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PUTTING MUSIC TO DICKENS' A TALE OF TWO CITIES THE ARTS PAGE 16
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Council denies bid to return Al Marshall to CPAC Contentious past actions likely helped scuttle plans to reinstate outspoken critic despite committee’s wishes
STEVE KANNON Long overdue upgrades are coming to the park in Conestogo. An unusable tennis court will be replaced, joined by a new multi-use sports pad that will serve as a hockey rink, in both summer and winter, and a basketball court. Meeting this week, Woolwich councillors approved spending $336,000 to make the project happen. The project calls for a refurbished tennis court and a multi-use pad with rink boards that will allow for all-year use. Along with the boards, there would be new hockey and basketball nets, and all of the applicable ground markings. The playing areas would be surrounded by a new chainlink fence. As well, the project calls for new light standards and lamps, perimeter fencing and other site improvements. The scale of the project is contingent on the final arrangement with Endure Sports Management Inc., chosen from among two applicants who responded to the township’s request for proposals (RFP) for overhauling the Evening Star Lane park. The $336,000 expenditure is well above the $130,000 initially budgeted, though that figure was something of a placeholder, covering only the PARK | 2
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SUMMER FUN Not much to be afraid of in Summer Playground’s “fear factor” August 8 at the WMC, just chocolate and gunny worms dug up by Alexis and Wade McKenzie, Atlantis Walter, Monique Bertrand, Maddy Cruichshank, Carlee Mueller, Mackenzie Acheson, Stuart Sinclair, Tianna, Rylea and Tayler Schade, Seth Snyder, Jayden Stanley, Hailey Mueller and Wesley GoerzenSheard. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Outspoken environmental advocate Al Marshall’s on-again, offagain relationship with the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee has warmed up again, but Woolwich council is having no part of it. The majority of committee members voted to welcome Marshall back into the ranks, but councillors voted against those wishes in a split decision August 6. Marshall, a long-time participant in the groundwater contamination saga, has been appointed to and removed from CPAC in each of the last two terms of council. His most recent stint with the group came after a new council elected in 2010 overhauled the committee, but it was short-lived due to his often-abrasive style. After his removal, he continued
to attend public meetings, and now serves on CPAC’s soil, water and air technical team (SWAT). Committee chair Dan Holt said Marshall’s knowledge of the subject matter and the history of problems in Elmira’s groundwater make him a valuable resource, adding Marshall has become less confrontational even in the last couple of years. Given the changes, the majority of those on the committee, some of whom had issues with Marshall in the past, are willing to invite him back, said Holt. That council chose to ignore CPAC’s recommendation frustrates him. “Alan brings a whole lot to the table in terms of his expertise and his knowledge of the history,” he said on Wednesday, reacting to the previous night’s CPAC | 2
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projected cost of replacing the rundown tennis court. The township has $87,000 set aside in its budget, with another $43,000 coming from the Conestogo
Recreation Association, representing one-third of the budgeted cost, the community’s typical share of recreation projects. The bulk of the money, some $206,000, will be taken from the infrastructure
reserve fund, director of finance Richard Petherick told councillors meeting Tuesday night. On the community side, the rec. association has $25,000 on hand, with the remaining $18,000 pledge
by the Conestogo-Winterbourne Optimist Club. Petherick said, based on past dealings with the Optimist Club, he’s confident the money will be raised and turned over to the township within the 2014-
2015 timeframe. “I think it will be money well spent,” said Mayor Todd Cowan of the project, noting the multi-use pad gives the community flexibility should preferences shift in the future.
For Ward 3 Coun. Bonnie Bryant, the improvements are long overdue. “This is a community that’s been without a park in good condition for many, many years,” she said.
GRCA seminar offers up tree tips for landowners WILL SLOAN Forestry specialist Mark Funk has spent his career teaching the benefits of trees, including projects with Trees for Woolwich and an August 21 workshop in Elmira about tree care. But when asked for his favourite tree, he is nearly stumped. “That’s tough,” he said, followed by a pause. “Probably my favourite tree is the white pine. They’re not overly common around here, but they are around. They’re usually one of the tallest trees in the forest, and I find them majestic.” On the other side of the coin, are there any trees he
Forestry specialist Mark Funk provides tips on windbreak thinning at a workshop in Alma on July 30.
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hates? “Nope, I don’t hate any trees,” he said with a laugh. “You’ll hear some people say that they hate poplar or willows because they’re aggressive growers, but in the right place, every tree is a good tree.” Fair enough: Funk has participated in Trees for Woolwich’s tree-planting campaigns, and plants trees for a living with the Grand River Conservation Authority, so he knows his stuff. With the GRCA, he is currently hosting workshops to give tips and tricks of proper tree planting to landowners: first in Alma last month about windbreak thinning, then
Elmira to teach rural landowners about tree care and pruning. In September, he’ll visit Kenilworth for a more general workshop. “There will be a pretty broad cross-section of topics, but we’ll be talking about how to maintain and care for trees that you’ve just planted, as well as how to keep them healthy and in good shape as they get older,” he said. All of these events will stress the many benefits of keeping property green. “Trees can reduce soil erosion and water runoff; they increase property value; they produce food and wood products; and they GRCA | 4
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vote. “CPAC endorses and stands behind Al. We were very disappointed with that decision – council did not honour our decision and wishes.” While Mayor Todd Cowan and Coun. Allan Poffenroth were in favour of Marshall’s reinstatement, councillors Mark Bauman,
Bonnie Bryant and JulieAnne Herteis voted against the idea. Bauman is council’s current liaison on the CPAC, and Herteis was its chair for a short time. For Cowan, council’s decision flies in the face of the committee’s betterinformed opinions. “We need to respect the wishes of CPAC. I’m going to take their recommenda-
tion,” he said as the issue came to a vote Tuesday night. The decision made, Cowan voted against two other CPAC-recommended appointments to the committee on principle. Both Graham Chevreau and Susanna Meteer, fellow members of the SWAT team, were approved as members, however.
While disappointed, Marshall said he felt CPAC’s stance was something of a win-win situation for him, acknowledging that he has in fact mellowed out in recent years. Continuing to attend meetings and interact with CPAC members, he’s had a more relaxed presence, which didn’t go unnoticed, he said Wednesday.
“Basically, CPAC members have gotten to know me, both in private and in public. They’ve seen me in action. They’ve seen me prick the balloon when Chemtura, CRA [engineering firm Conestoga-Rovers & Associates] or the ministry are misleading CPAC.” Just having his name put forward by CPAC and being welcomed back into
the fold is a big step, even if council didn’t cooperate, Marshall said. “I feel the process was a win-win for me. I was nominated by CPAC – I am totally pleased and feel vindicated.” Marshall said he will continue to be involved with the environmental watchdog group despite the decision.
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Convenience store, gas bar proposed for Elmira STEVE KANNON A convenience store and gas bar could join the carwash currently operating in Elmira’s south end. The owner of the property is seeking a zone change to permit underground storage tanks for the gas station.
Hassan Morshedi, representing 2070227 Ontario Ltd., was at Woolwich council Tuesday night for the public meeting required as part of the planning process. Changes to Region of Waterloo policies open the possibility of underground tanks at the location, prompting the
St. Clements nursery school finds a new home Church expansion prompts search for new location, with community rallying to make it a reality for Sept. ELENA MAYSTRUK For the volunteers at St. Clements Co-operative Nursery School it’s been a long summer. For most of the season, the school didn’t even exist. “Up until June of this year we operated from Heidelberg at the Bible Fellowship Church. They are growing and they need their space back. It was with regrets from both of us that we had to part ways, but at that point we had to look for a new location. In terms of availability to stay within the community, we were really limited,” said the cooperative’s vice-president, Amy Balatoni. The team lucked out when they came across a location at 3585 Lobsinger Line in St. Clements, with the help of the organization’s former secretary. But, the space still needs a fair amount of work to accommodate the much-needed services, she said, adding that with the exception of Wellesley Village, parents in St. Clements and Heidelberg have few nearby daycare options.
“There’s definitely a big need. The neighbourhood is starting to turn over in St. Clements and also Heidelberg: there are lots of little bodies coming in, and aside from going to Elmira or somewhere in Waterloo, there is no other spot. We have a community here that has a need for it. There are enough little kids around here that it provides a valuable service.” Vacant for four years, the space was formerly a restaurant. Large, airy windows span the length of one wall of the 1,900 squarefoot area. There will be two bathrooms, a cubby area and more than enough floor space for activities of every kind for the kids. The extra room will allow for more kids and expanded programming in the future. The non-profit nursery school was established in 1984, with parents pitching in to help with daycare duties. Balatoni said the move was nerve-wracking. She was happy to see the community come together to make the new location a SCHOOL | 4
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proposed expansion at 110 Earl Martin Dr., he said. “Having a tank underground is much safer,” he said, adding that new technology that includes double-walled tanks and built-in sensors is much more desirable than aboveground tanks, which would be permitted under the
existing zoning. The change requested would lift the site-specific prohibitions against underground storage tanks at the 1.5-acre property, explained John Scarfone, the township’s manager of planning. “When the industrial subdivision was developed,
the Region of Waterloo required the provision prohibiting the underground tanks due to wellhead protection concerns,” he said in a report. “However, the regional policies have since changed, and the region is in a position to reconsider the need for the underground tank regulations.”
While the development could go ahead under current zoning, minus the underground tanks, a couple who lives on Arthur Street opposite the property questioned the need for the project. “We don’t need any more gas stations. GAS BAR | 4
Young gardeners enjoy the fruits of their labour Junior Garden Club takes stock with a real garden party in Elmira ELENA MAYSTRUK It’s been a growing season full of surprising weather and lots of hard work for the Junior Garden Club in Elmira, as kids and organizers took in the summer’s fruitful bounty at Bristow Park during a garden party August 7. “We didn’t have to water much,” said Irene Dickau, who led this year’s group along with Barb Finn. This year’s garden was geared towards 8- and 10-year-old kids for the first time. In previous years the club focused on a larger variety of age groups. “We thought they would have the interest, skills and they could do a lot of the activities,” Finn added. Indeed, activities like hoeing, weeding – quite a bit of weeding it seems, Dickau said – and harvesting were a regular demand, but the kids didn’t seem to mind. Sisters Chloe and Carmen Koch enjoyed planting tomatoes, that king of hearty produce and their favourite. It was a delicate process that required careful handling of the plant’s fragile stalks. "It’s my favourite vegetable. I like to watch it grow and I like seeing nature,”
Chloe and Carmen Koch were among the youths planting, hoeing and growing with Elmira’s Junior Garden Club this summer. They joined their team to admire the harvest on August 7. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
said Chloe, 10. Carmen, 8, added, “I like gardening because it gets you out of the house and it just gives you something to do on a weekly basis. It’s fun taking care of the plants and watching them grow.” July saw the kids enjoy a healthy treat, with a salad bar where some of the freshly-grown crops were washed and made into salads to enjoy. Kids also had a chance to work with the food they planted by caring for a unique herb and coming up with recipes. Finn and Dickau focused on getting the kids to use their senses as they came up with recipes based on looks, taste and smell. “They really enjoy some of the things and if they’ve not tasted it before, ‘Oh this is good,’ and so they learn,” Dickau said. The two leaders agree that gardening is a trending pastime, and getting kids involved at an early age can help them learn to be food-conscious. “If the kids get lots of experiences outdoors and then learn to start nurturing things, they can have a positive impact on the plants for themselves and others – that’s the goal,” Finn said.
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The owners of the carwash on Earl Martin Drive in Elmira want to add a convenience store and gas station to the site. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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The building at 3585 Lobsinger Line isn't much more than an empty space right now, but Amy Balatoni expects the current renovations to have the St. Clements Co-operative Nursery School up and running by September. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] FROM | 3
reality in a short time. “It was super stressful at the beginning. We didn’t know if we could make this work – there were a lot of hoops that we had to jump through." The co-operative went to the Township of Wellesley to ensure that the building
had the correct zoning properties and received a building permit. An architect and friend referred Balatoni to architect Reema Masri. “She had a soft spot for us, I think, because we were a nursery school and we were non-profit, so right away she took us on,” she said.
The co-operative also received help from parents, the Paradise and District Lions Club and a number of local sponsors who helped with renovations and financial support. The main entrance opens onto Lobsinger Line where kids will enter the classroom come September. But
while the outside is already lined with colourful flower boxes, there is still work to be done on the inside. When it’s finished, Balatoni hopes the facility can also be rented out as a community space when classes are not running. “Now the pressure is on,” she said.
“It will be another eyesore and a lot more traffic across from where we live,” said Judith Carson. She and her husband said they feared the plan would bring more traffic, disturbances, garbage and light pollution. Morshedi noted that there would be no access to the site from Arthur Street, with all traffic entering off of Earl Martin Drive. As well, regulations would govern the amount and direction of lights on the
property. More than 3,000 cars already access the manual carwash at that location, he added. As well as a convenience store and gas bar, an automatic carwash is also in the plan. This week’s meeting was for information purposes only. Councillors won’t make a decision on the application until after planning staff had reviewed all reports and public input before coming back with a recommendation at a later date.
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Plug it in, turn it up in Maryhill Though perhaps not cranked to 11, the amplifiers will be on when a band plays at home on Mathias Crescent in Maryhill on August 24, as Woolwich council granted an exemption to its noise bylaw, which prohibits amplified noise at any time. The exemption was requested by Scotiabank, allowing for a postgolf-tournament gathering at the home. The day’s events are part of a
fundraiser for KidsAbility. The band will play between 5 p.m. and 12 a.m. The same event was held last year, with no complaints.
Ice cream cart to St. Jacobs The owner of a newly-launched bicycle-powered ice cream cart can expand his territory from Elmira to St. Jacobs, Woolwich council decided this week. Having last month granted permission to Andrew Brubacher to travel
on township sidewalks and in parks in Elmira, councillors agreed Tuesday night to extend the same privileges in St. Jacobs. The exemption to the licensing bylaw extends to the end of 2013, and would have to be renewed next year if Brubacher plans to continue the business, started under the province’s Summer Company program for students. Given that summer is well along, Coun. Mark Bauman said the decision would allow for a “trial balloon” in St. Jacobs for the rest of the season, noting, “It’s been a bad summer to
sell ice cream.”
Zone change sought for Arthur St. farm A rezoning application now being considered by Woolwich Township would allow for some changes at a livestock operation and on-farm business that’s very visible on the highway between Elmira and St. Jacobs. The bid would bring Brubacher Drums into conformity with township
bylaws, and allow for a barn and manure pile right near the road to be relocated to a point farther back on the property at 855 Arthur St. S. Owner Murray Brubacher wants to tear down the existing 5,400-square-foot barn, deeming it not worth repairing, and replace it with a 17,230-sq.-ft. structure about 27 metres (88 feet) back from the property line. As well, he plans to build a 3,000-sq.-ft. machinery shed. The zone change is needed because the new barn would be within the 600-metre minimum distance
separation (MDS) space from the residential zone in the north part of St. Jacobs, though the new building would be slightly farther away than the existing structure, explained manager of planning John Scarfone at a public planning meeting August 6 in council chambers. The on-farm barrel business, though never formally recognized, predates the township’s adoption of an official plan in 1983. The site-specific zoning changes would bring the business into conformity, he added.
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Two people were injured, and one went to the hospital in a neck brace, after a rear-end collision on Arthur Street North at Florapine Road on August 2. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] J U LY 2 9
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1:00 AM | Unknown suspects entered a garage on Rhine Meadow Road in Heidelberg sometime between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. Police are investigating the theft of tools and sporting equipment.
4:30 PM | A three-vehicle collision at Arthur Street South and Scotch Line Road south of Elmira resulted in minor injuries for one driver who was treated on scene. Emergency crews closed off Arthur Street until the damage could be cleared off the roadway.
10:00 PM | A runaway horse was killed and a man suffered minor injuries after his car struck the animal on Northfield Drive East and Scotch Line Road. The Linwood driver’s 2002 Ford Focus was southbound on Northfield Drive when it struck a horse that had wandered onto the roadway. It is believed the horse got loose from a nearby farm. No charges were laid.
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10:30 AM | Charges were laid against a driver who ended up rolling a car into the ditch after losing control on Maryhill Road in Woolwich Township. The driver was attempting to pass a horse-drawn buggy when the car rolled and caused damage to
a fence. There were no injuries to the driver, who made no contact with the buggy. The driver was charged with making an unsafe lane change contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. 12:00 PM | Two people were taken to hospital after a rear-end collision between two vehicles on Arthur Street North at Florapine Road north of Elmira. The drive of a GMC pickup collided with the back of a silver car, crushing the back portion of the vehicle. A woman in the rear-ended car suffered serious injuries and was taken away in a neck brace; another occupant
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A passenger in the vehicle struck from behind had to be removed by emergency crews, with a neck brace applied before she was lifted onto a stretcher. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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Russian tyranny shines light on Olympic debacle ADD THE ELOQUENCE OF the brilliant Stephen Fry and the wry commentary of George Takei to the growing list of those calling for a boycott or move of the Winter Olympics scheduled for next year in Sochi, Russia. Driving the petitions and critiques are the Russian government’s new anti-gay laws, spearheaded by the increasingly-militant Vladimir Putin. When the two celebrities joined the fray this week, they added to a long list of those critical of the latest crackdown, not to mention the outright corruption of both the Games and the government. You can also count U.S. President Barack Obama among those decrying the anti-gay legislation. Homosexuals are only the latest in a series of persecutions attributable to Putin’s hard-line rule. Fry, in a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron and the International Olympic Committee, decried the Russian legislation, saying allowing Russia to host the Games in 2014 is comparable to allowing the Nazis to do so in 1936. “An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 in Sochi is simply essential,” Fry wrote. “At all costs, Putin cannot be seen to have the approval of the civilized world.” The IOC has, characteristically, chosen to do nothing, barely acknowledging the backlash, and opting to do and say nothing that would interfere with the most important aspect of the Games: profits for the corrupt few who line their pockets with public money. They hid that under the guise of separating sports and politics. Fry, of course, was having no part of that: “Let us not forget that Olympic events used not only to be athletic, they used to include cultural competitions. Let us realise that in fact, sport is cultural. It does not exist in a bubble outside society or politics. The idea that sport and politics don’t connect is worse than disingenuous, worse than stupid. It is wickedly, wilfully wrong.” The hateful Russian legislation aside, there are plenty of reasons why Russia should never have been awarded the Olympics – just as was the case with China in 2008. The country is rife with corruption – fine by IOC standards – and the site, Sochi, so remote that problems were bound to occur. The chances of the Games going off smoothly are rather smaller, even though they are now the most expensive in history at $50 billion ... and counting. The Games and the venue are seen as massive ego boost for Putin, as well as a chance to funnel even more public money into the hands of oligarchs in the country. That is a constant part of the Games, a good reason to do away with them completely, not just in Sochi. The Olympics are in essence founded on corruption, each event designed to separate taxpayers from their money to enrich a few and providing no real benefit in return. We’ve all seen enough examples of Olympic costs to know the numbers trotted out in advance are no more than fairy tales. Promised tourism dollars, even if they materialize, are a one-time deal, while the debt payments go on for years. Even those Games purported to have made money employ creative accounting, forgetting to add in much of the infrastructure and operational costs, such as security, for example, that are covered by governments as a matter of course. Given that the Olympic ideals have long vanished, if they ever existed, perhaps it’s time to look at doing away with the Games.
Playing Charlie Brown to council's Lucy, Al Marshall takes another run at joining CPAC, with a predictable outcome. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Biting into the world’s most important hamburger WORLD AFFAIRS The most important hamburger in the history of the world was cooked (but only half-eaten) in London on Monday. It was grown in a lab, not cut from a cow, and it tasted – well, not quite good enough to fool the experts, but then they forgot the ketchup, mustard, cheese, onion, bacon, tomato and lettuce. Not to mention the fries. “I miss the fat, there’s a leanness to it,” said food writer Josh Schonwald, “but the general bite feels like a hamburger.” Austrian food critic Hanni Ruetzler agreed: “It’s not that juicy, but the consistency is perfect. This is meat to me. It’s not falling apart; it’s really something to bite on.” Even in a blind tasting, she added, she would say that it was real meat and not a soya copy. Of course she would. It WAS real meat, grown from a cow’s stem cells just like the flesh of its own body. It tasted lean because the stem cells
the experimenters used were only programmed to make muscle tissue, not fat. (They’re working on that). The real test was whether tens of billions of lab-grown muscle cells could be organised into something with the consistency of proper meat, not mush, and the lab-burger passed that test with flying colours. But why would anybody want to pass that test? What’s wrong with just eating cows – and sheep and pigs and chickens? Far beyond the objections of vegetarians and animal-rights activists, what’s wrong with eating “natural” meat is that there are too many of us, eating too much of it, and we’re running out of land to grow it on. “Right now, we are using 70 per cent of all our agricultural capacity to grow meat through livestock,” Professor Mark Post, the lead researcher, told The Independent at a conference in Vancouver last year. “You are going to need alternatives. If we don’t do anything, meat will become a luxury food and will become very expensive....”
“Livestock also contributes a lot to greenhouse gas emissions, more so than our entire transport system,” explained Post, a medical physiologist at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. “Livestock produces 39 per cent of global methane, 5 per cent of the CO2, and 40 per cent of the nitrous oxide. Eventually, we will have an eco-tax on meat.” On meat raised in the open air, that is. Whereas meat grown in the lab is a potentially inexhaustible resource, and it does far less environmental damage. According to an Oxford University study published in 2011, a tonne of “cultured” beef would require 99 per cent less land and between 82 and 96 per cent less water than its “natural” rival, and would produce between 78 and 95 per cent less greenhouse gas. It would also use 45 per cent less energy. These are seriously impressive numbers. If Post’s process can scale up successfully, then in 10 or 20 years we could be producing enough meat for a growing global population
even though many people are eating more meat per capita as their incomes rise. Moreover, we would be able to turn most of that 70 per cent of agricultural land back into forest and prairie, or switch it to growing grain for human consumption. “There are basically three things that can happen going forward,” said Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who bankrolled Post’s research. “One is that we can all become vegetarian. I don’t think that’s really likely. The second is we ignore the issues, and that leads to continued environmental harm. The third option is we do something new. “Some people think this is science fiction, I actually think that’s a good thing. If what you’re doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it’s probably not transformative enough. ...We’re trying to create the first cultured beef hamburger. From there I’m optimistic we can really scale (up) by leaps and bounds.” You probably can. Post’s DYER | 8
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Has the recent weather caused you to alter your usual summer activities?
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We can’t do much stuff outside I guess.
Yes, it has because we came here to go to the beach.
I’m not allowed to wear sunglasses and I just bought a new pair. That’s honestly my issue; I just want to wear my sunglasses.
If it rains I can’t go outside at all.
The rain affects me. When I went to Edgefest I couldn’t see The Lumineers. It was raining and they left.
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Is the summer weather we’ve seen so far the shape of things to come? EDITOR'S NOTES Fans of proper summer weather – which excludes sweaters and jackets as night-time attire – have plenty to grumble about of late. Some of that global warming stuff would be great – it’s certainly been in short supply in these parts. Switch from “global warming” to “climate change,” however, and what’s going on does fit the bill. While the wet-and-cool weather dominates discussion here, it’s not lost on us that things are amiss elsewhere too: flooding, soaring temperatures and forest fires abound. We tend to take such stories in isolation, however, failing to connect the dots to form a (big) picture of trouble on a planetary scale. Well, even more than failing, we’re determined not to connect those dots. And those content with the status quo – largely those profiting thereby – have absolutely no interest in drawing the
perils to our attention. The disregard for the consequences of the changes – consciously ignored in order to focus on unsustainable consumption – is problematic whether or not you believe what man does is having any impact on the climate. Extreme weather, flooding, landslides and forest fires will wreak havoc nonetheless. The same principle applies to all forms of pollution, loss of fresh water, habitat destruction, degradation of arable land and a host of other someday-catastrophic ills that we’d rather not dwell on just now. The fact is, however, that we’d be well advised to take steps to combat climate change, and ramp up the precautionary measures in those places likely to be hardest hit – rising water levels, droughts and violent weather seem like certitudes, so some planning would be in order. Does going on and on about climate change help or hinder the cause? I think people have tuned out. Our attention spans being what they are, we’ve moved on. Oh, we
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age Canadian, while a low priority individually, still warrants some consideration as part of the voting mass. And Canadians have grown tired of the debate, and will not support one dime travelling out of the country on some ill-fated cap-and-trade, carbon offsets or environmental reparations scheme cooked up by an unaccountable international group. We simply do not believe politicians and bureaucrats capable of creating a system that isn’t corrupt, ineffective and likely to waste money. History has shown us such agreements are rarely to the benefit of average citizens. That’s not to say we shouldn’t be making our own efforts to combat climate change. Canada contributes about two per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions despite having less than half of one per cent of the world’s population. Clearly we can do better. In the absence of international agreements, however, going it alone may require some other changes, including increasing protectionism.
There’s no point in lowering emissions standards for manufacturers in Canada, or even the U.S., if goods from China and other major polluters can come into the market with impunity. Worse still, such tactics could end up encouraging even more transfer of Western jobs to offshore locations where the environment regulations are as lax as labour and human rights protection. As an exporting nation – especially one with resources linked to emissions, particularly the tar sands – Canada may be very reluctant to go down that road. The result? No international agreements, and no national targets. Perhaps the largest barrier to any major change, however, is human nature: we’re quite content with our lives today, and see no need to change that for some potential long-term benefit, one that’s unlikely to materialize in our lifetimes. Estimates tied to the kind of emission reductions deemed necessary to offset the worst of climate change run into the hun-
dreds of billions. Coupled to the lifestyle changes and potential economic upheaval, the costs seem too onerous. If the worst does happen, we’re going to be spending far more to deal with the damage and mitigation factors … but that’s something that may happen in the future. Interestingly enough, should the forecasted problems arise, it won’t matter at that point if the climate changes are naturally occurring or manmade: we’ll still have to cope with such things as rising sea levels, increased storm activity, desertification and other threats to farmland, to name a few. The most entertaining part of the climate change debate hinges on the anthropogenic component of global warming. Those who argue the planet’s history is full of cooling and warming trends, downplaying man’s impact on such a large system, seem to feel that somehow negates taking action. Yes, the Earth has undoubtedly gone through many climate changes, KANNON | 8
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occasionally take passing note of some conference or summit, where politicians make nice speeches about the fate of our planet and what needs to be done. As with many other issues, we suppose that all the talk leads to action, assuming the inevitable decline in news coverage means the problem has gone away. And, as is always the case, short-term thinking will dominate. Politicians worried about re-election won’t do anything that seems expensive or puts national interests at an apparent disadvantage. Nations will look after their own interests first. China and India – the two largest polluters going forward – will claim their status as developing economies exempt them from any controls, even as China brings on stream dozens of new coal-burning plants. Every country will want to protect their industries, no matter how energy intensive or polluting. Canada is no different. The government is beholden to large resource companies, increasingly foreign-owned. The aver-
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A dozen stations requesting they be placed on basic cable -- and, thus, your bill -- had their applications denied by the CRTC. The list includes the poor-perfoming Sun News Network, which lost $17 million last year, which did not successfully demonstrate to the CRTC that they met the criteria for a mandatory distribution order.
"I am begging you to resist the pressures of pragmatism, of money, of the oily cowardice of diplomats and to stand up resolutely and proudly for humanity the world over, as your movement is pledged to do."
Waterloo Region began seeking $90,000 from Uniroyal Chemical (now Chemtura) to cover costs from a toluene spill that killed bacteria at the Emlira sewage treatment plant six months earlier.
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technique involves extracting stem cells from cow muscle tissue and growing them “in vitro” for three weeks, providing nutrients and growth-promoting chemicals. Then the mass of new cells is transferred to smaller dishes where they find themselves between two electrodes – and self-organize into strips of muscle tissue. Then you give the new muscle tissue some exercise (to bulk it up) by applying small shocks that make it contract. And then it’s hamburger meat, ready to be cooked. Growing an actual steak would be more complex, but in theory it could be done by getting the strips of muscle tissue to take shape on a biodegradable lattice that includes artificial blood vessels to deliver nutrients
and oxygen to the interior of the steak. So let’s assume that you can produce this beef in industrial quantities, complete with fat cells so that it tastes just like the meat that comes from the slaughterhouse. Could you get people to buy it? No problem. Just price it about 20 per cent cheaper than the “real thing.” Those of us who are keeping up with the Joneses will buy the premium product; the rest of us will buy the one that’s just as good but costs less. Oh, and why didn’t they eat the whole hamburger on Monday? Because there was no way that you could share out what was left equally between so many journalists, and they sometimes get quite nasty if they’re thwarted. So Mark Post said he’d take it home to his children.
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but most of them predate homo sapiens. In more geologically recent times, such events had little impact on humans because our population was small and migratory. Today, given that there are billions of people spread out all over the planet, living in cities with massive infrastruc-
ture, the changes we’re told are coming would be catastrophic. Left to its own devices, the planet will deal with the changes – manmade or otherwise. Over time, plants and animals adapt to the new environment. That has sometimes meant mass species die-offs, but that doesn’t mean we want to be one of those.
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St. Teresa improvement for students first To the Editor, This is a response to Mr. Vale’s comments about the soccer fields at St. Teresa school in the August 3 edition of the Observer. I am both a Catholic school supporter and a soccer parent, so I spend a lot of time on this property all year round. The
property is owned by the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, with its primary purpose being a school. The school council works closely with staff and the board to give the kids who attend the school the best area to learn and play. That is why a new playground is being installed for the kids of the school. It is the school community that has worked hard to bring this project to fruition.
After hours, the property is used by other kids playing on the playground, people walking their dogs and also Woolwich Youth Soccer. It is great that other users find enjoyment from the property, but important to remember that this is a secondary use. Even though the kids of the school should be the primary consideration, organizers did inform Woolwich Soccer of the changes and made plans
such that fields were not affected. Construction was even delayed until the completion of the 2013 soccer season in order to avoid disruption. If you have an issue with the property, please stop using it. Next time, maybe say “thank you” for the improvements instead of complaining. Hope your children enjoy the new play area.
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Eldale Veterinary Clinic is pleased to announce the addition of
Dr. Bret McLeod to our Large Animal team.
Bret started at the University of Guelph in 2004, where he completed aBScH in Biological Science and then a MSc in Reproductive Biology. From there, Bret was accepted into the DVM program at the Ontario Veterinary College where he selected the Food Animal stream. Originally from Stratford Ontario, Bret remembers spending his summers riding around the back roads of Waterloo and Perth Counties with his father, a longtime Dairy Farmers of Ontario field services representative. When not busy at school, Bret enjoyed holding summer jobs primarily in the agriculture and construction sectors to help cover the rising costs of tuition! Recently, in July and August of 2012, he travelled to New Zealand to complete an externship that coincided with the calving season, unique to NZ’s pasture based dairy production system. Bret just returned from the Summer Dairy Institute at the University of Cornell, an advanced training program for prospective dairy veterinarians. In his spare time, Bret can be found on the ball diamond, golf course or at the rink. Bret’s affiliation with Eldale Veterinary Clinic goes back many years as a student and now he looks forward to working with the clients of Eldale and getting to know the community better.
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There’s real danger in braving the berries OPEN COUNTRY
Josh Heer and Reid Denstedt prepare to face off at the Wellesley Applejacks’ annual training and recruitment camp, taking place August 17 and 18 at the St. Clements arena.
of the most competitive. What are some ways that prospective players could get the competitive advantage? “Come prepared,” warned Fitzpatrick. “Every year you see a couple of people that aren’t in shape and they’re shocked at the speed and skill.” “We don’t want it to be their first time on skates, because they’re going to be trying out against kids who
Forget grizzly bears, mountain lions, angry wild boars or riled-up moose – for real pain and suffering there’s no outdoors experience worse than walking into a blackberry patch wearing nothing more than shorts and a T-shirt. I was reminded of this yesterday, when I walked into a nearby blackberry patch wearing nothing more than shorts and a Tshirt. Now I look like someone who was dropped into a feedbag with an angry lynx. Before you call me crazy, let me tell you that berry picking wasn’t my original intention. No, my original intention was merely to pick and eat a few of those beautiful berries hanging on the outer fringe of the patch within easy reach. That’s how berry bushes get you. Once you’ve plucked and tasted those easy pickings, you look over and see more, this time a little deeper into the patch. You rationalize that it’s only a couple of more steps and, if you are careful, no
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Applejacks to hold recruitment camp in St. Clements next week Junior C hockey squad will be taking a good look at young prospects to pad next season’s roster WILL SLOAN Now that we’ve rolled into August, hockey season isn’t far away. With that in mind, the Wellesley Applejacks are looking for young players to join the roster; in fact, they’ve got a certain kind in mind. “More than anything, we recruit what we think are good citizens,” said Kevin Fitzpatrick, general manager and former coach of the OHA Junior C team, which is now gearing up for its
training camp. “We want people, number one, who want to play for Wellesley. We run the people out of the training camp who are trying out for two or three different teams.” As the Jacks’ training and recruitment camp returns on August 17 and 18, young skaters will strap on their equipment and strut their stuff for a chance at joining the Wellesley squad. New head coach Rob Way agrees that when recruiting players, team
spirit comes first. “We’re looking for a very team-oriented player – someone who’s going to be hard-working and committed to the team,” he said. “We’ve worked hard over the last couple years building that strong group of kids, and that’s what we want to continue building on.” With a good recruitment year and a stable of strong returning players, Fitzpatrick said that this year’s training camp will be one
Denstedt and Heer with coach Rob Way. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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Elmira Golf Club hosts Ontario Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships ELENA MAYSTRUK The Elmira Golf Club was teeming with talent this week as female golfers battled a soggy start for the love of the game during the three-day Investors Group Ontario Women’s MidAmateur Championships August 7-9. A stormy morning start delayed the games for a few hours on Wednesday but the ladies stuck it out, said Claire Welsh, marketing coordinator for the Golf Association of Ontario. “It’s funny when you compare the men’s events to the women’s events. With the women, it’s much more social. They’re here to play golf and be competitive, but they’re also here to have a good time. No matter what, these ladies always have a high energy level. They’re a lot of fun. We’re just hoping the weather holds out,” Welsh said on Wednesday. That day’s end saw Welland resident Stefani Markovich grab an early lead, firing an openinground 70 to lead the field by six strokes. A member of the Lookout Point Golf Club, Markovich’s game included an eagle on the par-4, 345yard fourth hole, along with four birdies, four bogeys and a double. She closed out the opening day at even par. Second place that day went to Cataraqui Golf and Country Club member Andrea Blackwell (Kingston). The former Olympic basketball player and member of the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame achieved a T2 finish at the Ontario Senior Women’s Championship last week in
Stratford. On Wednesday she turned in a six-over par 76 heading into Thursday’s second round. Coatsworth resident of the Kingsville Golf and Country Club Margot Gillespie, Lasalle’s Audrey Akins, and Thornhill Golf and Country Club’s Judith Kyrinis tied for third that day. Local players finished farther down on the board. Wellesley’s Karen Snelgrove ended the day at T8. Tied one place back was St. Clements resident Jennifer Blom. The event features Ontario’s best golfers aged 25 and over, with a wide variety of women across the province. This is the first time Elmira has hosted the event coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Elmira Golf Club, celebrated earlier this year. “It’s a competitive event but they also have a lot of fun out there. A lot of them have golfed together for a number of years. There’s a lot of camaraderie among the participants and they’ve been hearing great things about the course,” Welsh said.
The Investors Group Ontario Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships ran August 7-9 at the Elmira Golf Club. On Wednesday the ladies had a late start after rain delayed their game. From left to right: Denise Schaefer of Kitchener, Jennifer Kuntz of Burlington and Karen Snelgrove of Wellesley. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Blind bowler settles for 6th at worlds WILL SLOAN St. Clements’ blind bowling star Norm Green is back from the World Blind Bowls Championship in England. While the local resident didn’t play as well as he hoped, he found himself impressed by his fellow players from around the world. “I’ve been involved with the Championship for years now, but I think
the overall bowling has become a lot better,” said Green. This year’s Championship, held in Worthing, England from July 6-19, brought the best blind bowlers from as far as New Zealand and Malaysia. Green, who has racked up awards from provincial and national tournaments in Canada, has been competing in the annual championship for two decades, but felt this
year’s competition more intensely than usual. “Being a lawn bowler in Canada, we do not have a long season. A team like Israel or Africa or Australia, they bowl twelve months a year. Myself, I only started at the first of June and only had three or four games under my belt before I went over. “The talent has improved a lot since I’ve been involved.” Green has been bowling
ever since losing his sight in a workplace accident in 1992. Over the years, he has shown his skills at tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and Scotland. At last month’s championship, Green played a total of 14 games, facing off against players with less than five per cent of their sight. He came in sixth place in the opening singles competition, and then lost in the bronze
Norm Green has travelled the globe representing Canadian blind lawn bowlers. [OBSERVER FILE PHOTO]
medal game against Scotland 15-11. In assessing his own performance, Green is frank. “I bowled well, but not good enough. I did not bowl my A-game. With lawn bowling, you need to have your weight, and I did not have my weight. If you have your weight, you can have a good game.” He added that he needed to “bowl a little more before I went over.”
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harm will come of it. And those sweet berries are calling out to you. You can almost hear them. Which is why, five minutes later, you find yourself helplessly tangled up in a dozen or so blackberry canes like a fly in a spider’s web – with several berries taunting you just out of reach and deerflies taking advantage of your lack of mobility.
The worst part is you’ll eventually escape the thorny clutches of that bush. And rather than taking that as a sign that you should get out while the going is good, you take it as a sign that you can escape from the berry patch at will. So you walk deeper into its thorny clutches. That’s a big mistake. Soon, you will find yourself immersed in a maze of blackberry canes, each
one wanting nothing other than to claw at your clothes and body. And, before you know it you’ll have more piercings than a punk rocker who lost a wrestling match with a sewing machine. The sad part is you’ll go back. Why? Because I think it’s fair to say that berry picking is like childbirth. After a while, you forget the pain associated with it and, in many cases, ac-
cidentally find yourself in that predicament again. Also for some reason you conveniently forget that you can buy your berries at the supermarket, just the way god intended. But all of the injury and torture is worth it because, in the end, you walk out of the berry patch. Sure, you are in need of medical attention and a new wardrobe, but you’ve got a handful of free berries.
Then, if your tongue isn’t still attached to a blackberry cane, you can proudly tell your friends that you picked them. And they, being not smart enough to go berry picking for themselves, will just nod and eat everything in your basket. Silly sods. I know what you are thinking: All that sounds real nice, but what about bears and the potential for a violent encounter? Isn’t
that an issue? Someone could get seriously hurt out there. It’s true that a lot of people will not even step into a blackberry patch because of this. But I say, so long as the bear doesn’t try to steal my berries, it has nothing to worry about – other than getting caught up in the blackberry canes, of course. The good thing is eventually you get out.
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Rob Way is taking over from Kevin Fitzpatrick as the Jacks’ head coach. Way served as assistant coach for the 2012-2013 season. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
have skated all summer and worked hard. You have a limited amount of time to impress the coaches, so when you hit the ice, you’ve got to hit the ice at the top of your game,” added Way. The competition may be stiff, but there are always openings for great players. “It’s not always the best scorer or the best skater that gets a spot in the end,” noted Way. “If we’re looking for a particular position or particular skills, there is a lot to consider. We’re always looking for strong defencemen, and we’re al-
Revving engines, spinning wheels and a whole lot of horsepower Gearing up to mark its tenth anniversary, the popular Grand River Truck and Tractor Pull will be rolling into the raceway in Elora on Aug. 24 ELENA MAYSTRUK It all started with a bit of friendly competition and now, 10 years later, the Grand River Truck and Tractor Pull is getting ready for another big show. “It started out when one neighbour thought his tractor was better than the other’s,” explained event committee chair Derek Bruder. The sport has a long competitive history, starting out as a horse pull, when farmers would boast about the strength of their equipment-pulling animals. In the late 1920s motorized vehicles were incorporated into the first events before it became popular with the rural masses in the 1950s and ’60s. “That’s the basis of the
sport: competitive rivalry in the agricultural community,” said Bruder. Up to 50 events per year are sanctioned by the Ontario Truck and Tractor Pulling Association, where drivers accumulate points during each competition and a winner is crowned at the end. The event on August 24 at the Grand River Raceway in Elora will see competitors from around Ontario compete. Farm vehicles pull a calibrated weight machine that increases the weight force as they move down the track, but there is more to the sport including track conditions and the individual qualities of each vehicle: no one is the same. Though the competition is friendly, a passionate love for the sport exists,
one that does not hinge on prize money as there is little of that to be had. Instead competitors vie for trophies and glory, Bruder said. “At the end of the year we’re pulling for trophies. There’s not a lot of money offered as prizes to the competitors compared to what it costs to build the unit.” In this sport competitors get paid in cheers and the energy of the crowds. The event – originally held in Elmira at the old raceway – attracts a mix of local enthusiasts as well as supporters from provincewide, with about 2,000 people flocking to the racetrack each year. Bruder said it’s always interesting to see competitors from south of the border travel to compete on
Canadian soil. “In our years of running the event we’ve had competitors from the States that have vehicles exceeding 2,500 horsepower. That’s pretty impressive to see.” Preparations for the show are running smoothly, he said, noting this year marks its tenth anniversary. “There hasn’t been a whole lot of planning into that, but I do want to get something ready for that. Right now we are just getting ready for the event as normal.” Tickets can be bought at the door on August 24 at the Grand River Raceway. The show starts at 6 p.m. with a rain date set for August 25 at 11 a.m. Admission costs $15 for adults and $5 for children.
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Tighter mortgage controls unlikely to hinder local market Moves by federal government, CMHC are prudent, says president of the KitchenerWaterloo Association of Realtors WILL SLOAN Is the Canadian housing market overheating? The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) thinks so, and this week, the federal government institution moved to tighten loans on new mortgages. Meanwhile, the housing market is booming, with Toronto and Vancouver seeing a 16 per cent increase in July compared to the same time last year, and the Waterloo Region enjoying nearly identical results. In August, banks and credit unions will be kept on a budget of $350 million in new guarantees. This comes on top of earlier restrictions placed on banks from buying bulk insurance from CMHC. For Dietmar Sommerfeld, president of the KitchenerWaterloo Association of Realtors, these restrictions are sensible. “There are a lot of people that want to make a story out of things that there’s really not a story of,” he said at his Kitchener office. “If you take things in very small isolation, you can make a story, but the market has been really consistent over a very long period of time.” He continued, “I think there’s a general misconception. CMHC has always
had a limit on how many loans they would insure. This is really nothing new. I don’t know whether they’ve always publically said, ‘We’re reaching the cap of our limit.’ They probably have, and the media hasn’t picked it up.” Indeed, Sommerfeld views such measures as financially sound. “That’s prudent finance on the part of the federal government, and we probably should be celebrating the fact that [Finance Minister Jim] Flaherty or our federal government are doing a good job in controlling the government exposure,” he said. “I don’t know if they’re thinking our market is overheated, but they expose CMHC to a certain amount of risk in insuring loans, and we look to our government to keep a generally stable economy, and this is really just a part of that.” But such decisions are not without controversy. After Flaherty announced stricter mortgage insurance rules in June 2012, many media outlets attributed the rest of 2012’s sluggish market to this shift. According to Sommerfeld, the Waterloo Region has not suffered greatly. “The stats that are reported are primarily driven by Toronto and Vancouver, and we’re so isolated from
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that,” he said. “This has been a very stable community for a really long time, and in the last 10-15 years, the tech community has grown and become a bigger factor in terms of employment.
That’s great, because some of the traditional manufacturing has left, and fortunately for us, because of the universities and the jobs generated by the spinoff companies from the universities, we’ve been
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Are farmers using technology? I’ll say. On Wednesday, my son-in-law Mark, a crop and livestock farmer near Thamesville, texted from the delivery room “IT’S A BOY.” He used technology to calm jittery nerves, announcing the arrival of Henry Huston, his and my daughter Alicia’s first child, and the first grandchild for my wife Angi and me. Great moments in issues management and multi-tasking, I’d say. Admittedly, I’m an opportunist by connecting our grandson’s arrival to technology on the farm. But in reality, technology is a popular topic with farmers, and always has been. On the Huston farm – and indeed everywhere in rural Ontario – a lot of talk surrounds technology uptake. Lately, consumers are among the driving forces for those conversations. Consumers have a growing interest in food production details. Simple clichés about our food being the best and the safest (which is true) just don’t cut it with them anymore. Accordingly, the agriROBERTS | 15
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food sector is making adjustments in its approach to public relations, to try explaining to consumers production hows and whys. This includes how and why farmers, processors and manufacturers use science and technology, including genetically modified crops and modern feeding and housing livestock facilities. This stepped-up approach is all in the name of transparency – that is, being forthright, ethical and proactive about actions, issues and activities. It’s be-
come one of the industry’s new buzzwords. Everyone in the sector is reaching for it, to promote better understanding, generate trust and avoid accusations of secrecy. It’s a well-intentioned, admirable goal. But is transparency the same for farmers as it is for consumers? Maybe not. On Monday, veteran meat sector advocate Daren Williams of the U.S. National Beef Cattlemen’s Association raised the question at the Agricultural Media Summit in Buffalo, NY. I moderated a separate session there on
journalism ethics; indeed, the entire sector is thinking a lot about the way it acts and the way it’s perceived. Williams used new technology introduction to illustrate his point. For example, he asked, can the agri-food sector claim to be forthright, ethical and proactive about technology – even simple technology and its benign byproducts – if it waits until that technology is in the field or marketplace before it engages in transparency? Ethics would suggest a public conversation take place beforehand. But even
then – and this fear is what I think sometimes prevents openness – the industry still might get burned. Case in point: pink slime. Williams was front and centre in the pink slime controversy, which he now calls a “volcanic eruption,” and it hit the beef industry right between the eyes. For years, consumers had paid little attention to finely textured beef trim products and the technology used to produce them. Likewise for the food sector itself – this was a pretty established and effective way to use trim. But that
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up 15.9 per cent in July compared to 2012. In July 2013, 620 residential properties were sold (with 535 sold in 2012). Other statistics are similarly encouraging: home sales were up 8.1 per cent; single detached home sales were up 18.8 per cent; townhomes were up 21.9 per cent; and condominium sales rose 14.8 per cent. Like Toronto and Vancouver, the region saw slower-than-expected sales in late 2012 and early 2013. These numbers can be interpreted as a rebound, but Sommerfeld says they’re consistent with a larger pattern of growth. “At the beginning of the year, [the stats] were maybe flatter than they sometimes are in the spring market, but our view as a board was, you can’t look at these things day-to-day, month-to-month. “The first six months of the year have basically demonstrated that because of the strong employment that we have in the Waterloo Region; because of the diversified economy that we have; because of the low interest rates, that the market is continuing more or less along the same lines as it has the last 25 years. The region’s up-andcoming status has helped aid growth. “The Places to Grow in Ontario legislation that has identified the Waterloo Region as an area that they want to see grow over the next 20 years. We’re as much the beneficiary of that as anyone else,” said Sommerfeld. As for speculation that the CMHC could cause buyers to hesitate – that’s not necessarily a problem. “I think there’s nothing wrong with buyers looking
all changed when someone offhandedly described tenderized trim as pink slime. Those two words and the images they conjured up were enough to turn part of the meat sector upside down. What do farmers think of such technology? Williams thinks they should wade in. They are big technology users, and they have high credibility with information-hungry consumers. People believe them, and believe in the noble profession of producing food. And they have a new
voice thanks to social media. It’s an easy-to-use way to deliver food production information and opinion. Williams alludes to blogs a great deal – they have substance and give users and readers ample opportunity for meaningful conversations. He also advocates using Twitter to lead people to websites that can explain complicated matters. People are watching, reading and listening for answers. It’s not necessary to wait until the questions are raised. Be transparent now.
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A Tale of Two Cities ... and love Dickens’ classic story of class, revolution and redemption, gets the musical treatment in Singer’s Theatre production WILL SLOAN Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is one of the enduring masterpieces of literature – a timeless tale of love, death, class, and revolution in England and France, circa 1775. Its vivid dichotomy between the French peasantry and aristocracy has been evoked in relation to everything from the Boston Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street; its opening paradox, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” has become a cliché. It’s also 135,420 words long, so be honest: have you read it? “I admitted to the kids when we started, ‘I don’t think I’ve really read the whole novel!’” laughed Gord Davis, director of The Singer’s Theatre’s upcoming musical production of Dickens’ intimidating classic. It’s true that for many
of us, Dickens’ epic tome has become an epic paperweight, but the new production from the Kitchener-Waterloo community theatre group hopes to make the story more accessible. Doing for Dickens what the Les Miserables musical did for Victor Hugo, Jill Santoriello’s Broadway musical streamlines the sprawling text by highlighting its central love story. “In my mind, it’s the most beautiful love story that could ever exist, because it’s about sacrificing your life for the person you love,” said musical director Amanda Brunk of Sydney Carton, the alcoholic lawyer who sacrifices himself for the upper-class Lucie Manette. “The love that Sydney has for Lucie is unrequited, and he gives his life for her because she was the only person who ever just saw good in him. She never loved him back, they didn’t have a relationship – he sacrifices himself for her happiness because he’s a good person. That’s so different and unique.”
It was the best of novels, it was the … best of plays? Gord Davis, director of A Tale of Two Cities: The Musical, hopes so. “Not a lot of people give up their lives for other people,” added Davis. “It’s that kind of unconditional love that is still needed. ‘Wow – this man actually is not thinking of himself. He’s thinking of Lucie.’ He loves her so much and he wants her to be happy.” Yes, for all its attempts to encapsulate class disparity and the spirit of revolution, A Tale of Two Cities is, at its heart, a big ol’ love story. As such, it’s surprisingly adaptable into a musical spectacular. “It’s actually very similar to Les Miserables in the
same way that the Hugo story works so well with dramatic music,” said Brunk. “This particular score, much like Les Mis, requires different voices – the ingénue character is a very high soprano, and there’s also a character who has a big, high, belty role, and has to do some very difficult music. With the men, there are a lot of male singers that have to sing high tenor parts, but they still have to be rich in tone and have to be beautifully sung.” Added Davis, “There are
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know what they’re doing, and a lot of them have been studying for many years, and in our cast we have several kids who have worked professionally already in their lives.” The Singer’s Theatre production of A Tale of Two Cities will mark the show’s Canadian premiere, after a Broadway run in 2008. The show runs August 16-17 at 7:30 p.m., and August 18 at 2 p.m. at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts in Kitchener (36 King St. W.). Tickets are $21, and can be purchased at ticketscene. ca.
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7,300 HSS/Cobalt Commercial Drill Bits (New) Shop Equip =>10’ Metal Hand Brake *FMC Wheel Balancer 4x Hose Reel & Greasers * Brake Lathe * Alum Tuck Tool Box 15+ Air/Elec Impacts & Sockets * 20+ Port Grinders 15 ton Pit Axle Jack * Frame Straightener * Floor/Trans Hyd Jacks Work Benches * Mig Welder * Mag Drill * 10+ Torch Carts Computers * File Cabinets *
AUCTIONEERS:
GRAY’S AUCTION SERVICE INC., HARRISTON | (519) 338-3722 LICENSED & BONDED
Machine Shop Equip => S-M 12” Metal Lathe * Sajo H-Mill 7+ Ped Grinders (6”/12”) * 6= Surface Grinders (6x12) * etc
PARTIAL LIST ONLY!!!
Check Website for Up to date lists!!!
No Buyer’s Premium! VIEWING: Fri. Aug. 16th, 2013, 1 p.m to 4 p.m. TERMS: $500 Cash Deposit on Major Item, or as announced
M.R. Jutzi & Co
PROFESSIONALS IN THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION AND APPRAISALS OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, CONSTRUCTION, MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES 5100 FOUNTAIN ST. NORTH, BRESLAU, ONTARIO, N0B 1M0
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 FARM EQUIPMENT
FRIDAY AUGUST 23 at 7:00 PM - Annual Charity auction of collector tractor; gift certificates; toys; quilts; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at the Amsey Metzger Farm 7590 Highway 86 in Wallenstein for the Waterloo County Steam Thresher’s Reunion. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
JOHN DEERE 95 Combine 303 gas engine, cab, variable speed, straight cut, new alternator battery, good condition, quick attach Head, 11 ft, owners manual$2,850.00; Zetor 8011 80 hp tractor, cab, 6500 hrs, $4,700.00. Harriston 519-338-2688.
PETS
WED. AUG 28 at 3:00 PM Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; collectables; tools; household effects; and miscellaneous effects to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for Donald Kaufman of Kitchener. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. jantziauctions.com
REC AGILITY STARTING Aug. 12 classes run twice a week for 6 weeks. Also weekly structured play groups are a perfect opportunity for your dog to learn to play and interact with other dogs and people in a safe, fenced in 100x200 ft. supervised outdoor environment. For more info checkout www.pawsitivecanineconnection.com
COMM/ INDUSTRIAL FOR RENT ST. JACOBS LOCATION. Prime retail location in the heart of the Village. High ceilings, Natural light. Available Sept. 1, 13. Call 519-664-2212.
TRADES & SERVICES SEAL COATING FOR Asphalt driveways/parking lots. Protect and Extend the life of your asphalt by applying a sealant. Our high solids refined tar based sealer protects against damaging effects of gas & oil, sun, oxidation and water. Seal coating by Terry (15 years experience). Call Black Bear Sealing 519-748-9821. Mention this ad and receive 10% off regular pricing.
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GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE - Trash and Treasures, junk galore, crafts, home backing and much, much more. Sat. Aug. 10, 8:00 a.m. 1599 Three Bridges Rd. GARAGE SALE - Fri. Aug. 16 & Sat. Aug.17, 9a.m. - 4 p.m. 29 Expo Dr., St. Clements. Furniture, books, toys, tools, Christmas decorations etc. HOUSE CLEARING SALE. Saturday, August 10, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. 3454 Herrgott Road (south of Ament Line) between St. Clements and Wallenstein. Rain date: August 17. MOVING SALE FURNITURE, kitchen ware, tools, antiques and more. Everything must go. Offers welcome. 6 Grosbeak Rd., Elmira. Sat. Aug. 10, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE at 165 Porchlight Drive in Elmira on Saturday August, 17th from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Join us rain or shine.
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Notice OF of Public Centre NOTICE STUDYInformation COMMENCEMENT PROPOSED REGION OF WATERLOO
Class Environmental Assessment Study SIGN BY-LAW Conestogo Plains Water Supply System The Region of Waterloo will be holding a public information centre to introduce a draft Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses
Background all types of unofficial signs on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory
Conestogo West Montrose are two rural communities the north-east area ofsigns. the Resigns, farm and accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs, open in house signs and poster gion of Waterloo (Region), the Township of Woolwich Water services to these The proposed Sign By-law in establishes requirements for (Township). unofficial signs including: communities areand provided through a coordinated effort between the Region, responsible • Location placement; for •the supply, and the Township, responsible for the distribution. The Conestogo Plains and Size, shape, construction and content; the•West Montrose Water Supply Systems are two separate groundwater systems servicing Impacts to the function of the road; Number ofof signs and timing placement; andcommunity of West Montrose, the•western part the community of of Conestogo and the • Sign removal. respectively. Staff are also proposing an amendment to the Region’s Tourism and Essential Services
In January 2013, the Region completed theRegional West Montrose Environmental AssessSigning Policy to allow tourism signage on roads forClass agri-toursim activities. ment (Class EA) study to address water supply issues and operational challenges experiWhen:in the Tuesday, June 17, 2008, dropThe in 4:00 8:00 EA p.m. enced West Montrose water system. 2013-Class recommended a permanent Place: Regional Administration Headquarters (lobby) connection150 from West Montrose to the Conestogo Plains water supply system to ensure a Frederick Street, Kitchener sustainable, long-term water supply solution to the community of West Montrose. The ConThis public information centre is being heldoperates for the purpose of providing information and estogo Plains water supply system currently well below its existing rated capacity receiving comments the public. A copy good, of theproviding draft By-law is availableto foralso review in and the water qualityfrom is considered generally an opportunity supply the West Clerk’s Office, Region Waterloo, 2nd floor,in150 Street, Kitchener or on the the Montrose systemofand some properties theFrederick Conestogo community currently on Region’s website at: private wells. www.region.waterloo.on.ca - tab Newsroom, tab Public Notices
Class Study for theconcerning Conestogo Water Supply System If youEAhave questions thePlains By-law, please contact Nancy
Button,
In advance Transportation of implementa- Engineering at 519-575-4520 or by email at Manager, tion of the recommendations bnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca of the 2013 West Montrose If you require accessible services to participate in this meeting, please contact the above Class EA study, the Region has noted person by Tuesday, June 10, 2008. identified the opportunity to All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this undertake a holistic approach project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the Municipal to assessing the overall serAct, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be vicing both part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this includedrequirements in a submissionfor becomes information should be referred to the person indicated above. the Conestogo Plains and the West Montrose service areas Nancy Button in a socially,Transportation environmentally Engineering Manager, and financially responsible Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street, 7th Floor manner. Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3
FUNERAL, BURIAL, AND CREMATION SERVICE ACT, 2002 NOTICE OF DECISION THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH TAKE NOTICE that on July 15, 2013 Committee of Adjustment for The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich approved an increase to the size of the Conestogo Mennonite Church cemetery located at 1866 Three Bridges Road to permit an expansion of the legal non-conforming cemetery for additional cemetery plots, from 1,795 square metres to approximately 3,540 square metres in area. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the applicant, Registrar or any person with an interest therein may, within 15 days after publication of this notice refer the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board for a hearing. Further information may be obtained by contacting Nancy Thompson, Secretary Treasurer to the Committee of Adjustment at 519-669-6040 or by email nthompson@woolwich.ca. Dated at The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich this 10th day of August, 2013.
As such, the Region is initiating a Class EA study to complete a comprehensive examination of the water supply alternative solutions for the Conestogo Plains and West Montrose areas. This Class EA study is being conducted in accordance with the requirements of a Schedule B project of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment document (Municipal Engineers Association, October 2000 as amended in 2007 & 2011). The feasibility of connecting West Montrose to the Conestogo Plains water supply system and other alternatives including a potential connection to the Integrated Urban System will be considered during the Conestogo Plains Water Supply System Class EA study.
Your Opinion Matters The Region will consult with the public and review agencies throughout the Class EA study. Public Consultation Centres (PCCs) will be held to provide information on the study progress and to facilitate your input. We will publish invitation notices to the PCCs in local newspapers. More information about this project will be available on the Region’s website (www.regionofwaterloo.ca/water).
Contact Us We are interested in hearing any comments or concerns that you might have about this project. Please contact either of the project team members below if you have questions or comments, wish to obtain more information on the project, or would like to be included on the Project Contact List:
FALL SPORT INFORMATION & REGISTRATION EVENING WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14TH, 4 - 9PM | WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE LOBBY Representatives from: Woolwich Cougars Basketball Waterloo Synchro Woolwich Girls Hockey Woolwich Minor Hockey Elmira & District Curling Club Woolwich Sledge Hockey – Sport for the Disabled and Able-bodied Elmira Karate Dojo Woolwich Ringette Township of Woolwich Recreation & Facilities Services
Will be participating!
Dominika Celmer-Repin, Ph.D., P.Eng. Project Manager, Water Services Division Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 Tel: (519) 575-4818 ext.4095 Fax: (519) 575-4449 Email: DCelmer-Repin@regionofwaterloo.ca
Eric Tuson, P.Eng. Project Manager CIMA 3027 Harvester Road, Suite 400 Burlington, Ontario, L7N 3G7 Tel: (289) 288-0287 ext. 6839 Fax: (289) 288-0285 Email: eric.tuson@cima.ca
This notice is being provided pursuant to the Environmental Assessment Act, the Municipal Engineers Association’s Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, dated October 2000, as amended in 2007 & 2011 and the direction of the Ministry of Environment. Notice date: August 7, 2013
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Make Your Next Home Your Dream Home! THIS WEEKS OPEN HOUSE
ENJOY THE HEAT!
$464,000
Waterloo - Crisp kitchen featuring island & breakfast bar, walk-out to relaxing deck overlooking in-ground heated kidney shaped pool w/stamped concrete patio. Vaulted ceiling in family room w/gas fireplace. Master bedroom w/double walk-in closets & sunk-in ensuite complete w/whirlpool tub and separate shower. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms & Main floor laundry. Finished rec room w/separate entrance. Close to schools, Conestoga Mall & expressway. MLS 1325108. Call Paul or Alli direct.
Sat. Aug. 10, 2-4pm 487 ACADIA ST. WATERLOO
$500.00 DONATION will be made with every home bought or sold by Paul or Alli in Woolwich.
$184,500
$239,000 ALSO AVAILABLE FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL
CONDO LIVING AT ITS BEST!
Paul Martin
Alli Bauman SALES REPRESENTATIVE
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519-503-9533
519-577-6248
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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 1324629. Call Paul or Alli Direct
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION Elmira - Completely finished top to bottom 4 level back split. This spacious semi is a match for anyone with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, family room and rec room! Eat in kitchen is equipped with hardwood floors, breakfast bar, open to family room with gas fireplace and Sliders off dinette with wrap around deck to large 12 x 22 ft deck and fenced yard. MLS 1327060 Call Paul or Alli direct.
LOCATION! LOCATION! Elmira - Sought after quiet Southfield subdivision located on the edge of town and backing onto park. This 4 bdrm, 2100sqft family home is complete with spacious bright kitchen, separate dining room open to living room with gas f/p, convenient main floor laundry, side and garage entrance into mudroom, and upper family room. Large foyer with ceramic tile and 12x10ft deck overlooking attractive landscaped yard. Master ensuite equipped with whirlpool bath. MLS 1334004 Call Paul or Alli direct.
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Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.
BROKERAGE
Elmira - Room for the kids to run on lg 165ft x 66ft yrd. 4bdrms, 2baths, & main flr lndry. Spacious front foyer, lg LR w/heating stove. Side entrance to lg functional kit & huge sep DR. Plumbing/electrical updated. Lifetime roof. 200amp service. 32ftx16ft Sep workshop w/9000lb, 2 post hydraulic hoist, gas/water heated cement flr & 100amp. MLS 1324398. Call Paul or Alli direct.
$409,000
$286,000
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426
Bert Martin
dale@kellersellsrealestate.com
®
BROKER
Remax Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
REALTY LTD., BROKERAGE
45 Arthur St. S., Elmira Office:
DIRECT: 519-572-2669
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED
519.500.1865
519-669-2772
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record, MVA Residential
Res:
519.669.1068
JULIE HECKENDORN Res:
Broker
519.669.8629
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep.
Cell: 519.505.0627
CENTRAL LOCATION – Close to schools, downtown & WMC. Spacious LR/DR. Eat-in kitchen. Main flr. washroom. 3 good sized bdrms. Walkup attic. Newer furnace. Metal roof. Lots of potential in unfin. bsmt. Single garage. NEW MLS
(Direct)
17 Church St. W., Elmira • 519.669.1544 (Business)
Dale R. Keller
$689,900
LOCATION!! Nestled in the trees and backing to farmland. Custom built and lots of living space. Hardwood & ceramics. Gas fireplace in LR w/16’ ceiling. Main flr. fam.rm. open to 26’ kitchen w/2 dishwashers. Large dining rm. FOUR bdrms.- master suite w/walkin closet & ensuite. Upper level media room. Fin. bsmt. w/oversized windows & separate entry. A must see!
$299,000
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FAMILY RETREAT | BRUCE PENINSULA $1,250,000. 2000 Ft waterfront on quiet Gilles Lake about 1 hr north of
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OWNER RETIRING | GREAT OPPORTUNITY | BRUSSELS building site, 500 apple tree orchard with 4000 sq ft store front and cold storage, cider press, implement shed, dry storage building big enough to hold up to 25 cars/vehicles for extra income. Good solid brick house. Lots of potential. 13 acres cultivated. Market gardening? Call Dale. MLS 1327067
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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY
Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary
50th Wedding Anniversary August 10th, 2013
Gord and Verna Walz
Family and friends are invited to join us on Sunday, August 18th from 2 - 4 pm, as we celebrate with a backyard Open House at 18 Cardinal St. Elmira. Best wishes only.
Love from your family Trent, Donna, Darcy, and Ainslie
IN MEMORIAM
Congratulations!
In loving memory of our precious Mom, Gramma, and Wife who left us for Heaven August 10, 2008. You are the heart of our family and we still ache as we miss you so much. We remember your cheerful smile, laughter, loving care, energy, generosity and kindness. We miss your genuine interest in our lives, as you loved each of us as your best friend. You always enjoyed the times when the whole family was together. We look forward to being with you again in Heaven where your bright smile and unconditional love will greet us. We love you so much!
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MARTIN, ESTHER | Passed away at her residence, RR 3, Wal-
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FRITZ, CLARE (PAT) | Passed away on Saturday, August 3,
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Shelby Grant and Jake Clemmer serve up some hot lunch during the Woolwich Youth Centre’s barbecue August 8 at the corner of Arthur and Church streets in Elmira. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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A dinner whose time has come Organizers at Trinity United Church see Community Can Dine program as a good fit for Elmira ELENA MAYSTRUK Friday marks the third Community Can Dine event in Elmira, three months since the program began at Trinity United Church. In that time, the volunteers who make it happen have been watching the community support unfold just the way they hoped it would. Six local women and Trinity’s Rev. Dave Jagger came together to help people from all walks of life enjoy a hearty meal as a community, but the original idea for the program was a little bit different. “We are part of a committee that’s called Social Concern and Outreach, so one of the things that we do is a lot of fundraising and social concern. Every month we are telling the church what Woolwich Community Services needs. We also do a lot of international [work]. We wanted a more local project … the Lunch Crunch was the beginning,” explained Corrine Taylor. Committee member Melissa Hallock went to Christie Kelly of the WCS to inquire about a new local project. “She told me about the Lunch Crunch program, but there was a need for a program for families, or singles or seniors for a hot meal program – that’s how it started,” said Hallock. Originally the committee wanted to start a soup kitchen operation, but the project turned more inclusive since. During the first dinner volunteers saw 27
Corrine Taylor and Melissa Hallock are two of six women who are spearheading the Community Can Dine project at Trinity United Church in Elmira. The third event took place August 9 and the ladies are seeing mingling and community togetherness strengthen. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER\
people from diverse backgrounds attend. That number increased to 37 in July. The organizers agree that a
community event that includes but is not exclusive to people who may need a hot meal or even just some
company is a far better fit for Elmira. “We have a piano player that’s been coming in and
entertaining. It’s just a fun night out. Everybody is friendly and chitchatting. It’s working out really well,” Taylor said. Taylor, Hillock and committee member Jessica Shantz spearheaded the idea with Christie’s help. Since then they’ve had help from church members Leasa Donkersgoed, Christy Humphrey and Barb Taylor, as well as the wider community. They were delighted to see the diners stepping up to help out. “One of the greatest things I’ve found so far, and I don’t know these people’s financial situations at all, but people who are coming to the dinner are offering to help as well. People are giving their time and giving donations of what they are able – that’s exactly what we wanted,” Hallock said. Dinners, offered up the second Friday of each month, are tasty and simple. So far, the organizers have managed to breakeven on the costs through donations. The concern is that the group may not have a sustainable model in place to continue the dinners if other organizations don’t jump on board to host the event. So far members of the Elmira Girl Guides have offered to cook a dinner in the fall and a few local churches have offered their assistance. In the future the ladies hope to connect with a dozen local organizations or providers to host the monthly event on a rotating basis.
Cooler weather a great time for something a little crazy RECIPE NOTES Lately our nights have been cooler than I’m use to at this time of year. However, it’s a nice change from having to BBQ every night or be concerned about using a lot of heat in the kitchen while making supper. I automatically look for a quick stick-to-your-belly comfort food that uses the ripe tomatoes and fresh herbs in my garden. An Acqua Pazza comes to mind, which literally means “crazy water.” Traditionally, it is an Italian dish in which fish is cooked in water flavoured with tomatoes and garlic. The liquid becomes a delicious broth that is spooned over the fish. Chilies, garlic and fresh tomatoes are the base of this recipe. You can substitute the chicken for fish if you prefer, as well. I just love Italian cooking as it is so simplistic and it uses all the techniques I have been trained in. Although there is lots of summer left, use this recipe during the cooler nights and use your fresh toma-
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AUGUST 13 CAPTAIN CAM: SUPERHERO! AT 2:30 p.m. This event is free for children of all ages. Space is limited so pick up your complimentary ticket today. This show is sponsored by Pym’s Village Market. For more information please contact the Wellesley Branch Library at 519-656-2001 or wellslib@ regionofwaterloo.ca. Tickets are limited so buy yours today. ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information, contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022.
AUGUST 14 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 6 p.m . Breslau August ride - two options: 20km and 27km. Ride starts at the Breslau Recreation Centre, 100 Andover Dr., Breslau. Free parking. This ride in the southern part of Woolwich Township goes through tranquil pasture land on quiet roads and is mostly flat. There will be a short (20km) and a long (27km) version. Both start and end at the Breslau Recreation Centre and are similar, with the longer ride taking an extra section. The roads are paved with the exception of 2 km of gravel.
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complimentary ticket today! This show is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Elmira. Please bring a nonperishable food item for the food bank. For more information, please contact the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477.
AUGUST 20 ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information, contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022.
AUGUST 21 MUSICIAN PAUL DROOG ON Wednesday, August 21 at 1:30 p.m. as part of the TD Summer Reading Club Closing Party. This show is free for all children registered in the TD Summer Reading Club! This show is sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For more information please contact the St. Clements Branch Library at 519-699-4341 or stclemlib@regionofwaterloo.ca. MARYHILL PEACH SOCIAL – The fun starts at 5 p.m. BBQ fare served with fresh homemade salads, homemade shortcake topped with fresh peaches and ice cream. Live music for your entertainment. Rain or shine. Call Marg Brown at 519-648-2915.
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MUSICIAN ERICK TRAPLIN ON Friday, August 16 at 2 p.m. as part of the TD Summer Reading Club Closing Party. This show is free for all children registered in the TD Summer Reading Club. Pick up your
H.U.G.S. PROGRAM – 9:15-11:15 a.m. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Creating
your own unique family traditions: How to make memories with your children. Clothing exchange day. Bring gently used items to trade or exchange. No registration required. Childcare provided. Call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237 for more information.
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AUGUST 27 ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information, contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022.
SEPTEMBER 3 ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information, contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022.
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SEPTEMBER 7 WOOLWICH COMMUNITY LIONS CLUB is hosting two events in the Foodland parking lot (Arthur Street., Elmira), from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. DRIVE A FORD EVENT - come out and take a car for a test drive (one test drive per household). Ford will donate $20 to Woolwich Lions for each test drive up to a maximum of $6,000. CLASSIC CAR SHOW & SHINE from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - $5 entry fee/dashboard plaque for the first 50 cars. BBQ, children’s games, prizes. Family fun day. Classic car registration, call Sandy at 519-638-2523 . Live band: Cowboy Up. All proceeds to Elmira District Community Living van project (for the purchase of a Ford wheelchair van).
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Psychologists, not just chefs, involved in that menu you’re browsing WEIRD NOTES
Q. Not to make a moun-
tain out of a molehill, but what do “chartreuse,� “parnassian,� “vesuvian� and “chevy� all have in common?
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coined after mountains or hills, says Anu Garg on his A.Word.A.Day website. The colour “chartreuse� follows a circuitous route from the Chartreuse Mountains in France to the monastery La Grande Chartreuse, where monks first made the aromatic, usually yellow or green liqueur, that provided the colourful meaning of the word. Also mountain-grown
is “parnassian� from Mt. Parnassus in Greece, considered sacred to the Muses and to Apollo, the Greek god of music and poetry. Thus “parnassian� means “relating to poetry.� “Vesuvian,� marked by sudden explosive outbursts, not surprisingly derives from Mt. Vesuvius, a volcano that buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum when it erupted in 79 CE. Last (and lowest) is the noun “chevy,� coined after the Cheviot Hills bordering England and Scotland, where a battle was fought between English and Scottish forces, reportedly over a hunting expedition. “Chevy,� then, refers to a hunt or a hunting cry. Add “chase,� a tract of land reserved for hunting, and we have the origin of the city of
Chevy Chase in Maryland. Q. At a restaurant, what tricks of the trade do menu psychologists use to influence what patrons order?
A. For one, people tend
to read menus as they do a book, from top to bottom and left to right, with “sour spotsâ€? -- where they gaze less -- near the bottom of each page, reports the “University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter.â€? Thus, that’s not where to place higher-profit items. Also, when restaurants play the “price game,â€? they keep dollar signs ($) and any overt references to money off the menu, using 20 instead of $20 or 20 dollars, and thereby pushing purchases up an average of 8%, according to a Cornell University study.Â
Perhaps this works by minimizing the “pain of paying effect.� “Menu decoys� play on patrons’ tendency to avoid ordering the least expensive or most expensive items. So if the menu lists a $35 steak, knowing you probably won’t splurge on it, this increases the chances of selling you their comparatively cheaper $24 dish. Plus, “many people who would choose 16 ounces when given the choice of 12, 16, or 21 ounces will choose 21 ounces when the options are 16, 21, or 32.� By increasing the serving size and offering a middle choice, the restaurant increases the purchase of 21 rather than 16 ounces. The middle number -- whatever
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so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once. Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. We have got you started with a few numbers already placed in the boxes.
ACROSS 1. “Monty Python� airer 4. Go upward 11. Fleshy part of the human body, sit on 16. Balloon filler 17. Deprive through death 18. Run off to the chapel 19. Lying across 21. Lecterns 22. Halftime lead, e.g. 23. ___-Atlantic 24. Food for livestock 25. Contractive tendency of the surface of a liquid 31. Relating to drama 34. Amazon, e.g. 35. Tokyo, formerly 36. “__ the fields we go� 37. Leave, with “out� 38. A person who buys 41. Pleasure wagon, uncovered 44. Common Market units. 45. “Cut it out!� 46. Bumpkin 48. “... or ___!� 52. Cousin of -trix 55. Pain in the oro-
SPINNING UP SOME MAGIC AT THE LIBRARY
Young visitors to the Elmira Library keep their balance, while Abby has an explosive encounter with a snake at Owen Anderson’s Travellin’ Rabbit Magic Show on August 8.
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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A. Countries of the world, whose areas measured in square miles are 0.17; .75; 8; 9.5; and 23.5 respectively, according to “Sci-
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ence Illustrated� magazine. Approximate numbers of inhabitants are 800; 36,400; 9,400; 10,500; 32,400. Their capitals are the Vatican, Monaco, Yaren, Fanafuti and San Marino. As is apparent, Vatican City’s area is well under a square mile and all five together add up to only 41.92 square miles. That’s equivalent to a single square of about 6.5 miles by 6.5 miles, or roughly the area of the U.S. city of Buffalo, N.Y. or the Canadian city of Vancouver, B.C.
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it is -- just seems to be more moderate, regardless of how costly it is per ounce (from the “Journal of Consumer Research�). Finally, just including healthier foods on the menu seems to be good marketing. Even when people don’t choose such an item, like a salad, they seem to take permission to go “whole hog� and get the French fries. Q. The five smallest are Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu and San Mareno. The five smallest what?
6. Anger 7. Half man and half fish 8. Alkaline 9. Circumvent 10. ViĂąa ___ Mar, Chile 11. An anti-depressant 12. “A Lesson From ___â€? 13. A hot mixed drink 14. Happening 72. Press down tightly 15. Caribbean, e.g. 73. “Well, ___-di-dah!â€? 20. 1987 Costner role 74. “___ on Down 24. Parry the Roadâ€? 26. “Once ___ a time...â€? 78. Jewish teacher 27. Opportune 79. A hotel for 28. Composed of fat motorists 29. Toni Morrison’s “___ 83. Distressing Babyâ€? 84. A barometer 30. “___ any drop to 85. Dadaism founder drinkâ€?: Coleridge 86. Job is to dye cloth 31. Picks up a pickup, 87. Restored to a new maybe condition 32. Furnace output 88. 2004 nominee 33. “Cogito __ sumâ€? DOWN 38. Black tea 1. Diminish 39. __-friendly 2. Shuttlecock 40. Maple genus 3. Mountain goat’s perch 42. Kind of column 4. “60 Minutesâ€? network 43. Chuck 5. Chaim Potok novel 47. “___ and Harrisâ€? pharynx 58. A shelter for birds 62. Court 63. Cloak-&-dagger org. 64. “... ___ he drove out of sightâ€? 65. Big galoot 66. Attack by planes 68. Computer science
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Feel like summer’s not living up to its reputation?
The numbers say it’s warmer than normal, but it all boils down to our perception WILL SLOAN
Corrine Taylor and Melissa Hallock see the event providing a good mix of people.
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“That’s what we would really like to see. Each month a different group would be in charge of that night and come in and prepare the food, we would just have a rotating schedule for the whole year,” Taylor said. Still, they agree they will keep running the event as long as possible. It’s worth it, considering the benefits: “For me it’s the mingling of all the different people who don’t even know each other. The first night I was helping to serve food so I was standing at the table and I saw a couple
come in, they go get their food and they were looking for somewhere to sit. There were lots of options for a table by themselves but they went over to this table with people that they didn’t know. They were introducing themselves. For me that’s been worth it,” Hallock said. “When you get a lot of people come up for seconds and thirds you always feel like you’ve succeeded,” Taylor said. For more information on how to volunteer or host a Community Can Dine dinner contact Woolwich Community Services at (519) 669-5139.
First blistering heat, then jacket temperatures; sunny skies, and then tree-crunching storms … is there any accounting for this summer’s bizarre and unpredictable weather? Recent temperatures may be disappointing for those planning a trip to the beach, but according to Environment Canada climatologist David Phillips, our summer weather is just about ideal. “If I was ordering weather, I’d always get it the way it’s been this year – very close to normal,” said Phillips from Toronto. “We had our summer there in July for about five or six days – good beerdrinkin’ weather – but people were complaining about it. They were saying, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s just torrid, it’s humid.’ The week be-
fore they were complaining about all the rain, and then after that they were complaining about all the cool. So everything’s normal!” You may have felt nippy in your tank top, but daily temperatures (averaged across morning, midday, and night) have actually been slightly above normal: in July, the average in Guelph was 19.9°C (normal is 19.7), and in June, it was 16.9°C (exactly normal). So: why the chills? “It tells you that there has been a lot of cloud,” said Phillips. “If the nights are warmer than normal, it’s telling you that a lot of the cloud is trapping whatever heat there is during the day. So the nighttime minimums are a little more elevated than they would normally be. “If it’s sort of sunny and clear, but warm, the warmth of the day cools off
at night. There’s no cloud to intercept those rays, and it cools right off, and therefore you’ll have a much wider range.” With nighttime temperatures unusually warm, daytime temperatures have been as much as one degree cooler than normal. For this, we can also thank the clouds. “With extra cloud, we measure temperature in the shade,” said Phillips. “When we say that the average temperature today is 25 degrees and people say it feels like it’s colder, that’s because the sun isn’t shining. If the sun shines, a shaded temperature of 25 could really feel like 31 or 32.” This weather – including the frequent rain – is in line with the normal temperatures and wetter-thannormal conditions that Environment Canada pre-
dicted on May 31. To Phillips, that’s a good thing. “This time last year, you guys had about 12 or 13 smog days – you’ve had none this year,” said Phillips of the Waterloo Region. “This year, you’ve had six days when the temperature has been above 30°C – last year at this time, you had 21 of those suckers.” He continued, “It’s been consistent rain when we’ve needed it. It certainly has been saving us money on our air conditioning bills. It’s been healthier for us. But, it probably is not memorable – there are no records being set in terms of the average temperature or the daytime highs.” His conclusion? “Pick your poison: do you want it to be the warmest summer on record, or something that’s cleaner, healthier, more comfortable, less spending?”
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garlic and sauté, stirring often, until golden, 2 to 3 minutes, then add tomatoes, stock and simmer for 10 minutes; Add the chili flakes or fresh chilies, fish and cook on mediumlow and simmer until fish is cooked, then add the sambuca; Taste and adjust seasoning; finish with herbs and butter; Serve alone or with favourite side dishes.
2 tsp oil 6 cloves garlic 4 cups chopped peel and seeded tomatoes 3 whole chilies seeded and deveined 2 cups fish or chicken, diced 1 cup fish or chicken stock 1/2 cup fresh basil 1/2 cup fresh tarragon 2 oz sambuca Butter to finish
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In a large pan over medium heat, add olive oil,
Chef Ryan Terry owns FLOW Cafe & Catering in Elmira. More information can be found at his website www.flowcatering.ca
Elmira Cubs showed off their brand new camp sign after setting up their subcamp July 28 at Camp Everton near Rockwood to celebrate the Canadian Cub Jamboree. (L-R) Brendan Marshall, Max Campbell, Ethan Dodds, Connor Maxwell, Xander Straus and Monique Bertrand spent the week participating in activities and games. Phillipe Bertrand, better known as Akela took part in the week-long adventure. [SUBMITTED]
Elmira’s Cub pack was all about adventure in the Scout Forest and catching crayfish in the Eramosa River.
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