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Kings take two of three in pre-season competition Working on a lineup for the season, coaches getting plenty of chances to see the players in action FAISAL ALI With a starting lineup coming together and a roster in the making, the Sugar Kings kicked off the pre-season with backto-back wins and a loss. Competing August 19 in Kitchener against the Dutchmen, the Kings made out like bandits with a 7-1 victory. Riding the momentum into last week, the Kings next battled the Listowel Cyclones, the champions of the 2017-18 Sutherland Cup series, on home ice August 22, and came out on top in overtime with a 2-1 victory. A second home game last Sunday, however, saw the Kings finally fall to the visiting Kitchener Dutchmen, back for revenge, in a 4-2 decision, with an empty netter capping off the match. Still, for the Kings, who are still in the process of putting together their lineup for the 2018-19 season, the exhibition games are all about bringing the returning players and new recruits together into a single working team. “I think we’ve got a great group of guys,” said Luke Israel, one of the newcomers to the team. “They seem pretty deep and I reKINGS | 28
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Federal minister visits St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market Discussion keeps focus on the middle class FAISAL ALI Books, binders and backpacks: as many parents take part in the annual back-to-school preparations, they’ll no doubt be keeping one eye on their pocket books. Like a rising tide, the costs of raising a child are always climbing higher, while a widening wage gap can make it a challenge for some to keep up. A perennial concern, from the federal government’s perspective the solution lies in supporting and strengthening the country’s middle class, said Jean-Yves Duclos, the federal Minister
of Families, Children and Social Development. “In many places in Canada, people have been asking what is the most important source of economic and social development,” said Duclos, who was visiting the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market on Tuesday. “The answer is the middle class. Middle-class Canadians are those that provide the biggest investments in their skills, in their MINISTER | 2
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workplace, and in their children.” Joining Duclos for a tour of the local market was Waterloo MP Bardish Chagger, who could relate all the attractions of the market, and Cambridge MP Bryan May. “This is a wonderful, visible sign about what it means to be a middle-class community, a middle-class region,” said Duclos. Supporting and growing the Canadian middle class has long been a central fixture of the Liberal government’s platform. But while an important concept, the reality of what it means to be middle class has often been a mercurial definition to pin down. According to census
data collected by Statistics Canada, the majority of Canadians have consistently seen their incomes struggle to keep up with the country’s top earners. In 1985, 75 per cent of Canadians made $51,000 or less; in 2015, that figure rose to $60,000, or by 18 per cent. Those in the top one per cent, by contrast, saw the floor rise from earning a minimum of $158,000 in 1985, to $234,000 by 2015 – an almost 50 per cent increase. On the widening gap, Duclos notes the longstanding trends facing Canadians. “There have been two sources of anxiety that middle class Canadians have felt over the last 30 years, roughly speaking,” said Duclos.
“First is increased inequality, and that comes mostly from the fact that the richest Canadians, the top one per cent in particular, have seen their income shares in our economy grow significantly for all sorts of reasons. Technology, globalization, but also public policy has also sometimes supported the richest Canadians more than really they needed and that they asked for.” The second source, he said, was uncertainty in the future, from retirement and job security to the employment opportunities of future generations. The federal government has been working to buttress middle-class families, said Duclos, such as MIDDLE CLASS | 4
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Plans unveiled for townhouse condos in Wellesley Councillors hear some concerns, raise their own at public meeting to discuss 24-unit development FAISAL ALI Developers are requesting the go-ahead from the township for the construction of 24 townhouse units on 2.7 acres of land at the corner of Nafziger and Gerber roads in Wellesley village. Presenting their client’s concept for the currently vacant plot at a public meeting Tuesday evening, the GSP Group is requesting a zone change to allow for the creation of the new condominium-style housing.
The developers also requested councillors increase the maximum height of the homes, to 10.5 metres from nine metres, which several people found problematic. “From a personal nature, maybe a little selfish, but when we purchased our lot 14 years ago, we purchased that lot based on the beauty of the sightlines, and believed that there would be no future higher development,” said a resident with a property overlooking the site.
“So I would speak against the amendment to the building based on the – scarring is not the right word, that’s a little extreme – but based on the adverse impact on the sightlines, which we feel are so beautiful in our township.” The resident also drew attention to the potentially dangerous intersection of Gerber and Nafziger roads, onto which the new development would abut. Coun. Peter van der Maas also took issue with the height increase, though for
other reasons. “One of the concerns that we considered several times over the years is providing housing, especially for seniors. We like to talk about aging in place, but there seems to be very few places for them to live as they age in place,” said van der Maas. “When I see a request to increase the height to 10.5 metres, I’m thinking they’re going to be like stacked townhomes, so that once again you miss an opportunity to provide housing for seniors. They
would be, I think, better served by single-floor residences.” Mayor Joe Nowak was more supportive of the overall proposal, saying the smaller homes filled a need for families and middleaged residents in the township for more affordable housing. “It’s an interesting discussion because I just received a request the other day for this type of housing that should give some consideration, mainly because it’s likely going to be less
expensive to buy one of these units. We have a lot of young people, first-time home buyers, that would be more likely to be able to afford something like this,” he said. Tuesday’s meeting was for information purposes and for public input, with no decision being taken by councillors. Township staff were directed to review the comments and concerns raised during the meeting, and return to councillors with a recommendation report at a later date.
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The Waterloo County Steam Threshers Reunion took place last Friday and Saturday in Wallenstein, featuring a collection of antique tractors and steam engines. Money raised from the event will go to benefit the St. Mary’s Hospital Cardiac Care and Hospice of Waterloo Region.
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Back to school brings heightened monitoring by police and township officials VERONICA REINER Getting back to work after the coming long weekend will be joined by back to school, making the roads a bit more crowded than they’ve been for a few months. For drivers who may be a little rusty behind the wheel, police and township bylaw enforcement officers will be out in num-
bers next week. Officials are in fact already reminding drivers to take heed. “I think the biggest thing is just that drivers forget,” said Jeff Smith, deputy clerk for Woolwich Township. “If you went to work on August 31, the volume is significantly different on September 4. You’ll have buses; you’ll have school crossings, you’ll
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even just have a few more parents out there driving kids to school. So I think the volume’s increase, and some parents or some drivers just forget about that. And we want to make sure that people aren’t frustrated or upset and doing anything that would cause a safety concern.” There are statistically more traffic incidents
around new school buildings, in particular, notes Waterloo Regional Police Staff Sgt. Michael Hinsberger. “Some of the areas like that were high-volume areas, in combination with some of the newer schools. Those areas we certainly like to watch and do a lot of enforcement at,” he said, pointing to the example of a new Kitchener school last year that came
under scrutiny. “There was, indeed, an area that we focused a lot of enforcement for speeders or other aggressive driving offenses ... because drivers aren’t necessarily aware that it’s a new school area. And certainly, the students in some of those cases, because it’s a new school that they’re attending, aren’t as familiar as
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has been research done by both the township and police to target problem areas, and measures are taken to avoid any incidents this year. Typically, that means heavy police presence in these areas, hiring a sufficient amount of crossing guards, and public reminders to raise awareness of the upcoming heavy traffic. Local areas that will feature crossing guards include John Mahood Public School, Riverside Public School, St. Jacobs Public School, St. Boniface School in Maryhill, Conestogo Public School, and Breslau
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held outdoors that can impact traffic or city infrastructure, such as festivals, tournaments and road-side biking events. “I’m asking you to consider waiving this fee. Essentially you would become a sponsor of the ride and recognized accordingly,” she said. Although comparatively a small amount the fundraiser’s overall bottom line, Bailey noted that the GRHF strove to have everything involved in the event donated, from the food to the support vehicles to the volunteer efforts. “Even the police are offduty officers who are volunteering their time. Every dollar we save in expenses, there’s another dollar towards cancer care.” Councillors were overwhelming supportive waiving the fee for the GRHF, and discussed lowering the $500 price tag to something more tenable for future events. “Are there any cost factors associated with this event? Like, is it costing the taxpayers any money
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through increasing Canada Child Benefit (CCB), as well as indexing the benefit to increase in lock-step with the cost of living. “In this community nine families out of ten are now receiving $200 more, per month, non-taxable, then under the earlier Conservative plan,” he said.
Middle class tax cuts, said Duclos, and asking those top earners to pay a little more in taxes, was another effort spearheaded by the government. “[And] reducing child poverty by 40 per cent. It is the biggest, single reduction in child-poverty in the history of our country. We are taking 300,000 children out of poverty, and
200,000 of their parents,” he said. “And under the leadership of Justin Trudeau and the campaign, these are two of the commitments that we made, and these are two of the first commitments that we followed through on when we took office,” added Chagger. “The best part of this
is that it’s working. All of these measures that we’ve taken have actually resulted in a faster growing economy,” said May. Ultimately, the strength of these initiatives will be decided at the till, as parents in the township and across the country finish picking up the last of the school supplies ahead of the start of the year.
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Bashing out a noise clause The sound of a nearby industrial park aren’t the only noise issues in the south end of Breslau, so warnings to new tenants and property owners should include the whole gamut, suggests Woolwich Coun. Mark Bauman. Meeting this week, council deferred a new bylaw that would add a warning clause as a condition of approving a 78-unit apartment building on land owned by Breslau Mennonite Church. The township will now look at whether all the noise warnings can be rolled into
one clause or whether there are already existing provisions covering noise from the Region of Waterloo International Airport. Similar warnings are required on the titles of homes sold in the nearby Riverland subdivision, for instance. While councillors approved the warning clause, its formal implementation will await further investigation by planning staff. As approved, the township requires the following noise warning clause in all agreements of purchase and sale, lease and/or rental agreements for all residential dwelling units related to the project: “Purchasers/tenants are advised that due to the proximity of industrial
activity in the industrial area to the southeast, sound levels from these facilities may at times be audible and the industrial operations may change in the future.” A final noise clause will likely be hammered out next month, and is needed in order for the project at 208 - 226 Woolwich St. S., which will offer two- and three-bedroom rental units, to proceed. The church received approval in June for a zone change to allow the construction of the building on the rear portion of their property. About a third of the 8.2-acre property would be earmarked for the housing project, then sold to a
developer, Reid’s Heritage Properties.
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Woolwich will look at waiving the rental fees at the WMC for the local group hosting next winter’s Ontario Curling Association provincial championships as part of a review its policy for addressing such requests. Following a presentation Tuesday night by Susan Martin, chair of the organizing committee for the event and a member of the Elmira & District Curling Club, councillors deferred a decision on the waiver pending a
review next month. Martin is looking for the township to forego the rental fees for the portion of the building to be used by the local group – the community room, servery and café – which amounts to about $3,700. The bulk of the facility rental, notably the ice in the Dan Snyder Arena, will be paid for a full cost by the Ontario association, a figure that should reach some $36,000. That’s significant revenue for the facility, said recreation director Ann McArthur, noting the organizing committee’s request falls outside the usual request to waive fees in that it’s part of a larger rental.
Martin noted the provincial body expects the event, to run between Jan. 27 and Feb. 3, 2019, will be a real boon for the local economy, with an economic impact estimated at $1.4 million. Some 10,000 to 16,000 people are predicted to take in the tournament. The Elmira-hosted event will feature both the men’s and women’s games, which have been combined into a single affair. Coun. Patrick Merlihan, noting the township was shortly to review its policy for such requests, suggested deferring a decision until that time. A report is expected September 11.
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It’s prime moving time ... and prime time for rental scams In the midst of peak moving season, particularly for students, police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre are advising prospective renters to take care; if a rental listing looks too good to be true, it probably is. In a typical rental scam, fraudsters will entice you with a very attractive listing: sought after area, great amenities and low price. Ads will be posted on popular sites like Kijiji or Facebook. Scammers may use photos from an old listing, from a house that’s up for sale, or from short-term rental sites like Airbnb, to make it look authentic. They pose as the landlord and may claim to be abroad and unable to meet in person to show you inside the place, officials warn. After a few emails or text messages, they will start asking for money. First, they’ll try to get a security deposit, then, they’ll ask for the first month’s rent, and then another month’s rent in exchange for a discount. They can even try to rush you into a decision by saying that others are also interested in the property. Don’t give in – it could be a scam. Here are some warning signs to look out for when shopping for a rental: The monthly rent is lower than other similar places . You’re asked to leave a deposit without any formal rental agreement or lease in place. You’re asked to send money to someone outside the country. When you ask about the apartment, you get an email that sends you to a website asking for personal or financial information. Ads show pictures of the outside of the property only, or pictures that don’t match the actual property or address. Here’s what you can do to avoid being scammed, police advise:
Go to the address, make sure the listing is truthful and accurate. If you are unable to go in person, use the Internet to see actual images of the rental. Research the address to ensure it is not a duplicate post. You may even conduct a reverse image search to see if the photos were used elsewhere. Schedule a showing and confirm that the landlord will be present. If you plan on renting in a new development, contact the builder to confirm ownership. Request a lease or contract. Review it thoroughly. Be sure to know your rights as a tenant. Consult your provincial or territorial department or ministry of housing. If you’ve been the victim of a rental scam or another type of fraud, or if you have information about this type of scam, report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (1-888-495-8501), the RCMP or your local police.
Line near St. Clements that claimed the life of Wallenstein’s Lawrence Horst Brubacher led police to charge a 19-year-old Listowel man with ‘careless driving.’ He is to appear in court September 10.
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8:39 PM | Wellington County OPP officers responded to a report of a possible impaired driver operating a red pickup truck in Mapleton Township. Officers eventually located the driver at a gas station in Fergus. While speaking with the male driver, police formed the opinion that he was under the influence of alcohol. A roadside screening test was conducted, resulting in a fail. He was arrested and brought to a local OPP operations centre for further testing. The 24-yearold Centre Wellington Township man was subsequently charged with ‘driving with over 80 mgs of alcohol in 100mL of blood.’ A 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment was initiated as per statute. He is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on September 12. AUGUST 23
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10:14 AM | A Wellington County OPP officer was conducting radar speed enforcement and monitoring traffic on Wellington Road 12 near the 16th Line of Mapleton Township when he observed a male driving a grey pickup truck northbound at a speed that appeared to be well above the posted 80 km/h speed limit. The vehicle was clocked in excess of 135 km/h. As a result, a 20-year-old Wellington North Township man was charged with ‘race a motor vehicle.’ His driver’s licence and vehicle were seized for a period of seven days as per statute. He is scheduled to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on October 3. AUGUST 26
2:10 PM | Wellington County OPP officers responded along with Centre Wellington Fire and Rescue to a vehicle in the ditch on Wellington Road 29 near Side Road 30 in Centre Wellington Township. Officers located the grey sedan in the ditch and while speaking with the female driver, determined that she was under the influence of alcohol. The driver failed a roadside screening device test, so she was arrested and brought to a nearby police station for further testing. The 31-year-old East York woman was charged with ‘driving with over 80 mgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood.’ Her license was suspended for 90 days and her car seized for seven days. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on September 18 to answer to the charge. CORRECTION | In a July 24 occurrence, the report from the police transposed the two Toyotas involved in a three-vehicle collision on Arthur Street: an Elmira man’s blue Toyota was actually the third vehicle, while another Elmira man’s red Toyota was the lead vehicle, struck from behind by the middle car, a grey Ford driven by a Listowel woman.
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This weekend, we enjoy the fruits of Labour Days past LABOUR DAY WEEKEND. THE unofficial end to summer and a holiday purported to recognize the contribution of workers. It also heralds a back-to-school season that will be marked, as is often the case, by some labour unrest on the part of teachers’ unions. Canadians by and large hate public sector unions, the scourge of taxpayers saddled with overpaid, underworked and unappreciative workers who help saddle the country with debt while providing little or nothing in return. Or so the sentiment goes. Many of the same people equate private sector unions with organized crime or lazy, overpaid workers who make inferior products no one wants to buy. Or so the sentiment goes. The reality is more nuanced, of course. But there’s no denying that government unions exercise too much political influence at great cost to the economy even as private sector unions wane and the middle class dream fades away for that majority of Canadians who don’t have government jobs. The first Monday in September is supposed to mark the accomplishments and contributions of workers, particularly those in unions. We used to have parades of a particularly political bent. Now it’s all about spending some time at the cottage. We’ve come a long way from the early labour movement and protests, which a century ago was focused on the wellbeing of workers and farmers (the country was much more agrarian then). Though we’re heading into the Labour Day weekend, most Canadians are far removed from the struggle that gave them such things as statutory holidays, weekends and the 40-hour workweek – that much of that is under attack today has yet to resonate the way it did decades ago. In fact, unionization rates have been dropping steadily for years, at least in the private sector, largely due to corporate propaganda and the paying off of politicians. Not un-coincidentally, pay, benefits and pensions have also been dropping. The only exception is the heavily unionized – arguably unnecessary – public sector, which relies on compliant bureaucrats and politicians. Still, union organizers remind us that is was those tough fights that won today’s workers many of the benefits they take for granted. Chances are if you’ve got Monday off – and there are many of us who will be working – you’ll be paid for the holiday. That wasn’t always the case. Even though Labour Day became a statutory holiday in 1894, it wasn’t until 1966 that the Canadian government legislated that holidays be paid. Many of us, however, are reveling in a certain amount of schadenfreude over the plight of union workers. Unions have a poor reputation, and we take some delight in watching them falter. The fact is, though, that you can thank the labour movement, and unions in particular, for many of the employee benefits we enjoy today, including a five-day workweek, holidays, vacation time, benefits, pension, and safety measures. Much of what was gained by long struggle is being clawed back now, with nary a whimper for a large segment of the population that stands to lose. Increasingly, the light bulb is going on associating attacks on labour with the growing income inequality that even some of the modern-day robber barons have noticed. Something to ponder while you’re enjoying your Labour Day weekend.
The “pack to school” time of Labour Day isn’t everyone’s favourite long weekend. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
The Australian political sickness isn’t contagious ... yet WORLD AFFAIRS I happened to be in Canberra last Friday, speaking to a room full of journalists at the National Press Club, when the news came in, halfway through lunch, that Australia had a new prime minister. The moderator pointed out that the year is already twothirds gone and it is “only three prime ministers ’til Christmas” – and the China Daily’s headline read “Australia changes its prime minister again, again, again, again, again.” The new prime minister, Scott Morrison, is the third leader of the governing Liberal (i.e. conservative) Party since 2015. In the five years before that, there were three prime ministers from the Labour Party. Only twice were those prime ministers chosen by the voters; in the other four cases, the changes were driven by intra-party coups – “spills,” in the Australian political vernacular. Mockery is appropriate, and it was not in short sup-
ply when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was overthrown by his own party last week. “In the future everyone will be Australian prime minister for fifteen minutes,” tweeted ‘Not Andy Warhol’. Another online commentator pointed out that “Game of Thrones is not an instructional manual.” But it is, in Australia. Back-stabbing is old hat; the new fashion in both major Australian political parties is “front-stabbing.” Yet there are no great issues at stake, no national crisis that must be overcome. Australia is still the ‘lucky country’: 25 million people with a healthy economy (they didn’t even have a recession after 2008), no enemies, and a whole continent to play with. What drove the latest spill was a challenge to the sitting prime minister by Peter Dutton, an MP (member of parliament) from his own party. Dutton is on the Liberal Party’s right wing and didn’t like Turnbull’s relatively enlightened climate change policies – but even when Turnbull dropped his new emission control proposals the revolt
continued. And in the end, although Turnbull went down, Dutton did not take his place. Scott Morrison, a man much more in Turnbull’s mould, did. To outsiders it seemed utterly pointless, a not very large tempest in a teapot, but it transfixed the Australian media and paralysed the government for several weeks. So what is causing this weird behaviour in an otherwise fairly sensible country? Is it just a passing lunacy like the ‘dancing mania’ of the late Middle Ages in Europe (which was never adequately explained) or the hula-hoop craze in America in the late 1950s? And, more importantly, is it a communicable disease? Australian politics wasn’t always like this: between 1983 and 2007 Australia had just three prime ministers. Elections (in which everyone must vote or pay a $20 fine) happen every three years or less, which is clearly too often, but the political system was the same back when Australian politics was far more stable. The fact that Australian
politicians are never more than three years away from the next election certainly encourages a short-term perspective, but it doesn’t explain why they are always changing horses. Maybe you have to add to the mix constant opinion polling and a 24-hour media cycle that demands some new political news every day. The opinion polls are read as a judgment on the party leader’s ability to win the next election. When Malcolm Turnbull ousted former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott in 2015, he said “We have lost 30 Newspolls in a row. It is clear that the people have made up their mind about Mr. Abbott’s leadership.” And out Abbott went. So when Turnbull lost in 30 consecutive opinion polls (they come out about every two weeks), he too became vulnerable – and the Australian news media, always looking for the next big story, began stirring the brew. The Liberal Party’s MPs panicked (again), and since the most obvious way they could try to change DYER | 8
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What are your plans for the Labour Day long weekend?
»»Stephen Lotz
»»Jessica Hemrich
“Enjoy myself at the Kings game.”
“We don’t really know yet. We’ll see what the “Well, I have a newborn, so probably stay at weather’s like.” home.”
»»Amii Stephenson
»»Raymond English
»»Sung Lee
“I’m going to Elliot Lake.”
“I’m going to Vegas for a bachelor party.”
“So what is causing this weird behaviour in an otherwise fairly sensible country? ” Gwynne Dyer| 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
Trump’s bull-in-a-china-shop approach gives rise to talk of socialism EDITOR'S NOTES In the run-up to the U.S. election in 2016, I suggested more than once that Donald Trump – aka “a candidate for federal office” or “Individual-1” thanks to last week’s plea by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen – would be a better choice for president than Hillary Clinton. That reasoning had little to do with any perceived acumen on the part of a known shyster, but the expectation that his bull-in-a-chinashop approach to governing would be more likely to have useful, if unintended consequences than an establishment shill like Clinton. It was a case of no gain without pain. Well, Trump has certainly been a much larger pain than could have been expected – beyond incompetence and malfeasance, he surrounded himself with likeminded people, instituted changes that harm the very people who elected him and
brought the word fascism back into vogue – but the shakeup has yet to pay any dividends. I suspect they will follow his departure, by indictment, impeachment or otherwise. While filling the swamp with his own alligators instead of draining it, Trump has inadvertently shone a huge light on the corrupt economic and political system in the U.S., one that extends globally, in fact. He’s been a walking recruitment campaign for democratic socialists and others who would reform the broken – perhaps beyond repair – system of corporate-funded governance. The first inklings of that started in the election campaign with the surge of support for Bernie Sanders. We might not in fact be talking about Trump at all if the Democratic party hadn’t conspired to rig the vote in favour of Clinton’s candidacy – there’s every reason to believe the Vermont senator would have won that head-to-head battle (Clinton was perhaps the one person who could lose to Trump). Though Sanders would
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ence at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. “Public support for socialism is growing. Selfidentified socialists like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib are making inroads into the Democratic Party, which the political analyst Kevin Phillips once called the ‘second-most enthusiastic capitalist party’ in the world. Membership in the Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the country, is skyrocketing, especially among young people,” he writes in the New York Times this week. It’s an accomplishment that the U.S. is seeing some use of the S-word. More surprising still that those who’ve followed Sanders are doing so well. The talk of an oligarchy, of politics run by the moneyed class, is novel in the mainstream, though the corporate-owned U.S. media is doing everything it can to marginalize that message, especially as it applies to financial regulation and removing money from politics. The mes-
sage resonates with many, particularly young people. Plenty of Americans haven’t forgotten the 2008 meltdown, the Occupy movement and the downturn that continues today, the product of decades of decline. Democratic socialism appeals to those who recognize the problem and its roots. On the other side, Trump appeals to those who see a problem – they’re out of work or seeing their standard of living decline – but put the blame elsewhere, allowing Trump to make things worse under the guise of supporting working Americans (not to mention the dog-whistle racism). In reality, the current economic system isn’t sustainable. Change, many critics have noted, will only come through mass movements, not the established political system. Some kind of revolution, if only the kind espoused by Sanders (his use of that word was an eye-opener, for sure). There’s some thought socialist candidates have no real hope of actually winning. But that’s not
the point, some will argue. Rather, the idea is to make the mainstream parties and media sit up and take notice. If enough people are showing their disapproval and/or signalling what they’d really like to see in Washington, the policies of those considered outsiders will eventually make their way into the platforms of Democrats and Republicans. The goal of those politicians is to gain power, after all. They’ll do whatever it is they think they have to do in order to win. Today, that’s typically done unethically through big money, lobbying, scare tactics and disingenuous calls to patriotism, religion and similar irrational touchstones. It may be too much to expect elections to be fought strictly on platforms and ideas and the common good, but any movement in that direction has to be a plus. Going with Sanders’ criticism of the financial system, the solution is to reduce or eliminate what is referred to as the phantom KANNON | 8
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be considered a centrist in this country, in the U.S. his brand of democratic socialism – the kind that governs most of the other Western democracies – has long been considered beyond the pale. That’s changing now, younger Americans are moving to the left. Young people today see the economic inequality and the resultant political system – Republicans and Democrats bought and paid for – that serves very few. Unburdened by the often-truth-free historical record and years of corporate propaganda, they come at the mounting problems with a fresh viewpoint. Many of the topics discussed in the States are already commonplace here – universal health care, affordable schooling, even election finance controls, all be they nowhere near enough – but even Canadians aren’t having the kind of conversation about equality and oligarchs that surrounds the current version of American politics. It’s a shift that’s been chronicled by Corey Robin, a professor of political sci-
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Canada’s road network, totalling 765,000 kilometres, was long enough in 2016 to circle the Earth’s equator more than 19 times. Local roads were the most prevalent type of road asset, accounting for 57.5% of total road length and over three-quarters of all municipally-owned roads. Highways comprised 14.8% of all roads, while collector roads accounted for 14.4%.
“Why would the PCs willingly make the province’s books look ‘worse’? Because the political calculus has fundamentally changed. In the lead-up to election, the Liberals needed to show the electorate, even by accounting tricks, that they were prudent fiscal managers. Post-election, the PCs have an incentive to try to show the Liberals as bad managers and indeed that they were ‘cooking the books.’”
As their days of summer freedom draw to a close, students in the region face another school year full of uncertainty as the province does battle with its school boards. Budget woes have the Ministry of Education at odds with the boards, which in turn have issues with their teachers. When classes resume, the first casualty of the war may be extracurricular activities such as sports teams and other clubs.
»»Statistics Canada
»»Economist Edgardo Sepulveda looks at the Wynne hydro boondoggle, which
»»From the Aug. 31, 2002 edition of The Observer
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the predicted outcome was to change their leader, that’s what they did. But other countries have opinion polls and hyperactive media too, and their parliaments don’t act like that. They may benefit from the fact that their elections are less frequent (every four or five years for parliamentary elections in Canada, Britain and France), but they don’t act like that even in the last year before an election. The conclusion is unavoidable: this is an essentially random and purely local case of ‘monkey see, monkey do,’ like ‘dancing mania’ and hula hoops.
Julia Gillard organized a revolt against the Labour Party leader and sitting prime minister Kevin Rudd in 2010, he returned the favour and overthrew her just before the next election, and the game was on. Rudd lost the 2013 election and the last three prime ministers have been Liberal, not Labour, so the infection can clearly cross party boundaries. Since there is an election due next year, which the polls predict that Labour will win, there will probably soon be yet another Australian prime minister. But there is no sign, as yet, that the madness can cross the oceans.
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U16 Twin Centre boys claim Eastern Canadian fastball title Wildcats go undefeated in Antigonish, NS to take the gold following mixed bag of competition VERONICA REINER THE U16 TWIN CENTRE Wildcats boys’ fastball team managed to go undefeated and finish with gold for their first time at the Eastern Canadian fastball championships in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. “It was a great experience,” said coach Trevor Hehn. “The kids had a blast; to travel that far and go to a tournament like that and be undefeated through the whole thing – even though some of the competition wasn’t up to snuff – is a huge accomplishment.” There were six teams in the tournament, including Antigonish A’s, Eskasoni Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Memramcook, New Brunswick, Dutton Ont. 2 and the Wellesley Twin Centre team. According to Hehn, Eskasoni was “weak,” Newfoundland was hitand-miss, and the other four teams were extremely competitive. “Two years ago we came third in the same tournament in Quebec,” said Dylan Hehn, a pitcher on the fastball team. “And that was a pretty big kick in the teeth, for sure. So it was nice to go out and actually win for once.”
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The Boy Scouts have to answer for loss of ridicule OPEN COUNTRY TO ME, THERE HAVE always been two things that remind me that duck hunting season is just around the corner. The first is when my friends and I simultaneously migrate to the post office to buy our migratory bird permits. The second is when I get a call from my uncle telling me about some mishap that occurred when the guys closest to the area we hunt in were building duck blinds. Usually, my uncle regales me with tales of one of my cousins forgetting to remove his thumb from the top of the blind’s corner post before the sledge hammer falls. Aside from the fact that the cousin in question won’t hitchhike for a while, this is generally harmless stuff hardly worthy of serious discussion – unless it is about the highest note a man can reach. None of this happened on Thursday, however. Instead, something very
The Twin Centre Wildcats won gold at the Eastern Canadian fastball championships in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Front row: Eric Roes, Gavin Wilson, Jarvis Kuepfer, Blair Bender. Back row: manager Trevor Hehn, coach Dan Burton, Colby Switzer, Talman Young, Dylan Burton, Darcy Kuepfer, Will Weber, Evan Shannon, Dylan Hehn, coach Tim Weber, coach Rick Roes. But what made this year so more successful for the team than previous years? Coaches and players alike attributed it to an increase in maturity. “We definitely had a lot better chemistry this year than other years,” said team member Will Weber. “Most of us have played to-
gether for our whole lives – since we were 7 or 8. We’ve played together since then. And we just go out there and have fun; we’re really loose. We don’t play very seriously, and we just have fun.”
“It’s pretty exciting,” he added. “I’m glad we could improve as much as to go undefeated this year and
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Elmira 37’s capture provincial ball hockey championship Taking the Ontario Ball Hockey Federation men’s B crown means the team will now head to the nationals in 2019 VERONICA REINER THE ELMIRA 37’S LAST week captured the Ontario Ball Hockey Federation (OBHF) men’s B provincial championship title. Playing in the Kitchener Ball Hockey League, the team punched its ticket to the nationals next summer, a first for the group, with a 3-2 win over Brampton Hol-
lywood Express, something of a powerhouse squad. “It was just a total team effort,” said Brandon Brubacher. “It was good, lots of hard work, but it definitely paid off in the end. We’re thrilled that we won this year. Last year, we went to provincials, and we got put out in the semi. And then the year before that, we got put out in the finals. We fi-
nally did it. We’re all pretty happy about it.” The Hollywood Express is a highly skilled team as they won their national game this year, said Brubacher. The 37’s were the underdogs but managed to pull through and win the provincial competition. “All of us have kind of grown up together playing ice hockey-wise, so
we kind of all came up through Woolwich Minor Hockey,” said Brubacher. “Most of the guys did. And a few of us have played junior hockey together, like there’s a couple of the guys who did that. I didn’t play on the Sugar Kings, but there’s three or four of them that played together on the Elmira Sugar Kings. We’ve just always stuck
together every summer and played together so now our team chemistry is definitely what gives us an advantage.” Ball hockey may have the same basic rules as ice hockey, but there are quite a few differences between the sports, says team coach Jacob Caldwell. “One, you’re using a ball. Two, if you stop moving, in
ice hockey you can glide. In ball hockey, if you stop moving, you’re standing still.” It can get just as combative as ice hockey, however. “It does get pretty rough, especially when you’re at the finals,” said Caldwell. “The summer league that we play in, it’s not a really BALL HOCKEY| 10
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win gold.” All three sources cited the NB final game as a particularly memorable one, which ended with a score of 7-1. “It was cool to play the New Brunswick team because they were probably our closest competition,” said Weber. Other teams did not stand much of a chance:
the Twin Centre boys defeated the Eskasoni NS team 14-1, the Antigonish A’s 10-8, and the Newfoundland team 16-0 in a mercy loss. “And also winning against Dutton was a memorable game; it was the other Ontario team,” said Hehn. “The winner of that game got to go to the finals. So winning that was pretty big too, because that sent us right to the finals.”
They found themselves down against the Dutton team 2-0 after the fourth inning. After a controversial comment by a Dutton player was made to the bench at this time, the Wellesley Twin Centre team rallied and ended up defeating the team 7-5 in a game that went on until 1:45 a.m. There were some difficulties over the course of the championships August
16-19, including a local heavy storm on Saturday that caused the games to be rescheduled. “We had a lot of community support. We would definitely like to thank those people,” said Hehn. “It was great for the kids. We were there for them; I tried to make it all about them. It’s not about us coaches or parents; it’s for the kids.”
PROVINCIAL B CHAMPS!
The Twin Centre Wildcats Mite Fastball Team emerged as the Provincial B Champions at the OASA finals in Ponsonby last weekend. Back row: coaching staff Brett Bartlett, Scott Dietrich. Middle row: Callum Barton, Brock Schaus, Jaxon Lamb, Zack Forwell, Brody Bartlett. Front row: Cooper Zyta, Austin Dietrich, Matteo Miller, Colton Brito, Conner Cheng. Missing: Coach Dan Ohm, Cohen Ohm, Drew Bauman. [SUBMITTED]
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high-level of ball hockey so you can get away with some pushes here and there. It’s not full-body contact; you can’t hit a guy in the middle of the floor. “And all we’re really wearing is shin pads, gloves and a helmet for protection. So you’re not dressed up in full equipment. When you get to provincials and nationals, there’s quite a bit of body contact. Like
you can push a guy into the boards, obviously not from behind or anything like that, but if you’re going towards the ball and you’re at the same location as him, you can rub your shoulder into him to get him off the ball.” There are also fluke injuries in the sport – Caldwell himself tore his ACL in his right knee during a game, and Brubacher was once hit in the eye during a faceoff. Wearing the proper
The Elmira 37’s ball hockey team takes its name from the number sported by the late Dan Snyder. Players were thrilled to win gold after narrowly defeating the Hollywood Express in a David-vs.-Goliath match. safety equipment will reduce these chances. “We are a tight-knit
team, but the ball hockey community, in general, is very tight-knit,” said
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Caldwell. “We had guys from other teams offering their services to come and
play for us. We ended up taking one player from another team.”
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serious occurred. One of my cousins – let’s call him Danny rather than the things we normally call him – actually fell out of a duck blind and instead of stepping into the boat that my uncle kept the prescribed 1.1 leg splits away, Danny landed waist deep in water – swamp water to be exact. As duck blind building water entries go, it was apparently a disaster. For one thing, Danny landed feet first. Even worse, he had a change of clothes waiting in the truck. Also, he had purposely left his cell phone and wallet in a
sealed waterproof plastic bag in the boat. And, as if that weren’t enough, the creek bottom was firm and the water was warm. So Dan just continued to work on the blind as if nothing even happened. Needless to say, we were all horrified by his level of preparation and, frankly, some of us even discussed legal action against the Boy Scouts, of which Danny was once a proud member. As far as we can tell the feeling was not mutual either. “Honestly,” my uncle said, “it’s as if he was totally prepared to fall in.” As most of us know, “Be prepared” is the Boy Scout
motto, so I think we may have a strong case. My uncle, who was there, is thinking we might recoup punitive damages for loss of enjoyment. Sure, we all enjoyed the initial part when Dan fell in to swamp – who wouldn’t? But the fact that he didn’t make the 90 minute drive home in his new truck sopping wet and festooned with water lilies took the edge off of our revelry. Thanks a lot, Boy Scouts! I think you need to ask yourself if this is what Lord Baden-Powell had in mind? Frankly, the whole thing was a big disappointment and it makes me question why we build duck blinds
at all. I mean if you can’t count on one of your hunting buddies falling in the marsh the old-school way, with cell phones and wallet in pocket, what’s left? If there is a ray of sunshine to be had here, it is in the fact that no one was hurt and my uncle got soaked by the splash. Also, the duck blind got built so that this year, those of us who could not attend can feel a little happier that our efforts to shirk this duty did not go unrewarded. As someone who has avoided building blinds for the last few years, I can honestly give that a two thumbs up.
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Regional program provides up to $25,000 to homeowners adding a secondary suite to be rented at below market rate VERONICA REINER Whether an in-law suite or an apartment to help cover the mortgage, secondary rental units are becoming a popular option for homeowners. To help ensure that trend contributes to the stock of affordable housing, the Region of Waterloo is offering forgivable loans to those interested. The secondary suites program allows homeowners to apply for up to $25,000 to construct a legal apartment on their property. To qualify, the unit must be rented out at below the average market rate. “It’s called a forgivable loan; we enter into an agreement for 15 years,” explained Jeff Schumacher, the region’s supervisor of housing program initiatives. “And that loan declines over the 15 years. So after the 15 years, it’s completely forgiven. We set the starting rent, and
it varies by the number of bedrooms. It helps the lowincome homeowners, and it also creates new affordable rental housing.” Requests for affordable housing in Woolwich Township, for instance, have increased dramatically over the years, particularly among seniors and families, notes Dan Driedger, executive director of MennoHomes, a non-profit organization that focuses on such housing. In fact, demand is so high that interested applicants often need to be put on a waiting list. “The demand remains strong for affordable housing, it’s a very tight market out there,” said Driedger. “We’re trying to respond; but what we’re able to do with community support and building new housing, has not been enough to meet the need.” Secondary suites can address that growing issue. Under the regional
program, a bachelor apartment can have a maximum rent of $589, one bedroom is $734, and two bedroom is $874. This amount is subject to increase after the first year. “There’s no standard size,” said Schumacher. “They have to meet building code. And they have to get a building permit and an occupancy permit through the local municipalities. So, the township or the local city. We want to make sure it’s a legal unit, so whatever size their zoning bylaw allows as a minimum would be eligible.” Possible new second units include a basement apartment, an addition, or what is known as a “granny suite,” or a garage that is converted into a standalone apartment. “There are no income requirements for the homeowner, but the home value has to be a modest home,” said Schumacher. “So the home has to be at or below
The largest affordable housing unit in Elmira, the Foundry is a 25-unit apartment building and a project by MennoHomes. $403,635 as the current property value.” The goal is to increase the number of available rental units and to help bring into conformity existing basement apartments that may not be registered and may not in fact meet legal requirements. Homes that currently have secondary suites put in place without applying
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for the likes of this program – and often without proper permits – are technically considered illegal. Unauthorized suites that have all the basics of the legal suite, such as smoke alarms, laundry, and separate entrances, but are not approved by the city, may be eligible as a means to bring them into legal conformity, notes Schumacher. “We know there are unsafe or illegal, or unapproved units out there. They can use this opportunity to make the unit safe and legal.” One of the biggest hurdles, and one not overridden by this program, is ensuring that the home has the necessary zoning to allow for a rental unit. The designation of properties varies not only from municipality to municipality in the region, but from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. All the way down to RENTALS | 13
Earlier this week, with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) clinging to dear life, Canadian officials started pouring into Washington to negotiate its fate. A spokesman for Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada would only sign a new agreement that is “good for the country.” That’s great. But what constitutes “good for the country”? It’s not hard to name some of the big check boxes that are good for any country – jobs, trade, social security and a sustainable environment, among them. None of these can exist in a bubble; a country’s good is a multi-ingredient recipe. But neither can a country’s citizens get up every morning and be ready to start a new day if their food supply is unstable, and if the farmers who produce their food are standing on shaky ground. Food sovereignty is fundamental to our national sovereignty. And I can’t think of a time in our modern era when that has been more obvious or important ROBERTS | 13
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than now. Freeland will be under a lot of pressure to sacrifice our supply-managed dairy industry, a favourite target of U.S. President Donald Trump, in favour of the auto sector. That’s just one of the concessions Trump means when he says Canada must “negotiate fairly” or a trade deal is off. Trump has threatened huge tariffs against autos built in Canada, which he knows would hurt our economy. So the pressure
to sacrifice dairy could come from not only from the U.S., but from within Canada as well, from auto trade lobbyists. It’s a ridiculous position. The auto trade is integrated between Canada and the U.S. It will be a mess on both sides of the border. Trump must surely know that. And he must still overcome significant legalese to get his way on this. One of my favourite quotes in all this comes from Graham Lloyd, CEO of the Dairy Farmers of On-
tario. He told the National Post eliminating our supply management system will do little to help U.S. dairy farmers, who significantly overproduce milk and milk products. “Why,” he asked, “would you dismantle a system that doesn’t cost any taxpayer dollars, to adopt systems that are failing for all the other countries?” he asked. Indeed, dairy is trouble all over the world. Canada is an exception, because production here is regulated so farmers don’t
produce too much. So is price, to make sure they get enough for what they produce, and we have a stable dairy system. People will try to tie up the dairy argument – and indeed, support by our nation for other supplymanaged commodities such as poultry and eggs – in political minutiae. But the bottom line is that we either have a strong domestic food supply and a measure of food sovereignty that lets us all sleep tight at night, or we
don’t. If we don’t, we risk becoming more dependent – involuntarily, perhaps – on our trading partners for some of life’s very essentials. Given who’s running the U.S. government right now, that makes me pretty uncomfortable. Grassroots Canada has a handle on this. Look at how Anita Stewart’s Food Day Canada movement has raised awareness of our national food system. People don’t want Canadian food, or the institutions that cre-
ate it, sacrificed. Compromise is a great Canadian trait. But thinking that Trump’s trade bullying will be over once this current negotiation ends is naïve. The challenge then to Freeland and the other federal team members is to find a way that preserves our Canadian food heritage but simultaneously recognizes modern realities. What does reasonable access to our markets look like? What does “good for the country” really mean? We’re about to find out.
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the street level, in fact. While the province sets planning guidelines for all municipalities, and in recent years it has eased the rules to permit more secondary suites, it’s still up to individual municipalities to approve the actual zoning. In its most recent change to the official Provincial Policy Statement, made in 2014, Queen’s Park directed municipalities to provide a greater mix of residential housing and densities, including secondary suites. Along with helping municipalities to meet
The non-profit group focuses on affordable housing. Its other projects include seven more units in Elmira, six in Wellesley, and one in St. Jacobs. [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER] their costs. increased density and There’s also a nod to intensification goals and shifting demographics, as provide more affordable in-home apartments and housing options, the progranny flats provide housvincial changes recognize ing options for extended the increased price of family, elderly parents or a housing: secondary units live-in caregiver. allows homeowners to earn The regional program additional income to offset
recognizes that reality. The program will continue throughout the next number of years, subject to federal-provincial funding. But how does the process work for those looking to take part? “Interested households need to complete an application,” explained Schumacher. “So part of that application form is, we need to get written confirmation that it is permitted by the township or city under their zoning bylaw. Once they’re approved, we give them a conditional commitment. Then they would
need to go out and get at least three quotes from contractors to do the work. Once the work is done, and the municipality approves the occupancy, we would fund up to $25,000 for the work. Anything over that, they would cover. Anything under that, we would reduce the amount equally.” Driedger voiced his support for the secondary suites program. “That’s a good option, especially if you’ve got potentially somebody who’s still able to live in their own home, but they’re not maximizing the use of it,”
he said. “And so, if you’ve got a senior or somebody who is just living alone in a house that would easily lend itself to a secondary suite, I think it’s a great way of bringing on housing that provides density to the community as opposed to new construction. We’re certainly supportive of that and think it’s a good step, if people want to take advantage of it.” Those who wish to apply this year must do so before December 1. Anyone interested can find an application form on the region’s website, www.regionofwaterloo.ca.
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Some classic tunes to help bolster that summertime vibe Songs of the ‘50s and ‘60s on tap in Cruisin’ Classics, now rockin’ and rollin’ at the Drayton Festival Theatre STEVE KANNON Summer’s got a few weeks to go, but the pending Labour Day weekend signals a shift. For those not ready to let the season slip away, there’s something to be said for revelling in the sounds of those hot summer nights. That’s just what’s on tap with Cruisin’ Classics, now on stage at the Drayton Festival Theatre. The production is a musical celebration of those classic hits of the 1950s and ‘60s, including the likes of Rock Around The Clock,” “You Send Me,” “Crying,” “It’s My Party” and “In The Still Of The Night.” The story revolves around Chuck, the owner of a struggling diner who’s wrestling with the possibility of selling his beloved haunt. As he relives the moments and music of a simpler time, from the early rockin’ sounds of Bill Haley to the beautiful ballads of Brenda Lee, a hit parade of timeless tunes sweeps the audience members along for the ride. In keeping with the era, the show comes complete with saddle shoes, sweater sets and poodle skirts. “Cruisin’ Classics shines a spotlight on some of the best rock ‘n’ roll songs ever written,” says Alex Mustakas, artistic director of
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Drayton Entertainment. “This production is packed with loads of energy and countless unforgettable tunes. You can’t help but get caught up in the fun.” Cruisin’ Classics features a cast of 15 performers who bring audiences back to the days of sock hops and soda shops. Paul Lewis is Chuck, the devoted owner of a downtrodden diner, who takes a walk down memory lane as he considers the future of his beloved eatery. Lewis has appeared in various musicals in theatres across Ontario for some 25 years; recent roles include Gomez in The Addams Family: The Musical, Sir Galahad in Spamalot, Tito Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor, and Officer Lockstock in Urinetown, among others. Jodi Katz, Kyra Mastro, Connor Meek, Meghan Shanley, Joshua Warren and O’neil Watson are featured vocalists singing everything from The Chiffons’ “One Fine Day,” and Connie Francis’ “Where The Boys Are” to “Yakety Yak,” “Runaround Sue,” “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” and “Good Golly Miss Molly.” Shanley is a lead vocalist in the touring band Jessie’s Girls and a former Miss Virginia. Katz has appeared on “Good Morning America” and “LIVE! With Regis and Kelly” singing back up for
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The Drayton Entertainment production of Cruisin’ Classics runs through September 1 at the Drayton Festival Theatre. Tickets are $46 for adults; $27 for youth under 20 years of age, available at the theatre, online at www. draytonentertainment.com or by calling the box office at (519) 638-5555 toll free at 1-855-drayton (372-9866).
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Community Information Page COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING
Pursuant to the Planning Act and Ontario Regulations 197/96 and 200/96 On September 17, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson regarding meeting details or visit the Township Webpage – Township Services – Mayor and Council – Agendas and Minutes and select the applicable meeting date. The Committee will also consider submissions for or against the applications if submitted to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 11, 2018 (Note that this date is before the meeting). Submissions can be forwarded to Jeremy Vink at the address noted at the top of this page, by email jvink@woolwich.ca or by fax 519-6694669. Any submissions received will be included in a comment package and presented at the meeting. Any submissions received will be included in a comment package and presented at the meeting. This information is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public at the Committee of Adjustment hearing. Please note that while the Committee may redact some personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers, your submissions will otherwise be made public in their entirety.
MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A 20/2018 – Janessa and Jordon Schott, 7 Thrush Court, Elmira ZONE / USE: Residential – Medium Density (R-3) / single detached dwelling The applicant is requesting relief from Section 6.13.1 (b) to allow required off-street parking to be established ahead of the dwelling (building line) for permitted uses within the Residential – Medium Density zone, such as residential and a home occupation.
MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A 21/2018 – Pesada Properties Inc., 15 Barnswallow Drive, Elmira ZONE / USE: CConvenience Commercial (C-4A) with site specific provisions / vacant land The applicant is requesting relief from the following: • Section 19A.4.7 to increase the maximum total gross commercial floor area from 1,200 square metres to 1,438 square metres; and • Section 26.1.281 F. b) to reduce the parking setback from Barnswallow Drive, from 6 metres to 3 metres; in order to permit the development of a single storey commercial plaza with associated parking. The property is located at the corner of Barnswallow Drive and Church Street West.
MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A 22/2018 – Willy Huber Investments Inc., 1872 Sawmill Road, Conestogo ZONE / USE: Settlement Commercial (C-3) and Settlement Residential (R-1) / restaurant and associated offices The property enjoys legal non-conforming status for a restaurant use within the Settlement Residential (R-1) zoned portion of the property. The applicant is requesting: • to amend the legal non-conforming uses to allow retail and office uses within the existing portion of the building located within the R-1 zone; and • to expand the legal non-conforming status within the R-1 zoned portion of the property to allow a 126 square metre addition to the rear of the building for commercial kitchen purposes. The applicant is proposing to operate a restaurant, cider brewery, retail and office uses from the existing building and is proposing to construct a 145 square metre addition to the rear of the building for a commercial kitchen and stairway. NOTICE OF THE DECISION: Within 10 days of the meeting, a copy of each decision will be sent to owners, agents, those who submit written comments, and people who sign the register at the meeting. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Committee of Adjustment in respect to an application, you must submit a written request (to the
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Drive like your children live here Summer is quickly coming to an end, and students will be returning to school in buses, cars, on bicycles, and on foot. As our roads get a little busier this September and our commuting routines change, it’s important for everyone to give themselves extra time, be patient and travel with safety in mind.
Woolwich Township asks that motorists: • Slow down when approaching a school crossing zone or an intersection near a school. • Stop and yield the entire roadway when a crossing guard is displaying a stop sign. • Remain stopped until all pedestrians, including the crossing guard, are safely on the sidewalk. Crossing guards provide a vital service for the young people and pedestrians of our community. We hope you’ll join us in supporting our crossing guards by being extra careful this September to keep our students safe.
Crossing Guards will be located at the following school crossings: • John Mahood Public School (Elmira) o First Street West and Snyder Avenue South o Arthur Street and First Street West • Riverside Public School (Elmira) o Church Street West and Killdeer Road/Country Club Estates Drive • St. Jacobs Public School (St. Jacobs) o King Street North and High Crest Lane, St. Jacobs • St. Boniface School (Maryhill) o Maryhill Road and St. Charles Street West • Conestogo Public School (Conestogo) o Sawmill Road and Evening Star Lane • Breslau Public School (Breslau) o Woolwich Street South and Dolman Street
If you have any questions, please visit www.woolwich.ca or call 519-669-6009 for more information.
Township of Woolwich - Public Notice Procedural By-law Amendment
The Council of the Township of Woolwich will be considering an Amended Procedural By-law at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at 24 Church Street W., Elmira. A copy of the draft By-law may be viewed in the Council Agenda package to be posted on the Township’s website on the Friday before the meeting.
For more information call 519-669-6021 or email kschlueter@woolwich.ca
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SOLID OAK 9’ pool table. 2 player playing kit, leather pockets, installed in Waterloo Region. $2250. Jamiesons Billiards Inc. 519-745-4053. USED SLATE POOL Tables Balls, cues, new cloth, installed. $1000 + tax. Jamiesons Billiards Inc. 519-745-4053.
VINYL FARM HOUSE replacement windows. Energy Star rated and certified. No extra charge for custom sizes. Installation available. 519698-2059.
AUCTIONS SAT. SEPT 8 at 9:30 - Clearing auction sale of vehicles; motorcycle; trailers; large quantity of tools; equipment; and miscellaneous items to be held at 87268 A Brussels Line for Mike Toth. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com WED. SEPT 12 at 9:45 AM -Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; tools; household effects; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacobs community Centre in St. Jacobs for an are estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www. jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF Tractor, skid steer, fork lift, tools, antiques, household goods, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1840 Line 45, Perth East Twp. approx. 8 miles north west of New Hamburg or 1 mile south of Lisbon (west off Rd. 104), for Ed and Sue Zacharczuk (Ross Hartrick Ltd.), on Saturday, September 15th @ 9:30a.m.
Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.
Ltd.
RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR Johnston’s Custom Cabinets of Listowel. Wall to wall entire contents of a well equipped woodworking shop. Saturday September 15, 10:00 a.m. Sale to be held at 535 Maitland Ave. S., Listowel. Gerald Bowman Auctions 519-638-5708. SAT. SEPT 15 at 10:00 AMClearing auction sale of 1 storey brick home with 2 or 3 bedrooms; detached garage; finished family room etc etc; household effects; furniture; collectables; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at 178 Moore Ave. south in Waterloo for Elizabeth Maurer. Jantzi Auctions ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF Commercial property (butcher shop with large apartment), butcher equipment and related items, to be sold at 3700 Nafziger Rd. in Wellesley, for Country Style Meats (Calvin and Martha Kuepfer), on Monday September 17th @ 4:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.
AUCTION
AUCTION
Kurtz Auc�ons Inc. Re�rement Auc�on Sale for Northern Paving Ltd.(Fred Lauzon) DATE: Saturday Sept. 8, 2018 @ 10:00am LOCATION: 40 Taggart St., Guelph / PREVIEW: Sale day @ 9:00 am DIRECTION:From Guelph, York Rd.(Hwy 7 E.)-->Turn right at Watson Parkway S.
(Legion Corner)-->1st Road turn Le� onto Taggart St.
Consis�ng of Shop Equipment & Supplies; Tools & office furniture
Shop Equipment & Supplies
Rotary Li� Hydraulic Hoist, Capacity 4536Kg/12,000 LB(like new)// 10' Lazer level//Hobart 300amp welder//AC225 Lincoln welder electric//Truck Generator//10'HD Electrical Cady// Digital Walk Behind Measuring Wheel//Combina�on Gear wheel puller//Oxy Acetelene Torch Sets // Brick carrier on wheels // Tile & Brick Saw//Jacuzzie Pool Pump(new)//Hydralic Cylinders - Various sizes// Walk Behind Cut off saw//Various size Chain Binders and chains//
Tools & Misc.
STIHL Quick cut concrete /Ashphalt cut off saws // Large variety of shovels & Rakes//Misc. hand tools, some are new//3-Plate Tampers-sledge// Picks//Axes//Ba�ery chargers//Large Assortment of cut off saw blades, Bolts & tarps//4-Machine Seats// Hand held ashphalt Torches//Dewalt Hammer Drill// Poulan Chain Saw//Work Bench// Husky Sockets // HD Torque Wrench //11 gal Portable air tank//Trolly cart//Bosch Hammer Drill// Wheel Barrows //Submersible water pump//Lots of useful tools & misc shop equipment found in a working shop not listed// Large quan�ty of ready to assemble Styrofoam Kites plus kite making supplies and styrofoam sheets (4'x8') range of thickness, all new//
Office Furniture
Large office desk c/w chairs// 1-16' wall L shaped & 1-16' wall straight glass display cabinets // Leather burgandy colour couch(Nice)//HP 6700 office copier(New)// Waste baskets//computer desks//Occasional recep�on chairs//Filing cabinets-various size// Danby microwave // Dra�ing table & accessories // Lots more not men�oned from a fully working office. All office desks and cabinets were custom built solid cherry wood// Variety of Cranberry Glass, an�que pieces and household collec�ble items//
Vehicles
2006 Lincoln Town Car, one owner, c/w Snow Tires, 127,000 km, Selling As Is. 1994 Camaro Z28, 5.7 Ltr, auto, 138,000 km. Selling cer�fied and e-tested
NOTE
A�er 55 successful years, Fred has re�red and no longer has any use for his shop and
office items. A great selec�on of new and good used items selling unreserved.
Terms
Cash and/or Debit . We also accept cheque with proper ID. Any announcements day of sale take precedence over ads, Auc�oneer, Auc�on company or proprietors not responsible for accidents, injury, damage or loss of property on sale day.
Kurtz Auctons Inc. / Auc�oneer: Brian S Kurtz (519)836-0342 Email: brian@kurtzauc�onsinc.com Web Site: www.kurtzauc�onsinc.ca
AUCTION SALE
To be held at 111Young St. in St. Jacobs for Elroy and Ruby Wideman and additions from the Marie Snider estate of St. Jacobs on:
WEDNESDAY SEPT 5 AT 3:00 PM
LAWN AND GARDEN equipment and
Miscellaneous items: JD D 130 22hp 42” riding lawnmower – excellent; Landmark snow blower; Generac 1800 watt generator; BBQ; wheelbarrow; Coleman stove and lantern; bikes; patio furniture; self propelled Yardman lawnmower; Rigid table saw; sabre saw; dato blade set; Makita wood trimmer; Makita power planer; Makita sander; Makita skill saw; Makita belt sander; wet and dry shop vac; variety of power drills and other power tools; bar and C clamps; hole saw bits; 6ft wood step ladder; fertilizer spreader; hedge trimmer; quantity of electrical and assorted hardware and other miscellaneous from a small woodworking shop; numerous lawn and garden tools; heaters; ladders; lawn chairs; and other miscellaneous items.
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AND collectables:
Frigidaire fridge; Frigidaire stove; Maytag washer and dryer; 3 piece Gibbard bedroom suite (double bed, chest of drawers, dresser); double pedestal oak Mennonite made table and 6 chairs; ¾ bed; singer sewing machine in cabinet; single sofa bed – newer; 3 piece oak wall unit; lazy boy; miracle mate vacuum cleaner; corner pine cabinet; table and 4 chairs; loveseat; 3 piece coffee and end tables; wing back chair; wicker furniture; Panasonic flat screen TV; stereo system with record player; couch and love seat; lazy boy recliner; folding table; bookcases; cedar chest; file cabinet; 1847 Roger Bros silverware and chest; hard cover luggage; 32” Panasonic flat screen TV; folding chairs; collection of Home Hardware bank; Allis WD45 toy tractor; water cooler; oak coffee table; chenille bedspreads; quilts; bedding; linens; assorted glass and china; cups and saucers; cookware; corningware; and other household goods.
NOTE: A well kept, clean auction. Cash, cheque, or debit.
AUCTIONEER:
Jantzi Auctions Ltd. Wellesley | 519-656-3555 www.JantziAuctions.com
FARM SERVICES
AUCTION SALE OF Tractor, machinery, household furniture, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 92 Etonia Rd., 2 miles southeast Of Princeton (Brant County - between Highway 2 and 403), for David and Liz Martin, on Wednesday, September 19th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.
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.
WED. SEPT 5 at 3:00 PM -Clearing auction sale of lawn and garden equipment; household effects; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at 111 Young St. in St. Jacob’s for Elroy and Ruby Wideman and additions from the Marie Snider estate of St. Jacobs. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. www.jantziauctions.com
OAT & PEAS FOR FORAGE COVER CROPS - 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.
CONTINUED ON PG. 20
AUCTION
PROPERTY AUCTION
Of A raised bungalow backing onto the Wellesley Pond, to be held at 40 David St. (off Queens Bush Rd.), In Wellesley, for Frank and Jean Erb, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH @ 7:00 P.M.
CONSISTING OF A 3 bedroom, frame (vinyl sided) home with attached garage and deck, nicely landscaped lot backing onto the Wellesley Pond (60ft. frontage). Good roof, vinyl windows, good flooring, 1 year old gas furnace and air conditioning. Main floor – 3 bedrooms, kitchen (cherry cabinetry), dining room/sitting room, bathroom. Finished basement – bedroom, recroom, laundry room, bathroom. 8 X 12ft. garden shed. Major appliances included. One of just a handful houses that back onto the Pond! See www.gerberauctions.net for photos, terms & viewing info. AUCTIONEERS:
Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138
2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)
AUCTION
DAVID CARSON FARMS & AUCTION SERVICES LTD. SAT., SEPT. 8 – 9:30 AM - Reg. Quarter
Horses, Paints and All Breed Horse Sale. Sale will start at 9:30 A.M. with a small amount of tack and equipment. Horses will start selling at 12 Noon featuring a group of Registered Quarter Horse Weanlings from Lazy Lou Quarter Horse Ranch from MB.
WED. SEPT 12TH – 11:30 A.M. – Dairy Sale. Offering registered and grade, fresh and springing young Holstein cows and heifers. Open & Bred heifers will start at 11:30 A.M. prior to the Dairy Sale. Consignments Welcome! SAT. SEPT 22 – 11:00 A.M. – Beef Cow & Calf Sale. Offering cows, breeder bulls, and cow/calf pairs. Cull cows at 11A.M. followed by Stocker sale. Consignments Accepted!
FRI. SEPT 28TH – 9:30 A.M. – Machinery Consignment Sale. On offer will be tractors, haying & harvesting, tillage & seeding equipment and misc. items also Hay & Straw. All items must be in the yard by Tues Sept 25th. Call for advertising by Sept 10 & 17th
Carson’s Auction Service R.R.#3 Listowel, ON N4W 3G8
Tel: 519-291-2049 | Fax: 519-291-5065 Website: www.davidcarson.on.ca | Email: info@davidcarson.on.ca
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HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
THOMPSON’S
Diesel & Auto Repairs Inc.
519-669-8459
20A Arthur St. N Elmira ON
“Mechanics You Can Trust” (Formerly The Kids Diesel Shop)
Auto Tech Inc. Providing the latest technology to repair your vehicle with accuracy and confidence.
Accredited Test & Repair Facility
519-669-4400 30 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA www.thompsonsauto.ca
TIRE
WHERE TIRES ARE A
SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE.
RESIDENTIAL & AGRICULTURAL
Farm • Auto • Truck Industrial On-The-Farm Service
John Schaefer Painting FREE ESTIMATES
Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Patios Finished Floors • Retaining Walls • Steps Decorative/Stamped and Coloured Concrete
Interior/exterior Painting, Wallpapering & Plaster | drywall Repairs
www.marwilconcrete.ca
519-503-6033 (CELL)
35 Howard Ave., Elmira
519-577-0370
519-669-3232
519-669-2251
36 Hampton St., Elmira
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL
ST. JACOBS
GLASS SYSTEMS INC. 1553 King St. N., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0
• Store Fronts • Thermopanes • Mirrors • Screen Repair • Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures • Sash Repair TEL:
519-664-1202 / 519-778-6104
“25 years in Business”
SPACE FOR RENT
CONSTRUCTION INC.
Your Business Here!
(519) 569-0772
Advertise your business services in our service directory. Weekly exposure with fantastic results! Call Donna at 519.669.5790 Ext 104.
• Commercial & Industrial General Contracting • Specializing in Concrete Work & Excavation • Retaining Walls
info@trappconstruction.ca www.trappconstruction.ca
• • • •
Stamped Coloured Concrete Demolition Bin Service Machine Bases
Concrete Breaking & Removal
FAX: 519 664-2759 • 24 Hour Emergency Service
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
AMOS
WINDOW FASHIONS
INC
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- Design and build -
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Wayne Martin | 519-504-2016 darwayconstruction@icloud.com | Alma, ON
Free in-home Consultations. Call someone you can trust.
• Specializing in residential re-roofs • Repairs • Churches A Family owned and operated business serving KW, Elmira and surrounding area for over 35 years.
WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED
Brands You Can Trust
CALL JAYME FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE.
519.501.2405 | 519.698.2114
22 Church St. W., Elmira
Tel: 519-669-5537 or 1-844-866-5537 STORE HOURS: M-F: 8-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 12-5
In Business since 1973 • Fully Insured
homewindowfashions.ca
• Residential • Commercial • Industrial Randy Weber
ECRA/ESA Licence # 7000605
www.rwelectricltd.com 18 Kingfisher Dr., Elmira | 519.669.1462
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
Steve Co.
Plumbing and Maintenance Inc.
Visit our website
www.biobobs.com or call today! 519-648-3004
or
800-232-6396
RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL
For all your Plumbing Needs.
Save you
by Elite or Mera
In home consultations Wide selection of styles & fabrics
24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi
Blinds
The Right Window Treatment Can
1011 Industrial Crescent St. Clements | 519-699-5411 www.LetUsFloorYou.ca
ELMIRA
519-669-3652
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Hours: M-F 8:30 - 5:30 Sat 9:00 - 3:00
Work with our Experienced Designer to design a kitchen with your taste and parameters. CUSTOM CABINETRY MADE IN CANADA WITH A WIDE RANGE OF FINISHES TO FIT EVERYONE’S TASTE AND BUDGET. POPULAR BRANDS AVAILABLE – BLANCO, MAAX, MIROLAN, STEEL QUEEN
22 Church St. W., Elmira
Evenings By Appointment
GENERAL SERVICES
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
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NEW KITCHEN & BATH DESIGN GALLERY
519-669-5537 STORE HOURS: M-F 8-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 10-5
OUTDOOR SERVICES Since 1998
LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED
(519) 669-4600
APPLIANCES – FURNACES – FIREPLACES AIR CONDITIONERS – WATER HEATERS SPRING SPECIAL ON AIR CONDITIONING TUNE UP $99, INSTALLED FROM $1999 FURNACES INSTALLED FROM $2499 FRIDGES $499, STOVES $399, WASHERS $399, DRYERS $369, FREEZERS $199 Come visit our show room FREE QUOTES 1 Union Street, Elmira
ehc@hotmail.ca (519)-669-4600
Residential & Commercial Sales, Service & Installation FURNACES | AIR CONDITIONERS | WATER HEATERS FIREPLACES | AIR FILTRATION | HUMIDIFIERS DUCT WORK | GAS PIPING
CONESTOGO
CALL 519-206-0336
BOOK APPOINTMENTS ONLINE
www.koebelhcm.com
Various sizes & rates
CLEAN • DRY • SECURE Call
519-669-4964
100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA
•Final grading •Lawn repair & complete seeding well equipped for large stoney areas •Spike Aerator/Overseeding •Natural & Interlocking Stone •Retaining Walls, Walks & Patios •Help for Top Water & Drainage issue
Murray & Daniel Shantz
ALMA, ONTARIO | PHONE: 519.846.5427
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REAL ESTATE
THE HOUSING MARKET IS HEATING UP OPEN HOUSE NEW LISTING
$585,000
Sue From
SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT
226-750-9332
$475,000
suefrom17@gmail.com
$749,900
Elmira - Welcome to 302 Arthur Street South! No need to look any further as this 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, custom built home has it all! With spacious rooms and a finished basement this home provides ample space for empty nesters or a growing family. The main floor bedroom and ensuite allow for bungalow style living with additional bedrooms for children or guests upstairs. The newer, solar and gas heated saltwater, fiberglass pool, cabana and detached double garage (100 amp) will WOW you and make entertaining a breeze. With nothing left to do but move in and enjoy, make this your next chapter!!!
Alli Bauman SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT
519-577-6248
Elmira -Attractive Location! Fall in love with the finishes chosen in this lovely warm home, from the newer kitchen overlooking a large private fenced yard, to the over-sized cheater ensuite bathroom with claw foot tub and separate shower. Tastefully decorated from top to bottom, it is easy to see yourself cozy by the gas fireplace, entertaining on the back deck, or watching the world go by on your front porch surrounded by mature maples. Elmira - Unique Century Home in the heart of town on a quiet one way street right in front of Gore Park! Private parking off of the maintained laneway at the back of the house. Be wowed by the revived trim and new crown moulding throughout the main floor as well as pot lights in the updated kitchen. This house has 4 bedrooms, including large master w/walk-in closet & cheater ensuite, finished rec room, mudroom, main floor laundry, two-tiered deck and fully fenced yard. Don't miss out!
NEW PRICE
allibauman17@gmail.com
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
58 Acre Mapleton Farm
Saturday Sept 1 & Sun Sept 2 , 1-3 pm 10 First St W. Elmira
Mapleton - Drive in the picturesque tree lined circular driveway to this 58 acre hobby farm! Enjoy scenic views from the back deck as well as the covered screened in porch. This stone & brick bungalow offers 4 bedrooms, a large eat in kitchen, sunken living room with newer wood stove, a finished rec room with wet bar and walk out to the yard. There is a separate driveway for the insulated and heated shop, barn and drive shed with concrete floor. With 40 acres of workable land, and 15 acres of bush, this is the perfect place for your business and hobbies or to expand your farm operation.
$1,299,900
Elmira - Spacious Century Home - Perfect for your growing family! Large principal rooms, eat in kitchen and 4 bedrooms including a master with private balcony. High baseboards and 9ft ceilings throughout, with modern updates such as flooring and a brand new 4pc bathroom. Partially fenced private yard with fire pit and shed. Walk up from the basement to the insulated heated garage. Close to down town and the new Riverside P.S. - Call today to make this your home!
$419,000
SOLD
Brussels - Charm & Elegance in this updated and lovingly maintained 4 bedroom Century home. Covered front porch (24x10) with original stained glass details, 10' ceilings with crown moulding, amazing woodwork, beautiful banister, build in cabinet and much more. Custom kitchen with 2 pantries, new stainless sink & faucet and quartz countertops. Formal dining room, breakfast nook, two separate living spaces and a walk up attic with potential. Updated bathrooms and main floor laundry. Come take a look and be impressed!
$374,900
SELLING? CALL US FOR A FREE MARKET EVALUATION.
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426
Shanna Rozema
BROKER
Bonnie
OPEN HOUSE
September 1st & 2nd Saturday & Sunday, 1 - 3 pm List Price: $599,900
A portion of each sale commission is donated to The Woolwich Community Services.
Brubacher
BROKER
HELPING YOU IS WHAT WE DO‌
LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION $697,000 ELMIRA Inviting wooded lot at the
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! $749,900 WELLESLEY Pride in ownership
is evident throughout this 3500 SQ.FT custom built brick bungalow. Finished from top to bottom complete with a walk-up basement to the oversized triple car garage. All main floor amenities, maple kitchen with granite counters, walkout to treed yard, private deck & shed, master suite offers a lavish ensuite & walk-in closet. MLS
45 BRISTOW CREEK DRIVE, ELMIRA
South end of Town. This lovely 2-storey family home offers 3 levels of finished living space, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. Hardwood and ceramic flooring, awesome size garage. 2 tier deck and a 133' deep lot and so much more. Call today for your private showing. MLS
bathrooms. Professionally updated kitchen. Finished basement. Walk out to large private MLSÂŽ 30665221
BUNGALOW TOWN HOMES – ELMIRA LOCATION BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT TO VIEW TODAY!
FREEHOLD PRICED FROM $459,900 Built by Paradigm (Elmira) homes. 2 Interior units available. Fall/Winter closing available. Stunning finishes throughout include hardwood & ceramic floors, gas fireplace, custom maple kitchen with island/breakfast, main floor master with ensuite and walk-in closet, walkout off the great room to rear yard with privacy fencing, also included is air conditioning. There are also 3 single lots remaining in the first phase. Call today for further details. EXCLUSIVE
GREG SCHEEL
ARE YOU THINKING OF BUYING OR SELLING IN 2018? CALL US TODAY AND WE CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE THIS!
519.742.5800 Ext. 2044 gscheel@coldwellbankerpbr.com
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RENTALS
TRADES & SERVICES
COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR Lease. Modern, clean 1375 sq ft space includes: 4 offices, reception area, washroom, lunch and storage room. Climate controlled with security system and ample parking. 21 Industrial Drive, Elmira. Call 519 669 2884
CONTINUED FROM PG. 17 RENTALS WATERLOO 3-BEDROOM 1,600.00 monthly. WATERLOO. Unit is the Main floor and upstairs approx 1000 sq. ft. Available Nov. 1st. Located at 130 BRIDGEPORT RD., E. Includes Stacker washer & dryer, fridge, stove, microwave. No Smoking in the home. Water, hydro , heat & air conditioning are included. Call Mildred Frey @ 519-741-6970 .
REAL ESTATE 8’ POOL TABLE with leather pockets. $1250 + tax, installed. Jamiesons Billiards Inc. 519-745-4053.
ALL TERRAIN LIFT Rentals \cs0 available for rent. Z54 Genie boom, S45 Genie boom, 27’ scissor lift, 6000lb 36’ telescoping telehandler. Contractor discounts, delivery and pick up. Call Tim 519-502-3553. CUSTOM APPLE JUICE pressing and juice sales by appointment only. Cedar Ridge Pressing, Wesley Martin, 3175 Northfield Dr., Elmira. 519-669-3541. RON’S DRYWALL AND Renovations. Over 35 years experience. Please call 519-496-7539 or email ron.spncr@gmail.com
COMING EVENTS BERLETTS CORNER SCHOOL Reunion, S.S. #19 Wilmot/Wellesley. Sat. Sept. 8th, 2018, Wellesley Community Centre. All former teachers, students and spouses are welcome to attend. Registration 1 p.m. Please bring finger food, and you memories to share, drinks supplied. Cash donations to cover expenses accepted. Questions? Contact Stephen Wagner 519-747-3174. KARATE! SCHWEITZER’S MARTIAL ARTS. Self-defense, Self-discipline, Self-confidence. CLASSES FOR AGES 4 TO ADULT. Taught by Sensei Becky Schweitzer 3rd Degree Black Belt and World Karate Champion. New Location at the Heidelberg Community Centre - 2915
REAL ESTATE
Bert Martin Re/max Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd.,
®
BROKER
DIRECT: 519-572-2669 3 Arthur St. S. Elmira
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED
519.500.1865 (Direct) 519.747.0231 (Office)
Brokerage
Independently Owned and Operated
REALTY LTD., BROKERAGE
OFFICE: 519-669-5426
Dale R. Keller Sales Representative
410 Conestogo Road, Unit 210, Waterloo, ON N2L 4E2
www.KellerSellsRealEstate.com | dale@kellersellsrealestate.com
3 bedroom bungalow on a quiet desirable newer section in town. Quick possession available. Lower level partitioned and drywalled for 2 more bedrooms, laundry, large 3or 4 piece bath and generous rec room. MLS Call Dale direct.
New Hamburg | $517,900
$399,900 ELMIRA Backing to wooded area this property offers three floors (approximately 2,500 s/f) of finished living space consisting of four bedrooms, two bathrooms, large single garage and beautiful back yard. Located close to Riverside School and a park. MLS
$699,000 NEWTON
SOLD
Serving the community for 25 years!
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.
Your referrals are appreciated!
45 Arthur St. S., Elmira www.thurrealestate.com
BRAD MARTIN
JULIE
LUKE
SHANTZ Broker of Record, HECKENDORN Broker Broker MVA Residential Cell: 519.588.7562 Cell: 519.584.4400 Res: 519.669.1068
LET OUR 65+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU! 39 PINTAIL DR. ELMIRA
$649,900
Location! Sought after location with a wooded lot. This FOUR bedrm home offers open concept from family room w/fireplace to dining area & kitchen. W/O to lge, newer deck overlooking the private back yard. Main floor laundry/3pc. bath. Large ensuite bath &walkin closet. Fin. rec. room & office in lower level. Long concrete driveway. Newer shingles. MLS
11 PURPLE MARTIN COURT, ELMIRA
$659,900
Location! Lovely wooded lot on a quiet crescent. Spacious 4 level sidesplit offers lots of space for the growing family! Spacious master bdrm w/ensuite bath.Main flr.laundry , family room addition w/gas heatstove as well as a large liv. room. Fin. rec. room w/fireplace, bdrm/office w/lge window and 2 pc. washroom. Lots of storage! Walkup bsmt. Enjoy the morning sun on the large front porch. Dble garage, long driveway. MLS
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MARTIN, RONALD EMERSON Passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by family on Sunday, August 26, 2018, at the age of 63 years. STRIEGEL, MAGDALENA - Passed away peacefully at Listowel Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at the age of 90 years. Magdalena was formerly of Elmira.
Striegel, Magdalena Passed away peacefully at Listowel Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at the age of 90 years. Magdalena was formerly of Elmira. Beloved wife of the late Anthony Striegel (2009). Dear mother of the late Andrew Striegel (2014), Anne Edgar and the late Don Edgar (2015), and Loriann and Reynold Brandt. Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Justin Zieschang, Amanda and Bob Moffatt, Timothy and Sabrina Brandt, Nathan and Ashley Brandt, Aaron and Mandy Brandt, Amy Striegel, Kristina Striegel, and Rebecca Garland, and 11 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her parents Anton and Anna (Schwemlein) Elmer and her brother Andres Elmer. At Magdalena’s request, cremation had taken place and there will be no funeral home visitation or service. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be arranged through the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.
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FARMLAND / THE LINES THAT BIND
Celebrating the rural-urban divide
Second annual Hold the Line Festival provides music and tours in support of the region’s countryside line FAISAL ALI You don’t have to travel far from any of the region’s urban areas to take in the lush golden-green and earthen browns that are the land at this time of year. Far from an accident, the region’s distinct ruralurban divide has been carefully protected at the municipal level over the years through what’s known as the “countryside line” – the invisible boundary that separates and protects the region’s farmland from its cityscapes. It’s that obscure but important bit of land-use policy that the organizers of the second annual Hold the Line Festival, set for September 7-8, are hoping to celebrate and support. “We think we’re one of the very few festivals out there that celebrate a rather arcane planning policy tool,” said Sean Campbell, one of the organizers. Arcane though it may be, the countryside line, first enacted by the Region of Waterloo in 2003, acts to protect cultural, economic, and environmental heritage of rural lands from urban sprawl. The boundary, which runs around the urban centres of Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge, as well as the separate, smaller settlement areas of Wellesley village and Elmira, indefinitely prohibits housing development from being pushed outwards into arable farmland. The line also protects the crucial water moraines that recharge the region’s aquifers, which account for 75 per cent of the local drinking water supply.
The big event of the festival will be the bike rides, which will take riders on a tour along the countryside line to see it in action. “What it looks like on the Saturday is that we have two rides going out. We have a really long Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge line which goes 130 km, and it traces the full outline of the countryside line that goes around Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge,” explained Campbell. “And for riders going on this ride, they’ll see development and the city on one side, and they’ll see natural ecosystems and farmland on their other side. And for them this is a really visual and tangible way that they can experience this important tool.” A second shorter, more accessible bike ride will be held tracing the countryside line around the settlement of Wellesley – roughly a 35-km run, says Campbell. “When the riders return, that’s when the festivities really start. So we have about seven or eight great bands this year, and we’ve taken a bit of a different approach by partnering with local art organizations like Neruda, which does the world music festival each year. And Sofar Sounds, which does pop-up events throughout the year.” The festival itself is being held at the Fertile Ground Farm, a community supported agriculture business in St. Agatha. Angie Koch, the farm’s manager, says she was glad to host the festival, with the themes of protecting farmland and connecting farmers and residents be-
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Angie Koch is the manager of the Fertile Ground Farm near St. Agatha, scene of this year’s Hold the Line Festival. She sees the event as a great fit given the need to protect farmland in the region. [FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER] The issue of the counin the Oscar-winning Life ing so important to her and tryside line becomes even of Pi (2012). Also featured her mainstay. more important now, notes will be the Latin American “So much is about relaKoch, with the retirement styling’s of CASCABEL, the tionships,” she said. “And of regional Chair Ken SeilOnion Honey folk band what I would hope is that ing – who helped bring and the Blue Sky Singers an issue like protecting agthe Line to fruition – and First Nations group. ricultural land, and sensia municipal election comThe Hold the Line Festive landscape just outside ing up. Just as the line was tival kicks off with a preof the city, would become party on Friday (September created by the municipal more important to people government, it could also 7) at 6 p.m., featuring some if they would start to feel a be undone by future govrelationship with that land, around the fire camp jams ernments as well. into the night. and the people who are “And so it does seem like On September 8, the bikproducing food on it. So a a particularly important ers will take their marks at festival like this provides time to be raising aware8 a.m. for the larger route, a bit of an opportunity to ness of this line and makand 11 a.m. for the shorter make that real for people.” ing sure that people underWellesley ride. Back at There will be some highstand the value of it.” camp, the day begins at 10 class musical talent at the More information is a.m. with songs and a sharfestival, including sitaravailable at www.holdtheing circle, and the music player Anwar Khurshid, gets into full drive by 2 p.m. linewr.org. whose music was featured
Here we are (unofficial) last week of the summer, which is bittersweet. Our little family has had an amazing summer, though we didn’t take any extravagant trips or spend a lot of money. Facebook and Instagram got a bit of a rest, however. We spent a lot of time busy with friends, family and catching up. Our kids were allowed to get bored, and the lake was a great getaway. Now we look forward to a busy fall and a return to structure. This week we talked about what was going in the lunch pail, and whether there were any special requests. There weren’t any suggestions, however, which was disappointing. Our goal this year is to decrease our use of plastic. We made beeswax snack bags, got some stainless steel containers and plan to limit the amount of prepackaged goodies, which reduces the amount of processed snacks. I would like to not buy any, but I have to compromise and let the kids have some treats. Everything in moderation, right? Beeswax wraps are an easy do-it-yourself option to reduce your use of cling wrap. CHEF’S TABLE | 24
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EVERGREEN SENIORS’ FELLOWSHIP AT 10:30 a.m., Woodside Bible Chapel, Elmira. Madame Clarkowski piano concert with humour - Louise Clark. Devotional: Les Frey. Suggested donation, $7, includes a hot lunch.
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HEIDELBERG FUN DAY AT the Heidelberg Park & Community Centre from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Inflatables, food truck by Crazy Canuck, music by Byron Shantz, games, face painting, visit by Spiderman and other characters. Admission is free. All welcome.
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Not just a tasty, buttery treat, popcorn is where the money is for theatres WEIRD NOTES
Q. As you settle into your seat at the cinema and start to enjoy your tub of hot buttered popcorn, did you ever wonder just how long popcorn has been part of the moviegoing experience? A.
First, some historical background: One of the first movie theaters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; called nickelodeons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; opened in Pittsburgh in 1905 and played silent movies in a continuous loop, all for just one nickel, says Dan Lewis on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I Knowâ&#x20AC;? website. These proved
very popular, so much so that they were eventually replaced by larger venues that sought to emulate the â&#x20AC;&#x153;fancy experienceâ&#x20AC;? of live theater. No food or beverage allowed! Outside the theater, though, popcorn had become a popular street food, and some movie patrons tried to sneak the snack inside, despite the warnings of management. But in 1929, as the Great Depression took hold, many theaters responded to the lower demand by partnering with popcorn vendors to bring the snack inside. Their new business model worked: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Popcorn allowed the movie theaters to survive.â&#x20AC;? Concludes Lewis: Today, in fact, most movie
theaters make more money from the concessions than from the films. Q. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pantsâ&#x20AC;? is no longer a four-letter word but that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always the case. At one time, to avoid talking dirty, pants were called â&#x20AC;&#x153;inexpressibles,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;ineffablesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;unmentionables,â&#x20AC;? writes Anu Garg on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;A.Word.A.Dayâ&#x20AC;? website. Can you define the following words that sound dirty but arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t: â&#x20AC;&#x153;assize,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;cockade,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;cruntâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;tittipâ&#x20AC;??
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assize,â&#x20AC;? from Old French and Latin â&#x20AC;&#x153;assidereâ&#x20AC;? (to sit) means â&#x20AC;&#x153;a session of a court or a verdict or an inquiry made at such a session,â&#x20AC;? Garg explains. First documented use was 1297. Also from Old French comes
whales?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;coquardâ&#x20AC;? for â&#x20AC;&#x153;vainâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;arrogantâ&#x20AC;? and gives us â&#x20AC;&#x153;cockade,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;an ornament, such as a rosette or a knot of ribbons worn as a badge on a hat, lapel, etc.â&#x20AC;? Did you know that â&#x20AC;&#x153;crunt,â&#x20AC;? perhaps of imitative origin, is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a blow on the head with a clubâ&#x20AC;?? Finally, apparently imitative of the sound of a horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hooves, is â&#x20AC;&#x153;tittup,â&#x20AC;? meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;to move in an exaggerated, prancing mannerâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lively movement,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;a caper.â&#x20AC;? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come a long way from the time of â&#x20AC;&#x153;unmentionablesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;inexpressibles.â&#x20AC;? Q. What aspect of â&#x20AC;&#x153;mindâ&#x20AC;?-fulness do 15-month-old children share with great apes, dolphins and killer
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They all possess basic self-recognition: When a dot is placed on their face as they look at themselves in a mirror, they try to wipe it off, says Timothy Revell in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Young children and other primates also exhibit joint attention, as they are able to both guide and follow someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gaze. Demonstrating that others can hold false beliefs is much trickier to assess. Enter the SallyAnne test: Anne watches Sally leave an object somewhere, but only Anne sees that the object is then moved. When asked where Sally will first look for the object, Anne needs
to identify where Sally first placed the object, showing she understands that Sally may hold a false belief about the objectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Children develop this skill around age 4. Some apes and birds may have it too, as well as a new artificial intelligence (AI) agent.â&#x20AC;? As Revell explains, in a virtual world the AI called Theory of Mind-net is â&#x20AC;&#x153;able not just to predict what other AI agents will do, but also to understand that they may hold false beliefs about the world.â&#x20AC;?
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45. If I ___ had a heart, a brain, courage and a way home 48. Corn ___ 49. Wanna fly in winter? Get at it 50. 1773 jetsam 51. Out, down, the door 52. Most cheeky 53. Watered-down 54. This man only wanted a heart 55. Supplement 56. Jocksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; antitheses 57. Doctor of Osteopathy 59. Balaamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mount 60. Footnote word 61. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s puttinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on the ritz, 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s -style 62. Freudian topics 63. Peewee 64. Lays down the lawn
DOWN 1. Act this way, repent in leisure 2. Within reach 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My boyâ&#x20AC;? 4. Dilute 6. Hold your drink, add a â&#x20AC;&#x153;câ&#x20AC;? 7. Tater child 8. Put it all together 9. __ey dokey 10. Delivery vehicle 11. Together, they could be a bore 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pumping ___â&#x20AC;? 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fantasy Islandâ&#x20AC;? prop 14. Metal fusion 17. Breakfast cereal 19. Underhouse 21. FPS system 22. Like old recordings 28. They constantly find fault 30. Lutheran movement member 31. Audo, Oto, Udo, ____ 33. Crude, but sweet and
light 35. Gold for fools 36. Half -alright 39. They ___ h___brained for thinking that! 41. This comprises the 5-year mission 44. Maple genus 46. Heavy belly blues 47. Gabs 48. Golden ratio 49. Small, private activity room 51. Eye pimple 52. Circular ratio 53. __ the people 58. Watery learning technique 59. Slowly, to a conductor 60. Have a few? Get in the fast lane
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ally like our group, we’ve got some good characters. I mean, it’s been a pretty good pre-season so far.” Taking to the ice for their first exhibition game against the Kitchener Dutchmen, August 19, the Kings swept the Dutchmen aside with a 7-1 win. The first period saw Elmira put three on the board, with newcomer Liam Fayle, drawing first blood for the Kings on an unassisted power play less than three minutes in. Showing off their mettle, the newbies continued to put more markers on the board. Brett Allen (Derek Jensen, Cole Altman) sent a second one into the back of the net at the 10-minute mark, and Derek Jensen (Kurtis Goodwin) came in for a third with 30 seconds left on the clock. A minute into the second frame, Kitchener came in for their lone point of the match, ending the shutout bid by new netminders Matt Woroniuk and Bryce Detweiller. Israel (Jakson Kirk) responded, however, with their fourth point of the game, 45 seconds before the end of the period. Entering into the final 20 minutes of play, the Kings continued to dominate, racking up another three goals. Evan Gowing (Parker
Miller) scored at 9:31, Isaac Taylor (Brett Allen) at 13:15, and Dillion Hunter (Joe Jordan, Brody Waters) on the power play at 15:52, capping the game off with a final tally of 7-1. Following up, the Kings went on to play the visiting Listowel Cyclones August 22, and walked away with a narrow 2-1 win. This game turned out to be a much tighter affair, with neither side able to put one in the net until the second frame. Newcomer Hunter potted the lone goal of the period at the 8-minute mark, with Mitt Toten picking up the assist. It was 1-0 as the Kings headed into the final 20 minutes of play. Looking to knot things up, Listowel came up with a goal of their own on the power play, forcing the two teams run into overtime. The game winning goal, ultimately, came from Elmira’s Hunter, sending a second rocket into the back of the net, with Allen and Anthony Azzano picking up assists, and ending the game on a 2-1 note. Coming off the victory against Listowel, the Kings had the momentum going into last Sunday’s game against the Kitchener Dutchmen, but ultimately fell 4-2. The game was especially scrappy, with both sides
getting fire up, and several face-to-face confrontations, and few skirmishes between the players breaking out. Kitchener’s Jacob Schnittke took the lead with an unassisted play just six minutes into the first – the lone goal of the period. The Kings knotted things back up 15 minutes into second, with Jeremy Goodwin (Tyson Hiller, Hunter Dubinski) putting one on the board. Opening the final frame, less than two minutes in Kitchener took the lead on the power play. J. Goodwin responded with a second tying goal of the match at 10:48, with Dubinski again picking up the assist. Kitchener came back moments later with a third goal, again putting the Kings down by a goal. With the clock counting down to zero, the Kings made the classic gambit and pulled their goalie in the final minutes of play, leaving their net wide open for a final point by the Dutchmen, and ending the game 4-2. Suffering a defeat at the hands of Dutchmen, the Kings will have a shot at some comeuppance at the Activa Sportsplex tomorrow (Friday). The puck drops at 7 p.m. The Kings will then be facing off against the Cyclones for a second time on Monday in Listowel.
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Preheat oven to 200 degrees
Place fabric on parchment-lined baking tray. Add shredded beeswax, place in oven. When the wax has melted, spread with a paintbrush. Flip over and do the other side.
Fold into desired shape for snacks or keep flat for wrapping different pans, glass bowls, cheeses or vegetables. These can be washed with soapy water and hung to dry before reusing.
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