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Controversial new hire no longer on the job at twp. Visa problems force South African woman to leave; Woolwich begins process again STEVE KANNON Seven weeks into a three-year contract, Woolwich is back on the market for someone to fill the newly-created executive assistant/communications position. The previous hire’s work visa expired, forcing her to leave the job Thursday. Saskia Koning, a South African citizen who had been in the country for about a year, started with the township on Apr. 26. Chief administrative officer David Brenneman and Mayor Todd Cowan deemed her the only qualified candidate among some 120 people who applied for the job. Her hiring was controversial from the start. The position itself was never fully justified. The pay range of $43,000 to $53,000 plus generous benefits were far above national averages for administrative assistants. That Koning’s qualifications did not appear to match the job description posted by the township served to highlight the fact a friend of the mayor’s was hired for a job he led the charge to create. She was hired despite the fact her visa was set to expire in June. In order to receive a new visa, Koning needed clearance from Immigration Canada based on HIRING | 4
Derek Beam (inset) was the top fundraiser in Canada for the Arthiritis Society’s annual fundraiser walk, collecting almost $25,000. His team, Derek’s Destroyers, was also the top fundraising team in Canada with just over $40,000. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
St. Clements boy a top fundraiser JAMES JACKSON What was supposed to be a walk turned into a run last Sunday for St. Clements’ Derek Beam as he sprinted from the starting line of the third annual Arthritis Society fundraiser walk at Bingemans in Kitchener. “At first I thought ‘oh my goodness, how is he going to feel later?’” said his mother, Tracey, “but he woke up and felt good the next day and went to school.” The walk consisted of a 1-km or 5-km loop at the park, and this was the first year that Derek felt able to complete the 5-km portion. The 10-year-old has lived with juvenile arthritis for the last four years. It is one of
the most common chronic illnesses affecting children and, according to the Arthritis Society, one in 1,000 children under 16 has the affliction. Unlike other forms of juvenile arthritis – of which there are nearly 100 – the type Derek has also impacts his organs, such as enlargement of the liver and spleen, inflammation of the lungs, and inflammation around his heart, and he will never outgrow it. More than 60 people came out to support the family as part of their team, Derek’s Destroyers, and made a significant impact on the fundraising efforts of the society. According to their website, Derek is the top individual fundraiser across Canada with
nearly $25,000 in donations to his name, easily surpassing his goal of $1,000. His team collected more than $40,000, or about four times their fundraising goal of $9,000 and almost half of the $82,000 collected in Waterloo-Wellington – making Derek’s Destroyers the top fundraising team in the nation. “It’s the whole team that makes our success,” said Tracey. “They all worked hard to reach that number.” The money was raised through a variety of special events, raffles and donations from classmates and friends at St. Clement Catholic School, many of whom asked for FUNDRAISER | 7
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JAMES JACKSON Nineteen different community groups serving Woolwich Township and Waterloo Region this week received their share of $40,000 from the 2012 Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. In a presentation Wednesday night at the township’s council chambers, chairperson Cheryl Peterson presented a cheque to each group, who had an opportunity to explain to the more than 50 people gathered how the money would be used. “This is the reason that we’re here,” Peterson said before handing out the first cheque of the night. “This is my favourite part.” Every year the festival fields requests for grant money from various charity and not-for-profit groups throughout the region, and while this year’s total of $40,000 falls well short of the $60,000 that was given out last year to 23 different groups – a record for the EMSF – it was a successful year nonetheless. “This was actually an average year for us,” Peterson said. “The day (of the festival) was amazing; people were surprised at how well we did, considering the weather wasn’t the greatest. It started off kind of raining in the morning, but the people that were here were spending their money and we got a lot of positive feedback.”
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Nineteen community groups shared $40,000 in EMSF funding this year, including Jack Reynolds (back, left), Albert Martin, Rob Smyth, Monika Abbott, Victoria Wilson, Jesika Wilson, Corinne Taylor, Paul Dietrich, Kelly-Sue Labus, Joanne Raymond, Don Harloff, Jennifer Wall-Tripp, Greg Bechard, Shelley Deyell (front, left), Rob Martin, Shawn Wilson, Cathy Harrington, Sheryl Tilley, Christine Shantz and Brenda Martin. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER] In total the festival has given away $1,304,676 since it began. The chairperson thanked the hundreds of volunteers for their time and effort throughout the year, namely the auxiliary police, township staff and the sponsors of the festival, before Ken Jessop handed out two framed EMSF posters to the Friends of the Festival. This year they went to the Floradale and Elmira fire station for their work in keeping the event safe. Greg Bechard, executive director of Elmira District
was our first fundraiser.” Despite the wet start to the 2012 festival, ideal temperatures and sunny skies arrived by mid-morning, and somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000 visited Elmira – down from a historical best of 80,000 last year, but still a fantastic turnout. The money raised will be donated to a wide range of community groups, from the Elmira library to the Elmira Theatre Company. The Friends of Guiding, for example, will use their funding to offset the costs of sending the girls to camp, as
Community Living, accepted the first cheque of the night and he expressed his gratitude for the ongoing support of the EMSF in funding his organization, which has garnered recognition across the province for the services it provides. EDCL received funding in the festival’s very first year, which was used to help build Arc Industries on Church Street just west of Elmira. “What set us on that road to that exceptionality, and what keeps is there, is the efforst of this committee. This
well as enrolment and uniform fees, while Nutrition For Learning will continue to provide invaluable breakfast services to students in the region. Kelly-Sue Labus of Nutrition for Learning outlined just how important the funding is to an organization such as hers. “I can’t believe all the hard work you all do,” said the group’s executive director. The organization feeds 357 children in Woolwich Township every single day,
Woolwich residents opposed to housing recycling operations at a gravel pit planned for the Winterbourne valley aren’t likely to win over the township to their way of thinking. That didn’t stop them, however, from making their case June 12, as they called for plans to crush concrete and asphalt to be removed from the application. Kuntz Topsoil, Sand and Gravel hopes to do just that at 125 Peel St., the 90-acre site that is said to house some 840,000 tonnes of gravel. The project has proved to be contentious, with residents from surrounding communities – Winterbourne, Conestogo and West Montrose – banding together in opposition. The pit has been the subject of numerous presentations from residents. This week, the focus was on the recycling portion of the project, which is an active file at the Ontario Municipal Board. However, whereas neighbours fear GRAVEL | 6
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Township not willing to budge on Wyatt Street parking leases STEVE KANNON The Wyatt Street municipal parking lot in Elmira may lose a few spaces. Or it may not. Either way, it’s fine with Woolwich councillors, who’ve adopted a take-it-or-leave-it attitude in negotiations with one of the landowners. The LCBO, which leases out part of the parking lot behind the liquor store at 31 Church St. W., wants
more money and a shorter term than is the case with the other eight landowners involved in the deal with the township. Meeting this week, council said it’s not prepared to budge. At risk are some four to six parking spots, said deputy clerk Val Hummel, prompting Coun. Allan Poffenroth to ask if the LCBO could opt to fence or block the space from continued public use.
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“It’s their land and we don’t have a lease agreement,” she replied. Since first consolidating downtown parking on the site in 1990, the township has paid a number of property owners 6.4 cents per square foot to lease the land. That amounts to about $12,350 a year. Woolwich renewed the 10-year leases with all the other landowners in 2010, but the LCBO has held out. In 2010, the
But even that was too much for council, which decided it would be unfair to treat any of the property owners differently. The goal is to maintain the arrangement, which provides a winwin for both parties: businesses get parking space and tenant parking for the apartments overhead, while the township consolidates downtown parking and has a large open space for events such as the Elmira Maple
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Group rallies against biogas plant COLIN DEWAR
Notice of Public Information Centre PROPOSED REGION OF WATERLOO SIGN BY-LAW
The Region of Waterloo will be holding a public information centre to introduce a draft Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses all types of unofficial signs on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory signs, farm accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs, open house signs and poster signs. The proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unofficial signs including:
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Region of Waterloo East Side Lands (Stage 1) • Location and placement; • Size, shape, construction content;Plan and Community Plan Master Environmental and Servicing • Impacts to the function of the road; • Number signsInformation and timing of placement; and about the Region of Waterloo Please join us atofPublic Centre #2 to learn more • Sign removal.
East Side Lands, and the studies that will be completed to develop part of the Stage 1 Study Staff lands are also proposing amendment the Region’s Tourism and Essential Services Area designated as an Prime Industrial to Strategic Reserve, and planned for employment Signing Policy to allow tourism signage on Regional roads for agri-toursim activities. uses. When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, drop in 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday June 26, 2012 from 6:30 (lobby) to 9 p.m. Regional Administration Headquarters 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener Open House format with Presentation at 7 p.m.
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Where: Écolecentre secondaire (Cafeteria) This public information is being Père-René-de-Galinée held for the purpose of providing information and 450 Maple Grove Road, receiving comments from the public. A copy of the draft By-law is available for review in the Clerk’s Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or on the Cambridge, Ontario Region’s website at:
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If you have questions concerning the By-law, please contact Nancy Button, Manager, Transportation Engineering at 519-575-4520 or by email at bnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca If you require accessible services to participate in this meeting, please contact the above noted person by Tuesday, June 10, 2008. All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this 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 the person indicated above.
Nancy Button Manager, Transportation Engineering Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street, 7th Floor Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3
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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. The study findings may result in amendments to the Grand River Conservation Authority’s regulated area mapping of Ontario Regulation 150/06 made under the Conservation Authorities Act.
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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. Notice date: June 16, 2012
More than two years into the battle, a group of Elmira residents has no intention of letting up on its opposition to a proposed biogas plant. On Monday the Bio-Fuel Citizens Committee (BFCC) held a rally at Bolender Park in Elmira, where close to 50 people attended in the rain to hear an update on the fight against the Woolwich Bio-En project. The bio-energy facility won provincial approval in March despite reservations from the township and some residents. The operation will use an anaerobic digester to convert organic material into methane that, in turn, fuels a generator to create electricity. “Things are still happening so don’t give up hope and don’t give up the fight,” Dr. Dan Holt, a member of the committee, told the rally attendees. “A lot of things are still being looked at and we are working on some things: it is not a done deal yet. The contract has been awarded for this location but there are still some negotiations being done. We have had a strong, unified voice.” Residents in town are concerned about the smells, traffic and health risks associated with the plant. The province has already green lit the plant for the north end of town and the committee will be entering me-
BFCC member Michael Purves-Smith speaks during a rally held at Bolender Park on Monday. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER] diation over the plant. The location of the plant is not up for discussion at mediation, rather clarity over rules and process. “We won’t be asking for changes to the location or the number of trucks in mediation but we are going to try to make sure the process is very carefully monitored by a citizens’ committee and that we have a clear understanding of where all the material is coming from,” said BFCC member Michael Purves-Smith. “We just wanted to make it clear that there are still some real concerns in the town and we wanted to inform those who came that we are still working on making sure this plant will be carefully monitored.” If the committee sees no results from the mediation process they will be considering appealing the decision, which is scheduled for Aug. 13-14, an expensive proposition, added PurvesSmith. “We want to be sure that
all the rules set up by the Renewable Energy Approval (REA) will be monitored and followed up in real detail. We want proper enforcement of rules should there be any problems, such as odor coming from the operation of the plant and we want to make sure there are backups in place as well.” Purves-Smith advised everyone in attendance to contact the Ministry of Environment (MOE) if they smell anything coming from the plant and make a complaint. “One thing that we are going to go after in mediation is a clear understanding of what happens if there is a failure of compliance,” he explained. The $12-million facility would generate 2.8 megawatts of renewable electricity which is enough to power 2,200 homes. The township is still in talks with MOE hoping to find a new location for the plant.
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Woolwich as job vacated after just seven weeks
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a labour market opinion (LMO) from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, according to HRSDC. The township was responsible for the LMO application, needing to show there were no Canadian workers qualified to do the job. Woolwich was unable to receive that clearance from HRSDC, however. “Unfortunately, HRSDC has determined that they cannot grant a positive LMO,” Brenneman said in a statement Thursday, noting the job posting did not follow necessary HRSDC guidelines, including posting the opening on the agency’s job bank. “This is a step the township does not normally take as part of the recruitment process because the municipality has found that more targeted and focused advertising via professional publications,
websites and e-blasts are more effective and efficient and ensures that the most qualified candidate is hired.” Although only on the job a short time, Koning made a contribution to the township, he maintained. “The Township of Woolwich regrets to see Ms. Koning leave, but is thankful for her role in helping define this communications/admin position for her much-needed replacement.” The process to find that replacement is now underway. Council has not reconsidered its decision to create the position during February’s budget deliberations, and both the mayor and CAO maintain that Koning’s short-lived hiring was not a waste, saying the job would have been reposted because there were no other suitable candidates the first time around. “In light of Ms. Koning's
education, experience and accomplishments, in a very short time the township has received commendable value for the investment in wages, and the only additional costs that will need to be incurred now will be associated with the recruitment process,” said Brenneman. “Had the township not hired Ms. Koning, we would have proceeded to re-advertise the position and incurred those costs regardless.” The salary range, which council has opted not to address, remains the same. At almost $50,000 plus full benefits, the position pays about 50 per cent above private-sector averages for administrative assistance jobs – about $35,000 – and much more than entry-level offerings, which run closer to $25,000. Executive assistants, with more experience and responsibility, can earn closer to the range offered by the township.
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Aggregate review to hit the road Community groups, stakeholders and gravel producers received news this week that the review of the Aggregate Resources Act will be holding public hearing’s throughout the province, including KitchenerWaterloo. On Wednesday afternoon the standing committee on general government passed a motion approving the committee’s travel schedule.
“Since the review was first announced, I have been working to ensure local municipalities, residents and industry representatives have the opportunity to provide feedback,” said Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris in a release Wednesday evening. “I appreciate the Committee’s support for including Kitchener-Waterloo on the list of locations for public hearings moving forward.” Once hearing rooms have been secured, specific dates and locations will be posted for meetings in Kitchener-Waterloo,
process by introducing the Transparency in Government Bills Act, 2012. If passed, the act will require the government to provide a comprehensive report with each bill, detailing its financial, economic, health and environmental implications. After the bill has been tabled, the report would then be posted on the Legislative Assembly’s website. “That way every Ontarian, not just lawyers and interest groups, will be able to go online and see what the government – for the most part – has already determined through its own lengthy research process,” Harris said
Dufferin-Caledon, Manitoulin Island and Ottawa. Requests to appear before the Standing Committee conducting the ARA review, should be submitted to the committee clerk, Tamara Pomanski, at tamara_pomanski@ ontla.ola.org.
Harris pushes for transparency bill On Tuesday Kitchener-Conestoga MPP moved to provide more clarity in the government decision-making
Police received numerous complaints Monday from residents in Wellesley about two men going doorto-door claiming to work for
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Waterloo man was charged with ‘careless driving’ after he drove his white van off Snyder Flats Road, Bloomingdale, into a fence and ditch. The man proceeded to drive through a field, where he came to a stop. No injuries were reported and the vehicle sustained significant damage.
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8:45 AM | Suspects broke into the yard of Blue Sky Fence and Deck on Howard Place, stealing $400 in lumber. It was the second incident at this site in a week. The thieves used a torch to melt the steel straps holding the wood together. Police are continuing to investigate. 2:40 PM | A break-and-enter occurred at a barn and tool trailer located on a residence on Durant Road near Maple Bend Road in Breslau. Suspects removed power tools, generators, chainsaws, jigsaws, and an insulator spray gun totaling thousands of dollars. The investigation continues. 8:10 PM | A 20-year-old
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12:40 PM | A 32-year-old Kitchener man was taken to the Grand River Hospital after injuring himself while unhooking a trailer from his rig. The man had taken the trailer to an offsite storage unit on New Jerusalem Road and, as he was lowering the legs of the trailer, the crank he was using kicked back and struck him in the eye. The Ministry of Labour was contacted.
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that comes with the gardening season, there’s now a steady stream of plastic pots flowing into the Elmira transfer station. That’s a problem as, like styrofoam, such items are not recyclable at that location. There are outlets – many of the greenhouses and garden centres take such items back – so residents are reminded to separate their items accordingly. In a similar vein, plastic rings such as those used to hold cans together, often in six-packs, should be cut up prior to disposal, as left intact they can be harmful to animals that become entangled.
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11:00 AM | An orange 18-speed Supercycle was found by police on First Street in Elmira. The rightful owner can claim their bike at the Elmira detachment.
in a release posted on his website. While addressing reporters at Queen’s Park on Tuesday prior to introducing his motion, Harris said that this type of information is already researched and compiled by the government in preparation of tabling new bills, but that the information is typically not made available to the public.
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9:15 AM | Police discovered a burnt-out car on Victoria Street North near the Thomasfield Homes subdivision in Breslau. Police are continuing to investigate the incident and believe the vehicle is a four-door Chevy pickup. JUNE 10
8:55 AM | A Wellesley resident living on Queens Bush Road contacted police when they discovered all their planters turned over, spilling soil onto their driveway. The investigation continues. 1:15 AM | An Elmira police officer operating a Honda on Line 86 near Wollis Road hit a raccoon while driving home. No injuries were reported. The vehicle sustained severe undercarriage damage. JUNE 11
3:30 PM | Police were contacted about a port-a-potty that had been burnt to the ground in Riverside Meadows Park in St. Jacobs. Police have no suspects at this time.
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as one being white and one black. Police could not find any trace of the men when they arrived.
Building on the success of last year’s Grand River Amazing Race, organizers of the event plan to make it bigger and better in its second year. Based on the popular television show, the Grand River Amazing Race includes teams of two or three who set out from West Montrose down the Grand River and surrounding area, working through different challenges along the route. Race designers Leanne Husk and Siobhan Furst have created an in-depth and challenging course and expect this year’s participants will be “blown away” by what’s in store. Contestants should not expect any details just yet as information about the race is very confidential. “It is a lot like the television show: there will be pit stops, fast forwards, and challenges,” said Bill McBay, Family Fun Weekend committee chairperson. “The best way to describe it is the Amazing Race meets Survivor, and it is going to be very challenging.” The race is pledge-based with each team requiring a minimum of $150 to enter. Teams will get different experiences based on how much money they raise. Organizers have included pledge incentives for participants. A team that raises $300 will have access to a canoe for the race, which they will want, as they must
10:45 PM | A 32-year-old Breslau man driving a Jeep Cherokee hit a deer on Sawmill Road near Kraft Drive. Damage to the vehicle was extensive, but no injuries were reported. The deer ran off after being hit. 11:10 PM | A 29-year-old Milbank man parked his 2002 green Chevy Silverado on the north shoulder while he was visiting a friend on Weimar Line near Wellesley. When he returned to his vehicle he found it had been side swiped, sustaining significant damage. Police are investigating. JUNE 13
11:30 AM | The police fraud branch are investigating a phone scam involving an elderly Wellesley woman after she received a call from a man pretending to be her grandson in Quebec. The woman, believing her grandson was in trouble, wired him $7,700 in money transfers. The investigation in ongoing. 10:30 PM | A young woman was sitting on her porch on River Road in Bloomingdale when a van pulled up in front of her house and the driver asked her to go for a drive. The vehicle was a white plumbers van with the license plates covered with cloth. The teen went inside to get her parents and when they returned the van was gone. Police are asking anyone with information to contact the Elmira detachment.
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and the impact of merely having breakfast each morning is astounding, she said. “There’s an 11 per cent increase in the provincial standards for reading just if they have breakfast. Mathematics saw increases of 10 per cent in provincial standards if they eat breakfast. “This really gives children confidence when they do well in school and they don’t fail,” she noted. Committee members now get a brief reprieve and will reconvene in the fall to begin planning the next festival, scheduled for Apr. 6, 2013.
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provide visual screening. In a presentation Tuesday night, he said Kuntz will need about 127,000 cubic metres of material to construct the required berms, including a 9.5-metre wall around the crushing machine to be used for recycling, but noted the entire area to be mined contains only about 111,000 cubic metres of cover. In order to comply with the requirements, especially as half the cover material is supposed to remain in place until after the first phase of operations is complete, the company will have to import material or use gravel from the pit. The numbers alone are prob-
lematic, he argued. For that reason, the township should proceed with caution, making sure it gets good answers to the outstanding questions, said Huissoon. For West Montrose’s Lynn Hare, the unknowns surrounding the recycling are reason enough to separate it from the mix. “It is time for this council to take a leadership role – remove recycling from this application completely.” Not convinced, however, the township will look at controlling the recycling portion through a temporary-use bylaw, adding that to its list of outstanding issues.
The sun, the fun, the cars, the King You can expect that Linwood will be rockin’ Saturday for the fourth annual Kruisin’ With the King event JAMES JACKSON Elvis Presley and a host of other musical talent is set to rock the Linwood Recreation Complex today (Saturday) for the fourthannual Kruisin’ With the King fundraiser and classic car show. “This is going to be our biggest year ever,” said organizer Herb Neher, an Elvis impersonator himself. “We have a heck of a good mix” Not just Elvis will be donning his blue suede shoes at this year’s event, either, as a range of talented musicians from John Denver and Rod Stewart to Bon Jovi and even Bruno Mars will take the stage. “It started out as an all Elvis show, but we realized that a mix was needed, and even younger singers and stars,” Neher explained.
Six Elvis’ were at the first event, but this year 13 musicians are set to appear. The idea for the show came to Neher several years ago while he was touring and performing and he realized that there was no comparable event in Wellesley Township. It’s set to be a full-day affair as a pancake breakfast and the classic car show will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., then the musicians will take the stage until 5 p.m. General admission will be $5 and children under 12 get in for free. There will also be a bouncy castle, face painting and balloon animals for children. All the money raised will be split between the Linwood fire department, the Linwood Rod and Gun Club, and the Linwood Lions club. “We have a good commu-
nity and good volunteers,” said Neher. They collected about $4,500 at last year’s event and hope to do better this time around – as long as the weather cooperates. Neher said the rain-orshine event has seen rain every year, but the forecast for today looks like clear skies and warm temperatures. “With some good weather we hope we can bump that total up.” Kruisin’ With the King runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (Saturday) at the Linwood Recreation Complex, 5279 Ament Line. A barbecue and drinks will be available, and anyone attending is asked to bring their own lawn chair. More information is available at their website, www.kruisinwiththeking. com.
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Volunteers giving covered bridge a fresh coat of paint COLIN DEWAR Ontario’s only covered bridge is undergoing some maintenance over the next two weeks as the Region of Waterloo teams up with the West Montrose Residents’ Association, the BridgeKeepers, to paint the interior of the historic structure. The iconic West Montrose “kissing bridge” was built in 1881 across the Grand River on the road between Guelph and Elmira. Signs along Line 86 appeared this week indicating the bridge will be closed starting June 11 intermittently for two weeks for the maintenance. Volunteers recruited through the BridgeKeepers organization are painting the interior with materials and supervision provided
The West Montrose covered bridge will be receiving a new coat of interior paint as the region and the BridgeKeepers work together to maintain the structure. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER] Dowling, spokesperson for bridge on their own can“There is some graffiti and by the region. the BridgeKeepers. “For dirt that needs to be cleaned vasses. Children are invited Organizers expect it will the last three years the to paint miniature wooden as well as the odd coffee take 15 volunteers to get the BridgeKeepers have done models of the bridge supstains here and there. The work done by June 23. a spring cleaning on the plied by the residents’ bridge just needs a good “Over the years the inbridge, getting rid of the group. clean and a new interior side has had a lot of wear winter dirt, cobwebs and “Local residents have paint job.” and tear and all that white manure that built up. This always played a part in As part of the cleanup, tongue-and-groove wood year the region is doing that maintaining the bridge, the BridgeKeepers are needs to be repainted,” said and we will be responsible and they take a lot of pride encouraging local artists Tom Reitz, manager of the for painting all the interior in doing so,” said Tony to come out and paint the Waterloo Region Museum.
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white wood that runs along the side of the bridge.” “The bridge is the centerpiece of our community and although it’s owned by the Region of Waterloo, I think everyone in (West Montrose) thinks of it as their own.” The Region of Waterloo has owned and maintained the bridge since 1998. Last year the region was thinking about adding load sensors and cameras to the bridge to protect it from unauthorized oversized loads from passing trucks but no decision has been made on that front as of yet, said Reitz. People over the age of 17 who are interested in volunteering to paint the bridge can contact Tony Dowling at info@bridgekeepers.ca.
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Clement takes tour of Martin’s Family Fruit Farm Local apple producer hopes cabinet minister will take news of this season’s troubles back to Ottawa JAMES JACKSON While in Waterloo Region for business June 8, Conservative MP and president of the Canadian Treasury Board Tony Clement paid a short visit to Martin’s Family Fruit Farm. Clement, who was scheduled to visit the troubled Research in Motion and participate in a roundtable discussion at Wilfrid Laurier University, toured the family-run facility and got a firsthand look at the apple industry. “I represent Parry SoundMuskoka so we don’t have a lot of apple orchards – we have a lot of rocks,” Clement quipped following his tour. “It’s great to see another part of the province and get to know this industry a little bit better.” The tour was KitchenerConestoga MP Harold Albrecht’s idea, as he wanted to highlight a local business that he called “an icon” in the region and one with an incredible track record. While Clement and the managers of Martin’s didn’t discuss possible changes to Employment Insurance in Canada and the impact it might have on migrant labour, or the possibility of the federal government providing financial aid to embattled apple producers – who have seen upwards of 90 per cent of their crop destroyed – he was sympathetic to their struggles. On a good year Martin’s produces close to 125 million apples and employs
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Martin’s Family Fruit Farm president Kevin Martin (left) and retail sales manager Steve Martin (right) played host to MPP Harold Albrecht (middle, left) and cabinet minister Tony Clement June 8. Albrecht and Clement are holding the company’s newest specialty product, dehydrated apple slices called Apple Crisps. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER] 250 people during the fall harvest, but mild weather this past March accelerated the blooming of the apple blossoms, and when killer frost followed in April, it led to a devastating spring for apple growers across the province. A 30 to 40 per cent loss in peach production has also been reported, along with the devastation of cherry and plum crops. “We acknowledged that we’re in a partnership and that there are obviously programs that are helpful to the farmers when they need it, but we also acknowledged that weather is a part of farming,” said Clement. “They (Martin’s) had a
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very good year last year, and as minister Clement said, it’s the ups and downs of farming and there has to be some flexibility to roll with the punches,” added Albrecht, noting the availability of programs such as the disaster relief plan AgriRecovery for farmers should they need it. Discussion did centre on ways in which the industry can remain competitive during down years such as this, including a new product that Martin’s is looking to market by the end of the year called Martin’s Apple Crisps, a dehydrated apple ‘chip’ that makes use of lower-grade apples. “We’re always looking at developing new products
and other sources of revenue, and that’s why we’re excited about the dehydrated apples that we’re looking to launch at the end of the year,” said company president Kevin Martin. They hope that by making better use of commercial-grade apples at their own processing facility, rather than shipping them out to third-party processors to make apple sauce or juice, they can maintain their levels of employment throughout the year in spite of the poor growing season, as well as boost their own bottom line. Martin also said he hoped Clement would take their message of their struggles with him to Ot-
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A leash-free dog park is an idea that’s time has come, Woolwich councillors heard this week, seemingly taking the concept to heart. Following a presentation Tuesday night by Elmira resident Lyric Pauley, owner of ShamPoochies Dog Grooming, council asked staff to look into the proposal. Going beyond her call for a dog park in Elmira, councillors added St. Jacobs to the list. Pauley pitched the offleash facility as a safe place for dogs to run, noting that the more dogs exercise the less likely they are to exhibit unwanted behaviour such as barking, whining, digging and the like. Having an official park would reduce the number of incidents whereby dog owners let their dogs run freely where they’re not supposed to, she added. Asked by Coun. Mark Bauman about a potential spot in Elmira, Pauley suggested Bolender Park, which offers a large open area, some tree cover and plenty of parking. Bauman spoke in favour of the concept – he suggested a dog park in St. Jacobs back in 2009, though he couldn’t get other councillors on board at the time – but expressed concerns about the cost, especially if fencing needs to be installed. His original plan for St. Jacobs involved the creation of an informal space for dog owners by cutting a path through some townshipowned land near the Health Valley Trail.
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See the big picture, then get all the little things right FROM THE MINUTIA OF local government (the Wyatt Street parking lot) to the big picture(the township’s Official Plan), Woolwich councillors covered the gamut this week. Suddenly bent on austerity over a few hundred dollars, they took a hard line on the increases demanded by the LCBO. A fine sentiment, though one that would be better directed at just about every other expenditure on the books, starting, of course, with wages and benefits. The Official Plan discussion, specifically a concept for revamping settlement boundaries, was for information only, as no decisions are being made at this early stage of the review. Still, this is the overarching framework used to shape what the township will look like in the coming years and decades. Not surprisingly, much of the public input centered on property owners protecting their interests. Even less surprising, many of the delegations were paid representatives of owners with development on their minds. This portion of the OP review focuses on developable land – moving around pieces of the settlement areas in order to remove land with little if any such potential in favour of properties that could better serve near-term development opportunities. Much of the talk centered on Breslau, which will see the largest swath of development in the region. Already growing rapidly, it will soon surpass St. Jacobs as the second-largest community in Woolwich, behind Elmira. The largest town, too, is slated for significant growth, primarily on the residential side, with the Lunor subdivision promising to change the face of the northwest quadrant. This week’s council discussions touched on industrial development, with the township intent on providing more land and keeping such growth together and away from the residential side. And, although only preliminarily, planners touched on what will prove to be the most interesting change in Elmira: a bypass route to take through-traffic off of Arthur Street and well wide of the downtown core. There will be changes in Elmira, as elsewhere, despite both township, regional and provincial policies aimed at curbing urban expansion and protecting farmland. The region’s overall population is forecasted to be 729,000 by 2031, an increase of 44 per cent over the 2011 census figure of 507,096 (478,000 in 2006). Such growth in the region is bound to put pressures on available land, especially in the townships where farms are still the norm. On the growth and expansion front, the region has its growth management strategy in place, calling for fewer greenfield developments and more intensification in the downtown cores of the three cities, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. Attached to that goal is the light rail transit scheme designed to encourage public transit over private automobiles. Woolwich has a long history of managing growth, and that appears to be the course today. Still, changes are inevitable, and the decisions made by this group of councillors will have long-term impacts. They need to get it right. Whatever happens, it’s going to be costly – development is no longer a net gain financially, despite governments’ addiction to assessment growth to hide a multitude of spending sins. That’s why it’s also important to get the smaller items right, with the fiscal mindset applied to the minor parking lot issue applied across the board to ensure the township is ready to deal with the uncertainties ahead.
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Just how bad can bad get? We might find out WORLD AFFAIRS The forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20) on June 20-22 has brought out the usual warnings of environmental doom. They have been greeted with the usual indifference: after all, there are seven billion of us now, and we’re all still eating. What could possibly go wrong? The UN Environment Program published its five-yearly Global Environmental Outlook (GEO5) saying that significant progress has been made on only four of 90 environmental goals that were adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. “If current patterns of production and consumption of natural resources prevail,” warned UNEP head Achim Steiner, “then governments will preside over unprecedented levels of damage and degradation.” Yawn. Meanwhile, a team of respected scientists warn
that life on Earth may be on the way to an irreversible “tipping point.” Sure. Heard that one before, too. Last week one of the world’s two leading scientific journals, Nature, published a paper, “Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere,” pointing out that more than 40 per cent of the Earth’s land is already used for human needs. With the human population set to grow by a further two billion by 2050, that figure could soon exceed 50 per cent. “It really will be a new world, biologically, at that point,” said the paper’s lead author, Prof. Anthony Barnofsky of the University of California, Berkeley. But Barnofsky doesn’t go into the details of what kind of new world it might be. Scientists hardly ever do in public, for fear of being seen as panic-mongers. Besides, it’s a relatively new hypothesis, but it’s a pretty convincing one, and it should be more widely understood. Here’s how bad it could get. The scientific consensus is that we are still on track for 3 degrees C of warming (5.2 degrees F) by 2100, but
that’s just warming caused by human greenhouse-gas emissions. The problem is that +3 degrees is well past the point where the major feedbacks kick in: natural phenomena triggered by our warming, like melting permafrost and the loss of Arctic sea-ice cover, that will add to the heating and that we cannot turn off. The trigger is actually around 2 degrees C (3.5 degrees F) higher average global temperature. After that we lose control of the process: ending our own carbon-dioxide emissions would no longer be enough to stop the warming. We may end up trapped on an escalator heading up to +6 degrees C (+10.5 degrees F), with no way of getting off. And +6 degrees C gives you the mass extinction. There have been five mass extinctions in the past 500 million years, when 50 per cent or more of the species then existing on the Earth vanished, but until recently the only people taking any interest in this were paleontologists, not climate scientists. They did wonder what had caused the extinctions, but the best
answer they could come up was “climate change.” It wasn’t a very good answer. Why would a warmer or colder planet kill off all those species? The warming was caused by massive volcanic eruptions dumping huge quantities of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for tens of thousands of years. But it was very gradual and the animals and plants had plenty of time to migrate to climatic zones that still suited them. (That’s exactly what happened more recently in the Ice Age, as the glaciers repeatedly covered whole continents and then retreated again.) There had to be a more convincing kill mechanism than that, and the paleontologists found one when they discovered that a giant asteroid struck the planet 65 million years ago, just at the time when the dinosaurs died out in the most recent of the great extinctions. So they went looking for evidence of huge asteroid strikes at the time of the other extinction events. They found none. DYER | 12
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
How would you spend your ideal Father’s Day?
»»Don Border
»»Matt James
»»Josh Peard
»»Rudolph DeCosta
By having all of the family together.
Spending time with my kids.
Fishing with my dad and son.
We usually go out for supper at The Crossroads With my kids and family. What’s more restaurant. important than that?
»»Rick Liddell
"What we so desperately need is a leader or leaders with guts and determination to take a stand in favour of the taxpayers of Woolwich." Isabelle Holmes | page 12 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
Fan of tipping or not, most would agree employers have no claims to the money EDITOR'S NOTES If you’re not a fan of tipping, the way restaurants are run in North America is probably to your liking. Wait staff are paid less money on the assumption that diners will top up their wages with gratuities. That, at least in theory, helps keep prices lower. So, if you let others carry the burden of an extra 10 to 20 per cent, you get to dine out a bit cheaper under the system as it exists. If you’ve ever been to Europe, for instance, you’ll have discovered that dining out is more expensive – as are so many things – because the cost of the service is built into the price. Tipping isn’t the norm, though some people leave the small change behind. Tipping itself is fraught with issues, which has spawned countless discussions of etiquette that extend beyond restaurants to all kinds of services, from cab drivers and bellhops to hairdressers and the
paperboy. It’s enough to drive anyone to channel their inner Mr. Pink, he of that classic anti-tipping rant from Reservoir Dogs. Why should we be expected to shell out 10 or 20 per cent more for someone to bring our food to the table, no matter how surly, yet there’s no mechanism for rewarding exceptionally good retail service, for instance? In almost every case, tipping is directed at low-paying jobs. Historically, the idea was that the chance to earn a little something extra was an incentive to provide great service. Today, it’s expected as a matter of course, largely as a way to top-up poor pay. That being the case, you’d like to think the money you leave goes to the server. That, however, is not always the case. That’s where BeachesEast York MPP Michael Prue comes in. This week, he re-introduced his private member’s bill to prevent restaurant owners and managers from taking a slice of their staff’s tips. Prue has heard many horror stories, with some
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is distributed to busboys, bartenders, hostesses, kitchen staff and other workers who make the dining experience. But the money should never go to management and owners, he insists. His research shows restaurants and bars have plenty of “inventive ways” of increasing their profits at the expense of their staff members. As it stands, there’s no protection against those practices, which is why his bill is needed. “The legislation is just one line: no employer should take any portion of any employee’s tips or gratuities.” If we’re going to be doling out tip money to augment the low wages of restaurant staff, then
they should be getting the money. That’s the expectation of those of us leaving a tip. If the staff were paid a living wage, as is the case in Europe, then we wouldn’t need these measures, notes Prue. Since that’s not the case, we can’t let employers get away with unfair practices. Since having first introduced such legislation in 2010, Prue has received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Not surprisingly, restaurant and bar owners have led the opposition, wanting to keep the gravy train rolling. His previous private member’s bill received all-party support, but was allowed to languish prior to third reading and ultimately died when the last
session of the Legislature wound down before the election. This time around, with a minority government in place, he expects a better outcome, one that will protect some of the most vulnerable workers. People desperate for work will accept the clawing away of their incomes in order to keep their jobs, he says, noting changes to the law would provide them with a recourse. The legislation he introduced this week could come back for second reading in November, when he gets his turn to support the bill, or sooner if he’s able to trade spots with another MPP. In the meantime, he continues to field calls over an issue that resonates with people.
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
The New Housing Price Index rose 0.2% in April, following a 0.3% increase in March. The metropolitan regions of Toronto, Oshawa and Edmonton were the top contributors to the increase in April. Other significant year-over-year increases in contractors' selling prices were observed in Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo (+2.9%).
“This government continues to steamroll all those who disagree with their backward agenda, refusing to let Parliament do its job and scrutinize the far-reaching changes they are proposing. By ramming through this ‘kitchen sink’ omnibus bill and invoking time allocation to further limit debate, the Conservatives are trying to reduce Parliament to nothing more than a rubber stamp. Over the next 26 hours or so, the House of Commons will push back.”
Operations at the Crompton chemical plant in Elmira (now Chemtura) remained suspended following an explosion and fire on June 11, 2004. An investigation was launched after a wastewater storage tank containing the solvent nonene erupted into flames in spectacular fashion, drawing a large crowd of curious onlookers who ignored shelter-in-place emergency procedures.
»»Statistics Canada
»»Liberal House Leader Marc Garneau comments on Bill C-38, the Conservative
»»From the June 19, 2004 edition of the Observer.
government's attempt to bypass the democratic process that prompted a round-the-clock session as the week wound down.
DYER: Change could be
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catastrophic, regardless of cause FROM | 10
What they discovered was that there was indeed major warming at the time of all the other extinctions – and that the warming had radically changed the oceans. The currents that carry oxygen-rich cold water down to the depths shifted so that they were bringing down oxygenpoor warm water instead, and gradually the depths of the oceans became anoxic: the deep waters no longer had any oxygen. When that happens, the sulfur bacteria that normally live in the silt (because oxygen is poison to them) come out of hiding and begin to multiply. Eventually they rise all the way to the surface over the whole ocean, killing all
the oxygen-breathing life. The ocean also starts emitting enormous amounts of lethal hydrogen sulfide gas that destroy the ozone layer and directly poison land-dwelling species. This has happened many times in the Earth’s history. Don’t let it worry you. We’ll all be safely dead long before it could happen again: the earliest possible date for a mass extinction, assuming that the theory is right and that we continue down our present track with emissions, would be well into the next century. The only problem is that things like this tend to become inevitable long before they actually happen. Tick, tock.
YOUR VIEW / LETTER
Woolwich needs some real leaders to look out for the interests of its taxpayers To the Editor, What we so desperately need is a leader or leaders with guts and determination to take a stand in favour of the taxpayers of Woolwich Township. First we have the disgusting display of hiring of the mayor's assistant based on 'who you know and not what you know.' Thanks, Todd, for doing such a stellar job of looking after us and showing us so quickly your outstanding decision making skills. You had how many 'locals' apply for that job and not ONE was a better candidate? Maybe you should allow an outside head-hunter handle hiring: might help you avoid being 'head-hunted' (figuratively speaking) by the local electorate, if you get my drift. Now we have the town-
ship's chief administrative officer passing off the blame to McGuinty (I'm still wondering how he got another term in office) over township employees’ wages and benefits. Mr. Brenneman basically says, “Not my fault – blame him.” Is he doing something proactive like getting together with the other cash-strapped townships and organizing to pressure McGuinty into being more inclined to do what is best for the property taxpayers across the province? (Why don't we taxpayers make these things big issues when it is election time?) I, for one, am willing to put up with temporary disruption of union strikes, etc., in order to solve this problem of paying wages which are far more than the private sector. Short-term pain for
long-term gain. We taxpayers just cannot afford to go on like this, seeing tax increases on every bill so we can keep government workers better off than we are ourselves when it comes to wages and benefits. Anyone in the private sector seen a decent pay raise in the past five years that keeps their wages up with inflation? Not many, I am sure. Now, before anyone thinks I am a union basher, let me make it clear, I am not. You only have to work a short time for a privately-owned company to realize that unions are a necessary evil but the public-sector union membership needs to quickly realize that the private sector, who are paying their magnificent wages and fabulous benefit packages, can no longer afford to foot the bill. The moneyman has died ... or at best is on life support.
My suggestion to disgruntled unionized government workers is pretty simple: If you don't like what you already get paid then quit and find a job in the real world. Then let's see how many hundreds of qualified applicants would apply to do your job and be glad to earn just the hourly rate, never mind the amazing benefits I am sure Todd Cowan has other friends looking for a job ... and they might even be Canadian citizens. Now, just don't get me started on the gravel pit situation and road widening in Conestogo ... Like I said, in the leadership of this region/ township we desperately need men and women of character, integrity and determination who will look out for of the taxpayers.
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SPORTS GYMNASTICS / END OF SEASON
Gymnastics squad wraps up competitive season in Newmarket
Girls put together strong showing, including many personal bests; club holds fundraiser Saturday
NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA
The key to enjoying the hunt is resisting temptation, I have it on higher authority OPEN COUNTRY
The Woolwich Gymnastics Club wrapped up their season last weekend in Newmarket, and hosts their annual Out With a Bang showcase today (Saturday). Back row: Nathan Shuh, Natalie Mayer, Alina Kehl, Robyn Porter, Allyson McIntee, Morgan Hanley, Sylvia Horst, Cameryn Goodall, Kelly Schwindt, Shawntanna Atkinson, Kayla Frey, Sarah Wideman, Hunter Fordham. Front row: Maddie Halstead, McKenna Heibein, Julia Code, Trinity Barnes, Grace McBay, Abby Hanley, Hannah Simpson, Audrey Parker, Kara Dietrich, Julia Ersil, Brianna Bettridge. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
JAMES JACKSON The Woolwich ladies artistic gymnastics team ended their competitive season at the Marilyn Hayes Invitational meet in Newmarket on June 2-3. It was their third competition of the season following earlier events in Brampton and London this season, with many of the girls posting personalbest performances against higher-profile clubs. “The girls had a great season, and they showed a lot of improvement,” said coach Maria Code.
“They all did really well.” Results from the invitational are included below. Audrey Parker, Trinity Barnes, Maddy Halstead, Julia Code and Kara Dietrich also represented their club well, but due to their ages their results cannot be published. Today (Saturday) is also the club’s 6th-annual Out With a Bang showcase for its competitive and recreational athletes. This event will give the gymnasts the opportunity to show family and friends what they’ve been work-
ing on all season in a fun and non-competitive environment. There will even be a demonstration by the youngest gymnasts at the club, ranging from 2-5 years of age, and clubs
from Mitchell and Palmerston will also participate in the day-long event. Out With a Bang is also the club’s biggest fundraiser of the season, and runs from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The Woolwich Gymnastics Club is located at 97 Earl Martin Drive, Unit 2, in Elmira. For more information visit www.woolwichgymnastics.com.
NAME
Vault
Bars
Beam
Floor
Overall
Hannah Simpson
4th
3rd
2nd
7th
3rd
Morgan Hanley
1st
1st
6th
5th
4th
Shawntanna Atkinson
5th
3rd
4th
4th
5th
Natalie Mayer
7th
7th
7th
8th
8th
Kayla Frey
4th
3rd
4th
4th
5th
Allison McIntee
5th
4th
6th
6th
6th
Sylvia Horst
3rd
5th
3rd
5th
4th
Long ago, in medieval Europe, there was a Pope who tried to outlaw the crossbow. And, until this weekend, I couldn’t understand why. You see, I have been practicing with my new long bow in the traditional way – with no sights or gadgets attached – since I got it in early March. In fact, I have only missed four days of shooting because I had to go on a business trip. Otherwise, I have loosed dozens of arrows in each of those practice sessions. More than that, read several books on archery, agonized over technique, watched videos and experimented with different arrows, heads, feather configurations, brace heights and strings, until I have got my bow tuned just perfectly. The arrows fly like darts. I’ve made good progress on my shooting too. This weekend, for instance, I finally got to the point GALEA | 14
Synchro club ends its season at provincial championships in London The Waterloo Regional Synchro Club wrapped up its season last weekend at the 12 & Under Provincial Trillium Championships in London. Jadyn Brooks claimed silver in a field of 85 swimmers in the 10 & Under figure event. In that same
event, Cassidi Clairmont finished 25th while Maggie Steinbeach (15th), Jasmine Myers (18th) and Hanna Smids (25th) competed in the 12 & Under category with 129 swimmers. Another favourite event is the Thematic Combo,
where teams are permitted to get creative with the use of props. Team One of Sydney Marrese, Avery Noll, Shannon Fitzgerald, Zoe Andres, Maggie Steinbach, Kate Steinbach, Jenna Schell and Jasmine Myers finished 5th with their lifeguard-
inspired performance. Team Two of Hannah Atkins, Smids, Kailey Veitch, Maelin Stubbe, Claire Stubbe, Grace Adams, Sarah Adams, Marina Triebe-Gravel, Kelly Thurlow and Amy Knechtel wrapped up the first day of competition by
claiming silver with their swim dedicated to someone close to them who had been touched by cancer. Maggie Steinbach and Hanna Smids started the second morning of the meet with swims in the 12 & Under solo event, finishing 12th and 14th overall.
Jadyn Brooks and Cassidi Clairmont competed in a field of 38 swimmers in the 10 & Under Solo event, and though the 8-year-olds were among the youngest competitors in the group, they finished SYNCHRO | 14
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GALEA: Crossbow results makes it tougher to stick with long-bow hunting plans FROM | 13
where I could place three consecutive arrows in a 3-inch circle at 25 yards. Even more exciting – it was the very circle I was aiming at. This cinched it. That milestone got me thinking that I am finally ready to hunt big game with my long bow when the seasons open this fall – after all the vast majority of animals taken with a bow are under 20 yards. Needless to say,
I was justifiably proud of this achievement too. It takes a lot of concentration and hard work to get to this level of proficiency with a traditional bow. That’s why, I swore, then and there, that when it comes to bow hunting, I will only use that long bow this season. There will be no ifs, and or buts. I will have faith in that stick and string. I will forsake all other instruments of archery.
THE SCORE Results from the seniors’ games From June 4-12 Woolwich played host to the annual 55+ Invitational Games. The games are open to all seniors 55 years of age and older living within the seven areas of
Sport
the Golden Triangle of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, New Hamburg, Fergus, Elmira and Guelph. Below are the medal results for each event.
Gold
Silver
Ladies: Kathryn Wallace Jessie Curry Men: Ian Burns Dennis St. Germain
Ladies: Edith Ziegler Heather Parkinson Mens: Gordon Knox Doug Dennis
Mervin Roth Marjorie Roth
Ed Weber Unias Weber
Points – Lorraine Kidd Solos – Les Orth
Points – Margaret Hillis Solos – Jean Adamson
Vernon Dowdall Marlene Dowdall
Pat Allgeier Margaret Hillis
Ed Metzger Amy Schelter
Bid Euchre
Pat Allgeier Margaret Hillis
Ann Orth Les Orth
Terry Kolbinson Margaret Hudson
Snooker
Frank Rejeski
Don Utter
Harley Forden
Cribbage
Isabel McIntosh Shirley Wilken
Joan Norris Pat Singleton
Linda Brydon Jom Goll
Darts
Crokinole
Solo
Euchre
Badminton
Ladies: Francine Gagnon Fran DaMaren Mens: George Spencer Jeff Millard Mixed: Francine Gagnon Alan McLelland
Walking
Ladies – Audre Fellows Mens – Derek Tickner
Bronze
Vernon Clemmer John Hill
Duplicate Bridge
Bob Griffiths Larry Sugden
Margaret Chantler Tommi Roden
Conny Budarick Gillian Edmondson
Contract Bridge
Jim Burgess Michael Rose
Audrey Budden Len Budden
Ray Wilson Scott Denton
Shuffleboard
Gunther Forth Bill Heibert
Edward Schiedel John Zimmerman
Table Tennis
Men: Ivo Babic Roger Sperle Ladies: Dorothy Collins Ursala Rodrigues Mixed: Royal Hamel Leiz Krozen
Mens: Cecil Carnochan David Oxley Mixed: David Eagles Ursula Rodrigues
5 Pin Bowling
Erma Findlater Betty Boland Joan Watson Mary Elliot Gerda Wouters
Bob Mader Ernie Metzger Albert Martin Mike George Robert Lawson
And then I went and ruined everything. Yup, I shot my crossbow. I decided to shoot only one bolt for old time’s sake. So I stood back 25 yards and placed the crosshairs on the 3-inch circle that taunts me each long bow practice session. And, of course, I drilled it deadcentre. There was literally, no effort, relatively little skill or exertion required. Put the crosshairs on the target
and press firmly on the trigger. It was that easy. I’m not knocking crossbows – I like them, really I do. But knowing that, with one, I can easily shoot accurately at twice the distance I can with my long bow is going to have major repercussions on that oath I took. It’s going to expose me to great temptation. And, as our cookie jar can attest, I am not good at temptation. Besides, that one cross-
bow shot has pretty well guaranteed that the first deer that walks by me this bow season will circle wide just out of my effective long bow range – but well within easy crossbow range. He’ll probably linger there too. Perhaps call in other equally impressive animals to browse slowly. It’s almost certain that he will be a huge buck too – the kind people like me dream about. No doubt, there will probably even
be a highly visible, 3-inch birth mark right over his heart. This will ultimately mean that the next hunt, and every one after that, will require me to resist the urge to leave the long bow at home in lieu of the crossbow – that incredibly consistent and reliable crossbow. And, if I do, all that practice, expense and effort will be for naught. You know, I think the Pope was onto something.
SYNCHRO: Team spirit in evidence as season comes to an end FROM | 13
7th and 16th, respectively. Maggie Steinbach and Jasmine Myers competed in the 12 & Under duet category on Sunday afternoon, battling through adversity when their music cut out twice and finishing second for their routine, and third for their overall championship score. Ending the competition for WRSSC was the 10 & Under duet of Jadyn Brooks and Cassidi Clairmont, finishing just out of the medals with a 4th place finish in a field of 17.
The Thematic Combo Team Two consisting of Hannah Atkins, Smids, Kailey Veitch, Maelin Stubbe, Claire Stubbe, Grace Adams, Sarah Adams, Marina Triebe-Gravel, Kelly Thurlow and Amy Knechtel won the silver medal following their touching cancer awareness themed swim last weekend in London. SUBMITTED]
GOLFERS HIT THE LINKS FOR KINGS’ FUNDRAISER
Mixed: Reg Bunt Annaleise Gambus
Ruth Reger Marg Hillis Shirley Wilken Isabel McIntosh Pat Allgeier
The foursome of Vishaal Kendall (left), Kathy Duncan, Rick Bolzon and Russ Butler of BMO joined more than a hundred golfers who participated in the annual Sugar Kings golf tournament on Monday afternoon at the Elmira Golf Club. The event is one of the team’s biggest fundraisers. [JAMES JACKSON /THE OBSERVER]
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YOUNG WCDSB ATHLETES TAKE TO THE TRACK IN WATERLOO
The WCDSB elementary track and field meet was held at University Stadium on Monday. The young athletes competed in numerous events including long jump, shot put, high jump. triple jump and various track Stephanie Richtaritsch of St. Teresa in Elmira runs in a 200m heat. runs. Above the bantam boys compete in the 800m finals.
Nadia Lunz of St. Teresa competes in the long jump event.
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Things keep rolling along Young Ingersoll couple purchases Elmira Bowl from longtime owners Mary and Karl Jordan JAMES JACKSON This year Canada Day will mark more than just the 135th birthday of our nation. It will signal a new beginning for Elmira Bowl when, for the first time in more than 25 years, a new pair of owners will start calling the shots. Mary and Karl Jordan have sold the business to Jen Galbraith and Jeff Young of Ingersoll, and the young couple takes possession of the building July 1. “We want to carry on the tradition of the Jordans,” said Young, who decided to purchase the building with his new fiancée back in February. “They had something good going here, and we want to make sure it continues on into the future.” First owned and operated by Roland Ruppel, the First Street business exchanged a few hands before the Jordans bought it in 1986. Since then they’ve made numerous improvements, including computerized scoring, updated décor that replaced the old yellow fiberglass benches and wooden chairs and tables with new seating, tables and carpets. They also made a sizable $100,000 investment two years ago to update the old wooden lanes to new synthetic ones. The new floors offer a wide range of advantages over the old wooden floors, Karl said at the time. Over the years, wooden floors become uneven and dented from bowlers walk-
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As of July 1, Jeff Young and Jen Galbraith will be the new owners of Elmira Bowl. They purchased the five-pin bowling alley from long-time owners Mary and Karl Jordan and have many years of industry experience behind them. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER] ing in the same areas over and over again, and from the impact of the bowling balls. The synthetic material is a combination of resin and woven fiberglass, and is known for its high tensile strength and ability to absorb impact – making it ideal for bowling alleys. It’s almost a centimeter and a half thick, and helps reduce the amount of maintenance necessary. The couple will come armed with a wealth of
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industry knowledge, as the Galbraith family owns and operates the five-pin alley in Ingersoll, and she said she grew up in the business. Likewise, Young said his family was avid bowlers while he was growing up, and he spent time working at two separate alleys over the years as well. “It seemed like a natural progression to have one of our own,” he said of the purchase. The deal was supposed to close on June 1, but
some administrative delays have pushed that date back to July. The couple has been working in the alley since the beginning of June, however, giving them a chance to learn the ropes and get to know some of the locals. Galbraith said bowlers have been very welcoming, and they’ve been certainly keeping busy; they hosted the five-pin tournament for the Senior Games last week, as well as a private birthday party later that
evening. “It’s pretty much the same, even the attitude and the demeanor of the bowlers. They’re like a litBOWLING | 23
VENTURE PROFILE BUSINESS: Elmira Bowl LOCATION: 15 First St. E., Elmira PHONE: 519-669-2833 OWNER: Jen Galbraith and Jeff Young
Connecting consumers and farmers has become a new imperative. Research from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has shown people want some kind of connection to those who grow their food, and they think it’s important that connection be local. People hold farmers in esteem, yet sometimes consider farming to be corporate and unruly. That’s not true – the overwhelming majority of Canadian farms continue to be family owned and operated. They’re growing in size – and indeed the ones dubbed “commercial,” deemed to be the most likely to support a full-time farm family, are becoming more numerous, according to University of Guelph research. But the only corporate part about them is that they may have incorporated to protect their assets, which is simply a smart business move. They’re still family farmers, the same ones survey after survey show to be among the most respected professionals in our society. ROBERTS | 23
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Odds are they deal with reps from big corporations. Farmers who are growing and successful need the best seed, crop protection products to control pests and weeds, and fertilizer to compensate for natural soil inadequacies or give their plants a boost. Unless they are organic farmers, they need these products to maximize production. Typically, for commercial farms, these products come from large corporations, some of which are multinational.
Industry organizations such as CropLife Canada that support commercial farms have an army of statistics that show how much less farmers would likely produce if it was not for crop protection products. For example, they say consumers pay less for groceries as a result of modern technology – almost 60 per cent less, in fact. And they maintain that without crop protection products and plant biotechnology, Canadian farmers would need 37 million more acres of land – about the total annual crop
area of Saskatchewan – to produce the same amount of food they produce now. Research-based information is vital for a calm, measured conversation about the need for such products. In fact, it’s vital. At a recent symposium sponsored by BASF, JoAnn Buth, a newly appointed Canadian senator and a former president of the Canola Council of Canada, told participants there’s “an increasing demand for science to demonstrate impact.” Ottawa will continue funding research, but the scientists will need to show
how their studies affect the lives of Canadians, and others. And with federal and provincial budgets stretched to the limit, expect to see corporations playing an increasingly active role in research. They too have heard governments say industry needs to be more active. Companies such as BASF are planning accordingly. They know they too need to demonstrate not only impact, but responsibility. People are naturally suspicious of a profit-driven company’s motives in food
production, even though some degree of profit is necessary for farmers and everyone else along the line. One approach towards better understanding is to take the consumer connection to a new level. With that in mind, in May BASF randomly approached people at a Cambridge shopping mall, and offered two of them the chance to spend parts of next month on Saskatchewan and Alberta commercial farms. There’s no script or debate planned, just an opportunity for an on-farm discus-
sion about why farmers do what they do – including using crop protection products – and why consumers think like they do. The visit will be recorded in part and used for education and training. Scott Kay, business director for BASF Canada, expects the results to be enlightening. “I want our company to have informed conversations about farmers and consumers, too,” he says. Sponsoring a crossCanada farm experience is one way to help move those conversations along.
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tle family,” Galbraith said when asked to compare Elmira Bowl to her family’s operation. The similarities don’t end there, though. Galbraith’s parents installed the same synthetic floors about seven years ago, and the Elmira alley even has the same number of lanes as the Ingersoll alley: eight. There is also a longstanding connection between the Jordans and the
new owners; their daughter, Karole McDonnell, has known Young for more than a decade and Galbraith for about six years. They met while at various bowling competitions over the years, and formed a friendship. Galbraith even said that McDonnell approached her a few years ago about purchasing the alley from her parents, but the timing just wasn’t right. While the couple says their aim is to continue the tradition started by the
Jordans, they also have a grand vision for the alley, including more upgrades and updates to the interior, such a new computer scoring system that Young said is “much more userfriendly and has better graphics.” They also intend to move from their home in Ingersoll to Elmira as soon as they can. Galbraith has left her job at her parent’s alley to work in Elmira, and Young said he will keep his job as an aviation painter in Hamilton until
they get up to speed in Elmira, then he intends to quit his job as well. “This is our dream to be here and working together,” he said. They also know that they face a difficult task in getting five-pin bowling back into the mainstream in Elmira, as they are always competing against other sports and more modern forms of entertainment such as video games. “It’s a Canadian game and we grew up in the al-
leys and that tradition is very important to us,” Young said. “It’s unfortunate that a lot of places are closing down, and we just want to make sure that this place isn’t one of them.” Visit their website, www. elmirabowl.com, for details on booking lanes or for more information.
The couple has big plans for the alley, including updating the electronic scoreboards, and they plan to move from their home in Ingersoll to Elmira. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
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Country trumps a tie for Father’s Day Marie Bottrell brings her Greatest Hits Show to Maryhill’s Commercial Tavern for a Sunday afternoon performance STEVE KANNON Along with the presentation of that Father’s Day classic – a new tie – Sunday presents the opportunity to share with dad a little bit of classic country music, as Marie Bottrell’s Greatest Hits Show takes to the stage at the Commercial Tavern. The award-winning singer will be joined by Bill Culp and the Memphis Cats band as she presents a mix of classics, her own Canadian country hits and a smattering of Canadiana as we head toward July 1. The songs of Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard and many others will certainly be on the list. “Nice country classics that I grew up singing as a kid. Everyone will know them and be able to sing along,” said Bottrell in a phone interview from her London home. “You can’t do a country show without a little Patsy,” she laughed, noting the Commercial Tavern is the ideal spot for her show, the kind of venue you could easily picture Cline, Loretta Lynn or Tammy Wynette getting on stage to perform. “We always love going there. There’s not a lot of places like that.” She’s no stranger to the Maryhill landmark, having performed there many times in a career that got
Award-winning country music performer Marie Bottrell will perform some classic country songs, along with her own hits, at the Commercial Tavern in Maryhill Sunday afternoon, backed up by Bill Culp and the Memphis Cats. [SUBMITTED] an early start: she was 11 when she began performing as part of a family band, and just 16 when she went professional. Her early childhood experience was “a good education” for what followed in the next four decades. After earning her days
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with the Whitestone County Band, Bottrell began recording for the Mercey Brothers’ MBS label at just 17. She released her self-penned composition “Just Reach Out And Touch Me” in 1978. The positive reaction led to an invitation to join the
Grand Ole Opry Show on its Canadian tour. After a successful second single made its way up the charts, Bottrell was rewarded with a nomination at RPM’s Big Country Awards in the Outstanding New Artist category. She was voted Outstand-
ing Female Performer by RPM in 1979 and over the course of her career she has scored eight JUNO nominations and two wins as the CCMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 1983 and ’84. Eighteen of Bottrell’s singles made the RPM
Country Tracks charts, including five that reached the Top Ten. Bottrell began touring with her own band, Marie Bottrell & Cottonwood, and appeared on all of the popular shows of the day, including Tommy Hunter, The Joan Kennedy Show, Ronnie Prophet, The Family Brown Show and Ray St. Germain. Bottrell was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour in 2010. In vein of country classics, she’s performed with Nashville stars such as Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins, Tom T. Hall and Minnie Pearl. While the country music scene has changed at points over the years, there’s always a demand for the classic stuff. Even as the music sometimes strayed from its roots, from the pop-influenced stuff that marked the period of her early recordings in the 1980s to the New Country of the 1990s, it’s always made its way back toward the traditional country sound, she suggests. “It will always come back around ... to the traditional part of it,” she said of the music. Marie Bottrell’s Greatest Hits Show takes to the stage June 17 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at the Commercial Tavern, 1303 Maryhill Rd., or by calling 519-648-3644.
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FOR SALE 14 X 70 Mobile Home. Many updates, meets code. Leonard Burkhart 519-698-2073. ENJOY GARDEN-FRESH VEGGIES? Gardens to Grow will plant and deliver a $35 container garden of mixed vegetables to your doorstep, allowing you to nurture and harvest your own produce! For details/options call Rachel at 519-588-0950 or visit gardens2grow.blogspot.ca. MATTRESS AND BOX Spring, new, never used, still in sealed bag. Sacrifice $195. Delivery available. Temperpedic Memory Foam Mattress, new, never used, in sealed bag. Like sleeping on a cloud. No pressure points. Bankruptcy sale $595, box spring $200 extra. Delivery available. 519-635-8737.
SALE CONSISTS OF: Lawn Mower;
Bikes; Ass’t Furniture Items; Mattress; Ass’t. Electronics; Watches; Swar; Housewares; Kid's & Adult Clothing; Toys; Linens; Hardware Items; Books; Candy; Consumer Goods; Plus a Large Selection of Other Misc. Items. See the Web www.grayauct.ca for complete list.
519-656-3555
TERMS: Cash,Debit,Visa,M/C or Cheque with proper I.D. day of sale. Owners or auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Any verbal announcements day of sale take precedence over written ads
AUCTIONS
Please submit applications to:
MONDAY JUNE 18, AT 5:30 P.M.
LUNCH BOOTH
www.JantziAuctions.com
Applications along with a driver abstract will be received until 4:30pm Monday June 25, 2012. Email: kbeggs@wellesley.ca
OF CONSUMER GOODS, AT K & K LIQUIDATION AND AUCTION LTD., 1011 INDRUSTRIAL CRES. UNIT # 3, ST. CLEMENTS
AUCTIONEER:
Jantzi Auctions Ltd. Wellesley
Wage classification – Labourer - hourly rate $19.68 per hour
AUCTIONS
AUCTIONS
AUCTIONS
AUCTION SALE OF 5 acre hobby farm, antique Allis tractors, vehicles, JD riding lawn mowers, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be sold at 7120 Perth Rd. 121 Bordering Millbank, For Dale & the Late Del Schneider, on Saturday, June 16th @ 9:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.
AUCTION SALE OF 12.75 acre country property, machinery, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 5297 - 13th Line Minto Twp. (west off highway 9 at the Pioneer gas station), approx. 5 miles northwest Of Harriston, for Marvin and Tammy Sauder, on Friday, June 22nd @ 4:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.
SATURDAY JUNE 16 at 9:30 AM: Clearing auction sale of vehicles; hydro and pole trucks; boom trucks; electrical; motors; scrap iron; and miscellaneous items to be held at 1461 Notre Dame Dr RR#2 Petersburg approx 1km north of Petersburg or 2kms south of St Agatha for Neufeld Electric. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
FRI JUNE 22 at 4:00 PM Large clearing auction of antiques; collectables; good glass and china; household effects; miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s exclusively for Recollections. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
WED JUNE 20 at 4:00 PM - Clearing auction sale of household effects, furniture, antiques, tools, and miscellaneous items to be held at the St Jacobs Community Centre in St Jacobs for the Lorne and Rita Hiller estate from Waterloo with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com PROPERTY AUCTION OF 2 storey brick century home, to held at 1155 Queen’s Bush Rd. in Wellesley, for Don and Julie Leis, on Thursday, June 21st @ 7:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.
SAT JUNE 23 at 10:00 AM Clearing auction sale of boat, 15 hp outboard motor, canoe, riding lawnmower, lawn furniture, household items, and miscellaneous items to be held at 254 #2 Rd north at Conestoga Lake near Wellington Rd 11 and Sixth Line for Tim and Donna Dineen. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
OWNER: K & K Liquidation and Auction Ltd. 519-699-6084 AUCTIONEERS:
GRAY’S AUCTION SERVICE INC., HARRISTON BARRY | (519) 338-3722 Woodworking, Fabrication & Vintage Tools
AUCTION to be held at
Breslau Airport Road Auction Complex
5100 Fountain St., North, Breslau (Kitchener)
Sat June 23rd 9:30am Vintage Chainsaws, Woodworking & Garden
35+ Clinton, Ironhorse, Continental, B&S, Pioneer, Homelite, Wright McCulloch, P-M, Toro (Engines, Chainsaws, Mowers, Generators) Mercury-Disston Twin 48” - 2 Man Chain Saw Push Mowers * Lanterns * Wood Bits & Braces * Saw Vises Metal Oil & Gas Cans * Wooden Planes & Clamps * Hand Tools 3-Copper Fire Extinguishers*Large Circular Saw Blades Woodworker’s Tool Box * 65+ Hand Saws, Backsaws & Mitre Saws 5-Starrett Micrometers (16’-42’) * Wood Pepsi/Coke Crates SHANTZ Foundry => Factory Carts (2) & Rolling Parts Wagons (2)
Woodworking & Fabricating Equipment
2-Peddinghaus Ironworkers * Pullmax Nibbler * 3-Table saws 6” Jointer * 8’ Stroke Sander * 3-Floor Drill Presses * 3-Bandsaws 5- Ridgid 535’s * 20- Ridgid 450/460 Tristands * Alum Pipe Wrenches 3- Bench Grinders * Honda Generator * Trash Pump * Echo Mini Tiller Compound Mitre Saw * R/A Saws * Air Compressors * 5 Ladders Air Tool Set * Port Tablesaw * 2- Ammco Brake Lathes * 4- Scroll Saws Rolling Tool Cabinet c/w Mechanics Tools * Saws * Makita Router 7,000+ NEW Cobalt/HSS HD Drill Bits * Scaffolding & Mixers Paper Cutter * AV Carts * File Cabinets * Chairs * etc Viking Mini H/T Camper * 8’ Truck Camper * Golf Cart * Truckster
Many More Items Too Numerous to Mention!!
TUES JUNE 26 at 7:00 PM - Property auction of a 3 bedroom 2 story house with a deep lot; an a heated workshop to be held at 162 Mill St. in Kitchener for Lucy Groff. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-6563555. www.jantziauctions.com
PARTIAL LIST ONLY!!! No Buyer’s Premium or Penalty!
VIEWING: Friday June 22nd, 2012, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm TERMS: $500.00 Cash Deposit on Major units balance in 48 Hours by Cash, Interact or Bank Draft or as announced
AUCTION SALE OF Riding lawn mower, household effects and miscellaneous items, to be held at 6 Charles St. in Elmira (Church St. East, north on George St., east on Charles), for George and Bonnie Brenner, on Wednesday, June 27th @ 5:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451. AUCTION SALE OF Household effects, antiques, and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley or 2 miles north of Philipsburg, on Thursday, June 28th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451. TUES JULY 3 at 7:00 PM Auction sale of 2 storage lockers with a complete Coke collection with metal signs; tray; memorabilia; dispensers; old records; cassettes; and other collector memorabilia; etc to be held at 1444 Shirley Drive (Classic Storage) in Kitchener off Victoria St. for Steve Starfield. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. jantziauctions.com
AUCTIONS WED. JULY 4 at 7:00 PM Property auction of a 2 storey brick house with newer addition with lots of character; high ceilings; original woodwork; large private backyard to be held at 8 William St. in Milverton for Joe and Frances Royal. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
FARM EQUIPMENT NEW HOLLAND 144 Hay Inverter. Excellent condition. $2700. Tavistock, 519-4962725.
PETS MEGAMUTTS DOG TRAINING, Summer Classes - group session or private, starting July 10, 6 weeks. www. megamutts.com. or 519-6698167. WANTED: BUYING WHOLE litters of farm pups on a regular basis. Picked up and cash paid. 519-500-0196 or 705-606-5377.
M.R. Jutzi & Co
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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES
THOMPSON’S
TIRE
WHERE TIRES
Complete Collision Service
Auto Tech Inc.
ARE A
SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE.
519.669.8330
Farm • Auto • Truck Industrial On-The-Farm Service
FAX: 519.669.3210
35 Howard Ave., Elmira
AFTER HOURS
519-669-3232
Accredited Test & Repair Facility
519-669-4400 30 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA www.thompsonsauto.ca
519.669.8917
RUDOW’S CARSTAR COLLISION CENTRE
AUTO CLINIC 21 Industrial Dr. Elmira
24 Hour Accident Assistance
Providing the latest technology to repair your vehicle with accuracy and confidence.
101 Bonnie Crescent, Elmira, ON N3B 3G2
Quality Collision Service
1-800-CARSTAR 519-669-3373
519-669-7652
33 First Street, East Elmira, ON
BODY MAINTENANCE AT:
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Call Us At (519)669-3373 33 First Street, East Elmira, ON
GENERAL SERVICES Have You Paid Enough Taxes? Call Us For Our
• Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location • Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off and Pick up Service • Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair • Janitorial • Grout Cleaning • Carpet Repair & Re-Installation • Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping
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PROFESSIONAL BIKE MECHANIC ON STAFF
Buy your bike from us and get a FREE annual inspection!
• 14 ton BoomTruck • 40 ton Mobile Crane
20
519-664-9999
$
ST. JACOBS
PARTS EXTRA
22 Church St. W., Elmira
Tel:519-669-5537
669-3332
ORTLIEB CRANE & Equipment Ltd.
STORE HOURS: M-F: 8-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 12-5
24 Hour Service (Emergencies only) 7 Days A Week
GENERAL SERVICES
RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EFFORT!
FOR THE MUSIC-LOVER IN YOUR LIFE Softener Salt & Pool Salt
TROPHIES | CUPS | PLAQUES | MEDALLIONS RIBBONS | NAME TAGS | NAME PLATES DOOR PLATES | CUSTOM ENGRAVING
QUICK LOCAL SERVICE | 245 Labrador Dr., Waterloo
www.UniTwin.com | 519.886.2102
We’ll transfer music from LPs, 45s, 78s and cassettes to CDs.
FREE BAG In troductor Offer y
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We’ll take your favourite albums, clean up clicks, pops and surface noise and enhance the overall sound of the recording.
Taking Salt to Peoples’ Basements Since 1988
More Info & pricing vinylp2cd@gmail.com
519-747-2708
519-669-0541
Waterloo www.riepersalt.com
Various sizes & rates
CLEAN • DRY • SECURE Call
ELMIRA, ON
BOWEN THERAPY ...is the solution for your PAIN! Benefits may be evident as early as the first session. Treatments are safe for everyone from infants to the elderly.
Call Now!
Kevin Bartley, B.A. Hons., Professional Bowenwork Practitioner 60 Memorial Avenue, Elmira (519) 669-0112 Every Body is Better with Bowen!
Established 2000
F. David Reimer
UNDER PRESSURE TO HEAL Safe, effective and proven for 13 + UHMS (Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society) Approved indications: ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
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● Air or Gas Embolism ● Thermal Burns ● Acute Traumatc Ischemias ● Exceptional Blood Loss ● Decompression Sickness ● Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ● Delayed Radiation Injury + Many More
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•Ratches, Hooks, Straps, Webbing etc. •Canvas, Vinyl, Polyester, Acrylic Fabrics
519-669-4964
General Repairs
519.595.4830 6376 Perth Rd. 121 Poole, ON
100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA
GENERAL SERVICES
Reimer Hyperbarics of Canada
Boat Covers | Air Conditioner Covers | Small Tarps Storage Covers | BBQ Covers | Awnings & Canopies Replacement Gazebo Tops | Golf Cart Enclosures & Covers
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
MUSIC-LOVER GIFT ALERT! COUNTR Y
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MUSIC TRANSFERS FROM LPs, 45s, 78s, CASSETTES TO CD Your favourite albums get a whole new life on CD after we clean up the clicks, pops and surface noise.
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56 Howard Ave. Unit 2, Elmira, ON, N3B 2E1
D&H
ROCK
D&H CONCRETE
Specializing in Concrete Driveway, Walkways, Pads, Stairs & More!
519.954.8242 FREE ESTIMATES
Doug | 226.748.0032 Heather | 519.277.2424
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
READ’S DECORATING
Sew Special
20 years experience
SINCE 1961
Specializing in Paint & Wall coverings
FOR ALL YOUR HOME DECORATING NEEDS. 27 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA
519.669.3658
free estimates interior/exterior painting, wallpapering & Plaster|Drywall repairs
519-669-2251 36 Hampton St., Elmira
Ltd.
RESIDENTIAL & AGRICULTURAL
Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Barn Renovations Finished Floors • Retaining Walls • Short Walls Decorative/Stamped and coloured concrete www.facebook.com/marwilconcrete
519-638-2699
• Residential • Commercial • Industrial
Napoleon Prestige Vermont Castings Big Green Egg & Saffire Charcoal Grills
Custom Sewing for Your Home
Custom Drapery Custom Blinds
Randy Weber
Free Estimates
ECRA/ESA Licence # 7000605
In Home Consultations
519.669.1462 Fax: 519.669.9970 Tel:
18 Kingfisher Dr., Elmira
www.fergusfireplace.com 1871 Sawmill Rd., Conestogo | 519-664-3800 or 877-664-3802 Celebrating Our 180 St. Andrew St. W., Fergus 17th Year At 519-843-4845 or 888-871-4592
Over 20 Years Experience
Lois Weber 519-669-3985 Elmira
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IRA HOME COMFORT M L E (519) 669-4600
COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL
ST. JACOBS GLASS SYSTEMS INC.
APPLIANCES – FURNACES – FIREPLACES AIR CONDITIONERS – WATER HEATERS SPRING SPECIAL ON AIR CONDITIONING TUNE UP $99, INSTALLED FROM $1999 FURNACES INSTALLED FROM $2499 FRIDGES $499, STOVES $399, WASHERS $399, DRYERS $369, FREEZERS $199 Come visit our show room FREE QUOTES
1600 King St. N., Bldg A17 St. Jacobs, Ontario N0B 2N0
Home Improvements
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• Store Fronts • Thermopanes • Mirrors • Screen Repair • Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures • Sash Repair
WINDOWS & DOORS
ROOFING | SIDING | SOFFIT & FACIA DRYWALL INSTALLATION
MURRAY MARTIN | 519.638.0772
TEL:
7302 Sideroad 19 RR#2., Alma, ON, N0B 1A0
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Complete Home Renovations Kitchen ¡ Bathroom ¡ Basements
REPLACEMENT WINDOWS 20% OFF
Call for a FREE Quote
Tony Webers
1 Union Street, Elmira
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HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
WEICKERT& MEIROWSKI Concrete Foundations Limited
YES... WE DO RESIDENTIAL WORK!
6982 Millbank Main St., Millbank 519-595-2053 • 519-664-2914
RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL
For all your Plumbing Needs. 24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi
ELMIRA
519-669-3652
R O O F I N G
A Family owned and operated business serving KW and surrounding area for over 35 years.
BOOK NOW FOR SPRING INSTALLATION. CALL JAYME FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE.
519.501.2405
Waterloo Region • Woolwich Township
519-896-7700
or
519-648-3004
www.biobobs.com
OUTDOOR SERVICES
AMOS • Specializing in residential re-roofs • Repairs • Churches
(1800 Gallon Residential)
519-885-2828
Outdoor
INC
Plumbing and Maintenance Inc.
pump
66 Rankin St. Unit 4 | Waterloo
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Steve Co.
$175.00/OUT
One stop shop for all your needs. PLUMBING, FURNACE REPAIRS, SERVICE & INSTALLATION, GAS FITTING
Lawn Maintenance Programs | Spring Clean-up Flower Bed Maintenance Programs Leaf Clean-up and Removal | Soil & Mulch Delivery & Installation | Snow Clearing & Removal | Ice Control
General Construction | 12 Years Experiance Residential & Agricultural • Barns / Shops • Decks & Railings • Poured Concrete • Driveways & Sidewalks • Siding, Fascials, Soffits • Interior Renovations Call Lawrence Metzger (226) 789-7301 Wallenstein, ON
27 Brookemead, St, Elmira
KEVIN DETWEILER
P: 519-669-1188 | F: 519-669-9369
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FREE ESTIMATES
In Business since 1971 • Fully Insured
Services
> Commercial & Residential > Fully Insured > WSIB Clearance > Senior Discount
OWNER-OPERATOR
OUTDOOR SERVICES
COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
YOUR SOURCE FOR YEAR-ROUND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE • Lawn Mowing Packages • Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping • Top Dressing/Overseeding • Mulch Delivery & Installation • Commercial & Residential Full Flower Bed Maintenance
Call Jeff Basler, Owner/Operator, today 519.669.9081 mobile: 519.505.0985 fax: 519.669.9819 | ever-green@sympatico.ca OUTDOOR SERVICES
OFFERING A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO RECLAIM UNUSED LAND
Brush Mowing/Long Grass | Capable of mowing up to 3 inch diameter brush Tracked Skid Steer equipped with Brush Mower
Lester Martin
•Final grading •Lawn repair & complete seeding •Well equipped for large stoney areas •Spike Aerator/Overseeding •Site prep for Garden sheds, sidewalks etc. •Natural & Interlocking Stone •Retaining Walls, Walks & Patios •Help for Top Water & Drainage issues •Rain Water collection systems
Murray & Daniel Shantz
ALMA, ONTARIO | PHONE: 519.846.5427
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Laneways, Yards and More...
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
OUTSTANDING AGENTS. OUTSTANDING RESULTS. Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage
FEATURE PROPERTY
NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING
$179,000
$295,000
$348,000
Independently Owned and Operated
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426 Paul Martin
HANDYMAN DREAM COME TRUE!
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
519-503-9533 www.homeswithpaul.ca
UNIQUE AND SPACIOUS!!
Elmira - 2542 sqft semi detached located in desirable family
friendly crescent. Features: 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms, large eat in kitchen, 2 wood burning fire places, large main floor family room with slider to 2 storey deck, perennial beds surround the yard and pond with waterfall ~ A fantastic backyard retreat. MLS Call Paul direct.
Elmira - This fixer upper is in need of your TLC Extremely affordable single detached quaint home on sizable lot. Complete with 3 bedrooms, office and airy kitchen there are many possibilities. MLS Call Paul direct.
$500.00 donation will be made to WCS Family Violence Prevention Program with every home bought or sold by Paul in Woolwich.
! D L SO
Alli Bauman SALES REPRESENTATIVE
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
519-577-6248
neighbourhood. Central to all schools. This updated bungalow is perfect for a young or retired couple. Featuring: newer kitchen with french door leading to bright living room with fireplace, hardwood throughout. The finished basement is complete with big rec room, office, bathroom and bedroom. MLS call Paul direct.
OPEN HOUSE Sat. June 16, 2-4 P.M. 162 White Pine Cres., Waterloo
$519,000
$275,000
SOUGHT AFTER COUNTRY RETREAT
MOVE IN BEFORE SUMMER'S END!!
Pilkington - The best of both worlds is yours with this country home nestled on a tree-lined acre lot backing onto beautiful green space. Just minutes from Elmira, Guelph and K-W, this 3 bedroom home offers an open concept kitchen and living room, finished basement, 3 season screened sunroom at rear, large front porch and a large double plus garage with a workshop area. MLS Call Bill or Alli direct
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
Elmira - Bungalow on spacious corner lot in mature
Elmira - Located in a desirable neighbourhood, this 3
bedroom, 2 bathroom, open concept semi with a fully fenced yard is just what you are looking for. Inclusive of all appliances, backyard shed and A/C. Side yard overlooks green space with children's playground. MLS Call Alli or Paul direct
$309,900 LAKESHORE NORTH
Waterloo - Move into this desirable Lakeshore
North location. This is a perfect family home in a quiet, mature and friendly neighbourhood, close to schools, farmers market, shopping centre, and just minutes to the expressway. Spacious 5 level side split. MLS Call Bill or Alli direct
A donation of $300.00 will be made with any home bought or sold through Alli or Bill.
Bill Norris SALES REPRESENTATIVE
$275,500
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
519-588-1348
LOOK NO FURTHER!
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
Kitchener - Whether you are starting out or ready to retire,
this cheerful bungalow has everything you desire. The fresh decor will have you feeling right at home the moment you walk-in the front door. Just steps from Breithaupt Park & trails, schools, public transportation and all amenities. Updates include carpeting in basement (May 2012), Furnace (2004), Roof (2007), all windows replaced, updated electrical - 125 Amp, freshly painted. MLS Call Bill or Alli direct.
LOOKING TO BUILD?
WE HAVE THE LOT. DO YOU HAVE THE PLANS?
Bring them to us and we will price them for you. Will build to suit your needs and wants. MLS Call Paul direct.
2 FOR 1
Elmira - This home is equipped for 2 families! Front and side entrances, separate garages, separate laundry rooms, separate bathrooms, living rooms and 2 huge kitchens. Fantastic opportunity for large family/families complete with 7 bedrooms. Perfect for the hobbiest 3 car garage & detached 4 car garage/workshop. Large yard 87x250ft over looking farm land just steps to golf course. MLS Call Paul or Alli direct.
Elmira - This well maintained 1 1/2 storey single
detached home features main floor bedroom, bathroom & laundry, A/C, all appliances and a 16ft x 24ft detached garage/workshop. Ample space is yours with the main floor addition and added basement. MLS Call Bill or Alli direct.
LUXURIOUS
Drayton - Luxurious, custom built home loc’d in quiet area.
3100sqft + huge fin’d bsmnt. Spacious kit designed w/cooking & entertaining in mind! Unique & exceptional home, spacious but still makes you feel right at home. Beautiful sun rm w/hot tub overlooking fabulous private yrd w/gazebo, pond & waterfall, beautifully gardens. Stamped concrete drive & lg patio w/retractable awning. MLS Call Alli or Paul direct.
SOUGHT AFTER QUIET CUL-DE-SAC
Elmira - Outstanding value for this 1800sqft custom built 1 owner raised bungalow. Fin’d basement incl: Rec rm w/wd burning fp, 3pc bath, bdrm, den/office or 5th bdrm possibility & lr workshop. Open living rm w/hardwd flr. Convenient main flr laundry. Separate dining rm w/walk out to yard. Fabulous big backyard complete w/interlock patio, hot tub & cute shed great for your family or entertaining! MLS Call Paul direct.
$299,000
$299,900 MATURE AREA
Elmira - Perfect for empty nesters! Don’t miss out on this
semi detached raised bungalow. Complete with main floor laundry, 4 piece ensuite and open concept eat-in kitchen and living room. All the conveniences on one floor. The small yard will be easy to care for! The large garage is 17.5ft x 20ft, perfect for storage and still have room for a vehicle. Located close to downtown, walking distance to library, restaurants and banks. MLS Call Paul direct.
FANTASTIC CONDO!
Waterloo - 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo features fabulous
sunroom, 2 fireplaces, ensuite, and large walk-in closet in master. The big living room/dining room is equipped with a lovely built in sidebar. Bright dinette surrounded by windows. Convenient underground parking. Automatic membership to Willowells Club. MLS Call Paul Direct
Alyssa Henry
Arlene Heidbuurt
Tina Torok
alyssa@alyssahenry.ca www.alyssahenry.ca
519-742-5800 ext. 2305
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Broker
REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
RETIREMENT AT ITS BEST!
$539,000
$799,000
$359,000
$254,900
782 Tower Street, South Fergus, ON
Sales Representative
BROKERAGE
tinatorok@rogers.com
OPEN HOUSE SUN. JUNE 17TH, 2-4 PM | 14 CHARLES STREET, ELMIRA
1400 sq ft semi In the Beautiful Town of Drayton
Why rent when you can own! Main floor living, all new windows, freshly painted, and much more! Completely move in ready! Fully fenced backyard with new deck and detached workshop! Call Alyssa Henry today to book your own private viewing. $179,900
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GORGEOUS RANCH BUNGALOW
$575,000 Elmira. Gorgeous ranch bungalow in quiet neighbourhood. Large lot, double car garage, mature trees. Hardwood floors, porcelain tiles, granite counters and more. For more info. MLS. TEXT 1793 to 33344. Standard rates may apply.
PHONE: 519-885-0200 ESCAPE THE CITY MINUTES ST. CLEMENTS FROM KW. $429,900 A/C, 40x20
inground pool & entertainment pergola for the family mins from Wloo! 4+1BR, 30x18 det. heated shop, dbl heated drive thru garage, triple driveway, private oasis w 2BR+fam rm above attached garage, Lg recrm, kitchen+BR in bsmt, storage/indoor workshops w’ walkup to garage. 1/3 acre, fully fenced yard, perennial gardens/mature trees. Too many updates to list incl renovated oak kitchen&granite in bath. 2 gas fireplaces. Hardwood, ceramic, jacuzzi tub, french doors, sliders. MLS 1225356
3692 LOBSINGER LINE
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
ELMIRA REAL ESTATE SERVICES
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Spectacular older home in Elmira's most sought after location for older homes. Completely refurbished. New bathrooms, floors, kitchen, windows. Newly pointed exterior brick, new wiring, plumbing & heating. Carpet free with C/air & c/vac. This is a must see property. Call Mildred or Len Frey MLS 1221850.
17 Park Avenue W., Elmira - $419,000 $699,900 ELMIRA. 3.74 acres sprawling bungalow in a rural setting; 4 bedrooms 5 baths, landscaped yard with mature trees, cabana, patio and deck. Lots of room for family get togethers; 38 x 24’ shop. Minutes from Waterloo. MLS.
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAYS 2-4 22 KNAPP ROAD, ELMIRA
$594,000. One of the hard to find mature quiet areas of town. Unique architectural designed ranch bungalow offers 1883 sq ft, 2+ bedroom, updated baths. Bump out dinette/studio overlooks yard and entertaining patio. Mainfloor laundry. Fully finished basement. Triple+ interlock drive and oversized double garage. MLS.
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All Brick Bungalow on a large lot. Extra large garden shed. Has 2 bathrooms. One in basement. 3 bedrooms on main floor. Lots of room to finish a play area/recroom in the basement for the children. Don't miss out come see this great starter home for small family. MLS#1221989 Call Len or Mildred Frey.
GREAT FAMILY HOME
BUNGALOW ON 1 ACRE!
30 Adam Brown St., Moorefield - $214,000
$374,900 PALMERSTON. Lovely bungalow with attached $449,000 ELMIRA. Excellent location. Paradigm PRICES STARTING AT $319,900. PRICES STARTING AT double garage plus detached double garage/shop!! Hardwood built offers mainfloor office, open concept $319,900 Model offered for sale at $362,000 including upgrades & flooring, ceramic in the large kitchen and dining area, walkout to quick possession! Choose from other two storey plans or bungalow deck & hot tub, 3+ bdrms, 2+ baths, lower level offers a 4th kitchen/family room; 2nd floor family room. plans. Quality features include gas fireplace, ceramic floors, rounded bdrm and spacious potential recreation room/games area & 3rd Garden door to partially covered deck. Back yard corners, gorgeous kitchens, ensuite baths and much more. Come bathroom. NEW MLS. overlooks green space. NEW MLS. and see for yourself or call for further details. EXCLUSIVE
Semi in Lincoln heights area with 2 legal units. Documentation available. Lower unit is vacant. Upper unit is rented. Opportunity for single person to live in basement unit and have a great income to pay off the mortgage quickly. NEW MLS 1225217 & 1225218 call Mildred or Len Frey to view.
Investment property B-311 Bluevale St. N - $269,000 Bored living in the City
or just looking for the ideal retreat. This 4 acre property might just be what you are looking for. Located only 15 min N/W of Elmira and 30 min from Kitchener-Waterloo. Peace and serenity at it's best. Gorgeous bungalow designed to highlight family living. Large deck and walk out basement completely finished overlooking the treed setting and shop. This is a well maintained home with large eat-in kitchen with modern decor throughout. Main floor laundry and large rec-room in basement. Shop is 25 X 40 with cement floor, hydro, water & wood pellet heat stove heating. Drilled well and Septic System in front yard to allow for a pool in rear yard if desired. This is a one of a kind property inclose proximity to Guelph, Elmira, Kitchener, Waterloo, Elora & Fergus Call Mildred Frey to view
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QUIET LOCATION close to downtown. Lovely fam. rm. w/ cathedral ceiling & lots of windows! Huge rec. rm. w/ high ceiling. 3 bdrms. Large dining room. Newer doors, windows, furnace & deck. Gas heatstove. Long driveway. MLS. $265,900.
.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 $73,500 MLS
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In Professional Centre from varying sizes of 144, 168, 856, 1,008 and 2,400 s/f. Most are ready to move in. Located in busy plaza 15 minutes from K-W. Call Bert to view.
Great country lot with privacy and great views over the country side yet close to town. Just outside Glen Allan. Come see the potential. 3 bedroom, great room with gas fireplace, huge 4 plus car garage. $ 717,000. MLS
Value For First Time Buyer Located in Drayton on a quiet street. Single family with lots of living space. Finished basement with in floor heating. Nice yard. Large eat in kitchen. 3 bedrooms. Possible to rent out basement with separate walk out entrance. Needs your finishing touches. $ 224,900. MLS
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Great location central to schools, parks, Rec Centre and 10 minute walk to down town. Three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, great room with addition, finished basement, triple wide paved drive, great for camper or motor home. MLS $322,900. Call Bert to View.
Your referrals are appreciated! Family Home Just outside Drayton, boasting something for everyone. Quiet Scenic Dr., 4 spacious bedrooms, rec room, large kitchen & dining area open to living room, spectacular sunsets out the back yard, walkout to patio, huge double garage and extra parking. Nicely treed. Loaded with value! $ 359,000. MLS
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FAMILY ALBUM STAG & DOE
GRADUATION
ANNIVERSARY
ANNIVERSARY
Stag & Doe for
Congratulations!
Happy 40th Anniversary
Happy 40th Anniversary
Amanda Withers & Matt Frey
Mom & Dad!
Mom and Dad!
Saturday June 16th, 2012 8pm - 1am Lions Hall Elmira. Old School Dance Party, wear your 80’s & 90’s Costumes! Prizes | Pulled Pork Late Lunch $10 per Ticket.
Kevan, Carole-Anne and Robin Mighton are pleased to announce that Jessica has graduated from Conestoga College with an advanced diploma in Graphic Design. Congratulations!
Love Jason, Donna, John, Cindy, Ben, Sheri and Grandchildren
Doris & Helmut Seibel would like you to join in celebrating their 40th Wedding Anniversary. Open House on Saturday June 23rd 2012 from 2:00-4:00pm at the family home, 125 Katherine Street N, Winterbourne. Best Wishes only.
ANNIVERSARY
BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY
Happy 40th Anniversary
Happy 1st Birthday Bronwyn Mae Rozema
Grandma & Poppa! June 17th, 1972
Join us to celebrate
Happy 60th Birthday Mel & Martha Eby June 19th, 2012
Raymond Moser’s
50th Birthday!
Saturday June 16th, from 12:00 - 3:00pm.
Congratulations and much love, Carson, Jackson, William & Nathan
BIRTHDAY
Happy 60th Birthday Mac Clemmer
In celebration of this achievement there will be an Open House on June 24 from 3:30pm till 6:00pm at the Clemmer farm 827 Lisbon Rd. East, Wellesley All are welcome!
We love you Sweet Pea/Nugget. Hugs & Kisses from your Big Brother Bryson, Mommy & Daddy xo
Held at the Life Skills Building, Church St., Elmira
“Congratulations and May God Continue to Bless You.” Love From Your Family
BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY
Look Who’s 70! Happy Birthday Nancy
Helen (Ferguson) Zurell “Fergie”
Happy 90th Birthday! Doris Marie Hahn,
Love Your Family.
Happy 75th Birthday!
SURPRISE OPEN HOUSE
Please join us for an afternoon of laughter and memories in celebration of Helen’s 75th birthday on Sunday June 24 from 2-5 at Wildcraft, 425 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2Z5 Warm Wishes Only
born June 24, 1922
With lots of love to our Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother; family and friends are invited to celebrate with Doris ~ Saturday, June 23rd at an Open House, 2-4pm, Chateau Gardens Elmira -- Activity Room. Best wishes are preferred...donations to Chateau Gardens Auxiliary would be accepted.
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GIBSON PARK IS TRANSFORMED INTO SHERWOOD FOREST
CLASSIFIEDS CONTINUED RENTALS COTTAGE FOR RENT in Southampton. Short walk to beach. No pets or smokers. Available July 15 - Aug. 5. $1000/wk. Contact Mildred 519-669-9925, mfrieder@rogers.com LARGE 1 BEDROOM apartment. Bloomingdale Maryhill area. No smokers or pets. $540/mth + utilities. Includes Basic Bell TV Package. Available July 1. Call Ron 519-501-3894. SPACIOUS ROOM FOR rent in Elmira. Shared bathroom/kitchen. Non smoker/drinker, no pets. Christian female only. $400/mth. 519-8071099.
LOST & FOUND LOST - SMALL gold bicycle on a silver chain. Vicinity of No Frills, lost May 25. Keepsake. Call 519-669-5770.
COMING EVENTS SCHOOL REUNION NORTH Woolwich SSNo. 9. Sat. June 30, 1-5 p.m. at Floradale Parkview Manor, 30 Florapine Rd., Floradale. Former teachers & pupils welcome. For more information call 519-6692451 . Memorbillia appreciated.
GARAGE SALES Students from across Waterloo Region were taken back in time during last weekend’s Robin in the Hood Festival at Gibson Park in Elmira. Left, students fired a trebuchet before watching the spectacle of Lady Erin (Erin Frape, crouched) battle The Scorpion Twins (Austin Wilson and Denise Petcoff) in the tournament. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
DEATH NOTICES
FAMILY ALBUM - CONTINUED FROM PG 30 MEMORIAM
MEMORIAM
Cleason Brubacher
Bernice Basler 1950-2002
You left me 10 years ago to spend my life alone. A million times I’ve needed you, a million times I’ve cried. Miss you so much & will love you always. Love your wife Joan & Family
Ten years has already passed and we hope you continue to watch over us and keep us safe. Loved by her boys, Scott, Lee Anne, Charlie and Gabby & Kevin, Jenn and Aiden
HILDEBRAND, CHRISTINE NOELLE (NEE BEACOM) | Our beloved Christine completed her journey home at Lisaard House on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at the age of 43. She leaves behind all who knew and loved her to mourn her passing, but also to rejoice in the life she lived and shared with us. Christine leaves behind her husband Mark Hildebrand and her precious children Emily and Troy, her parents Murray and Barbara Beacom; siblings Andrew, Karen (Rod) Martin and Sean (Kendra); nieces and nephews Jared and Taya Beacom, Mandy, Tori, Meghan Martin and Mackenzie, Kambel and Caden Beacom. Her Hildebrand family share deeply in this loss, Mark’s parents Bob and Jane Hildebrand, sister Laurie (Dailen) Keyes and their children Taylor, Allison and Rachel. In life Christine had gathered around her a wide and caring circle of friends who have loved and supported her through the past seven years. Services were held on Friday, June 14, 2011, followed by interment at Elmira Union Cemetery. STEMMLER, LLOYD J. | Peacefully with his family at his side
in the Lisaard House on Friday, June 8, 2012, at the age of 75 years.
ESTATE MOVING SALE. Three Generations, plus 40 years of collecting antique furniture, glass, china, and collectibles. Plus, tools, household goods, and general garage sale items. We are drastically downsizing. Friday, June 15, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 16, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 98 Grandview rive, Conestogo N0B 1N0. Antiques and Collectibles - Fenton Milk Glass, Depression Glass, Cups and Saucers, Royal Family Items, Granite, Silver Birch Dinner Service for 10, Old Picture Frames, Royal Albert Petit Point Pieces, Burleigh Asiatic Pheasant, Collector Plates, Oil Lamps, Toys, Books. Golf Clubs, Ski equipment etc. GARAGE SALE - Friday, June 15, 4-8 p.m. and Sat. June 16, 7 a.m. 12 noon. 10 Eldale Rd. Elmira. Bunk beds, desks, kitchen set, table saw, 2-fish ponds, household and various shop items. GALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Yard Sale: On Friday, June 15th from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday, June 16th from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. at our new location (corner of Barnswallow Dr. and Church St. in Elmira). Household and garden items, furniture, stacking chairs, toys, games, books and much more. GARAGE SALE - Sat. June 23, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. 18 Cardinal St. Elmira. Shelves, electric motors, antiques, household items etc. MULTI FAMILY YARD Sale. Fri. June 15, 9a.m. -6p.m.; Sat. June 16, 8a.m. - 11a.m. 83 Bristow Creek Dr. Elmira. Something for everyone. SUNSET GREENHOUSES FLOWER Yard Sale. June 15 - 23. Everything must go! 7279 4th Line, Mapleton. Mervin and Louisa Gingrich. 519-669-2043.
REMEMBERING LOVED ONES
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LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE / DIERRE AND JACQUELINE
FUNDRAISER / ON THE ROAD
Cross country, armed with determination A classic
combo for those summer days ahead
Three Elmira friends head out Sunday for a seven-week, cross-Canada cycling trip COLIN DEWAR A cycling road trip is a freeing experience. It can be exhilarating to travel long distances powered only by the strength of your legs and the size of your determination. This summer, three young men from Elmira are cycling across Canada as they prove to themselves that they have what it takes while they raise awareness about affordable housing in communities across the country. Tyler Cadman, Kyle Martin and Jordan Schmidt, all friends and former EDSS students, are spending the next seven weeks traversing the country on their bikes while they raise money for the Heartwood Place Charity that builds affordable housing for people in the region. Schmidt and his family have volunteered numerous times with the Heartwood Place and it seemed like a no brainer for the three friends to raise funds for the housing projects. The guys have named their trip the “Bikes for Bricks,” which is a play on Heartwood Place’s current program of “Buy some Bricks.” “The affordable housing issue gets a lot less attention than finite disasters and this is just something I feel strongly about having seen it firsthand,” said Martin, who travelled to Cross Lake, Manitoba through his church where he witnessed the poor quality of housing in that region. That trip and a few visits to St. James Town in
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Tyler Cadman (left), Kyle Martin and Jordan Schmidt (not pictured) will be cycling across Canada this summer to raise funds for Heartwood Place, a charity that builds affordable housing in the region. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER] Toronto made him want to help those in need of affordable housing. “The concept of affordable housing is that it is safe, affordable and everyone should have a place to live and we are helping with this idea by doing this ride,” said Martin. The riders leave Sunday from University Stadium, heading east to St. John’s, which should take three weeks as they hope to arrive on July 5. After reach-
ing Newfoundland, they board a plane and fly to Vancouver, where they will once again hit the road, travelling through the Rocky Mountains and the prairies until they get home in August. “It is a unique trip format, most people travel from west to east to travel with the trade winds. Basically, we are still going from west to east, we just happen to be starting in the middle,” Cadman said.
“It is not going to be an easy trip and we have been told we are crazy for trying to attempt it. It is a very ambitious trip because of the timeframe we have placed on ourselves.” For Cadman the trip is a redemption of sorts. Last fall, while cycling to work, he was involved in an accident where he went headfirst over his handlebars, causing him to shatter his collarbone. Recovery took months, as he had a metal
plate and screws placed along the bone to keep it together. The accident did not deter him from the trip and in many ways motivated him to get back on his bike. “I am getting back in the saddle and I am ready for anything,” said Cadman. The cyclists will be trying to average 150 kilometres a day on the trip. Training since December, CYCLISTS | 35
Nothing says summer to our kids like a picnic in the park – it has to be one of our favourite things to do. We are excited to watch the progress at Gibson Park. When we drive by, I marvel at the dedication Kate’s family and our community has been so very supportive. June 23 and 24 is the building of the structures. The term the more the merrier certainly applies here. Come on out and join Kate’s Kause. Be a part of a very special build have some yummy food and create some memories. Picnic food for us is portable, simple, fresh and inspired by the season. We start with signature cheese ball, Noah Martin summer sausage, some smoked cheddar, pickled asparagus and of course our cracker bread. We then choose our favourite green salad layered in a jar, lemonade and strawberry rhubarb fool. Grab a blanket and enjoy.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR
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July 20th-July 21st
West Montrose Family Camp
SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30). Woolwich Memorial Arena, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira. Cost $6. Join us for a noon day light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519669-3023 for more information.
JUNE 16 HAWAIIAN DINNER AT 6 p.m.; $8 per person. Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., downstairs. Everyone welcome.
JUNE 17
JUNE 19
FATHER’S DAY HUNGRYMANS BREAKFAST with Red Knights (Chapter 18). Serving from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. All You can eat. Adults $6; 6-10 yrs $3; 5 & under free. Ham, sausage, fried or scrambles eggs, pancakes, home fries, beans, toast & jam, coffee, tea and juice. Held at the Royal Canadian Legion, First St., Elmira.
TIPS AND TOOLS FOR Controlling your High Blood Pressure, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Join this class and explore how salt intake, portion sizes and weight management can impact your blood pressure. This free class is facilitated by Registered Dietitian, Tiffany Krahn and will be held at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. For more information call 519-664-3794.
EDUARD KLASSEN 7 P.M. Come hear this wonderful “Harpist from Heaven and his fantastic life story. Travel with him and his Paraguayan Folk Harp from the South American Jungles of Paraguay to Canada. Waterloo North Presbyterian Church. Free-will offering. For more information 519-888-7870.
TUESDAY LUNCHEON, GALE PRESBYTERIAN Church. 10 Barnswallow Dr. Elmira. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Menu: sweet and sour pork on rice, vegetable, salad, strawberry dessert, beverage $9.
JUNE 18 MATERIAL HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS
KIN KORNER
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GET READY FOR BREASTFEEDING Success, 6:30-8:30 p.m. This class will teach you: how to make enough milk, how to breastfeed comfortably and where to find support if you need it. This class is facilitated by Registered Dietitian, Robin Hicken and will be held at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. For more information on this free class, call 519-664-3794. ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society – Demo with master gardener Mary Ann Gihuly: “Making Your Own Hypertufa Planters,” 7:30 p.m. Trinity United Church Elmira. New members welcome.
Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noon day light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519669-3023 for more information.
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JUNE 23 MARYHILL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 4th Annual Car Show & Shine. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Maryhill Community Centre. People’s Choice awards, BBQ food, door prizes & raffles, live must. Admission $2 per person or $5 per family. All funds go to local charities. Info: Doug Zinger 519-648-2939; Tery Runstedler 519648-3394. LET’S DO OUR PART, come out to the ARC. Dispose of your E-waste, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. TVs, desktop, server & portable computers, power supply, printing devices, monitors and more. ARC Industries, 146 Church St. W., Elmira. For more information please contact Donna Fulcher or Jody Brown at 519-6691567.
JUNE 20
JUNE 24
STAMP CAMP – 7-8 p.m. at Elmira Branch Library. Join us for beginner stamp collecting. Free for ages 5 to 105. Space is limited. Event will take place at the library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. For more information call the Elmira Branch Library 519-669-5477.
TOIL AND GRACE – An afternoon of Music and Poetry with Cheryl Denise and No Discernible Key. 3 p.m. at the Detweiler Meetinghouse, 1 km straight west of Roseville. Free event, refreshments to follow. For more information call 519-669-5775.
WEST MONTROSE UNITED CHURCH Strawberry Supper. Continuous sittings beginning at 4:30 p.m. Adult $12; children $4 (6-12 yrs). For more information call Dorothy 519-664-2337.
JUNE 26
SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30). Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Mapleleaf St.
Carnival, Silent Auction, Live Entertainment
ALMA-GOLDSTONE STRAWBERRY SOCIAL AND Garden Party. Serving ham, potato salad, devilled eggs, homemade tarts, cakes and fresh strawberries. Dinner served from 5 to 8 p.m. Adults $14; children 12 and under $5. Alma Community Hall.
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public. Placement is not guaranteed. Registrations, corporate events, open houses and the like do not qualify in this section. 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE
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VERMONT Castings
11 HENRY ST. - UNIT 9, ST. JACOBS
33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591
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PLACES OF FAITH | A DIRECTORY OF LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP
S. T C C No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope! Celebrate Eucharist with us Mass times are: Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am
19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387
Trinity United Church, Elmira “Our mission is to love, learn & live by Christ’s teachings”
Sunday am Sunday Worship: Worship: 10:30 10:30 am Sunday School during during Worship Worship Sunday School Minister: Rev.Dave DaveJagger Jagger Minister: Rev.
rm A Wlcaome We all! to
21 Arthur St. N., Elmira • 519-669-5560 www.wondercafe.ca
Zion Mennonite Fellowship
Finding The Way Together 47 Arthur St., S. Elmira • 519-669-3153 www.thejunctionelmira.com
Service at 10:30am Rev. Paul Snow REACH WITH LOVE. TEACH THE TRUTH. SEND IN POWER. 290 Arthur St. South, Elmira • 519-669-3973 www.ElmiraAssembly.com (Across from Tim Horton’s)
HEARING ASSISTED
Step Up To The Plate Galatians 6:1-18 Ron Seabrooke
Discovering God Together
4522 Herrgott Rd., Wallenstein • 519-669-2319 www.wbconline.ca
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Sunday School 9:15am Worship Service 10:30am Pastor: Richard A. Frey
Sharing the Message of Christ and His Love 27 Mill St., Elmira • 519-669-2593 www.stpaulselmira.ca
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Series: Life Lessons #6 - “The Power Of Friendship” SUNDAYS @ 10:30AM Services at John Mahood Public School 5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459 www.elmiracommunity.org
SUNDAY SCHOOL
9:30 Father’s Day Breakfast 10:30 Combined Service
Sunday School 9:30 Worship Service 10:45am
June 17th How To Be A Dad Your Kids Will Love
NURSERY PROVIDED
200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 www.woodsidechurch.ca
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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.
It was possible at one time to watch the sun rise in the west WEIRD NOTES
Q. Who might well be our cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;lip-readers supremeâ&#x20AC;?? A. Six-month-old infants as they begin to babble shift from focusing on adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eyes to paying special attention to their mouths, trying to match up what they hear with how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said, according to Florida Atlantic University psychologist David Lewkowicz, as reported by Bruce Bower in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Newsâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Later, budding
talkers reconcentrate on the eyes, looking for communication signals there (the online â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesâ&#x20AC;?). Lewkowicz and colleagues tested 179 infants from English-speaking families, at age 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 months, using special devices to track the eyes of babies shown videos of women speaking English or a foreignlanguage such as Spanish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From eight months to one year, babbling babies read the lips of both English and Spanish speakers. Nascent talkers shifted to looking mainly at the eyes of an English
speaker but continued to home in on the mouth of a woman speaking the unfamiliar language of Spanish.â&#x20AC;? Also, infantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pupils increasingly dilated in response to the Spanish speakers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a sign of surprise at encountering unfamiliar speech.â&#x20AC;?
Q. From 1976 until 2003, it was possible for an ordinary citizen -- or at least one with some disposable income -- to view the sun rising not in the east but in the west. How so? A. Before its retirement in 2003, the Concorde supersonic plane carried passengers at more than
twice the speed of sound, well over 1,000 mph. Since the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface rotates slower than this, on a westward-bound flight departing just after sunset, the plane would â&#x20AC;&#x153;catch upâ&#x20AC;? with the sun, treating the crew and passengers to a WESTERN sunrise. At its altitude of more than 10 miles, the Concorde left clouds and weather and other aircraft far below, affording passengers a clear view of the curvature of the Earth. Then, in 2000, a tragic crash at takeoff raised fundamental concerns about the planeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety, and this and economic factors led to its retirement.
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so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once. Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. We have got you started with a few numbers already placed in the boxes.
Biblically speaking, what was the palindromic name that got the human race going, and what might have been the palindromic introduction to her? A. A palindrome, as you know, is spelled the same forward and backward, says Anu Garg in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two.â&#x20AC;? So simply put, our palindromic progenitor was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eve.â&#x20AC;? And Adam could have introduced himself with an even longer palindrome: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Madam in Eden, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Adam.â&#x20AC;?
Q. Looked at in a most farflung, poetic way, what makes up 90% of
our body mass? Joni Mitchell once celebrated this in her song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woodstock.â&#x20AC;? A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are stardust we are golden, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get ourselves back to the garden...â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stardustâ&#x20AC;? well describes 90% of our body mass because all of our elements except for hydrogen and helium were created in stars. (From â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Milky Way in Numbersâ&#x20AC;? in â&#x20AC;&#x153;ScienceIllustrated.com.) ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com
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