boat with 8 h motor (maintained last year at Waterloo Marine). No leaks, customized for fishing. With adjustable trailer. Asking $500.00. 519-210-0755. >>30”
Electric Stove. Excellent condition. $50. 519-519-669-9781.
>>Barn and Fence paint, dark green. 4 - 5 gals. pails. $65 each. Tel. 519-6693927. >>Draw - Title Trailor Hitch, fits Chrysler Products Towing max 6000 tongue weight 600. Asking $100.00. 519-210-0755.
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Bedroom Furniture. 5-piece, sold wood frame, patina finish, made in USA by Henry Link: 2 night tables, 6-drawer dresser, lingerie tower, 3-drawer dresser. Excellent condition. $850. 519-6642992.
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RENTALS
>>Two Rooms for rent in a house, shared accommodations. Call Heather at 519-616-2129. >>Upstairs Office Space - 3 rooms available from $450 per month depending on size. Includes heat & hydro. Main floor in an active real estate office. Call Mildred Frey, 519-669-1544.
TRADES & SERVICES
TRADES & SERVICES
>>“Limited Time Offer” Relaxing therapy includes muscles, nerves, lymphs, hormones, pain etc. Call Grant’s Hands On Therapy 519-577-3251. Elmira office $50.00, or house calls $57.00.
>>Custom Trucking available anywhere in Onatio. 30 ft. flatbed trailer. Call Dave at 519-801-5653.
>>CRD Accounting Services - Income Tax (E-File) Services. Small business accounting, payroll & gov/t filings. Chuck Downs, 95 Aspen Cr., Elmira. 519-6691498, cell 519-569-1744.
COMING EVENTS
>>Rolled Rib & Pig Tail Dinner and Silent Auction hosted by the Wellesley Applejacks. Friday, May 6, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Wellesley Community Centre. Food by Kennedy’s. $25/ticket advance tickets only by May 2. For tickets Verna 519-656-2372, Rick 519-656-3111 or Kevin 519656-2970.
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>>Waterloo Rod & Gun Mens Horseshoe League. Join the fun Thursday Fun Night May 19, 2011. Members $35, non members $45. Price includes two free BBQ’s and year end banquet. Call Len 519-8856723; Dave 519-725-0644. Waterloo Rod & Gun, 1075 Bo De Lane, St. Jacobs. 519664-2951. GARAGE SALES
>>89 Oriole Pkwy, Elmira. Mostly furniture, some antiques including 1800’s wood stove. Complete Geco Terraium large kitchen table, starting at 8 a.m. >>Annual Lighthouse Ministries Int. garage sale, bake sale, BBQ. Apr. 29, 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Apr. 30, 7 am - 2 p.m. Bag sale Sat. 10:30. Gerald Bowman Auction building in Wallenstein. >>Garage Sale Saturday,
April 30, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. 21 Millrun Lane, Winterbourne. Household items, some furniture etc.
GARAGE SALES
>>Garage Sale - May 7 & 8, rain date 13th & 14th. Bakers Rack, student desk, lawn mower, childs wagon and bikes, dehumidifiers, crokinole boards, crocks, Gendren Doll Buggy, golf balls, NEW pails, pool pump, laminate floor mouldings, lots more! 18 Tanager St., Elmira. >>Giant Perennial Sale starting May 5. 50 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. >>Mega Sale - Sat. May 7, 9 a.m. 10 Canary Crt. Elmira. Numerous household items, bedding, jewellery, screws and bolts and much more! >>Multi Family Garage Sale. Fri. May 6, 8 a.m. & Sat. May 7, 8 a.m. 118 Muscovey Dr., Elmira. Christian Books, road hockey sticks, numerous household items and more! >>Saturday, April 30, 7a.m. - 1 p.m. at 1076 Northfield Dr. E. Conestogo. Camping equipment, fishing gear, tools, household, window boxes and much more.
Riverside students hit the trails
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>>2000 GMC Sierra extended cab, 1/2 ton pickup. Runs good. As is. $1500. 519-669-8808. RENTALS
>>Apartment for Rent. 27 Robb St., Moorefield. 2 bedroom, fridge and stove included. Laundry in building. No pets. $725 + utilities. First & last month. 519-291-2590 or 519-2914453, leave message. >>Elmira - 2 Bedroom townhouse. Please, no smoking, no pets. $876 plus utilities. Suitable for quiet tenants. Call 519-7437479 . One parking space included. >>Elmira. 1 Bedroom apt. 2nd floor. Central location . $475 + hydro only. Avail. June 1. Call 519-6691472.
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NATURE WALK Students at Riverside Public School in Elmira took part in a school-wide trail walk along the Kissing Bridge Trail Apr. 27 as part of Woolwich Healthy Communities month. Left, Diego Flores Dyck, Lydia Wilson and Kordin Metzger strut their stuff. Top, Austin Cousinaeu and Conner Redmond enjoy their walk in the woods. Bottom, Jessica Pollard and Courtney Taylor stroll through the park.
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2011 CENSUS
Do people have to participate in the census? All residents of Canada are legally required to complete The 2011 Census is here and will begin in early May. Help shape the planning and development of the census questionnaire, according to the Statistics Act. your community, your province and your country by participating in this important survey! The Census is an essential tool for governments to track population age, demographics and distribution, so your Statistics Canada is bound by law to protect the confidentiality of the information respondents provide in the census. Only Statistics Canada employees have access to census questionnaires. participation is very important! Communities depend on census information when planning for new schools, roads, waterworks, Questions will be the same as the 2006 Census with only two new additions. Responses can be public transit, and police and fire services. Town planners use census information on households and made on-line, via telephone or by mail-in. Assistance and more information regarding the census families to plan current and future housing needs, health care, social services and day-care centres. can be found on www.census2011.ca. Population estimates obtained from the census are used to allocate transfer payments from the 2011 Business Survey – This year, our community is participating in a business survey to gather data federal government to the provinces and territories and from the provinces to municipalities. As a for such purposes as transportation planning, development estimates and monitoring economic decennial census, data from the 2011 Census will be used to determine the number of Members of trends. Businesses will be visited by an enumerator beginning in May. Parliament.
WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE SPRING ICE TIME AVAILABLE
On the Dan Snyder Pad, Now until May 8th Call 519.669.1647 ext. 7001 or 7025 to book Regular Program including Parent & Tot, Adult, & Afterschool Skates will continue until Sunday, May 8, 2011.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK
2011 DOG TAGS The Animal Control By-law of the Township of Woolwich requires that every dog must wear a dog tag when off of the property of the owner of the dog. Dog Tags for 2011 were to be purchased by April 15, 2011.
Do YOU know what to do in an EMERGENCY?
Dog Tag Fees are now: Neutered/Spayed - $25.00 Non-Neutered/Spayed - $30.00 There is a fine of $195.00 for unlicensed dogs.
Visit the Emergency Preparedness displays on May 5th at No Frills and May 6th at Foodland from 3-6 p.m.
May 1st to May 7th, 2011
Woolwich Businesses are invited to the 2nd Annual
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:00pm – 7:00pm Lion’s Hall, 40 South Street West, Elmira Expand
your network
Showcase your business
Networking
Business Tradeshow
Keynote Speaker
Begins at 4:00pm
Begins at 4:00pm
Begins at 5:15pm
Network with other local business representatives, elected officials, and senior staff from the Township.
Interact and learn about other businesses; raise awareness of your company, products & services; and increase support to local businesses.
Join us to hear Ron McCarville speak about customer service and how to ‘get it right’ in today’s business environment.
Understand your customers
Contact
To register for the event and/or book a Tradeshow Table please contact:
Laurel Davies Snyder
Economic Development & Tourism Officer
Phone: 519-669-6020 Email: ldaviessnyder@woolwich.ca
Register by May 4th Registration is required.
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Book a Tradeshow Table by May 6 : Woolwich Businesses - $50.00, Non - Woolwich Businesses - $75.00
Refreshments will be served. Parking located on-site.
www.woolwich.ca
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NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING Tuesday May 24, 2011 7:00 p.m. Township Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira Regarding the following Applications • 603048 BC Ltd. – Zone Change 6/2011 • King/86 Developments Ltd. – Zone Change 7/2011 and Official Plan Amendment 2/2011 • 1066626 Ontario Ltd. and Marhome Farms Ltd. - Zone Change Application 8/2011 Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has received complete applications for the above noted Zone Change and Official Plan amendment applications for proposed Zoning By-law and Official Plan Amendments as detailed below. Please be advised that Notice of a Complete Application does not indicate whether the municipality is in support of, or in opposition to the proposals. That determination will be made at a later date. The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Sections 17 and 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change applications. No decisions will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them. 603048 BC Ltd. – Zone Change 6/2011 The Township has received a Zone Change application from Dryden, Smith and Head Planning Consultants Ltd. on behalf of 603048 BC Ltd. for the property located at 6455 Reid Woods Drive and described as German Company Tract Part Lots 112 and 113, 58R-12743 Parts 1 to 4 (see Map 1). The property is designated Rural Land Use Area in the Township Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A) with site specific provisions permitting a wood processing plant with accessory uses and a truck maintenance facility. The 7.3 hectare property contains three industrial buildings, a single detached dwelling and a detached garage. The purpose of the application is to amend the site specific provisions within the Agricultural zone to permit the fabrication of farm related equipment (bale wrapping, front end loaders and miscellaneous farm equipment) with accessory uses including sales of associated parts and equipment repairs. The existing buildings, with some modifications, will be utilized for the proposed uses. King/86 Developments Ltd. – Zone Change 7/2011 and Official Plan Amendment 2/2011 The Township has received Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change applications from Smart Centres on behalf of King/86 Developments Limited for the properties located at 330 Farmers Market Road and 335 Farmers Market Road and described as German Company Tract Part Lot 18, Plan 58R-12854 Parts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, Plan 58R-14620 Part 2 and Plan 58R-15995 Parts 2, 5, 14 to 16, 18 to 21, 24 and 25 (see Map 2). The properties are designated Power Centre Commercial in the Township’s Official Plan and are zoned Power Centre Commercial (C-6). The Official Plan and Zoning limit the entire development to a maximum 28,335 sq m (305,000 sq ft) of gross floor area. The property at 330 Farmers Market Road is currently developed with two commercial buildings (Dollorama/ Mark’s Work Wearhouse and Arby’s/First Choice Haircutters) and the property at 335 Farmers Market Road is developed with a Wal-Mart retail operation. The current Official Plan policies and Zoning By-law restrict the minimum size of a Restaurant for these lands to: •
465 sq m (5,000 sq ft), with the following exceptions: 1.
a maximum of one (1) restaurant may have a minimum size of 232 sq m (2,500 sq ft) (this exception is currently accounted for by the 167 sq m (1,800 sq ft) Arby’s restaurant); and
2.
a maximum of one (1) restaurant may have a minimum size of 74 sq m (800 sq ft).
The applicant is proposing to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit restaurants having a unit size of less than 465 sq m (5,000 sq ft).
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In addition, the definition of Service Commercial in the Official Plan and Zoning By-law is limited to specific service commercial type uses for these properties. The applicant is proposing to amend the Service Commercial definition to broaden the range of service commercial type uses. 1066626 Ontario Ltd. and Marhome Farms Ltd. - Zone Change Application 8/2011 The Township has received a Zone Change application from 1066626 Ontario Ltd. (Max’s Golf Centre) and Marhome Farms Ltd. to extend a Temporary Use By-law concerning the properties located at 790 and 800 King Street North. The subject lands consist of a portion of two parcels totaling 2.8 hectares and are located on the north side of King Street North, west of Arthur Street South (see Map 3). The subject lands are currently a golf centre and farm. The 1.6 hectare portion owned by 1066626 Ontario Ltd. is designated as Industrial/ Commercial Area and zoned Stockyards Industrial Commercial Area (C-8). The 1.2-hectare portion owned by Marhome Farms Ltd. is designated Rural and Restricted Land Use Area and zoned Agricultural (A). Both properties have site-specific zoning regulations pertaining to the Temporary Use By-law. The purpose of the application is to extend the Temporary Use By-law for an additional three year period to allow 1066626 Ontario Ltd. to use the 1.2 hectare parcel owned by Marhome Farms Ltd. for a driving range, while Marhome Farms Ltd. uses the 1.6 hectare parcel owned by 1066626 Ontario Ltd. for crop farming. Please Note: APPEALS: Zoning Amendments If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-laws does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the proposed zoning by-law amendments are passed: a) b)
the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of Woolwich to the Ontario Municipal Board; and the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
Official Plan Amendment If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Woolwich before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of the proposed official plan amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the official plan, additional Township public meetings or Township staff reports regarding these applications you must make a written request to Engineering and Planning Services at the Township of Woolwich at the address shown at the top of this page. If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before May 17, 2011 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will also be considered. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-669-6005 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6005. MORE INFORMATION: The public may view planning documents and background material relating to this application at the Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services Department between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the Township website at www.woolwich.ca. Questions or written submissions may be directed to: Township of Woolwich Engineering and Planning Services Department Box 158 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 Telephone: 519-669-1647 / 519-664-2613 Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 30th day of April, 2011.
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Your body is capable of putting up some impressive numbers Q.
hat are some mind-boggling numbers your body can boast about? For instance, how many heartbeats have you been allotted over the years?
A.
Roughly 2,500,000,000 by the time you reach 70 years old, answers “ScienceIllustrated.Com” magazine. Some of the fastest neurons in your spinal cord can send signals at nearly 300 mph, or half the speed of sound. About 40% of all the atoms in your body, such as oxygen and carbon, originated in supernova explosions. The remaining 60% are hydrogen atoms formed during the Big Bang. Each of your retinas contains over 100,000,000 photoreceptors. The interior surface of your lungs, if unfolded, would
Strange But True Bill & Rich Sones cover nearly 100 square yards, or about a third of a tennis court. Finally, consider your brain: It makes up only 2% of your body’s weight but receives 15-20% of the blood supply. By the 10th week of development, your fetal brain was creating 250,000 neurons every minute, until reaching about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion), linked by 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) synapses, or connections. That, says Valerie Ross in Discover magazine,
“is at least 1,000 times the number of stars in our galaxy.” You’re a piano virtuoso performing on stage when suddenly you see creatures crawling about your musical instrument? What do you do?
Q.
A.
If you’re Frederic Chopin in Paris in 1848, you stop right in the middle of the piece, says Science magazine. He is widely viewed as “a tortured artist,” but a new paper suggests the great composer’s eccentricities may have been due to temporal lobe epilepsy. Radiologist Manuel Vasquez Caruncho and neurologist Francisco Branas Fernandez of Xeral-Calde Hospital in Lugo, Spain studied Chopin’s writings
and those of friends and pupils for hints about his hallucinations and wild behaviors. Only a handful of neurological disorders produce the phantasmagoria that tormented Chopin, who didn’t abuse drugs or alcohol, the team concluded. They ruled out schizophrenia and other common psychoses because his hallucinations were visual, not auditory, and because he lacked other telltale symptoms such as eye problems or migraines. Still, admit the researchers, “it is difficult to be conclusive without being able to observe Chopin,” but they point out that testimonies from witnesses are
key in diagnosing epilepsy even today.
>>Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at strangetrue@cs.com
COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING
lands at 1058 Spitzig Road, owned by Woodland Christian High School. Both the proposed retained and severed lands are zoned Agricultural and are subject to a rezoning application to recognize a reduced lot area and to allow an institutional use, respectively.
May 16,2011
CONSENT APPLICATION B6/2011 – Philip and Debra Gleeson PROPERTY: 254 Arthur Street South, Elmira, Plan 1365 Part Lot 16, 58R-10504 Parts 3 to 6 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to sever a vacant parcel of land measuring approximately 21 metres by 71 metres as a new single detached residential lot. Both the proposed retained and severed lands are zoned Residential One Unit – Low Density (R-2). The proposed retained lands contain a single detached dwelling.
On Monday, May 16, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Offices, 24 Church Street West, Elmira to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson at 519-6696040 or 519-664-2613 (ext. 6040) regarding meeting details. Email: nthompson@woolwich.ca. The Committee will also consider signed, written submissions for or against the applications if submitted to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Submissions can be forwarded by mail or hand delivery to: Township of Woolwich, Attn: Jeremy Vink, P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 or Fax 519-669-4669 or Email jvink@woolwich.ca. MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A9/2011 – Darryl and Karen Shoemaker PROPERTY: 6 Queen Street, Elmira Plan 567 Part Lot 178 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the rear yard setback from 7.5 metres to approximately 6.9 metres to permit a 21 square metre addition at the rear of the dwelling. The property is zoned Residential Mixed High Density (R-5) and contains a single detached dwelling and an accessory shed. MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A10/2011 – Lewis and Pauline Weber PROPERTY: 2520 Three Bridges Road, GCT Part Lots 48 and 108 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the building line setback measured to the centre line of the road from 23 metres to approximately 18 metres to permit the construction of a new silo. The property is zoned Agricultural with site specific provisions and contains a single detached dwelling, mobile home by a Temporary Use By-law, detached garage, dairy barn and three silos. MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A11/2011 – John M. and Lucille Bauman PROPERTY: 6542 Middlebrook Road, GCT Part Lot 66 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the building line setback measured to the centre line of the road from 23 metres to approximately 17 metres to permit the construction of a new silo. The property is zoned Agricultural and contains a single detached dwelling, two equipment sheds, a dairy barn and four silos.
CONSENT APPLICATIONS B7/2011 and B8/2011 – Elizabeth Brohman PROPERTY: 138 Horseshoe Crescent, Breslau, Plan 1493 Part Lot 2, 58R-15014 Part 3, 58M356 Block 126 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to sever two vacant parcels for the purpose of creating new single detached residential lots as follows: B7/2011 – measuring approximately 17.8 by 40.2 metres; and B8/2011 – measuring approximately 14.8 by 39 metres. The proposed retained and severed lands are zoned Residential One Unit – Medium Density (R-2A) with site specific provisions. The existing dwelling located on the property is proposed to be demolished. SIGN VARIANCE APPLICATION SV1/2011 - Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc. PROPERTY: 54 Arthur Street South, Elmira Plan 560 Part Lots 7 and 8, 58R491 Parts 2 and 3 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the setback for a pylon sign adjacent to a lot line from 3 metres to zero metres to permit the installation of a new pylon sign at the intersection of Wyatt Street West and Arthur Street South, Elmira as part of an overall site redevelopment. The existing pylon sign will be removed. The property is zoned Core Commercial – Urban (Floodway / Flood Fringe) (C-1 (FW/FF)) with site specific provisions and contains an existing convenience store and gas bar. The property is proposed for redevelopment of a new convenience store and gas bar. Further information about the applications may be obtained from Engineering and Planning Services at 519-669-6038 or 519-664-2613 (Ext. 6038).
DATED this 30th day of April, 2011 Jeremy Vink, RPP, MCIP CONSENT APPLICATION B5/2011 – Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation Senior Planner PROPERTY: Spitzig Road, German Company Tract, Part Lot 107, Peter Hornings Tract, Part Lot 3 Engineering & Planning Ser PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to sever a vacant parcel of land measuring approximately 68 by 144 metres (1 hectare) and convey it as a lot addition to the adjacent
THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF 2011 INTERIM PROPERTY TAXES IS DUE FRIDAY MAY 6, 2011 NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING ALERT: If you have been paying taxes on land only, you may be subject to a Supplementary Tax Bill later this year. DIDN’T RECEIVE A BILL? Non-receipt of a tax bill does not waive your obligation to pay and you may incur a penalty. If you did not receive a bill, contact the Tax Collector as soon as possible at (519) 669-6016. Marion Pollard, CMTC (A), Manager of Revenue/Tax Collector
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Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated | 180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
OFFICE 519-888-7110
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$299,900
OPEN HOUSE Sunday, 2-4pm - 26 Tanager Street, Elmira Quaint bungalow Loc'd on 'quiet
Bungalow w/beautiful yard
Paul Martin
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519-503-9533
$312,000
www.homeswithpaul.ca
Family home w/3 bdrms, eat-in kit, sep DR. Basement is fin’d w/rec room, den & bath. LR w/gas FP & lg bay window. Huge 75x165ft treed lot, above ground pool, shed. Deck is equip’d w/sunken hot tub. Many updates. MLS call Paul direct.
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$249,900
$279,900
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$398,500
cres. near schools. Excellent opportunity for any senior or young family. Just move in and enjoy all the updates. 3 Bdrms, 2 baths, possible 4th bdrm in basement. Cleaning made easy w/carpet free main floor: hardwood & laminate. Lg private yard 90% fenced. Detached 14x22' garage w/opener. Plenty of parking in driveway. MLS Call Paul direct.
$479,000
1 acre country property w/beautiful view of rolling countryside! Spacious 2440sqft home 5 bdrms, 3-5pc baths, huge kit & dining area. Mf laundry w/clothes line door to backyard. Lg mudroom just off garage. Mf master. Den walk-out to deck. Rec room w/french door walk-out to patio. Inlaw set up. MLS call Paul direct.
3 BEDROOM HOME
ELEGANT HOME
On lg 50 x 137ft lot. This enchanting home features huge laundry rm, hardwood flrs in hall, all bdrms, foyer & LR. The lg master bdrm is equip’d w/double closets. Convenient eat-in kit w/side dr to driveway. Walkout stairs from RR to lg covered patio in back yard. MLS call Paul direct.
$449,349
W/picturesque view on 100ft x 237ft lot in Hesson. 2900sqft. 4 bdrms, 3 baths, fabulous LR w/2story windows & vaulted ceiling. Huge kit w/breakfast bar. Lg bright MF lndry & walk-out to clothesline. Huge master w/walkin closet, ens. Lg MB. MLS Call Paul direct.
Beautifully maintained backsplit with a gorgeous yard and in-ground pool perfect for family fun and entertaining. This 4 level backsplit is fully finished with updates from top to bottom. MLS Call Alli or Bill direct.
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Bill Norris
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$379,900
519-588-1348
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Don’t miss this great starter home! Very well kept home w/original charm & character. 3 bdrms, sep DR, mudroom, lg 28x12ft detached garage/workshop & many updates incl: flooring, furnace, all wiring. Carpet free, nice lg windows provide lots of natural light. Big bath w/linen closet. Partly fenced yard. Close to downtown. MLS Call Paul direct.
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Spacious 3+1 bdrms, 2 bath home in Drayton. 1600 sq. ft., Lg sep DR, Charming LR w/fireplace that can be seen from Kit and DR. Carpet free, main flr laundry. Large deck and 10ft x 10ft shed. MLS Call Paul direct.
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3 bdrm, 3bath exceptional home is carpet free w/ceramic & hdwd throughout. Convenience at its best w/ upper flr laundry, 2 walk-in closets, many kit cupboard upgrades. Lovely garden door off dinette leading to lg deck in fenced yrd w/shed. MLS Call Paul direct.
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REAL ESTATE R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. Independently Owned and Operated 17 Church St. W., Elmira
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LINWOOD - 4 bdrm. 3 bath family home on 100' x 201' lot, backing to open field. Large kitchen & dinette. Family rm. w/wood stove. Mn flr laundry. Fin. rec. rm. Geothermal heating sys. Dble. garage. triple + drive. MLS $399,900.
QUIET STREET - close to downtown. Lge. master bdrm. Main flr. laundry. Large L.R./D.R. area. Eat-in kitchen. Fin. rec. room, office area, bdrm. & 4pc. bath in lower level. CAC. MLS REDUCED to $244,900.
CUSTOM BUILT - 4 bedroom home backs to greenspace! Great rm w/ hdwd & gas f/p. Open concept to DR. Maple kitchen w/large dinette. Garden dr. to cedar deck and fenced yard. You'll be impressed! MLS $489,900.
LOCATION! Lovely wooded lot. Newer kitchen. Walkout to partly covered deck. Carpet free home. Updated bathroom, windows & doors. Walkout bsmt - Rec. room w/gas f.p. Games rm. & 2pc. in lower level. MLS $399,900.
WEST MONTROSE - Huge lot backing to greenspace. Open concept to large great rm. w/high ceiling. Main flr. master bdrm. (ensuite) & office. Fin. lower level - full walkout. New shingles. MLS $629,900.
FLORADALE - Operate your own business OR great storage buildings. Approx. 4680 sq. ft. in 2 bldgs. Lovely property backing onto GRCA. MLS REDUCED to $174,900.
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DRAYTON 5 YEAR BUNGALOW $334,000. Hard to find. Corner lot across from public park. Open concept with vaulted ceilings, 3 Bedrooms, 2 ½ Bath. Mainfloor conveniences including laundry. Walkout to spacious deck and fenced yard with onground pool. MLS
ELMIRA BACKSPLIT 3+ BEDROOMS $329,000. Great “Birdland”
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ELMIRA WOODED LOT $359,900. 1900 sq ft side
split offers generous sized rooms, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths including 3pc ensuite. Formal rooms, great room, wood burning fireplace, two walkouts to yard. Triple drive, double garage. MLS
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location on a 56’ x 110’ fenced lot. Open concept kitchen/dinette to lower level family room. French Doors. 4 levels. Sunroom addition ideal retreat overlooking backyard. 3 baths including 2 pc ensuite. Double Garage. MLS
end street in small community. Minutes to Conestogo Lake. Renovated 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Bungalow with hardwood and extended use of ceramics. Full walkout lower level fully finished. Large upper deck and private balcony off Master. MLS
DRAYTON $283,900. GREAT VALUE
GORGEOUS LOT $249,900. This mature
FOR 2200+ sq ft family home. Large front foyer, open staircase, 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths including full ensuite. Country sized Kitchen open to deck and fenced yard. Living/dining rooms. Finished recroom. MLS
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GLEN ALLAN - great view of the countryside! Custom built 4+ bdrm. with fin. walkout basement. Large country kitchen w/walkout. Main flr. master bdrm. Open concept. Dble. garage + detached garage 24’ x 30’. A MUST SEE. MLS $524,900.
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EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW - secluded 1 acre lot backing to a wooded ravine! Very quiet street in CONESTOGO. Almost 2900 sq.ft. of luxury in this updated home. Major renovations in 2008. Two master suites on the main level - ideal for inlaws or combined families. Fully fin. walkout basement to a 20' x 40' inground saltwater pool. Extensive landscaping. A MUST SEE! NEW MLS $949,900.
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This custom built cape cod backs onto the Conestogo River! Lovely main floor layout with maple hardwood floors, bright kitchen w/large island, breakfast nook and separate dining area overlook the river and countryside, the spacious living room with gas fireplace and a cozy main floor library/den are wonderful areas to put your feet up & relax. Ample of extras include a main floor laundry/mudroom, oversized double garage, finished walkout basement + more. MLS
MAPLETON 5.19 SCENIC ACRES $449,900. New construc-
tion nearing completion. 2100 sq ft. 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath. Full walkout basement. Stunning views offered from all 3 levels. Flowing creek, bush and cleared land. Solid ash open staircase, buyers choice of flooring and cabinets. MLS
WALLENSTEIN 25 ACRES $729,000. 15 Minutes
to K-W. Amazing property of mature bush and some clearing. Stunning 3872 sq ft home is tucked away in its own oasis of privacy. GleamGleam ing hardwood flooring, w e l c o m i n g entertainers/chef’s kitchen with its cherry cabinetry and expanded granite counters. Soaring ceilings, grand sized 4 Bedrooms. A must see. MLS
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In the spirit of Easter
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HOPPING ALONG Wellesley Preschool students bounced like bunnies during a hop-a-thon held Apr. 20-21, raising more than $700 for research into a cure for muscular dystrophy.
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ate last month the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it was taking new steps to slow the further spread of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) throughout southern Ontario, a plan that will have a direct impact on the way that ash products are processed and transported throughout Waterloo Region. On Mar. 25, the CFIA amalgamated every region or county with a confirmed presence of EAB into one Ministerial Order, giving the agency jurisdiction over the entire zone – including Waterloo Region. Prior to this decision, each zone was independently monitored and quarantined, and ash products could not be transported through another zone without having special certification from the CFIA first. The new amalgamated zone will make it easier for producers and processors of ash products to transport their goods to different markets, as long as they are still within the boundaries of the zone, without special certification. The Ministerial Order covers an enormous swath of land, from Essex County in the south to Huron in the northeast, to Durham in the north and Niagara to the south. EAB has also been discovered in small pockets in Sault Ste. Marie and the Ottawa region, though those areas are under separate Ministerial Orders. The insect – which is only about 8.5 mm in length – originally arrived in the United States from Asia in the mid-1990s, likely hidden in wooden packing crates, and has killed somewhere in the range of 50 to 100 million trees. EAB was first discovered in this region last year along the Hwy. 401 corridor between Cambridge and Kitchener near Homer Watson Boulevard and Fountain Street, but researchers say it likely arrived several years prior to its detection. There have been no other confirmed discoveries throughout the rest of the region or the townships. “But it doesn’t mean it’s not there,” advised Albert Hovingh, environmental and stewardship planner for the Region of Waterloo. Hovingh said the creation of this new regulation zone signals that the CFIA has given up trying to commit to tighter control boundaries for the pest, which first appeared in Canada in the summer of 2002 in Windsor, and has slowly made its way more than 400 kilometres north to Durham County. The CFIA admits that it is almost impossible to judge just how far the insect has travelled and exactly what areas are infected, which is one of the reasons why the CFIA has made the change in the boundaries. “That’s the problem with EAB, we really don’t know how far it has reached out,” conceded Alli-
son Barr, a regional program officer at the CFIA. “Let’s put it this way, if you have a large mature tree – a huge amount of material for such a small insect – and if this large tree only has three insects in it to begin with, that tree might not show any signs or symptoms for years, until the population of EAB grows within that tree and reaches such a threshold that it starts to show decline. “Now, that tree might have had an infestation for three, five, seven years because it was such a large tree.” The single-largest mode of transport for the EAB is through the movement of firewood and other wood products, Barr said, adding that the EAB is a “good flier, but a lazy flier,” and that it doesn’t like to travel far to find a host tree. There is no way of knowing how many trees have been eiinfected with the EAB ei ther – short of peeling back the bark of every tree in the province, said Barr – and some townships are upset that all affected region have been lumped together under one Ministerial Order. Perth County in particular has expressed its desire to be exempt from the order populabecause only a small popula tion of EAB has been found in prethe area and officials want to pre envent more infected wood from en tering the area, but Hovingh says that areas with even a few EAB insects are likely much more heavily infected than it appears. To slow the spread of EAB in Waterloo Region, Hovingh said that the utility companies and regional workers are cutting down ash trees rather than performing annual maintenance on them – why prune them when they will only have to be cut down the next year, he said – and this has kept the cost of removing potentially infected trees low because it is rolled into the annual budgets for tree and property maintenance. The region is also replanting these trees at a two-to-one ratio, using species other than ash, and is also discouraging the planting of any new ash in the area by private homeowners. However, if someone wants to remove an ash tree from their private property they are on the hook for the costs, which can range from $200 all the way up to $1,000 Hovingh said, depending on the condition and the location of the tree. The region’s townships have yet to show the presence of EAB and are in the unique position of not having many ash trees due to the importance of maple syrup production in the area. Given the inherent difficulty of controlling the spread of EAB, the hope is that science will one day catch up and allow areas affected by the Asian insect to either use pesticides such as AceCap 97 or TreeAzine, or natural control measures such as predatory wasps to control the population and reduce the economic and environmental impact of the EAB. “There is just a huge amount of research happening all across North America – universities, federal agencies, private scientists – everybody is on board,” said Barr.
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DEATH NOTICES
>>BOWMAN, Noah M. – Peacefully entered glory at his residence on Wednesday April 27, 2011. Noah M. Bowaman of RR1, El.ora, in his 89th year. Local relatives are his daughter Mildred Martin and her husband Leonard of Alma and his daughter Karen Brabacher of Floradale. >>FALCONER, Graham – Passed away suddenly at his home after a short battle with cancer, on Thursday, April 21, 2011, at the age of 62. Local relatives are his sister Judy Weber an here husband Terry of Bloomingdale. >>JANIKI, Stanley J. – At his home in Minto Township on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in his 80th year. Local relatives are his daughter Stacey Tosh and her husband Barry Doucette of Drayton.
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>>FRITSCH, Georg – Georg died peacefully at his home surrounded by the love of his vamily on Tuesday, April 16, 2011 at the age of 91 years. Local relatives are his Georg Fritsch and his wife Trudy of St. Clements.
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>>WEBER, Kenneth P. – Peacefully on Monday, April 25,
2011 at Leisureworld Care Centre, Elmira, at the age of 81 years of age.
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>>Games Night, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Elmira
Branch Library. Join us for a fun evening of board games. Play or watch business and trading games such as Monopoly, Acquire, Beantrader and more. Just drop in for this free event. Chess, Checkers and Scrabble also available at the desk. For more information call the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477.
>>Euchre Card Party to be hold at 7:30 p.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church Hall, 19 Flamingo Dr. Elmira. Admission $6. There will be cash prizes, door prizes and lunch served. Everyone welcome! Sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League. >>Ham & Scallop Potato Dinner – Royal
Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. 6 p.m.; $7.
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>>Reading
With Ronald – Join Ronald McDonald for an interactive story! Geared towards children 4-7 years old, but all ages are welcome; 7 p.m. at Elmira Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library. Free family event. This learning experience is brought to you by your local Elmira McDonalds. For more information call 519-669-5477.
>>Community Clean-up Day 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Join with others in Woolwich to help beautify your community. Call Ann for details at 519-669-6027 or 519-664-3794, ext. 6027. A Woolwich Healthy Communities event. >>Music Alive Millennium Choral Organization presents Canadian Promenade. 7:30 p.m., Benton St. Baptist Church, 90 Benton St. Kitchener. Tickets Adults $20, Seniors/Students $15. child (12 and under) $10. Tribute to England’s Last Night of the PROMS. For more information call 519-662-3291. >>Interfaith New Hamburg Silent Auction Fundraiser. New location – Wilmot Recreation Complex, 12 – 4 p.m. Over 600 New & Collectible items. New this year – partnership with Living Well Festival. All proceeds from this sale go to support Interfaith Community Counselling Centre in New Hamburg. For more information call 519-662-3092. >>Knights of Columbus Ham Roll 7:30 p.m. at Bridgeport Rod and Gun Club, 1229 Beitz Rd., RR1, Breslau. Evening of chances: grocery hampers, quilts, hams, money and more. Also penny table, crown & anchor, door prizes, early bird specials. Free admission. Fast food available. For information Mike 519-648-3394. >>Recycle your stuff and learn new crafts without going broke! Rags to Riches is a monthly crafting drop-in. Our final session is Apr. 30, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the meeting room at the Elmira Public Library. No pre registration, no admission fees no age limit (although children under 9 must be with an adult). Contact 519-669-0837 for details. This month we will be working with scrap wire and broken jewelry. >>WTHHS Historical Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry St., Wellesley between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Featuring walking tours of Wellesley and Hawkesville. Come and share interesting heritage and history of Wellesley Township every last Saturday of each month, except December. Free admission.
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>>“Try a Tri(athalon) 1-4 p.m. Woolwich
Memorial Centre, Elmira. Adult/Youth/ Child age events/Team/Family events. Info at 519-664-1647, ext. 7001. Fundraiser in support of Woolwich Memorial Centre and Woolwich Healthy Communities.
>>Eduard Klassen 7 p.m. Come hear this
wonderful “Harpist from Heaven’ and his fantastic life story. Waterloo North Presbyterian Church, 400 Northfield Dr., W. Waterloo. We also invite you to come for a delicious dinner, 5 p.m. Dinner $12. For more information call 519-888-7870.
New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area
SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763 psgingrich@hotmail.com
>>John Mahood Pubic School is hosting a
hungryman breakfast. All proceeds will go towards the new playground equipment. Elmira Legion 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
MAY 2
>>Living Well Chronic Disease Self Management Program – This 6 week program is led by trained staff and a peer. They will assist you in coping with any chronic health condition. May 1 – June 13, 1-3:30 p.m. Free course. For more information call 519-664-3794. Classes held at Woolwich Community Health Centre. >>Rise Up – Rise Up is a four-week group program aimed at helping to manage the symptoms of mild depression. Get back into an active state of mind and body. Course runs from May 2-30. Call 519-6643794 for more information on these free classes being held at Woolwich Community Health Centre. >>Nutrition and Your Baby: Prenatal – join registered dietician Robin Hicken for this two-part program designed specifically for expectant parents. This free program is being offered at the Wellesley Township Community Health Centre, 1180 Queen’s Bush Rd., Wellesley, on Monday May 2 (part 1) and Monday June 6 (part 2) from 6:308:30 p.m. Call 519-656-9025 for more information. >>Living Well Chronic Disease Self Management Program – this six-week program is led by trained staff and a peer. They will assist you in coping with any chronic health issues. Topics include: pain and fatigue, exercise and much more. Classes will be held at the Woolwich Community Health Centre, May 2 – June 13, 1-3:30 p.m. For more information on this free course, please call 519-664-3794. >>Rise Up- Rise Up is a four-week group program aimed at helping to manage the symptoms of mild depression. Get back into an active state of mind and body. Course runs May 2-30, 7-8:30 p.m. Call 519-664-3794 for more information on this free course being held at Woolwich Community Health Centre in St. Jacobs. >>Meet Author Jennica Falco and Illustrator Grace Falco Chambers 9:30-10:30 a.m. at St. Jacobs Library. Recommended for children in Grades 1 and 2. Meet the authour and illustrator of The Greatest Grandpa. For more information call the Region of Waterloo Library, St. Jacobs Branch located at 29 Queensway Dr. St. Jacobs. 519-664-3443.
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FAMILY ALBUM STAG & DOE
Stag & Doe for Courtney Hooe & Andrew Lackner
Saturday, May 7th 2011 8:00pm-1:00am St. Jacobs Community Centre Tickets available for $10 at the door Prizes, Late Night Snack & Music by DJ!
STAG & DOE
ANNIVERSARY
Stag & Doe Bobbi-Jo Koebel and Corey Engler
Come join us for a night of fun, games and prizes in support of this amazing couple! Doors Open at 8 pm - 1:00 am St. Clements Community Centre St. Clements, On. Tickets $10 in advance or at the door
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
We invite you to share a special moment in our lives as we celebrate 40 years of marriage for our Parents
Ken and Doreen Martin
With an open house on Sunday, May 8th 2 to 4 pm At the River Song, 632 Hawkesville Rd. St.Jacobs Phil & Laurel Martin, Ryan & Kristine Clemmer Best wishes only please
PLACES OF FAITH
HEARING ASSISTED
St. Teresa Catholic Church No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope! Celebrate Eucharist with us Mass times are:
Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am
19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387
Trinity United Church, Elmira “Our mission is to love, learn & live by Christ’s teachings” Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School during Worship Minister: Rev. Dave Jagger
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Finding The Way Together 47 Arthur St., S. Elmira • 519-669-3153 www.thejunctionelmira.com
Bloomingdale Mennonite Church Sundays - 9:45 am Family Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School for all ages
1151 Snyder’s Flat Rd., Bloomingdale • 519-745-2411 www.bloomingdalemennonite.com
Sunday, May 1, 2011 “True Greatness” Guest Speaker: Stefan Konig 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca
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Gale
Maundy - Thurs. Apr. 21
Communion Worship - 7:30pm
Good Friday - Apr. 22 Worship at 10:00am
Presbyterian Church Easter Sunday - Apr. 24
Minister: Rev. Dr. Linda J. Bell
Worship at 10:30am
2 Cross St., Elmira • 669-2852 Office Hours: M-TH 9-Noon & 1-3 • E galepresbychurch@golden.net
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
9:15 & 11:00 AM
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WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Worship Service - 10:30am
casual dress | contemporary music | christian church
SUNDAYS AYS @ 10:30AM Services at John Mahood Public School A
P.S. Daddy “GO KINGS GO”
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The Mystery of God’s Purpose
5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459
Roxanne and Kyle Rank are excited to announce the arrival of their daughter McKenzie Elizabeth Rank born April 4th, 2011, at Grand River Hospital, weighing 7lbs. 13oz. Proud first time Grandparents are Deby and Richard Rank, second time Grandparents Don and Sally Burrows and third time Great Nana Gladys Price.
Zion Mennonite Fellowship
You’re invited this Easter to Elmira Community Church for
May 1, 2011
McKenzie Elizabeth Rank
10:30am Worship Service 9:15am Sunday School Pastor: Richard A. Frey www.stpaulselmira.ca
27 Mill St., Elmira • 519-669-2593
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WAREHOUSE SALE May 2-7, 2011
TAPERS
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BAMBOO CHIMES
Reg.
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Sale
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60%
pair
MOSAIC
GLASSRED GARDEN STAKES | BLUE | GOLD BUTTERFLY DRAGONFLY 16-1/2”Reg. $9
3.99
Sale $
31-1/2”Reg. $24
9.99
Sale $
BUTTERFLY 32”Reg. $19
8.49
Sale $
Viva Beads Clay Beaded Jewellery
RINGS
Reg. Up To $17
5.00
Sale $
EARRINGS Reg. Up To $12
Sale $
3.50
NECKLACES & BRACELETS
60%
OFF
Reg. Price
OFF Reg. Price
Other Great Items
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