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Developer unveils new plan for Union Street subdivision STEVE KANNON FORGET THE PRODIGAL SON. Four years after being rejected the first time through, a reworked plan for a subdivision adjacent to Elmira’s Union Street industrial area is finding the reception as chilly as ever. Just like the last time, representatives of the applicant, Hawk Ridge Homes, were the only ones in favour of the project pitched to Woolwich council Tuesday night at a public planning meeting. The developer is proposing a new alignment for the 5.5-acre site, currently home to an old apple orchard, it envisions as an ideal spot for 39 new homes. A previous plan first tabled in 2009 was widely opposed and rejected by the township. The case ended up before the quasi-judicial Ontario Municipal Board, which turned down the project based on inadequate noise mitigation from nearby industrial users, most notably the Chemtura Co. and Sulco (Canada Colors and Chemicals) plants. Most of the opposition then and now, however, stemmed from the close proximity to the chemical plants – the new homes would be inside the danger SUBDIVISION | 32
Canada’s Man in Motion, Rick Hansen, brought his inspiring message of hope to Home Hardware’s Spring Market on Tuesday morning at the company’s St. Jacobs headquarters.
Rick Hansen brings a message of hope and perseverance Disability advocate delivers keynote address to large group gathered at Home Hardware dealer event in St. Jacobs
WHITNEY NEILSON CANADIAN PARALYMPIAN AND DISABILITY advocate Rick Hansen brought his message of perseverance to Home Hardware’s Spring Market on Tuesday as their keynote speaker, incorporating the retailer’s theme of “Good to Great” into his message. “In reality, good to great is a never-ending pursuit
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Hansen became a paraplegic when he was 15 years old after injuring his spinal cord when the pickup truck he was a passenger in flipped over. He’s best known for his Man in Motion World Tour when he travelled 44,000 kilometres around the world in his wheelchair, equivalent to the circumference of the Earth. In the process he raised some $26 million for spinal cord research. Growing up athletic, one of his biggest childhood dreams was to represent Canada in the Olympic Games. “Good to great isn’t just about believing that anything’s possible. Focus is the key. And I decided I
would focus on one amazing sport, I focused on track,” Hansen said. He represented Canada in the Paralympic Games in 1980 and 1984 and carried in the Olympic flame during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver. The accident at the tender age of 15 taught him the importance of perseverance in a big way. “I was strapped to that bed and about ready to give up probably the most important thing in life, that’s hope. I thought there must be something that I can do. Maybe I could focus on starting to work my arms and I asked a physiotherapist to come in and strap some rubber bands on the
side of the bed that I was strapped to,” Hansen said. And that’s where he started. He worked his arms until he found a new goal, which was to sit up in a normal bed for the first time for his 16th birthday, two months after he landed in the hospital. “The biggest barriers were the barriers in my mind. I hadn’t known anyone with a disability before. I had no idea what life would be like,” Hansen said. Determined to live his active life regardless of whether or not he could move his legs, Hansen modified a kayak with a seatbelt and ripcord so he could eject himself if he flipped over. One day he was pad-
dling alone in Vancouver and had left his wheelchair on the dock. About an hour later he noticed emergency vehicles. They had seen the empty wheelchair and tracks in the snow and assumed someone had fallen in because nobody expected someone who needs a wheelchair to be out kayaking. The police officer had a word of advice before he left. “He leans over to me and says ‘hey buddy, do me a favour. Next time you’re out paddling put a sign on the back of that chair that says gone kayaking.’ I said to myself, ‘I’m going to do something about those attitudes one day,’” Hansen said. Hansen was originally
rejected in his attempts to join the physical education program at the University of British Columbia, but eventually became the university’s first graduate in physical education who had a physical disability. “I spent that first year there and I convinced them that I was the guy and they accepted me in. And eventually I graduated and it was a phenomenal renaissance for me, learning and growing, constantly thinking about possibilities, gaining new skills on the road to good to great, never being satisfied with where you’re at, always believing that life is a journey,” Hansen said. He recalls one time when he was speeding up a hill to
get to his next class, when a young woman was walking up the hill as fast as she should. When he passed her she asked if he needed a push up the hill. Instead, he offered her a ride in his wheelchair. “She sees guy in wheelchair who needs help. I see opportunity,” Hansen says with a laugh. Hansen is president and CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation, which was created at the end of his Man in Motion tour, and travels across Canada inspiring others. “We have the opportunities to either complain, find humour, help educate, and finally do something about the things that we’ve experienced in our lives.”
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Event looks at putting healthier food on your kids’ menu Better diets make for better students, say organizers of parent information night at Conestogo PS LIZ BEVAN EASIER SAID THAN DONE, but kids need to be eating carrot sticks and drinking water instead of candy and soda, says Brenda Wollenberg, author and the keynote speaker for a parentled event this week. Healthy eating is the focus of a parent information night at Conestogo Public School tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. Organized by the school council, Deborah Jones says the topic is timely, and will answer questions and meet the needs of parents in the community. “We have some parents that are really passionate about healthy eating, eating local and feeding our kids well, so our committee wanted to lead this event,” she said of the Thursday evening gathering at the school, called ‘Healthy Kids Make Good Learners.’ “We thought it would be a great opportunity to increase an awareness of the connection between healthy lifestyles, food choices, exercise and everything else, and actually being able to
focus and learn.” The event will highlight the correlation between processed foods, brain health and student success, something Wollenberg says parents need to educate themselves about. “The first one is that parents don’t make a strong enough link between nutrition and brain health. It is not a blame game or anything, it is simply that we have this trifecta of industry attempts against us as parents,” she said ahead of the event. “We have to understand that there are major advertising dollars impacting our choices in food. There is a big manipulation of our food intake guidelines by industry experts. There was a study done last month where it showed that the Canada Food Guide hasn’t retracted from, and has even contributed to obesity in Canada, so we have that working against us.” Wollenberg will be giving parents tips and tricks to make the change to healthy HEALTHY EATING | 22
EDSS Grade 12 students Mikayla Cooper, Jordan Shantz and Brielle Dobes have organized the second annual Girls Night, an event for young women in Grades 8 to 12 to come together and get to know each other. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]
With Girls Night, EDSS event looks to empower young women LIZ BEVAN FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row, Elmira District Secondary School students want girls to know they aren’t alone. With Girls Night, Grade 12 students Mikayla Cooper, Brielle Dobes and Jordan Shantz are inviting girls from all over the region to have a fun night of empowering young women and making new friends. Starting at 6 p.m. tonight, Apr. 21, the event has two
guest speakers. Fearlessly Girl’s Kate Whitfield is up first with her relatable message of redefining beauty, value and possibilities. Brenda Porter will also be chatting with the young girls in attendance about her Days for Girls organization – a program that provides girls in developing countries with personal hygiene kits so they don’t have to miss school or work during their monthly cycles. The idea for Girls Night came from the three stu-
dents attending the Ontario Student Leadership Conference and seeing Whitfield speak. They all knew they wanted to bring her to EDSS, and started working on an evening where girls could come and hear her message. The first event was a success with Grade 8 girls from around the region coming to check out the school, and learn to be a bit more confident when entering high school. This year, the three organizers are hoping to get more students from differ-
ent grades to come and hear what the speakers have to say, and hopefully, carry on the tradition. “The girl world is hard. It really is. We all have these problems and nobody talks about it – it is taboo. You feel like you are alone all the time,” said Cooper. “Then once you start talking about it, you realize that every person in the room understands and has been through the same thing.” EDSS | 7
Region seeking public input on new family resource centre planned for Elmira LIZ BEVAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE Elmira Children’s Centre is on schedule, and now the Region of Waterloo wants to hear from the community. Along with the planned licensed childcare facility and daycare already going into the new Riverside Public School, the plan is to open up a family resource centre in the near future. Although construction will be completed before the beginning of the new
school year in September, the region is taking the time to plan the family resource portion, scheduled to be open in 2017. On Apr. 26, Nancy Dickieson, the director of children’s services with the region, is inviting all parents and interested stakeholders to share their thoughts about the services that could be included in the family resource aspect of the centre. She says it has been a long time coming. “We are really quite ex-
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their thoughts or ideas, but what the region is really looking for are thoughts that will enhance the space, and use it to its full potential. “We are looking for other options for services, or services that are currently being offered in the Elmira area that someone wants more space, or to offer additional days,” said Dickieson. “It is pretty open right now. We are looking for ideas on where the need it and whether there is demand for some services
to be increased. We know that there are already some great resources already in Elmira, like the Kids and I Family Resource Centre, which would be on example, but there may be other things, or a need to expand services to the other end of Elmira.” Ideas should not be limited to a service that would need fulltime space in the new building. “It may be a service that is there one day of the week, and other services are there other days of the
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Birdwatching from the comfort of home Internet provider’s Web camera the best way to see pair of ospreys nesting atop 140-foot tower in Conestogo WHITNEY NEILSON THROUGH THE POWER OF technology, curious birdwatchers can now get an up-close look at a pair of ospreys who’ve made their nest in Conestogo. It comes courtesy of a 24-hour live stream from a camera placed atop the Avetria Wireless Internet tower at W-S Feed & Supplies. Arnold Stoll, CEO of Ave-
tria Wireless, says this is something new for him. “We provide Internet in the rural neighborhoods and we already have equipment up there, so when I saw this I thought ‘I’ll put a camera up to make it more enjoyable for people.’” He says people noticed the nest and had asked the property owner if they could climb the 140-foot tower to take photos, which obviously wasn’t going to
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and you can watch from your computer, even pressing a button to take photos and save them. Osprey are protected by the Migratory Birds Convention Act. “The only time you can actually mess with the nest is before the season or at the end. I know there’s some closer to Cambridge but in this area I don’t know of many others right now other than the Conestogo ones,” Stoll said. The fish-eating birds of prey catch their prey by diving into water and grabbing fish with their feet. “Right now they’re preparing the nest and at night they stay in trees until there’s eggs. As soon as there’s eggs in the nest and live babies there’s always going to be one there all the time protecting the nest,” Stoll said. They choose to make their nests high to be out of harm’s way and they have a good view of everything around them. Stoll expects much more activity in the nest soon, as it’s about time for the female osprey to lay her eggs. “They haven’t put eggs in the nest yet, but they’re moving sticks and everything so it’s probably within the next few days. They lay up to four eggs a season and hopefully they all hatch and become viable, but usually at least one of them will,” Stoll said. The live feed is available on www.avetria.com.
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Elmira BIA sets 2016 budget Expecting $48,775 in revenue this year, the Elmira downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA) will spend that much. The single biggest expense will be beautification projects downtown. The budget was approved by Woolwich councillors meeting this week. The BIA’s base budget of $30,000, collected from a special levy on downtown businesses, is augmented by a $10,000 membership fee from the Walmart store in St. Jacobs, part of a deal with King/86 Developments. The group received a $1,500 donation from
the Woolwich Horticultural Society. For 2016, the BIA plans to spend $14,018 on beautification – hanging flower baskets and planters to the tune of $9,718, and $4,300 on garlands, lights and decorations. Administration costs take up another $14,440, while spending is rounded out by $8,517 earmarked for promotion and advertising, along with $3,600 for sponsorships that include the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival and the annual Santa Claus parade.
Eyeing fire deal with Waterloo Woolwich is considering an automatic aid agreement with the
Waterloo Fire Department following a fire on Country Squire Road that left an elderly woman in critical condition. Conestogo firefighters arrived on the scene nine and half minutes after the call on Apr. 7, joined a minute later by crews from St. Jacobs. Upon entering the home, they found the victim and “were successful with the rescue,” township fire chief Rick Pedersen told councillors meeting this week. Still, there was some criticism of Woolwich for failing to have an aid deal with the city, which has a fire hall just minutes away from the cluster of homes right on the border. Noting it’s standard policy for firefighters to avoid entering a burning building until there are at least 10 of
them present, Coun. Mark Bauman said a small Waterloo crew being first to the scene may not have changed the outcome. “I’m not sure it would have made a whole lot of difference in this case.” If the township is going to make a deal with Waterloo, cost will be a factor, as will deciding who pays for it, with Bauman arguing the costs should be borne by the benefitting residents, not taken from general coffers.
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sedan was following a tractortrailer feed truck when the Acura crossed over into the east bound lane and continued onto the south shoulder where the driver lost control of the vehicle. The Acura entered the south ditch where it rolled and came to rest in an upright position. The three male occupants of the car were transported to a local hospital where they were treated for their minor injuries. The 20-year-old male driver of the Acura, a Kitchener resident, was subsequently charged with ‘careless driving.’
Immunization warning notices Waterloo Region’s Public Health department sent out some 3,000 suspension orders this week for
students enrolled in secondary school who still have immunization records that are not up-to-date. The suspension orders will take effect on May 11. Students/parents who receive a suspension order still have three weeks to submit up-to-date records or receive the required immunizations. The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) requires students to be immunized against a variety of diseases. Records of immunization must be provided to Public Health directly. If students do not provide an up-to-date immunization record or legal exemption, they will face suspension from school for up to 20 days or until documentation is
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Woolwich extends VIC lease Woolwich council this week agreed to another one-year lease on the building that’s home to the visitor information centre. The St. Jacobs VIC was opened on a trial basis in 2005. The new deal with Mercedes Corp. continues the dollar-a-year arrangement for the refurbished farmhouse at 844 Weber St. N. adjacent to the farmers’ market. The VIC is open seven days a week from mid-May to mid-October, but staffed only on market days. The VIC re-opens for the season May 12.
POLICE BLOTTER APRIL 11
7:24 PM | Members of the Wellington County OPP received a report of a motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles on Wellington Road 124 near Kossuth Road. While officers were investigating the collision, alcohol was detected on the breath of one of the drivers. A roadside screening device test demand was read to the driver. She refused to comply with and was placed under arrest. A 36-year-old Kitchener woman was charged with ‘refuse to provide breath sample.’ Her driver’s licence has been suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days. She is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on May 17 to answer to the charge. APRIL 15
1:00 AM | A Perth County OPP officer on patrol observed a vehicle fail to signal when required while travelling on
Perth Road 121 near Millbank. The officer pulled over the vehicle and while speaking with the male driver determined that he showed signs of impairment. The driver subsequently failed two Intoxilyzer breath tests. A 44-year-old Woodstock man was charged with ‘driving while ability impaired –motor vehicle’ and ‘driving with more than 80 mgs of alcohol in blood.’ In addition to those criminal code violations, he was also charged with ‘driving while under suspension.’ His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and his Ford Explorer was impounded for a period of seven days as per statue. He will appear at the Stratford Ontario Court of Justice on May 16 to answer to these charges. APRIL 17
12:37 PM | Members of the Wellington County OPP received a report of a break-in at a resi-
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5:30 AM | Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to a collision on Line 86 east of Perth Road 140. Their investigation indicated that a westbound Acura
Township to look at trafficcalming measures in St. Jacobs STEVE KANNON TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING into trafficcalming measures along Water and Young streets in St. Jacobs in the wake of concerns raised by residents. The presentations at Tuesday night’s council meeting weren’t the first time the matter’s been raised – complaints go back several years – but the impending closure of King Street for reconstruction will bring detours that will exacerbate the problem. Among those calling on Woolwich to take action was Young Street resident Nicola Bywater, who suggested measures such as additional stop signs, rumble strips, speed indicator signs and parking restrictions to ease grow-
ing concerns about traffic volumes and speeding. Given the number of families with young kids, there’s a real fear for their children’s safety, she stressed, noting the village is also home to large number of seniors. “We need to do what we can to be proactive to protect our most vulnerable members.” Melissa Fishman, president of the St. Jacobs Community Association, suggested an all-way stop at Water Street and Abner’s Lane, where children cross on their way to school. Likewise, a stop sign near the park would also increase the children’s safety, she added. Residents said they’d like to see changes made before a new subdivision at the south end brings more people and more traffic.
Ward 2 Coun. Mark Bauman endorsed some of the recommendations, including an all-way stop at Water Street and Abner’s Lane, adding the intersection of Queensway Drive and Princess Street near St. Jacobs Public School. Noting the speeding concerns, he asked staff to contact Waterloo Regional Police about stepping up enforcement in the village. The township will also look at prohibiting parking along one side of Water Street while it’s being used as a detour route during the King Street reconstruction. Acknowledging one of Bywater’s comments, Bauman said he’d pass along concerns to St. Jacobs firefighters who might be in too much of a hurry when heading into the fire station on Water Street.
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PART 1 STORIES FROM THE ARCTIC » First in a series about area
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Lessons learned from teaching in the North Elmira’s Tyler Holland returns home to a bit of a culture shock after five years at a school in the Northwest Territories
Former Elmira resident Tyler Holland’s back in the region after working as a teacher for five years in the Northwest Territories, an experience he recommends. [SUBMITTED] WHITNEY NEILSON HAVING SPENT THE LAST five years in the Canadian Arctic in a remote community with less than five per cent of Elmira’s population, Tyler Holland’s glad to be home. But he sure wouldn’t trade what he calls the ex-
perience of a lifetime. He and his wife, Meghan, moved to Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories after hearing a presentation at teacher’s college about the challenges and rewards of teaching in the north. “It was something that we were both very interested in and it ended up
paying off great dividends,” Holland said. Holland spent time overseas teaching English in Korea and then went to teacher’s college before accepting a teaching position in Fort Good Hope. He taught Grades 10-12 for three years, followed by Grades 6, 7 ,8, and 9 for a
year and then a year as the program support teacher, which is best equated to an Ontario guidance counsellor or vice-principal role. “When I was in teacher’s college it was always the idea that I wouldn’t teach in Ontario initially. It was more or less like we would go somewhere, have an adventure and honestly we hadn’t really thought about the north. ... They came and gave a presentation and I was like, ‘you know what, we can totally do that. We can make it work.’ We had applied to Nunavut and the Yukon as well, but the Northwest Territories, they called first and I’m thankful every day that we answered that call, truth be told,” Holland said. They were hired after an interview via Skype at the end of July in 2010. They packed and left for the fly in, fly out town in the middle of August. Their belongings were sent by transport truck to eventually be flown in and they prepared for the move. They were able to ask teachers already living there any questions they had, which helped. Even with great community support the first six
weeks were definitely an adjustment period. His wife and many others say the constant darkness in the winter is the biggest challenge, but Holland didn’t mind it. “For me it was one, the isolation and two, when it was the nice springtime weather the sun was just out all the time, so that was very hard to sleep. I found I was great until about the springtime and then it became very hard because your brain just wants to stay up because it knows the sun’s out,” Holland said. Some of the highlights of his time there include going out for a week at a time with members from town, working closely with the youth, coaching sports teams, participating in cultural activities, and watching kids experience things for the first time. “It was about 30 to 40 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle. So we were right on the banks of the Mackenzie River. It’s got a World Heritage site in town. There’s a beautiful church there that was all done by fish oil paints in the 1800s, it’s very beautiful,” Holland said.
He says it was time to come home because he’s got a niece and nephew he wants to watch grow up, and he and his wife want to start a family of their own here. And he has some words of wisdom for young teachers considering the move up north. He says to give themselves time to adjust because there’s a pretty steep learning curve and to have an open mind. “I would say make sure you do your work. Obviously there’s a lot of worrisome press out there about northern communities and there’s a lot of different issues that are plaguing a lot of places but if you know you’ve got a good head on your shoulders and you’ve done your research, and you talked to some people, you know it’s something you can give a go of,” Holland said. As for the challenges he saw his students face, Holland notes it could be difficult at times to help them relate to the world issues they were covering in the curriculum. He also could see that being isolated was LESSONS | 22
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WCS rolls out silent auction for some items at its thrift shop EDSS: By girls, for girls so they
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WHITNEY NEILSON ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT for new ideas, Woolwich Community Services added a silent auction to their thrift shop last week. Leigh-Anne Quinn, WCS’s community resource coordinator, says they had done a silent auction years ago and decided to start it up again because they noticed they were getting some antiques, jewelry, and collectible items that were worth a little bit more. “So far it’s going pretty good. Right now we have an acoustic guitar, a German bible, a mink stole, and a View-Master with 11 full slides up for bid,” Quinn said. Those interested in bidding can go to the WCS office and get a bid number. They can come back anytime and use their number to bid on items. When an item hasn’t been bid on for five days then it will close, so the last person who bid on that item will become the successful bidder. They’ll have two weeks to collect and pay for the item. “Now that people are finding out that we have a silent auction, there have been a few that have stopped by and specifically said this is
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Julie Mikel with some of the items up for bid at the new silent auction launched last week at Woolwich Community Services’ Thrift Shop in Elmira. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] an antique item, you could probably use it in your silent auction. But we have had some other donations come in that have just been antiques and we’ve recognized that and set them aside,” Quinn said. The silent auction will be ongoing and they’re always looking for donations to add to the auction. They can be dropped off at WCS during open hours and if they think the items should be considered for the auction they can let staff or volunteers know. They have one exception that allows people to call in and put a bid in. If there are two people bidding on an item and they both want it,
but one person’s going out of town they can call in and bid on the item again. “We do have a thrift shop Facebook page, which we actually just launched a couple months ago, which is nice because we now use that for sales that are happening within the store, different items that are coming in, and yes we have added pictures recently of the first items that we put out for our silent auction,” Quinn added. She recommends people come in and look at the items in person to get a sense of what condition they’re in. So far the acoustic guitar has been popular,
seeing numerous people bid on it. The Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Shop also does a silent auction. She says she spoke with them a few months ago and decided to adopt MCC’s process because it seems to work well for them. “I think the nice thing about this community is that we have several thrift shops and it’s such a destination for people in town and outside of town to come and stop, so people come weekly, bi-weekly to stop at several of the thrift shops in the area to try to find their next treasure, which is really neat,” Quinn said.
Dobes says it is all about bringing young women together. “It doesn’t matter what ‘kind’ of girl you are. You all experience the same thing. There is this one level that you can get to where it doesn’t matter what group you are in or what clique you are in. It is everyone’s problems,” she said. “It is a unifying experience. It is girls from Grade 8 to Grade 12. There is no division. Everybody is together.” Shantz just wants to see girls act a bit nicer towards each other. “The big message is about feminism, but this event is more focused on being kind to other girls. Focusing less on competition between each other – that is a really big thing with girls,” she said. “I think they focus too much on that and they aren’t as nice to each other. I think it is more about kindness.” The evening also aims to dispel any myths that surround what it means to be a girl, and the societal stigmas that come attached to that. The message: just be yourself. “A huge thing for me is the stereotype around girls. As
you can see, we are all wearing pink. Me, I don’t really like the colour pink. Mikayla loves pink and people sometimes equate the colour with weakness and it is about going head-on into that stereotype, claiming it and being fearlessly girl,” said Dobes. “If you love pink, wear pink strongly. Don’t throw ‘like a girl.’ Throw as hard as you can. That is what this is supposed to mean. It is diving into the stereotype of girl.” The evening starts out with the keynote address from Whitfield just after 6 p.m., then a break for some food. Porter will chat about the struggles of girls around the world while attendees eat. The girls will then break off into groups to discuss what they have heard, and share inspirational messages with each other before wrapping up the event at 9 p.m. It all takes place at EDSS, with doors opening up for 6 p.m. Every girl in Grades 8 to 12 from any school is invited to join. For more information on Whitfield and her message of empowerment, visit her website at www.fearlesslygirl.com. To learn more about Porter’s cause, visit www.daysforgirls.com.
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OAS policy change is fine, but pension reform is needed REVERSING A PLAN TO raise the retirement age to 67 from 65 will eventually cost the government an additional $11.2 billion a year. The Liberals had pledged to undo the Conservative decision, which would have gradually phased in the new age requirements for Old Age Security starting in 2023. The dollar figure for that move was included in a new report this week from Parliamentary Budget Officer JeanDenis Fréchette. The decision is welcome news from those facing the prospect of waiting an additional two years to collect benefits, specifically those most in need of Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement (OAS/GIS). When the policy was announced by the previous government, critics were quick to jump all over any plan to reduce benefits, while acknowledging the need for changes. OAS and GIS are both important contributors to the wellbeing of today’s seniors, many of whom could not survive financially without the programs. Yes, seniors as a group have more disposable income than ever before, but not every one of them is leading the Freedom 55 lifestyle. As the current debate over pension reform indicates, many Canadians have no work-related pension and very little in the way of retirement savings. Ideally, we would see changes to the Canada Pension Plan to provide longterm, self-funded retirement benefits, but we’ve seen little leadership on that front. In the meantime, supplementary programs are needed, despite being a draw on general tax coffers. Until retirement income is stabilized, OAS and GIS are the great equalizers. One thing is clear: demand will grow, as we’re an ageing society. That’s why reform is needed today in order to change course over the next generation or two. Keeping the qualification age at 65 is good for certain individuals, but comes with a price tag, as the PBO notes. In 2014-15, 5.6 million Canadians received Old Age Security, with payments totaling $44.1 billion. According to a Government of Canada report, seniors with an annual income of under $20,000 tend to rely on OAS and GIS to provide roughly half of their retirement income. The OAS program is funded through general tax revenues and provides a basic monthly income for Canadian seniors. The Canada Pension Plan, on the other hand, is funded through contributions by Canadian workers, their employers and the self-employed and through investment earnings on the Plan’s funds. In addition to retirement benefits, the Plan provides disability, death, survivor and children’s benefits. Clearly, pensions are a much better and less costly way to provide income security to Canadian retirees. Still, the CPP provides just 25 per cent of a worker’s average annual earnings – hardly enough for a comfortable retirement, which is where programs like Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement come into play. That level has been consistent since the program was introduced five decades ago. Payments for current recipients come partly from invested reserves and partly from contributions from today’s workforce. In order to ensure a more stable system and to provide a decent retirement income, we’ll have to start boosting CPP contributions. Even if we see some pension reform – ideally something much better than Ontario’s flawed plan – the tripling of demand expected as the Baby Boomers retire means more people in absolute terms will be dependent on the programs. Changes are needed. But it’s pension reform, not cuts that will provide long-term security.
With the closure of the Elmira transfer station, we can expect Earth Day and community cleanup efforts to be a little more involved in the future. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Are we facing a non-linear climate emergency? WORLD AFFAIRS IF YOU SPEND A lot of time talking to scientists about climate change, there’s one word you’ll hear time and time again, and yet it’s hardly ever mentioned in the public discussion of climate change. The word is “non-linear.” Most people think of global warming as an incremental thing. It may be inexorable, but it’s also predictable. Alas, most people are wrong. The climate is a very complex system, and complex systems can change in non-linear ways. In other words, you cannot count on the average global temperature rising steadily but slowly as we pump more and more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It may do that – but there may also be a sudden jump in the average global temperature that lands you in a world of hurt. That may be happening now. “We are moving into uncharted territory with frightening speed,” said
Michel Jarraud, secretarygeneral of the World Meteorological Organisation, last November. He was referring to the fact that the warming is now accelerating in an unprecedented way. We called 2014 the hottest year ever – until 2015 beat it by a wide margin; 2016 may beat that record by an even wider margin. It was the hottest January ever – and then the average global temperature in February was a full fifth of a degree Celsius higher than January. That was a huge jump, since the “average global temperature” is an average of all the temperatures over the seas and the land in both the summer hemisphere and the winter hemisphere. It is normally a very stable figure, changing no more than a few hundredths of a degree from year to year. But March was not only hotter than February. It was hotter by an even wider margin than February was over January. Indeed, each of the past 11 months has beaten the highest previously recorded average temperature for that
month. Some people try to explain this all away by blaming it on El Niño, a periodical rise in the ocean surface temperature in the eastern Pacific that moves the rainfall patterns around worldwide, causing droughts here and floods there. But El Niño is a local rise in temperature, it does not normally affect the average global temperature much. El Niño had not even begun when 2014 beat all the records for average global temperature. It was a powerful influence on weather patterns for all of 2015, but climate scientists estimate that it was responsible for only 10 per cent of the record warming in that year. So 2015 would still have been hotter than 2014 even if you subtracted the El Niño effect. And it was far hotter than the last big El Niño year, 1997. As for the frightening acceleration in the warming in the past three months, that has no precedent in any El Niño year, or indeed in any previous year. It could be some random short-term fluctuation in
average global temperature, but coming on top of the record warming of 2014 and 2015 it feels a lot more like part of a trend. Could this be non-linear change, an abrupt and irreversible change in the climate? Yes. And if it is, how far will it go before it stabilizes again at some higher average global temperature? Nobody knows. Last year the average global temperature reached one full degree Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average. That is halfway to the plus-two degree level which all the world’s governments have agreed we must never exceed, but at least we got to plus-one slowly, over a period of two centuries. The plus-two threshold matters because at that point the warming we have already caused will trigger natural feedbacks that we cannot control: the loss of the Arctic sea-ice, the melting of the permafrost, and immense releases of carbon dioxide from the warming oceans. After plus-two, we will no longer be able to stop the warming DYER | 10
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What is the one thing people can do to help the environment for Earth Day?
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Cancer one of the risks of technology that has to be weighted against benefits EDITOR'S NOTES CHANCES ARE YOU KNOW somebody who’s had cancer, perhaps lost his or her life to it. Actually, drop the “chances are”: you do know just such a somebody. Probably more than a few. That’s why we support so many fundraising events to combat the disease and its effects – this weekend’s Woolwich Great Ride ‘n’ Stride, for instance. It’s also why we talk of how frequent the cases are. That’s not just some apocryphal speculation, the numbers are on rise. Why that’s the case is open to great speculation. Rampant pollution of our air, water and soil? Toxins in the food we eat, the buildings where we live and work? Poor diet and exercise? Stress from our 24/7 lifestyles? Damage from the ubiquitous electromagnetic waves in our lives? All of the above? Probably. The numbers are on the rise. Not surprisingly, can-
cer is most often associated with wealthier nations, though the developing world is seeing a shift, too. A 2014 study by the U.S. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) found there were 14.9 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer deaths worldwide the previous year. The leading cause of cancer incidence for men was prostate cancer, which caused 1.4 million new cases and 293,000 deaths. In 2013 there were 1.8 million new cases of breast cancer and 464,000 deaths. Breast cancer has remained the leading cause of incident cancer cases for women between 1990 and 2013, but the number of new cases doubled during this period, the study found. Overall, cancer was the second-leading cause of death globally after cardiovascular disease, and the proportion of deaths around the world due to cancer increased to 15 per cent in 2013 from 12 per cent in 1990. Searching out a cause – why? – is a basic human response (ask any parent of a toddler). Numerous
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plenty of fodder for philosophers and ethicists. The explosion in cell phone use has turned us all into guinea pigs in a massive experiment. Unlike conventional landlines, cell phones subject us to radiofrequency energy (radio waves), a form of nonionizing radiation, from their antennas. (Cordless phones also produce radio waves, but at a small fraction of the level from cell phones.). Tissues nearest to the antenna can absorb this energy. While the number of users has exploded – estimated at more than five billion globally – the technology has evolved to reduce power outputs, which studies show aren’t at levels that have any immediate impact. The issue is long-term exposure, as technological changes may be offset by the huge increase in time spent using mobile devices. A 10-year study carried out until 2010 by the World Health Organization found that regular use of a cell phone by adults can significantly increase the risk of glioma (a type of tumour
that starts in the brain or spine are typically malignant) by 40 per cent with 1,640 hours or more of use (about half an hour per day over ten years). Tumours were more likely to occur on the side of the head most used for calling. The number of people using their devices far more than 30 minutes a day has undoubtedly skyrocketed. This is not an indictment of cell phones – mine is blinking away on my desk, though it’s not the appendage it’s become to others – or of technology. As with food additives and chemical-laced, well, everything, we’ve become accustomed to all the modern conveniences. They could be killing us. Or not. But it’s interesting to weigh the benefits against the risk of disease and death. Beyond such impacts, cell phones are a cipher for our growing dependence on technology, our detachment from the real world ... and reality. Many people can’t imagine life without their smartphones – witness, for instance, an
American chain’s plan to allow texting in its movie theatres, citing the futility of telling young people to turn off their phones – let alone all the older technologies that make our society function. What would most of us do, for example, if the power went out indefinitely? If no water came out of the taps? No fuel for our cars? We’d be screwed. Fully, completely. We are utterly dependent on the technological infrastructure, never questioning that it will be there, or the price we pay for it. That goes well beyond our detachment from the natural world – that’s a longstanding slide. The increasing prevalence of cancer is just one part of the health equation, offset to some extent by innovations in medical technology, treatment and drugs. As things get worse, from antibiotic resistant bugs and pandemics to catastrophic climate change, we’ll double down on technological fixes, perhaps believing that progress is both inevitable and desirable, oblivious to the consequences.
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studies into the impacts of pollutants, diet and technology have been inconclusive, though it’s difficult not to see some of this in the same light as the “uncertain” research about smoking from years past. Let’s look at the technology alone. We’ve heard for years about the dangers of sitting too close to the television (people of a certain age will remember that warning). Then came the dangers of sitting in front of a monitor all day as computers first became a part of our workplaces then our homes. Now, there’s a great deal of focus on cell phones, which are not just everywhere but actually accompany us pretty much around the clock, many of us chained like prisoners to the ceaseless ringing and dinging. Will we someday look back on exposing ourselves to electromagnetic waves with the same incredulity as smoking? Perhaps, but the advances and advantages brought on by technology may in fact outweigh the risks, including incidences of cancer. There’s certainly
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Two-thirds (67%) of Canadians agree that their work causes them stress, while 59% say their health is negatively impacted by stress experienced at work, and 63% feel the stress they experience at work negatively impacts other areas of their life. Ontarians reported the highest levels of workplace stress in the country with 72% in agreement that work causes them stress. B.C. residents reported the lowest levels of workplace stress, at 56%.
“These sellers are thumbing their noses at the existing provincial legislation. They misrepresent their identities, pose as government safety inspectors and tell their victims that they are there to conduct so-called mandatory checks. I’ve experienced this kind of behavior myself, and we need to put a stop to it.”
A seven-month fundraising tour of North America’s NHL cities came to a close this week. Graham and LuAnn Snyder parked their 37-foot RV at their Elmira home around 5:30 a.m. Apr. 16, concluding a whirlwind adventure to raise funds for the Dan Snyder Memorial Foundation. They made stops at all 30 NHL teams, meeting with players and giving public speeches about coping with the aftermath of the 2003 accident that claimed the life of their son Dan.
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by ending our own greenhouse gas emissions. Even at the global climate summit in Paris last December, there was still hope that we might avoid triggering the feedbacks, because the historic rate of warming would still give us about 25 years to work on cutting our emissions before we reach plus-two. But if the current non-linear surge in warming persists, we could have covered half the remaining distance and reached plus 1.5 degrees by the end of this year. Obviously most scien-
tists will not go this far in public, but they are very worried. As Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research told The Guardian recently: “We are in a kind of climate emergency now.” I’m not a scientist, but ten years ago I spent almost a year interviewing almost all the world’s leading climate scientists for a book I was writing. I learned that all our calculations for dealing with climate change could suddenly be swept aside by a non-linear event – and this could be it.
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To the Editor, WHEN THE ICE STORM hit, I was at my friend’s house on Oriole Parkway playing cards at about 10:30 p.m. when we heard one heck of a crash. We looked outside and saw that a huge branch crashed, pulling the hydro wire down and landing on my car. Miraculously
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also came over to help, one brandishing a chainsaw. They all stayed until all the tree was off my car. The following day I was cleaning up more and got a lot of help dragging the brush to the curb, hopefully to be picked up by the township. Even my parish priest got into the act by lending me a chainsaw so I could cut up the branch into smaller pieces. I was knocked out by my friend’s neighbours and the caring people of Elmira. What a great place to live.
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To the Editor, Re: Jeff Ohlhausen’s letter in last week’s Observer. IN THE PAST 11-PLUS years many changes keep happening along Greenwood Hill Road, the biggest being traffic volume and increasing speed. All of the traffic has moved to the “me and
only me” stage, meaning it’s only what matters to get me to my next appointment, so I can be first in line, has speeded up vehicles big time. Greenwood Hill Road has tractors, trucks, horses and buggies, school buses, people walking, biking and other vehicles. The space for road is already quite limited. Mayor Joe Nowak and Coun. Peter van der Maas (the three others from council knew nothing about upcoming plans for trail with grant monies recently obtained). Safety has not even been considered, and living next to this road and walking along it several times a week I know safety needs to be a major consideration before anything is done. It is wonderful to live in a quiet area, but before you endorse something that you think will be a nice community enhancement, do a bit of research.
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gether at least twice a week right now, and are working on some basics. “We are working on ball control and I think we need to work on their trapping skills, so when balls are coming to them, they don’t bounce to another player on the other team. Our girls will get a ball, try and
WE SPORTSMEN SPEND AN awful lot of time trying to exude an image of true sportsmanship. This is in our literature. It is also why we tell our friends about how we routinely release fish, pass up on lesser animals, and don’t shoot sitting ducks on the water. Oh sure, there are some of us who actually do these things out of the goodness of their hearts. As for the rest of us, however, the fish slipped from our hands, we woke up to see a big buck running past and we did not shoot those ducks in the water because they were sitting among our expensive decoys. That’s often the truth of it – and, let me just add, there’s nothing wrong with admitting that. What is wrong, and embarrassing, is to admit is that we often participate and enjoy unsportsmanlike conduct, too. A classic example of unsportsmanlike behaviour happens each fall in our duck blinds. Here’s one example. You and your hunting buddy are having
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Local politicians and recreation association members gathered at the future site of the Heidelberg community centre on Saturday to announce and celebrate a $150,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to help with building a new facility. into doing our events and bring the community back together.” The building currently sitting on the site on Lobsinger Line in the Woolwich Township side of town has been deemed dangerous, and the doors were locked. A few raccoons have moved in and made their own changes to
the structure, and Baechler says they can’t wait to tear it down, but first, more fundraising needs to happen. “Right now, we still have to get some funds set aside for this. It was originally put in the budget two years ago, but we have been talking for several years, with a $300,000 price tag. Now,
the price has gone up in the years since we got the quotes,” she said. “We are going to do another blitz, hopefully get some more funds in, and asking the people to help us out.” The association is looking around to different organizations for a hand with HEIDELBERG | 12
Lady Lancers start soccer season with win and tie field and there are still a few kinks to work out in terms of game play. “Our first two games were both pretty tight, but I would say that both of them so far, we have had the majority of the play go our way. They put together some topnotch passes on some plays and that gave us the advantage. We have some good strikers, so we
are a little dangerous in front of the net. All the teams, including ours, have good goalies,” he said. “We just haven’t been able to put in as many goals as we are capable of doing. Could be jitters, early days and trying to figure out how to play together – they do come from different teams.” The team practices to-
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THE ELMIRA DISTRICT SECONDARY School girls’ soccer team is off to a good start, posting a win and a tie in the first two games of the spring season. Still, it’s early days and the squad’s still finding its legs. The team won their first game of the season against Kitchener-Waterloo Col-
legiate Institute on Apr. 13, with a goal from Julia Jajkowska and two from Amy Lacey. They tied their second matchup against Galt Collegiate 1-1 on Monday afternoon, with a goal from Jajkowska. Coach Paul Hildebrand says he was pleased with what he saw, even with a few injured players off the
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means even more to them to make this significant kind of investment to get this project off the ground.” Rec. association member Bev Baechler says the grant money is a huge step for the group, but there is still plenty of work to do. “It means that after three years of wishing and hoping and trying, we are going to be able to build our building now,” she said, adding that a non-denominational centre is just what Heidelberg residents need. “When we lost the school in 1990, we didn’t have a hub anymore,” she said of the closure of Heidelberg Public School. “We do have churches, but people who aren’t affiliated with the church are kind of hesitant to drop in for things like that. This will bring us back to the community. We have great functions. We used to have family fun day every September to bring the community back together after holidays. We can’t hold it now because the building is condemned. We don’t even have washrooms. This will get us back
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a great day together and suddenly a lone mallard glides in and approaches the decoys. The sportsman in you says, “You shoot at it. I’ll back you up.” That, after all, is the gentlemanly thing to so – and something you do exactly once with a person you don’t know all that well in an effort to bolster your own reputation as a true
sportsman. The truth, however, is that you are quietly rooting for the duck the whole time. You are praying that the bird sees the gunner rise or, failing that, notices the flag you are waving behind him. Ideally it will then swerve unpredictably just when your buddy pulls the trigger. Better still you dump the bird in the decoys and cause your buddy to think unsportsmanlike
thoughts of his own. Needless to say, all this is very different if your colleague is a blood relative, the godfather of your children, a long time hunting buddy, your best friend since grade school, your spouse or even the original owner of your kidney. Then it’s only natural for you to pray for him or her to miss three times so that you can make a legendary shot on the duck on its way
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raising money, and with Heidelberg straddling the line between Woolwich and Wellesley townships, they reached out to Wellesley council for help. However, councillors voted against their request last week. Baechler says she understands, but would have liked to see some support. “We are disappointed, but not angry,” she said. “We do realize that dollars are short nowadays, and they didn’t want to increase taxes, and we really
appreciate that, but we are disappointed.” Harris echoed Baechler’s comments. “I never like to intrude on council decisions, but I think it would have been nice to have them support it in some small way. Maybe they will have a relook at that, especially now that we are close to the end of our target. We will see what the community says to Wellesley Township themselves, and go from there,” he said. “I get that all communities are stretched for asks and financial means. You look
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out. Ideally, all this would be captured on film by a passing videographer, too, and then used in an Oscarwinning documentary titled Wingshooting Gods of Our Time. Frankly, these thoughts are not something any of us are proud of. Yet they happen more often than we care to admit. Honestly, this is something many outdoorsy types dream of all the time.
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ies, Peighton Uridil, Taya Bauman, and Nathalie Hibert, have proven to be fierce competitors on the field and a welcomed addition to the team,” she said, adding that they have their eyes set on winning at the regional level. “We have a core group of returning players: Jaimee MacDonald, Rachel Weber, Fiona McGee, Jessica Stewart and Amy Lacey, who add strength and depth to our team this year. They are also great communicators, which helps in providing guidance to the younger team members. The goal is to make CWOSSA this year. I think it is an achievable goal.” Following a match against Glenview Park Secondary School on Wednesday at RIM Park, the team will have almost a week before their next contest against Eastwood Collegiate Institute on Apr. 26.
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hrough the ups and downs ing harder and making each other better players. In games they were doing the things you need to do to win, blocking shots, doing the hard things, getting on pucks first, clearing in front of the net. That improved through the year and I think a lot of that had to do with how close they got,” Canal said. Between travelling to road games and cheering on the team with cow bells and homemade signs, the Sugar King fan base helped support the team.
“The players know that they’re taking three to four hours out of their day to come watch them play hockey. The guys enjoy that and the guys love to see it. I think it definitely translates into the way they play, gives them a little bit of a burst of energy and excitement,” Canal said. He notes the veteran players always ensured the players made time to interact with the kids at the rink who look up to the Kings, always giving high fives on the way to the dressing
room between periods, even when the season came to an end last month. The end of the season marked the end of junior hockey for Zac Coulter, Rob Kohli, Jake Moggy, Mackenzie MacSorley, Kalob Witzell, and Kevin Fitzpatrick. “It’s always tough when a season comes to an end, especially with the amount of time and effort that the guys put into the season,” said head coach Ty Canal. “It’s always tough, especially for the 20-year-olds. A lot of them put a lot of
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linked to obvious productive differences. This means that they should continue to monitor human resource practices to ensure that women have access to the same opportunities that men do,” Ferrer said. She adds that some of their research shows that women with the same skills as men don’t receive the same job titles. Lots of research has been done involving job skills, suggesting that job skills measure what’s required to perform a job better than traditional measures, such as job titles. “These tell us about the type of jobs people perform and they contribute to explain why women get different pay than men, they are just not in the same occupations as men are. For us the question was more fundamental. Maybe women are not in the same occupations as men, but
HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD farmers spend on communications, and what should they do? With an increasing emphasis on the need to better communicate with the public, farmers need to make some decisions about how many minutes in a day they should devote to telling their stories, and how to do it. I tackled this recently in a communications miniworkshop with the new University of Guelph 4H club, called 4H on Campus. The club was wrapping up its first semester in existence, and president Julia Romagnoli – who also presided over a very successful College Royal this academic year – invited me to lead a discussion about communicating with the public. The 4H students didn’t need to be told about the importance of reaching out. They’re past that, and by virtue of being involved in this 4H club, they want to help take a leadership position in the industry. But I’ve seen some kickback recently from farmers who think the tell-yourstory movement is failing to acknowledge the work they’ve already done. And
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Getting a handle on how and why women continue to earn less than men is the goal of new UW/WLU study
WHITNEY NEILSON EVERYONE KNOWS WOMEN TEND to earn less than men – that much is a fact. Quantifying and explaining the differences en route to eliminating them is the focus of a joint project between researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. The study takes aim at the fact that women continue to earn less than their male counterparts, and attempts to discover how the gender wage gap is supposedly accounted for by gender differences in occupation. The project is one of only three from across the province funded by the Ontario Pay Equity Office’s Gender Wage Gap Grant Program. And it’s fitting for the project to come out now, as Tuesday was Equal Pay Day, an annual date which recognizes how men and women of equal qualifications are paid unequally
for the same work. Tammy Schirle, director of the Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis and one of the researchers, says it’s rare today to see a man and a woman in exactly the same job, with the same employer, yet earning different wages. “It’s fairly common, however, to see a man and a woman, using the same skill set in their job, in the same industry, earning very different wages. Why wouldn’t men and women using the same skills get the same wage rate?” Schirle ponders. The working paper, titled “The Gender Wage Gap and Returns to Skills: Evidence from Ontario,” used data from Canada’s Labour Force Survey to look at the gender gap in Ontario’s private sector workers’ hourly wages. The information was gathered from 2010-2014 and includes men and women aged 25-59 living in
Ontario and working in the private sector, not including those who are self-employed. It allowed them to link wage rates to personal and job characteristics, such as the skills necessary for that occupation. Schirle says it’s important for employers to take note and re-examine their hiring and promotion procedures. “Look at what happens when individuals initially come to the firm with similar skills. Are men and women systematically ending up in different entrylevel jobs that were paid different wage rates? Who is getting promoted? Do the different career paths result in differences in wages for men and women? Differences between the treatment of men and women are often unintentional and are easily overlooked,” Schirle said. She says employers could be missing out by undervaluing the skills of their female employees.
Most of us have heard by now that on average women only make 77 cents – or something similar – for every dollar earned by men. Schirle notes most of the wage gap has to do with the jobs the majority of men and women enter, and that some people think this is a good enough reason to not worry about the gender gap. She says if men and women have the same skill set they should have the same chance at landing the higher paying job. University of Waterloo Prof. Ana Ferrer, chair of the Canadian Labour Economics Forum and one of the researchers, says it’s important to continue researching the gender wage gap because it hasn’t closed, despite progress made to level the playing field for women in the working world. “Employers should keep in mind that gender differences in pay still exist and that these cannot be easily
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yes, farmers have long told stories about their farms, and have always had an interest in the media. But now we’re talking about proactive communications, about not waiting for someone else to come to them for a story, a comment or a reaction, but rather, about getting ahead of the headlines and letting someone else react if necessary to your story, instead of vice versa. So, with the students, we tried to figure out how
much time a modern farmer with an eye towards public education should plan on dedicating, to helping consumers understand what’s going on down the lane. What’s reasonable? Well, that’s likely the foundation of a master’s degree for some student in the future. But the discussion needs to start with an idea of how much time farmers spend farming. The 4H club members figured 60-plus hours per week was about right. That gels
with a U.S. survey in late2013 of 1,600 farmers and ranchers, which showed three-quarters of them spend more than 10 hours a day on farm work, a total of 70 hours per week. Some dated research in Canada from 10 years ago and more showed farm couples on large farms estimated spending 100 hours a week farming (plus off-farm work), but didn’t break it down by individuals. Anyway, to make the math simple (for my sake), we used 60 hours a week
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are they being paid the same when they perform jobs that require the same skills?” Ferrer said. In construction, which is male dominated, men tend to use more strength skills than women, she says. Whereas in nursing, which is female dominated, women tend to use as much physical strength or more than men do. But in neither of these industries do skills explain much of the gender gap, which suggests differences exist in wages for similar skills. “We thought that maybe in male-dominated occupations women might be paid differently for similar skills. What we found surprisingly is that they also seem to be paid differently than men in female-dominated occupations,” Ferrer said. In some industries they did find that men are often paid more than women for the same job. It tends to be industries with a gender imbalance. It’s not the case in more gender balanced industries such as food and beverage stores; professional, scientific and technical services; and food services and drinking places.
Local researchers Ana Ferrer of the University of Waterloo and Tammy Schirle of Wilfrid Laurier University agree there’s still much research to be done to investigate and deal with the gender wage gap. [SUBMITTED] “In male-dominated industries, women tend to do jobs that demand less physical strength, this should contribute to reduce the gender gap, since this skill typically commands lower pay. However, women also do jobs in these industries that require less fine motor skills, which are generally better paid. In female-dominated industries, women use more strength skills than men, which may account for part of the gap,” Ferrer said. When asked which industries could benefit the most from closing the gender gap, she suggests those industries where women are a majority of the workers because there
would be more of an effect due to the high number of female workers and also because if they’re choosing those occupations then clearly there aren’t barriers to acquiring those jobs. That might not be the case in male-dominated industries. “The gap between men’s and women’s wages has fallen over time, but progress is remarkably slow,” Schirle said. “In 1997 in Ontario, women’s wages were about 25 per cent lower than men’s. In 2014, women’s wages were about 19 per cent lower. To close this gap any further, this separation of men and women into different jobs requires more attention.”
for our discussion. Then, the question arose about how much time of that time should, or could, go to communicating. Five per cent, perhaps? It was an arbitrary figure, but it was revealing – that kind of a commitment would amount to less than a half-hour per day. What could farmers do with that kind time? Well, they could simply report on what they’re doing in the field or barn at that time, which is what people want and need to under-
stand. They could update a blog or a Facebook page. They could fire off tweets, post some Instagram photos, or make a Snapchat video. Maybe they’re already communicating in some of these ways without really considering them communications management. Anyway, the figures we discussed at this club meeting were somewhat random, and our approaches were based on about a 90-minute discussion, before the students had
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the art department,” Elliot said. Professional puppeteer Gord Robertson – best known for his work on Zoboomafoo, The Jim Henson Hour, and Fraggle Rock – helped the students design the puppets used in the show. “Honestly one of my favourite parts of the show is we have a 16-foot-long dragon. It’s phenomenal,” says Ben Skipper who plays Shrek. “It’s completely made and sculpted by Laura Woodall. It is a fantastic puppet. The mouth moves, it blinks.” “If you come to see anything you have to see the dragon,” adds Evelyn Wiebe, who plays Fiona. The cast received their scripts before the Christmas break and began rehearsing the first day back. Skipper says the musical is very similar to the movie, with just a few scenes omitted because they would be too difficult logistically to recreate. “The basic plot follows the same plot of Shrek getting all the fairytale creatures dumped on his swamp and then wanting to go and find Farquaad to get them off of his land, only to find out that he has to go rescue the princess in order to do so. And then of course everyone knows what happens in the movie following that,”
Eastwood Collegiate Institute’s production of Shrek: the Musical hits the stage for four performances starting today (Apr. 21). From left, Evelyn Wiebe, Miranda Elliot, Ben Skipper and Laura Woodall. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] you appreciate everything been able to build sets, Skipper said. and we want people to build props, make cosElliot notes they add come and see that and tumes that look fantastic,” in other fairytale cameos hopefully experience that Skipper said. throughout the show, like too,” Wiebe said. “As well as the variation Peter Pan. And Wiebe says The family friendly naof locations throughout the there’s a new element of ture of the show will likely show. There are so many humour in the play. draw in families who aren’t different places,” Elliot While the musical is related to any of the peradds. geared towards children, formers but recognize the In the same vein, stuit’s definitely not child’s movie’s enduring factor. dents were busy this week play for the crew. And because the musiadding final touches to the “It’s a show that relies so cal is such a joint effort the numerous backdrops creheavily on how it looks and students say it’s bringing ated for the production. that look of the fairytale the whole school closer “I think we’re all just reland and making sure all together. ally appreciative and recthe creatures look realistic “I’ve got to know so many ognize how many people and yet still the characters more people than I excome together to put this they’re supposed to reprepected to and knowing how on, especially this show sent. So that’s been a huge many parts of the school with such elaborate sets, challenge, but we have an come together to do it with elaborate tech specifics, amazing art department the art department, the costuming. It really makes and design crew who’ve
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a struggle for many of them. “Obviously the isolation at times can be very challenging, when all you want to do is go to the mall and just blend in and you can’t. There’s only two stores, so anytime you went to the store it wasn’t an in and out quick shopping spree. It was a 25-30 minute journey, you talk to so-and-so and everyone’s asking questions,” Holland said. But he adds those are also some of the things you learn to love most about small towns. And when people here in Ontario complain about food and gas prices he’d like them to have a little perspective. When they left fuel was around $1.77 a litre and two litres of milk was anywhere from $8 to $12.
“It’s very easy to be very dismissive of issues, especially with our Aboriginal youth and people that exist so far away from us, but remember that it’s issues that affect all of us,” Holland said. Returning to Waterloo Region with a population of some 500,000 was a bit of a shock too. The pace of life is much slower and calmer in Fort Good Hope, he says. Everyone walked everywhere and they spoke to people face to face rather than through a screen. “The one thing I’ve always loved about Elmira and continue to love about Elmira is people talk to each other. When you walk down the street people say hello, they converse, even if it’s just small talk. And it’s the same living up there,” Holland said.
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Martin, Irene B. (nee Martin) Irene Martin, of 7219 Line 86, Wallenstein, passed away peacefully into the presence of Jesus, at the Freeport Campus of Grand River Hospital on April 15, 2016, at the age of 89 years. She was born on November 17, 1926 in Woolwich Township. On March 19, 1952 she was united in marriage to Henry M. Martin and lived in holy matrimony for 64 years, 28 days. Besides her beloved husband, she is lovingly remembered by her sons and daughters: James (Delphine) of Bancroft; Timothy (Anna Mary) of Harriston; Dean (Anna) of Wallenstein; Dale (Maryann) of Ontario, Oregon; John (Ruby) of Alma; Joyce (John E.) Weaver of Thamesville; Ruth, at home; and Cheryl (Marvin) Bauman of Wallenstein. She is fondly remembered by 44 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren. She is also remembered by her brothers: Edgar (Maryann) Martin of Elmira and Harvey of Drayton, as well as, by brothers and sisters-in-law: Emerson (Anna) Martin, Clarence (Eva) Martin, and Mary Weber, all of Elmira, Wilma Martin of Wellesley, Velina Martin of Parkhill, and Verna Martin of Waterloo. Irene was predeceased by her parents Ivan (1934) and Elizabeth (Bearinger) (1977) Martin; grandson Matthew Henry (in India, 2002); brother and sister and their spouses: Cleon (Cleta) Martin and Selema (Irvin) Bauman; and brothersin-law: Nelson Martin, Amos L. Martin, and Cleason Weber. Irene was a faithful member of the Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario. The family received relatives and friends on Monday, April 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, April 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. The funeral service was held on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at Countryside Mennonite Fellowship, 3745 Herrgott Rd., Hawkesville. Interment followed in Calvary Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, 5064 Arthur St. N., Woolwich Township. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the CMCO India Mission. The family expresses a special thank you to the CCAC nurses and the staff at the Grand River and Freeport Hospitals for their compassionate care.
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eating, but nothing too complicated. She also wants parents to come away from the talk with a newfound confidence that they will be doing the right thing by their child. “First is education, so I am really hoping that parents learn some new things, or be reminded of some things that in the business of parenting, we forget sometimes. Secondly, I want to see them come out of there feeling hope-
ful. I don’t want them to see all these stats, and say that this is killing us, etc. I want them to realize that there is hope. There are so many good things going on around us that they can tap into,” she said. “Thirdly I want them to feel courageous and empowered to be able to swim upstream. It is a bit of an upstream battle still, really feeding our kids well. I want them to take their family on a journey that has the power to influence their child’s life for the
rest of their lives.” One of the things Wollenberg encourages is eating locally sourced foods, an effort Jones makes in her own home, and is particularly accessible in the agriculture-based economy of Woolwich Township. “We have the intention of helping parents realize it is not about having to give up all of those really yummy emotionally satisfying food - it is about switching them out for really satisfying this with real whole ingredients
that still taste fantastic, but offer some nutrition as well,” she said. “My family is particularly passionate about eating locally. We source probably close to the majority of our food from local farmers.” Wollenberg says sourcing food locally has other benefits as well. “You are supporting the community and our neighbours economically, but when it hasn’t travelled as far, it tends to be fresher,” she said. “If you can source
produce that isn’t sprayed, and then track down a farmer who is raising beef or chicken or lamb that are hormone-free. Get it as local, as healthy and as community-minded as possible.” She says this kind of educational event for parents is coming at a dire time in Canadian history. “There is a stat going around now that says this generation is going to have a shorter lifespan than their parents, and that is the first
time in history that has ever happened,” she said. “My goal would be for parents to have the ability to turn that around and create a future of health for their kids.” For more information on Wollenberg, visit her website at www.inbalancelm. com. Jones says that preregistration for the event isn’t required, but those who would like to reserve a seat can visit www.myhappyhealthyfamily.ca. Doors open at 6 p.m.
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Of Allis Chalmers D14 tractor; riding lawn mower; snow blowers; lawn and garden equipment; collector toys; household effects; and miscellaneous items to be held at 39 Zinkann Cresent (off of Lawrence St.) in Wellesley for Lloyd Hoffman on:
FRIDAY APRIL 29 AT 6:00 PM CONSISTING OF: Allis Chalmers D14 tractor with brand new tires;
tuned up; power steering; new manifold and muffler; in excellent running condition; White Outdoor 18hp riding lawnmower very good; Lawn boy lawnmower; Troybilt 28� snowblower excellent; Toro gas snowblower; Honda 13hp 6.5 kilowatt generator from Sommers excellent; gas weed trimmer; fertilizer spreader; pressure washer and hose; aluminum ladders and step ladders; air compressor; hose reel; brand new shop vac; JD lawn trailer; Jobmate wheel barrow; battery charger; back pack gas blower; child’s sled; water hose on reel with wheels; tool box; hand tools; snow scraper; approx. 40 collector toys including: old Ertl pick up truck; JD crawlers; Pepsi Cola bank; hardware banks; trucks; payloader; tire clocks; metal farm signs; variety of antique collectables including crocks; carnival; mixing bowls; silver pieces; rocking horse; and many other interesting items.
NOTE: SHORT notice auction due to health reasons. An exceptional quality auction of well kept machines and equipment. For those looking for lawn and garden equipment, an auction not to miss. Sale order: antiques; household; toys; lawn and garden equipment; tractor. TERMS: CASH, cheque or debit.
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AUCTION SALE Of Dodge Ram 3500 camper van, tractor, boat, household effects, antiques, handcrafted wooden pieces, tools, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1328 Queens Bush Rd. in Wellesley, for The Milt Erb Estate, on
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TH
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MISC. ITEMS: 1997 Dodge Ram 3500
camper van, gas, sleeps 4, propane fridge & stove, 181,000km, running order – selling as is. 1988 Sylvan 19ft. alum. boat with Johnson 90hp outboard motor (motor converted to gas/ oil mix) c/w EZ Loader trailer & 15hp trolling motor. 1949 Ford 8N, restored. 6 X 10ft. utility trailer. Mastercraft 18hp lawn tractor (no deck – needs work). Turf Trac riding lawn mower (needs work). Yardman 5hp garden tiller. Ariens ST724 snow blower. Legend 3 wheel scooter (new batteries). Metal storage rack to fit vehicle trailer hitch. Floor model drill press. King 14in. band saw. Delta 12in. thickness planer. Wood lathe, 20in. swing, 4ft. bed c/w accessories including tooling for making bowls. Portable air compressor. Assorted hand, power & garden tools. Remington semiautomatic 12 gauge shot gun. Winchester Model 74 – 22 Caliber semi-automatic rifle. Fishing tackle. Assorted lumber (including basswood). Wooden patio furniture.
HOUSEHOLD: FRIDGE. Stove. Washer & dryer. Knechtel 4 pc. queen bedroom suite (solid wood). 4pc. double bedroom suite. Hall seat with coat hooks. Entertainment unit. Cedar chest. Oak roll top desk with raised panels – nice. RCA HDMI 32in. TV (6 months old). 2 Elna sewing machines. Sewing supplies. Country Rose 12pl. setting china. Silverware in chest. Safe. Quilt stand. Braun Mix Master. China, glass, cookware & other household goods. ANTIQUES / COLLECTIBLES: Numerous
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Lost & Found - Stolen & Recovered => Ring #2 Starts at 9:30 am Concrete & Chainsaws * DeWalt Mire Saw * Electronics * Camping Gear * DeWalt, Bosch, Milwaukee Cordless Tools*Golf Clubs*Generator* Hand Tools*Jewelry*Partial List Only!!!
NO Buyer’s Premium!!! INSIDE --- RAIN OR SHINE VIEWING & REGISTRATION: Friday April 29TH, 2016, 1 pm to 4 pm, & Saturday 8am to sale. TERMS: CASH & CARRY => Cash, Interac/Debit, MasterCard & Visa
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wooden hand crafted items including wooden steam tractor (pneumatic), 4 horse “horse power” (working model), old engines, team and wagon, animals, bowls, tools, puzzles, pictures, etc. A unique collection!! 6 quilts. 15ft. totem pole. Gate leg table. Drop leaf table. Hall tree. Wooden shoe shoes. Few antique tools including barn framing drill. Assorted china & glass.
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Of an approx. 27.63 acre country property to be held at 6600 Regional Road 86 approx 4 kms west of Elmira and 6 kms north of Conestogo for Donald Hoffer on:
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AUCTION SALE OF CONSUMER GOODS,
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MONDAY APRIL 25, 2016, AT 5:30 P.M. SALE CONSISTS OF: Furniture Pcs; T. V. Stands; Dishwasher; Skid Lots of Misc, Household Items; Bikes; T.V.’s & Ass’t. Electronics; Ass’t Vaccumes; Watches; Pcs of Swar; Kid’s & Adult Clothing; Bedding; Books; Consumer Goods; Plus a Very Large Selection of Other Misc. Items. NOTE: This is a very large offering. LUNCH BOOTH TERMS: Cash, Interac, Visa, M.C. NOTE: Clothes will be sold in large lots, list subject to additions & deletions. Viewing from 4:00 P.M. day of sale. Owner or auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale. AUCTIONEERS:
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SATURDAY MAY 28 AT 2:00 PM zoned extractive but currently being used as a recreational retreat. Property enjoys a beautiful approx. 12 acre 25ft deep pond stocked with carp; black bass; and gold fish. There is a registered airplane landing strip of tar and sand, approx. 1825 ft long by 40 ft wide. Also on the property is a 36ft x 36ft airplane hanger. Beside the pond is a 4 person camper; storage sheds; out house; picnic tables; dock; diving board; fishing boat with paddles; campfire pit; etc. Property is fenced in, and surrounded by farm land. There is mature trees; evergreen trees, and well kept mowed lawn surrounding the pond. This gorgeous property is a one of a kind rare find, located on the outskirts of town, but close to Waterloo and Guelph, it’s the perfect location for your cottage, retreat, or home. Rezoning of the property is required before any development occurs. A builder’s paradise.
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property has endless opportunities and tons of potential. A property of this magnitude should be seen to be appreciated. Property will be sold at 2:00 PM subject to a reasonable reserve bid with a $40,000.00 down payment due at time of auction by certified cheque payable to Jantzi Auctions Ltd. and the balance in 60 days or sooner, when possession shall be given.
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RENTALS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in Elmira. Quiet building, newly renovated, close to downtown. Call 519-669-5798.
CONSIDERING PRESCHOOL FOR your child this Fall? Wellesley and District Cooperative Preschool hosts its annual Open House, April 25-28 from 9-10am. Bring your child and check out our program! Registration for September: Wed., May 4th @ 6:30pm. For children 2 1/2-5yrs old. Classes September-June. Mon/Wed, Tues/Thurs, or Fri mornings. $98 for participating parents (non-participating options available). Basement of Wellesley Mennonite Church, 157 David Street, Wellesley. For more info, visit wellesleycooperativepreschool.com or call 519-656-3132.
GARAGE SALES APRIL 23, - 8a.m. - 3 p.m. House contents and Garage Sale. 55 Joseph St. Breslau. Watch for signs around construction. Everything must go! GARAGE SALES AROUND the block in Linwood on Adelaide and Isabella Streets. Saturday, April 30th at 7:30 a.m.
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AUCTION SALE Of Brick bungalow, household goods, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 61 Duke St. In Elmira, for Joan Weichel, on
SATURDAY, MAY 14TH @ 10:30 A.M.
PROPERTY: 2 bedroom brick bungalow,
2 decks and detached single car garage. House has good roof, updated windows & hydro service, good flooring (hardwood currently under carpet on majority of main floor), 2 bedrooms and finished basement with additional bedroom, rec-room, washroom & small workshop. Heat – natural gas. Note – A neat and tidy home in a quiet neighborhood. See www.auctionsfind.com/ gerber for photos & terms. To View – Open houses Sat April 23 & 30 from 1-4pm or call 519-885-3803.
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St. Jacobs Business Improvement Area Annual General Meeting Monday May 2, 2016 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Quarry Office (in the Bistro) 1440 King Street North, St. Jacobs For more information, please go to the Township of Woolwich web site at www.woolwich.ca 519-575-4400 www.woolwich.ca
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Notice of Watermain Flushing/ Hydrant Maintenance Operation The Township of Woolwich will be engaging in a watermain flushing/hydrant maintenance program as follows: Thursday April 21, 2016 St. Jacobs 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday April 25, 2016 Maryhill Isley 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. St Jacobs Farmers Market Area 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 pm Tuesday April 26, 2016 West Montrose 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Wednesday April 27, 2016 Heidelberg 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday May 2 and Tuesday May 3, 2016 Elmira (South of First Street) 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. “PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAS T; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.” Wednesday May 4 and Thursday May 5, 2016 Elmira (North of First Street and West of Arthur Street) 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. P.O. Box 158 Friday May 6, 2016 24 Church St. W. Elmira, Ontario Elmira (North of First Street and East of Arthur Street) 7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. N3B 2Z6
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Watermain flushing is performed at this time of low water usage to minimize its impact on water service. Please refrain from using excessive amounts of water during this time period (i.e. doing laundry, using the dishwasher, etc.) The flushing process may cause discoloured water and a reduction in pressure. It should be noted that both of these conditions are temporary and not harmful. If discolouration occurs, open a cold, hard water tap in the basement until it runs clear before resuming regular consumption. In some situations this may take 5 to 10 minutes. If, however, either of these conditions persist, please contact Nancy Thompson at 519-669-6040 or 1-877-969-0094 ext. 6040. The Township of Woolwich appreciates your patience as we continually work to maintain the quality of drinking water throughout the Township. Phone: 519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hours Emergency:
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ACADEMICS / FAIR-ING WELL
A curious mind pays dividends
Handful of awards in tow, Conestogo student heading to national science fair competition in Montreal LIZ BEVAN ADAM MARTINEZ OF CONESTOGO is heading to Montreal next month to show off his work in microbiology. He just won the Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair on Apr. 5 and now, he is on his way to compete against Canada’s best. The Grade 8 student from Centennial Public School in Waterloo submitted a project dealing with ionic silver resistant bacteria, and whether nanosilver could kill the bacteria that had evolved. Ionic silver has been used since ancient times as an antibacterial substance, says Martinez, and he wanted to see if nanosilver could fill that gap. After plenty of time spent in a microbiology lab at the University of Guelph thanks to a professor he connected with, he found that nanosilver did not kill ionic silver resistant bacteria., and discovered something he wasn’t expecting. “It turned out that it doesn’t, which is more interesting, because the hypothesis and the reason for it, shows that we don’t understand that resistant mechanism in terms of microbiology,” he explained after he won the regional fair. “It showed that upon the exposure of ionic silver, certain bacteria will actually increase in growth, which is interesting because let’s say there is a patient that has an infection of some sort, and the doctor treats it with ionic
Enjoy a tasty treat while envisioning spring projects RECIPE NOTES
Grade 8 student Adam Martinez of Conestogo received top honours at a regional science fair earlier this month, and is on his way to Montreal to compete against others from across the country. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] thoroughly as he wanted think your whole narrative a lot of other interesting silver, if there is resistant to. His focus was on his from the very beginning, projects there as well. I bacteria, this shows that it own work. so that it made it clearer, was wondering what discould worsen the patient’s The project is going to be and it was the first time tinguished mine from the situation.” the same one he shows at someone else looked at the other. It was kind of unexWinning the fair’s Award the Canada-wide science research. I have some next pected, but it is all about of Excellence, Award of fair, and he says he is looksteps in mind, because the the science. The fair is one Merit, Best of Division in ing forward to seeing what picture is never complete. thing, but getting proper life science and the Gold else is out there. It is always ongoing.” research is another,” he Medallion in the Life Sci“It is very exciting. It is There were a few other said. “The judges got to see ence Junior category, going to be great,” he said. projects at the Waterlooit, and the judges are in the Martinez says the experi“I am glad that my project Wellington Science and field, and it reassured me ence was eye-opening. He gets to compete there and I Engineering Fair that that I was on the right path learned a lot. get to see what is going on piqued Martinez’s interest, with it. That is the main “It was interesting bebut he says he didn’t get a reason I did it. To make cause I didn’t really know FAIR | 29 chance to look at them as this project, you have to rewhat to expect. There were
FINALLY, WE CAN TAKE it outside. The snow has cleared and the plants are starting to show their tender green leaves. We are so lucky to have the awakening of spring and a fresh start every year. Already, the planning of the vegetable gardens and seasonal projects are underway. The ideas just start flowing – this overwhelming feeling comes over us yearly – though sometimes we don’t know where to start. Well, we will have to see what projects will actually get done. Finding contractors is a challenge, as many never even call back – too busy, but aren’t we all? What’s a girl to do? Keep moving forward, hope that someone will call back and focus on something else, like baking up some treats, perhaps. Chocolate hazelnut creams sound good. A yummy treat for coffee with a friend while we romanticize the upcoming gardening season. These little gems freeze well but, truthfully, I don’t think they will last that long. CHEF’S TABLE | 31
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Spring is a great time to change your cabin air filter! This is the filter that cleans the air that enters your car by removing dust and pollen from the air before you breathe it in, which is especially important for those long summer road trips coming up! A dirty or clogged cabin air filter can cause contaminants to become concentrated in the cabin and musty odours. A restricted cabin air filter can also impair airflow in the HVAC system, possibly causing interior heating and cooling problems and corrosion. – Gavin
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APRIL 23 SATURDAY APR. 23, 30 & May 7, 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Trees for Woolwich. Tuesday Apr. 26 & Wednesday Apr. 27 Woolwich Clean Waterways Group. Volunteers are welcome to any of the plantings or send your email for info on future opportunities. For more information, contact Ann at aroberts@woolwich.ca or 519-669-6027 or 1-877-969-0094. ALZHEIMER SOCIETY: FAMILY LEARNING Forum. The Alzheimer Society of Waterloo Wellington is presenting this series designed for family and friends of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Wednesdays, April 13 - 27 at the Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr. St. Jacobs, 10 a.m. - noon. For information call the dementia support counsellor at 519-742-1422. WELLINGTON COUNTY 4-H ANNUAL Beef Dinner. Silent/live auctions. Alma Community Centre. Dinner served 5:30-7:30 p.m. Adults $15; 8 and under $7; 4 and under free. For information call Jim at 519-6692025; Carl 519-787-0219; Carol 519-833-0455.
APRIL 25 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira (community room). Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-6641900 for more information. THE JUNIOR GARDEN CLUB 2016, starts in May! Weekly gardening activities will run all summer for children
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7-10 years. Near the Elmira Skateboard Park. Fee $15. Contact a youth leader Irene at 519-669-3244.
SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Linwood Community Centre, 5279 Ament Line, Linwood. Cost $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-664-1900 for more information.
Bridgeport Rod & Gun, 1229 Beitz Rd. RR#1, Breslau. Doors open at 7 p.m., fun begins at 8 p.m. Free admission. Fast food available. Many generous prizes to be won at the “Big Wheel.” Grocery hampers, meat boxes, cash prizes and others. Enjoy your luck at the Penny Table, other games of chance as well. Light lunch will be served at the end. All proceeds are given to charity and will be announced that evening. For information contact Mike Runstedler at 519-6483394 or Doug Zinger at 519-648-2939.
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JOIN US FOR A two-part Information session on Dementia. Learn more about dementia, and how to support someone living with it. Finding Your Way. Discover what the Finding Your Way program is, why people with dementia get lost or go missing, how we can reduce the risk of incidents and what to do if someone does go missing; 7-9 p.m., St. Peters Church Parish Hall, 2925 Lobsinger Line, Heidelberg. Open to all. For more information contact 519-699-4571. Light refreshment will be served.
BIRDWATCHING HIKE, 2- 4 p.m. Join Mark Bauman for birding and hiking on the Health Valley Trail in St. Jacobs. For more information contact Mark at mbauman@woolwich.ca or 519-465-8368.
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COME CELEBRATE NATIONAL YOUTH Week May 3-6 at the Woolwich Youth Centre. Free entry for all youth (Grade 6 - age 19) on Tuesday for Popcorn and Movies followed by Gym Night at EDSS. Other highlights of the week include Youth Award Nominations, Comedy Hour and Bears and Chopstick Challenge. Drop by from 2-10 p.m. For more information contact Carlina or Lori at the Youth Centre, 519-669-3539. Email: woolwichyouthcentre@hotmail.com or Facebook “Woolwich Youth Centre.”
HEALTH EDUCATION - GETTING to the Guts of it. This free educational session will be held at the Woolwich Community Health Centre from 10:15-11:15 a.m. Presented by Dr. Raza Shah, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, from the St. Jacobs Naturopathic Clinic. For information call 519-664-3794.
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FAIR: Teachers helped instill in
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in the rest of the country, giving me a broader perspective.” He wanted to thank those who helped him get the top spot at the regional fair, including his parents for driving him where he needed to go. “I would like to thank, mainly, the professor who gave me the facility. I also have some teachers at school who had a background in chemistry and things like that. It didn’t come out of nowhere that I wanted to work in microbiology. They got into it with me and that developed that way. My parents are supportive as well. They had
Adam Martinez
Top, Elmira Scouts gathered bright and early on Saturday morning to clean up the Lions Ring Trail along Union Street. The U15 Girls Wolfpack soccer team also got together to clean up Breslau on Saturday afternoon. Both efforts were part of the Community Clean-up Day, and the groups couldn’t have asked for better weather.
to drive me to Guelph,” he said with a laugh. The national fair runs from May 15 to 20. Last year’s fair had over 400 projects from student across Canada on display for judging. To follow along with the national science fair, visit their website at www.
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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.
Growing up on a farm can help kids avoid developing asthma, hay fever WEIRD NOTES
Q. What’s a “pharmaceutical sleuth� to do with an array of 6,000+ existing drugs to treat some 100,000 known diseases? A. If you’re Rong Xu, medical informatics specialist at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, you’ll be combining computer programs and medical data to uncover new uses for the drugs—those welcome or beneficial side effects–reports the university’s “Think� magazine. Extracting data from some 22 million medical journal articles, Xu is looking for
reports of positive outcomes of drugs prescribed for another purpose. For example, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved finasteride to address male pattern baldness but the drug company formulated it to treat enlarged prostate. The focus of her research will be diseases that have few treatments, such as schizophrenia and certain aggressive cancers and neurological disorders. As she says, “In some cases, we may be able to skip years of testing because we already know these drugs are safe.� Q. It seems that farm life protects kids from developing asthma and hay fever, but no one knows exactly why. What’s the latest on this intriguing
connection?
A. Various researchers in Belgium and Germany have confirmed that “dust from dairy farms switches on an anti-inflammatory enzyme in the lung cells of mice‌, keeping the immune system from overreacting to common allergens, such as house dust mites,â€? reported Meghan Rosen in “Science Newsâ€? magazine. The key ingredient may be bits of bacteria called endotoxin, coming from dried-out manure that has crumbled to dust,â€? explains pulmonary physician Bart Lambrecht of Belgium’s Ghent University. Wind can pick up the tiny particles and loft them into the air. “We’re used to breathing this in.â€? Based on data surveys,
this same sort of protection against allergies was found in 1700 children from four European countries. Lambrecht makes a case that some kids live in houses that are scrubbed with hospital-grade antiseptic soap and are just too clean. “There’s no reason why our kitchen sinks should be sterile,� he says. Though not all scientists agree with the import of these findings, the work may offer a new mechanism for explaining how cells in the lungs can prevent allergic airway inflammation. Stay tuned. Q. Though one antedates the other by almost 200 years, what’s an amazing similarity between a stethoscope and a smartphone?
A. As of 2014, there were
some seven billion cellphones in use worldwide, with each serving as a potential mobile medical clinic, “an opportunity to diagnose, track and ultimately prevent disease,� reports Kalee Thompson in “Time� magazine’s special edition on “Great Scientists.� Aydogan Ozcan, a professor of electrical engineering at UCLA, has designed small, inexpensive smartphone add-ons that can convert “a cell phone into a sophisticated microscope able to detect diseases from malaria to tuberculosis to HIV.� Today’s 40-megapixel model is a processing powerhouse capable of seeing a single virus the size of a single hair divided by a
thousand. Smartphone-enabled medical gadgets can carry out diagnostic tests using disposable plastic cassettes, with receptacles for a sample of body fluid, usually blood or saliva. The resulting patterns are captured by the phone’s optics and analyzed on-site, then the findings shared quickly with distant labs for further analysis of the disease. As Ozcan says, “You are giving developing countries tools that are extremely compact and cost-effective, as if they were from a milliondollar-funded lab.�
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.� Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.
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CHEF’S TABLE: Putting Nutella to good use
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Chocolate Hazelnut Creams
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1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp. cocoa 1 tsp. baking powder 3-1/2 oz butter 6 oz dark chocolate 1/2 cup sugar 2 large eggs Nutella
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dry ingredients. Refrigerate mixture for 20 minutes, until mix is chilled and firm enough to scoop. Using small scoop (about one oz.), place on parchment lined baking sheet, bake for 5-7 minutes, until firm. Cool biscuits and spread
Nutella on flat bottom, then place another on top. Enjoy!
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Notice of Intention to Pass a Clean Water Act Risk Management By-Law and Amend the Fees and Charges By-Law The Region of Waterloo intends to pass a Clean Water Act Risk Management By-Law and amend the Fees and Charges By-Law. The Region is responsible for implementing a range of policies, including negotiating Risk Management Plans (RMPs). In order to provide for various procedures in the administration of the risk management process, a new by-law is proposed, in accordance with the ‘Clean Water Act’ and regulations. The proposed by-law requires new fees that are to be included in the Fees and Charges By-Law. The Clean Water Act Risk Management By-Law and the amendment to the Fees and Charges By-Law will be considered at the Regional Council Meeting scheduled for:
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Regional Municipality of Waterloo Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Administration Building 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener A copy of the proposed By-law and proposed fees and charges will be available for review Friday, April 29, 2016 in the Council and Administrative Services Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd Floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener. If you have questions concerning the By-law or fees, please contact Leanne Lobe at 519-575-4757 ext. 3544 or at llobe@regionofwaterloo.ca. If you wish to speak at the Council meeting, please register as a delegation with the Region's Council and Administrative Services Division at 519-575-4400 or atregionalclerk@regionofwaterloo.caby 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2016. If you require accessible services to participate, please contact the Council and Administrative Services Division at least five days in advance of the meeting. This notice is in accordance with the “Municipal Act, 2001”, as amended. Kris Fletcher, Director, Council and Administrative Services/Regional Clerk All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this by-law are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the “Municipal Act”, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to Council and Administrative Services.
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zone in the event of a catastrophic spill. “This is certainly not an area to be placing a new residential subdivision,” stressed Canada Colors and Chemicals vice-president Ron Koniuch in addressing councillors Apr. 19. As was the case the last time, he pointed to worstcase scenario plans that show the site is too close to the industrial plants on the east side of Union Street. That location also houses the wastewater treatment plant. A release of oleum (sulphuric acid) from Sulco or anhydrous ammonia from Chemtura could quickly form a plume that would be lethal to residents of the proposed subdivision. About half of the homes would be located within so-called IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) zone surrounding the Sulco plant, for instance. “It’s just not acceptable,” said Koniuch. “Simply put, the lands aren’t suitable for residential land development.” That sentiment was shared by Pat McLean, a former chair of the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee and a member of the groups
that replaced CPAC, RAC/ TAG. She called the location inappropriate for a subdivision, arguing while the township’s official plan makes it seem as if development at the site is inevitable, but the zoning on the property is a historical holdover – “We do know better now.” McLean pointed to new provincial guidelines recognizing the importance of buffer zones around industrial areas, particularly those with larger risk. Allowing a new subdivision not only puts the new residents at risk, but poses a threat to the viability of the industrial base in that part of town given the complaints that would follow, along with the safety concerns. “This development should not be allowed to happen.” Detailing a long list of spills, fires and explosions at the Chemtura plan, fellow longtime Elmira environmental activist Susan Bryant also called on Woolwich to put the kibosh on the Hawk Ridge proposal. “This would place people in harm’s way – it’s an incompatible land use,” she said, noting the new plan
does not address the real risks. “The health and safety risks have not changed,” she said. For its part, the developer focused on the new layout of the subdivision. A new classification added by the Ministry of the Environment in 2013 allows for higher noise levels associated with infilling around industrial areas, explained Arlene Beaumont, a planner with W.E. Oughtred & Associates. Along with noisemitigating measures like sound barriers, triple-glazed windows and lot reorientations, the changes satisfy the deficiencies identified by the OMB, she added. The revised plans calls for 15 single-family and 24 semi-detached homes on the site at 36-68 Union Street in Elmira. Currently dead ends, Bauman and College streets would be opened up to Union Street, allowing for north-south lot configurations on the property bounded by First Street to the south. Tuesday night’s meeting was for information only. Planning staff will be taking input from public before eventually coming back to council with a recommendation report at a later date.
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