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Breslau residents fed up with post office vandalism Leah Gerber Observer Staff

CANADA POST SAYS IT’S MAKING changes to the outlet in Breslau following a string of vandalism incidents that have some residents picking up their mail elsewhere.

The post office is in rough shape: the glass in the front door is broken, and the door now boarded up, a large hole has been kicked in the vestibule drywall and holes punched in many of the small glass windows in the metal postboxes.

Kathleen Gardiner said she has been living in Breslau for 32 years, and has never experienced anything like this, adding

she and her neighbours are fed up. They’ve been dealing with serious vandalism at their Breslau post office since this past Christmas, they say.

At one point pizza was smeared all over the walls inside. “It looked like a crime scene in here,” said Gardiner.

The long months of ongoing vandalism is making the neighbours angry and nervous to pick up their mail.

“It just doesn’t feel safe, you know?” said Gardiner.

The holes punched in the individual mailboxes compromised the boxes so that now many of the residents must go to the mail depot on Leger Street → VANDALISM 12

Kathleen Gardiner is among the residents concerned about vandalism incidents at the Breslau post office.

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Province provides regional police with additional $12.3 million Bill Atwood Observer Staff

WATERLOO REGION POLICE WILL RECEIVE $12.3 million in funding from the province, the majority of it going towards a crisis-call diversion program under the Community Engagement and Wellbeing Branch (CEWB).

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That $9.3-million portion of the funding will create a triage system from mental health calls which will have mental health professionals in the communication centre screening and diverting calls for service.

The funding announced Tuesday by Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris is part of $267

million that the province had previously earmarked for the Community Safety and Policing (CSP) Grant program in support of police departments across Ontario.

“When you look at the increasing needs for mental health related supports especially in the way that the WRPS interacts with the commu-

nity as a whole, this really is going to go a long way to helping to bridge some of those gaps when we’re talking about specific units that are more well equipped to be able to deal with mental health needs,” said Harris in an interview.

“This is going to be a very big game changer for the region…The kind of default when people

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“This investment by the

Ontario government will support our police service in its mission to deliver effective policing services to Waterloo Region and strengthen public safety and community wellbeing,” said Chief Bryan Larkin in a press release.

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In a presentation to Woolwich council last week, the Region of Waterloo outlined upcoming road projects. Included for this year is the reconstruction of Church Street East in Elmira for $3 million, the reconstruction of Sawmill Road in Bloomingdale for $2.6 million and the resurfacing of Arthur Street north of Elmira, from Sandy Hills Drive to the Wellington border, at a cost of $1 million.

Concerned about the safety of children east of Fountain Street in the Hopewell Heights subdivision having to walk to Breslau PS, the township was looking for the WRDSB to transport the children by bus. In exchange, the township will use the money to hire an adult supervisor for a crossing on Barnswallow Drive in Elmira.

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Sugar Kings to honour Jeff Snyder at ceremony Steve Kannon

ern Conference semi-finals that got underway Wednesday night.

“I found it kind of fitting that they’re playing Stratford, because my most distinct memories have come from the fact we’ve had some great playoff series against Stratford in the years I was involved.

It’s just been a great, great

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THE ELMIRA SUGAR KINGS WILL celebrate the decades-long contributions of Jeff Snyder in a special ceremony Sunday.

Appropriately, they’ll be playing Stratford, the team’s second-round opponent in the Midwest-

rivalry,” said Snyder.

A former player who joined the Kings in 1979, Snyder went on to serve as general manager and head coach of the team, leading the Kings to their first Sutherland Cup victory in 1997. In a second stint with the team, he served as director of hockey operations before retiring last

year.

Plans to fete Snyder have been in the works for a while, hampered by the pandemic protocols, said Scott Basler, a vice-president with the organization.

“It’s been a while in the making. We finally found a date that works for everybody, some of the past alumni and, obviously, Jeff

and family. It’s something we’ve had planned for a while,” he said, noting that few people have made as big a contribution to the organization, which recently marked its 50th anniversary.

“Through the 50 years, there have been lots of people that have played a prominent role in the

success of the team, but when you when you look at his [contributions], his name is obviously at the top or very close to the top of the list,” he added of Snyder.

There’ll be a banner-raising ceremony on Sunday afternoon, with a few words from the recipient. → KINGS 7

Bumpy ride expected on the road to $10/day childcare

Licensing requirements, shortfall of spaces and shortage of workers are all hurdles in the path of new agreement Leah Gerber Observer Staff

Tammy Mayer (left) is the board chair and Amanda Wood-Atkinson is the executive director at the counselling centre.

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WCC move-a-thon raising funds and awareness of the services available Leah Gerber

funds to help pay for counselling sessions and community workshops.

Since the pandemic began, staff at the centre have seen a 40 per cent increase in the use of their services. This comes to about 5,000 counselling hours provided for approximately 1,000 individuals each year, notes Amanda Wood-Atkinson,

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CALLING ALL DANCERS, RUNNERS, BIKERS, rowers, walkers… if you can move, the Woolwich Counselling Centre needs you.

The centre is running a move-a-thon to raise awareness of their services and also to raise

the centre’s executive director.

This 40 per cent increase over the pandemic is consistent with other agencies in the same sector across the region, she said.

Wood-Atkinson says that while the pandemic has increased anxiety, depression and stress, it has also increased aware-

ness of mental health needs.

“Just like we would take care of our physical needs, and we might go to see a doctor, I think the pandemic has really helped society at large to recognize that mental health needs are equally as important, and that mental health is health.” → MOVE-A-THON 5

TEN-DOLLAR-A-DAY CHILDCARE IS COMING TO Waterloo Region, but getting access for all could be a rough road Anticipated problems include lack of space and staff. Families who do not use licensed care providers are unable to access funds.

Barb Cardow, director of children’s services at the Region of Waterloo, is excited about the incoming $10/day early learning and childcare program across Ontario, but acknowledges implementation could be tricky. “[The plan] will address affordability in a way that we have never been able to address it before,” said Cardow. “It will make a significant difference for women and for all citizens to be able to go to work and go to school and know that their children are well

cared for.”

“This is, I think, the most exciting time for families, women and children.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford last month announced signing a Canada-Ontario early learning and child care agreement. This is a fiveyear agreement between the province and the federal government to reduce the cost of licensed child care to an average of $10 a day by March 2026.

The program began with a reduction of an average of 25 per cent of the cost beginning this month.

The cost will be further lowered by an average of 50 per cent by the end of the year. The program applies to children under six years of age.

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Testing shows creek poses no unacceptable risk to humans Leah Gerber Observer Staff

A RECENT REPORT FROM THE Lanxess chemical manufacturing facility says the risk to humans from legacy chemical waste in Canagagigue Creek is at an acceptable level.

Lanxess released a draft human health and ecological risk assessment for the Canagagigue Creek earlier this year.

The document identifies the chemicals of concern in the creek and its floodplain, the toxicity of the chemicals, how they move, and who or what could be impacted by them. Geographically, it covers the creek’s floodplain from the Lanxess chemical plant, and down the creek to where it empties into the Grand River.

“Most importantly, the results show that there is no adverse impact to human health. Ecological risk assessment showed the potential for adverse impact in two localized areas,” said Michael Mackin, a spokesperson for Lanxess, in an email to

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The draft risk assessment says the levels of risk to human health in the creek are acceptable, according to Ministry of Environment guidelines.

The document also shows there is possible unacceptable risk to the health of small mammals and birds in the two reaches of the creek closest to the facility.

This is because birds and mammals eat smaller organisms like worms and slugs that have been exposed to these chemicals which can bioaccumulate in the birds and small mammals, said Mackin.

“To better understand the actual risks presented in those two localized areas, Lanxess will complete additional sampling in those spots, including additional soil for lab analysis as well as sampling of organisms (like worms) that may serve as food for the potentially affected birds and nearby mammals,” he said, noting the work is expected to take place in the second half of 2022.

The risk to these mammals and birds is

Susan Bryant is one of the founders of APT Environment, which has long monitored issues related to the Canagagigue Creek.

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largely influenced by the presence of hotspots, areas in the creek where the concentration of chemicals in the sediment is much higher than the surroundings, and higher than safely allowed by the province. In at least one instance, a sample in reach two of the creek tested more than a thousand times higher than the provincial limit, which was shown in a report from 2017.

Susan Bryant, a community member of the

Technical Advisory Group (TAG), has advocated for the creek’s cleanup for more than 30 years. In particular, she advocates for the cleanup of these hotspots.

She said she is concerned that staff with Lanxess and its consultants assume land use in the reaches of the creek closest to the facility will never change and that possible human contact with the creek in this area will always be in an industrial setting.

While the amount of possible exposure to the chemicals in the creek and its basin in this area is acceptable for the population and use of the land now, land-use could change in the far future, especially in Waterloo Region, which is one of the fastest growing and changing areas in North America, she noted.

“It’s not accurate to assume the land use will never change,” said Bryant.

The chemicals do not

break down and can accumulate in the tissue of organisms. That’s why she wants to ensure the hotspots are cleaned up.

Wilson Lau also sits on the Technical Advisory Group. During last week’s Remediation Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting, Lau said members of the group identified potential inconsistencies in the rational Lanxess used in the risk assessment. The Remediation Advisory Committee is a → CREEK 5

CHILDCARE: Unlicensed providers would have to change status to be a part of subsidy program → FROM 3

licensed care providers.

Only families who send their children to licensed providers will be able to access the subsidies.

Cardow said there are approximately 130 licensed childcare centres, and about 350 to 400 licensed home childcare providers. Together, these provide approximately 6,000 licensed spaces.

Cardow said research shows a community needs enough spaces for about 40 per cent of its population under the age of four to meet demand.

“Right now, we have enough spaces for about 25 per cent of the zero to four population. So we know we need to grow considerably.”

“We know that in order to meet demand, we need close to 3,000 more spaces in Waterloo Region based on our current population.

So that’s a lot of growth that is needed and we are continuing to work on that,” she said.

Cardow said the region is working to increase the number of licensed spots by accessing provincial capital funding to create more centres, and by continuing to grow the licensed in-home care

Daycare providers will have some decisions to make in line with the new program.

program.

She expects the reduction in cost will further increase demand, but by how much is unclear.

She also estimates there are approximately 2,000 unlicensed childcare providers in the region, who are each legally allowed to care for up to five children. Unlicensed providers are expected to follow the same standards as licensed providers, but the ministry of education does not regularly inspect them unless a complaint is received.

These unlicensed providers will need to become licensed in order to access the funding from the government. Cardow

said the region will work with service providers to overcome any barriers to becoming licensed, and predicts many will decide to become licensed.

Becky Riddle is an unlicensed child care provider based in Elmira.

“I think it’s a really good idea to help young families; everybody could use help,” said Riddle. “I think it’s not really looking at the whole picture to only offer help to families who want their children in home childcare, or want their children in registered childcare.”

Riddle said there are many instances where providing subsidies only through licensed facilities

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does not make sense. For example, many families pay a grandparent to watch children. Or, if a family has found an unlicensed child care provider they like, making that family switch providers does not make sense, said Riddle.

“It’s a question of choice.

So if I want my mom to look after the kids, I should still receive a subsidy. Or if someone wants to stay home with their children, why shouldn’t they be able to apply that subsidy for them to look after their own children?”

“Ultimately childcare should be what the parents see as the best match, not where the government decides they should go.”

Another issue Cardow anticipates is staffing. She said the region is already hearing from childcare operators that they cannot find enough staff to hire, even if they have extra capacity.

“It will be hard to expand if we can’t get enough workers,” said Cardow.

Riddle does not think the government subsidy will squeeze her out of the market in the near future, because of the lack of available childcare spaces. If it ever gets to that point, she does not plan to become licensed.

Riddle said she did become a licensed caregiver at one point during her caregiving career, and decided not to continue because she found it to be over-regulatory.

“It’s not a question of safety,” said Riddle. “There are lots of safe unlicensed home daycares. And there are, I’m sure, some unsafe.

And I’m sure there are unsafe licensed daycares as well.”

“For people who are choosing to do this at home, a lot of the things that we like about doing a business at home are taken away [by becoming licensed]. So for me, I won’t switch over.”

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CREEK: RAC meeting hears that concerns linger → FROM 5

wider group of interested stakeholders who advise and keep informed on the chemical contamination in Elmira.

Lau says these questions will be included in the committee’s comments on the draft risk assessment to Lanxess.

At previous meetings, Lau expressed concern about the assumptions made regarding the use of the land by the Mennonite families who live along the creek. This includes eating food produced directly from the land like garden produce, eggs, poultry or livestock.

“We are in the process of preparing the Technical Advisory Group’s

The owners of 39 Arthur St. N. want to more than double the size of the gravel parking area.

Neighbours concerned about plans for former auto-wrecking site in Elmira Steve Kannon Observer Staff

A NORTHEAST-ELMIRA NEIGHBOURHOOD ABUTTED BY industrial sites has a new worry in the form of a planned expansion of the operational area of a former auto-wrecking site.

The owners of 39 Arthur St. N. are seeking zoning and official plan amendments to permit what is now some 7.7 acres of open space covered with trees and scrub-brush to be converted to a gravel parking lot. The applications were discussed at a public meeting as Woolwich councillors met April 11.

The site, formerly home to Paleshi Motors

and 86 Auto and Metal Recyclers, is currently rented to Grandridge Carriers, a trucking firm, and Brubacher Roofing Systems.

Part of the property also sits atop a former municipal landfill site decommissioned decades ago, but with lingering methane issues.

Of the 11.6-acre property, about four acres at the front is zoned for industrial use, with 39A Holdings Ltd. looking to clear out much of the rear portion to provide for parking trucks and trailers. The company also proposes to provide the township with ownership of a small strip where a municipal watermain

As well, further samples and tests of the chemicals will be done in the soil and in the area’s invertebrates (such as worms, slugs, etc.) to further understand the risk.

Lanxess owns and operates a chemical plant in Elmira. For decades, previous owners had improperly stored and dumped toxic chemical waste, including directly into the creek. This resulted in deposits of toxic and bioaccumulative chemicals in the creek.

Other toxic chemicals seeped into the aquifer below Elmira, which supplied drinking water to the town until they were detected in high quantities in 1989.

MOVE-A-THON: A fundraising effort to help ensure that counselling services remain accessible to everyone

runs under the site, as well as establishing a formal link between the Kissing Bridge Trail and Bolender Park. There is currently a makeshift pathway along the rear of the property.

Residents of the High Street area expressed concerns about increasing industrial uses in an area already close to many industrial properties.

“The neighborhood is bounded by industrial land on three sides,” said resident Anne Kendall.

“We have the Lanxess chemical facility to the south, the Elmira pet food plant and BioEn power facility to the north, and the property in question is to the west of our neigh→PARKING 24

comments that will request some additional analysis of the existing data to ensure our concerns are comprehensively addressed,” said TAG chair Tiffany Svensson in an email, adding the group will be submitting these comments to Lanxess in the next four to eight weeks.

Ministry of Environment staff are expected to submit comments to Lanxess by the end of May. The next steps Lanxess will take include waiting for the comments from the Ministry of Environment and the Technical Advisory Group, and incorporating this feedback into the next version of the risk assessment.

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Even before the pandemic, the number of people accessing the centre had been steadily increasing for the last 10 to 15 years, she said.

While the centre does access some government funding, it is also dependent on community donations, said Tammy Mayer, the centre’s board chair.

Participants in the move-a-thon will raise donations for every kilometer moved. Any kind of movement will work, said Wood-Atkinson and Mayer, including activities like biking, walking, running, dancing, or rowing – any sort of movement.

The move-a-thon

will take place during mental health awareness week, which is May 2-8.

If a participant needs until the end of May to complete their movement, that will be allowed.

Participants are asked to wear green while they do their movement.

Funds raised will go toward covering the cost of free-to-access community workshops on topics ranging from seniors issues, parenting classes and general information on mental health, as well as subsidizing counselling costs for clients.

The centre works on a sliding scale to ensure the services are accessible by everyone.

“We really believe

that quality counselling services should be available to anyone regardless of their income,” said Wood-Atkinson.

WCC is staffed with masters’ level therapists who are highly trained in confidentiality, she added.

The staff work hard to make sure people are seen quickly. Wood-Atkinson says staff are able to see new clients within about two weeks of contact.

“I want people to know that we’re here for them, really. We’re a phone call away,” she said.

For more information about participating in or donating to the move-athon, visit www. woolwichcounselling.org.

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“It has been a true honour to lead this organization over the past eight years and serve beside the incredible members who commit themselves each and every day to public safety and wellness,” said Larkin in a release.

“As I reflect on my career, I am reminded of the sacrifices made by every member who took an oath to serve this community. I am also reminded of the success achieved through those sacrifices and am immensely proud and thankful for every member’s leadership and

dedication.

“I am also grateful to the Waterloo Region community, Chair Redman and members of the board for their support, trust, and confidence over the past several years. While this was not an easy decision, it was the right decision.

I leave this incredible organization confident in the leadership and guidance of others to continue successfully moving the service forward to meet the growing needs of the community.”

Larkin will work with the Waterloo Regional Police Services Board on a transition date. An interim police chief will be named ahead of his departure.

and a blue mask. He was also carrying a grey backpack. The investigation is ongoing by the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Robbery Unit. Anyone with information is encouraged to call police at 519-5709777 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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who require collaborative community support,” he added.

“Supporting our community by ensuring people can access the right services at the right time is critical and this funding will help in doing just that,” said Cambridge Mayor Kathryn McGarry in the release.

“By embedding mental health professionals in initial interactions, Waterloo Region Police Service can offer assistance in connecting the dots for many at their most vulnerable.”

Harris said the latest announcement isn’t about simply giving more money

to police, stressing that the funding is not going to general policing and is specially targeted to mental health needs.

“The police service in Waterloo Region is an important part of the community of that network of what we need to do to be able to help people and this money goes to specific programs.

And like it or not, they’re going to be part of the equation as we go forward.

But it’s an all-community approach,” he said.

The rest of the funding includes $1.5 million for gang and hate crime intelligence and enforcement and $1.5 million for the police services board.

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For his part, Snyder credits the organization and its people for the successes he had with the team, adding it’s a nice honour from his hometown club.

“I grew up here, and my brother (Graham Snyder) was on the original Sugar Kings team. I grew up watching them and then I played myself. Then to go on to manage that for a long run with the team, it’s been a great, great ride,” he said, adding he had no regrets about finally shifting into retirement.

“When I told them I was leaving, I was really comfortable with the fact that we had good people

in place to take over. And that’s proved to be true – pretty seamless. They’ve done a great job of keeping things going and we’ve been lucky that we had those people in place.

Hopefully, good things will keep going,” said Snyder, noting the team’s firstplace finish this year in the conference.

“We still do things the Jeff Snyder way, the right way he always did it, and it’s kind of a way that we’re going to continue on because he set the bar so high for everyone,” said Basler.

The ceremony is set for game three Sunday afternoon at the Woolwich Memorial Centre.

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“What the IPCC report demonstrates really powerfully is that the solutions that we need are already available. And so Earth Day offers us this opportunity to have a conversation about the behaviours we need to change, the politics that we need to change.”

Some 22% of Canadians report that they have or have had COVID-19 (whether they tested positive or not); 55% of Canadians think the worst of the COVID-19 crisis is behind us, an increase of 9 percentage points since Feb. 7.

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Earth Day a reminder to take heed of ecological warnings

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here Woolwich Healthy Communities would normally be hosting in-person community clean-up events to mark Earth Week, such activities have been on hold due to the pandemic. Still, the group is asking people to celebrate the occasion by giving their neighbourhoods a makeover by spending 20 minutes, perhaps joined by friends and family, picking up litter.

There are, of course, numerous ways to mark Earth Day, which falls on April 22. Even something as simple as being mindful of the environment and your impact on it can be helpful.

Picking up trash and being more careful with what we throw away – the reduce, reuse, recycle mantra at the individual level – are simple steps anyone can take. We can also easily see the results of our efforts, especially when it comes to brightening up our surroundings, a much-needed improvement over the mess left behind as winter recedes – the early part of the week was a reminder of that.

Still, when it comes to the environment, climate change remains the most top-of-mind issue. That’s a tougher row to hoe, and one where individual action provides no visible change.

Those advocating measures to mitigate climate change today paint a pay-me-now-or-pay-me-later picture: either we spend time and money combating rising global temperatures, or we spend what’s likely to be a whole lot more down the road dealing with more severe weather-related disasters and applying technological fixes, if we come up with any.

While we’re cautioned against extrapolating today’s weather with climate issues, it’s easy to see the recent spate of hurricanes and the resultant toll, human and financial, as a harbinger of things to come.

The World Health Organization, for instance, estimates that 12.6 million people die globally due to pollution, extreme weather and climate-related disease. Climate change between 2030 and 2050 is expected to cause 250,000 additional global deaths.

In that light, it’s not difficult to see why the messaging is of impending doom should global temperatures reach two degrees above the pre-industrial average, a course that may be irreversible at this point. We’re on a pace for that somewhere around mid-century.

The apocalyptic view suggests we might be on the road to our own demise in relatively short order due to floods, famine and disease that follow in the wake of a climate tipping point.

There’s some irony in models that show widespread epidemics – perhaps the result of rising temperatures allowing tropical diseases and pests into new, unprepared areas – as one possible undoing of humanity.

Flooding, soaring temperatures and forest fires abound. We tend to take such stories in isolation, however, failing to connect the dots to form a (big) picture of trouble on a planetary scale.

Well, even more than failing, we’re determined not to connect to those dots. And those content with the status quo – largely those profiting thereby – have absolutely no interest in drawing the perils to our attention.

The disregard for the consequences of the changes – consciously ignored in order to focus on unsustainable consumption – is problematic whether or not you believe what man does is having any impact on the climate. Extreme weather, flooding, landslides and forest fires will wreak havoc nonetheless. The same principle applies to all forms of pollution, loss of fresh water, habitat destruction, degradation of arable land and a host of other someday-catastrophic ills that we’d rather not dwell on just now.

The fact is, however, that we’d be well advised to take steps to combat climate change, and ramp up the precautionary measures in those places likely to be hardest hit – rising water levels, droughts and violent weather seem like certitudes, so some planning would be in order.

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Britain has plenty of shame to go around

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t’s generally bad form to quote another journalist, but Stewart Lee’s day job is stand-up comedian, so we can make an exception just this once. Writing in The Observer on Sunday in the UK, Lee offered a summary of Britain’s Conservative government as its 12-year reign stumbles towards its close.

The Conservative politicians making headlines last week, he wrote, were “a child molester, a serial adulterer and compulsive liar, a handsome but morally bankrupt financial whiz-kid, and a bully who sends immigrants to Rwanda.”

“That’s less like a government and more like a special team of convicted criminals given their freedom in exchange for accepting an impossible mission behind enemy lines in a 1970s Italian-funded war film. Operation Dynamite Bastards!!!!”

Imran Ahmad Khan, a Conservative member of parliament, resigned after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy, but the real story was that another Tory MP, Crispin Blunt, a former Justice Minister, condemned his conviction as “an international scandal, with dreadful wider implications for millions of LGBT+ Muslims around the world.”

The ‘serial adulterer and

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compulsive liar’ was of course Prime Minister Al ‘Boris’ Johnson, still refusing to deny that he has no more children than the seven he admits to by various mothers. But it was the ‘compulsive liar’ part of the indictment that was getting more attention last week.

That really was a legal matter.

For more than a year the Conservative government has been haunted by ‘Partygate,’ an ongoing scandal about numerous drinks parties at the prime minister’s combination home and office, No. 10 Downing Street, even when the entire country was in COVID lockdown.

The rules at the time, publicized by Johnson himself on national television, said that no more than two people from different households could be together indoors except for work reasons. However, the parties at Number Ten were almost weekly: birthday parties, leaving parties, Thank-God-It’sFriday parties. There was even a drinks fridge in the office.

Revelations about these parties trickled out one by one starting about a year ago, each denied by Johnson both to

the public and in parliament (where deliberately lying is a resigning offence). Eventually the police got involved, as these were criminal offences, and the first fines were handed out to Johnson and other senior Conservatives last week.

The police are dealing with the offences one at a time, dripfeed, and Johnson is due for up to five more fines. He is also going to have to brazen it out for lying to parliament, and while the Conservative majority there will save him for the moment, his party has irretrievably lost faith him The ‘handsome but morally bankrupt financial whiz-kid’ is Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister), who was universally seen as Johnson’s chief rival and possible replacement – until he fell from grace a couple of weeks ago. He too has been fined for the parties, but his bigger problem is his personal finances.

First it came out that Sunak’s wife, an Indian heiress, has been exploiting a tax loophole to avoid paying British taxes on her dividend income of $15 million a year. All she had to do was declare that she didn’t intend to stay in the UK permanently – which may be true, because it then came out that →DYER 10

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Self-interest isn’t always the best contributor to the public good

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ur society certainly has an “us” and a “them.” Ever has it been so, but perhaps never as openly divisive as we’re seeing today, in large part due to technology that makes rifts more visible.

Just as nationalism and patriotism have been debased beyond what those words meant in the war years – the time of the Greatest Generation – tribalism has become increasingly prevalent in our societal divisions.

Where nationalism could once be seen as a collective “us,” it’s now more closely associated with the demonizing of “them,” such as in cases of ethnic groups – white nationalism being a prime example just now.

Patriotism was long ago adopted by militaristic scoundrels, used by the worst kinds of authoritarians to stifle dissent – Vladimir Putin’s Russia and his attack on Ukraine spring to mind.

Tribalism has become more complicated in a digital world where we can go beyond geographic boundaries to identify with groups from the ordinary – cat fanciers, for instance – to the worst kind of racism and bigotry.

If as individuals we feel we have more in common with likeminded people and choose to silo ourselves with our preferred groups, that’s increasingly manageable in a depersonalized world.

That becomes a problem when we start tuning out others who aren’t “us” in favour of maintaining our own version of reality.

That doesn’t require the extremes of, say, neo-Nazis to be a problem, however.

Our focus on self – an issue that goes beyond traditional notions of individualism – has seen us become one more intent on self-esteem and

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self-image over a collectivist sense of ourselves as part of a societal whole.

This manifests in forms as commonplace as endless selfies – narcissism being normalized – to movements that look to stifle debate in the name of protecting snowflakes from becoming butthurt by world views that don’t match their own, in the parlance of such discussions. At the extremes, our sense of self and efforts to craft our own reality lead to the villainization of others – the “them” in the equation.

That kind of binary thinking is dangerous, but perhaps an inevitable result of what began with the Boomers of the Me Generation – though an icon of 1960s, JFK’s

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ous generations’ loyalty to institutions such as the church and government.

In the course of a couple of generations, we’ve undone centuries of efforts to create a society based on the common good. Much of the we’reall-in-this-together ideals that came out of the Great Depression and the Second World War, for instance, has been replaced by relentless individualism.

Rapid urbanization whereby we no longer rely on family, friends and the broader community – indeed, we may not even know our neighbours – makes us forget just how interdependent we really are. A consumer-based society, pushed by marketing, focuses on individual pleasure. This comes at a cost to the collective ‘us,’ especially when it discussing matters of financing the common good: taxes

are seen as taking money away from ‘my’ enjoyment. Increasingly, we’re encouraged to give rein to our natural tendency to look after number one.

Couple that with an individual’s capacity to seek immediate gratification, and long-term planning for our collective future becomes even more difficult.

Our self-absorption and distance from traditional forms of community – nationalism in the shared values sense – makes it easier for others to use nationalism in the ethnic or racial form as a way to gain power and influence.

It’s what’s happening with the massively dysfunctional U.S. system, but also the formula at play in Russia, China, Hungary and Poland, among other countries with authoritarian/neo-fascist movements.

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message of “Ask not what your country can do for you ...” was already something of an anachronism rolling into the next decade.

The look-at-me aspect of social media is blamed largely on the millennial generation (those born roughly between 1980 and 2000), but the technology has in many ways simply indulged the indulgence that goes back to the Baby Boomers.

That group wrote the book on self-indulgence, though it was more along the lines of cultural shifts.

That was the offshoot of the 1960s and its movements, including advances in civil rights, women’s liberation, the sexual revolution and anti-war protests. In the following decade came more focus on self-actualization and the self-help movement it spawned, leading to a departure from the previ-

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kind of nationalism gave us both the First World War and the second. It’s the kind that’s creeping into politics, as a certain base kind of populace is courted by those seeking to gain or hold onto power.

Many of us are oblivious to such machinations, focussed on our own lives and/or blinded by wilful partisanship/ignorance.

We’re easily distracted by bread and circuses, especially those that feed into our own interests and biases. It’s all about shortterm gratification.

To alter our current path, we’ll need some longer-term, bigger-picture thinking – i.e. just the opposite of what the propaganda model feeds us today. Such thinking is not just for issues such as climate change, though we’re not prepared to tackle even that issue, despite the consequences.

No, it’s all about living for today. But long-term planning is crucial for a host of issues that are clearly part of today’s political reality, encompassing all levels: long-term resource consumption, human migration, transportation demands, retirement and pensions and the like. Our failure to do so has led to rampant consumerism, environmental crises, unchecked immigration, urban sprawl, financial speculation and a host of other ills that plague our economic, political and social systems.

That we’ve been reduced to the short-term interests of the most affluent gives lie to the notion that our system of government – our democracy – is based on the consent of the governed. Government policies that run contrary to the public interest – an increasing proportion of its actions – surely are the opposite of what we’d →KANNON 10

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How to be a great turkey hunter

O On April 21, 1956 Elvis Presley topped the Billboard Chart with his first number one hit “Heartbreak Hotel.” In 1995 this song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as one of the top 500 songs of all time.

A telephone hotline service was established for teens in 1957 after his sexy appearances on Ed Sullivan.

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Truck-parking proposal raises a number of concerns To the Editor, Re: the application of 39A Holdings.

This is not the first time I’ve grumped about traffic on Arthur Street, in particular Arthur Street North, and especially trucks.

Noise, smells, traffic jams,

ne of the questions I get asked most often this time of year is: “Hey Steve, how did you become such a great turkey hunter?”

This is the kind of question you frequently hear if you spend a lot of time alone.

You would think that the short answer would be I spend a lot of time in the field and have had many years of experience.

But that would be wrong.

The truth is, becoming a great turkey hunter isn’t as difficult as many people make it out to be. Not if you are privy to the Great Turkey Hunter’s Code.

If you have not heard of this, don’t fret.

It was not taught in the old wild turkey hunting courses, or even in the Ontario Hunter Education Program. I’m guessing that’s because it would be bad for the morale of our wild turkey flocks to know that there were so many great turkey hunters out

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there.

Lucky for you, I’m feeling generous. So permit me to introduce to you all the knowledge you need to be a great turkey hunter.

Basically, the Code goes like this:.

1. Nurture self-delusion.

You cannot call yourself a great turkey hunter without a large quantity of this. Without it, you will remember every mistake, bad call and missed shot.

2. Only remember and speak of your successes.

Don’t have any? Then remember someone else’s successes and the pivotal role you played in it.

For example, when you scared a big gobbler away from your decoys to the hunter two fields over, tell everyone you put the bird on him because “I’ve shot enough birds and that guy is still new at it.” This

works best if you dry your eyes first.

3. Refer to any turkey that fooled you as “A cagey old Tom” even if they were “A dumb-as-a-post jake.”

4. Don’t demonstrate turkey calling in front of others. But if someone overhears you, explain that all the sour notes you expel are a regional dialect used by the cagey tom you are targeting.

5. Take blurry photos of any jake or dark stump you pose with. Then tell everyone it’s a tom and the photo doesn’t do it justice.

6. Blame every miss on the shotshell, intervening vegetation or the Matrix.

7. Always hunt alone or with a friend you have something incriminating on.

8. Remember the last time you shot a turkey as if it were just last year – and not 1982.

9. Tell everyone you often call birds in just to let them walk away. (Try to do this with a straight

face.)

10. Become proficient at Photoshop.

11. Attribute every missed shot to scaring off a coyote.

12. If you do not tag a turkey, say there are not many in the area and you decided to help the local population by passing up every opportunity.

13. Never call. Instead doze off with your back to a tree. Then wake up and shoot the dumb bird that’s feeding in front of you. After that, make up a really good story about how you outfoxed it.

14. Social media that same gobbler from 26 angles at six different locations on four platforms.

If you follow the Code without fail, you will eventually convince others that you are indeed a great turkey hunter. Which is something you probably already know, provided you spend a lot of time alone.

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Rishi and she had both kept their US-issued green cards.

That ends Sunak’s prime ministerial ambitions – and then there’s the ‘bully who sends immigrants to Rwanda,’ Home Secretary Priti Patel. She announced the plan last week while handing a £120 million down payment to Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame for taking asylum seekers

off Britain’s hands.

It’s probably illegal, and Patel doubtless realizes that it won’t ever really happen. She’s just throwing some red meat to the racist and anti-immigrant voters who played a big part in putting Johnson & Co. into power in the last election. But she hasn’t solved the bigger problem, which is what to do about Johnson. Nobody has.

Johnson’s popularity

in the party and in the country has collapsed, and even his recent sub-Churchillian posturing in Ukraine has done nothing to restore it. But following the decline of Rishi Sunak’s star, the Conservatives have no other candidate who will tickle the electorate’s fancy. Moreover, Johnson certainly won’t go without a fight.

The likeliest outcome is

stalemate: an unpopular government heading into a cost-of-living crisis with no visible strategy and two years to go until the next election. They had no policy beyond ‘Brexit,’ which no longer inspires even its former enthusiasts, and their enemies’ fondest wish is that Johnson stays in office until that election rolls around at last.

He probably will.

park space at Bolender Park (largest green park in Elmira) 5) increase pollution, noise, odour, etc.

6) toxic drainage into the creek 7) decrease property value 8) impact on the quality of life for neighbouring homes 9) decrease green space (destruction of over 100 mature trees) 10) removal of numerous

trees, plants, and small natural habitat 11) increase taxes for road maintenance 12) methane gas (a historical issue) 13) Industrial vs. natural landscape (a questionable fence, and scenic loss for Elmira) Remember the song “They paved paradise, put up a parking lot?” That’s what’s happening here!

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idling, road damage, intersections not safe to walk across, and worst of all, fossil fuel emissions that spread dust and toxic substances on sidewalks, yards, and in our houses.

At the virtual public meeting April 11, Woolwich council and some local residents discussed the proposed zone change and official plan amendment, described by manager of planning Jeremy Vink, of 39A

Holdings Ltd. to more than double the space on their property used as a truck parking lot. Council seemed to balk at removing the trees at the east end of the proposed project. The residents agreed with them, and had other reasons for not supporting the application.

There was some talk of a bypass, which on our end in town, would be welcomed. I can’t understand what the future of

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consent to if we were paying attention.

Who is responsible for that? Certainly those who’ve benefited have fostered an unending propaganda campaign that’s been every bit as effective in sweeping aside citizenship as the corporate marketing

has been in turning us into consumers. We’ve happily abdicated power and responsibility for the comforts of our lives, buying into whatever version of nationalism and tribalism are being served.

While Generation Selfie is busy taking pictures of its lunch, others are busy eating it.

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As social distancing restrictions ease at varying rates across Canada, major cities across the country are poised for economic recovery according to new research from The Conference Board of Canada. Combined with an increase in travel and tourism, high vaccination rates across the country should help most cities’ economies and employment return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022.

The trend in housing starts was 252,497 units in March, down from 253,296 units in February, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Seasonally adjusted, total housing starts for all areas in Canada in March was 246,243 units, a decrease of 2% from February. Single-detached urban starts increased by 8% to 65,832 units.

It was a good Friday for Ukrainian planting forecasts

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erhaps it’s prophetic that Ukraine upped its grain planting forecast just before Easter. Earlier in the Russian invasion, it sure seemed like it would take a miracle there for grain acreage, and later harvests, to be anywhere near normal.

But the latest news out of Ukraine is good, at least compared to what was expected.

Last Friday, the country’s agriculture ministry revised up its forecast for the area to be sown to 2022 spring crops. Normally, Ukrainian farmers would seed nearly 17 million hectares of grain (one hectare equals almost 2.5 acres).

Their harvests would go on to contribute significantly to the world’s grain supply.

This year, the war was expected to drop that total to 13.4 million hectares.

Farmers were fighting the Russian army and couldn’t tend to planting. Those who weren’t serving as soldiers were short on inputs such as seed and fertilizer.

Then, for some reason, the estimate changed.

The ministry didn’t say why, but on Friday, it announced the forecast was being increased to 14 million hectares.

And that was a movement in the right direction for a world walking on eggshells, and one of the lone bits of good news to emerge from the war.

Unfortunately, the planting uptick falls well short of anything that would allay fears of food systems everywhere being in for a

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rough ride.

On Tuesday, US treasury secretary Janet Yellen noted that even before the war, more than 800 million people were suffering from chronic food insecurity.

The latest estimates show food prices could mean at least 10 million more people become poverty stricken, she added.

The war is underlining to the world the intricacies of food production, and how we have taken so much for granted, for so long – especially, a secure food supply at a reasonable price. We’ve been privileged to have so much disposable income available for non-essentials. That will change noticeably as inflation grows and prices rise.

In fact, it seems like a perfect storm is brewing on so many horizons.

Poultry and eggs, for example, are usually economical and available in spades, particularly in Canada where their supply is regulated. Lately, though, prices are spiking because of a rapidly spreading flu that devastates flocks. It ran rampant through North America seven years ago, and now it’s back.

Poultry and eggs are not only a consumer staple, but a manufacturing staple as well. So, there’s another blow to the supply chain that’s already under the gun, and to consumer → ROBERTS 12

Laverne Brubacher (left) and Dan Driedger celebrate the start of the expansion at Sprucelawn in St. Jacobs.

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More seniors’ housing in the offing as Sprucelawn project moves ahead Bill Atwood Observer Staff

SENIORS IN WOOLWICH WILL SOON have a few more options when it comes to affordable housing. Construction started this week on the 28-unit expansion to Sprucelawn apartments. The project is set for completion in summer of 2023, and is badly needed, said Dan Driedger executive director of the non-profit MennoHomes.

“Sprucelawn has over 100 people on their waiting list right now. There’s a long waiting list for affordable housing, and it’s even more difficult for people who have limited

income and can’t compete with the market rent units that are out there right now. Those are just beyond their capacity to afford,” Driedger said.

The expansion was originally a project of Sprucelawn Apartments for Seniors Inc. until they amalgamated with MennoHomes earlier this year. Laverne Brubacher is the former chair of Sprucelawn.

“Rents in the last year and a half or two years have gone up exponentially and so finding someplace to rent in the first place is difficult. And finding something that is affordable is even more difficult, because the rents are

almost doubling in some areas. And so for people looking for a place to live when they’re downsizing from their home it’s difficult to find a place that will work as far as the affordability part is concerned,” Brubacher said.

“There’s a huge need for affordable seniors housing.

We were successful with a 30 unit complex and it was paid for a number of years ago. We’ve kept our rents at 80 per cent of market value all along and there’s a rentgeared-to-income project… and we wanted to carry that legacy on,” he said.

According to Brubacher the project has been in the works for quite some time.

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In 2016 the company acquired the needed land (from a private seller) for expansion and a parking lot, however there were still many obstacles that needed to be overcome, Brubacher said. That included buying a piece of land from the township. While the township sold the land for only $2, Sprucelawn paid all transition costs, including legal fees, and remediation at a

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cost of $130,000.

“Then we joined the three properties and then we had to do a site condition on the overall thing and there were some test holes and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of studies that had to be done on all that stuff,” Brubacher explained.

The expansion will have

20 one-bedroom units, with four of those being wheelchair accessible.

It will also have eight two-bedroom units. The total cost of the project is $10.7 million, $2.7 million of which was funded

by Waterloo Region.

The region also waived the development fees of $405,000, while the township waved fees of

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$192,000. MennoHomes is currently conducting a fundraising campaign needing to raise another $2 million.

“There’s not a lot of accessible affordable housing for seniors in Woolwich Township, so this will make a big dent there. It’ll be around for decades to come,” said Driedger.

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prices, which are skyrocketing.

Hanging over all this is the unsettling possibility that those with food will horde it, and those without… well, they’ll starve. The Group of Seven

to food or food production.

But remember how you shopped last Saturday, knowing the stores would be closed for Easter? You didn’t want to come up short for your family. And neither do the countries with food.

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“Canada Post was contacted by several individuals who reported the damage. Since that time, police have received three reports of youths loitering in the area.

Officers attended each call for service. However, no criminal offences were observed.”

Canada Post staff responded to the Observer in an email.

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Multiple Breslau residents are complaining that their mail is delayed or sent back in the process.

Gardiner says she has had to contact each of the individual companies that send her mail to ensure they include the post box number in her address so that she receives it at the Leger Street depot.

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Indigenous films at GRFF

Sarah Harmer on tour

The Grand River Film Festival (GRFF), will feature outstanding work by Indigenous filmmakers from across the country as part of its 2022 festival. This year’s programming will offer three feature film programs and a special event in support of our commitment to present new narratives and celebrate Indigenous filmmaking.

Sarah Harmer and her band roll into Guelph for two shows on May 26 and 27 at the intimate and historical War Memorial Hall on the U of G campus. This will be her first performance in Guelph since appearing at the Hillside Festival in July of 2017. www.sarahharmer.com

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Putting reconciliation efforts into words and music Conrad Grebel hosting event called Indigenous Mennonite Encounters in Time and Place: A Gathering of Body, Mind, and Spirit Steve Kannon Observer Staff

IN A HISTORY THAT DATES back more than two centuries, Mennonites in Canada have a number of connections with Indigenous peoples.

In a climate shaped by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, those connections will be explored next month in a conference entitled Indigenous Mennonite Encounters in Time and Place: A Gathering of Body, Mind, and Spirit.

The work of Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, the event is more than an academic conference, intended to be something of a community outreach effort that embraces music and storytelling as part of the process.

“It’s not intended to be mainly an academic conference. There’s academic style presentations that are supposed to be a community education event as well.

And, you know, certainly education and learning happens through the arts as well, not just through spoken research,” explains organizer Marlene Epp, a professor of history and peace and conflict studies at Conrad Grebel.

“It evolved from really a series of conferences that the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada has hosted and continues to host, usually in Winni-

peg, but occasionally we plan and host them out here. There’s a growing body of research, growing community interest in the relationship between Mennonite migrations and settlement and Indigenous peoples in Canada.”

Epp notes that Mennonite settlements in this area date back to the late18th century.

“It’s easy to ignore, for instance, in Waterloo Region here that we’re on the Haldimand Tract that was granted to the Six Nations in 1784 and it was just a few years later, less than two decades, that Mennonites started coming from Pennsylvania. So Mennonites were the first permanent white settlers in this area,” she said.

“Their story has always been told of coming to virgin forest, pioneering the soil as if there was nothing here – they were the ones who turned the soil into fertile farmland.

So the story goes, that there was nothing here.

Well, of course, there were Indigenous people then, and certainly earlier, who had also farmed, who lived here, and who some of the Mennonites encountered, but they’ve largely been written out of the story.”

Changing that narrative is one of the goals of the event, which will run May 12-15.

Music will play a significant part in this conference. Grebel music

The Andromeda Trio are among those performing at the Conrad Grebel event May 12-15. Submitted

professor Karen Sunabacka, worked with a local group, the Andromeda Trio, to explore Indigenous and Mennonite history through music.

“Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, cellist of the Andromeda Trio has Mennonite heritage, and I have Métis heritage,” said Sunabacka in a release.

“We all felt that it was a good and timely project and one that addresses #83 in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada calls to action, which states: We

call upon the Canada Council for the Arts to establish, as a funding priority, a strategy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to undertake collaborative projects and produce works that contribute to the reconciliation process.”

Along with Stewart-Kroeker, the Andromeda Trio features Marcus Scholtes on violin and Heidi Wall on piano. Formed in Waterloo in 2014, they have performed for many chamber music series, including for the Kitch-

ener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society, Guelph Connections Concert Series, Laurier Noon Hour Series, Toronto Chamber Players and the Conrad Grebel Noon Hour Series.

There will also be a free public concert performed by two-spirit Juno Award-nominated Cree cellist Cris Derksen. She has Cree and Mennonite heritage, and her music sits firmly on the intersection of Indigenous and Mennonite encounters.

Derksen was commissioned to write a choral

piece for the concert called “kâ-nîmihitocik: They Who Are Dancing,” and she will perform alongside the Grebel choir led by music professor Mark Vuorinen. Derksen will also perform a solo cello piece with electronic works along with a dancer.

“We commissioned her to compose a piece of music that will be premiered at the event – she agreed and was excited,” said Epp. “We also commissioned Karen (Sunabacka) to compose a piece which reflects on Mennonite-Métis interactions on the prairies – Karen is Métis from Manitoba – so that will also be premiered.”

The event is open to everyone interested in learning more about Indigenous Mennonite encounters. There will be in-person activities such as a gathering at the Ceremonial Fire Grounds and an outdoor photography exhibit “On the Land”

by Bangishimo Johnston.

The intent of the academic sessions and in-person activities is to address the past of Mennonite settlers’ colonial history and make an effort to advance reconciliation and bring justice to Indigenous-settler relations.

Registration is required to attend. Find more information online at www.uwaterloo.ca/ indigenous-mennonite -encounters.

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Wooden dough box. Oak hall tree. Old cream separator. Singer electric sewing machine.

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Kitchen collectibles. Assorted bells (some brass). Quilts and quilt tops. Floor model scales. Wash boards. Comic books. Costume jewelry. Dietz lantern. Tinware. Cast iron floor grates. 2 cross cut saws. Harness parts.

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“PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAST; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.”

Community Information Page NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Monday, May 16, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

Regarding Official Plan Amendment Application 1/2022, Zone Change Application 4/2022 and Draft Plan of Subdivision 30T22701 Riverland Area II GP Ltd. - Riverland Area 2 Phase 5 – Empire Communities, Breslau Please note this will be a virtual meeting only and public attendance at the Township offices will not be permitted. Below is information on how you can submit comments, view or participate in the meeting. You may also contact Development Services staff by sending an email to planning@woolwich.ca or by phone at 519-669-6040 if you have any questions.

Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, c.P.13, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has received complete applications for a proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change and the Region of Waterloo has received and circulated a complete application for a proposed plan of Subdivision for lands owned by Riverland Area II GP Ltd., located in Breslau, which are more specifically described below.

This notice will also summarize the details of these applications and will include a location map, proposed draft plan and zoning layout of the subject lands. Please be advised that Notice of a Complete Application does not indicate whether the municipality is in support of, or in opposition to the proposal. That determination will be made at a later date.

The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Sections 17, 34 and 51 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Official Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications.

No decisions will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them.

Property Description Armstrong Planning & Project Management on behalf of Riverland Area II GP Ltd (“Subject Lands”) has submitted the above-noted applications proposing a mix and range of residential uses on the 10.62 ha parcel of land located south of the Riverland Area 2 Phase 1-4 subdivision and north of the future Ottawa Street extension, west of Woolwich Street, in the south west corner of Breslau (see Map 1).

The subject lands are designated Rural Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan and are zoned Agricultural (A). The proposed applications are meant to bring the Township Official Plan into conforming with the Region of Waterloo Official Plan Amendment No. 2, that brought additional lands, including the subject site, into the Regional Urban Boundary Area.

Official Plan (Application 1/2022) and Zoning (Application 4/2022) The applicant is proposing to amend the Township’s Official Plan to: • adjust the Breslau Settlement Area boundary to align with the Regional Official Plan; • change the Township Urban Structure designation from Rural Land Use Area to Neighbourhood Residential and Natural Heritage Framework; and • change the land use designation in the Urban Area Settlement Plan from Rural to Low / Medium Density Residential, Institutional, Open Space and Environmental Protection areas.

The applicant is proposing to rezone the lands from Agricultural to the following: • Residential Mixed – High Density with Design Guidelines (R-5A); • Residential Multiple – with Design Guidelines (R-7A); • Institutional (P); • Open Space (O-1); and • Open Space - Restricted (O-2).

The proposal will also include site-specific amendments for the proposed residential zones based on the mix and range of housing types and lot sizes, including but not limited to, amendments to the lot area, lot width, side and rear yard setbacks, building line setback, lot coverage and ground floor area.

Subdivision (Application 30T-22701) The proposed changes to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law would provide for a subdivision plan totalling a maximum of 130 residential units including a maximum of 46 townhouses and 84 detached homes of various size, a school block (to complete the St. Boniface Elementary School site), a park block and a wetland block.

The Subject Lands will be developed with full municipal services (water, sanitary and storm).

APPEAL RIGHTS TAKE NOTICE that if a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decisions of the Township of Woolwich and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Woolwich or the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in respect of the proposed plan of subdivision before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of subdivision, or before the By-law is passed and the Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the

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decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich or the Council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

AND TAKE NOTICE that if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Township of Woolwich or the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in respect of the proposed plan of subdivision before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of subdivision, or before the By-law is passed and the Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE As in-person meetings are not an option at this time, you can view or participate in the Public Meeting as follows: View the Public Meeting / Council meeting livestream on the Woolwich Township Youtube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOnLlF3Srk2gLEBjkq8pIMQ ; Participate in the Public Meeting by registering with Council/Committee Facilitator on or before 10:00 am on Tuesday May 10, 2022.

To register please: • visit www.woolwich.ca/delegations for more information on speaking before Council and to register through the online delegation request form; or • email asmyth@woolwich.ca or phone 519-669-6004.

When registering you must provide your name, phone number, email and the application number you would like to comment on. Once you are registered staff will forward information on how to connect to the Zoom meeting (i.e. zoom Wi-Fi login or conference call number).

If you are concerned that you do not have access to phone or internet or are otherwise concerned about the reliability of your signal, please ensure that you submit written comments. Written comments do not negate your opportunity to also speak at the Public Meeting but do ensure your voice is heard should your electronic connection to the meeting not work.

If you are unsure whether or not you would like to speak at the meeting but want to listen and have the option to comment on a particular application, please register with the Council/Committee Facilitator. You will not be required to speak if you do not want to.

WHY REGISTER By registering staff can ensure that you are permitted access to the virtual meeting, we know which application you are commenting on and, can call on you at the appropriate time to comment if you wish to do so. As it is virtual, registering will provide a level of security that is necessary to prevent meeting disruptions.

SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND REQUESTING NOTIFICATION You can express your concerns/ comments about the proposed changes in writing to the Township of Woolwich.

Any comments received on or before Thursday May 5, 2022 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Development Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will be considered.

The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. This information is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public at the Committee of the Whole and Council meetings. Please note that while the Committee of the Whole and Council may redact some personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers, your submissions will otherwise be made public in their entirety. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-669-1647 or 1-877-969-0094 ext. 6005.

If you wish to be notified of future meetings and reports regarding these applications, the decision of the proposed Official Plan Amendment and / or the proposed zoning by-law, please: • submit a written request, noting that you wish to be kept informed, to the Township of Woolwich, Development Services, 24 Church Street West, Box 158, Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6, or • email your request noting that you wish to be kept informed to planning@woolwich.ca If Council approves the change, a notice will be mailed to you explaining the By-law and Official Plan Amendment.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in respect of the proposed plan of subdivision, please: • submit a written request to the Regional Clerk, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4J3 and to the Commissioner of Planning, Development and Legislative Services, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4J3; or • email your requesting noting that you wish to be kept informed to: planningapplications@regionofwaterloo.ca

MORE INFORMATION

Additional information related to these applications can be viewed or obtained as follows: View / print the information from the Township webpage at www.woolwich.ca - Select Ongoing Planning Items on the home page / select the Subdivisions folder / select Riverland Area II GP Ltd. – Riverland Area 2 Phase 5, Breslau folder to view the information.

Schedule an appointment to view the documents at the Township Administration building located at 24 Church Street West, Elmira weekdays between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. To schedule an appointment please call 519-669-6040 or email planning@woolwich.ca Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 21st day of April 2022.

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Obituary

Stroh, Luke

Obituary Meekis; Elias 1945-2022 Passed away peacefully at the Golden Years Long Term Care, on Friday April 15, 2022 at the age of 77 years.

Lantz, Milton

In Loving Memory of Brenda DeVries (Ogram) It’s been a long 5 years since we last spoke to you or saw your lovely smile.

We miss your phone calls and our family gatherings together.

Love you Ogram Family

Obituary

Erma (Bauman) Gingrich July 6, 1922 – April 15, 2022 Erma, in her 100th year, was called home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Good Friday, April 15, 2022 at Barnswallow Place, Elmira. We thank the staff for the excellent care shown to Erma for the last nine years. She was a faithful, and loving wife for nearly 50 years to her late husband Angus (1996). Their four children knew her as a kind and caring Mother; Shirley (Wayne 2017) Martin, Reta and Clare Martin, Glenn and Elaine, and Paul and Sharon. Erma was blessed to enjoy 14 grandchildren, 32 greatgrandchildren, and two great-greatgrandchildren. Predeceased by her parents Henry and Nancy (Martin) Bauman. As the oldest child of seven, she learned to work at an early age, and continued to do so as long as health was granted. She spent many hours piecing and quilting bedding for family, missionaries, and the needy. Also, much energy was spent on her large vegetable and flower gardens. Erma and Angus were longtime members at Wallenstein Bible Chapel and were blessed by the kindness shown to them during those years. Visitation took place on Monday, April 18, 2022 from 5-8 p.m. at Wallenstein Bible Chapel. A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at Wallenstein Bible Chapel, followed by a private family interment in Hawkesville Cemetery.

The service was livestreamed and can be accessed on Erma’s tribute page of the funeral home website. As expressions of sympathy, donations to ShareWord Global or Conestoga Bible Camp would be appreciated and can be made through the Dreisinger Funeral Home. ❖ www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com

In loving memory of Luke, who passed away, April 25, 1996. 26 years ago you left us, your memory is as dear today as the hour you passed away. Forever remembered and always loved by Mom and his late Dad, brother Skye and Charolette, Aunt Dianne and the late Uncle Brian and Uncle Scott and Aunt Michele, four cousins Cody, Jesse, Lucas and Isabella, Grandparents Irene Hamilton and the late Ken Hamilton.

Obituary

Stawski, Christa (nee Stenzel) Passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, April 18, 2022, at Columbia Forest Long Term Care in Waterloo at the age of 86. Beloved wife of the late Helmut (2017) for 57 years.

Loving mother of Mike (Kristina) and Dan (Veronika). Cherished Omi to Kira (Jesper), Hannah and Kathleen.

Dear sister of Esther Willey (late Bob), the late Gottfried (Hilde) and Hanna Reuter (Armin). Christa’s funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 22, 2022, in the chapel of the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467. Reception to follow. Interment Parkview Cemetery. Those unable to attend may join the service via live stream at henrywalser.com/live-streaming. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Haven Church Toronto would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Christa’s memorial. ❖ www.henrywalser.com

Death Notice BEAN, RALPH EDWARD - Ralph passed away peacefully after battling cancer on April 16, 2022, at home in his 82nd year.

GAMMIE, EVELYN FRANCES - Passed away peacefully at Heritage House, St. Jacobs on April 17th in her 100th year.

GINGRICH, ERMA (JULY 6, 1922 - April 15, 2022) - Erma, in her 100th year, was called home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Good Friday, April 15, 2022 at Barnswallow Place, Elmira.

Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, at the age of 95. Milton leaves to mourn his cherished wife of 72 years, Jean. He provided a noble example for his entire life to his sons, the late Dennis, Doug (Rhonda), and Perry (Gaye); and his grandchildren Adam (Courtney), Travis (Jessi), Matthew (Cassandra), Jesse, and Denise (John). His greatgrandchildren Charlotte, Bennett, Josie, and Ezra will forever benefit from the path Milton helped lay for them. Visitation will be held at Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira, on Friday, April 22, 2022, starting at 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel.

Masks are preferred, and there will be no reception following the service. A private interment will take place at a later date in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Normanby Township. Donations to St. Mary’s Cardiac Care Centre would be appreciated, and may be made through the funeral home. ❖ www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com

Obituary

He will be sadly missed by his brothers and sisters; Dettalus (the late Moses), Saqqius (Liz), Amos (Maryann), Mydil (Elaine), Johnny (Maria), Mary (Don), Vicky (Calvin). Also missed by his brother and sister-in-laws; Lorna (Art), Fern (Eli), Delmar (Helen), Gerald (Sheila), the late Merle (Donna), Cameron (Vi) and the late Carol and Martin Rae. Predeceased by his parents, Nappy and Ellias, his sister Talsi, his brother Tommy and by his parent in laws, Sussanah and Ervin W. Martin.

Cremation has taken place. A memorial service and interment will be held at a later date in his home town of Deer Lake, Ontario.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

Messages and condolences may be left for the family at www. tricitycremations.com or 519.772.1237. ❖ www.tricitycremations.com

Goetz (Beck), Wilma O. June 12, 1928-April 13, 2022 Passed away peacefully into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, and loving husband Bill (William), with her family by her side. Loving mother to John & Judy Goetz of Meaford, Bev & Doug Baechler of Heidelberg.

Oma to Heather Sakia (Garth), John & Patti Goetz, Special Omi to Jeff & Jess Baechler, James & Tiffany (Dietrich) Baechler. Great Grandmother to Nathan Sakai, Rylan & Spencer Goetz, Liam, Emma & Hudson Baechler, Rylie & Anthony Baechler. Loved and missed by many including Donna McClean. Predeceased by parents Earl & Wilhelmina Beck, sister Vera Ravary& brother Ron Beck. Special thanks to all staff past & present of Trinity Village LTC for their excellent and loving care the past 6 years. Cremation has taken place.

Lifelong member of St. Matthews Kitchener. Visitation will be held at St. Peter’s Church, 2925 Lobsinger Line, Heidelberg on Saturday, April 30 1-3 pm with private family service following. Everyone is respectfully requested to wear a mask. Condolences for the family and donations to Trinity Village Care Centre may be arranged by contacting the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445. ❖ www.erbgood.com

Death Notice

VANDENBERG, TINNY - Of Drayton passed peacefully into the presence of her Lord peacefully at Barnswallow Place Care and Savior at Chartwell Retirement ResiCommunity, Elmira on Saturday, April 16, dence, Elmira on Thursday, April 14, 2022 in her 91st year.

2022 at the age of 77.

SNYDER, JOHN CLEASON - Passed away

Elias was the beloved husband of Doreen Meekis (nee Martin) Loving father of Julie (Victor) and cherished Grandfather of Jasmine (Randy), Amanda (Ryan) and Jade. Proud great-grandfather of Journey, Elexa, Jesse, Skye, Melody, Jaxson, Alex and Great-great grandfather of Sophia.

Boyle, Daniel Peacefully passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2022, at his residence in The Village at University Gates, Waterloo, at the age of 74. Dan has now been reunited with his true love and wife of over 50 years, Barbara (2019). Dear father of Tina Harris (Rocco Manganelli) and Chris (Sarah) Boyle. Loved grandfather of Samantha, Elizabeth, Angelina and Keira. Brother of Kathy (Randy) Hall, Arnold (Peggy), and Todd (Lynn).

Lovingly remembered by many nieces, nephews and their families.

Dan started his retail career at F.W. Woolworth in Toronto, before moving with Barbara for management training in North Bay, where they had their daughter Tina. After two years, Dan and Barbara moved to Elmira, where Dan managed Hendrick’s Home Hardware, and they completed their family with son, Chris. Dan was one of the first members of the Church of Christ, Waterloo. He loved his gardens, woodworking, and baseball, but most of all he loved his family. Dan will be laid to rest with his wife in Lakeview Cemetery, Meaford at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family, and may be made through the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira. ❖ www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com

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Leading the way reporting about the people and places of home.

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Getting buoyant

Cleaning up for Earth Day

The GRCA annually installs warning booms or white buoys upstream of its dams to warn paddlers, anglers and boaters to stay away from the dams. The orange booms at dams are gradually being replaced by yellow booms, consistent with regulations set by Transport Canada. The work got underway this week and is expected to run through May 2.

Woolwich Healthy Communities is urging residents to mark Earth Week with a community cleanup effort in the form of a 20-minute makeover. Grab a bag, some friends and family, and pick up litter in your neighbourhood for 20 minutes. www.healthywoolwich.org

Teeing up for another season on the links Having seen a boom in demand during pandemic, area golf courses are expecting that to continue again this spring Bill Atwood Observer Staff

AFTER SEEING THEIR POPULARITY SKYROCKET the last two years, golf courses around the area are getting set for another season, “There was certainly quite a spike, but that wasn’t all – guest players, members were playing more, people working from home far more so everybody’s golf went up.

Even though the season got condensed in the spring because of the late opening due to COVID, we were able to still generate many rounds,” said Jeremy Logel, general manager of the Elmira Golf Club.

Fraser Stalkie director of operations of McLean-Peister Ltd., which owns Merry-Hill Golf Club and Innerkip Highlands Golf Club, said he is cautiously optimistic about the season.

“There are a lot of activities that people have not

been able to participate in over the last couple of years that they’ve been missing. So I think there’s going to be some more competition from that point of view, but we also saw tons of players take up the game for the first time. I think a lot of those players are going to stick around – golf is a lifelong experience. It’s something that people can play until they’re in their 90s and they can start when they’re like four,” Stalkie said.

“There’s a lot of opportunity for people to continue to keep golf as one of their mainstay activities going forward.

I think, of course, it’s our responsibility to continue to keep it exciting, continue to keep it safe, and continue to maintain the service levels that we were providing through the last couple of years.”

Golf courses play an important role in their communities, Stalkie said.

“We provide a very valu-

The snow earlier this week was a bit of a setback to the opening of the Elmira Golf Club, but the season is upon us. Bill Atwood

able green space for the environment. We employ, between our two facilities, nearly 100 people, tons of students, often working their first jobs. It’s a great first job to work at and we try to create a really comfortable work environment, but it is a huge economic drive,” he said.

“Not to mention the health benefits of playing golf – those have been well studied and well recognized.”

Logel agreed.

“It creates that parkland feel with a friendly sport to do and it’s something you can engage in with friends and family of all ages and most abilities,” he said.

They also provide a key fundraising opportunity for charities, something that was missed over the last two years, Stalkie added.

“The golf business takes that aspect very seriously.

There’s lots of charities and stuff that are already

attention.

It’s important to understand what's normal and what's not. Your fingernails are composed of laminated layers of a protein called keratin that grow from the area at the base of the nail under your cuticle. Healthy fingernails are smooth, without pits or grooves. They’re uniform in colour and consistency, and free of spots or discoloration.

Sometimes fingernails develop harmless vertical ridges that run from the

cuticle to the tip of the nail. Vertical ridges tend to become more prominent with age. Fingernails also can develop white lines or spots due to injury, but these eventually grow out with the nail.

Not all nail conditions are normal, however.

Consult your primary health care provider or a dermatologist if you notice:  Changes in nail colour, such as discoloration of the entire nail or a dark

getting in touch with us.”

Stalkie is most excited about seeing newcomers, such as those in youth leagues, pick up the sport.

“A big part of MerryHill’s business model is growing the next generation of golfers, so I think the thing I’m most excited about is watching the kids out on the golf course again. It’s great to see a whole collection of 12- and 13-year-old players getting started in the game of

Keeping your fingernails in tip-top shape DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have noticed recently that my nails have an unusual colour and shape, and I don't understand why. Although I do enjoy gardening, I don't have a job where I use my hands more than normal. I want my nails to be sturdy and healthy-looking. Can you provide some insight on how to achieve this and tips for properly taking care of my nails?

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streak under the nail.

Changes in nail shape, such as curled nails.  Thinning or thickening of the nails.  Separation of the nail from the surrounding skin.  Bleeding around the nails.  Swelling or pain around the nails.

To keep your fingernails looking their best, here are some easy tips to follow:  Keep your finger-

golf and really falling in love with it. That’s what Merry-Hill is all about, getting people started in the game,” he said.

The renewed focus on the sport has been “fantastic,” Logel said.

“I think it’s just a great game that you can play with anybody – just [getting] together and getting outside and then just enjoy life together playing this great sport,” he said.

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Get moving for mental well-being

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hen it comes to relieving symptoms of depression, anxiety, or stress, there is one thing most of us can do right away – focus on self-care.

Physical self-care (sleep, nutrition, exercise) and social self-care are most often impacted during periods of stress. Attention to these can promote recovery.

Physical activity is one of the single most important things a person can do to improve their mental well-being. Movement is a natural stress reliever: It releases endorphins that positively affect mood, keeps the brain and body occupied doing something positive, and is time spent thinking and doing something helpful, instead of the opposite.

Exercise can also increase motivation. It helps individuals feel productive and consequently can increase self-esteem. It also gets people out of their homes and exposed to other or new environments, increasing their chances of recreation and socialization. It is also accessible and affordable for most individuals.

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Research has shown that low-intensity aerobic exercise, for just 30 minutes, three to five days a week, increase positive moods.

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The key is to not wait until you feel like exercising, but rather commit to action, knowing it’s in your own best interest.

Talk with your doctor about your current fitness level and activities that are safe for you to do.

Start small – as small as necessary. Walking to the mailbox, or doing 15 minutes of yoga, for example, are good ways to get started. Think of activities that you enjoy doing.

Broaden your definition of “exercise.” In addition to structured classes or personal training, dancing, walking with a friend, gardening, or playing a sport are all great ways to get moving. Start with something that feels right for you. Goals that tend to have the greatest success are S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, my own, achievable, real-

istic, and timely).

Motivate yourself by having a friend or family member hold you accountable, or even participate with you. Leave a sticky note on your bathroom mirror to visualize your goal and remind yourself how good your mind and body will feel after you exercise. Eat healthy foods to fuel your workout.

Maintain a schedule for physical activity. But don’t beat yourself up if you happen to skip occasionally. The goal is to keep moving in a positive direction, step by step.

Making changes in our life can be scary and the fear of failure may loom large. But know that once you feel the difference physical activity can make in your life, you will realize how much you can’t afford to miss it. With spring underway and summer coming up, now is a great time to take that first step.

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sharp manicure scissors or clippers when taking care of your nails. It's important to trim your nails straight across, then round the tips in a gentle curve.

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Neighbours’ worries also include the loss of a buffer space if the trees are cut down and the area turned into a parking lot.

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Some 200 trees, mostly invasive Norway maples, are slated to be removed.

The applicant is to replant using native species, said consultant Nathan Miller.

“We will replace any trees removed at a one-toone rations. If there’s not space on the site, we would look into planting them elsewhere,” he said, suggesting Bolender Park as an option.

“In terms of the buffer and adding trees, as you’ve heard there are a number trees that may be removed and they have to plant more so that open space section between Bolender and that fence is probably going to be one of the biggest areas we can see trees be planted.

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heavily planted appropriately so with native trees,” said Jeremy Vink, the township’s manager of planning.

Hugh Handy, a planner with the GSP Group representing the applicant, said his client is aware of the concerns of nearby residents.

“Recognizing that this sits within a broader residential area , we need to be sensitive to both in terms of what those operations are and how this fits in with the broader neighborhood,” he said.

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