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reslau residents regularly accuse Woolwich council of inaction. This time around, however, they’re happy for it. The hundred or so who packed a meeting in Elmira Tuesday night left smiling when councillors quashed a report calling for the extension of water and sewer services into the older parts of the village. Outraged by forecasted costs of some $92,000 apiece, homeowners voiced their opinions in no uncertain terms. Tempers flared. Longstanding grievances about Breslau being ignored boiled over. People in the gallery cheered accusatory presentations from neighbours, at times heck-
ling councillors. But all was forgiven when council voted unanimously to do nothing, pledging to put any plans aside unless residents themselves ask for it. The report calling for full municipal services to replace private wells and septic systems flowed from an incident in the fall of 2007, when several shallow wells ran dry. Residents blamed the problem on construction of the new Empire Communities subdivision at the village’s south end, noting some additional grading work at the site solved the problem. The township, however, continues to maintain drought conditions were to blame, noting full services would eliminate a reoccurrence. After the immediate crisis was dealt with, Wool-
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MAKING THEIR POINT Mathew Lisk, 8, provides some visual aids for his mother Krista's presentation to Woolwich council Tuesday evening. Like most of their neighbours in Breslau, they came to oppose plans for municipal services.
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Family finds peace in Ferguson guilty plea
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Elmira man sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife in 2008 Joni Miltenburg
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enneth Ferguson, 43, was sentenced to 20 years in jail Feb. 18 after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the strangling death of his wife. Valerie Ferguson, 44, was found dead in the bedroom of the family home in April 2008. Ferguson was charged with first-degree murder and the prosecution had strong evidence that the
killing was planned, but accepted the plea to the lesser charge to spare the family a drawn-out trial. Valerie’s mother, Ruth Usick, said the family is relieved Ferguson plead guilty and they can put it all behind them. “I don’t think there’s any mother that wants to see her child in jail for life, but as I said when we first started in 2008, we committed him to God and to the courts of
Canada, so I personally feel justice has been done fairly.” Ruth and her husband Stan are caring for the couple’s two children. Usick said it was important for her to speak at the sentencing, when she told Ferguson she forgave him for killing her daughter. “I think that way you can say what’s really in your heart to him, because that was really the only opportunity we had to be with him. I
know for me … I had a great peace about it.” Ferguson was given an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 20 years. Usick said she still wonders why Ferguson didn’t just walk away from the marriage. “It’s one of those things that I don’t know if we’ll ever find an answer to that. To me it was just senseless, but it’s done and it’s done with now. We can move on.”
Firefighters from three stations tackle blaze that destroyed barn
The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), Operation Cooperation and the Kitchener Rangers are asking fans to donate items for hygiene kits for Haiti at the Kitchener Rangers versus Ottawa 67’s game Feb. 26 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The MCC has been collecting throughout the month of February, with a national goal to collect and distribute 20,000 relief kits to the thousands of Haitians left homeless and living outside. A complete kit contains (but multiples of any of the items are also accepted) four large bars of bath soap (leave in wrapping), one plastic bottle of shampoo (380 – 710 ml place bottle in a re-sealable plastic bag), four large bars of laundry soap (if available, Linda Soap, Sunlight or Zote brands preferred) one squeeze-tube toothpaste (minimum 130 ml leave in box), four adult-sized toothbrushes (in original packaging), one fingernail clipper, two wide tooth combs (15-20 cm), one box of adhesive bandages (minimum 40, assorted), one package of sanitary napkins (18-24 thin maxi), and four bath towels ( medium weight, dark or bright colours).
CONTAINING IT Firefighters from Maryhill, Conestogo and Cambridge responded to a fire that destroyed a barn at the corner of Fife and Chilligo roads
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Sunday afternoon. Cattle inside the barn were rescued from the blaze that engulfed the structure around 3:40 p.m. An adjacent house, barn and cement silo were undamaged. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. See more photos at www.observerxtra.com.
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aple Street in Elmira may or may not be getting a makeover this year, but the parking spaces adjacent to the Home Hardware store will remain either way. In a mood to compromise Tuesday night, Woolwich councillors listened to arguments made by business owner Krista McBay, rejecting an engineering staff rec-
ommendation to reconstruct the street, install sidewalks on both sides and eliminate perpendicular parking adjacent to the store. At first scrapping the project altogether, councillors appeared to settle on extending the west-side sidewalk all the way to William Street, connecting Church Street with Riverside Public School. The township will also look at resurfacing the
street, which runs alongside the township’s new administrative building. Its proximity led McBay to suggest the work was being done simply to spruce up the street to match the new facility. That argument struck a chord with Coun. Mark Bauman, who questioned the need for the project, especially if there are no underground services to be replaced. Doing the work
for cosmetic reasons makes little sense, he suggested. “We don’t need to look for more ways to spend money.” The project was put off last year after tenders came in at $180,000, more than three times the $58,000 budget. New plans, including replacing the perpendicular parking with 45-degree angle parking, are being drawn up, and the work will be retendered later in the year.
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> Clarification A recently approved change to permit office space at the Walmart-anchored power centre in St. Jacobs does not involve Allstate Insurance. The company says it has no plans to operate from that location, although its name was linked to official plan and zoning bylaw amendments passed earlier this month by Woolwich council. A Wellesley Township public meeting for a zone change to allow a music rehearsal space on a property in St. Clements will be held Mar. 16. An incorrect date was published in a previous edition.
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couple who told police they were celebrating their two-year anniversary were arrested about 4 a.m. Feb. 20 after a string of thefts from vehicles in Elmira. Waterloo Regional Police received a call that two people were taking items from unlocked vehicles in the area of Snow Goose Crescent in Elmira and placing them into a green Ford Explorer. While police were on the way to the scene, an officer noticed a vehicle matching that description in a parking lot in the area of Arthur Street and South Field Drive, Elmira. A man and woman, believed to be the theft suspects, were seen exiting the
vehicle. Police arrested the suspects. The man resisted and assaulted an officer during the arrest. He was quickly subdued and the arrest was completed. A 26-year-old woman from Clifford and a 32-year-old man from Mildmay have been charged with theft under $5,000, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and assaulting police. Police are asking people to report items stolen from their vehicles, especially those discovered stolen the morning of Feb. 21, and ask that people keep the doors of their vehicles locked and items of value put away or removed overnight.
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with a group of children who had just been picked up from school was struck on Arthur Street when the driver of a transport truck misjudged the turn as he backed into the No Frills parking lot. There were no injuries in the incident and no charges laid. There was moderate damage to both vehicles and the children were transferred to another bus.
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> 2:33 AM | Police stopped a
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vehicle being driven erratically. Upon searching the vehicle they found an unsealed liquor container alongside cannabis and a weigh scale. The drugs were seized and the driver was charged with several Highway Traffic Act offenses.
> 2:24 PM | A dog was hit by
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> 11:50 AM | An 82-year-old Fergus man was taken to Grand
River Hospital after he ran over the median when turning right from Arthur Street onto Church Street in Elmira. There was minimal damage to his vehicle and he was uninjured, but was suffering from a diabetic episode that caused him to lose control of his vehicle.
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PM | Conestoga firefighters, police and EMS responded to a barn fire on Chilligo Road in the south end of Woolwich Township. The blaze was contained to a livestock barn, which was completely destroyed. Although 30 head of cattle were rescued, two calves were lost. No people were injured nor was there any significant damage to nearby buildings. The cause of the fire was deemed to be accidental.
FEBRUARY 22 > 9:06 AM | Several pallets were
stolen over the weekend from a business on Bast Place, south of St. Jacobs. This is the third in a line of similar incidents. The police have no suspects in the issue and would appreciate any information about the case to be sent to them directly.
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Auction of exotic animals to continue at OLEX Steve Kannon
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eft in legal limbo, a twice-annual unusual animal auction will continue to be held at the Ontario Livestock Exchange in St. Jacobs. This week’s council decision comes over protests from animal rights groups and staff recommendations against the practice. Tiger Paw Exotics has been holding what it calls an odd and unusual animal auction at OLEX since 2001. The likes of monkeys, kangaroos, zebras and camels have gone up for bid. Although many of the creatures are prohibited in the township, the organizations were granted an exemption under what was then the exotic pets bylaw. When the township passed a new animal
control bylaw in 2006, however, it repealed that bylaw. The exemption lapsed with the changes, but neither company was notified, and the sale has continued ever since. A complaint last fall from a Toronto resident brought the issue to Woolwich’s attention, deputy clerk Val Hummel said at Tuesday night’s council meeting, prompting the companies to apply for an exemption from the new bylaw. After reviewing safety concerns, including the prospect of disease, staff advised council to turn down the OLEX request. Pleas from animal groups including World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Zoocheck Canada failed to sway councillors, however, who ultimately voted
to put in motion the changes necessary to grant the exemption. Council also assured the companies it would not interfere with the next auction, planned for Apr. 17, even if the changes were not formalized by that point. In a statement following Tuesday’s council meeting, where she called on the township to reject the OLEX and Tiger Paw request, Melissa Matlow, programs officer with WSPA Canada, said Woolwich was violating its own rules in allowing the sale to continue. “Woolwich council has been breaking its own bylaw since 2006 and is essentially saying that Tiger Paw can sell animals to people in other communities in Ontario, just not theirs. Council is putting the interests of Ti-
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ger Paw above the recommendations of their lawyers, their staff, animal welfare groups and nearly everyone that was asked for an opinion,” she said. In addressing council, she said allowing the sale to continue contributes to a larger problem whereby animals are put at risk. She said she attended the sale last October and saw animals housed inhumanely, adding there was a public safety risk, as people were able to get close enough to animals to
put fingers into cages. But Tim Height, the owner of Tiger Paw Exotics, said there has never been a problem with the animals or public safety in all the time he has been organizing the sale, which started in the Niagara region in 1992 before moving to OLEX in 2001. He warned that without an exemption for the St. Jacobs location, he would move the business elsewhere. “It’s not something that’s going to stop.” The business argument won out, with
Coun. Mark Bauman noting the township doesn’t have jurisdiction over the type of welfare issues raised by the animal rights groups. However, councillors did win concessions for tighter rules, with the formal exemption to include a list of prohibited animals such as large cats, bears and similar carnivores. None of those animals have ever been including in the auction, but the township now wants that guarantee in writing.
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NOTICE PROPOSED OF PUBLIC MEETING REGIONINPUT OF WATERLOO SIGN BY-LAW Fluoridation Question for The Region of Waterloo will be holding a public information centre to introduce a draft Municipal Election Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses all of unoffi cial signs on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory Thetypes Regional Municipality of Waterloo will be placing a question on the ballot at the Municipal Election signs, farm accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs, open house signs and poster signs. on October 25, 2010 pursuant to the Municipal Elections Act concerning the continued fluoridation The By-law establishes requirements unoffiincluding cial signsElmira including: of theproposed water for Sign the City of Waterloo, portions of Woolwich for Township and St. Jacobs, Country Squire Road and the Farmer’s Market area, and small portions of the City of Kitchener and • Location and placement; Wilmot Township.
• Size, shape, construction and content; • Impacts to the function ofand the road; As part of the process, the Administration Finance Committee will hold a public input meeting on: • Number of signs and timing of placement; and • Sign removal. Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Staff are also proposing an amendment6:00 to p.m. the Region’s Tourism and Essential Services Regional Administration Building Signing Policy to allow tourism signage on Regional roads for agri-toursim activities. Council Chamber
SHARING KNOWLEDGE John Droog and Mark Raymer, sales representatives for Jones Feed
150 Frederick 2nd-Floor When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, drop Street, in 4:00 8:00 p.m. Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 (lobby) Place: Regional Administration Headquarters 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener
At the meeting, the question to be placed on the ballot will be considered and members of the
Administration and Financecentre Committee will held listen for to any or providing presentations regarding the This public information is being the comments purpose of information and exact wording of the ballot A copy of the report outlining to bein receiving comments fromquestion. the public. A copy of the draft By-lawtheis potential availablequestion for review considered bece, found on theofRegion’s website under Newsroom, the Clerk’scan Offi Region Waterloo, 2ndwww.region.waterloo.on.ca, floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or Public on the Notices. This meeting will be conducted strictly for the purpose of considering the wording of the Region’s website at: ballot question, and not the merits of fluoridation. For further information about the process and the development of www.region.waterloo.on.ca the ballot question, or to obtain copies of the staff report and - tab Newsroom, tabproposed Public question, Notices please contact the Regional Clerk’s office at (519) 575-4420.
Mill, take a break from chatting to local farmers at the Linwood Agricultural Information Day for farmers at the Linwood Community Centre on Feb. 23.
If you have questions concerning the By-law, please contact Nancy Button, Manager, Transportation Engineering 519-575-4520 or by email at Persons wishing to make presentations at this meetingat should register by calling Council & Administrative Services at (519) 575-4420. If you require accessible services to participate in these meetings, please bnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast was on hand to
congratulate Orpha Meyer, who celebrated her 90th birthday at Chateau Gardens Feb. 20. Meyer served in the RCAF Women’s Division in the Second World War and later studied nursing, working in the obstetrics division at St. Mary’s Hospital for 21 years.
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shot. We can’t afford this, plain and simple,” said resident Deana Gloor, who accused the township of using the word “drought” to scare people. Her comments were indicative of the tone taken by some 15 people who pleaded with council to drop its servicing plan. Fellow resident Rudy Hane said it was “absurd” to force everyone in the older part of Breslau to pay for the installation of services because some people may need new wells or new septic systems in the future. As with many other residents, he blamed the dry wells on the Riverland subdivision, saying the expensive services would amount to existing residents subsidizing dry basements in the new
subdivision. He also dismissed the township’s rationale for installing services, calling the process and resultant report slanted in favour of its plan. “To shove these things down our throat is absurd. I think you’re trying to shape the image to make it palatable to us. It’s not working,” he told councillors. The frustration with the township was summed up by longtime resident Robert Slater: “When are you going to start looking out for us?” His comments drew tremendous applause. Council certainly heard the message. Shortly after the public presentations, councillors indicated their support for the residents rather than the engineering report. “I can’t imagine why
we would ask these people to pay for this service if they don’t want it,” said Coun. Ruby Weber. Her motion to drop the idea eventually won unanimous approval, though councillors were realistic enough to note the issue would one day return to the agenda. Coun. Murray Martin noted the township is likely to be criticized 20 years down the road for doing nothing today. In the near term, residents will have to take ownership of any problems that occur now that they’ve asked the township to butt out, added Coun. Mark Bauman. “If you run out of water, or you have bad water, it’s not Woolwich Township’s responsibility.”
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oolwich is on the map – in 360-degree, highresolution full colour. Elmira and St. Jacobs are among 130 cities and towns in Canada that were added to Street View on Feb. 9. Major roads in Woolwich and Wellesley townships were also added at the same time. Google’s cars have been filming in Canada since 2007, and the first images of Canadian cities, including
the yellow “pegman” icon in the top left corner onto the map. Areas available in Street View are highlighted in blue. Google uses face detection technology to blur faces of people recognizable in the photos. The company announced it would blur faces and license plates after Canada’s privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, argued Street View violated Canada’s privacy laws. A number of websites
July 2, 2008 Google Street View was introduced in France and Italy.
Aug. 4, 2008 Australia and Japan were added.
This timeline shows when it was added
Dec. 1, 2008 New Zealand was introduced.
Oct. 7, 2009 Major Canadian cities were made available on Street View.
Google Street View was first introduced in the United States.
Dec. 2, 2009 Another batch of Canadian cities were made available, including: St. John's, Sherbrooke, Sudbury, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Victoria.
Street View coverage
Google Street View was introduced in France and Italy.
Photography currently available
Australia and Japan were added.
Photography planned
Kitchener and Waterloo, went live on Oct. 7, 2009. Google also added images of the Vancouver athlete’s village and ski slopes in Whistler, taken using a snowmobile equipped with cameras. To view a location on Street View, search for it in Google Maps and then drag
Google Street View was first introduced in the United States.
Feb. 9, 2010
New Zealand was introduced.
have sprung up collecting photos of odd or humorous incidents captured by Google’s cameras: people urinating in public, a man dressed as Waldo from the children’s books "Where’s Waldo," and two Norwegian man wearing scuba gear chasing the Street View car with pitchforks.
The remainder of Canada, including Woolwich, was added.
Major Canadian cities were made available on Street View.
Another batch of Canadian cities were made available, including: THERE'S A GADGET FOR EVERYTHING
St. John's, Sherbrooke, Sudbury,
In North America, Google used a fleet of Chevrolet London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Cobalts equipped with nine directional GPS Edmonton cameras, and Victoria. units and three laser range scanners for measuring up to 50 metres in front of the vehicle.
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Just because we live in a rural community, doesn’t mean we have to live in a pigsty or, rather, a horse stall. Bonnie Brenner| letter on pg. 10
VERBATIM
T
he debate over climate change, stifled for years by political correctness, has finally broken out in the media. We can now see that it’s possible to be a ‘skeptic,’ or in any case to keep an open mind, on just about all the main aspects of warming theory.”
> Conservative MP Maxime Bernier, a former foreign affairs minister, joins the ranks of climate change deniers
THE MONITOR
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ife expectancy at birth in Canada reached 80.7 years between 2005 and 2007, up from the average of 80.5 between 2004-2006, and 78.4 a decade earlier between 1995-97. On average, a 65-year-old man could expect to live an additional 18.1 years, an increase of 2 years from the previous decade. A 65-year-old woman could expect to live an additional 21.3 years, up by 1.3 years.
> Statistics Canada
EDITORIAL
Expect some stimulated debate over the budget
F
inance Minister Jim Flaherty is sending out mixed signals in advance of next week’s federal budget: deficit-fighting restraint, and pre-election spending, aka stimulus spending (stimulus spending if necessary, but not necessarily stimulus spending). Canadians are worried about the precarious economic recovery. Officially the recession is over, but that bit of news hasn’t made its way down to the frontlines just yet. More stimulus spending will be needed. We’re also worried about record deficits, now north of $56 billion. The Harper government will try to tackle both issues next week, perhaps unveiling its inner contortionist. Of course, much of the already announced stimulus spending is set for this year, including projects in the
townships. This is sure to lead to opposition charges the government has been long on pledges and short on actually delivering money. Likewise, they’ll challenge the effectiveness of the government’s choices. Witness Liberal critic Gerard Kennedy, for instance. “Will we get value, or will we get a big mess?” he asked, taking the government to task for the much-publicized partisan use of infrastructure money whereby Conservative ridings received far more funding. “The jury is out on whether any of these things worked,” he added. In support of their choices, the Conservatives have undoubtedly been, well, liberal in their use of numbers. So too have the opposition parties, which play up the most damning statistics to bolster their cases.
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projects completed, now underway or soon to get going. And there’s no arguing the stimulus spending has been a boon as these and other municipalities tackle a growing infrastructure deficit. But we should also look at what we’ll have when the economy picks up again: some new roads, bridges and facilities … and a massive deficit to remind us of what it cost. Of course, we shouldn’t be surprised by the government’s choices. The last time Canadians saw record deficits was under a Conservative government, one that advanced trickle-down economics, cutting taxes to the wealthiest while boosting spending, often on pet projects and measures designed for political gain rather than the common good. Sound familiar? It’s precisely what has happened under Harper.
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9 OPINION
The Falkland Islands: Not again, surely? J
orge Luis Borges, Argentina’s finest writer, dismissed the Falklands War of 1982 as “two bald men fighting over a comb,” but it killed almost a thousand British and Argentine soldiers, sailors and airmen anyway. So what would happen if the bald men started fighting over something really valuable, like oil? Any day now a deep-sea drilling rig will arrive from Scotland and start searching for oil and gas in the North Falkland basin, about 150 km (100 miles) north of the islands. Optimistic predictions suggest that there are up to 60 billion barrels of oil to be found around the Falklands. There might also be not very much at all – but Argentina has begun issuing warnings and veiled threats again. This may only be bluster, but Argentina has claimed the islands, which it calls the Islas Malvinas, for almost two centuries. The local population is all English-speaking, mainly of British descent, and back in 1982 the islands’ economy was based almost entirely on sheep. The Falklands had no value – but Argentina invaded anyway, because the military regime in Buenos Aires needed a boost in popularity and it looked like an easy win. It should have been an easy victory for the military junta, because the islands are only 500 km (300 miles) from Argentina and they are 13,000 km (8,000 miles) from Britain. Moreover, Britain had substantially cut its military presence in the region, which suggested to the Argentine generals that it wasn’t really committed to the islands’ defence. The British Foreign Office wasn’t (and the foreign secretary of the time had to resign because of his neglect), but prime minister Margaret Thatcher certainly
International Affairs GWYNNE DYER was. She sent a British task force to take the islands back, fought a two-month war at the end of an impossibly long supply line, and won. Which seemed, for a time, to have settled matters. Argentina never did abandon its claim, and it never will. It has been drummed into many generations of Argentine schoolchildren that “The Malvinas are Argentina’s”, and the claim has become one of the pillars of Argentine nationalism. But defeat in the Falklands led to the collapse of the military regime, and subsequent democratic governments in Buenos Aires re-opened trade and travel ties with the islands. Meanwhile, the previously impoverished islanders grew prosperous by selling licenses to exploit the rich fishing resources in the islands’ territorial waters. Oil drilling got underway in 1998, but stopped again when the world oil price dropped below $10 per barrel. (Seabed oil is expensive oil.) The population grew by 50 per cent, to the present total of 3,000. And all seemed well. Things started to look worrisome again in 2007, when Argentina’s thenpresident, Nestor Kirchner, unilaterally cancelled an agreement with the United Kingdom to share the exploitation of offshore resources including possible oil reserves. It would have prevented the current dispute from arising, but the political value of the Malvinas claim in Argentina is greater than the potential
economic value of oil from the seas around the Falklands. In response to the approach of the drilling rig last week, President Cristina Kirchner (the husband-and-wife team take turns in the presidency) decreed that all vessels travelling between Argentina and the Falklands, or those wanting to cross Argentine territorial waters en route to the islands, must seek prior permission. Unfortunately, nobody knows exactly what that means. Since Buenos Aires insists that all the seas around the Falklands belong to Argentina, it could amount to a blockade of the Falklands. Her chef de cabinet, Anibal Fernandez, said the decree sought to achieve “not only a defence of Argentine sovereignty but also of all the resources” in the area – and deputy foreign minister Victorio Taccetti said his country would take “adequate measures” to stop oil exploration. On the other hand, Britain now keeps a thousand troops plus strike aircraft and warships in the once defenceless Falkland Islands: an Argentine attack on the drilling platform would not be easy, and another invasion is almost impossible. Nevertheless, William Hague, former leader of the Conservative Party, who is likely to be the British foreign secretary after the May election, is urging the government to reinforce the Falklands now. “One of the things that went wrong in the 1980s is that the Argentines thought we weren’t really committed to the Falkland Islands,” warned Hague. “So, we mustn’t make that mistake again. Our commitment should be very clear.” Maybe this is all merely a pantomime,
> SEE DYER ON PG. 10
THE VOICE
Have the Olympics been a positive or negative thing for Canada?
“Positive. It brings the world all together in one spot. It’s one thing that we can do as a nation without arguing.”
> Dwight Martin
“I think they’re a good thing. It’s a good chance to show off our country to the world.” > Lauren Schell
THE VIEW FROM HERE
“Positive. I think they are making all Canadians a bit more patriotic.”
> Lisa Hicknell
Facing restless natives in an election year, Woolwich councillors would prefer not to rock the boat.
“Postive. I believe!”
> Dave Futher
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Breslau grievances no longer simmering in the background B
ehind almost every story involving Breslau residents I’ve ever covered has been a lingering dissatisfaction with the community’s place in the township. There’s no secessionist movement, but there’s almost always an undercurrent of playing second fiddle to other settlements in Woolwich, particularly Elmira and St. Jacobs. This sentiment was apparent in each outbreak of speeding and traffic concerns on Woolwich Street. It appeared in the run-up to the construction of the new community centre. And again in the installation of municipal water in the Elroy Acres subdivision. When some wells ran dry in the fall of 2007, the criticism became more apparent. It grew louder as the township ignored residents’ assurances the problem had nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with a subdivision the township had approved. Subsequent public meetings to discuss the provision of municipal water and sewer services to the older parts of the village saw residents become more frustrated. Then, at this week’s council meeting, the simmering grievances spilled over into full view. Residents told councillors in no uncertain terms that they felt they were being treated as second-class citizens, overlooked and underserved. Why, some asked, could council find $23 million for a new recreation complex in Elmira, but provide nothing for essential services in Breslau? Why turn the full cost, eventually revealed as some $92,000 per household, over to homeowners when other municipalities were getting infrastructure money for just this kind of thing? “Breslau is the armpit of Woolwich,” opined resident Mike Markovic. The others in the audience clearly agreed with the sentiment. History is at play here. Not overnight did the people here come to the conclusion Woolwich council, meeting regularly away north in Elmira, is an uncaring bunch. It’s easy for people in the south end, so far away from the municipal government in Elmira, to feel somewhat alienated. As the village continues to grow – it will in short order overtake St. Jacobs as the second largest settlement area, quadrupling in size – so too will its demands for
From the Editor Steve Kannon more attention. Real or imagined, the slights over the years reached a head with the loss of that most basic of necessities: running water. By staking an opposing position to residents, who blamed grading work at the Riverland subdivision as the source of the problem, council appeared even more unsympathetic. When costs of providing municipal services began to escalate, homeowners grew worried. When the $92,000 price tag appeared in a report calling for the project to go ahead despite a survey showing the majority opposed, all their worst fears were confirmed. Harsh words were indeed spoken. Councillors were understandably affronted when some speakers implied – or flat-out stated – the township had ulterior motives, and was preparing to ram through the plan whether residents liked it or not. Clearly that wasn’t the case, as council quickly moved away from the recommendations of engineering staff and its consultants. A politically astute move, especially in an election year. More than that, it was the right choice, as the negatives – cost, economic hardship, drop in property values – far outweighed any gains. Next comes some fence-mending. The official opening next month of the community centre should spread a little goodwill. Over time, however, a more concerted effort will be needed to bring Breslau into the fold, to make residents feel more included than they do today. As Coun. Mark Bauman noted, the reality of the situation may be different from people’s perception, but perception can in fact become reality in these situations. Luckily, by virtue of all the growth coming down the pike, Breslau will play an increasingly important role in township politics. From industrial development to fire services, from residential growth to Smart Centres’ plans for new retail opportunities, the village will be front and center.
» Saturday, February 27, 2010
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The “stuff” should hit the fan To the Editor, Re: Road apples no treat in Wellesley (Observer, Feb. 20/10), Wellesley isn’t the only township in the region running the slalom of horse manure on our highways and byways. Every Sunday it’s a real challenge to avoid bringing home manure stuck to the wheel wells of our vehicles. Makes for an unsavoury smell in garages all over town. The shoulders of the roadways almost everywhere in the region are wide and maintained, even paved in some areas, to accommodate buggy traffic safely. So then why is it we have to zigzag down the road to avoid horse manure where the horse had no business being in the first place? As angry as this makes me, what is even worse is the three- to four-metre long streak of horse droppings in the crosswalk right in front of our grocery stores. Four times in the past few months I’ve gone to either No Frills or Foodland and had to go around the mess left by someone either too arrogant or lazy to clean up after their
horse, which would be the responsible thing to do. This is not a barnyard. Now we’ve got shopping carts with manure stuck to the wheels, not to mention little kids’ shoes, going through our grocery stores. Not exactly the most appetizing thought. In this region, if your dog does its business on public property, you are required to clean it up. Every horse that steps off its property to go anywhere where the general public goes should have to have a bag to catch its droppings. The cost would be minimal and I don’t care if it is inconvenient. It’s time these folks took responsibility to pick up after their horses as we have to clean up after our pets. We need more public response to this issue or it will be let slide, again. Just because we live in a rural community, doesn’t mean we have to live in a pigsty or, rather, a horse stall. We live in a beautiful community; let’s also live in a clean one.
> Bonnie Brenner, Elmira
Road apples serve a purpose To the Editor, Dear horses of Wellesley Township, thank you for your contribution to the health of our garden. Whether it is a pile outside our house or a larger deposit in the parking lot down the street, I am happy to head out with my shovel and pail, scoop up your droppings, and
scatter them among my plants. The flowers and vegetables thank you as well. Although not everyone feels as we do, please know that we support and appreciate your continued donations of fertilizer on township roads.
> Irena Baltaduonis, St. Clements
Give and take needed in country living To the Editor, In response to Road apples no treat in Wellesley (Observer, Feb. 20/10), I was very disappointed to read about this. The situation seems to mirror the greedy child in the sandbox analogy: the child that wants all the toys … and all the sand. This is the real world and there has to be room in it for everyone. We live in a wonderful
small community, with wonderful neighbours and friends. We are not all the same, and this is what makes it so wonderful. Do these complainers, Dave Bax and James Dorscht, own snowmobiles? Have they ever wondered who owns the land that they drive over on their extensive snowmobile > SEE COMPROMISE ON PG. 13
Celebrate Canada’s golden moments To the Editor, So, Steve Kannon has not been watching the Olympic Games (From the Editor, Observer, Feb. 20/10). Maybe he has not heard that some Canadians have won gold medals, and our lives have now been enhanced beyond measure.
Come on, Steve, join us on cloud nine, and give a loud and definitely patriotic cheers – plus some hardearned dollars – for the “I can run faster/jump higher than you” brigade.
> Frank C. Hart, Elmira
Dyer: Everything old is new again? Column on South Africa was spot-on > CONTINUED FROM PG. 09 but it’s not just a quarrel about a comb. It’s not really about potential oil resources, either. If it were, Nestor Kirchner would never have cancelled the Argentina-UK agreement on sharing the offshore resources. It’s about holding power in Buenos Aires.
That was what really motivated the junta’s invasion of the Falklands in 1982. There is an election due in Argentina next year, and one of the Kirchners is likely to run again. Another lost war would not be politically helpful, but a crisis could be very useful. We may be hearing more from the South Atlantic.
To the Editor, I thoroughly enjoyed Gwynne Dyer’s column about South Africa (Observer, Feb. 20/10). Spot on. Finally international columnists are writing about the truth of what has happened to South Africa post-Nelson Mandela. We all admit apartheid was devil-
ish and evil, and are grateful it came to an end, but what now? What happens to these countries afterwards? Too often it is ignored by the international community that fought so hard to end the apartheid, and nothing is ever written about the country again. > SEE SOUTH AFRICA ON PG. 13
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11 BUSINESS
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Knell’s winding down its operation in Elmira, consolidating in new location – Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and even into Guelph. We are sort of in the centre of that triangle and Elmira is close enough that we can service it well out here.” William Knell founded the company in 1906 to supply hardware, plumbing and heating supplies to the area. With the recession of the 1990s, Knell’s found itself squeezed out of the wholesale hardware sector by the growth of big box stores like Home Hardware and Rona. The Elmira location opened in the late 1990s as Knell’s refocused on door installation and design and distribution of industrial supply products to manufacturers and contractors. Dippell explained that while the store gets some custom-
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nell’s Door and Hardware closed its doors on Monday, leaving a gap along Arthur Street in Elmira. The Elmira store is a branch of William Knell and Company, founded in Kitchener in 1906. Last year Knell’s consolidated its three Victoria Street locations into a new building on Shirley Drive, near Bingemans. Now the stock and employees from the Elmira store will be moving to the same location. General manager Robert Dippell emphasized that Knell’s will continue to serve customers in the Elmira area. “The whole idea when we purchased this building was to be accessible to the region
ON THE MOVE Dave Clutton, Brian
Bishop and Rod Beer are some of the familiar faces at Knell's new Kitchener location (right).
ers off the street, the bulk of Knell’s business is commercial. With those customers now accessible by phone, fax, e-mail and courier, the Elmira distribution point became less essential than it was in the past. “When we consolidated all our Kitchener locations, we fixed a lot of distribution problems that we’d had. … I think it’s unfortunate that the branch had to be closed, but I believe that we can better service our customers from this facility.” Elmira BIA chair Krista McBay lamented the loss of another business downtown and expressed hope that the owners will find a new tenant quickly. Prior to Knell’s arrival in
Elmira, that location had been home to a Canadian Tire store. “I hope they find something soon and I hope it’s a merchant. We can’t have another professional business downtown. We need as much traffic in the downtown merchantwise as we can muster, something to pull more people downtown.” McBay would like to see the township doing more to attract businesses to Elmira’s core, perhaps some sort of tax rebate. “I don’t see them offering
anything like that. The taxes just keep going up; they don’t seem to be focused on downtown,” she said. “Right now there are so many roadblocks to new businesses moving in.” The store closed Monday, but Knell’s won’t be fully moved out of Elmira until mid-March. The Knell’s building in Elmira is owned by the greatgrandson of Knell’s founder William Knell. The company will be looking for a new tenant in the near future, Dippell said, but there are no plans in place yet.
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Whether it’s new heating & cooling equipment for a custom home, upgrading your older inefficient heating & air conditioning systems, or maintenance service to ensure safe and efficient operation, Dunn Heating & Air Conditioning is a family-owned HVAC contractor with over 37 years experience in keeping homes comfortable. Dunn Heating & Air Conditioning has chosen product lines from CARRIER and YORK that offer a long life expectancy, low operating costs and low maintenance costs. Other factors they have considered are sound levels and warranties. The indoor environment experts at Dunn Heating & Air Conditioning can provide a free in-home consultation and estimate, ensuring equipment is correctly sized to your home to maximize energy efficiency and performance for years to come. By choosing to buy a new CARRIER or YORK central air conditioner that has a high SEER rating you can enjoy substantial energy savings. A new high efficiency, two stage, variable speed natural gas furnace will help save you money on gas and hydro bills year after year. For improved indoor air quality, Dunn Heating & Air Conditioning has products designed to clean, ventilate, and humidify your air. They also offer the security, convenience and appeal of a gas fireplace with beautiful, energy efficient designs for any budget. Operating one of the Region’s largest residential only HVAC contractors, owner Rick Dunn has a team of qualified, experienced technicians and radio dispatched service vehicles. They offer 24 hour emergency service, plus tune-ups for all makes. Call them soon, and ask about Grants and Rebates to save you money!
Over 40 Years of Helping You Do it Right! 59 St. Leger St., Kitchener 519-578-5320 (off Victoria St., between Margaret Ave. & Lancaster) www.pope.ca
Home improvements and remodeling are among Canada’s favourite pastimes. Whether it’s a makeover project replacing lighting fixtures with new designs, installing eco-friendly energy efficient light fixtures, or a renovation that requires relocating electrical fittings, removing or adding walls, and installing new electrical systems, Pope Electrical & Lighting Supplies has the supplies and expert advice you’ll need to succeed. With a showroom full of the latest products in the industry at prices that are competitive with the big box stores, plus qualified, experienced product consultants who will ensure you are making the best decisions for your project, Pope Electrical & Lighting Supplies is the logical choice. Pope Electrical & Lighting Supplies has service panels, breakers, fuses, lighting controls, ballasts, and bulbs (flourescent T4, halogen, metal halide, compact flourescent from 3W-110W, high pressure sodium, etc.). They also carry receptacles, switches, wire and networking, colar devices, smoke detectors, door chimes, recessed pot lights, fixture lenses, bathroom fans, ceiling fans, heating & cooling supplies, batteries, and emergency equipment. From product selection to information on energy rebates/grants that could save you money, find out why Pope Electrical & Lighting Supplies has been the choice of many homeowners, builders, property managers and contractors in the Region since 1966. They are locally owned and proudly Canadian.
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At Meineke, You’re Always The Driver.™
www.meineke.com
355 Weber St. North, (corner of Columbia) Waterloo 519-746-1070
When you think about the importance of having a reliable family vehicle for work or school, you will probably agree that automotive maintenance and repair is a necessity—especially in this economy. Since 1972, Meineke Car Care Centers have become famous for their free visual inspections and complete automotive service, most of which can be performed the same day. Today, there is a network of over 900 shops worldwide offering a nationwide consumer warranty for peace of mind. The Meineke (pronounced “Mine-A-Key”) location in Waterloo opened in July 1986 and came under new ownership in October 2008. The Congi Family has over 30 years of experience serving the region from B.A.C. Auto Body at 29 Weber Street North in Waterloo (519-884-9511). Family members include CFL Grey Cup Champion Luca Congi of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Meineke Car Care Centre Waterloo is guided by owner John Congi. From lube-oil-filter service to diagnostic problem solving and expert troubleshooting, Meineke Car Care Center can service most models of vehicles. They provide tune-ups, expert service on brakes, shocks and struts, wheel alignments, tires, batteries, transmission flush, fuel injection cleaning, cooling systems, belts (serpentine & V-belts), CV- and U-joints. They can provide MTO Safety inspections. When it comes to mufflers and exhausts, Meineke can provide OEM replacements, custom and performance exhausts, with custom pipe bending and dual conversions available. Ask about the Meineke Credit Card so you can take care of your vehicle now and pay later.
What You Need to Make it Yourself 1375 Weber St. E., Kitchener 519-746-0910 (Unit 21, Zehrs HiWay Centre Plaza) www.creativesewingcentre.com
When it comes to choosing a sewing machine or serger, plus sewing and quilting supplies, where to buy may be as important as what to buy. By choosing a locally owned dealer like Creative Sewing Centre, rather than from a web site or department store, you are assured of making an informed decision that will allow you to buy products to meet your specific needs. The team at Creative Sewing Centre is dedicated to helping you choose the best in sewing, embroidery, quilting machines and sergers from Husqvarna Viking and the newest Brother machines with the very popular Disney® embroidery designs. After-sale support is the rule at Creative Sewing Centre. Help is only a phone call away and they have direct support from the machine’s manufacturer. Service and repairs are available for all brands of sewing, embroidery and quilting machines. Unlimited lessons are offered with every new sewing machine purchase, giving you the opportunity to learn everything about it and the optional equipment available. Private sewing, embroidery serging and quilting lessons are available, from basic to advanced, whether you purchased from them or not. Ask about renting their full size quilting machine with automated stitching or free motion. A selection of notions, fabrics, and sewing supplies are carried for your convenience. Creative Sewing Centre has served the region since November 2005. Owner Cathie Schnarr and the staff invite you to stop in soon to test sew the newest machines and pick up all your project supplies.
89 King St. N. (King & Bridgeport) Uptown Waterloo 519-747-5657
Choosing new prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses or contacts is not only a crucial element to achieving healthy sight, but also a great way to enhance your fashion image and appearance, too! Super Optical & Lens Master offer so many new shapes, sizes, colours, and materials to choose from in frames plus the newest technology in lenses, that the hardest part may be making your choices. That’s where the eyewear consultants at Super Optical & Lens Master put their experience and skill to work for you. They have served the Region for 23 years! Whether your image is conservative, edgy, or fun and flirtatious, Super Optical & Lens Master have over 3,000 frames in-stock. They carry an array of plastic frames, lightweight metals like titanium, plus innovative rimless styles. When you buy one complete pair of eyeglasses, sunglasses or contact lenses, you get the second pair (or combination) FREE. They also pay for eye exams with their 2 for 1 Special (ask for details). An Optometrist is located next door to Super Optical in Waterloo. A One Hour Service is available on most single vision lenses. Contact lenses are available the same day or within 24 hours with a certified fitter on staff. Discounts are offered to students, seniors and children. Many health plans are accepted. Super Optical & Lens Master have the hottest new styles in sunglasses, too! From designer brands and clip-ons to prescription sunglasses, they have you covered. Free parking is available.
Helping to Keep You Rolling For 35 Years 2 Forfar Ave., Kitchener 519-743-9771 (east off Victoria St. N., north of Frederick St.) www.denommehino.com
When in the market for a medium-sized truck, plus repairs and factory scheduled maintenance for any mid-sized to heavy truck, highway tractor or fleet, make Denomme Automotive Ltd. your destination. Denomme Automotive is an authorized sales, parts and service dealer for HINO diesel trucks, a member of the Toyota Group of Companies. HINO builds the best in Class 4 (16,000 lbs.) to Class 7 (35,000 lbs.) single axle straight trucks. HINO medium sized diesel trucks are known for comfort, reliability, fuel efficiency, low maintenance costs, along with good residual value. Denomme Automotive has knowledgeable sales consultants who will determine the needs of each customer and recommend a HINO truck or pre-owned unit that meets your needs and budget. They also offer flexible financing and leasing plans. When it comes to routine maintenance and unexpected problems that require immediate expert repair, Denomme Automotive has technicians with the equipment and skills to diagnose and repair all makes and models. Regular service from Denomme Automotive helps you minimize your downtime, reduce costly breakdown expenses, and meet MTO compliance. From lube and brake service to Ontario Drive Clean Test Heavy Duty services, truck and trailer refrigeration service, or 24/7 emergency road service, they’ll keep you up and running. Let owner Greg Denomme and the team at Denomme Automotive Ltd. show you how customer service and experience really count.
651 Erb St. W., Waterloo 519-747-8000 (corner of Erbsville Rd./Ira Needles Blvd.) 603 King St. N., Waterloo 519-880-1828 (near Northfield Dr., across from Home Depot) 721 Ottawa St. S., Kitchener 519-749-8800 (at Alpine Rd., between Strassburg & Homer Watson) 190 Gateway Park Dr., Kitchener 519-650-2733 (across from Empire Studio Movie Theatre)
Whether it’s dinner with family, a couple on an evening out, or a get together with the sports team to catch the latest sports television and have a draught beer from the taps, Boston Pizza Restaurant and Sports Bar has something for everyone. Pasta lovers can enjoy Spaghetti, Fettuccini, Penne, and Whole Wheat Linguini available with a choice of sauces, plus add-ons like chicken breast, baked cheese, garlic shrimp skewer, baked salmon filet or meatballs—a real taste sensation. They offer Gourmet Pastas for any craving. Ask about Pasta Tuesday—Create Your Own starting at $6.95. Starters include Thai Chicken Bites and SouthWest Potato Skins. Other popular items include Sandwiches like the Boston Brute and Stromboli Sandwiches, plus Slow-Roasted Pork Back Ribs, The Ribber, Certified Angus Beef Sirloin Steak, Rice Bowls, and Baked Salmon Filet. Their Gourmet Pizza in over 20 varieties is always a big hit for value and taste. A Multi-Grain crust is available, a healthy choice for kids and adults alike. There’s also a lunch menu with value-priced selections, plus a Kid’s Menu that makes Boston Pizza a family favourite. The licensed BP Lounge is a sports bar loaded with sports paraphernalia and plenty of big screen TVs to enjoy watching the latest sports. They also have a patio. Boston Pizza is a proudly Canadian company with over 330 locations. Boston Pizza recently launched the exciting new Erbsville location on February 1, 2010. Take-out and Delivery (in K-W) are available. Get AIR MILES® Reward Miles every time you eat at Boston Pizza.
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Ontario owns the podium for agri-food research I
f they awarded medals for best supporting role by a Canadian province in agri-food research, Ontario would win the gold, hands down. Despite tough economic times, Ontario continues investing in the sector that feeds us, provides recreation opportunities, keeps the environment healthy and garners as much respect as medical professionals and emergency response personnel. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs dedicates more than $75 million a year to the University of Guelph, giving the province and the university a unique position in Canada. No other province provides the kind of support that allows its principal agricultural university to maintain a core of research and lab analysis expertise – personnel, technology and facilities – that can respond quickly and effectively to emerging and complex problems, as well as develop long-term research programs for such efforts as new crop and livestock variety development. That support has been instrumental in helping define the University of Guelph as a place where things get
Food For Thought Owen Roberts done – where researchers translate, transfer and mobilize new knowledge and information for policies that help Ontario grow. A study a few years ago by Deloitte showed the research agreement between the ministry and the province generates more than $1 billion a year in economic activity to the province, through advances in agri-food, environmental sustainability, and animal and human health. The province doesn’t stop there. Even though the agreement gives Guelph the oomph to lead the nation in agri-food, the province invests in other ways too. Earlier this week, another ministry, the Ministry of Research and Innovation, directed more than $7 million to the University of Guelph for projects dedicated to new crop varieties and sustaining the environment.
The projects, part of the Ontario Innovation Agenda, involve gene sequencing for the $100-million a year dry bean industry, and making new industrial bioproducts from bio-resources – specifically, by-products such as lignin and crude glycerol created during the production of biofuels from non-food crops, such as forestry waste. Neither of these programs would be as worthy of investment – indeed, they surely wouldn’t be as advanced as they are – without prior funding through the agreement between the university and the ministry. For example, Peter Pauls, a faculty member in the Ontario Agricultural College’s Plant Agriculture department, has won national and international acclaim as a bean breeder, having developed new Ontario varieties with important traits for more than 20 years. Other than the fact that he and his research team are extremely capable, they’ve been able to grow their research program because of support from the university-ministry agreement, as well as other government sources, commodity groups and industry.
Then there’s bioproducts specialist Prof. Amar Mohanty. He arrived on the scene in 2008 with great fanfare, and has continued to attract interest and investment for his Bioproduct Discovery and Development Centre. Mohanty holds the $3-million Ontario Premier’s Research Chair in Biomaterials and Transportation. That gives him a foundation for his studies, as does the locale of the centre – attached to the Plant Agriculture department, the most active research department on campus. The new support from the Ministry of Research and Innovation will help him in his quest to transform Ontario into what he calls a “biorefinery hub,” open up new markets for Ontario’s agricultural, biofuel, pulp and paper industries, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using cleaner materials and technologies. Investing in research helps the province own the economic podium. The agri-food sector continues to be touted as Ontario’s most promising economic driver, considering its track record as well as its potential in the new economy. It’s a well-deserved gold for Ontario.
South Africa: Not all of the changes have been for the better > CONTINUED FROM PG. 10 Being an ex-South African who immigrated to wonderful Canada in 1997, I thank my lucky stars every single day that I got out when I got out: it is a country filled with evil, fanatical, vicious people, both white and black. The Dutch influence was the Afrikaner, who is too hardheaded and single-minded to ever get on with any other race. The Zulu and
Xhosa factor in South Africa creates some of the cruelest people anyone would ever wish to encounter. These two nations hate each other so much they have been killing each other at such a rapid rate that the Zulus have diminished by the millions over the years. Throw in a bit of Afrikaner narrow-mindedness, and you have a sure recipe for disaster. One of the main reasons we left is that I realized that the illegal immi-
grants were entering south Africa at such a rapid rate, (more than 10 per cent of a nation of 60 million now are illegal immigrants from Mozambique and Angola) there was never going to be peace, and today they (the illegal immigrants) are facing genocide at the hands of the South African blacks. So many of my friends and family left behind have experienced crime against them since I left (my former horse trainer’s wife was
stabbed and killed in front of her five-year-old kids, my former neighbour’s wife stabbed and her arm broken in front of her children, etc., etc.), but these stories never make it in the international press: it is just regarded as an everyday experience in South Africa, something you must learn to live with. Thank you to Gwynne Dyer for writing about it.
> Elze Bredenkamp, Elmira
Compromise: Time to look at options for making buggy travel safer > CONTINUED FROM PG. 10 trail system? Quite possibly they are snowmobiling on the very land of the people they are complaining about. Horse owners have been kind enough to allow the snowmobile clubs to set up a trail system on their land; they receive no compensation for the land use, the only thing they get is crop damage and garbage to clean up in the spring. As farmers, we also allow hunters, hot air balloons and small aircraft landings on our farms. Maybe we should stop allowing others to use our land? Do we want to live in a world where it is every man for himself ? I don’t. And I don’t want my children to either. I think we should stop fighting about such petty things when there are people in the world who have lost their homes, livelihoods, and watched their child die in their arms. Maybe that puts a bit of perspective on the situation. Horses are a way of life for many people in our community. What
if we turned the tables and said that all automobile drivers had to capture all of the pollution their vehicles produced and deposit it at a roadside cleanup station? Or take it home. That would seem pretty fair. An idea might be to separate car and horse traffic whenever possible by having horses use the rail trail. One realistic solution might be to charge a fee for a pass to use the rail trail system, thereby lowering the horse traffic volume on the roads, thus impacting the pavement less, reducing the amount of road apples, and making it safer for both vehicular and horse traffic. It would be safer to stop on a trail than on a road to deal with manure. It really is not safe for anyone to stop a horse on the side of the road in an 80 km/h zone, or even a 50 km/h zone where quite often the vehicle speeds are much greater, to pick up or remove manure. People don’t stop their cars on the side of the road unless they have to because they could get hit by another car. Why put someone in an unnec-
essarily dangerous situation? Really, cars and horses are a dangerous combination, especially when both vehicle operators are pretty much ignorant about each other’s needs. The collected fees could then be used to maintain and improve the trail. We live in a unique community. It would be a mistake to draw a divisionary line such as this through
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Critical steps to success
Putting the local in the country music scene
Get healthy Stay healthy Samuel & Stacy Lancaster
Although Barry has been in the business for almost 20 years, he still gets some nervous butterflies upon meeting some of his own idols. “When I started, Charlie Major was one of the big acts of the time,” Barry noted. “I remember watching him on TV and thinking, ‘Wow, wouldn’t it be cool to play those songs?’ Getting the chance to actually play on his record felt like winning the lottery for me.” Barry grew up in the rural community of Derby Junction in New Brunswick before moving to this area to marry his wife Melissa – he’s no stranger to smalltown life. The area is, however, sometimes a bit of a change of pace for performers who come out this way from Nashville. “Charlie Major and Terri Clark both came here and they loved this place. Every-
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC Having worked with some of his musical idols, and scooped up a variety of awards doing it, Jason Barry has every reason to be happy with his current setup in St. Clements, one he would like to see continue. Katie Edmonds
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f you spend time listening to local radio, you have probably heard Jason Barry’s voice. The catchy jingle for Dan’s Discount Windows and Doors in Kitchener was crafted, played and sung by Barry, a St. Clements resident whose list of credits goes far beyond that commercial. “A lot of the guys around here are in construction and they laugh when they hear that song come on the radio,” he said with a smile. When he is not singing about local furnishing companies, Barry spends his time mixing and producing records for some of the biggest names in Canadian country music. On Wednesday, for instance, Barry was heading into Fergus to play alongside Shane Yellowbird, whose current hit “Bare feet on the black top” is quickly climbing the country charts.
Barry’s career in music production started as a stroke of luck, he said, and it was a long road to get to where he is now. He was born deaf, and for the first six years of his life, he was believed to have had a learning disability. His mother didn’t want to accept that answer from the doctors and took him to see a hearing specialist who was able to restore his hearing with a few simple procedures. “I remember that moment when I was first able to hear,” he explained. “Everything was so loud. I could hear the air going past my ears and the clock ticking on the wall.” A few years later, he picked up the guitar and followed the lead of his father, who was a fairly well-known guitar player at the time. After a decade or so of playing recreationally, he was introduced by a friend to producer Rick Hutt. When Barry arrived at the studio,
Hutt was just putting the finishing touches on a song that Tom Cochrane had recorded in the studio that day. Instead of a cursory visit, Barry was pressed into service. “He said to me, ‘You’re a guitar player, can you help me with something? Everyone else has gone home already.’” Barry ended up playing one part of the song that hadn’t recorded properly. Before he left the studio, Hutt asked him if he could come back the next day, and then the next. From that point, Barry continued to return to the studio as a guitar player, then as a backup singer and then as a producer himself. Since then he has been presented with a plethora of Canadian Country Music Awards, including ones for studio of the year in 2009, producer of the year four times and guitar player of the year for 13 years running.
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as it your goal this year to create a healthier, stronger body? Have you lived up to your commitment or have the everyday stresses of life got you off track? Setting up fitness goals is the first step toward reaching them. However, it takes more than just the desire to be fit. You must back that goal with a strategic plan and then implement it. The first step is to identify the driving force behind the goal. What is your underlying reason for wanting to change your lifestyle? Is it to have more energy, to lose weight, to become stronger, or maybe compete in an event? Ask yourself why. Why do I want to lose weight? Why do I want to compete in this event? Once you’ve answered the why you will understand your true motivation behind the goal and have a better chance at succeeding. Next, document how you will know you are on the right track. List the benefits you will see along the way. For instance, sleeping better, more energy, less pain, increased self-confidence, and the like. It’s important to honour these benefits, as they will empower you to keep going and stay committed.
With his guitar and his rehearsal space, Jason Barry is right at home in St. Clements
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Recording: Musical guests love the area > CONTINUED FROM PG. 14 one who comes here falls in love with the town,” Barry says of the musicians who have come to visit his home. “People who live in big cities just get used to being solo and reclusive. It’s easy to get used to not looking at people and not saying hi to anybody. Here it is just the opposite; it’s like a vacation for them.” Recently a neighbour of Barry’s complained about the noise coming from his garage, and Barry was forced to approach Wellesley council to request permission to use what is now a shed in his backyard as a rehearsal space for visiting musicians. The ‘noisemaker’ who drew the neighbours' ire was Aaron Lines, a chart-topping Canadian country musician who was once named Male Artist of the Year at the Cana-
dian Country Music Awards. “That was a bit of a drag,” noted Barry. But it seems as though the majority of community members aren’t annoyed by the music coming from the garage, but entertained, and some even come over to visit. “A lot of people in the town here are country music fans. Some of the guys (Aaron Lines and fellow Canadian artist Yellowbird included) will come over here for a beer and a campfire and the neighbours will come by to say hello.” If the township approves Barry's request to continue using his garage as a practice space, he plans to play guitar here for many more years. “It’s a lot of fun and I hope it never ends,” he said as he knocked on the wood paneling of his small practice room. “I have been very fortunate.”
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Add Jagermeister to your pork From The Chef's Table Kirstie Herbstreit & Jody O'Malley
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ne of the most popular requests we get for our interactive dinner parties is our Mustard Seed and Sour Dough Crusted Pork with Jagermeister Pan Jus. What we like about this recipe is all the tasty elements. Wonderful sour dough bread from City Café Bakery (you can buy a loaf of day old, blitz it in your food processor and keep frozen in a Ziploc bag to have fresh bread crumbs for whenever you want to make the roast); Kozlik’s ‘Triple Crunch’ Mustard – it has great flavour and texture; lots of fresh herbs; and boneless Ontario pork loin. This is a great recipe to make ahead of time so that you can enjoy your company at a dinner party or play a game with your family before a Sunday dinner. Mix together mustards, set aside; Mix together parsley, garlic, shallot, bread crumbs and olive oil. The crumb mixture should
Mustard Seed and Sour Dough Crusted Pork with Jagermeister Pan Jus Serves 8 > 1 tbsp Dijon > 3 tbsp Grainy Dijon (we like Kozlik’s Triple Crunch) mustard, and as needed
> ½ bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
> ¼ cup each chopped fresh thyme and rosemary
> 2 cloves garlic, minced > 2 shallots, finely chopped > 3 cups fresh sour dough bread crumbs > ¼ cup olive oil > Kosher salt (about ½ tsp) and pepper, to taste
> 3 lb boneless pork loin > 1 shallot, minced > 1 shot of Jagermeister > 1 cup chicken stock > 2 tbsp unsalted butter be quite moist. Season to taste with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper; Butterfly pork loin. Make a horizontal slice about 1 inch
from the top of the roast, but not slicing it off completely. Open this ‘top’ like a book, then make another slice, about 1 inch below this one, towards the opposite side, again not slicing all the way through the roast. The roast should now open up flat; Spread first with mustard mixture, and then press on ¾ of the bread crumb mixture; Roll up the roast (opposite way you sliced it). Using butcher’s twine, tie the roast in 1 inch intervals in tight knots. Coat with more mustard and cover with remaining bread crumb mixture; Roast pork in a large, ovenproof fry-pan at 375°F for 15 minutes, then turn oven down to 350°F until the meat thermometer reads 140°F; Remove from oven and allow to rest on a cutting board, covered, for 15 minutes; In the same fry-pan over medium heat add shallots and stir with a wooden spoon; Add Jagermeister (watch out!) and scrape up any brown bits; Add chicken stock and continue to scrape and reduce until slightly thickened; Remove from heat and whisk in butter; Remove butcher’s twine and slice and drizzle sauce over top.
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Fire and Ice with Mad Science $3 each or two for $5, fun for ages 6 to 12 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3 to 4 p.m. ♌ Bloomingdale 519-745-3151
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Buggin’ Out! with Mad Science $3 each or two for $5, fun for ages 6 to 12 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7 to 8 p.m. ♌ Linwood 519-698-2700 The Science of Toys with Mad Science $3 each or two for $5, fun for ages 6 to 12 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3 to 4 p.m. ♌ St. Jacobs 519-664-3443
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Storytime with Kathy Reid-Naiman $3 each or two for $5, fun for ages 0 to 7 Thursday, March 18, 2010 2 to 3 p.m. ♌ Elmira 519-669-5477 (at the St. James Lutheran Church, 60 Arthur St. S., Elmira)
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pictured here in her dollhouse. She’s in her second year of instruction at Encore Dance Studio in Elmira.
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items, the tray was her grandmother’s, and was passed along to her by her father, who was an antique dealer in Montreal. It reminds her of those days long ago spent hanging out in his shop.
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4) TROPHY & PICTURE
> Kevin’s 1998 Director’s Award for his directorial debut of
Montreal’s production of “Law West of the Pacos,” a westernmusical. The silver-framed picture of Kevin and Danielle is a keepsake from their 10th anniversary cruise last year. Their anniversary is today, Feb. 27.
5) HANGING PICTURE
> Family friends from Montreal
gave them this as a gift when they left the city. An inscription on back
says, “You can take the family out of Montreal, but you can’t take Montreal out of the family.” The two pictures depict the old port and Old Montreal.
Phillips, a woodcarver, made this viking boat. He was known for his duck decoys and boats, entering them into contests across Canada.
6) BOOKS
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> Kevin reads a book each week.
> A wedding gift from highschool
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> One of Cameron’s favourite pictures shows him with his
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Fitness: Goal-setting is the first step > CONTINUED FROM PG. 14 Tip: In a journal, write down any problem areas that derail you from accomplishing your goal for the day. Be sure you write down the things that are working well for you too for positive reinforcement. This tip leads us to our next step, which is identifying barriers, obstacles and excuses. It’s important to know the difference because your strategy for handling each will be different. A barrier is something that happens out of our control. It is unforeseeable and/or unpre-
ventable. For example, a major snowstorm hits and the highway is closed preventing you from getting to the gym. An obstacle is a predictable event or circumstance that slows us down or gets in the way of our plans. For example, your mother asks you to take her to a doctor’s appointment the same time as you're scheduled to workout. An excuse is predictable or unpredictable, in either case, where planning could have prevented you from giving up. For example, "I’m too busy," "I don’t have a gym membership," or "I
don’t know how." See if you can identify what’s preventing you from accomplishing your goals. Is it a barrier, an obstacle or an excuse? For each item write down a strategy to conquer these roadblocks. Where there is a will there is a way. For more information about goal setting check out the No More Excuses Workbook by Susan Cantwell.
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WINTER GAMES Emma Davidson is heading to the Ontario Winter Games, where she'll be playing hockey on one of eight teams competing for gold.
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ROUGH RIDE
Elmira forward Michael Therrien takes off on a breakaway during Sunday’s game against the Stratford Cullitons. The Kings dropped all three games they played last weekend, losing this match 5-2.
Three games, three nights, three losses Friday, but it just didn’t turn out that way,” said coach Geoff Haddaway. “Listowel is a pretty tough place to play and we played as well as we could have.” The game started out with a bang for the Kings when Michael Therrien scored just five
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ugar Kings fans are hoping last weekend’s showing wasn’t reflective of how the playoffs will go, as the team dropped three games in as many nights. Losses to Listowel, Brantford and Stratford left Elmira with a record of 20-25-5, the 45 points
good enough for sixth spot in the Midwestern Conference of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Feb. 19 saw the Kings travel to Listowel, where despite outshooting the Cyclones 52-35, they came up on the losing side of a 4-3 final. “I think we could have come out of there with two points on
> Gymnasts at provincial qualifier
> Gorecki named goalie of the month
> EDSS swimmers bound for provincials
The EDSS girls alpine ski team finished a respectable seventh out of 16 teams racing the giant slalom at the provincial championships earlier this week. Elmira’s Kaitlin Doering placed fourth in the event with a combined time of 85.89 after two runs. On Tuesday, the girls raced the slalom in soft conditions. Doering did not start, while teammates Jennifer Norris, Andrea Norris and Darcy Jones had clean runs but did not place.
Local gymnasts Jennifer Brubacher and Robin Porter competed in their third provincial qualifier at Base Borden on Feb. 13. Brubacher placed 7th in vault, 9th in uneven bars, 5th in balance beam, 8th in floor and 11th all around. Porter was 6th in vault, 12th in uneven bars, 14th in balance beam, 14th in floor and 21st all around. The girls will learn Mar. 8 whether their performances in the qualifying meets earned them a berth in the Ontario Cup.
Elmira Sugar Kings netminder Brandon Gorecki has been named the Mid-Western Bauer Goalie of the Month by the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Posting a record of 4-2-1 throughout the month of January, Gorecki has enjoyed a strong first season with the Kings. The Guelph native stopped 235 of the 252 shots he faced last month, a .932 save percentage, playing against some of the toughest teams in the league. His highlight for the past month came on Jan. 16 in a game against Guelph where he stopped 42 shots in a 2-1 victory.
Four swimmers from Elmira District Secondary School are headed to the provincial swimming championships next week. Alex Nicholson had a banner day at the CWOSSA swimming championships last week, placing first in the junior girls’ 50-meter butterfly with a personal best time of 32.60 and setting a new CWOSSAA record. She heads to the provincials seeded second in the province in the event. Nicholson also finished fourth in the 50-metre freestyle, and will swim in that race at OFSAA. Teammate Katherine Hoffman swam to third-place finishes in the 50-meter fly and 50-meter freestyle, and her times for both events were fast enough to qualify for the provincials. The junior girls’ relay team of Hoffman, Nicholson, Emily Cox and Sarah Adams came second in the 200-metre freestyle relay with a time of 2:10.05. The relay team is seeded fourth in the province ahead of the OFSAA championships, which will be held Mar. 2 and 3 in Etobicoke.
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A GOOD SHOWING The EDSS girls’ level one alpine ski team returned home from the OFSAA
championships this week with seventh-place ribbons. From left, Kaitlin Doering, Andrea Norris, Jenny Norris and Darcy Jones.
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oolwich will still have reason to cheer after the Olympics finish up next week, as two girls from Bantam AA hockey will compete in the 2010 Ontario Winter Games to be held Mar. 4-7 in the Muskoka region. Kaitlin Doering and Emma Davidson were among the more than 450 hockey players, ages 13 and 14, who vied for the opportunity at one of six tryout camps last fall. The camps involved a series of on-land challenges, as well as practices and games which were all observed by judges who would make the final decision as to who to accept onto the prestigious teams. Davidson, a Guelph Thunder player, and Doering, who skates for the Waterloo Ravens and the EDSS Lancers, will represent Woolwich on one of the Ontario tournament teams at the biannual event, which showcases the skills of amateur athletes between the ages of 10 and 22. More than 3,500 athletes, coaches and officials will take part in the multi-sport event. Some 25 sports will be contested, including women’s hockey, which will showcase some of the best Bantam-age players in the province in an eight-team tournament format. Davidson, a Grade 8 student at Park Manor Public School, said she is already experiencing some butterflies. “I am pretty nervous about going. I think the girls will be really good, and there will probably be some tough competition, but I am looking forward to it.” The winner at the Ontario games will move on to a national championship. For Davidson, who has played hockey since she was six years old, such competitions provide great thrills. “The best moment for me in hockey was last year at the provincial game. I was playing for the Waterloo team and I scored one of the goals during the game,” she said. “Playing in the winter games will be huge for me too.” The girls leave for Muskoka on Tuesday to participate in ‘hockey camp’ before the actual competition. Despite the current nervousness, Davidson thinks they’ll be fine once playing begins. “When I get on the ice, it feels like home.”
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Elmira Karate Dojo Kicks, like the spinning back kick, are his favourite part of karate. In the summer, he plays soccer and he has also done lifeguard training.
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ost hockey players hit the greens only after the hockey season is over, but Elmira’s Garrett Rank has traded in his stick for clubs yearround. Rank played for the University of Waterloo’s varsity hockey and golf teams last year, but gave up hockey to focus on his golf game. “I could have played some semi-pro hockey if I wanted to, but that wasn’t a life choice I wanted to make,” Rank said. “Golf ’s probably got a brighter future. It was less hard on my body, a warm summer sport, and something I could play for the rest of my life, so I figured I would concentrate on golf rather than hockey.” That focus has paid off, as he was recently selected to be part of the Canadian men’s team at the FISU world university golf championships in Spain. Rank is coming off his best year on the links, having finished in the top 15 at the Ontario Amateur Championships and finished second at the Men’s Match Play championship. He also tied for 10th at the Canadian University championships. Rank isn’t sure what to expect from the world university championships, but one thing is clear: the competition will be stiff. Canada lags a bit behind top coun-
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GOING INTERNATIONAL Garrett Rank works on his golf swing every day at UW’s new golf simulator. He's polishing his game ahead of a trip to the FISU world university golf championships in May. tries like Japan and the United States, where young golfers have more international experience. After they obtained their best result in 2006, the Canadian men finished seventh out of 14 countries two years ago. The women’s team had its best finish in 2004 with an eighth position. “Canada’s never me-
daled before, and that’s a goal this year – to come back with a World University Games medal,” Rank said. His coach, Dave Hollinger, will be travelling with him to Spain as an assistant coach for the Canadian team. He said Rank should be well-prepared because
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There’s money to be made with effective camouflage I
f you are one of those people who pays attention to the new lineups of firearms each year, you’ll note that, over the last few years, firearms manufacturers have camouflaged most of their products in order to boost sales. Traditional wood and metal finishes aren’t good enough anymore. Camouflage is in. Go to any sporting goods store these days and you can buy rifles and shotguns that blend in with hardwoods, evergreens or snow. They’re even making them in pink, in hopes that women will appreciate this. I’m not saying any of this is a bad idea, but I do think that these paint jobs are just a little off base. You see a camo pattern that makes my shotgun look like a piece of shrubbery is only helpful once I’ve got it in the field – and, even then, that’s questionable since, up ‘til last season, the duck or turkeys I’ve encountered haven’t had a problem with
Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea traditional wood and blued metal finishes on my old scattergun. But that’s not the real problem anyhow; the real problem is getting the gun home. Fortunately, I came up with a brilliant solution this morning. Why can’t firearms and bow manufacturers camouflage their products so that they look like implements of menial labour? After all, while my wife would take a conniption if I brought another shotgun or rifle home, she’d be tickled pink if, for the first time ever, I walked through the door with something that looks like a gardening tool or broom. If, for instance, I brought in a new
bolt-action deer rifle that’s camouflaged to resemble a rake, I’d be able to walk right by her without a worry in the world. Better still, if it looked like a plunger my wife would never go near it. As you can see, the possibilities are endless. I envision a line of guns that, from a distance, look like garden hoes, shovels, pitchforks, pruners, weed eaters, posthole diggers and other things that I would never actually walk through the door with. That’s truly useful camouflage. My wife would be none the wiser; better still she’d believe that all those hypnotic suggestions that she tries in the middle of the night have finally worked. It’s what you call a win-win situation. If this practical camo trend takes hold, some enterprising entrepreneur could even market a gun safe that looks exactly like a garden shed. Suddenly, guys like me would spend almost all their waking hours in the
yard showing off our tools to our “gardening buddies.” Don’t fool yourself. There is a down side to all of this. Every now and then, we’d have to bring out the real rakes and hoes to do a bit of work just to maintain the credibility of the ruse. If you ask me, that’s a small price to pay though, since I’d handle it by hiring a neighborhood kid to do it while my wife is out. Of course, I’d be in my “garden shed” supervising. Sure, my wife might eventually question why my rake has a scope, sling, and expensive bipod mounted on it – being observant like that is one of her major faults. She might even ask why it doesn’t pick up leaves effectively or why the plunger didn’t work when we needed it most. But with a bit of quick talking I’m sure I could alleviate her suspicions. The hard part would be convincing her that I filled my bear tag using only the corn broom that I’m holding in the photo …
Kings: One more game to polish things up before the playoffs > CONTINUED FROM PG.19 seconds in, assisted by Brad Kraus. Listowel was able to even up the score by the end of the period, however, and then ride their momentum into the second, scoring another two goals before the halfway mark. At 17:47, Jarred Parent took charge on a feed from Zach Salomon and Spencer MacCormack to make it 3-2 going into the dressing room for the second time.
It remained a one-goal game for the first half of the third, until Listowel’s Bobby Cook beat netminder Nick Horrigan to put the home side up 4-2. All of Elmira’s extra pressure was for naught until Horrigan was on the bench for the extra attacker. Kraus’s goal at 19:24 (assisted by Lukas Baleshta and Jon Jutzi) was as close as it would get, however, as the Cyclones hung on for the win.
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“It was a good hockey game,” said Haddaway. “They played a good game, and I give them full credit for the victory.” Both the outcome and the coach’s assessment were less rosy in Brantford the following evening, where the first-place Golden Eagles trounced Elmira 6-1. The Brantford team was practically unstoppable for the majority of the game, racking up five points before the Kings were even able to get on the board in the third period. Andrew Schacht netted the shutout-buster at 14:13, with some help from Lukas Baleshta and Justin Roeder, but that was the only consolation, as the home team would notch one more before the final buzzer. The Kings simply provided Brantford with too many opportunities, said Haddaway. “We played really well for large parts of the game,” explained the
coach. “But we had a couple breakdowns and they are too good of a team to let up for any period of time.” Sunday’s return to home ice was no tonic, either, as it turns out. Strong goaltending and special teams allowed the Stratford Cullitons to skate to a 5-2 win. Outshooting the visitors 41-35, including 2214 in the middle frame, Elmira was only able to beat goaltender Evan Groenestege twice. Going one-for-eight on the power play – Stratford was three-for-eight – didn’t help the cause. The first frame opened with Elmira quick on the heels of the Cullitons, but it was Stratford’s pressure early on which resulted in their first goal by Tyler Masson just two minutes into the game. That pressure continued to mount and the first half of the period was lopsided, with Stratford putting up 10
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shots before Elmira was even able to test Groenestege. The Kings’ efforts started to pay off with 10 minutes left to go in the period, but their surge was thwarted with a second Stratford goal by Brad McClure on the power play. A great setup, the tic-tac-toe play gave Elmira keeper Brandon Gorecki little chance. The second period saw a much more aggressive Elmira, with the team firing everything at the net. Their shot dominance didn’t translate into anything on the scoreboard, however, while Stratford put up two more goals (Myles Melchers and Craig Darlymple) before Josh Woolley was finally able to squeeze one in for the Kings with the help of Andrew Smith and Ryan Johnson. That power play marker came with five minutes remaining in the second. The Kings found themselves down 4-1 with just
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20 minutes left to play. In the final frame, Stratford opted for a very defensive game to protect their lead. The strategy worked, as they were able to keep the Kings away from the net. Elmira was able to get a bit closer to the Cullitons with a goal by Riley Sonnenburg on a feed from Jutzi six minutes into the period, but it wasn’t enough. Stratford’s Kyle Wilhelm capitalized on an empty-net opportunity to seal Elmira’s fate. “I think we played better than a 5-2 hockey game,” noted Haddaway. “They were able to take advantage of their opportunities and we really struggled to score. I think we had some great chances but we just couldn’t find the back of the net.” The Kings play their final game of the regular season tomorrow night (Sunday) at the WMC against Listowel. The puck drops at 7 p.m.
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the end of May, and Hollinger and Rank will fly from there to Spain. Rank has one more year to go at the University of Waterloo, where he’s studying honours economics with a specialization in business finance. Once he graduates, he plans to try to play his way onto a pro golf tour. “I’ll give golf a shot as soon as I finish university before I settle down into a career.”
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WINNING FORM Elmira’s Erin Zach wheels the puck around the corner of the net during WCSSAA semi-final hockey action Tuesday. Zach had two goals as the Lancers won 3-2 to advance to the finals.
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2009 Journey SXT 3.5L Automatic, 7 Passenger Seating, Rear Air and Heat, Keyless Entry Power Seat, Tilt & Cruise, 17'Rims, Side & Front Air Bags, Steering Wheel Audio Controls. Black or Silver 30,400km D#8106
2.4L 4 Cylinder with Automatic CVT, Power Windows/Locks/Mirrors,KeylessEntry,RemoteStart,Fog Lights Front/Side Impact Airbags, A/C, Electronic Stability Control, Front Air Deflector, Mud Flaps, 1 Owner, Very Clean. Inferno Red 31,500km $15,400 D#9221
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2009 Grand Caravan 3.3L Automatic, Stow and Go Seating, Rear Air & Heat,Power Second Row Windows, Cruise, Tilt, Keyless entry, 7 Passenger seatingwith driver power seat. 34800km Finished in Linen Gold. D#9105
@ 5.74% 72mths
2009 Caliber SXT
2009 Caliber SXT
2.0L 4 Cylinder, Automatic CVT Trany, Power Windows/Locks Keyless Entry, Stability Control System, Side Impact Air Bags, Adjustable seat Height, Fog Lights, Tilt/Cruise, 17' Aluminum Rims. Finished in Blue 31,900km $15,500 D#9247
2.0L 4 Cylinder, Automatic CVT Trany, Power Windows/Locks Keyless Entry, Stability Control System, Side Impact Air Bags, Adjustable seat Height, Fog Lights, Tilt/Cruise, 17' Aluminum Rims. Finished in White 30,300km $15,500 D#9246
T
he EDSS girls’ hockey team narrowly avoided a repeat of last year’s semi-final loss to Resurrection Catholic Secondary School on Tuesday. The Lancers went into overtime to defeat Resurrection 3-2 in the WCSSAA semifinal game. Tuesday’s match was reminiscent of the Canada-Switzerland Olympic men’s hockey game, with the Lancers outshooting Resurrection by a wide margin but struggling to
get anything past the hot glove of the Rez keeper. The Pheonix were leading 2-0 at the end of the second period, but the Lancers came back in the third to tie it up and force overtime. Erin Zach had a pair of goals in the win, and Tori Freeman added a single marker. The win sent the Lancers to Thursday’s final against Southwood Secondary School, which finished two points ahead of Elmira in the regular season.
Notice of Public Information Centre
PROPOSED REGION OF WATERLOO WATER SUPPLY NOTICE SIGN BY-LAW
2003 Grand Caravan Sport 3.3L V6 Automatic Trany, Power Windows/Locks Keyless Entry, Rear Air and Heat 3 Zone, Quad middle seating, Cruise/Tilt, A/C, Sunscreen Glass, O/H Console. One Owner, Finished in Tan, 97,100km $8,400
CA L L O N E O F O U R PRO F ES S I O N A L SA L ES R EP S TO DAY: R AY FR ED ER I C K , C O L I N K RO PF P.S.T, G.S.T ex tr a. Var ia b le r ates, b ase d on b i-we ek l y p ay m e nts O. A .C.
519-669-2831
361 ARTHUR STREET SOUTH, ELMIRA • www.voisinchrysler.com
Annual Water Quality Report on the Region’s • Location and placement; Water Quality Drinking • Size, shape, construction and content;
The Region of Waterloo will be holding a public information centre to introduce a draft Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses all types of unofficial signs on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory signs, farm accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs, open house signs and poster signs. The proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unofficial signs including:
• Impacts to the function of the road;
The Regional Municipality • Number of signs and timingof of Waterloo placement; is andpleased to announce • Sign that theremoval. annual report on its drinking water quality has been published. This report summarizes results of and bacteriological, Staff are also proposing an amendment to thethe Region’s Tourism Essential Services Signing Policyand to allow tourism signage Regional roads conducted for agri-toursimduring activities.the physical chemical tests on which were When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, drop in 4:00 8:00 p.m. period January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009, as required under Place: Regional Administration Headquarters (lobby) the Ontario DrinkingStreet, WaterKitchener Protection Regulation. 150 Frederick This public information centre is being held for the purpose of providing information and This report is available on the internet at By-law www.region.waterloo. receiving comments from the public. A copy of the draft is available for review in the Clerk’s Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or on the on.ca/water. Region’s website at: www.region.waterloo.on.ca tabor Public If you would like to receive a copy- tab of Newsroom, this report, haveNotices any Ifquestions you haveabout questions the By-law, please contact the concerning drinking water quality, please call Nancy Button, Manager, Transportation Engineering at 519-575-4520 or by email at (519) 575-4757 extension 3155. bnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca If you require accessible services to participate in this meeting, please contact the above noted person by Tuesday, June 10, 2008. All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this
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23 SPORTS
SCORECARD WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#1
Playoffs
FEB. 20 LL#1 6, LL#2 1 Goals: Zac Pickard x3, Liam O’Brien x2, Joseph Boehm (Joseph Boehm, Sullivan Keen, Zac Pickard, Eric Poirier, Zachery Verwey, Matthew Brubacher) WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#2
FEB. 20 LL#1 6, LL#2 1 Goal: Andrew Keiswetter FEB. 21 LL#4 5, LL#2 1 Goal: Cameron Maillette WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#3
FEB. 20 Round Robin Game 2 Woolwich 5, Twin Centre 0 Goals: Travis Weber x2, Jackson Hale, Matthew Dunn, CJ Sider (Brendan Gilles) Shutout: Riley Demers WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#4
FEB. 4 Woolwich 11, Paris 0 Goals: Parker Merlihan, Matthew Radler, Kieffer Beard, Tyler Martin x2, Owen Harnock, Hunter Schmitt X3, Eli Baldin, Dawson Good (Matthew Radler, Kieffer Beard x2, Tanner Mann, Parker Merlihan, Alex Devore, Colin Merlihan, Ben Witmer) Shutout: Nate Maier FEB. 13 LL#4 5, LL#1 3 Goals: Eli Baldin x2, Dawson Good, Hunter Schmitt, Colton Schmitt (Ben Witmer, Parker Merlihan, Kieffer Beard, Alex Devore, Eli Baldin) FEB. 20 Woolwich 8, Plattsville 2 Goals: Eli Baldin x4, Kieffer Beard, Hunter Schmitt x 2, Tanner Mann (Jesse Martin, Owen Harnock x2, Kieffer Beard x2, Alex Devore x2, Cameron Martin, Dawson Good, Parker Merlihan, Colin Merlihan, Colton Schmitt)
FEB. 21 LL#4 5, LL#2 1 Goals: Tyler Martin x2, Eli Baldin x2, Tanner Mann (Kieffer Beard x2, Hunter Schmitt, Eli Baldin) WOOLWICH TYKE SELECT A BOYS
Playoffs
FEB. 20 Woolwich 4, Hespeler 0 Goals: Connor Bradley x2 Brady Brezynskie, Isiah Katsube (Brett Allen, Kyler Austin) FEB. 21 Woolwich 5, Erin-Hillsburgh 1 Goals: Isiah Katsube x2, Connor Bradley, Brady Brezynskie, Blake Roemer (Brett Allen x2, Trevor Ferretti, Brady Brezynskie, Blake Roemer) WOOLWICH MAJOR NOVICE A BOYS
OMHA quarterfinals FEB. 17
Centre Wellington 4, Woolwich 1 Goal: Austin Cousineau (Ethan Young, Griffen Rollins) WOOLWICH ATOM B GIRLS
Playoffs
FEB. 17 Woolwich 4, Twin Centre 3 Goals: Megan Chapman x3, Leah Bauman (Kambel Beacom, Caitlin Pickard, Nicole Snyder, Meghan Mathieson, Mikayla Weber) WOOLWICH ATOM BOYS LL#1
Playoffs
FEB. 17 Embro 3, Woolwich 1 Goal: Conner Graham FEB. 21 Woolwich 1, Embro 1 Goals: Noah Rawlinson (Brendan Knipfel) WOOLWICH ATOM AE BOYS
Playoffs
FEB. 19 Woolwich 6, Flamborough 3 Goals: Nick Campagnolo, Cameron Brown, Kyle Bruder, Mathew Uhrig x2, James Cooper (Mathew Uhrig, Nathan Horst x2,
Submit your scores at www.ObserverXtra.com before Wednesday at Noon. Earl Schwartz, Nick Campagnolo, Alex Turchan, Brett Henry) FEB. 23 Wellington 2, Woolwich 1 Goal: Mathew Uhrig (Benton Weber, Brett Henry) WOOLWICH MINOR ATOM BOYS
Tri-county playoffs FEB. 14
Hespeler 5, Woolwich 2 Goals: Riley Runstedler x2 (Nolan McLaughlin, Matthew MacDonald) FEB. 20 Woolwich 7, Hespeler 3 Goals: Cade Schaus x2, Tegan Schaus, Jordan Lee, Matthew MacDonald x2, Cole Altman (Garrett Reitzel, Tegan Schaus x2, Cole Altman, Cade Schaus x2, Sammy Huber, Nolan McLaughlin, Austin Whittom, Brad Hale, Daniel Carr) FEB. 21 Woolwich 5, Brampton 2 Goals: Garrett Reitzel, Riley Runstedler x2, Cole Altman, Jordan Lee (Sammy Huber, Chase Mooder, Riley Runstedler, Tegan Schaus, Nolan McLaughlin, Matthew MacDonald) WOOLWICH PEEWEE B GIRLS
FEB. 18 Kitchener 1, Woolwich 0
WOOLWICH PEEWEE C GIRLS
OWHA Round Robin Playoffs FEB. 17
Woolwich 4, Waterloo 2 Goals: Megan Thoman x2, Jessica Townsend, Emily Schuurmans (Marlowe Schott x2,Sydney Meunier, Rachel Weber, Michelle Wang, Emily Schuurmans) FEB. 20 Twin Centre1, Woolwich 0 FEB. 21 Woolwich 8, Kitchener0 Goals: Emily Schuurmans x3, Megan Thoman x2, Sydney Meunier x2, Jessica Townsend (Sydney Meunier x3, Megan Thoman x2, Jessica Townsend x2, Meghan Martin, Erika Morrison, Michelle Wang, Marlowe Schott, Rachel Weber) WOOLWICH PEEWEE BOYS LL#1
Playoffs
FEB. 19 Woolwich 3, St. George 3 Goals: Matthew Lalonde x3 (Trent Thompson x2, Joseph Hanley, Spencer Andersen) FEB. 22
FEB. 20 Ayr 4, Woolwich 2 Goals: Isaac Fishbein, Dylan Arndt (Jake Bruder, Isaac Fishbein, Luke Charter, Matt Greene) FEB. 21 Plattsville 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Dylan Arndt, Luke Charter (Kyle Conrad x2, Jake Bruder, Luke Charter) WOOLWICH MAJOR PEEWEE A BOYS
Playoffs
FEB. 21 Woolwich 4, Centre Wellington 0 Goals: Alex Uttley, Grant Kernick x2, Harrison Clifford (Jason Gamble, Matthew Leger, Harrison Clifford, Scott Martin) Shutout: Jayden Weber FEB. 23 Woolwich 6, Ancaster 0 Goals: Adam Jokic, Harrison Clifford, Grant Kernick, Evan Martin x3 (Jason Gamble, Nathan Schlupp, Grant Kernick, Scott Martin x2, Matthew Leger, Bailey Nickel, Cole Lenaers, Alex Uttley, Luke Brown) Shutout: Carson Kyte
Woolwich 2, New Hamburg 2 Goals: Matthew Lalonde x2 (Carter Hanley, Jacob Cornwall)
WOOLWICH BANTAM AE BOYS
WOOLWICH PEEWEE BOYS LL#2
Dundas 5, Woolwich 3 Goals: William Frank, AJ Priester x2
Playoffs
FEB. 17
FEB. 20 Kichener 5, Woolwich 4 Goals: Ryan Schinker, Blake Cabeldu, Tyler Fulcher x2 (Blake Cabeldu x2, Ryan Schinker, Matthew Halter x2, James Robertson x2 ) FEB. 21 Woolwich 3, Hespler 1 Goals: Charlie Pavanel x2, JP Reitzel (Blake Cabeldu, JP Reitzel, AJ Priester, William Frank, Dalton Wojcik) WOOLWICH MINOR BANTAM A BOYS
FEB. 21 Woolwich 5, Caledon 2 Goals: Bo Uridil, Owen Griffiths, Adrian Gilles, Johnny Clifford, Alex MacLean (Jasper Bender, Alex White, Mike Martin, Bo Uridil, Timmy Shuh x2, Alex MacLean, Matt Lair) WOOLWICH MIDGET GIRLS LL
FEB. 20 Woolwich 1, Waterloo 0 Goal: Katie Murray (Maggie Lariviere, Ashley Bauman) Shutout: Heather Bauman FEB. 21 Woolwich 4, Twin Centre 0 Goals: Sam Grace x2, Maggie Lariviere, Stacy Thompson (Tabitha Walker) Shutout: Heather Bauman
FEB. 19 Woolwich 9, Cambridge 0 Goals: Gillian Olsthoorn x2, Kendra Harold, Claire Hanley, Landis Saunders, Amber MacPherson, Emily Willms, Megan Lair, Cora Kieswetter (Cora Kieswetter x2, Landis Saunders x2, Cassandra Tuffnail, Michelle Bauman, Kendra Harold, Claire Hanley, Marlee Kernick, Megan MacPherson) Shutout: Dana Colombo
Look for your copy of the 2010 Woolwich Facilities & Services Guide
FEB. 19 Woolwich 2, Mitchell 1 Goals: Kendra Harold, Marlee Kernick (Landis Saunders, Emily Willms, Amber MacPherson)
In This Edition Of The
FEB. 20 Mitchell 1, Woolwich 0
YOUR GUIDE
SPRING & SUMMER
Recreation Information
to the places and organizations that make this community distinctive
The guide is also available at these locations: Woolwich Memorial Centre
24 Snyder Avenue South, Elmira, N3B2Z5
Woolwich Township Administrative Building 24 Church Street West, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6
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Putting life’s questions to song Prolific singer-songwriter James Gordon to play CD-release concert at the Registry Theatre
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Steve Kannon
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aving written more than a thousand songs, James Gordon might have some trouble picking a few for a concert set list. Luckily he’ll know what to draw on when he performs next week at the Registry Theatre: the offerings on his new CD, My Stars Your Eyes. A prolific songwriter, Gordon is well known for his contribution to the folk genre. He was a founding member of the influential band Tamarack, a founder of the Hillside Festival held annually in Guelph, serving as its first creative director from 1985 to 1988, and started the Canadian Songwriters’ Festival. He’s made numerous appear-
ances on television and radio, having been a resident songwriter on CBC radio for 12 years, with weekly songs on shows including Basic Black. Gordon has released more than 40 albums as a solo performer and as a member of Tamarack. With Tamarack, the songs are noted for their Canadiana, portraits of this country’s diverse landscape. He’s also written extensively about social justice and environmental issues. Now My Stars Your Eyes sees Gordon edging into love songs, something even he marved at during a telephone interview from his Guelph home, having just returned from a month-long tour of British Columbia. “Yes, love songs, at this
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is song “Frobisher Bay” has been recorded and performed by hundreds of acts worldwide and was an audition piece for Canadian Idol. His song “Mining For Gold” was featured on the Cowboy Junkies’ landmark album The Trinity Sessions and was heard in John Sayles’ film “Silver City.” stage, if you can believe it,” he laughed, referring to his more than 30 years of performing. Much of the album, however, deals with the larger issues of life. “It looks at the question ‘how? It addresses the question, ‘how do you want to live? In these changing times, how do we adapt? How do we fit in?” Those kinds of questions are great fodder for singer-songwriters, especially those in the folk vein. Perhaps that’s why he’s seen an increase in the number of younger artists with sensibilities harkening back to folkier times, perhaps with an alternative sound thrown in for good measure. Gordon points to indie rock bands such as the Great
Lake Swimmers as an example. Where the performers have gone, a younger audience has followed. So much so that he’s seeing a real mix – 20-somethings in seats alongside those 70-plus who would have been around for the big folk boom that included the likes of Pete Seeger – at his shows. “There’s been a bit of resurgence in that type of music that’s crossing generational lines,” he said. James Gordon’s CD release performance takes place Mar. 6 at 8 p.m. at the Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. Tickets are $18, available at the Centre in the Square box office by calling 578-1570 or toll free 1-800-265-8977 or online at www.centre-square.com.
PLACES OF FAITH
HEARING ASSISTED
No God No Peace Know God Know Peace
S. T C C Celebrate Eucharist with us Mass times are:
Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am
19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387
Upbeat Family
St. Jacobs
10:00 am
ELMIRA
Visit our website on: www.wondercafe.ca 21 Arthur St., North • Church Office 519-669-5560 “Our mission is to love, learn and live by Christ’s teachings”
Wheelchair accessible • Nursery Care provided • Hearing Assisted
48 Hawkesville Rd. • 519-664-2311
1151 Snyder’s Flat Rd., Bloomingdale • 519-745-2411 www.bloomingdalemennonite.com
R E A C H
W I T H
L O V E .
T E A C H
Church
SUNDAYS @ 10:30AM 5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459 Services at John Mahood www.elmiracommunity.org Public School
T H E
T R U T H .
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P O W E R
Worship with us Sundays at 10:30am
www.ElmiraAssembly.com 290 Arthur St. South, Elmira • 519-669-3973
Growing in Grace during Difficult Times Studies in 2 Peter Sun. Feb 28 @ 11am
Les Frey
Discovering God Together
519-669-2319 | www.wbconline.ca 4522 Herrgott Road, Wallenstein
“Making Faith Live”
SUN. FEB. 28
MY FAITH
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Worship & Calvary United Sunday School
Sundays - 9:45 am Family Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School for all ages
Minister: Rev. Dave Jagger Sunday Worship: 10:55am
Folk singer James Gordon will perform Mar. 6 at the Registry Theatre in support of his new album My Stars Your Eyes.
NURSERY PROVIDED
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
B M C
Trinity United Church Christmas Eve | 6:00 and 8:00pm | communion at both
Sunday School during Worship
Welcome to
KEEP 'EM COMING
Sunday Worship 9:30 am - 10:30am
Sunday, February 28, 2010 9:15 and 11:00 am “Climbing the Ladder” Speaker: Gord Ahier
200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca
2 First St., Elmira • 519-669-5030
Gale
Sunday Worship 11am Sunday School during service
Minister: Rev. Dr. Linda Bell
Presbyterian www.galepresbyterian.com Church 2 Cross St., Elmira • 519-669-2852
Office Hours: M-TH 9-Noon & 1-3 • E galepresbychurch@golden.net
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25 CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS RENTALS
HELP WANTED
P.O.Box 120 Alma ON N0B 1A0 SERVICE/INSTALLATION TECHNICIAN Tri-Mech Inc. is a mechanical company specializing in Gas Fitting, Hydronic Heating, Heat pumps and Boiler system installation and service, and High Pressure Cleaning Systems. We service Agricultural, light commercial and residential systems. We are currently seeking qualified tech or apprentice opportunities in the following: Gas technician Oil Burner technician Qualified in Plumbing, Refrigeration, Air-c0ondition, or sheet-metal would also be an asset. Applicants should be able tow work with minimal supervision, have good customer relation skills and be willing to be on-call for emergency service on a rotating schedule with other team members. Applicants are invited to submit a letter of application or resume by fax to 519-638-3342 or by email to colin@trimech.ca HELP WANTED
FARM EQUIPMENT
AZ DRIVER
Local tank truck carrier is accepting applications for AZ drivers to do a mix of local and long distance trips. Applicants must be at least 25 years of age, have 2 years AZ driving experience and be bondable for cross border activity. Preference will be given to applicants with strong work ethic, who are team players and have good communications skills. The company has a great wage, benefit, bonus and profit sharing program. For further details, apply to: Bridgeland Terminals Ltd. 35 Oriole Pkwy. E. Elmira, ON N3B 2Z7 Phone: 519-669-1588 Fax: 519-669-1928 E-mail: ronm@bridgelandterminals.com or visit our website www.bridgelandterminals.com for application.
HELP WANTED
> Full time sales clerk required. Must be able to work Saturdays and one evening a week. Apply in person with resume to Stemmler Meats & Cheese, 3031 Lobsinger Line, Heidelberg. CHILD CARE
> Child Care Available in Elmira, offering activities, crafts, outdoor play, healthy meals, receipts. Part time or full time. Call 519-210-0314. FOR SALE
> Blue
Mountain Art greeting cards, inspirational and meaningful, now available locally. Cozy Quilts, East of Drayton, County Rd 8, #7762. 519-638-2588.
FOR SALE
> Neutral Coloured Aborite table - extends 59” with 4 chrome upholstered chairs, $50. Two blue La-Z-Boy recliner chairs, like new, $225 each or $400/pair. 519-669-3996 after 6 p.m. > Piano, Gerhard Heintzman, Upright Grand. Good condition, $400 o.b.o. 519-669-8439. > Spring Sale at Hilltop Fabrics. March 1 - 6, Open every day that week. 10% off storewide. 4785 Perth Line 67, Milverton. 519595-4344. > Yarn
For Sale - $5 $6 per bag. Dis N Dat Treasures, 15 Dunke St., Elmira. Open Thurs. & Fri 10 - 6, Sat. 10 - 4. 519669-5005.
> Farm
Equipment Snowblower, older style, 7ft Lucknow, single auger, good condition $950, 5 ft manure fork bucket, quickattach $475, trough hay elevator, on wheels, GW, 28ft $750. 519-338-2688
FARM EQUIPMENT
> Oliver 1800, diesel 3PH, rear weights,needs clutch fixed, $4500; JD 4020 diesel, cab, syncro, 8000 hrs, new parts, $14,500; JD 1630 145 loader, quickattach, 3PH, excellent $14,500. Dan Seifried, Harriston, 519-3382688. AUTOMOTIVE
> 1999 Ram 1500 Regular Cab Short Box. 5.2L V8 automatic transmission, body colour tonneau cover, new tires, great shape, electric blue, 129,500 km, $6,995. Voisin Chrysler 519669-2831.
Commercial 20-Word Ad $12.00 (Extra Words 30¢/word)
TRADES & SERVICES
> 2 Bedroom Unit available immediately - 14 Spring Street - Drayton. 1st floor unit in good condition. Call 519-669-1544 Mildred or Len Frey. > Apartment
Residential 20-Word Ad $7.50 (Extra Words 20¢/word)
For
Rent. Beautiful 1 bedroom apartment for rent in St. Clements. Newly redone paint, floor etd. Floor heating! Parking available. Approximately 10 mins from Waterloo. Laundry facilities, appliances, heat and water included. No smoking, no pets. First and last $699.99 /month. 519-404-8879.
> Bachelor
Suite - St. Jacobs; very large partially furnished room with a 2 piece bath, 3 closets, skylight, hardwood floor, bar fridge, microwave, shared shower and entrance. Available March 1. $485/mth includes hydro, heat, cable & high speed internet. One only parking. 10 mth lease. 519664-3364.
> Elmira - 11/2 bedroom apartment, downtown location, no pets, Mar. 1. $540.00 /mth. 519-6698074.
> Thinking Of Selling your home privately? Will pay cash for a bungalow or side-split home in Birdland Elmira. 2-3 bedrooms. Please call 519-669-0624 evenings, or collect 705-866-2614. COMM/IND FOR RENT
> For Lease - Industrial unit, 2640 sq ft., M2 zoning, 16’ x 16’ bay door, 600 volt service. Call Dennis, 519502-8364. > Industrial Bay for rent. 64
Howard Ave., Elmira. 2000 sq ft., open space. 14’ high bay door. 16’ ceiling height, good for mezzanine. separate hydro, gas and water meters. Inquiries please call 519465-8421 or 519-669-1461 ext. 22.
TRADES & SERVICES
> 2002 Sebring LX Sedan - 2.7L V6 automatic transmission, power windows/locks/mirrors,, keyless entry, one owner, great shape, green in colour, 190,100 km. $2900 as is. Voisin Chrysler 519-6692831.
> CRD Accounting Services Income Tax (E-File) Services. Small business accounting, payroll & gov/t filings. Chuck Downs, 95 Aspen Cr., Elmira. 519-669-1498, cell 519569-1744.
> 2003 Grand Caravan Sport - 3.3L V6, automatic trany, rear air and heat, power windows, locks, A/C, quad seating, and much more. Great shape, one owner. 96,250 km. $8,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-6692831.
> Elmira Community Nursery School is having their annual Open House and Registration (for those born in 2006, 2007, 2008). It will be held Mon. March 8, 2010 from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 22 Mockingbird Dr. in Elmira.
COMING EVENTS
AUCTIONS Mechanical, Construction & Shop Equipment
AUCTION to be held at:
• Manufacturing of Landscape & Snow Removal Equipment • Custom Manufacturing and Machining • Agricultural, Industrial, Transportation & Construction Equipment Repairs
519.669.1501
100 Union St., Elmira, ON Toll Free 1.877.467.3478
BRESLAU AIRPORT ROAD AUCTION COMPLEX 5100 FOUNTAIN ST, North, BRESLAU (Kitchener)
Sat Mar 6th 9:30am
Welding, Construction & Mechanical Equipment Hilti & Makita Power Tools * 3/4” Elec Impact Wrench * 5+ Job Boxes 10+ Makita/B&D 1/2” Drills * Shop Compressor * Generators * Pipe Vises Ridgid Tools => Tristands Threaders, 6” Dies, Reamers, Vises Etc. 3- Leica/Wild Transit Levels * 20+ Chain Hoists & Come-A-Long’s 2- MillerMatic 250/130 Mig Welders * 5- Miller/Nemco AC/DC Welders Smoke Eater * Grinders * Lifting Bars * Pipe Locators * Pumps Bessey Welding Clamps * Scaffolding * 3+ Torch & Cart Sets 3- CLARK Forklifts * Port Bandsaw * Bins of Nuts & Bolts * etc
www.reistindustries.com
COMPUTERS
COMPUTERS - LAPTOPS
Sales and Service
Woodworking & Shop Equipment 5hp Shop Air Compressor * Air Hose * 2 NEW Tanaka Gas Drills 2- Woodworkers Work Benches * 3+ Floor Drill Presses 2- Band Cutoff Saws * 2- TASKI Floor Scrubbers * Utility Trailer 7- 8’/24’ Fiberglass Step/Ext Ladders * Chain & Straps 5+ Mechanics Toll Boxes c/w Tools * 15+ Lockers Chainsaw * Chop Saw * Elec Chain Hoist * Floor Jack HD Sockets * Wrenches * Cordless Tool Sets * Banding Machines 6- Pr Macinery Moving Dollies * 7- NEW Arena/Shop Lights 3+ Computers * 60 Stacking Chairs * 3- Apt Pianos * etc PARTIAL LIST ONLY!
No Buyer’s Premium!!
CALL FOR DETAILS
VIEWING: Friday March 5th, 2010 - 1pm to 4pm TERMS: $500 Cash Deposit on Each Major Item, or as announced
M.R. Jutzi & Co
www.mrjutzi.ca Come see our showroom at:
519-669-5551
TRAVEL
* Machine Shop * Welding/Fabricating * Office Equipment*
SHORT NOTICE!!! Bank AUCTION to be held ON SITE at:
Would you consider traveling to Sunny Spain and bustling Morocco, North Africa Next Year?
Reserve Your Spot at the information meeting by calling
Marty & Shirley Merlihan
Call 519.669.1103 for more information.
COMING EVENTS Seminar and Weight Loss Challenge! Contest starts March 3 in Elmira. 12 week program $29. Pre-register & bring a friend to receive a free gift! Program administrator John Wiebe 519-669-4719 or bwmfg@bellnet.ca
Andor Robotic Systems 15 Southgate Dr, Guelph
off Laird Dr., Guelph (off Hwy #6, South of Guelph)
Tues Mar 2nd 10:30am Machine Shop & Welding Equipment
Youth, ages 15-22 & adults 23 & up can join us from March 11 to the 20th, 2011
> Nutritional
519-648-2111
AUCTIONS
112 Bonnie onnie Crescent, Elmira r ra
REAL ESTATE
> Buyer Seeking a Country Property in close proximity to Waterloo. Private treed setting with acreage, with or without a house and barn. Contact Colleen Whitney Sales Representative, DTZ Barnicke Brokerage, 519746-6300 ext. 233. e:colleen. whitney@dtzba rnicke.com
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Place a Classified Starting at $7.88 +GST
519.669.5790
3- Racer Tech/Darbert Vert Milling Machine / xy-xyz Readouts Darbert 4217 Metal Lathe * Collets, Drills & Tooling Compair Compressor céw Air Dryer * Tool Boxes * Arbour Press MAIER KM1012 Metal Bandsaw * Steel Inventory & Racks Lincoln AC225 Welder * HOBART Ironman 275 Mig Welder * Work Bencheséw Vises * Engine Hoist * Bench Grinder Torch Set * Grinders * Fiberglass Ladder * Shelving
Office Equipment & Computers
15+ Desks & Work Stations * XEROX Copier Lunch Room Equipment * File Cabinets * Board Room Office Shelving * Exec & Steno Chairs * Bookcases * etc PARTIAL LIST ONLY! Check Website for Photos of Major Equipment!!!!
No Buyer’s Premium!! VIEWING: Tuesday March 2nd, 2010 - 8:30am to Sale Time TERMS: $500 Cash Deposit on Each Major Items, Balance in 24 Hours or as announced
M.R. Jutzi & Co
www.mrjutzi.ca
519-648-2111
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NOTICE OF THE PASSAGE OF AN INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAW CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE STUDY IN THE VICINITY OF WEST MONTROSE TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Woolwich passed By-law 13-2010 on the 9th day of February, 2010 under Section 38 of the Planning Act, RSO 1990, C.P. 13. The purpose and effect of By-law 13-2010 is to prevent development as defined by the By-law in the Interim Control Area to enable the municipality to prepare a planning study that will investigate and consider the potential identification and protection of a Cultural Heritage Landscape in the vicinity of West Montrose through potential amendments to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. By-law 13-2010 is applicable to those lands identified as the Interim Control By-law Area as shown on Schedule A to By-law 13-2010 (see map below).
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that this By-law will be in effect for a period of up to one year from the date of passing, however, Section 38(2) of the Planning Act, RSO 1990, C.P. 13 provides that Council of the Municipality may pass a by-law to amend an Interim Control By-law to extend the period of time during which the By-law will be in effect to a maximum of two years from the date of passing of the original Interim Control By-law.
ANNUAL DRINKING WATER REPORTS
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person or agency may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the By-law by filing with the Clerk of the Corporation of the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 12, 2010 an appellant form available at www.omb.gov.on.ca or from the municipality. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal an Interim Control By-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. The cost to appeal a decision to the Ontario Municipal Board is $125.00 and a certified cheque or money order made payable to the Minister of Finance must be attached to the notice of appeal.
In Accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, c. 32, Ontario Regulation 170/03, s. 11 (1), copies of the 2009 Annual Reports are to be made available to the public at no charge. The Township of Woolwich website (www.woolwich.ca) has provided a link to the 2009- Annual Reports for the following water distribution systems. Please note that the link is located under Township Services – Engineering/Public Works – MOE Annual Water Reports.
The By-law showing the lands affected can be viewed in the Engineering and Planning Services Department at the Township offices. Any questions concerning this By-law may be directed to:
• Conestogo Plains Distribution System
Township of Woolwich Engineering and Planning Services Department Attn: Dan Kennaley, Director 24 Church Street West, Box 158 Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Phone: 519-669-6028 / 519-664-2613 ext. 6028 Fax: 519-669-4669 Email: dkennaley@woolwich.ca
• Maryhill Heights Distribution System
Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 27th day of February, 2010. Christine Broughton Director of Council and Information Services / Clerk Township of Woolwich
BOLENDER PARK STREAM BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT INFORMATION MEETING THURSDAY MARCH 11, 7 PM 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA Neighbours and friends of Bolender Park are invited to a meeting to talk about a plan that has been drafted to help stabilize the east bank of the Canagagigue Creek in Bolender Park. In the early 1990s, the bank was stabilized by the Clean Waterways Group using Christmas Trees. After 15 years, the trees have disappeared and it is time to look to another solution. You are invited to come and learn more about this new project and how you can help solve the erosion problem.
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Partners (to date) include: The Clean Waterways Group, the Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee (TWEEC), The Waterloo Stewardship Network, Grand River Conservation Authority, a local paving and excavation company, and the Township of Woolwich. For more information please contact Ann at 519 669-6027 or aroberts@woolwich.ca .
• Breslau Distribution System • Conestogo Golf Distribution System • Elmira /St. Jacobs Distribution System • Heidelberg Distribution System • Maryhill Distribution System • West Montrose Distribution System The Annual Reports provide information on the operation of the Municipal Drinking Water Distribution Systems and the quality of its water. If you wish to receive a written copy of the Township of Woolwich’s 2009 MOE Annual Reports for any of the abovementioned Water Distribution Systems, please contact Rod Kruger, Manager of Engineering Operations ext. 6029 519669-1647 or 519-664-2613. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is responsible for the supply and treatment of potable water. An Annual Report is also produced by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The Region of Waterloo website (www.region. waterloo.on.ca) has provided a link to the Annual Reports. Please note the link is located under Living Here – Water – Water Supply and Distribution Facilities – Quality and Treatment Water Quality Reports. Copies of the Region of Waterloo Annual Reports are available by calling 519-575-4426 or can be picked up at the Region’s Headquarters, Water Services Division, located at 150 Frederick Street, 7th floor, Kitchener.
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MARCH BREAK AT THE WMC! Aquatic Programs *NOTE: Lane swims & Aquafit as per usual schedule
Arena Programs Helmets MUST be worn by all skaters 16 and under Parent & Tot: Parent / caregiver & children 6 & under
Mon. Mar. 15
Tues. Mar. 16
Wed. Mar. 17
Thurs. Mar. 18
Fri. Mar. 19
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm 7:30 - 8:20 pm
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm
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Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm 7 - 9 pm
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Family Swim 10 am - 12:50pm Public Swim 1 - 3 pm
Parent & Tot 9:30 - 10:20 am Free Skate 12 - 12:50 pm Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Free Skate (Adult Only) 12 - 12:50 pm Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Parent & Tot 9:30 - 10:20 am Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Parent & Tot 9:30 - 10:20 am 1:30 - 2:20 pm Free Skate 12 - 12:50 pm *2:30 - 4:20 pm
Public Skate 5 - 6:40 pm
Family Shinny 8:30 - 9:15 am Adult Shinny 9:30 - 10:05 am
CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH SAMUEL STREET AND AREA RECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. 2010-03 SEALED TENDERS, on forms supplied by the Owners Consultant Engineer, will be received by:
This project is scheduled to commence on or about May 3, 2010 and be completed on or about October 29, 2010
The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 Attention: Richard Petherick, CMA, Director of Finance & Treasurer
Plans, specifications and tender forms may be obtained from Stantec Consulting Ltd., 49 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2H 6M7 (519) 579-4410, for a non-refundable fee of $100.00. DOCUMENTS MAY ONLY BE PICKED UP AFTER 3:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY MARCH 2, 2010.
until 12:00 Noon, Local Time, on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 for the Samuel Street and Area Reconstruction Project. The following is a general, but not necessarily complete, description of the scope of work to be undertaken. The reconstruction of approximately 1,000 metres of roadway including: Herbert Street, Ann Street, Samuel Street, Riverside Drive West, William Street, and Snyder Avenue North, in the Settlement of Elmira including the following: • Roadwork and underground services removal. • Sanitary sewer, storm sewer, watermain and service replacements. • Curb and gutter, sidewalk, driveway ramps, boulevard restoration and pavement construction. • Street light poles, luminaries and associated conduit. (All works except underground conduit will be completed by Waterloo North Hydro) • Traffic control and utility coordination.
A Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the tender amount must accompany each Tender, and the successful bidder will be required to provide 100% Performance, Labour and Material Bonds upon execution of the Contract Agreement. Tenders will be opened publicly in the Council Chambers of the Township Offices located at 24 Church Street West, Elmira, at 12:15 p.m., Local Time, on the date of closing. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Mr. Rod Kruger, C.E.T., A.M.C.T. Manager of Engineering Operations Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6
Mr. Garry Leveck, P.Eng. Project Manager Stantec Consulting Ltd. 49 Frederick Street Kitchener, Ontario N2H 6M7
Sat. Mar. 20
Sun. Mar. 21
WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE MARCH BREAK DAY CAMP March 15 – 19, 2010 Skating ... Swimming ... Crafts ... Games & More! 8 – 9 am...........Supervised drop off 9 am – 4:45 pm..................Program 4:45 – 5 pm........Supervised pick up
For Children 5 – 12 years old $155 / week Lunch special will be available to purchase through a pre-order To register: Online at: www.woolwich.ca/register Bar Code: 1220 In person at: WMC Customer Service Desk
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FAMILY ALBUM BIRTH NOTICE Big Brothers Will and Rylan along with Mommy and Daddy (Krista and Mike) are very excited to announce the birth of the first baby boy of the region for 2010,
BRODY MITCHELL BRENNAN EDWARDS
born January 1, 2010 at 1:12AM, weighing 8lbs, 0.6 oz. We are so happy everyone is healthy and happy. Spoiling priviledges go to Mike and Marni Balog of Elmira and Ernie and Donna Edwards of Millbank.
Thanks to Gaby of St Jacobs Midwives. We would also like to thank God for blessing us with a hat trick of boys.
BIRTHDAY
Happy 65th
Birthday Tilman March 4 With Love from, Karen, Tim, Jenn, Sandra, Alex & Ben DEATH NOTICES
> ERB, Frieda – Went to be with her Lord, with family by her side, at Greenwood Court, Stratford, on Sunday, February 21, 2010 in her 99th year. Local relatives are her son Franklin Erb and his wife Jean of Wellesley and her daughter Helen Streicher and her husband Henry of Heidelberg.
> MARTIN, Len (19392010)– It is with deep sadness that the family of Len Martin announces his passing on February 19, 2010. Len died peacefully at Lisaard House surrounded by the love of his family after a brief illness.
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More shrinking days ahead Q.
About 7 billion of us humans are alive today, twice as many as in 1965, with roughly 75 million added every year. By U.N. predictions, there could be another 2 to 4 billion by 2050. But growth hasn’t occurred every day. Can you cite a few of those extremely rare days when world population actually shrank?
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The most recent was Dec. 26, 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami killed nearly 250,000 people, says Alison George in New Scientist magazine. Another 160,000 died of other causes, and the day’s 370,000 births couldn’t compensate, reports environmentalist Robert Engelman in his book More. Other such days include the Tangshan earthquake in China on July 28, 1976 and the devastating cyclone that hit Bangladesh on Nov. 12, 1970, each killing 250,000; and also the 70,000 deaths caused by the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. Historically, the flu pandemic of 1918-1920 at about 50 million deaths almost certainly stalled the world’s upward population trend. The biggest “hit” was the Black Death of the 14th century at perhaps 75 million, reducing Europe’s population by 30 per cent. “Things will be very different in the future,” says George. “There will still be disasters and wars, of course, but sometime after 2050, the world will enter a new era when the population will shrink on many days. We will simply be having fewer children.”
Strange But True Bill & Rich Sones
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A friend working in a hospital invites you to watch an autopsy, “to better appreciate the workings of the wondrous human body.” But what you’re really wondering is, “Could I stand the sight of all that blood and gore?”
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It’s virtually assured you can, since your friend happens to be Swedish radiologist Anders Persson, who has mastered the technique of bloodless dissection, without lifting a scalpel -- a “virtual autopsy,” says Emily Stone in Wired magazine. Using magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, he captures thousands of images of the body from head to toe, then assembles them into a stunning 3-D postmortem portrait where structures are differentiated by hue and opacity, with bones appearing white and opaque, organs a transparent red. Now, pathologists can strip away the layers electronically -- first skin, then blood vessels, then muscle -- all the way down to the skeleton. What used to demand intense cutting is now a matter of keystrokes. Often missed in traditional autopsies is evidence like gas trapped inside wounds, signaling the path of
a bullet or knife blade. Swedish police have made use of this information in more than 300 murder cases, with the images easier for juries to understand (and stomach). Bonus: The technique works for premortem patients as well, giving an invaluable sneak preview before surgery. “You can simulate an operation without touching the patient.”
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What drives a lion to think, “I feel like having a human tonight”?
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When the food gets scarce, it’s every lion for itself, says University of California’s Justin Yeakel in New Scientist magazine. In 1898, by various accounts and a few Hollywood movies, two male lions went on a nine-month killing spree in Kenya, devouring between 28 and 135 railway construction workers. A new analysis of bone and hair samples from the notorious duo, based on the isotopic nitrogen and carbon in their remains, suggested that the lions ate an estimated 35 people. The real surprise, though, was that one of the lions consumed a lot of humans -- 24, or 30% of its diet -- the other 11, or only 13% of its food. Due to environmental changes, such as grasslands overgrown by woodlands, most lions probably had left the region, but these two turned into man-eaters, Yeakel speculates. “People are a dangerous food to go after. One lion was able to figure out how to do it and wasn’t afraid, the other couldn’t.”
NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE TRAFFIC CALMING & PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEASURES ON BARNSWALLOW DRIVE The Township of Woolwich is soliciting public input and comments for the following proposed traffic calming and pedestrian safety measures for Barswallow Dirve from First Street to Whippoorwill Drive. 1. Installation of All-Way Stop Controls at the intersections of Barnswallow Dr. and First Street West and Barnswallow Dr. and Kingfisher Dr. along with appropriate line painting and reflective school crossing signs, 2. Extension of the 1.5 meter wide concrete sidewalk on the west side of Barnswallow Dr. from the south side of the Leisureworld Caregiving Centre to Kingfisher Dr., 3. Removal of the existing school crossing at the intersection of Barnswallow Dr. and Cedar Waxwing Dr. upon completion of
the new concrete sidewalk extension and installation of the AllWay STOP controls and school crossing signs at First St. and Kingfisher Dr., 4. Planting of approximately 30 additional trees in the boulevard on the west side of Barnswallow from First St. to Whippoorwill Dr., and 5. Reducing the width of the driving lanes to 3.35 meters on Barnswallow Dr from First St. to Whippoorwill Dr. and on Whippoorwill Dr. from Barnswallow Dr. to Arthur St., by painting edge markings. A Public Open House will be held on March 3, 2010, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at the Township Administration Center located at 24 Church St. W., Elmira to provide an opportunity
for public input. Display Boards will be available for viewing, and staff will be on hand to answer questions regarding the project. All comments received will be given consideration in a report to be presented to Council. Mr. Mario Martinez, B. Eng. Engineering Technician Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Phone: (519) 669-6031 Fax: (519) 669-4669 Email: mmartinez@woolwich.ca
Mr. Rod Kruger, CET Manager of Engineering & Public Works Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Phone: (519) 669-6031 Fax: (519) 669-4669 Email: rkruger@woolwich.ca
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22 Church St. W., Elmira
Tel: 519-669-5537
STORE HOURS: M-F: 7-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 12-5
Indoor/outdoor railings, fences,gates, garden trellis, garden ornaments, floral display pieces, wall art, curtain rods and more... www.stjacobsiron.com
(519) 404-1502
Various sizes & rates
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Call
519-669-4964
100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA
RESIDENTIAL & AGRICULTURAL
Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Barn Renovations Finished Floors • Retaining Walls • Short Walls Booking Summer 2010 Projects Now!
Willis Martin
DRAYTON, ON
519-638-2699
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FAMILY ALBUM IN MEMORIAN
31 CLASSIFIEDS
COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR “A GOOD JOB DONE EVERY TIME”
Kleensweep Carpet Care
Gerald Wideman
who died 10 years ago, February 28, 2000 The day is remembered and quietly kept, no words are needed we'll never forget. We think of you always, and often speak your name. But all we have are memories, and your picture in a frame. May the winds of heaven blow gently, and sail you to your favorite spot. With the sun shine on the water, and that stary night never forgot. Though your smile is gone forever, your face we cannot touch. We hold you in our hearts, the man we loved so much. Forever in our hearts, your family, Frieda, Christine, Kathy & Gerry
OBITUARY
West Montrose, ON
Cardlock Fuel Management
COMMERCIAL 24 CARDLOCK FUEL DEPOT HOUR
MOORE, NOEL FRASER Noel passed away at the age of 40. He was the son of the late Kenneth and Wilda. Noel will be missed by his wife Julie, father and mother-in-law Jim (affectionately called Shamus) and Isabel Bauman, Norman and Sue Weber (Noel was their boy), brothers Gordon, Kenneth, Gary (Jennifer), sisters Peggy Austin (Dan), Sheila (Mike), sistersin-law Cheryl Miller (Mike), Darlene Wideman (Paul), nieces and nephews Greg, Tracey, Scott, Bryan, Cory, Heather, James, Zach and Sonya. A memorial service will be held March 1st at 11am at Elmira Mennonite Church. Donations in Noel’s memory can be made to Habitat for Humanity Canada, 40 Albert St., Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3S2, 1-800-667-5137.
MATERIAL HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS • Design • Installation • Custom Fabrication
MILLWRIGHTS LTD.
519.669.5105
P.O. BOX 247, ROUTE 1, ELMIRA
TOTAL HOME ENERGY SYSTEMS
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
YOUR OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS AND AIR CONDITIONING EXPERTS
THANK YOU
Thank You - Marcella Furlong
11 HENRY ST. - UNIT 9, ST. JACOBS
519.664.2008
I want to thank everyone who helped me celebrate my 90th Birthday. Thanks to my relatives and friends who came to my open house. For all the kind birthday wishes, the birthday cards, the flowers and gifts, I thank you.
To my family, thank you for making my 90th Birthday so special. I love you all.
MACHINE WORKS INCORPORATED
33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591
WEICKERT& MEIROWSKI Concrete Foundations Limited
YES... WE DO RESIDENTIAL WORK!
6982 Millbank Main St., Millbank 519-595-2053 • 519-664-2914
New Vacuums Electrical Supplies All Vacuum Repairs Parts & Accessories All makes and models Hand Vacs to Central Vacs 9 CHURCH STREET EAST, ELMIRA
519.669.8362
FREE CONSULTATION
• Total Denture Care Travel
Email: allen_morrison@cooperators.ca www.cooperators.ca
www.freybc.com
> Fundraiser for Nutrition For
Learning, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Elmira Foodland on Arthur Street. Find out how you can get free groceries and Support Nutrition For Learning by ordering prepaid grocery cards. This event is organized by Community Charity Services and funded by the government of Canada.
FEBRUARY 28 > Taize Ecumenical Prayer Service
with Cross, Candelight and music from the Taize Community. 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira. For anyone who would like to be part of the choir for this special service there will be a choir rehearsal prior to the service 6:15-7 p.m. All are welcome.
After Hours Emergency Services: 1-800-465-2667
Farm
519-699-4641
FEBURARY 27
Bus.:519.669.2632 Fax: 519.669.4282
Business
3435 Broadway St. Hawkesville
• Same Day Service Disability
MARCH 5 > Presentation and Fundraiser –
Malcolm Gladwell & Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Floradale Mennonite Church, 22 Florapine Rd., Floradale. Hosted by Woolwich Counselling Centre. To purchase your ticket(s) or for further information, please contact the Woolwich Counselling Centre, 519-669-8651.
> Did You Go To Floradale
School? Former students, staff and anyone else who is interested are all invited to visit the school from 5-8 p.m. Tour the school, view displays of old photos and more. Refreshments. For more information call the school at 519-669-5193 or Rick Kraemer 519-669-0917.
on Repairs and Relines • Metal Partial - Soft Relines •Since Implants 1987 - DentureTech •Since DENTURE SPECIALIST 1995 - Denturist
Denture
DENTURE Vinolea Jahandari DD
• ELMIRA Total Denture Care • Same day service on and relines 15repairs Memorial Ave., Since 1987 - DentureTech • Elmira Metal Partial - Soft Relines 1995 - Denturist BankSPECIALIST of Montreal) • (Behind DENTURE
519.669.1535 KITCHENER
FREE CONSULTATION 519.744.9770 ELMIRA • Total Denture Care KITCHENER 519-669-1535 • Same Day Service519-744-9770 15 Memorial Ave., Elmira (behind Bank of Montreal) on Repairs and Relines • Metal Partial - Soft Relines • Implants • DENTURE SPECIALIST
Space For Rent Vinolea Jahandari DD
ELMIRA
519.669.1535 15 Memorial Ave., Elmira
(Behind Bank of Montreal) KITCHENER
519.744.9770
Call Donna at 519.669.5790 x104
MARCH 6
> Shrinking Your Hydro Bill > Woolwich Community Lions with the Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (CREW) Power $aving Network; 7 p.m. (doors and displays open at 6:30 p.m.) Kitchener Public Library main branch, Queen St. N. Join CREW to learn how to use the Power $aving Network’s Electricity Self-Audit kit, now available for borrowing FREE at public libraries across Waterloo Region. Free admission. For more information go to www. crewzone.ca or email info@ crewzone.ca Solutions 1-3 p.m. Learn easy ways to improve your cholesterol level. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 519664-3794.
> First
CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS
25 Industrial Drive, Elmira, ON N3B 3K3
Group
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SANYO CANADIAN
Allen Morrison Insurance Inc.
Investments
MARCH 4 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE
Allen Morrison, Agent/Owner
Life
Cell: 519.581.7868
Truck & Trailer Maintenance
DENTURE
Auto
T. 519.669.2033
COLLEEN
Since 1987 - DentureTech Since 1995 - Denturist
Home
Rugs and Upholstery
•Mattress Cleaning •Residential •Commercial •Personalized Service •Free Estimates
In loving memory of
Skilled craftsmanship. Quality materials. CONSTRUCTION STARTS HERE.
Annual Social Entrepreneurship Exchange. 5:30 p.m. at the Kitchen Children’s Museum. Do you have a good idea about how to change the world? Want to hear others' ideas? Want to win $300? www.SEEInnovation.ca.
MARCH 5 > World Day of Prayer Service
2010 written by women of Cameroon. Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira. 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker Cyrille Fopoussi. Everyone welcome.
present The Dancing Under the Stars Dance. Live band Moonshine; $15 per person (lunch included). Doors open 8 p.m. (no reserved tables), band starts 9 p.m., prize table, Lions Hall, Elmira. Tickets available at Pampered & Polished Spa, Brown’s Menswear, or call Julie 519-669-8629, or Denise 519-669-0003. All proceeds to community betterment.
New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area
SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763
elmirawelcomewagon@sympatico.ca
> 7th Annual Conference –
Strengthening and Healing Families Through the Mental Health Journey. 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Grand valley Golf & Country Club, 1910 Roseville Rd., Galt, On. For questions call 519-766-4450, ext. 224 or e-mail mcshanel@ cmhagrb.on.ca.
MARCH 7
Be Prepared For Winter!
519.669.2884 21 Industrial Dr., Elmira
> Hungryman’s Breakfast with the Elmira Venturers. 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.; 11 First St. E., Elmira; $5 all you can eat.
> Hilton Family Music “Ready
To Serve Tour” music for the Christian Family; 7 p.m. Waterloo North Presbyterian Church, 400 Northfield Dr. W. Free-will offering. For more information 519-888-7870.
NANCY KOEBEL
Bus: 519.895.2044 ext. 217 Home: 519.747.4388
Individual life insurance, mortgage insurance, business insurance, employee benefits programs, critical illness insurance, disability coverage,
RRSPs, RESPs, RRIFs, LIFs and Annuities. Suite 800, 101 Frederick St., Kitchener
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5 STAR SAFETY
HWY: 7.9L /100 km
CITY: 11.0L /100 km
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Prices include freight ($1,400), air tax, tire levy, OMVIC fee. Prices exclude licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailers may sell for less. **2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT with SXT Plus Group shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount/Bonus Cash Offer: $26,355. 2010 Journey R/T shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount/Bonus Cash Offer: $27,111. Prices include freight ($1,400), air tax, tire levy, OMVIC fee. Prices exclude licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailers may sell for less. *Bonus Cash offer includes Loyalty Bonus Cash and Conquest Bonus Cash. Loyalty Bonus Cash is available to customers who currently own a Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Plymouth or Eagle vehicle and who purchase or lease a new 2009/2010 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge vehicle (excluding 2009/2010 Dodge Challenger and Sprinter models and 2010 Dodge Caliber SE/CVP). Some conditions apply. Loyalty Bonus Cash varies from $500-$1,000 depending on vehicle purchased/leased. Conquest Bonus Cash applies to customers who currently own a competitive minivan and who purchase/lease a new 2009/2010 Dodge Caravan or Journey or Chrysler Town & Country model. Some conditions apply. Conquest Bonus Cash varies from $500-$1,000 depending on vehicle purchased/leased. Bonus Cash is a manufacturer-to-retailer incentive which will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. See your retailer for complete details. ♦Consumer Cash Discount is offered on most new 2010 vehicles and is deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Amounts vary by vehicle. See your retailer for complete details. †0% purchase financing for 36 months available to qualified customers on approved credit through Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, TD Financing Services and GMAC on most 2010 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram models, except Challenger, Caliber Canada Value Package and SE Plus, Grand Caravan Canada Value Package and Cargo Van, Sprinter and Ram Chassis Cab. Example: Dodge Journey (22F) with a Purchase Price of $19,999 financed at 0% for 36 months equals monthly payments of $555.53; cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $19,999. Prices include freight ($1,400), air tax, tire levy, OMVIC fee. Prices exclude licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailers may sell for less. ■ Variable Prime Rate up to 84 months is offered on most new 2010 vehicles on approved credit to qualified retail customers through TD Financing Services. Biweekly payments shown are based on 84 month terms. Variable rate is TD Prime Rate and fluctuates accordingly. Payments and financing term may increase or decrease with rate fluctuations. Offer not valid for residents of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Nunavut and NWT. Some conditions apply. See participating retailer for complete details. ¥The Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among mid-sized cars in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Vehicle Dependability StudySM. Study based on 46,313 consumer responses measuring problems consumers experienced in the past 12 months with three-year old vehicles (2006 model-year cars and trucks). Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed October-December 2008. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. ∆Based on 2010 EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide ratings published by Natural Resources Canada. Transport Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. ‡Based on U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) scoring system for 2010 model year Dodge Grand Caravan and Journey. √Based on January through September 2009 R.L. Polk sales total registrations. ®SIRIUS and the dog logo are registered trademarks of SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC.
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