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The sun shines on a growing list of government workers
Leaked budget document hints at Hwy. 7 delays
ELMIRA MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL SATURDAY
Kitchener-Conestoga MPP accuses government of flip-flopping; government has since stuck with original 2015 start date for project
STEVE KANNON Woolwich and Wellesley townships contributed nine members to a list of almost 3,600 people in the region who earned more than $100,000 on the public payroll in 2013. Across the province, the list — which includes doctors, nurses, teachers, police and firefighters in addition to civil servants — grew by 11 per cent to 97,796 names, up from 88,412 in 2012. The provincially mandated salary information was released last week. In Woolwich, chief administrative officer David Brenneman was the highest paid of township employees, taking in $141,820.61 plus taxable benefits of $799.47. Director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley was paid $109,585.63 plus $799.47 in taxable benefits, the same as director of finance/treasurer Richard Petherick and director of council and information services/clerk Christine Broughton. Township fire chief Rick Pedersen received $109,585.63, while director of recreation and SUNSHINE | 7
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Elmira Maple Syrup Festival volunteers Tom O’Hara and Carl Mueller bring out the ticket booth and sift through some old signs on Wednesday in preparation for Saturday’s festivities. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Plans for a new Highway 7 between Kitchener and Guelph could be pushed to 2016, according to leaked budget documents released by the Ontario PC Caucus on Tuesday. Despite a 2015 start date approved at Queen’s Park in December 2012, the leaked “Budget Rollout Calendar” states, “Construction is planned to start in 2016-2017 and be completed in 2020-2021.” The provincial government first approved the highway in 2007 after decades of discussion, but progress has been slow. Members of the Provincial Liberal government deny the allegations. In an interview, Conservative Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris used the leaked document as evidence of Liberal flipflopping.
“Just look at the track record: a promise in 2007 when there was an election; cancelled in 2010; there was a by-election in Waterloo and it was committed in 2012. You know what? They’re all about making announcements to convince people if you vote for them they’ll deliver, but Highway 7 is a great example that the Liberals just want to trick voters.” He added, “I think you really have to ask yourself: Will this highway ever get built? … This Highway 7 should have been done by now.” The highway is expected to take pressure off the current route (at two lanes, one of the busiest of its kind in Ontario) and the 401. All parties are in agreement over its merits. “There have long been calls for a new Highway 7 or improvements,” said HWY. 7 | 7
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Toxic recycling to become more common at gravel pits, watchdog group warns STEVE KANNON Residents’ concerns about the health hazards of concrete recycling that went unheeded in the battle over the Jigs Hollow gravel pit may become more prevalent as the province looks to expand the largely unregulated practice. Ontario’s Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) for 2014 calls for more processing of potentially toxic asphalt and concrete at gravel pits, raising alarm bells at Gravel Watch Ontario, a coalition of Ontario community and environmental groups. The concerns were also raised at last week’s Woolwich council meeting by Coun. Bonnie Bryant, an outspoken critic of gravel pits who pushed to exclude recycling at the pit in the Winterbourne Valley. That project was the subject of protracted negotiations over the term of two councils and involved legal action at the Ontario Municipal Board before being approved, recycling and all. Aside from noise and dust issues related to recycling, opponents cite health concerns linked to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic substance often associated with respiratory illnesses such as silicosis. Reacting to the new provisions, Gravel Watch issued a statement this week outlining concerns such as the threats posed by toxic contaminants being dispersed in large quantities into the air and leaching
into groundwater, wells and farmland. “Recycling of aggregate materials can be a good thing, and is important in conserving the resource. But it’s a major industrial land use with significant negative impacts, and should only be located on lands appropriate for Class III Industrial use,” said Ric Holt, the group’s president. “Many materials being reprocessed contain toxic waste. The stone, sand and gravel are contained in construction and demolition waste, concrete, asphalt, shingles, toilets and other materials. These materials should never be processed in sensitive locations.” His concerns were echoed by West Montrose’s Tony Dowling, no stranger to Woolwich’s gravel fights and now vice-president of Gravel Watch. “Recycling sounds very green, but we have to realize that it is reprocessing of industrial waste,” he said in an interview Wednesday. The new policy statement opens the door to inappropriate locales, he said, noting the places where aggregate is being extracted are not necessarily the best place for recycling it. Dowling said the group is looking to the province to explain the vague language in its new policy, specifically the idea that recycling will be carried out “wherever feasible.” “The hope is to try to
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Eleanor Longstaff (centre) has been involved with the Canadian Cancer Society’s Elmira Ride and Stride since the beginning some 30 years ago. Daughters and granddaughters Kathy Bradley, Riley Bradley, Kelly Haid and Samatha Haid are continuing the tradition on April 27. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Ride and Stride event has become their family's affair Involvement in cancer fundraiser spans the generations of Elmira clan ELENA MAYSTRUK Eleanor Longstaff has been with the Elmira-area Ride and Stride committee since the beginning, when her husband Ralph was asked to help out. They eventually got their daughters involved and later the grandchildren as well. Later, both sisters’ nursing education came in handy at the event. Even from childhood the family played various roles. Two years after Ralph passed away, they are planning for the April 27 event as a whole family. “I guess they didn’t have too much help and Ralph put the stakes in,” Longstaff said of her clan’s initial involvement. Her grandchildren got
involved as teens, putting the time towards their school volunteer hours. Longstaff’s daughter Kelly Haid still remembers her first year at the event. “I started when I was 13 years old, my dad said ‘we’re going in this.’ Mom helped with registration and the next thing I knew we were the root support and the first aid … and then you just never leave, ” said Haid. A tradition passed from one generation to another in several local families for almost 30 years, participation in Elmira’s annual Ride and Stride has ebbed and flowed over the years. “Some of the people from the committee that I run have been with us from the beginning. They have just
been absolutely wonderful,” said Sarah Bradshaw, chair of the Woolwich Great Ride and Stride. As the Canadian Cancer Society’s first outdoor event of the 2014 season, the Ride and Stride experiences fluctuating participation numbers, while some riders, runners and walkers show up every year, she added. Still, the event has enough tradition behind it to persevere. “We have a number of people who come every year and then there are people who come because someone has been touched. We find that a family will gather up a whole bunch of people to come and participate. Then they may drift off in subsequent years. As people have the energy and
time, and if the weather is nice it’s a big advantage.” The 4-, 10-, or 20-kilometre course along the Kissing Bridge Trail can be customized for running, walking or cycling. There’ll be refreshments at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. All funds raised for the event will go towards research and support services for people in Waterloo Region living with cancer. The Ride and Stride has had a presence in Waterloo Region for 36 years, with two rides in the City of Waterloo and Elmira. There are five other Ride and Stride events, including one in Wilmot Township. This year’s event will pay tribute to Austin WhitRIDE AND STRIDE | 7
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Citizen petition aims to save Elmira’s No Frills store
Downtown merchant launches drive to change the decision made by federal Competition Bureau in wake of Loblaws purchase of Shoppers Drug Mart WILL SLOAN Elmira’s No Frills is to be sold, but if Brian McHugh has his way, it won’t go without a fight. The owner of Brian’s Photo at 57 Arthur St. S. has launched a petition to save the store, asking the federal Competition Bureau to reverse its decision. “Enough people were upset about this that somebody needed to do something,” said McHugh. “Some people are saying, ‘It’s not going to help anyway,’ but I think we need to do something. “It’s not very democratic – somebody a great distance from here is making a decision that affects Elmira, and this person’s probably never been in Elmira. They don’t understand the situation we
have here, especially with the Mennonites that have to come horse-and-buggy from quite a distance.” From last Saturday to Wednesday, McHugh’s petition has accumulated more than 100 signatures. He hopes to gather more during the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival and via an online petition that is still in the works. He also encourages people to contact their local MP and MPP. The No Frills chain defines itself by its low prices, but McHugh argues that the store itself has become part of the fabric of the community. “I think Paul and Adele really work hard at servicing their customers and making them happy,” he said of the store’s operators. “They come from miles around to shop at that
store. People are telling me that they live in Kitchener and they have a No Frills there, but they come to Paul and Adele’s. It’s the same story from Guelph. They say that Paul and Adele really look after their customers, with good service and what you’d expect from a place where you’re shopping.” The sale was announced last month when Loblaws Companies Ltd. purchased Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation for $12.4 billion; communities with both a Shoppers and No Frills outlet would see one of the outlets shuttered. While approved by the Competition Bureau, some have claimed that the ruling instead removes competition from Elmira’s grocery sector, with Foodland becoming the sole major grocer.
Elmira has some other grocery options aside from Foodland, with smaller selections at the downtown Shoppers and dollar stores. McHugh believes that none of these make up for the loss of No Frills. “They [Elmirans] do not want another grocery chain in town – they want Paul and Adele’s No Frills, and that’s it.” He added, “I want to get thousands of signatures so it will impress somebody who has the power to do something about it. We’ve got to push the right buttons and talk to the right people, because we need to overturn this decision.” Business will continue at the Arthur Street No Frills until a buyer is found. The divestment process is expected to take several months.
Brian McHugh hopes to rally support for the grocery store at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. His petition currently has more than 100 signatures. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
Woolwich reconsiders, then defers kennel decision STEVE KANNON No. Yes. Maybe. Presented with new information Tuesday night, Woolwich councillors wavered from last week’s vote against a kennel application near Maryhill, first appearing in favour before deferring the issue for another day. It’s a turn of events for applicant Robert Varga, who made a more-detailed presentation to council
April 1. He’s seeking a licence for a 50-dog boarding kennel at 1183 Bietz Rd. With noise issues the largest stumbling block in the previous week’s decision, Varga showed photos and video of the location of the proposed kennel on his farm property, noting the site is well-removed from neighbouring properties. Likewise, it’s surrounded by forest, with a hill acting as a buffer between the location and nearby
Maryhill. There’s already a berm between his property and the neighbouring Bridgeport Rod & Gun Club, he added. “Sound is being blocked on all sides from going anywhere.” Varga said the kennel building itself would be constructed with twice the required insulation levels, bringing them up to residential standards, so noise from inside the
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see if increasing the capacity is warranted. Coun. Julie-Anne Herteis also liked the idea of limiting the capacity to 25 dogs, with a review after a year to determine if there had been any problems. As it stands right now, Woolwich’s kennel bylaw has no provisions to cover noise, addressing only the care given to the animals there, noted township clerk Christine Broughton. “There’s nothing in the
bylaw related to noise from the kennel,” she said. While councillors deliberated some kind of graduated licence for the operation, they ultimately decided they needed more information. Broughton was instructed to prepare another report looking at quantifiable noise levels in the bylaw, costs and other noise-attenuation measures, with council to review Varga’s application at a later date.
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New horseracing fund in effect Ontario’s Horse Racing Partnership Plan came into effect on April 1 after Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the move at the Grand River Racetrack last October. Wynne promised to spend $400 million to help maintain Ontario’s suffering horseracing industry after the scrapping of the Slots at Racetracks Program (SARP). Funds coming into the industry under the Partnership Plan are meant to soften the blow of ending the approximately $345-million-a-year
revenue sharing program – 10 per cent each to track operators and the industry – which fed large purses in the horse racing industry and encouraged horse breeding. This week the new five-year plan pledged to provide up to $500,000 for the horse racing industry to help develop new sources of revenue. The plan is meant increase purses, enhance support for racehorse breeders, integrate horse racing into the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s Modernization Plan, encourage the creation of an alliance of standard bred tracks and increase operational support for regional tracks, a Ministry
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MP named Champion of Mental Health Kitchener Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht will be honoured as a Champion of Mental Health this year by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH), the organization announced on April 2. Canada’s first established legislation on suicide prevention started as a private members bill (Bill C-300),
tabled by Albrecht and signed into law on December 14, 2012. The bill’s framework incorporated high risk groups like military personnel – dealing with post traumatic stress disorder – aboriginal communities and middle-aged men, often the primary focuses of prevention networks. Albrecht aimed at helping to prevent youth suicide. After the suicide of 18-year-old Carleton University student Nadia Kajouji in 2008 (she was encouraged to do so by an online predator), Albrecht penned Bill M388 to amend the criminal code to prevent exploitation of vulnerable Canadians online and
encouragement of suicide, passed unanimously on Nov. 18, 2009.
Woolwich waives fees for WMC event A thank-you event for the community’s response following the New Year’s Day vandalism of the Woolwich Memorial Centre got a boost this week when township council agreed to waive rental fees for the day. Instead of forking out about $1,000 for the use of the arena, swimming pool, community room and youth centre, Crime Stoppers Waterloo
Region, in conjunction with Woolwich Minor Hockey, will be able to put more resources into the day’s activities. On tap for April 13 are hockey skills sessions for minor hockey players, a free public skate and swim, seniors centre activities including presentations on elder abuse, a barbecue, raffles and draws, among a list of other options. Councillors meeting Tuesday night quickly backed a request from Crime Stopper’s Patrick Delay to forego the fees “It would be inappropriate to charge them for helping us,” said Coun. Mark Bauman, noting the event would help in the healing process following the break-in and vandalism.
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8:12 PM | A runaway horsedrawn buggy collided with an SUV at the Northfield Drive and University Avenue intersection just outside of Woolwich Township. The buggy’s driver was not on scene when police arrived. The horse was first reported travelling along on Davenport Road toward Northfield Drive East without a driver. Later it was seen travelling in the wrong direction along Northfield Drive where it collided with the SUV. The horse was injured, requiring treatment. The SUV sustained significant damage but no one was injured. Police ask the horse’s owner to contact the North Division at 650-8500, ext. 6399.
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The EDSS First Robotics team 4917 saw some sparse attendance during their Guinness World Record attempt of creating the largest human number on March 29. The group hopes to try again in June. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Club's Guinness record book attempt comes up short EDSS robotics team will give it another go during high school's reunion event ELENA MAYSTRUK The numbers don’t lie. If they don’t add up, well, that’s the hard, cold reality of math. For the members of Elmira District Secondary School’s First Robotics team 4917, last weekend’s attempt at getting into the Guinness Book of World Records was all about the numbers. On Saturday, they just weren’t big enough. That’s not to say, however, that another go isn’t in the offing. The event to create the largest human number out of the club’s four-digit
name had a sparser turnout than expected, with only 182 of the 501 people expected to show up actually making it to the school to fill out the numbers chalked on the floor of the EDSS gym on the morning of March 29. The scaffolding erected for photographs and recording of the attempt showed some gaps in the giant 4917 figure as supporters clad in dark colours funneled into the gym after throwing their tickets into a counting container for the record. Still, as organizers ended the event, they announced all was not lost and they will try again.
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firm up what ‘wherever feasible’ means,” he said, noting that ideally that would mean not just where it can be done, but where it’s a good idea to carry out recycling safely. For the operators, it’s efficient to do the recycling at their pits, but that’s not necessarily what’s good for the public, he added. Beyond the risks of dealing with potentially
harmful materials, there’s also the issue of recycling extending the lifespan of pits and quarries beyond the extraction period. This has implications for the business model of the pits: recycling is profitable, so operators may be in no hurry to close up the pits even though the aggregate is played out, Dowling suggested, noting attempts at attaching sunset clauses to aggregate licences usually don’t hold up.
In that light, Gravel Watch is concerned that inclusion of waste reprocessing facilities in pits and quarries will lead to these industrial sites never being rehabilitated and operating in perpetuity on rural lands. The clause promoting the location of recycling facilities in pits and quarries did not appear in government documents presented during the public consultation on the PPS, Gravel Watch charges.
“To add this clause just prior to publication, without any public consultation, is completely unacceptable,” said Holt. “We strongly recommend that the government conduct a thorough independent study on the potential impacts of waste reprocessing in pits and quarries.” Dowling said the policy looks like a “done deal” for 2014, but the effort now will be to have changes made at the next review.
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facilities Karen Makela got $102,861.36 and $763.56 in taxable benefits. Manager of engineering Richard Sigurdson is the newest entrant to the list, taking home $102,033.78 plus $711.45. Public works supervisor Barry Baldasaro came in at $100,302.02 and $691.47. In Wellesley, chief administrative officer Will
McLaughlin was the sole member of the list, earning $114,908.95 plus $565.94 in taxable benefits. At the Region of Waterloo, there were 225 people among those paid more than $100,000 by taxpayers. The list includes Chair Ken Seiling at $158,826.96 and $3,044.24. Top earners were Liana Nolan, commissioner, public health/medical officer of health, $298,816.66
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Harris. “The length that it takes to get over to Guelph, the traffic that’s on that highway, the safety issues that have arisen – there’s a clear need for Highway 7. It’s unfortunate that it’s not done by now.” Through his press secretary, Liberal Kitchener Centre MPP John Milloy declined to comment. Susan Heath, press secretary for Minister of Finance Charles Sousa, said in a statement, “While I can’t speak to what is included in this document, I can
tell you that the government remains committed to an upgrade of Highway 7 between Kitchener and Guelph. As we have stated in the past, it is expected that shovels will be in the ground for advance construction work beginning in Fall 2015.” Harris countered, “The real reason why they cancelled, likely, Highway 7 in 2010 is they had to go and pay for the billion-dollar gas plant scandal to get four or five members elected in Toronto, so who’s to say that won’t happen again?”
and $1,133.40; CAO Mike Murray, $263,355.12 and $13,301.16; Hsiu-Li Wang, associate medical officer of health, $261,185.20 and $2,031.56; and Thomas Schmidt, commissioner, transportation & environmental services, $205,680.86 and $947.64. The Waterloo Regional Police provided 383 names to the list, led by chief Matt Torgian at $247,395.07 plus $13,268.94
in taxable benefits; superintendent Anne McConnell, $235,255.76 and $3,522.68; deputy chief Steve Beckett, $219,509.32 and $11,398.76 and superintendant Adrian Darmon, $202,902.75 and $10,876.81. There were 414 employees of the Waterloo Region District School Board on the Sunshine List, while the Waterloo Catholic District School Board contributed 145.
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Sunshine List a worthwhile measure of excess THERE IS SOMETHING INHERENTLY galling about the so-called sunshine report, the list of public sector employees making more than $100,000 a year. That, of course, was the intention of the Harris government, which made reporting such salaries mandatory beginning in 1996. The idea was to show the public how many government employees were pulling in large dollars, even as their unions cried poor in the face of the Conservatives’ fiscal policies. If people were incensed by the 4,319 names on that first list, what are they to make of the 97,796 who made north of $100,000 in 2013? This list has grown in leaps and bounds over the years; the increase from last year alone was 11 per cent. Perusing the list, few Ontarians would have trouble with the salaries paid to doctors, researchers and similar professionals. There would undoubtedly be some eyebrows raised over bus drivers, utility workers, firefighters and the like raking in money far in excess of what the average taxpayer makes. While many work for the provincial government, Waterloo Region is not without its share. Not surprisingly, the universities are well represented. At the regional government level, 608 names grace the list, 383 of which work for the Waterloo Regional Police, up from 128 and 73 respectively just five years earlier in 2008. There are eight employees on the sunshine list in Woolwich (five in 2008) and one in Wellesley (unchanged).The local numbers pale in comparison to the City of Toronto, where taxpayers are on the hook for some 9,700 employees earning six figures, more than double the 4,000 at the level in 2008. Inclusion on the list puts those government employees in the top five per cent of all earners in the province. Once seen as a place where job security came with lower wages, public service now means higher-thanaverage pay, benefits and working conditions. The average wage for Ontarians in 2013 was $48,900. The discrepancy between government workers and those in the private sector is likely to rise. Average industry wages are expected to increase marginally this year, nothing like the pace expected in the public sector. Yet, as we’ve seen in this area, government employees are receiving deals above the private sector average. With no bottom line – politicians seem to have few qualms about dipping deeper on their repeated trips to the well – governments simply pass the increases along to a public forced to pay taxes, a far cry from the situation faced in the private sector. The argument that the threshold for reporting salaries should be adjusted for inflation ($100,000 in 1996 translates to $145,000 today) makes sense only to those who would seek to hide runaway growth in public sector salaries. It’s no overstatement to say $100,000 is still a significant amount of money, far more than most Ontarians make. Saying someone has a six-figure salary has meant something for decades. Though inflation has eroded the buying power, it’s still enough to put the recipient in a category that excludes 95 per cent of the public. Few would begrudge civil servants a decent wage, but when those supported by public money begin making more than those paying the freight, friction is bound to follow – a boiling point may be reached as the gap widens.
With the sap season starting so late, some enterprising producers see an opportunity to make the most of the crowds out for the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Documenting the obvious impacts on food production WORLD AFFAIRS If you want to go on eating regularly in a rapidly warming world, then live in a place that’s either high in latitude or high in altitude. Alternatively, be rich, because the rich never starve. But otherwise, prepare to be hungry. That’s the real message of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report on the impact of warming on human beings, released this week: the main impact is on the food supply. Of course, everybody who was paying attention has already known that for years, including the scientists. It’s just that scientists are professionally cautious, and will not say anything that they cannot prove beyond any shadow of a doubt. An ordinary person will look out the back window and say that it’s raining. A scientist will feel obliged to look out the front window and make sure that it’s raining on the other side of the house too. (Cats do the
same, although they are not scientists.) Then he must consider the possibility that the drops that are falling on the window-pane are some other clear liquid, like vodka, and he must check that it’s not simply a back-projection onto the windows. Only then can he state with 95 per cent confidence that it’s raining. (The other five per cent allows for the possibility that he might just be hallucinating.) The standards for evidence in science are much higher than they are in ordinary life, which is why it has taken the scientists on the IPCC so long to announce the same conclusion that any ordinary mortal who looked into the question would have reached five or ten years ago. (The scientists really knew it, too, of course, but they couldn’t yet prove it to the required standard.) But the World Bank, for example, has long known approximately how much food production every major country will lose when the average global temperature is 2 degrees C higher. At least seven years ago it gave contracts to
think tanks in every major capital to answer precisely that question. What the think tanks told the World Bank was that India will lose 25 per cent of its food production. China, I have been told by somebody who saw the report from the Beijing think tank, will lose a catastrophic 38 per cent. But these results have never been published, because the governments concerned did not want such alarming numbers out in public and were able to restrain the World Bank from releasing them. So, too, for example, the armed forces of many countries have been incorporating predictions of this sort into their scenarios of the future for at least five years. The Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States and the British armed forces have been doing it openly, and I have seen strong indications that the Russian, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese armed forces are also doing so. When you look at the scenarios in detail, they do not just predict serious
food shortages in most tropical and sub-tropical countries (which account for about 70 per cent of the world’s population). They predict waves of refugees fleeing from these countries, a proliferation of failed states in the subtropics, and even interstate wars between countries that must share the same river system when there’s not enough water to go around. That’s still farther than the IPCC is prepared to go, but to the military it’s as obvious as the nose on your face. As for what will happen to crop yields by 2050, assuming an average global temperature 3 degrees C higher by then, you have to go elsewhere for information. The military don’t plan that far ahead. But the World Resources Institute published a map recently that estimated the losses country by country by 2050, and according to the WRI’s calculations they are really bad by then. Crop yields are down everywhere in the Middle East and the Mediterranean countries. In Morocco, DYER | 10
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What are you looking forward to at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival?
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»»Brenda Mathiew
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»»Janet Charette
I’m looking forward to pancakes. Can hardly wait.
Family and friends coming to visit.
Pancakes in the morning!
The apple fritters.
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Hangover pancakes. It’s her [Kayla’s] birthday.
"[T]he people of Elmira don’t want another grocery chain here in Elmira. They want their beloved No Frills. Nothing else will do." Brian McHugh | 10 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
Privatization fetish a symptom of the corporatist state EDITOR'S NOTES The corporate state – the omnipresent amalgam of the worst qualities of corporations and government – increasingly threatens our quality of life, along with the economy it purports to benefit. Look, for instance, at the perils of privatization and so-called public-private partnerships (P3). Wholesale sell-offs of public assets, usually at fire-sale prices, are a favourite of governments looking to cook the books and help out those corporate donors that paid their way to power. P3 projects are another way to make the books look better while guaranteeing private companies profits with taxpayers’ money. There are many examples of the folly of this approach. Most recently, revelations about the UK government’s sale of the Royal Mail have raised yet another red flag about the practice. This week, the UK’s Na-
tional Audit Office – carrying out the function of our Auditor General – released a damning report about the Conservative government’s handling of last year’s sale of 60 per cent of the Royal Mail. The inquiry found the government undervalued the shares, relying on advice from the financial services industry – the same crew responsible for many egregious failures, not least of which the meltdown of 2008. Shares issued at 330 pence each have traded in the range of 455 to 615 pence since the offering last fall. The undervalued initial price cost British taxpayers more than a billion pounds ($1.7 billion). “The strong share price increase of 38 per cent on the first day of trading and the trading range throughout the first five months indicates that Royal Mail’s shares are worth much more than this process was able to extract,” reads the report of the government’s failure. Dropping the ball financially – selling off assets at bargain prices is not uncommon, a trend that’s
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financial agenda. As part of that government, including a stint as finance minister, Flaherty advocated the sale of Hwy. 407, which proceeded at great cost to the taxpayer, and also pushed for the privatization of the LCBO, a foolhardy plan that thankfully did not go ahead. With the blessing of Flaherty and other Harris ministers now in Harper’s cabinet, Ontario saw the fire-sale deals in which government expenditures for, say, the Skydome and Hwy. 407 were traded away for pennies on the dollar. Much of the current mess in the electricity market can be tied to the Tory dismantling of Ontario Hydro in preparation for privatization. We’re still hearing rumblings from Ottawa about the sale of various government assets across the country, part of Flaherty’s departing promise of a balanced budget next year. The current government sold off the commercial division of Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. in 2011, but has yet to make the kind of splash that would come
with privatizing Canada Post, for example. The previous Conservative government under Brian Mulroney, in the vein of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, went on a privatization spree – Air Canada, PetroCanada, De Havilland Aircraft Co. and Canadair. Given his ideological bent, Harper will undoubtedly continue to weaken government institutions, using post-recession budgets as cover. The federal government is not alone in failing the public trust, of course. We don’t trust governments to uphold the public good, because they usually don’t. We don’t trust corporations to do what’s right, because they don’t. Given the increasing corporatist state, that puts us in something of a bind. Ideally, we would strip away corporate power to have any say in public policy and elections, particularly the oft-exercised ability to buy politicians through donations. Likewise, we should get rid of the revolving door between the ranks of large corpora-
tions and the senior public service. The same goes for the overlap of consultants. To curtail the evergrowing damage done by corporate power, we would have to rely on government controls. But, having been co-opted by corporations, politicians and bureaucrats do just the opposite. We don’t trust in governments’ ability to do the right thing. The answer may lie in reducing the power of both the private and public sectors. Neither will do so willingly. Corporations have a vested interest in keeping down the path to oligopolistic control. Governments that are supposed to prevent that show no interest in doing so, especially as the place to start is to ban business involvement in the political process, especially donations. Debates over the conditions needed to safeguard democracy usually concentrate on where the money goes as it applies to political institutions and organizations such as parties and trade unions. The questions of power and how KANNON | 10
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hard to call coincidence – is just one part of the equation. The larger question revolves around the timing – also criticized in the report – and the need to divest of an institution established in 1516, one still profitable. In cutting back Canada Post, this country’s Conservative government may have privatization as its long game, too. Stripping public assets is nothing new here, of course. Even before the financial meltdown, Stephen Harper and his finance minister Jim Flaherty, recently replaced, were pushing for the sale of assets, including real estate holdings, as a way to shrink government and to make up for shortfalls in a policy that combined lower taxes (particularly for the upper brackets and corporations) with massive spending increases, largely to buy votes and support ideologically acceptable programs. Ontarians will recognize this formula as the one cooked up by the Harris government to cover deficits and to advance its
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Government liabilities include much more than direct debt, and when all federal, provincial, and local government liabilities are combined, each Canadian taxpayer owes $243,476. Total government liabilities in 2011/12, the latest year an estimate is possible, amounted to $4.1 trillion, up 20.9 per cent from $3.4 trillion in 2007/08.
"People are worried that the changes to the elections law are politically motivated. We've seen politicians use similar tactics in the U.S. to disenfranchise people if they think they will vote for the other side."
While this year's outing of the EMSF poses the threat of sticky fingers, there was more worry 11 years ago during the SARS outbreak in Toronto. For that festival, paramedics and firefighters were equipped with face masks, eye protection, gloves and yellow jumpsuits to protect themselves when responding to medical incidents, as required by the province.
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condemnation of the federal Conservatives anti-democratic Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act
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Egypt and Saudi Arabia, they are down by 50 per cent. All of Africa is down except Lesotho, Rwanda and Kenya, which are all or mostly above 1,000 metres in altitude. Food production is down in almost all of South America except Chile, also very high, where it is up. Crop yields in North America are down too, except in Canada and a few U.S. states right along the Canadian border. High latitude is even better than high altitude. In Europe and Asia, latitude is decisive. Countries far away from the equator will still be doing well; countries even a bit closer to the equator get hammered. Russia, Scandinavia,
Germany and Poland will be producing more food than ever, but southern Europe including the Balkans and even France and Ukraine will have lost production. India, China, and all of South-East Asia will be sharply down, as will Australia – but Japan will be only a bit down and New Zealand will be sharply up. It pays to be an island, too. But this is not a “mixed” result, in the sense that it all works out about even. The total population of all the countries where food production will be stable or higher in 2050 will be less than half a billion. At least eight-and-a-half or nine billion will live in countries where food production has fallen, sometimes very steeply. It will be a very hungry world.
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to limit and check it and make it behave in democratically acceptable ways are applied to these institutions, but corporations are almost never considered. Where rules and regulations are applied, they’re usually ineffective, deliberately made dense and unwieldy to serve the joint purpose of being easily avoided by large corporations with the legal
resources and generating a large oversight body—often drawn from the ranks of the corporations themselves—to swell the ranks of the bureaucracy, the number-one goal of all bureaucracies. Absent determined political pressure from the public, nothing will change. Something to bear in mind with elections on the horizon for all levels of government.
YOUR VIEW / LETTERS
No Frills closure presents an opportunity To the Editor, The news of the closure of Elmira’s No Frills store comes as a disappointment to our township. No Frills along with Foodland serves our evergrowing population of Elmira and surrounding
towns like Floradale, St. Jacobs, and Wallenstein. History tells us that two grocery stores are needed to support our population as well as provide us with choice. The closure of No Frills will undoubtedly result in its replacement by another grocery chain. My question is not who, but where? The quick and easy solution would simply be to reuse
the existing building. However, I urge our urban planners, developers, councillors, and residents to look a few years into Elmira’s future. Elmira is set for a new development north of Church Street West, and it is here where our population will nearly double, and it is here where the demand for a grocer will be. Unfortunately, the commercial/retail section of the new subdivision is not zoned to allow the construction of a supermarket. So, unless current residents of Elmira want their streets to be congested by our future neighbours seven days a week, then I think something needs to change. We need to be proactive and acknowledge the problem before it even begins. The closure of No Frills is a loss, but it is also a window of opportunity for us to plan our community properly, serve Woolwich’s population, as well as preserve the remainder of Elmira’s
“small town” feeling. This future issue cannot be ignored, so let’s do something about it now.
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Only a No Frills will do in Elmira To the Editor, There is a great deal of anger here in Elmira over the closing of No Frills. I think that the people who made this decision don’t fully understand that the people of Elmira don’t want another grocery chain here in Elmira. They want their beloved No Frills. Nothing else will do. If a politician, provincial or federal, does not support the many voters who want to keep No Frills here in Elmira, that politician will certainly find No Thrills come election time.
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For Jeremy Machin, years he spent as part of successful Elmira squad were some of the best times of his life WILL SLOAN On March 29, 2004, Jeremy Machin earned a place in Sugar King history as the first player to be awarded the Dan Snyder Memorial scholarship. For the past decade, the citation, named in memory of the Elmira NHL player who died in a 2003 car accident, has provided top Sugar Kings with support for their education. Now, on the tenth anniversary of receiving the prize, Machin looks back at the honour as one of the highlights of his hockey career. “I had a lot of pride in the award,” said Machin from his home in Fergus. “Graham Snyder and his wife LuAnn did a lot of great things for myself and the hockey club, so it was just an honour that I cherish to this day.” He added, “I didn’t know Dan Snyder personally, but one of my close friends was his cousin, so to be the first recipient was a tremendous honour.” He also looks back fondly at his time in Junior B hockey, recalling his three seasons with the Sugar Kings from 2001 to 2004 as the best time of his life. “Elmira is obviously a tremendous hockey club. I learned a lot of lessons not just for hockey, but for life. I made a lot of good friends playing for the
Sugar Kings. It’s a great small-town community Junior B team.” The Dan Snyder memorial scholarship provides $1,000 for members of the Sugar Kings and Woolwich Minor Hockey who show a passion for the game. In 2004, Graham Snyder told the Observer, “This award is meant to go to someone who shows dedication to the game of hockey. … A generally hard working player who shows respect for the players that they play against, someone with determination.” For Snyder, Machin met all the criteria. “He’s shown a lot of determination. He’s a smaller player that a lot of teams in this league looked at and weren’t all that interested in. I guess [we were] fortunate enough to see that determination,” he said in 2004. At the 2004 banquet, Machin also took home the trophy for top goal scorer (30 goals and 66 assists in the regular season), the Don Duke memorial award for sportsmanship and leadership, and the Sugar Kings memorial trophy. At the provincial level, he was named the OHA Junior Player of the Year. After leaving the Kings, he planned to play hockey for the University of WaterMACHIN | 12
OPEN COUNTRY Not many people know this, but the idea of bucket lists was first originated by anglers. The only difference between those original ones and the ones made famous by Morgan Freeman is that we wished our buckets contained worms, crayfish, minnows, hellgrammites or leeches. That’s why we called them bait buckets. These days, of course, a bucket list is an entirely different thing – mostly because hellgrammites are exceedingly hard to find. But also because some people have decided that things that you can’t easily put on a hook should also be on that list. Jenn and I were having a conversation about bucket lists the other day. And this was certainly the case. She had things like spending a month in Fiji, hiking through the Swiss Alps in early fall, meeting the Dalai Lama, drinking wine on a Spanish beach, visiting the Van Gogh collection, spending a day or two at the Smithsonian Museum, growing fruit trees, reading all the classics and writing the great Canadian
Ten years ago, Jeremy Machin became the first recipient of the Dan Snyder Memorial scholarship, presented at the Sugar Kings’ 2004 endof-year banquet. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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With spring’s arrival comes the return of the fever pitch
Woolwich Youth Soccer looking for more space, additional coaches to keep up with demand, growing number of kids ELENA MAYSTRUK
As the last of the snow melts away, players and coaches are going to be thinking about getting out on the soccer fields – at least that’s what Woolwich Youth Soccer president Steve Lillico hopes for as the club gears up for another busy year. “Our capacity for the
fields that we had was overflowing. We’ve grown dramatically over the last five or six years and it continues to grow,” he said. The Woolwich Wolf Pack acquired two new soccer fields in Bloomingdale behind the village’s baseball diamonds, to accommodate growing player demand, a small field for U12 teams and below, and
a full-sized field. But the weather has kept players in some divisions away with less than seven weeks until the season start, Lillico said. “We are still accepting registration at all age levels. Some of the younger divisions are filling up quickly but our older divisions, we could use more players. The older kids are
always slower to register, but we need to get some numbers up so we can have some idea of where our program is going at those older ages from U12 and above,” he said. “We have some exciting things planned for those kids but we need to get the numbers up so that we can do some of those things. I think the snow on the
ground hasn’t helped.” There is also a shortage of coaches for the growing club and members are looking for volunteers and students to take on the job. “We desperately need coaches at all age levels. Volunteer coaches are the lifeblood of the program. All they have to have is a willingness to have fun and enjoy time with the kids,”
Lillico said. Coaching is a good opportunity for high school students looking to complete their volunteer hours, according to the club. A coaches’ clinic will be held on April 26. Anyone interested in volunteering is asked to contact the club office at 519-669-1000. SOCCER | 13
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April is time for taking it to the streets Roadbreakers, Elmira Optimists gearing up for the road hockey season that follows the departure of the snow and ice WILL SLOAN Let it never be said that Canadians are not resourceful. Sure, the spring weather has melted the ice, but the Canadian hockey enthusiast will not take no for an answer. No – like Wayne and Garth before him, he will drag his net onto the street, gather his friends, and continue his country’s favourite game on the concrete, stopping
only to clear the way for a passing motorist. It’s road hockey season again, and that means the return the region’s venerable tournaments. On April 26, matches arranged by the Waterloo Roadbreakers and Elmira Optimists will return for another year on the asphalt rink. Now celebrating its 29th anniversary, the Waterloo Roadbreakers have crossed entire generations, said
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organizer Shelley Byers. “The children of the kids who started playing in the event 29 years ago are starting to play. That’s been such a marvelous way of looking at this event.” With more than 200 teams from across the region attending, the tournament is dependably busy, Byers said. “It’s a bustling day. We put our tents up; the food gets ready; the Canadian anthem is played, and game on! Sometimes they
win, and sometimes they have to lose, but as they win they move on and at the end of the day the prizes go out. There are lots of games for the kids to do, lots of food, and family fun.” “I don’t think there’s any kid in Canada who hasn’t been on their street saying, ‘Car!’” Byers laughed. Kids at the tournament won’t have to worry about getting run over, but Byers assures us that the fun will still be there. “It’s the love of the game,
that’s what’s kept the committee going for 30 years. These guys started when they were in university – they were kids themselves, and they knew how much they loved playing road hockey.” Meanwhile, the Elmira Optimists’ tournament will also be putting puck to pavement on April 26, returning for its 23rd year of its smaller-scale event. “It’s not meant to draw tonnes of teams from outside our neighbourhood –
it’s really meant to be a fun day for kids in Elmira in Floradale,” said organizer Steve Bisbee. “I’ve seen kids from the earliest age group go all the way through. They get to come out, play road hockey, eat a hot dog, and have a fun day.” Registration for Waterloo Roadbreakers is open until April 14 at www.roadbreakers.ca. To register for the Optimists’ event for $5, contact optimist.roadhockey@gmail.com.
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novel on her list. “But what about the finer things in life?” I asked. “Huh?” she replied. I then reminded her that she had forgotten about the things that most people would love to do. “Like what?” she said. “How about worm picking at Glen Abbey, for instance?” I replied. “They’ve just got to have a better grade of night crawler there.” Something in the look on her face told me that the answer was no; either that or she was upset because she hadn’t thought of it first. To this day, I’m still not sure. Women are mysterious like that. “OK then,” I continued.
“What about crow hunting over a Northern Ontario landfill site during the fall migration? You can’t say you haven’t thought of that, can you?” Apparently she could say that though. “How about bow fishing for Asian carp on the Mississippi?” I asked. “Not even close,” she said. “What about dressing a neighbour’s cat up as one of the Three Musketeers?” Again, she wasn’t feeling it. And so it went. I’d bring up all the obvious things that any person would want to place on their bucket list – things like watching Rosie O’Donnell and Oprah fight it out in a no-holds
barred, cage match brawl; seeing three elephants fart, consecutively and in different keys; catching the world-record sunfish; having a fly named after you; drinking wine with people who would never think of sniffing it first; creating the perfect catfish stinkbait; getting Stephen Hawking to ask me to explain the complexities of putting away a pop-up blind; never having to wear a tie again; visiting a place where crocs and Hawaiian shirts were the height of fashion; throwing eggs at real-live Parisian mimes; spitting off every bridge in the province (at passing Parisian mimes); alligator wrestling; watching a separatist leader deal with an unwanted divorce;
and riding a kangaroo. You know, the usual stuff. Strange as it may seem, however, not one thing on my list was on hers. At first, this concerned me greatly. After all, she and I obviously have different dreams. But then I decided, however warped or unrealistic hers may be, I should be tolerant. After all, tolerance is what love is really all about. Yes, we have different bucket lists. Sure some of hers are a little odd. But that’s the great thing about us all. No two of us, aside from identical twins, are alike. So I’m quite happy to help Jenn complete her bucket list. Even if it pails in comparison to mine.
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loo, but decided instead to focus on his studies. Still, he wasn’t out of the game for long: that same year, the Elora Rocks hockey club came calling. For 2004-2005, Machin’s team won the WOAA Championship (the first Elora team to do so since the ‘80s). He’s now wrapping up his tenth season with the team. “Everybody in this league is 20 and over, so we have other lives as well,” he said. “It’s a great league to stay competitive in, and I like to play meaningful hockey, so that’s why I’m still playing for the Rocks. It’s just a way of life.” Machin graduated from UW with a degree in recreation and business, and currently works for Centre Wellington Township’s parks and recreation department. At home, he and his wife have a two-yearold son, with another child
Jeremy Machin, seen here with his son Caine, still enjoys lacing ‘em up with the Elora Rocks. on the way. Even with this, he still makes time for hockey. “I’m maybe not as fast as I once was, but you definitely learn a lot as you get older. And I definitely learned a lot about hockey
playing for the Sugar Kings. I had tremendous coaches and great teammates. It was a privilege to play there.” When asked if he had advice for future Sugar Kings, he said simply to enjoy.
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“It goes by quickly, no doubt about it. It’s probably the best time of your life, so do the best you can, and have fun, because that’s what it’s all about. Take pride in wearing a Sugar King jersey.”
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Atom: LL #4 Mar 22 vs. Twin Centre Woolwich: 4 Twin Centre: 0
Midget: LL #2 Mar 26 vs. Beverly Woolwich: 1 Beverly: 5 Goals: Dan Rennie Assists: Connor Goss
Game 2 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 5 Dundas: 1 Goals: Mathew Uhrig, Justin Uhrig, Devin Williams, Alex Turchan, Kyle Bruder Assists: Matthew MacDonald, Mathew Uhrig, Nick Campagnolo, Devin Williams, Benton Weber, Tim Mayberry, Nick Campagnolo, Caleb Reitzel
Game 3 vs. Lincoln Woolwich: 4 Lincoln: 0 Goals: Matthew MacDonald, Mar 28 vs. Beverly Kyle Bruder, Justin Uhrig, Woolwich: 4 Beverly: 8 Benton Weber Goals: Connor Goss x2, Blake Assists: Mathew Uhrig x2, Doerbecker, Colin Hartwick Benton Weber, Garrett Reitzel, Assists: Blake Doerbecker, Bruce Martin, Earl Schwartz, Spencer Inglis, Colin Hartwick Mitch Rempel Woolwich Atom LL1 attended the Waterloo Fun Festival last weekend, managing a win and two losses The Woolwich PeeWee AE team won gold at the 8th Annual Memorial AE Lincoln Blades Tournament Shutout: Dylan Creelman Midget: LL #3 and leaving with a silver medal. Back row: Ryan Williams, Kevin Duldhardt, Rob Moyer, Braxten Breen, in Lincoln, Ontario on March 30. Goalies: Nick Lee, Ryan Martin. Bottom row: Corbin Kaufman, Hunter Game 4 vs. South Muskoka Bear Mar 28 vs. LL #1 Aiden Von Kannen, Craig Breen, Jeff Benham. Front: Cody Kroetsch, Ryan Shantz, Colton Benham, Logan Weigel, Jake Good, Mackenzie Willms. Top row: Ben Weigel, Tyler Horst, Zac Pickard, Ryan Belanger, Woolwich: 6 South Muskoka: 1 LL3: 1 LL1: 4 Brendan Gilles, Travis Weber, Jackson Hale, Ryan Parrott, Hunter Schmitt. Coaches: Dave Lee, Fred Hale, Goals: Benton Weber x2, Frey, Turner Duldhardt, Liam Moyer, Ethan Murr, Nolan Williamson, Mac Benham, Connor Dingelstad. Goals: Noah Reitzel [SUBMITTED] Mike Weigel, Kyle Holtom. [SUBMITTED] Mathew Uhrig, Earl Schwartz, Mar 29 vs. LL #1 Alex Turchan, Mitch Rempel LL3: 2 LL1: 0 Assists: Matthew MacDonald Goals: Colton Williams, Nick Mitch Rempel, Garrett TOURNAMENT GOLD FOR BANTAMS MIDGET LL3 TAKES C DIVISION CROWN x2, Berlet Reitzel, Devin Williams, Nick Campagnolo Assists: Brendan Taylor x2, Vincent Daily Game 5 vs. Lincoln Shutout: Kyle Ropp Woolwich: 2 Lincolnl: 1 Goals: Nick Campagnolo, Alex Turchan Assists: Kyle Bruder
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Game 1 vs. Simcoe Woolwich: 8 Simcoe: 1 Goals: Jackson Hale x3, Travis Weber x2, Mackenzie Willms, Ben Weigel, Hunter Schmitt Assists: Travis Weber x4, Mackenzie Willms x3, Brendan Gilles, Corbin Kauman x2, Hunter Weigel
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Atom: C LLFHL Championship, Mississauga | March 28-30
The Woolwich Midget LL # 3 squad was crowned C Division champions. Back row: Chris Taylor, Steve McCallum, Ryan DeVries, Noah Reitzel, Chace McCallum, Adam Elliott, Nick Berlet, Brendan Taylor, The Woolwich Wildcats Bantam AE squad went undefeated through all five games of the Lincoln Noah Taylor, Jacob Cornwall, Murray Horst, Kevin Ropp. Middle row: Austin Horst, Alex Taylor, Calvin Game 2 vs. Mitchell Memorial Tournament, coming home with gold. Back row: Chris Williams (head coach), Devin Williams, Cressman, Vincent Dally, Duncan MacDonald, Kyle Ropp. Front: Tristen White, Colton Williams. Absent: Woolwich: 0 Mitchell: 1 Mathew Uhrig, Caleb Reitzel, Nick Campagnolo, Don Uhrig (coach), Matthew MacDonald, Mitch Rempel, Matt Greene. [SUBMITTED] Garry Mayberry (Trainer), Tim Mayberry, John Wang, Garrett Reitzel. Middle row: Bruce Martin, Kyle Game 3 vs. Lincoln Bruder, Benton Weber, Earl Schwartz, Alex Turchan. Front row: Dylan Creelman, Riley Weigel. Absent: Woolwich: 3 Lincoln: 0 Justin Uhrig, Grant Schwartz (coach). [SUBMITTED] PEEWEES ARE GOLDEN IN TORONTO Goals: Hunter Schmitt x2, Ben Weigel Assists: Zac Pickard x2, Jackson Hale, Ryan Belanger, NOVICE B SQAUD ARE CHAMPS Tyler Horst Shutout: Ryan Martin
Game 4 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 5 Hespeler: 0 Goals: Jackson Hale, Ben Weigel, Ryan Belanger, Hunter Schmitt, Mackenzie Willms Assists: Hunter Weigel, Ryan Belanger, Brendan Gilles, Jackson Hale Shutout: Nick Lee
Game 2 vs. Lucan Woolwich: 0
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Game 3 vs. Ennismore Woolwich: 4 Ennismore: 3 Goals: Lexi Runstedler x2, Braelyn MacPherson, Teesha Weber Assists: Faith Katsube x2, Jillian McIntyre, Brooklyn Wideman Game 4 vs. Ennismore Woolwich: 3 Ennismore: 2 Goals: Teesha Weber, Lexi Runstedler Assists: Jillian McIntyre x2, Avery Leech
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Game 5 vs. Mitchell Woolwich: 3 Mitchell: 0 Goals: Mackenzie Willms x2, Tyler Horst Assists: Kyle Deyell The Twin Centre Hericanes Novice B team beat Stoney Creek 2-0 in the playoffs March 29, becoming the Shutout: Ryan Martin Lower Lakes Champions. [SUBMITTED]
The Twin Centre Hericanes PeeWee Rep team took home the gold medal at the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League Championship in Toronto on March 29. Back row: Sheila Lebold (trainer), Valerie Wolf, Louise Bruns (trainer), Mark Diebold (coach), Marissa Lebold, Jeff Jantzi (coach), Lee Zacharczuk (coach), Chris Martin (head coach), Jayna MacDonald, Emily Whitney, Olivia Bolender, Abigail Wolf. Middle row: Tyana Bruns, Briony Jantzi, Blythe Bender, Nikki Beam, Laura Martin, Kira Schneider, Sadie Diebold, Caitlin Livingston. Front row: Kylainah Zacharczuk, Taylor Hartung. [SUBMITTED]
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Mar 29 vs. Stoney Creek Twin Centre: 2 Stoney Creek: 0 Goals: Sonya Yusim, Kate Rudy, Claire Schoenherr, Megan Haid Shutout: Erinn Zyta
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Game 1 vs. Port Hope Woolwich: 9 Port Hope: 1 Goals: Alex Turchan x4, Kyle Bruder, Nick Campagnolo x3, Justin Uhrig Assists: Devin Williams, Benton Weber, Alex Turchan, Earl Schwartz, Tim Mayberry x3, Mathew Uhrig, Nick Campagnolo, Garrett Reitzel x3, Matthew MacDonald x2
Game 1 vs. Lindsay Woolwich: 0 Lindsay: 4
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Amputee hockey program looks to return to its roots Providing players with healing opportunities, not just competition, is the renewed focus of organizing body ELENA MAYSTRUK Moving to bring their organization back to a grassroots level, the Canadian amputee hockey team, including players from St. Clements and Elmira, last week swept the floor with the Media NoStars, a group of local media professionals who issued a challenge to the team earlier this year. The team holds six consecutive World Championships, but this year, due to a lack of funding, the championships in Boston were cancelled. It’s a small hit compared to what the Canadian Amputee Hockey Committee (CAHC) hopes to continue on the home front. “We have to refocus away from the national program and back down to the grassroots program. The core 25 guys on the national team are pretty good hockey players … but this program is more about the healing aspect: guys who have had to learn another way because they’ve lost an arm or a leg to an accident or a disease. If the national program suffers a little bit, unfortunately that’s what just happens,” said Kevin Delaney, a committee member and player on the team. While the program has been able to garner some skilled hockey players for the national program, the fear is that new amputees coming into the fold may leave if there is too much emphasis on competition rather than healing. Delaney, 34, was born missing his right arm and joined the CAHC at age 21 in the program’s infancy. The CAHC was established in
The Canadian Amputee Hockey team gave the Media NoStars – a team of local media – a run for their money March 29 in Waterloo during a fundraiser for the national amputee program’s future grassroots efforts for kids. The event day raised about $3,000 in donations. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
2001 and their regional juniors and seniors program launched in 2010. “I had dealt with growing up and not knowing too many amputees myself. As far as some of the kids being in the program, being able to see people just like you I think is tremendous. For myself, that would have been a tremendous help,” he said. Among the players were Kory Lorentz of St. Clements and Vaughan Mac-
Donald of Elmira. Lorentz played with Woolwich Minor Hockey and the Wellesley Applejacks before losing his right hand in a June 2000 farming accident. MacDonald played hockey for 15 years before he lost the use of his left arm in a motorcycle crash at age 18. Both men played alongside team mates young and old as part of the organization’s goal to help amputees adapt to new challenges. “Without the young players there is no real national team and that’s what we need to go back to, focus on Canada first,” he said this week. Older players on the team have careers and families and some are attending university. It’s important for young amputees to see that, he added. “It’s pretty important for [kids] to realize that they can go to university and have a successful job and family, for them to see that is pretty important ... it gives them something to shoot for.” Down the road, MacDonald would like to see a CAHC event come to Elmira. The free event saw some adult and national team players share the ice with the younger kids to raise funds for the Canadian Amputee Hockey Committee’s hockey events (costs like ice time fees for the kids) across Canada. Kids are the core of the program and the reason for its continuation, Delaney added. “I know that they definitely look up to us and in my opinion we are doing this for the kids, this is a kids program.”
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Already at Home in his new job When he takes over as CEO, Terry Davis will have the same focus that’s been in place for four decades WILL SLOAN There is something paradoxical about the Home Hardware brand. It is a retail behemoth, with hundreds of locations across Canada generating untold millions, and a level of visibility on par with any major American chain; and yet, key to its appeal is that it is a “homegrown” success story. Despite its ubiquity, the company’s homespun catchphrase “Home Owners helping homeowners” somehow doesn’t come across as disingenuous. For Terry Davis, the company’s newly appointed chief executive officer, being based in St. Jacobs has been key to the company’s identity. “If we’d been founded in a major centre like Toronto or Montreal, I really don’t think we would be the same tight family atmosphere that you get at this company,” said Davis at the company’s Woolwich headquarters. “Because of how this farming community is, and especially the Mennonite culture here, there’s this ‘I’m self-sufficient; I can build the stuff that I need to’ sense. There’s a great manufacturing culture here, a mentality of innovation in this area. It’s a big part of our culture.” Home Hardware began as a rural co-op in 1964 when 122 independent hardware stores joined forces to counter a slump
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major centre, or you’re in a rural centre – fact is, you know Home Hardware.” Davis, who will succeed Paul Straus as CEO, has watched the company evolve across 40 years. He first joined the company in 1970 after graduating high school, and worked his way from the factory to the IT department to marketing. “I learned the business,” he remembered. “I didn’t just go in, say ‘What do you want?’ and write the code and move on. I really tried to
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zaps much of its natural goodness. Is that true? Well, you be the judge. Pasteurization does indeed deplete milk of about 20 per cent of its Vitamin C content, and 10 per cent of thiamin and vitamin B12. However, milk is not a significant source of Vitamin C, anyway. If you want Vitamin C, eat citrus fruit. And milk already has high amounts of thiamin and B12. So missing a few per cent is not a calamity. But here are the nutritional advantages. Milk is an excellent source of calcium, protein, riboflavin, vitamins A and D, phosphorous, and a good source of thiamin and B12 (even after pasteurization). And studies have shown that calcium absorption remains unaltered through pasteurization. Many readers will have either consumed unpasteurized (i.e. “raw”) milk without peril, or know someone who has. But University of Guelph food scientist Art Hill, an authority on food safety and dairy products, asks why risk it? He estimates it’s at least 1,000 times
riskier to drink raw milk than its pasteurized counterpart. Let me repeat that statistic: 1,000 times riskier. At particular risk are young children, elderly people and immune-deficient people. So taking all that into consideration, why are we having the debate about whether raw milk should be sold in Ontario? That’s what Hill and others hope will be revealed April 22, when the university stages a one-day raw milk symposium called Science to Policy. The big question – and one that is lurking more than ever in our do-right society – is whether science will be used as a basis for creating policy (such as the milk pasteurization policy in Ontario) or whether science should be damned and citizens be given the freedom to determine their own fate. Maybe that’s the ultimate in democracy to some people. But to me, it’s a recipe for anarchy. I’m sure the freedom of choice issue will come up at the conference. One of the scheduled guest speakers is raw milk rock star
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committed to building on the company’s success, but his future plans are uncertain. “I was asked what will be the biggest change I’ll
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Terry Davis credits longtime CEO Paul Straus (who will remain as president) for keeping the company close to its roots. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
Home Hardware among best managed St. Jacobs-based Home Hardware was this week named one of “Canada’s Best Managed Companies” for the second consecutive year. Having initially received the designation in 2012, the company successfully re-qualified and retained its status for 2013. The designation comes as Home Hardware cele-
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THE ARTS ON STAGE / THEATRICAL SEASON AHEAD
Back in black upon Avon Stratford Festival back in surplus in 2013, and looking to continue with its new direction WILL SLOAN In 2012, the Stratford Festival was reeling from a $3.4 million deficit. In 2013, it enjoyed a $1.4 million surplus. Few could have predicted such a quick return to profitability for Ontario’s most famous theatre group, but novice executive director Anita Gaffney calls it a matter of efficiencies and accessibility. “We had experienced a significant deficit in 2012, and we knew that was not a sustainable direction for us,” said Gaffney, who worked with artistic director Antoni Cimolino, a fellow first-timer. One year later, as the festival prepares for its 2014 season and Gaffney prepares for her second year at the helm, a rough guide for how to save a struggling arts festival has emerged: 1) Keep Money In Thy Purse For 2012, the festival’s budget was down by 3.5 per cent, though not necessarily in ways that were visible. “We really went through the entire organization and looked at how we could save money,” said Gaffney. “There was a wage freeze through a good portion of the organization; we brought some things in house where we might have used a supplier in the past; we reduced the page counts of house programs. All kinds of things that aren’t going to reduce the impact on our patrons, but things that make the operation a bit more efficient.”
This year’s Stratford Festival explores the theme of madness, with plays ranging from King Lear (above) to Man of La Mancha to Crazy for You. 2) Createth a Theme Waiting for Godot, Measure for Measure, Mary Stuart, and Fiddler on the Roof don’t have much in common, but with a little massaging, they all fit under the general purview of the festival’s 2013 theme, Community. “Fiddler feels like you’re wading into community; Waiting for Godot is one of those ones that makes you question, ‘What is the community?’ They’re neat titles to have against one
another,” said Gaffney. “It’s fun for the patrons to be able to explore a theme and connect shows with one another, and it encourages them to see more plays, because they can see the connections between them.” This year’s theme, Madness, is broad enough to encompass the whimsy of Alice Through the Looking Glass and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the existential angst of King Lear, King John, and Antony
and Cleopatra; the more literal insanity of Man of La Mancha; and, well, Crazy for You. 3) Giveth Some Bells and Whistles Many of Stratford’s 2013 productions were accompanied by the Stratford Festival Forum, which featured guest speakers and the creative teams discussing the plays with audiences and each other. “It was another reason for people to spend a bit more time in Stratford and
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come back, because there were people in the forums who were a draw themselves,” said Gaffney. With the success of its filmed productions, the festival has also announced its Stratford@Play program, which will film three productions each season. The eventual goal is to have a library of the complete works of Shakespeare, to compete with those BBC videos you saw a lot in high school. “We have the desire for a library of our work so
students in Canada and all over the world can see the kind of Shakespeare we do here. We also feel that our work can stand alongside any other Shakespeare company.” 4) Get Thee to a Bus The big challenge with any out-of-the-way arts festival is that it’s out-of-theway. Last year, the festival introduced a bus service between Toronto and Stratford that ran twice a day, with discounted return trip. This year, a bus service will be added in Detroit. “What we saw was, about half the people riding the bus were new to the festival,” said Gaffney. “It allowed people to come and go much more easily than having to make the drive.” In addition, the festival introduced 2 for 1 Tuesday pricing, which was deemed successful enough that it will be expanded to Thursday for 2014. Gaffney said the cost-efficient option gave patrons a chance at a more immersive experience. “We’re a festival. Part of the joy of coming to a festival is seeing different kinds of plays and different approaches to the same theme.” The 2014 Stratford Festival begins April 21 and runs to October 12. Before that, it will hold its second annual Shakespeare Slam in Toronto, with Paul Gross, Steven Page, and Hawksley Workman discussing the Bard on April 23 (William’s 450th birthday). Tickets can be purchased at stratfordfestival.ca or by calling the box office at 1-800-567-1600.
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TIRE
WHERE TIRES
Complete Collision Service
THOMPSON’S
Auto Tech Inc.
ARE A
SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE. 101 Bonnie Crescent, Elmira, ON N3B 3G2
519.669.8330
Farm • Auto • Truck Industrial On-The-Farm Service
FAX: 519.669.3210
35 Howard Ave., Elmira
AFTER HOURS
519.669.8917
519-669-3232
Providing the latest technology to repair your vehicle with accuracy and confidence.
RUDOW’S
CARSTAR COLLISION CENTRE
AUTO CLINIC
519-669-4400 30 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA www.thompsonsauto.ca
RUDOW’S
21 Industrial Dr. Elmira
24 Hour Accident Assistance Accredited Test & Repair Facility
BODY MAINTENANCE AT:
1-800-CARSTAR 519-669-3373
CARSTAR COLLISION CENTRE
Call Us At 519-669-3373
519-669-7652
33 First Street, East Elmira, ON
33 First Street, East Elmira, ON
GENERAL SERVICES “25 years in Business”
• Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location
Boat Covers | Air Conditioner Covers | Small Tarps Storage Covers | BBQ Covers | Awnings & Canopies Replacement Gazebo Tops | Golf Cart Enclosures & Covers
• Janitorial
• Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off / Pick up Service • Carpet Repair & Re-Installation • Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair
•Ratches, Hooks, Straps, Webbing etc. •Canvas, Vinyl, Polyester, Acrylic Fabrics
General Repairs
• Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping
519.595.4830
www.completecarpetcare.ca
6376 Perth Rd. 121 Poole, ON
ROB McNALL 519-669-7607 LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-866-669-7607
CONSTRUCTION INC. (519) 569-0772 • Commercial & Industrial General Contracting • Specializing in Concrete Work & Excavation • Retaining Walls
info@trappconstruction.ca www.trappconstruction.ca
• • • •
Stamped Coloured Concrete Demolition Bin Service Machine Bases
Concrete Breaking & Removal
GENERAL SERVICES
MUSIC-LOVER GIFT ALERT!
Various sizes & rates
CLEAN • DRY • SECURE Call
519-669-4964
100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA
COUNTR Y
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HIGH SCHOOSL BAND
GOSPEL
ROCK
BAUMAN PIANO
SERVICES TUNING & REPAIRS
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ORTLIEB CRANE & Equipment Ltd. • 14 ton BoomTruck • 40 ton Mobile Crane
MUSIC TRANSFERS FROM LPs, 45s, 78s, CASSETTES TO CD Your favourite albums get a whole new life on CD after we clean up the clicks, pops and surface noise.
RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EFFORT!
JAMES BAUMAN Craftsman Member O.G.P.T. Inc NEW PHONE NUMBER
519-880-9165
TROPHIES | CUPS | PLAQUES | MEDALLIONS RIBBONS | NAME TAGS | NAME PLATES DOOR PLATES | CUSTOM ENGRAVING
519-664-9999
QUICK LOCAL SERVICE | 245 Labrador Dr., Waterloo
24 Hour Service (Emergencies only) 7 Days A Week
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ST. JACOBS
GENERAL SERVICES
Hardtop and Travel Trailer Rentals
...& SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING
SHELLY & SCOTT TAYLOR 28 Pintail Drive, Elmira, ON, N3B 3G9
519-669-0003
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7011 Wellington Rd. 11 RR#2 Drayton ON, N0G 1P0 (519) 638-3075 (Phone) (519) 505-3076 (Cell) Email:info@riversiderentals.ca www.riversiderentals.ca
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We specialize in getting the word out. Advertise your business services in our directory. Weekly exposure with fantastic results! Call Donna at 519.669.5790 Ext 104.
GENERAL SERVICES
BIKE SALES & REPAIRS
Industrial • Commercial • Agricultural
HOME IMPROVEMENTS SERVICES
RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EFFORT!
KENJI ORITA
PROFESSIONAL BIKE MECHANIC ON STAFF
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SteelKore Inc.
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• Millwrighting • Machining • Installation • Mobile Welding • Custom Fabrication • Maintenance
PARTS EXTRA
22 Church St. W., Elmira
Tel:519-669-5537
STORE HOURS: M-W: 8-6, TH-F 8-8, SAT, 8-6, SUN 12-5
100% SUPERIOR QUALITY CUSTOM WOODWORKING
Korey Dowling
Cell 519-496-0198
steelkoreindustrial@gmail.com
TROPHIES | CUPS | PLAQUES | MEDALLIONS RIBBONS | NAME TAGS | NAME PLATES DOOR PLATES | CUSTOM ENGRAVING
QUICK LOCAL SERVICE | 245 Labrador Dr., Waterloo
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• Custom Kitchens • Custom Furniture • Libraries • Exotic Woods
TEL: +1 (519) 574-6734 oritakenji@gmail.com 20B ARTHUR ST. N., ELMIRA
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Sew Special Custom Sewing for Your Home
• Residential • Commercial • Industrial
1-800-668-4695 519-778-7730 (cell)
BLOWN CELLULOSE (attic insulation) PROTECTIVE COATINGS SPRAYED IN PLACE POLYURETHANES
AMOS INC
R O O F I N G
Custom Drapery Custom Blinds
Randy Weber
Free Estimates
ECRA/ESA Licence # 7000605
In Home Consultations
519.669.1462 Fax: 519.669.9970
Over 20 Years Experience
18 Kingfisher Dr., Elmira
Elmira
Tel:
Lois Weber 519-669-3985
• Specializing in residential re-roofs • Repairs • Churches A Family owned and operated business serving KW, Elmira and surrounding area for over 35 years.
WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED
CALL JAYME FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE.
519.501.2405 | 519.698.2114 In Business since 1973 • Fully Insured
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
RA HOME COMF ELMI (519) 669-4600 ORT
COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL
Steve Co.
ST. JACOBS
GLASS SYSTEMS INC.
APPLIANCES – FURNACES – FIREPLACES AIR CONDITIONERS – WATER HEATERS SPRING SPECIAL ON AIR CONDITIONING TUNE UP $99, INSTALLED FROM $1999 FURNACES INSTALLED FROM $2499 FRIDGES $499, STOVES $399, WASHERS $399, DRYERS $369, FREEZERS $199 Come visit our show room FREE QUOTES
Home Improvements
1553 King St. N., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0
• Store Fronts • Thermopanes • Mirrors • Screen Repair • Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures • Sash Repair
1 Union Street, Elmira
TEL:
ehc@hotmail.ca (519)-669-4600
519-664-1202 / 519-778-6104 FAX: 519 664-2759 • 24 Hour Emergency Service
John Schaefer Painting
Plumbing and Maintenance Inc.
FREE ESTIMATES Interior/exterior Painting, Wallpapering & Plaster | drywall Repairs
RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL
WINDOWS & DOORS
ROOFING | SIDING | SOFFIT & FACIA DRYWALL INSTALLATION
MURRAY MARTIN | 519.638.0772
7302 Sideroad 19 RR#2., Alma, ON, N0B 1A0
For all your Plumbing Needs. 24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi
NOW ACCEPTING VISA OR MASTERCARD
519-669-2251
ELMIRA
519-669-3652
36 Hampton St., Elmira
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
WEICKERT& MEIROWSKI Concrete Foundations Limited
YES... WE DO RESIDENTIAL WORK!
$250.00/
Ltd.
RESIDENTIAL & AGRICULTURAL
Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Barn Renovations Finished Floors • Retaining Walls • Short Walls Decorative/Stamped and coloured concrete
6982 Millbank Main St., Millbank 519-595-2053 • 519-664-2914
WOOD GAS PELLET
CONESTOGO 1871 Sawmill Road
www.marwilconcrete.ca
519-664-3800
519-577-0370
877-664-3802
Table and shelf glass Ask for a quote… we install
519-664-1435
1411 King Street, St. Jacobs
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OUTDOOR SERVICES
READ’S DECORATING SINCE 1961
Frameless Showers & Railings
888-871-4592
www.fergusfireplace.com
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
www.RobertBrown.com
FERGUS
180 St. Andrew St. W.
519-843-4845
pump
Outdoor
Specializing in Paint & Wall coverings
FOR ALL YOUR HOME DECORATING NEEDS. 27 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA
519.669.3658
Services
> Commercial & Residential > Fully Insured > WSIB Clearance > Senior Discount
Lawn Maintenance Programs | Spring Clean-up Flower Bed Maintenance Programs Leaf Clean-up and Removal | Soil & Mulch Delivery & Installation | Snow Clearing & Removal | Ice Control 27 Brookemead, St, Elmira P: 519-669-1188 | F: 519-669-9369
kdetweiler@rogers.com
KEVIN DETWEILER
OWNER-OPERATOR
COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
T S D ISA Arborculture Certified
Storm damaged fallen trees/branches Cutting/removal
Shrub & Branch Removal & Chipping
Technical Tree Falling/Cutting/ Removal
Stumping and Grinding
Preventative Maintenance Limbing and tree pruning
Shrub & Small Tree Replacement
Call: Jeff Basler, Owner | Office: 519-669-9081 | Fax: 519-669-9819 Email: ever-green@sympatico.ca
OUTDOOR SERVICES COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
YOUR SOURCE FOR YEAR-ROUND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE SPECIALIZED SKIDSTEER SERVICE
LAWN MOWING PACKAGES
· weekly, biweekly services
FULL FLOWER BED MAINTENANCE · weeding, pruning, dead heading, planting, flowerbed edging, mulch delivery & installation
TOP DRESSING & OVERSEEDING · Triple Mix topsoil & sure start overseed grass seed
SNOW PLOWING & ICE CONTROL · Trucks, Tractors, Skidsteer
Call: Jeff Basler, Owner Office: 519-669-9081 | Fax: 519-669-9819 Email: ever-green@sympatico.ca
· Offering a quick and easy way to reclaim unused land · Our tracked skid steer equipped with a forestry brush mower can handle any long grass/brush · Trail maintenance and development · Wooded lot Thinning · Pasture Reclaimation · Orchard Maintenance · Industrial Lots · Real Estate Lots · Cottages
Just Gardens Complete Garden and Lawn Maintenance
Anita Soehner Clean Up | Mulch
Planting | Garden Design Lawn Maintenance All Your Gardening Needs
226.476.2039
Cell | 519.504.5934
rozell_soehner@yahoo.ca
INTRODUCING OUR
HYDRAULIC BREAKER BUCKET For digging through frozen ground! And light demo where clean up as you go is a benefit.
• • • •
Trenching Excavating Demolition Back fill compaction plate
Murray & Daniel Shantz
ALMA, ONTARIO | PHONE: 519.846.5427
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
WHO IS REPRESENTING YOU? Call your Woolwich experts today and book a FREE NO-OBLIGATION HOME EVALUATION. NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING
$176,900 $425,900 STUNNING BUNGALOW SPACIOUS!
$424,900 LARGER THAN IT LOOKS
Alli Bauman
Marcia Thompson
Paul Martin
519-577-6248
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
519-503-9533
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT
Drayton - Beautiful Mansfield III Home. Various Prices and Plans available. Model Home is at 46 Bedell Open: Mon, Tues, Wed 1-7pm and Sat, Sun 1-4:30pm. MLS 1418101. Call Paul or Alli direct.
Drayton - This Verdone Model Home has elegant and luxurious features including skylights, tray ceilings and 2 french door walkouts from master and dinette. Ceramic and hardwood throughout the main floor. Kitchen with granite countertops and glass backsplash overlooking dinette and open to great room. 2 walk in closets in the Master Suite and 4 piece ensuite. This home is complete with den, 2nd bedroom, mudroom/main floor laundry and huge finished basement with fireplace. MLS1418095. Call Paul or Alli Direct.
Palmerston – Move in & enjoy the summer in your new Home. Solid 1.5 storey brick 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath home w/detached sngl car garage. Recently remodeled master & both baths. New roof 2010, orig hrdwd flrs, double French drs & spacious rms throughout. Lots of character & space for young or growing family. 3 decks, children’s playground & huge private/fenced & beautifully landscaped backyard make this property ideal for entertaining or simply enjoying some family time. MLS 1417276. Call Paul or Alli direct.
$654,900 BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD
$179,900 LUXURIOUS CONDO!
$369,900 CHARM AND CHARACTER
$338,900 YET TO BE BUILT!
NEW PRICE
www.homeswithpaul.ca
$399,000 CORNER LOT
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426
Elora – Freehold townhouse w/double garage situated on corner lot backing onto Elora Cataract Trailway. Large eat-in kitchen w/ceramic tile & abundant w/maple cupboards. Bright Living room w/hardwood floors, corner gas fireplace, 2 storey ceiling open to stairs & 2nd floor hallway. Fantastic master bedroom complete w/ensuite & lg walk in closet. Second floor laundry. Bright Finished basement w/recroom, bedroom & bathroom. 2300sqft + finished space. A must see home. Prepare to be impressed. MLS 1414406. Call Alli or Paul direct.
Breslau – Approx 2700sqft house located on 3.15 acres. Enjoy sunsets from your bckyrd haven. Tree lined private drive. Complete w/main flr LR, FR w/wood fp, eat in kit & sep DR. Main flr bdrm w/kitchenette & 3pc ens. Side entrance ideal for home office/business. Master bdrm w/8ftx8ft walk in closet & 3pc ens. Fin'd basement featuring lg bar & location for wood stove. Bsmnt bath incl sauna, whirlpool. 648sqft unfinished bonus room above garage. TLC Required. MLS 1414121. Call Alli or Paul direct.
Kitchener – Featuring controlled entry in welcoming lobby. Casual Elegance in this updated 2 bdrm, 2 bath, condo complete w/sep DR & in-suite laundry. Excellent location w/easy access to 401, shopping, Conestoga College & close to trails. Well maintained building w/indoor pool, exercise rm, party rm, sauna & underground parking! Recent updates: Laminate flooring, Baths 2013, Kit cabinets 2009. All appliances incl’d. Just move in & enjoy! MLS 1418026. Call Paul or Alli Direct.
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SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT
Elmira - This home is a must see, you will be impressed! French drs guide you to bright living rm & sep dr beside lg eat in kit loaded w/cabinets. Upstairs has 3 bdrms, main bath & laundry. 4th bdrm & 2nd bath off family rm featuring cork flooring. Basement complete w/recrm & workshop. Sunroom walk out to lg deck w/covered dining area, overlooking on ground pool, hot tub & perennial gardens in lg fenced yard. 2 car garage w/walk up storage attic. MLS 1421043. Call Paul or Alli Direct.
NEW LISTING
Elmira – Here is a classic 4 bedroom 2 storey home situated on a tree lined street offering all the charm of yesteryear with many modern day updates and conveniences! Carpet free with lots of hardwood (except staircase). Chef's delight kitchen boasts granite counters, tempered glass topped island, gas stove, built-in oven, dishwasher and lots of cabinets plus double door pantry! 2 updated bathrooms, terrace door walkout to deck with hot tub and the list goes on! MLS 1417247.
FIND YOUR DREAM HOME IN CANADA’S BEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.
dale@kellersellsrealestate.com
®
45 Arthur St. S., Elmira
BRAD MARTIN
JULIE
TRACEY
WILLIAMS Broker of Record, HECKENDORN Broker Sales Rep. MVA Residential Res: 519.669.1068 Res: 519.669.8629 Cell: 519.505.0627
BROKERAGE
519-669-2772 www.thurrealestate.com
GREAT BACK YARD – backs to a walking trail! Spacious kitchen w/lots of cupboards & w/o to composite deck w/vinyl & glass. Main flr. washroom. Upper level laundry. Rec. room w/full walkout, kitchenette, 3pc. bath & office in lower level. Dble driveway. Well maintained. New MLS $319,900.
STUNNING CENTURY HOME – loaded w/ character! Natural woodwork & staircase. Hdwd. floors. Pocket doors. Oak kitchen, formal D.R. Cozy L.R. w/gas fireplace. Main flr. fam. rm. w/ custom built-ins. Two staircases to upper level. Private master suite w/ensuite bath & dressing area. Updated main bathrm. Floored attic. 200 amp. serv. Detached oversized garage. Private, professionally landscaped yard. Expect to be impressed! MLS $539,900.
Location! Desireable Southwood Park. Walkout from oak kitchen to concrete patio. Private driveway (double depth). Convenient side entry. 3 bedrooms. Spacious finished rec. room & 2pc. washroom in the lower lower level. EXCL. $284,900.
CONESTOGO – This raised bungalow is in a quiet area, close to school and downtown. Walkout from dining area to patio. Stone fireplace in the living room. (w/parquet floor) and a gas fireplace in the rec. room. Newer floor in games room. 5 pc. bathroom (ensuite privilege) 1.5 garage (extra deep!). Double driveway. MLS $395,000.
SOLD
85 ACRES FOR SALE – Wellesley Township. Workable land, recently tile-drained @ 30’ centres. Road frontage at front and back of farm. MLS $1,600,000
CALL FOR YOUR FREE MARKET EVALUATION
REALTY LTD., BROKERAGE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED
519.500.1865 (Direct)
17 Church St. W., Elmira • 519.669.1544 (Business)
Dale R. Keller Sales Representative
www.KellerSellsRealEstate.com | dale@kellersellsrealestate.com Custom Bungalow | $434,900
Drayton Ridge | $359,900
Numerous quality features abound. Soaring cathedral ceiling in great room and gourmet kitchen, arches, pillars, hardwood and ceramics, 3 gas fireplaces. Must be seen to appreciate all this beautiful Drayton home has to offer. MLS For info on these or any other real estate enquiries, Call Dale
New Listing. The Brighton lll model, by Verdone Homes is one of many exciting models to be built. This two storey home boasts 1730 sq ft of open concept with main floor great room and 3 generous bedrooms upstairs with custom features. Various prices and options available. MLS Call Dale, to have the best selection.
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Building in Drayton where homes are affordable
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Welcome to the 50th Annual Maple Syrup Festival.
YEARS
SINCE 1913
Elmira Real Estate Services Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage
90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 4, Elmira N3B 3L4
519-669-3192
We support Woolwich Community Services through
CUSTOM QUALITY
2013
Elmira@royallepage.ca
Single Family
Bonnie Brubacher Monique Roes Shanna Rozema Robin Hansford-Currie
www.elmirahomes.ca
Broker of Record
OPEN HOUSE | SUN APR 6TH 2-4 PM BUILDER BONUS, $8000 IN FREE UPGRADES! *Bonus subject to change without notice
Sales Representative
Broker
Sales Representative
OPEN HOUSE | SUN APR 6TH 2-4 PM 150 Brookmead St., Elmira
“Helping you is what we do”
OPEN HOUSE | SUN APR 6TH 2-4 pm 70 Pondview Drive, Elmira
Starting from
$338,900
Visit our Model Home at 46 Bedell Drive, Drayton
Mon., Tues. & Wed. 1-7pm | Sat. & Sun. 1-4:30pm | or by appointment
226-818-5311 | verdonehomes.com
170 Ridgeview Drive, Drayton
Royal LePage Crown Realty Services Inc.
PRICES FROM $333,900 Beautifully appointed Executive Bungalow-loft freehold town homes, 1286 sq.ft-2046 sq.ft, loft options, gourmet kitchens w/island/breakfast bar, hardwood & ceramic flrs, gas fireplace, master ensuite, double garage & driveway. Visit our model for plans & prices. EXCLUSIVE
480 Hespeler Rd., Cambridge, ON, N1R 7R9
$365,900 A must see brand new home, 1570 sq.ft 4 level
sidesplit built by Paradigm (Elmira) Homes. Open concept layout, hardwood & ceramic floors, maple kitchen w/4 stainless appliances, family rm has gas fireplace & walkout, ensuite, double drive, garage. MLS
$272,900 Come and view this beautiful 6 year old semi
detached home backing onto greenspace. Well maintained, 3 bdrms, 3 baths including ensuite, open concept main floor, walkout off dinette, double drive, 1.5 car garage. MLS
Phone: 519-740-6400 | Fax: 519-740-6403 www.royallepage.ca
Lisa Harlock
Sales Representative
$339,900
15 Tanager St., Elmira
Beautiful bungalow with updated kitchen, finished rec room, hardwood floors in a terrific neighbourhood! Call Lisa to book your viewing: 519-740-6400
LOG HOME ON 13 ACRES $629,900 DRAYTON Absolutely Stunning!
IMPRESSIVE FREEHOLD TOWN HOME $279,900 ELMIRA You won't be disappointed, move in and
Breathtaking views from this Pioneer log home, rustic elegance, exposed beams, cathedral ceiling, beautiful kitchen w/island & high end appliances, finished walkout basement, patio, covered verandah & pond. MLS
enjoy an almost maintenance free property, neutrally decorated, nice kitchen w/appliances, spacious living rm. has patio doors to new deck, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, garage with access to rear yard, c/air. MLS
Visit Us at he Elmira Home & Garden Show Thur. April 10th- Sat. April 12th GETTIN’ THE SHACK BACK ON TRACK
FREE
HOME EVALUATION Call for details: 519-503-2753
ALLAN POFFENROTH Broker
519.669.8074
Coach House Realty Inc.
Brokerage OFFICE: 519.343.2124 • 159 William St., Palmerston
$228,400
www.coachhouserealty.ca Buyers check out our website for more great properties!
REDUCED - Elmira, close to downtown, large kitchen, 3 bedrooms, main floor family room, walkout basement, updates include: central vac, windows, shingles, hydro service, furnace, central air. MLS
HOUSE FOR SALE BY OWNER
Fred Martin, president of the Waterloo-Wellington Maple Syrup Producers Association, dusts off the mobile sugar shack for this weekend’s Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. Originally built for the festival, the traditional-style shack, complete with a woodstove, has enjoyed some popularity at various shows and demonstrations throughout the year.
HOUSE FOR SALE IN SMALL HAMLET 14 km to Milverton • 14 km to Listowel • 27 km to Elmira
1 acre of land with barn/shop 24 x 32. Paved driveway, House completely updated.
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CALL 519-590-4678 FOR DETAILS
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LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE/ RYAN TERRY, FLOW CATERING
VOLUNTEERISM / DRIVEN TO LEND A HAND
Hope springs eternal Canadian Cancer Society’s daffodil campaign coincides with a seasonal change that lifts us all ELENA MAYSTRUK There are many telltale signs of spring, not least of which is the appearance of early-blooming flowers such as daffodils. Given the long winter, fresh flowers are in short supply, but the Canadian Cancer Society is providing the next best thing with the lapel pins that are part of its annual daffodil campaign. The fundraiser also highlights something else that comes with the spring weather: hope and optimism about the future. “It’s been a nice kind of marriage of timing for the Cancer Society. April is the month where typically we start to see more growth and there are signs of hope – and hope is very much something that we try to bring to people who are either battling the disease or know people who are. It’s a very potent symbol, actually, and it’s great that April has become kind of our month here at the Cancer Society,” said Elmira resident and volunteer Sarah Bradshaw, herself a survivor of breast cancer. The daffodil campaign kicks off the group’s spring and summer fundraising and awareness projects. The organization helps in the fight against some 200 types of cancer through public-support programs and funding new research. In past years, Bradshaw represented the campaign at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. The crowds are a chance to meet people
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Elmira’s Sarah Bradshaw, a cancer survivor, is taking part in this month’s daffodil campaign launched by the Canadian Cancer Society. from many walks of life, and to reinforce just why it is volunteer efforts are so worthwhile. “I remember two years ago when I was selling [daffodils]. A mom and dad came by with their little boy and he had a tube in
his nose. I sort of looked at him and said, ‘How are you doing? Eating everything you want to eat?’ And his mom said he was actually in the middle of treatment but he’s so excited. ‘He’s hungry and he wants to eat all of this stuff – we’re
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so excited that it’s going so well.’ And I just thought this is why I am doing this, why I am standing here in the cold selling daffodils: it’s for him.” For Bradshaw, the end of winter marks five years of being cancer-free. She be-
gan her work with the Waterloo-Wellington branch of the society several years before her diagnosis, after a friend from Elmira fell sick with the disease and passed away. DAFFODIL | 33
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A Taste of Woolwich is around the corner again. April 7, to be exact. In lieu of a recipe this week, I thought it would nice to give you some insight as to what the township’s youth are saying about the local food movement. I’m always impressed by what the younger generation is thinking and how incredibly smart they are. Below is some of the input that we received from some young people, talking about supporting the local food economy. We hope you enjoy reading these as much as we did and we also hope to see you all at Taste of Woolwich on April 7 in Elmira. Local food is an investment in the future. By supporting local farmers today, you are helping to ensure that there will be farms in your community tomorrow. Local food is better for you. The shorter the time between the farm and your table, the less likely it is that nutrients will be lost from fresh food. Food imported from far away is older and often picked before it’s ripe and has travCHEF’S TABLE | 33
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“Five years is sort of a magic number. It means that if you survive that long, your chances of recurrence drop down quite significantly so it’s been a very exciting FebruaryMarch for me because that’s when I was diagnosed and started my treatment,” she said. “Breast cancer is unfortunately something that is very prevalent. I had my own battle with it, but it certainly helps to make meaning of what you’ve gone through if you can then pay it forward in a way and support others.” The organization’s research grants change every year. Canadian Cancer Society-funded researcher Dr. David Hammond at the University of Waterloo has researched cancer’s connection to the food we eat, thanks to the funds. “The fact is that our eat-
ing habits are leading us to more obesity, which is leading to higher incidents of cancer. That was an interesting kind of new research that we are funding and that’s the kind of thing that changes every year,” Bradshaw explained. More work needs to be done for cancers where progress is frustratingly slow. Rare forms of cancer require more funds, she added. The society will not be selling fresh daffodils this month, unlike previous years, but focusing on the distribution of daffodil pins instead. A total of $9,881.39 in daffodil sales was raised in Woolwich last year. The organization holds several large fundraisers throughout the year including daffodil pin distribution and the upcoming Ride and Stride through
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Woolwich at the end of the month. The township’s second Relay for Life event takes place in June. This month is more about raising awareness, said Bradshaw. “There are lots of ways that people can show their support for people who are close to them, who are fighting cancer or if they want to honour people who have lost people to cancer. They can proudly wear a pin; they can participate in a variety of events; they can give if there is a canvasser who comes to their door.”
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elled on trucks or planes, and sat in warehouses before it gets to you. Local food supports local families. The wholesale prices that farmers get for their products are low, often near the cost of production. Local farmers who sell direct to consumers cut out the middleman and get full retail price for their food, which helps farm families stay on the land. Local food benefits the environment and wildlife. Well-managed farms provide ecosystem services: they conserve fertile soil, protect water sources, and
reduce carbon from the atmosphere. The farm environment is a patchwork of fields, meadows, woods, ponds and buildings that provide habitat for wildlife in our communities. The best part about buying local is the people. When you buy asparagus from Peru, the closest you get to the producer of that asparagus is the produce attendant at your local grocery store. When you buy local asparagus you can actually go to the farm at which that asparagus was grown and talk to the proprietor of that farm about their product. A product which they them-
selves have dedicated a great deal of time to and therefore deeply care. Farmers are some of the nicest and smartest people out there. Going to the farm and spending time with the farmers gives you a much greater appreciation of the time and effort that went into the creation of that product. When you respect the ingredient, cooking becomes a much, much easier and much, much more enjoyable process.
Looking for some downtime on the ice, families gathered their tots at the Woolwich Memorial Centre for a free skate on Thursday. Clockwise from top: Mackenzie Rank, 3, and Kyle Rank; Presley McFadden, 3, with dad Curtis; and Jonah Schmidt, 6, shared the Dan Snyder Arena. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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peds (two-leggers) psych out the quadruped leg movement sequence symbolized by LH, LF, RH, RF? Hint: Watch a walking horse or bull or elephant or take a careful look at your dog sauntering over to its drinking bowl.
A. When four-legged
mammals (except primates) go for a walk, their footfall sequence is first left hind leg (LH) and left fore leg (LF), then right hind leg (RH) and right fore leg (RF), back and forth, says Will Hunt in “Discover� magazine. This four-legged
mammalian gait affords maximum stability, yet the complexity of this walking matrix confused many artists, including Leonardo da Vinci. Now, a recent study by Gabor Horvath, a biological physicist at Eotvos University in Hungary, shows that “cave painters understood the laws governing animal motion.� Horvath’s team collected nearly 1,000 images of walking quadrupeds, dividing them into works before and after 1887, when pioneering photographer Edward Muybridge’s stop-motion studies of animals definitively settled the matter. “The most reliably accurate artists were the cave painters,� Hunt remarks. “Of the 39 prehistoric paintings of walking
horses, bulls, elephants and other quadrupeds that the researchers examined, fewer than half were erroneous,� compared with an overall 84% error rate before Muybridge. Q. Studying “the enigma of the cheetah� hunting in the wild, scientists used electronic collars, accelerometers, GPS modules, a Structure and Motion Laboratory and more. What were their findings?
A. Headed by biomechanicist Alan Wilson of London’s Royal Veterinary College, the group discovered that the cat’s hunting success may have as much to do with its remarkable ability to brake sharply and to pivot as its rocket-like acceleration in catching its zigzagging prey, says Josie
to yank it off balance and then suffocates the victim by biting the neck. Sums up Garthwaite, “Roughly one-quarter of 367 hunts recorded in Botswana ended in capture of prey–usually impala.� Q. Students, what college major should you choose? You might want to hide this from your liberal arts parents.
Garthwaite in “Discover� magazine. Whereas Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt powers up using 25 watts per kilogram, the cheetah uses 100 watts, firing up its heavily muscled legs by accelerating 6.7 mph in a single stride, aided by rigid paws and blunt claws acting like cleats. Actually, a wild cheetah needn’t go all out but more like a moderate 33 mph for only a second or two. Rapid deceleration, or slowdown, of about 9 mph in a single stride allows it to corner darting prey. A cheetah on the hunt may execute six or seven turns in just a few hundred feet, helped by its three-foot-long tail. Then in mid gallop, it hooks its claws into the prey’s rump
A. If doing what you love is important, major in what you want even as you learn as much as possible about foreign languages and technology, suggest Amanda Green and Matt Soniak in “25 of Your Most Pressing Questions Answered,� as reported in “Mental Floss� magazine. However, “for earning top dollars right after gradu-
ation, aim low, i.e., below Earth’s surface.� According to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, an average $84,000 a year goes to grads with jobs in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction. If you don’t dig digging, any kind of engineering degree can unearth big rewards: petroleum engineering, followed by computer engineering, chemical engineering, computer science and aerospace engineering. “Now break out that slide rule and start shopping for a Bentley!�
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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The accolades for the Observer have begun again with wins and yet more nominations at both the national (CCNA) and provincial (OCNA) level of competition. The Observer was awarded Second Place in Canada as Best All Around Newspaper, along with First Place honours for Best Front Page, and a Third Place for Best Editorial Page at the national level. Nominated for provincial awards, the Observer finds out this weekend its final standings for General Excellence, Best Health and Wellness story, Best Sports Section and Best Local Retail Layout. Winning industry awards is a pretty big deal. And we win a fair few. But, as noted, awards don’t tell the whole story. They don’t say thank you to the community for giving us the means, the muse, and the inspiration to produce Best in Canada quality journalism. We see ourselves as a fabric with a patchwork of stories telling our community about itself and the people that live here. It’s a big undertaking. Being recognized by our peers is a huge honour for us, but when we’re finished giving ourselves a pat on the back, it’s back to work for the people who really matter: those reading this page right now.
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