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Municipal planners adhere to the idea that if you’re not growing, you’re going backwards; change is going to come STEVE KANNON As with many communities, Woolwich is expecting the pace of growth to slow next year. The 2.5 per cent increase in assessment forecasted is the lowest in the past five years. The slowdown has everything to do with the economy, with similar effects in Waterloo Region and beyond. When the economy turns around, we can expect development to pick up, as none of the municipalities has policies in place to halt growth and sprawl. In keeping with the province’s Places to Grow strategy, municipal governments are implementing ways to control and channel growth, but populations will continue to climb. This despite increasingly common complaints that new arrivals and new units cost the munici-

pality more to service than is returned through property taxes and assorted fees – that’s one of the rationales for large hikes in the region’s development charges, for instance. Projected growth is also the impetus for infrastructure projects such as the proposed rapid transit plan for Waterloo Region, which includes a $710-million light rail link between Conestoga Mall in Waterloo and Fairview Park in Kitchener. If there are so many downsides to growth even in this area, where the problems haven’t reached the levels seen in larger areas such as the GTA – overcrowding, crime, poor integration, congestion, pollution and the like – then why not put an end to it? Why do we need to keep growing? There is no definitive answer, it seems, but many explanations. “Is growth always a good thing? That’s

the question,” said Mark Seasons, a professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. “The need for growth is an article of faith – a firmly established part of our culture.” But why that is quickly becomes a little murky. At its root, growth helps cover the demographic changes, he posited. An aging population means new entrants are needed to replace retirees in the workforce, and to pay for services such as pensions and health care costs. Growth also keeps communities healthy by providing space for new employers and new business opportunities. That pragmatic approach extends to the financing side of expanded government services and new infrastructure projects: you need more users to pay for them. It can become a spiral that feeds on itself. Growth, then, is only a good thing if

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ThE Way WE WErE Some of the former students of SS#3 Peel gathered outside their old school, now a private home. In the back, Don Foerster, laverne logel and Brian Mitchell. Front, Elaine (Foerster) McMahon, Marj (Bauman) Metzger, Alice (Brubacher) Martin and Alice (logel) Preiditsch. Inset photos show the school as it looked when it closed in 1960 and two of the classes. PHOTO | jONI MIlTENBURg

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Students of the former one-room schoolhouse that closed in 1960 prepare for a reunion weekend JONI MILTENBURG The little house on the 4th line of Mapleton doesn’t look much like a school anymore. The brick is covered by siding and the owners have added a larger entrance and an addition on one side. It’s been 50 years since the house was a school, but the memories were still vivid for a handful of former students who wandered around the property last week. There was the old well beside the lane; there was the lawn where they played baseball and the corner where they planted a garden. Before revisiting the school, the former students gathered at the farm of Carl and Carolyn Israel just down the road, to rehash old stories and work out the details of the school

reunion that will happen at the farm Sept. 12. No one knows when the brick schoolhouse was built, but one acre of land on lot 5, Concession 5 of what was then Peel Township was sold for a school in 1889. In 1936, Tobias and Leah Brubacher bought the 99 acres surrounding the school. Tobias was the caretaker of the school for the next 19 years, from 1941 until it closed in 1960. Like most old country schoolhouses, SS#3 Peel had no classrooms. All the pupils from Grade 1 through 8 sat in one room, with one teacher for all the grades. The furnace sat in the middle of the room, with the primary grades on one side and the seniors on the other. The furnace had a spot for students to dry their mittens in winter; if

it started to smell, it was time to pull them off because someone’s mittens were burning. A walnut-stained cupboard on one side of the room held a small selection of dusty books. The township’s travelling library came around once a month and the students were allowed to choose more exciting reading material, until it was time for the library to move to the next school. In the back of the room was a small kitchenette. In the winter, the school board supplied cans of Campbell’s soup for the children. Students whose parents owned a cow took turns bringing a pail of milk to make the soup. On Fridays, the soup was always tomato because the Catholic children couldn’t eat meat on those days. The population of the school,

which hovered around 35, grew in the late 1940s with the arrival of several Dutch families – VanElswyk, Van Soest, Visscher, Bos and Van Vliet. When Alice Brubacher started Grade 1 in September 1949, there weren’t enough desks, so she and another small girl shared a seat and used the piano bench for a desk top. Teaching some 40 students who ranged in age from five to 14 was no small challenge. It meant a lot of bookwork for the students; the teacher would write exercises on the board for the older students to work on while she taught the younger ones, then switch. Most teachers only stayed a year or two before moving on. “It wasn’t the greatest, teaching in a country school,” remarked Alice Preiditsch. Discipline could be a prob-

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When it comes to immigration, the times they are a-changin’

With any mention of immigration, the issue of racism is never far behind. A Statistics Canada study that shows the tendency of recent immigrants to send money back to their homelands is a case in point. Reaction on public forums – the web certainly allows us to contribute our two cents’ worth, early and often – followed a predictable pattern: those opposed to immigration patterns seized on the study to condemn the practice, followed by a host of others playing the racism card. Canadians remit about $5 billion overseas each year. While not insubstantial, the figure represents a small piece of the economy. In fact, from an economic perspective, the practice is no different – though much smaller – than what happens when we import goods from other countries, spend money on a European vacation or nip over the border to Buffalo on a shopping spree: Canadian dollars leave the country. That particular economic argument is moot. Undoubtedly, much of the backlash is related to race, as immigrants from the Philippines and Haiti are the most likely to send money home. The study found the poorer the country of origin, the greater the chance of remittance. By the numbers, roughly four in 10 immigrants who arrived in Canada during 2000/2001 sent money to family or friends abroad at least

once during their first four years in the country. Over the entire period, about 41 per cent of immigrants sent money home at least once. Within six to 24 months of landing, 23 per cent of immigrants had sent remittances to their home country; within two to four years after landing, about 29 per cent had done so. Among those who sent money home, the average amount was $2,500 in the first period, and $2,900 in the second period. The likelihood of immigrants remitting depended on three additional factors: their income, family obligations in Canada and abroad and demographics. According to World Bank figures for 2004, remittances represent an important source of revenue for people in developing countries. They accounted for about 20 to 30 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in countries such as Haiti, Lesotho and Jordan, and for about 10 to 19 per cent in several others, such as Jamaica, the Philippines and the Dominican Republic. In a sense, remittances by immigrants can be seen as a form of foreign aid. Probably a superior form, as the money goes directly to those in need, rather than siphoned off by agencies and corrupt government officials. If we view international development as a good thing, then the practice is one we can support. Yes, there are economic impacts here of sending dollars offshore. As noted, the amounts involved are miniscule by comparison to imports and direct foreign investment. There is certainly

a need to make sure money isn’t flowing to groups supporting terrorism or domestic warfare, but that, too, is a minor consideration. Likewise, there’s no issue with people who work here using their after-tax dollars as they please – providing the money comes from employment income, not government assistance. No, much of the criticism boils down to “them” sending “our” money to “those people.” Overt racism aside, however, Canadians should be questioning immigration policies and their impact on our society. At that level of discussion, economics, demographics and pace of change are all valid topics. Much of the growth we’re seeing in the country – largely in Toronto and southwestern Ontario, including right here in Waterloo Region – is fueled by policies dictating we need immigrants to offset declining birthrates and an aging population: we need more taxpayers to support increasing numbers of retirees. Our solution has come at a cost, however. A 2005 study by Herbert Grubel, professor emeritus at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, shows a sharp de-

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The Jeanne Renault Golf Classic, held Aug. 13, raised $12,000 for the family violence prevention program at Woolwich Community Services. The tournament, now in its 15th year, drew 95 golfers to the Conestoga Country Club. The tournament is named for Jeanne Renault, an Elmira resident who was the driving force behind the family violence prevention program. The money raised goes toward supporting victims of relationship violence and educating students on healthy relationships.

Guilty of 2007 FCS break-in Zachary Wilson, 25, was found guilty this week of a break-in at Foundation Christian School in Winterbourne Sept. 17 and 18, 2007. Justice Michael Epstein of the Ontario Court in Kitchener rejected the defendant’s claims that his fingerprints had been planted at the scene. The Guelph man will be sentenced Oct. 21.

Talkin’ turkey with the locals Local food aficionados got a lift last week as the province announced it would contribute $4,000 to boost turkey in the region. The Turkey Farmers of Ontario’s Local Summer in the City culinary event will be promoting Ontario turkey at four restaurants in the Kitchener/Waterloo area. The Charcoal Group of restaurants (Wildcraft, Charcoal, del Dente and Martinis) will provide 10,000 diners per week an opportunity to experience Ontario turkey. Six Ontario recipes will be developed. “Ontario grows, raises and produces high quality food products that are among the best in the world,” said Leeanna Pendergast, MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga. “We are working with organizations across Ontario to make sure the ‘buy local, buy Ontario’ message hits home in every part of the province.”

Grant for Grand Improvements are in store for the Fergus Grand Theatre, which this week received a $41,500 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The funding will be used over the next two years to address health and safety issues at the theatre through the delivery of workshops and volunteer training programs, as well as the replacement of aging stage draperies and hardware.

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Building upgraded as façade changed to match new Woolwich Memorial Centre JONI MILTENBURG As workers put the finishing touches on the shiny new Woolwich Memorial Centre, the Lions Hall across the street is getting a facelift. Workers this week installed insulation and new siding across the front of building on South Street. The building was slated to be torn down five years ago, but the Lions Club stepped forward to save it. The organization teamed up with Woolwich Township, splitting in half the $350,000 needed to buy the building and two acres of adjacent land. “That was not easy for us to do because it was a major financial commitment to pay for half of it,” said Lions Club member Art Woods. There was little or no insulation on the building when the Lions took it over, and the heating costs were significant. When the Lions approached Woolwich council about refurbishing the hall, the township asked the club to wait until the new recreation complex was under construction so the

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PUTTING ON A NEW FACE Lions Hall in Elmira is currently undergoing renovations to its exterior to better match the new Woolwich Memorial Centre across the road.

buildings could match. “In the eyes of the municipality, that is part of the complex overall, so we’re trying to tie it together,” Woods said. “We’re totally in agreement with their request and we’re trying to get it done. The material of the Woolwich Memorial Centre proved very difficult to match, but the Lions are confident the two buildings will be cohesive.

An Old Order Mennonite farmer salvaged the old steel and the Lions are volunteering their time, with the rest of the work being done by a professional contractor. Woods said he can’t believe how busy the hall has become. The Waterloo Region District School Board uses it three days a week for their offsite special programs, among a host of users, from wedding parties to the Elmira Maple

Syrup Festival committee. The building was never meant to be a community hall; it was originally built as a storage building by the Woolwich Agricultural Society during the days of the Elmira Raceway. “Unfortunately it’s still going to look a bit like a driving shed; we can’t do anything with the roof,” Woods said. “We have to work with what we’ve got, but we want to make it

look as good as possible.” The south façade of the building will be completed this week, as the hall has been booked for a wedding reception Aug. 22. The north side is less pressing, but the work should wrap up by next week. After the work on the building itself is complete, the driveway will be redone with a dropoff area and some plantings to coordinate with the rec. complex.

Wellesley offers up its own passport system JONI MILTENBURG Hoping to raise the profile of local businesses and lure shoppers downtown, the Wellesley Board of Trade is launching a “Passport to Wellesley.” The idea for the passport started with a question: how to get people downtown and into local businesses? When a member of the board of trade suggested the passport, everyone jumped

at the idea, including the businesses they contacted to take part. “They were all thrilled,” said Wendy Sauder, the organization’s treasurer. The official launch will be Sept.15 at the Wellesley Fall Fair. To complete a passport, participants will have to visit each of the 12 local businesses taking part and collect a stamp from each one. When they walk through the doors with the passport, the businesses will

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development is going to take place in the township. The region’s growth strategy calls for the bulk of new expansion – greenfield development – to come on the east side, predominantly in Woolwich. The bulk of suitable open land falls around the airport and to the north. The move to boost the supply of available industrial land is a regional focus, rather than a Woolwich-specific need. With an existing supply in the township, there is no pressing need to develop the Breslau-area lands for strictly local purposes. Under the region’s timeline, development of new industrial land would begin to the south, in an area surrounding the intersection of Fountain Street and Middle Block Road in Cambridge. Stage two would be slightly to the north, on hundreds of acres engulfing the Region of Waterloo International Airport. The third stage would involve land surrounding Breslau itself, while stage four would see the development of property northeast of the village, along Hwy. 7 and Shantz Station Road. That potential holds plenty of interest for Brenneman, who sees no way of halting development, but wants only “managed growth” in Woolwich. “A situation with no growth whatsoever is just not feasible,” he said. “You have to have some level of growth.” He does, however, recognize that providing services to newly developed areas is more costly than is recouped by the expanded tax base. Ironically, large estate

homes on country lots are the most profitable for municipalities, he suggested. Typically built without water and sewer servicing – they use wells and septic systems – such developments place few burdens on infrastructure while returning healthy amounts in property taxes. But that’s directly opposed to growth plans that dictate higher densities in existing urban cores. For UW’s Seasons, those density goals can be good for the region’s townships, as the policy protects agricultural land and helps maintain a hard boundary between urban and rural areas. He advocates growth that comes in tight circles around the existing centre as opposed to being strung out along highways. “Growth can be good, but it can also be a negative thing,” he said, noting development is most often driven by those who stand to profit from it, so good public policy tempers that with plans that benefit the community. While developers are often eager to build out a subdivision as quickly as possible, said Brenneman, it’s better for the community to stage the growth, allowing the infrastructure to keep pace. In the long run, that policy – a staple in Woolwich – benefits builders too: avoiding the boom-bust pattern of growth that can be seen in other municipalities. Although the housing market has taken a hit in this economy, builders in Woolwich continue to do a steady business because supply has not outstripped demand, he explained. Elmira, which has a

tightly controlled building limit, has been the most active site for residential development. St. Jacobs, where growth is also staged, has very limited opportunities now because of a lack of capacity at the wastewater treatment plant. In Breslau, the site of two major residential subdivisions of 475 units each, there is currently no staging policy, but that may change as development of the employment lands draws closer, Brenneman suggested. Before that time, Elmira will again see the most significant development in the form of the Guelph-based Lunor Group’s plan for up to 1,400 residential units on some 180 acres on the north side of Church Street West, adjacent to the Elmira Farm Service site. With policies that position it to cope with that kind of growth, Woolwich will continue to manage development as it has in recent years, said Kennaley. The goal is to ensure new construction benefits the whole. “Growth is OK providing it’s well managed – it’s a planning cliché, but the idea is sound. Good growth is about enrichment, with more things going on in the community.” More development, it seems, is coming, whether we like it or not. And with it more people, more houses, more traffic and all those things associated with growth. Only time will tell if the “managing growth” strategy works – if the positives outweigh the negatives. Either way, however, by the time we know, there’ll be no going back.

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the issues and the opportunities in the region,” KWCF spokesperson Tracy Van Kalsbeek said of the survey. In participating, residents not only provide feedback, but also learn something about the community in which they live. While essentially a snapshot of life in the region, the Vital Signs initiative allows residents to get some idea of where the region is headed. As more surveys are done over the years, trends will emerge, proving even more helpful to governments and agencies looking to improve life here, she added. Last year’s effort, for instance, shows some strengths and weaknesses. There was some progress, in the form of lower unemployment rates, safer streets, more waste diversion, and higher family incomes. But there were also some areas for improvement “Waterloo Region’s Vital Signs also describes a community where obesity is on the rise and activity levels are dropping. Many of our residents smoke, drink, and don’t eat a well balanced diet. We also live in a place surrounded by cultural opportunities, yet we don’t regularly attend events or visit cultural establishments.” The survey can be found at www.wrvitalsigns.ca. The organizations are accepting input until 4 p.m. Monday (Aug. 24). The full report will be released Oct. 6.

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, August 22, 2009

» LAW & ORDER

Woman succumbs to injuries after buggy hit »»

August 13

9:00 AM | A licence plate (F2335E) was reported missing somewhere in the Mount Forest area. 9:30 AM | A digital camera was stolen from a car parked at the Conestoga Country Club in Conestogo the previous evening. The vehicle was brokeninto sometime between 5:30 and 6 p.m. The front passenger door was found wide open, and the camera bag gone.

»»

August 14

5:27 PM | A loud argument coming from a car in the parking lot at Tim Hortons in Elmira caught the attention of a concerned citizen, who called police. Officers arriving at the scene were able to calm the domestic dispute before it got physical. No charges were laid.

»»

August 15

9:14 AM | Graffiti was discovered on some picnic tables at the park in Heidelberg. Police

A 51-year-old Wellesley Township woman died Tuesday, succumbing to injuries sustained five days earlier when the horse-drawn buggy she was riding in was hit from behind by a minivan. Edna Hoover was a passenger in the buggy, being driven by a 17-year-old Wellesley woman, travelling westbound on Ament Line when it was struck by a Dodge minivan being driven by a 74-year-old Listowel-area man. The incident occurred about 5:10 p.m. Aug. 13. Hoover was airlifted to Hamilton General Hospital. The driver of the buggy was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released from hospital. The Listowel man was uninjured. Both vehicles sustained major damage; the horse was not injured. Alcohol and speed are not considered factors in the collision. The investigation is continuing and charges are pending. Anyone witnessing the incident is asked to contact the Waterloo Regional Police traffic services branch at 519-570-3000, ext. 8856 or e-mail traffic@wrps.on.ca. report there have been several incidents in the area of late, mainly involving youths. Residents are encouraged to keep an eye peeled for unlawful activities and to call police immediately if they see any-

thing suspicious.

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August 16

3:44 AM | An officer on patrol near Line 86 and Northfield Drive in Woolwich Township observed a man slumped over

in the seat of a Pontiac Montana van. Several open beer bottles were within reach. The doors were locked, and the transmission was in drive. After several attempts to wake the man proved fruitless, the officer breached a rear window to gain access to the van. Only when the officer took the driver by the arm did the man wake up. The driver, a Wellesley resident, was subsequently charged with ‘impaired driving.’ ‘over 80’ and ‘failing to wear a seatbelt.’ 9:19 AM | The gas station at Wagner’s Corner was the victim of a gas drive-off to the tune of $72. Police are looking for a silver Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck with shiny chrome rims and a boxliner, bearing a California licence plate resembling SY5550. Anyone who spots the vehicle is encouraged to call police at 519-570-3000.

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August 17

3:08 PM | At some point in the

previous five days, suspects unknown entered a hydro substation on Line 86 and made off with approximately 220 kilograms (100 pounds) of copper wire. Police are asking anyone who notices somebody who looks suspicious – doesn’t look like an employee – at any hydro installation to call them immediately.

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August 18

8:53 PM | An observant resident reported the presence of an older white GMC Safari van with missing rear windows driving in a suspicious manner in Winterbourne. It was the second time the resident had seen the vehicle driving slowly through the area, appearing to scope out the homes. The driver was described as a man in his 50s, with a medium build and a large, graying beard. Officers arriving on the scene were unable to locate the vehicle, but police encourage residents of all neighbourhoods to call

anytime they see something suspicious.

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August 19

8:22 AM | A Cedar Street, St. Jacobs resident reported a break-in to two vehicles, entered some time overnight. Taken were some keys, loose change, personal identification, including a passport and some cheques. Police remind residents not to leave such items in their vehicles. 8:24 AM | A St. Jacobs resident reported that some time overnight a GPS unit had been stolen from their vehicle, which had been unlocked. 8:47 AM | A resident of Young Street in St. Jacobs reported a GPS unit had been taken from their car, which had also been left unlocked. In light of a rash of incidents in St. Jacobs this summer, police are asking villagers to be vigilant and to report any suspicions to police at 519-570-3000 or to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Reunion: Memories abound for former students of SS#3 Peel » From page 03

Every Christmas, the school put on a concert. The preparations took weeks; mothers made outfits out of crepe paper, the older boys built a wooden stage at one end of the room and curtains were rigged up using bedsheets and wire. On the night of the concert, parents would pack the school to watch the students sing, recite poetry and perform plays. The concert ended with everyone singing “Here Comes Santa Claus,”

which was the cue for Santa to arrive with candy and oranges for the children. The other big event was the annual picnic, held the last day of school at the Hahn farm. The land in front of the house is now part of the field, but back then it was an apple orchard. The kids ran races and played games, and the mothers packed a huge supper of sandwiches, potato salad and pies. By the late 1950s, the population of the

school was declining. When Sharon Logel, the youngest of 13, started school, she was the only Grade 1 pupil that year. The opening of the new consolidated school, Centre Peel, meant the end of SS#3. The last class graduated in the spring of 1960 and the school doors were shut for good. The youngest of the former students is now 55; the oldest student who will be at the school reunion in September is 93. The organizers are

PART OF HISTORY Grade 1 and 2 girls in June 1950. expecting more than 100 students to turn up at the Israel farm on Sept. 12. After the school closed,

Tobias Brubacher bought the school acre. The school sat empty until 1972, when it was sold for a house.

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Farm crisis not reflected in prices For most urban dwellers, food is something found on store shelves – how it got there is the same kind of mystery behind the lights turning on when they flick a switch. In Woolwich and Wellesley townships, straddling the divide between rural and urban, agriculture remains an everyday part of life. Anyone in the market for groceries – and that’s all of us, one way or another – will have noticed significant price hikes, the result, we’re told, of escalating commodity prices and the cost of transportation. As with the oil companies, the major supermarket operators tell us they’re simply passing on increased costs. While food prices have been increasing, many farmers are seeing lower returns. The current crisis in the pork industry is a case in point: farmers are losing $40 per hog, but prices in the supermarkets have hardly budged. Statistics Canada reported this week that food costs continued to put significant upward pressure on prices, albeit to a lesser degree than in previous months. In the 12 months to July, food prices rose five per cent, compared with increases of 5.5 per cent in June and 6.4 per cent in May. Growth in food prices has been

slowing since reaching a peak of 7.9 per cent in March 2009, due to the slowdown of price increases for fresh fruit and vegetables and meat. The main factor was higher prices for food purchased from stores, which rose 5.6 per cent in July. For consumers, the past couple of years have seen double-digit hikes on a variety of items at the supermarket, from cheese to pasta. Low-income earners have felt the pinch, but we’ve been sheltered from the kind of impacts seen elsewhere, particularly in the developing world. Climate change, biofuels and political upheaval have played a role in reducing outputs and increasing the cost of the food we do produce. In North America, where food takes up 10 or 20 per cent of our incomes, the results have been noticeable; in countries where food takes up 60, 70 or even 80 per cent of earnings, the changes have been catastrophic. Prices paid to farmers have been dropping, in some cases down 50 per cent from earlier peaks. We haven’t seen those kinds of drops on items found on supermarket shelves, so consumers continue to suffer even as farmers take a hit. Although farmers feel unloved by gov-

» VERBATIM “The public wants to know that MPPs are taking this scandal seriously, and they want to make sure the Government is doing everything in its power to get to the bottom of all that is wrong with eHealth.I hope the Liberals recognize that our job is to protect the taxpayers of Ontario, not their hides.” PC MPP Lisa MacLeod wants a review of eHealth Ontario

ernments – witness the increasing tendency for protests – casual onlookers may figure plenty is being done for the agricultural sector. Funding announcements have been frequent over the years since the mad-cow fiasco began in Alberta in May of 2003. But Canadian producers facing a hostile marketplace are not seeing anything like the support offered by the governments of two major competitors, the U.S. and European Union, where subsidies amount to tens of billions of dollars. Experts now say the challenge for Canadian producers is to adopt new technologies, to innovate and to produce value-added products to remain ahead of international competitors. The key here is research, particularly the government-funded variety. In that way, government money could be directed toward longer-term strategies to keep the agricultural sector alive and kicking, rather than going to emergency aid for a sector that seems to be lurching from crisis to crisis. In the end, rural Canada will be much healthier. For urban shoppers, that will mean a continued stream of products to choose from at prices they can afford.

» THE MONITOR The federal government’s proposed system for greenhouse gas “offsets” would lead to a massive overstatement of emission cuts if the proposal is not strengthened, says a new report. Accounting loopholes in the proposed offset system could mean Canada’s actual emissions are likely to miss the targets by millions of tonnes. The Pembina Institute

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, August 22, 2009

» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR

When government puts greed of a few ahead of the public good What’s going on out here on the coast is a good example of what happens when an unaccountable government meets with a disinterested media. The mainstream media in B.C. has let Premier Gordon Campbell get away with the murder of our rivers and the ecologies they support. The exception, and a major one, is Mark Hume of the Globe and Mail whose B.C. section, combined with the national edition, gives better coverage by far of B.C. affairs than does The Vancouver Sun, The Province and Global combined. I want to make it clear that I’m not asking that the media agree with any or all of the positions I’ve taken. I only ask that they examine the facts plus the motives and actions of the Campbell government with the same thoroughness as, they brought to the “Fast Ferry” debacle of the last NDP government here. There are three main ways the media can deceive us: By not telling the truth or using half truths at best. By not talking about the issue at all. Or by cherry picking issues and avoiding the dodgy ones. The mainstream media in BC does all three. There are winners with private power. There is short-term employment to build the plants and, according to Don McInnes, CEO of General Electric-backed Plutonic Power, about two thirds of that employment

comes from sources outside the area. There are jobs after the plants are built -- as many as two workers will be needed to look after the computerized outfit. One cannot, of course, forget the shareholders of the companies who make these sweetheart deals. Let’s look at the Campbell argument that we need private power to meet our own needs. This is plainly not true since the vast majority of this private power comes when we don’t need it and since electricity itself in bulk cannot be stored, it will all go south. It is critical that all British Columbians know that private power has nothing to do with our power needs but has from the start been targeted for export. This bases Campbell’s energy plan on an utter falsehood; thus their entire private power argument collapses. I’m going to quote from a piece written by my colleague, Damien Gillis, the filmmaker, who does the Powerplay series for Save Our Rivers Society. Writing in support of the recent BCUC decision, which found that BC Hydro’s private power program is not in the public interest, Gillis says, “the majority of the power these private river projects produce comes in spring – when our public dams are full and demands at their lowest, meaning that all this private power will be for export. Only here’s the kicker: since we’re being suckered into paying two to three times the market rate for this power, we will

have to flip it to our neighbours at a huge loss, driving up our power bills and taxes as BC Hydro goes from making a profit for the people of B.C. to being a drain on our province and economy. Our regulator [BCUC] blew the whistle on vastly exaggerated claims of our power needs by BC Hydro, which is really just enacting the government policy it is shackled to, whether it agrees or not.” This is the nub of the matter. BC Hydro is forced by Campbell to pay private power companies, on a “take or pay” basis that is likely to be two to three times what it can be exported for. That was the idea from the beginning even though we were all told that B.C. needed this power for its own use. McInnes, who heads the Plutonic/ General Electric partnership, has made it plain: “You’d have to be in a coma to not see where the BC government is going; now we need consistency of policy and certainty of timelines. ... An export plan is an obvious place for us to go.” What does this mean to the taxpayer? Because nearly all private power must be exported and because BC Hydro has been forced into sweetheart “take or pay” deals at two to three times the export market value, it must now export this power at ruinous prices. With around 30 outfits up and running, BC Hydro owes them $31 billion -- if (God forbid) Bute Inlet is approved, that will add approximately $20 billion. Each new license adds to the bill. And, remem-

ber folks, BC Hydro is our company and this is your money. But that’s not all. BC Hydro has always paid a very large dividend to the government – as high as a billion dollars one year – and that can no longer happen for obvious seasons. That’s money that builds our schools and hospitals. And where, pray tell, is that money going? Into the pockets of shareholders such as, in General Electric’s case, Warren Buffet, for one. It’s said by people like Guy Dauncey, president of BC Sustainable Energy Association, that the fact we can’t use private energy “enables us to export green power to the U.S.A., where the new Clean Energy Act mandates that 20 per cent of electricity be from renewables by 2020, which is to our collective global environmental benefit.” Dauncey answers the obvious fact that we don’t need private energy with the cheery thought that the poor old U.S. will be beneficiary, as indeed will be the world. I’m no knocker of America but before we bugger up our rivers and our world renowned power company shouldn’t the United States bugger up its first? Imagine the politics of this south of the border. The governor tells his legislatures and the voters that there is no need for us to make any sacrifice of our environment because BC is happy to do that for us! (It’s to be noted that Dauncey’s organization is heavily funded by the See MAIR »11

» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER

Basque terrorism: as good as it gets It’s still a nest of terrorists around here, but nobody worries about it much. These days, when you hear a helicopter at night it’s only the medevac chopper bringing some urgent case down to the main hospital at Bayonne on the coast. In the bad old days, the helicopter you heard would have been using infrared detectors to spot Basque terrorists heading across the mountains at night into Spain. This south-western corner of France is just as Basque as the much larger Basque-speaking provinces of Spain, but ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna – Basque Land and Liberty) always used France as a safe rear area and did its actual killing across the frontier. The terrorists are still around, and they enjoy a certain amount of local support. Last Saturday was the summer festival in our local town, SaintJean-Pied-de-Port (or Donibane Garazi, in Basque), and everybody for miles around was drinking and dancing in the square below the citadel, waiting for it to get dark enough for the fireworks to begin. Suddenly banners were unfurled on the city walls: “Kidnapped? Tortured? Murdered? Where is Jon?”

So you ask, and it turns out that everybody knows who Jon is. He’s a local man, universally believed to be an ETA member, who got on a train to Toulouse but never arrived. Everybody also believes that he was carrying a large sum of money for ETA, which leads nasty cynics like me to contemplate several alternative possible reasons for his disappearance, but local opinion is convinced that it was the state that got him. Yet local opinion is not really very upset about it. Most people don’t care much whether the French police seized or killed Jon, or if somebody else robbed and killed him, or even if he just decided to disappear and live on the proceeds. It’s all part of the game that some play on the fringes of society, and they’re welcome to play it as long as they don’t frighten the horses. Across the border in Spain, where the killing happens, people take ETA much more seriously, and there is less sympathy for the killers among Spanish Basques than among French Basques. But there is also an irreducible hard core of support for the extreme nationalist option. Spain does not let political parties that openly support terrorism run in national elections, but when a radical Basque party was allowed to run in the June elections for the European parliament it got 140,000 votes.

That’s only five per cent of the population in those provinces. The terrorist struggle for Basque independence has so few supporters because the Basque provinces of Spain already have almost complete control over their own affairs. But that tiny minority of hard-liners is enough to sustain the armed struggle forever. The “struggle” has killed 825 people over the past 40 years, including three police killed by ETA bombs and 60 people injured by a truck bomb in Burgos this summer. There have been three ceasefires over the years, the last in 2006, but they never lead to a final deal because there is a small but steady supply of young people who cannot resist the lure of extremism. It gives meaning to their little lives. But even on the Spanish side of the frontier, where there are deaths from terrorism every year, few people see it as a dominant factor in their lives. It’s just background noise, like the daily toll from traffic accidents. The French police now cooperate closely with their Spanish counterparts in trying to catch the ETA militants who shelter in the French Basque provinces, but even when they didn’t, nobody in Spain suggested invading France to stamp out the terrorist sanctuaries. That would be grotesquely disproportionate, like invading Afghanistan to protect Americans from Arab terrorists.

The ETA story, like that of the IRA in Northern Ireland, teaches us three things. The first is that you don’t need a territorial “base” to carry out terrorist attacks; an isolated farmhouse or an anonymous city apartment will do. The second is that you should treat terrorism like any other crime: use the police to track the perpetrators down, and don’t inflate the whole problem enormously by getting the army involved. The third is that you must not expect a decisive victory. When we talk about a “war on crime”, we do not expect all the criminals to come out one day with their hands up, after which there will be no more crime. Success is defined in terms of keeping the crime RATE down. Success in anti-terrorist operations has to be seen in similar terms, and anybody who promises you more is lying. Eight years of the “war on terror” have created a huge military, corporate and bureaucratic lobby in the United States whose livelihood depends on a highly militarized approach to terrorism, so it will be a long time before a saner strategy prevails in Washington. Britain’s learning curve in Northern Ireland was 30 years long, and Russia has learned nothing yet in Chechnya. But people generally do the right thing in the end – after they have exhausted all the alternatives.

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, August 22, 2009

Mair: BC policy shows peril of the cult of privatization » From page 11

provincial and federal governments and the private power industry.) Isn’t it obvious that once we go down the slippery slope to being the energy source of some states, we will never be able to stop? Besides, how the hell does destroying our precious watersheds to dump a bunch of power on the market at a huge loss to all British Columbians, without any assurances that our neighbours will shut down coal-fired plants or not start up new ones, lead to any reduction of greenhouse gases? What’s to stop neigh-

bouring Washington State, just as an example, from starting up a fossil fuel plant, then re-selling our power that they got so cheaply to California? That’s the Campbell commitment to British Columbia, its people and generations to come: an energy plan that permanently ruins our rivers for energy we can’t use, forces BC Hydro to pay over twice what it’s worth, then sell it to the United States for half or less of what it cost them, thus ensuring Hydro will go under. There it is. Are the people ever going to wake up to what is happening here?

» OBSERVER Q&A Are you trying to cram summer into the last weeks of August?

Yes, the beach, camping, all that summer stuff. I haven’t done any of that yet.

No, I’m not cramming anything. I’m just taking it day by day.

Not really. I try to enjoy it day by day. I guess if you have children who go back to school, you want to do as much as possible.

Yes. I want to play ball hockey.

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loved ones: children, family, friends and pets. These chemicals linger around forever, changing our present and future well-being. I am urging anyone touched by dreaded diseases to ask your friends, family, co-workers and township councillors to stop burning, as life is short enough already. Cancer seems to be the predominant disease at the moment, along with the possible pandemic of the H1N1 flu. Together as a team we can prevent future contamination if we look after our atmosphere now. I urge you to consider your own wellbeing and that of family and friends by stopping any burning so that we have clean air for everyone. Please take all of this into consideration before you light the next flame. Bonnie Freeman Elmira

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Where ideas get their start JONI MILTENBURG Researchers in Ontario got a boost Monday with the announcement of $11.5 million in funding through the Early Researcher Awards. Some 82 projects across the province will benefit from the funding. In Waterloo, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast announced $1.54 million for 10 research projects at the University of Waterloo and one project at the Perimeter Institute. Each lead reseacher will receive $140,000 through the ERA program, which will be matched by an addition $50,000 from the researcher’s institution or a private-sector partner. The funding must be spent on the salaries and

research-related expenses of the lead researcher’s team. For Russ Tupling, an associate professor in Waterloo’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, the funding will mean being able to hire a post-doctoral fellow to do research and train graduate and undergraduate students to work in the lab. Tupling’s team is studying the role of calcium regulation in burning calories in muscles. His team has shown that removing a certain gene can make the body more efficient at regulating calcium. Now they want to see if expressing more of that gene could make the body less efficient at regulating calcium, requiring more energy and burning more calories. Ultimately, their re-

search could lead to the development of drugs or special diets to prevent and treat obesity and type 2 diabetes. Tupling’s work wouldn’t have got off the ground without research grants. First was a grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation for infrastructure to get his lab up and running. Next was a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to pay for lab supplies. The Early Researcher Award will allow him to pay his team. “It allows me to attract good top-level graduate students and post-grad students and pay their salary support during their program,” Tupling said. “Because they’re somewhat prestigious, they also contribute to

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Multi-million-dollar pork bailout gets mixed reviews Canada’s pork industry has been thrown a lifeline…or has it? That’s what you had to wonder this week when you measured the responses to the $75-million federal program designed to set the pork sector on a new course, through increased marketing and fewer producers and hogs. As the Canadian Pork Council explains it, the three three-part federal program will provide loans to farmers “that still have an opportunity to survive,” help those who need to leave the business through an orderly transition program, and – for those who remain – help create more demand for Canadian hog and pork products with Canada’s international trading partners. Some liked it. Two days after the announcement, the federal government issued a news release drawing the media’s attention to favourable responses from the council, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the Keystone Agricul-

tural Producers in Manitoba. “As the transition plan is implemented, a leaner, greener and more innovative industry will emerge – one that is prepared to capitalize on both domestic and international opportunities,” the council forecast. Earlier, it had asked Ottawa for $800 million to save the industry. That request was rejected because it was feared the Americans would claim it was an unfair subsidy and retaliate with a stiff border tariff or something equally punitive. For its part, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said the help was appreciated. “The pork sector’s impact on the economy is significant and Canada cannot afford to risk losing this vital industry,” the federation said. However, it and the Keystone group warned the industry was still in dire straits and far from recovery. And not everyone is pleased with the program, for different reasons. Some farmers are opposed to its very foundation – that is, transitioning farmers out of the hog business. They’re unconvinced there are too many hogs and too

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JONI MILTENBURG Hockey tryouts are right around the corner, but first Evan Buehler and Adam Brubacher have one more crack at the good old baseball game. The two 14-year-olds are off to St. John’s, Newfoundland next week to play in the Eastern Canadian Peewee Fastball Championship. They were invited to join the Kitchener Kolts, who qualified for the tournament back in June. Eliminations were held in Stratford, with Kitchener coming out on top and Highgate finishing second, also qualifying for the trip. Both teams are allowed to pick up two extra players to bolster their squads in St. John’s. Last weekend, the Elmira boys faced Kitchener in their year-end league tournament in Pickering, where Elmira ultimately finished third. “They were opponents on the weekend and teammates as of [Tues-

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A situation that requires an expert’s touch Just last week, I paid a visit to the gun club to sight in a .243 and 30.06 and to test some bullets that I had reloaded for the upcoming hunting seasons. I visited with a buddy of mine who happens to be one of those guys who is up on the latest in ballistics, proper shooting techniques and all the nuances that accompany being a proper gun nut. In short, he considers himself somewhat of an expert. For the record, I possess very few of these admirable qualities. Nor am I an expert. But I do shoot a lot and hunt quite often with the few rifles I own. I can hit the broadside of a barn, provided it’s close enough. This being the case, when at the range, I defer to my friend who cheerfully dispenses sound advice that I have heard hundreds of times before on how to shoot tighter groups and

improve my technique. Generally, this works out well. Unfortunately, last week Andrew wasn’t shooting very well. Worse yet, I was shooting very, very well. If you’ve never been in a situation like this, let me just say that it’s quite entertaining. “OK, Steve, take your time and steady up. Pick a specific spot within the bull and aim at it. Squeeze the trigger …” I heeded the advice, added the magic touch, and put all my bullets within a 1.5-inch group at 100 yards – good for a man of my abilities with that particular rifle. Andrew smiled, slightly condescendingly, and then got down to business while I manned the spotting scope. Boom! “Where did that land?” he said cheerfully. “About 20 inches high of the target,” I answered. “Is that where you were aiming?” “What the @#!$!!” And then boom!

“That one landed about two inches to the left and one or two inches down,” I reported. “Of the bull? Well, that’s more like it. I think I pulled that last shot…” “No, from the first shot….” Boom! Boom! Boom! “Are those shots on paper?” He asked aggressively “No, no, and no.” I replied sheepishly. “But they’ve got it surrounded.” Andy’s mood quickly devolved into something approximating Godzilla’s on a bad day. “I’m just going to take a few shots with my .243 now,” I announced. “Quiet!” he said. “I think I need to readjust my scope.” Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. “Hey look, I shot another really tight group right on the bull,” I chirped. “Isn’t that great?” “@$#!!$ wonderful!” he replied. He then lined up his expensive rifle and scope and shot another five rounds. It did not go well. OK, Stevie Wonder could have done better.

While watching this, it occurred to me that the poorer an expert is shooting, the quieter he gets. Imagine spending time in a sensory deprivation chamber, then imagine it considerably quieter, and you’ll get a sense of the sound level I was experiencing between shots. Andy, normally a fellow you can’t shut up, suddenly went dumb. Fortunately, he finally got it together and shot an acceptable group, though still off the paper. “There,” he announced happily, “I figured it was blah, blah, blah, blah…. and anyhow I got this rifle shooting just the way I want it to. Now, I’ll go home and adjust the scope so I can land my bullets on target.” He then went on to explain and lecture me on the various techniques, theories, quantum physics, and Godgiven talents that he utilized to tighten that final group to a size substantially bigger than any of the groups I had shot that morning. But then that’s what experts do best.

Hoping to develop a thing for the ring JONI MILTENBURG Carole Schwartz’s mother Karen helped bring ringette to Elmira in the late 1960s. Now Schwartz is trying to save the sport for another generation. Woolwich Minor Ringette is on thin ice; the organization is facing both a shortage of players and a low profile in a hockey-mad community. “It’s a sport that not a lot of people know about,” Schwartz said. “Either you know it and you love it or you’ve never heard of it before.” Schwartz herself is a diehard ringette fan and has been playing since she was five. She and her sister would watch their mom play, and she would watch them in turn. Ringette was invented in 1963 as a winter sport for girls. On the surface, it seems like hockey played with rubber rings instead of pucks – the nets, the number of players on the ice, the skating and passing. However, Schwartz said the game has more in common with basketball or lacrosse played on ice. Players aren’t allowed to carry the ring over the blue line, which forces more

passing and strategizing. The game is faster too, because once a player has stabbed her stick through the ring, she can skate without worrying about stickhandling. For Schwartz, there’s another, more subtle difference: it’s a sport for girls, dominated by girls. It’s competitive but fun, and there isn’t the kind of pressure that comes with trying to make the NHL. “I really think it was made for girls for a reason,” Schwartz said. That’s not to say boys can’t play. Boys are welcome at any age, and many parents start their boys in ringette to develop their skating skills before switching to hockey. But the current emphasis is on attracting girls to the sport. Schwartz and her team as doing as much they can to promote ringette with the few executive members they have. On top of boosting the sport’s profile, they’re holding open registration at Elmira Sports Aug. 25, 26 and 27, from 4-6 p.m. The cost of registration includes a skating development clinic with local skating instructor Scott Strachan. In the past, people interested in playing would have to sign up

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THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN Carole Schwartz is hoping to build up the next generation of ringette players, starting with her daughter Madelyn Camm.

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August 25, 26, 27 From 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Early Registration Fees* Learn to Skate (ages 4-9).....$100/session Ringette Under 9..................$225 Ringette Under 10................$275 Ringette Under 12.................$300 *$25 late fee will apply after Sept 1st.

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August 27th to 29th Thursday 10-8 Fri/Sat 10-5

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Give Ringette A Try! will take place at the Elmira Sports Store (48 Arthur St.)

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Mon-Sat 10-5, Thurs 10-8 “ fo ev Com r de Wat en e ta ch t c Tr ils om y R of ing ing our th ett is e” fal l!

Give your newborn, toddler or preschooler the gift of MAKING music with you. Our researchbased classes are mixed ages so you can create musical experiences as a family. Fall 2009 registration for new students opens August 28th and space is limited. Like to see a class in action first? Come to a demonstration class during the week of September 8th. Call for class times and to RSVP (required).

Contact Carole at (519) 669-0760 or musictogetherofelmira@sympatico.ca

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ENTERTAINMENT » MANY INFLUENCES

Musical style as changeable as the weather Variety of musicians, tastes and moods makes for ever-changing sound from The Bad Bongwater Boys

If you happen to catch The Bad Bongwater Boys in action more than once, chances are you’ll see a different show each time. From country to bluegrass to old school rock ’n’ roll, the local band, primarily a six-man unit with a rotating cast of guest stars, plays anything its individual members are into. “We can play for any type of crowd,” said Dave Soehner, guitarist, vocalist and one of the leaders of the band. “As a band, we’re playing so many styles of music; we started off playing bluegrass music but now we’ve moved into all kinds of folk and older blues.” Playing its own modified renditions of known rock songs as well as covering its own material, the band keeps it wide and varied: one show’s set list might feature a totally different sound from the next. “We have sets of bluegrass music, sets of acoustic rock music, sets of folk music, and blues music,” said Soehner. While the variety in musical genres reflects the band members’ shared and individual tastes, it also gives The Bad Bongwater Boys the ability to play a wide variety of gigs. Their vast repertoire allows the Boys to perform at bluegrass, rock, folk and blues festivals. “Everybody kind of brings a different dimension to the music,” he said of his bandmates. The local outfit features a regular band of six members from Elmira, Wellesley and Waterloo – Ernest Cunningham, Alex Brubacher, Aaron Poffenroth, Ryan Baer and Johnny Sauder – as well as a supporting cast of additional musicians, including Dan Bossenberry, Dave Bossenberry and Taylor Poffenroth. These days, the band’s sound is the product of eight musicians playing the banjo, mandolin, fiddle, upright bass, and a percussion section which

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ECLECTIC SOUNDS The Bad Bongwater Boys consists of a core of local musicians joined by a rotating roster of guests. Back row: Eric Brubacher, Aaron Poffenroth, Jonathan Sauder and Dave Neigh. Front, Ryan Baer, Matt Wood and Dave Soehner. consists of a stripped down conventional drum kit – with a bass drum, snare and high hat – a washboard, and stringed instruments covering rhythm in addition to melody. Bands like Old Crow Medicine Show, The Grateful Dead and The Band are among some of the local act’s influences. Although the Bad Bongwater Boys have been together for about a year and a half, several of the band’s musicians have been playing together infor-

mally for years. It all started when a group Elmira youngsters searching for something to do found music. “Growing up in Elmira, there’s not really a lot to do, so you’ve got to kind of figure out things to do: we always played music, since we were 10 years old,” said Soehner, who sings and plays the guitar and the mandolin for the band. “There are so many possibilities … there’s nothing to do growing up in Elmira, but

there are so many good musicians that are coming out of this town.” Soehner started with rock and punk and then moved on to other sounds. “I’ve gotten into everything since then, like blues, folk, bluegrass.” Those musical tastes are ever-growing: Soehner recently returned from a five-month trip that took him to Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia, where he absorbed everything

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around him, relishing the different cultures and, particularly, the music. He even picked up a charango, a South American stringed instrument resembling a lute. “We don’t have it in a performance yet, but we’re always trying to find a new way to add something else in,” he explained, noting that it’s likely just a matter of time before the charango makes an appearance in one of the band’s songs.

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»»2 bedrm unit available Sept 1st - 14 Spring Street, Drayton. Unit in great condition. 1st floor unit in good condition. Call 519-669-1544 Mildred or Len Frey. »»Bloomingdale Area - 3 bedroom bungalow and barn set up for horses. Available Oct. 1. $1200/mth + utilities. Appliances included for house. $300/mth for barn. 519-743-6884. »»Condo For Rent - 2 bdrms, hdwd floors & newer carpet. “Pine” rec. room & 2 pc. 4 appli. incl. NO pets or smokers. Avail. Oct. 1. (or sooner) $825. Call 519-669-8629. »»Fully Furnished 1 BR apt. available in Elmira. Pots, dishes, cutlery, cable, internet, bedding. Maid service, parking, whatever you require. I am looking for a company that requires, weekly, monthly or yearly accommodation.. New fridge, stove, pain, carpet. Please inquire at 519-744-3711.

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RIDING WITH PURPOSE Brian Sharpe of the Waterloo chapter of Northern Star Riders, a group of Yamaha owners, makes out a cheque to McMaster Children’s Hospital for $3,175 following a ride down to Hamilton Aug. 16. The money was collected from a poker run held Aug. 1. A group of administrators and nurses were on hand to accept the donation.

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, August 22, 2009

Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."

P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca

TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 FAX: 519-669-1820

NoticE oF iNtENt to dEclaRE suRPlus laNds

REquEst FoR ExPREssioNs oF iNtEREst

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers, Township of Woolwich Offices 24 Church Street West, Elmira The Township of Woolwich, at the Council meeting to be held on Tuesday, September 8th, intends to declare surplus certain lands located within the Township of Woolwich and currently owned by the Township of Woolwich. Below is a list of the lands proposed to be declared surplus: Real properties: 1. 1924 Sawmill Road, Old Woolwich Township Hall, Conestogo (described as Plan 602 Part Lot 2 and Reference Plan 58R14557 Part 3). 2. 69 Arthur Street South, Township Offices, Elmira (described as Plan 560 Lot 32 Part Lot 33). 3. 18 Ernst Street, Elmira Swimming Pool, Elmira (described as Plan 168 Lots 85, 86, 93 and 94). 4. 5 Ruggles Road, Floradale Fire Hall, Floradale (described as German Company Tract, Part Lot 116). 5. Former Maryhill Gravel Pit Lands, Maryhill (located between 1220 and 1234 Maryhill Road and described as German Company Tract, Part Lot 81). 6. Lands near Kramp Road (described as Plan 574 Part Schneider Street). Road allowance/properties: 7. a portion of Arthur Street North (providing access to Krums Inc. and Thur Transport properties, just on the edge of Elmira and described as German Company Tract, Part Lot 90, Reference Plan 58R2983 Part 5).

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8. End of Woolwich Street South (by Fountain Street), Breslau at the entrance to 320 and 350 Woolwich Street South. 9. Princess Street West immediately south of the St. Jacobs Public School at 72 Queensway Drive, St. Jacobs. 10. Klinck Street and University Avenue West, Elmira currently functioning as access driveways to the Elmira District High School property at 4 University Avenue West. 11. Northfield Drive realignment south of Balsam Grove Road. Maps identifying the specific location of the above noted lands can be obtained from the Engineering and Planning Services Dept. weekdays between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Township offices located at 24 Church Street West, Elmira, or you can view the notice and maps on the Township webpage at http://www.woolwich.ca/en/newsevents/ public_notices.asp. For additional information regarding a particular property please contact Jeremy Vink, Senior Planner at 519-6696038 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6038 or by email at jvink@ woolwich.ca. If you wish to address Council at the meeting on September 8th regarding the Report please register as a delegation by contacting Val Hummel 519-669-6005 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6005 or Beverly Metzger at 519-669-6009 or 519-6642613 ext. 6009 on or before Thursday, September 3, 2009.

The Township of Woolwich is accepting Expressions of Interest from community organizations and not-for-profit groups that would be interested in leasing the former Elmira Visitor Information Centre building at 5 First Street East, Elmira. Expressions of Interest should include the following information: - Contact Information - Outline of the History and Purpose of your Organization or Group - Proposed Use of the Building - Proposed Monthly Lease Payment (lessee to be responsible at a minimum for annual operating costs estimated to be approximately $4,000, Township to cover capital maintenance costs) Expressions of Interest will be accepted until Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 4:30 pm at the Township Office at 24 Church Street West, Elmira. It should be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to David Brenneman, Chief Administrative Officer. To arrange a site visit, or if you have any questions, please contact David Brenneman, Chief Administrative Officer â€“ email: dbrenneman@ woolwich.ca or phone: (519) 669-6002.

*NEW* Fall 2009 aquatic REgistRatioN PRocEduRE Registrations Forms are available starting August 24th : Woolwich Township Website Elmira Swimming Pool Woolwich Township Office Woolwich Memorial Center

Completed Forms with cheques will be accepted starting August 27 at the : Woolwich Memorial Center Before dropping off the Form make sure: 1. Form is filled out completely 2. Current dated cheque for full amount

Registrations will be processed randomly by date received beginning on August 28th. For example: Registrations received on August 27th will not be processed until August 28th, a form received at 10 pm on August 27th may be processed prior to one dropped off at 6 am on August 27th.

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, August 22, 2009

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MODEL HOME for sale! Priced well below replacement! Gorgeous 3 bedroom, 2 bath bungalow featuring c/air, c vac, gas fireplace, luxury ensuite, m/f laundry, sep. dining room, stunning kitchen w/pantry, hardwood & tile floors, Partly finished basement. Unbelievable value 30 mins to K-W. A must see. MLS.

DALE KELLER Sales Rep.

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Mary Lou Murray

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE

wendy@thefreyteam.com

BY THE NUMBERS

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage

17 Church St. W., Elmira Independently Owned and Operated

7,5

GREAT STARTER! This home located in a quiet neighbourhood offers an eat-in kitchen w/walk-out to patio and fenced yard with mature trees, three bedrooms, two bathrooms & rec room. Updates include windows and patio door. MLS. Call Bert to view.

LEASE SPACE! Approximately 2,000 s/f of commercial space in busy plaza only 10 minutes to Waterloo. Currently setup as offices and warehouse. Zoning allows numerous businesses. MLS. Call Bert for information.

marylou@mmrealestate.ca

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$749,000 OPEN HOUSE

Sunday August 23, 2-4 PM 1818 SAWMILL RD., CONESTOGO CONESTOGO | 3300 Sq. ft. renovated older home in desired Town of Conestogo. Large lot with studio detached garage. Many updates. A must see! MLS. To view call Mildred Frey.

GOLDSTONE | Great Country property at the edge of Moorefield, 3 bedrm. bungalow, finished basement with fireplace, 12 x 16â€™ wood deck, 14â€™6â€? x 24â€™ detached workshop with hydro. 48.79 total acres, 34 tillable tile drained, 2 acres building site + 4.25 acres zoned for future residential, 7.5 acres zoned for future industrial development. Great investment property. MLS. Call Len Frey.

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519-669-2772

BROKERAGE

JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-1068 Res: 519-669-8629 MVA Residential

ALLI NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-577-6248

BILL NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-588-1348

MEDIUM

TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627

$99,900

$289,900 ELMIRA | Lovely older home w/ wood floors throughout. Lots of character. Newer kitchen. Formail LR/DR. English garden and deck. Updated 4 pcs. main bath w/whirpool. MLS Call Mildred Frey.

BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record

LISTOWEL | Great bungalow style home located in complex geared for Seniors. Features 2 bedrm, 2 baths, separate diningrm, gas fireplace in livingrm and mudrm/laundry. Updated windows, flooring and C/AI. 15x9.6 sunroom overlooks gardens and pond. Quick closing possible. MLS Call Wendy Taylor.

6634 THIrD LInE, CEnTrE WELLInGTOn

iNDuSTRiAL SpAcE - Approx.

pARk-LikE gROuNDS. 11 10,000 sq.ft. divided btwn - 2

acres, mixed bush, pond! Lovely updated bungalow w/ great room. Minâ€™s from Elmira/K-W & Guelph. MLS $595,000.

bldgs. 20â€™ and 12â€™ ceiling height. Lots of yard space. Office. Seller will rent one bldg back from new owner. NEW MLS. $329,900.

OpEN HOuSE | SuN Aug 23 2-4pM

HARD

$349,900 GOLDSTONE | Unique 2 storey home approx. 2500 sq.ft. in a country setting. Large living area with oak kitchen & island. Large garage and workshop. Sliding doors to rear deck and above ground pool. Sale will be subject to severence of side lot. MLS Call Mildred Frey.

$236,000 Great 3 bedroom, 2 bath starter located on mature, tree lined street. Walking distance to junior public school and downtown. Updated kitchen, wiring, plumbing. Roof done in 2007. Great rear yard for the kids. Backs to greenspace. MLS. Call Wendy Taylor to view.

$355,000

$1,049,000

MAPLETON TWP | Quiet country property on over 5 acres of wooded area. Huge eat-in kitchen overlooking family room with heat stove. Deck to rear yard off kitchen. Detached workshop 30 x 30. Great for the handy man!! MLS. Call Mildred or Len Frey.

WOOLWICH TWP. | 50 acre farm located 4 minutes north of Waterloo at the edge of St. Jacobs. Large all brick house setup as a multi family with 3 units. Large barn easily converted to storage for cars etc., Detached workshop. This property has endless opportunities. Great investment. MLS Call Len Frey.

$645,000 WEST MONTROSE | Pride of ownership throughout this custom built executive Bungalow. 17â€™ ceilings, infloor heating on both levels, gourmet kitchen with built-in appliances, lots of windows overlooking a large entertaining deck & large backyard. Part finished walkout basement with extended family potential and more! MLS Call Mary Lou.

DRAYTON 2-STOREY - backing to parkland! 3bdrms. Eat-in kitchen w/island & w/o. Gas fireplace. Finished bsmt w/gas fp. C/A & vac. Shows well! MLS. $284,900.

MATuRE LOT backs to greenspace. Main floor family room, office & laundry. Walkout bsmt. w/sliding door & extra-high ceilings. Inground pool. Most windows updated. MLS REDucED to $379,000.

gREAT fAMiLY HOME 4 level backsplit offers a huge kitchen w/ open concept to family room w/ stone fireplace & lge. windows. Office & den in lower level. 2 baths. Dble. Garage, concrete driveway NEW MLS. $349,000.

BAckiNg TO fARMLAND custom built bungalow, better than new! Hardwood/ceramics. Open concept. W/o to partially covered patio. 3rd bdrm & bthrm finished in basement. Insulated garage w/220 hydro.MLS $389,000.

4-pLEX centrally located in St. Clementâ€™s. 1/3 acre lot w/ nice gardens. Let your new rental income pay your mortgage! Easy to rent! MLS. $311,900.

cHARMiNg older home. Maple kitchen. Hdwd floors. Fin. attic. 2 tiered deck. 2 bathrooms, Main flr laundry. Parking for 2 cars. Close to downtown & new rec centre. MLS. $249,900.

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, August 22, 2009

                  

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                   

                                  

                    

          

              

                  

             

         

                       

                         

                       

                           

                   

                                                    

                                     

                   

     

    

         

                   

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A cross 1. Clash 5. Ballet move 9. In a lather 14. Cornstarch brand 15. Bridge toll unit 16. Dispatch boat 17. Alternative to a fence 18. Basic unit of money in Western Samoa 19. Cut into cubes 20. RelyingÂ on observation 23. Adenâ€™s land 24. Air bag? 25. â€œMonty Pythonâ€? airer 28. Thin, tall high heel 31. Harvest goddess 34. Egyptian fertility goddess 35. The â€œOâ€? in S.R.O. 36. Brimming 38. Very excited, without restraint 41. Grimace 42. 1/500 of the Indianapolis 500 43. Meaning literally â€˜bornâ€™ 44. Marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness 49. Shag rug made in Sweden 50. Get better 51. Kind of concerto 54. Of or relating to the

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D own 1. â€œ___ hereâ€? 2. Representative 3. Obviously surprised 4. Symbol of a family or clan 5. A specialist in the Latin language 6. Final, e.g. 7. Alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome 8. Oil source 9. Make an attempt at something 10. â€œ... there is no ___ angel but Loveâ€?: Shakespeare 11. ___-tac-toe

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12. â€œItâ€™s no ___!â€? 13. Detachable container 21. Adjust, as laces 22. Atlanta-based station 25. Neighbor of Nigeria 26. Scarlett Oâ€™Hara, e.g. 27. Glasgowâ€™s river 29. Fabrication 30. â€œ___ do you do?â€? 31. An abalone found near the ChannelÂ Islands 32. Indianaâ€™s state flower 33. Expectorated matter 37. â€œMalcolm Xâ€? director 38. ___ Masterâ€™s Voice 39. Essential mediterranean cooking ingrediant 40. Magical wish granter 42. Distance measured in miles 45. Kind of monkey 46. ___ green 47. Gain points in a game 48. Minnesotan 52. Jungle climber 53. Susan of â€œGoldengirlâ€? 54. Equal 55. MacLachlan of â€œTwin Peaksâ€? 56. Neuter 57. â€œThe ___â€? (Uris novel) 58. â€œ___ to Billie Joeâ€? 59. Pandowdy, e.g.

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» STRANGE BUT TRUE | BILL & RICH SONES

The pi requires biting off more than you can chew the London Zoo announced they would no longer answer telephone enquiries about the gnu, the emu, or any other three-letter creatures. The genre is continually evolving, adds Crystal, with compilers devising more and more ingenious, even “tortuous” puzzles and adopting such professional pseudonyms as Torquemada and Ximenes, leaders of the Spanish Inquisition! Q. How to mummify a corpse: Pump in an embalming mix of salts, then draw out whatever moisture can be removed, “turning up the thermostat” to “cook off” the H2O and wrapping the body in hundreds of yards of linen to help facilitate the 70-day demoisturization process. Push the arid airflow up to max. For a regal touch, smother the body in honey to ward off decomposition and to keep fungi and bacteria at bay. When and where was this done? A. The honey was reportedly applied to Alexander the Great in the warm, arid environment of ancient Egypt, part of the mummification process 5,000

years ago, says Amy Barth in Discover magazine. Mummies’ long-kept secrets are coming to light these days as interdisciplinary groups like the Swiss Mummy Project in Zurich use MRI and the like to probe mummies’ internal structure without harming the fragile figures. Forensic examiners carefully access soft tissue for evidence of disease, trauma and cause of death -- vitamin C deficiency, syphilis, tuberculosis -- while bones reveal height and lifespan and teeth provide clues to diet and nutrition. Although Egyptian mummies are best known, such remains also turn up in China, South Africa and Greece. Apparently, “it’s never too late to look your best. In ancient Egypt, the deceased’s skin was sometimes cut and stuffed with layers of mud to make tissue look livelier.” Q. Without looking it up, do you know the value of the Greek letter “pi,” representing the relationship between a circle and its diameter? A. Most people today can tell you pi equals roughly 3, or 3.14 to be more precise, or 3.1416 to be even more so,

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says astronomer Bob Berman in Astronomy magazine. In the Old Testament, a round altar is said to be “ten cubits from edge to edge and 30 cubits around,” though the more correct circumference figure would have been 31 1/2. By the time of Aristotle half a millennium later, the figure had improved to 3.1418. Einstein seems to have been the first to point out that rivers obey pi: The ratio of a river’s straight line distance from source to sea, when divided into its meandering path over the ground, is roughly equal to pi. The exact figure for pi is actually a decimal that never really ends. One high-school class displayed a big sign with pi expressed to 75 digits! In real life, pi’s practical value requires only a few decimal places. “Anything more is clearly an annoying waste of time. So why do geeks keep going? Beats me.” P.S. Astronomer Berman admits he can recite about 70 places himself... with the first 10 being 3.1415926535.

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Q. “The fans they chew their pencils,/ The fans they beat their wives./They look up words for extinct birds--/ They lead such puzzling lives!” Fans of what, as penned by U.S. humorist Gelett Burgess some years ago? A. The early 20th century “wordcross” puzzle, later a “cross-word” puzzle, finally a “crossword,” by U.S. journalist Arthur Wynne, a Liverpudlian emigre who was trying for something boldly new for the 1913 Christmas edition of the New York Sunday newspaper World, says David Crystal in Language Play. Wynne originally slotted the words into a diamondshaped grid which eventually became standardized into a square. The new fad crossed theAtlantic to Britain, where numerous organizations were invited to submit potential entries. At one point, it is reported, officials at

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T. 519.669.2033

Cell: 519.581.7868

Cardlock Fuel Management

COMMERCIAL 24 CARDLOCK FUEL DEPOT HOUR

Investments

MILLWRIGHTS LTD.

519.669.5105

P.O. BOX 247, ROUTE 1, ELMIRA

24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

TOTAL HOME ENERGY SYSTEMS

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YOUR OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS AND AIR CONDITIONING EXPERTS

11 HENRY ST. - UNIT 9, ST. JACOBS

519.664.2008

25 Industrial Drive, Elmira, ON N3B 3K3

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3435 Broadway St. Hawkesville

519-699-4641 www.freybc.com ÂťÂť Crossover Junction Showcase. Free concert. Bluegrass-gospel at its best; 7 p.m. Gore Park bandshell, Elmira. AUGUST 28

ÂťÂť Kids Day at Waterloo Buskers Carnival â€“ Childrenâ€™s entertainment, activities, noon to 5 p.m.; free admission. King Street, Waterloo. AUGUST 29

ÂťÂť Much Music Retro Dance for National Service Dogs. Wellesley Community Centre, 8 p.m. â€“ 1 a.m. Tickets $12 single, $20 couple. For tickets and more information, call Tammy at 519-656-1038. ÂťÂť Keg Turkey Dinner, Baked Potato and vegetable; $6. Elmira Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., at 6 p.m.

Bus.:519.669.2632 Fax: 519.669.4282

Business

FREE CONSULTATION Farm

After Hours Emergency Services: 1-800-465-2667

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Email: allen_morrison@cooperators.ca

www.cooperators.ca â€˘ Same Day Service Disability

ÂťÂť Caregiver Coffee Hour will meet at Chateau Gardens from 10-11:30 a.m. in the activity room. Kathy Hirsch from Home Instead will speak on the topic of â€˜Communication Strategies for Alzheimer Care.â€™ For more information call Lorraine at 519-664-3794 or Cara at 519-742-1422. SEPTEMBER 2

SEPTEMBER 6

ÂťÂť Rev. Robert will be sharing his testimony: How he became a Christian and what led him into the ministry. An evening interspersed with gospel music and hymn singing featuring Toyosi at the grand piano; 7 p.m., free-will offering. Waterloo North Presbyterian Church, wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 519888-7870.

ÂťÂť 2009 Wellesley Soap Box Classic, 2 p.m. on Labour Day. Start: Ramp opposite First Street, Paulâ€™s Lutheran Church, Nafziger Road. Finish: Nafziger Road at Lawrence. Come out for an afternoon of racing and fun. For more information, call Wellesley Service Centre at 519-656-2725. SEPTEMBER 11

ÂťÂť Hillbilly Dance â€“ DJ Gary Cooper; $8/person or $15/couple. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. 8 p.m. Tickets sold in advance of event.

With a Family Album Ad in the Observer

Âť Anniversary Âť Birthday Âť Engagement Âť Stag & Doe Âť Thank you Âť Birth Notice Âť and a lot more....

SANYO CANADIAN

MACHINE WORKS INCORPORATED

33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591

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â€˘ Electrical Supplies â€˘ New Vacuums â€˘ All Vacuum Repairs â€˘ Parts & Accessories â€˘ All makes and models â€˘ Hand Vacs to Central Vacs

ÂťÂť West Montrose Cultural Heritage Landscape Presentation, 7 p.m., in the West Montrose Covered Bridge. Should this popular tourist stop be protected as a Cultural Heritage Landscape (CHL)? Does a recent application for a gravel pit near the bridge threaten CHL? Dr. Robert Shipley of the University of Waterlooâ€™s Heritage Resources Centre presents findings based on a multi-year study of the area. Presented by BridgeKeepers: info@bridgekeepers.ca. ÂťÂť S.S. #3 Peel School Reunion. 1 p.m. - ?? held at the farm of Carl & Carolyn Israel, 7874 4th Line, Mapleton Township (former Peel Township) just west of the old #3 schoolhouse, which is now a private home. Bring lawnchairs, school mementos, food for potluck supper and your own cold drink, coffee, water and tea provided; 4:30 p.m. potluck supper. Free-will offering to help defray costs (any amount above expenses will be given to local charity). Come rain or shine! SEPTEMBER 14

ÂťÂť Conestogo Diamond Squares Square Dancing Club Monday nights, at St. James Lutheran Church. St. Jacobs. Mainstream teaching, 7-8 p.m.; Mainstream/Plus alternate tips, 8-10 p.m. Visitors welcome. Call 519-664-2827. SEPTEMBER 17

DENTURE Vinolea Jahandari DD

â€˘ ELMIRA Total Denture Care â€˘ Same day service on and relines 15repairs Memorial Ave., Since 1987 - DentureTech â€˘ Elmira Metal Partial - Soft Relines 1995 - Denturist (Behind Bank of Montreal) â€˘ DENTURE SPECIALIST

519.669.1535 KITCHENER

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Wonderful 519.669.1535 ELMIRA

15 Memorial Ave., Elmira

Wines

A Fine Wine Establishment

(Behind Bank of Montreal) KITCHENER

519.744.9770

29 Church St. W., Elmira

519.669.0799

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DEATH NOTICES BOWMAN, Edna (Mrs. Noah)

KROPF, Shirley B.

â€“ Suddenly at St. Maryâ€™s - Peacefully passed into Hospital, Kitchener, on the arms of her Lord, Saturday, August 15, on Monday, August 17, 2009, Shirley (nee Hob2009, at her residence. den) of Wellesley, at the Edna (Shantz) Bowman, age of 80 years. in her 86th year, of RR1 MARTIN, Luida (Mrs. Elora. Wonderful Wines Aden W.)

HOOVER, Edna B.

- Peacefully, on Monday, August 17, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer. Luida Martin, age 29 years, of RR1 Wallenstein.

- ON Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at Hamilton General Hospital, Edna Hoover, age 51 years of RR3 Wallenstein. JEWITT, Shantz)

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- Alene passed away at Palmerston And District Hospital on Monday, August 17, 2009, at the age of 89, suddenly, quickly and very peacefully surrounded by her immediate family. Local relatives are son Don Jewitt and his wife Martha of Elmira.

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Bus: 519.895.2044 ext. 217 Home: 519.747.4388

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ÂťÂť Woolwich Caregiver Group will meet at the health centre in St. Jacobs from 10-11:15 a.m. Discussion will be on â€˜Adapting to Changes in our Loved One.â€? For more information, call Lorraine at 519-664-3794.

9 CHURCH STREET EAST, ELMIRA

SEPTEMBER 12

ÂťÂť Pancake Breakfast at the Alma Community Hall from 8-11 a.m.; $4/adult, $2/ child. All proceeds to the Alma Community Recreation Association (ACRA) playground fund. Fore more information, contact Doug at 519-846-0764.

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SEPTEMBER 7

ÂťÂť Wellesley and District Lions Club Annual Fishing Derby at the Albert Erb Conservation area at the Wellesley Pond; $5 fee per angler, catch-and-release policy in force. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., derby underway by 9 a.m., concluding by noon. Lunch booth on site, prize table, cash will be awarded for tagged fish, and trophies will be awarded in five categories. For more information please contact Chris Larochelle at 519-656-2716 or e-mail chrisandlaurie@cwisp.ca.

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ÂťÂť Wellesley Township Caregiver Group will meet at the Health Centre in Wellesley from 2-3:30 p.m. Paul Kett and Anne Fowler will present the topic â€˜Reaching Out for Assistance.â€? For more information call Lorraine at 519-664-3794 or reception at 519-656-9025.

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FAMILY ALBUM STAG & DOE

MARRIAGE

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Tonya Bickford & Adam Negus

Terry and Brenda Cressman along with Doug and Barb Gray are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their children,

Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 8pm - 1am

Courtney Cressman & Kevin Gray

Woolwich Community Hall 29 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs $10 per person * Food supplied * Games & Raffle *

The wedding will take place August 28, 2009 in Parry Sound. Wishing you a life filled with much love and happiness.

Birthday

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OH... LOOK A SPECIAL LITTLE BOY IS TURNING TWO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYSON!

YOU ARE Soooo..ADVENTUROUS Your many laughs and wuv you’s, hugs and kisses are always welcome :) We Love You Too!

Love Mama & Pa

Cara (nee Polson) and Richard Brown are thrilled to announce the arrival of Lucas Russell, weighing in at 7lbs, 15oz at Toronto East General Hospital at 22:53 on August 11th, 2009 Mom, Dad, and Lucas are all very happy and doing well. Proud grandparents are Dave & Colleen Brown of Elmira, and Kirk & Sue Polson of Markham. Lucas is also welcomed by his aunts and uncles, Terri & Dave Higgins, Derek & Siovahn Polson, Liana Brown & Andrew Thompstone, and cousins, Dylan and Aiden. Many thanks to the doctors and the staff at the Family Birthing Centre at TEGH.

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, August 22, 2009

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