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Steve Kannon public meeting about the future of bus service in Woolwich quickly turned into a love-in Tuesday night, as supporters called for Grand River Transit route 21 to be made permanent. Some 50 people attended the meeting at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, with nary a dissenting voice heard: speaker after speaker praised the service and urged officials to expand it, perhaps running a larger loop through Elmira. The meeting was organized by the township to get input from the public prior to making a recommendation to Waterloo Region about the fate of the service. Started in April 2009 as a oneyear pilot project, the service has twice been extended. However, after the end of this year, Woolwich will have to begin paying for the service – some $450,000 a year – or it will be cancelled. GRT numbers show ridership is growing, but it’s hovering around the minimum of 25 boardings per service hour. In 2010, daily ridership was 309, up from 245 in 2009. The
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fights and we couldn’t run any of our electrical equipment,” said DJ Carroll, organizer of the festival. “There is nothing we could do: it was just time to pack it up. We hated it, but all it takes is one person to get hurt and then no more festival, ever.” During the storm tree branches fell hitting some props and just missing vendor tents in Gibson Park. “We had tree branches that were hanging dangerously by pieces of bark,” said Chris Duncan, who portrays Little John. “We lost our footbridge when the creek in the park
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Linwood Lions give community signs a makeover L
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inwood had a few new welcoming signs erected last weekend to help spruce up the place. A donation from the Linwood Lions Club, the signs are located at entrances to the village long Manser Road South and Ament Line East. “It has been an ongoing thing for the last few years, I have been trying to get them to upgrade their signs and we finally just made the decision,” said Nick Dorscht, president of the Linwood chapter. "We were in desperate need of new 'Welcome to Linwood' signs and the [signs] that have all the service clubs.” Dorscht brought forward a bunch of different proposals to the club, everything from redoing the signs in concrete to using overlays on the existing signs.
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A WELCOME ADDITION Frank Friedmann (left), Nick Dorscht (holding his son Cameron) and Tom Kleinknecht of the Lions Club stand next to one of the new ‘Welcome to Linwood’ signs the club recently installed.
Dog's unplanned adventure has happy ending Nicki the spaniel travelled 50 km before being picked up in Linwood James Jackson
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s you ring the doorbell at the home of Wendy and Rich van Oorschot in Baden, you’re greeted by the barks of Nicki, the couple’s eight-year-old brown-andwhite Brittany spaniel. It’s a sound they’re glad to have back in their lives after Nicki was lost for about a week, roaming more than 50 km before she was safely recovered near Linwood. On Saturday, May 21, Wendy and Rich asked their daughter Kristen and sonin-law Matt to care for Nicki at their 10-acre home near Brodhagen, a town about 35 kilometres northeast of
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LOST AND FOUND Wendy van Oorschot of Baden is happy to have her Brittany spaniel, Nicki, home safe and sound after the dog was lost over the May long weekend and recovered near Linwood. in their yard so they could Stratford. run some errands, but they Later that day Kristen and Matt tied Nicki to a tree returned home to find only
the dog’s collar still tied around the trunk. Nicki had wriggled free, and was lost. “We had given up all hope. We didn’t think she was ever going to be found because she was so far from home,” said Wendy van Oorschot. Nicki also suffers from myositis, an inflammatory disease that causes the jaws to seize and can make it difficult to eat or drink, for which she requires medication. The family called the area animal control officer as well as local vets and animal shelters, but after a brief spotting on May 22, Nicki
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> New titles for staff in Wellesley There are some familiar faces in Wellesley with some new titles following the internal reorganization and restructuring of the township, adopted on May 17 and announced during Monday night’s council meeting. Beginning last November, the township undertook an internal restructuring review, culminating in the reorganization. Municipal services will now be comprised of two segments, corporate and operations, while a new position of executive director/operations has been created for Willis McLaughlin. McLaughlin will now be responsible for all community services (recreation and public works) inquiries, fire and bylaw inquiries, as well as animal control. He will also be responsible for all aspects of human resources in the Township of Wellesley. To support this new position, council also confirmed the creation of a new position of general manager, community services to be occupied by Kevin Beggs, while Brad Voisin will move into his new role of director of facilities. Executive director corporate/clerk Susan Duke will now be responsible for administration and finance, building, as well as planning and economic development. Diane Lorbetski will become the director of finance and administration.
> albrecht resumes deputy whip role Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht will reprise his role as deputy whip in the new Parliament. Albrecht will continue to act as a liaison for his caucus colleagues, ensuring they are able to attend events in their riding, receive appropriate committee assignments, and are present for crucial votes. “I’m humbled and honoured by the trust and confidence the Prime Minister demonstrated in me through this appointment,” said Albrecht. “It’s just a privilege to serve.”
> art a memorial to Elmira librarian A piece of stained glass art will be unveiled at the Elmira library June 18 in memory of Mary Anne Cressman, library supervisor from 1968-2009, who succumbed to cancer last summer at the age of 67. The event, which gets underway at 1 p.m., will also feature a look at the newly-refurbished butterfly garden.
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> 6:18 PM | Police responded and doe party, guests rolled to a two-vehicle collision on Line 86. A 22-year-old Mapleton woman was backing her 1998 Chevy pickup truck out a driveway when she struck a motorcycle. The 45-year-old Wallenstein rider was uninjured but his passenger, a 45-yearold woman, had minor scrapes and cuts. The driver of the pickup was charged with ‘fail to yield to traffic on highway.’
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> 6:44 PM | Paramedics
responded to call at a farm on Ament Line in Wellesley. A man had severed off the tip of his baby finger and badly cut the finger next to that after getting his hand stuck in the fan of a generator. He was taken to the grand River Hospital.
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New plow to help Wellesley prepare for winter’s return T
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emperatures may have touched the 40-degree mark this week, but Wellesley Township is already planning for the inevitable return of snow, as councillors this week approved the purchase of a new combination plow/salt truck. Last month, the public works department completed the tendering process with three companies, Highway Stir-
ling Western Star Inc., Expressway Trucks Waterloo (Volvo) and Kirby International Trucks. After each company tendered a unit price of $215,800, $218,430, and $219,945 respectively (not including taxes), staff recommended to council that they proceed with the purchase of the lowest bid, presented by Highway Stirling Western Star Inc. The truck has already been built and would only require minor
modifications to meet township specifications. Including taxes the total purchase price of the new truck will be $219,598.08, $401.92 under the roads equipment capital budget of $220,000. The purchase will be fully funded from the roads equipment reserve. Meeting Monday, council gave the goahead to purchase the
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arly Thursday morning fire crews from Chemtura and Elmira responded to a vent stack fire at the chemical plant, located at 25 Erb Street. The fire, which started just after 3:30 a.m., only lasted for a few moments but the timing couldn’t have been worse for the company, as the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee had just wrapped up its first of two orientation
sessions hours earlier at the township council chambers following a lengthy layoff going back to last fall. According to plant officials the fire was contained to piping that vents emissions from two reactors in the synthetic oil production section of the plant. An employee noticed the fire and activated the emergency stop mechanism, causing the fire to self-extinguish before township fire crews arrived on scene. The
emissions were ignited by an unknown source, and while the cause of the fire is still under investigation, plant officials said that the lightning storm Wednesday night may have been a source of the ignition. “There were no injuries and no property damage,” said plant manager Jozef Olejarz. “The fire was immediately contained and extinguished. The fire department did a great job, they arrived and did inspections and then they left.”
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overflowed and took it downstream. For a while there it was really crazy weather with a lot of lightning.” The festival was not a total lost as the educational program on June 2 went off with out a hitch with 1,100 Grade 4 students from surrounding schools attending the event. “We got half of what we do, we always say the education day is the meat and potatoes and the Saturday is the gravy,” said Carroll. “Saturday is for the actors,
they have all their comedy routines, all their character stuff ready and they are itching for that day, so it was kind of disappointing.” As soon as organizers made the decision to cancel the medieval festival they took to the Internet. “We were immediately on our Facebook fan page, emailed a lot of our fans and sent out information to the radio stations,” said Carroll. The rain-soaked production still drew in some viewers who had not been informed of
the cancellation. A group of actors portraying knights decided to hold an impromptu knight school demonstration for a small group of diehard fans. “We were packing up the last tent when we noticed that people were beginning to gather in the park, so we held a little fight demonstration for them and a mini-knight school,” said Johnny Arnold, the festival’s fight coordinator, who also portrays Sir Lester of Sussex. “This is a great community festival and we did what we could, it was
really great to have the actors step up; no one told them to, it was just great to see everyone get together and do it.” Carroll applauded his cast for quickly throwing together a little show. “That is the kind of cast that we have. Where else can you get 150 people to show up on one day and get sun burnt, and then come out on a Saturday in a torrential downpour and lug everything back and put it away and still have time to perform? These guys are just amazing.”
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EYE ON THE SKY Chris Duncan, who portrays Little John,
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goal is to have 510 passengers a day by 2014. Currently, fares cover about 25 per cent of the $507,000 annual cost – lower than the GRT’s route average of 37 per cent – with Woolwich taxpayers expected to cover the rest. The expense would require a 2.6-per-cent increase on the Waterloo Region portion of the tax bill, adding $38.23 a year to the average residential property valued at $242,000. As councillors noted, however, the impact could be higher if the costs – $357,000 for operating expenses, and $100,000 for buses – are
covered only by residents of Elmira and St. Jacobs, which are served by GRT route 21. Ward 3 Coun. Bonnie Bryant, who attended this week’s meeting, noted residents in Breslau, Maryhill and Conestogo, for instance, would see no benefit from the bus service. She’s hearing from many of them who are opposed to paying for the service. Some of those speaking Tuesday night, however, noted that transit benefits all residents in that it removes cars from the road and helps protect the rural areas from sprawl. In a presentation to start the meeting, Laur-
el Davies Snyder, the township’s economic development and tourism officer, said the benefits of public transit go beyond transportation. The bus service provides economic benefits, for instance, by helping people get to their jobs and creating a link between the township and the region’s cities. An on-bus poll of some 400 riders conducted last month by GRT shows a wide demographic among users of the service. The most commonly cited reasons for using the bus were work, school, recreation and shopping, appointments and accessing the farmers’ market,
varying by age group. There was universal praise from those who spoke at the meeting, with some suggesting fares should be doubled rather than risk losing a service many have come to depend on. That’s not to say, however, that there weren’t suggestions for improvement. The two most prevalent were to extend the loop through Elmira and to extend the hours of operation. For Deb Beirnes, for example, the nearest stop to her Elmira home is a 1.5-kilometre walk. Still, she uses the bus regularly to travel to St. Jacobs, but there are days where that walk is not feasible. In other
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cameras will roll as Hawkesville gets playground makeover
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he community of Hawkesville has been chosen as one of 13 Ontario communities to receive a complete playground makeover as part of a new television series to be aired on TV Ontario. The program, known as Giver, will feature six 7-11 year-old kids in the community who must work together to reclaim and enhance a playground space. They must decide on what equipment to keep and what to scrap, what pieces to add and what murals to paint, and they need to find out what their community wants – in just three days. The show will be hosted by a professional carpenter and a trained artist to help the kids with their planning. “We partnered with the Ontario Parks Association, and we put out the call for submis-
sions and weren’t even sure what we were going to get,” said Kristen McGregor, the creative producer for Giver, produced by Torontobased Sinking Ship Entertainment, which has produced 10 other series’ which can be seen in over 130 countries, including “This is Daniel Cook” and “Dino Dan.” The company received more than 60 submissions for their latest project, which McGregor described as “Extreme Makeover: Playground Edition,” referencing the popular ABC reality show hosted by Ty Pennington. McGregor said Hawkesville was selected as one of the 13 finalists based on the close-knit community, and the fact that the playground at the community centre was in dire need of replacement, which was also the reason why Wellesley contacted Sinking
Ship to be involved with the production in the first place. “Some of the playground is from the ’50s, when it was the old school,” said Brad Voisin, director of recreation for Wellesley Township. “We’ve removed what we should have, and really, the majority of it should be gone anyway.” Voisin was the one who pitched the town of Hawkesville to Sinking Ship, and agreed that it was the farming community element that likely drew the show to the town. “It was exactly what they were looking for,” he said. In fact, show producers have decided to build on the concept of Hawkesville as a farming community by building a barn-themed playground. The series covers the core subjects of science, technology, engineering and math for
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PASS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEES & CHARGES BY-LAW The Region of Waterloo intends to pass an amendment to By-law 11-015 (Establish Fees and Charges). The amendments are with respect to the removal of recycling charges for residential electronic waste (“e-waste”). The amending by-law will be considered at the Regional Council Meeting scheduled for: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:00 p.m. Regional Municipality of Waterloo Council Chamber, 2nd Floor Administration Building 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener A copy of the amendment will be available for review starting Friday June 10, 2011, in the Clerk’s Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd Floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener. If you have questions concerning the amendments, or require accessible services to participate, please contact the Clerk’s office at 519-575-4420 by Thursday, June 23, 2011. If you wish to speak at the Council meeting, please register as a delegation with the Region’s Council and Administrative Services Division at 519-575-4420 by 12:00 noon on Thursday June 23, 2011. This notice is in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001. Kris Fletcher Director, Council and Administrative Services/Regional Clerk 2nd Floor, Administration Building 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener 519-575-4420 All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this by-law 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 the Regional Clerk’s Office.
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Community is one of 13 chosen for new series to be aired on TV Ontario
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT The Hawkesville Community Centre play area has been selected as one of 13 community playgrounds across the province to be replaced as part of the giver television program on TVO. Filming is slated to begin next month. the kids, it popularizes civic engagement and gives them a sense of ownership over serious change in their community, as well as promotes physical activity and showcasing destinations within Ontario to the rest of Canada. “We have all the volunteers, and a contractor as well that helps guide the kids through
the process, and we want to show kids that they can affect change and have the power to do that,” said McGregor. Sinking Ship has dedicated $10,000 in cash to the project but is still looking for donations of materials and labour to help complete the project, and the six lucky participants have
yet to be selected. “The big thing is they want kids that are going to be very active in front of the camera, very loud and won’t stop talking,” Voisin laughed, adding that the town’s participation in the show should be good for Hawkesville and the township as a whole. “The big thing is it’s going to be on TV Ontario. They figure 120,000 viewers [tune in], so we’re going to put Wellesley Township and Hawkesville across the country, which I think is very beneficial." Any kids interested in participating in the show should email McGregor at kristen@ sinkingship.ca and be prepared to submit a video with their application. Likewise, anyone from the community interested in volunteering or donating building materials can email McGregor or contact Brad Voisin at the township.
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More kids walking, biking, boarding to school Colin Dewar
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he Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) has adopted an active transportation charter for its students and staff members. The charter was created to encourage and facilitate human powered forms of travel such as walking, cycling, in-line skating, skateboarding and manual wheelchairs. “These active modes of transportation can be efficient alternatives to automobile travel,” said Lauren Manske, a senior planner at the board. “By bringing forward a charter, it is a formal recognition of the board on the value of active transportation.” Manske said the charter will follow what the region and most local municipalities have adopted as their pedestrian charters. “The charter is a statement of principles that recognizes the value of active transportation, in this case the journey to and from school,” said Manske. Some school children already participate in the walking school bus, a program where either a parent or an older student sets up a route to pick up kids and walk to school together. The idea is safety in numbers and provides
ON THEIR WAY Park Manor Public School students Amber MacPherson (left), Riley Brown and Jennifer Brubacher walk to school on Wednesday morning. The WRDSB has adopted a transportation plan encouraging students to be more active. some supervision for mote the idea of walkstudents who may have ing to the students,” parents that are con- said Geoff Sudermancerned with their safe- Gladwell, principal at ty, she explained. Linwood Public School. “Although there were “It is much more releseveral schools partici- vant to city schools but pating, it often relied we just have to make on individuals and sure the students are people who supported aware of being active.” the program to sustain The WRDSB is also it, not the school. The working to help schools charter is supported by adopt the charter by the school board as a providing or improvwhole. It is set up to be ing end-of-trip facilities influential by guiding like bike racks. students, staff, parents “On new schools, we and boards to consider are improving the type how activities and deci- of bike racks that are sions can encourage ac- available and for existtive transportation.” ing schools we are go“The idea is to pro- ing to try improve them
because they are either not working or they do not have them,” said Manske. “We are trying to help the schools find funding to buy new racks or upgrade them.” The WRDSB would like to see more children make their way to school under their own steam. “When you are driven to school by your parents, they are taking care of you. By walking or riding a bike or skateboard you are gaining independence by being out there on your own, making critical decisions crossing streets,” said Manske. “We are trying to support student health, vitality and safety.” The charter is set up to decrease automobile dependence and traffic congestion with the hope that it will lead to cleaner air and support student achievement. “Such environments improve the quality of life for all school community members and contribute to engaged learners in caring and connected schools,” she said. The next step for the WRDSB is to contact and inform local schools of the charter and work along side each school to help in fostering more active transportation in the community.
Plow: Preparing for the winter to come > CONTINUED FROM Pg 04 new truck, which will replace a 2002 Volvo with 210,000 km on it. In a report prepared for council, operations manager Willis McLaughlin said,
“While this has been an excellent truck for the township, rising maintenance costs show it is due for replacement.” Unlike other trucks in the fleet, the new one will have an automatic transmission. After
consulting four other municipalities and the Region of Waterloo concerning their automatic transmission vehicles, “The response was overwhelmingly in favour of the automatic transmission,” said
McLaughlin’s report. Roads staff have already had the opportunity to drive the unit and found it satisfactory, and the supplier estimates that the truck should be ready in four to six weeks.
Signs: Project was long overdue, says club > CONTINUED FROM Pg 03 “I brought the design to the club last spring and the final developed idea to a meeting this fall; we voted on the design and made the decision after Christmas to have them ordered.” The club decided to remove all the existing signage, saying it was old and decrepit. “We want to give the
town sign a fresh new look, make it more welcoming for residents as they come home from their day,” said Dorscht. “It didn’t take long to put up all the signs, with a few volunteers we managed to put them up this past weekend – it only took half a day.” The club has plans to erect a third sign. “We had an old sign in the north end but it
blew over in a storm,” said Tom Kleinknecht, a Linwood Lion. “We wanted to put it up again but the region changed its by-laws and we were not allowed, we would love to upgrade that sign.” The club used the means it had appropriated through fundraising during the year to pay for the new signage. “We have our standard fundraising that we
do every year,” said Dorscht. “Funds from our cash giveaway draw in the fall and the two hockey pools we run, one for the regular season and another for the playoffs, along with four or five other annual fundraisers, were included in the paying for the cost of the signs.” The club hopes the new signs are a welcomed sight for the residents of Linwood.
> livestock evaluators appointed Wellesley councillors this week approved the appointment of two new livestock evaluators for the township, naming Don Westman and Rik Louwagie to the positions. The evaluators provide service on a call-in basis, meaning they are only required to work when claims are made. There have been three such claims made in the past year totaling $2,198.50, and one in 2009 for $137.50. If and
when it is clearly demonstrated that a livestock kill can be attributed to a wolf or coyote, the owner submits a grant application to the municipality for compensation. The township is required to have a livestock claims evaluator under the Livestock, Poultry and Honey Bee Protection Act. The position pays $18.80 per hour, but ony when claims are required to be processed.
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fter wet weather in Wellesley forced last year’s Art Round the Pond event indoors, organizers are hoping the sixth-annual show set for June 18 can live up to its billing. “Last year it was a bad forecast and we went inside and it became Art Round the Arena, which took away from the pond aspect,” laughed Pat Bremner, a member of the organizing committee. “We’re certainly due for some good weather.” This year’s event should be bigger than ever, with dozens of art-
ists, artisans and vendors from across the province setting up shop around the pond for a day of artistic demonstrations, free music and a passion for the arts. “Our vision initially was to involve the community in art and to help promote art in the area for young people, adults and families,” said Bremner. One of the participating artists this year will be Christina Mikel, a Wellesley painter who practices a centuriesold method of painting called Encaustic, a technique used by Greek artists as far back as the fifth-century BC.
It is a type of painting which is composed of beeswax, resin and pigments and involves the application of the melted wax or resin to a surface such as wood or canvas. The wax is then fused and re-melted along with the paint to create a unique effect. “I think the arts are always important,” said Mikel, whose father was a graphic artist. “Everyone is so caught up in work and computers and stressed, and I find artwork is a way to be creative and to remain connected to nature and the creative side of your brain.” The event is open
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ALL ABOUT ART Christina Mikel is one of the participating artists at the Art Round the Pond festival next Saturday in Wellesley. She will be demonstrating her centuriesold technique of painting known as Encaustic.
to all artists of original, handmade arts and crafts, including painting, photography, sculpting, carving, pottery, weaving, blown glass, and stained glass, jewelry and textiles – any unique or handmade artwork will be considered. Work made from commercially pre-fabricated kits or massproduced goods will not be accepted. There will also be a graffiti wall and dem-
onstrations available for kids and adults alike to learn the sometimes forgotten art of graffiti artistry, along with demonstrations by other artists throughout the day, as well as a silent auction. And the day isn’t just reserved for art lovers either, Bremner stressed. “People can just sit around and listen to the music, they can shop or just talk to the artists and engage with them
by asking questions.” And while it’s nearly impossible to predict what the weather will be like next Saturday, the show will proceed rain or shine. Art Round the Pond is open to the public and runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Wellesley Village next Saturday, June 18. Proceeds from the event will go to support the arts in the township. For more information visit www. artaroundthepond.ca.
adventure: There and back again > CONTINUED FROM Pg 03
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Personal trainer, owner, manager – A Perfect Fit, St. Clements How long have you been a personal trainer for? I’d say around eight years. What made you want to get into the industry? A passion for fitness and good health. What do you enjoy about working in the area? I like that our location has a
lot of small towns around it, and I like that it’s less stressful out here compared to the city and people are more laid-back. This time of year, what are people looking for in terms of fitness? It’s pre-summer, so people are coming in looking to shed those few extra pounds from the winter. It’s panic time,
crunch time. But everyone is also starting to realize they need to make more time for fitness, not just athletes What is something that people might not know about you? I do enjoy the occasional beer. We’re not all extreme freaks all the time.
had disappeared. That is until about a week later, May 28, when Wellesley animal control officer Evelyn Hahn got a call from a homeowner on Ament Line, west of Linwood, asking if she could come and pick up a strange brown-andwhite dog seen walking around the property. Around 8 p.m. Hahn went to the farm, and she knew right away that the dog was lost. “You can tell by the way they behave,” she said. “Some are just roaming, but if they’re lost they usually just hang around, let people touch them and can be caught." Hahn took the dog home with her that night and gave her a blanket to sleep on in the garage before getting her husband to deliver the dog to the K-W Humane Society the next day. “She looked so forlorn and she was so loveable,” said Hahn. “We felt so sorry for
her and we are so glad that we finally found the owner.” After Nicki was delivered to the Humane Society on the Sunday – eight days after her initial escape – she had to wait another two days before she could be reunited with her family. Hahn, who has been in the animal control business for 27 years, said she picks up about a dozen stray dogs a year; because Nicki had no tags, Hahn had no idea where the dog was from or who the owners were. That is until a Wendy Richardson, an employee at the township and Wendy van Oorschot’s sister-in-law, sent Hahn an email asking if she happened to have seen a brown-and-white Brittany spaniel in her travels. Incredulously, Hahn said she had taken one in to the humane society a few days earlier, and from there it was only a matter of time before the society was in contact with van Oorschot and could
confirm the dog was in fact Nicki – partially due to the her sunken head, which was a side effect of her medical condition. “It’s really quite amazing that Wendy [Richardson] sent that email,” said Hahn. Despite her ordeal, Nicki was given a clean bill of health by the family’s vet, though she did lose five pounds and was slightly dehydrated. Having Nicki back safe and sound is an enormous relief for the family, and while the dog shadowed her owners for the first few days after her return home, she is slowly returning to normal. Her owners also wonder what sights she must have seen during her week living in the wild. “I wish she could talk. She was sleeping in the corner last Friday and her legs were going and she was trying to bark in her sleep, so I’m sure she was dreaming about her adventure.”
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BABIED Diane Lorbetski feeds a baby skunk that was brought to the Township of Wellesley offices last week. The skunk was handed over to a wildlife rehabilitator in Waterloo.
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ost people would try and avoid any kind of contact with a skunk. Diane Lorbetski, on the other hand, invited one into her house for the night. Coming face to face with a baby skunk whose mother had been killed, Lorbetski decided she would do everything she could to help the little creature survive. “The skunk was brought in by a resident who found it at the side of the road,” said Lorbetski, who works at the Wellesley Township administration office. “I decided that I would just take care of it until I could find out what to do with it.” Knowing nothing about the animal, Lorbetski, took it to a veterinarian in Elmira to have it checked out. She was given a sheet of instructions and a bottle for formula. “I can’t resist these little guys,” said Lorbetski. During the night Lorbetski and her daughter kept the animal warm and fed it every two hours. Realizing the amount of work it takes to care for the animal, she decided to contact a wildlife rehabilitator, Joy Huggins, in Waterloo. Huggins took in the
animal and will care for it until she releases it back into the wild. “It is never a good idea to take a wild animal as pet. Wild animals are not meant to be pets,” said Huggins. “They can be cute when they are babies and they don’t bite and like to be snuggled and that may be why people sometimes think they will be a good pet. But as they get older they will not be happy being indoors and that’s when problems occur.” Huggins said wild animals that grow up with human contact have been imprinted. “It’s not fair to the animal,” said Huggins. “If the animal is imprinted on people and they don’t want it anymore the animal will have to be put down.” Huggins said when it comes to skunks there is always a possibility of rabies and distemper, meaing people have to be careful around those animals. The best thing for the public to do is to contact the Humane Society, the Ministry of Natural Resources or try to find a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, she explained. Huggins plans to find another baby skunk as it is vital for skunks to have littermates. “It needs to learn how
to be a skunk,” said Huggins. “The idea is to get him eating and doing what he needs to do, but with another skunk of his age.” For the time being Huggins will be feeding the skunk esbilac, a puppy formula found at pet stores. Then she will start to feed the animal cat food until it is old enough to start to eat the food he would in the wild. “I do not treat these animals like a pet, I don’t handle them very much, I never cuddle with them and when they are old enough and can hold their own body heat, I put them in outdoor cages to get them use to living outdoors and give them a sense of where they should be and let them be with each other.” Huggins said the major problems humans cause baby wildlife is feeding it the wrong type of food. “There are better options for found wildlife rather than doing it yourself,” said Huggins. “Raising them improperly or giving the animal metabolic bone disease because you end up feeding it the wrong food only hurts the animal. People should look and find a local wildlife rehabilitator to help them out.”
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THE RURAL MIXED-USE CLUSTER REVIEW The Rural Mixed-Use Cluster (“The Cluster”) was a pilot project, approved in 2003, designed to assist with the housing and employment needs of the rural community which relies on horsedrawn vehicles as their sole means of transportation. The Cluster is a grouping of seven lots which are between 2-4 ha. Each lot can have a residence, a building for a “dry industrial use” and non-commercial limited agricultural uses. To assist in the evaluation of the Cluster policy, as required by the Ontario Municipal Board, the Township Council is requesting Public feedback on the following questions:
Questions: 1. Has the existing Cluster had any direct impact on your lifestyle? In what way? 2. Is there any issue with the existing “Cluster” that should be considered prior to acceptance of a new Cluster application? 3. Do you have any other comments, positive or negative, about the existing “Cluster”? Please see Section 7 of the Township’s Zoning By-law (28/2006) and Section 3.7 of the Township’s Official Plan (2003) for further information. Policies are available at www.township.wellesley.on.ca and at the Township office. Please send your responses to the Township of Wellesley Planning Department: 4639 Lobsinger Line St. Clements, ON N0B 2M0
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It’s easy to believe that LRT has no impact on the townships. Yet this is a key component of our regional renewal ... Andrew Dodds
letter on page 14
VERBATIM n reality, the Conservatives' plan increases the federal tax take, increases government Ispending, and fails to provide a truly austere
plan to balance the budget. It will, therefore, do little to improve economic growth and create jobs.
> Even Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam
of the Fraser Institute are skeptical about the federal government's fiscal management
THE MONITOR he average rental apartment vacancy rate Tslightly in Canada's 35 major centres decreased to 2.5 per cent in April 2011, from 2.9 per cent in April 2010, largley due to a surge in renters, including the ongoing flood of immigrants.
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n introducing a budget this week, the federal Conservatives reiterated claims they’re good fiscal managers, pledging to strengthen the economy and balance the books. If the past is any indication, that will not be the case. Even before the recession set in late in 2008, the Tories were spending at a record pace, racking up deficits with ill-advised tax cuts that benefited only a few. Having gone 12 years with surpluses that helped pay down the accumulated debt, Canada was in better shape than most of the other industrialized countries when the financial meltdown and resultant recession hit. But two years of the Conservative government spending like sailors on shore leave while also cutting taxes in the most ineffective manner – the two percentage points from the GST, for instance – left the
coffers bare when the recession hit, apparently catching nobody but the Tories by surprise. The Conservative track record is clear: spending priorities are out of step with what Canadians want, as are the tax cuts, including the ongoing race to the bottom in regards corporate taxes. Massive military spending – including plans to extend the mission in Libya, to the tune of $60 million – and plans for more prisons provide little, if any benefit to those of us who will be paying for it. Contrary to the government’s claim of fiscal responsibility and transparency, its budget numbers have been challenged by a host of analysts, including Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page. On the issue of untendered F-35 stealth fighters, Page has determined the Harper government misrepresents the cost:
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resident Ali Abdullah al-Saleh, in power in Yemen for the past 33 years and under siege for the past three months, left the country last weekend with a large piece of shrapnel lodged just below his heart. He may not come back. Accompanying Saleh to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment were the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the speakers of both houses of parliament, and Saleh’s personal security adviser, all of whom were also wounded in the Friday explosion at the al-Nahdayn mosque in the presidential compound in Sanaa. It’s a pretty clean sweep, so the question is: who comes next? Nobody even knows whether the explosion was caused by a bomb planted in the mosque, a shell, or a rocket. The situation is very complicated, so you’d better take notes. (There will be a brief test afterwards.) The turmoil in Yemen is really two separate conflicts. One is a traditional power struggle between two elite factions. The other is a non-violent, prodemocratic youth movement inspired by the popular revolutions elsewhere in the Arab world. They were linked at the start (though most of the young idealists didn’t realize it), but they will be disentangled by the finish. One of the elite factions is dominated by President al-Saleh’s own family: his son Ahmed Ali commands the Presidential Guard, and his nephews Tariq, Yahya and Ammar control other vital elements of the security and intelligence apparatus. The rival faction is led by the al-Ahmar family, whose current head, Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar, is the leader of the Hashid tribal confederation, one of the two most powerful in Yemen.
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International Affairs GWYNNE DYER Sadeq al-Ahmar’s brother Himyar was deputy speaker of parliament, and another brother, Hussein, was a member of Saleh’s Governing People’s Council, until the two men resigned three months ago in protest against the regime’s brutal shooting of student demonstrators. That was the signal that the long truce between the two factions was at an end. The most important al-Ahmar brother is Hamid, a businessman and a leader of the opposition Islah party. There is ample evidence that Hamid helped to get the student protests underway, making his Sabafon mobile network available to send out messages organizing the protests and then covering the demos lavishly on his Suhail TV network (whose head office was burned by Saleh’s troops last week). So far, so bad. What makes it worse is that the quarrel is among such a narrow and unrepresentative elite. The Saleh family, like the Ahmar family, belongs to the Hashid tribal confederacy. They both therefore follow the Zaidi tradition of Shia Islam, whereas a majority of Yemenis are Sunnis. Eighty percent of Yemenis don’t even have a dog in this fight. But the young Yemeni protesters in the streets are not interested in a mere reshuffle of the elite, and the Ahmar family has never controlled them. They actually do want democracy, and they have already paid a
high price for their idealism: about half of the 350 people killed since the first “Day of Rage” in January have been unarmed youths. The other half, in the past two weeks, have mostly been tribal fighters backing the Ahmar family and military forces controlled by the Saleh clan (plus lots of innocent bystanders). In terms of how Yemen has always been run in the past, the Ahmar family is now on the brink of victory. But the drama will not end there. One of the student leaders, Hashem Nidal of the Independent Movement for Change, put it well in a recent interview with the BBC. “They wanted to push the revolution towards violence and we refuse this completely. ... We are co-ordinating with many protesters across the country to make sure they don’t fall into the trap of violence. “After three months of great efforts in raising awareness among people to avoid violence,” he added, “we managed to reach a level of understanding that refuses violence. We are looking to topple this regime by peaceful means.” By “regime” he means the tribal, sectarian, undemocratic way in which Yemen has always been run. The departure of President Saleh won’t be the end of the story. The Ahmar family’s allies may take over the government, but they will face just the same demands from Yemeni youths who want a non-sectarian, democratic, non-tribal state that offers them a decent future regardless of their tribe, their sect, or even their sex.
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With the federal budget, should the government have concentrated on deficits or programs?
"I think there should have been a balance. We need to do something about the deficit and we could eliminate certain programs but some are just too important like those for the elderly." > Judy Dunn-Keighan
"I think they should have concentrated on programs or at least find a healthy balance." > Shashi Verma
BY SCOTT ARNOLD
"I think we need to bring the deficit down but it should not affect our important programs." > Mary Kraemer
Big projects a century apart, supporters of the latter hope things go a whole lot better this time around in landlocked Waterloo Region.
"The deficit, always the deficit.." > Kent Bridges
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hose who oppose the Harper government – a sizable and growing contingency – have adopted Brigette DePape as their new poster girl. DePape is the 21-year-old former Senate Page who held up an octagonal sign bearing the message “Stop Harper!” during the June 3 Throne Speech. She managed to do so for about 20 seconds before being escorted from the chamber and subsequently sacked. Those who miss the point decry the move as disrespectful. Some of the law-and-order types – the ones gunning to spend tens of billions to house the perpetrators of unreported crimes – tried to spin the story as a security breach. But most of us saw it for what it was: a young woman with the guts to make a statement in the midst of the powerful and privileged. She exercised her democratic right to express her opinion, paying a price for her act of civil disobedience. Her statement falls well short of the kind of thing we’re seeing in the Middle East and North Africa, where people have been putting their lives on the line to end the rule of oppressive regimes. We’re not in that kind of state here, though successive governments have adopted policies that are lowering the standard of living for middle-class Canadians while restricting our freedoms. That’s something worth protesting, and many more of us
per cent, according to research by University of Ottawa Professor David Zussman, who holds the Jarislowsky chair on management in the public sector. Most Canadians distrust government and big business and their cynicism towards politicians is increasing, he found in a widelypublished study from 2005. According to his research, trust in government has plummeted from a high of 58 per cent of Canadians in the late 1960s to only 27 per cent in 2005 who state that they trust government always/most of the time. People in “help positions” are viewed as having high ethical standards compared to those in politics and big business. Some 78 per cent of Canadians rate NGO volunteers as having high ethical standards, followed closely by doctors and scientists. Forty-five per cent rate civil servants as having high ethical standards, whereas only 25 per cent say that of big business executives and a mere 21 per cent say that of politicians. There’s something intrinsically Canadian about deferral to authority. We’ve long assumed government, business and other institutions are doing what they’re supposed to do. Add to that an increasing sense of disconnectedness and shrinking sense of community and you have a recipe for a world in which few in power are looking out for your best interests.
Instead, they’re looking out for themselves, and their wallets. That much is clear in figures released last month by Berlin-based Transparency International, which looks at a broad range of corruption issues, ranking countries accordingly. For 2010, Canada comes in at number six, behind Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore in the top three, and Finland and Sweden as four and five. For comparison purposes, Germany was 16th, the UK number 20, the U.S. 23rd and France rounding out the top 25. The 2010 rankings show nearly three quarters of the 178 countries in the index score below five, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption), indicating a serious corruption problem. The corruption involves all facets of the society, including government and business. Although scoring relatively well, Canada was cited for weak legislation and poor enforcement in matters of corruption, falling in that regard over the past few years. Much talk about the law-and-order agenda, but little action on what would have an impact on corporate interests. For the government to speak of Brigette DePape as disrespectful is more than a little disingenuous. I’d wager more Canadians have respect for her actions than for the politicians questioning her stance.
pointed. I was very upset, and went into the bank looking for the owner. There were no Mennonites in the bank, and I didn’t know what to do, other than to cry. It bothered me as I went home. Forty minutes later I had a hair appointment and, needless to say, I stopped again to see if the horse was still there. Much to my horror, it was. My only consolation was the sight of shopping bags in the rear of the buggy, indicating the owner had been back, only to leave again. After my two hours at the hairdresser, I stopped to check again and, thankfully, the poor animal was gone – but to where? Somewhere
he would get some shade, a drink of cool water? Or more cruel treatment? It is very disheartening to see horses being neglected and abused in this way, and to feel helpless in not knowing what can be done. I will do more research to find what, if anything, can be done if this occurs again. I did have a thought: shouldn’t these buggies be able to be identified in some way? I am not suggesting they need to pay for a licence, but perhaps they should have a number marked on them so in instances like this the owner could be tracked down and the animals could be checked on.
There is “parking” available for Mennonite horses around Elmira – Foodland, No Frills, the shed downtowns – is water available to them in those areas? If not, could it be? I share a community garden and we have access to water from a big plastic reservoir with a spout: all you need is a bucket. It seems like it could be a simple and easy solution to the concern. I just thought I would share my experience, as there are many caring and compassionate residents in our town.
Waterloo condo, but cherish the countryside I can easily bike into, the friendly bustle in St. Jacobs, the cool stream in the Elora Gorge, and the other surprises the townships hold for me in every direction. I grew up watching Ottawa’s BRT fail to intensify Orleans as it ate into the countryside, as Mississauga ate into the fields around my fiance’s home. My earliest memory is of steering my grandfather’s red tractor on the Dodds farm in Markham; now it’s a suburb where addresses read “Dodds gate.” That is why I hope we follow my ancestral Dublin, whose LRT pre-
serves both Dublin’s character, and Ireland’s lush landscapes. This is not about hoping to add a few more years to the lives of the most treasured and distinct character of our communities, only to see them lost as Mississauga’s distinctive Streetsville was to sprawl. This is about the decades-long health and preservation of our region’s assets, measured in stone cut and placed with sweat, communities united in gatherings of not wheels but feet, and in the bounty of our irreplaceable emerald and amber fields.
From the Editor Steve Kannon will need to do so to prevent further sliding. To be sure, we’re democratic on the surface. And we don’t live under the kind of oppressive, dictatorial regimes seen in the Middle East, though the West is much to blame for the state of those nations. But our democratic freedoms are always imperiled by our own complacency, allowing power-hungry politicians and greedy corporations to wield increasingly more influence over our system of government. It’s no wonder we’re losing respect for institutions such as government, big business, the legal system and, truth be told, the media. Fewer than 40 per cent of Canadians trust the legal system, for instance. That number drops below 30 for business and union leaders, as well as the media. It’s lower still for government, with trust for politicians typically hovering in the 10 per cent range, pretty much at the bottom of the list. In the 1960s, 80 percent of Canadians trusted governments to ‘do the right thing’. These days, the level of support has fallen to less than 30
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Simple measures would help horses To the Editor, On May 31, on my way home from work at 11:50 a.m., I stopped at the Bank of Montreal to do some banking and noticed a Mennonite horse and buggy tethered in the parking lot. This would be nothing out of the ordinary, but the humidex was 40 degrees and the air was stifling. The horse was obviously in distress, and to add insult to injury the poor animal was skin and bones. His hip bones were sticking out so much that they almost appeared to be
LRT will reduce sprawl To the Editor, In a few short days, regional council will make a decision on rapid transit, shaping our community for decades to come. It’s easy to believe that LRT has no impact on the townships. Yet this is a key component of our regional renewal, our faith in the communities we’ve built, and critically in restraining sprawl and growth. I choose to live in an uptown
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Woolwich Township will benefit from public transit
t was wonderful to attend the GRT route 21 public information night at the Woolwich Memorial Centre this week where dozens of passionate people from all walks of life expressed the need and desire for improved public transit in Woolwich. While many in the township may not be able to easily use transit due to the nature of rural communities or the long distance to the closest bus stop, it was apparent that a great many people do depend on what little transit there is in the township and that future prosperity likely depends on improving public transit. Regardless if you are a current transit user or not, everyone who lives in Woolwich stands to benefit from the success of transit and the implementation of rapid transit in Waterloo Region. Each day approximately 25 to 30 people move or are born into Waterloo Region – totaling about 10,000 additional residents we need to accommodate each year, according to Statistics Canada. This is the equivalent of almost a bus full of people each day moving into our region and each week we need almost 100 new homes, condos, and apartments to house them. Without the ability to focus more growth in our existing urban areas, urban sprawl becomes inevitable and extreme pressure is placed on our rural lands. Most people have been astonished by the turnaround and revival of the downtown core areas in Waterloo, Kitchener, and increasingly in the Galt part of Cambridge the past few years. However, this revitalization will stop in the coming years if we cannot get more
transportation capacity and the ability to easily move large numbers of people around our community. It is simply too expensive and almost impossible to add more road capacity in these built-up downtown areas. The LRT is the most costeffective method of transportation and guiding growth over the long term. Success stories and ridership results from cities such as Charlotte, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Portland, and others demonstrate that it is already a viable solution that our community can afford. We cannot stop the hundreds of thousands of people predicted to move into Waterloo Region. However, we can effectively plan for and carefully manage this rapid growth to ensure our community continues to be an appealing place to live, work, and visit. This includes new roads, better cycling paths, and encouraging walking as much as possible. It must also include improved public transit and rapid transit. This isn’t an “either/or” choice but an “all of the above” answer if we want to remain one of the most desirable places in North America to live. Our growth is amongst the fastest in the country and we are going to need all the innovative solutions possible to effectively manage it. In conjunction with a revamped bus network that better reaches out to urban neighbourhoods and surrounding towns such as St. Jacobs and Elmira, the LRT could effectively change the way many people choose to live and travel in Waterloo Region. Like so many successful LRT systems worldwide, it would provide an appealing way to get around and help to change our
future growth patterns to Europeanlike centers of thriving shops, cafes, and stylish urban apartments/ homes. While most rural township residents may not use the LRT on a regular basis, there is nothing that could be more effective at curbing urban sprawl and ensuring our thriving farms, natural areas, and rural wetlands don’t fall victim to uncontrolled growth. Just this past year we saw the City of Barrie annex a significant part of Innisfil Township to accommodate its growth because it is reluctant to invest and implement an effective integrated plan to deal with its rapid growth and sprawl. The farmland that will now be lost was some of the best in the province. We must do better. We must find ways to sustainably provide the housing that we require, and deal with area traffic that is growing by 15 to 20 new cars per day – a rate at which we just can’t build roads fast enough to keep up with this pace. These increasing traffic issues are being proven daily around our region despite spending hundreds of millions of tax and stimulus dollars recently on new bridges, widening existing roads, and even entirely new streets. Our roads are increasingly congested, travel time continues to increase, and our local air quality continues to deteriorate making it amongst the worst in the province. While few can even remember the original cost of the extremely controversial Conestoga Expressway built back in the 1960s, adjusted for inflation the tax increase it required then was proportionally even greater than the investment
being asked of our urban residents now for rapid transit. Township residents are not being asked to contribute to the LRT capital costs despite the many benefits we will realize. And while cost has been the most significant concern with urban tax payers, it is important to note that Vancouver has consistently completed their Skytrain rapid transit lines months ahead of schedule and as much as $50 million under budget. We need to provide people with a better choice on how they choose to live and travel in our region. We need to ensure we have smart growth better utilizing our existing infrastructure and not endless sprawl forcing our farmers off their thriving farms. We have lead the world on many initiatives including blue box recycling, ESPA areas, nosmoking bylaws, and now we have a chance to show our prowess on LRT rapid transit, the ongoing revitalization of our urban areas, and the protection of our rural areas too. Speak up and tell our politicians that we need their leadership, we need their vision, and that we need better local transit and rapid transit, specifically the superior LRT alternative that looks 50 years into the future – not just four – to best manage our rapid growth and to ensure the best possible future for all our community. Kevin Thomason is a rural township resident and is vice-chair of the Grand River Environmental Network and has worked extensively on solutions for balancing growth and protecting the environment in Waterloo Region.
Dyer: Democracy in the balance > CONTINUED FROM PG. 13 If they get the chance to build that state, they will face horrendous challenges. Yemen is the poorest Arab country, and its modest endowment of oil is running out. So is the underground water it depends on for irrigation, and the population is growing at 2.6 percent a year. Half of the 24 million Yemenis are
illiterate, and half the population is under 18. The kids may fail, but who stands a better chance of surmounting these challenges? A democratic government run by the younger generation of Yemenis, or a regime controlled by the Salehs or the Ahmars? It’s all quite simple, really. So there will not be a test after all.
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Experiencing a new Reality From Hawkesville home to Elmira store, Reality Bytes now has a second location in Fergus or computer wholesaler and retailer Troy Witter, just because his business is expanding doesn’t mean he has lost touch with what has made his company, Reality Bytes, so successful. Two weeks ago Witter opened a second location in Fergus to help supply the wholesale division of his company. The new Fergus store will be having a grand opening celebration next Saturday, June 18. “Our quality and service is still the same,” said Witter, who ran the company out of his parent’s Hawkesville home before setting up shop at 112 Bonnie Cres. in Elmira seven years ago. “We’ve always taken pride in our quality here and our service. That’s been one of the differences with Reality Bytes as opposed to other computer companies, [and] that won’t change.” Along with the new location, Witter is also unveiling a major overhaul of his Elmira shop one week later, June 25, and invites customers – old and new – to check out the renovations. The retail section at the front of the store has nearly doubled in size to about 800 square feet after knocking down walls and eliminating a pair of offices. “We heard in the past
CHANGING WITH TECHNOLOGY Reality Bytes owner Troy Witter has opened a second location in Fergus, and overhauled his Elmira shop to have a roomier and more comfortable feel. He is having a grand opening next Saturday in Fergus, and a re-grand opening in Elmira a week later.
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that when you had four or five people in the store at once you could feel the tension in the space,” said Witter of why he wanted to renovate the store. “Now, they have a place to browse and feel a little more comfortable.” Comfort aside, Witter said there is also a practical reason for making the retail section of the store larger and more inviting: it allows him to put more products on display, many of which customers didn’t even know they carried. “TVs, cameras, projectors, projector screens and all types of things like that which normally we couldn’t have up there because we didn’t have the room,” he said. “It’s more visible now.” Nevertheless, despite the changes Witter wants his customers and clients to know he has remained true to the small-community roots that helped build Reality Bytes over the years. Witter has donated prizes for the Woolwich Wild Run, including laptops for the winners, and back in 2009 when Elmira was in the running for Kraft Hockeyville, he donated 40 computers for the public to use to rack up votes to try and win the award.
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“I’ve learned that being in the community and servicing the community is a very important thing,” he said. Reality Bytes is also an electronic-waste facility and charges a small fee for people to bring in their old electronics to be recycled or refurbished. Witter employs one or two co-op students each year so they can
gain valuable experience in the computer industry, and help disassemble the ewaste. That experience is key to educating and developing future computer technicians, Witter says, because the way the industry is moving these days the assembling of computers has become almost accident-
proof – which is the wrong way to train, he believes. “The first computer I built I didn’t have any instructions, the store manager just gave me the parts and said ‘Go’. I put the CPU in backwards, which was a $400 mistake, but I never made it again. Every mistake you learn from,” Witter said. He also says the major difference that separates his store from the big-box companies is service and quality, and even though he has begun to expand his business – with a third store at an undisclosed location also in the works – he will never try to compete in larger urban centres. “I don’t want to get into battles of price with the big city because they don’t
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Let’s nourish the world, not just feed it
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ere’s some reassuring news on the food frontier for Canadians. In an exciting new report, the Conference Board of Canada says our food sector’s high level of development and sophistication means “we’ll likely not face the severe food security issues that will plague billions of other people in the coming decades.” For non-Canadians, though, it’s a different story. The report, called Valuing Food: the Economic Contribution of Canada’s Food Sector, says the fact that the world can now support seven billion people is thanks to what it calls the “marvel” of modern agriculture. That’s a science-driven kind of farming that takes advantage of new developments from university, government and industry researchers to increase a plant or animal’s perfor-
Food For Thought Owen Roberts mance, or provide some environmental benefit, or both. But, the report continues, with the global population expected to expand by another two billion people by 2050, there is understandable concern about agriculture’s capacity to respond. It says the developing world will be a significant driver of growth in the demand for food, and it won’t all be from hungry people. Despite abject poverty in many parts of the world, some of the new arrivals to this plan-
Reality: Service remains his focus > CONTINUED FROM PG. 16 honour service like we do. When you bring your stuff here, and buy your stuff here, you’re buying on trust of the small community and of somebody who has been around for a while,” said Witter, who has been a computer technician for more than 15 years after working as a door-to-door coupon salesman. “I know computers inside and out, and I know quality. For a small-
er guy like me I can’t sell junk and make money and keep the confidence of the consumer. My name would go down the tubes.” That point is key, considering much of his business is made from buying equipment off-lease from companies and refurbishing it for sale elsewhere. His attention to quality and cleanliness with the machines is what sets him apart. For more information, see www. realitybytescomputers.com.
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et will be members of families who constitute a growing global middle class of consumers. If trends hold true, these consumers will be seeking a diet that is more diverse. Meat and fish protein will play a larger role. This could mean new opportunities for Canadian farmers, if the doors are open for trade. The conference board notes Canada is one of just 24 countries that is a net exporter of food, an enviable position. Besides serving more than 30 million Canadians, farmers here will need to help grow food for the expanding population abroad. That will require strong policies and support here to do so, which is the focus of the conference board’s next study. There’s wide agreement that part of the answer to feeding the hungry is helping them feed themselves. That means working with them to torque up their own abilities and improve their native crops and livestock. Now, that’s not a new concept. Rural extension specialists at institutions such as the University of Guelph were doing so decades ago and in some cases still do, although development dollars have become scarce. Manifestos from well-publicized hunger summits vow to commit more resources to addressing the problem, but organizations representing underdeveloped countries complain they never see the money.
The fact is they’re more likely to see Canadian food products than Canadian development dollars, given the new federal government’s financial restraint. As well, the conference board says governments (such as ours) are faced with competing priorities – on one hand, they need to create an environment that is conducive to trade, which means a liberal policy towards open borders. On the other hand, they need to protect the domestic market. It’s a tough spot to be in, especially for Canada which internationally is roundly criticized for unfairly raising tariffs against cheap imports of dairy and poultry in particular. So if we’re going to export food, what is it we’ll be selling or stocking shelves abroad with? Please, not poutine. Not products that are going to give underdeveloped nations’ citizens the same obesity-related illnesses as we have in North America. At the recent Alltech annual outlook symposium, Dr. Mark Lyons, the company’s international projects director, warned of what he called “globesity,” noting society has decoupled taste and nutrition in offering people empty calories. “Are we focused too much on feeding the world, and not nourishing the world?” he asked. That’s a prudent question as Canada’s food sector figures out its new global role.
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BEHIND THE WHEEL Ab Martin has been volunteering with the Canadian Cancer Society as a driver for 13 years.
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a number of people I drove some seven or 10 years ago walking down the street and they still thank me for taking them to their appointments.” The job itself is all the reward Martin ever needs; many patients over the years have tried to give him gifts or cash as a way to repay him, but Martin insists they just make a donation to the cancer society. He does occasionally accept a loaf of homebaked bread or a basket of strawberries. All the volunteer drivers at the Cancer Society are trained to know where each hospital is and how to navigate the patients to the cancer wards for a stress-free ride. Martin is personally committed to driving one day a week but recently he
he only guarantees in life are that the sun will come up in the morning and that there will certainly be change. In our fast-paced society, we experience change at a rate that well beyond anything experienced by previous generations. The amount of information that we have access to has increased by 1,000 per cent in the last hundred years. The amount of information in a New York Times newspaper is equivalent to the total amount of information that a person would have had access to only a century ago. With FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, iPhones, Blackberrys, iPads, Google and the Internet in general, we have access to such a large amount of information at the touch of our fingers it can make your head spin. A great resource to really appreciate the depth and truth to these statements is a video that you can find on YouTube by searching “Did you know?” When I was first presented with this video it really blew me away, yet at the same time didn’t come as a surprise. I’ve found in my coaching practice, and even in my own life, that people in today’s society are on the brink of a potential breakdown, of being overwhelmed by a busy schedule and information overload. This relates to your health and well-being in that it’s essential that you do your best to align yourself with the changes taking place in your life today. You either accept them or are drowned by them. Dealing with change and being human isn’t always the best mix. Your body is changing, the planet is changing, our food supply is changing and how we as society interact with each other is changing. Have you stopped to think for a minute if you’re holding on to an outdated software program that you use to deal with change? Consider getting an upgrade so that you can experience less stress in your life. Do everything that you can to increase your energy
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Canadian Cancer Society, which relies on volunteers to help patients get to appointments, is looking for more drivers to do their part
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or those dealing with cancer, even the simple things like getting to a medical appointment can become an issue. That’s where the Canadian Cancer Society comes in, providing volunteers to help current patients. Right now, however, demand is outstripping the supply of volunteers, so the organization is looking for volunteer drivers to take cancer patients to their doctor and hospital appointments. Elmira resident Ab Martin, a retired bank manager, has been part of the driving service program for 13 years and has volunteered with the organization for close to 40 years. “I had a family member that had cancer and needed transportation for chemo and radiation treatment
and I just thought that this was something I could do to help because I like driving to start with. I’m also community-minded, so I decided that would be a good thing to get involved with,” said Martin. Community services coordinator Sheena Noel said the regional Cancer Society has about 52 active driving volunteers and can always use more. “They pick our clients up at their homes and then they take them to all their cancer-related appointments, they drive them to the cancer centers, doctors offices or hospitals in the area and then they bring them back home after their treatment,” she explained. “They don’t do any kind of physical type of support, they don’t do any kind of lifting or patient transfers, they just drive them and keep them company while
they are en route.” Martin has seen hundreds of people over the years and has travelled from London to Toronto to take patients to different hospitals. “I’ve seen a lot of people and I’ve been there to experience some beautiful recovery stories where people have gone in to see their doctor and come out and said, ‘Mr. Martin, I am cancer-free.’ That is a great day even though that may be the last time I see them,” said Martin. Martin said he has seen the recovery rate for cancer patients increase over the years and believes early diagnosis is the key to beating cancer. “I see people going to see their doctor with a type of cancer that 10 years ago they would not have made it. I feel good that I can be a small part of their recovery,” said Martin. “I’ve seen
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Drivers: Satisfaction in giving back > CONTINUED FROM PG. 18 has been getting requests for two or three days because of the shortage of drivers. Karen Griffiths, manager at the Cancer Society, said a lot of factors have occurred to see the drop in volunteer drivers. “A lot of our drivers have gotten older and they don’t want to drive anymore; some go away for the winter, some for the summer,” said Griffiths. “The price of gas has gone up and a lot of people don’t have the financial means to be able to drive anymore.” Martin said the price of gas is always a concern when it comes to finding drivers.
“Our biggest problem is the cost of gas; it can cost thousands of dollars to transport patients through out the year.” The Cancer Society does have a travel budget and provides it drivers with a mileage allowance. At 75, Martin said he will drive for as long as he can. “It is a worthwhile cause and the satisfaction that you get from knowing you are helping someone is fantastic. The best thing to do is keep your humour about you even though you are going through a trying time. It always helps to laugh. Martin encourages anyone interested to volunteer. For more information, call 519-8868888 or visit www.cancer.ca.
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Fitness: Take control of changes > CONTINUED FROM PG. 18 levels, as the more energy that you cultivate the better you are able to deal with the inevitability of change in your life. I’ll share a powerful formula with you: energy = change ability, meaning the more energy you have, the more you have to give to others and the more able you are to deal with change. Think of a person in your life that is in exceptional physical condition compared to someone who is overweight, de-conditioned and out of shape: who gets sick all the time? Who exemplifies that ability to deal with change better? Enjoy these quotes and take the wisdom from them for whatever it’s
worth to you. “When the resistance to change is greater than the desire to change, nothing happens. However, when the desire to change is greater than the resistance to change, change happens.” “Nothing happens until something happens.” “Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” “There is nothing wrong with change if it is the right direction.” “Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then is must be accepted.” “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second best time is today.”
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his summer, have a dessert onhand, ready to bake, and ready to pair with just about any seasonal fruit that is beginning to pop up at the markets. This traditional all-butter shortcake is the traditional accompaniment to fresh strawberries and cream. However, we’re pairing it with some rhubarb cooked with brown sugar, and then folded into some whipped cream (called a ‘fool’), as we bought an abundance of rhubarb from ‘Nauman’s Raspberries and More’ last Thursday at the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. It’s better (and quicker!) than a boxed Bisquick, as it takes less than 10 minutes to put together. When you are bringing the dough together, be sure to do it quickly, and not to over mix or work the dough too much. By gently bringing it together you will get very tender, flaky
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dough. Cut the dough into circles or triangles and then freeze right away if you are not going to bake them straight away. Then bake from frozen, increasing the baking time by about 10 minutes. In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; Grate in butter to flour mixture; Stir together milk and cream; Use a wooden spoon to mix in milk and cream until dough comes together; Turn out dough onto a floured surface and form a rectangle; cut into 8 triangles, or use a cutter for circles; Transfer to parchment lined baking sheet and chill for 20 minutes; Pre-heat oven to 400°F; Brush tops with cream and dust with icing sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. In a small saucepot, cook rhubarb
Rhubarb Fool >>2 cups chopped rhubarb >>1/2 cup brown sugar >>1 cup 35% cream, whipped to soft peaks
and sugar until rhubarb is broken down and thickened; cool completely; Gently fold in rhubarb to whipped cream and serve with shortcakes that have been sliced in half.
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Weather delays strawberry crop this spring I
t’s strawberry season again in Waterloo Region. Fresh, locally grown strawberries are a treat that many in the region readily anticipate after a dreary cold spring. The recent wet weather has delayed the crop a few weeks but anxious growers will soon be harvesting and sending the fruits of their labour to the stores and farmers’ markets. Pam Fisher, a berry crop specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said, strawberry growers are optimistic about this year’s crop. “The growers don’t like the wet weather because it is difficult to get work done,” said Fisher. “That has been the biggest challenge so far, getting the new plants in.” Fisher said she is expecting the strawberry yield to be average to above-average this year. “The last few years we saw strawberries very early,” she added. “So this year is more normal. We may be a few days behind the long-term average, but it’s more normal than last year being extremely early. The strawberries enjoy the cooler weather and are happily growing.” The season always brings strawberry lovers of all ages out into the fields to pick their own baskets full.
However, some local growers say poor weather conditions may mean the fresh strawberries will not be ready for picking for another two weeks. “Things look positive, we really have to stay on top of the crop with all the rain because we could get a fungus but since we use straw we have natural buffer there. We didn’t have any frost this year, which is a good thing,” said Leonard F. Martin of Floradale Berry Farm. “But we are still growing. We are more concerned about the flavour than size, with more sun we should have great-tasting berries, every little thing helps.” Floradale Berry farm started as a you-pick strawberry farm 25 years ago. Over the years Martin and his crew have begun to pick more themselves, giving their customers the option to buy pre-packaged berries. “We noticed that the demographics are changing. As the general population ages, the original strawberry pickers can’t pick anymore so there’s much more of a demand for the ‘ready pick’ at the stand,” said Martin. “It also depends on the weather conditions for you-pick: if it’s really hot weather or bad weather for people to work in, there is less you-pick, but if it’s nice comfortable working conditions we see more you-pick.” Over at Floralane Produce in Elmira, Stuart Horst and his employees have been picking strawberries for a
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PICK OF THE CROP Julianne Martin (left), Dorothy Stoner, Eunice Brubacher, Lisa Martin and Jeanette Brubacher pick strawberries at Floralane Produce on Wednesday. Cooler, wet weather has delayed the strawberry season for most growers.
few days. “We are on plastic now so the rain has some effect on them but very little because we control the irrigation,” said Horst. “It’s a new system for the area that we have been playing with for the last three years.” The new system and using a day neutral berry allows Horst to pick berries from now until October extending his season not by weeks but months. “It allows us to be earlier than your conventional berry in the ordinary beds,” said Horst. Day-neutral strawberries will continue to set and ripen fruit all summer
long until a hard frost puts them into dormancy. The strawberries will blossom and set fruit no matter how long or short the days are and give a steady supply of fruit instead of having it all ripen at the same time. Horst said he was very happy with the size of the berries this year, “They are actually a nice, large size.” Next Wednesday, the 33rd annual strawberry social will occur at the Bloomingdale Community Centre, where the community can experience fun, food, strawberries and shortcake as well as face painting and games for all ages.
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SPORTS Elmira soccer player joins U-17 national team
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HAVE BALL, WILL TRAVEL Elmira’s Tyler Pasher has been named to the Canadian U17 men’s soccer team, which will be competing next week in the U17 World Cup in Mexico.
Tyler Pasher headed for Mexico to play in FIFA U-17 World Cup
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esidents living around Lions Park in Elmira may have started to hear a familiar thumping sound coming from south end of the field at night. The rhythmic noise is a soccer ball hitting the outside wall of the public washrooms off the foot of Tyler Pasher. Every other night, Pasher heads to the park and begins his ritual. “It’s all about ball control,” said Pasher. “It’s just like when a baseball player goes to the batting cages and hits baseballs all day, eventually you will get so good at it that you will hit your mark every time, that’s the key.” The 17-year-old knows a lot about his sport, playing since he was six. The hard work has paid off, as Pasher was just named to a 21man Canadian roster that will go to Mexico for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. To say that Pasher is excited about the trip south would be an understatement. “It feels great, I love playing for the team. We have great coaches and I can’t wait to get down there. It’s going to be great to represent Canada, I love this country.” Currently Pasher trains three times a week as a defender with the Toronto FC Senior Academy. Over the years he has enjoyed stints playing and training with Newcastle in England as well. “I miss playing in England, it was like home. The caliber of players is different there than here, the training is different,” he noted. “They are a great class of players and I know I can hold my own and always do the best that I can against them.” Pasher has great respect for his current squad in Toronto and hopes to be one day named to play for Toronto FC first team. “They are a great organization, a class act,” said Pasher. “They help me have the mental aspect and drive to keep going.” The young player said he owes a lot to his coach Eddie Edgar from Kitchener for helping him manage the mental and physical parts of the game. “Sometimes you have your ups and downs but you just fight through it,” said Pasher. “[Edgar] has helped me develop my skills and become what I am today.” Pasher also acknowledges his parents as a reason for his success. “They have really helped me out and supported me a lot. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be able to get back and forth between Elmira
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and Toronto. When I had to get up early, they had to get up early. They put in the same amount of time and effort that I had to, and I am very grateful.” The Canadian U17 team’s opponents for the opening stage of the tournament are Uruguay, England and Rwanda. “He is very excited to be playing against England,” said Jeff Pasher, Tyler’s dad. “Ever since he has trained there he has had great respect for those players.” The FIFA U-17 World Cup features 24 teams, with 16 teams advancing to the next round. The top two teams from each group automatically qualify along with four of six thirdplace teams. This is the fifth time Canada has participated in the event. Canada qualified back in February before it finished second at the 2011 CONCACAF Men’s under-17 championship. PHOTOS
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PRACTICE
Tyler Pasher can often be found in Lions Park honing the skills that earned him a spot on the national team. Constant practice and development, both mentally and physically, are the keys to success, says the 17-year-old.
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The words no father wants to hear from his daughter
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ometimes, life isn’t easy or fair. You get handed bad news and then you have to deal with it. This very thing happened to me at 7 a.m. when, at the breakfast table, my 11-year-old daughter Carmen told me she had made an important, even lifealtering decision. What followed were words that no father ought to hear. “Dad,” she said, “I don’t think I’m going to be a duck hunter.” Of course, I laughed, as one is supposed to do when faced with such a ridiculous comment. “That’s a good one, Carm!” I said slapping my knee. “Very funny.” “No,” she said, “I’m quite serious.” I looked at the calendar just to confirm that it wasn’t April 1st. Sadly, it wasn’t. “Really?” I muttered. She nodded solemnly. I didn’t know what to say. “But what about the pact we made?” I stammered.
a person every excuse to get up before the crack of dawn; haul gear and decoys into a boat; eat a greasy breakfast and drink bad coffee; wade into a stinky marsh, get wet and muddy, listen to duck calling when most people are soundly asleep in a nice warm bed, then set up decoys, only to have hundreds of birds ignore them and then miss the lion’s share of those that didn’t. And lastly, de-feather and gut those that you got. And now she had somehow decided against it. But why? There was only one answer. “Carm,” I asked. “Have you had any recent dealings with a cult?” It turned out that her decision didn’t have anything to do with brainwashing at all. “I just don’t think I’ll be a good enough shot. You’ve been doing it forever and I see you miss all the time,” she said. I believe the fact that I didn’t disown her is testament enough to my love.
Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea “Dad,” she responded. “I was sixmonths old.” “Hey, you signed it,” I said, while producing my copy. “With my feet,” she mumbled. “I’ve got a good lawyer,” I replied tersely. Legal wrangling aside, I felt that somehow, as a father, I might have taken a wrong turn. No one signed as a witness, for one. Even worse, my little girl, my own flesh and blood, a kid who could blow a duck call at age two and had plucked more birds than most people I know, had somehow decided that she didn’t want to pursue the finest sport ever. I mean, here is an activity that gives
Still, it was an awful thing to say. Even now, I’m unsure of what to do. I mean, this and “I’ll pass on dessert,” are words that no Galea has ever uttered before. And yet here I am, faced with it. Right now I’m considering an intervention. We’re deep enough into the off-season that I could call several of my duck hunting buddies and their duck calls so that we might ambush Carm from blinds set up strategically in the living room and let her know how her decision affects us. Just to make a greater initial impact, I’d let Callie, our springer spaniel, begin. Sure it would be emotional. Callie, after all, is the only witness to many of my more spectacular misses. But I care that much about my little girl. Even so, I’m not sure if I’ll go through with it. Carm is only 11 and perhaps she will grow out of this strange haze. Kids, after all, can get a little crazy about these things, sometimes.
Lancers take home bronze in boys’ slo-pitch tourney James Jackson
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he Elmira District Secondary School boys’ slopitch team slugged their way to a third-place league finish following the conclusion of their two-day league tournament on Monday afternoon, beating Huron Heights 16-5 at Hillside Park in Waterloo. “We had an all-around great game. I’m happy with the win,” said coach Troy Shantz after handing out the medals to his team. The Lancers racked up 24 hits in the win, includ-
ing 16 singles, five doubles, a triple and a pair of homeruns to spark the attack, while pitcher Nevin Wilson limited Huron Heights to just nine hits, including six singles. Wilson pitched in and out of trouble all afternoon, keeping batters off balance with a series of high and low pitches to induce harmless fly balls and grounders to get out of jams. “Nevin had an all-around great game,” said Shantz of his pitcher, who also contributed with the bat and
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fell just a homerun short of the cycle on the day. The Lancers defence turned a couple of nice double plays behind him as well. After Huron Heights took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a solo homerun, the Lancers responded in the bottom of the inning with three of their own. With the bases loaded and two out, Evan Buehler stepped up and hit a double to centerfield, cashing in all three runners and staking Elmira to a 3-1 lead. The next batter, Daulton
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Call for over the phone Registration 519.669.0765. e-mail completed Registration Form to austinmacher@rogers.com, or send Registration Form and payment to: ELMIRA SUMMER SPORTS CAMP - C/O MELANIE AUSTIN 39 SECOND ST., ELMIRA, N3B 1H3
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MEDAL TIME The EDSS Lancers boys’ slo-pitch team put on a hitting clinic Monday afternoon in Waterloo to finish third in the league by defeating Huron Heights. Players include Kyle Wideman, Nevin Wilson, Jake Martin, Andrew Brubacher, Ted Sebben, Adam Brubacher, Matt Townsend, Reid Denstedt, Danny Marche, Daulton Wagner, Evan Buehler and John Milanovic.
Slo-pitch: EDSS powers its way to victory in consolation match > CONTINUED FROM PG. 25 the semifinals. The coach summed up the team’s success in the game to his players executing on all fronts. “Clutch hits,” Shantz said of a key to the team’s win. “We don’t usually hit very well when we have guys on base, but we did today, and I don’t think we made any errors either.” The coach added he was glad the players could take home a medal this year, as up to seven or eight of the team’s 12-man roster may not return next season. “We really wanted to win it all,” Shantz said, “but we’ll take this.”
>Latta picks up four awards Michael Latta added some more hardware to his trophy case on May 29 for his outstanding contributions to the Guelph Storm this season by taking home four awards at the team’s annual year-end gala at the Delta Hotel in Guelph. The St. Clements native and 2009 3rdround selection of the Nashville Predators was named the co-winner of the team’s Glad Mowatt MVP award, which he shared with Tyler Carroll. Latta recorded a career-high in goals (34) and assists (55) and points (89) in 68 games to finish ninth in OHL scoring this past season. Latta was also awarded the Tony Camilleri Memorial “Playmaker Trophy” as the team leader in assists, the Biltmore Hat “Hat trick” award awarded to the player with the most hat-tricks in the season and the team Leadership Award given in memory of Jason Peaire. Latta and the Storm were eliminated from the OHL playoffs in six games back on April 3 by the Saginaw Spirit.
IN SAFELY Andrew Brubacher beats out the throw to first base in the second inning. He would later score on an RBI double by Evan Buehler.
DOUBLING 'EM UP Jake Martin makes the throw to first to try to finish off a double play in the fourth inning.
IN THE GROOVE Elmira pitcher Nevin Wilson collects one of his three hits on the day, a single to right field, in the fifth inning. Inset: Ted Sebben crushes a ball to right field for a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to put the Lancers up 11-2.
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Golf tournament a fundraiser for BridgeKeepers James Jackson
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BRIDGING THE FUNDING GAP Participants in next week’s second-annual BridgeKeeper golf tournament include
Hans Pottkamper, Andrew Fielding, Peter Black, Tony Dowling, Barbara Dowling and Minda Cerson. The event is the group’s major fundraiser for the year, aimed at preserving the 130-year-old covered bridge in West Montrose.
Athletes from region's Catholic schools compete in Waterloo GOING FOR DISTANCE
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Luke DeCorte of St. Teresa in Elmira competes in the junior boys’ long jump at the Waterloo Catholic District School Board track meet held Tuesday at University Stadium in Waterloo.
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olfers will have the opportunity to tee-off for a good cause on Tuesday, June 14 at the annual Kissing Bridge Golf Tournament at Ariss Golf and Country Club, hosted by the BridgeKeepers of West Montrose. The tournament, in just its second year, is the primary fundraiser for the BridgeKeepers for the continued preservation of the 130-yearold Kissing Bridge in West Montrose, a national historic site and Ontario’s last remaining covered bridge. The group also organizes an annual carol sing each Christmas at the bridge, and participates every year in the Spring on the Trail event in the township, but with the BridgeKeepers embroiled in legal battles with gravel companies looking to extract tonnes of aggregate from farmland directly to the southwest of the bridge, the majority of the money raised will go towards paying for legal fees to try to stop those developments. “Those are about the only real expenses we have,” said Peter Black of the BridgeKeepers. “Most of the advocates we get, professors at the universities and so on, they come because they’re dedicated to the cause, but the lawyers, of course, need to eat,” he laughed. For as little as $130, golfers will have use of a motorized golf cart for the day as well as dinner at the golf club afterwards. There are also dinner-only options for those whose golf skills may not be up to par, or a packaged deal for up to four golfers that also includes t-shirts, hats and a mention in the program. The organization is still looking for corporate sponsors for the silent auction or to award prizes for spe-
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cific golfing feats such as a hole-in-one or closest to the pin. They are also hoping for some more golfers to round out the approximately 75 they are expecting, but organizers realize this time of year brings lots of competition on the fundraising front. “We’re coming along pretty well considering that the Sugar Kings golf tournament is the day before, and some people don’t like to golf every day of the week,” laughed Black. “So we’ve taken a bit of a back seat to that.” As for the weather, Tuesday is expected to be a perfect day for golf with sun and a high of 23 degrees – but Black is still cautiously optimistic, especially given the wet start to the year. “I really don’t put much faith in forecasts,” he laughed. “Maybe I’ll check it again the night before.” For more information on the tournament visit www. bridgekeepers.ca or to register for the event email golf@ bridgekeepers.ca.
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EDSS drama students to stage one-act play night Steve Kannon
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he school year is winding down, but there’s still time for EDSS drama students to take to the stage for a final performance and for audiences to enjoy the fruits of their labours. On Wednesday, a group of Grade 12 students will roll out five one-act plays, displaying their chops. “This is something for the Grade 12 class, which is a strong class, to end out the year,” said department head DJ Carroll. “Thanks to the support of the Kin Club, there’ll be prizes and plaques for the performers.” The area’s newest service club, the Kin Club of Woolwich has provided the drama department with a grant to help with the productions. Plays to be staged include
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IN ON THE ACT EDSS drama students Haydon Cooke (left), Jordan Siroky and Tanisha Longley rehearse a scene from a one-act play Wednesday. Five plays will be staged in a special performance Wednesday night.
Grace, Fourteen and This is a Test. The last deals with subject matter particularly close to the hearts of high school students: facing an exam as the clock ticks down your doom. You didn’t get the review sheets, the teacher doesn’t seem to like you, and your
classmates are blatantly cheating. Time is passing and the voices in your head keep reminding you that though you may be having trouble with the test, your personal life is far, far worse. Then you reach the essay question. The good news is that it’s an opinion essay.
The bad news is that it’s in Chinese. And things aren’t going to get better. In that scenario, it’s much easier for the audience to laugh. The evening will offer a real mix, said Carroll. “People get to see a real sampling – we’ve got comed-
ies, we’ve got dramas. It will be fun.” The performances are set for June 15 in the EDSS gym. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show starting at 7 p.m. There’s no charge, but the drama department will be accepting donations at the door.
Chapin tribute rounds out Folk Night series
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arry Chapin, active in the music business for just a decade before he died at 38, left behind a legacy that continues 30 years after his death. As with his bestknown hit “Cat’s in the Cradle,” he crafted songs that spoke to issues many of us have lived. Those familiar with the depths of Chapin’s catalogue and those looking to learn more about his music will enjoy next weekend’s Tribute to Harry Chapin, the season finale of the Folk Night at the Registry series. It was 40 years ago, in June 1971, that Chapin formed his band. And almost 30 years,
in July 1981, that he died, making for a bittersweet celebration of anniversaries, notes Jack Cole, who leads the Old Chestnuts Song Circle and organizes the Folk Night series. Prolific, Chapin produced more than a recording for every year he was active, along with keeping a hectic touring schedule, playing 200 to 250 shows annually. Beyond that, he was an advocate for good causes, with half of his concerts earmarked for charities. He established the World Hunger Year charity, and raised more than $3 million in six years. He lobbied for the creation of a President’s Commission on World Hunger, and actively served on it. In 1987 Chapin was
posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honour given by the U.S. Congress. When he died on a New York highway – in a collision that was likely preceded by a heart attack – he was on his way to play in a free concert. The hectic pace may have played a part in his early demise. “He really worked hard for what he believed in. He did the things he said he was going to do,” said Cole, noting Chapin was the only member of the President’s Commission on World Hunger to attend every meeting, despite the fact he was often on the road far from home. “When you talk about energy, Harry had it.”
Chapin’s humanitarianism is on display in his songs, which tell stories about real lives and issues. “He took ordinary people and made stories about them. When you listen to the words, it’s really something that people can relate to,” he said. “Harry wrote little gems, a lot like Stan Rogers.” Stories such as the fatherson relationship in “Cat’s in the Cradle” and the former lovers in “Taxi” are themes that touched listeners, generating gold records. But there are many such tales in Chapin’s catalogue. Cole’s own favourite? “Mr. Tanner,” about a dry cleaner from Dayton, Ohio who makes his singing debut
in New York City and gets slammed by the critics, never to sing in public again. “It’s a powerful, heartbreaking story,” noted Cole, who’ll be performing that tune, one of about 20 on the set list, selected after a tough paring-down process. He’s one of three singers, because one is not enough to try to do justice to Chapin, he added. The two others that will share the duties are Michael Kelly Cavan and Chris Lobsinger. Recreating the sound of Chapin’s band will be Dan Patterson (bass guitar), Elaine Finnie (cello) and Andy Tulloch (keyboards). The Tribute to Harry
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Open House format with Presentation at 7:00 p.m. École Secondaire Père-René-de-Galinée 450 Maple Grove Road Cambridge, Ontario
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ix years ago, the organizers of the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival decided they wanted to hold a special event just for kids to help mark their 30th anniversary. That event became known as Wellesley Idol, and tomorrow (Sunday) the ever-popular series returns to the village. The ABC Festival committee has spent the past few months looking for singers between the ages of 10-18 who live and go to school in Wilmot, Woolwich, Wellesley or Perth East townships to participate in this year’s event. Coordinator Marg Runstedler said that the event was born because organizers saw a lack of opportunity for singers in the area. “There were lots of sports, but there wasn’t much for kids who wanted to sing to compete in,” she said. Tomorrow night up to 16 performers will be invited to the Wellesley Community Centre to participate in a singing and performance seminar from 4-5 p.m., before singing in front of a live audience. From there, the second round of performances will take place Aug. 21, also at the community centre. The semi-finals are Sept. 13 at the Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair,
with the finals scheduled for Sept. 24 at the annual ABC Festival. This year’s judges will be the same as last year, Charlene Zehr, Grant Heywood and Gary Goeree, and they will also be the ones providing contestants with the singing and performing seminar prior to their first performance. Runstedler said that the competition has been beneficial for singers in the township, in particular to those who return each year to compete. “The one’s who come back year after year, you can see them improve. It’s good for their confidence to get up and sing in front of a whole bunch of people.” There is a first place prize of $500, $300 for second, and $200 for third place, as well as a People’s Choice Award worth $125. Not only that, but previous winners of the event have gone on to perform in live theatre, area concerts, and study at the postsecondary level. Last year’s winner, Elmira’s Maggie Wang, beat out 13 other hopefuls for the title of Wellesley Idol and recorded her first album last winter titled “Dreaming of Christmas.” Wang has also given several public performances since winning Idol. For more information on Wellesley Idol call Wendy, (519) 656-2961 or Kathy, (519) 656-3212.
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BACKGROUND The Region of Waterloo, the City of Cambridge and the Grand River Conservation Authority, in cooperation with the City of Kitchener and the Township of Woolwich, are working together to complete the background work needed to develop about 300 hectares of land in the City of Cambridge for future employment uses. The outcome of this work will be a Master Environmental Servicing Plan and a Community Plan. Work will be completed to meet the requirements of the Planning Act and the Environmental Assessment Act as outlined by the Municipal Engineer’s Association Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000, as amended in 2007) process.
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THE BAND'S ALL HERE Performing at the Harry Chapin tribute next weekend will be (front) Michael Kelly Cavan, Andy Tulloch, Elaine Finnie, Chris Lobsinger and (rear) Jack Cole and Dan Patterson.
Tribute: Proceed to reduce hunger, in keeping with Chapin's practice > CONTINUED FROM PG. 28 Chapin is on stage June 17 and 18 at 8 p.m at the Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. Tickets are $15 ($17 at the door), available at the Centre in the
Square box office by calling 578-1570 or toll free 1-800-265-8977 or online at www.centresquare.com. For more information, check out www.folknight.ca. In keeping with Chapin’s own support for good
causes, all proceeds from these shows will be divided between The Food Bank of Waterloo Region and the Mennonite Central Committee’s programs to reduce world hunger.
PUBLIC COMMENTS INVITED If you have any questions or comments about this study, or wish to be added to the study mailing list, please contact: Amanda Kutler, MBA, MCIP, RPP Acting Director, Community Planning Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 Tel: (519) 575-4818 Fax: (519) 575-4449 E-mail: AKutler@regionofwaterloo.ca
Elaine Brunn Shaw, MCIP, RPP Director of Policy Planning City of Cambridge 50 Dickson Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge ON N1R 5W8 Tel: (519) 740-4650 x 4574 Fax: (519) 740-9545 E-mail: brunnshawe@cambridge.ca
If you require accessible services to participate in this meeting, please contact Amanda Kutler by Thursday, June 9, 2011. All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to Amanda Kutler. This Notice issued Saturday, June 4, 2011.
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HELP WANTED
Metzger Veterinary Services 5200 Ament Line Linwood ON N0B 2A0 Fax: (519) 698-0037 office@metzgervet.com Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Cabinetmaker
Experienced cabinetmaker required to build and install quality custom cabinetry. Please forward resume to Mantels Plus Fax: (519)746-3551 email: sales@mantelsplus.com HELP WANTED
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Needed Trim carpenter Alma area. Must be reasonable, able to work with MDF, hard and soft woods and know trim/ door installation. Kristine 519-846-9368.
HEALTH CARE
>>Try Bowen Therapy for treatment of pain and numerous health conditions. Daytime hours now available! Contact Kevin Bartley, Certified Bowenwork Practitioner. 519-669-0112, Elmira. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
>>Builder Of New Houses offers investor 40% of sale profit for $200,000. Call 905-885-9597.
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>>MEGAMUTTS Dog Training, Summer Classes - group session or private, starting July 5, 4 weeks $100.00. www.megamutts. com. or 519-669-8167. WANTED
>>House Wanted to rent. Older Christian couple, looking for house to rent in Woolwich area. 519-6641264. AUTOMOTIVE HELP WANTED
>>Elmira area dairy farm looking for part time help with evening chores and other farm work during days this summer. 519-6698870. >>Looking for Weekend and holiday help. Mature friendly outgoing sales assistant. Please drop resume to Touch Of Scotland, 1441 King St., The Mill, St. Jacobs. >>Part-time person needed for Hood and Exhaust Cleaning in Restaurants. Valid Drivers licence needed. Email resume to pinkertons@ rogers.com
HELP WANTED
>>S e c r e t a r y / H e a l t h Assistant. Local Chiropractic Office is seeking a permanent parttime individual to work approximately 2-3 days per week including some evenings. The position will begin at the end of August. The candidate will need strong clerical and administrative experience, typing and intermediate computer knowledge. Great organizational and communication skills are essential. Please send resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: elmirachiropractic@rogers. com or Elmira Chiropractic, 15 Church St. W., Elmira, Ontario N3B 1M2.
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Duties include receptionist, customer service and inventory control. This is a one year contract position to fill a maternity leave with possible further employment.
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PLACING A CLASSIFIED AD | Classified ads can be obtained in person, by phone (519-669-5790), fax or email from Monday to Thursday 8:30am-5pm or Friday 8:30am-4pm. All classified ads are prepaid. Deadline is WEDNESDAYS by 4pm.
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>>Industrial Bay for rent. >>Garage Sale Saturday 64 Howard Ave., Elmira. 2000 sq ft., open space. 14’ high bay door. 16’ ceiling height, good for mezzanine. Separate hydro, gas and water meters. Inquiries please call 519-465-8421 or 519-669-1461 ext. 22.
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>>4 Family Sale - June 11, 9 a.m. - ? 6 Isabella St. St. Jacobs. >>2 Family Garage Sale.
51 Oriole Pkwy, Elmira. Fri. June 10, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat. June 11, 8 a.m. - noon. Kids clothes, toys, Webkinz, household items and more!
>>6 Bluejay Rd., Elmira, June 11, 7:30 a.m. Kitchen items, linens, gardening tools, small BBQ, CD’s, men’s & women’s clothing, winter coats. >>Downsizing Garage Sale - Sat. June 11, 31 Killdeer Rd. Elmira, 8a.m. - 1p.m. Table & chairs, dressers, bed frame, kitchen items, clothes, backpack, books and more! >>Fundraiser
Garage Sale - 76 First St. W. Elmira, Sat. June 11, 7:30 - 1 p.m. Rain date: June 18. Furniture, toys, perennials, books, fabric, BBQ, boxspring and more!
>>Garage Sale - 17 >>Drayton - 2 Bedroom Cardinal St. Elmira. June
basement apartment. Separate entrance, full bathroom, living room, shared kitchen and laundry only. Perfect for bachelor. Full use of outdoor space, parking available for one car, all inclusive. Call 519-6385020. Available immediately.
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11, 8 a.m. 12 HP Rally lawn tractor, kitchen table, dresser, credenza, bakers table, cupboards, clothing, 2 stereos, bikes, toys, drill press, 1998 Mercury Sable, and so much more!
June 11, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Kids clothes, baby items, bike trailer for kids, washing machine and much more!
>>Garage Sale - Sat. June 11, 7 a.m., 32 Falcon Dr., Elmira. Kids toys & clothing, furniture, household items, Christmas tree/decorations & much more! >>Garage Sale - Fri. June 10, 1-8 p.m., Sat. June 11, 7a.m. - 1 p.m. 11 Coral Gables Cr. Elmira. Children’s toys, games and clothes, Christmas decorations, home decor, furniture, pictures. >>4 Family Sale - Sat. June 11, 9 a.m. - ? 6 Isabella St. St. Jacobs.
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>>Garage Sale - Sat. June 11, 28 Queen St. Elmira, 8 a.m. Woodworking tools, tools and more tools. Also, vintage electronics, speakers, receivers. Hardwood lumber and more. >>Garage Sale - Sat. June 11, 34 Robin Dr., Elmira, 8 a.m. Kids bikes, treasures for everyone! >>Garage Sale - Sat. June 11, 40 Cedar Waxwing Dr., Elmira, 8 a.m. Tools, household items, sofabed and more! >>Garage Sale Sat. June 11, 7 a.m. - 1p.m. 34 Duke St., Elmira. Mostly antiques including sideboard, wicker buggy, kitchenaids, cabinets, wooden boxes, small wardrobe plus miscellaneous items. >>Garage
>>Garage Sale - June 11, 7-12. 63 Sugar King Dr. Elmira. Lots of kids items and assorted household items.
Sale - Sat. June 11, 8 a.m. 145 Porchlight Dr., Elmira. Infant & children’s clothing, toys, infant bathtub, decorations, electronics, table and more.
>>Garage
>>Garage
Sale - Sat. June 11, 1 Union St. Elmira. Gardening products, several furniture items. All products are new.
>>Garage Sale - Sat. June
11, 20 Grosbeak Rd. Elmira, 8 a.m. Some cookware, tools, household items, some furniture and more.
>>Garage Sale - Sat. June 11, 23 Bauman St. Elmira, 8 a.m. - noon. Household items, set of 4 antique chairs, child’s metal wagon, quality teenage girls clothing.
Sale - Sat. June 11. Lots of dishes, glass ware and flat ware in complete sets, Tupperware, bedding and towels and much, much more. There’s something for every body at 97 Arthur St. South in Elmira.
>>June 18th, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 62A Duke St. Women’s size 8 roller blades, men’s’ left handed golf clubs, scrapbooking supplies, dishes, linens, crafts, Christmas decor, upright vac etc. Rain date June 25th.
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GARAGE SALES
>>Surprise
Me Yard Sale, 30 Wyatt St. East, Elmira, 8-4. Something for everyone. Come see for yourself!
>>Kate’s Kause Garage Sale - Saturday, June 11, 186 Brookmead St. Elmira. All proceeds go directly to the all-accessible playground! >>Multi Family - 1585 Floradale Rd. Furniture, crib, baby items, children’s clothing, lots of dresses, decor and home baking. Fri. June 10, 8-8, Sat. June 11, 8-1. >>Multi Family - Friday
Monday, rain or shine. 7 a.m. HUGE, too much to list. Some mentionables washing machine, stove, antique dresser, table & chairs, many antiques, lamps, furniture, collectibles, tools, toys, bikes, Records, plastic barrels, perennials, trees, household etc. Off Hwy 86 between Macton and Dorking, Mapleton Rd. 16, watch for signs.
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GARAGE SALES
>>Multi-Family
>>Yard Sale - Sat. June
Garage Sale: Sat. June 11, 99 Brookmead St. Elmira. Lots of children’s clothing; girls 0-size 6x; boys, 0-9 month, other baby items, maternity clothing etc.
11, 2304 Floradale Rd., Floradale. Something for everyone! Collector items, household, some furniture, toys etc. Steiner tractor & attachments.
>>Moving Sale - Sat. June 11, 17 Porchlight Dr. Elmira, 7 a.m. Sports cards, household goods, gift items and more.
>>Yard Sale at 31 William St. Elmira, June 11. Housewares, toys, books, bedding, towels, set of 24 Sommerset dishes and more.
>>West Montrose Community Garage Sale Sat. June 11, 7 a.m. >>W o o d w o r k i n g
Tools, Tools and more tools, hardwood lumber. Also vintage electronics, speakers, receivers. Sat. June 11, 8 a.m. 28 Queen St. Elmira.
>>Yard Sale - Friday, June 10, 31 Sugar King Dr., Elmira, 4-8 p.m. Chain saw, 18 speed mountain bike, camping equipment, flower pots, bedding and much more!
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NOTICETO DOG OWNERS
COMIC BOOK DRAWING
Please be advised that dogs are to remain on leash at all times in the area of Snyders Flats Road in Bloomingdale.
Cost: $60
Tuesdays 6-7 pm Ages 9-13 Tuesdays 7-8 pm Ages 14+ July 5 to August 9 (6 weeks) Woolwich Memorial Centre
There is a fine of $205 for those caught with dogs off leash.
PLUS HST (All materials included)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A fun course that will teach the fundamentals of drawing like the comic book pros. Registrants will learn how to draw people, perspective, places, emotions and action. These skills will be applied by the registrants to create their own comic book. In the final session, registrants will put finishing touches on their books. All under the direction of Richard Zajac, local comic book artist. A fun way to learn and develop your skills!
REGISTRATION
In person at the Woolwich Memorial Centre or on line at www.woolwich.ca/register starting Friday June17th,6:30am Dave Ruetz, Recreation Program Manager 519-669-6047
INSTRUCTOR: RICHARD ZAJAC is a local comic book artist that works on various titles and for companies including DC Comics. His work can be found in Adventure Comics, Soulfire, Mindfield, the Flash, G.I. Joe:America's Elite, G.I. Joe: Special Missions, Dreadnots, Classics Illutstrated Jr. among other titles. He also has written his own book, Thoughtless. He is involved with The Hero Initiative Charity as a Regional Chair for Canada.
TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH
SUMMER AQUATIC REGISTRATION Begins Tuesday June 14th , 6:30 am Online: www.woolwich.ca (small convenience fee applies) In Person at the Woolwich Memorial Centre 24 Snyder Ave. South, Elmira For more information: 519.669.1647 ext. 7001 customerservice@woolwich.ca www.woolwich.ca
Summer Playground Program
Coming to the Breslau Community Centre & Woolwich Memorial Centre SUMMER 2011!! DAILY, Monday-Friday, Jul 4 – Aug 19th (no program Monday Aug 1st) 9 am – 4 pm Supervised Drop off and Pick-up times: 8 – 9 am and 4 – 5 pm $167 / week
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RESLAU ONSITE REGISTRATION - Monday June 6, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Thursday June 9, 6:30 - 7:30 pm or online at: www.woolwich.ca/register OOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE Registration ongoing at Customer Service Desk, Woolwich Memorial Centre or online at: www.woolwich.ca/register
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FAMILY ALBUM STAG & DOE
Stag & Doe
STAG & DOE
ENGAGEMENT
STAG & DOE
Stag & Doe
Stag & Doe
Hyndman-Cronin
Jen White & Cory Hahn
Alanna Wilson & Matt Schedler
Help us Celebrate with Cory & Jen! Friday June 17th 2011, 8pm - 1am
St. Jacob's Community Centre Games, Food, and Prizes to be won! $10 tickets at the door!
ANNIVERSARY
Friday, July 8th, 7pm - 1am Elmira Lions Hall
$10 in advance $15 at the door ~ DJ ~ Great Food ~ Games ~ Awesome Prizes and More! Everyone Welcome !!! ANNIVERSARY
Congratulations on your
50th Wedding Anniversary Darrell & Florence Jantzi
Please join us for Chris Koebel and Amanda Reid’s Stag & Doe. Saturday, June 18, 2011. 8 p.m. – 1 a.m. St. Clements Community Centre Games, food, prizes and more. $10 per person – tickets available at the door
Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary
Brian and Norma Nerdahl are very pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Hyndman to David Cronin, son of Tim and Karen Cronin.
June 16
Leonard & Mary Martin Congratulations and best wishes from all your children and grandchildren
The wedding is being planned for July 9th in St. Jacobs. ANNIVERSARY
ANNIVERSARY
Happy 60th
Happy 40th Anniversary
Wedding Anniversary
Robert & Mitzie Wilson
Nelson and Helen Horst
Please join us in celebrating 40 years of marriage Please join us for an Open House Sunday, June 19, 2011 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Floradale Mennonite Church Best wishes only please.
Open House Sunday, June 12, 2011 1p.m. - 4p.m. Linwood Recreation Centre, 5271 Ament Line, Linwood, Ontario
June 16, 2011 Congratulations Mom and Dad on this memorable Mile Stone. Love and Best Wishes from your loving family.
Best wishes only please.
PLACES OF FAITH
HEARING ASSISTED
NURSERY PROVIDED
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
SUNDAY SCHOOL
St. Teresa
Zion Mennonite Fellowship
Sun June 12th
No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope! Celebrate Eucharist with us
Worship Service - 10:30am
Ron Seabrooke Joining His Mission
Catholic Church Mass times are:
Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am
19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387
Trinity United Church, Elmira “Our mission is to love, learn & live by Christ’s teachings” Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School during Worship Minister: Rev. Dave Jagger
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www.execulink.com/~unitedchurch/index.html Visit us at: www.wondercafe.ca 21 Arthur St. N., Church office 519-669-5560
- The Junction -
Finding The Way Together 47 Arthur St., S. Elmira • 519-669-3153 www.thejunctionelmira.com
Bloomingdale Mennonite Church Sundays - 9:45 am Family Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School for all ages
1151 Snyder’s Flat Rd., Bloomingdale • 519-745-2411 www.bloomingdalemennonite.com
casual dress | contemporary music | christian church
SUNDAYS AYS @ 10:30AM Services at John Mahood Public School A
5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459 www.elmiracommunity.org
Discovering God Together
519-669-2319 | www.wbconline.ca 4522 Herrgott Road, Wallenstein
Gale
Worship 10:30am Sunday School during service
Minister: Rev. Dr. Linda Bell
Presbyterian www.galepresbyterian.com Church 2 Cross St., Elmira • 519-669-2852
Office Hours: M-TH 9-Noon & 1-3 • E galepresbychurch@golden.net
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
June 12, 2011 Stop Chasing, Take A Knee
@ 11:00 am
Sunday, June 12, 2011 9:15 & 11:00 AM
Speaker: Kirk Durston 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca
10:00am Worship Service Pastor: Richard A. Frey www.stpaulselmira.ca
27 Mill St., Elmira • 519-669-2593
Check the Observer for your local faith listings!
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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY
ANNIVERSARY
Happy 60th Anniversary
BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
IN MEMORIAM
Happy 70th Birthday Lester Bauman
Oscar & Erla Weber
James Patrick Dillon 1954 – 2010
Norm & Sue Weber
To Jim in Memory
You two still look sweet together.
Join us for an Open House Sunday, June 26, 2011 2 - 4p.m.
Love and best wishes from your family.
BIRTHDAY
Community Christian School, Drayton. FAMILY ALBUM
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Hayden Rebecca Goetz April 4, 2011 - 6lbs. 1oz.-19”
Share The Good News! With a Family Album Ad in the Observer
» Anniversary » Birthday » Engagement » Stag & Doe » Thank you » Birth Notice » and a lot more....
HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND GARY WAYNE SCHAEFER!! AKA "SCHAEF"
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A SURPRISE party will be held for Gary on Saturday June 25, 2011, at the Elmira Legion Branch 469, First Street Elmira, ON 7:30 pm-1:00 am. All are welcome to attend. A light lunch will be available. Your presence will be his present. However if desired, donations will be graciously accepted for the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre.
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Fascinates parents, Brandon/Beth. Grandparents Sue, Joe/Shirley, Jerome/Debbie, Great Grandma Clara. Aunt Rebecca, Uncle Mark. Extended families, friends, Judge, Misha, Zeuss.
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Welcome Hayden!
Love Always Jocelyn and both of your families.
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In the sun in the morning – “You” are there because you are my sunshine. In the stars that sparkle at night “You” are there because of your smile. When I walk in my garden “You” are there because you loved to garden. When I walk over the bridge I love “You” are there because of the waters soft trickle. When I hear the laughter of children “You” are there because of laughter in our home. When I light a candle “You” are there because I miss you so. And when Jesus comes to me in “Communion” And tells me he is taking good care of you, ‘till I come there When “Mother’s” day comes – when a little boy with wonderous eyes arrived (after three beautiful girls) and we were all so excited because “You” our darling Jim were there. Because of the memories we all share Your Mom and Dad (Neil 2001) your sisters Pamela, Janet, Mary and your younger brother Jon who all loved you so much and thank God because we were all there. We’ll meet again Jim We’ll follow your footsteps We’ll soar from star to star Till we find you with Jesus Where all love is forever there.
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REAL ESTATE FEATURE PROPERTY
W/picturesque view on 100ft x 237ft lot in Hesson. 2900sqft. 4 bdrms, 3 baths, fabulous LR w/2story windows & vaulted ceiling. Huge kit w/breakfast bar. Lg bright MF lndry & walk-out to clothesline. Huge master w/walk-in closet, ens. Lg MB. MLS Call Paul direct.
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage
Independently Owned and Operated | 180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
OFFICE 519-888-7110
$439,000
Paul Martin SALES REPRESENTATIVE
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
OPEN HOUSE Saturday, 2-4pm - 59 Stillwater Street, Elmira IMPECCABLY KEPT NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING
3bdrm 3bath Gem great find for any first time buyer or young family. Fin’d top to bottom. Open concept MF w/modern eat-in kit. Dinette walk-out to deck & fenced yd. Lg LR w/lg window, lots of natural light. Big master w/walk-in closet, ensuite w/soaker tub. Walk-in closet in upstairs hallway great for storage. MLS Call Paul direct.
www.homeswithpaul.ca
$259,900
NEW LISTING
$390,000
COMPLETELY FINISHED!
Alli Bauman
$329,000
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
$398,500
519-577-6248
AFFORDABLE HOME Fantastic for first time buyers don’t miss out
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come and see it now. Open concept main living area, large kitchen to work in. finished rec room with fireplace. Dinette french doors to multi level deck and huge treed back yard. Some updates include: newer furnace, air conditioner, roof, most windows replaced. MLS Call Paul direct.
$259,000 NEW LISTING
Bill Norris SALES REPRESENTATIVE
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
519-588-1348
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
$393,500
$229,000,
DRAYTON.
This lovely home on a huge 85x132' lot is located in an ideal neighborhood and features a fully fenced yard, newly renovate basement, newer roof (2007), mature trees, new laminate flooring in living area, newer furnace and water heater. You'll love coming home! NEW MLS
FABULOUS PROPERTY & LOCATION $379,900.
LINWOOD.
Great Value! 5 year open concept, vaulted ceilings. Walkout to spacious deck, fenced yard and above ground pool. 3 Bedrooms, 2+ baths. Oversized double garage and triple+ concrete driveway. MLS
BEAUTIFUL HOME
18 Spring Wagon Lane, Elmira Sunday June 12, 2-4pm
Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage 519-669-3192 90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 1, Elmira N3B 3L4
COUNTRY PROPERTY
$379,900
3 bdrm, 3bath exceptional home is carpet free w/ceramic & hdwd throughout. Convenience at its best w/ upper flr laundry, 2 walk-in closets, many kit cupboard upgrades. Lovely garden door off dinette leading to lg deck in fenced yrd w/shed. MLS Call Paul direct.
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$465,000
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.
FOUND IT, YOUR NEW HOME!
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.
Beautifully maintained backsplit with a gorgeous yard and in-ground pool perfect for family fun and entertaining. This 4 level backsplit is fully finished with updates from top to bottom. MLS Call Alli or Bill direct.
COUNTRY PROPERTY!
OPEN HOUSE Sunday, 2-4pm - 48 Edward St., Drayton
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
GARDENERS DREAM!
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.
PREPARE TO BE IMPRESSED!!
OPEN HOUSE Saturday, 2-4pm - 59 Sugar King Drive, Elmira Move in and enjoy! "Lilac" by Ivystone Homes. 1560sqft w/3big bdrms, 4baths, sep DR, Lg RR, double garage, & stunning foyer. Spacious master w/lg window and vaulted ceiling. Hrdwd and ceramic throughout main flr. MLS Call Paul direct.
GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Handyman special. R5 zoning which allows for home/occupation located near downtown core behind the Post Office. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, main floor laundry. MLS. Call Alli or Bill direct.
$179,900
NEWER TOWNHOUSE!
519-503-9533 Paul will donate $250.00 with every home he buys or sells in Woolwich to both Park Manor PS & WCS Family Violence Prevention Program.
ELEGANT HOME
BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record
SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.
LAURIE LANGDON Sales Representative
MONIQUE ROES Sales Representative
FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS $214,900,
DRAYTON.
Single detached home with private yard, 2-tiered deck, living room, rec room, long driveway fits 3 cars, office/playroom in basement, and beautiful terrace garden. MLS
DRAYTON BUNGALOW $329,000.
Great Value! 5 year open concept, vaulted ceilings. Walkout to spacious deck, fenced yard and above ground pool. 3 Bedrooms, 2+ baths. Oversized double garage and triple+ concrete driveway. MLS
UNIQUE FEATURES!
$304,900. Lovely home across from park, bright living room w/bamboo flooring, kitchen w/walkout to patio & fenced yard, freshly painted with modern accent wall, tastefully finished rec room with built in entertainment unit, office w/built in desk, single car garage with rubber flooring, built in cabinets w/valance lighting and upper storage. Call for more information! NEW MLS
No matter what your style...we’ve got what you’re looking for every week in the Real Estate section of the Observer.
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REAL ESTATE
Scott Grainger
Barrister and Solicitor Phone: 519-669-1736 Fax: 519-210-1736 scott@propertyshop.ca BROKERAGE
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JULIE HECKENDORN
TRACEY WILLIAMS
Res: 519.669.1068
Res: 519.669.8629
Cell: 519.505.0627
Broker
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. Extra-long concrete driveway. NEW MLS $334,900.
3 BDRM. BUNGALOW 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.
GLEN ALLAN - great view of the countryside! Custom built 4+ bdrm. with fin. walkout basement. Large country kitchen w/walkout. Open concept to fam. rm. Main flr. master bdrm. & ensuite. Dble. garage + detached garage 24’ x 30’. MLS REDUCED $499,900.
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PARK-LIKE back yard! Great location! Newer kitchen w/lots of cupboards. Walkout to partly covered deck. Updated bathroom, windows & doors. Carpet free home. Walkout bsmt -Rec. room w/gas f.p. games rm. & 2pc. in lower level. MLS $399,900.
LOT FOR SALE - $205,000 • Are you outgrowing your current business location? • Do you need to build a warehouse for more space? • Is it time to start that new business venture? • Great location. Close to major highways.
BUYING OR SELLING? You’ve come to the right place to find a home.
Call Doug at (519) 588-4634 for more details.
LEON MARTIN
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage | Independently Owned and Operated
COUNTRY LOTS .5 acre don’t miss this chance to enjoy sunrises and sunsets. Within 40 minutes KW, or Guelph. High speed internet is available with fibre optic. Starting at $68,000 MLS
Two storey 3 bed and 3 bath room home on a half acre lot, open concept, high speed fibre optic internet available. $319,900 MLS. Financing available O.A.C.
CONESTOGO - secluded bungalow on 1 acre, backing to a wooded ravine. Almost 2900 sq.ft. of luxury! Major renovations in 2008. 2 master suites on the main flr. Finished walkout bsmt. w/separate entrance leads to an inground salt water pool. MLS REDUCED TO $924,900.
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• Approximately one acre. • Prime corner location. • Zoned Industrial. • Corner of Union St. and Donway Court in Elmira
Gorgeous home, 3 bedroom back split, on a large landscaped lot, with the greatest family room, eat in kitchen, 2 bath, central air, gas fireplace. $234,900 MLS Industrial For Lease. Local heated shop is available. Total square feet is 4400. Lots of parking. $1800.00 per month. MLS Space for lease. 4000 square feet. Available immediately. Industrial in Waterloo. $2700 per month. MLS ADDRESS: 4-B Arthur St. S., ELMIRA • EMAIL: leonmartin@remax.net DIRECT: 519-503-2753 • OFFICE: 519-669-5426
735 Reid Crescent, Listowel - Property ID# 2511
PRICE: $269,500
COME HOME TO 735 REID CRESCENT! This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom gem in Listowel is everything you need. Set at the margin of the Listowel Golf & Country Club, this home provides all the quiet of small town life, with all the convenience of a modern family home which is defined by natural light and accommodates the flow of family living. Enter through the foyer, past the powder room to discover an open concept mainfloor. OPEN HOUSE SATURDAYS The kitchen, featuring an island/breakfast bar, solid oak cabinetry and stainless FROM 1-3P.M. appliances, opens to a spacious dining area. A little further along, you will find an expansive sunken living room, graced with oak hardwood and glorious windows opening to the fully fenced backyard, mature trees and the local golf course. Your next stop will be the second floor family room, where natural light also presides. You’ll find the perfect window here for your Christmas tree; this family room may become your favourite room in the house....a place where family naturally gathers. Just a few more steps take you to the bedroom level, featuring a master bedroom with walk-in closet and windows tucked under mature trees. This master gives you that sense of quiet and rest you’re looking for. The four piece cheater ensuite includes a luxurious corner soaker tub with jets...You’re going to love being here because 735 Reid Crescent is home. Priced far below 2008 assessed value, this home is not going to last...Call Sue today to arrange a private showing or attend an open house Saturdays between 1 pm and 3pm.
74 Porchlight Drive, Elmira - Property ID# 2518
PRICE: $342,900
KEEP THE PORCHLIGHT ON! This 3 plus 1 bedroom home, backing to greenspace features open concept and convenient living, minutes from schools and the new Woolwich Memorial Centre recreation complex. Nicely decorated throughout,you will find a cathedral entry with a clear view through the dining area to patio slider, looking over the deck, backyard and community walking path. The kitchen provides ample space for meal preparation, inclusive of OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY a kitchen island, breakfast bar, included FROM 2-4P.M. gas range, over the range microwave (2010) and dishwasher. In this open concept home, the chef is never excluded from family events. Your living room features hardwood flooring installed in 2010. Upstairs, three ample bedrooms and two bathrooms are provided, including the master with ensuite and luxurious corner soaker tub. The basement is fully finished and includes a fourth bedroom, with a cedar closet and an ensuite of it’s own, to be finished to your taste! In fact, this home includes 4 bathrooms! Mechanically, you have central air, an included water softener, gas dryer and a gas line for your barbecue and reverse osmosis water treatment system (both installed in 2010). The home is roughed in for central vacuum. Garage is large for homes of this class, with high ceilings. Please contact Scott Grainger at (519) 669-1736 to arrange a private viewing or attend an Open House, Saturdays between 2pm and 4pm.
PROPERTY ID#’s 2511 & 2518
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110 acres with large 12 year old bank barn, 3 silos with unloaders, inside & outside grain storage, equipment shed 5 years old, 5 bedroom house with recent addition, new drilled well, new septic tank and weeping bed. Milk Quota included. MLS. Call Bert to view.
$2,999,000
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  It’s easy to see that 2 + 3 = 5, and 5 x 5 = 25, says Keith Gregson in Understanding Mathematics. So is this the answer? If  you take your NEW calculator and punch in the numbers and operations, you won’t get 25 but 17. This is because most modern calculators “understand� the correct order for carrying out various calculations. Surpris-
Bill & Rich Sones
A.
 They haven’t done their homework.  More than a hundred studies and a broad meta-analysis, done by age, showed no gender differences in math performance in elementary or middle school, say John D. DeLamater and Daniel J. Myers in Social Psychology.
ingly, older calculators didn’t! If  you inherited yours from Mom or Dad, you were expected to enter the problem in the correct order, first multiplying 3 x 5 to get 15 and then adding 2 for the total of  17. If  you’re in doubt about your calculator’s age, try giving it the “17 test,� clearly proving you’re smart enough to check up on a calculator’s smarts.
“These results flatly reject the hypothesis that there are innate differences in ability and are entirely consistent with the hypothesis that girls and boys are being socialized to believe there is a difference,â€? which increasingly affects girls’ math performance as they progress through school. And since many teachers and guidance counsellors (and parents, too) believe the myth, they caution girls not to take advanced math or scienceÂ
Q.
It’s a widely held cultural belief in the U.S. that girls/women are inferior at math and won’t succeed at occupations such as engineering. What are the people who make such claims missing?
courses. After so many repetitions, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for girls, who by the time they reach high school come to believe they won’t succeed, so likely don’t--not due to differential ability but rather to powerful differential socialization.  “We all need to stop constraining girls and women by voicing and acting upon such biased beliefs.�
Q.
What’s one singularly extreme way for men to add 14 years to their lives?
A.
  The average man may run a 100-metre race faster and lift heavier weights than the average woman but nowadays women outlive men by about five or six years, says Professor Thomas Kirkwood of  Newcastle University, England, in Scientific American magazine. By age 85, there are roughly three women to every two men; by age 100, the ratio is more like two to one.  So why does “the weaker sexâ€? live longer?  Beyond lifestyle, stresses, or habits such as smoking and drinking is biology.  Evidence is stacking up that high levelsÂ
of  male fertility-boosting testosterone are bad for long-term survival. Further evidence from rodents suggests that cells in a female body do damage repair better thanks to the ovaries. Moreover, as many dog and cat owners can attest, neutered male animals often live longer than their intact counterparts.    Might the same be said for humans?  Eunuchs were once treated as members of  the elite in many societies, with some records suggesting they outlived normal healthy men. Also years ago, castration of  men in institutions for the mentally disturbed was surprisingly commonplace.  “In one study of  several hundred men at an unnamed institution in Kansas, the castrated men were found to live on average 14 years longer than their uncastrated fellows.  “Nevertheless,â€? stresses Kirkwood, “I doubt that many men -- myself  included -- would choose such a drastic remedy to buy aÂ
few extra years.â€?Â
>>Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at strangetrue@cs.com
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>>HACHBORN, Ernest George P. Eng. – Ernest Hachborn of Conestogo passed away, peacefully, in the afternoon of Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Freeport Health Centre, in his 86th year.
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>>H.U.G.S. Program – 9:15-11:15 a.m. Come meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: ADD/ADHD – Paula Brunkard from Kidslink will explain the difference and how to recognize the symptoms. Held at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr. St. Jacobs. Call Heidi at 519664-3794 ext. 37 for more information. >>St. Teresa of Avila’s 21st Annual Garden
Party at St. Teresa of Avila Church, 19 Flamingo Dr. Elmira. Enjoy our community BBQ in the hall, 5-8 p.m., with sausage, hamburgers, hot dogs on a bun, French fries, sauerkraut, fried onions including condiments and hot and cold beverages. There will also be an outdoor snack booth with chips, soft drinks etc. Lots of fun for young and old – bingo, penny table, horseshoes, silent auction, bouncies, inside and outside activities and more. Fun starts at 5 p.m. and ends with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.
JUNE 12
>>Steak Fry Community Dinner – 6 p.m.
at the Breslau Community Centre. $16 per adult; $5 for children (hot dog meal). We will be honouring the Breslau merchants. Contact Lisa Nadon at 519-648-9675 or Jim Burton 519-648-2469 for tickets.
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>>Seniors Health Education – Osteoporosis: Stick To Your Bones. This session will provide information for seniors on their bone health including: risk factors for men and women, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, as well as good and bad food for your bones. This session will be held at Pond View Retirement Community in Wellesley, 9:30-11:30 a.m. for more information call Karla at 519-656-9028 ext. 224. All are welcome to attend.
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>>Do you have high blood pressure? Join a registered dietician at Woolwich Community Health Centre and learn dietary techniques to help control your high blood pressure.7-9 p.m. Call WCHC at 519-664-3794 for more information. JUNE 16
>>Wellesley Township H.U.G.S. Program.
Come meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Meet at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1123 Henry St. Wellesley 9:30-11 a.m. Resource people will include a nurse practitioner, dietitian, and community health worker. For more information call Heidi at 519664-3794, ext. 237.
JUNE 17
>>Games Night – 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Elmira Branch Library. Join us for a fun evening of board games. Play or watch Time To Travel Games such as 10 days in Africa, Settlers of Catan, Maya Madness and more. Free event. Chess, checkers and Scrabble will also be available at the desk. For more information call the Region of Waterloo Library, Elmira Branch at 519669-5477.
JUNE 17
>>Schnitzel on a bun with potato salad and sauerkraut. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St E., Elmira, 6 p.m.; $7. JUNE 18
>>Art Round the Pond – Join us around the
pond in Wellesley for our annual original art exhibition and sale. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more information www.artroundthepond.ca
JUNE 19
>>Watchmen Quartet 7 p.m. The Watchmen
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Quartet sing Southern Gospel – come enjoy a great Father’s Day celebration. Waterloo North Presbyterian Church, 400 Northfield Dr. W. Free will offering, wheelchair accessible. For more information call 519888-7870.
>>Bring Dad for breakfast at the Elmira Legion on Father’s Day! Join Woolwich Minor Ringette from 8:30 ‘til 1 p.m. for all you can eat breakfast – just $6. The Legion has perfected the breakfast meal – you won’t leave hungry! The Elmira Legion is located at 11 First St. E. Elmira. JUNE 20
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>>Elmira & District Horticultural Society presents Robert Pavlis, Master Gardener, “Creating Aspen Grove Gardens”. 7:30 p.m., Trinity United Church, Elmira. A virtual tour of an outstanding area garden. Member: free; Visitors $2. JUNE 21
>>Tuesday Luncheon, Gale Presbyterian Church, 2 Cross St., Elmira; 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Menu: sweet and sour pork with rice, salad & rolls, fresh rhubarb dessert, beverage, $9. JUNE 22
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JUNE 24
>>H.U.G.S. Program 9:15-11:15 a.m. Come meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Summer Food Safety; Cleanliness is important! Karen Reitzel, Registered Dietitian and Chris Toffelmire, Nurse Practitioner, will present. Held at the Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr. St. Jacobs. Call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237 for more information. JUNE 25
>>Waterloo Rural Women’s Children Farm Safety Day. This year the event will be hosted by Terry and Sue Lebold on their dairy farm located near Wellesley. The day is aimed at students aged 4 to 12. For more information call 519-664-3794 ext. 237 or on line at www.waterlooruralwomen.org
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Give Dad something to Soar about this Father’s Day!
Do you know what to do when the Town Siren sounds? 1. Go indoors right away and remain there. 2. Keep your telephone lines open and wait for the
With an Introductory Flight or Scenic Flight from Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre!
Community Alert Message. If you do not receive a Message please call 519-669-6006 to update your information. 3. Tune in to local radio or TV.
AM 570 FM 96.7 FM 105.3 SWO TV For information on the June 15, 2011 Elmira Town Siren Test
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More Power. Less Fuel. Great Value is a comparison between the entire current Chrysler Canada lineup and the entire 2010 Chrysler Canada lineup. Wise customers read the fine print: •, *, ††, § The Month of the Ram Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating retailers between June 1 and June 30, 2011. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. See participating retailers for complete details and conditions. •$25,995 Purchase Price applies to 2011 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4 (24A+AGR) only and includes $8,750 Consumer Cash Discount. See participating retailers for complete details. Pricing includes freight ($1,400), air tax, tire levy and OMVIC fee. Pricing excludes licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailers may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on most new 2010 and select 2011 vehicles and are manufacturer-to-retailer incentives, which are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Amounts vary by vehicle. See your retailer for complete details. ††Customer Choice Financing for 36-, 48- and 60-month terms on approved credit through TD Financing Services and Ally Credit Canada is available at participating dealerships to qualified retail customers on select new 2011 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram models. The following terms apply to TD Financing Services contracts. (Different contract terms apply to Ally Credit Canada offers. See your retailer for complete details.) Vehicles are financed over a 36-, 48- or 60-month term with payments amortized over a term of up to 96 months and the pre-determined residual balance payable at the end of the contract. At contract’s end, customers have the choice of returning their vehicle through a Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram dealership with no further obligations (except payment of a $199 return fee and excess wear and tear, mileage and similar charges), financing the remaining balance for the rest of the amortization period at then-current standard rates or paying the residual balance in full. Some conditions apply. Customer Choice Financing offered by TD in Quebec is subject to different terms and conditions. All advertised Customer Choice Financing offers are TD offers. Example: 2011 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4 (24A+AGR) with a Purchase Price of $25,995 financed at 0.99% APR over 36 months with $2,099 down and payment amortized over 96 months equals 78 bi-weekly payments of $119 and one final payment of $15,200 for a cost of borrowing of $585 and a total obligation of $26,579.80. Taxes, licence, insurance, registration, excess mileage and wear and tear charges, any retailer administration fees and other applicable fees and charges not included. Retailers may sell for less. See participating retailers for complete details. §2011 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Laramie with optional equipment. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $39,770. Pricing includes freight ($1,400), air tax, tire levy and OMVIC fee. Pricing excludes licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. See bottom of the ad for range of potential retailer fees. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailers may sell for less. ∞Loyalty Bonus Cash is available at participating retailers to eligible retail customers on the purchase/lease by June 30, 2011 of a new 2010/2011 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram model (with the exception of 2010/2011 Ram 1500 Regular Cab and Ram Cab & Chassis Cab 4x2 and 4x4, 2010/2011 Dodge Caliber SE, 2010 Jeep Compass and Patriot 4x2 and 4x4, 2011 Jeep Compass and Patriot Sport 4x2 and Sport 4x4, 2010/2011 Jeep Wrangler Sport, 2010/2011 Dodge Journey SE, 2010/2011 Dodge Grand Caravan CVP and Cargo Van (C/V) and 2012 FIAT 500) and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include those who had entered into a new Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram vehicle FinanciaLinx or Gold Key Lease with a maturity date from June 1, 2011 forward. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. The Best Buy Seal is a registered trademark of Consumers Digest Communications LLC, used under licence. ¥Based on Polk sales total registrations for 2010 and 2011 (January through March). °Based on 2010 market share gain. ®SIRIUS and the dog logo are registered trademarks of SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC. Customer Choice Financing is a trademark of Chrysler Group LLC.
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THE NEW 2011 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SXT 4X4
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INCLUDES $8,750 CONSUMER CASH,* FREIGHT, AIR TAX, TIRE LEVY AND OMVIC FEE. TAXES EXCLUDED. OTHER RETAILER CHARGES MAY APPLY.+
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