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Austin Whittom, 13, succumbs to cancer Elmira boy’s fight with leukemia had been taken up by friends, wider community WILL SLOAN

WILL SLOAN With potholes popping and roads freezing, winter is the time when municipalities are most on guard for liability claims. But in the townships, sticking closely to provincial guidelines has led to virtually no weather-related legal issues.

Since mid-November, no liability complaints have been filed to the Waterloo Region Municipal Insurance Pool related to potholes, icy sidewalks, or poor road conditions. During the winter season, the claims in Woolwich have been limited to two cases involving property damage from leaky pipes, and damage to a car from a municipal snowplow (the latter settled at $200).

“The largest mechanism that we have for addressing the liability question is making sure that we comply with the minimum maintenance standards, which are put out by the province,” said Dan Kennaley, director of planning and engineering for Woolwich.

As per the Municipal Act, sidewalks must be inspected for surface discontinuity once each calendar year, with no more than 16 months between inspections.

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Elmira lost one of its most prominent young leaders when Austin Whittom died the morning of February 7 after a long battle with cancer. Whittom, only 13 when he succumbed to leukemia at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, became the leader of an anti-cancer crusade in his final months, with “Team Austin” events in the community raising thousands for charity.

“He was a quiet leader who led by his example,” said James Noonan, principal at St. Teresa of Avila school where Whittom attended. “He was a leader, he was a hero, and the world is a better place because he spent some time here.”

The news was announced in a post on the “Strength With Friends – Austin’s Journey” Facebook page, which added that Whittom was surrounded by loved ones and that his last words were, “I love you guys.”

Whittom’s passing came two days before the Elmira Sugar Kings were scheduled to hold their “Pink the Rink” hockey game to raise money for cancer charities. The opening ceremony became a tribute to Whittom, as local dignitaries (including MPP

St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School and the Elmira Sugar Kings both paid tribute to Austin Whittom, who became the symbolic leader of cancer charity in Elmira.

He died February 7 at Sick Kids Hospital.

The Elmira Sugar Kings salute Austin Whittom during the team's Pink the Rink cancer fundraiser February 9 at the WMC.

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Planting season began early, as students prepared the first seedlings of the year for Trees for Woolwich. Left to right: Hayley Waring, Willow Woods, Ryan Schinker, and Alex Uttley in the EDSS greenhouse on Wednesday.

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If significant heaves and cracks are discovered, a repair must be made within 14 days. On Class 1 highways, discontinuities above 5cm must be repaired within two days of discovery, or within 21 days on Class 5 highways.

The timeline is the same for traffic control signals, luminaries, and regulatory and warning signs, with inspections taking place every calendar year/within 16 months.

Other regulations include: road debris must be removed as soon as possible after discovery; cracks should be filled within 30 days on a Class 1 highway; For potholes on a Class 1 highway, a 600-squarecentimetre pothole with an 8cm depth must be repaired within four days, while a 1,000-sq.-cm pothole of the same depth on a Class 5 highway must be filled in 30 days; weather must be monitored three

times per calendar day; and icy roads must be treated as soon as possible after discovery.

Kevin Beggs, general manager of community services for Wellesley, notes that by following these guidelines, the township receives “very few” liability claims related to weather conditions.

“We’re probably the lowest in the Region of Waterloo. … We do regular patrols of the roads – that way you know what’s out there.”

He added, “On icy roads, salt melts, but it doesn’t always give you traction. We use probably 75 per cent sand here and 25 per cent salt – we have good results with that.”

As for potholes, “right now, potholes are not too bad. Things are frozen up, and when things are frozen we don’t have issues. There are a few here and there, but we’ll probably get more once we get a mild spell.”

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Michael Harris and Mayor Todd Cowan) took part in a moment of silence.

“We will forever remember Ozzie’s spirit, dedication, and courage,” said Matt Uhrig, one of Whittom’s teammates at Woolwich Minor Hockey, to the audience at the WMC. “During his first week back at hockey after remission, Ozzie scored a hat trick,” added Justin Uhrig.

“He had a bright smile that you would never see shine brighter than when Austin Whittom he was doing what he loved best: playing hockey.”

Whittom was first diagnosed with leukemia when he was in Grade 6, and returned to school after intense treatment in Novem-

ber 2012. He lived a normal life for the rest of the school year, but was hit with a devastating blow when he was re-diagnosed in September 2013.

“His mom and he came in to see me about it, and he wanted his friends to know,” remembered Noonan. “I said, ‘I can let your class know and share that news with them,’ and he said, ‘No, I want to do it myself.’

For a young guy to stand in

front of his classmates and let them know, ‘My cancer’s back but I’m going to fight it,’ and share that news openly, was just such an incredible sign of character.”

He spent his final months in and out of Sick Kids Hospital, enduring a bone marrow transplant in December. Meanwhile, “Team Austin” became a rallying cry. At St. Teresa, a December T-shirt sale raised $3,500, and a spaghetti

dinner and silent auction followed January 19. “There was so much positive energy there, it was infectious,” said Noonan. “We just wish it had been a better result.”

Woolwich Minor Hockey also raised awareness, with a skate lace campaign that brought donations from across the Region, and “Team Austin” stickers that were handed out throughout the league.

“We just tried to show as

much symbolic support as we could,” said Rob Waters, president of Woolwich Minor Hockey. “Throughout the year there were a lot of examples of how much Austin meant, and not just to our community.”

Whittom’s funeral took place on Wednesday at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Elmira. The “Strength With Friends – Austin’s Journey” page will continue as a memorial.

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Region’s historical tour maps get a new look ELENA MAYSTRUK A popular map of the region’s historic sites and vistas got an overhaul in time for Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation’s 2014 Heritage Showcase today (Saturday).

The revised maps introduce a new package of four historic countryside tours.

“I think we’re very fortunate to live in a region that has both urban and rural

bases. These tours give people within the whole region some background information when they visit the countryside – we have such beautiful countryside and such interesting history,” said heritage planning advisory committee spokesperson Kate Hagerman.

The initial tour map created in 2006 had an aged look to complement the historical element of the tours, which explore the

tions along routes in the townships of North Dumfries, Woolwich, Wilmot and Wellesley.

“There are so many smaller communities in our countryside that are very interesting and there are also very interesting landscapes: rolling hills, interesting bridges especially along the Nith River. There are a lot of locations that you might not know about, but to see them collected

region’s rural roots. The new version sports a simpler design and brighter colours.

“It was basically just an update to do some revisions and corrections and also we re-did the look: fresh and new. We updated the online version as well,” she said.

Staff added more information on the villages and hamlets covered by the tours and included new historic and scenic attrac-

on a tour makes it very appealing to go out and search them out,” said Hagerman.

The old versions of the map went out of print despite a rising demand for the tour packages from both local day-trippers and tourists to the region, she said. The trips take about two to three hours by car, but there are also options for cyclists and hikers, and showcase heritage buildings, bridges, landmarks,

parks, scenic roads and trails.

Heritage groups from across the region have booths set up for the event.

The free showcase takes place at Fairview Mall in Kitchener. The theme for 2014 is Having Fun with Heritage: Historic Places Made for Play, aiming to teach visitors about the region’s history from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with presentations at 11 a.m.

Public Health on the lookout for kids' records of immunization ELENA MAYSTRUK If your school-age kids don’t have all of their shots you might want to start planning on a doctor’s appointment. Waterloo Region Public Health sent 4,100 requests for the immunization records of elementary school students this month.

“That’s down from last year and the year before, so our numbers are declining a bit,” said Linda Black, manager of the vaccine-preventable diseases program at Public Health.

Parents are asked to update and provide full documentation of their children’s vaccinations by March 26.

“We do this to maintain accurate records. It’s important if there’s an outbreak,” said Black.

In the case of a violent outbreak of a disease, immunization records help determine which kids should be kept home from school.

The process also helps to maintain fairly high immunization rates among children in the region.

Public Health will enforce the legislation within the elementary school population next month with students carrying still-incomplete records subject to up to 20 days of suspension or until such time as they can get all of their shots. Parents can provide the appropriate legal documentation if it exempts their children from vaccinations based on medical or conscience reasons.

The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) requires all students attending school to have a full immunization record filed with a public health unit in their area, unless proof of a religious, conscientious or medical objection can be provided.

This school year, the act requires students to be immunized against tetanus, diphtheria, polio, measles, mumps and rubella.

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The school faces as much as $4 million in repairs over the next five years, but parents argued that busing kids farther away in the township would uproot the community.

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may be more efficient.

But parents made their concerns known at a public meeting in St. Agatha, and were joined by KitchenerConestoga MPP Michael Harris, who wrote an open letter to the trustees asking them to reconsider.

“I was disappointed in the education minister to grant the potential closing of St. Clement School,” said Harris in an interview.

“This small, rural town would really be uprooted and potentially bused to other communities away from their families. It has been an important and integral part of the community, not only beside the church.”

The school, which serves

The St. Clement Catholic School community breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as trustees from the Waterloo Region Catholic School Board decided not to pursue closing the school.

The trustees were granted permission from Ontario Ministry of Education to consider the option as part of its accommodation review committee (ARC), which seeks to cut costs in the system. The site may require $4 million in repairs over the next five years, with trustees pondering suggestions that closing the school and busing students to Wellesley Public School

approximately 200 students, operates at 70 per cent capacity – a largerthan-usual percentage for closure consideration, despite declining enrolment. Moreover, parents at Monday’s meeting claimed Wellesley PS would be a poor fit for students: St. Clements has a high Catholic population within the largely Protestant township.

“There are kids walking there, third and fourthgeneration students going there – this school is an important part of the fabric of St. Clements,” said Harris.

“That’s why I was happy to stand with parents.”

Janek Jagiellowicz, trustee for Woolwich, Wellesley,

Wilmot, said that closing the school would be unfair to the community. “The main [decision] was – we’ve set the parameters for the ARC before this started.

It’s unfair to all the parents to change the parameters halfway through.

“We had the ability before the ARC started to discuss all the different parameters, and if we wanted to put St. Clements in at that time, we should have put it in at that time.”

The only Waterloo Region Catholic school still facing closure is St. Agatha Catholic School in Wilmot Township, which faces $2 million in repairs to a facility operating at 60 per cent capacity.

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Township project led to woes: resident Maryhill woman in dispute with Woolwich and its contractor over claims related to watermain replacement ELENA MAYSTRUK A Maryhill homeowner blames recent nearby roadwork for cracks in her home’s foundation, holding Woolwich Township and its contractor responsible for the repairs.

Halter Street resident Faith Lopers said she believes vibrations from work to replace a nearby watermain and associated construction caused the cracks in the foundation.

She’s not the first person in the neighborhood to take the township to task over what’s known as the Maryhill Isley north watermain replacement project. Dirty standing water in some areas led Lopers' neighbour Tony Schulde (who spoke to the Observer last fall) to erect a “West Nile Crossing” sign on his yard to catch the township’s attention after the construction created drainage problems near his home.

Lopers believes the summer’s construction created another issue.

“Now that they are all done the construction, I have two cracks in my foundation,” she said.

Her assertions are now being investigated by the township.

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Faith Lopers shows a hairline crack she believes formed below a basement window due to construction on a watermain project last year. She says leaking has contributed to water damage and mold in her Maryhill home this winter.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] gineering and planning Dan Kennaley said staff will work with the Lopers to explore options for possible compensation if the family chooses to pursue the case further.

Typically, when the township contracts out a project, an indemnification clause insures the municipality against damage claims, he explained.

“It creates the responsibility for the contractor to deal

with any claims flowing from their work, admittedly on behalf of the municipality, but it’s their work so they have to take responsibility.”

After conversations with township staff, the project’s contractor, Regional & Sewer Watermain Ltd., and an inspection by a consultant hired by the contractor, Lopers was told the company was not at fault for the damage. She now hopes to continue with her claim.

The Lopers’ home stands on the corner of St. Charles Street and Halter Avenue, along one of the drainage ditches. The new, larger ditch and its sharp slopes, which start at the side of the road on her property, are planted with grass and difficult to mow, she also argued. Though a lesser issue, Lopers thinks the new drainage setup is responsible for the pine trees growing on her lawn along

Communities offering up Family Day activities WILL SLOAN The temperature is freezing, the snowbanks are sky high, Christmas is a distant memory, and that can only mean one thing: it’s Family Day again.

School will be out and work may be cancelled, but there will be no shortage of ways for families in the townships to while away the frostbitten hours.

Over at the Wellesley Community Centre, the Wellesley Optimist Club’s festivities will begin with a free public skate in the are-

na 9-11 a.m. (a food bank donation is encouraged).

Children’s entertainer Erick Traplin will be on hand 11 a.m. to noon for a performance.

“We’re going to have a real fun, high-energy, interactive family show for the kids,” said Traplin, a mainstay at community events. “When you’re an entertainer, if the audience is having fun, you’re having fun.”

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Traplin will be followed by a hot dog lunch at noon, and a screening of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs at 1:30.

Meanwhile in Elmira, the Sugar Kings are leading the festivities at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, with an autograph session at 11 a.m. and face painting at 1 p.m. in anticipation of the boys’ 2 p.m. match against the Waterloo Sis-

kins.

The Kings events are part of a new annual initiative called “#selloutsnyder.” “We’re trying to energize the community,” said Kings general manager Paul Jennings. “We’re trying to sell out our home game, and really make it a once-a-year event to get as many families out.”

In addition, free skates at the WMC are scheduled for 9-10:50 a.m. and 121:50 p.m., with swimming at 12-1:30 p.m. and 2-3:30 p.m., and shinny at 12:301:20 p.m.

St. Charles Street turning a rusty brown.

Lopers noticed water damage in October after discovering cracks in the foundation above a basement bathroom window and the white paneling of the bathroom became waterlogged. She said another crack in the cement foundation caused the mould in the downstairs family room along the baseboards of one wall. It’s the first time the house has seen water damage in about 12 years and the mould could be responsible for making the family sick, Lopers said.

With claims such as this one, the township passes the information to the municipality’s insurance

company, which then deals with the contractor due to the indemnification clause, Kennaley said.

Before construction began, staff photographed nearby properties, including the Lopers’ home, but the contractor has thus far declined the family’s request see the photos.

“They are refusing to supply me with the pictures that they took of my house. … I said, ‘Well, if there was a crack there before, then you’re not liable so you’re clear and free. But if there wasn’t and it has a crack now, then why don’t you just say ‘we’re sorry this happened, we’ll repair the damage’?’”

Kennaley said there are legal issues involved with releasing the images.

“What [Regional & Sewer Watermain Ltd.] has said through their insurers is that they do not believe this is the appropriate point in the process for those photos to be released. We don’t want to undermine the indemnification clause, so we are not taking issue with that at this point in time,” he said.

Lopers has contacted a lawyer, who is writing a letter to the contractor. The homeowner also hopes to get an estimate on repairs and start a petition around her neighbourhood asking neighbours to check their homes’ foundations.

“Once the spring comes and the snow melts at my foundation level, it’s all going to come into my basement,” she said.

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Woolwich to look at snow clearing Woolwich does a good job of clearing snow from its road, perhaps too good, suggests Coun. Mark Bauman.

The Ward 2 representative this week called for the township to review its winter maintenance standards, leading a vote to reconsider a motion passed in the fall of 2011 to stick with the current standards.

Council’s decision Tuesday night cleared the way for a directive to staff to draw up a report outlining other options, with Bauman noting the township currently exceeds provincial guidelines, “in some cases significantly.”

The township operates on a policy that sets out guidelines for salt use on municipal roads and sets minimum standards for clearing snow and ice from roadways, setting up a priority scale based on the traffic count and

speed limits of each route. Bauman’s request would look at whether trucks would need to go out as often as they do.

“It’s a matter of determining what level of service is appropriate.”

Bauman stressed he’s not advocating putting costs ahead of safety, however.

Coun. Julie-Anne Herteis, while supporting Bauman’s request, said she’d like safety to be part of the staff report, along with some kind of

consistency applied to roads across the township.

“I don’t want to lower any of the standards,” she said.

Last year, the township spent $939,000 on clearing snow, some $300,000 more than what was in the budget.

Floradale bridge contract awarded Plans to replace a Floradale Road

bridge just north of the village moved ahead this week as Woolwich council awarded a $44,000 contract to AECOM Canada Ltd. to carry out engineering design and tendering services related to the project.

Deteriorating, the structure’s load limit has been reduced to 10 tonnes. A study carried out by engineering consultants deemed replacing it more cost effective than rehabilitating it. Doing nothing would eventually force the closure

of the narrow bridge, which crosses a stream about 550 metres north of Florapine Road.

The cost of the project has been estimated at more than $600,000.

The township has twice applied for senior government grants to help offset the expense, without success.

In supporting the contract awarded this week, Coun. Mark Bauman said the project needs to go ahead quickly given the poor shape of the bridge – “this really needs to happen.”

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Police see connection in string of robberies, seek public’s assistance Waterloo Regional Police continue to investigate a number of robberies that have occurred since August 2013 and are appealing to the community for any information that will Video image of suspect. help identify a suspect.

On February 10 at 8 a.m. a lone male entered Star Convenience at 156 Erb St. W. in Waterloo and brandished a weapon in the presence of the clerk. The suspect is described as a white male in his 20s, 5’6”-5’9”, wearing a black balaclava, hoodie and a black puffy jacket with a black single strap bag. The man fled the store without obtaining anything. He was last seen running onto Beverley Avenue.

This robbery may be linked to others, including one at this same store on the previous day.

On February 9 at approximately 6:30 p.m, a lone male entered the Star Convenience and approached the cashier, brandishing what is believed to be a gun, and demanded cash. The male is described as white, approximately 5’7” tall, with blue eyes. He wore a black jacket with a grey stripe underneath the arms and across the back and either side of his chest, black pants, black shoes and a black ski mask open from just below the nose, along with a scarf.

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On August 19, 2013 at approximately 1:16 a.m., a masked suspect entered the Pizza Pizza store located at 450 Erb St. W. in Waterloo, brandished an orange flare gun and demanded money from the cashier.

The suspect fled the area on foot. He was described as a white male, approximately 5’ 10”, 170lbs, wearing a black jacket with the hood up, a dark scarf wrapped around his face, black gloves, grey pants, and running shoes.

In the early morning on August 17 at Mac’s Convenience at 851 FisherHallman Rd. in Kitchener, the suspect, a white male approximately 5’8” wearing a black sweater and black balaclava, was carrying a bright orange marine flare gun which he kept slightly hidden in his sweater at the time of the offence.

The male entered the store, demanded money and cigarettes and fled the area on foot.

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10:59 AM | A Kiwanis Transit bus and a car were involved in a weather-related collision near 1300 King St. N. in St. Jacobs. A 76-year-old St. Jacobs woman driving a red 2005 Dodge Caravan moved to the right in order to allow the bus, driven by a 51-year-old Elmira man, to pass on the left.

The Caravan veered too far into a snowbank, its backend fishtailing out and making contact with the bus. Both vehicles sustained light damage and no injuries occurred.

Due to poor driving conditions, no one was charged.

4:42 PM | A rear-end collision in the Sawmill Road and Arthur Street roundabout led to minor injuries for a male driver.

A Waterloo man slowed to enter

the roundabout when a Waterloo woman’s car struck his vehicle from behind. The man hit his head on the steering wheel and was treated by emergency crews, but was not transported to hospital.

No one was charged due to icy road conditions. Regional road crews were summoned to treat the road. Another minor collision occurred at a nearby location and a couple of cars ended up in the ditch prior to crews treating the road.

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8:47 AM | An Elmira man was charged after his car crashed into the oncoming vehicle of an Elora woman travelling on Ratz Street in Elmira. The man was pulling out of his driveway and failed to yield the right of way.

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12:14 AM | A 16-year-old Heidelberg teen was charged with ‘careless driving’ after rear-ending a 2011 Lincoln in Woolwich Township, causing severe damage to the vehicle. The Lincoln’s driver, a 53-year-old woman, was northbound on Kressler Road, stopped to make a left turn onto Arthur Street and was rear-ended by the 2003 Oldsmobile. Airbags were deployed, but no one was injured.

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2:36 PM | A Waterloo Region snowplow hit a hydro pole at Shantz Station and Kossuth roads in Woolwich Township. The pole broke off at the bottom and Shantz Station Road was closed from Kossuth to Cober Road for several hours while repairs were carried out.

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10:10 AM | One driver was charged with ‘careless driving’ after a collision between a Town and County van and a utility truck at Arthur and Brubacher streets in Elmira.

A woman complained of a sore chest due to airbag deployment.

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1:23 PM | A driver’s license was suspended after a swerving vehicle grazed an oncoming car and caused another to veer into a ditch near 1170 Kossuth Rd. in Woolwich Township. A 33-year-old man lost control of his vehicle, crossed the centerline and brushed an oncoming car driven by a 37-year-old man. This caused a third vehicle, driven by a 33-year-old woman, to swerve into a ditch to avoid a collision. Each of the vehicles sustained minor damage.

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Budget aims for votes, not for what's right CALL IT A PRE- pre-election budget. A few goodies here, a few tweaks there, with the big emphasis on showing a surplus in 2015. An election year, but that’s just a coincidence.

For 2014, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rolled out what he called a boring budget. It features some of the boutique tax breaks the Conservatives have come to love, targeting those voters they think will pay dividends. There’s some more money for education and research, with a particular, and overdue, emphasis on aboriginal communities. A bit of mostly meaningless attempts at appeasing teleco consumers. A smattering of tax relief. Not surprisingly, the no-new-taxes refrain was highlighted.

Also bound to be popular is a pledge to cut spending by reducing the entitlements among public sector workers, to the tune of $7.4 billion. Wage caps, sick days and benefits are on the table as the government goes into labour negotiations.

Spending cuts top the Conservatives’ agenda. Various analyses show this budget contains the largest annual cuts yet implemented.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says there are $14 billion worth of spending cuts announced in previous budgets that will come into effect this fiscal year.

Little in the budget is aimed at helping those who need it most, reducing the assault on the middle class or making the economy more equitable.

Despite the government’s claims, it has done little to help a weak economy, nor to help the unemployed, the CCPA maintains, with only one in five of those who came off unemployment rolls since September 2009 finding a job, while four of five gave up looking.

As the anti-poverty coalition Campaign 2000 points out, the budget has no clear strategies to address Canada's 14.3 per cent child poverty rate. The group is calling on the government to dedicate half of the $6.5 billion projected surplus for 2015 to poverty reduction this year.

Failing to address poverty adds up to a $86.1 billion annual price tag that is paid by Canadians, it argues. When government ignores poverty, there are significant lost opportunities for low-income children whose education, health and employment prospects are jeopardized by poverty. Noting that one in three children living in poverty has a parent who works full time, the group also calls for jobs programs to be at aimed low-wage workers in order to improve their earning potential. Likewise, there should be more in place to deal with the increasingly troublesome youth unemployment figures.

With a surplus on the horizon, talk has turned to the Conservatives’ pledge to introduce income splitting. Aimed at married couples with children under 18, the tax changes as now discussed would cost about $2.5 billion. Estimates show some 85 per cent of Canadians would not benefit from the practice, with most of the advantages going those with higher incomes – 40 per cent of the benefit to those earning more than $125,000 a year, for instance.

The criticism that has surrounded the idea since it was pledged in 2011 appears to be sinking in with Flaherty, at least, as he’s backed away from it in recent days. If forced to answer honestly, the government would have to admit the $2.5 billion would go much further if directed at those who really need it.

That would, however, involve the government putting what’s right and proper ahead of politicking. As such, don’t count on it ever happening.

Like transit users in Woolwich, taxpayers on the hook in Sochi realize "If you build it, they will come" doesn't always apply.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Some choices ahead for Burma’s next president WORLD AFFAIRS Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and champion of Burmese democracy, declared last June that she would run for president in the 2015 election. If she ran, she would surely win: she is to Burma what Nelson Mandela was to South Africa. However, as things now stand she is not legally allowed to run for president – and maybe she should see that as an opportunity to reconsider whether becoming president is the best use of her talents.

Burma is part-way through a transition from a 50-year military dictatorship to democracy, and Aung San Suu Kyi is the unquestioned leader of the democratic movement.

Unless the military rig or cancel next year’s election, her National League for Democracy (NLD) will certainly win a large majority in parliament in 2015. But she has no executive experience of any kind.

She doesn’t really have experience even in leading

a political party, although she was a co-founder of the NLD in 1988 and has always been its leader. She was under house arrest most of the time, and most of the party’s other leaders were in jail, so she was never challenged by rivals and never had to administer anything.

Despite that, she may be a wonderful natural leader, but such people are very rare. She is much more likely to be, like Mandela, an inspiring symbol of democracy with quite limited administrative skills. If so, she should rethink her position.

The law that bans her from the presidency is clause 59F of the constitution that was written by the military in 2008, which states that the spouse and children of a prospective president cannot owe their “allegiance to a foreign power.” It applies to her because her two sons with her late husband, the British academic Michael Aris, have British citizenship.

This is not just an unfortunate coincidence: the law was written that way to ensure that she could never become president.

She presumably thought she had a deal to get rid of

that clause when she agreed with the current president, ex-general Thein Sein, to run for parliament under the military-drafted constitution in late 2011.

Under that deal, the NLD ran candidates in 45 byelections in April, 2012, and won 43 of them. The NLD members took up their seats in parliament, and the world concluded that the democratic transition in Burma was real. So the sanctions that many Western countries maintained against the military regime were relaxed, and investments began pouring into the moribund Burmese economy.

But clause 59F is still in the constitution. A parliamentary review committee with a majority of members from the generals’ tame political party reported last week that it had received 30,000 submissions for changes, including more than 5,000 on the “Suu Kyi clause.”

But it just listed all the submissions, making no recommendations about them – except to say that changes not requiring a referendum or that help to consolidate peace with Burma’s many armed ethnic minorities should be

given priority. Changing clause 59F would require a referendum and it’s obviously not about rebel ethnic groups. It looks like Suu Kyi has been had.

When Thein Sein was asked about the clause last week, he replied: “I would not want restrictions being imposed on the right of any citizen to become the leader of the country. At the same time, we will need to have all necessary measures in place in order to defend our national interests and sovereignty.”

“Sovereignty,” of course, is code for not letting anyone with “foreign” ties near the presidency.

Aung San Suu Kyi has devoted half her adult life to bringing democracy to Burma, at great personal cost, and she clearly sees winning the presidency as the final validation of her long struggle. But before she launches a battle over clause 59F that will use up all the political oxygen for the next year, she should ask herself if the presidency is really where she can be most useful.

Is there nobody in her party, perhaps somebody a DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

How will you spend Family Day weekend?

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I haven’t really thought about it. Probably spend time with the family.

I’m of age so I’m going to the bar.

We are doing some skidooing.

Have family and friends come over.

I live on a farm; probably milking and having a family dinner.

"Despite that, she may be a wonderful natural leader, but such people are very rare. " Gwynne Dyer | 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Chrysler's latest gambit a sign of what's wrong with corporate welfare EDITOR'S NOTES In what looks suspiciously like an extortion attempt, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says he’s looking for $500 million to $700 million from government to keep the company’s minivan plant in Windsor operating ... at least for a little while.

Handouts are a long-time staple for the auto industry, part of the larger climate of corporate welfare. It’s why Canadian governments have turned over more than $200 billion to companies in the past few decades, with no indication that it’s done any good.

Oh, the companies have pocketed the cash, thank you, and some pandering politicians have helped their cronies and got their pictures taken at ribboncuttings, but the rest of us are simply out a whole lot of money.

Advocates of perpetual handouts to businesses – often large and profitable businesses, as is the case

with Chrysler’s ask on the $2.3-billion project – say such deals create and/ or protect jobs. Besides, they’ll say, every other government does the same thing, so we need to dole out cash to even the playing field.

Problem is, companies know this, and end up playing one jurisdiction off of another. Worse still, the benefits touted don’t materialize.

In a report chronicling Industry Canada’s contribution to the corporate welfare rolls between 1961 and 2012, the Fraser Institute’s Mark Milke, asserts Canadians don’t see a return on billions they’ve “invested” in subsidies.

“Peer-reviewed research does not support many claims advanced by federal politicians and other proponents of such subsidies: that corporate welfare is responsible for economic growth or job creation. In fact, the companies with the highest employee counts – most of which do not take subsidies – are real-world examples of companies that have not needed taxpayer assistance to create jobs,” he writes.

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a year, or almost double the cost of social welfare costs.

And without any documentable benefits.

In that light, it makes sense to scrap all subsidies to business. That’s not going to happen, however, as such programs are another vote-buying scheme for politicians. Political life is a perpetual election cycle, and the one thing politicians relish is the doling out money – grants, loans, subsidies – and the photo ops that accompany such announcements.

Imagine the election fortunes of federal Conservatives and provincial Liberals in the Windsor area if the Chrysler plant closed; they’d rather waste the money than risk losing votes. Which is why the politicians will likely give in to the company’s blackmail despite having bailed out Chrysler to the tune of $2.9 billion in 2009, some $810 million of which has not and will not be repaid.

Not much gratitude on the company’s part, is there?

Will the money come with airtight guarantees for long-term employment, investment and eventual

full return to tax coffers?

Not likely. Instead, it will be just another gimme in the never-ending cycle of privatized profits and socialized costs, the real modus operandi of corporatism.

What would make this and other welfare payments more palatable is a realistic cost-benefit analysis: if an investment makes sense – i.e. pays back every dollar to the taxpayers directly, and then some – then it should be considered. If not, then take a pass. That applies to everything from massive, decades-long support for the likes of Bombardier and Pratt and Whitney to ersatz economic development efforts in Woolwich and the region. In almost every case, the decisions are bad ones, which, as we know, is pretty much business as usual for politicians and bureaucrats.

“It was an NDP leader, David Lewis, who coined the term 'corporate welfare bums' in 1972. Unfortunately, in the past 30 years, too many corporations have been drawn into this trap by the available plethora of government loans, grants,

and subsidies.”

Those words came not from Lewis’ successors or free-enterprisers in Milke’s mold, but from thenopposition leader Stephen Harper in a 2004 speech to the Toronto Board of Trade, part of a pledge to tackle corporate welfare.

We know how that’s played out in the past decade.

Political gain and an eagerness to channel public money into private hands aside – and that’s a big cultural change to reverse, as milking taxpayers is the norm – ending corporate welfare wouldn’t be that difficult. As it stands, Milke’s Industry Canada report shows most of the country’s largest companies don’t take financial assistance.

“The top three employers – Onex Corp. (246,000 employees), George Weston Ltd. (155,000 employees), and Loblaw Companies (135,000 employees) – received no Industry Canada handouts in the 51 years surveyed.”

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The history of corporate welfare is replete with unpaid loans, bankruptcies, undelivered jobs and shuttered factories despite assurances to the contrary.

For a sad example of all of the above, check out Ontario’s steel industry, particularly what happened in Hamilton. The automotive sector, too, has seen plants close and jobs disappear even as governments have poured in billions of dollars.

Given that all levels of government and a variety of ministries and departments are involved, it’s hard to get a handle on just how much money is doled out as corporate welfare.

It’s made worse by the fact that officials try to hide what they’re doing: what we do know through the research of Milke and others almost always comes through Access to Information requests. Documents redacted as a matter of course, with the transfer of your money to wealthy corporations treated in the same way as military secrets.

Still, some estimates put the national corporate welfare bill at some $16 billion

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

The Seventh Good Government Report Card gives the Conservatives an overall “F” grade because they have only partially increased accountability in the federal government while taking many key steps backwards. If the Conservatives had kept all of their 2006 election promises, they would have received an overall “B-” grade (as their promises covered about two-thirds of the loopholes and undemocratic flaws in the government’s accountability and decision-making system).

“The entire decline in youth unemployment from its worst in 2009 was due to jobless young people giving up their search, not finding a job. The 4,000 youth internships in this budget will have no substantive impact. This is no time for small measures. An entire generation of young workers is on the line and the federal government has a serious role it could be playing.”

With stunned neighbours looking on, Waterloo Regional Police busted a marijuana grow-op on Falcon Drive in Elmira on February 14. The Valentine's Day seizure netted 226 plants worth an estimated $140,000.

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DYER: It's a good idea to stay

NATIONAL VIEW

above the day-to-day politics

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bit younger (she is 68), who has the right skills for the demanding job of executive president at a time of huge political and economic transformation? Maybe she should consider the example of Sonia Gandhi, the widow of India’s assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who led the Congress Party to a resounding election victory in 2004.

Sonia Gandhi could have become prime minister if she wanted, but she had a “foreign” problem too: she is an Indian citizen, but she was born and brought up Italian. So she chose econo-

mist Manmohan Singh to be prime minister, a job he has done with reasonable efficiency for the past 10 years, while she remained Congress Party leader and kept it united behind him.

The circumstances are not identical, but Burma needs a president who a) has the right skills for the job, and b) has a united party behind him or her. Maybe Aung San Suu Kyi’s most useful role would be as party leader and moral authority, while somebody else gets down in the dirt and makes the dayto-day decisions that will eat away the popularity of even the most respected leader in the end.

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is not a priority in this budget FROM | 7

porate welfare are, at best, fleeting and rarely successful in attracting highskilled, high-paying jobs.

The money disappears

down a sinkhole, with little lasting effect. But as long as politicians are allowed to control the money, they’ll keep on wasting it to benefit only themselves and a few well-heeled friends.

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Two outta three ain’t bad

Pair of decisive wins and a loss that easily could have gone the other way make for a good week WILL SLOAN As the old saying goes, “Home is where the heart is,” and that’s especially true for the Elmira Sugar Kings. The boys in green were on the road last week, unpacking a 6-1 clobbering of the Brantford 99ers on February 6, then stumbling 4-3 against the Waterloo Siskins on February 8, but rebounded on home ice the next day, beating the Listowel Cyclones 5-1.

Chalk it up to home-ice advantage, perhaps.

“I think there might be a little bit of a comfort level,” said head coach Jeff Flanagan after Sunday’s game.

“We’re at home, we’re at our own lockers, and guys can get here whenever they want and do their routine.”

He added, “It’s a team thing, as well as a community thing. I know other teams don’t like coming here because it’s a tough place to play – we have good fan support.”

The Kings came out strong against the Brantford 99ers on February 6, with Brad Kobryn (assists, Justin Cooke, Cash Seraphim) potting the first goal at 5:33 and Cooke (Brett Parsons, Mitch Klie) following at 13:21. The second period also belonged to Elmira, with Alex Mutton (Cass Frey) scoring at 0:57 and Seraphim (Brodie Whitehead, Adam Campagnolo) expanding the lead at 4:54.

Brantford managed a goal at 4:12 in the third period, but Elmira made up the difference and then some, with Mitch Wilkins

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“We actually thought we played well and made very few mistakes. Unfortunately, the mistakes we did make ended up in our net,” said Flanagan.

“Our gap wasn’t great; coming through the neutral zone we weren’t great; we gave up a lot of oddman-rushes, which they scored two goals off of. We think we scored enough to win, but we weren’t good enough defensively.”

Maybe it was something in the pink jerseys, but the

I’m thinking of starting a company that sells ice fishing products. In particular, I’m thinking hole de-icers – which is a fancy way of saying the I would package fist-sized rocks that the angler could drop down the hole the minute it begins to freeze over.

They’re environmentally friendly, create habitat, and can be purchased in a variety of value packs.

I’m sure this idea will make me rich.

I was inspired to do this after watching my friend Phil, who is new to Canada and ice fishing, begin a spending spree that should have elevated Canada right out of these tough economic times.

Prior to actually going ice fishing, he bought a couple of ice fishing rods, some tackle and a tackle box. That stuff costs a bit of money.

After his first trip, he decided that he didn’t like the cold, so he bought a fourman portable ice fishing tent. And a rod case for a growing number of specialized rods and reels.

After that, an auger, which he still hasn’t yet drilled one hole with, thanks

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Sugar King Mitch Klie outmaneuvered the Listowel Cyclones on February 10. Elmira won 5-1 at its “Pink the Rink” charity tournament.

(Whitehead, Eric Palazzolo) and Klie (Stephen Jablonski, Frey) scoring at 11:05 and 14:07. The Kings also dramatically outshot their rivals 51-20 throughout the game.

But the Kings weren’t in vintage form on Saturday when they faced the Siskins on Waterloo ice. Mitch Wright (Adam Brubacher, Palazzolo) scored first at 13:17, but Waterloo countered at 13:44, 17:04, and 4:36 in the second period.

Against this intimidating lead, Mitch Klie (Palazzolo, David Savery) got the Kings

Brad Kobryn celebrates a goal. back in the game at 19:37.

Waterloo scored again 45 seconds into the third period, but while Kobryn

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team staged a comeback on Sunday, rallying a decisive win against the Cyclones for their Pink the Rink charity game.

The Kings wasted no time getting on the board, with Wright lobbing a pair of goals at 1:34 in the first period and 10:10 in the second. The Cyclones had their first – and, it would turn out, only – goal at 12:21, but the third period was all Elmira. Kobryn (Savery, Campagnolo), Seraphim, and Campagnolo (Whitehead, Kobryn) scored at 0:34, 13:02, and 17:45 in the last period to push the lead to 5-1.

While the Cyclones rank at seventh place in the league, Flanagan had plenty of praise for the Listowel rivals.

“They’re very young, and they haven’t had a lot of success in winning games, but they never give up and they’re extremely quick. Any time there is a bobbled puck, they’re on the offense immediately and they forecheck hard.

You have to be really good against them.”

In Stratford Friday to take on the Cullitons, the Kings have a rematch with

EDSS skiers taking it to the next level After a strong regional showing, team is off to CWOSSA ELENA MAYSTRUK

Brad Kobryn fends off the opposition on home ice during Sunday’s game.

[WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

the 99ers on Sunday at the WMC. In a special Family Day matchup, the Waterloo

Siskins come to town Monday. Both games are set for 2 p.m.

What makes a good skier? For Elmira high school coach Ron Fletcher, it’s the lack of fear: the ability to dive headfirst into the sport.

“To some degree you need to be a little bit fearless. To be a good skier, in my opinion, you have to be on the edge a little bit to really be effective – pushing yourself just a little bit extra.

“Certainly there are lots of little technical things that come into play and all of those things are important.”

After a season’s hiatus due to last year’s job action by teachers, EDSS alpine skiers are back on the slopes. This week, they headed to Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association

games at the Beaver Valley Ski Club in Markdale after a good run at the regional level.

“We had our WCSSAA meet and the guys did well.

Isaac Hogan actually did really well, coming second in the boys’ level 1 division,” Fletcher said.

A team that usually sees a good mix of boys and girls to try out has only male athletes this year, seven students in Grades 9 through 12, making for a combination of experienced competitors and some beginners.

“We actually had a good season as far as snow goes.

It wasn’t intended to be a boys’ team, but our girls, maybe we scared them away, I don’t know,” the coach laughed.

“It’s been a learning year for me too, really: just working with the team,

learning some of the drills.

We’ve got some folks in their first year and we’ve got a few that years ago were part of racing. It’s nice, it’s a good way for the kids to learn from each other a little bit. As a new coach, I’ve been learning along with them.”

EDSS alpine skiers have a recent history of success.

In 2011, the Lancers won two bronze medals at Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships.

“The team’s been working on a lot of little things to be more technically sound, but what sort of gives you that [success] is pushing it to the next level,” Fletcher said.

This year he is hoping for the best in his team.

“We’re optimistic, fingers crossed. We may make allOntario, you never know.”

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PRACTICE HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLANNING ON FAMILY DAY

Township of Woolwich - Chief Rick Pedersen is urging families in Day on February 17, 2014. that is why it is so important for everyone to know what to do when the smoke alarms sound,” said Fire Chief Rick Pedersen. “Everyone should know what to do and where to go to get out safely”

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The third annual Breslau Winterfest kept the winter fun indoors at the Breslau Community Centre on February 8. Clockwise from top: Alia Van Alphen takes a turn on Twister; Mya goes riding; Mason Taylor chows down; Lyla Eckmier visits the bouncy castle. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

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to yours truly. Then he saw my ice fishing sonar unit, so he purchased one too.

Add ice cleats, more lures, more rods, a foldable shovel, bell attachments for his rods, a ladle, another ladle, just in case, a catalytic heater, specialized ice fishing lines, new gloves, new ice fishing pants, a specialized ice fishing bucket and hand warmers and you’ll see what I mean when I say

Phil is good for the economy. Oh, and a few dozen minnows along with ice fishing jig heads and hooks.

Then, having realized that he can’t easily drill through 30 inches of ice with a hand auger, Phil purchased a power auger, fuel container, five gallons of gas and oil to keep it going. He still hasn’t drilled a hole with this, by the way.

All told, I’m thinking he’s spent somewhere around

$3 million.

I fully expect for him to call next week with news that he’s purchased a snowmobile, permanent bungalow hut and truck and trailer to tow these things with. The truck would be great because he can’t put all the gear he’s acquired so far in his little sedan.

The week after, I’m thinking he’ll purchase his own private lake – and then 10,000 trout to stock in it.

There are a thousand guys just like Phil. They’re addicted to ice fishing – as am I. The difference is these haven’t yet got it under control – which is to say their wives haven’t yet looked in the shed.

Until that time, they will buy virtually any item they feel will give them the edge over the fish. And since de-icing your holes is a major hassle, I’m absolutely certain they’d buy my Ice-

Breaker™ hole-clearing rocks as well as the accessory pouch, complete with optional warmer.

I figure the product will initially come in three sizes: early-, late- and mid-season.

The first two packages would contain fist-sized anti-ice inhibiting units for the milder days when ice isn’t developing quickly.

Just throw one down the hole and it’s ice free again!

The mid-season package,

marketed as the Frozen February Pro Pack, would contain larger rocks. Both would retail at $1.95 a pound.

A couple of YouTube videos and Pro Staff endorsements showing these rocks in use would be all that’s required to boost sales.

Admittedly, there’s probably not a lot of money in this, which is why I’ll also be selling insulated ice fishing trusses for just under three hundred.

Jacks draw even with 4-1 victory Wednesday It’s now a best-of-three series as Wellesley and Norwich battle this weekend to see who’ll move on WILL SLOAN A Wellesley win Wednesday night evened things up in what has thus far been a seesaw battle in the first round of the Midwestern Junior C playoffs.

Four games into the first round of playoffs, the Wellesley Applejacks and the Norwich Merchants are in a dead heat.

Evenly matched (fifth- and fourth-place in the Junior C league respectively), the teams spent the last week struggling to ride momentum, alternating wins and losses in equal measure.

If there’s another pattern, it’s that the team that scores more than one goal wins, as the alternating victories have been 6-1, 3-1, 4-0 and 4-1.

This weekend’s games will be a real test for the Jacks, whose 2-2 performance has been consistent with their hit-and-miss record during the regular season.

Head coach Rob Way says the team has reason to be optimistic. “We know that if we bring our A-plus game and compete hard with them, we can beat them; you just can’t take a shift off.”

He expects the Merchants will give nothing away in the series.

“They’re very deep, and they’ve got three or four lines that can all hit and play the body hard. You just have to be prepared for that every shift.”

On Norwich ice February 7, the Jacks got off to a good start with a goal by Brett MacDonald (assist: Mckenzie Carter) at 13:51, but they couldn’t catch a break after that. Norwich scored once in the first period, dominated the second with four goals, and scored again in the third, giving the Jacks a troubling 6-1 loss.

It was a brighter outcome the next day at the Wellesley arena. The teams

Everyone was reaching for the puck as the Wellesley Applejacks began their first round of playoffs against the Norwich Merchants. The Midwestern Junior C series is now tied at 2-2, with decisive games coming this weekend. spent most of the game tied – Devon Wagner (Taylor Doering) scored first for Wellesley in 1:46, and Norwich countered at 13:37 – but the Jacks pulled ahead in the third period, with a goal by Blake Hetherington at 2:29. Luke Rose pushed the score to 3-1 with a shot on an empty net at 18:30.

The victory game despite intense opposition: the Merchants actually outshot the Jacks 44-26.

“We just played like we needed to play on Saturday night. The first game, we didn’t do that,” said Way. But the momentum was short-lived: back in Norwich on Sunday, the Jacks were unable to score a single goal against their opponents. The Merchants took a strong lead with two goals in the first period, added another two in the second, and held the Jacks off in the third.

“A bunch of things just didn’t give us the same physical presence in the game,” said Way. “We played reasonably well, but we ran into a couple of injuries, and we lost one of our top defensemen who works for a snow removal

Applejack Reid Denstedt tried to keep control of the puck on Saturday night, with Wellesley going on to win 3-1. So far in the series, the home team has claimed victory.

[WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

company – he got called into work. … They took it to us physically.”

The team returned to form on home ice Wednesday, drawing even with a 4-1 win, and while Norwich outshot Wellesley 48-27, the Jacks were able to capitalize on their chances.

MacDonald (Stoody, Wagner) and Stoody (Wagner, MacDonald) led the way with goals in the first period, and Wagner (MacDonald) landed a third 3:11 in the second period. The Merchants managed a goal of their own at 9:16 in the third period, but Stoody (Wagner, Lebold) racked up one more for Wellesley at 15:32.

Despite the mixed results, Way says that playing the same team repeatedly in a short span of time has its advantages.

“Both teams are making adjustments all the time because you see the team, and then at the end of the game you’re thinking about the kind of adjustments you have to make for the next game. They’re doing the same thing.”

In a tight, short series, adjustments have to be made on the fly.

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KINGS PINK THE RINK IN SUPPORT OF FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

The Sugar Kings’ annual “Pink the Rink” charity game on February 9 brought awareness to cancer charities. The team auctioned off their special pink jerseys after the game, raising $7,735 for the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers.

[WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

THE SCORE

WOOLWICH WILDCATS

Novice: AE Feb 8 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 0 New Hamburg: 2

Novice: MAJOR A Feb 8 vs. Burlington Woolwich: 3 Burlington: 2 Goals: Jordan Chang, Dustin Good, Eric Hutton Assists: Dustin Good, Ethan Bickerton Feb 10 vs. Burlington Woolwich: 2 Burlington: 3 Goals: Jordan Chang, Ryan Brubacher Assists: Cade Beacom, Joey Martin

Novice: LL #4 Feb 8 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 3 Ayr: 1 Goals: Tucker Armstrong, Calum Heimbecker, Mason Spark Assists: Cameron Beisel

Atom: MINOR A Jan 31 vs. Caledon Woolwich: 8 Caledon: 0 Goals: Ian Speiran, Liam Eveleigh x2, Brett Moser, Lucas Carson, Shelby Rempel, Tyler Brezynskie

Assists: Mitchell Young, Tyler Brezynskie x3, Lucas Carson x4, Carter Rollins, Reid Burkholder, Liam Eveleigh, Ian Speiran Shutout: Dom Roth Feb 1 vs. Milton Woolwich: 1 Milton: 0 Goals: Carter Rollins Assists: Ian Speiran, Brett Moser Shutout: Colin Bray Feb 2 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 2 Oakville: 1 Goals: Carter Rollins, Ian Speiran Assists: Iran Speiran

Atom: AE Feb 2 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 0 Hespeler: 6 Feb 9 vs. Erin Woolwich: 4 Erin: 1 Goals: Sam Siopiolosz x2, Seb Garrett, Lucas Radler Assists: Gavin Wilson x3, Cole Seabrook x2, Carter Cousineau

Atom: LL #2 Feb 8 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 3 New Hamburg: 0 Goals: Johnathan Horst, Corbin Schmidt, Jamie Reichard Assists: Oscar Fitch Shutout: John Kilgour

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once and you don’t play them again for three weeks, you don’t make those kinds of adjustments to that degree. Sure, you might make a couple, but it’s not to that level,” he said.

“We already knew what they were like because we played them so often. They’ve got one line that’s really strong, good scorers, fast; they’ve got good size, and they’re physical. We’ve got to really fight hard to compete with their physicality, and we have to shut down their top line.”

After game five in Norwich Friday night, the two teams head back to Wellesley Saturday night for a 7:30 p.m. match. If needed, a seventh and final game will be played the following afternoon in Norwich.

Atom: LL #3 Feb 2 vs. LL #1 LL3: 3 LL1: 2 Goals: Danny Soehner, Griffin Boerner, Thomas Hill-Ring Assists: Griffin Boerner, Danny Soehner, Ashton Weber, Jonathan Staken, Nolan Karger, Tanis Uhrig Feb 8 vs. LL #4 LL3: 2 LL4: 4 Goals: Danny Soehner, Jonathan Staken Assists: Danny Soehner, Nolan Karger Feb 9 vs. LL #1 LL3: 4 LL1: 3 Goals: Kieren Oberholzer, Nolan Karger x2, Danny Soehner Assists: Danny Soehner, Jonathan Staken, Mitch Brubacher, Cole Sellars

PeeWee: AE Feb 8 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 1 Hespeler: 2 Goals: Ryan Belanger Assists: Zac Pickard

PeeWee: LL #3 Feb 8 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 3 Ayr: 1 Goals: Blake Richardson x2, Jonathan Dingelstad Assists: Clay Martin x2, Andrew Kieswetter

PeeWee: MAJOR AA Feb 6 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 2 Oakville: 5 Goals: Bart Sherrer, Eli Baldin Assists: Lukas Shantz, Griffen Rollins, Ethan Young, Kurtis Hoover Feb 9 vs. Brampton Woolwich: 3 Brampton: 3 Goals: Lukas Shantz, Ryan Biggs, Nolan Hislop Assists: Griffen Rollins, Brt Sherrer, Josh Martin x2

PeeWee: MINOR A Feb 10 vs. Burlington Woolwich: 2 Burlington: 0 Goals: Cole Chipman, Matt Fleischmann Assists: Matt

Fleischmann, Ben Witmer, Eric Martin, Jake Clemmer Shutout: Simon Huber

Bantam: MAJOR A Jan 25 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 2 Halton Hills: 3 Goals: Owen Read, Ryan Shantz Assists: Mitch Waters Jan 28 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 3 Oakville: 2 Goals: Jacob Uridil, Noah Zeller, Jonah Boehm Assists: Cameron Brown, Jonah Boehm, Owen Read, Mitch Waters, Connor Martin Jan 31 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 6 Oakville: 2 Goals: Jonah Boehm x2, Owen Read, Noah Zeller, Mitch Waters x2 Assists: Jacob Uridil x2, Mitch Waters, Ryan Shantz, Owen Read x2, Cameron Brown, Noah Zeller Feb 5 vs. Owen Sound Woolwich: 3 Owen Sound: 0 Goals: Jonah Boehm, Owen Read, Noah Zeller Assists: Jacob Uridil, Mitch Waters, Owen Read Shutout: Evan Martin Feb 8 vs. Owen Sound Woolwich: 2 Owen Sound: 6 Goals: Mitch Waters x2 Feb 9 vs. Owen Sound Woolwich: 1 Owen Sound: 3 Goals: Jonah Boehm Assists: Jacob Uridil, Ryan Shantz

Bantam: AE Feb 9 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 4 Halton Hills: 5 Goals: Mathew Uhrig, Justin Uhrig, Benton Weber, Alex Turchan Assists: Garrett Reitzel, John Wang, Mitchell Rempel x2, Justin Uhrig, Mathew Uhrig Feb 10 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 2 Halton Hills: 4 Goals: Mathew Uhrig, Nick Campagnolo Assists: Earl Schwartz, Alex Turchan

Bantam: LL #1 Feb 8 vs. Paris Woolwich: 3 Paris: 2 Goals: Kyle Gingrich,

Daniel Gallant, Ben Lenaers Assists: Daniel Gallant, Bryce Sellars, Liam Catton, Jon Martin Feb 9 vs. Beverly Woolwich: 4 Beverly: 1 Goals: Liam Catton, Bryce Sellars, Alex Metzger, Trent Brunkard Assists: Daniel Gallant, Trent Brunkard, Sam Sabean, Hayden Fretz

Bantam: LL #2 Feb 8 vs. Twin Centre Woolwich: 4 Twin Centre: 3 Goals: Ryan Diemert x2, Owen Lucier x2 Assists: Riley Shantz x2, Brendan Knipfel x2, Noah Rawlinson, Keann Dowdall

Midget: MAJOR A Feb 6 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 4 Dundas: 2 Goals: Josh Kueneman, Alex Uttley x3 Assists: Alex Uttley, Josh Kueneman, Nicholas Pavanel x2, Timothy Shuh, Adam Cook Feb 7 vs. Caledon Woolwich: 4 Caledon: 1 Goals: Matthew Leger, Adrian Gilles, Alex Uttley x2 Assists: Scott Martin, Matthew Leger, Luke Brown, Josh Kueneman

Midget: LL #3 Feb 9 vs. LL #1 LL3: 1 LL1: 3 Goals: Jacob Cornwall WOOLWICH WILD

Novice: B Feb 8 vs. Cambridge Woolwich: 0 Cambridge: 2 Feb 9 vs. Twin Centre Woolwich: 1 Twin Centre: 0

Atom: BB Feb 8 vs. Buffalo Woolwich: 1 Buffalo: 3 Goals: Haylee Assists: Maddy, Carly Feb 9 vs. Buffalo Woolwich: 2 Buffalo: 0 Goals: Ella, Haylee Shutout: Bethany

TWIN CENTRE HERICANES

Bantam: B Feb 9 vs. Brantford Woolwich: 0 Brantford: 3

Intermediate: LL Feb 10 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 5 Woolwich: 1 Goals: Jaide Shantz x3, Shannon Jewitt, Shannon Lorentz Assists: Jessica Dunbar x2, Shannon Jewitt, Bekcy Jantzi, Shannon Novak, Holly Lorentz x2, Jaide Shantz

Midget: B Feb 9 vs. Milverton Woolwich: 1 Milverton: 1 Goals: Hannah Weber

Midget: BB Feb 5 vs. Mount Forest Woolwich: 2 Mount Forest: 1 Goals: Megan Lair, Cassandra Tuffnail Assists: Sydney Meunier, Gillian Olsthoorn Feb 11 vs. Wilmot Woolwich: 2 Wilmot: 1 Goals: Gillian Olsthoorn, Marlee Kernick Assists: Claire Hanley TWIN CENTRE STARS

Atom: B Feb 8 vs. Guelph Twin Centre: 6 Guelph: 0 Goals: Marlee Fraser x2, Emily Krueger, Katya Yusim x2, Claire Higgins Assists: Avery Bender, Nicole Hehn, Claire Higgins, Bella Kuchma, Marlee Fraser, Emily Krueger Shutout: Katie Lee

PeeWee: LL #1 Jan 24 vs. New Hamburg Twin Centre: 2 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Jack Wolf, Dawson Stevenson Assists: Jack Koebel, Conall Gillett Jan 28 vs. Plattsville Twin Centre: 3 Plattsville: 3 Goals: Jack Koebel x2, Jaden Palermo, Jack Wolf, Dawson Stevenson, Caleb Eggert, Nathan Jantzi Feb 2 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 4 Woolwich: 2 Goals: Jack Wolf x2, Tyris Patrick, Connall Gillett Assists: Connall Gillett x2, Jack Wolf, Jack Koebel, Dawson Stevenson Feb 8 vs. St. George Twin Centre: 3 St. George: 0 Goals: Isaiah Siewert, Jack Koebel, Dawson Stevenson Assists: Ben Hayden, Jack Wolf Shutout: Lucas Economides

Bantam: BB Feb 8 vs. Lakeshore Twin Centre: 2 Lakeshore: 0 Goals: Sophie Jantzi, Laura Ridge Assists: Leah Sebben, Meghan Schnarr Shutout: Nicole Hendershot Feb 9 vs. Ayr Twin Centre: 1 Ayr: 2 Goals: Lauren Quehl Assists: Maddie Jantzi, Laura Weber Feb 10 vs. London Twin Centre: 2 London: 3 Goals: Pam Hammer, Rebecca Vitello Assists: Jill Sebben, Lauren Brick HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS

Intermediate: LL London Devilettes Tournament – Feb 7-9 Game 1 vs. Mississauga Twin Centre: 2

Mississauga: 0 Goals: Shannon Jewitt, Holly Lorentz Shutout: Lindsey Dietrich Game 2 vs. Lakeshore Twin Centre: 4 Lakeshore: 2 Goals: Jaide Shantz x2, Shannon Lorentz, Emily Detzler Assists: Shannon Lorentz x2, Holly Lorentz, Jaide Shantz Game 3 vs. London Twin Centre: 5 London: 0 Goals: Holly Lorentz x2, Mackenzie Van Bargen, Natasha Runstedler, Jaide Shantz Assists: Taylor Holst, Emily Detzler, Shannon Jewitt, Shannon Lorentz Shutout: Lindsay Dietrich Game 4 vs. Lakeshore Twin Centre: 4 Lakeshore: 1 Goals: Mackenzie Van Bargen x2, Shannon Novak, Natasha Runstedler Assists: Shannon Novak, Taylor Holst, Shannon Jewitt x2, Holly Lorentz Game 6 vs. Kent County Twin Centre: 0 Kent County: 5

Bantam: LL Stoney Creek Sweetheart Tournament – Feb 7-9 Game 1 vs. Niagara Falls Twin Centre: 1 Niagara Falls: 5 Goals: Natalee Dietz Assists: Emily Bishop Game 2 vs. Clarington Twin Centre: 1 Clarington: 5 Goals: Natalee Dietz Assists: Elena McKee, Megan Giovanniello Game 3 vs. Stoney Creek Twin Centre: 0 Stoney Creek: 1 Game 4 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 3 Woolwich: 1 Goals: Thomas, Cory, Barett Assists: Noah, Blake

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Hardware aplenty at Jacks’ banquet

Wellesley’s players, coaches and staff look back on the season as Midwestern Junior C playoffs get underway for Unsung Player, chosen by head trainer Mark Reitzel. The trophy was named for a 1995-1997 Applejack who was killed in a motorcycle accident, and has been presented by Reitzel since 1997.

Parker Wood won the John Igley Memorial Award for Most Valuable Defenseman, with assistant coach Bill Grebinski saying, “I remember him third practice in, a little bit wet behind the years, who skated up to me and said, ‘Be patient, I’ll get it. I don’t understand it, but I’ll get it.’ And he got it good.” Wood, who was previously named the OHA Midwestern Junior C Rookie of the Year, was also cited as the Jacks’ Rookie of the Year.

With 45 goals (more than anyone else in Ontario Junior C this season), Alex Stoody earned the Total Points Award. Way joked that despite this impressive statistic, Stoody’s 11 total assists made it a tough decision.

Team Captain Brett MacDonald was named Most Valuable Player, who Rob Way said “killed penalties, played power plays, and I think everybody would

WILL SLOAN On the eve of the playoffs, the Wellesley Applejacks took an evening to celebrate the 2013-14 season, holding their annual awards banquet at Kennedy’s Restaurant in St. Agatha on February 6.

While trophies were handed out to distinguished members of the Junior C team, staff took to praising the roster.

“I’m quite a lucky fellow: I get to hang around with the team, and we just have such a riot together,” said Rick Grebinski, communications director for the team. “You see them out on the ice; I see them behind the scenes and at the different outings we go to, and I’ll tell you, they keep me young. Just a great group of guys.”

Head coach Rob Way thanked staff and volunteers, and added, “We have a lot of players that could win these awards. When the coaches sat down, for every award we had three or four names for every category, so we’re very fortunate to have such a great team of players.”

Cody Tapsell took home the Martin Novack Trophy

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Coaching staff had plenty to celebrate as the Wellesley Applejacks held their awards banquet in St. Agatha on February 6. Left to right: Alex Stoody, Reid Denstedt, Brett MacDonald, Cody Tapsell, Sean McEwan, Parker Wood, Cal Jefferies, Luke Rose, Shayne Grebinski. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] agree [is] a great leader in the dressing room.”

Way also presented the Coach’s Award to forward Luke Rose. “He takes every goal personally as if it’s his own fault, and I think everybody would agree he’s a

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Others honoured included Reid Denstedt for Most Valuable Local Player; Sean McEwan, who won the Don Greene Award for Most Sportsmanlike; Rick Grebinski, who won the Top Jacks

Award for volunteerism; Shayne Grebinski, also cited for volunteerism; and Cal Jeffries for Most Improved.

“We looked at: Who’s the player that took on a ton of responsibility as the year went on?” said Way of Jef-

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The Jacks ended their season in fifth place in their league with a record of 1917-3.

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Helping prospects develop a taste for entrepreneurship Waterloo Region Small Business Centre to present seminar for those interested in launching a food-based business ELENA MAYSTRUK This winter’s deep freeze may not have you thinking about the delicious food options available from street vendors or through local producers, but the time is ripe for those thinking of getting into the game.

In fact, would-be food entrepreneurs can hardly wait for summer. In preparation for warmer times to come, those new to the industry will have a chance next month to learn everything they need to get their goodies out to the public via a business session created by the Waterloo Region Small Business Centre.

The food game became even more popular with the introduction of food truck licensing in a 2013 City of Waterloo pilot project, said the centre’s manager, Chris Farrell, and with even more small business options available comes the need to educate entrepreneurs.

Thus was born “Starting a Food Business in Waterloo Region.” “[The event] is for people who are interested in starting a food business or maybe they’re in early stages of investigating starting a food business,” she said.

Waterloo Region is a hotbed for smaller, start-up food businesses – even in Woolwich a pair of youths

took on the challenge with Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Cupcakes!, a St. Jacobs market operation by Tiia Planert of Waterloo, and Ice Cream!

Ice Cream! Ice Cream!, the mobile frozen treat business started by Elmira’s Andrew Brubacher last summer.

The challenges at the beginning of a food venture are plentiful, as Planert well knows.

“At first you think, ‘It’s going to be great, I can just bake out of my kitchen,’ and that’s the first thing they tell you is you can’t bake out of your kitchen, it has to be a commercial kitchen. Finding one was quite the challenge … finding insurance was another thing, finding a location was a third.”

The heavy workload can be another unexpected factor.

“It’s a lot of work, it takes up a lot of your life and being your own boss has its perks but at the same time you are the first person opening up shop in the morning and you’re the last person doing dishes at the end of the day,” she said.

All food businesses, no matter how small, must come back to the basics of operating legally and safely. That’s what the seminar, consisting of representatives from food regulatory bodies, will teach participants.

Crop protection benefits society, not just farmers FIELD NOTES

as food trucks, familyowned cafés and restaurants, or even small-time producers of sauces and goods sold at local markets.

There are several misconceptions that float

One of the biggest media draws in the world is actually an agriculture and food event, the biggest one in Europe, called Green Week. Staged every January and now in its 79th year, this edition drew a record 410,000 people (mostly consumers) and 5,000-plus journalists over nine days, and more international participants than ever.

It’s a great opportunity for the ag sector to try moving the needle on public opinion. Opposition in Europe, led by Germany, to biotechnology and other modern crop protection measures remains high.

And it shows, not just in anti-technology protests on the streets, but also in news coverage. A report from a pro-crop protection group called Industrieverband Agrar notes that the ratio of bad to good news media reports on plant protection is about 40:1.

The report, distributed at Green Week to members of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (including me), called out the ag sector for concentrating its efforts on focusing on the economic and environmental impact

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Waterloo Region Small Business Centre’s upcoming “Starting a Food Business in Waterloo Region” event aims to teach would-be entrepreneurs the basics of safety and health regulations when dealing with food products, said manager Chris Farrell.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] Many regulators that affect the food business will sit on a panel during the event. It’s a long list: Region of Waterloo Public Health, municipal clerk’s office, fire departments, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Rural

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of crop protection in isolation.

Sure, crop protection preserves and increases yields. In fact, it’s conservatively estimated yields would drop by one-third without meaningful crop protection, a contention that everyone should keep in mind as we drive towards feeding more people on the planet.

But, the report asks, what about the social benefits of crop protection? How does it contribute to society’s goals?

Well, the report says, targeted and properly conducted crop protection on farms is actually good for society.

That’s a wide-ranging statement. But the authors know would-be readers are pretty particular about the way farmers use crop protection products. Germany is already on high alert, and has been for decades, about gene-altering technology. That makes its citizens wary of North American-style crop protection and GMOs. But as farmers here know, when used properly, crop protection does society good. The report’s authors agree.

They say first, by boosting yields, crop protection contributes to a country’s overall economic prosperity, not just that of farmers.

And in helping farmers fight bugs, weeds and disease, it permits more food to be grown on less land.

“It helps save the globally scarce source of arable land or soil, through generating higher yields per unit of

area,” says the report.

If relatively little more land is needed to grow food, natural areas don’t have to be sacrificed for production, and biodiversity is preserved. This is a huge concern in Germany, where almost 82 million people are packed into a space about one-third the size of Ontario.

And finally, with more green spaces preserved and carbon sequestering maintained, less greenhouse gases end up being emitted into the atmosphere. With climate change upon us and new pests emerging, crop protection helps hold the line while the plant world adapts.

All this certainly sounds like the position you’d expect pro-technology lobbyists to take. And I’ve heard their detractors argue against most of the statements made.

So have the German people, at a ratio of 40:1.

But the industry must keep trying different ways, like this society-targeted report perhaps, to make people understand plants grown for food are vulnerable and need help.

You know the comebacks: bees are vulnerable too, and need help. So does wildlife.

And so do people, if products are unsafe.

Can the industry prove it’s not the public’s enemy?

It must, be it in Germany, Canada or wherever.

Despite the skepticism, the media wants to hear industry’s story ... beyond the catchy slogan and the perfect picture of the perfect field.

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around when entrepreneurs get their first whiff of the food business, said Farrell.

“A lot of times people want to start a food business from their home, but that’s not possible; you need to have a commercial kitchen to make food and then sell it to the public. A lot of people aren’t aware of that.”

Many producers at farmers’ markets rent such facilities to create their

“homemade” sauces and other goods. And if vendors do choose the market or street food route, there’s much to learn about preparation, she added.

“If you want to prepare food and take it to market and package the foods, then people need to know about labeling that food and making sure that all the ingredients that are in the food are listed. If it isn’t listed on the packaging, they have to have it available for the buyer because

there are so many food allergies. We want to keep the public safe when it comes to food.”

The number of food businesses in the region is only outmatched by ideas for even more tasty creations.

“Location has a lot to do with where you run your business. We have a lot of people who have great ideas for food, who have traditional recipes or maybe ethnic recipes that they want to bring to the market and they haven’t gone to

culinary school and they want to start a business.

We want to make sure that they know how to do that,” said Farrell.

Starting a Food Business in Waterloo Region takes place March 20, 8:30 a.m.

- 12 p.m. at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Centre, Hauser Haus Banquet Room (101 Father David Bauer Dr.). For information, visit www.waterlooregionsmallbusiness.com.

The event repeats in Cambridge on April 15.

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THE ARTS ON STAGE / LIVE THEATRE

Aiming for something thrillingly funny Drayton Entertainment’s I’ll Be Back Before Midnight straddles two genres in show at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse WILL SLOAN “It’s a strange juxtaposition,” says James Kall, director of I’ll Be Back Before Midnight. “I spent a lot of last year cowriting a screenplay that was a thriller.

I was in the James Kall production of Mary Poppins that opened the new [Drayton] theatre in Cambridge, and when I wasn’t onstage performing Mr. Banks, I’d run up to my room and try to come up with creative ways to kill people.”

Could there be any deep-seated psychological reason for such a state of mind?

“I don’t want to get into that,” he laughs. “It’s a nice release, though.”

Murder, it seems, is in the air at Drayton Entertainment. In the midst of his screenwriting project, Kall is taking the reins on the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse’s new production of I’ll Be Back Before

Midnight, a Canadian theatre favourite by Peter Colley.

“It’s unique because it really does perfectly combine the comedy with the aspect of the thriller – there aren’t many of those out there,” says Kall. “When you’re not screaming out to save the heroine, you’ll be laughing with the next breath.”

The play follows Jan, a disturbed woman released from a hospital after a nervous breakdown. To recover, she travels with her husband to a dilapidated mansion in rural Ontario, which it turns out is a haunted house. Or not.

Given Jan’s uncertain mental state, nothing that happens onstage can be taken at face value.

“It’s unlike anything I’ve directed before,” says Kall.

“I’ve directed a lot of farces and romantic comedies in the past, but this is a unique challenge because it walks a fine line between the comedy and the thriller aspect.

“With the actors we’ll certainly figure out the best way to play this, in terms of keeping the honesty in the acting but also amping it

Murderous shenanigans of all varieties haunt a remote rural house in Peter Colley’s comedy/thriller, which begins its run in St. Jacobs on March 12. [SUBMITTED] up just a little in the horror element.”

He adds, “The fact that we could actually do this sort of thriller live onstage

that has people flinching when they’re not laughing, it will be a fun challenge to pull off.”

Murder and mayhem

are a few steps away from Kall’s previous credits, which include productions of The Wizard of Oz and The 25th Annual Putnam

County Spelling Bee. The tricky balance of comedy and horror would present a challenge for any director, but Kall’s extensive experience as an actor gives him an advantage (among his credits: you can spot him as an altar boy in The Deer Hunter).

“Because I’ve been working professionally as an actor for 30-some years, if nothing else I believe I know how to speak to actors to get the best work out of them. I’ve worked with some amazing directors over the years who have done that for me.

“The creative process of directing, because it’s such a process of collaboration with the designers and the actors, I just find it so rewarding. I’m thankful that Drayton Entertainment keeps giving me these opportunities to switch back and forth.”

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight runs March 12-30 at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse (40 Benjamin Rd. E.). Tickets are $25-$42, and can be purchased online at www.draytonentertainment.com, or by calling 1-855-372-9866.

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Seed and grain processing experience would be an asset but we would be willing to train the right candidate. Candidates must be able to handle the physical requirements of climbing ladders and stairs and be able to lift 28 kg packages. Candidates should be comfortable with basic math equations, data entry on excel spreadsheets and equipment operation. Individuals must be able to adapt to changing production schedules and work with other staff in a team environment.

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Applicants should have some HVAC background and a clean drivers abstract. Email resumes to: brent@airaudit. ca or fax 519-740-1312.

AZ DRIVERS $.40/MILE. Dedicated unit, 2500-3000 Miles/Wk, Company Paid Benefits, FT/PT, 6 Mths Exp. Fax: 519-821-2296, Phone: 519-821-8878.

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Responsible to the Shift Foreman for helping to maintain service levels to Home Hardware Dealers, you will contribute to the smooth flow of merchandise through the Distribution Centre by picking, packing, and performing other functions as directed by your supervisor, and complying with all health and safety regulations.

Able to perform strenuous physical activities including: walking, standing, bending and lifting, you have good reading, writing and number skills, and pay excellent attention to detail. A willingness to be trained on power equipment is essential. A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.

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CUSTODIAL POSITION. GALE Presbyterian Church is seeking a part time custodian (six hours per week) for their new two level building. This position offers flexible hours along with the possibility of extra hours for special church related activities. Interested applicants please send a resume by Feb. 28th, 2014.

Mail to: Human Resources Committee, Gale Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr. Elmira, On. N3B 0A8. Or by email to: office.galepresbyterian@gmail.com

• Required to operate saw, shear, brake press and punch press

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THE STORE AT Your Door (CFR) is looking for a motivated driver/salesperson with a D license to service an established route 4 days per week. Please call Peter at 519-595-7585.

CROSS BRED PUPPIES for sale. Collie/Shepherd/Heeler cross. $20.00 each. If interested please call 519-6641574. No Sunday calls please.

INTERIM DIRECTOR OF Music Position. Gale Presbyterian Church, Elmira is seeking an Interim Director of Music for a position beginning May 1, 2014. This church has an exciting future and a talented loyal choir and Praise Band. Interested applicants please send a resume by February 20th, 2014. Mail to: Gale Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Drive, Elmira, ON N3B 0A8 or by email to: office.galepresbyterian@ gmail.com

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•Ratches, Hooks, Straps, Webbing etc.

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13 Acre Private Oasis $629,900 Drayton Area Inviting Pioneer log home with

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Executive Bungalow Townhomes Priced from $335,900 Drayton Absolutely stunning, built by Paradigm (Elmira) Homes in Drayton Ridge, June possessions available on our 1900 SQ.FT & 2100 SQ.FT units with lofts, ceramic & hardwood floors, gas fireplace, custom gourmet kitchens, master ensuite, oversized dbl car garage inlcuded!

Superb Semi $272,900 Wellesley Only 6 years old! 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms including a full master ensuite. Great layout on the main floor, spacious kitchen with appliances, walkout of the dinette to rear yard backing onto green space, 1.5 car garage, dbl driveway. MLS #1411931

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The Animal Control By-law of the Township of Woolwich requires that every dog must wear a dog tag when off of the property its owner. 2014 Dog Tags are available for purchase at the following locations: • Creature Comfort Pet Emporium | 1553 King Street North, St. Jacobs • Township Administration Office | Main Floor Reception, 24 Church Street West, Elmira • Eldale Vet Clinic | 150 Church Street West, Elmira • Woolwich Memorial Centre | 24 Snyder Avenue South, Elmira • Pet Valu | 315 Arthur Street South, Elmira • Breslau Animal Hospital | 2057 Victoria Street North (Unit 3), Breslau Dog owners are required to purchase a tag by March 1st of each year.

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FAMILY ALBUM OBITUARY

THANK YOU

GRADUATION

Thank You

Congratulations Melanie K. Motz

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the town of St. Clements. My 28 years in the fire service have been very rewarding. I have been fortunate to meet, work and serve this community throughout the years.

I want to thank all of you, especially the St. Clements Firefighters for providing me opportunities to succeed and being a source of support and guidance.

Being District Chief has been an incredible experience and one that I will always cherish.

Effective February 14, 2014 It is with great sadness to announce my retirement from St. Clements Fire Station.

Melanie received her Make Up Artist Certification Diploma from Complections College of Make Up and Design in January 2014. Melanie resides and works in Toronto.

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OBITUARY

OBITUARY

Whittom, Austin

Southcote, Graham Lowery

May 30, 2000 - February 7, 2014 After a hard fought and courageous battle with leukemia, our hero, Austin passed away at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He leaves behind his mother and step-father, Jen Whittom and Joe Driscoll of Elmira; his father and stepmother, Todd Whittom and Amanda Strauss of Kitchener; his brothers and sisters, Nathan, Brayden, Brianna and Emily. Also lovingly remembered by his grandparents and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Austin’s family received relatives and friends on Monday, February 10 and Tuesday, February 11 at the Dreisinger Funeral Home , Elmira.

Mass of Christian burial took place on Wednesday, February 12 at 11 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, Elmira.

Interment will be in Elmira Union Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Child Life Fund Account at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton.

Peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Hospice Wellington, Guelph, at the age of 87 years.

Graham, of Elmira, was the beloved husband of the late Betty (Ertel) Southcote (2003). Dear father of Marilyn and Larry Shantz of Alma, Rick and Deb Southcote of Waterloo. Lovingly remembered by his four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Brother of Doreen Calma. Predeceased by his siblings, Norman Southcote, John Southcote, Ethel Cronkhite and Lillian Major. Graham was a veteran of the Second World War and served in the Royal Canadian Navy on a corvette ship from 1942 – 1945. After serving his country, he went on to study electrical engineering at McGill University where he earned top marks. He worked at Sutherland-Schultz for 37 years where he travelled all over North America to solve many problems that others were not able to solve in the electrical industry. Graham was well respected by his peers. The family received their relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Parish prayers were offered at the funeral home on Thursday at 8 p.m. Funeral mass was celebrated at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, Elmira on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 11 a.m. followed by interment in Elmira Union Cemetery.

In Graham’s memory, donations to Chateau Gardens Auxiliary or Hospice Wellington would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. A special thank you to Chateau Gardens Assisted Living for the excellent care given to Graham and his family for over six years.

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SNYDER (Uberig), Thelma L. Peacefully at Woodstock Hospital on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, Thelma Loraine Snyder in her 88th year. Loving mother of the late Michael Snyder, Pete Snyder, Lori MacGregor (Rod), Becky Verwaayen (Ed) and Mary Stever (Jim).

Doting Granny to Greg, Melissa, James, Mark, Kathryn, Jacqueline, Michael, Lauren, Madeline, Miranda, Carling and Aidan. Sadly missed by her sister June Heibein (Don). Fondly remembered by Don Snyder (Twylla), Joan Milne, Jim Snyder (Doreen) and Joyce Uberig, as well as her nieces, nephews and many friends. Predeceased by her parents Robert and Ada Uberig (nee Devitt) and her brother Fred Uberig. Thelma had a long teaching career, was a life- long learner and a devoted advocate for children. A service to celebrate Thelma’s life will be held at the SMITH-LeROY FUNERAL HOME, 69 Wellington Street North, Woodstock on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 11:00 am. If desired, memorial donations in memory of Thelma’s loving son Michael can be made to Special Olympics Woodstock. Smith-LeRoy, (519) 537-3611.

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OBITUARY

ELLIS, Elizabeth “Betty Jane” (nee Jackson) Born June 18, 1929, passed away peacefully in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 84 years of age.

Survived by Edwin Ellis her loving husband of 59 years, son Campbell, daughter-in-law Tammy, and grandson Christopher - all of Orlando. Betty Jane will be missed by sister-in-law Joan (W. Graham) Jackson of Elmira, 3 nieces and a nephew. Predeceased by parents Oliver Earl Jackson and Margaret Cora Fenton Jackson of Elmira, brother Graham of Elmira, sister Frances and her husband Ron Corbett of Toronto. Thank you to the Elmira and Drayton area family and friends who shared news from “home” with Betty Jane over the years.

A visitation will be held on Sunday February 16 at Robert Bryant Funeral Home in Orlando.

B U R K H A R DT, ILENE (NEE SHANTZ) | March

6, 1914 - February 6, 2014 Ilene Burkhardt, in her 100th year, passed away peacefully at Forest Heights Long Term Care. Local relatives are her daughter Sandra and Ross Shantz of Wellesley.

SPAHR, NEIL MELVILLE | Went

willingly into the arms of his Lord Jesus, peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Neil, of Wellesley, in his 87th year.

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He’s got firefighting in his blood After 28 years with St. Clements station, Dennis Ertel wraps it up due to township’s restructuring plans WILL SLOAN “The toughest part of our job, living in a small town, is when you do the medical part of it,” says Dennis Ertel, outgoing district fire chief in St. Clements. “It’s either somebody you know, or it’s someone related to you somehow.

“City people, probably 99 per cent of their calls they don’t know – they get their job, and away they go. With ours, it becomes emotional.”

Over his 28 years in the fire department, Dennis Ertel has been a fixture of the St. Clements community. Now he’s wrapping up an eight-year tenure as district chief, part of a restructuring plan that will eliminate six jobs from the fire service. While Ertel isn’t retiring from public service, his departure marks the end of an era.

“He should be commended for his years of service,” said Wellesley Township fire chief Andrew Lillico. “Today, turnover of staff is more frequent because the generation is a little bit younger – anywhere from the low-20s are the new stuff coming into the field, and their family lives change, their work environment changes. Members who stay 28 years are less and less.”

Firefighting was “kind of in the genes” for Ertel.

He joined the fire service as a firefighter in 1986, the same job as his late father, Claude Ertel.“It was altogether different back then,”

Dennis Ertel, who joined the St. Clements department in 1986, wraps up his stint as district chief this week due to changes made by Wellesley Township. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] he says of his dad’s time.

“First of all, they never had pagers, they never knew what they were going to until they got there, and the equipment we’ve got now is three times better.”

Even with the advance-

ments, “Any major fire, by just reading the smoke and reading how the flames were turning, that’s where you learn the most.”

After paying his dues as a firefighter, Ertel worked his way up the ladder. In 1991

he became a captain, and then an assistant district chief in 2005, and finally district chief in 2006. Over the years, he has watched the community grow.

“Where we’re sitting right now was a gravel pit,” he

says in his St. Clements home.

During his time, he watched and led the modernization of the department, notes Lillico. “He has been instrumental in working with us to change our tiered response protocol to make our responses more effective for the citizens.

He was also instrumental in developing the specification for the Township of Wellesley/St. Clements pumper in 2006.”

“We were getting called out for every band-aid type of thing,” Ertel remembers.

“It’s nice to go out and help people but the money starts adding up.” With the tiered response system, “We [prioritized] what was critical, and that’s what we would respond to, instead of going to somebody with a bloody nose.

“The Ontario Fire Marshal set up a guide that if the ambulance could be on scene in 10 minutes, they wouldn’t send us. If it takes the ambulance more than 10 minutes, then we would be tiered.”

At 57, Ertel isn’t quite ready to retire: he continues to patrol roads for winter operations for the Region of Waterloo. But has he at least planned a party for his last day at the St. Clements station on Friday?

“Not right now,” he laughs. “I’m not sure what we’re going to do.”

“He’s an excellent incident commander, and a lot of years in fire service, which he should be very proud of,” says Lillico.

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A little taste of Russia to get in the Olympic spirit RECIPE NOTES It was red and white here this week. Not only did we celebrate Valentine’s Day in style, but we’re showing our support for Canada in the winter Olympics. The energy is contagious, and seeing the Olympians realize their dreams and goals is inspiring.

There are lots of stories coming out of Sochi about how prepared they were for the Olympics. I definitely wouldn’t see myself designing hotels or hosting a massive sporting event lasting weeks in the winter, yet we can create a beautiful dinner at a much smaller venue and have it go off without a problem. Why? Well, practice does make perfect and thankfully we get a lot of practice.

This week I was thinking about how much Russian food I am really exposed to.

I can’t say there has been a lot. No, I’m not thinking about Russian dressing, but I did remember the Stratford Chef School and one of my dishes was the wonderful Coulibiac.

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FEBRUARY 17 ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society presents “Introduction to Cacti & Other Succulents - Inside & Outside” with David Naylor from the Toronto Cactus & Succulent Club. Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira, 7:30 p.m. Please bring shoes or slippers to wear.

OLD LOVE BY NORM Foster presented by Elora Community Theatre. Romantic comedy involving mature people (mature language), directed by Julie Wheeler Bryant. Feb. 14-23, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Fergus Grand Theatre, 244 St. Andrew St. W., Fergus. Tickets: www. fergusgrandtheatre.ca or phone 519-787-1981 box office.

Reduced rates for seniors and groups starting at $15.

COME CELEBRATE FAMILY DAY with a visit to the WTHHS Historical Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry St., Wellesley between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy displays and interesting facts about Wellesley Township. Free admission.

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TUESDAY LUNCHEON - GALE Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira; 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Ham and scalloped potatoes, hot vegetable, cabbage salad, roll, cherry cheesecake, beverage, $10. Takeouts available by calling 519-669-2852 before 11 a.m. To be picked up at the church - please specify pick-up time when ordering.

ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. Phone Joe Brick at 519-699-4022. Everyone welcome.

FEBRUARY 19 SENIORS LUNCH AT NOON (doors open at 11:30 a.m.).

Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Mapleleaf St., Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-664-1900 for more information.

THE LIONS CLUB OF Elmira Bingo – 7 p.m. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira. For more information call 519-572-2669.

FEBRUARY 18

HEALTH EDUCATION SESSION - Getting a Good Night’s Sleep, Adam Kras, ACCQ Sleep Lab; 10:30-11:30 a.m., Breslau Mennonite Church, 226 Woolwich St., Breslau. Everyone welcome, no free, no registration. For more information please call 519-664-3794.

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MOVIE NIGHT AT GALE Presbyterian Church. Come out and watch a movie at 7 p.m. in our fellowship hall.

Tuck shop of snacks for sale opens at 6:30 p.m. Call Lisa 519-669-2852 or email lisa.galepresbyterian@ gmail.com.

HEALTH EDUCATION SESSION. GETTING Calcium from Food: Sources, Requirements and Functions in our Body, Tiffany Krahn, dietitian, Woolwich Community Health Centre; 10:15-11:15 a.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs.

Everyone welcome! No fee, no registration. For more information call 519-664-3794.

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VISIT TO THE WTHHS Historical Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry St., Wellesley between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy displays and interesting facts about Wellesley Township. Free admission.

FEBRUARY 20

THE OPTIMIST CLUB OF St. Jacobs is sponsoring a free family skate from 3-4:30 p.m. at the arena in St. Jacobs. CSA approved helmets are required for all children under 16 years of age.

ALL TOGETHER TUESDAYS AT Gale Presbyterian Elmira.

Come out between 7 and 8.30 with your kids or grand kids JK to Grade 6 for a bible story, a crafty activity, a game in the fellowship hall and a snack. Call Lisa at 519669-2852 or email lisa.galepresbyterian@gmail.com Please bring indoor shoes and water bottle.

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FEBRUARY 24 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira (community room). Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 for more information.

FEBRUARY 25 ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. Phone Joe Brick at 519-6994022. Everyone welcome.

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

Going GPS directions one better by adding moon-enhancing to the menu WEIRD NOTES

Q. Getting there fast is one thing, getting there in the best possible mood is quite another. How does Patent no. 8,364,395 try to help drivers do this?

A. It fuses advances in mapping and traffic data with those in mood detection to form â&#x20AC;&#x153;an emotionally integrated navigation system,â&#x20AC;? says Marisa Fessenden in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scientific Americanâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Route-planning to avoid tolls and traffic jams is straightforward enough; now new technologies can gauge mood via microphones to detect vocal stress in drivers asking for

directions or screaming expletives. Sensors can also detect pulse rates and sweaty palms on the steering wheel, while other software can mine social-media streams for usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; emotions and locations.

A new device from IBM would permit tourist navigation in unfamiliar cities, avoiding road-rage incidents or local protests while taking in â&#x20AC;&#x153;buzz-generating restaurants or tranquil scenery.â&#x20AC;? Emoticons along the route would act as guides. The device even factors in an areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent history, choosing destinations with high happiness rates over the past week, says co-inventor Paul B. French of IBM. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If an area cheered visitors up, the system would classify the route

as mood-enhancing. The change of mood is key.â&#x20AC;?

As Pearce argues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should be recycling our feces and urine in the same way we recycle scarce metals. In some places, that will involve much more advanced technology.â&#x20AC;? Even in the developed world, â&#x20AC;&#x153;flush and forgetâ&#x20AC;? should end.

Q. When hunger turns truly horrifying, how bad can things get?

A. According to written accounts of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;starving timeâ&#x20AC;? winter of 1609-1610 in colonial Jamestown, Virginia, sickness and food shortages got so bad that the settlers became desperate, eating horses, dogs, rats, snakes and even boiled boots, says Bruce Bower in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Newsâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

As a last resort, human

become a refuse pit by 1610.

Aside from Jane, researchers found military equipment, pots, seashells, and the remains of horses, dogs and other animals. Jane represents the only skeletal evidence of cannibalism in the Americas during colonial times. But, said historian James Horn of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Jane was alone in being cannibalized at Jamestown.â&#x20AC;? Q. When are hungry dolphins on a feeding frenzy having a literal â&#x20AC;&#x153;ballâ&#x20AC;??

corpses were consumed.

The settlement was nearly wiped out, with only 60 of the 300 inhabitants surviving.

Recently, a partial skull and shinbone from a teenage girl dubbed Jane were unearthed, and analysis showed that â&#x20AC;&#x153;closely spaced cuts in Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forehead, which can be made only on a motionless body, are consistent with the young girl having been dead before the cuts were made,â&#x20AC;? reported scientists at the Smithsonian Institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Museum of Natural History.

Tooth development and the growth stage of the knee joint put Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age at about 14 years.

Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partial remains were excavated in a structureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cellar, which had

says â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Illustratedâ&#x20AC;? magazine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, the dolphins have the fish surrounded and trapped just below the surface, allowing the feeding frenzy to begin.â&#x20AC;?

A full-blown baitball feed leaves few survivors, says Georgienne Bradley of Sportdiver.com, for even as predators become satiated, new enlistees arrive. Against the odds, small groups of baitfish may escape to cruise the waters, eating as much as they can as quickly as they can. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rule of the oceans is clear and simple: Get as big as you can before you get eaten.â&#x20AC;?

A. When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;baitball,â&#x20AC;? or a huge, pulsating sphere of hundreds or even thousands of tightly gathered fish such as mackerel, with the myriad individuals trying to avoid predators by hiding toward the center,

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54. Eggs 55. Cheerleaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheer 56. Biblical suffix 57. Frat letter 58. Tribute, of sorts 60. Spanish appetizer 63. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no ___!â&#x20AC;?

64. Rockets 67. Stockrooms 71. Eaters 72. Portray 73. Kia model 74. Bodily fluid 75. Compass heading 76. Verbal punishments 83. Baby carrier?

84. Shackles 85. Architectural projection 86. Potpie morsel 87. Lamp 88. Momma Gump actress DOWN 1. Functioned as 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Say what?â&#x20AC;?

3. Glass of public radio 4. Furbys, once 5. Regional plant life

6. Delicate 7. Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;___ del Cairoâ&#x20AC;?

8. Fishing gear 9. Brotherhoods 10. Fast talk 11. Took the cake, say 12. Abbr. after a name 13. Mushroom cap 14. Ancient Greek theater 15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing ___!â&#x20AC;?

20. Light bulb units 24. ___ of spades 25. J.F.K. overseer 26. Vent 27. Victory 28. Catch 29. Reimburse 30. Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ___ Heep 31. Musical selection 33. Ask, as for aid 37. Bow 38. Gas 39. Be off base 40. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s served in spots 42. Ponied up?

44. ___â&#x20AC;&#x2122;easter

47. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ Loves Youâ&#x20AC;?

48. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we there ___?â&#x20AC;?

49. Additional 50. Genealogy 51. A white knightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outfit 59. Provide, as with a quality 61. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;pâ&#x20AC;? in m.p.g.

62. Balaamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mount 63. Ashes holder 64. Beams 65. Expresses feelings 66. Gadgets 67. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sweetest gift of heavenâ&#x20AC;?: Virgil 68. Bit of color 69. Alphaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposite 70. Be bombastic 74. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Check this out!â&#x20AC;?

76. Propellant in aerosol cans 77. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I Love ___â&#x20AC;?

78. Burn up 79. Big time 80. Zilch 81. ___ el Amarna, Egypt 82. Cunning

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4 tbsp diced red onion 1 cup of assorted mushrooms, sliced 1 cup of spinach, wilted 2 eggs, boiled 4 six-oz portions of salmon or trout 1 pkg puff pastry Egg glaze 4 crepes

In very hot pan, sautĂŠ mushrooms in vegetable oil, add onions and toss, until tender. Turn the burner very low to evaporate all the mushroom juices; In another hot pan, wilt spinach, then put in strainer and drain off ex-

cess water; Roll out pastry to double the size of the fish, place crepe on top of pastry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a 6x6 tile of pastry works for 1 salmon portion; Layer mushrooms and spinach on top of the crepe; Season salmon with salt and pepper, place in hot pan and sear on both sides (it is best to remove the skin); Place seasoned salmon trout on the top, grate eggs and place on top of fish; Fold the crepe over the salmon to encase the toppings and fish. Glaze the pastry with egg by brush-

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ing the wash around the sides. Fold the pastry over the salmon and crimp the pastry to seal the edges; Slice the top of the pastry to allow the steam to escape and egg wash the parcel; Bake in oven at 400 F for 10 minutes, turn down to 350 F and bake the rest of the way, to a temperature of 150 F.

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old-school. Salmon, egg, mushrooms, onion, spinach wrapped in puff pastry.

So popular Escoffier made it his own, which means it can work for you too. Enjoy.

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