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Hunters take aim at Sundays in Wellesley

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> SEE HUNTING ON PG. 05

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f you’re a Waterloo North Hydro customer, chances are somebody’s been into your yard to replace your meter with the smart variety. The utility has been phasing in time-of-use billing, with some local residents likely to see the bills with the new price structure this month. The shift, which brings much higher rates during parts of the day, uses pricing to encourage a reduction in energy consumption. The new meters charge users different rates depending on when the consumer uses electricity. The three different rates are peak time, mid peak and off peak hours. Only the latter involves rates lower then the utility’s current average of 6.8 cents per kilowatt hour. According to the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, using electricity during off peak time should cost less. Smart meters allow consumers to monitor their usage and manage their con-

> SEE METERS ON PG. 02

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Wellesley bylaw that prohibits hunting on Sundays came under fire this week from hunting groups, who want the township to change its bylaw. Delegates from the Nith River Wild Turkey Conservation Association (NRWTCA) and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) made an appeal to councillors meeting Monday night. Sunday gun hunting, they argued, would decrease predation on crops and livestock by wildlife, help to increase public safety and potentially provide increased economic activity. “We believe that the laws that prevent Sunday gun hunting are old and outdated. Many other townships in southern Ontario also feel this way and now allow Sunday gun hunting to occur,”

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Meters: Waterloo North Hydro is phasing in time-of-use rates

sumption, said ministry spokesman Andrew Block. “Through time of use pricing customers will be able to better manage their electricity usage,” said Block. “Basically consumers have an incentive to shift their usage off of peak times which are typically evenings and weekends when demand is lower and the cost is lower.” For WNH clients, energy consumed during

round are considered off-peak hours. The system is meant to balance overall consumption and reduce peak demand for power in Ontario. “From our end this balances out the system throughout the day and week,” said Block. “Not using high peak times helps reduce consumer costs and for everyone in the long term it means we don’t have to provide or build power plants in order to meet peak demand.” Concerns about

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smart meters have been raised often over the past few years. Wayne Murch, billing and settlement supervisor at Waterloo North Hydro, said he has heard a bit of apprehension from customers. “The media sometimes focuses on the fact that the on peak prices are higher than what they currently pay. Looking at that isolation it might cause consumers some angst, but basically if you don’t change your energy consumption activity whatsoever your bill might increase by anywhere from two to four per cent,” he said. In Waterloo North Hydro’s range – Woolwich, Wellesley and Waterloo – time-of-use rates are being rolled out on an area-by-area basis. There are two billing cycles in Wellesley, for instance, that have already started accumulating for timeof-use and they will be receiving their first bill in late July, said Murch. “Consumers have to be conscious of when they are using their energy and be aware of the three times of use time frames and try to curtail any large use activities during the high peak period,” he explained. “Consumers will have to move high use activities to other times of the day that are off-peak times if they want to be able to control their rates.” The idea behind the smart meters is to give the consumer more control over their electricity bills. “We are giving consumers control by letting them shift their

consumption, like placing their dishwasher on a timer and have it wash dishes at night,” said Vanda Wall, a spokesperson for the Ontario Energy Board.” This gives the consumer control of when they are actually using electricity. The idea is that consumers should try to shift their consumption where they can.” The meters are not just designed to help consumers save on their energy consumption, they are also remotely connected to the local utility company and informs the utility when power goes out in a neighbourhood. “Whether it is a storm or someone hits a hydro pole consumers have

to call the local utility company on the old system but with the smart meters the information is relayed automatically to the utility company as to where they need to fix the problem,” said Block. Block acknowledged the cost of electricity will increase over the next 20 years by about three and half per cent each year to off set new systems and older transformers that need replaced. The Ontario Energy Board sets electricity rates twice a year. On Nov. 1, the Ontario Energy Board will be setting the electricity rates and that cost will then be passed on to users through their utility companies.

Elmira pool gets makeover

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off-peak hours of 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. will cost 5.9 cents per kWh. During the summer, electricity consumed during mid-peak hours between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. will cost 8.9 cents per kWh, while on-peak hours, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., will cost 10.7 cents. During the winter mid-peak hours switch to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. while on-peak will be set during the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Weekends all year

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DIVING INTO THEIR WORK Dave Miller, Barry Rabishaw and Albert Hiemstra of G.D.O. Construction out of Kitchener have spent the past two week sandblasting the old Elmira pool to prepare it to be re-sealed and painted. The facility was purchased on May 30 by the Waterloo Regional Synchronized Swimming Club for $450,000 and the club hopes to re-open for Sept. 1.

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Plastic recycling efforts boosted TAKING CARE Andrew Miziolek, maintenance and

logistics manager at Waterloo Flowers, says the company has worked hard to encourage customers to return their plastic pots and trays to their site so they can be properly disposed of and either recycled or reused.

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he modern horticultural industry, much like the rest of our society, has been built on plastic. Every spring gardeners are reminded of this when they step back to admire their perennials or vegetable patch but are left with a wide assortment of plastic pots and trays. While planting flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetables helps to green the natural environment and make our communities a more enjoyable place to live, gardeners are invariably left with having to dispose of what amounts to millions of pounds of plastic waste annually. While Halton Region has recently launched a pilotproject to study whether or not their recycling system can accept plastic pots

and trays, most municipal recycling programs can’t or won’t accept these plastics, meaning most of them end up in landfill. Landscape Ontario is trying to change that trend and from June 25 to July 4, more than 40 garden centres in six provinces joined together for the organizations 2011 National Plastic Recycling Event. The program started back in 2008 as a pilot-project involving six garden centres in Ontario with the goal of diverting plastic waste from landfill and into the hands of recyclers. It has grown considerably since then, and last year alone the program diverted 24 metric tons (53,000 pounds) of plastic. During the pilot project, garden centres would travel to the Landscape Ontario offices

in Milton to drop off their plastic to be recycled, but everyone involved quickly realized that wasn’t sustainable. “With Landscape Ontario being the only recipient, well, what do the people in London, or Waterloo, or Ottawa or North Bay do? They can’t all drive down here,” said Lorrain Ivanoff of Landscape Ontario who started the project after seeing a similar project in St. Louis. “This year I said we needed to get the garden centres and landscapers on board.” The organization partnered with plastic recycling companies across Canada – Plastix Canada and Agricultural Plastic Recyclers

in Ontario – to help facilitate the dropoff of plastics at local garden and landscaping centres by customers. Plastix Ontario agreed to handle all of the waste collected in the GTA and the surrounding area, while Agricultural Plastic Recyclers agreed to cover the rest of the province. In total 25 garden centres across Ontario were involved in this year’s event. In Waterloo Region, Waterloo Flowers in Breslau was the only garden centre that participated, and although

> SEE RECYCLING ON PG. 06

> Torigan named OACP president Matt Torigian, chief of the Waterloo Regional Police Service, was last week named president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP). He replaces retiring president Robert Herman, chief of the Thunder Bay Police Service, becoming the 60th president of the OACP. His proposed mandate includes improved stakeholder relations, strengthened government relations, a review of accountability measures and increased communication among police leaders. “I am pleased to be serving in this new capacity and will continue to bring the interests of our communities and police agencies to the forefront of discussion,” said Torigian. “As the policing profession moves forward, it is essential that police leaders are able to effectively articulate the value of policing to their communities and successfully meet the expectations of those we serve.” The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police is the voice of Ontario’s police leaders and works collaboratively with all levels of government to discuss issues impacting policing in Ontario.

> Needlaw wins Firestone award Breslau-based Nedlaw Roofing Ltd. recently received a 2011 Firestone Partner in Quality Award, presented to contractors who installed a minimum of four warranted Firestone roofs in each of the past five years, maintained at least one million square feet of Firestone roofs under warranty and achieved an annual Quality Incidence Rating (QIR) of 2.0 or less. The Firestone QIR measures each contractor’s quality performance based on warranty repair incidences per million square feet under warranty. Nedlaw was one of 206 North American companies recognized for its work.

> Son takes over helm at Erb Vernon Erb, who started a one-man trucking company in Wellesley 52 years ago and watched it grow in leaps and bounds, has stepped down as president of The Erb Group of Companies, turning the keys over to his eldest son, Wendell. Vernon,75, stays on, however as the chairman of the board for Erb Enterprises Inc., now based in New Hamburg. Since its origins in 1959, The Erb Group has grown to employ more than 1,200 people and 140 owner/operators. Hundreds of refrigerated trucks move grocery products across North America.

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LAW & ORDER

Collision in Drayton claims life of motorcyclist a call from a resident on Schummer Line in Wellesley Township about 12 marijuana plants growing in his field. The resident had seen two men earlier in the day and found they had placed the plants on his property. The police destroyed the plants.

>>2:00 PM | A 57-year-old

Elmira woman was struck by a grey 2002 Dodge on Arthur Street near Church Street in Elmira. The vehicle was backing into a parking spot, and the male driver from Listowel did not see the woman. She was taken to the hospital complaining about shoulder pain. Police are still investigating.

>>2:40 PM | Police responded

to an incident involving a horse-drawn buggy on Ament Line in Wellesley. The shaft of the buggy broke, causing the driver to lose control. The buggy swerved side to side, causing both the driver and passengers to fall out. A passenger, a 10-year-old

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>>3:50 PM | A collision occurred

at the intersection of Wyatt and Arthur streets in Elmira. A woman from Elmira driving a 1998 Pontiac Sunfire collided

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with shaggy blonde hair, and was last seen heading along Oriole Parkway. Police continue to investigate.

>>9:00 PM |A suspicious van

was reported at Chancellor Drive and Rhine Meadows Road in Heidelberg. Two male occupants in the van tried to coerce two young girls to come in the van to look at their puppy. The girls ran home to report the incident to their parents. The van was described as a white cube van with a ladder on the roof. The investigation continues.

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>>11:00 AM | Police received

30-year-old London man was killed July 4 in Drayton when his motorcycle collided with an SUV, whose driver, a 54-year-old Guelph woman was airlifted to hospital in London with lifethreatening injuries. Police report the rider was travelling northeast at the Wellington Road 7 and Wellington Road 11 intersection in Drayton when it failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with the SUV, which was travelling northwest. The man, John Tennat, was pronounced dead at the scene.

July 4 >>7:30 AM | A collision occurred

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SINGLE-VEHICLE INVOLVED A Waterloo man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries just before 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon after he lost control of his motorcycle on Ament Line just north of Heidelberg and crashed into a cornfield. Witnesses say he approached the sharp bend in the road at a high rate of speed and nearly collided with two other vehicles as he entered the opposite lane before losing control and ending up in the field. with a 2002 Oldsmobile Alero. No injuries were reported. The Elmira woman was charged with ‘failure to yield to traffic.’

>>9:28 PM | Police received a call about four young males

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throwing water balloons off the railway bridge at Isabella Street South and Front Street in St. Jacobs. One pedestrian was struck in the back of the head. Police found the youngsters, cautioning them under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The boys’ parents were notified by police of their behaviour.

charged with ‘impaired driving.’ Police responded to the scene and found the 42-year-old driver from Toronto trapped in his vehicle. The driver was safely removed and taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.

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>>7:45 PM | The intersection Industrial Dr., Elmira. A silver of Arthur and Church streets in Elmira was the scene of a collision. A 1998 GMC Sierra pickup truck rear-ended a 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit. Both vehicles sustained minor damages, and no injuries were reported. Police continue to investigate.

>>11:00 AM | A bike was stolen

from a backyard at Queen Street in Elmira. The forest green mountain bike was taken from the yard sometime between July 1 and July 4. Police are still investigating.

>>9:43 PM | A 2010 Chevy

>>2:12 PM | Police responded

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at Arthur Street and Sawmill Road. A 2012 Mack truck hit a 2002 Chevy Cavalier while trying to pass a stopped service vehicle that was repairing a street sign on the roundabout. No charges were laid and no injuries were reported.

Chrysler Caravan hit a parked car, damaging the bumper. Witnesses said the van was driven by an 18-year-old male

Traverse hit a deer along Northfield Drive near Reid Woods Drive. The vehicle was badly damaged and had to be towed from the scene. The driver did not sustain any injuries.

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driving complaint about a white Grand Prix travelling along Bloomingdale towards Breslau. The vehicle passed drivers on a double line, causing on coming traffic to break and avoid an accident. Police have a license plate number and are continuing to investigate.

ZERO HORSEPOWER David Bossenberry (left) and Mark Morlock had to use muscle power to push a green MG Midget down Ernst St. in Elmira Thursday morning. The car belongs to Morlock’s mother and the pair isn’t sure why the car refused to start, but Morlock said it likely had something to do with his brother driving it the night before.

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Wellesley gets shutout of funds James Jackson

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he provincial government last month announced a long-term infrastructure plan for Ontario called “Building Together: Jobs and Prosperity for Ontarian’s” which, for the first time, outlines the government’s framework for infrastructure investment over the next decade. It’s a multi-billion dollar commitment to rebuild hospitals, schools, transit systems and the like throughout Ontario, and it will begin with the investment of over $35-billion in the next three years – including $12.8-billion in 2011-2012. Wellesley Township, however, shouldn’t expect any of that funding to come their way in the near future, according to the township’s executive director of operations. “It doesn’t sound like we will get any.

They’re making these announcements, but when you read it, it’s really nothing,” said Willis McLaughlin after reviewing the provincial plan. “We’ve seen those before, they wave the flag and beat the drum, but what do we get out of it? Nothing.” To date, Wellesley has already received more than $1.4 million in funding for six township improvement projects, such as the St. Clements Arena ($294,566) and improvements to Steffler Road ($332,267), but each of those projects are either completed or near completion, and new funds are needed – in particular for more road improvements. A potential source of revenue would be the provincial gas tax program, but under current guidelines Wellesley is ineligible to receive that funding. Currently, the province shares two cents from every liter

of gas sold in Ontario with municipalities – but only those with a transit system. The goal of the program is to create investment in public transit throughout the province and to promote its use among the public, but effectively shuts out any municipality devoid of such transit options, such as Wellesley. In 2008/2009, that funding equated to more than $8.7 million for the region of Waterloo transit, and in 2010 93 municipal transit systems in Ontario shared $316 million in funding. McLaughlin is disappointed with the fact that the province has not changed the stipulations under its provincial gas tax in their new ten-year plan. “We’d appreciate funding in spite of the fact that we don’t have a transit system,” said McLaughlin, noting that in Wellesley, “our tran-

sit system is our roads.” Through the federal gas tax program, which is distributed to all municipalities and is based on a per capita formula, Wellesley collected $304,298.21 in 2009-2010, and although that funding is slated to continue for at least the near term, McLaughlin said the addition of provincial gas tax funding would be appreciated, and that any change to the provincial gas tax funding policies in support of the infrastructure needs of small municipalities would certainly be welcomed. The Ontario Good Roads Association has also expressed their disappointment in the failure of the government’s decision to not extend the gas tax program to smaller municipalities that lack a transit system in a statement released on June 24.

Hunting: Advocates looking for more options > CONTINUED FROM COVER said NRWTCA president Derek Snyder. The current bylaw states that gun hunting can occur from Monday to Saturday. Neighbouring Wilmot Township joined the 172 other municipalities across Ontario who now allow Sunday gun hunting a year and a half ago, he pointed out. “I have members in my chapter that are finding it increasingly difficult to get a field with Saturday being the only day of the weekend that they can hunt.” Snyder noted he sent a letter to council outlining a Waterloo Federation of Agriculture request that individual farmers and landowners be allowed to decide whether or not they want Sunday gun hunting on their property. “It’s just like the old Sunday shopping laws, everything has changed, it’s up to the store clerk if they want to open and the WFA would like to see the same thing, leave it up to the farmer, empower

them, it’s their property if they want to hunt they should be able to do so,” said Snyder. Chuck Bender, a member of the NRWTCA, added that wildlife and the damage they do to farm crops can only be controlled through hunting. “As a farmer, I know firsthand the damage that wildlife can have on your crops,” said Bender. “As a kid, groundhogs were our biggest concern. Now it’s deer and raccoons that do the most damage. Hunting helps to control the wildlife – 50,000 deer are harvested a year in Ontario, if we didn’t hunt there would be that many more deer destroying crops or on the roads causing accidents.” Tony Jackson, representing the OFAH, told council that six days a week has not been effective in reducing overpopulation in some species; by adding a seventh day it would help increase harvesting levels. “For many people hunting is a family ac-

tivity, but those who work during the week only have one day where they can share this activity with other family members. By allowing Sunday gun hunting, you are doubling their opportunity to hunt.” Coun. Herb Neher said he represented a community that had strong religious ties and was concerned how Sunday gun hunting would impact their religious practices. “We have a very strong Mennonite community here and it’s the Sunday part that concerns me. Just because other communities have done it doesn’t make it right for our community,” said Neher. Jackson, however, responded that given all of the activities now commonplace on Sundays – including shopping, gambling, beer and liquor purchases – it is unlikely that Sunday gun hunting would disrupt a community. “For the record, the province of Quebec, which has the highest level of religious participation in Canada,

has Sunday gun hunting,” he noted. According to the Canada Safety Council and the National Safety Council, hunting is a safe recreational activity, advocates argued. “The chances of someone to be harmed while walking in the woods from a hunter are less than being hit by lightning or being stung by an insect,” said Jackson. “If the threat to public safety doesn’t exist from Monday to Saturday, why would it be any greater on Sunday.” Council agreed to take the information provided by the representatives of the NRWTCA and the OFAH to their constituents over the summer and return in September and discuss the issue further. The municipality on at least two occasions within the last several years passed a resolution not to support Sunday hunting, most recently in 2006. In the Region of Waterloo, only North Dumfries and Wilmot allow Sunday hunting.

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MSCU supports Waterloo Region Museum to the tune of $25K water feature at the new Waterloo Region Museum will be known as the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union Living Waters thanks to a recent $25,000 donation from the financial organization. Brent Zorgdrager, MSCU chief executive officer, said the museum reflects the history of the region and the MSCU was proud to be a supporter. “Mennonites have been an important contributor and have had an impact throughout this region and we thought it made sense to be a part of the mu-

in this area and the Mennonite values and work ethic continue to positively impact the growth and development of the Waterloo Region.” The MSCU was able to look at different sponsorship opportunities and it became quite obvious as staff looked at those opportunities that the water feature had a nice tie in to the credit union, both from the environmental aspect, where the rainwater will be trapped and used, and from a religious perspective, he explained.

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seum,” said Zorgdrager. “The rich heritage

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“Water from a religious context, a Christian context, has a lot of symbolism in the bible so there were a few reasons why that particular feature resonated with us as staff of the credit union.” The museum incorporates recycled building materials including reclaimed wood from the Waterloo Region and other locally sourced and manufactured materials. Many design features including the rainwater reclamation are a part of the envi-

ronmentally friendly design, said Tom Reitz, the museum’s manager/curator. The pond at the front of the museum is capable of storing up to 150,000 litres of water. During the eight months of the year when the number of museum visitors is at its peak and rainwater most plentiful, the water will be used for flushing urinals and toilets in the museum. “The water feature contributes to the sustainability of the

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claimed rainwater will significantly reduce grey water consumption in the museum building. Supporting the museum’s approach to sustainability is a perfect fit with one of our core values, responsible stewardship.” The donation by the MSCU is part of the Waterloo Region Museum Capital Campaign, which has already raised close

to $600,000 in donations, in addition to a $2 million grant received in 2008 from the federal Cultural Spaces Canada Fund. The Waterloo Region Museum is a non-profit museum owned and operated by the Region of Waterloo. The museum building is currently open and acts as the gateway to Doon Heritage Village. Museum exhibits are currently being created and will open in the fall of 2011.

Recycling: A new life for old plastics > CONTINUED FROM PG. 03 it was their first year as a part of the project, the company has always taken an interest in ensuring their plastic waste gets recycled or reused in an environmentally sensitive way. “In the past, we’ve had difficulty finding places that would actually take all of the plastics that we produce as waste materials from the greenhouse,” said Ron Miziolek of Waterloo

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Annually the company collects enough plastic waste to fill one-and-a-half tractortrailers, said Miziolek, adding that it is “100 per cent critical” for the landscaping industry to take heed of where their waste is heading and to reduce the flow of trash to the landfill wherever possible. Plastic waste can also include the roofing material used in the greenhouses, which wear out after about six years, and plastic piping as well, he said. “As owners, we’re personally very into this environmental and recycling side of the industry, so we’ve done everything we have been able to with respect to reducing our use of fertilizers or chemicals by using biological controls for the insects and everything else over and above just the recycling ef-

forts.” Although the recycling program has officially ended, Miziolek said that Waterloo Flowers would continue to accept plastics for the duration of the season. Given the growth of the program and its ongoing success, Ivanoff hopes to extend the nine-day event into a year-round program to some day divert almost all plastic garden waste from the trash, because until a viable alternative is found that can stand up to the rain and sun, such as pots made of rice hull or paper-fibres, plastic will continue to be the material of choice. “The centres don’t make money out of this, that’s not the goal,” stressed Ivanoff. “The goal is to avoid having all this plastic in the landfills. We’re trying to do something for the planet.”

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Oh Canada Elmira joins the festivities in Gore Park July 1st FESTIVE TIMES Kacy Zhang (right) gets a hand with the hose from firefighter Devan Scheeringa during Canada Day festivities in Gore Park July 1. Meanwhile, Sarah Hoffard had her nine-month-old son Caden decked out in red maple leaves to show his true patriot love at his first Canada Day event.

NOTICE OF A PROPOSAL AND EBR POSTING

by Woolwich Bio-En Inc. to Engage in a Renewable Energy Project Project Name: Woolwich Bio-En Inc. Project Location: 40 Martin’s Lane, Elmira, Ontario Date of Notice: 24 of June, 2011. Woolwich Bio-En Inc. is planning to engage in a renewable energy project in respect of which the issuance of a renewable energy approval is required. The distribution of this notice of a proposal to engage in this renewable energy project and the project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This notice must be distributed in accordance with Section 15 of the Regulation within 10 days after the renewable energy project is posted on the environmental registry.

WELCOME Woolwich Mayor Todd Cowan (right) greets KitchenerConestoga MP Harold Albrecht at Gore Park.

FOODIES The Elmira Optimist Club cooked up a storm, led by Wilfred Doll, Randy Smith, Jim Gunkel, Jeff Bechard and John Marche.

The proposal for the Woolwich Bio-En Inc. renewable energy project has been posted on the environmental registry referred to in section 5 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993. Comments in respect of the proposal may be submitted to the Director of O. Reg 521/10, s.7. Project Description: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the facility, in respect of which the project is to be engaged in, is considered to be a Class 3 Anaerobic Digestion Facility that processes organic material using anaerobic digestion to produce biogas which will be combusted to generate electricity and heat. If approved, the facility will generate 2.85 MW of electricity and 3.02 MW of heat from the biogas. The project location is shown in the map and is to be located on lands that are zoned as industrial. The proposed facility will include two buildings, one for operations and one for processing. The operations building will house the reciprocating engines and other equipment to perform facility operations and control. The process building will receive organic materials and will contain equipment to prepare and blend the organic material prior to being fed into the anaerobic digestion equipment. The facility will receive and process no more than 70,000 tonnes/year of organic material. The facility has been designed with emissions control equipment to mitigate the potential emission of air contaminants and odour from activities including: organic unloading, processing, and digestate loading. As required by the Regulation, final copies of all submitted documents have been made available for public inspection at www.bio-en.ca/elmira.html. Project Contacts and Information: To learn more about the project proposal concerns please contact:

SERVING Kitchener-Conestoga’s top politicians, Conservative MP Harold Albrecht and Liberal MPP Leeanna Pendergast, put politics aside for a few moments and shared a laugh while cutting the cake.

Earl Brubacher 4 Arthur Street North Elmira, ON N3B-3A2 Phone 519-669-5171 Ext. 240 earlb@marbro.com www.bio-en.ca

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Celebrating Canada's day FLAG

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Carmen Read (left) and Lydia Wilson were among the hundreds of jubilant residents who crowded into Gore Park in Elmira for Canada Day festivities last Friday.

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> Police break ground on new North Division site

> Woman succumbs to injuries from collision

Regional Chair Ken Seiling, together with police service chair Tom Galloway, police chief Matt Torigian and other community representatives officially broke ground Thursday to mark the beginning of construction on the new Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) North Division detachment. WRPS has outgrown the century old building on Erb Street West which has housed North Division since 1991. To meet the expanding needs, the Region of Waterloo purchased the property at 45 Columbia St. E. in Waterloo for the future North Division Facility. With construction beginning this week, the building is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2012. The building will be built to meet the LEED Canada silver level of certification. One special feature of the building is the inclusion of a 30kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system that will take up most of the new building’s 10,000-square-foot roof area. The electricity produced by the PV system is estimated to be 45,000kWh per year; or enough green electricity to reduce eight tonnes of green house gas emissions annually. The PV panels will not be visible from street level.

A woman charged in connection with a two-vehicle collision on Northfield Drive East late last month died Wednesday as a result of the injuries she sustained in the accident. Aleda Stanbury, a resident of Kitchener, was 92. On June 28, a 2001 Cavalier driven by the Kitchener woman was attempting to leave a private driveway when it was struck by a westbound Dodge pickup driven by a 41-year-old Kitchener man. The driver of the Cavalier was taken to a local hospital and subsequently transferred to Hamilton for further treatment due to the extent of her injuries. An investigation was initiated by members of the Waterloo Regional Police Traffic Services Branch, leading to Stanbury being charged with ‘failing to yield from a driveway.’ Neither the passenger in her car nor the driver of the pickup was injured in the incident, which brought emergency crews to a spot east of Wissler Road shortly after 10 a.m.

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NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT 2011 WATER SUPPLY MASTER PLAN UPDATE The Region of Waterloo is responsible for water supply to the Integrated Urban System servicing the majority of the areas within Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and Woolwich. The Region’s current Water Supply Master Plan completed in 2007 provides direction on water supply to these areas and broadly consists of 1) development of additional groundwater sources, 2) aquifer storage and recovery to augment water supply until 2035, and 3) a Great Lakes based water supply after 2035. The Region of Waterloo is initiating the 2011 Water Supply Master Plan Update that will account for recent trends in water demand and water supply. The result of this study will be an updated, comprehensive master plan to identify preferred strategies for both the short term (10 to 20 years) and long term (30 to 40 years). The study will also identify the individual projects required to implement these strategies, and prioritize these projects based on need. This study will be conducted in accordance with the Master Plan Approach of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. An integral component of this study will be public consultation with various interested stakeholders. A Public Information Centre (PIC) will be held to target specific groups and area municipalities. Details will be advertised as the study progresses. This notice is also available on the Region’s website at: http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/water under Master Plans and Projects. A mailing list for notification purposes is being prepared. If you are interested in being placed on the mailing list to receive future information, or if you have any questions, please contact either of the representatives below. Mr. Kaoru Yajima, P.Eng Senior Planning Engineer Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street, 7th Floor Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 4J3 Phone: 519-575-4757 x 3349 Fax: 519-575-4452 Email: kyajima@regionofwaterloo.ca

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All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this study are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to Mr. Kaoru Yajima.

CHRIS DEJONG How long have you been working for Bladerunner? This is my first year. It’s all-season, we do spring cleanup, summer maintenance, fall cleanup and snowplowing. What do you enjoy most about your work? I’m outside all day and with

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a lot of moving around and physical labour it keeps you fit.

I bike a lot, and I like to go to the beach and spend time with family friends.

Since you’re outside a lot, how do you beat the heat? I normally tough it out, but with a lot of water.

If you won the lottery tomorrow what is the first thing you would do? The first thing I would do is buy a car. Something just to get around in.

What else do you enjoy doing during the summer?

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KWCF provides new source of funding for sports groups James Jackson

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or sporting groups throughout the region, money is always an issue and often the limiting factor when it comes to supporting certain projects or activities. This year a new source of funding became available thanks to the Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation in partnership with the True Sport Foundation, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and

the City of Waterloo. Together they created a pilot project called the Waterloo Region True Sport Grant, which recently distributed some $42,500 to 18 groups. The concept was to help enhance local communities by promoting sport as a way of building capacity within that community. “Community sport inspires friendship, learning, health and personal growth,” said Rosemary Smith, CEO

of the KWCF. “These traits are strong influencers of a vital community, which is at the root of the foundation’s work.” There were 39 grant applications, totaling more than $125,000, and a six-person adjudicating panel whittled the choices down to the final 18. “They looked at a broad variety of factors, it wasn’t simple by any means,” said Smith. “They were looking for opportunities to make an im-

pact, they were looking for what the grant was based on in terms of assets for the organization, [and] they looked at how broadly it would reach within the community they were trying to serve.” The programs that were awarded money ranged from afterschool drop-in sports programs and a girls’ sports leadership camp to an outdoor neighbourhood ice rink. Applications were accepted from May to early June and

the projects awarded grants ranging from $4,800 to $636, and all the money must be reinvested back into the community projects by December. Despite having members of the Woolwich community on-hand for the initial meetings, the KWCF was disappointed when no formal applications came in from either of the townships. “That broke our hearts. That absolutely broke our hearts,” said Smith, adding that she

could only speculate about the lack of applications. The pilot project will have to be closely evaluated before a decision is made on whether or not the program can continue next year, she added, saying that everyone involved was learning along the way. “I’m hopeful that the money is used in a way of making change in the community, but until we review those I can’t say if the grant program will move forward or not.”

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or the second consecutive year – and the fourth time in the past six years – Home Hardware has been awarded the Safest Large Fleet Award at the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada’s annual conference, held in Uxbridge on June 23 and 24. With nearly 500 trailers in the company’s fleet, Home Hardware trucks have become a common sight all across Canada as they drive approximately 17 million kilometres each year to deliver products to the more than 1,000 dealers across the country. That visibility is one of the motivating factors for ensuring their trucks are the safest on the roads. “When you have those big yellow trucks travelling right across the country, they’re pretty easy to spot and

so it’s important that the drivers are always safety-conscious,” said Paul Straus, president and CEO of Home Hardware Store Limited, which was founded in 1963 and has its headquarters in St. Jacobs. “We’ve got a good group of drivers who really take their job seriously and practice their safe driving habits,” Straus added. The fleet is based in four main distribution centres across Canada – Elmira and St. Jacobs, as well as Debert, Nova Scotia and Wetaskiwin, Alberta – and the company has taken the industry-lead in developing road safety policies and training programs. About six years ago they adopted a Carrier Safety Management System to track the hiring and training of new drivers, as well as analyzing their driving habits and the ongoing maintenance of each truck

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Home Hardware lauded for safe trucking practices

ROLLING ALONG SAFELY Dennis Shantz (left, national fleet manager), Joe Ament (carrier safety coordinator), driver Bryon Winfield, Eldon Gerber (trailer maintenance supervisor), driver Wray Martin and Mike Good from Good’s Garage have all played a key role in ensuring Home Hardware trucks are among the safest on the road. “We look at speed, the Ministry of Trans- der that system, with and best practices in hard braking, idle portation calls a CVOR scores ranging from safety management for times – and we’re al- audit. Over a two-year zero to 10 per cent con- private fleets. Home Hardware preways looking for pat- period, the provincial sidered “excellent”. The Private Fleet viously took home the terns,” said Dennis government looks at all Shantz, national fleet accidents or infractions Safety Awards were top award in 2005, 2008 manager for Home by drivers, roadside in- created in 1998 by Zu- and 2010. “I think we’re very Hardware. “We do fol- spections at highway rich and the Private low up with the driver weight stations, and Motor Truck Council proud to win it for the and let him know if other safety informa- of Canada to recognize fourth time, and I think there is an issue and we tion to determine their trucking fleets that are it goes to show that most dedicated to safe- we’re doing a lot of rating. have it corrected.” Currently, Home ty and improvement, things correctly within A carrier’s safety record is largely deter- Hardware maintains a with the goal of encour- the trucking division,” mined through what 10.5 per cent rating un- aging improved safety added Shantz.

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On most of the planet, we are no longer at each other’s throats about religion. Gwynne Dyer

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VERBATIM ntario's electricity system is in critical condition. As the province's polluting coal 0plants are phased out and its nuclear plants reach the end of their lives, the decisions Ontarians make today will determine how reliable, sustainable and affordable the province's electricity system will be 20 years from now.

> Tim Weis of the Pembina Institute, which issued a report in favour of Ontario's Green Energy Act.

THE MONITOR or the second consecutive month, resiFmonthly dential sales in the region increased on a basis compared to last year. This brings the total number of sales recorded through the Multiple Listing System during the first half of the year to 3,443, a 5.4% decrease compared to 2010, but in line with the five-year average.

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Electricity rates climb, so now's the time for green

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s Waterloo North Hydro brings its new smart meters online, chances are you’ll be seeing higher electricity bills. Time-of-day billing provides some options to lower expenses, but it essentially recognizes the cost of providing an infrastructure to cope with peak demand. Smart meters or not, electricity is going to eat up a larger portion of our incomes. Aging infrastructure – from nuclear plants to the wires that bring power to our homes – needs to be replaced. As consumers of electricity, we’ve never paid the actual cost of bringing it to us, let alone all the things that come along with our dependence of energy, such as the environmental impacts. As with so much of our infrastructure, we’re having to renew decades-old systems while building the new ones to accommodate

population growth. In short, there are plenty of valid reasons why rates will continue to rise – sharply, in many cases – over the next several years. Green energy, however, is not one of them. Often scapegoated by opponents – see Hudak, Tim, for instance – the Ontario government’s Green Energy Act has done little to raise rates, but helps put the province in a better position for the long-term changes coming to the electricity industry, says a report released this week. In “Behind the switch: pricing Ontario electricity options,” the Pembina Institute argues consumers would see virtually no relief from high electricity prices if the province cancelled its support for renewable energy under the Green Energy Act. The study indicates that investing in renewable energy

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Good intentions aside, there’s no sense in “Muslim for a Month”

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andhi, born a Hindu, once said: “I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew.” Most people will never achieve such enlightenment (or spout such pious tripe, if you are of a less reverent turn of mind). But such thinking certainly creates an opening for innovative programs like “Muslim for a Month.” No, really. There is an organization that invites people of other religions or none to come to Istanbul and live as Muslims for a month. Well, not a month, exactly: the nine-day “Explorations” program costs $900 and the 21-day “Ruminations” program costs $1,890. “We like to think that 'Muslim for a Month' facilitates more understanding of a religion which gets a lot of bad press,” explained Ben Bowler, who lives in Thailand and runs similar “religious immersion tours” in Buddhism for the same organization. “There’s a huge difference in the public perception of Buddhism, for example, and Islam – Islam is thorny, while Buddhism is warm and fuzzy.” People who think Buddhism is warm and fuzzy would probably benefit from Bowler’s “Monk for a Month” program in Thailand. People who think that Islam is a religion of hatred and terrorism would likewise benefit from the “Muslim for a Month” program. Indeed, if all that’s going on here is a simple download of information and perspective, you could argue that every religion should be doing it. Much of the human race lives in places where two or more major religions co-exist – Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand; Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs in India; Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Jews in South Africa. Not to mention countries

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International Affairs GWYNNE DYER where up to half the population are non-believers (like Britain and Korea). A crash course in your neighbours’ religious beliefs ought to be part of the school curriculum. In some places, it already is. But there is still something disturbing about the very idea of religious tourism. Immersing yourself in the prayers and rituals of a religion even though you think its god is false smacks of condescension at best, blasphemy at worst. And although a sense of politeness prevents most people from saying it loudly in public, religious people generally believe that the gods of all religions but their own are indeed false. Non-believers go even further. As Richard Dawkins, the world’s leading advocate of atheism, once put it: “We are all atheists about most of the gods that people have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.” Fine. That’s a perfectly respectable position to hold. But if that’s what you think, then pretending to pray to Allah as a “cultural experience” is downright disrespectful. The people who are organizing “Muslim for a Month” have the best of intentions. The Blood Foundation is a Thailand-based enterprise whose goal is “to promote the ideal of the sister/ brotherhood of all humanity. We operate cultural exchange programs that build bridges of understanding between diverse peoples through the

means of shared, authentic experience.” According to the Blood Foundation, the “Muslim for a Month” initiative aims “to foster a spirit of good will and increased mutual understanding between Muslims and the west. It is not the purpose of the program to bring converts to the Islamic faith but rather to strive towards a greater sense of unity among people.” I believe that that is truly their goal. I also very much like the Sufi tradition of Islam, one of the most attractive forms of religious expression that I have ever encountered, and it is the Sufis who are providing the facilities and the teachers for the “Muslim for a Month” program in Turkey. But it still doesn’t feel right. Here’s the thing. Almost all of the “modern” religions that have arisen in the past 2,500 years (and Judaism, which is much older) have sacred texts that are held by the believers to be divinely revealed truth. They are not negotiable or mutually compatible, like the old pagan beliefs were. To believe in any of the modern gods requires the faithful to reject all the others as false. If Muslim beliefs are right, then Christian beliefs are wrong, and vice versa. If the Sikhs are right, then the Baha’i are wrong, and vice versa. If the Buddhists are right, then the Jews are wrong, and so on ad nauseam. Why stop there? If the Mormons are right, then all the other Christians are horribly, catastrophically wrong. If any of the other Christian sects (or any of the non-Christian faiths) is right, then Mormon beliefs are downright ridiculous. If the Shia are right, then the Sunnis are wrong, and vice

THE VOICE

Have you been following the royal visit?

"I have been following the visit. It’s great to see the happy couple. They are representing a fresh new beginning for the royal family." > Dave Herrington

"On occasion, when I get the newspaper I read about the visit." > Holly Gard

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"No I haven’t really followed this visit." > Wayne McClanahan

With the cost of everything on the rise, kids learn a lesson in household economics and suddenly a hot summer of fun has "No" bounds.

"For sure. I just adore Catherine, she is so beautiful." > Honey Fish

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learly we’ve learned nothing from the recent recession. Created by financial-sector greed, unfettered corporate greed and compliant governments that championed deregulation, the economic meltdown has been catastrophic to middle- and working-class people across the globe. Even though we’re technically out of a recession, the only people who have bounced back are the ones who were responsible for the mess. Far from being penalized, they were in essence rewarded for what happened, and appear quite content to keep on doing what they’ve done before. Perhaps they’re convinced they’ll continue to reap the profits while the rest of us will pick up the tab. We only need look at the U.S. – the epicenter of much that went wrong and continues to be wrong – to see there’ve been no lessons learned. A report this week shows the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million, a 23-per-cent increase over 2009. And that’s just pay, not the generous stock options typical of those positions. By contrast, last year the average American worker made $752 a week, just half a per cent more – meaning they made less than in 2009 when inflation is taken into account. Things were far worse for an increasing number of unemployed Americans. The official unemployment rate was nine per cent, but that number doubled when the underemployed were factored in. The U.S. situation is obviously much worse than here, though marginally better than Greece, the poster child for financial difficulties. The measures undertaken in Greece, of course, are also a good example of the kind of policies that has the U.S. mired in economic malaise: massive debt, low tax streams, austerity programs and assaults on government institution. In short:

From the Editor Steve Kannon private profits, socialized losses. It’s as if we’re unable to learn from the past. In a New York Times column this week, economist Paul Krugman makes just that point in discussing the renewed vigour of trickle-down economics – aka Reagonomics and voodoo economics – in relation to a proposed tax holiday for U.S. multinationals corporations. The idea is to let the companies repatriate their overseas profits without paying the normal taxes that would follow. “And now trickle-down economics — specifically, the idea that anything that increases corporate profits is good for the economy — is making a comeback,” he writes. “On the face of it, this seems bizarre. Over the last two years profits have soared while unemployment has remained disastrously high. Why should anyone believe that handing even more money to corporations, no strings attached, would lead to faster job creation?” The problem, Krugman notes, is that these measures don’t work. “As opponents of this plan point out, we’ve already seen this movie: A similar tax holiday was offered in 2004, with a similar sales pitch. And it was a total failure. Companies did indeed take advantage of the amnesty to move a lot of money back to the United States. But they used that money to pay dividends, pay down debt, buy up other companies, buy back their own stock — pretty much everything except increasing investment and creating jobs. Indeed, there’s no evidence that the 2004 tax holiday did anything at all

Dyer: Best to avoid the discussion > CONTINUED FROM PG. 11 versa. So in a world where something like 90 per cent of the population is still religious (though much less in the developed countries), what is one to do? We minimize conflict by simply not talking about the huge, irreconcilable differences in our religious convictions. (The non-religious

play the same game: they rarely challenge the beliefs of the believers either.) It’s not an attractive behaviour, and it doesn’t always avert conflict, but most of the time it works. On most of the planet, we are no longer at each other’s throats about religion. The world does not need “Muslim (or Sikh, or Christian) for a Month.” Let sleeping dogs lie.

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to stimulate the economy.” The well-documented failures of neo-conservative economics are an issue in Canada, as well, given the current federal government. In successive budgets, the Harper government has pushed for lower corporate taxes and transfer of the tax burden to the middle-class. Spending increases have been largely partisan, and there’s been an emphasis on a decidedly American agenda of funneling money into defence and security contractors. Past calls and later attempts at deregulation have been largely thwarted, but there will be return trips to the well. Of course, that’s not enough. Lobbyists and special interest groups continue to push for lower corporate tax rates. Competitiveness is the mantra: we’re told taxes must be lower or businesses will flee the province or country, and that new ventures will go elsewhere. The argument has been successful, as rates fall year after year, though the promised investment and other dividends rarely appear. In years past, groups such as the chamber of commerce and right-wing think tanks such as the Fraser Institute stressed that our

Soccer league could use improvements To the Editor,  I’ve had concerns about Woolwich Youth Soccer for the past couple of years that my children have played soccer and thought it was time I spoke up about it. It seems that year after year the disorganization and the level of effort put into the organization by Woolwich Youth Soccer is really poor. They are wonderful until they get your money but it stops there. I can’t even begin to count the number of games that my children have played without refs, never mind linesman. If we go to a game somewhere outside of Woolwich, they always have linesman and I have never once gone to a game outside of the township and not had a ref. The field conditions are very poor on fields that are managed through the soccer club (grass not cut and bagged, and lines are barely visible most weeks), and I’m not exactly sure where the money is being spent that everyone is giving the

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This Stone is on a roll Second location allows Stone Landscapes to expand offerings, serve wider area James Jackson

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or Stone Landscapes, bigger is almost certainly better. After two years of business at 650 Weber St. near the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market, the company has outgrown its 2.2-acre yard, prompting them to open a second location in Kitchener at 68 Webster, behind the Toys ‘R’ Us plaza. According to the company’s president, however, the move has been a long time coming. Land is a tough commodity to come by in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, and ever since he started the company he has been looking for more space. “The main reason for the move is we’re growing,” said Jeff Dillon, who started the

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EXPANSION PLANS Stone Landscapes president Jeff Dillon says that the company’s second location at 68 Webster St. in Kitchener will help serve customers at both ends of Kitchener-Waterloo more efficiently after the company outgrew their current site near the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. company with his father the farmers’ market to help is almost double the size rent site. when they purchased Kuntz ease some of the pressure of their current yard – just “The second location will Landscaping Depot after from their limited space on under four acres – and will be more in the distribution selling their family’s office Weber Street, but still more act as a staging area for the end of the business and we’ll supply business. land was required. Dillon distribution of materials to be positioned well at the “We’ve outgrown our cur- said his company has begun both retail customers and north and the south end of rent location and even our to expand beyond the tradi- contractors. the city. From a contractors temporary location, and tional markets in the Water“I’ve been looking for land point of view it will be easier we knew we needed more loo Region and Guelph and for three years and literally for them to feed from both lospace.” have started taking on larger every week I would search cations.” They had been renting projects, which necessitated for real estate, and when I The company deals in about 1.7 acres near the move. found this one I jumped on nearly anything to do with The new property it; I met the owners and we landscaping or landscape hit it off.” supplies, from mulch and Having two locations, one fertilizer to garden lights in the north end of Waterloo and fountainscapes, but as and one near the south end the company name suggests, of Kitchener, should help their real specialty is all serve customers more ef- things stone. ON fectively and efficiently, “When I came up with Dillon noted. Stone Landcapes, I wanted it DISPLAY The “We’ve got a really good to be clear what we do. Yes, extra space will allow the location here and it’s near we handle stone – both natucompany to have more displays the market and it’s well ral and manmade product – such as this one to demonstrate known and has been estab- and pretty much anything to all the possibilities in design, given lished for quite some time, do with stone.” the difficulties in envisioning how so we’re going to stay here The company sources certain stone might look on and focus on Waterloo cus- materials from around the homes or driveways. tomers at this end, and it world, from our own backwill remain our head office,” he said of their cur> SEE STONE ON PG. 15

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Hot weather driving and long distances over the summer vacation season put additional demands on your vehicle. It’s more important than ever to prepare your vehicle with maintenance services that include changing of oil and other vital fluids. Pennzoil 10 Minute Oil Change Center is the ideal solution to fast, easy and affordable service. Simply enter their two lane, drive-thru service facility and have essential maintenance done in as little as 10 minutes—while you wait. The highly trained crew at Pennzoil 10 Minute Oil Change Center use warranty approved procedures and products including the newest in conventional and synthetic PENNZOIL lubricants. Your service includes chassis lubrication and a multi-point visual inspection. Vital fluids will be topped up. They will also note the condition of various maintenance areas and recommend replacement or the next anticipated service interval. Other service offerings include: radiator/cooling system flush & fill; automatic transmission fluid change; fuel injection and air induction system cleaning; and much more. Ask about their Battery & Charging System Check, ideal for vehicles 3 years and older. Owner Dave Jensen and the team at Pennzoil 10 Minute Oil Change Center Waterloo are committed to fast, friendly service to help your vehicle to have the best fuel economy, minimal effects on the environment, and longer vehicle life. No appointment is necessary so stop in soon!

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5 Star Water Solutions has been providing water quality solutions for home and business needs for 24 years, operating under the current name since November 2004. 5 Star Water Solutions, your local Kinetico dealer, carries the world’s most efficient and environmentally friendly water treatment, purification and distribution equipment. Kinetico warranties are the best in the industry. Highly efficient water softeners from Kinetico are the only nonelectric twin-tank design that provides an uninterrupted supply of soft de-chlorinated water on demand, while using the least amount of salt and water in the industry. They use No Electricity, No Timers, No Electronics—No worries! If you no longer want to take the quality of your drinking water for granted, 5 Star Water Solutions can provide you with Kinetico drinking water systems to produce water free of most contaminants, tastes and odours. The K5 Drinking Water Station from Kinetico allows you to customize your water’s individual filtration needs, allowing you to add beneficial minerals back into your purified water. If you have problems with iron, sulphur odours, chlorine taste or other problem water conditions, 5 Star Water Solutions can help. Water coolers, bottled water, and u-fill water vending stations with value-priced water refill plans are also available. Owner Ken & Mary Kinzie and the specialists at 5 Star Water Solutions in Kitchener can evaluate the quality of your water and recommend the right solution for your family’s water needs. Filter replacement and service for most makes are provided to keep your equipment up and running.

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“Serving You Fresh For 25 Years” 60 Otonabee Dr., (off Bleams Rd., between Homer Watson & Manitou) Kitchener 519-894-0442 Seafood from Caudle’s Catch Seafood is still one of the best values around. It is nutrient dense so it meets many dietary requirements in smaller portions without adding high levels of saturated fats and calories to your diet. Preparation is a breeze. You don’t need a complex recipe—just a little oil and herbs will do the trick—then broil or grill. Entertain with confidence tonight! Caudle’s Catch Seafood products offer health benefits, too, as the Omega 3 fatty oils that are present in many fish actually help the body prevent cancer and heart disease. With a 9,000 square foot HACCP Certified facility and 2,000 square foot Seafood Superstore, Caudle’s Catch Seafood Ltd. has established high standards in food safety and quality assurance. Choose from over 20 varieties in fresh ocean and lake fish, up to 6 different size of crab legs, 10 sizes of lobster tails, 12 sizes of shrimp, plus scallops, mussels, clams, smoked and pickled fish. Special orders are welcome. Frozen seafood is also available, plus custom made seafood trays, seafood dips, heat & serve appetizers, steak, chicken wings, as well as sauces, marinades, cookbooks and free recipes. Owners Ron & Sylvia Caudle founded Caudle’s Catch Seafood in 1986, and moved the business to its present Kitchener site in 1997. Their reputation as a one-stop source for quality seafood has made them the choice of numerous restaurants, hotels, institutions and grocers. They also have a retail store inside Vincenzo’s in the Bauer Lofts Waterloo. You can also find them at the St. Jacobs Stockyard Market at 878 Weber Street North every Thursday & Saturday, plus at the Kitchener Market every Saturday. Order by phone or website and pickup at one of their 4 locations. www.caudlescatchseafood.com

www.victoriastar.com Victoria Star Motors Inc. is the local dealership for MERCEDESBENZ fine automobiles, as well as Sprinter and the Smart Car lines. Some consumers may think that when you buy MERCEDESBENZ automobiles you are simply paying for status, but that is not the case. The legendary reliability, value and excellent re-sale potential of Mercedes-Benz are based around the extensive engineering research and development that creates an uncompromising balance of performance, safety, ride and luxurious comfort. For some, owning a Mercedes-Benz is a way to reward yourself for your own personal success. The range in price is as diverse as the selection of Victoria Star Motors Inc. features the full line of MERCEDES-BENZ models. You can obtain the B-Class four door hatchback, C-Class sedan, E Class coupe/sedan/wagon/convertible, and SL & SLK-Roadsters. Those wishing for something larger can pick from S-Class full size sedans, the R-Class large Crossover Wagon, GLK Class midsize SUV, GL 7 passenger full size SUV, G Class Rugged SUV, M Class 5 passenger midsize luxury SUV, and Sprinter vans. Most SUV’s come in diesel, and the S-Class models are available in hybrid. A variety of select pre-owned models are often available, most of which are available with the Exclusive “Star Certified Warranty”. Victoria Star Motors Inc. has been serving the needs of discriminating motorists since 1986, and has operated from their present site since February 2006. Dealer Principal Mike Alkier, General Manager Justin Nesbitt and the staff assure customer support second to none, including a 24 hour roadside assistance program, factory trained service using genuine Mercedes-Benz parts, customer shuttle service, loaner vehicles, and leasing or financing plans to suit your family or business needs.

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When you come to the wise decision to remodel your kitchen, adding beauty, function and value to your home with a great return on investment, your next move should be to visit Casey’s Creative Kitchens. This proudly Canadian, family operated business custom designs and builds cabinets for remodeling projects and new homes. From the first design consultation on a personal basis, to final production and a meticulous installation, they ensure customer satisfaction from start to finish. With their own manufacturing facility in London, Casey’s Creative Kitchens offers many Green Solutions, including environmentally friendly cabinet options, 100% water-based cabinet finishes, and gorgeous eco-friendly countertops—all backed by the best warranty in the industry. They also carry two prominent Canadian cabinet lines. From Classic and Contemporary to Urban or Exotic, Casey’s Creative Kitchens offers styles to suit any decorating theme you’ve chosen for your home. They allow customers to choose from an array of door styles, profiles, materials, colours, and finishes. Their designers will work with your family to create stunning designs that reflect your lifestyle. Benefit from their space planning experience and design expertise for a kitchen that is efficient, enjoyable and simply beautiful. They also specialize in bathroom vanities and cabinetry that suit your style. Founded in 1978 in St. Thomas, Casey’s Creative Kitchens now has locations in London, St. Thomas, Stratford, Sarnia, and Waterloo. The Willemse Family and their team invite you to arrange an in-home consultation, or stop by the new Waterloo showroom.

598 Lancaster St. W., Kitchener 519-579-4050 (near Bridge St.) www.golfssteakhouse.com For an unforgettable dining experience, come and relax at Golf’s Steak House & Seafood. They offer a menu that features taste tempting fare, and service reminiscent of years past. In 1976, Owner and General Manager Mike Kanellis started a restaurant to share his enthusiasm for great food, fine wine, and an ambiance that stimulates the senses. At Golf’s Steak House & Seafood they put the heart and soul into making sure every customer is pleasantly satisfied at each and every visit. Treat yourself to a memorable dining experience. Indulge in a delicious steak or seafood dinner while enjoying a warm and inviting atmosphere including a plant-filled solarium room overlooking the Grand River. Golf’s Steak House & Seafood serves the best steaks available. Their seafood is of uncompromising quality, and their appetizers and side dishes have been carefully selected to complement their entrées. House Specialties include hand cut AAA Steaks, Prime Rib, Chateau Briand (for two), Narrow Back Ribs, Rack of Lamb, and Tenderloin Skewers. Other entrees include Chicken Cordon Bleu, Char-Broiled Chicken Breast, and Vegetarian dishes. Seafood lovers will enjoy Fish of the Day, Orange Roughy, Shrimps & Scallops, Stuffed Filet of Sole, Seafood Platter, Surf & Turf, Jumbo Rock Lobster Tails, and Alaskan King Crab Legs. There are also Light & Children’s Dinner menus. Finish your meal with a decadent Dessert, specialty coffee or liqueur. Golf’s Sunday Brunch (10:30am-2pm) features gourmet Hot and Cold foods, Desserts galore, as well as their famous Salad Bar. Planning a party or banquet for 30 to 300 people? Golf’s Steak House & Seafood has private rooms that are great for celebrating weddings, corporate or personal events.

Invites You To TakeThe Plunge! 79 Woolwich St. S., Unit 3, Breslau 519-648-9600 Many families are creating ponds as part of their landscape, adding an element of nature to their yard with soothing sounds and beautiful visual interest. Pond’s & Patio’s can help you complete your backyard paradise with design advice and all the needed pond supplies. A new pond from Pond’s & Patio’s can provide your family with years of stress-free, relaxation enjoyment. These products will certainly enhance your home’s value, if the products are well maintained. Pond’s & Patio’s offers a full range of Laguna pond supplies and accessories, underwater and outdoor lighting, water lillies and marginal plants, some garden statues and floating fountains. They even have Malaysian Koi fish to add colour and life to your new or existing pond. Patio accessories and planters are available, too. Service and support for your pond is a priority with Pond’s & Patio’s. Their qualified crews can seasonally open or close your ponds with the appropriate procedures, attend to a variety of service needs plus repairs and replacement of liners, pumps or filters. Pond vacuum rentals can be provided for your convenience. Pond’s & Patio’s was launched in April 2008, and is locally owned and operated by Roger Powell. When it’s time to stop dreaming and start living, visit Pond’s & Patio’s for a free consultation on a well designed pond to suit your landscape orientation and budget. Ask about Gift Cards for any occasion! They are open Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat. 8-6, Sun 10-4. www.pondsandpatios.ca

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An increasing number of pet owners, breeders and kennels are choosing natural and organic pet foods from Ren’s Pets Depot. A balanced diet with high quality ingredients, vitamins and minerals helps your pet to have a healthy coat, organs and skin. It also reduces the chance of your pet developing food allergies or intolerance. Satisfying your pet’s appetite while knowing that their diet is as healthy as their human companions is the goal at Ren’s Pets Depot. In a spacious, friendly showroom, they carry an array of top brands such as Acana, Fromm, Nutros, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Wellness, Purina Pro Plan, Royal Canin, Halo, Iams, Eagle Pack, Orijen, Merrick, Natural Balance, Nature’s Variety and others. Ask about their Frequent Buyer Program for FREE Food. From pet beds, soft-sided carriers and sturdy crates to grooming, exercise, feeding and training supplies, chew toys galore, plus small animal food/supplies, Ren’s Pets Depot has over 13,000 animal food and accessory products at Guaranteed Lowest Prices in Canada (ask for details). They also carry dog houses, multi-cage systems, professional pet grooming supplies and equipment, sanitation products, kennel hardware, animal health items and remedies, bird feeders and seed. Ren’s Pets Depot is a 100% Canadian owned family operated business. After 35 years in Oakville, Ren’s Pets Depot launched a second location with new Head Office in Aberfoyle. They more recently opened a third location in Kitchener on November 20, 2010. Visit them soon to experience the selection, product knowledge and value they have to offer you! You can also view the on-line catalogue at www.renspets.com.

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Local food: an oasis in a nutritional desert

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larm bells are ringing across North America about food deserts, neighbourhoods without farmers’ markets or decent grocery stores, where the only place you can buy food – let alone local food – is the nearby convenience store. And the faster, the better. Besides being devoid of freshness, the selection typically lacks nutrition, filling up America on fat and sugar, and feeding the obesity machine that controls people’s lives. Access to decent food is one of the keys to breaking the cycle. With energy prices stuck on high, people are weighing their options: settle for what’s available nearby, grow your own if possible or budget more for transportation. Energy costs put pressure on one of the original concepts of local food – that is, to bring consumers and farmers closer together through on-farm visits and sales. Too bad, because that approach is good for rural communities and

Food For Thought Owen Roberts tourism. It’s hard to understand why postal workers and airline employees are forced by the government to go back to work, but energy companies are allowed to skin us alive. Food choice patterns are formed for many young people the first time they leave home and start buying food for themselves. What’s readily available in their new local communities and campuses? Whatever it is, that, along with information about how good dietary choices provide energy to work, study and play hard, is pivotal for shaping new consumption habits. And that’s part of what’s driving the University of Guelph’s beefed-up local food program,

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onions and 3,500 lbs of carrots. Since 2009, Hospitality Services has doubled its purchases from the Elmira produce auction. As a result of these many efforts, about 45 per cent of all in-season produce used at the university is local. Kenny sees this pattern growing as more farmers realize there’s a market for competitively priced goods, and as the on-campus processing capacity increases. The university is not a new arrival on the food scene. It’s actually had a local food policy in place for the past decade, and it’s becoming a big part of the region’s Taste Real program, designed to highlight local food offerings. Taste Real signage can be seen on campus in the main food court, designating specific products such as carrots, apples, onions and potatoes. Guelph’s founding colleges have been connected to advances in the province’s food and agriculture sector since the 1800s, and continue to do so today through the unique research agreement between the university and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The commitment to increased local food is a natural progression in the drive to provide Ontarians with the best food possible.

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yard in Ontario to the far reaches of India and China. It all depends on the colours of stone that customers want for their homes and driveways. The company stocks nearly 6,000 items and produces a 120-page colour catalogue each season. Given the lead time necessary for getting stone all the way from Asia – orders are made in January for delivery in May – Dillon said the extra space at the new location will help in organizing their materials more efficiently and get contractors out on the road as quickly as possible. “We don’t do any of the landscape work ourselves, we are primarily in landscape distribution,” Dillon said. “Most customers, especially contractors, want the product right away and they want it done right the first time. There is no time to go back: they have their crews on the road and fuel is expensive.” Dillon said the company will have twice as many displays thanks to their new location, and that plays an enormous role in making sure customers get the stone and the look that they desire. The stone arrives in crates and loaded on skids, which makes it difficult to envision how it will look on the side of a home. The displays allow Stone Landscapes to

arrange the stones as they might appear on the outside of a house or on their driveway, and Dillon said with the excellent staff he has working for him, they can solve any problem or question a customer might have about their landscaping needs. “Between the two locations we’re going to have one of the largest displays and sites that anyone has seen in southern Ontario,” said Dillon. The company is already well on their way to opening the new location, and Dillon hopes to have the move complete by next week for a scheduled ‘soft opening’ in August with limited hours just to get their feet wet. He said demand is really high right now given the slower spring, and by having a more limited opening it will give them a chance to fully stock their inventory for a full opening next spring. “I want to have it open and allow people to shop there. I don’t want to waste any time and allow people to see it, I definitely want to keep the momentum going and we’ll be building in the background.”

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which started emerging this spring. The university is finalizing plans to build a produce processing room on campus, which will allow it to prepare more vegetables procured from local farmers at the Elmira produce auction, as well as from direct connections with suppliers specializing in local and regional commodities, and from the agricultural research stations it manages in Bradford and Simcoe on behalf of the province. Mark Kenny, the university’s food purchasing coordinator, says most of what’s branded “local” food is sourced from up to 200 km. away. That distance reflects the university’s broad research station network, as well as the span of what’s grown regionally in Ontario. Some of the food he and the Hospitality Services crew procures – 125 cases of honey each year, for example – is available on the university’s doorstep, from its own apiaries. Other foods (coffee and spices, for example) are impossible to grow locally, in which case Kenny looks to area suppliers, giving him at least some local connectivity. The numbers show how he’s doing. The university now buys 30,000 lbs of local fresh chicken breast every year, about 5,000 lbs of sausage, 10,000 lbs of red

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Energy tips: With time-of-use billing, efficiencies are more important > CONTINUED FROM PG. 16 • Turn lights off when they are not in use. This applies to fluorescent as well as incandescent bulbs. If you are out of a room for more than 10 minutes, switching off a fluorescent light will save energy and lamp life. (Switching fluorescent lights on and off repeatedly will reduce lamp life.) • Keep your lamps and fixtures clean. If dirt reduces light levels, you may tend to switch on extra lights or use higher wattage lamps. Drip-dry plastic parts to reduce static buildup, which can attract dust. Be safe - remember to unplug the fixture

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Colin Dewar he Horst family finished a cross-Canada bike tour on July 1. It took them just over 35 years to complete it. It all started in 1975 when brothers Brent, Gary and Doug decided to cycle from Joliette, Quebec to St. John’s Newfoundland using cheap 10-speed bikes and no helmets. “Our gear has certainly changed over the years,” said Brent. “We definitely take better care of ourselves now. I don’t know how we

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managed to make it all the way with out any major incidents occurring.” Brent was 15 at the time he started out on the trip. This year he turned 51. The accomplishment was a while in the making , but he’s quite proud of what he and his family have done. “It’s a Canadian right of passage, it is a bucket list sort of thing. I am very thankful we live in a country where we are able to cross it from sea to sea on a bike and see everything from that perspective,” he said.

That first trip the three brothers covered 1,819 kilometres, camping every night and making due with a steady diet of bologna and tomato sandwiches. “It was a great experience and a good challenge,” said Brent. “I am glad I could do it with my brothers.” In 1977 Brent and Gary cycled from their new family home in St. Jacobs to Montreal to see the woman who would become Gary’s wife, Brenda. “I don’t remember a lot about that trip, I was 17

years old, it was a long time ago, my mind was obviously on other things back then,” said Brent. The trip to Montreal was the last trip for the brothers for 30 years. “I knew Gary always planned on biking across Canada, but I figured he’d given up on his dream after all the years had passed.” Gary had other plans, marriage and kids may have delayed his dream but he was determined to finish the cross-country tour. Starting again in 2007 the

brothers, this time accompanied by their children, now teenagers began the trip, starting this time in Vancouver, B.C. and heading east to Calgary. “I wasn’t to keen on going, I was older and not in the best shape,” said Brent. “Then I found out my daughter Abby was planning to go with her uncles and I thought ‘there is no way I can let her go with those two without me being there.’ I am glad it turned out that way. We all had a

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Maple syrup can add to many a recipe L

iving here in Waterloo Region, we’ve almost taken the availability of maple syrup for granted. I have fond memories of my Dad “drinking” it with a spoon from a soup bowl, a fresh bottle just purchased from the market. While going to cooking school in Calgary it occurred to me that it was a luxury item, and that there was actually ‘fake’ maple syrup attempting to pose for the real thing. When I told my dad the price of a bottle of maple syrup in the west he immediately mailed me a one-litre jug (which probably ended up costing him double in shipping!). There’s nothing like getting a bottle of maple syrup in the mail! The beautiful thing about maple syrup is that it goes with just about everything: sweet, of course, but savoury, spicy and sour flavours benefit immensely with a splash of nature’s gold. Maple syrup balances well with salty flavours such as crispy fried chicken; it can mellow out a sour grapefruit and it can tame the heat from a hot pepper.

From The Chef's Table Kirstie Herbstreit & Jody O'Malley The following are two recipes where we feel that maple syrup is an absolute must. Use these Maple Candied Nuts in salads, or just for straight up snacking. The best tuna can be found at T&J Seafoods in Kitchener, and is a great recipe to try as an introduction to rare tuna. Place pecans on baking tray and bake @ 400°F, 3-4 minutes, until toasted and fragrant; In a fry-pan heat to bubbling the maple syrup and oil; toss hot nuts into syrup mixture and cook for

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>>1 cup pecan halves >>1/4 cup maple syrup >>1/4 tbsp canola or grape seed oil >>1/4 tsp kosher salt >>1/2 tsp sugar >>1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (optional) 1-2 minutes; Place on a parchment lined, or Silpat lined baking sheet; sprinkle with salt and sugar, (and cayenne, if you’re using it); Turn oven down

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ALMOST THERE Brent (left) and his older brother Gary Horst stand at Kakabeka Falls near Thunder Bay on July 1. This was the last stop for the brothers on their cross Canada bike tour.

> CONTINUED FROM PG. 18 great time.” Over the next five years the family would travel more than 4,600 km on their bikes. “It’s truly a family cycle journey,” he said. On Canada Day Brent and Gary completed their journey, travelling from Saskatoon to Thunder Bay, Ontario. Gary can connect every kilometre from British Columbia to St. John’s Newfoundland where as Brent completed the tour with a minor gap from Cataract, Ont. to Toronto. “I’ve cycled so many kilometres in Ontario, I consider it complete,” said Brent. During all their trips the family never walked a hill or missed a kilometre of the journey. “Some of those hills in Northern Ontario and the Rocky Mountains were quite tricky,” said Brent. “Sometimes we would pull over and rest or just go into a lower gear and work our way through it. I have to say Northern Ontario was my favorite part of the trip. I don’t know if it was because we were near the end or if by that time I was just in the right mindset. I do know it was beautiful. We truly live in an amazing country.” Weather was never a concern for the family. Over the 35-plus years, they saw about four or five hours of rain during the whole journey. “The great thing about it is that anyone can do it. We met two gentlemen that were in their 70s that were biking across the country,” said Brent. “We even came across a family doing the same and the youngest one was 11 years old. It doesn’t matter what age you are, it’s all in the mind.”

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Sear for 1-2 minutes on one side, then carefully flip to the other side; cook a further 1-2 minutes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no more, to ensure that the tuna is still rare in the centre. Cooked more, your tuna will be dry; Immediately place tuna in maple-soy sauce, turning after one minute; To serve tuna: remove from maple-soy sauce, slice into ½-inch slices and serve atop some steamed rice and sautĂŠed vegetables. Drizzle extra sauce around the plate and sprinkle with sesame seeds. *We use grape seed oil because it is neutral in flavor and has a high smoke point.

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Safety Around Farm Equipment and Machinery

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here are a number of appealing tasks on a farm for all ages, especially teens. Operating machinery and heavy equipment is one of the more common needs on the farm. This can be fascinating — as long as you've been trained in what you're doing and you're physically strong enough to work the equipment. Certain risks risks for teens who work with farm machinery are obvious. First, the machinery has been designed for adults, which means that there are more risks for the younger teen who is still maturing. If you're asked to operate farm equipment, use your wisdom and judgment. Some of the things to be aware of are machinery rollover and roadway accidents. And if you don't feel like you're in control of the equipment, stop what you're doing

and ask for help. You'll probably be more respected if you do — no one wants a nasty accident. Older teens also have risks when operating farm equipment, too — the same ones that adults face, such as bone and muscle injury. The advice for avoiding problems is the same for older teens as it is for adults: Don't operate equipment under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Even some medications, like cold medicines, can impair a person's ability to react to possible dangers. Even equipment as seemingly tame as allterrain vehicles (ATVs) carries risks. It's tempting to think of ATVs as playthings — they can be fun, after all — but in a farm setting, there's a certain amount of responsibil-

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ost farmers say safety is an important and essential core value in their operations. But building safety into everyday work plans for themselves, their families and employees is often a different story. Sometimes it’s tough to know the best way to pass-on the safety ethic. But it can be done in six steps. The first step is identify work expectations. Write a work procedure for each major job on your farm. In it, describe job responsibilities and duties, giving specific performance objectives, standards or requirements for each including safety expectations. This will include describing the quantity and quality of results with emphasis given to critical behaviours. Be sure that you and the worker each have a copy of the written job description. Use it for training and annual performance evaluations. Second, set up to succeed. Successful work has two primary ingredients – the right worker using the right tools. Select and place workers based on matching their capabilities and competencies with the job. Ensure they have or get proper task instructions, skill training or coaching as needed and give a full review of related policies, procedures and practices. Empower workers by giving them knowledge, responsibilities and authority to succeed at their job. This also means ensuring they have the proper materials, equipment, resources and environment to do the

job effectively and safely. Third, monitor and measure performance. The best way to monitor and measure performance is through simple observation that concentrates on objective, measurable, job related factors such as attendance, accuracy, quantity and quality of work, safety behaviours and other performance requirements. Evaluate their work and offer both positive comments and areas where improvement is needed. Document your findings as part of your employment business records. Fourth, provide performance feedback. Provide on-going feedback to their work in general, pointing out both problems and progress. Use facts, figures and specific incidents to discuss job performance so as to avoid getting personal. Ask questions to ensure two-way communications – as they say ‘learn to listen and listen to learn’. Strive for agreement on how the person is performing and why – and how they can improve. Fifth, practise workplace coaching. Always set a good example as to how to do things safely. When a worker’s behaviour needs to be changed to become safer, correct the behaviour through re-instruction, reminders, reviews, refreshers and reinforcement using a mutual problem-solving approach. Base rewards on results and performance improvements by giving immediate recognition for desired (efficient, safe, productive) behaviour. Make

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ere are some other tips for operating farm machinery: • Just as you fasten your seat belt when getting into a car, use the seat belt that is provided on tractors to avoid being thrown from the tractor. • Wear appropriate clothes, including sturdy work boots. Don't wear baggy or loose clothing around machinery where it can get caught. Likewise, long hair should be tied back or kept under a cap. • Use safety equipment. Certain tasks may require goggles to protect vision and earplugs to protect hearing. People who work around noisy equipment are at risk for permanent hearing loss that occurs due to exposure to loud noise.

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heck out these additional tips for staying safe and healthy on the farm: • The pesticides and chemicals that are used on farms can be extremely dangerous. These materials should be kept locked away in marked containers with warning labels. Avoid handling them. In the event that someone is exposed to

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Soccer camp an opportunity for local players

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» JAMES JACKSON

Woolwich Youth Soccer organizing British Challenger Soccer Camp later this month

SHOWING SOME HUSTLE Soccer players aged 3 to 18 throughout Waterloo Region will have the opportunity to learn new soccer skills during a week-long camp later this month at EDSS. Maya Allemang from the Woolwich Youth Soccer 9 and 10 year-old girls’ team prepares to take a shot on goal during a house-league match on Monday evening at St. Teresa field. James Jackson

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ith the widespread popularity of the World Cup of Soccer in South Africa last year, and the women’s World Cup right now in Germany which saw Canada enter ranked #6 in the world – its highest ranking ever – soccer has perhaps never enjoyed more popularity throughout Canada than it does now. Woolwich Youth Soccer, which has some 1,100 players registered this season, is primed to capitalize on that popularity later this month when it welcomes the Brit-

ish Challenger Soccer Camp to Elmira District Secondary School for a week-long camp from July 18-22. “I just felt it was a great opportunity to bring in some really great coaching for our soccer club, and also the surrounding clubs as well,” said David Wang, the director of soccer development in Woolwich. “We jumped at the opportunity as soon as we realized there was an opportunity to get them to come to Waterloo Region.” The camp is for players from the age of 3 to 18, with skills and drills designed for

their age group, from developing the fundamental skills in younger players through games and fun soccer challenges, to game-related techniques, tactics and more advanced skill development for the older players. Children aged 3 and 4 can participate in a 45-minute program called first kicks for $75; players 5 and 6 years old can enroll in mini-soccer, a 90-minute program, for $90; and for players 7 to 18, there is a half-day program for $130 or a full-day program is $190. “They are very keen on just developing soccer right across the board. From be-

ginners all the way up to players who have played rep soccer for a while,” said Wang. In a town where hockey is King, Wang said that soccer has started to make enormous gains and that the number of players in soccer now outnumber those playing hockey. “It’s a sport that is definitely not as expensive to play,” said Wang of soccer, adding that many choose the sport because “parents are looking for an alternative that is affordable, but is really good exercise for their kids.” The Challenger program

started back in 1989 when a group of former professional and semi-professional players from the U.K. went to the United States and arranged the first camp. It now boasts 2,000 camps across North America and Australia, including 25 in Ontario alone and as many as 6,000 children across Canada are expected to enroll. “The first thing, which is very important, is we want children to take away a very positive and rewarding experience,” said David Rush, northeast regional director

> SEE SOCCER ON PG. 25

Elmira Midgets to represent province at Eastern Canadian Nationals he Elmira Midget boys’ Lazer Video fastball team is off to play ball in Truro, Nova Scotia. The team is heading out east for the Eastern Canadian Nationals and will be one of two teams representing Ontario in late August. Competing against teams from Quebec, Ontario and the Maritime provinces, Elmira will face some serious competition. “We are going there to win,” said Mike Hanley, head coach. “This is the first time the team has earned the right

to leave the province, we have been close a few times, we finished second in all of Ontario a few years back, but we are very excited to be able to represent our province in Nova Scotia.” The team competed three weekends ago in a qualifier tournament in Nappanee, Ont. and placed sixth over all. The top four teams from that tournament head to the Canadian Nationals and the next two teams go to the eastern championships, said Hanley. Made up of local players from Elmira, Maryhill, St. Jacobs, Drayton and Lin-

wood, the team have been together for a few years with some players playing with each other since they were eight years old. The average age of the team is 19. As of this week Elmira is sitting in third place in the North Waterloo Fastball League. “The championship in Nova Scotia is going to be a good experience for them, some of these guys have never been on a plane before and they are looking forward to seeing another part of their

> SEE NATIONALS ON PG. 26

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Team is currently in fundraising mode to help cover the cost of trip to Nova Scotia

HEADING ON THE ROAD Nevin Wilson of the Elmira Midget boys’ fastball team keeps his eye on the ball during a warm-up at Lions Park on Wednesday.

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Making plans for the best duck season ever

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s an outdoors writer, one of my more interesting tasks is doing a game forecast for Ontario Out of Doors magazine. When you do this, you get to talk to biologists, trappers and other knowledgeable folks and learn how things are shaping up for the upcoming hunting season. They tell you how winter and spring treated our game animals and, on occasion, disclose projected highlights. This year, that means waterfowl. They’re doing great. You see, while all that flooding in the prairies was horrible for farmers and other folks who lived there, it was fantastic for ducks. As a result, U.S. Fish and Wildlife surveys estimate 45.6 million birds in the traditional survey areas. That’s a big deal since there have been only four other occasions since the survey began that numbers have topped 45 million. Mallards are up nine per cent. Canvasbacks, bluebills and redheads are doing very well too. In fact, there’s generally good news across the board. When these prairie birds migrate,

Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea some will pass along the western edge of the province and through southwestern Ontario too. For the rest of us, our local ducks and geese are doing well too. Spring conditions in Ontario were excellent for pairing, nesting, breeding and brood rearing. The ducks had ample food, cover and water to raise their young. With all this in our favour, you’d think that this would mean an easy season for waterfowlers. Well, that’s not necessarily so. The very conditions that helped ducks can hinder hunter success. All that water means that the birds, though plentiful, might be scattered. You might have to look around a bit before you find good concentrations and, once you shoot an area a time or

two, they’ve got plenty of other places to go. This would be great if there were hunters in all of these places to move them around, but sadly, duck hunting numbers aren’t what they used to be. So we don’t have this luxury. That’s why I’m hoping that, this winter, conditions are right for duck hunters to pair, breed and raise more broods of young duck hunters. Then, in 12 years or so, we’ll have enough hunters out there to cover the water and take advantage of situations like this. Of course, before this happens, you need ideal conditions. First you need the right habitat. That means a nice restaurant or a movie that doesn’t involve car chases or shooting. For some reason, this puts the female of the pair in a more receptive mood. During the pairing, the male waterfowler must put on a good display by preening his hair and showing proper behavioural traits. That means he can’t do the things he normally does

Soccer: Camp a chance to polish skills

at duck camp – or if he does, he has to blame it on one of the other people in the elevator. He might even have to refrain from talking about ducks and wingshooting for minutes at a time. He probably shouldn’t ask his potential mate to help him do touch-up paint jobs on decoys on the first date either. No, that’s traditionally the date where you impress her with your duck calling ability. Unless I’m way off base, women find good duck calling irresistible. All this – and a few good duck hunting stories – will probably lead to the actual breeding and brood rearing, which is something that is beyond the scope of this column. Suffice it to say, each involves lengthy discussions about decoy placement, marsh gas and duck blind construction – unless things have changed since I was a young man. In any case, the end result will be a brood of little duck hunters. Please have them cover the potholes around my blind.

Starting them young on the links

ON THE BALL Luaryn Ali (right) tallies a goal in the first half of her team’s 6-1 win Monday night during girls’ house-league action.

for Challenger Sports. “It’s one of the things we pride ourselves on is if you were to go to our soccer camp in California, Wisconsin, or Elmira, you’re going to get the same level of professionalism and you’re guaranteed a good soccer product.” Wang said there are cur-

rently 25 players enrolled in the program and he hopes to get that number up to 40 or 50, and applications will be accepted until the camp opens on July 18. The program boasts a tremendous coach-to-player ratio of 10 players per coach, and should deliver tremendous bang for its buck, said Rush. “As a player and a coach

myself I always tell people I’m still a student of the game,” he said. “In one week, you can’t turn a child into a Pelé overnight, but you can ignite a real passion for the sport.” Anyone from Waterloo Region can enroll and for more information on the camp visit www.woolwichyouthsoccer.com.

PHOTOS

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» COLIN DEWAR

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» JAMES JACKSON

DRIVE TIME Daniel Carr (10) tees off while Brad Hale (11) watches during the “kids golf free” event held Tuesday at the Elmira Golf Club.

THE CHIPS ARE UP Carter Querin (14) chips the ball onto the green. Carter took his grandmother, Betty, to the course for a day of golf.

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>Swimmer back from Houston

Elmira lawn bowlers celebrate Canada Day with tournament

Local swimmer Lynne Martin has returned from the National Senior Games in Houston, held June 16-30. Martin was among 125 Canadian athletes competing in 18 different sports against 10,000 competitors. She competed in the 6569 age group in the 100 yard freestyle sprint, where she finished 18th, and in the 50-yard freestyle sprint which saw her finish 21 out of 45 other swimmers. “I didn't win ribbons or medals, but came home thrilled with my efforts and while my times were not personal bests, I did my best,” Martin said. “Were it not for all the sponsorship financially and a lot of people cheering for me, I would never have made it to Houston. I proudly represented Woolwich Township, Elmira, the other cities in District 26, Ontario, and Canada. This is one experience I will never forget.” The Winterbourne resident qualified for the national games by winning bronze in the 100-metre freestyle spring at the Canada 55+ games in Brockville back in August.

ROLL OUT THE FUN The

Elmira Lawn Bowling Club held its annual Canada Day tournament July 1. Kaitlin Ryan (above) displayed fine form on the bowling greens while her opponent Linda McLean (left) was equal to the task during the day as well. Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht (right) was on hand to throw out the ceremonial first bowl to start the tournament. PHOTOS

>Good showing for local seniors

» JAMES JACKSON

Nationals: Big tournament experience for young players > CONTINUED FROM PG. 24 country,” said Hanley. Coaches and parents held a meeting on Wednesday night to brain storm ideas for fundraisers to help support the team when they head out east. The team will be holding a bottle drive on July 16 between 8 a.m. and noon. The boys will be going door to door collecting empty liquor and wine bottles. Representa-

tives of the team ask that the local community support the team by placing your empties outside for collection. A drop off will be held in the parking lot of EDSS as well. Other fundraising efforts are planned over the next several weeks including a barbecue in front of IGA and a car wash outside PIB. The team hopes to raise $15,000 to $20,000 which will cover the flights and accommodations for all 13 players

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and three coaches. National fastball rules state the team is able to pick up two players from other teams to help strengthen the team at the competition. Hanley will not be evoking that right. “We have a great group of guys already, who earned the right to go. I don’t really want to mess with the team’s groove. They are really starting to come together and we are seeing those results

weekly,” he said. Hanley tries to keep his team grounded and uses the championship to motivate them. “I want to see them come up to another level of play as we get deeper in July,” he said. “The tournament is at the end of August and I would like to have them really concentrating on ball and elevating their game. We don’t need luck we have skill.”

The townships were well-represented in the swimming portion of the District Senior Games last month in St. Mary’s, as seven swimmers took home 25 medals, including 22 gold. Medalists included: Women 75+ Leona Newman - 4 gold Women 75+ Pat Weber - 3 gold, 1 silver Women 65 -74 Mary Angela Vancounet - 2 gold, 1 silver Women 65-74 - Lynne Martin - 3 gold, 1 silver Women 55-64 - Catharine Vargus - 4 gold Men 75+ - Neil Carlyle - 4 gold Men 55-64 - Scott Fraser - 2 gold The results of the District 26 swim meet qualify all the swimmers to swim at the South West Regional Senior Games on Sept. 1 in Chatham - Kent. Winners from the Regional Games can then go on to compete in the Canada Senior Games in 2012 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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Please Note: APPEALS: Zoning Amendments If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-laws does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the proposed zoning by-law amendments are passed:

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Martin’s Family Fruit Farm – Zone Change 10/2011

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NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of additional Township public meetings, Township staff reports or the decision of the Township of Woolwich regarding these applications you must make a written request to Engineering and Planning Services at the Township of Woolwich at the address shown at the top of this page.

The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Zone Change applications. No decisions will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them.

If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before July 26, 2011 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, The Township has received a Zone Change application from Martin’s Family Fruit but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will also be considered. Farm Ltd. to extend a Temporary Use By-law concerning their property located at 1420 Lobsinger Line (see The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under Map 1). The property is the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be designated Rural Land Use released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records Area and is zoned Agricultural and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-669-6005 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6005. with a site-specific provision permitting a mobile home as MORE INFORMATION: The public may view planning documents and background a Temporary Use. material relating to this application at the Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services Department between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through The purpose of the application Friday, or on the Township website at www.woolwich.ca. is to extend the Temporary Use By-law for an additional Questions or written submissions may be directed to: three-year period to allow Township of Woolwich the mobile home to remain Engineering and Planning Services Department on the property and be used Box 158 for farm help. The property 24 Church Street West, Elmira, Ontario also has approval for two N3B 2Z6 permanent dwellings and Telephone: 519-669-1647 / 519-664-2613 an apple / fruit processing operation. Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 9th day of July, 2011.

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FAMILY ALBUM STAG & DOE

ANNIVERSARY

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July 15th, 2011 • 8pm to 1am, Lion’s Hall - Elmira Games & Prizes • D.J. Music & Dancing • Lunch Provided

Tickets $10 at the door!

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Congratulations Shari Dietrich

STAG & DOE

Stag & Doe for Laura Bingeman & Ian Dietrich

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CELEBRATION OF LIFE

Laverne William Scott Grasley passed away peacefully May 08, 2011 in Chilliwack, B.C.

Don and Marg Weber

We are celebrating this milestone on July 17 at Woodside Church in Elmira from 2-4.

Love, Mom and Dad, Ryan, Ian & Laura, Tina & Jon and Missy!

Laverne is survived by his mother Evelyn Grasley and his three sisters; Betty, Mary (Lorne), and Freda (Doug). He was predeceased by his father Lloyd Grasley and his two brothers Wayne and Owen Grasley. Laverne was cremated in B.C. We invite you to join us for his Celebration of Life ceremony being held Saturday July 16, 2011 at 11am at the Crawford Funeral Home, in Arthur On.

Love from your wife Elinor, Kent (Carolyn), Krista (Leon), Todd (Nikki) & grandchildren, Cody, Ali & Braiden. THANK YOU

Thank You Thank you friends & neighbours for your thoughtful cards, food, flowers & memorial donations. Your support is appreciated as we grieve Larry’s loss and celebrate his life.

With gratitude Marie and family.

Kids learn how to put safety first at Wellesley farm » COLIN DEWAR

Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary to

We wish you much success in your chosen field and we know you will be an awesome teacher!

Happy 70th Birthday to Ray Martin

Saturday July 16th - 8pm to 1am

He is lovingly remembered and cherished by his three children; Trevor Grasley (Dianne), Dwayne Grasley (Rina), Kelly Reger (Sean) and his three grandsons; Joel & Tyler Grasley, and Evan Reger.

Bill and Cindy Dietrich are very proud to announce the graduation of their daughter Shari Michelle Dietrich from Wilfred Laurier University with a Bachelor of Education Degree with honors!

BIRTHDAY

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Thank you to all the good Samaritans, emergency responders and anyone who assisted and supported me at the scene of the car accident at Line 86 and Mallott Road on May 25. The physical, emotional and spiritual care you provided has meant a great deal to me. I especially thank those who comforted and calmed me and the man who prayed for me and Gerald, the gentleman who died. I don’t know who all was there, but thank you! You all were amazing. I am healing and recovering and will be forever grateful for your care and support. Anne Marie W.

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Raised bungalow in immaculate condition and extremely well maintained. This is a solid brick home with three plus bedrooms located in desirable “Birdland” and is perfect for all ages and ready for immediate occupancy. MLS Call Alli or Bill direct.

$309,900

1853sqft luxurious Verdone home. Carpet free MF, Hrdwd & ceramic, mudrm, MF lndy. Bright LR equip’d w/gas fp. Lg kit abundant w/cupboards, under cabinet lights, breakfast bar. Lg master your own private oasis, spacious walk in closet, 2nd closet, fabulous ensuite: lg vanity, 2 sinks, stunning glass dr shower, soaker tubs in both baths. French door walk-out to covered 16x15ft patio. MLS Call Paul direct.

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On 150ft x 150ft treed lot. Only 30min to Waterloo. Captivating custom built home equip’d w/attractive sunken LR featuring wood burning FP, eat-in kit & sep DR both with walk-outs to wrap around deck. MF lndry & ens. Huge fin’d bsmnt incl RR, FR. MLS Call Paul direct.

Spectacular home larger than it looks. 4bdrms, 2 full baths, updated eat-in kit w/cupboards to spare, den, lg cold room. Hrdwd flr in LR & DR, gas heating stove in FR. Fantastic home for any hobbyist w/craft rm & workshops. Balcony overlooking stunning perennial gardens, vegetable gardens & fruit trees surrounding this tranquil home loc’d on lg .69 acre lot. MLS Call Paul direct.

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Raised bungalow beautifully updated from top to bottom. Newer custom kitchen with island and granite counter tops, newer hardwood and ceramics through-out main level, newer carpet in lower level, pot-lights through-out, updated windows and much, much more. Spacious back-yard backing onto greenbelt. Shows AAA!! MLS Call Alli or Bill Direct.

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Lovely spacious raised bungalow with 3 plus bedrooms. Large sunken family room addition features gas fireplace, skylight and walk-out to a huge deck with hot tub and gazebo. Lots of updates through-out including furnace, a/c, windows, flooring and much more. Finished basement with workshop. MLS Call Alli or Bill direct.

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Perfect inlaw set up on 1 acre w/beautiful view of rolling countryside! Spacious 2440 sqft home 5 bdrms, 3-5pc baths, huge kit & dining area. Mf laundry w/clothes line door to backyard. Lg mudroom just off garage. Mf master. Den walk-out to deck. Rec room w/french door walk-out to patio. Inlaw set up. MLS call Paul direct.

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DRAYTON BUNGALOW $319,000. Great price for this 3 bedroom, 2+bath. Spacious front foyer for greeting family and friends, open to the vaulted great room dining. Master with soaker tub ensuite bath. Walk out to deck, fenced yard and above ground pool. Triple concrete drive and 24 x 24 double garage. MLS

$394,000. Downtown tree lined street.

Amazing natural woodwork, hardwood flooring, balconies, verandahs and private backyard porch only begins to describe the character this home has to offer. If you love the features of yesteryear one needs to visit this property. 3 bedrooms, 3 Baths, full walk up attic, full basement ready for development. Private backyard oasis includes interlock patio, pond and additional greenspace for play. NEW MLS

$299,900 ELMIRA. Single detached

2 storey across from park! Bright living room with bamboo flooring, neutral paint, spacious kitchen & dinette with walkout to patio and fenced yard, ceramic flooring, master bedroom with his & her closets, finished basement w/built in entertainment unit, office, garage with built in cabinets, work bench and rubber floors, double driveway. MLS

DRAYTON 2 STOREY $279,000. This almost new beautifully decorated home is located in an ideal family neighbourhood with a park and lots of open space. Features include oak railings and kitchen cupboards, large main floor family room with cathedral ceiling. MLS

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$264,900. Solid brick home, offers 4 bedrooms, spacious basement, oversized carport and great yard. Located close to schools and walking distance to downtown. Great opportunity for home ownership, furnace and roof 2005. MLS

FIRST TIME OFFERED $264,000. Welcoming 3 bedroom Link home offers 1 1/2 car garage, Ceramics, Natural Maple Kitchen. Deck and Fenced yard. Shows AAA. New MLS

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LOCATION EQUALS CONVENIENCE! This 3 Bedroom Ivystone Home is only 5 years old and could not be more conveniently located to recreational and school amenities in the desirable town of Elmira. 63 Sugar King Drive, originally intended as a builder’s model, features premium finishes, “character” maple hardwood in the livingroom and solid maple cabinetry in the well appointed kitchen. The “Lilac”, includes a master with walk-in closet and ensuite bath, in OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY addition to the main bath on the sec& SUNDAY 2-4 P.M. ond floor and a powder room on the main level. Approaching the home you will note a full two car garage and lovely landscaping as you ascend the porch to the front entry. Entering the foyer, your eyes lead you into the kitchen where you will discover beautiful maple cabinetry, flowing towards a spacious dinette. The adjacent livingroom room is blessed with maple hardwood and provides enough room for separate dining space! Upstairs, this home includes a generous master bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, palladium window and a 3 piece ensuite. The second and third bedrooms are also located on this level and are large enough in size for your children to share. Closet space is excellent in all three bedrooms. This home has been professionally painted and is well decorated throughout. You will find that the yard is fully enclosed and ready for the kids with a substantial deck and an impressive play house. The basement is unfinished but insulated and ready for drywall, including rough-ins for a downstairs bath. When you do bring the drywall in, you’ll be pleased to discover that the basement windows are oversized and will accommodate a full 4x8 sheet! Central air, a high efficiency furnace and rough-in for central vac complete the technical picture. Call Carson or Joanne at (519) 503-1355 to arrange a viewing or watch for open house announcements on this site!

735 Reid Crescent, Listowel - Property ID# 2511

NEW PRICE: $259,900

CONESTOGO - secluded bungalow on 1 acre, backing to a wooded ravine. Nearly 6000 sq. ft. of fin. living space. Major renovations in 2008. Finished walkout bsmt. w/separate entrance leads to an inground salt water pool. MLS $924,900.

EAST WARD - KITCHENER - not a drive by! Extensive reno’s by Way-Mar. Chervin oak kitchen. In-law possibility w/kitchenette in bsmt, rec. rm & 3-pce bth. Nicely landscaped. 12’x12’ shed. NEW MLS $274,900.

Many models to choose from BUNGALOW - close to downtown, on a large lot. Newer carpet and hardwood on the main level. Freshly painted. Granite countertop & newer sink. New shingles in 2009. 24x12’ deck. Dble. driveway. 4th bdrm. & office in lower level. MLS $262,900.

HEIDELBERG - Well maintained family home! Hardwood fooring in D.R. & all bedrooms. Main flr. family room addition w/walkout to deck & patio. Updated windows, shingles and furnace. Extralong concrete driveway. MLS $319,900.

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Spend time Googling yourself? You’re certainly not alone Q.

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morning to see that dandelions Kirshenbaum in The Science of Kisshave further infested my lawn, ing. Many illiterate men would draw an “X” on the line and kiss it to make I wonder if the designation it legal. This carried over into today’s ‘weed’ is arbitrary or if certain “X” symbolizing a kiss, as well as into botanical characteristics must Bill & Rich Sones the expression “sealed with a kiss.” be met before a plant becomes a The kiss between a bride and dreaded weed?” the game is finding people so different groom was also viewed as marking that it’s startling to imagine yourself a kind of legal business agreement, It’s actually pretty simple, says as them, such as editor Sue Butler’s Purdue’s weed science professor crystallizing all the responsibilities googleganger in Florida who wrote Bill Johnson: A weed is any plant marriage entailed. “East to the Dawn,” a 1997 biography growing where you don’t want it to of pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart. Have you ever been inclined to grow. Nothing magical. Grass growAs Newsweek magazine summed read a dictionary from cover to ing in a gravel driveway is a weed it up: Much the way Google became when you want it growing in your cover? How long might this take? a common verb, googleganger has yard. The 20-volume, 59-million-word caught on with Actually, some weeds have real second print edition of the “Oxa generation defined less by their usefulness, adds Harvard botanist accomplishments than by how google- ford English Dictionary” (OED), Donald Pfister. You can, if you wish, weighing almost 140 pounds, has able those accomplishments are. eat dandelion greens. approximately 291,000 main entries “As a kid I remember having them Before people mastered the defining more than 600,000 words, in spring as a salad, wilted with a gifts of reading and writing says “ScienceIllustrated.Com” magabacon dressing. I also recall being in and so couldn’t “sign on the dotzine. Reportedly, in 2007, New Yorker an Arctic climate where dandelions ted line,” what symbolic act did Ammon Shea took 12 months to read were treasured as a sign not of spring the entire OED, from cover to cover, they use to enter into an agreebut of summer. So the concept of a cover to cover, cover to cover.... ment? weed is indeed interesting. If you can From a Cleveland, Ohio eat it, is it a weed? If you enjoy the It was during the Middle Ages reader: “As I awake each vivid color, is it a weed?” that a businesslike kiss was em ployed as a legal way to seal contracts >>Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at strangetrue@cs.com and business agreements, says Sheril

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(Emergencies only)

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CRANE

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Home Improvements

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AGRICULTURAL • COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • High Quality Installation of Steel & Aluminum Eavestrough • Rugged Steel Eavestrough for Today’s Metal Roofing Systems

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PH 519-502-4679 | Fax 519-291-6624

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8632 Concession 3, RR#3 Listowel, ON, N4W 3G8

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PAINTING

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519-669-7607

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YOUR SOURCE FOR YEAR-ROUND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE • Lawn Mowing Packages • Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping • Top Dressing/Overseeding • Mulch Delivery & Installation • Commercial & Residential Snow Plowing & Ice Control

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519-669-3362

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- Trail Maintenance and Development - Wooded Lot Thinning - Pasture Reclaimation All other - Orchard Maintenance tracked skid - Industrial Lots steer services are available - Real Estate Lots

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56 Howard Ave. Unit 2, Elmira, ON, N3B 2E1

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> Excavating > Trenching > Backfilling > Fine Grading > Overseeding & Top Dressing > Lawn Seeding

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• Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location • Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off and Pick up Service • Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair • Janitorial • Grout Cleaning • Carpet Repair & Re-Installation • Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping

LAWN MAINTENANCE

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EDGE GLUED PANELS, TREADS, TURNING SQUARES ETC.

•Hedge trimming •Branch Chipping

Specializing in solid wood components

•Stump Grinding

519-669-1836 Thomas Martin

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DEATH NOTICES

>>Bauman, Anson Peacefully went to be with his Lord on

Friday, July 1, 2011 at Listowel Memorial Hospital. Anson resided at R.R.#1, Gowanstown and was born 89 yeas ago in Waterloo Township. Local relatives: sister Barbara Frey of Wallenstein and sisters-in-law Rebecca Martin of Millbank and Hannah Martin of St. Jacobs.

>>Valenta, Jonathan On Monday, July 4, 2011 in Central Huron, Jonathan Valenta of Clinton in his 22nd year. Local relatives: grandparents Stan and Ada Valenta of St. Jacobs. >>Wideman, Paul F Passed way on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at his home. Paul F. Wideman in his 70th year of RR1, St. Clements, is the beloved husband of Lovina (Sauder) Wideman. Local relatives: father of James and Ruthann Wideman of RR1 St. Clements, Mary and Edgar Martin of RR1 Linwood, Oscar and Martha Wideman of RR1 St. Clements.

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR â&#x20AC;&#x153;A GOOD JOB DONE EVERY TIMEâ&#x20AC;?

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Truck & Trailer Maintenance

COMMERCIAL 24 CARDLOCK FUEL DEPOT HOUR MATERIAL HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS â&#x20AC;˘ Design â&#x20AC;˘ Installation â&#x20AC;˘ Custom Fabrication

MILLWRIGHTS LTD.

519.669.5105

P.O. BOX 247, ROUTE 1, ELMIRA

TOTAL HOME ENERGY SYSTEMS

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

YOUR OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS AND AIR CONDITIONING EXPERTS

SANYO CANADIAN

MACHINE WORKS INCORPORATED

33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591

NANCY KOEBEL

Bus: 519.895.2044 ext. 217 Home: 519.747.4388

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

RRSPs, RESPs, RRIFs, LIFs and Annuities. Suite 800, 101 Frederick St., Kitchener

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519-699-4641

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JULY 9

>>Elmira & District Horticultural Society Garden Tour; 9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 p.m. Tickets $10 each and may be purchased at Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foto on Arthur St. Elmira or by calling Barb at 519-669-8239. All seven gardens are in the village of Hawkesville this year. JULY 12

>>Splashy Fables and Fairytales at the Region of Waterloo Library. Join us at the St. Clements, Linwood, St. Jacobs, Elmira, Bloomingdale and Wellesley Branches for Splashy Fables and Fairytales with the Splash! Celebrate Summer TD Summer Reading Club! This FREE PROGRAM includes stories, crafts, and activities for children ages 6 to 12. Come in to learn about the original Aesop fables and early fairytales, and where to find them in the library! For more information, please email libhq@regionofwaterloo.ca, visit www.rwl4kids.wordpress.com or contact your local branch. >>Stamp Camp â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2-3 p.m. at Elmira Branch Library. Join us for an introduction to stamp collecting. Free for ages 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 105. Spaces are limited. Event will take place at the library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. For more information call the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477 or email elmlib@regionofwaterloo.ca.

24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

519.664.2008

SUDUKO - HARD

6 3 , 1 $ & + 4 + ( $ ; 3 ( $

Cardlock Fuel Management

11 HENRY ST. - UNIT 9, ST. JACOBS

SUDUKO - EASY

7 5 . = 5 3 6 + $ / / 2 7 0 4

3435 Broadway St. Hawkesville

T. 519.669.2033

COLLEEN

CROSSWORD $ 5 ( 2 / $ (

KIN KORNER

Rugs and Upholstery

â&#x20AC;˘Mattress Cleaning â&#x20AC;˘Residential â&#x20AC;˘Commercial â&#x20AC;˘Personalized Service â&#x20AC;˘Free Estimates

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS / $ 3 / $ 1 '

Skilled craftsmanship. Quality materials. CONSTRUCTION STARTS HERE.

JULY 16

>>The

St. Clements recreation service board presents the 6th annual Autorama car and bike show and shine! New for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show are motorcycles! Rain or shine, free admission, fun for the whole family. Vintage, classic, custom, and muscle cars and motorcycle show and shine; 12 trophies to be awarded, silent auction, 50/50 draw, BBQ, and refreshments. Show vendors welcome. KFun 99.5 FM will be on site. All cars, trucks and motorcycles are welcome to participate however trophies will be awarded for only pre-80s cars and trucks but motorcycle awards are wide open. All proceeds will go towards the enhancement of recreation facilities within St. Clements. First 200 to register will receive a free dash plaque. Call 519699-5746 or email stclemautorama@ yahoo.ca.

JULY 19

>>Arrgh,

Mateys! Pirates and Treasure Seekers at the Region of Waterloo Library Tuesday, July 19 to Friday, July 22 - Join us at the St. Clements, Linwood, St. Jacobs, Bloomingdale and Wellesley Branches for Arrgh, Mateys! Pirates and Treasure Seekers with the Splash! Celebrate Summer TD Summer Reading Club! This free program includes stories, crafts, and activities for children ages 6 to 12. Come sail with Janine on her jolly boat to uncover tales of booty and pirates, like Blackbeard and Anne Bonny. For more information, please email libhq@ regionofwaterloo.ca, visit www.rwl4kids. wordpress.com or contact your local branch.

JULY 22

>>H.U.G.S. Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; note special time 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Come meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Visit to the fire hall in St.

Jacobs. Meet at the fire hall, 3 Water St., St. Jacobs at 10 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock. No childcare or snack today. Call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237.

JULY 23

>>Grand River Amazing Race brought to

you by the Kin Club of Woolwich. Teams of two or three people will set out from West Montrose for an Amazing Race down the Grand River and surrounding area. Teams must register in advance and have a minimum of $150 in pledges â&#x20AC;&#x201C; proceeds to go to Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region. Please visit www.woolwichkin.com www.woolwichkin.com for more details.

New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area

SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763 psgingrich@hotmail.ca

JULY 26

>>O, Canada! Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes at the Region of Waterloo Library. Join us at the St. Clements, Linwood, St. Jacobs, Bloomingdale, Elmira and Wellesley Branches for O, Canada! Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes with the Splash! Celebrate Summer TD Summer Reading Club! This free program includes stories, crafts, and activities for children ages 6 to 12. Come to learn about the Great White Northâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing water supply and how to conserve it! For more information, please email libhq@regionofwaterloo.ca, visit www.rwl4kids.wordpress.com or contact your local branch.

21 INDUSTRIAL DR. ELMIRA

519-669-2884

AUGUST 2

>>Splish, Splish, Splash! Have fun and be safe in the Water at the Region of Waterloo Library. Join us at the St. Clements, Linwood, St. Jacobs, Elmira, Bloomingdale and Wellesley Branches for Splish, Splish, Splash! Have fun and be safe in the water with the Splash! Celebrate Summer TD Summer Reading Club! This free program includes stories, crafts, and activities for children ages 6 to 12. Together we will learn some easy water safety tips, read Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach and make a fish from an old CD! For more information, please email libhq@regionofwaterloo. ca, visit www.rwl4kids.wordpress.com or contact your local branch. AUGUST 9

>>Wild Wet Weather at the Region of Waterloo Library Tuesday. Join us at the St. Clements, Linwood, St. Jacobs, Bloomingdale, and Wellesley Branches for Wild Wet Weather with the Splash! Celebrate Summer TD Summer Reading Club! This free program includes stories, crafts, and activities for children ages 6 to 12. Come in and learn about hurricanes, tsunamis and floods. We will make a wind-sock craft and play Drip, Drip, Splash! For more information, please email libhq@regionofwaterloo.ca, visit www.rwl4kids.wordpress.com or contact your local branch. AUGUST 12

>>H.U.G.S. Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; note special time 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Come meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Bolender Park Day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Meet at Bolender Park, 38 Church St. E. Elmira. Return to Woolwich Community Health Centre in case of rain. Bring your own snack. No childcare today.

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PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES Black and white, 8 1/2 X 11 flyers designed and printed for as low as 6¢. Professionally designed, quick turnaround, local service. Delivery, folding and colour work also available. Call 519.669.5790 ext 107 for details.

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