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Woolwich to cover cost overrun at Kate’s Place playground STEVE KANNON
$6,435, which was more than enough. “We are very proud of the school. They all came together and for a great cause. We had people in from the Terry Fox Foundation who spoke to the children and told them all about what (Fox) did and how much has been raised over the last 32 years to help fight cancer,” said Ewald. Since its inception the foundation has raised close to $500 million to help find a
Cost overruns that came with the installation of enhanced ground cover at the Kate’s Place accessible playground in Elmira will be covered by the township. The shortage will be covered by reducing $10,000 from the amount slated to be deposited into a recreation department reserve fund, originally expected to be $60,000 this year. In approving the move, councillors this week also approved letters of support for an application for an Ontario Trillium Fund grant to help with the next phase of the project. The Kate’s Kause charity launched two years ago raised $300,000 to pay for the playground that opened in July. The playground includes a junior and senior play section, swings and a flower garden. Stage two includes plans for a sensory wall, estimated at $75,000, and an outdoor activity gym for seniors and other adults, founder Kelly Meissner told councillors Tuesday night. The organization has partnered with the Elmira Kiwanis Club in seeking the Trillium grant, she noted. The sensory wall will be a sculpture roughly 10 feet long and seven feet high.
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Puckering for piggy Sharlene McHolm, vice-principal at Breslau Public School, kisses a pig on Oct. 5 in front of the entire school as a reward to the students who raised more than $6,000 for the Terry Fox Foundation. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER]
COLIN DEWAR It’s not every day that Frank Ewald and Sharlene McHolm, principal and vice-principal at Breslau Public School, kiss a pig. On October 5 that is exactly what they did, in front of the entire school as students cheered as this was a reward they had been waiting for. Both educators agreed to kiss the swine if the students managed to raise more than $5,200 for the school’s annual Terry Fox
National School Run Day fundraiser held last month. “The kids worked really hard and when the finally tallies came in they managed to raise $4,900, which was just not enough,” said Ewald. “So we challenged them and said we would give them 18 more hours to raise money and if they managed to get enough we would kiss porky.” The kids of Breslau did not sit back and worked together to raise more money eventually sending their final tally to
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Putting a dollar value on the benefits of local food
Woolwich ponies up $1,000 for Halloween festivities
ELENA MAYSTRUK As part of an effort to pass a Local Food Act in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty asked families to support local food during the annual Premier’s Summit on Agri-Food Innovation on Oct. 4. The challenge involves asking Ontario families to shift $10 of their weekly grocery budgets toward purchasing local products. “It would be good to not only to have people consume fresh healthy nutritious Ontario food but do it in a way that would benefit us all economically at the same time,” said Ted McMeekin, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday. The proposed Local Food Act has been introduced into the Legislative Assembly and has undergone its first reading, according McMeekin. Officials took interest in the $10 challenge after last year’s release of the Ontario Table cookbook authored by food writer Lynn Ogrizlo who issued the challenge to her readers. The Ontario Table was released last June. Ogrizlo turned to Toronto based think-tank Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI) for specific studies to support her idea. “I went to the Martin Prosperity Institute … if every household in Ontario spent $10 on local food what would that do? They put that together for me,” she said, adding that she is happy her work has captured the attention of government officials. According to figures compiled by Dr. Kevin FOOD | 4
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Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht was at Elmira’s Riverside Public School on Tuesday to speak to students about how governments work in Canada.
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MP educates Riverside students about the function of government COLIN DEWAR Students at Elmira’s Riverside Public School learned how the different governments of Canada operate with one another when Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht stopped by the school Tuesday to speak about the responsibilities of the government and how new laws are created. Addressing a room full of Grade 4 and 5 students, Albrecht spoke for 40 minutes about the three levels of government in Canada, who the major parties in the federal government are and how bills and laws are formed before taking questions from the students. Before the talk began a student asked if Albrecht had ever met with the prime minister and when he told the student he meets with Stephen Harp-
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er on a weekly basis that seemed to set a tone of respect from the students who were hanging on every word the local MP said. Albrecht explained the process of how laws come into effect while speaking about his work in suicide prevention and how he penned a bill that sought to amend the Criminal Code to prevent predators from exploiting vulnerable Canadians online and encouraging suicide. It’s not everyday that a member of Parliament pays a visit to a local school and the idea of having Albrecht come to Riverside came from Grade 5 teacher Bruce Rohr whose class is studying government. “It’s difficult to get our kids out there to experience government so we thought since we can’t go out there maybe we can get people in to come and
Albrecht explains how bills become laws to a group of Grade 4 and 5 students. [COLIN DEWAR/THEOBSERVER]
talk about it,” said Rohr. The school has also approached a local MPP, the region, the mayor’s office in Woolwich and police officers to come to the school and speak to the
children. “There is nothing like hearing it from someone who has firsthand experience,” said Rohr. “What it does is builds a connection and I hope when the kids are older they are excited by government and go out and vote when they are eligible. I hope we are planting the seed for future voters and I hope they see how the government works for them.” Before he left Albrecht told the students they were all leaders and encouraged them to work hard at school and at home. “You don’t have to be up front talking to people to be a leader, sometimes all you have to do to be a leader is to do your best when everyone else isn’t doing their best. We all need to encourage others to be their best and work as hard as you can.”
The scary show must go on. To that end, Woolwich Township is doling out $1,000 for the newlyminted Halloween Haunt. Organized by the Kin Club of Woolwich, it’s scheduled for Oct. 20. The event picks up where The Great Pumpkin Party left off. Presented for 13 years by the Observer, the Halloween party was the paper’s way of giving back to the community. With the assistance of a variety of sponsors, it was a free event attended by hundreds of people annually. Appearing at council Tuesday night, the Kin Club’s Kim Carroll said the new event requires township support in order to make it what the pumpkin party was in the past. It will continue to be free, though organizers will be seeking donations. The club was involved with the pumpkin party last year. With that event winding down, Kin members were interested in continuing something that provides entertainment to some 400-plus kids. As well, more than 50 high school students act as volunteers with the popular haunted house organized by the EDSS drama department. Mayor Todd Cowan led the charge to provide funding, with other councillors appearing more reluctant. While ultimately voting in favour Coun. Mark Bauman said he was worried about setting a precedent for other groups to come forward with similar requests, perhaps at the last minute as well. HALLOWEEN | 4
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November declared family violence prevention month STEVE KANNON The statistics that show 50 per cent of women will be physically or sexually abused in their lifetimes pay no mind to geography – such assaults can and do occur in small communities such as those found in the townships. The problem is more
widespread than most people care to admit, says the coordinator of the family violence prevention program offered through Woolwich Community Services (WCS) in Elmira. Virginia Logan was at Woolwich council Tuesday night, successfully requesting the township declare November to be family vio-
lence prevention month. Education and public awareness are two important tools in attempting to reduce incidents. Often, victims are afraid to come forward. Vigilance by others can help identify problems, she explained, adding people shouldn’t balk from intervening or calling police as necessary.
The WCS program helps about 100 to 130 people each year with issues of physical or sexual violence, the overwhelming majority being women, she said. On average, somewhere between four and 10 men use the program, which extends from crisis services to education in the schools. Given the gender divide,
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The Regional Municipality of Waterloo invites you to attend a Public Consultation Centre for the proposed King Street reThe Region of Waterloo be holding a public information centre to introduce a draft construction project in St. Jacobs,will Township of Woolwich. The project location is King Street (Regional Road #8), from south ofRegional Printery Road to Sawmill Road (RR #17). Theon project includes:roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses By-law respecting signs Regional • Full reconstruction Kingsigns Street (a) south of Printery (railwayelection all types of unoffiofcial onfrom Regional roads Road including signs, business accessory HAWK ESVIL LE R track) to Hachborn Street and (b) Eby Street-Northside Drive to Sawmill OAD signs, farm accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs, open house signs and posterSAWMILL signs. ROAD Road, including storm sewer replacement, curb and gutter, sidewalks, onThe proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unoffi cial signs including: road cycling lanes, reconstruction of the channelized right turn lane, illumination and drainageand improvements at Sawmill Road, and other locations • Location placement; as required and water and sanitary sewer system improvements where • Size, shape, construction and content; deemed necessary; • Impacts to the function of the road; • Partial reconstruction of King Street between Hachborn Street and the • Number of signs and placement; Conestogo River bridge including curbtiming and gutterof and sidewalk repairsand • Sign removal. (where required), consideration of decorative lighting, repair/rehabilitation of underground services (sanitary and water) if required by Township of Staff are also proposing an amendment to the Region’s Tourism and Essential Services Woolwich, removal of existing asphalt and asphalt surfacing; Signing Policyoftopedestrian allow tourism signage onat Regional roads for agri-toursim activities. • Consideration crossing improvements various locations and improvements to GRTJune bus stop17, locations; When: Tuesday, 2008, drop in 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. • Conestogo River bridge deck repairs, waterproofing, asphalt resurfacing, Place: Regional Administration Headquarters (lobby) and miscellaneous off-road erosion repairs; 150 ofFrederick Street, Kitchener • Consideration the realignment of Municipal Drain #10 (Hachborn/ King) This public information centre is being held for the purpose of providing information and • Consideration of extending the existing sanitary sewer and water system receiving public. A copy of Township the draft By-law and is available southerly tocomments Printery Road from pendingthe further discussion with the of Woolwich stakeholders;for andreview in the Clerk’s Offi ce, Region of Waterloo, 2nd fl oor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or on the • Utility relocation where necessary, to accommodate these improvements. D
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it would be easy to see family violence as a women’s issue, said Logan. However, women can’t change the behaviour of those who are abusive – overwhelmingly men, it’s only men who can change the pattern, particularly through peer pressure and altered expectations among men. Along with helping those in immediate need with support services, the WCS program focuses on prevention and education – a staffer provides outreach programs to every area school, looking to teach kids from junior kindergarten to Grade 8 that violence is not the answer to any problem.
Breaking the cycle of violence is the key to prevention, said Logan. Children raised in abusive homes are more likely to keep the cycle going when they grow up. Even those in abusive relationships – often women being physically or mentally abused by their spouses – find it hard to get out of their situations. Councillors quickly endorsed the resolution making November family violence prevention month. Logan also issued a challenge to businesses, churches, schools and others with signs in front of their buildings to display a message of non-violence during November.
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His suggestion the money be in the form of a start-up loan was echoed by Coun. Allan Poffenroth, the lone dissenting voice. In response to questions about the Kin Club’s support for the event, Carroll said the service club is donating the food and expects to spend about $300 on decorations.
In looking to find the money, clerk Christine Broughton suggested there was room in the council and information services budget, perhaps using funds earmarked for advertising, to cover the request. As with the pumpkin party before it, the first annual Halloween Haunt will take place at Elmira District Secondary School.
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Stolerick of MPI at the University of Toronto, and Doug Vallery of Experience Renewal Solutions in Toronto, a $10 shift in spending could generate an extra $2.4 billion for Ontario’s economy and creates 10,000 new jobs. The challenge reflects some of the developments the Local Food Act will support should the bill get passed. “Of course it’s all supply and demand, if people are buying into the idea of purchasing local product then the markets will grow and people in our agri-food business will do better and as a result everybody in Ontario will do better,”
McMeekin said adding that the agricultural industry is the leading economic driver in Ontario. “It produces more direct economic benefits than any other sector,” he said while discussing the bill and an opportunity to work with post-secondary institutions, hospitals and municipalities, hoping to entice institutions to invest in more local produce. The proposed act includes the creation of programs geared towards educating youth on health and nutrition as well as the benefits of local produce. Should the act be passed it will also include collaborating with retailers to provide more local produce in stores.
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Influenza season off to early start Waterloo Region has seen an early start to the 2012-13 influenza season. The first two confirmed cases of Influenza A have been reported. These cases represent the first influenza institutional outbreak. As of September 15, there have been seven confirmed influenza cases in Ontario, reports the Region of Waterloo’s Public Health department. Public Health encourages everyone, particularly those at highest risk of
complications related to influenza, (anyone with chronic health conditions, persons over 65 years of age, all children under five years of age, pregnant women, Aboriginal people) be immunized. Immunization is available free of charge to all residents.
Trying to speed up Breslau development Looking to speed up potential development, Woolwich council this week offered up no objections to an
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St. Jacobs cyclist struck by car near roundabout; police seek witnesses A 68-year-old St. Jacobs man on a bicycle was struck by a 2006 Toyota driven by a 25-year-old Wartburg woman on Arthur Street South near St. Jacobs after attempting to cross the street about 4:40 p.m. on Oct. 5. The cyclist was transported to Grand River
Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the motor vehicle did not sustain any injuries resulting from the collision. No charges were laid. Anyone with information is aksed to call traffic investigators at 519-650-8500, ext. 8856.
amendment of the Regional Official Policies Plan government the Breslau settlement area. Thomasfield Homes, which has plans for a mixed-use development north and east of the village, is looking for an amendment to the ROPP to allow for the kind of uses permitted under Waterloo Region’s new Official Plan. The new document is tied up by an Ontario Municipal Board appeal, however, stalling any advances in Breslau. By amending the current ROPP, the developer hopes for a speedier decision. Meeting Tuesday, councillors
endorsed a planning staff recommendation that Woolwich informs the region it has no objections to the proposed amendment.
Woolwich seeks public input Woolwich Township is looking for public input as it develops plans for two its recreation facilities in Breslau and Conestogo. Having taken ownership of the former Empire Communities sales building in Breslau, the township is looking for ideas about how to best
incorporate it into recreation plans for the village. An open house is scheduled for Monday (Oct. 15) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Breslau Community Centre. In Conestogo, the goal is to revitalize and upgrade the park. A community consultation meeting is set for October 24, 7-8:30 p.m., in the Conestogo Public School gym.
Tour the landfill Ever wonder what happens to the stuff you throw into the garbage, blue box and green bin? On October 20 you have the opportunity to find out.
To celebrate Waste Reduction Week, the Region of Waterloo is offering free public tours next Saturday at the Waterloo landfill site. Buses will be available to give residents a guided tour of the landfill operation and the Nyle Ludolph Materials Recycling Centre. Residents can take a closer look at garbage, green bin and recycling collection trucks, and landfill vehicles. Displays featuring the blue box, green bin and other waste diversion programs will also be available. Bus tours will run every hour on the hour. Call ahead to reserve your seat on the bus: 519-883-5100, ext. 3810.
Montreal woman driving a 2011 Jeep was also involved in the accident. No injuries were reported. OCTOBER 8
4:00 PM | Police were called to a farm on Powell Road in Wellesley Township when a farmer reported a deer in his field that seemed distressed. When the officer arrived he found a deer with broken legs and dispatched the animal. If was unclear how the animal broke its legs. OCTOBER 9
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7:40 AM | Police received a call about a vehicle in the swamp area of Snyder Flats. When police arrived they found a 1993 Toyota that had been set on fire. The vehicle had been reported stolen from a residence in Kitchener. The investigation continues. 1:30 PM | Police were notified about a ladder leaning against an apartment building on Oriole Parkway in Elmira. Further investigation found a knife at the scene. Police suspected two young offenders and have spoken to them about the incident. 2:00 PM | A-19-year-old Elmira woman was charged with careless driving and using a handheld communication device when she lost control of her 2002 Nissan on New Jerusalem Road near Scotch Line Road in Woolwich Township. The vehicle was destroyed when it hit a ditch and rolled 75 metres into a field. No injuries were reported. OCTOBER 5
12:20 PM | A 62-year-old Elmira man was operating a 2010
Dodge Caravan through the roundabout on Arthur Street and Sawmill Road when a vehicle trying to pass his vehicle honked its horn, causing the man to swerve and hit a road sign. His vehicle sustained minor damage. No injuries were reported. No charges were laid.
5:50 AM | A 50-year-old Kitchener man driving a Nissan Pathfinder on Victoria Street near Fountain Street in Breslau lost control of the vehicle, entered a ditch and hit a tree. Fatigue may have been a factor in the incident. The man was charged with careless driving.
3:50 PM | A 52-year-old Floradale man was operating a horse-drawn buggy when the horse was spooked by a passing pickup truck along Floradale Road near Sandy Hills Drive. The buggy rolled into a ditch causing minor injuries to the driver and a 54-year-old woman passenger. No charges were laid.
12:00 PM | Two mountain bikes were found behind Mac’s Milk on Arthur Street in Elmira. One bike is a blue and yellow Hooligan boy’s Supercycle the other bike is a Minelli red and black mountain bike. The rightful owners can pick up their bikes at the Elmira police detachment.
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1:40 PM | A 44-year-old Toronto man operating a 2005 Dodge Caravan and a 55-year-old Kitchener woman driving a 2002 GMC were charged with careless driving when a four-vehicle collision occurred on King Street near Lobsinger Line in Woolwich when a 48-year-old Elmira woman stopped for traffic, causing the chain reaction. A 28-year-old
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Frank Edwald, principal at Breslau PS, and McHolm kiss a Duroc pig to reward students for their fundraising efforts.
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cure for the disease. Outside of the school the students gathered as McHolm was the first to kiss the purebred Duroc pig brought in by Donaldson International pig farm in Tavistock. She played with the stu-
dents and flirted with the little pig before the students became restless and started to chant “kiss the pig,” which she quickly did giving it a peck on the snout as students yelled out “gross” and “that’s so sick.” Up next was the principal who quickly kissed both side of the pigs face, saying that is
how it is done in Europe. This was received by boos from the students who demanded a real kiss on the pig. Elwald relented and planted a long kiss on the pig’s face that was greeted with screams of joy as the school children were finally rewarded with what they wanted.
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Within the wall there will be numerous animal carvings and nature themed activities for children to interact and play with. The wall will be placed in the garden area of the playground next summer, if fundraising goes ahead as scheduled. The first phase of the project went ahead much
quicker than expected. “We thought it was going to take us five years,” said Meissner. Instead, the park opened some 18 months after Kate’s Kause was launched. Grants and community fundraising poured in quickly, allowing construction to go ahead over the summer. The $90,000 allotted for the rubberized
tiles that provide groundcover proved inadequate once preparation and installation costs were factored in, however, leaving the project over budget. After a brief discussion, councillors opted to cover the $10,000 shortfall, with director of recreation and facilities Karen Makela offering up the reserve fund money as an option.
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SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
More 100 visitors came out to the Elmira station to learn about fire prevention.
Matthew MacDonald, 12, and his sister Melyssa, 10, have their hearts checked.
Fire prevention week was held in Woolwich Township this week, with stations holding open houses. Elmira firefighters demonstrate how they use hydraulic tools at car accidents. In Elmira, Josh Tieleman, 5, sits in the driver’s seat of a fire truck. [COLIN DEWAR/THE OBSERVER]
Austin Thompson, 3, has fun on some firefighting equipment.
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EDSS e-waste collection to help drill well in Africa COLIN DEWAR Students along with their teachers at Elmira District Secondary School are once again tackling the growing problem of electronic waste while raising money to help a Third World country. The school is participating in the Think Recycle’s Fill the Bins challenge and will be collecting e-waste such as cell phones, old digital cameras, printer cartridges and computers to exchange them for money. Greentec, a Cambridge based e-waste company behind the program then processes and recycles the items collected, diverting them from local landfill sites. The money raised will go to a charitable cause as students at EDSS have chosen to help an African country by building a well. “The program directly protects the environment and allows us to raise money for our environmental initiatives,” said Sandra Jardim, the business and ELAWS teacher at EDSS. “We are collecting everything from computers to TVs, copiers, scanners, DVDs, old video game units and cell phones.” More than 300 million empty printer cartridges are disposed of each year in North America, equaling about 900 million pounds of waste but next week EDSS students will be doing their part to make sure that Elmira’s used electronics get to the right place. More than 20,000
THANK YOU FOR 13 YEARS OF
THE GREAT PUMPKIN PARTY EDSS student Alexxandria Minor and her teacher Sandra Jardim are hoping to collect e-waste from the community this week to help raise funds for a Third World charity. [COLIN DEWAR/THE OBSERVER]
schools in North America participate in the recycling program. In addition to giving monetary rewards to the school for its efforts, Greentec will donate funds to have one tree planted through Tree Canada, for every 24 qualifying products collected by EDSS. To date, the program is responsible for the planting of more than 57,000 trees effectively removing 8,700 tons of carbon from the atmosphere, the company says. “We are just trying to make a difference. Not a lot of people are paying attention to what they can recycle and are throwing away things that can easily be recycled. Programs like this are
created so we can stop the damage we are doing and in the long run we will have a lot less problems,” said Alexxandria Minor, a Grade 12 student helping with the program. “We are just doing our little part to help the bigger picture.” Anyone can donate their old electronics by placing them in the bins located inside the main EDSS foyer at the “U” on University Ave off Arthur Street starting on October 15 to 19 from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. On Oct. 17 the hours have been extended to 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. to coincide with teacher-parent night at the school. The school plans to hold another event in the spring of 2013.
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We wanted to create an experience that would provide great memories for kids, bring families together to carve a pumpkin, and be one of the only completely free events in the Region of Waterloo. Mission accomplished. It was our pleasure and we couldn’t have done it without you. Our sponsors believed in our mission and most have been with us from the very beginning. WE THANK YOU. Bill at Shaw-McBay Financial | Krista at Elmira Home Hardware | Elizabeth at Elmira Gift Outlet | Greg at Karma Candy | Doug at Elmira Foodland | Adam at Praxair | Paul at No Frills |Tony at Coca Cola | Sean at Cadbury-Schweppes | Jonathan at The Record | the folks at Old Dutch Foods | Lawrence at Mohan Family Dentistry | EDSS custodial staff | Earl and Brad at Martin Mills Ltd. | Kelly and Lester at the former Elmira Raceway | DJ at EDSS — your haunted house creations were experiences that kids won’t soon forget. Thank you. A SPECIAL THANKS to the staff at the Observer over the past 13 years who volunteered their weekend time to participate in planning, set-up and take down. Especially Donna and Steve who were at almost all of them. AN EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to the Ernewein and Merlihan families who year-after-year volunteered in every capacity of this event. We are truly thankful. It was only with your interest and the generous support of sponsors that the pumpkin party was able to put a smile on the faces of hundreds of children each year. AND NOW... The Kin Club of Woolwich has picked up the mantle, launching the FIRST ANNUAL HALLOWEEN HAUNT Oct. 20 at Elmira District Secondary School. The Halloween spirit is alive and well.
HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Mapleton 4-H Club members visited the Laurel Creek Nature Centre as part of their achievement activity. 4-H members explored the 47-hectare (120-acre) property, which includes mature woods, wetlands and open fields. The stream and pond on the property provided an ideal site for water studies. Because of the diversity of habitats Laurel Creek was a great spot for birding. Back row: Lynne, Ashley Anthony, Katie Miller, Rachel Visscher, Kelsey Flewwelling, Valerie Koepke, Marina Meulenbelt, Cathy, Jarrod Dobben. Middle row: Laura Shaw, Krystal Wakelim, Jordan Dobben. Front row: Billy Klaassen, Alexis Kuper, Andrew Grose, Paxton Klaassen. [SHARON GROSE / SUBMITTED]
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VOLUNTEER EFFORT SEES LIVING FENCE PLANTED ALONG ARTHUR STREET
Volunteers the Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee (TWEEC) and the Region of Waterloo brought in hundreds of trees to plant a living snow fence along Arthur Street South on Oct. 9. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER]
Some 100 EDSS students from the ELAWs program came out to plant the various trees along farmland between St. Jacobs and Elmira.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING #3 Woolwich & Wellesley Townships Elementary Schools Accommodation Review Thursday, October 18, 2012 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Elmira District Secondary School Gymnasium 4 University Avenue, Elmira, ON Members of the public are welcome to attend the third Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) Public Meeting regarding the Woolwich & Wellesley Townships Elementary Schools Pupil Accommodation Review on Thursday, October 18, 2012, beginning at 7:30 pm at Elmira District Secondary School. The Woolwich & Wellesley Townships Accommodation Review involves Floradale, Linwood, St. Jacobs and Three Bridges Public Schools, and is led by an Accommodation Review Committee (ARC) with membership from each school community, the broader community, the Townships of Woolwich and Wellesley, and the WRDSB. Staff will make a brief presentation that discusses the ARC’s preferred student accommodation options. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions about the options. No decisions have been made and this information is presented at this time for comment. The outcomes of any Accommodation Review may include: school closure/consolidation, school construction, boundary changes, and/or program or grade changes. More information on the Woolwich & Wellesley Townships Accommodation Review, including agendas and minutes of the ARC meetings and past Public Meetings, can be found online at www.wrdsb.ca, in hard copy at each of the schools involved, or by contacting the Board’s Planning Department at 519-570-0003 ext. 4419. Ted Martin Chairperson of the Board
Nelly Schmitt (left), Nettie Goertzen and Destiny Weber from EDSS Nathan Munn and Jessica Robbins from the GRCA show students help plant trees. how to properly plant the trees.
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JOHN MAHOOD KIDS RUN FOR TERRY
Larkin Kitsemetry, Keaton McLaughlin,Ryan Elliott and Kennedy Mifflin go for a run during John Mahood Public School’s Terry Fox event on Sept. 28.
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EDCL’s Diane Brubacher sets up a quilt display at the Woolwich Township office as a preview for quilt auction at the end of the month. [ELENA MAYSTRUK/THE OBSERVER]
EDCL gearing up for quilt auction Popular event, the non-profit organization’s largest fundraiser, set to go Oct. 26-27 at Riverdale Poultry ELENA MAYSTRUK The fall fundraiser for Elmira District Community Living (EDCL) is coming back for its 39 consecutive year culminating year-long preparations by organizers. Elmira’s Annual Quilt Auction and Country Market, set for Oct. 26 and 27, will offer visitors a chance to bid on handcrafted quilts and an assortment of other products sold at the auction on Saturday. “Without question it is our biggest fundraiser – we generally net over $60,000 with this event. It’s absolutely critical to the work that the board does. They’re the fundraising arm and the auction is huge for us,” said EDCL finance officer Gale Bartlett Wednesday. The non-profit organization founded in 1961 supports people with intellectual disabilities through education and transportation services as well as employment support. Though much of the organization’s work is funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services, Bartlett said there are many reasons why the coming two-day event is crucial to future services. “There are always things that [the ministry] can’t provide for like our fleet of vans that we have on the roads. We use the funds to purchase specialized equipment, vans, that sort of thing that the ministry doesn’t support. We’ve used it to build group homes, that kind of thing,”
she explained. Committee members responsible for fundraising efforts spend all year preparing and start collecting quilts as well as other objects for auction approximately three months prior to the event. During this time volunteers also canvas for early donations. Prospective buyers can get a preview of the quilts to be auctioned during the weekend event by visiting the Woolwich Township administration building or the EDCL office on 118 Barnswallow Dr. where quilt displays are available to the public. The two-day auction and market will be held at Riverdale Poultry Express at 6811 Church St. W. It starts Oct. 26. A community night event will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. where visitors can preview the quilts and various goods that will be auctioned on the next day. On Saturday doors open at 8 a.m. with a country market, silent auction and lunch counter. Various homemade preserves as well as local produce will be available. The day will continue with a general auction where dodders will have a chance to purchase hundreds of new and used items for their homes, gardens and farms. Locally made solid wood furniture will also be up for auction. The event closes with the main quilt auction. EDCL representatives will auction off hand made quilts comforters and mats donated by local craftspeople.
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Council shows no concern about curbing expenses IT WOULD BE TOUGH to find fault with this week’s recipients of Woolwich council’s largesse. The Kate’s Kause charity that got $10,000 to deal with some cost overruns at the new playground was built with little financial support from the township, so the investment is relatively small. With the Kin Club’s Halloween Haunt grant of $1,000, the money is going towards an event that is an offshoot of a privately-funded celebration we at the Observer organized for 13 years. It’s a fine event, though it didn’t require any township money previously. At any rate, both organizations do good work in the community. No criticism is directed their way. Council, on the other hand, has some explaining to do over how money was freed up with little deliberation. This group of councillors has opened the public purse far wider than its predecessors. Earlier this year, as part of the 2012 budget, councillors were in a generous mood, adding more than 50 per cent to the amount the township doles out in community grants. Most of the increase to $40,887 from the original $26,084 – an increase of 57 per cent – came in the form of a $10,000 grant to the youth centre in Elmira. The youth centre grant was new this year, with the rest of the money going to the usual community groups. Woolwich Community Services, which runs the youth centre, was the largest recipient at $10,000, followed by the Woolwich Counselling Centre, $7,750 and Community Care Concepts at $7,500. In the case of those grants, they were given out in context of budget deliberations. The ones approved this week required some creative accounting, which was pondered ahead of time, diverting money from other uses. The causes are worthy, but at a time when the township has failed to control spending and tax increases far outstrip inflation, council should be minding the pennies and watching the dollars take care of themselves. With the Halloween event in particular, there’s a real concern about setting a precedent, as Coun. Mark Bauman noted, though ultimately deciding to support the grant. The township, ever so fond of its policies, necessary or otherwise, has guidelines for community grants ostensibly to avoid arbitrary decisions, or the appearance of such. There seemed to be too much haste this week and not enough reflection. Not a problem with the cases that arose, but what happens the next time, especially if a pet project comes to the table for discussion? There are plenty of causes, plenty of groups in need of assistance; the township doesn’t have the money to fund them all, nor should it. As we’ve noted on many occasions, there is no bottomless well of tax money: priorities need to be set, and spending reserved for those priorities. Like just about every other government, council has shown itself unable to make that distinction. That’s the crux of the problem behind this week’s decision: not knowing where to draw the line. To be sure, there are much larger cuts that have to be made – even with Woolwich’s relatively small budget, $11,000 is a minor amount. And when the cuts come, they must come first from administrative overhead, not services to the public – it’s council’s job to counter the urge for bureaucratic bloat and nest-padding. Do that right, and there’ll be plenty of money for the stuff that really matters to the public, including the kinds of things funded this week.
At a loss to control spending, fee hikes and taxes, Woolwich council seems to be able to find money on a whim when it suits their fancy. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
An argument for putting nukes in the cupboard WORLD AFFAIRS The major powers have all had their nuclear weapons on permanent alert, ready to launch in minutes or hours, for the past 40 years. Changes in the level of political risk, even the end of the Cold War, have had little or no effect on that. But wouldn’t it be safer and cheaper to “simply put (the nuclear deterrent) away in a cupboard and keep it as a contingency in case there were ever to be a deterioration in the global security picture”? In terms of orthodox strategic thinking, that is heresy. But the man who made that heretical suggestion was Sir Nick Harvey, until last month the defence minister in charge of the British government’s nuclear capability review. Replaced in the recent cabinet reshuffle, Harvey is now free to speak his mind. At last week’s Liberal Democratic Party conference, he did precisely that, saying that he “wanted his
legacy to be bringing the United Kingdom down the nuclear ladder” – although, he admitted, “we might struggle to persuade the British public to get off the ladder altogether.” It isn’t just the British public that loves its nukes. The American, Russian and French publics would be equally reluctant to give up their nuclear deterrent forces, even though they face no plausible threat of a nuclear war. (The Chinese public isn’t really paying attention yet.) But maybe you could at least persuade the great powers to put the damned things away, and Britain would be a good place to start. The orthodoxy still says that every self-respecting great power must have its nuclear weapons on permanent alert, in order to deter a surprise attack by some other nuclear power. Nuclear “Pearl Harbours” allegedly lie in wait around every corner. But, as Harvey told The Guardian newspaper, “If you can just break yourself out of that frankly almost lunatic mindset for a second, all sorts of alternatives start to look possible, indeed credible.”
What drove Harvey into this bold assertion was the fact that Britain can no longer afford its nuclear deterrent. It will have to replace its current fleet of four Trident II ballistic-missile submarines by 2028, and the estimated cost is $20-$30 billion. That’s less than two weeks’ worth of American military spending, but for Britain it would mean cutting deeply into every other area of the defence budget. The British army is “driving around in vehicles which are literally about to fall to pieces,” he said. The navy needs a new fleet of frigates, and the air force is committed to buying the joint strike fighter. They can’t have it all, and some senior officers are asking: “Is the opportunity cost of having a new generation of nuclear weapons too high, in terms of what it would prevent us doing on other fronts.” So what are the alternatives to eternal hair-trigger readiness for an attack nobody really expects to come? You could just get rid of all your nuclear weapons, of course, and you’d probably be just as safe as you are now. But if you can’t get
your head around the idea of nuclear nakedness, you could at least store your magical cloak in the closet, safely out of the reach of foolish children. What Harvey was actually proposing was that Britain should get rid of its missile-firing submarines when they get too old, and rely on a few cruise missiles with nuclear warheads to keep everybody else honest. Store them somewhere safe, and don’t even take them out unless the international situation has got dramatically worse. In fact, why not do that right now? Those “boomers” – nuclear-powered submarines carrying longrange ballistic missiles with multiple nuclear warheads – were really designed for “retaliation from the grave” if all the owner’s cities, military bases, ports and hamburger stands were destroyed in a massive surprise nuclear attack. Does anybody expect such a thing in the current era? Well, then ... And the best thing about putting the nukes in the cupboard is that you DYER | 12
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Do you plan to get a flu shot this year?
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"So what are the alternatives to eternal hair-trigger readiness for an attack nobody really expects to come? " Gwynne Dyer | page 10 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
Operating on a larger scale is next step for local food movement EDITOR'S NOTES We’re increasingly conscious about the quality of food we buy for ourselves and our families. We’re also more aware of what it costs the environment to have food transported thousands of kilometres to appear at local grocery stores. Then there’s the direct cost: soaring fuel prices have been reflected in what we pay at the checkout counter, not to mention the biofuels debate and the impact on grain prices. As well, we know farmers are under incredible financial pressures, and that even when retail prices climb, that doesn’t always translate into more cash for producers. The more chances farmers have to sell directly to consumers or to reduce the number of middlemen, the greater their share of the food dollar, which is traditionally small. The promise of a stronger economy, more jobs,
better environment and healthier foods are the motivating factor behind the local food movement. As seen in a recent report from the Sustainable Food Systems team, a more concerted effort to promote local food could have a tremendous payoff. Project lead, Tom Schell, suggests that “there is no greater economic and social opportunity on the horizon, than the tens of thousands of permanent, rewarding jobs that can be created by replacing the billions of dollars of food we import into Ontario, with locally produced food” The report finds Ontarians annually consume imported food worth about $18 billion. Keeping even some of those dollars in the province would be a financial and social boon, as the group’s research shows that $500,000 in farm revenues equates to approximately 10,000 direct and indirect jobs. The report, the result of 18 months of research, is the work of the London Training Centre (a sustainable, non-profit social
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ing the wisdom of globalization and making local food look much better, the group’s research shows. That’s precisely the rationale for the likes of Foodlink’s Buy Local! Buy Fresh! campaign and the annual Taste Local! Taste Fresh! event. Buying local food, often directly from the farmer, provides a number of benefits, from fresher produce to supporting the region’s economy and its farm community, the importance of which can be seen daily in Woolwich and Wellesley townships. There is also a major environmental upside to local food. Much of our food travels very long distances before it reaches our tables. In fact, imports of 58 commonly eaten foods travel an average of 4,497 kilometres to Waterloo Region, says a study compiled by the public health department. These imports account for 51,709 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, contributing to climate change and declining air quality. Since all of the studied food items could be grown or raised in Waterloo
Region, a significant opportunity exists to reduce our contribution to global climate change and air pollution by replacing imports of the studied food items with food items sourced from Waterloo Region or southwestern Ontario. Replacing all the studied food items with products of southwestern Ontario would produce an annual reduction in GHG emissions of 49,485 tonnes, equivalent to taking 16,191 cars off our roads, the department reports. To date, many of the efforts at promoting local food have been small in scale and very local in nature. That makes sense, but to take the movement to the mainstream means finding a way to reach buyers on a much larger scale, Schell notes. Today, big customers such as restaurants, institutions (nursing homes, schools), and grocery chains face a “logistical nightmare” of having to approach a long list of small vendors to get the kind of quantities they need. That creates problems with consistency, as well as with
the kind of food safety and traceability increasingly demanded in the industry. The solution? The first step is to create clusters – at this point based on the counties of southwestern Ontario – with the goal of diversifying the food offerings in each areas. From there, you create an aggregation centre to collect food within a cluster and make it available to larger buyers. The centre can ensure safety standards and uniform packaging, he explains. Vertical integration is key, says Schell, connecting growers, producers, processors, transportation and customers alike in a sustainable system. Just as not every food item can be grown in the province, not every county/ cluster is suited to every type of crop, for instance. That’s where trading among clusters comes into play, keeping the chain as close as possible to the final user. “You try to grow and consume as many types of food as possible with a single sustainable food cluster.”
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Only 2% of Canadians believe climate change is not occurring. Canadians most commonly (54%) believe that climate change is occurring partially due to human activity and partially due to natural climate variation. Residents of Quebec (44 %), Atlantic Canada (34%) and British Columbia (32 %) are more likely to believe climate change is occurring due to human activity than those on the Prairies (Alberta and Saskatchewan 21 %, Manitoba 24 %).
“In the past, Canadians have told us that contracts are confusing, and that terms and conditions can vary greatly from one company to another. We are asking them to assist us in developing a code that will help them better understand their rights as consumers and the responsibilities of wireless companies.”
The hockey world's eyes were on Elmira Oct. 10, 2003 as thousands of people came out to remember the life of Dan Snyder, who died Oct. 5, six days after being involved in a horrendous car crash in Atlanta. Tributes poured in, recognizing the hard work and determination that got the 25-year-old to the NHL.
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eliminate the risk of ugly accidents. In 2009 two boomers, one British and the other French, actually collided underwater. Even at a time unprecedented in world history, when no great power fears attack by any other, it would have been a frightening event if those two submarines had been American and Chinese. So put the toys away, boys. Don’t expect the Israelis, the Indians and the Pakistanis to follow suit, because they live in parts of the world where full-scale war with a powerful enemy is still a possibility. But together they have only about
500 nuclear weapons; the five nuclear-armed great powers have around 11,000. Somebody has to start, and Britain is the likeliest candidate of the five. Sir Nick Harvey lost his job in the cabinet reshuffle, but the “nuclear capability review” is still underway. Even Britain’s generals think that another generation of fully deployed missile-firing submarines would deprive them of most of the other new weapons they want, so the issue will stay on the table. Dumping the boomers and locking the remaining nuclear warheads in the cupboard would be a useful halfway house on the way to getting rid of them entirely.
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SPORTS HOCKEY/ JUNIOR B
HOCKEY/ JUNIOR D
Kings defeat Caledonia twice, fall to Sarnia in weekend play, holding on to third place
Jacks win home-opener to remain undefeated
Two outta three ain’t bad
3-2 victory over Tavistock sees Wellesley’s record go to 4-0 to open the season COLIN DEWAR
Kings netminder Mackenzie Blackwood makes a save during third period action against the visiting Caledonia Corvairs at the Dan Snyder Arena on Oct. 7. Elmira would win 3-2 in a shootout.
COLIN DEWAR The Elmira Sugar Kings saw a little bit of everything last weekend. They played three games over three nights, winning two over the Caledonia Corvairs but losing to the Sarnia Legionnaires at the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Showcase held in St. Catharines on Oct. 6. Elmira remains in third place in the Mid-Western Conference
behind Cambridge and Waterloo. Elmira forward Brady Campbell was the player of the weekend, scoring five goals and increasing his overall tally to 10 for the season. Campbell lifted the Kings to a 5-4 victory with a hat trick against Caledonia on Oct. 5, when he got on the score sheet at 1:03 into the first frame before adding goals at 12:54 in the second and 5:57 in the
third. Elmira led by three goals in the first period thanks to a shorthanded goal by Pat McKelvie, who put the Kings up 3-0 at the nine minute marker. Caledonia would rally in the second potting two goals during power plays but Campbell would make it 4-2 before the teams headed back to the room before the third. The third frame would see the Kings get into
some penalty trouble as they racked up the minutes in the sin bin, allowing the Corvairs to come within one when Kings goalie Hayden Neuman was called for slashing and Caledonia’s Ryan Blunt scored his second of the night during the power play, making the score 5-4 with just over 12 minutes remaining in the game. The Corvairs forced the goalie to work by generating 35 shots on net but it
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was not enough to catch the Kings. “Caledonia has not scored on us five-on-five yet so that is a positive and we haven’t worked on any of our penalty killing yet. We just managed to use our speed tonight,” said head coach Dean DeSilva. The following day Elmira was down in the Niagara Region at the SeymourHannah Sports Centre to KINGS | 14
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The undefeated Wellesley Applejacks did not disappoint fans at their home-opener last Saturday night, as the squad posted a 3-2 win over the Tavistock Braves. The Jacks were hot off their 4-3 shootout victory over the Ayr Centennials from two nights earlier and continue to be the only team in the McConnell Conference to remain undefeated this season. Three periods of regulation and an overtime session were not enough to settle matters between Wellesley and Ayr as the game was tied 3-3 by the end of the night, leading to a shootout that would see the Jacks take two while Jacks netminder Josh Heer stopped everything the Centennials could muster. The opening frame of the game saw the Jacks draw first blood when Troy Williams scored his first of three for the night, beating Ayr’s goaltender Jordan Witt at 15:38. In the dying seconds of the period Jacks forward Rob Hinschberger was sent to the box, giving the
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THE SCORE WOOLWICH WILDCATS
Tyke A: SELECT Sat. Oct. 6 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 8 Guelph: 1 Goals: Dustin Good x3 Jordan Chang x3 Austin Schnarr x1 Joey Martin x1
Novice: MAJOR A Sat. Sept. 29 vs. Hespeler: Hespeler: 2 Woolwich: 0 Sun. Sept. 30 vs. Milton Woolwich: 3 Milton: 2 Goals: Ian Speiran, Sebastian Garrett x2 Assists: Brett Moser, Reid Burkholder, Sam Goebel, Tyler Brezynskie x2
Novice: AE Sat. Oct. 6 vs. Erin Woolwich: 1 Erin: 7 Goals: Lucas Carson Assists: Shelby Rempel Sun. Oct.7 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 3 Dundas: 4 Goals: Lucas Carson x2, Carter Cousineau Assists: Aiden Von Kannen, Zach McMurray, Mitchell Hartman, Sam Siopioloz
Atom: AE Thurs. Oct. 4 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 3 New Hamburg: 0 Goals: Tanner Mann, Brendan Grant, Nathan Snyder Assists: Hunter Weigel, Andrew Weber
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Peewee: MAJOR A
Shutout: James Ormson Sun. Oct. 7 vs. Acton Woolwich: 1 Acton: 4 Goals: Matthew Thaylor Assists: Andrew Kieswetter, Brendan Grant
Atom: MAJOR AA Thurs. Oct. 4 vs. Orangeville Woolwich: 5 Orangeville: 2 Goals: Isiah Katsube x3, Ryan Elliott, Jesse Martin Assists: Conner Bradley x2, Nathan Taylor, Brett Allen, Jesse Martin, Ryan Elliott Sat. Oct 6 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 3 Guelph: 5 Goals: Ryan Elliott, Conner Bradley, Brett Allen Assists: Jesse Martin, Brett Allen, Isiah Katsube, Keaton
Thurs. Sept. 27 vs. New Hamburg New Hamburg: 2 Woolwich: 1 Goals: Evan Gowing Assists: Nolan McLaughlin Sat. Sept. 29 vs. Oakville Oakville: 8 Woolwich: 1 Goals: Cole Altman Assists: Chase Mooder, Brady MacDonald Mon. Oct. 1 vs. Georgetown Woolwich: 5 Georgetown: 3 Goals: Evan Gowing, Jordan Lee, Garrett Reitzel x2, Cole Altman Assists: Garrett Reitzel, Nolan McLaughlin, Riley Runstedler, Bradley Hale x2, Evan Gowing x2, Austin Flaherty Sat. Oct. 6 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 4 Guelph: 5 Goals: Nolan McLaughlin, Evan Gowing, Garrett Reitzel, Cole
Altman Assists: Evan Gowing, Garrett Reitzel, Nolan McLaughlin, Chase Mooder, Daniel Carr Tues. Oct. 9 vs. Brampton Woolwich: 2 Brampton: 1 Goals: Evan Gowing, Cole Altman Assists: Brad Hale
PeeWee: MINOR AA Wed. Oct. 3 vs. Orangeville Woolwich: 2 Orangeville: 1 Goals: Nolan Hislop, Brody Waters Assists: Eli Baldin, Austin Cousineau Sun. Oct. 7 vs. Ancaster Woolwich: 5 Ancaster: 1 Goals: Sam Davidson, Nolan Hislop, Jake Code, Brody Waters x2 Assists: Austin Cousineau x2, Bart Sherrer, Lukas Shantz x2, Griffen Rollins
Bantam: MAJOR A Fri. Sept. 28 vs. Guelph Guelph: 5 Woolwich: 3 Goals: Daniel Kauth x2, Alex Taylor Assists: Alex Talor, Jack Lewis, Ryley Cribbin
Bantam: MINOR A 13 Sun. Sept. 23 vs. Georgetown Woolwich: 3 Georgetown: 1 Goals: Mitchell Newson x2, Owen Read Assists: Isaac Frey Sun. Sept. 30 vs. Burlington Woolwich: 2 Burlington: 1 Goals: Mitch Waters, Mitchell Newson Assists: Isaac Frey Mon. Oct. 1 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 2 Dundas: 1 Goals: Aaron Logan, Ryan Shantz Assists: Jordan Gamble, Owen
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Bantam: BB Sat. Oct. 6 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 3 Ayr: 1 Goals: Emily Willms, Erika Morrison, Meghan Martin Assists: Jennifer McDonald, Emily Willms, Cassandra Tuffnail
Bantam: LL Tues. Oct. 9 vs. Wilmont Woolwich: 1 Wilmont: 3 Goals: Rosemarie Hartman Assists: Riley Bauman
TWIN CENTRE STARS
PeeWee: REP Thurs. Oct. 4 vs. Norwich Twin Centre: 4 Norwich: 0 Goals: Tyson Bolender, Mitch Esbaugh x2, Jacob Voisin
Assists: Cole Bender, Matt Sommerville Shutout: Nathan Belcourt
TWIN CENTRE HERICANES
Novice: REP Sat. Oct. 6 vs. Stratford Twin Centre: 5 Stratford: 1 Goals: Chloe Hislop x2, Marlee Fraser x2, Mia Thompson Assists: Mia Thompson x3 Marlee Fraser, Chloe Hislop, Halle Murray Katya Yusim Sun. Oct. 7 vs. Lucan Lucan: 6 Twin Centre: 2 Goals: Marlee Fraser x2
Bantam: BB Sat. Oct. 6 vs. Ayr Twin Centre: 3 Ayr: 1 Goals: Emily Willms, Erika Morrison, Meghan Martin Assists: Jennifer McDonald, Emily Willms, Cassandra Tuffnail
KINGS: Coach happy with his players’ efforts in all three of last weekend’s games
Left, Kings forward James Weidner controls the puck as he skates down the ice. Right, Elmira’s Rob Kohli battles Caledonia’s Scott Dorian during the first period. FROM | 13
play against Sarnia. The Kings were the first on the board when Mitch Wright potted a goal six minutes into play but that would be the only goal Elmira would get as the Legionnaires took the lead in the first period with the Kings playing catch-up all night. Sarnia retaliated seconds later to tie the game and during a play power that saw Justin Cooke in the penalty box for cross checking the Legionnaires took the lead when Jason Teschke beat Neuman with only a second remaining in the frame. Down by one going into
the second the Kings would never recover when Sarnia scored the third of the night, sealing Elmira’s fate in a 3-1 loss. The Kings could not produce their normal offensive output. Elmira puts an average of three pucks into the net per game. The Legionnaires were unable to stop the Sugar Kings from trying, however, as Elmira piled up 42 shots on goal but it was not enough. “We don’t have a lot of true goal scorers but we just have to put pucks in the net. We have in the past missed some scoring opportunities and end up losing the games so I have challenged our guys and told them to be selfish in-
side the blue line. If you don’t have the puck, expect it to be going at the net and go there for the rebound and it’s not a bad thing if someone shoots because you can’t score unless you shoot so I just told them to put pucks on the net,” said DeSilva. On the Sunday night Elmira played host to Caledonia who were looking to avenge the loss they were handed two nights before, but the Kings managed to pull out a win in a shootout. Both team’s goaltenders put on a display of unforgettable skills in front of fans at the Dan Snyder Arena. Kings forward Campbell was once again all over
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the ice for the Kings, as he potted two goals and a shootout goal in the win. Campbell’s tallies came at 7:27 into the second period and his second came on the power play 11:45 in the same frame to make the score 2-0 Elmira. “Weidner gave it to me down low and I saw that they only had one (defenceman) out front surrounded by two of our guys and I was just trying to get it across to one of them and the puck hit off there defenceman and went up and over their goalie. Really it was just a lucky bounce,” said Campbell about his second goal of the game. Elmira kept Caledonia’s goaltender and former King
Justis Husak busy all night as they tallied 48 shots on net. Unfortunately, halfway through the second period the Kings began to struggle and started taking silly penalties allowing the Corvairs a chance to tie the game when Scott Dorian registered the first Caledonia goal of the night on the power play, beating Kings netminder Mackenzie Blackwood 13:48 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Elmira. Connor Murphy also scored for Caledonia during another power play. The third frame and overtime session would not produce any points as both teams squared off in
a shootout that would see both Campbell and Weidner beat Husak. “With (Husak) being a former teammate I knew where to place the puck during the shootout. Going against him all last year in practice you get to know him and we knew he stayed deep in his net and we were telling the guys to make sure you shoot it because he is really good on dekes and likes to take it away, so we knew what we had to do,” said Campbell. Blackwood stopped both Caledonia players during the shootout. “At first I was all nervous cause I want to win and don’t want to be the one that loses it for the team by being scored on and there is a lot of pressure but I just kept my eyes on the puck and the player’s chest because if the player doesn’t go too far the puck can’t go too far and I know I can stop their shot,” said Blackwood after the game. DeSilva said he was pleased with how his team performed over the weekend and hopes the boys learn from adversary they faced over the three days. “All three games I was really proud of the guys and I told them if they brought this effort and we went 0-51 I could not be happier. We managed to get some ugly games but that is what you have to do. That is the type of team we are, we are a scratch and claw type of team and that is what our identity is becoming and I think the guys are starting to buy into that.” The Kings host Waterloo Sunday at the WMC. Game time is 7 p.m.
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NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA
It’s hard to hunt nearby deer when they’ve got an upside like ruining gardens OPEN COUNTRY Just last week, we moved from a very rural area into a new house on the outskirts of a small central Ontario town. The new place is surrounded by forest on three sides and we have no immediate neighbours. It’s just about as country as a house near town can be. In fact, the other day, this was confirmed by the three deer that decided to feed on our front lawn. They actually stepped
onto our property by slipping through a split rail fence. Then, the biggest doe spent 10 minutes eating shrubs under the kitchen window as I looked on. I can’t tell you how this killed me. I have an unfilled doe tag in my wallet. And my longbow and deer hunting points were sitting by the front door. Worse still, the previous day I drove 20 kilometres from home to sit in a deer stand for a few hours and didn’t see any deer. Then, as if to further prove that the universe has a warped sense of humour, here I was with three deer within
easy bow range of our front door. A quick call to the MNR confirmed that hunting around our new home was legal so long as firearms safety and private property issues are respected. And a chat with the two other homeowners on our road secured permission, just in case I needed to trail mortally wounded deer on their property. Better yet, both strongly encouraged me to hunt those deer since, as one put it, “I planted 300 tulip bulbs in spring and they ate all but three. Don’t expect to grow a garden here.”
If it wasn’t for that last comment, I’d be hunting them now. On one hand, I love deer hunting. On the other hand, anything that prevents a person from gardening can’t be all bad. As you can see, it’s quite a dilemma. I love venison. I hate beets. I love hunting. I hate hoeing. I like telling hunting stories and yet I dislike actual manure. You see what I mean. It’s unfair. I’m not saying I’d hunt them on my front lawn. But the woods at the end of my road would be a viable and convenient option. Darn, if only those
deer and I weren’t so aligned on the garden issue. I have talked to friends on this one and have received strong opinions on both sides. So, if I want, I can make a solid case for hunting or not hunting them. Surprisingly, my nonhunting gardening friends seem to be the most blood thirsty on this issue. And most hunters I know seem to believe that these deer deserve a pass. I’m still weighing my options. As of now, I’d rather hunt in wilder places to enjoy not just the hunt but the experience
of being out in the deer woods. But all that could change as the season progresses and my unfilled deer tag starts to weigh heavier on my mind. And a really nice buck might persuade me to launch an arrow from my longbow too. Then again, as we get further and further from the gardening season, those deer and I might part philosophical ways. And, if there are as many around here as the locals suggest, I just might consider filling my freezer with an edge-of-town deer. Hey, there will always be more to ruin gardens.
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Centennials the man advantage to start the second frame; they wasted no time, scoring in the first minute of that period to bring the game even. Williams would pot his second of the night seven minutes later to give Wellesley a short-lived advantage until Ayr’s forward Ben Poort tied the game during another Jack penalty, returning both teams to the room with two a piece. The third frame opened with Williams capping off his hat trick only to be followed by Ayr getting the equalizer when Brandon Christopher beat Heer at the seven minute mark. The Jacks were unable to stop the Centennials from sending pucks towards the net,
and Ayr eventually piled up 48 shots on goal for the game. Heading into the overtime period neither team could capitalize, leaving it up to a shootout to decide the winner. Both Jack shooters would find success as Hinschberger and Connor McLeod beat Witt while Heer stopped his two opponents to give his team the win. “We got off to a good start and then we kind of laid back. We really didn’t have our game legs and it showed in the second period but we came back and played a great third period and had a few chances in the overtime and we had to rely on our goalie but we won in the shoot out,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick.
Sun. October 14, ‘12
Wellesley’s Devon Wagner battles Tavistock Braves’ Matthew Lupton during second period action at the Wellesley arena on Oct. 6. The Jacks won 3-2. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER] The Jacks had been out of game action for 12 days before they faced the Centennials and Fitzpatrick felt it was too long for a team to go without playing.
“That was the first game the team played in almost two weeks and the boys were a little slow to start. That kind of rest was too long for the boys.”
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Wellesley held their home opener two days later against Tavistock and hung on to win 3-2 by the final whistle. Tyler Eckert was all over the ice and his second goal of the night put Wellesley up 3-1 by the second period, but Tavistock pulled to within one when Jordan Ritsma’s tallied 9:18 into the third period. Wellesley excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in three chances. Wellesley’s Josh Heer stopped 28 shots out of the 30 he faced. “It wasn’t a very good game; I actually thought both teams were sloppy. The ice was bad for both teams and we could have played a lot better and so could they,” said Fitzpatrick. “We
will need to play our defensive systems a lot better and our fore checking needs to be a lot stronger and we have to quit having these second period lulls that we have been having so far this season. We have been lucky so far as it hasn’t cost us but we just can’t do those kinds of things. We were never really in any trouble but it wasn’t a great game. I can’t really complain we are 4-0.” The Jacks will have their hands full this weekend as they have three backto-back-to-back games. Starting on Oct. 12 they are on the road to face the New Hamburg Firebirds before they host Ayr on Saturday and New Hamburg the following day. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. for all three games.
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Each year my agricultural communications students prepare university-level speeches to compete with others from across the country in the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture contest, held annually in early November at the Royal in Toronto. Sometimes they win, and sometimes they don’t, but at the very least they get what is an all-too-rare platform to stand up and say what’s on their minds. Electronic ways exist to do so, through blogs and other means, in which they also engage. But for the most part, speaking opportunities are rare. Inevitably, horror stories surface in their speeches about consumers’ misunderstanding of agriculture. In fact, one of the most horrific this year concerned the Royal itself. Many of my students come from farms and are already leaders in some capacity, showing their livestock for prizes or working for some agriculture awareness cause. One told of an urban visitor to her livestock display who was mortified to learn meat came from farm ani-
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mals. This new knowledge sent her for a loop. “I’ll never eat meat again!� she declared. Certainly there’s a strong temptation to chide the consumer for her lack of worldliness and awareness. But there’s a bigger message here – despite sincere efforts in some camps to educate and inform people about farming, they still don’t get it. The new Farmers Feed Cities survey discussed here last week, the one headlined “Study finds
not all food choices based on fact,� underlined consumers’ misconceptions still run deep. And again this week, when the focus shifts to the Royal, agriculture’s image problem is magnified again. I continue to call the event an agriculture fair – and I suspect the overwhelmingly large contingent of farm-related businesses that exhibit there do too, or there’d be little reason to show up – but the reality is the word agriculture has been dropped
from the show’s name. Check www.royalfair.org, and you’ll notice it’s now marketed as a “horse show and winter fair.� Very sad, at least for agriculture. You can find a reference to the agriculture show in the drop down menu on the navigation bar. But this is not a move forward for farming, which used to count on the Royal to promote, in name, agriculture coming to the city. I think it’s unfortunate for the paying public, too, who repeatedly voice and
show their fascination with seeing actual farm animals ‌ even, if for some of them such as the subject of my student’s speech, it turns them off. They never get to a farm, so the farm comes to them, in Canada’s biggest city. It’s a good deal all around. I have no doubt agriculture will continue to be a big part of the Royal, if not in name. Livestock buyers from around the world come to the Royal in droves to see Canada’s top animals being shown there. As long
The agri-food sector has many convincing arguments for skeptics who think its hick or insignificant. Report after report is surfacing about the sector’s vital and leading role in Ontario’s economy, how agriculture and food processing have become the number one industry in the province. Agriculture simply needs to work harder to get that good news heard. Blaming the public for being uninformed isn’t getting the job done.
as that continues, farm animals will be a part of the show. But it sends a message. If the Royal felt agriculture was a strong attraction, a big seller, a main motivator with attendees, it wouldn’t have dropped it from its name. After all, it needs to make a buck, and I guess it thinks horses are where it’s at. And sure, horses attract a crowd. But honestly, the Royal without agriculture wouldn’t be much of a show at all.
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getting the right information in order to handle the sale, looking at the both past and present states of the local real estate market in order to price their homes properly. “‘Tell me how it works?’ is probably the most common question we get. It’s just educating as many people as possible in as short a time as possible. We walk them through the process and make them comfortable,� he said. The company’s services are a viable alternative for
homeowners willing to learn how to sell their own property and save money by not paying a commission to a realtor. At the same time many people are still unsure about how to deal with the sale on their own. “I think everybody wants to, just not everyone is sure about it yet. Maybe they are not sure how it works so they don’t want to try something new. It’s really about finding people that are definitely conscious of their financial stability.� Shanks runs the Breslau branch of the franchise and
has dealt with everyone from first-time homeowners to retirees looking to downsize. “We’re not your parent’s real estate company, that’s one of the things we like to say. We get a full range of people.� Working in Waterloo Region gives the location in Breslau a strong advantage, according to Shanks. “The technology of Waterloo Region has impacted our business. One of the reasons why we’re one of the more successful franchises across Canada is because people
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in the Waterloo Region recognize that we’re [the region] technology savvy. The power of the internet and the power of being able to do it yourself has changed a lot of things and there’s some great savings there,â€? he explained. Though Property Guys is a national franchise, there’s plenty of room for the entrepreneurial spirit, he added. “As a small business owner there is a really dynamic group of entrepreneurs in the area ‌ that’s been a real benefit for me and for my business.â€?
Shanks runs one of hundreds of Property Guys locations connected through a network across Canada. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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SAT. OCT 27 at 8:30 AM Annual Charity auction sale of quilts; new and used furniture; farm miscellaneous; and miscellaneous items to be held at Riverdale Poultry Express 1 km west of Elmira for the Elmira and District Association for Community Living. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555 or www.Jantziauctions.com
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COMING EVENTS JOIN US FOR the dedication of our new church, Sunday, Oct. 21, 3 p.m. Gale Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr. GOT THE WINTER Blues? Join us for Euchre Nights at the Waterloo Rod & Gun Club. Oct. 12, Nov. 2, 16, 30 through to May. Admission $9. For more information call Henry 519-746-7953. CHRISTIAN LIGHT EDUCATION will conduct an inspirational workshop, Saturday, October 20 at Countryside Mennonite Fellowship, in Hawkesville, from 8:30 a.m. - 8:15 p.m. Applicable to Christian schools and homeschools. Everyone welcome on a donation basis. Call Joey Shantz at 519-807-0799.
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146 First St. W., Elmira
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$379,900
$369,900
PRIME LOCATION!
PERFECTION! CHARISMATIC! RARE!
Elmira - Century home boasting original woodwork and hardwood throughout, 9ft ceilings, and pocket doors. spacious main bath and bedrooms with bonus room off master. Fully finished attic with skylights and gas fireplace. Within walking distance to all amenities. Detached workshop. MLS 1241191 Call Alli or Paul direct.
Elmira - Backing onto farmland! Open welcoming front entrance to this, like new, open concept home. The main floor is bright and airy featuring: large breakfast bar, powder room, main floor laundry and is carpet free. The second floor is carpet free, master bedroom complete with walk in closet and spa like ensuite. Appliances are included. MLS Call Alli or Paul direct.
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21 Raising Mill
$218,500 EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY!
Elmira - This semi is only steps to downtown! Fantastic hardwood floors, high ceilings, original built in cupboards and trim provide charm and character. Bright spacious kitchen with walkout to sun porch. Featuring; large front porch, carpet free, 3 bedrooms, living room, family room and lots of parking. MLS 1237444. Call Alli or Paul direct.
3 Rat’z St. Elmira
$379,000
$265,000
BACKING ONTO GREEN SPACE!
RARE FIND!!
Elmira - Backing onto Green space! This fantastic
Elmira - A perfect family home located on a mature
home was built with family in mind! Huge kitchen with breakfast bar and walk out to large deck over looking green space. Office just off kitchen with side door to deck. Finished recroom with laminate floors and ample storage space. Large master bedroom complete with 2 walk-in closets and ensuite. MLS 1234126. Call Alli or Paul direct.
treed lot complete with shed and detached garage. This 2 storey, 3 bedroom home features a finished rec room, separate dining room, and main floor family room with sliders to large wrap around deck. New main floor and rec room windows excluding living room. All appliances included with the exception of freezer. MLS 1237778. Call Alli or Paul direct.
$299,000 EXECUTIVE WILLOWELLS CONDO!! Waterloo - Bright 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo featuring large living/dining room with built-in sidebar, separate dinette, 2 fireplaces and beautiful sunroom. Large master bedroom with 3 pc ensuite and walk-in closet. Underground parking and membership to Willowells Club included. MLS 1237578. Call Alli or Paul direct.
NEW PRICE
Paul Martin SALES REPRESENTATIVE
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
519-503-9533 www.homeswithpaul.ca
$269,000 $279,000
$359,000
LARGE WORKSHOP
5+ BEDROOM HOME
Heidelberg - Bungalow with lg Workshop. This
home is complete with 4 Bedrooms, plus office, living room, family room and finished basement. The bright living room is open to dinning room and kitchen. Unfinished walk up attic. Located on large lot featuring detached 17ft x 18ft, insulated, heated workshop, fantastic gazebo and 10ft x 20ft shed. MLS 1234999. Call Alli or Paul direct.
$299,900
Waterloo - within walking distance to Universities,
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!
RIM and other Tech companies. This home could be an Investment property, residence or both! Just steps away from bus stop. Multiple driveways for parking. Separate entrance. Roof 2012. MLS 1237590. Call Bill or Alli direct.
Complete with main floor laundry, 4 piece ensuite, open concept eat-in kitchen and living room with French door walk out to deck. All the conveniences on one floor. The large garage is perfect for storage and have room for a vehicle. Located close to downtown, walking distance to library, restaurants and banks. MLS 1234444. Call Alli or Paul direct.
Elmira - Brand new semi detached raised bungalow.
Alli Bauman SALES REPRESENTATIVE
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
519-577-6248
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
$399,900
$319,000
IMPRESSIVE
PERFECT FOR A YOUNG FAMILY!
ELMIRA - 3bdrm, 2baths birdland bungalow
Elmira - Don’t miss this modern home featuring warm, neutral décor throughout and rich ceramic tile. Bright living room, open to dinette with slider to spacious fenced yard. Finished basement could be used for rec room or very large bedroom just off the fabulous 4 piece bathroom complete with corner tub. Appliances included. MLS 1232147. Call Alli or Paul direct.
backing onto farmland on a family oriented st. From the welcoming eat-in kit, to the oversized LR, to the gorgeous master w/walkout , this home is bright & spacious. Add in the huge unfinished basement, beautiful covered patio & well-kept yrd complete w/shed, this home is everything you are looking for! MLS 1231378. Call Alli or Paul direct!
$769,000 EQUIPPED FOR 2 FAMILIES!!
Elmira - This home is equipped for 2 families! Front and side entrances, separate garages, separate laundry rooms, separate bathrooms, living rooms and 2 huge kitchens. Fantastic opportunity for large family/families complete with 7 bedrooms. Perfect for the hobbiest 3 car garage & detached 4 car garage/workshop. Large yard 87x250ft over looking farm land just steps to golf course. MLS 1225049. Call Alli or Paul direct.
Bill Norris SALES REPRESENTATIVE
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
519-588-1348
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
$549,900
Elmira - Only 2 years old! Backing onto greenbelt.
OUTSTANDING AGENTS. OUTSTANDING RESULTS.
$369,000
OUTSTANDING BUNGALOW
Many upgrades throughout. Open concept mf w/hardwood & ceramic throughout. Gas fireplace in great room w/cathedral ceiling. Lg master w/5pc ens incl corner whirpool bath. MF laundry/mudroom. Finished basement includes: 2 bdrms, 4pc bath & lg rec rm. Sunroom walk-out to deck & interlock patio over-loogin yard & greenspace. MLS 1237430. Call Alli or Paul direct.
FABULOUS BUNGALOW Waterloo - Surrounded by beautifully landscaped yard. Excellent opportunity for seniors or family. Lg 4 car concrete driveway leading to tandem garage. Lg island in bright kit overlooking dr w/walkout to lg deck featuring retractable awning & view of yard. Rec rm w/wood fp & walkout to patio. Close to all amenities, downtown & expressway. MLS 1234685 Call Alli or Paul direct.
$347,000
POTENTIAL DUPLEX
Waterloo - Close to universities and downtown, this very well kept, cheerful century home boasts original charm with many modern twists! Original hardwood floors, brigh airy kitchens and a huge finished walk up attic with closet are just a few. Walkout to fenced yard from back family room. Ample parking, lots of storage, appliances included. MLS 1234099 Call Alli or Paul direct.
FOR RENT. WITH REAL INVESTMENT YOU WILL SEE A REAL RETURN. MAKE THIS SPACE YOUR NEW HOME. ADVERTISE WITH US TODAY.
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Bert Martin BROKER
Remax Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
DIRECT: 519-572-2669 OFFICE: 519-669-5426
3 Arthur St. S. Elmira
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Millbank
FREE Market Evaluation NEW PRICE!
OPEN HOUSE Sunday 2-4pm - 17 Park Ave. Elmira
$329,000 Millbank. Stately Victorian red brick with original gingerbread trim, some stained glass, original woodwork, updated windows, wiring, plumbing, etc. Finished rec room, walk up attic for potential use as family, games, office, whatever.Large lot backing onto greenspace. Must see! MLS Call Dale to view.
BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED
and detailed master bedroom and ensuite is the main feature of this 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom home situated on a large mature lot backing to green space. The main floor offers large principle rooms with hardwood and crown mouldings. Walkout to large deck, patio and spacious rear yard. MLS. $474,900.
$379,900 This 2-storey home includes a gourmet kitchen with custom maple cupboards and a breakfast bar with 3 stools. The huge dining room is adjacent to the kitchen and opens into a large living room with large stained glass window. This home has lots of old time charm and character. Take the time. Come to our open house. MLS 1221850 Call Mildred Frey to view.
Wellesley
Elmira | 10 Martin’s Lane | New Listing $354,900 Huge older home with in-law
$396,500. Stunning 3 bdrm home with numerous upgrades. Fully fenced and landscaped yard. Finished office with separate entrance on lower level. Must be seen! MLS. Call Dale to view.
COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE
Commercial space for lease in busy plaza only 15 minutes to K-W. Office space from 144 s/f to 2400 s/f. Zoning allows numerous uses. Lots of parking. MLS.
set up M 1 zoning (light industrial) Inlaw allows as a mortgage helper. Some updates are New wiring, 200 amp, new plumbing, New on demand water heater, new kitchen in the main unit, 3 bathrooms, Some new windows & floors. More work in progress to be finished by the buyer. To view call Mildred or Len Frey.
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Mapleton Twp | $199,900
$528,500. 7280 Wellington Rd 12. Beautifully landscaped with a nice stand of trees. All brick quality construction with a fully finished basement and loads of features. Bright and spacious would lend itself to a granny suite or a large family. Walk down from garage. Flexible closing. MLS. Call Dale to view.
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. BROKERAGE
Concession 12-Lot 18 10 acres ready to build your dream home along with out buildings. The lot is level and is in a good production area for market gardeners. On a paved road with traffic. Perfect for a roadside stand. For more information call Mildred Or Len Frey. MLS1237449
For Lease - St. Clements 45 Arthur St. S., Elmira Office:
519-669-2772 $314,000
$899,000
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record, MVA Residential
Res:
519.669.1068
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker
Res:
519.669.8629
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep.
Cell : 519.505.0627
CENTRAL LOCATION - well maintained older home w/ duplex potential. 2 driveways. 2 baths. Large oak kitchen. 3 season ‘pine’ sunroom. Main flr. laundry. Carpet free main floor. Tastefully decorated. Newer roof & furnace. Garage. Private yard. MLS EXPECT TO BE IMPRESSED! 12 acres overlooking the countryside & pond. Custom built and loaded w/extras. Gourmet kitchen. Open concept makes it great for entertaining. Private master suite. Huge fin walkout bsmt. TRIPLE garage. Prof. landscaped. MLS
$474,900
HUGE Park like back yard overlooking an open field. Large D.A w/walkout to oversized deck, patio & covered porch. Oak kitchen. Gas f.p. in L.R. Hardwood in several rooms. Main flr. office. Private master ‘suite’ & lavish ensuite bath. Fin. bsmt . MLS
$259,900
AFFORDABLE Large fam. rm addition w/cathedral ceiling and lots of windows! Oversized dining area. Main flr. laundry, bathroom and master bdrm. Huge Rec. rm. w/high ceiling. Newer doors, windows, furnace & deck. MLS
$289,000
RENOVATED bungalow w/dble. garage. Updated kitchen, 2 bathrooms, windows, doors, furnace & cac. Rec. rm. w/gas fireplace. Open concept in main living area. Walkup from bsmt. to dble. garage. located close to downtown. MLS
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WITH A REAL INVESTMNET YOU WILL SEE A REAL RETURN
Restaurant for Sale
3200 sq. ft available Lots of parking. High traffic exposure and visibility. Can be divided. Great character building for retail or professional services. Call Dale to view.
$259,900 Restaurant business and property located a short 30 minutes from Elmira. Licensed for over 100 patrons. Well known buffet weekends or special occasions. Great for young entrepreneur. MLS Call Mildred Frey to view.
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MARYHILL 25 ACRES
$839,000 NEW PRICE Private setting of mature trees and rolling lands. 3 bedrooms; hardwood flooring; generous sized rooms; small 2 storey barn/workshop; inground pool. MLS.
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$337,900 ELMIRA Attractive 2 bedroom open concept bungalow, Paradigm Built home with quality features including, gas fireplace, ceramic flrs, lovely kitchen, ensuite bathroom, full unfinished basement, Oct possession available. MLS
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$319,900 ST.CLEMENTS Lovely almost 1/2 acre property minutes to KW. Great backsplit offers 3 bdrms, 2 baths, 2 walkouts, spacious living rm, family rm & dinette, attached oversized garage, detached shop with hydro. MLS
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Make Kindness a Priority!
Public Consultation Meetings for Community Input Breslau and Conestogo
Celebrate Kindness on November 9th, 2012!
This will be an excellent opportunity for the public to directly participate in discussions that will shape the future direction of Woolwich’s recreation facility usage and revitalization. Breslau
Conestogo
(Former) Empire Sales Centre – Public Consultation & Open House on the future usage
Conestogo Park – Community Consultation for Facility Renewal and Upgrade
When: Monday October 15, 2012 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
When: Wednesday October 24th, 2012 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Where: Breslau Community Centre, 100 Andover Dr, Breslau.
Where: Conestogo Public School Gym 1948 Sawmill Rd, Conestogo, ON
For more information, please contact The Township of Woolwich Recreation and Facilities Services at 519-669-6026 or email kmakela@woolwich.ca
Woolwich Township will be hosting their own kick-off to this very special day on November 8th! Stay tuned!
Get Involved! There are over 101 ways YOU can help celebrate kindness in and around Woolwich Township. Visit www.kwcf.ca for a complete list! A few ideas to get you started: Pay your cart forward at No Frills
Help rake your neighbour’s leaves
Donate to the local food bank
Form a Kindness Krew! Visit kwcf.ca for info!
Volunteer at Woolwich Community Services
Hold a door open for someone at Tim Horton’s
Public & After School Skates Wednesday Thursday
WMC WMC
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Sunday WTA
12:30-1:20 pm
WMC – Woolwich Memorial Centre - Elmira WTA – Woolwich Township Arena – St. Jacobs Reminder all skaters 16 and under, must wear CSA approved helmet
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FAMILY ALBUM THANK YOU
Hudson Dale George Ray
Thank You!
September 25, 2012
Larry & Mary Cressman
DEATH NOTICES BANKS, BLANCHE M. (CLEMENT) | Beloved wife and best
friend of Larry Sr., passed away on September 26, 2012 at the Georgian Manor, Penetanguishene. Local relative is her brother Norm Clement of Elmira.
Parents Amy & Chad Ray and Proud Grandparents Sue & Todd Shultz and Janice Ray Welcome Hudson Dale George Ray.
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Priming the pumpkin patch
Oktoberfest fare time
Wellesley farm the bounty of autumn and the anticipation of the Halloween season ELENA MAYSTRUK If you take a drive along the long stretch of Gerber Road in Wellesley Township, you will eventually come across a burst of fall colours emanating from a small pumpkin patch and curious visitors who’ve chosen to investigate the carefully placed displays of Fall Harvest Farm. Local farmer and nurse Rosemary Kittel-McCormick is behind the fruitful displays of this year’s pumpkin harvest, where she’s once more opened her wooded yard to visitors. “We’re just trying to keep the farm going. It’s been a way of life ever since I’ve known it. We’re trying to make a little bit of fun for the public because the public seems to enjoy the small roadside stand. We’re just trying to keep it very basic yet fun to come to,” she said of her displays while watching for visitors on Wednesday afternoon. Growing up on a farm in Wellesley Township, Kittel-McCormick learned to work hard from a young age and hopes that her displays will keep her family’s farm popular with locals. “My dad encouraged me to grow some [pumpkins], sell some and it’s been done ever since … he taught us how to grow things,” she said, adding that the endeavour started as a way for her and her siblings to have fun and earn a little bit of money. In May, when KittelMcCormick plants her pumpkin seeds in a plot
across the street from her home, she and her children already start planning for next fall’s display. Over the years they have used many ideas, from Toy Story and Disney to this year’s campy video game theme featuring painted, handmade mannequins of classic characters like Mario from the popular video game, complete with a painted pumpkin for a head. After agreeing on an idea she and her kids hit up the thrift shops looking for craft materials they can use, creating all of the displays from scratch. Though the pumpkins do bring in some revenue for the family farm still operated in part by KittelMcCormick’s father Wilfred Kittel, she said most of her efforts are directed towards showing visitors and their kids a good time as well as teaching her own children valuable lessons about farm life. Her six children are the sixth generation to grow up on the farm and KittelMcCormick hopes that they will love the experience as much as she did as her passion for rural life is what keeps her determined to save the family farm in a difficult economy. “The big thing I want to do is keep the farm going,” she said of her pumpkin harvest as well as larger efforts throughout the year. “It’s not easy with the economy and such fluctuating prices.” Despite the hardships, Kittel-McCormick believes the family’s efforts are
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Rosemary Kittel-McCormick has worked hard to keep the farm she grew up on running. Colourful displays during pumpkin season are one of the ways she hopes to teach her own children to love rural life. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] beneficial to their relationships with each other. Her children help out with the harvest in mid-September after school and husband Ronnie McCormick takes
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OCTOBER 14 ONTARIO PUBLIC LIBRARY WEEK – Oct. 14 to 20, at all Region of Waterloo Library branches. Join us in celebrating Ontario Public Library Week by visiting your local branch from October 14 to 20 during regular library hours. To celebrate, we are launching a new library card which comes with a key fob. For this week only, existing library members can exchange their old card for the new one for free! There will also be book draws and Food for Fines. For more information, contact your local branch or email libhq@regionofwaterloo.ca.
SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP: 10 Steps to Starting Your Own Business – 7-8 p.m. Join us at the Elmira Branch for a small business workshop! This popular workshop is run by Roy Weber of the Small Business Centre. It’s a great event to attend if you are thinking of starting your own business. Admission is free with advance registration or $5 at the door. The event will take place at the library located at 65 Arthur St. S. in Elmira. For more information, call the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477 or elmlib@regionofwaterloo.ca.
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ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society: “Your End-of-Season Checklist: fall cleanup & bulbs” with Kate Owens of St. Jacobs Country Gardens; 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church, Elmira. New members welcome.
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WCS YOUTH CENTRE IS getting crafty. Today we will be starting our Quotes on Canvas Craft and we will continue working on them all week. Come out and enjoy a game of soccer, leaving the YC at 6:50 and going to the EDSS small gym. For more information contact Catherine or Anna at (519) 669-3539.
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TUESDAY LUNCHEON – GALE Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Menu: Harvest roast, potatoes and veg, salad, pumpkin dessert, beverage; $9.
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So much a part of online communication, emoticons precede the internet age
Q. When it comes to English spelling and pronunciation, how tough can things get? A. Dearest creature in creation, be careful how you speak. Say break and steak, but bleak and streak. Refer doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rhyme with deafer though zephyr and heifer do. Mark the differences, moreover, between mover, cover, clover; leeches and breeches, wise and precise, chalice, police and lice; camel, constable, unstable, principle, disciple, label. Compare alien with Italian, dandelion
Q. Are the following true or false? a) OMG! Emoticons R Older Than U think!!! =-O b) We think of emoticons as a creation of the Internet Age. A. Actually both are true, though our connecting emoticons to the Internet is a flawed way of looking at it, says Sam Petulla in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wiredâ&#x20AC;? magazine. The first Internet emoticon was quite recent, perhaps Sept. 19, 1982, when computer engineer Scott E. Fahlman posted on a Carnegie Mellon message board: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) Read it sideways. Actually it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use :-(.â&#x20AC;? Eleven years earlier, the Paris newspaper â&#x20AC;&#x153;France
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Q. What was Pablo Picassoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possibly profoundest pronouncement on abstract art? And he, if anyone, should have known -- and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no bull. A. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no such thing as abstract art, was the painterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous quote, say Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking.â&#x20AC;? As Picasso explained it: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.â&#x20AC;? In 1945-1946, he illustrated this concept with a powerful series of drawings of bulls, beginning with a realistic rendition, then moving step-by-step through sketchier drawings. First the shading of the hide
vanishes, then the muscles disappear, then the texture goes, finally three dimensionality is eliminated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By the eighteenth bull, we see a line drawing -- a simple image consisting of ten curves and two ovals -- distilling the essence of the bull: its strength and masculinity. The clutter is gone, the essence remains.â&#x20AC;? Only for this final image did Picasso affix the title â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bull,â&#x20AC;? remaining careful not to turn the bull into a cow, add Burger and Starbird. Thus are we led to appreciate what is important.
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Soirâ&#x20AC;? began attaching sunburst yellow smiley faces to all articles with a positive or upbeat outlook. And in 1969, the great novelist Vladimir Nabokov wrote in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New York Timesâ&#x20AC;? that he would like to see a concave smile-like sign added to typewriters. Earlier in 1912, author and linguist Ambrose Bierce introduced the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sniggerpointâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;smiling mouth,â&#x20AC;? urging its adoption. Such a smiling mouth with the full stop would be appended to every jocular or ironical sentence, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Edward Bok is the noblest work of Godâ&#x20AC;? (punctuated with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;)â&#x20AC;? turned sideways and ending with a period). Interestingly, even medieval manuscripts from the 1400s included full figures and faces to suggest the in-
SOLUTIONS: 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;OKTOBERâ&#x20AC;? 2. MISSING FEATHER 3. MISSING BOW TIE 4. ROPE 5. BEER FOAM 6. MUSTACHE 7. FRONT TIRE James & Sherri Martin-Carman of Elmira were in London, England on May 23, 2012. In celebration of the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diamond Jubilee, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were given the rare honour of serving as the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Guardâ&#x20AC;? and the RCMP included three women as guards, which differs from the all-male British Household Cavalry. This photo with the female RCMP was taken outside of Buckingham Palace at the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stables.
ACROSS 1. Does some tailoring 5. Outline 11. According to 16. Band, song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barbie Girlâ&#x20AC;? 17. Get back 18. Court figure 19. A local magistrate with limited powers 22. Desktop pictures 23. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A rat!â&#x20AC;? 24. Small songbird 25. Eyeball benders 26. J.F.K. overseer 29. Cyst 31. On, as a lamp 32. Chemical, to determine age of organic materials 36. Long, long time 37. African capital 38. Aegean vacation locale 39. Affranchise 40. Mr., abroad 41. Alias 43. In heaven 44. Revolve, in a gravitational field 47. Assassinated
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50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fantasy Islandâ&#x20AC;? prop 51. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For ___ a jolly ...â&#x20AC;? 52. Blah-blah-blah 55. 10 kilogauss 56. Certifies 58. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Majorâ&#x20AC;? animal 59. The quality of failing to be considerate 63. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A pox on you!â&#x20AC;? 64. Elephantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weight, maybe 65. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Casablancaâ&#x20AC;? pianist 66. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any funny __!â&#x20AC;? 67. Manage 69. Amateur video subject, maybe 71. Beams 72. Cannot do without 78. Brouhaha 79. A cheap cigar 80. Ashtabulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lake 81. A fence formed shrubs 82. Hauling something 83. Harmony DOWN 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ___â&#x20AC;? (Uris novel) 2. Supplies of a military force 3. Dry white wine, Loire valley
4. A state of sudden spiritual enlightenment 5. Parentheses, e.g. 6. ___ Dee River 7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;? problem 8. Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;so fewâ&#x20AC;?: Abbr. 9. Commend 10. Not given a finished form 11. Death on the Nile cause, perhaps 12. Hasenpfeffer, e.g. 13. Informal term for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;toothâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 14. In an advanced stage of pregnancy 15. First Nobelist in Physics 20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotten __ you?â&#x20AC;? 21. Barely managed, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;outâ&#x20AC;? 25. Face-to-face exam 26. Of or concerning the face 27. Parenthesis, essentially 28. A substance that wears down 30. Internal layer of a mollusk shell 33. Sagan of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cosmosâ&#x20AC;? 34. Resembling oak 35. Barberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job
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and battalion, Sally with ally, yea and ye, eye, I, ay, and aye, whey, and key. Cloven and oven, how and low, script and receipt, show and poem and toe. Billet does not rhyme with ballet, bouquet, wallet, mallet or chalet. Blood and flood are not like food, nor is mould like should and would. And your pronunciationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK when you correctly say croquet, rounded and wounded, grieve and sieve, friend and fiend, alive and live. Query does not rhyme with very, nor does fury sound like bury. Finally, which rhymes with enough? Though, through, plough, dough, or cough? And hiccough has the sound of cup. My advice is to give it up! (Adapted from the Central Washington Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online Learning Commons.)
40. Voiced 42. A place of religious retreat for Hindus 44. Fodder holder 45. Go through 46. Makeup, e.g. 47. Somewhat stiff 48. Yield to the wishes of someone 49. Travel up 52. Green foliage 53. Offer? 54. Low in pitch 57. Victorian, for one 58. Any of various female water spirits 60. Early course 61. Overrun 62. Corkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s country 68. Little dent 70. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ___ you!â&#x20AC;? 71. Delight 73. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comprende?â&#x20AC;? 74. Boarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mate 75. ___ Khan 76. Famous 77. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hold on a ___!â&#x20AC;?
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dried herbs. I serve this dish with hunter’s sauce (mushroom sauce), Spaetzle and a small side salad or some basic sautéed veggies. The next day I like to put some Wellesley apple butter, cheddar cheese and the leftover schnitzel on some crusty baguette. If you haven’t been to the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest celebration, it’s an absolute must at
least once in your lifetime. But watch out – once you get a taste of German traditional food, polka music and the cheer that comes along with it you will be guaranteed to want to visit the fest year after year. Bring the kids, meet Onkle Hans, do the chicken dance and enjoy a cold beer and some great food. You may even end up learning some German phrases like ”Ziggy Zaggy, Ziggy Zaggy, Oi, Oi, Oi!” or “Prost!.”
Schnitzel 4 pieces of your favorite meat, bashed between two sheets of grease proof paper or plastic wrap until very thin Flour, seasoned with salt, pepper a pinch of garlic powder and onion powder 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 2 cups fine, dry breadcrumbs or panko 4 tbsp butter 4 lemon slices
Breading station: Grab three bowls. In one, add
flour, the second add egg mixture and in the third bowl add bread crumbs; Heat the butter to moderately high in a large frying pan; Lightly coat each escalope in the flour, then the egg and finally the breadcrumbs – press down to coat the meat well; Fry the meat until it is golden brown on both sides (it’s quick due to the thinness of the meat); Serve, garnished with lemon or sauce.
German Spaetzle Dumplings 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup milk 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 gallon hot water 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Mix together flour, and salt. Beat eggs well, and
add alternately with the milk to the dry ingredients. Mix until smooth; Press dough through spaetzle maker, or a colander or a squeeze bottle; Drop a few at a time into simmering liquid. Cook 5 to 8 minutes. Drain well; Saute cooked spaetzle in butter or margarine. Sprinkle chopped fresh parsley on top, and serve.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chef Ryan Terry owns FLOW Cafe & Catering in Elmira. More information can be found at his website, www. flowcatering.ca.
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wagons of squash and creative displays. It takes the family most of September to harvest
the pumpkins and by the time Halloween arrives all are happy to look back at their hard work and put away the decorations to plan for another year,
Kittel-McCormick said. “We do this together and it’s a really good family thing to do. A family that works and eats together stays together.”
Every year, Kittel-McCormick, whose family farm is located near the border of Wellesley Village and the town of St. Agatha, brings in the harvest with her husband and children.
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