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Councillors walk out of meeting as Marshall rants Unable to control situation, they simply walk out of the room; return later to brief shouting match STEVE KANNON Add walking out of a meeting to a list of Woolwich council firsts that includes an audit review of two members, and the removal of the mayor and another councillor. There’s even a common thread to Tuesday night’s antics, as the huffy exit was sparked

by Elmira resident Alan Marshall.

Allotted a delegation spot to speak about election expenses – members of the public can register to address council for up to 10 minutes – Marshall went on a meandering discussion involving Mayor Sandy Shantz, the Chemtura plant, contaminants in the Canagagigue Creek and the Ontario Ombudsman, among others. When Coun. Larry Shantz, chairing the committee of the whole meeting, attempted to get Marshall on track, the Elmira resident refused to stop.

Councillors then got up and left the room.

“We’re going to recess,” he said when Marshall refused to relinquish the floor.

Staff members, looking around bewilderedly, eventually got up and exited the council chambers as Marshall turned around and continued speaking to people in the audience.

Eventually, councillors returned and attempted to take back control of the meeting.

“I will not be silenced by council,” Marshall interjected, refusing direction from the chairman. “You, sir, are a shame.”

After a bit more shouting, joined by a couple of other audience members supporting “democracy” and the right of the public to speak, Marshall and some others stormed out of the room.

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Tractor pulls, roasted corn, and good times will abound at the 21st annual Waterloo County Steam Threshers Reunion on Aug. 21-22 at Amsey Metzger’s Wallenstein farm.

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Steam will power popular event set for next weekend in Wallenstein WHITNEY NEILSON Amsey Metzger’s busy preparing for the 21st annual Waterloo County Steam Threshers reunion on his Wallenstein farm.

As president of the organization, Metzger has played host for the past seven years, welcoming 800 to 1,000 people to his property for a corn roast, tractor pull, live auction, and much more.

“It’s all about getting

donations from local businesses, and the infamous corn roast on Friday night.

“Friday night is our biggest night. We’ve had crowds of 800 to 1,000 because of the corn roast which is steamed by the steamer, with the steam from the steam engine. And people just love it,” Metzger said.

Thursday morning will open with a tractor run at 8:30 a.m. Anyone with a tractor is eligible to par-

people together to let them know how things were years ago, what they used, how they worked and get people together to see that,” Metzger said. “Also to raise funds for giving back to the community where people are in need, to hospitals, or if there was a fire in the neighborhood.”

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There was plenty of smoke and noise at the annual Drayton Fair demolition derby on Aug. 9, with one car actually lighting on fire.

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The reunion originally started in Heidelberg with the World Missionary Press.

They decided to do a fundraiser and got the threshing machine together with an old steam engine. It just carried on from there, he says.

“Saturday morning is a kiddy tractor pull, which is a big feature,” Metzger

said. “We do have ladies activities both days. There’s a lady here doing milk bags and putting them into mats, which was a big hit last year so they’re coming back this year to do it again, also ladies quilting all day Friday and Saturday. They’ll have a quilt set up and the quilt that they’re quilting this year will be for next year’s auction, which will be John Deere, which is my favourite.”

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of 10 people to do it and it will cost $5 per person.

They raised around $12,000 from the reunion last year.

Half of the money raised will go to The Partner Program, which supports children who may be from single-parent homes or just need someone to help guide them. Reapers of Hope in Moorefield will receive the other half. It takes veg-

The featured tractor this year is J.I. Case. They don’t make J.I. Case tractors anymore, but there are a lot of old J.I. Case tractors still being used, so they’re bringing in any old J.I. Case tractors, machinery, and memorabilia they can. Every year they feature a different tractor.

The Historical Automobile Society of Canada will be stopping at the show as part of the road tour on Fri-

day. There will be between 80 and 100 antiques cars on display from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

He says while the event is about showing how they used to do threshing with old steam engines, raising funds for the community is what is the most important to him.

“The biggest thing I get out of it is if we have money left to put back into the community. That gives me

a lot of joy just to see that we have money left to give back to the community,” Metzger said.

It costs $7 per person or $20 per family for one day.

The reunion officially begins August 21 with displays and events running from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. It will also run August 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information visit www.waterloocountysteamthreshers. com.

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After decades of talk, actual work begins on new Hwy. 7 linking Kitchener and Guelph SCOTT BARBER Work on the oft-delayed Highway 7 project between Kitchener and Guelph finally got underway this spring, and is starting to ramp up during the summer months.

The first steps include bridgework in Kitchener.

“For the new Highway 7 between Kitchener and Guelph, work is beginning

this year in a few specific locations, and will take place under two separate contracts,” Ministry of Transportation spokesperson Liane Fisher said in an e-mail.

“The first, to widen the Highway 85 Guelph Street Bridge in preparation for the future Highway 7 and Highway 85 interchange, began in June and is underway as planned. Also beginning this year will be a contract

to relocate municipal utilities at the Victoria Street Bridge over Highway 85.”

The project was promised by then-premier Dalton McGuinty in 2007, only to be pushed back to 2010.

Then, after more roadblocks were put up, the issue was once again held up until its reemergence as part of the Liberal Party’s 2014 election campaign platform.

At the time, Kitchener-

Conestoga MPP Michael Harris called the government out for playing politics.

“This is a much needed expansion that we have needed for decades,” Harris, the Progressive Conservative’s transportation critic said. “Yet we have been forced to play this waiting game as governments kicked the can down the road.”

But now, decades after preliminary discussions on the project began, real progress is finally being made.

“Work will continue over the next couple of years with the widening and realignment of Shirley Avenue and the Victoria Street widening and bridge replacement,” Fisher said.

Completion of the highway is expected to take five years, she added.

“Although advance work is underway this year, we are still determining the order of construction and delivery model for the rest of the project. Construction on the overall highway is expected to take at least five construction seasons to complete.”

The new controlledaccess highway will run a parallel course just north of the existing route.

Cowan faces charge for failure to appear; next trial dates set SCOTT BARBER After numerous delays, adjournments and an arrest warrant last month for failing to appear in court, former Woolwich mayor Todd Cowan’s trial date for charges of fraud and breach of trust has finally been set.

A judge Tuesday morning scheduled the trial to begin November 23 at 10 a.m. in courtroom 404 at the Waterloo Region Courthouse in Kitchener.

The trial is expected to last four days.

Cowan, 50, came under scrutiny last year after a review found he submitted expense claims resulting in a double reimbursement of more than $2,700. Expenses related to conferences, mileage and meals charged on the mayor’s township credit card were also filed with the Region of Waterloo. As mayor, Cowan served as Woolwich’s representative on regional council.

A review began in July 2014 when a citizen got Cowan’s expense records from the region at the end of June, submitted a request under freedom of information legislation for the mayor’s township expenses and then supplied the township with the re-

gion’s records. An internal review by both municipalities was followed by an external investigation led by municipal law expert John Mascarin of the firm of Aird & Berlis LLP. Cowan paid back a total of $2,770.68 in August, calling the issue a mistake based on his own poor accounting.

The review found six incidents of double reimbursement between January 2012 and February 2014, the two largest amounting to more than $1,000 for an Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa in August 2013 and a Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto last February.

The investigation grew a little wider in September with the referral to police of mileage claims related to the Cowan’s attendance of Grand River Conservation Authority meetings.

The GRCA expenses having been sent to the township, a staff review found $465 in mileage claims that may have been double-billed, as was the case with some $2,700 in expenses paid by Woolwich but also reimbursed to Cowan by the Region

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This year’s Dan Snyder Memorial Scholarship recipients Matthew Leger, Marlowe Schott and Mitch Wright were flanked by Graham and Lu Anne Snyder Wednesday evening during an awards presentation in Waterloo. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]

Three local athletes garner Snyder scholarships for their efforts Awards given out Wednesday night in memory of local hockey player Dan Snyder will help finance the post-secondary educations of recipients SCOTT BARBER The 2015 recipients of the Dan Snyder Memorial Scholarships were honoured Wednesday evening with a barbeque and a plaque presentation at Graham and Lu Ann Snyder – Dan’s parents – Waterloo home.

Marlowe Schott, Mitch Wright and Matthew Leger will each receive $1,600 from the scholarship fund to help further their postsecondary educations.

“We are very pleased

to have you all with us here tonight to celebrate your achievements,” Graham Snyder told a small gathering. “When Dan passed away, we had a lot of support from the hockey world, and one of the things that happened shortly after he died, was that two teams, Detroit and Atlanta had a game around New Years and they auctioned the jerseys off that they wore that night and that became the start of the scholarship fund, along with some other money

that was donated. So the NHL Players Association was very key in getting this going. Over the years there have been 38 scholarships given out to young athletes in Woolwich. School was always important to Dan, he had the opportunity to get some college courses while he played hockey and he attended Elmira District Secondary School for the first few years of his high school career, and he was well known for his determination and his drive to succeed, and he was able

to do that at the same time as getting himself an education and looking out for lots of other people, too.”

An Elmira native and Sugar King alumnus, Dan Snyder became a local hockey hero after rising from a single hockey player in the Woolwich Minor Hockey Association all the way to the NHL as a member of the Atlanta Thrashers. Tragically, Snyder was killed in a car accident in Atlanta, Georgia in October SCHOLARSHIP | 5

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Residents object to apartment plan for Elmira neighbourhood STEVE KANNON Surrounding residents want no part of a plan to convert an old home into a six-unit apartment building, fearing the project would ruin their Elmira neighbourhood.

The property at 3 Riverside Dr. W. abuts some non-standard lots that create a patchwork of homes in an older area of town.

Owners Murray and Patricia Horst are seeking to have the site rezoned to allow for the creation of a six-unit apartment building by renovating the existing house and constructing an addition to the rear of the dwelling.

The rest of the lot would essentially be filled with seven parking spaces and a two-lane driveway.

At a public planning meeting Tuesday night, Woolwich councillors got an earful from residents.

“Why would you want to destroy our little neighbourhood by allowing this to happen?” asked Steve Lynn, a Maple Street resident whose property backs onto the lot in question.

While “not averse to change,” he argued the project was not a good fit for the area, saying changes “should be respectful” of the surroundings.

The project would change the nature of the neighbourhood, eliminating green space and crowding the properties around it, said Lynn. “I have numerous objections.”

His concerns about the changes the development would bring, from problems with snow clearing to noise and garbage disposal, were shared by other neighbours.

Bev McKeown, whose William Street property shares access through a right-of-way, said the grade of the site already creates problems for vehicle access during the winter, a situation likely to be worsened with more cars accessing the driveway.

He, too, sees adverse effects on the neighbourhood.

For resident Steve Stumpf, the project is likely to worsen the traffic situation on Riverside Drive.

The road already has parking issues and is routinely used by horsedrawn buggies, farm equipment and other vehicles bypassing the downtown route, he told councillors.

Bob Black, a planner representing the applicants, said compatibility with surrounding uses is a key consideration. He pointed to other multi-unit dwellings in the vicinity as examples, saying the proposed use was appropriate.

The Horsts’ bid would see the zoning on the property changed from ‘residential – mixed high density (R-5)’ to ‘residential multiple (R-7) with site specific regulations.’ This week’s meeting was an information session only, with council making no decisions until planning staff has received public input and drafted a recommendation report.

In response to a question from Coun. Scott Hahn, director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley said a report would likely come back in a couple of months.

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No parking, for real this time Having discovered the “no parking” signs were merely decorative – any tickets issued would be unenforceable – Woolwich this week moved to amend its traffic and parking bylaw to make legal the signs along the east side of Evening Star Lane between Sawmill Road and Elgin Street West.

The signs were placed there several years ago to ensure this section of road was free of parked vehicles to provide unrestricted access to the township’s works yard on Evening Star Lane.

Meeting Tuesday night, councillors approved the amendments to the bylaw.

access to one farm property, which also has frontage on Cober Road.

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Woolwich is moving ahead with plans to turn over part of New Germany Lane to the regional government.

Meeting this week, councillors gave the go ahead for the posting of public notice of its intent to deem the road surplus and dispose of it.

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A new housing development in Elmira’s south end moved one step closer this week as Woolwich councillors approved a subdivider’s agreement with Birdland Developments.

The project, known as Southwood 3, involves the westward extension of South Parkwood Boulevard and the creation of lots for 84 single-family homes, 24 semi-detached houses and 33 townhouse units.

CAN do deal with Wilmot Twp. Woolwich’s system for sending out bursts of phone messages to residents in emergency situations will be shared with neighbouring Wilmot Township under a deal approved this week.

The community alert network (CAN) is used to issue a warning in the event of emergencies such as chemical spills, violent weather or dangerous fires. The annual cost of $6,000 a year – a contract with Aizan Technologies Inc. – is paid for by corporations such as Chemtura and Canada Colors & Chemicals in Elmira. The

arrangement with Wilmot help reduce the cost to the companies, perhaps allowing some of the money to be redirected to education programs and the like, suggested chief administrative officer David Brenneman.

Woolwich call to action to MoE As it snuffed the current iteration of the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC), Woolwich council passed a resolution backing the group’s call for action following a new report identifying high levels of contaminants downstream from the Elmira chemical plant.

“Alarmingly, DDT levels were found to range from 20 to 2,900 times higher than the applicable Ontario Maximum Allowable Concentration standards in Canagagigue Creek sediment 40-50 metres south of the site, whereas no detectable levels of DDT, and similar contaminants, were found upstream of the Chemtura site,” says a report drafted

by CPAC member Graham Chevreau, who addressed councillors Tuesday night.

“We as a community are concerned about the lack of action that has occurred,” said Coun. Mark Bauman in supporting a resolution to be sent to the Ministry of the Environment.

Stained Glass Army sign management deal, change name WHITNEY NEILSON Stained Glass Army played their final show this month, but they’re far from over. The Elmira band is undergoing major changes, including band members, the band’s name, and a contract.

Their new band name is Excuses Excuses, the result of months of brainstorming, and the desire to recognize the recent restructuring of the band.

Kyle Wilton, vocals and guitar, and Trevor Bowman, bassist are the two remaining members. They signed a management contract with Dreambase Records in Toronto earlier this summer.

“It’s actually a funny story,” Wilton says of how they landed the contract. “That contest that we won last year, we made connections through that. I was actually running stage management at the Mod Club in Toronto for that showcase. The promoter, he liked us so much, he enjoys our presence and he was a good dude and he called us up, said he was

going to be putting on a show in Toronto and asked me and our old guitarist Mitchell [McCloy] to be the spokesmen for the event.”

Wilton and McCloy agreed. While at the showcase they started chatting with one of the other groups’ managers. He mentioned he was starting up his own company and was interested in their band.

Wilton says signing a management deal is a step in the right direction for them for a number of reasons.

“The music industry makes it kind of hard to get anywhere without having someone behind you, somebody like a professional behind you. A bigger record company, like Warner Music or something, won’t take even submissions of music from anybody, unless it’s through a manager or a lawyer,” Wilton said.

With Wilton and Bowman both heading off to Kingston for school in the fall, the manager will come in handy to help them find a new drummer, since Carter Leis is pursuing

Kyle Wilton (second from left) and Trevor Bowman (farthest right) are the two remaining members of Stained Glass Army, which now goes by the name Excuses Excuses and just signed a management deal with Dreambase Records. [FILE PHOTO] find the perfect name to more so to get used to the other things. They’ll also replace the one he came up music industry and get to receive help with finding with when he was 15. know how being in a band a new space to practice, “We actually came up works. That gives him a resetting up shows, keeping with a list of over 200 ally big leg up in what he’s their books balanced, and names because we thought going to be doing,” Wilton finding more music opporyou’ve got to make sure said. tunities.

They plan to stay a three- you have the right name “In January, Mitchell, before you change it. You piece band, once they find our lead guitarist decided don’t want to change it to a drummer. Wilton said it to leave the band because something you’re not going gives him more creative he was focusing on his to like two months later,” freedom. schooling, which is the Wilton said.

As for how they came engineering part of music.

He says they wanted to up with the name, Excuses That’s what he actually work on making a more Excuses, Wilton says they loves doing. That’s his pasmature presence for the spent six months trying to sion. He played in bands

band, and with all the changes to the band, this was the right time.

They recorded their first EP under the new name in Toronto this spring. He hopes for the five-song EP to be released this winter.

It’s hard to say when their first show as Excuses Excuses will be, since they’ve got to find a drummer, while also juggling postsecondary studies.

“There will be a kickoff show, our very first show as the band. It’s hard to estimate a time for that. But we’ll probably be playing in Waterloo Region anyway,” Wilton said.

Their final show as Stained Glass Army was August 6 in Elmira. Wilton says it was a great last show for the band.

“It was amazing,” Wilton said. “We played at the band stand at Gore Park. Tons of people came.

Someone counted on our very last song, by the end of the set there were about 130 people – lots of turnout for Elmira. It felt really good. It was very fun to play in front of Elmira again. ”

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For the last 11 years, the Dan Snyder Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to athletes in Woolwich who display sportsmanship, dedication, and determination.

A Sugar King for four

years, Mitch Wright was a key scorer in the club’s Cherrey Cup run last season. He will now move on to play CIS hockey at Wilfrid Laurier University while pursuing a degree in kinesiology.

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to receive the award,” Wright said. “Growing up in Owen Sound, I had heard of Dan Snyder, and then to move to his hometown to play hockey, and to now receive this award, it’s pretty neat.”

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Auditors find issues with Hahn’s election expenses More questions raised in report, audit committee to meet later this month to decide next steps STEVE KANNON Scott Hahn may have contravened the Municipal Elections Act on several fronts, according to a compliance audit of the Woolwich councillor’s election expenses. The document was released Tuesday.

Prepared by Froese Forensic Partners, the report found there was a lack of proper paperwork in relation to campaign signs and brochures prepared

by Hahn’s family members. Specifically, there may have been issues with contributions by Tri-Mach Group – owned by Hahn’s father, Michael Hahn – and KKP Waterloo, a printing company owned by his inlaws.

“Based on our review of the purchase of the signs,

there are arguably apparent contraventions of subsection 71(1) of the act by Tri-Mach and/or Michael Hahn,” the auditors’ report notes.

“Based on our review of the printing of brochures, there is an apparent contravention of subsection 71(1) of the act by KKP Waterloo in that the company contributed goods with a value in excess of $750 to the Scott Hahn campaign.”

The findings will be reviewed by the Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) at a meeting scheduled for August 27. The committee had ordered the audit following a hearing in May, noting both Hahn’s initial filing and amended statement of expenses left many questions unanswered.

It was the low total of $258.40 originally filed

by Hahn that drew an application for an audit from Elmira resident Dan Holt, a candidate in the Ward 1 election last fall. Hahn’s revised statement of $3,072.66 showed expenses paid by the TriMach Group. The cost of signs printed for $1,751.50 was then billed in equal thirds to Hahn’s father, mother and sister. As well, brochures and flyers were printed at a cost of $962.76, split evenly between his father-in-law and sisterin-law.

Split like that, no one person contributed more than the legal maximum of $750 to his campaign.

But the auditors found no paper trail to back that assertion.

“We are unable to conclude whether Scott Hahn believes, or ought to believe, that the information on the contributors, as reported in the amended financial statement, is true. That is, whether the three family members actually contributed cash to Tri-Mach’s petty cash in or around October 2014 and whether the brochures were contributed by the two individuals to whom the sample invoice was addressed. This is a potential apparent contravention of sections 78 and 79 of the act and subsection 69(1) (m),” the report notes.

The audit completed, MECAC will decide the next steps. The committee can decide to turn over the matter to an independent prosecutor. Hahn could face a fine of up to $25,000,

six months in jail or forfeiture of his council seat under the Municipal Elections Act rules.

“MECAC will have two choices – take no action or send the matter to court.

If they send it to court, the township will be responsible for costs and we won’t be able to use the township’s lawyer so another lawyer will have to be retained,” said Woolwich clerk Val Hummel. “If it gets to court and Scott is found guilty then he would default his seat and council would have to decide how to fill the vacancy similar to what is happening at regional council now for Wayne Wettlaufer.”

A copy of the auditor’s findings can be found online at www.woolwichobserver.com.

Woolwich councillors quickly add to growing staff, increase payroll costs STEVE KANNON Woolwich’s everswelling ranks are set to grow even larger, as councillors this week approved the addition of another staff position. A fairly recent contract position, recreation program coordinator, will become a permanent position.

The move will add at least $10,000 to the growing payroll budget.

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cost some $50,000 a year, while program revenue increased by just $6,000 last year and some $6,500 so far in 2015.

“When I look at these numbers, to me they’re not good numbers.”

In attempting to justify the position, Makela pointed out the number of programs on offer at the WMC increased by about 50 per cent, with participation up 60 per cent, prompting Merlihan to point out the actual numbers are quite small.

Only Coun. Scott Hahn supported his motion for de-

ferring a decision, however.

“It’s a key position that we will always need,” argued Mayor Sandy Shantz, though neither the report nor the discussion backed up that assertion.

“I’m not buying it. How are these numbers that make sense?” said Merlihan.

He pressed for a meeting to discuss a payroll cost and staffing level document prepared at council’s request but never discussed.

“It’s half the budget. We need to talk about it,” he said, noting that otherwise

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the report was a waste of time.

Visibly angry, he accused staff of making an end-run around the review and an early discussion of a hiring freeze.

A testy David Brenneman, chief administrative officer, took exception, saying the minutes would show staff had never been given instructions to arrange a meeting to discuss staffing levels.

A special meeting will be scheduled in September, likely in combination with preliminary talks about the 2016 budget.

Woolwich now looking at what happens at next meeting

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lors and staff then continued with their agenda.

The acrimony is very much personal, as it was Marshall who brought to light the fact that Coun.

Mark Bauman’s failure to file an election expense report, despite being acclaimed to his Ward 2 seat, meant he was in default.

Bauman was forced to go to court to be reinstated. Marshall’s digging led to Sandy Shantz’s default of her seat due to technical issues with her election expense statement. She, too, had to go to court to be returned to council. Marshall had also been involved in Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) hearings looking into the filings of Shantz and Coun. Scott Hahn.

Hahn’s expense report prompted MECAC to meet for the first time in the history of Waterloo Region.

Ironically, council had earlier appointed members to a pair of new committees replacing the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee, changes prompted largely to reduce public input by Marshall and others deemed disruptive, a bid to get the chemical company and Ontario Ministry of the Environment to rejoin the public meetings.

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Coun. Patrick Merlihan, however, was less than impressed with the timing, arguing for a deferral until councillors had had a chance to talk about staffing levels, the township’s single-largest budget expense.

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Community will need to raise more funds for rec. projects under Woolwich policy STEVE KANNON Community groups that pitch in to build new recreation facilities in Woolwich will have to dig deeper, as the township wants them to help pay for future maintenance costs.

A policy under discussion would require those seeking a new splash pad, for instance, to raise not only the funds to build it, but an additional 10 to 20 per cent to be placed in a reserve fund to cover future expenses. The draft discussed by councillors August 11 stems from concerns the township takes on increasing operating and maintenance costs when it assumes ownership of community-driven projects such as play-

grounds and sports pads.

“Often, community and corporate groups express an interest in providing new or enhanced assets to the township, or undertaking a fundraising campaign for their development (e.g. a new or rebuilt neighbourhood playground).

While the township always welcomes such generosity, there are times when the ongoing cost of operating, maintenance and the eventual capital replacement of the new asset is overlooked, or underestimated.

As a result, an additional budget pressure is created,” reads a report tabled by director of recreation and facilities Karen Makela.

The policy discussion was largely fuelled by Coun. Mark Bauman’s con-

cerns the township needed a replacement-cost program to deal with requests from the community.

“There is a cost ... to these projects,” Bauman said of the facilities built with community money but turned over to the municipality to operate.

As written, however, the policy will pose problems for community-led projects such as those offered up under the banner of the Woolwich Recreational Facilities Foundation (WRFF), including the skate park or Kate’s Place in Elmira.

“Major donors aren’t going to give to a reserve fund. That’s just not going to happen,” WRFF’s David Paisley told councillors.

Large contributors and

granting agencies simply don’t have provisions for funding operating costs and repairs, he explained.

That would likely mean a series of small events such as barbeques and bake sales to raise the extra 10 or 20 per cent, something the foundation isn’t set up to do.

His concerns were shared by Coun. Patrick Merlihan, who suggested the guidelines’ language appeared to discourage community projects rather than foster them.

“I fear this will kill those initiatives,” he said of the

policy. “I don’t think this is going to fly.”

Bauman was adamant, however, that the “benefiting community” should pay for such projects rather than having the costs fall on all taxpayers.

He was joined by Coun.

Larry Shantz, who challenged the fairness of a situation that sees money raised in the community to pay for a project, but operating and maintenance costs paid for from general tax coffers.

Commenting on Paisley’s remarks, Bauman said the ability to generate many

small donations would indicate real support for such projects, putting the onus on the community.

“It’s not too much to ask for the community to provide 15 per cent extra.”

The arguments failed to convince Merlihan, who said the policy needs more work before council could support it, even in principle.

“I can’t support this document the way it is.”

His was the lone vote of dissent, however. The policy is to be reworked by staff before returning to council for more discussion.

Ombudsman calls for changes to Woolwich’s closed-door meetings STEVE KANNON Woolwich has already changed how it handles closed meetings of council after the Ontario Ombudsman found the township had violated the rules on several occasions.

André Marin’s report, completed in June and tabled at council’s August 11 meeting, includes eight recommendations following his office’s review of the minutes from three specific meeting of councillors (January 13 and 20, February 3) and one meeting of the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC) from Aug. 11, 2014).

The Ombudsman found a variety of faults, from failing to notify the public of where the in camera sessions would be held to discussing issues that should have been dealt with in open session.

“The Township of Woolwich should ensure that no subject is discussed in a closed session unless it clearly comes within one of the statutory exceptions to the open meeting requirements,” reads the first of eight recommendations.

The list also includes keeping better minutes of both closed and open sessions.

Woolwich clerk Val Hummel described most of the transgressions as “relatively minor.” In each case, the township was found to have called a closed meeting for valid reasons, though the discussion at times strayed away from the topic.

Coun. Murray Martin seemed to find the issues somewhat petty. “I thought that was pretty picky.”

Colleague Patrick Merlihan, however, offered up a mea culpa.

“I apologize to the public for breaking the law in this

regard,” he said, noting council would have to be more diligent.

He added that closed meetings seemed to be the norm rather than exception, turning to staff for comparisons to past terms of council.

Chief administrative officer David Brenneman said the number of in camera meetings is dependent on the agenda. The previous council, for instance, had many gravel pit and Ontario Municipal Board legal issues to discuss behind closed doors.

In the vein of better accountability, Hummel noted that local municipalities have been meeting to implement a regional investigator of closed meetings.

The full text of the Ombudsman’s report can be found online at www.woolwichobserver.com.

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Embarrassed for all the wrong reasons at council THERE WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT of embarrassing moments at Woolwich council this week.

Ironically, councillors losing their composure and marching out of a meeting due to bickering with a resident wasn’t the worst offence.

Of course, Alan Marshall’s tirade, and similar outbursts from the audience, were uncalled for – there’s a time for calling out officials, but this wasn’t one of them. Council’s failure to take charge while respecting the democratic process only compounded the shameful display.

You can bet there are all kinds of machinations in play right now to prevent Marshall – a longtime thorn in many sides – from repeating his antics. Officials may want to come up with something dignified, as the next meeting is scheduled to be televised – best to put on a council meeting, not a circus.

Some dignity is certainly in order given that half of council ran afoul of the law as it applies to election expense reports – both Sandy Shantz and Mark Bauman were removed from office, while Scott Hahn is the subject of an ongoing audit review (and there’s the sideshow of former mayor Todd Cowan’s court appearances) – and the township received a slap on the wrist from the Ontario Ombudsman for its handling of closed meetings, some of which, ironically, involved discussing Marshall.

Like some of the expense reports, the problems involved some technicalities with paperwork, it’s nonetheless rather perplexing for so many to be occurring in relatively short order. Some of that can be blamed on the scrutiny – given the same kind of attention, other municipalities would have similar issues – but it’s no less disconcerting for residents left wondering just what’s going on at township hall.

More pressingly, residents should be concerned about council’s continued lack of oversight of township business, particularly the coffers. Happy to go off on tangents about things that matter little to the public, many of the councillors spent little time, and even littler consideration, to yet more spending on staff. And, as Coun. Patrick Merlihan stressed, all without any grasp of the big picture that would – or at least should – come with a comprehensive review of staffing levels and costs.

Alarmingly, when the all-too-frequent expansion of the ranks occurs, there’s never any discussion about the opportunity cost of diverting money away from much more pressing needs in order to satisfy the needs of staff, not the public.

Nor is there due focus on the long-term implications of each new hire: in effect, a new position is a commitment of millions of dollars in the career of just one employee, never mind the even longer-term liabilities associated with that person’s lifetime. Those are decisions that should never be made lightly, yet the bulk of council never gives them even a thought.

At least some councillors question staff’s tactics, seeing through the disingenuous and conveniently vague responses. But again this week we were “treated” to an eye-opening experience about the long history of weak justifications for spending choices and the tendency to do what’s best for the ever-bloating bureaucracy, not the public. It’s another example that reinforces the notion that bureaucrats protect their own, not the citizens.

As we’ve pointed out on more than one occasion, the underlying problem starts with the ever-expanding payroll, both in terms of numbers and remuneration, which usually comes without either merit or accountability to the taxpayers. Councillors must do better because right now they’re being gamed.

With the next Woolwich council meeting to be televised, Alan Marshall turns to the master, Al Pacino, for a few tips on how to rant for the cameras.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Mullah Omar: more trouble dead than alive WORLD AFFAIRS Islamist fanatics, as you would expect, are very earnest about their beliefs.

They accept that secrecy and deceit are necessary to mislead the enemy, but they do not expect their leaders to be lying to them.

When they find out that they have been lied to, consistently and over a long period of time, they get very cross – and this has repercussions in the real world.

From the time that the Taliban conquered Kabul and took over most of Afghanistan in 1996, Mullah Muhammad Omar Mansoor was the man who ran the show and was effectively the head of state. He was the man who allowed Osama bin Laden to set up camp in Afghanistan. And although the Taliban lost power after the U.S. invasion in 2001, Mullah Omar remained in control of the organization until his death in 2013.

The trouble is that nobody told his faithful fol-

lowers that he died more than two years ago in Pakistan. Until last week the Taliban was still issuing statements in his name – most recently, on July 15, a message endorsing the Taliban’s recent peace talks with the current Afghan government. Now all Mullah Omar’s statements since April 2013 are in question, and so are the men who made them in his name.

This matters a lot, because Mullah Omar was not just the leader of the Taliban. He was also the most important figure in the broader alliance of Islamist groups known as al Qaeda. Indeed, he had as much right to claim to be its founder as the man who actually gets the credit, Osama bin Laden.

With his long record as a real fighter, Mullah Omar was much more respected than the man who formally inherited al Qaeda’s leadership after Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011, the reclusive Egyptian theorist Ayman al Zawahiri. Indeed, Zawahiri felt compelled to renew his pledge of allegiance (“baya”) to Mullah Omar when the rival jihadi group, Islamic State,

declared its leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, to be the “caliph of all the Muslims” in 2014.

This is not just internal politics in a local jihadi group. Al Qaeda and Islamic State are in a frequently violent competition for the loyalty of all the scattered Islamist groups in the Muslim countries. It was therefore very important for al Qaeda that Mullah Omar rejected Baghdadi’s claim to be the caliph – and it is very important to the rest of the world that the two jihadi organizations remain divided and hostile to each other.

Al Qaeda has been losing ground in this competition for some years now. Indeed, Islamic State recently set up its own rival franchises in the two countries where al Qaeda still dominates the struggle against the local regime, Afghanistan and Yemen. The two groups are currently at war with each other in both countries, but that could change fast if al Qaeda’s leadership is discredited by the lies it has been telling.

If Mullah Omar actually died in 2013, he could not have denounced

Baghdadi’s claim to be the legitimate caliph in 2014.

Similarly, Zawahiri’s pledge of allegiance to him in 2014 was either a deliberate lie, or a demonstration that he is hopelessly out of touch with what is actually happening beyond his hide-out, presumably somewhere in Pakistan.

Either way, al Qaeda loses credibility.

So do the Taliban, of course. When the selfdeclared new leader of the Taliban, Mullah Muhammad Akhtar Mansoor, acknowledged that Mullah Omar is dead at the beginning of this month, he carefully omitted any reference to when Omar died. But the Taliban fighting groups are in chaos, because Akhtar Mansoor, then officially Omar’s deputy, issued statements in Omar’s name condemning Islamic State as recently as last month.

Many Taliban groups are now questioning Akhtar Mansoor’s claim to the leadership. His response has been to break off peace talks with the Afghan government and launch some particularly vicious attacks DYER | 10

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In the absense of religion, there’s a decidedly humanist view of the world EDITOR'S NOTES While its relevance wanes, religion remains in some ways omnipresent. Atheists are fine with the former, and would like to change the latter. At the very least, they say, the separation of church and state – from simple steps such as the illegality of prayers at council meetings to the complexities inherent in God Bless America – should be taken more seriously.

Beyond religious dogma, there’s a bigger picture that encompasses how we treat each other and the rest of the natural world. Reason, science and common sense tell us that we’re in this on our own, so there’s no recourse to a higher authority or “after” that will redeem us from the poor decisions we make as a society.

From those skeptical about their Sunday school lessons to advocates for a much better human future, non-believers will be converging on Kitchener next

weekend for The Non-Conference, billed as Ontario’s largest event for supporters of humanism, secularism and atheism.

Among the speakers will be Elmira’s Doug Thomas, co-founder and president of Secular Connexion Séculaire (SCS), a national group that lobbies Canadian governments for humanist rights. He joins a long list of humanists, including Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist and director of the Origins Project and Foundation Professor in the School of Space Exploration and the Department of Physics. The event’s keynote speaker, Krauss is a well known skeptic, debater, orator, defender of science and reason, and co-star of The Unbelievers with another famous atheist, Richard Dawkins.

Also on the docket is Brian Dalton, known as Mr. Deity in a series of satirical short films that parody aspects of religion. Dalton calls himself a formon (a former Mormon) who knows the control and ridiculousness of belief.

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phemy laws worldwide.

The “End Blasphemy Laws campaign” focuses on laws against blasphemy, including ridicule and insult to religion or hurting religious sentiments.

The coalition behind the campaign, led by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and the European Humanist Federation, represents some 200 humanist and secular organizations globally.

Unlike Canada’s situation, actively enforced blasphemy laws infringe on and violate human rights around the world, says Thomas.

That campaign fits well with the theme of this year’s NonCom: free thought and free speech in today’s world.

“There will be people from countries where that isn’t allowed,” he notes of free speech advocates from the Middle East who’ll speak at the event.

It promises to be “a lively discussion.”

Thomas has been a longtime advocate of secular humanism. He’s part of the Society of Ontario

Freethinkers. He started an atheist club at EDSS prior to retiring as an English teacher at the high school. Even in a small town, he found plenty of acceptance for his views, unlike what happens in many parts of the world – there are easily a couple of dozen countries in the world where violence, state-sanctioned or otherwise, is possible.

Religion isn’t the flashpoint that it is even just to the south of us, where Americans seem to be in a perpetual state of political agitation about religion.

Here, says Thomas, it’s not a big issue at all.

“People in the community are of the live-and-letlive philosophy.”

We’re nominally religious here – perhaps more so in smaller communities – but in many parts of the world religion both imposes harsh conditions on the public and limits the potential of human beings.

Still, there’s more we can do to ensure the separation of church and state, as a minimum. Take, for instance, the issue of prayers at municipal coun-

cil meetings, only recently addressed. Or the removal of religious references from the national anthem, a cause close to Thomas’ heart.

Changing such things requires a discussion between religious and nonreligious people, something we’re capable of here without any of the vitriol of the U.S. or the violence of other parts of the globe.

It is possible to have a proper debate, suggests Thomas.

“You can do that without being objectionable.”

While next weekend’s conference will be attended largely by atheists and humanists, it’s sure to be a civil event for those religious people curious about how the other half lives. There will be no one sporting devil’s horns, he promises.

“We’re reasonable people. We’re concerned about human rights – in the wider world and at home here, too,” he said of the positive message of secular humanism and its supporters. “These are people that are legitimately concerned about these issues.”

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As well, there will be a presentation by Ensaf Haidar, wife of Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger who has advocated for human rights and secular ideas. He was accused of apostasy by Islamists and subsequently jailed, fined, and flogged.

Badawi is something of a cause célèbre for Thomas, who’ll be part of a panel discussion on blasphemy.

Through SCS, he’s been advocating for the repeal of the blasphemy section in Canada’s criminal code.

While the move would be symbolic, as they’re not enforceable here, removing them would set an example when Canada takes human rights message to the countries that have active blasphemy laws, he says.

“There are countries where ... people are in real danger for being atheists,” he notes, pointing to the case of another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh for expressing his views.

Such cases are the rationale for an international campaign launched earlier this year to abolish blas-

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

The New Housing Price Index rose 0.3% in June, largely as a result of gains in Ontario. This was the third consecutive monthly price increase for the Canada-level index. The increase in Kitchener– Cambridge–Waterloo matched the national average, and followed three consecutive months of no change.

“You would expect a democratic government to support and encourage democratic participation. Instead, the Harper government’s so-called Fair Elections Act does just the opposite.

Harper is doing everything in his power to keep people from voting – so we are going to do everything in our power to make sure they do.”

The subject of a new Highway 7 connecting Kitchener and Guelph, already a hot item in the by-election race in Kitchener-Waterloo, got even hotter this week as Premier Dalton McGuinty pledged to have shovels in the ground within three years. The announcement provoked a new wave of criticism from opposition parties vying for the seat in the Sept. 6 trip to the polls.

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against the Afghan police and army, but it may not be enough to secure his position. As for Ayman al Zawahiri, he hasn’t been heard from since last September.

There would be no reason to mourn the decline of al Qaeda except that the main beneficiary will be Islamic State. There is no strong reason to prefer one organization to the other, either – except that the last thing the world needs is for Islamic State to take over all of al Qaeda’s franchises and create a single, much more powerful and attractive Islamist fighting front.

The current state of divi-

sion of the extreme Islamist movement is deplored by almost everybody in both organizations. There is little ideological difference between them, although Islamic State is more apocalyptic in its vision. If al Qaeda’s claim to leadership is seriously undermined by its lies about Mullah Omar, the unification of most or all the Islamist groups under Baghdadi’s authority is a real possibility.

The first victim of that would be the Assad regime in Syria, which is already tottering, and an Islamist takeover of the whole country. But much more might follow, and none of it would be good news.

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To the Editor, I read with dismay the editorial “Trade deals are nothing to brag about on hustings” (Observer, Aug. 8/15). Our company, Conestoga Meat Packers Ltd., is a farmer owned and supplied pork processing co-operative employing 800 people just outside Breslau here in Woolwich Township.

For our company, trade deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership are critical to the long term success of the business. Canada exports almost 60 per cent of the pork it produces and without access to world markets, our business and the hog farming industry in Canada would shrink dramatically. Our company has doubled employment in the last two years largely

based on opportunities in the export market. By no means is our farmer owned co-operative working to “destroy the middle-class economy” – we are creating good paying jobs.

The TPP is critical for all agriculture, not just the pork sector. Of Canada’s 220,000 farms, more than 90 per cent are dependent on exports. Sales to foreign markets account for over half of the agri-food products that Canada produces: 75 per cent of our wheat, 65 per cent of our barley malt, 90 per cent of our canola, and 50 per cent of our beef.

Among foreign markets, none are more critical than those of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP countries encompass a market of 800 million consumers and nearly 40 per cent of the world’s economy.

Of the $56 billion in Canadian agriculture and agri-

food exports, 65 per cent is shipped within the TPP region. In the case of this province, a whopping $10.5 billion (81 per cent) of Ontario’s $12.9 billion in agrifood exports is absorbed

by TPP countries. The TPP includes the United States, Japan and Mexico, our highest value markets. It also encompasses Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia, emerging markets with strong economic growth.

The future of the Canadian pork industry, let alone our 170 producer owners and 800 team members, would be devastated should a lack of political leadership in the TPP negotiations result in Canada being excluded from a TPP agreement.

The opportunity provided by the TPP can only be realized if Canada is at the table when the agreement is concluded.

Canada has been blessed

with the capability to produce far more food than our citizens could ever consume. We are good at agricultural and agri-food production and can help to feed the world. We are, and need to be, a trading nation for the economic prosperity of the country. Trade agreements are the vehicle to provide the market access that our companies need to thrive in international markets and it is critical that our government continues to conclude such agreements on our behalf.

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Former Kings netminder rejoins team as goalie coach Elmira a perfect fit for Nick Horrigan, who’ll take the next generation of goalies under his wing SCOTT BARBER Former Elmira Sugar Kings netminder and 2010-2011 Sutherland Cup champion Nick Horrigan rejoined the organization this month, taking over the role of goalie coach.

“I always wanted to come back to Elmira, whether it was living here or working,” the 24-yearold Mount Forest native said during an interview this week at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. “Ever since I stepped foot in Elmira, I knew it was a place I could eventually call home. ...The ability to give back to the community and the organization that gave me so much is really what drives me, and to be able to be a part of such a classy organization that is truly second to none, there is nothing more that I would love to do.”

Horrigan made the jump up to Junior B hockey with the Kings from the Junior C Mount Forest Patriots partway through the

2009-10 campaign. Splitting time with Brandon Gorecki, Horrigan made 23 starts, posting a .904 save percentage and a 3.80 goals against average. The following year, Horrigan made 24 starts during the regular season, improving his individual numbers significantly to the tune of a .913 save percentage and a 2.60 goals against average.

In the playoffs, he made another 12 starts en route to Cherrey Cup and Sutherland Cup championships.

“That was phenomenal,” he said. “That was one of the coolest things, to go on that run with that group of guys. That team was second to none and the community seemed to come out with even more of an emphasis than I thought was possible.”

He returned for a final season in 2011-12 and took over the bulk of the minutes between the pipes.

Over 34 starts, he put up a .918 save percentage and a 2.46 goals against average.

His stellar play and

strong reputation with the Kings led to a scholarship to play division three NCAA hockey with the SUNY Geneseo Knights.

There, he excelled over two seasons and 40 games, compiling 24 wins on a .931 save percentage and a 2.13 goals against average.

“The biggest thing that attracted me to Geneseo was that that team is very much community oriented, like the Kings are, and the sense of family and tradition are two big, big things they emphasize,” he said.

“I like to say it was almost my Elmira of New York.

That is definitely what attracted me, was the sense that it didn’t feel like I was leaving the place that I had called home for the previous three years.”

After graduating in May, Horrigan came back to Ontario where he has been working with kids at numerous goalie schools and camps.

Eager to share his pas-

A goalie with the Elmira Sugar Kings from 2009-2012, Nick Horrigan is set to return to the fold this fall at the club’s new goaltending coach. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]

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More Woolwich kids return to the diamond Fastball sees a resurgence with a spike in registrations, allowing league to field range of teams

SCOTT BARBER Fastball is making a comeback in Elmira.

Long the second fiddle to soccer amongst youth summertime activities, the sport, which boasted more than 600 local players in its heyday of the ’80s and ’90s, was down to just one squad

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With that group getting older, it looked like the end was near for the sport in Elmira, longtime volunteer and organizer Brian Blaxall said. But like a double play with the bases loaded, the organization got out of the jam in a big way this spring.

“It dropped off and

dropped off over the years, and part of it was soccer, part of it was golf and part of it was summer hockey,” he explained. “And we got down to just one team for probably the past four years and they came up from peewee, bantam, and this would be their last year of midget and we thought that

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there probably wouldn’t be any more teams and ball would be done in Elmira.

Then, this year, we ended up with a bantam team, which is 15-16 year-olds, a midget team, which is 1819, and the squirts, which are 11-12.”

Leaving it to chance to score an antlerless deer tag OPEN COUNTRY This week I received some great news – and I’m sure so did many of you. I was successful in the antlerless tag draw for deer – and, even better, many of my hunting buddies weren’t.

For those who do not know about the legalities of deer hunting, an antlerless tag allows the hunter who possesses one to harvest either a deer with antlers or a deer with antlers less than 3 inches long (which means a young buck or a doe).

If you don’t have an antlerless tag you can only harvest a deer with antlers longer than 3 inches.

Essentially, having an antlerless tag significantly increases your odds of coming home with venison. As you can see, an antlerless tag provides options and is valued by most hunters.

To get one you must purchase your licence by the draw deadline and apply in the draw for an antlerless tag in the area you choose to hunt. The number of antlerless tags allocated is ultimately determined by Ministry of Natural Resources and

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Forestry (MNRF) biologists. Their aim is to ensure sustainability of the herd.

So it’s really all about how lucky you were in the draw.

Some hunters get a little crazy about this and come up with conspiracy theories as to why they didn’t get an antlerless tag.

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two buddies who didn’t get their antlerless tags two years in a row. They are both convinced that the MNRF is out to get them or plays favourites in this.

Contrary to popular belief, they did not arrive at that conclusion because of me – I merely helped.

“You’ve got your antlerless tag, three years in a row, right Steve?” one said right after the draw results were made available.

I nodded, perhaps too serenely.

“So has Dan and Jimmy.

It’s almost as if there is a preferred group of hunters,” he continued.

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He looked at me suspiciously and said nothing.

“Oh my goodness, don’t you?” I asked.

“I know what you are trying to do here,” he said.

“There’s no way that has any bearing on how lucky you guys are in the antlerless tag draw.”

“Oh ... of course not,” I said. “If anything, that would have more to do with the cheese trays I send at Christmas. Dan sends a fruit basket but I think that’s cheap. Then again, Jimmy goes a little overboard with the shrimp trays ...”

“The draw is random

and computer generated,” he said.

“Oh ... oh sure,” I confirmed.

“Sending thank you cards and Christmas gifts won’t help at all, you know,” he continued.

“OK,” I said.

Later that morning, I gave Dan and Jimmy calls to fill them in on our progress. Two days later, our friend was flustered beyond belief about this.

Whether he believed us or not is a different matter altogether.

But I did hear he was in the drugstore buying thank you cards.

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“That’s silly,” I said.

“Just because I know and interact with the MNRF routinely doesn’t mean that they gave me preferential treatment.”

“Right,” he said.

I nodded and continued doing what I was doing.

“Are you writing a thank you card?” he said “Thank you cards,” I countered. “I send one to each member of the MNRF staff every year to acknowledge the great work they do. So does Dan by the way. Jimmy just sends them heartfelt emails.”

Then I winked.

Typically, over the last number of years, Blaxall would get lots of calls from families with kids who wanted to play fastball, but there just wasn’t quite enough in each age group to field a team. But with the help of a number of enthusiastic volunteers and coaches coming on board this season, the organization was able to buck that trend.

One of the new coaches

was Melanie Austin, a veteran ball player with a passion for the sport and a background in coaching sports at Elmira District Secondary School.

“My son and a bunch of his buddies played soccer last year and they just wanted to try something different,” Austin said. “I contacted Brian Blaxall and he was 100 per cent behind me and supported all of the ideas we had and was great in helping us get it started up again.”

Part of the reason why fastball had fallen off in the township, Blaxall explained, was because kids weren’t getting into the sport at a young age, as so many had in the past.

In fact, there hadn’t been a squirt level team in the better part of a decade.

But with this new group of youngsters, and some positive word of mouth, Austin and Blaxall are hoping things are moving in the right direction now.

And it’s not about tak-

ing kids away from soccer or any other sports, they added, rather, they like to see kids have the option to try a variety of activities, especially when they’re young.

In their rookie season, the Elmira Heat squirt fastball squad finished seventh in the South Perth League, but they finished strong, capturing the gold medal in the year-end B Division tournament in Stratford, August 8-9.

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sion and experience for the game with the next generation of Kings, Horrigan jumped at the opportunity to return to the fold in Elmira as a member of head coach Jeff Flanagan and director of hockey operation Jeff Snyder’s staff.

“Nick’s a young guy but he’s played high-level hockey and has had great coaching,” Snyder said.

“We think he’s got a great knowledge of the position, and to be honest, coaches in general don’t always know a lot about goaltending, so goaltenders certainly make the best goalie coaches. I think he’ll really be able to help our goalies come along and he’ll be able to relate to them on the ups and downs.”

For his part, Horrigan says his focus will be less about the X’s and O’s of the position and more on the psychological aspects.

“I feel personally that the game is mostly mental,” he said. “You can teach a

guy everything in the book, but if his head isn’t right, it doesn’t matter because he’s not going to be able to stop the puck. So I really want to instill that swagger in my goaltenders, the belief that if the shooter is going to beat me, he’s going to have to make a perfect shot. Also, the resiliency in the goaltenders, so that when they do let in a goal, and they are going to, that’s the name of the game, that it’s over with and they can move on.

There are going to be bad bounces and bad goals, but it’s the way that you handle that next shot that is the most important thing.”

Horrigan takes over for Mike Parsons who will join the staff of the Hamilton Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League for the upcoming season.

He’ll have his work cut out for him, since starter Jonathan Reinhart left Elmira to play in the British Columbia Hockey Junior League shortly after the team lost in the Sutherland Cup semi-finals last spring.

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The art of letting kids be kids Elmira native Shelley Martin fully embraces lifelong passion by launching new venture in St. Jacobs SCOTT BARBER At Arts Abound, the new dance, music and art studio in St. Jacobs, founder and program director Shelley Martin is aiming to create a place where kids can explore their creativity while enjoying art for art’s sake.

“I love the arts in general because I find they are a really great way for kids to experiment,” the Elmira native explained at her newly renovated facility on King Street. “I have seen dance turn so many kids that are shy and timid into these shining stars on stage. The arts sort of provide a place where it’s okay to explore your creative side, and it’s okay to express yourself; in fact you’re encouraged to express yourself. And it’s just really neat seeing kids, for the first time, be on stage and these little personalities come out. It’s been really neat.”

A student at Elmira’s Encore Dance Studio throughout her childhood, Martin developed a passion for all varieties of dance, later putting her skills to work as an instructor.

After graduating from Elmira District Secondary School, Martin attended the commerce program at Queen’s University, where she continued dancing and teaching with the school’s dance club.

Upon finishing her degree, Martin come back to the Waterloo Region where she worked as an accountant for a number of years.

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tal as well as vocal classes; a theatre program where we will be working to put on a musical, where the kids will be a part of all aspects of the production; we’re doing crafting classes, including sewing and knitting; creative writing and visual arts,” Martin said. “All of our classes are group classes designed to give kids the opportunity to experience and enjoy the arts.”

From toddlers through high school students, with

I love living in Canada and being a Canadian. But to me, travel beyond our borders makes life a little richer, especially where food and agriculture are involved – which is almost everywhere.

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In the mid-1800s, Chicago helped open the Midwest to grain exports via the railways and ships served by its port. The railway system also helped move livestock from the prairies where they were grown, to the highly populated east coast. The Chicago Board of Trade was developed to help facilitate contracted grain sales and prices for U.S. farmers, and still sets the pace today for prices everywhere. For consumers, the city’s livestock heritage has led to the development of some of the country’s top steak houses and chains. And the immigrants that came here for work provided a broad palate of ethnic flavours, including the fantastic Italian food we enjoyed earlier

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Elmira native Shelley Martin is excited to launch Arts Abound, a dance, music and art studio for kids and teens at 1580 King St. N. in St. Jacobs in September.

But the desire to move into the arts full-time remained.

Two and a half years ago, she took the leap, leaving her job to go back to school for recreation therapy at the University of Waterloo.

“During my time at the University of Waterloo I got involved with KidsAbility,” she said. “I did a couple placements there and got involved in a number of their programs, working with kids of all abilities, and I really enjoyed that work. So in my final two semesters at school I did an

honours thesis on arts and inclusion and arts creating a sense of community, which sort of led to this.

This was something that I had always had in the back of my mind as something I’d like to do, and that was sort of a way of seeing if it was something that I wanted to pursue. So starting Arts Abound has been a great way of sort of bringing my commerce degree and my recreation therapy together, and being able to do the business side of it and being able to get everything up and run-

ning, while still being able to provide those meaningful art experiences for kids of all ages and all abilities has been a really exciting thing.”

With a 4,000-square-foot facility that includes professionally sprung floors, musical instruments and equipment for any and every type of art imaginable, Martin and her team of talented artists are ready to start classes this September.

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this week there at Pizano’s Pizza.

But although most of the ingredients for our pizza came from American farms, I doubt if more than a few fellow diners thought about the farmers who grew them, or the agriculture system that processed them and transported them here. Historians note even native Chicagoans are three or four generations removed from agriculture.

And when tourists like

us visit, it’s the food, not the farmer, that typically comes to mind.

This discrepancy isn’t lost on American farmers.

A debate is going on in the U.S. right now about how much of the multi-billion dollars the federal government spends to support farming should be dedicated to promoting food exports, versus trying to stimulate more domestic consumption (particularly fruit and vegetables). Academics are weighing in. A recent study published in

the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics said modest decreases in trade promotion expenditures, coupled with more money for domestic promotion efforts, could influence domestic market conditions, caloric intake and nutrient consumption.

There’s more to this than health. Sure, exports are good for the economy.

But any effort to promote American food domestically can be spun as being good for health and for

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keeping America strong. In that way, eating more U.S. fruit and vegetables also feeds Americans’ strong sense of patriotism, and appeals to their desire for greater self-sufficiency and security.

My brother-in-law Todd, a proud American, produces videos for corporate real estate companies trying to sell industrial properties. He’s no slouch.

We stopped to see him and my sister Beth on our way to Chicago, and had a chat about GMOs. He wondered

why food companies “put” GMOs in food, like they’re some kind of additive, and why these companies can’t just pick them out, like most people do (or try to do, and fail) with anchovies on a pizza.

He felt a little better when I explained the GMO traits that help fight insects, boost production and resist certain herbicides are not expressed in the parts of plants that we eat. But the conversation was further affirmation that agriculture has

a lot of catching up to do with consumers everywhere. And farmers, who still have credibility with the public, need to be the ones who take the lead. It takes a herculean effort to meaningfully connect with journalists, restaurateurs and grocers and of course consumers themselves, to introduce agriculture and talk about food.

However, work is something agriculture is familiar with. And that’s good, because there’s lot to do.

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Martin will host an open house at the studio Aug. 25, 2-8 p.m.

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drop-in classes and structured seasonal programs, the aim is to have something for everyone, Martin adds.

“The goal isn’t to have kids preparing for an exam or a competition, but just to give them an opportunity to try out different types of art and just enjoy art for the sake of enjoying art.”

Arts Abound is hosting an open house August 25 from 2-8 p.m. The studio is located at 1080 King St. N. in St. Jacobs.

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Just sit back and enjoy the music, man Drayton Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary with acclaimed production of a classic in The Music Man WHITNEY NEILSON Actors from Drayton Festival Theatre’s first season and all the way through the years are back for the 25th anniversary of the theatre, performing the award-winning Broadway musical The Music Man until the end of August.

The all-ages show brings together a large cast of seasoned professionals, along with a children’s chorus. Set in small town River City, Iowa, the show is full of lively dance numbers and classic tunes, like “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Till There Was You,” and “Ya Got Trouble.”

“It’s a show that really showcases a lot of our performers that have been with us the past 25 years,” executive producer Steve Roth said. “Obviously we wanted to celebrate our 25th anniversary and there are so many different types of characters in this show and we worked with so many tremendous artists over the years. When casting, Alex Mustakas, our artistic director, was able to take a lot of those actors that we’ve used over the years and find some great, great parts for them.”

Written by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, the musical won five Tony Awards during its run on Broadway in 1957.

It was turned into a film in 1962 and later adapted for television in 2003, when it starred Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth.

That rendition was filmed in Ontario.

Roth says audiences

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have been raving since Drayton’s production of The Music Man opened last week.

“Certainly the feedback I’ve been getting from people who’ve seen the show is how great it is to see the show again and how memorable the music is. And for the people who hadn’t sent the show how catchy the songs are and what a fun show it is. It’s been so well received by both people who have seen it and who haven’t seen it,” Roth said.

The story follows Harold Hill, a conman who tries to persuade the town to buy instruments to form

a children’s band. But his plan doesn’t work out as expected when he falls for the town librarian, Marian Paroo.

“He goes from town to town, woos the townsfolk, kind of like that stereotypical used car salesman, they come into town, try to sell you a bill of goods and just before the deal gets sealed, his plan is to head out of town. And he goes to the next town and does the same thing. He’s nothing but trouble, so to speak,” Roth said.

Hill is played by David Rogers, whose Drayton resume includes his one man show Broadway He-

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roes, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Che in Evita, and Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Jayme Armstrong portrays Paroo and has played such Drayton roles as Roxie in Chicago, Fantine in Les Misérables, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, and Maria in The Sound of Music.

Roth says one of the nice things about the show is everybody shines within their roles. Elmira native Rachel Clark returns as an ensemble member and the children’s chorus dance captain, a crucial role when putting together

such a large cast in just two weeks.

“It just brings everything that we stand for in one show. We’re certainly very proud of it and really pleased with the final product and it’s been great that we can have performers that are a part of our show that were in our very first season 25 years ago, all the way up to some of the young people in the community,” Roth said.

He notes it’s a perfect show for the whole family because it’s fun and accessible. He’s looking forward to taking his own children to see it for the first time.

“It’s hard to believe it all

started 25 years ago. A lot of people are going to see this show, certainly when we had the opening last week a lot of people were reminiscing how quickly 25 years go. Music Man is a real celebration of the growth of Drayton Festival Theatre.”

The Music Man runs Aug. 5 - Aug. 29 at the Drayton Festival Theatre.

Tickets are $42 for adults, and $25 for youth under 20. Tickets are available online at www.draytonfestivaltheatre.com, in person at the theatre box office, or by calling (519) 638-5555 or toll free 1-855-DRAYTON (372-9866).

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David Rogers as conman Harold Hill attempts to woo the good people of River City into buying instruments to form a children’s band in the production of the Broadway classic The Music Man, on now at the Drayton Festival Theatre.

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Career Opportunities Schelter Office Plus is a growing Family owned Office Products supplier serving Waterloo-Wellington Region.

“HERE WE GROW AGAIN!” DELIVERY & SALES TECHNICIAN

Floradale Feed Mill Limited is an independent, family owned and operated feed company serving livestock and poultry producers in Ontario.

We currently have an opening for:

Bag Truck Driver (D)

Monday to Friday (days only) Full time (overtime potential) Primary support co-worker to our business customers through the delivery and sales/service of a wide range of office products, printing, office technology and office furniture.

• Working locally in Waterloo and Wellington County • Physical job, some heavy lifting required, ideal for active person who enjoys being busy • Works well independently, capable of multi tasking, enjoys variety of challenges • Clean drivers abstract required • Benefits available • Remuneration commensurate with experience • Previous sales or hospitality industry experience an asset.

Apply in person with resume to:

ELMIRA LOCATION 10 Church Street West

This full time position will involve safe operation of a bag truck unit Monday to Friday with an occasional Saturday shifts.

The successful applicant will have: • A valid commercial driver’s license • Strong oral and written communication skills • Ability to develop effective work relationships with co-workers, and • Ability to represent the Company positively with customers.

At Floradale Feed Mill Limited we take pride in providing the finest in quality feeds and service to our customers in the livestock and poultry industries.

Therefore, a background in agriculture is considered an asset.

The Parts Specialist is responsible for sourcing, ordering and managing parts inventory. The ideal candidate will have a mechanical aptitude, be resourceful and strong interpersonal skills. This position is required to work a scheduled Saturday rotation.

The Sales Consultant is responsible for developing and managing a sales territory. The ideal candidate will have experience in or knowledge of agriculture, able to analyze customer needs and strong interpersonal skills.

Visit www.stoltzsales.com for more information.

Stoltz Sales & Service offers a competitive wage and benefit plan plus lifelong learning. We will accommodate the needs of qualified applicants under the Human Rights Code in all parts of the hiring process. If you are interested in being a part of a growing industry and organization, forward your resume to one the following points of contact on or before August 21, 2015.

Mail: PO Box 235, 6805 Line 86 West, Elmira, N3B 2Z6 In Person: 6805 Line 86 West, Elmira Email: krichardson@stoltzsales.com

To apply, forward your resume to: Brian Chamberlain, Operations Manager Floradale Feed Mill Limited 2131 Floradale Road, Floradale, ON N0B 1V0 Or e-mail: brianc@ffmltd.com We appreciate all who apply but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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some weekends. 519-6642630 between 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. Mon. through Sat. PERMANENT FULL/PART TIME help required on Poultry farm. Flexible hours.

Wallenstein area. Reply to: Box 150, c/o Woolwich Observer, 20-B Arthur St. N., Elmira, On. N3B 1Z9.

5100 Fountain St., North, Breslau (Kitchener) th

W. K. Dahms Mfg. Ltd. of St. Jacobs requires a Bookkeeper and Office Assistant to be responsible for the accounting activities and office administration. This will include responsibilities for account reconciliations, government reporting, accounts payable, payroll and benefits administration and assist in the preparation of year end information to the trial balance. The successful candidate will possess a strong knowledge of Quickbooks and Microsoft Office. A working knowledge of Corel Draw and Photo Paint would also be useful. The successful candidate will be able to work independently while exhibiting excellent interpersonal and time management skills. The time commitment is flexible between 20 and 30 hours per week.

Sat. Aug 29 9:00 a.m.

Bikes, Turf Equipment and other consignments Check website for updates www.mrjutzi.ca VIEWING: Friday August 28th, 2015, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm TERMS: Cash & Carry – Cash, Interac, Visa & Mastercard

WORK WANTED CREW CAB F350 and 25’ trailer for hire. 12,000 lbs or 30’ maximum. Vehicles, boats, equipment, freight etc. CVOR, AZ and cargo insurance. Please contact 226-220-4277.

M.R. Jutzi & Co

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If you feel that you are the right person for this opportunity, please submit your resume, cover letter and salary expectations by August 24, 2015 to: E-mail: kitchener.recruiting@bdo.ca Fax: 519-576-5471

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Stoltz Sales & Service strives to be an agricultural dealership of choice; by excelling in customer service and providing optimal solutions to growers and producers within the communities we serve. We are expanding our Elmira Team and require a Parts Specialist and a Sales Consultant.

519-648-2111

HELP WANTED

CLEANING LADY WANTED for family in Conestogo required every two weeks.

Please contact Darlene or Scott. 519-504-9918.

PART-TIME HELP NEEDED on a Linwood area dairy farm.

Experience an asset, but will train if necessary. Apply to 519-504-5860.

HELP WANTED: ELMIRA Furniture Company now hiring for full time day shift positions. Please email resumes to SFF.elmira@gmail.com or fax to 519-669-8820.

PART-TIME POTTER’S ASSISTANT - shop organization, sales, pottery assembly and handling. No pottery experience necessary. 15 30 hours per week including

CHILD CARE BEFORE AND AFTER School care in Conestogo. Offering daily recreational activities, such as tennis, baseball, hockey, volleyball and golf.

As well as art activities and group games. We walk the children to and from Conestogo PS. Offering a warm and caring environment.

Snacks are included. Cost $10 before school/$10 after school. We also operate Sports Camps in August. Call 226-750-6265.

Hilltop Acres Poultry Requires a mature FULL-TIME employee to learn all aspects of the business from unloading and loading trucks to production and sales.

To setup an interview call Karen at 519-743-6884 or email resume to info@hilltopacrespoultry.com

CHILD CARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH the Child Care & Early Years Act 2015, I have two child care positions available September 2015. Aged 2+ yrs. Exciting theme based learning. Ten years’ experience. References available upon request. Call Christa 519-210-0093 or email cuttleyc523@rogers.com

HEALTH CARE BOWEN THERAPY YOUR choice for effective treatment of specific health conditions or wellness maintenance.

KEVIN BARTLEY, Professional Bowenwork Practitioner, Clock Tower Wellness Centre, 69 Arthur St. S., Elmira.

519-669-0112. Every Body is Better with Bowen!

FOR SALE LAWN FERTILIZER AND LAWN SEED - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

SAVE $500.00. 3 NEW CORN GATHERING belts. #1254088C2 for 800-700 series FORAGE HARVESTER $350.00. IH price $287 each.

Phone 519-846-2877.

SOFTNER SALT - 20kg bags, minimum 25 bags, skid lots of 56. Delivered in St. Jacobs, St. Clements, Elmira & Linwood areas. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-6692045.

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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY

BIRTHDAY

Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary Ruth and Ken Reger

50 Wonderful Years Abner & Vera Brubacher

Happy 80th Birthday Lena Horst

Friends and family are invited to celebrate our 60th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, August 23, 2015 at the Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St., Elmira between 2 and 4 p.m.

Come & Go Celebration August 16, 2015 • 2:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Klages Mill & Garden 11-1st Ave North Chesley

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Horst, Barbara At the age of 99 years, peacefully passed into the arms of her Lord in the early morning of Sunday, August 9, 2015.

Barbara was predeceased by her beloved husband Noah (2001), her son Lawrence (1996), and her daughter Ruth Dianne (1980). Dearly loved by her daughters Janet Shorten, Barbara Ann Horst and Lois Horst, her granddaughter Mary Shorten (Kevin Qamaniq-Mason) and great-grandson Nathan Noah. Survived by her sisters Mary Shantz and Emma Brubacher. The family welcomed relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. A private family interment was held at St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery.

A memorial service to celebrate Barbara’s life and faith will be held at Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs (due to renovations at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church) on Friday of the following week, August 21, 2015 at 2 p.m. In Barbara’s memory, donations to Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

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CUSTOM BUILT STONE BUNGALOW nestled in mature trees. Huge principal rooms.

Open concept from great room with high ceiling, large windows and stone fireplace.

Extra-large foyer with 2 double closets. Carpet free. Walk-in pantry. You’ll enjoy entertaining in the finished basement – rec. room, games. Room office, den, bathroom & exercise room. 3 bdrms. A must see! NEW MLS.

WEST MONTROSE

THIS 3+ BDRM. HOME IS ‘MOVE-IN READY’. Lovely Chervin kitchen. Hdwd. floors.

Main floor sunroom w/lots of windows. Main flr. laundry. 4 bathrooms. Newer windows. Lovely fam. rm. w/gas fireplace. Games room/4th bdrm. w/3pc. ensuite. Lower level offers lots of storage! PRIVATE back yard w/brick patio (RECENTLY FENCED). Long driveway, dble. garage. Call for a viewing. NEW EXCLUSIVE.

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$499,900 Thanks to all my family, friends and The Legion for an excellent 50th Birthday Celebration.

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VERY SPACIOUS BRICK BUNGALOW on a large lot. Lots of windows facing south. Main flr. fam. rm. w/fireplace.

Large master bdrm./ensuite. Main flr. laundry. Walkup to garage. Lots of parking! MLS PRICE REDUCED.

UPDATED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM! A great home to retire in - everything on one level! Quiet street. Lovely finished bsmt. with rec. rm. & office 2 baths. Walkup basement. A must see! MLS REDUCED.

$239,900

LARGE FENCED LOT – Crescent Location! Long driveway. 3 bdrm. semi with laminate on the main level. Refinished cupboards. W/O to deck. 3 bdrms. Fin. rec. room. Newer shed. MLS.

ARTHUR ST. S.

WINTERBOURNE (ON THE WATER)

LOTS OF PARKING! Large great room withcathedral ceiling. 3+ bedrooms. Granite countertop, appliances Included. Updated furnace, bathrooms, shingles, cupboards. 2 tiered deck & private back yard. Rec. room. & 4th bedroom. MLS.

WHY DRIVE TO THE COTTAGE – enjoy the view of the water on 1.8 acres, siding to water and overlooking the countryside! Updated windows. Hardwood floors in Living Room, Dining Room & 2 bedrooms. Ensuite bath. Gas fireplace in Living Room & wood fireplace in finished rec. room. Updated kitchen. W/O to deck & hot tub. MLS.

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Thank You

Thank you to all my family and friends who attended my 80th Birthday Open House.

Your cards, best wishes and flowers were very appreciated.

Thank you all for making my day so special.

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

MAKE YOUR MOVE WHILE RATES ARE LOW! SPACIOUS HOME, BEAUTIFUL VIEW

A DONATION will be made with every home bought or sold by Alli, Paul or Sue.

Heidelberg - Exceptional Custom Built 5 bedroom home boasts a 1500 square foot triple car garage with a drive through to the back yard. Situated on a 133 x 165 foot lot with a beautiful country view, enjoy relaxing on your back deck around the pool. MLS 1517249.

$749,000

$314,900

NEW PRICE

Elmira - Charming family home!! Located on a sought after street, lots of space inside with the family room addition and an attic with potential. Sit on your large 2-tired deck while enjoying the stunning gardens and fish pond in the private yard.

Convenient setting near public school and short walk to down town shops. MLS 1528168.

Alli Bauman Paul Martin Sue Wideman

$249,900 Waterloo - Immaculate end unit bungalow condo has everything you need on one level. Two bedrooms with a private ensuite plus a spacious open concept kitchen, dining room living room combo that backs onto a nice deck and green space as well as a double car garage. MLS 1531346.

$235,000

Drayton - Eat in kitchen, spacious living room, walk out from the master bedroom to the large back deck, great starter home, or retirement spot. The finished basement includes 2 extra bedrooms and a 3 piece bathroom. Lots of room in the oversized shed at the back of the property.

MLS 1521798.

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that tells you, you have to do this or that. You’re free to do whatever your group decides you have an interest in.”

As for why the organization has seen a significant decrease in membership, she says there are many more groups and activities for kids to participate in now compared to when she was their age.

In order to belong to

the provincial association they have to conduct one meeting on how to run an effective meeting. She says she’s always impressed when she sees a group of 20-year-olds making motions and amendments.

It’s a skill she believes Junior Farmers take forward with them in their professional life.

“I think it instilled in all of us a sense of community. We planned fundraisers

$339,000

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$299,900

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$630,000

to benefit different charities. I think we all learned how important it was to be community minded people,” Mills said.

All past and present junior farmers are welcome to attend the celebration on August 22 at the Wellesley Community Centre.

Social hour runs from 6-7 p.m., following by the banquet at 7 p.m., and at 9 p.m. the dance will start.

Tickets are $30 and can

be purchased at Green Horizons Sod in Cambridge, Heritage Pet & Garden in New Hamburg, New Dundee Village Market in New Dundee, Oakridge Acres in Ayr, and Stoltz Sales & Service in Elmira.

They can also be purchased by contacting Susan Mills at susan.mills@ rogers.com or 519-6624327 or Marlin Stoltz at mstoltz@stoltzsales.com or 519-575-8530.

Elmira - Located just outside of town, this bungalow has been redone inside and out! Enjoy the convenience of the back entrance into the mud room and main floor laundry. This home also boasts a separate garage on the 200 ft deep lot, with decking straight through from the side to the back yard. This is the perfect spot for entertaining on these warm summer evenings. MLS 1532036.

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Kitchener - Single family or an Investment opportunity with a 1 bedroom and 3 bedroom unit.

The character of this century old home shows beautifully with wood floors, beamed ceilings, unpainted wood trim and French doors. Large unfinished attic, close to downtown, expressway and amenities. MLS 1534051 & 1534047.

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Independently Owned and Operated

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$279,000

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Linwood - This open concept living room and Dining room walks out to the private patio situated on a large 66 x 217 ft lot only steps from the school.

This home also features a detached single car garage and a shed. Don't miss out!

MLS 1531340.

$349,900

Drayton - This bright home is situated on a large lot on a dead end street. Enjoy coffee on the balcony off the master bedroom, or entertaining in the beautiful back yard with a walk out from the dining room as well as the downstairs rec room. Double car garage, appliances included, and add a gate at the driveway to make this a fully fenced yard. Many updates including the 4 piece bathroom. MLS 1534385.

ORIGINAL CHARACTER

SUPER STARTER

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$365,000

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Drayton - Located on 6 acres this extraordinary home is nestled in picturesque scenery. Featuring: Private lane, 1500 sqft, (30ft x 50ft) workshop with 60amp service, and 1600sqft home.

Finished top to bottom with an open layout this rare find is extremely well kept. MLS 1527262.

PRIVATE SALE FREEHOLD TOWNHOUSE

2 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom, fully finished basement Walking distance to downtown and schools. Stove, fridge, washer, dryer, A/C, gas furnace, central vac, smoke-free.

$259,900 CALL 519-669-8380 TO VIEW

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MLS Call Dale.

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a model with approx. 2000 sq.ft finished living space, lovely decor and updates throughout, walkout to deck & landscaped fenced yd., 2 gas fireplaces, main floor master with ensuite, large double garage & extra wide driveway, quiet street. NEW MLS.

welcoming foyer into this superb family two storey, main floor family room with gas fireplace, eat in kitchen, separate dining area, finished basement with gas fireplace, master bedroom ensuite, private backyard patio, large dbl car garage. NEW MLS.

1 ACRE RURAL PROPERTY

5 Queen St., Elmira

finest cul-de-sac locations. 110’ x 229’ deep mature private yard. Entertaining tiered deck off laundry and familyroom.

Original hardwood flooring. Newer maple kitchen with granite and built-in appliances. 4 Bedrooms, 4 baths. MLS.

Full 2 storey brick home, 4 bedroom, 1 ½ bath, new kitchen, newer windows and roof, detached garage, large yard, lots of character.

$119,900 DRAYTON Build your dream home, vacant lot situated on a paved Rd., mins from Town, permits, well & septic required. MLS.

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FREE Market Evaluation $239,900 MILVERTON HOME WITH LARGE WORKSHOP! Located on a quiet street this property offers a large fenced lot, a well kept older home with recent updates including windows, both bathrooms, three bedrooms and a detached 30’ x 32’ heated workshop (built in 2004).

MLS. Call Bert to view.

$889,950 Quality purpose built two unit home By “Dimark Homes” in 1998 ideal for extended families offering 2 separate and spacious living areas with 1976 sq ft main house and 1334 sq ft 2 bedroom above grade apartment. Located on a nicely landscaped treed private 3.22 acres offering a large screened gazebo and a detached workshop. Very convenient location between West Montrose and Elora. MLS 152932.

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$509,900 Country living just 15 minutes from KW! Custom built 4BD/3BA home plus office in family-friendly community of Hawkesville.

Move-in condition. Updated with new hickory kitchen with Corian countertops, oak staircase, windows, roof, furnace and AC, huge Trex deck with aluminum railings, inter-locking stone patio & cement pad for RV parking. Large laundry room with loads of storage. Over 2750sf on main levels. Huge partially finished walk-out basement with 24 x 12 workshop and double doors to rear yard.

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$219,900 DRAYTON STARTER HOME offers large country kitchen with lots of oak cabinets, main floor laundry, great family room with gas heat stove, newly renovated main floor bathroom, three bedrooms, mature trees on fenced lot 66’ x 165, newer detached garage 12’ x 24’, concrete driveway. MLS. Call Bert to view.

3506 Broadway St, Hawkesville

QUALITY ROUND OR Square - rotary chopped or conventional straw at competitive prices. Delivered to your yard. Call or text Andrew Martin at 519581-7704 or Matt Frey at 519-998-0657.

FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

FARM SERVICES OAT & PEAS FOR FORAGE COVER CROPS - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045.

FARM SERVICES SEED WHEAT AND FERTILIZER competitive pricing. Rye seed, winter barley.

Hard red wheats, Keldin, Princeton and Sampson. Soft red wheats, Emmit, CM614, Wave, Emperor and more. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 17

“PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAS T; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.”

HELP WANTED

Community Information Page

HELP WANTED

QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTORS Elmira & Listowel locations • Day and afternoon shifts available • Safety shoes and safety glasses required • Positions are well-suited to individuals who may be semi-retired • Part-time / Full-time hours available.

Please call 905-836-7650 or email resumes to: employment@360hrservices.com

A well-established, privately-owned general contracting firm has a full-time opening for:

BOOKKEEPER / ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR

HELP WANTED

Woodland Horizon Ltd is a custom furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing company located in Drayton.

Due to continued growth we are looking to hire for the following position

Woodworking Craftsman

Experience is an asset but we are also willing to train the right individual.

Please send your resume to laverne@woodlandhorizon.com or call 519-638-5961 to set up an interview.

Summary of Duties & Responsibilities • Responsible for all daily, weekly, monthly processing of accounting transactions • Accounts Receivable – prepare billings & related documentation, maintain customer files • Accounts Payable – data entry & payment processing for extensive supplier group • Project Reporting – maintain accurate job files, produce timely cost reports • General Ledger – bank reconciliation, account reconciliations, adjusting entries, equipment & inventory updates • Payroll – prepare and process bi-weekly payroll for 60+ employees including direct deposit transmissions, file remittances, maintain employee records, monthly and yearly reconciliations Skills & Qualifications • Dedicated and highly organized with the ability to multi-task • Solid understanding of the accounting process • Min. 2 years of similar experience • Proficient computer skills – MS Office environment, knowledge of Jonas accounting software an asset (willing to train) • High degree of clerical accuracy is required • Professional, personable disposition • Able to work independently with minimal supervision

This full-time dynamic position (40 hrs per week) offers a competitive wage plus benefits within a team-driven office.

WANTED WANTED: EXT. TABLES; early bonnet chests; blanket boxes; old tools; early syrup pails; cupboards; unusual small farm gear. Old and unusual stuff. Call 519-787-8287, machine.

RENTALS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in Elmira.

Quiet building, newly renovated, close to downtown. Call 519-669-5798.

3 BEDROOM APARTMENT - in Elmira, close to downtown. All appliances included, utilities extra, gas fireplace in living room. Non smoking. Call Hugh 519-669-5533 after 6 p.m.

BACHELOR UNIT AVAILABLE. Close to downtown. All utilities and laundry included. Call Hugh 519-669-5533 after 6 p.m.

ELMIRA - 2 bedroom apartment. Newly renovated with 5 appliances. In unit laundry. Available Sept. 1 or possibility of immediate occupancy. Utilities separately metered. Rent $1000.00 monthly.

Call Mildred Frey 519-741-6970.

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M-2 zoning, 2640 ft2, 16’x16’ electric OH door. 600V, 600 Amp service, gas radiant heat, natural and energy efficient lighting. Please call 519-669-8776 for details.

TRADES & SERVICES SPRUCEHOME MOTORS - Electric motors, sales and repairs. Heidelberg, Ontario. Mervin Martin 519-699-6078.

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE - 83 Northside Dr., St. Jacobs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sat. Aug. 15th.

Housewares, furniture, renovation items: bathroom sinks, doors, plumbing and much more. Weather permitting.

Send resumé to: Joanne Nechanicky Frey Building Contractors 3435 Broadway Street, Hawkesville N0B 1X0 email: joanne@freybc.com fax: (519) 699-4875

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P.O. Box 158

24 Church St. W. Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

Fall Program & Sport Info Night Wed. August 19 • 4 - 7 pm WMC Lobby Join us at the Woolwich Memorial Centre for a chance to check out a variety of Sport & Recreational opportunities available for residents this fall all in one convenient location.

Representatives from local clubs and organizations will be on hand to provide information, answer questions and take registrations.

Woolwich Based Associations Participating: Elmira Aquaducks / Woolwich Wave Elmira & District Curling Club Phone: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 Fax: 519-669-1820 Elmira Girl Guides After Hours Emergency: 519-575-4504 www.woolwich.ca First Elmira Scout Troup Township of Woolwich Recreation (WMC & Breslau Community Centre) White Heron Martial Arts Woolwich Cougars Basketball Woolwich Girls Hockey Woolwich Minor Hockey Woolwich Ringette Woolwich Sledge Hockey Woolwich Seniors Association Woolwich Skating Club Woolwich Youth Centre FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT 519-669-1647 EXT. 7001 OR customerservice@woolwich.ca

FREE Public Skate, 4-6 pm

NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING Tuesday September 8, 2015 | 7:00 p.m.

Township Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira Regarding the following applications: Zone Change Application 3/2015 - Elmer and519-575-4504 Karen Zettel www.woolwich.ca

Phone: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hours Emergency:

and Zone Change Application 4/2015 - Rudolph and Maria Briski Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has received complete applications for the above noted proposed Zoning By-law amendments as detailed below.

Please be advised that Notice of a Complete Application does not indicate whether the municipality is in support of, or in opposition to the proposals. That determination will be made at a later date.

The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Zone Change applications. No decision will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them.

Any persons may attend the public meeting and make written and / or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed application.

Zone Change Application 3/2015 - Elmer and Karen Zettel The Township has received a Zone Change application from Elmer and Karen Zettel for a 0.4 hectare property described as German Company Tract Part Lot 75 and located at 195 St. Charles Street West in the Township of Woolwich (see Map 1). The property is designated Rural Land Use and Restricted Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A) with site specific provisions permitting a garden suite /mobile home which is up for renewal. The property contains a single detached dwelling, mobile home (garden suite) and accessory building.

The purpose of the application is to extend the Temporary Use By-law for an additional three-year period to allow the garden suite to remain on the property.

The garden suite is currently occupied by Mrs. Zettel’s sister.

Zone Change Application 4/2015 - Rudolph and Maria Briski The Township has received a Zone Change application from Rudolph and Maria Briski for a 2.9 hectare property described as German Company Tract Part Lot 116 and located at 5070 Fountain Street North in the Township of Woolwich (see Map 2). The property is designated Rural Land Use and Restricted Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A) with site specific provisions permitting a garden suite /mobile home which is up for renewal. The property contains a single detached dwelling, mobile home (garden suite) and accessory buildings.

The purpose of the application is to extend the Temporary Use By-law for an additional three-year period to allow the garden suite to remain on the property.

The garden suite is currently occupied by the applicant’s daughter.

Please Note:

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

Community Information Page

P.O. Box 158

24 Church St. W. Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

APPEALS: If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-laws does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the proposed zoning by-law amendments are passed: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of Woolwich to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of additional Township public meetings or Township staff reports regarding these applications you must make a written request to Engineering and Planning Services at the Township of Woolwich at the address shown at the top of this page.

If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich.“PROUDLY Any comments received onOUR or before 1, 2015 (Note that date REMEMBERING PAS T; September CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OURthis FUTURE.” is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will also be considered.

P.O. Box 158

Community Information Page

24 Church St. W.

The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of theElmira, Planning Act Ontario and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection N3Bshould 2Z6 be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-669-6005 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6010.

MORE INFORMATION: The public may view planning documents and background material relating to this application at the Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services Department between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the Township website at www.woolwich.ca.

Questions or written submissions may be directed to: Township of Woolwich Engineering and Planning Services Department Box 158 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 14th day of August, 2015 Phone: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hours Emergency:

519-575-4504 www.woolwich.ca

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LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE/ DIERRE ACHESON

HERITAGE / ON AND OFF THE FARM

Jr. Farmers celebrate 100 years Organization will mark centennial with banquet and dance in Wellesley on Aug. 22 WHITNEY NEILSON Waterloo Junior Farmers joined the ranks of local clubs celebrating a century of existence this year, and as such will be recognizing the achievement with a banquet and dance in Wellesley later this month.

Committee chair Susan Mills hopes the celebration will attract new members and inspire current ones.

“In the ’40s when the Waterloo club was affiliated with the provincial association, at that time Waterloo had about 400 members,” Mills said. “And then I was a member from 1984 until 1993 and during that time we had about 100 members. For awhile there was not a club. For the last few years they got a small group of good, keen kids and there are probably only about 12 in the club right now. We’re hoping something like this will show them what a rich history we have and garner some interest in the community for new youth who might want to join.”

When Junior Farmers began in 1915 it was agriculturally based. Now, it’s geared toward rural youth, but there are no requirements that you must be a farmer. It’s more about bringing together young people, aged 15-29, to meet one another and do good in the community.

“It’s basically a social thing you go to. There are travel opportunities. They have exchange programs.

We’ve met people from all over the world,” Mills said.

A crumb cake is just the thing to hit the spot RECIPE NOTES

Susan Mills shows off one of the boards that will be on display at the Waterloo Junior Farmers’ 100th anniversary celebration, along with the James A. Snyder award she received in 1992 to recognize her long term service to the club. To the left are the 1916 Berlin Junior Farmers Association and the 1961 Waterloo County Girls Volleyball team at Field Day. [SUBMITTED] The committee has been planning the event since last October, contacting past members. They’ve sent letters to all the past presidents, since the ’40s, since any earlier ones would no longer be living.

“The Wellesley Community Centre has a separate room that we’re going to have set up as memorabilia displays, so we encourage anyone who’s going to bring old scrapbooks, clothing, trophies, pictures, things like that. We’ll have tables set up so that it will be divided by decades so you can put your thing on the appropriate decade,” Mill said.

Following an hour of social time, they’ll have a catered dinner by the Elmira Golf and Country Club. A

short program will follow.

She says the committee decided to keep it short because the main reason people are going is to catch up with old friends. Next up will be a square dance and then a regular dance.

“Originally my sister was invited to a dance and I remember my friends and I kind of thought it was funny, what are you learning to be a farmer? We teased her and she kept coming home and telling us what she did and how much fun they were having. Eventually we said well can we come too?” Mills says, recalling how she first became involved.

Sports were a big part of the club when she was a member. She says they held different tourna-

ments, played broomball and every Friday night for years they’d get together for a volleyball game.

The current club’s recent project was sponsoring a portion of Nafziger Road to do road cleanup. President Meaghan Weber notes they have foreign delegates coming to town from Europe next week to do some farm tours, barbeques, and see the sights in the region.

This will be their last stop in Ontario.

“We had a couple provincial events hosted here in Waterloo Region. We had Winter Games hosted back a year or two ago here. So that was a big provincial sports weekend,” she said.

She says she loves the fact she has contacts all over Ontario, and even the

world.

Junior Farmers is very member-driven, meaning they decide what projects they want to undergo as a group. This is a big way it differentiates itself from 4-H, which is more structured with classes you sign up for.

“Junior Farmers is a self directed thing,” Mills said. “You can basically plan what you want to do yourselves. That’s one of the ways that Junior Farmers is so great because you plan dances and you plan fundraisers, so you’re learning how to do those things, developing your leadership skills by doing that. There’s really nothing

It always amazes me how much can be accomplished when people all work together. I was reminded of this last weekend as I looked into the downtown core from our shop at the other end of the street – it was filled with activity and, most importantly, people.

I always say buy local.

Most of the time, I think of produce and the artisans in the area, but the downtown needs that support to make our town vibrant. Decor, clothing, flowers, bakery, restaurants ... what more could you ask for? Okay, maybe one of our crumb cakes and a latte!

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SEPTEMBER 7

SEPTEMBER 12

SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT 7-9 p.m., Gore Park, Elmira.

Featuring: Gerald Davidson & the Country Versatiles.

Bring your own lawn chairs. Free.

9TH ANNUAL LIONS FISHING Derby at the Albert Erb Conservation Area, Nafziger Road, Wellesley.

Registration 9 a.m. ($7 fee per angler). Derby runs 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cash prize of $150 will be awarded for the first tagged fish caught. Anglers over 16 must have a fishing license. Trophies awarded in six categories. Food booth on site, all anglers are eligible to select items from a fantastic prize table.

All proceeds go to fund community programs in the village.

WOOLWICH COMMUNITY LIONS CLUB presents: Drive one 4 UR Community. Come out to Foodland parking lot between 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For every person who comes and test drives a vehicle, Ford will donate $20 to the Woolwich Community Lions Club, up to a maximum of $6,000. Food and entertainment all day. Show and shine car show 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. All proceeds go to support the Elmira District Community Living van project.

AUGUST 18 BINGO UPSTAIRS AT THE St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. Wheelchair accessible. For more information contact Joe Brick at 519-699-4022.

AUGUST 20 SUMMER CONCERT AT CASTLE Kilbride, 60 Snyder’s Road, Baden; 7 - 8 p.m. 300 Degrees. Admission by donation.

AUGUST 23 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT 7-9 p.m., Gore Park, Elmira.

Featuring: Doug Dietrich & Sunrise. Bring your own lawn chairs. Free.

AUGUST 25 BINGO UPSTAIRS AT THE St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. Wheelchair accessible. For more information contact Joe Brick at 519-699-4022.

AUGUST 30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT 7-9 p.m., Gore Park, Elmira.

Featuring: Dickie Dugal & U-Turn. Bring your own lawn chairs. Free.

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SEPTEMBER 9 19TH ANNUAL J.M. KROPF Fall Classic for Cystic Fibrosis at Guelph Lakes Golf & Country Club, 7879 Wellington Road 124, Guelph. Registration 10 a.m., shotgun start 11 a.m. A fun, friendly golf tournament to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. For more information call 519-843-4852.

SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. Cost: $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-664-1900 for more information.

SEPTEMBER 10 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon. Breslau Community Centre, 100 Andover Dr., Breslau. Cost: $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-6641900 for more information.

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SEPTEMBER 13 THE WALK TO REMEMBER and Butterfly Release, 1-3 p.m. in the Dedication Centre at Williamsburg Cemetery, 1541 Fischer-Hallman Rd., Kitchener.

Release a butterfly in memory of your loved ones’.

Following the release, participate in the Walk to Remember, where memorial signs will be placed along the path. For more information and to purchase your butterfly or memorial sign visit www. bfomidwest.org, call the office at 519-603-0196 or email events@bfomidwest.org. Presented by Bereaved Families of Ontario Midwestern Region.

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SEPTEMBER 16 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Wellesley Mennonite Church, 157 David St., Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-6641900 for more information

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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.

You already have millions, and will likely have billions ... just not in the bank WEIRD NOTES

Q. You probably like the aroma of fresh-cut grass on a summer day. How do you think the grass likes it?

A. Grass naturally

emits volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that increase significantly when cut, reports â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

Also known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;green leaf volatiles,â&#x20AC;? they are mostly a mix of aldehyde and alcohol. The main VOC giving cut grass its smell is (Z)-3-hexenal, readily picked up by the human nose and detected as low as 0.25 parts per billion.

Why are these compounds formed? Perhaps, scientists suggest, their release induces defense responses in other neighboring plants. Also, they may â&#x20AC;&#x153;stimulate formation of new cells at the site of the wound, while some act as antibiotics, preventing infection.â&#x20AC;? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to like?

Q. When can baseball be â&#x20AC;&#x153;a real dragâ&#x20AC;??

A. Make that aerodynamic

drag in the sense of air friction slowing the ball as it moves through the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s atmosphere, says Aaron Santos in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ballparking: Practical Math for Impractical Sports Questions.â&#x20AC;? When we hear about a top pitching prospect lighting up the radar gun, we should all wonder

where the measurement was taken. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of air friction, the speed of the pitch drops during the 0.4 second or so the ball is in flight. A measurement taken when the ball leaves the pitcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand will give a faster reading than one taken when the same ball crosses the plate.â&#x20AC;?

According to baseball stats, the 2010 recordbreaking fastball of Aroldis Chapman was measured at 105 miles per hour (mph), but with air drag, the ball must have been moving much faster when it left the pitcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand. Taking into account the density of the air, plus the mass and cross-sectional area of the ball, a pitch starting out at 105 mph arrives at the plate traveling only 92 mph. A

aire. And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at least 33 years of age, you become a seconds billionaire.

Now if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky enough to live to be 100, you clock a total of 3,153,600,000. And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fantastically lucky (emphasis on â&#x20AC;&#x153;fantasyâ&#x20AC;?) to have a dollar for every second of your long life, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a very wealthy multi-billionaire indeed.

Q. Are there at least two people in New York City who have exactly the same numbers of hairs on their heads?

more common 95-mph fastball drops to 84.5 mph. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The results are even more startling if you assume Aroldis Chapmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pitch arrived at the plate traveling 105 mph. This means that it would need to have left his hand traveling 140 mph!â&#x20AC;?

Q. How many really big numbers are you sitting on? Did you know that you were a millionaire last year? And are you over age 33?

A. Each day you live there are 24 hours, times 60 minutes per hour times 60 seconds per minute, for 86,400 seconds per day. Multiplying 86,400 seconds per day times 365 days per year yields 31,536,000 seconds in each of your years: You are an annual seconds million-

A. You can count on it,

answer Alfred Posamentier and Bernd Thaller in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Numbers: Their Tales, Types and Treasures.â&#x20AC;? Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assume there are roughly 8 million people in New York City, with each of them

having a certain number of head hairs from zero, or bald, on up. On up to what?

Even the hairiest of them are likely to stay well under a million hairs, perhaps more like 100,000. Now bring on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;pigeonhole principle,â&#x20AC;? which holds that with more pigeons than pigeonholes, there must be at least some pigeon doubling up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So when we attempt to assign to each person a hair number, at least one of the hair numbers will have to be assigned to two or more persons.â&#x20AC;? Ergo: At least two people in New York City will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;hairy twins.â&#x20AC;?

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.

OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Intro 6. Romansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; victims: 290 B.C. 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;48___â&#x20AC;?

16. Pillage 17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is that it?â&#x20AC;?

18. Bow wood 19. ___ out (declined) 20. Single-masted vessel 21. CEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree 22. Aggravate 24. Egg maker 25. ___ greens 26. Rx for bruises 30. Fourposter, e.g.

31. Satisfy 33. Take up by chemisorption 35. Fourth down option 36. Forum wear 37. Theatregoer 38. Delay 41. Old Turkish ruler 43. Directly 44. Athletic supporter?

45. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rocksâ&#x20AC;?

46. German motorway 49. Projectiles 51. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ___?â&#x20AC;?

52. ___ mode 53. Flatter, in a way 54. Elmer, to Bugs 55. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crikey!â&#x20AC;?

56. Lincoln biographer 58. Black, as la nuit 61. Drove 62. Entanglement 64. Doctrine of one principle 67. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ takers?â&#x20AC;?

68. Like some humor 69. Bit 70. Luau souvenir 71. Decide to leave, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;outâ&#x20AC;?

72. Even if, briefly 73. Starfish 76. Bar, at the bar 81. Buddhist discipline 82. Bedroom furniture 83. Bat dung 84. Bauxite, e.g.

85. Ones with iron hands 86. Add on DOWN 1. Adept 2. Certain theater, for short 3. ___ grass 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Three Faces of ___â&#x20AC;?

5. Noble Italian family name 6. Big bag 7. Baptist leader?

8. Incidentally 9. Fix firmly 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Highâ&#x20AC;? time 11. Big time 12. Undertake, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;outâ&#x20AC;?

13. God of marriage 14. Renaissance fiddle 15. Lawn mowerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path 23. Coarse file 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wanna ___?â&#x20AC;?

26. Be in a cast 27. Frat letter 28. Neutralized 29. Adult insect 30. Hitlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eva 31. Mysterious 32. E-mail status 34. Veteran 35. Mint or thyme 38. He served before Johnson 39. Trick taker, often 40. Do goo 42. Puts down 46. Calendar abbr.

47. Cable network

48. Auto option 49. Covered with foam 50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;101 Dalmatiansâ&#x20AC;? dog 53. At the beginning (Lat.) 57. Film crew member 59. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rocky ___â&#x20AC;?

60. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arabian Nightsâ&#x20AC;? menace 61. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get ___!â&#x20AC;?

63. Daniel of Nicaragua 64. Ball material 65. Additional 66. Who â&#x20AC;&#x153;ever loved you more than I,â&#x20AC;? in song 67. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Belling the Catâ&#x20AC;? author 70. Flees 71. Assayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stuff 73. Blue 74. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... ___ he drove out of sightâ&#x20AC;?

75. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A jealous mistressâ&#x20AC;?: Emerson 77. Juliet, to Romeo 78. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Joy Luck Clubâ&#x20AC;? author 79. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Chorus Lineâ&#x20AC;? number 80. Chicken ___

CHEFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TABLE: This one is just peachy FROM | 24

Peach Crumb Cakes 1/2 cup softened butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 Tbsp. vanilla 1-3/4 cup flour 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. baking soda 3 peaches, peeled and sliced 1 cup sour cream Crumb 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 cup butter 1/3 cup flour

Cream together softened butter and sugar, add eggs, vanilla and combine.

In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

Place into creamed butter and stir a few times to combine, then add

half of the sour cream and peaches, stir again and then add the rest of the sour cream. Place mix in a greased 9â&#x20AC;? cake pan.

Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, butter and flour. Mix into a crumb.

Spread over the cake batter and bake at 350F until wooden pick comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

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