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No reduction in spending as Woolwich passes budget Councillors hear call for end to ever-increasing tax hikes and pattern of spending on staff, not public services STEVE KANNON A Breslau resident’s call for restraint and proper use of taxpayers’ money fell on largely disinterested ears at a Woolwich budget meeting last week.

Noting that runaway spending on salaries in the public sector has become unsustainable, Peter Durksen suggested the township

reel-in staffing costs, concentrating instead on infrastructure needs while keeping tax increases to no more than inflation.

While councillors had already set a goal of a 1.5 per cent tax hike (plus an extra 0.5 per cent levy for infrastructure projects), there was no talk of controlling ever-increasing staff costs, the single-largest item in the budget, accounting for

half of all spending.

Durksen suggested five key points to start correcting an unsustainable system that doesn’t serve the best interests of the public: - Hold the property tax increase to no more than the rate of inflation; - Inform staff that cost overruns are unacceptable;

- Petition the province to set limits to arbitrated settlements of no more than inflation; - For 2014 and beyond, reduce the percentage of the township budget spent on salaries; - Institute a long-term infrastructure fund.

“The time has come for you and other municipal politicians to invite the taxpayers and mu-

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nicipal employees into an open and ongoing dialogue about what is the right direction for our local economy and our way of life, to develop, as it were, a social contract, which would get us off the treadmill of higher spending and higher taxes in the face of a very competitive global market,” BUDGET | 4

Residents call for legal challenge of Jigs Hollow OMB decision Citing a lack of safeguards against dust-related health impacts, opponents seek appeal of decision STEVE KANNON

Ethan, 9, and Maya, 8, Dodds and Weston, 9, and Kennedy, 8, Bradley enjoyed the last bit of snow on Monday before the big melt this week. The midweek thaw was followed by a sharp drop in temperatures and a dusting of snow by Thursday.

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Calling the township irresponsible for approving concrete and asphalt recycling at a gravel pit to be situated near Winterbourne, residents this week called on councillors to launch a legal battle against the plan.

The Jigs Hollow pit was given the green light in a November decision by the Ontario Municipal Board.

Behind closed doors prior to the hearings, the town-

ship signed an agreement permitting recycling on the site despite expressly denying the practice just a few months earlier.

Addressing councillors this week, Conestogo resident Gordon Haywood said they had failed in their mandate to protect residents given there are no measures in place to deal with potential health risks associated with crystalline silica dust and diesel GRAVEL | 2

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exhaust particulate, both known carcinogens.

Citing the case of Ken Cressey, a resident of North Frontenac Township, about 120 kilometres north of Kingston, he said failure to act can be fatal.

In that instance, Cressey’s

wife became ill and died of silicosis in October 2009, less than 18 months after mining began at a gravel pit across the road from the couple’s home.

“There is no safe level of fine particulate matter,” he said, noting there are no provisions for monitoring potentially harmful dust

that would be created at the site.

Nor, added Winterbourne resident Jan Huissoon, are there any baseline measures of dust and noise levels to determine just how much of an impact the addition of a gravel mine will have on the currently bucolic envi-

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ronment.

While acknowledging the township’s concerns about the cost of legal battles, they called on councillors to appeal the OMB decision, overturning the recycling provisions.

Councillors took no position, however.

Pointing to a report from

Gravel, in partnership with Preston Sand and Gravel, expects to extract up to 150,000 tonnes of gravel each year from an 89-acre site at 125 Peel St. The company may also import up to 30,000 tonnes of asphalt and concrete for recycling, as well as topsoil for screening and resale.

Woolwich looks to phone survey in deciding on Conestogo rec. project STEVE KANNON

Chunks of ice lined the banks below the West Montrose Bridge during Wednesday’s thaw while the river current carried along a soupy blend of snow and slush.

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a consultant hired by the township, director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley said crystalline silica will not be an issue at the pit. Further, there’s a dust mitigation plan in place, with notification provisions should any problems arise.

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If you’re a Conestogo resident, there’s a good chance that telemarketer you hang up on at dinnertime will be a township employee.

Looking for input on how to improve the park there, the recreation department plans to use a telephone survey to gauge public opinion.

Customer service staff at the Woolwich Memorial Centre will be the ones making the calls, looking for responses from 75 households, director of recreation and facilities Karen Makela told councillors meeting Tuesday night.

Information from the calls will be joined with data from an online survey and public meeting.

Faulty execution of the online survey makes a telephone poll the better option at this point, she said in response to Coun. Allan

Poffenroth’s suggestion that phone surveys are perhaps “antiquated” in comparison to the internet options.

Her department wants to have the best information possible before deciding how to spend some $130,000 allocated for the Evening Star Lane park, said Makela.

At a budget meeting January 24, councillors heard from representatives of the Conestogo Recreation Association calling for the restoration of the old tennis courts, which have been unusable for years. They requested the township look at a multi-use pad which could be used for tennis and basketball, while serving as the base of a skating rink in the winter.

On the subject of soliciting public input, Goss said association members would be happy to go

door-to-door with a survey rather than paying a polling company for help, saving the township money.

When Goss asked how much that would cost, Mayor Todd Cowan replied simply “not very much,” appearing dismissive of the suggestion.

Asked by Coun. Bonnie Bryant about the timeline for improvements at the community park, Makela said sorting through public input by the end of February would allow for work to begin in the spring, with completion in time for the summer season.

Residents are keen to have something in place soon, said Goss, noting there’s little in the way of recreational opportunities for young people, who have a hard time getting elsewhere to find such facilities.

The infrastructure at the park has had minimal maintenance in the past 15 years, so improvements are overdue, she said.

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Wellesley’s fire department received kudos this week for its part in training young firefighters, as representatives from Conestoga College attended Tuesday night’s council meeting.

Chief Andew Lillico was thanked for allowing students in the Pre-Service

Firefighter Education and Training program to spend a week learning at the hands of township firefighters.

During their time with local volunteer firefighters, students were given a number of tasks to perform, including filling up reservoirs surrounding the Wellesley community and learning the differences between water supplies in rural areas versus those in larger cities.

Students also participated in regular

training programs and initiatives.

A small group of students were also able to participate in last year’s Live Fire Training Tour (LiFTT). The program provides firefighters with hands-on training on various skills through carefully planned simulations using a propane-fueled live fire simulator.

Lillico said Conestoga College was part of the reason Wellesley was chosen to be part of the initiative, one of only three offered in Canada.

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Foodlink event aims to help farmers market aspects of their business WILL SLOAN From climate change to soil erosion to recordsetting droughts, these pages can sometimes seem like an inventory of challenges facing local farmers.

“Community Barn,” a farmer networking event organized by Foodlink Waterloo Region, is setting its sights on one particular challenge that for once has nothing to do with the weather gods.

“We have such a range of farmers in our neck of the woods – all the way from Old Order Mennonites who wouldn’t be using a lot of the modern tools like the Internet and social media.

For them, I think one of the primary challenges would be getting the word out about their products and services,” said Anna Contini, manager of Foodlink Waterloo Region.

“Our local farmers are always in competition with the grocery stores, the bigger chains that are charging very little,” Contini added. “It’s hard to compete with that.”

Strong marketing is as important to a successful farm as any other factor.

Contini explained, “We have lots of producers here, and then we have the middlemen – chefs and stores – saying, ‘Yes we want more local produce,’ but it’s getting them there that is the problem. Not a whole lot of chefs and store owners can

go out and do weekly shopping at the farm."

The Community Barn event will include discussion about the local food business from successful farmers in the region.

“On the other end of the spectrum, we have larger farms that are very marketing savvy, and have Twitter campaigns and the whole gamut,” said Contini.

Melissa Baer, of Baer’s Vibrant Farms, will deliver a speech on how to deliver an effective marketing campaign. Other speakers will include Cindy Gerber of Oakridge Acres, Sean Zister of Seven Shores Café and Dale Stevanus of Stevanus Family Farms.

The organization hopes the Community Barn event will offer a chance to consult one-on-one with farmers about which marketing practices are working today, and which aren’t.

Better marketing plays into Foodlink’s modus operandi of extending awareness of local food products throughout the Waterloo Region – their “Buy Local! Buy Fresh!” map is a widely-cited aggregate of 71 food producers in the area.

“One of the things that we try to do is educate consumers about the benefits of buying local, and why sometimes paying a little bit more is worth it,” said Contini. “There’s FOODLINK | 4

Spontaneous decision sends Conestogo teen to Kenya

Jackie Hinschberger quickly gained a new perspective from her volunteering WILL SLOAN For those of us who have trouble motivating ourselves to drive to Walmart to buy some socks, the notion of heading to Africa for three months of volunteer work would be a complicated proposition. For 19-yearold Conestogo resident Jackie Hinschberger, the decision hardly merited a shrug.

“I went to university, and didn’t enjoy that as much as I should have, so when I left school, I said, ‘You know what? I’m gonna go to Kenya,’” said Hinschberger.

“It was a pretty spur-of-themoment decision.”

“I wanted to make a life change,” she added.

“Do something different, change the pace of my life.”

From November 1 to January 24, Hinschberger worked in Nairobi – Kenya’s capital city – as a volunteer for International Volunteer HQ. The New Zealand-based organization sends volunteers from around the world to needier areas in Africa, Asia and South America.

In November, Hinschberger acted as a teacher’s aid, teaching math, English, science and religion courses to schoolchildren.

In December and January, she worked at an orphan-

Nineteen-year-old Jackie Hinschberger spent three months working at a school and orphanage in a low-income section of Nairobi. age, helping to care for children age two to 13.

Duties included cooking, cleaning, dishes and a considerable quantity of playtime.

Touring Nairobi gave the Elmira teen a sobering perspective of the areas beyond Nairobi’s more prosperous business districts.

“I was in a slum,” said Hinschberger. “It wasn’t in the city centre. There are a lot of tin shacks, there are

mud houses. Some people insulate their houses with cardboard and garbage.

There are very few brick houses in the area.

“We went to a garbage slum, which was probably one of the saddest times I faced in Kenya,” she continued. “It was a garbage dump, and people have built their houses in that area, and scrounged for food, and plastic to build their houses.”

In addition, she saw Kenya’s Internationally Displaced Persons camp, which houses many Kenyans forcibly moved after the country’s post-election violence in 2007 and 2008.

“What’s tough for them is, they knew a better life in Kenya, and they were taken to the lowest place they could go and have lost everything,” she said. “For KENYA | 4

MPP Harris criticizes eco-fees for electronics, proposes scrapping program ELENA MAYSTRUK Higher environmental fees for manufacturers and resellers of electronic equipment are hurting businesses and consumers and should be scrapped, says the MPP for KitchenerConestoga.

Michael Harris last week used a Breslau firm as the backdrop for critiquing

new eco fees that came into effect at the beginning of the year. Office equipment companies such as Document Imaging Partners face an ever-increasing tax burden, he said of fees charged by the Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES).

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hikes, leaving small businesses … and consumers to foot the bill,” he said.

Harris used Sherri-Lynn Teri, owner of Document Imaging Partners, as an example. The company is a supplier for the Upper Grand District School Board and the Wellington Catholic School Board. It is the second largest dealer of Kyocera products in Ontar-

copying machines handled by the Breslau company by $32.50 to $341.20, he said.

Document Imaging Partners and other businesses suffer at the hands of the program.

“In an attempt to cover up a financial failure in of its electronics recycling program, the Liberal government has rubber stamped a series of eco-fee

io. The increased fees hurt business at a time when the economy is already soft.

“In our case potentially 90 per cent of our business and customers will be affected,” said Teri.

Many of the machines affected by the hikes sell between $3,000-9,000, she explained, adding that major contract holders like school boards will see the

new fees affect their budgets.

The Ministry of the Environment counters, however, that the decision to pass on recycling fees to customers lies with the businesses themselves.

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he said.

Only Coun. Mark Bauman acknowledged the realities outlined in the presentation, saying Durksen’s five points were “not unrealistic.”

Bauman added he, too, wants to see a reduction in the salary portion of the operating budget next year, as well as more money for infrastructure.

“Your comments are heard and very much appreciated,” he told Durksen.

Still, a reduction in surplus staff numbers wasn’t broached as councillors accepted staff’s recommendations about where to find additional money for legal fees in the engineering and planning budget. Council had deferred voting on that part of the budget after asking staff to double the $110,000 in the first draft. Rather than

cuts, staff recommended using an anticipated $51,000 in extra recreation revenues and drawing $59,000 from reserve funds to cover the budget item.

Overall, councillors approved a budget for 2013 including $13 million in operating expenditures and another $6.6 million in capital expenses.

The budget must still undergo formal ratification, expected this month.

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chosen to pass on these costs to the consumer.”

OES executive director Jonathan Spencer said the fees vary from product to product. In the case of standing printing apparatus, which make up about 90 per cent of the inventory for businesses like Document Imaging Partners, the recycling costs are greater and consequently demand higher fees. In contrast, desktop printers and the like have an attached fee of $11.45.

Spencer calls the OES successful in its endeavours, having exceeded targets two years and recycled close to 73,000 tones of electronics in 2012.

“All of that comes at a cost,” he said of running OES. He also admits that concerns were raised in 2010 over a $20-million deficit.

“In setting the fees in August 2011 it was felt that the fees could be brought down to draw down that deficit, which we did.”

In 2011 the OES reported a deficit of $7 million.

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris held a press conference January 25 at Document Imaging Partners in Breslau to critique fee hikes imposed this year by the Ontario Electronic Stewardship.

Spencer said the stewardship continued to draw down the deficit but raised fees to the current level to increase working capital that would keep programs running.

The fees as they stand today aren’t exactly new, however, the ministry maintains. Current fees are similar to those in place in the summer of 2011 before they were reduced.

Some larger electronic goods are subject to fees higher than in previous years, Davidson acknowledges.

“In Ontario, the producers and importers that sell electronic goods in Ontario must take full responsibility for the costs of recycling or safe disposal of these products. That money does not go to the government,” he wrote in an e-mail.

The OES held steward fee consultations last year to notify businesses of the proposed fees that came into effect January 1. He said the organization also met with vendors of floorstanding printers.

For her part, Teri said neither her company nor its manufacturers were notified by OES prior to the fee increases, adding her firm already has a premium recycling policy in place.

“We as a company 100 per cent recycle all of our parts supplies and cartridges and at our own cost.

We’ve had a full program in place for the past nine years with a policy of zero landfill.”

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people in the orphanage, as tough as it is for them, it’s the only life they know.

They’re still really happy people. They’re really grateful for what they have.”

But Hinschberger already has fond memories of her time with the children in Nairobi. “A lot of

the times it was just being with the kids, giving them someone to play with,” she said.

“Some of the kids, just playing … it’s tough to get just one moment that really stands out.”

When asked if she plans to return, Hinschberger didn’t hesitate: “100 per cent yes! I plan to be there

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I’d love to go to different countries in Africa and end in Kenya, and see my homestay,” she said referring to the household she lived with for the duration of her stay.

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Trees for Woolwich's new program helps farmers realize net benefit WILL SLOAN Their crops may be buried under a foot of snow at times, but there’s never been a more important time for Woolwich farmers to worry about soil erosion.

With blistering winds routinely damaging crops, volunteer organization Trees for Woolwich has hired forestry specialist Mark Funk to help farmers learn all they need to know about the protective benefits of tree planting.

But it’s not the easiest sell in an area long known for its deforestation. In the early 20th century, forest cover in the Grand River watershed had fallen to five per cent, with clearing occurring even in areas without arable soil.

(Forest cover has since risen to 14 per cent – still far from the 30 per cent environmental ideal).

“My uncle has a vineyard that I grew up on, and he cuts down every tree he finds, because they’re habitats for birds, and birds eat grapes, right?” Funk laughed. “And it’s a total misconception, because the type of birds that are eating his grapes don’t use the trees. But he insists on it.”

Trees for Woolwich offers assistance building several kinds of tree windbreaks.

Farmstead shelterbelts surround the farm property with trees; field windbreaks involve planting rows of trees adjacent to crop fields to slow wind; and living snow fences trap snow blowing across open fields, thus improving road conditions.

In addition to these benefits, Trees for Woolwich emphasizes that trees can increase a property’s value, reduce water runoff, and

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combat the nastier bouts of weather.

“In the last 10 years or so, we have seen somewhat more extreme weather,” said Inga Rinne, chair of Trees for Woolwich. “We’ve had uncommonly hot, dry summers, and we’ve had really nasty storms. So, the extremes are the source of what you’re trying to protect from, and I think a lot of people who talk about climate change would say that that’s one of the impacts.”

Funk’s services include helping farmers pick species and designing planting plans. And, if the cost of landscaping seems prohibitive, one of Funk’s duties is making government assistance programs accessible to farmers. If the landowner is eligible, the Rural Water Quality Program can fund 75 per cent of costs up to $6,000. For eligible rural non-farm landowners, the figure may be 75 per cent for $3,000.

Still, even today, Funk finds there are many misconceptions about trees.

“Beside the trees, there are usually a few rows of smaller crops because

they’re shaded by the trees, and that’s why people think, Oh, it’s hurting my crops,” said Funk. “What they don’t realize is over a distance 10 to 20 times the height of the trees, the percentage increase of crops more than makes up for the loss.”

He added, “In some areas, you can get up to a 25 per cent increase on crop yields.”

Trees for Woolwich is a volunteer organization founded in 2011 by members of the Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee, with the goal to plant 23,000 new trees in the area by 2016. While the organization promotes the financial benefits of their environmental initiatives, their mission has a broader scope.

“One of the reasons why there are programs to assist with the cost is, there’s a benefit to the farmer, but there’s a community-wide benefit too,” said Rinne.

“Greater tree cover gives you cleaner air, shade, wildlife corridors for animals, there are all kinds of benefits.

That’s why the conclusion is that the cost can be shared.”

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Produce business seeks bylaw extension Running under a temporary-use bylaw that must be renewed every three years, operators of St. Jacobs Produce were at Woolwich council Tuesday night for a planning public meeting requesting their first extension.

Nelson Wideman was out this week looking for a zone change to allow for the food and flower operation on a farm at 51-55 Hawkesville

Rd. to continue for another three years. The business makes use of a climate-controlled warehouse that houses a direct-marketing operation selling produce to institutional buyers such as restaurants and grocery stores.

The business is located on a farm property with agricultural zoning.

The temporary-use bylaw allows for site-specific provisions to permit it to operate there.

No objections were raised to the proposal, which will be reviewed by planning staff, with a report coming back to council at a later date.

Woolwich to submit bid on Kitchener pumper Looking to replace its aging backup pumper truck housed at the Elmira station, the Woolwich Fire Department will make an offer on a truck about to be sold as surplus by the Kitchener department.

The 2000 pumper tanker truck would take the place of a 1986 pumper, township chief Rick Pedersen told councillors meeting Tuesday night.

As a pumper and tanker, the Kitch-

ener truck would be an upgrade over the current unit, as well as other trucks in the fleet that could take the backup role, for instance a 1996 pumper truck at the Conestogo station slated to be replaced in 2016, he added.

The closed-tender process will see the township submit a bid based on its calculation of the depreciated value of a 13-year-old truck originally purchased for $475,000.

WMC going to the dogs May 24-26 A pet show organized as a fundraiser for a proposed off-leash dog park in

the township got the endorsement of Woolwich councillors January 29. The first annual Woofwich Pet Show will receive a discount on rental of the Jim McLeod Arena at the WMC May 24-26.

The show, which will feature all kinds of pets and related items, will be the only one of its kind in the region, organizer Cynthia Lean told councillors.

Coun. Allan Poffenroth was particularly keen on the idea.

“I’d like to see a dog park, the sooner the better,” he said.

Region to appeal OMB decision

Reacting to an Ontario Municipal Board decision striking down land-use controls in the new Regional Official Plan, regional council this week voted to appeal to the Divisional Court.

The OMB decision opens the floodgates on development, bumping to 2,600 acres from 200 acres the amount of new land that can be cleared for new home construction between now and 2031.

In a special meeting, councillors unanimously approved a resolution calling for the appeal, as well as a request the OMB conduct a rehearing of the matter.

POLICE BLOTTER

Mapleton man charged in connection with Harriston barricading incident A 36-year-old Mapleton man appeared in court last week following his arrest in connection with a barricaded person incident in Harriston the week before Christmas.

At approximately 11 p.m. on Dec. 18, Wellington County OPP officers attended a home on Lorne Street in Harriston for an ongoing incident.

Police say a male occupant refused to communicate with police and due to

safety concerns for all parties involved, containment was set up around the residence, and OPP Emergency Response Team and Tactics and Rescue members were called to assist.

At approximately 9 a.m. on Dec. 19 a 36-year-old male was taken into custody without incident.

He was subsequently charged with criminal harassment and two counts of failing to comply with an undertaking.

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injuries and no charges were laid.

8:08 AM | A single-vehicle collision occurred when a car slid on the icy roads and hit a curb on Benjamin Road. There were no injuries or charges.

4:30 PM | A vehicle slid into a ditch on Weber Street North near the Farmers Market Road intersection. The weather conditions were poor at the time. There were no

4:45 PM | A woman was travelling eastbound on Bridge Street in Woolwich Township when she lost control of the vehicle due to poor weather conditions. Her vehicle crossed the westbound lane and struck a guardrail. There were no injuries and no charges were laid.

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7:00 AM | A woman lost control of her car while driving on Hawkesville Road between Three Bridges Road and Ament Line. The vehicle spun out of control and

ended up in a ditch, hitting a tree.

Police say the accident occurred due to icy road conditions. No one was injured. There were no charges.

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There were no injuries or charges.

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There was one child on the bus at the time. The damage was minor and there were no injuries. No charges were laid.

9:24 AM | A GMC Terrain SUV and a Ford Taurus were involved in a collision at William Hastings Line and Hutchison Road in Wellesley Township. Both vehicles were travelling on William Hastings Line when the collision occurred.

One vehicle began to slide and lose control and was struck by the second vehicle. There was minor damage to both vehicles.

11:50 PM | An SUV was travelling at a high speeds on Victoria Street North in Woolwich Township when the drive was unable to negotiate a turn. The vehicle rolled into a ditch and landed on its side.

The driver suffered minor injuries and was transported to Grand River Hospital. The driver was charged with careless driving.

3:30 PM | Two vehicles were travelling northbound on Arthur Street near Martin’s Lane in Elmira when the vehicle ahead stopped suddenly for traffic and was hit from behind by the other. Police say the roads were icy and the speeds very low. There was minor damage to the vehicles. No injuries were reported and no charges were laid.

8:00 AM | A woman driving a Chevrolet Impala rear-ended a Ford Taurus stopped behind several vehicles turning left on Ament Line near Lavery Road in Wellesley Townhip. She was charged with careless driving.

3:50 PM | A bus was travelling westbound on Ament Line in Wellesley Township when it began to slide on the icy roads. The bus

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Odds are Wynne's time as premier will be short-lived KATHLEEN WYNNE, THE ONTARIO Liberals’ pick to replace Dalton McGuinty and become the province’s first female premier, is likely to face the same fate as Kim Campbell, Canada’s first female prime minister.

Too closely associated with her predecessor, as Campbell was with the much-reviled Brian Mulroney, Wynne is unlikely to make anyone forget a decade’s worth of miscues and misfires. As was the case in 2011 when the Liberals returned as minority government, the next election will be the opposition parties’ to lose: Ontarians will have to think very little of the other leaders to hold their noses yet again.

Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath have little incentive to work with Wynne given her government’s unpopularity. As soon as polling numbers appear favourable, both would be in a good position to pull the plug.

They’ve already indicated there’ll be no honeymoon period. That’s most clearly seen in a call for an inquiry into the blatantly political decision to cancel two gas-fired power plants in key ridings, a move expected to cost taxpayers at least $230 million, with some estimates of up to $1 billion.

An inquiry, which is the right thing to do as accountability is needed, puts Wynne in a tough spot: she has no interest in the public knowing the truth, but evasive manoeuvres will only confirm that there’s something to hide.

And there are other problems, of course. A long list of them, not the least of which is the need to bring the budget under control, thereby eliminating the deficit and reducing the debt.

On that front, Wynne will not be pleased by a new Fraser Institute report claiming Ontario’s debt load is higher than that of California, America’s most-indebted state, and could reach 66 per cent of GDP by 2019 unless the provincial government reins in spending.

That will certainly mean cutting wages and benefits to public employees, as well as significantly reducing the number of people on the payroll. Wynne, a former education minister, has made conciliatory noises towards the province’s teachers, who remain disgruntled by the Liberals’ attempts to curb runaway spending in that sector, but the province can ill afford any party attempting to buy union support with taxpayers’ money. More staffing cuts are needed across the board.

Wynne is best advised to get back to basics, which is a fairly good bet given the province’s mounting debt load – Ontarians have no stomach for deficits and increased taxes. With that in mind, the government will have to focus on job creation and growth in the real economy, while curbing its own spending, shrinking the civil service and rolling back public sector wages.

After the 2011 election, the Liberals indicated the economy would be their top priority, intertwined with a focus on the education and health care systems. The latter are important to us, but both will require a deft hand to get runaway expenses under control. You can bet the new premier will be looking for more money from Ottawa, but, again, wages will be a big part of the equation while trying to reel in costs that have far outstripped inflation and economic growth. As the two biggest draws on the public purse, those sectors will need the most attention: we can no longer throw money away as we have in the past. More of the same is sure to get Wynne turfed. And Ontarians are more than eager for some payback.

This Groundhog Day, it's not just Bill Murray who's stuck in a place where things repeat themselves day after day after day ...

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

The hard part follows easy military victory in Mali WORLD AFFAIRS As usual, a welltrained Western army has gone through a fiercelooking but virtually untrained force of African rebels like a hot knife through butter. Two weeks ago, the northern half of Mali was entirely under the control of Islamist militants, whose forces were starting to advance into southern Mali as well.

So France decided on very short notice to send troops and combat aircraft to its former colony in West Africa.

Today, every town in the north of Mali is under French control, and the surviving rebels have fled into the desert. But most of them did survive: after losing a couple of major clashes in the first days of the French drive northwards, the Islamist forces simply abandoned Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal, the main towns of the north, as soon as the French forces came near.

The easy part of the intervention is now over.

It’s not surprising that the French military intervention was an instant success. The Islamist rebels, like most African paramilitaries (and quite a few African armies, too), did not even know the basic combat drills that every infantryman in a Western army has practised until they are second nature. But now come three tasks that are considerably more difficult.

The first is to deploy an African Union-backed military force, made up of units from armies elsewhere in West Africa, to take over from the French. You can’t just hand the recaptured towns back to Mali’s own army, which is so incompetent and rotted by politics that it would promptly lose them back to the militants.

This force, dubbed the International Support Mission to Mali, has the unanimous blessing of the United Nations Security Council. International donors met in Ethiopia on Tuesday and pledged $455.53 million to pay for this force.

Mali’s many neighbours – it has open desert borders with seven other West African countries – have

already identified the units they are going to send.

But it’s going to be weeks or months before those African units actually arrive, because many of them aren’t very well trained either. (French and British troops are being sent to train some of them before they even set foot in Mali.)

In the meantime, the north of Mali will really be entirely under French military rule.

This means that there will be none of the looting, rape and murder that tends to follow the Malian army’s arrival in town, but the French troops are very foreign indeed. They are not even Muslims, in a country that is nine-tenths Muslim.

They were welcomed as liberators when they rolled into the northern towns in the last few days, but if they stay for too long they will become first unpopular, and then hated. That’s just the way things work.

Once African troops replace the French, the next task is to rebuild the democratic government of Mali, which was destroyed by a military coup last March. The interim president, Dioncounda Traore,

says that he wants to hold elections next July, but behind the scenes the greedy young officers who made the coup still hold the real power. They will have to be sent back to their barracks before elections take place, and that will not be easy.

And the third task is to win the very different kind of war that starts in Mali now. Retaking occupied towns was easy. Now that the militants have scattered across the vast deserts of northern Mali, they will launch a different kind of war – a “war of the shadows,” conducted by raids, bomb attacks and assassinations.

Countries can survive for decades with that kind of low-intensity war going on in the background, but the only way to shrink it to a manageable level is to make a political deal.

This is not impossible in Mali, because the Islamist fanatics actually hijacked the revolution from their former allies, the Tuareg separatists.

Most of the people in the north are Tuaregs, desert-dwelling people DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Do you have any Superbowl Sunday plans?

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“I’m going to be spending it with my family, watching the game.”

“I don’t know. I like football.”

“Just spending it with family and friends.

Probably making some wings.”

“No. I have a birthday dinner with my brother.”

“I plan on working.”

"Countries can survive for decades with that kind of low-intensity war going on in the background ... " Gwynne Dyer | page 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Curtailing sprawl is a good idea on its own, no LRT needed EDITOR'S NOTES Its LRT scheme already on logical ice so thin it wouldn’t fill a cocktail shaker, the region surprised no one by announcing it would appeal the OMB’s reversal of its plan to curb sprawl.

With the kind of development that would follow if the Ontario Municipal Board decision stands, the rationale for the train would be even more dubious.

A quasi-judicial and unaccountable body with a long history of favouring developers over local democracy, the OMB’s latest decision says the region’s plan to allow only some 200 acres of new land to be developed by 2031 is too stringent, opting for 2,600 acres instead. That would see most development

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flock to the outer edges of the cities – and east-west orientation – not the wishful thinking of a small strip of north-south intensification that remains the sole reason for building light rail transit.

The region, of course, will continue to push ahead with its transportation master plan, which proposes to ease traffic woes by encouraging greater use of public transit, cycling and walking. The goal is to help curtail sprawl by promoting higher densities in the transit corridor – precisely the opposite of what’s likely to happen, especially in light of the OMB decision. Suburban sprawl, however, is in keeping with the region’s own forecast for growth over the next two decades, most of which will involve so-called greenfield development on the edges of the cities.

The plan hinges on rapid transit. For the region, that means light rail transit,

much more expensive than rapid buses, but preferred not because more of us will use transit – we won’t – but because the region is prepared to gamble hundreds of millions of dollars that the train will prompt us to demand homes, offices and shopping along the transit corridor. Of course, the money regional officials want to bet isn’t their own.

It isn’t even that simply of regional taxpayers, as the provincial and federal governments are ponying up some $565 million of the $818-million – and growing – price tag.

It’s a fine idea, but only in theory. What’s missing from the debate is “what if,” as in what if the spending a billion dollars – and it will be that and more – fails to do anything worthwhile, or something less than a billion dollars' worth of good? From the eHealth fiasco, we know that the money simply disappears down the sinkhole: a few

people pocket the cash, and nobody ever faces the consequences.

That’s not to say transit isn’t necessary. Investing in buses simply makes more sense. They’re cheaper and completely scalable, responding quickly to changes in ridership demand.

Much more flexible than a fixed north-south corridor when most of the growth is east-west.

Buses just aren’t particularly sexy. People are more likely to ride the train, which has less of a stigma, regional planners argue.

By people they mean those they wish to get out of cars and onto transit. Their own studies show, however, that’s very unlikely. Today, fewer than five per cent of regional residents use transit to commute. The best-case scenario for the massive transit spending is 17 per cent in 20 years’ time.

The bulk of current ridership is made up of

in the cities, it could be helpful to rural residents, however. First, it could reduce sprawl, protecting farmland. Second, it would make the roads less congested when driving into the urban areas.

The former, a more pressing concern, would be better served by a firm countryside line. Instead of simply hoping everything works out by betting on transit, the hard line would eliminate the possibility of sprawl, at no cost. Well, except for the legal challenges, as we saw with the developer-led challenge of the region’s new Official Plan.

The region’s counterattack is the next step in curtailing sprawl. Transit will play a part – we can’t simply build more roads, as that too puts a big demand on the space we have available – but measures to slow growth and to encourage more liveable cities will do more for us.

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students (60 per cent) and low-income earners who can’t afford cars. Those who have already invested in a vehicle find it much more convenient to commute by car, which has the added benefit of being more comfortable while leaving the driver free to choose who shares the ride. Neither is a hallmark of transit.

An LRT system is likely to simply shift riders from buses to trains, at a massive cost.

In order to entice commuters, a public transit system has to offer some combination of faster, cheaper or more convenient. Currently, the system offers none of the above. Even the most optimistic estimates in the transportation master plan offer none of these options to those of us who already have a car. For residents of the townships, commuting isn’t even conceivable.

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Average weekly earnings in Canada were $911 in November, up 0.5% from the previous month. On a year-over-year basis, earnings increased 3.2%. That average was outstripped in public administration at all levels of government (avg. weekly $1,167) and education ($989), at 4.1% and 3.9% respectively.

“To do less than an hour’s work for a full-day’s pay is unconscionable. That’s why we had to deal with it so swiftly and so severely. It does beg the question and, believe me, members of council will be asking these questions of how rampant it is.”

A former Breslau man was awarded a Medal of Bravery by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson on Feb. 2, 2001. Phil McCulla was recognized for saving two people from a burning vehicle after a head-on collision in July 1999.

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(and two others suspended) for routinely ditching work. There are now questions about what happened to the asphalt meant for the potholes that were never filled.

DYER: A long way to go before

NATIONAL VIEW

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of Berber stock and nomadic heritage who are ethnically, culturally and linguistically distinct from the black African majority in southern Mali. Many of them support the separatist movement that wanted to create an independent Tuareg state in northern Mali, but few actually share the extreme religious views of the Islamist militants.

The two groups made an alliance to drive the Malian army out of the north, but the Islamists then turned on their allies and seized absolute power for themselves. Their harsh rule was resented by most people, however, and so it should be possible to isolate the

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Islamists if the Malian government is willing to make a deal that gets the Tuareg separatists on its side.

They won’t get independence, but they would probably settle for a large degree of autonomy for the north. It will be hard to get a new Malian government that is elected almost entirely by the votes of southerners (90 per cent of the population lives in the south) to make that concession, but the alternative is a long, draining guerrilla war in the north.

Was the French military intervention in Mali necessary? Yes, in the view of the United Nations, the African Union, and most Malians.

Was it a success? That remains to be seen.

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Wellesley’s 2-1 OT win Wednesday night seals the Travellers’ fate in Game 5 of SOJHL series

Missing so many pieces from their lineup, the team faces its greatest challenge of the season ELENA MAYSTRUK

The Applejacks lost their only game of the series last Saturday night in Wellesley, falling 2-0 to Delhi. A win Wednesday night put the team into the second round.

ELENA MAYSTRUK Cody Tapsell was the hero of the night Wednesday, scoring both goals, including the overtime winner, as the Wellesley Applejacks advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a 2-1 victory.

The win gave the Jacks a 4-1 edge, eliminating the Delhi Travellers.

After a scoreless first period, Tapsell scored on the power play just 18 seconds into the middle frame. Del-

hi responded at 12:50, and the game remained scoreless until Tapsell ended it 8:02 into OT. The win capped a strong run that began a week earlier, with the Jacks opening the SOJHL’s McConnell Conference playoffs on a victorious note.

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saving grace.

The back-and-forth action continued in the second, but the Jacks struck again in the dying seconds of the frame, as Steve Tate found another chink in Delhi’s armour, assisted

by Troy Williams and Denstedt.

But the Travellers would not take defeat lying down as they came back to face a deflated Wellesley the next day.

Delhi outshot Wellesley 12-6 in the first frame, but

a high note, with the Jacks taking a 2-0 lead in the series. Wellesley scored twice in the first period and never looked back.

Bret McDonald got things going at 15:07, with assists from Reid Denstedt and Coleton Madge. Patrick Wiejak (Josh Herd, Tyler Eckert) made it 2-0 at 19:54.

Head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick said the game did not look good for the Jacks but goalie Corey Tuffnail proved to be the team’s

A pair of losses last week brought the Elmira Sugar Kings’ losing streak to seven, causing the team to slide to sixth place in the GOJHL’s Midwestern Conference with a record of 22-16-4.

The latest setback featured 5-3 losses to Guelph on January 24 and Waterloo last Sunday.

Head coach Dean DeSilva points to major holes in his lineup as the reason for the ongoing adversity. The team is still missing seven key players: three top defencemen and four of their top six forwards.

The Kings played poorly on the road against Guelph, but looked better at home against the Siskins, despite the identical 5-3 final scores, said DeSilva.

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THE SCORE | MINOR SPORT RESULTS WOOLWICH WILDCATS

WOOLWICH ATOM LL3 SWEEPS THROUGH BRADFORD TOURNEY

Shutout: Zach Verwey

Atom: MAJOR AA Novice: AE Jan. 26 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 5 Hespeler: 4 Goals: Oscar Fitch, Adam Pauls, Shelby Rempel, Owen Brown, Lucas Radler Assists: Lucas Radler, Lucas Carson x2, Jocelyn Pickard, Sam Siopiolosz, Mitchell Hartman Overtime Winner: Lucas Radler Jan. 27 vs. Flamborough Woolwich: 2 Flamborough: 3 Goals: Adam Pauls, Lucas Carson Assists: Lucas Radler, Carter Cousineau

Novice: LL# 2 Jan. 26 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 3 Ayr : 0 Goals: Parker Alles x2, Nolan Karger Assists: Cale Waechter, Aidrian Kocan, Tanis Uhrig Jan. 27 vs. LL# 4 LL2: 4

LL4: 1 Goals: Nolan Karger x2, Ryan Brubacher x2 Assists: Cale Waechter, Daniel Kelly, Evan Catton, Tristan Kraemer

Novice: LL #3 Jan. 26 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 6 Ayr: 0 Goals: Corbin Schmidt x2, Turner Duldhardt x2, Coleton Benham, Ben Wilkie Assists: Turner Duldhardt, Coleton Benham x3, Ben Wilkie x2, David Taylor Shutout: Connor Dingelstad Jan. 27 vs. LL #1 LL3: 4

LL1: 0 Goals: Coleton Benham x3, Turner Duldhardt Assists: Andrew Buehler, Corbin Schmidt, Michael Gear Shutout: Connor Dingelstad

Novice: MAJOR A Jan. 26 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 2 Guelph: 4 Goals: Sebastian Garrett, Zack Bender Assists: Ian Speiran, Mitchell Young, Carter Rollins Jan. 28 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 4 Oakville: 3 Goals: Carter Rollins x2, Ian Speiran, Brett Moser Assists: Sebastian Garrett x2, Andrew Gear, Zack Bender

Atom: MAJOR A Jan. 24 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 3 Guelph: 0 Goals: Ryan Elliott, Nathan Taylor, Jesse Martin Assists: Brett Allen, Ben Witmer, Isiah Katsube, Ryan Elliott

Jan. 26 vs. Centre Wellington Woolwich: 1 Centre Wellington: 3 Goals: Ryan Elliott Assists: Brett Allen, Keaton McLaughlin Jan. 27 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 2 Guelph: 4 Goals: Ben Witmer, Jake Clemmer (Brett Allen, Isiah Katsube, Nathan Taylor)

Atom: LL #2 Jan. 26 vs. Paris Woolwich: 10

Paris: 2 Goals: Patrick Perry x4, Tyson Kraemer x3, Cameron MacLaclan, Matthew Yorke Assists: Simon Shantz x2, Ryan Shantz

PeeWee: LL# 1 Jan. 27 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 5 Ayr: 3 Goals: Hayden Fretz, Chad Hoffer, Bryce Sellars, Noah Bauman, Jake Good Assists: Hannah Petrosino x2, Liam Hanley, Matt MacDonald, Kyle Gingrich Jan. 28 vs. LL# 2 LL1: 2

LL2: 0 Goals: Hayden Fretz, Hannah Petrosino Assists: Sam Sabean, Matt MacDonald Shutout: Liam O’Brien

PeeWee: MAJOR A Jan. 26 vs. Georgetown Woolwich: 2 Georgetown: 1 Goals: Jordan Lee x2 Assists: Garrett Reitzel, Riley Runstedler, Cole Altman x2

The Woolwich Atom Local League 3 team won the Bradford Bulldogs Blue & Gold Classic Hockey Tournament Jan. 25-27. They went undefeated in five games and won 2-1 in double OT against the West London Hawks. Team players: Ryan Martin, Zach Downs, Gavin Wright, Keith Mikel, Adam Schill, Nate Curtis, Brady Gingrich, Cole Seabrook, Michael Wang, Ben Martin, Jordan Dickieson, Cameron Martin, Max Nitsche, Jesus Flores-Dyck, Sam Nitsche, Logan Frey. Coaches: Kirby Gingrich, Craig Curtis, Terry Martin, Ken Martin. Player Diego Flores-Dyck supported his teammates from the stands. [SUBMITTED] Nathan Horst x2 Assists: Luke Decorte x2, William Mewhiney, Keean Dowdall

Bantam: LL #2 Jan. 27 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 5 Ayr: 0 Goals: Connor Graham, Nick Langer x2, Liam Catton, Alex Metzger Assists: Earl Schwartz x2, Jared Beacom, Connor Atkinson x2, Alex Metzger, Jacob Dubue x2, Liam Catton, Connor Graham Shutout: Quinn Young

Bantam: MAJOR A

Midget: MINOR A

Jan. 27 vs. Burlington Woolwich: 1 Burlington: 2 Goals: Aaron Weigel Assists: Ryley Cribbin

Jan.25 vs. Brampton Woolwich: 3 Brampton: 4 Goals: Ryley Cribbin, Josh Kueneman and Troy Nechanicky Assists: Matthew Leger and Ryley Cribbin

Bantam: MINOR A Jan. 27 vs. Georgetown Woolwich: 4 Georgetown: 2 Goals: Jordan Gamble, Isaac Frey, Mitch Waters, Alex Turchan Assists: Mitch Waters, Owen Read, Jonah Boehm, Mitchell Newson x2, Cameron Brown, Cameron Rose, Connor Martin Jan. 29 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 3 New Hamburg: 0 Goals: Jacob Uridil, Mitchell Newson x2 Assists: Sheldon Metzger Shutout: Evan Martin

Bantam: LL# 1 Jan. 26 vs. Tavistock Woolwich: 4 Tavistock: 3 Goals: Nick Campagnolo x2,

Midget: MAJOR A Jan. 21 vs. Georgetown Woolwich: 3 Georgetown: 1 Goals: Eric Hanley, Cameron Mohle, McKinley Ceaser Assists: Sebastian Huber Bo Uridil Matthew Townsend Jan. 25 vs. Georgetown Woolwich: 3 Georgetown: 2 Goals: Cameron Mohle, Tyler Seguin, Sebastian Huber Assists: Sebastian Huber, Mitch Kernick

HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS

Bradford Bulldogs Blue&Gold Classic Hockey

Tournament Bradford, ON |Jan. 25- 27 Atom: LL# 3 Game 1 vs. Douro Woolwich: 4 Douro: 0 Goals: Cameron Martin x3 Nate Curtis Assists: Nate Curtis x2 Cameron Martin Gavin Wright Zach Downs Shutout: Ryan Martin Game 2 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 8 Oakville: 0 Goals: Nate Curtis x4, Cameron Martin x2, Adam Schill, Zach Downs Assists: Cameron Martin x4, Zach Downs x3, Nate Curtis, Ben Martin, Brady Gingrich, Jesus Flores-Dyck, Jordan Dickieson Shutout: Ryan Martin Game 3 vs. Bradford Woolwich: 4 Bradford: 3 Goals: Cameron Martin x3, Cole Seabrook Assists: Nate Curtis x3 Game 4 vs. Brampton Woolwich: 4 Brampton: 1 Goals: Nate Curtis x2, Cameron Martin Ben Martin Assists: Cameron Martin x3, Nate Curtis Game 5 vs. West London Woolwich: 2 West London: 1 Goals: Nate Curtis x2 Assists: Cameron Martin, Zach Downs

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Novice: LL# 7108 Jan. 29 vs. Grand River Woolwich: 2

Grand River: 6 Goals: Ayla Brubacher x2 Assists: Sophie Hanley

Midget: B

Novice: C Jan. 19 vs. Wilmot Woolwich: 0 Wilmot: 0

Jan. 27 vs. Twin Centre Woolwich: 2 Twin Centre: 2 Goals: Haylee Clemmer x2 Assists: Payton Ravelle

Jan. 26 vs. Norfolk Woolwich: 3 Norfolk: 1 Goals: Sarah Church, Jennifer Norris x2 Assists: Lindsay Bauman Jan. 27 vs. Norfolk Woolwich: 2 Norfolk: 4 Goals: Amber MacPherson, Jennifer Norris

TWIN CENTRE STARS

Atom: B Jan. 26 vs. Waterloo Woolwich: 4 Waterloo: 1 Goals: Cassidy, Mya, Delaney, Alana Assists: Delaney, Ella Jan. 28 vs. Woolwich Atom C Atom B: 3 Atom C: 0 Goals: Alana, Mya, Sydney Assists: Julia, Sydney, Abigail

Bantam: B Jan. 23 vs. Kitchener Woolwich: 2 Kitchener: 3 Goals: Taylor Duench, Mikayla Weber Assists: Jaycee Kaufman x2, Hannah Weber

Bantam: BB Jan. 23 vs. Waterloo Woolwich: 1 Waterloo: 0 Goals: Jen McDonald Assists: Meghan Martin, Marlee Kernick Shutout: Megan Harron

Novice: LL# 2 Jan. 23 vs. Tavistock Twin Centre: 8

Tavistock: 0 Goals: Thomas Eggert x2, Brayden Skipper x2, Alan Duckworth x2, Noah Gedcke x2 Assists: Noah Gedcke, Jacob Monk, Jaxsen Lubbers, Thomas Eggert Shutout: Toby Byrd Jan. 28 vs. LL #1 LL2: 7

LL1: 2 Goals: Thomas Eggert x 4, Jaxsen Lubbers x 2 Nolan Straus Assists: Alan Duckworth, Thomas Eggert

Atom: LL# 1 Jan. 26 vs. Paris Twin Centre: 3

Paris: 4 Goals: Jack Wolf x3 Assists: Josh Carere, Dawson Stevenson

HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS

Minto Tournament Minto, ON |Jan. 19 Atom: LL# 1

Game 1 vs. Centre Wellington Twin Centre: 6 Centre Wellington: 2 Goals: Connall Gillett x2, Christopher Jones, Ben Bauer, Jack Wolf, Dawson Stevenson Assists: Christopher Jones x2, Colby VanBargen, Sterling Grubb, Jack Wolf, Mathew Gedke, Connall Gillett, Noah Bailey

Game 2 vs. Shelburne Twin Centre: 6

Shelburne: 3 Goals: Ben Bauer x2, Isaiah Siewert, Reid Henderson, Dawson Stevenson, Jack Wolf Assists: Reid Henderson x2, Ben Bauer x2, Isaiah Siewert, Jack Wolf Game 3 vs. Seaforth Twin Centre: 1

Seaforth: 5 Goals: Ben Bauer Assists: Reid Henderson, Isaih Siewert

TWIN CENTRE HERICANES

PeeWee: LL Jan. 27 vs. Kitchener Twin Centre: 2

Kitchener: 3 Goals: Grace Kalbfleisch, Charlotte Birrell Assists: Kira Schneider, Janessa Pretorious

Intermediate: LL Jan. 26 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 1

Woolwich: 1 Goals: Stephanie Lorentz Assists: Janessa Heywood Jan. 27 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 4 Woolwich: 2

Goals: Janessa Heywood, Stephanie Lorentz, Brittany Wagner, Jaide Shantz Assists: Carling Cisecki x2, Jaide Shantz, Sarah Van Allen, Janessa Heywood

Jan. 28 vs. Waterloo Twin Centre: 2 Waterloo: 0 Goals: Jaide Shantz x2 Assists: Sam Haid Shutout: Kara Lumgair

RINGETTE

U12 Jan. 13 vs. Goderich Woolwich: 4 Goderich: 5 Goals: Maddy Waters, Brianna Jacobi, Madelyn Camm, Ava Henderson Assists: Rosie Martin x2 Jan. 16 vs. Mitchell Woolwich: 10

Mitchell: 1 Goals: Maddy Waters x4, Madelyn Camm x3, Alice Wang, Ava Henderson, Mackenzie Beisel Assists: Erica Beuhler x2, Hilary Bauman x2, Mackenzie Beisel, Rosie Martin, Ava Henderson, Abby Murr Jan. 27 vs. Tillsonburg Woolwich: 6 Tillsonburg: 0 Goals: Madelyn Camm, Maddy Waters, Ava Henderson x2, MacKenzie Beisel, Abby Murr Assists: Ava Henderson, Alice Wang x3, Madelyn Camm, Abby Murr x2, Hilary Bauman, x2, Ashley Brubacher, Mackenzie Beisel Shutout: Kayla McDougall

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NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA

Let it snow ... because there’s no point in looking dorky in snowshoes otherwise OPEN COUNTRY When it comes to snow, I am of two minds. One, which I’ll refer to as the shoveling mind, wishes it would hold off until next winter, or possibly the one after that. The second mind, though, is the one that misses the thrills that accompany falling face first down a steep side hill while wearing snowshoes.

I’ll leave it to you to decide which mind should be trusted.

No matter; a recent in-

flux of snow in my area makes me think that maybe I’ll have a plausible excuse to strap on a pair of snowshoes and take a walk in the winter woods sometime soon. Unless you have snow, this is one of those activities that is otherwise too hard to justify.

I do enjoy snowshoeing and it’s something I try to do at least a few times each winter. Call it the first sign of cabin fever.

Snowshoeing is not nearly as popular as it used to be, though – I’ll admit that.

The problem these days is that they’ve got too

much to compete against and, most winters, not enough snow to do it in.

Sure, you can go out in snowshoes when the snow is two or three inches deep, but you just look like a dork or, even worse, a guy who got a new pair of snowshoes for Christmas. Trust me; you don’t want to look like either.

No, if you are going to wear snowshoes, it ought to at least appear to be for a good reason.

Sadly, unless you have a trap line to check, there are few of those left anymore. So when someone asks what the thrill of snowshoeing is, and you

wax poetically about the tradition and romance of it all, they summarize by saying, “So you just put those things on and walk around in the cold, huh?”

Put that way, it doesn’t seem nearly as fun.

There was a time when a pair of snowshoes was a truly practical tool, though.

Then, deeper snow made the world a smaller place in winter and snowshoes allowed a person to traverse it all just fine.

The advent of recreational snow machines and ATVs relegated them to the back seat, however. Now, if you’ve got one of these

gas-powered vehicles and the will to use it, you can visit a distant lake 50 kilometres away and be back for lunch.

Yes, a good snowshoer could do the same, but it would be lunch next week.

Still, there is something to be said for the quiet rhythm and peaceful shuffle of the snowshoe.

They can take you to places where snowmobiles and ATVs just won’t go.

And when you get there, you often realize why.

Actually, there is nothing like stepping into the winter woods and knowing that no one but you

has been here since the snow set in. If you are lucky, you’ll see a bit of wildlife, perhaps some chickadees, a few nuthatches and woodpeckers, maybe even a deer or two.

And each one of them will be giving you a look that says, “So you just put those things on and walk around in the cold, huh?”

Despite this, sometime within the next week or two, I’ll strap on my snowshoes and head out for a trip. I envision it being a short trip, too – unless I’m on a side hill at the time.

Then, it might last for several thrilling seconds.

KINGS: In

spite of losses, coach sees some positives in team’s play FROM | 9

against the Hurricanes.

Things looked positive at first as Kings hit the ice in Guelph. They were strong out of the gate, potting the only goal of the first period off the stick of Brandon Stewart at 5:13 with assists from Jake Weidner and Mitch Wright.

The Hurricanes would even things up in the second period at 1:35 before Rob Kohli earned the Kings their last advantage of the game at 2:20. After that it was all Guelph as the team buried three in a row at 5:27, 9:01 and 11:13.

In third period prospects seemed a brighter as the Kings got two of those goals back courtesy of Mack Shantz at 2:48 and Wright at 3:29, but Guelph stifled any hope with a final goal at 11:07.

DeSilva was much happier with the team’s effort

Sunday’s 3-2 loss made it a seven-game losing streak for the Kings, struggling with major holes in their lineup due to injuries. on Sunday.

“I thought today we battled very hard. We talked a lot about it before the playoffs, the adversity,” DeSilva said after the game.

He was pleased that players were stepping up despite the loss.

The Waterloo Siskins clocked in first at 1:48 before Adam Brubacher

evened things up for Elmira at 12:43. The Sugar Kings spent the majority of the period defending their net against an onslaught of 27 shots, managing to clear most of what came their way.

The Siskins ended the frame strongly, however, with two goals at 18:38 and 18:49, with Elmira’s Rob

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Kohli managing to get between the posts just before the buzzer at 19:45.

Heading into third period, Stewart tied the game for a short spell, potting a goal right out of the gate at 1:19 with an assist from Weidner. The Siskins would regain the advantage again at 8:12 before solidifying their win further with a fi-

nal goal at 17:56.

DeSilva said any team in their position would be faring poorly, but as the season progresses players are beginning to show some nerve.

“You’ve got a choice you can either feel sorry for yourself or you can get mad and fight through it and that’s what I thought we did

today,” he said following the home game.

There’ll be no time for wallowing this weekend, as the team plays three games in three nights. On the road in Listowel Friday and Waterloo Saturday, the Kings return home to the Dan Snyder Arena for a Sunday matinee. The puck drops at 2 p.m.

JACKS: Team shows lots of hustle skating past Delhi en route to the next round of the playoffs FROM | 9

of the gate taking the first and only goal of the opening period at 9:28. The team would earn themselves a two-point lead by 4:46 in the second period with no goals in sight for Wellesley. The Jacks stirred themselves in the third period, however, for a late but effective hustle, potting two goals by Williams (at 4:25) and Luke Rose (at 5:14). Delhi would

break the 2-2 tie at 8:35 but would not keep their lead for long as Tapsell buried the puck at 11:57. By the end of the game the Jacks and Travellers were well matched, clocking in with nine shots on net each and heading into an overtime period that would prove fruitless for both.

It wasn’t until the second overtime period when Devon Wagner stepped up to bury the puck for the final and winning goal at

0:56.

“We scored three goals in three shifts and really took over the game.

They’ve got a lot of injuries and they’re a good hockey team. I think we finally wore them out and we played very well,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick after Sunday’s game.

After letting Delhi get back into the series with a win Saturday night, the Jacks came back to win the next two games to send the Travellers packing.

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New WYS administrator to focus on training tools As part of building blocks approach, group launches new drop-in soccer club starting Friday night at EDSS WILL SLOAN “We don’t ask a child to read poetry when he can’t read,” said Brett Knox, the new administrator at Woolwich Youth Soccer. “Sports do it. ‘Here’s a puck, here’s a stick, go!’”

This is a coaching style that Knox hopes to counter. Knox, a veteran of the Ontario Soccer Association, began work last week at Woolwich Youth Soccer’s office in Elmira, and the

biggest goal of his tenure will be to improve how young players receive their “technical tools from the toolbox.”

“We’ll be focusing not only on player development and house league development, but also coaching development,” said Knox.

“The coaches, they do a great job in any sport – volunteer organizations can’t survive without them – but we’ve got to do a better job giving them the tools to

pass on.”

When asked which areas Woolwich Youth Soccer hopes to improve, Knox is quick to praise the organization. “They’ve done a really good job in the past, and now I think they’re looking to step it up just a little bit more, just to ramp up their game and make it enticing for the parents to stay here. Stay local, as opposed to traveling down the highway to Waterloo.”

One new initiative is a

drop-in soccer club, open to any children ages 7-14. The drop-in games take place at Elmira District Secondary School on Friday nights, 7-8:15 p.m., February 1-15, March 1-22, April 12-19 and May 3.

“We wanted to get more kids out there playing,” said WYS’ Steve Chapman. “We decided to have an open night where you can come out and work on your skills for soccer development.”

Added Chapman, “We

just wanted to get something going for kids who don’t play Rep soccer in Woolwich to come out and work on developing their skills.”

Said Knox, “It’s been a long winter, there have been other sports, and this is a way to reintroduce soccer … No matter what your skill level is, just come out and play and enjoy yourself.”

More than anything, Knox hopes he’ll be able to bring the pleasures of soc-

cer to as many Woolwich youths as possible.

“It’s a great participatory sport. It’s about getting fit, getting active. You’re out there in the fresh air.

And depending on the age bracket of your child – this year we’re doing [age] 3, 4 – motor skills.

“Instead of travelling down to Waterloo or Kitchener, we have a great program right in your own backyard. Why not stay here and take advantage of it?”

WCS a new beneficiary as Elmira Lions host Snowfari ELENA MAYSTRUK Local snowmobilers have headed north this weekend in search of snow, with a side order of community spirit, as the Elmira Lions Club hosts its annual Snowfari fundraiser near Dorset.

For the first time, Woolwich Community Services joins the ranks of organizations supported by the event. Funds are also destined for the service club’s dialysis Camp in Dorset, Lions Foundation of Canada dog guides and the Elmira Lions Club.

The decision to include WCS came after the completion of a previous commitment to raise funds for the Dan Snyder Arena.

“The Lions had made a $100,000 commitment

to the Woolwich Recreation Facility Foundation, which is the arena. We’ve now completed that commitment that we made to them,” said co-chair of the event Brad Martin.

“This year we decided to bring in Woolwich Community Services because they are also doing a fundraiser; they’re trying to raise money for a new location, so the Lions Club decided that we’re going to join that venue and try and help them out.”

WCS executive director Don Harloff said discussions on a potential move of the organization from its current location on Arthur Street are in progress, though more information may become available in the spring.

“To date, we are developing a plan. A building cam-

paign is currently being developed that we will be bringing to the community in, probably, May,” he said.

Earlier in the year Harloff approached the Lions Club with a request of support for the idea, receiving positive feedback.

He said details are not currently available regarding future plans, as the idea is still in the initial stages of development.

While many of the fundraiser’s annual causes vary from year to year, Lions hope to make their commitment to the WCS an ongoing effort, though the decision has not been made official yet.

Participants in Snowfari raised a minimum of $450 per person and $600 for a couple to participate in the weekend. Last year the weekend of snowmobiling

raised more than $25,000, divided between the various causes including funds for Camp Dorset where the snowmobile enthusiasts will be visiting during the trip.

The camp is meant to provide families living

with kidney disorders with a place to vacation in the summer months as there is a hospital on site equipped with dialysis machines. This year’s funds will help to cover the cost of some new equipment at the hospi-

tal as well as ensure the upkeep of the camp’s cottages, main recreation hall and swimming pool.

Participants in the event are taking to the trails this morning (Saturday) before making a stop at Camp Dorset.

CUBS ENJOY SOME WINTER CAMPING

Elmira Cubs spent the weekend mostly outdoors at Camp Everton near Rockwood Jan 18-20. An outdoor hike found the pack suspended over the Eramosa River and an outdoor obstacle course. On the bridge are Brendan Marshal, Brent Maxwell, Wade Ogram, Connor Maxwell, Zach Vale, Lynden Blanchet, Phillip Bertrand, Cameron Hof, Monique Bertrand, Max Campbell, Dylan Leis, Xander Strauss and Ethan Dodds.

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Wade Ogram took to the obstacle course climbing the outdoor walls and swinging from a rope swing later on. Cameron Hof and Monique Bertrand join him taking their turn on the swing.

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VENTURE FOOD FOR THOUGHT/ OWEN ROBERTS

NEW BUSINESS / A CUT ABOVE

Where hair is a serious subject Owner of Salon W in Wellesley is passionate about styling, knowing what’s important to her clients ELENA MAYSTRUK Over the winter, quite a few Wellesley residents have peeked into the windows of a new business in the village. The view shows them the cool olive walls with creamy light fixtures of Stephanie Nafziger’s Salon W. The salon has been operating for almost three months since its opening on November 9, and Nafziger already has a list of loyal clients.

Working and living in Milverton, she divided her time between a part-time gig at a local salon and her own part-time business she ran out of her basement.

When she decided to make the move, her customers followed.

“It’s been good. Wellesley is responding quite nicely and I have a lot of my clients from Milverton and they all came over with me,” she said on Tuesday at the salon.

After attending the Festival School of Hairstyling in Stratford, Nafziger completed an apprenticeship at the city’s La Debonair salon. From there she moved on to a job at Grotto Hair Studio.

Today, she has a full-time business on her hands, after outgrowing a home run operation. The move fits with her ambitions in her chosen field.

“I’d worked at a couple of different salons and I think at that point I knew what

I liked and I knew what I wanted. I feel that I have been quite driven since the beginning and I was ready to do it on my own,” she explained.

Salon W offers a full range of hair services, including cuts, colours, styling, and perms for women, men and children.

Every customer that sinks into one of Nafziger’s black leather swivel chairs is also treated to a complimentary scalp massage, something she says has become quite popular with her clients.

“The scalp treatment is definitely a nice treat for everyone.”

Making clients feel special is one of the things Nafziger strives for by giving clients what they want but also offering suggestions for things that are new and different. After a haircut she will often style hair in an original and different way, something they might not do on a regular basis.

“I notice they enjoy having that special style at the end,” she says.

Nafziger can identify with her clients, as she has always loved that just-outof-the-chair feeling.

“When I get my hair done I feel better, I look better, and I love giving that feeling to other people.

I think whenever I’d done a good job on someone’s hair or my hair and got compliments on it, that’s what kind of made me feel that

FIELD NOTES

After moving to Wellesley Village to be with family, Stephanie Nafziger opened Salon W in November.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] maybe this is something and would not object to colVENTURE that I should be doing.” laborating and sharing the PROFILE So far Nafziger plays styl- space with another busiist, owner and receptionist ness owner with a different BUSINESS: Salon W at her salon; a co-op stuset of skills.

LOCATION: 3706 Nafziger Rd. dent, Kelsey Heffele, comes As for her own talents, PHONE: 226-660-5677 in to help with various Nafziger is always learning.

OWNER: Stephanie Nafziger daily tasks. As the salon She partners with L’Oreal expands she hopes to start SALON | 16 hiring other hairstylists

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ROBERTS: Agri-food sector needs to lead the discussion that’s going to happen anyway FROM | 13

right might be more of a drawn-out process. But the end result should be more balanced.

The same goes for agriculture. Trying to figure out what’s right is a pressing matter for farmers and

for consumers.

More and more, people are exercising their democratic right to chime in about choices being made for them by the agri-food sector. True, they voice their opinions at the cash register, with what they

put in their shopping carts.

But what people think is right will have a growing impact on what farmers produce, and I’m not sure the sector realizes how much it relies on the public to support what it believes to be “right” – the right way to treat animals, the right place to raise them, the right crop protection and production technology to use on the farm.

Given this dependency, the sector puts next to nothing into explaining itself to people. I’ve said before that well-intentioned and effective initiatives do indeed exist. But they’re the small dogs in the fight.

Their counterparts, the

big dogs, were out in full force last month at Green Week in Berlin, Germany, at what’s become the world’s largest consumer show for agriculture and food. More than 400,000 people and 5,000 members of the media converge on this two-week-long show, now in its 87th year of operation, and it just keeps breaking attendance and participation records.

Each year Green Week hosts the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists executive, which makes it possible for me to take part.

Some attendees come to sample German food and beverages, which are

scrumptious and plentiful.

But most want see what’s up in the rest of the world.

More than 1,630 exhibitors from 67 countries are represented. It’s like a trip around the culinary world.

And anti-technology protesters are on hand there too, to remind everyone entering Green Week that the culinary world is not without issues. For example, in North America we hardly blink at the prospect of genetically modified plants anymore. Soybeans, corn and canola farmers use them routinely, and have done so for 20 years.

But in Europe it’s a different story. Some “green” groups have been success-

ful raising and maintaining fear in the public over genetically modified plants.

It’s made governments reluctant to allow such crops to be grown in their borders, it’s muted farmer interest in them and of course it’s left the public wondering what’s right and what isn’t.

What’s right is to talk about it. The agri-food sector needs to lead this discussion, so it doesn’t get shouted down by protesters who aren’t interested in dialogue.

It must let people know what it takes to feed the world.

If we all shared that understanding, it would be a lot easier to agree on what’s right.

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Nafziger runs the salon with help from co-op student Kelsey Heffele, who is also learning the hair trade.

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“Since I take hair so seriously I felt like doing other people’s hair weighs on me heavily. I must do a good job. It’s quite a hard road, it’s just something that you’re always educating

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Currently she is putting the finishing touches on her new space and teaching Heffele various techniques like the well-liked scalp treatments. She is also teaching the young student how to set hair for weddings in preparation for five wedding parties that have already booked appointments with the salon.

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Macbeth, Macduff, Banquo and the gang get a trans-Pacific makeover in Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre’s production of the Bard’s immortal tragedy.

[ANGELA CLAYFIELD / SUBMITTED]

Scottish play is turning Japanese Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre stages a kabuki version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth WILL SLOAN In the circa-407 years since William Shakespeare put quill to paper, Macbeth has been adapted as a samurai drama, a Bollywood musical, gangster movies, an opera, several porn films, and a one-manshow with characters from The Simpsons. There have been young Macbeths, old Macbeths, female Macbeths, and Macbeths of practically every creed and nation that can be named offhand. With terrain that has already been ploughed

by Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Roman Polanski, Giuseppe Verdi, and innumerable others, one has to ask: is it possible to find a new spin on this most iconic of tragedies?

Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre has found one.

Their new production puts “the Scottish Play” in the decidedly un-Celtic context of kabuki, the classical Japanese theatrical form involving heavily stylized makeup and gestures.

“I was introduced to Kabuki when I was at UW

Drama, just in the History of Theatre class,” said Jonathan C. Dietrich, director of the KWLT production. “I was struck by how quoteunquote ‘theatrical’ it is – sort of big and over-thetop, and they make heavy use of symbols. Also, the supernatural plays a heavy part in a lot of the kabuki stuff, and somewhere along the line it struck me that it would be a good match with Shakespeare.”

Such an otherworldly style is strangely befitting of a playwright whose characters speak in iambic pentameter, hobnob with ghosts, and murder each other with alarming frequency.

“All of Shakespeare’s characters are in a heightened state,” said Dietrich.

“Whenever they go into verse, that’s a heightened state, and all of the situations are larger-than-life.”

Dietrich first encountered Macbeth as many of us did – in a high school classroom – but became more intimately familiar with the play as a University of Waterloo Drama

Director Jonathan C. Dietrich says kabuki’s otherworldly atmosphere suits Shakespeare’s heightened reality.

[ANGELA CLAYFIELD / SUBMITTED] student. “I auditioned, and I was cast as the Porter,” Dietrich remembered. “It was a ton of work – I think

I ended up with six hours of one-on-one instruction with the director – and just loved it.”

Shakespeare has been a near-constant presence in Dietrich’s life – he grew up near Stratford, met his wife during a production of Cymbeline, and began dating her while acting in The Tempest. As he gets older, he finds the Bard’s work resonating in new and unexpected ways.

“The thing that struck me this time, much more than in the past, is the importance of the offspring,” said Dietrich. “There’s Duncan and his two sons, and there’s Banquo and Fleance, his son, and there’s Macduff and his family. And with Macbeth, that’s the one thing that he’s lacking.

Something that’s happened in that time period is: I’ve got two children of my own.

So that aspect of the story has never jumped out at me before.”

This revelation speaks to one reason why Shakespeare’s works have endured: just when you think you’ve seen them from every possible angle, along comes a new idea you had never considered before.

“I had three young girls,

ages 9 through 11, show up for auditions because they were excited about the show,” said Dietrich. “They did a little witch scene as their audition. And I had never considered having three creepy kids as the witches – sort of a Children of the Corn thing.

“Now, I’m not doing that because that doesn’t match with what we’re doing here, but certainly that’s something that I’d like to do at some point.”

Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre’s Macbeth performs at 9 Princess St. in Waterloo, February 2, 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for members and youth up to 18-years-old, and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 519-886-0660.

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Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses all types of unofficial signs on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory signs, farm accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs, open house signs and poster signs.

Background The proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unofficial signs including:

Water services in the community of West Montrose Location and placement; are•• provided to its citizens through coordination Size, shape, construction and content; between the Township of Woolwich (Township), • Impacts to the function of the road; being responsible for distribution, and the Regionand • Number of signs and timing of placement; Sign removal. of •Waterloo (Region), being responsible for supply.

The West Montrose groundwater supply system hasTourism and Essential Services Staff are also proposing an amendment to the Region’s faced operational challenges that have impacted Signing Policy to allow tourism signage on Regional roads for agri-toursim activities. the optimum use of the17, existing When: Tuesday, June 2008, sources. drop in 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.

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This public information centre is being held for the purpose of providing information and sessmentcomments (Class EA) study to identify and evaluate receiving from the public.

A copy of the draft By-law is available for review in potential supply of sources for2nd theflcommunity the Clerk’s water Office, Region Waterloo, oor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or on the of West website Montrose, Region’s at: and to recommend a preferred

water supplywww.region.waterloo.on.ca alternative solution with consideration - tab Newsroom, tab Public Notices for environmental, cultural, social, natural, technical Ifandyou have questions concerning thedeveloped By-law, please contact Nancy Button, economic factors. This study was as Manager, at 519-575-4520 or by email at a ScheduleTransportation “B” Municipal Engineering Class Environmental Asbnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca sessment (Class EA) under Ontario’s Environmental IfAssessment you require Act. accessible services to participate in this meeting, please contact the above noted person by Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this Recommendations project are being collected to assist the Regionthrough of Waterloo in making a decision.

Underwas the Municipal The preferred alternative identified the evaluation process to use surplus Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be water capacity frombecomes the Conestogo Plainsrecord.

Water Supplyregarding System.theThe Region of Waterloo included in a submission part of the public Questions collection of this information should be a referred to theClass personEA indicated will be initiating detailed studyabove. on the Conestogo Plains Water Supply System

in earlyButton 2013 to further support the preferred alternative identified in this study.

Nancy Manager, Transportation Engineering Region Waterloo ProjectofFile Report 150 Frederick Street,has 7thbeen Floorprepared to document the planning process followed, A Project File Report Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3

including conclusions and recommendations, and how public input was received and considered. The Report will be available for public review for a period of 30-calendar days, starting on January 24, 2013 and ending on February 25, 2013. The Report will be available online at www.region.waterloo.on.ca/water and at the following locations during regular business hours: Region of Waterloo Township of Woolwich Clerk’s Office Clerk’s Office 150 Frederick Street, 2nd Floor 24 Church Street West Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Phone: 519-575-4420 Phone: 519-669-1647 Comments Interested parties are encouraged to review the Report and provide written comments.

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During the public review period, anyone who has any outstanding concerns with the project that cannot be resolved in discussion with the Region may request that the Minister of the Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (commonly referred to as a Part II Order or “bump up” request). The Minister must receive requests for Part II Orders, at the address below (and a copy sent to Ms. Pam Law and Ms. Patty Quackenbush) by February 25, 2013:

The Honourable Jim Bradley, Minister of the Environment, Ministry of the Environment, 77 Wellesley Street West, 11th Floor, Ferguson Block, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2T5 If no Part II Order requests are received, the Region may proceed with design and construction of the recommended works as presented in the Project File Report. Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

This notification and any future documentation for the project will be publicized in Woolwich Observer and Elmira Independent (newspaper), through direct mail and posted on the Region’s website at www.region.waterloo.on.ca/water.

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OBSERVER FAMILY ALBUM BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

STAG & DOE

Brady Daniel Lorentz

Stag and Doe for Kyle Brubacher & Nicole Bogar

THANK YOU

GRADUATION The family of Mark Bruder celebrates his graduation from the University of Waterloo.

Mark received an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Biology.

Kim Adkin and Matt Lorentz would like to announce the arrival of their son Brady Daniel Lorentz born January 7, 2013, weighing 7lbs, 3oz.

Proud Grandparents: Steve and Lori Lorentz from St. Clements and Ron and Linda Adkin form Dresden.

Saturday February 9, 2013 Elmira Lions Hall 8pm-1am Tickets $10 at the door Come enjoy prizes, games, food and music!

OBITUARY

DEATH NOTICES HALLMAN, JOSEPH EARL “JOE” | Passed away peacefully,

with his family at his side, on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at the K-W Health Centre of the Grand River Hospital, Kitchener. Joe Hallman, of New Dundee, in his 88th year.

Local relative is his sister-in-law Ruth Clarke of Elmira.

KLINCK, CAMERON ROBERT | Passed away peacefully at Grand

Otto, William Henry 1930-2013 Passed away peacefully at Freeport Hospital Tuesday evening at the age of 82.

Beloved husband of 61 years, soul mate and high school sweetheart of Esther (nee Klinck). Father of John (Deb) of Woodstock, Barb of Cambridge, Tom (Julie) of Burlington and Melanie (Warren McNeil) of Elmira.

Grandfather of Sarah (Adam Stevenson) of Stratford, Tim (Amy) of Tavistock, Crystal of Kitchener, Shane of Woodstock, Kodi of Cambridge, Rachel (Lance Dejong), Morgan and Carson Otto of Burlington. Great-grandfather of Carter, Tucker and Spencer Otto, and Megan Stevenson. Also survived by his sister Mary Jane (Rodger Seabrook) and nephew Bill, all of Kitchener. Predeceased by his parents Ernst S. and Sarah Bartholomew Otto.

Bill Otto was a 3rd generation retail businessman in Elmira; one of the group to invest in the Elmira Shirt and Overall Factory, later named as Park Avenue Wear; co-founder of Elmira Land Development Corp.; a 50+ year charter member of Elmira Lions; 50+ year member of Glenrose Masonic Lodge; 30+ years with the Elmira Agricultural Society and Raceway; fundraising chairman for the Elmira Swimming Pool; and a former lay reader at St. James Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held at the Dreisinger Funeral Home in Elmira on Friday, February 1st from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A Glenrose Lodge No. 628 A.F.&A.M. service will be held at the funeral home Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. and a Lions Service will follow. The funeral service will be held in the chapel of the funeral home on Saturday, February 2nd at 3 p.m.

Special thanks to Dr. Koke and the wonderful nursing staff in the 4th floor GAU at Freeport Hospital for their kindness and extra efforts in making his final days as calm and peaceful as possible. In lieu of flowers, donations made to the Grand River Hospital Foundation-Freeport Site, Elmira Lions Club or Alzheimer Society of Kitchener-Waterloo will be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

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If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.

If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.

If you want happiness for a year, win the lottery.

If you want happiness for a lifetime, continue to learn.

Convocation, June 2012 Congratulations Mark, as you continue your journey.

Thank You Thank you to everyone who made my 90th birthday a very special and memorable day.

I truly enjoyed meeting and visiting everyone who came to the celebration on January 27th.

To all my family and friends, your well wishes, kind words, cards, donations to charities, and gifts are very much appreciated.

A special thank you to my family for all their hard work in making the day one I will remember and cherish.

Sincerely, Tony Furlong

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River Hospital at the age of 58. He owned and operated Ace Locators Inc. for 25 years in Elmira.

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KRAEMER, PHYLLIS EILEEN (NEE VISNESKI) | 1938 - 2013 Passed

away peacefully at home in Waterloo, with her family by her side on Saturday, January 26, 2013, in her 75th year.

Local relatives are her brother Orville (Mary) Visneski, of Elmira.

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MORDEN, EDWIN | Passed away peacefully at Wellington

Hospice, Guelph on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the age of 84 years.

WEBER, AUDREY (NEE BAUMAN) | Passed away suddenly in

Elmira, on Thursday, January 24, 2013, in her 88th year.

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She’s the very visible face of volunteerism in Wellesley

Is it cold enough for you?

Wendy Richardson is the Wellesley District Board of Trade’s pick as Citizen of the Year WILL SLOAN The way Wendy Richardson describes it, her journey to being elected the Wellesley District Board of Trade’s Wellesley Citizen of the Year was marked by a series of happy accidents and good collaborators.

“I think there’s probably people who volunteer more than I do, it’s just my name has been out in the news more lately,” said Richardson. “There are so many people that deserve it – they’ll never get through it all. I nominated somebody else.

“I don’t do anything alone,” she added. “I have a lot of people supporting me and helping me, right beside me. That’s what’s most important to me.”

One of the people she worked with – Township of Wellesley director of finance and administration Diane Lorbetski – is a little more forthcoming.

“Wendy is caring, compassionate and always puts others ahead of herself,” said Lorbetski. “When Wendy saw that something had to be done, she didn’t need to be told, she would go right ahead and do it, or she would collect up the people required and get the job done.”

Lorbetski, who collaborated on one of Richardson’s fundraisers for the Wellesley-North Easthope Agricultural Society’s Fall Fair fundraiser, has only fond memories of their

RECIPE NOTES

Wendy Richardson has volunteered with the Wellesley-North Easthope Agricultural Society’s Fall Fair for 20 years. work together. “She was always in an upbeat mood, despite difficult working conditions at times.”

Richardson was born in Baden, but moved to New Hamburg in 1972 after marrying her husband, Bruce Richardson, a farmer.

“I worked at the University of Waterloo, but I still came home and did some chores. But it was after we had babies and stayed home that I really got used to work on the farm.”

Richardson began volunteering slowly. “It was tak-

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ing me a long time to have children, so I got into Cubs.

I was a Cub leader for two or three years in New Hamburg. And then I had children of my own, and from there I kind of progressed with their age.” When her children were young, she

worked as a secretary for Wellesley Preschool, then volunteered with the Wilmot Wellesley Dairy 4-H Club as a leader.

But it’s her 20 years with annual fall fair that have

The weather has been a prime topic as we try to make sense of this crazy winter. The weather’s been all over the map. Whether it is a cold winter’s night or a rainy afternoon, however, these recipes will warm your tummy and your senses.

This week’s soup is wonderful with local mushrooms, during a time of year where it gets difficult to find locally grown ingredients. Look at the labels and start asking your produce department where the local ingredients are located. To brown the mushrooms be sure to get a solid heat in the pan. The golden brown colour offers flavour, texture and depth to the soup. I use brown mushrooms, as they offer great colour and flavour; white mushrooms do not bring as much boldness to the pot but can be used as well.

We are making bread in the store daily now and can barely keep up with the demand for flatbreads.

This recipe is great in a hurry but looks like you have been baking all day.

If it becomes part of your repertoire you would be surprised how many uses there are for brown butter.

You can brown butter in

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FEBRUARY 1

FEBRUARY 5

HOW YOUR THYROID AFFECTS your health. Susan Henderson, nurse practitioner with Woolwich Community Health Centre, will discuss health issues related to the thyroid gland. Friday February 1, 10:15-11:15 a.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Everyone welcome. For more information call Joy at 519-6643794.

MOVIE AFTERNOON FOR ADULTS – 1 p.m. at Elmira Branch Library. Tickets are $1 each and every person attending must have a ticket. Admission includes light refreshments, please no outside snacks. Visit rwlibrary.ca for current movie listings. Event takes place at the library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. For more information 519-669-5477.

WCS YOUTH CENTRE IS going on a trail walk. We are leaving the YC at 3:30 p.m. and a permission form is required. For more information, contact Catherine or Anna at (519) 669-3539.

SAY I LOVE YOU with a song! Singing Valentine’s presented by the Quartets from The Twin City Harmonizers. Contact John Duggan at 519-621-2275 or jonell@sympatico.ca for more information.

FEBRUARY 2 MATERIAL HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS

KIN KORNER

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Rugs and Upholstery

SNOFEST 2013 AT THE Linwood Recreation Centre.

Fireman’s breakfast starting at 8:30 a.m.; $5/plate, Snopitch, face painting, Erick Traplin, Casino-Fest, Karaoke and more! For more information for coed sno-pitch tournie call Joyce at 519-698-1124, for more information on the Solo Tournament call Jerry 519-698-2678.

ZUMBA GOLD – STARTING Feb. 7 at 4 p.m. at the Seniors Centre. $2.50 for members, $5 for nonmembers per class. For more information call 519669-5044.

PARADISE LIONS CLUB BINGO, 7 p.m. Upstairs at the St. Clements Community Centre.

H.U.G.S. PROGRAM – 9:15-11:15 a.m. Meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Healthy Baby Brain: Kim Krueger Kischak from the Early Years Literacy Centre will relay ideas on how to introduce reading at an early age. No registration required. Childcare provided.

FEBRUARY 6 JOIN US FOR AN opportunity to learn about becoming a foster parent. Training, support and compensation provided; 7-8 p.m. For more information call Family and Children’s Services at 519-576-0540 or www.fosteringkids.ca.

FEBRUARY 7 ZUMBA GOLD – 4:15-5 p.m. at Woolwich Seniors Centre. Cost $2.50 for members, $5 for non members per class. For more information please call 519-669-5044.

ELMIRA LIONS CLUB WEEKLY Bingo 7 p.m. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go

Draw Date March 10th, 2012.

Get your tickets soon!

to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira. For more information call 519-500-1434.

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FEBRUARY 8 PARTY ROCKERS VIDEO PRE-TEEN Valentine’s Dance (7-13). Fundraiser for Woolwich Major Peewee A Hockey Team. Woolwich Memorial Centre, admission $10. Two video screens, all request music, pictures, glow-in-the-dark, snack bar, prize.

Tickets at the door only. Fun, safe, adult supervised event. www.partyrockers.ca for more information.

Tickets will start selling at 6:30 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m.

FEBRUARY 9 VALENTINE’S SUPPER, MARYHILL HERITAGE Community Centre, 58 St. Charles St. E, Maryhill. Two seatings 5:30 & 7 p.m. Tickets $15 per person; children (6-11) $8; Aged 5 & under free. Rolled ribs and all the fixings, including dessert and coffee. A flower for your special lady.

Chances on door prizes. For tickets: Mike Runstedler 519-648-3394; Doug Zinger 519-648-2939; Mary Campagnaro 519-822-9287.

ELMIRA LEGION LADIES AUXILIARY Swiss Steak Dinner.

6 p.m., $8/person. Held at Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira.

MAMMA MIA LASAGNA DINNER at Trinity United Church.

5 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. Two sittings, advance tickets. $12 adults; $8 children under 10 or $30 per family (2 adults, 2 children). Homemade lasagna, garlic bread, Caesar salad, dessert. Tickets available from the church office 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. or Read’s Decorating.

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SUBMIT AN EVENT The Events Calendar is reserved for Non-profit local community events that are offered free to the

public. Placement is not guaranteed. Registrations, corporate events, open houses and the like do not qualify in this section.

“Serving the Community”

24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

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Individual life insurance, mortgage insurance, business insurance, employee benefits programs, critical illness insurance, disability coverage,

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PLACES OF FAITH | A DIRECTORY OF LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP

St. Teresa Catholic Church No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope!

Celebrate Eucharist with us Mass times are:

Sat. 5pm & Sun. 9am & 11:15am

19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387

33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591

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Zion Mennonite Fellowship

Finding The Way Together

Sunday School at 9:30am

Service at 10:30am Rev. Paul Snow REACH WITH LOVE. TEACH THE TRUTH. SEND IN POWER. 290 Arthur St. South, Elmira • 519-669-3973 www.ElmiraAssembly.com (Across from Tim Horton’s)

HEARING ASSISTED

Sun. Feb. 3, 11am

-The JunctionSunday School 9:30am Worship Service 10:45am

47 Arthur St., S. Elmira • 519-669-3153 www.thejunctionelmira.com

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Gate Crashers A Community of Free Agents?

Discovering God Together

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Our big brains are still working on just why it is we have such big brains

Q. Go ahead now. Put

your big brain to work trying to answer this intriguing question: How did we become such a bigbrained species?

A.

We humans boast about 1,400 cubic centimeters of brain volume, or roughly three times that of the chimpanzee, our closest evolutionary cousin, says Michael Balter in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scienceâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

While the brains of whales and elephants surpass ours in absolute measure, proportionally (based on body

lenges among primates involving competition for scarce resources. Yet if group size can help develop cooperation among many members, it can also spark internal competition and sub-group clans forming to complicate things.

As Dunbar puts it: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Primates do a balancing act between maintaining group cohesion and using close alliances to buffer themselves against the cost of group living, which is no mean feat cognitively.â&#x20AC;?

For now, concludes Balter, the origin of our big brains remains a puzzle, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already got enough smarts that we may one day solve this one.

Q. With all your education and experience,

youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re certainly not about to be baffled by a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, are you? So answer this: The book describes this particular number symbol as an eight that stood up tall, then fell over onto its side and felt too tired to get up.

Now there it lies! What symbol is it?

A. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that the Bible sells some 20 million copies each year, yet by one poll, less than half of adult Americans can name the first book (Genesis) or the four Gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), says Diane Sawyer in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think: The Magazine of Case Western Reserve Universityâ&#x20AC;?

(CWRU).

Quite often people wind up quoting the Bible to support their own point of view, political, moral or social, but when the text is actually examined, complications and contradictions arise, suggests CWRU religion scholar Timothy

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the symbol for infinity, as characterized

by Kate Hosford in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Infinity and Me.â&#x20AC;? Technically, infinity is not a number but rather a counting process that goes on endlessly -- one after another, world without end. For example, think of the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... that go on and on and on, infinitely. Or as the book puts it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;if infinity were a racetrack, you could drive around it forever.â&#x20AC;?

Beal, PhD. The Bible isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a book per se but rather a collection of texts compiled by many different hands over more than a thousand years, so our cultural ideal of the Bible as a beacon of pronouncements about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right and wrong, true and not true, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really fit Biblical tradition.

On Bealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;BibliFactâ&#x20AC;? blog, he rates some of the wide range of political and social Bible-quoting, from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Five Biblesâ&#x20AC;? (Yes) to â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Bible (No), and even â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fire and Brimstone Worthyâ&#x20AC;? for particularly egregious claims.

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weight) ours are bigger. So why did â&#x20AC;&#x153;natural selection bestow such generous largesse on the human nogginâ&#x20AC;?? One fascinating theory, by psychologist Robin Dunbar of the University of Oxford (and others), argues that brain size correlates with the size of a speciesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; social group, with our large neocortex needed to help keep track of who is doing what to whom.

Adds biological anthropologist Robert Seyfarth, this social brain hypothesis has generated a huge amount of research, with one study even showing â&#x20AC;&#x153;a positive correlation between gray matter density and the number of Facebook friends an individual has.â&#x20AC;?

Another theory points to food-acquisition chal-

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CHEF’S TABLE: Enjoy these simple pleasures

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larger batches and store it in the fridge for the next time.

Mashed potatoes, beans, carrots, on top of a bagel with a bit of honey – its simple nutty flavour is a homey sense that follows through the day. Be careful when browning the butter not to go too far in the pan: remove the butter to a metal or glass container once it is browned so the residual heat in the pan won’t take the butter to the bitter side.

Enjoy the simple pleasure of homemade soup and bread. Happy cooking.

Melt butter in large pot over medium-high heat.

Add onions; sauté until golden, about 5 minutes.

Add all mushrooms and thyme; sauté until mushrooms begin to brown, about 8 minutes. Add brandy; stir 30 seconds, then mix in flour. Slowly stir in broth; bring soup to boil; Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 10 minutes; Add 1/2 cup of 35% cream, reduce another 10 minutes; Season with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls.

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Place butter in hot pan and swirl around gently until it stops foamy and browns, smelling nutty; Stir flour, oats, sugar, thyme, baking powder and baking soda and pepper in mixing bowl. Add butter milk and browned butter.

Mix with dough hook until combined; Divide the ball in half and shape into 2 balls.

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earned Richardson considerable kudos from fellow community members. Each year, she organizes the competition for the fair’s ambassador, in which young contestants from around the township compete to be the face of that year’s celebration.

In addition, she is known for her creative fair fundraisers. In 2010, Richardson and Wellesley resident Pat Snyder organized Wedding Dresses Thru the Decades, which showcased 51 dresses from around the community, dating from 1845 to the current millennium.

“We had models from the township, ranging from grade seven all the way up to adults,” said Richardson.

“Somebody said it was really fun as a whole intergenerational thing, because there could be teenagers, grandmothers, mothers and every generation possible. I think every generation went out of there with a positive point of view.”

Not to say the event didn’t pose certain challenges. “If you got down to the 1960s, nobody fit in those dresses because the

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“That’s where we got into the Grade 7s and 8s.

“I’m not a competitive person, so these competitive contests are … fun for me, but contrary to my nature,” Richardson laughed.

“And fashion is, too – I’m not fashionable, I’m an old farm wife! But I love seeing people’s wedding dresses.”

The next year, Richardson helped organize another fashion-centric fundraiser, Hats and High Tea, at which chapeau-clad Wellesley residents were served tea and biscuits by local firemen.

“We decided to ask dignitaries if they would send a hat that their wives wore when they met the Queen,” remembered Richardson.

“We were touched when (Kitchener-Conestoga MP) Harold Albrecht sent the hat that his wife Betty had worn when they met the Queen.

We had requested her hat just prior to her untimely death and did not want to approach Harold again in this regard. However, they remembered our request and sent the hat.”

This year, Richardson has solicited 297 recipes from around Wellesley for “Fla-

vours of the Townships” in honour of the agricultural society’s 160th anniversary.

“We’ve got a lot of apple recipes – because it’s a real apple area – and we’ve got some maple syrup recipes, because it’s also a maple syrup area,” she said. Expect to see the book for sale in March.

After so many years of volunteering, does Richardson plan to lighten her load?

“I did have that planned, yes,” said Richardson. “In fact, I told the fair board two years ago that I was going to retire after the 160th, but I think the fair board has been built up so much more since two years ago – it’s getting stronger and stronger, and we’re getting a few more volunteers.” She laughed: “So I resigned my resignation!”

She paused, and added, “I was thinking of slowing down, but then you get nominated as Citizen of the Year and it’s like, Oh my gosh, I have to keep going now!”

Richardson will receive her Wellesley Citizen of the Year award at the Wellesley and District Board of Trade’s annual Valentine’s Ball on February 8.

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