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Council backs member’s removal from CPAC Alan Marshall now awaiting word from environmental tribunal before deciding what comes next STEVE KANNON Deemed a disruptive influence, Alan Marshall was this week formally removed from the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee.

The Elmira man had been locked in a struggle with the advisory group since launching an appeal last fall against plans for a new groundwater treatment protocol at the Chemtura chemical plant.

The company’s certificate of approval from the Ministry of

the Environment had been endorsed by CPAC. The situation came to a head when the committee’s consulting hydrogeologist said he would quit the post due to Marshall’s behaviour. Seeing Wilf Ruland’s resignation as an ultimatum, executive members of CPAC subsequently voted for Marshall’s dismissal from the watchdog group.

As CPAC appointments are made by the township, however, it was up to Woolwich council to decide his fate. After a series of closed meetings,

councillors opted Tuesday night to remove Marshall – a 3-1 vote, with only Coun. Ruby Weber opposing the motion.

“It’s time to go on. CPAC needs to move forward,” said Coun. Sandy Shantz, who serves as council’s representative on the committee.

She called on Marshall, who was in attendance, to continue pushing for remediation of the contaminated groundwater under the plant – just outside the formal committee.

“I’ve worked with Alan, and appreciated his knowledge

and understanding of issues – he’s very knowledgeable and spends a lot of time understanding the technical issues,” she said.

Recognizing the large amounts of time and effort Marshall puts into studying the technical documents, Weber said CPAC benefits from his presence.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that Alan is a very valuable member of the committee,” she said before casting the only dissenting vote.

In a later interview, Marshall

said he was not surprised by the council decision. He suspected council would be more interested in harmony on the committee than pushing Chemtura to meet its cleanup obligations.

“CPAC doesn’t want to talk about everything. They seem to have the philosophy that we must not scare the public – that’s not my philosophy,” he said. “I don’t believe in sugarcoating things.”

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» RETAIL DEVELOPMENT

Kids come out to play at Linwood Snofest

Power centre clears its final hurdles Construction could begin this spring on Wal-Mart store at site adjacent to St. Jacobs market

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STEVE KANNON

SNOW’S The STar OF The DaY The Stars hockey team gets ready for its next game during Linwood’s Snofest Feb. 2. From left: Jason Dunbar, 10, Brady Gerber, 10, Brock Wagner, 11, Chad Beacom, 11, and Sheldon Bender, 10. The annual event saw local residents take part in snow baseball, outdoor hockey, and other children’s activities at the new community centre.

The ‘I’s dotted and the ‘T’s crossed, all that remains is the actual construction to begin, at which point Woolwich will see some tangible evidence of a power centre a dozen years in the making.

Longstanding agreements were finalized this week, as councils in Woolwich and Waterloo signed off on the paperwork for the Wal-Mart-anchored shopping area adjacent to the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market.

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Retail: Open as early as Christmas? » From cover

If final details such as site plan approval are forthcoming, work could begin as early as this spring, with stores open in time for Christmas.

Construction would run concurrently with the widening of the King Street overpass crossing Hwy. 85. Waterloo Region has demanded the bridge improvements prior to the opening of the bigbox retail centre. That project, with a price tag of $5 million, is slated to start in the spring.

Meeting Tuesday night,

township councillors approved a cross-border servicing agreement with the City of Waterloo, which will extend water and sewer services onto the 33-acre site. The same agreement won the backing of Waterloo council the previous night.

Owner King/86 Developments Ltd. will pay all costs associated with the work.

There was little discussion and no fanfare when councillors voted, a much different picture than when the process started back in 1996.

CPAC: Looking to get back on track » From cover

calling into question hydrological data provided by the chemical company and its consultants.

Predictions, for instance, that Elmira’s groundwater will be remediated by 2028 are far too optimistic, he said.

In the latest dispute, Marshall challenged the MOE’s certificate of approval for a new ammonia treatment plant on the site, asking the Environmental Review Tribunal for leave to appeal the decision.

The tribunal’s assessment, now expected before the end of the month, will dictate Marshall’s next steps in his longstanding passion for Elmira’s groundwater issues.

If his request is grant-

ed, he’s prepared to fight a protracted appeal in front of the tribunal. If not, he may consider continuing to attend CPAC meetings as a member of the public gallery.

The next committee meeting could come as early as this month, as CPAC looks to get back on track, chair Pat McLean said Wednesday.

“It’s been a very difficult issue,” she said of the decision to remove Marshall. “But we have to get back to our regular meeting schedule.”

Also on the agenda is a meeting with Ruland to discuss his role with the committee.

“We’ll talk to him to see if he’s prepared to continue working with us now that Al is not a member.”

“Let’s get this done, it’s been hanging around for a long time,” said Coun. Murray Martin, acknowledging the winding road that led to Tuesday’s vote on agreements with the city and the developer.

Spurred by Wal-Mart’s involvement, the project prompted considerable opposition in the early going. Downtown merchants in both Elmira and Waterloo, competing retailers and the City of Waterloo, among others, took part in many challenges, ultimately taking the issue to the Ontario Municipal Board.

Even after the OMB ruled in its favour – five years ago this month – the project faced other delays, including negotiations with Waterloo Region over improvements to the roadways feeding the site. The biggest stumbling block was the overpass work, finally arranged last year.

An agreement between King/86 and the region will see the developer put up the money for the overpass work, contributing $2 million, while the region pays back the rest over a five-year period.

The developer will also pay for some $800,000 in improvements to Farmer’s Market Road.

Settlements from the OMB process and subsequent negotiations were also reflected in the development agreement with King/86. Among a host of conditions, the developer will pay

$90,000 to the Elmira Business Improvement Area, $60,000 to the township for environmental compensation, $64,000 cash in lieu of parkland and $60,000 for a tourist train station on the site. King/86 must also erect directional signs to downtown Elmira, Conestoga Mall and Uptown Waterloo.

This week’s agreements pave the way for the 305,000-square-foot power centre, to be anchored by a 134,000-sq.ft. Wal-Mart store. The remaining space will be leased to other retailers.

Prakash David, a representative for SmartCentres, the retail developer and operator behind the project, said the company is talking with a variety of retailers, but is not yet able to name any of the prospective tenants.

The firm is eager to move forward with construction, he said in an interview Wednesday.

“We could have a shovel in the ground by spring.

We’d ideally like to have stores open by Christmas.”

The Wal-Mart is a given, but the number of stores and makeup of the remaining space will depend on market demand, he said.

Under an agreement with the township, SmartCentres must wait six months between the completion of the first stage of the project – the WalMart building – and construction of the smaller retail stores.

Provinces to fund community use of public schools Ministry of Education to provide additional $66 million to make facilities available to public VANESSA MOSS While area schools are abuzz with activity during the day, some become deserted at the sound of the afternoon bell.

The Ontario government announced this week it hopes to change that trend by making school facilities cheaper and more accessible for use by community groups.

The province will increase funding for the community use program to $66 million by 2012, with $33 million allocated for 2008-09.

Each school board will get a share of this money based on a formula – to be determined in March when the annual board grants are announced – which each will then distribute as required, explained Michelle Despault, spokesperson for Education Minister Kathleen Wynne.

“Essentially, the money offsets the costs associated with opening the schools after hours and on weekends. So, it helps reduce the rates of permits [and] helps offset costs associated with custodial and maintenance.”

Since each Ontario board sets rental rates in different ways, the effects of this increased funding will vary.

In Waterloo Region, the biggest benefactors will likely be adult groups, since youth programs not operated as businesses like Girls Guides, Scouts and child-care groups already have free use of both Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) and catholic board (WCDSB) facilities, save for a $35 fee per permit and an hourly rate on Sundays and holidays; the catholic fee is $10.

“For the youth groups, $35 for a permit isn’t that great of a deal for them, but a lot of adult groups find that they don’t end up with enough people coming out because the people can’t afford these charges. So, for adult groups, it would make a big difference,” said Trish Beausoleil, WRDSB senior accounting clerk.

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“I could talk to you for hours about hockey …”

Matt Torigian

TOP COP Conestogo resident Matt Torigian, the new chief of the Waterloo regional police, sees leadership as part of a team effort, whether playing hockey or battling crime.

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Hockey as a model for policing Leadership and collaboration are key ingredients as Conestogo’s Matt Torigian takes the helm of regional force MARC MIQUEL HELSEN “It’s all about leadership,” says Waterloo Region’s newly installed top cop, chief Matt Torigian, as he discusses the embattled Toronto Maple Leafs. “… to put a competitive team on the ice, you can do that – anyone can do that. It’s about winning the Stanley Cup,” says Torigian, sharing with the Observer just one of his many theories on Canada’s pastime, a topic on which he, admittedly, can spend hours conversing.

For the moment, the St. Catharine native’s thoughts are on the world of hockey. But throughout his interview with the Observer, Torigian keeps coming back to the issue of leadership: whether discussing the Toronto Maple Leafs’ bid for a Stanley Cup, or the historical world leaders about whom he is now reading during his

spare time, the notion of leadership is one that Torigian sees as inextricably tied to that of community and the success of any organization – including the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS), the force of which he took the helm in December.

While he concedes that the new position comes with added duties and responsibilities, Torigian says there is a common thread that links up all the positions he has ever held as a police officer with the department: from his days patrolling the streets of Cambridge in the early 1980s and his stint as a police sniper with the Emergency Response Unit to the criminal investigations he worked on as a plain clothes detective, the 23-year veteran has always underscored the importance of broadbased collaborative approaches to problem solving.

“The fondest memories would al-

ways involve working on a team with others, even as an investigator working on a couple homicides, or working criminal investigations,” he explains.

Indeed, former chief Larry Gravill’s legacy of community policing is only possible through a community approach that requires the participation of many different agencies and individuals all pulling together.

“Matt, I have no doubt, will carry that forward, both in terms of the training that he provides to his officers and the direction that he provides,” said Christiane Sadeler, executive director of the Waterloo Region Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council (WRCSCPC), a local agency on which Torigian, until his recent appointment, served as chair.

Building on Gravill’s lead, Torigian has worked to establish links between the police service and neighbourhood agencies in a manner that

is unheard of in many other jurisdictions, Sadeler suggests.

“He is very willing to understand how other people see situations; because he comes from a policing background it doesn’t mean he only looks at it as enforcement, he looks at it as an opportunity to build safe community. That’s really a much bigger mission.”

Located in an “intelligent Waterloo Region,” the WRPS has a unique opportunity to tap into a wide range of expertise, Torigian maintains.

“He has a particular interest in IT (information technology) and some of the new technologies that allow for better communication, investigation and enforcement are a particular interest, so I think we’ll see some emphasis in that area. It’s not that we’re behind in that regard, but there’s always new emerging equipment technology that helps police See CHIEF »06

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» FROM THE EDITOR | STEVE KANNON

A shopping experience 12 years in the making It all came as something of an anticlimax. In separate meetings this week, Woolwich and Waterloo councils agreed to a cross-border servicing agreement, setting the stage for construction of the long-awaited power centre in the south end of St. Jacobs.

Essentially, both groups were making formal agreements reached years ago.

At the council chambers in Elmira Tuesday night, the issue was dealt with quickly and painlessly. The gallery was empty, and there were no protests of any kind. The controversy that initially drew so much public reaction back in 1996 gradually petered out.

Because of the long gap since the project was first proposed, the retail centre, led by a Wal-Mart store, has become a ho-hum issue.

The big-box concept would have been a novelty a decade ago had it gone ahead then, but today it’s par for the course. It’s simply the way we expect shopping to be.

Back then, however, the landscape was much different. I certainly recall the impassioned public meetings that were the norm in the early days, along with the lawn signs aimed at stopping Wal-Mart.

When the proposal first appeared, the public was very much fired up. Council meetings were moved to larger venues, such as the community centre, to accommodate the hundreds of people

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looking to contribute their two cents’ worth, largely in opposition.

The battle moved on to the Ontario Municipal Board, where a settlement was eventually reached allowing the project to proceed. After years of delay, the new opening date was Jan. 1, 2004. Then came another hurdle: Waterloo Region demanded improvements to the King Street overpass and Hwy. 85 on/off ramps. The resultant negotiations added to the wait, as did the environmental assessment needed to study the impact of the bridge reconstruction.

In 2006, that impasse was resolved, with work to begin the following spring. Construction of the new WalMart store would likely begin at that point, too. Negotiations over who would pay what in relation to the project – first estimated at $7 million, now $5 million – led to further delays.

Along the way, council dealt with requests from the developer to increase the size of the Wal-Mart store, eventually reaching 134,000 square feet from the original 106,500: the project had been on the books for so many years, the company had since changed the model for its new store.

The lack of opposition, even of public input, at recent council meetings where the King/86 Developments project has been discussed is testament to its long history. People here have long since accepted the concept. And, we’ve become accustomed to the new retail environment.

That new reality includes the de facto power centre in Waterloo, just minutes

away on King Street. I’m sure I was not alone in seeing the irony of the city opposing the King/86 project all the way to the OMB, citing protection for its uptown core while simultaneously allowing the kind of development we see today on King Street North. How is it that those stores are not a threat to the downtown, while the same stores even further north pose a problem?

Compounding the confusion is the traffic nightmare that exists in the vicinity of King and Northfield. If you’ve ever been at the intersection, especially in the development that houses the LCBO, you know what I’m talking about.

With that kind of planning, it’s no wonder the city’s objections to King/86 were laughable.

In the same vein, objections from competitors carried little weight – their arguments stemmed from competitive fears, so the longer they could delay the opening of the power centre, the better for them.

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Finally, it seems the centre will go ahead. I’m not much of a shopper, so the project is neither here nor there to me. But it does make sense for Woolwich to get its share of the development dollars, and the ongoing tax revenues. Retail makes sense at the site, and the township will keep some of the dollars that flow out to other municipalities, where plenty of residents do their shopping. Right now, Woolwich residents regularly travel to shop – there is too much selection elsewhere, and Waterloo, Kitchener, Guelph and Cambridge are too close and too convenient to ignore.

When it comes to choosing how and where we shop, we’ve voted with our wallets. Anyone still opposed to a power centre in Woolwich – or to the type of retail it represents – is free to make the same kind of vote.

If Guelph, where they fought a long, hard battle against Wal-Mart, is any example, the parking lot will be full in no time.

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How long have you owned the business?

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What do you enjoy most about the job?

“I like everything. I love it from start to finish.”

Where do you purchase the flowers?

Through several auctions – on the internet from places like Ecuador – and from local growers.

How many flowers will you go through next week for Valentine’s?

“We go through a couple thousand roses and a couple thousand carnations.”

What is your favourite flower?

“It changes daily; today, I like exotics.”

Do you have flowers in your home?

No. “I love receiving flowers but I hardly ever take them home.”

Hobbies?

Yoga, snowmobiling, hiking, cooking.

Famous dish?

“My kids all love my ribs. I throw everything possible in the fridge in the mix: jam, ketchup, everything bad for you and then I don’t tell anybody what’s in there.”

What would be your perfect Valentine’s Day? Flowers (orchids) and then a nice candlelight dinner with my husband. “Just time to spend [together].”

Will that happen?

No.

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Add a little here, shave a little there … and you come up with a final budget figure. When the dust settled Tuesday night, Woolwich council had passed a tax increase of 6.08 per cent, up slightly from the 5.95 per cent predicted earlier this year.

The proposed increase would see a 4.08-per-cent jump in the general tax levy; with a further two per cent capital levy for recreation projects – some $100,000 to the fund earmarked for Woolwich’s extensive, township-wide recreational facilities program. That program was put in place in 2005.

The hike equates to another $27.59 a year for a home with an assessed value of $200,000.

The first installment of 2008 property taxes will be due Mar. 7; the second on May 9.

Woolwich seeks grant money from province

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Woolwich tax Floradale PS filled with an orchestral sound grab tops 6%

BIG SOUND Students and teachers at Floradale Public School were treated to a performance by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Tuesday. The musicians presented a handful of songs from various composers and then held a brief education session for the kids.

Woolwich Township will apply for an $810,000 grant from the province’s Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative (MIII) to reconstruct a portion of Sandy Hills Drive, from Floradale Road to Arthur Street, and from Arthur Street to Northfield Drive.

The money will allow for the reconstruction and additional pavement on a 5.7-kilometre stretch of Sandy Hills Drive. Currently, about 2.4 km is gravel, while the remaining paved portion is badly deteriorated.

The township expects to know by Mar. 31 if its bid has been successful.

The cost of paperwork In approving the 2008 budget this week, Woolwich council also gave a big hike to water and sewer rates. Part of the reason? More paperwork in the post-Walkerton environment. Along with the budget, councillors approved spending some $40,000 to pay a consultant to prepare a drinking water quality plan, as dictated by the province. The money represents the township’s share of a joint hire with Waterloo, Kitchener and Wilmot Township. Water and Earth Science Association Ltd. will be paid $148,000 to do the work.

Puttin’ it away for a rainy day At a meeting in Crosshill Feb. 4, Wellesley council approved the transfer of funds into reserve accounts in the amount of $523,570.66 for 2007.

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Public land versus private control

Deal between Wellesley and Lawrence Street resident deemed unfair by neighbours MARC MIQUEL HELSEN A piece of public property controlled by a private owner has some Wellesley Village residents questioning an arrangement sanctioned by the township.

The small strip between two private properties on Lawrence Street falls under the control of a homeowner who has agreed to look after the land in exchange for exclusive use. But some neighbours now argue public land should be public access.

Mark Rose and Rob Dorscht, attending Monday’s council meeting, called for the space to be open for public use.

“Right now, I think it’s totally wrong that you have given one person right over [what is] my land too. Now he can decide what to do with it, and we’re out of it – [but] it’s all of ours. How does this work in this democracy?” Dorscht asked

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“It’s just not right that he’s deciding ‘this is what’s going to happen with that piece of property’ when it’s all of ours. That’s the bottom line.”

“If I am a taxpayer supposedly owning this property, why can I not use it?” added Rose, noting that he might like to use the pitch for a game of bocce.

For his part, the homeowner who’s looking after the property has no problem with other residents making use of it.

“As long as people respect it, I don’t have a problem with them doing stuff there; if your dog goes on it – scoop. If you want to help mow the lawn, don’t be shy, bring a mower and a weed whacker,” Darren Tessier said with a chuckle in a later interview.

“I’ve had times people come and play catch and stuff – I don’t care.

As long they’re watch-

ing them, the kids can play on the play centre,” he added, referring to equipment he set up on the property.

However, his cooperative mood does not apply to motorized vehicles such as ATVs and snowmobiles ripping through the site. This winter, with snowmobilers breaking through a fence, has been particularly trying.

The agreement between Tessier (and a previous owner of 89 Lawrence St.) and the township dates back to March 2002. Under the terms of the contract, Tessier holds exclusive rights to the municipal land in exchange for maintenance services rendered. While no rent money has ever been exchanged, the maintenance work is an in-kind payment which sets up a virtual tenant-landlord relationship. Members of the public who cross or use the land without Tessier’s permission

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“We have agreed to allow the property owners on the other side to act as our agent to maintain and police that property; anybody on that property without permission, the same as anybody on your property or my property without permission, is trespassing and the property owners on either side, being our agents, have an absolute right to prosecute anybody who crosses that property or enters on that property without our permission,” bylaw enforcement officer Jack Mittelholtz told councillors.

The agreement was struck, in part, as a result of complaints that the township’s sporadic maintenance work on the property left it unkempt and unsightly. In addition, neighbours were concerned that snowmobiles – prohibited on all township property – were ripping

through the road allowance at all hours of the night during the winter.

Private owners on either side of the property approached the township, proposing that the municipality temporarily yield the exclusive rights of the land. In exchange, they agreed to maintain the land, keep it tidy, and to care for a seasonal fence prohibiting access to snowmobiles.

While there is currently no need or specific use for the road allowance, the municipality is holding onto it with the intention that it might, in the future, provide access to the lands to the west should there be development in the area.

Dorscht and Rose noted that they will consult with fellow neighbours to see what course of action – the idea of a petition asking the township to dissolve the contract was floated – they would like to take.

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the provincial program.

Groups organizing cultural and charitable events, craft sales and weddings, however, do not receive a price cut; businesses, including those charging for fitness, drama and other such programs are

charged even more.

WRDSB keeps a record of all bookings that qualify under the grant program and submits it annually to the ministry for reimbursement.

Last year, the WRDSB received $508,779 and the Catholic stream – which offers reduced hourly costs

depending on the adult group - collected $493,367.

WRDSB rentals coordinator Jackie Kampf said that schools such as Elmira District Secondary School (EDSS) and others within town limits are booked regularly, but those in outlying areas like Linwood are

generally only used one night a week.

Kampf said she is unsure whether increased funding and therefore cheaper rates will encourage more groups to rent these unused facilities, since the common complaint is that they are too far away.

“They’re available, but people have not asked for them,� she explained.

On the other hand, Peggy Fehrenbach, rental coordinator for the WCDSB, said she thinks the program could help to increase usage in schools like St. Teresa of Avila in Elmira that are not regularly booked. “I’m sure if more people out there heard more about [it] that they would start using it. I think we’re evolving – we really are finding that more and more people are hearing about us, calling and questioning and then they’re booking in different schools.�

Despault said that the program’s impact on individual communities will depend on how the boards choose to use their stipends, since the ministry has not set any guidelines or restrictions for them to follow.

The only parameters the province has put in place involve how the to-

tal funding will be divided. An investment of $43 million will help decrease school rental rates and increase the after-hours access for community groups; $17 million will make after-hours use of schools free-of-charge for communities most in need of the space and $6.4 million will pay for outreach coordinators, who will monitor and strengthen the program by working with school boards and communities. The coordinators will also be responsible for developing activities for students to enjoy outside of school hours. “We recognize that schools are integral to the community,� Despault said of the program’s philosophy. “They’re community hubs and it’s important that community groups and kids, as well as seniors and others, be able to use the facilities and to be able to use them at an affordable rate.�

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Torigian studied political science at Wilfrid Laurier University.

He now lives with his wife and two children in Conestogo.

A voracious reader, Torigian also enjoys theatre – Bernard Shaw and Norm Foster are among his favourite playwrights. In fact, his interest in local theatre provided the chance to meet his future wife. “She was involved in the Elmira Theatre Company and one of

the guys at work was involved and said ‘why don’t you come up and do some community theatre?’ .. Sometimes that’s fate, isn’t it?�

These days the region’s police chief has little time to indulge his theatrical passions. Instead, during his free time, Torigian might be found spending time with his family, on the local golf course, or ripping around on his Harley.

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The Observer | Saturday, February 09, 2008

» LAW & ORDER

Neighbourly concern leads to a rescue »»

January 30

12:55 PM | A Conestogo-area man was backing out of a private lot in Elmira when he collided with another vehicle parked on Park Avenue East.

The driver’s vehicle, a pickup truck, was undamaged, but the parked car suffered a significant amount of damage to the driver’s side door. There were no injuries and no charges.

»»

January 31

1:09 AM | A St. Jacobs-area driver was entering Reid Wood’s Drive from Third Line when his vehicle slid off the road. The sole vehicle involved in the incident incurred minor damages and a utility pole guywire was snapped. There were no injuries and no charges.

3:32 AM | As a result of a traffic stop on Arthur Street South in Elmira, a patrol officer caught a suspended driver who failed to surrender insurance and ownership information. A small amount of marijuana as well as a pipe were seized and sent for destruction. The driver faces charges for failing to surrender insurance and ownership information of the vehicle.

8:02 AM | A Kitchener driver was proceeding through the roundabout on Arthur Street and Sawmill Road when she yielded for traffic and was subsequently rear-ended by a tri-axle truck. The truck then

An Elmira man who had collapsed to the floor because of medical problems was rescued by police after an alert neighbour reported she had not seen him for a few days.

The neighbour came to the detachment office Monday afternoon, directing officers to a Herbert Street address. On arrival, police could hear faint hollering from inside the residence. They subsequently forced their way in. It appears the man, a diabetic, had been on the floor for a couple days. An ambulance was summoned and the resident, who was not in a life-threatening state, was transported to Grand River Hospital for treatment. left the scene of the collision.

Through an investigation police were able to locate the driver of the truck, which belonged to a Conestogo-area feed and supply business. The driver, who alleged he was not aware of the incident, was charged with ‘careless driving.’

3:12 PM | A resident reported that a trailer plate bearing the marker C16 81C had been lost somewhere between the Region of Waterloo and Thunder Bay. 4:30 PM | Police were called to the scene of a collision on Arthur Street, south of Elmira. A car slowed down as it neared a tow truck, which was extracting another vehicle from a nearby ditch. The driver of a third vehicle, a pickup truck, was momentarily distracted by the towing maneuver and subsequently rear-ended the lead

vehicle. The driver of the lead vehicle suffered minor injuries.

Both vehicles sustained minor damage and the driver of the pickup truck was charged with ‘careless driving.’

»»

February 1

1:09 AM | Acting on information received from the OPP that a vehicle had been taken without consent, patrol officers stopped a vehicle on Wyatt Street in Elmira. The occupants of the vehicle – a male and a female – were placed under arrest for taking a vehicle without consent. They were however, released when it was determined that the owner did not want to pursue charges. The individuals were consequently released unconditionally.

2:41 PM | A Conestogo resident

reported to police that she had been the victim of some disturbing phone calls. The identity of the male caller is unknown at this time. The victim was given advice on how to obtain the phone number from where the calls were made.

»»

February 2

8:19 PM | A 17-year-old Elmira driver had just turned onto Snyder Avenue from James Street when he encountered another pickup truck coming in the opposite direction on the wrong side of the road; the latter was being driven by a 17-year-old Elmira girl. It appears the girl had lost control of her truck after going around a parked vehicle further up the street. She suffered minor head injuries, but the boy was unhurt. Both vehicles sustained substantial front-end damage and the young woman was charged with ‘careless driving.’

»»

February 3

1:06 PM | Police were called to the scene of a collision at the intersection of First Street West and Barnswallow Drive in Elmira. An Elmira resident was proceeding through a stop sign at Barnswallow and failed to yield for another driver turning left onto Barnswallow, and a collision occurred. The crash caused no injuries, but the vehicles sustained minor to moderate damage. One driver was

Skills competition is elementary Students from public schools to show their stuff at regional event VANESSA MOSS Students from two Elmira schools will get a chance to put their Lego abilities to the test Feb. 27 as they compete in the Skills Elementary Regional Competition at the Conestoga College Recreation Centre.

Twenty representatives from Park Manor Public School and 12 from St. Teresa School will face off against hundreds of children from the regional Catholic and public boards in a contest that incorporates math, science and technology in interesting ways.

“The purpose is to promote hands-on problem solving by students,” explained Skills co-chair Jody Soehner, who represents the public board.

“Certainly there’s a lot of reading and writing involved … but the majority of what they’re doing is being presented with a problem and as a group having to come up with a solution with the tools that they have at hand.”

Divided into groups of

four, the students will have to complete four teacher-designed challenges in categories of Grades 4-6 and 7-8.

These include a videoediting task where students use a computer and camera to put sequences together; a tech challenge involving pieces of wood, motors, pulleys and other parts used to create different machines; a Lego-Dacta exercise, also using pulleys and gears, and a Lego-Robotics test.

This latter exercise is particularly exciting because students create robots using Lego bricks run by computers. They could be asked to program the machines to sense light intensities or to change directions when they are about to hit a wall, Soehner said.

Having a full day to work on these tasks is fun for hands-on learners, he noted. And even though there are winners in the end – who then move on to the provincial challenge in the spring – the event is more about the experience than the results.

“It’s generally not too competitive in terms of the atmosphere. Students always leave feeling that they’ve had a good day, a successful day, despite not having won.

“It’s generally very wellreceived by all the students and the teachers.”

Park Manor instructor Dan Peters has been a regular at the competition since it originated over 10 years ago and said that despite the extra work involved for parents, teachers and students, the experience is well worth it.

“We feel it’s important to participate in these activities that demonstrate the abilities of our students.

“We have the robotics, we have the Lego and then we have build teams and so it’s all problemsolving and that’s something that as a science and technology teacher, I really do like to stress.”

Soehner added that although kinesthetic learners do get class time to develop these special skills, the regional competition gives

them a chance to take those abilities to the next level.

“It is uncommon for kids to have an entire day to really sink their teeth into something and for those kids who want to get down and get focused and do this, this really helps them,” he said.

Not to mention all the time they get to spend honing their skills as they practice for the event.

“Because it is a competition, you don’t want to be bringing kids unprepared,” Soehner said.

In the past, Park Manor students have performed consistently well at Skills – last year the school took home all 20 of its possible medals – and Peters is confident they will keep the trend going this time around.

But, he does admit that they never know until they get there what kind of competition and challenges the students will be faced with.

“We’ll try to get a little bit more time [practicing] before that date,” he said.

charged with ‘fail to yield to traffic on thru highway.’

»»

February 4

12:24 AM | Notified by a glassbreak alarm, police responded to a business on First Street West in Elmira. Upon arrival, officers determined that the alarm had been triggered by eggs thrown at the window, causing a substantial mess, but no permanent damage.

There are no suspects.

2:59 PM | A collision involving a transport truck and a horseand-buggy brought police to Sawmill Road. The two horses drawing the buggy appear to have been spooked by a passing truck, subsequently charging into a parked vehicle. The operator of the horse-and-buggy suffered minor injuries, but declined medical assistance.

There was minor damage to the buggy and the parked vehicle.

4:30 PM | A Linwood feed mill was the scene of an industrial accident when an employee slipped off the ladder of a truck and struck his back on a metal beam. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is investigating the incident.

»»

February 5

8:47 AM | Floradale Road, north of Church Street in Elmira, was the scene of a collision.

A vehicle was pulling out of a private driveway onto Floradale Road when a second vehicle, southbound on Floradale Road, stopped for the first. The second vehicle however, was struck from behind by a third vehicle that had been unable to stop in time. Thick fog and an icecovered roadway were determined as contributing factors to the collision, so there were no charges. There were no injuries. Two of the vehicles

suffered moderate damages.

10:13 AM | Staff at Scotiabank in St. Jacobs contacted police to inform them that a Bell phone box outside the bank had been destroyed. Police don’t know if the damage was an act of vandalism, or caused by a passing snowplow. As a result of the incident, the phone lines for the bank and a number of neighbouring businesses were rendered temporarily inoperable.

10:28 AM | An Elmira woman advised police that someone had used her personal information to obtain and use a cell phone account from 2003 to 2006. The complainant was unaware of the account, which has an outstanding charge of approximately $800. She had been approached by a credit agency. Rogers Communications’ fraud department is conducting an investigation.

12:39 PM | Police received a report of a collision that occurred at 10 a.m. in the area of Martin Creek Road. A vehicle allegedly hit a patch of ice, lost control and ran into the roadway and hit a hydro pole on the opposite side. There were no reported injuries or charges, and just minor damage to the vehicle.

Waterloo North Hydro was summoned to assess whether there had been any structural damage to the pole.

1:47 PM | A resident of Wellesley Township turned in some shot gun shells to the Elmira detachment.

3:05 PM | A trailer plate bearing the marker AJAN 878 was reported missing.

3:27 PM | A vehicle in a municipal lot at Memorial Avenue and Mill Street in Elmira was hit by another vehicle. There are no suspects.

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A bit more cash down the drain Woolwich residents are no strangers to large increases in the price of water – the township has been hiking rates to reflect changes in provincial rules. In approving the 2008 budget this week, Woolwich council endorsed a water-rate increase of 10.7 per cent, to $1.14 per cubic metre from $1.03. That represents about a $23per-year jump for the average household.

The wastewater rate will climb by 2.4 per cent, to $1.30 per cubic metre from $1.27, adding about $6 per year to the average annual cost.

Using a 10-year forecast, the township has been working to bring its fees in line with provincial legislation demanding so-called full-cost pricing and accounting.

Essentially, funds needed for the water and sewage systems should come from consumers. Woolwich adopted this focus a few years ago, causing its rates to skew well above some neighbouring municipalities – residents here pay twice as much as customers in Guelph, for instance.

Now, with Waterloo Region introducing significant jumps in its rates, you’re seeing some of those expenses appearing on your municipal water bill. Since Woolwich buys its water from the upper tier,

any increase in the wholesale water rate must be dealt with locally.

For 2008, the regional water rates will rise 9.9 per cent, while wastewater rates jump 14.9 per cent.

Over the next five or six years, that rate could essentially double, the region claiming major work is needed to deal with aging infrastructure and to accommodate population growth.

However, necessary or not, increases do not play well with the public, the people who have been digging deeper into their pockets to pay for water. Part of the problem, of course, stems from a public that takes water for granted.

As well, there is a growing contingent of users who rely on bottled water, filtration systems and other alternatives given their distrust of municipal systems. For these people, the increases may seem even more galling.

We’re paying more, but receiving nothing more in return – at least not much that we can see. To the contrary, the quality of the water from an aesthetic and taste perspective appears to be growing worse all the time, prompting the aforementioned use of bottled water.

» VERBATIM

While we can’t see where our cash is going, Woolwich and all other Ontario municipalities have been incurring increased costs due to government rules, much of it knee-jerk reaction to what happened in Walkerton. For communities with safe drinking water, the extra layer of red tape has served only to boost costs, with no effect on the product that pours out of our taps. Woolwich is hiring another employee this year, and paying for yet another consultant.

Regulations governing water testing – warranted or not – have helped boost costs, but nothing like the infrastructure upgrades that will be needed in the coming years. Again, some of those are the fault of the province, which has changed the way municipalities must handle water and sewage. The province hands out rules but no money, leaving the municipalities responsible for passing on the costs to its residents.

The bottom line is you’ll be paying more this year and every year for the foreseeable future.

And just wait until growth demands a pipeline to service our water-poor region.

Have your chequebooks handy.

» THE MONITOR

“A watchdog who only growls and barks when no one is listening really isn’t much use at all.”

Barely 3 out of every 10 Canadians aged 15 and over participated regularly in one or more sports in 2005, a big decline from the early 1990s when the proportion was closer to one-half, according to a report released this week.

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OPINION | 9

The Observer | Saturday, February 09, 2008

» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR

Maybe Clinton and Obama should run on united ticket For most Canadians, the U.S. presidential election is like the Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series; we love the finals but don’t get too interested in the foreplay.

For one thing, the run-up to the nominating process, namely the national party convention, is difficult to understand.

Some states have “primaries” where party members get to select delegates; some of these primaries have a “winner take all” rule where all delegates go to the winner, and others divide the delegates according to the proportion of the vote each candidate received. Some states, notably Iowa, have little neighbourhood coffee klatches (now there’s a term from long ago for you) where they talk it over and award delegates as they might hand out candy on Halloween.

The infuriating part for the voyeurs above the border is trying to place results in proportion. Why is so much read into results from tiny states like New Hampshire and Iowa?

In fact, I’ve decided that the primaries are less about selecting a presidential candidate than providing 10 months of

overtime pay for the news media.

And be assured the news media was in a frenzy earning its pay in the run-up to the so-called “Super Tuesday” when nearly half the nation casts ballots for who they want to see representing the Democratic and Republican parties in the presidential race.

I must confess that I didn’t really understand the “system,” if it be one, until 1984 when I received a grant from the U.S. State Department to study their system of governance. It was then I learned that there is not one Democratic and one Republican party but 50 of each, with the states having the constitutional right to select their method of voting – if you overlook, that is, the disgracefully political decision in Bush v.

Florida where the U.S. Supreme Court gave the election to George W. Bush by blatantly interfering with the state’s right to handle its own voting.

At the national conventions, states have the right to the same number delegates as they have members in the Electoral College, that venerable institution that on too many occasions has awarded the presidency to men who have not had the most votes. Fifteen times, in fact.

From this vantage point it looks to me as if John McCain will be the GOP

candidate in a straight vote where old Republicans support Mitt Romney and those who want everyone to forget Dubya will vote for McCain.

Romney carries religious baggage, being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), which most Christian religions, including loyal Republican fundamentalists, do not recognize as Christian. McCain, like John Kerry before him, is a genuine war hero and he is sheltered, as Kerry was not, from evil suggestions of cowardice because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are, unlike the Bush team, decent folks – for politicians, that is!

But while McCain looks like he has the momentum to carry him to victory, the Democrats are having a most unusual joust indeed with a woman and a black man the only real candidates left.

At this stage it seems as if Obama has the momentum. But that plus a twoonie gets you a Starbucks coffee when the big states, California and New York, wade in. Mrs. Clinton has an advantage. She’s been campaigning for the job for six years. I would suspect that all Democrats of consequence have shaken hands and had their picture taken with one of the Clintons. Thus Hillary has major depths of support in

states that count. To win, Obama has to capture either New York or California, no mean task.

Clinton carries baggage, too. She voted for the war in Iraq for one thing. And she is being supported by her husband the ex-president. Bill Clinton is a hell of a campaigner, no doubt about that. But the Clinton team must always make it appear that Hillary, not Bill, is in charge. Serious cracks have appeared in the Clinton machine because Bill is now ticking off voters who don’t want a surrogate Bill in the White House working the levers of power.

The sad part of this is that by all accounts Hillary can stand on her own two feet and deal with what happens.

Indeed, before Bill waded in, that was the appearance and in politics, appearances are realities. Bill Clinton has become a liability in Hillary’s campaign and if that isn’t dealt with it could have serious consequences.

What about a “dream team” of Barack and Hillary or the other way around?

When the country is wondering if they’re ready for a woman president or a black one, I would think that the combining of the two would attract the enemies of each.

For many Canadians, the political World Series has arrived early.

» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER

Climate change: panic in the trenches It’s an old joke: everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. The same, unfortunately, is true for the climate.

They are talking about it. They were at it again in Honolulu last week, discussing mandatory, internationally binding commitments on greenhouse gas emissions (although Russia and India refused to allow any mention of that subject in the final statement). At the Bali meeting in December, China even hinted that it might consider something like binding emission caps in the long run. But there is no sense of urgency.

Not, at least, the sense of urgency that would be required to take actions that would invalidate the prediction, in the latest issue of the journal Science, that climate change may cost southern Africa more than 30 per cent of its main crop, corn, by 2030. No part of the developing world can lose one-third of its main food crop without descending into desperate poverty and violence.

Even some parts of the developed world would be in deep trouble at that point. One part of the developed world, Australia, is already in trouble, with its farmers facing what may be a permanent decline in the country’s ability to

grow food, although Australia’s overall wealth is great enough to cushion the blow. But elsewhere, the mentality of “it can’t happen here” persists.

Over the past couple of years, due to a major shift in public opinion, we have arrived at something close to a global consensus that climate change is a major problem. Even George W. Bush now says that he is concerned about it. But there is no consensus on the best measures to deal with the problem, even among the experts, and the general public still does not grasp the urgency of the situation.

The two Democratic candidates for the presidency in the United States promise 80 per cent cuts in emissions by 2050, and John McCain for the Republicans promises 50 per cent cuts by the same date, and nobody points out that such a leisurely approach, applied in every country, condemns the world to a global temperature regime at least three or four degrees Celsius (5.5 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than today. Nobody points out that those are average global temperatures which take into account the relatively cool air over the oceans, and that temperatures over land would be a good deal higher than that.

Few people are aware that these higher temperatures will prevent pollination in many major food crops in parts of the world that are already so hot that they are near the threshold, and that

this, combined with shifting rainfall patterns, will cause catastrophic losses in food production.

And hardly anybody says that it is going to get really bad as early as 2030 unless we get global emissions down by 80 per cent by 2020, because “everybody knows” that that is politically impossible, and nobody wants to look like a fool.

So we must just hope that physics and chemistry will wait until we are ready to respond.

But here is a bulletin from the front.

Over the past few weeks, in several countries, I have interviewed a couple of dozen senior scientists, government officials and think-tank specialists whose job is to think about climate change on a daily basis. And not one of them believes the forecasts on global warming issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just last year. They think things are moving much faster than that.

The IPCC’s predictions in the 2007 report were frightening enough. Across the six scenarios it considered, it predicted “best estimate” rises in average global temperature of between 1.8 and 4.0 degrees Celsius (3.2 and 7.2 degrees F) by the end of the 21st century, with a maximum change of 6.4 degrees Celsius (11.5 degrees F) in the “high scenario”.

But the thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers that the IPCC examined in order to reach those conclusions

dated from no later than early 2006, and most relied on data from several years before that.

It could not be otherwise, but it means that the IPCC report took no notice of recent indications that the warming has accelerated dramatically. While it was being written, for example, we were still talking about the possibility of the Arctic Ocean being ice-free in late summer by 2042. Now it’s 2013.

Nor did the IPCC report attempt to incorporate any of the “feedback” phenomena that are suspected of being responsible for speeding up the heating, like the release of methane from thawing permafrost. Worst of all, there is now a fear that the “carbon sinks” are failing, and in particular that the oceans, which normally absorb half of the carbon dioxide that is produced each year, are losing their ability to do so.

Maybe the experts are all wrong. Here in the present, out ahead of the mounds of data that pile up in the rear-view mirror and the studies that will eventually get published in the scientific journals, there are only hunches to go on.

But while the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent of suppressed panic in the conversations. The tipping points seem to be racing towards us a lot faster than people thought.

Decision amounts to shooting the messenger

on track. There are three huge issues preventing the Elmira aquifer from ever being restored to drinking water standards as mandated by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.

These are the lack of onsite hydraulic containment, source removal of buried wastes and DNAPLs (dense non-aqueous phase liquids).

Not only will the Elmira aquifer not be restored by 2028 as mandated, but if the other issues are not dealt with – as in action, not just more speeches and letters – then this aquifer will be lost forever.

The Region of Waterloo, MOE and Woolwich council do not want to admit publicly this truth. Although only one

of the three – the MOE – can be blamed even partially for this mess, nevertheless governments by nature don’t want to be the bearers of bad news. They would rather shoot the messenger than admit the truth.

» LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor, My current appeal of the certificate of approval granted to Chemtura is by no means the only action necessary to get the groundwater “cleanup”

Alan Marshall Former CPAC member, Elmira

10 | OPINION

The Observer | Saturday, February 09, 2008

» LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Political race is about power, not serving the public interest To the Editor, The USS Hillary avoided running aground in the New Hampshire primary thanks to Captain Clinton steering toward deeper salt water.

The first lady to aspire to the oval office shed a tear during the press conference before the vote, although it’s not clear whether she simply choked up or sent some saline coursing down her cheek. Whatever, it swung the female vote in her direction, putting her campaign back on track after a third-place finish in Iowa.

Pictured as a stone figure devoid of emotion who hardly broke stride when her hubby’s infidelity with Monica Lewinsky hit the papers, Hillary must have realized that drastic measures were necessary, for it’s difficult to imagine that we failed to see the real her during two terms in the White House.

She must have understood something that the vast majority of candidates fail to consider, namely that the gals and guys on the street want more than anything to see that politicians are human like them, not automatons bent on power.

The poor image of most of our elected officials is self-inflicted, a prime example existing north of the 49th in the persons of Harper and Dion – or Dion and Harper, as neither deserves top billing. Both hide behind

the mask of propriety, deluded into believing that the voters expect decorum when, in fact, we hunger to see them stumble, get angry, grab a heckler by the throat or even exude the arrogance Pierre Trudeau was famous for.

Then again, give the daring duo some credit for donning a cowboy hat at the stampede or flipping burgers at a fundraiser, albeit only token efforts at being normal.

It’s not enough to dispel the belief the throne, and not the subjects, is what really matters.

It’s interesting in tracking the run-up to the U.S. election in November that none of the frontrunners – Obama, Clinton and McCain – has any problem raising funds, surely a sign of their popularity but, more importantly, an indication of how much payback will be required when one of them is in office.

It’s difficult to argue against those who label politics a dirty business when we are all keenly aware that it’s who you know that gives you a leg up in this world.

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» GOING GREEN

Firm focuses on saving the environment and money Owner of Breslau’s Enerliv says pursuit of ecological building measures runs in the family tres of gas used per heating degree-day – a very impartial scientific analysis,” said Weigel.

A variety of government grants available through programs such as EcoAction, should make the process even more attractive. Under current provincial and federal grant programs, homeowners contracting Enerliv may see the government contribute up to $3,000 toward the cost. Although it is just one of the retrofits for which grants are available (others include new furnaces, windows), insulating is perhaps one of the most economic, Weigel suggested.

“The government’s agenda, if you will, is to reduce energy consumption and save greenhouse gas emissions, so they’re willing to give you the most amount of money for the things that save the most energy; they’re not looking to give you money for the things that cost more – in actuality, insulation is cheaper, but it saves more energy.”

Although his company is a relatively new venture, Weigel has a long personal history with energy-saving projects.

“My father ran a company called SP Weigel Construction and he built highrise condominiums for most of his life, and specialized in building energy-efficient buildings. He did things back in the ’80s and in the late-’70s that were 20 years ahead of their time.”

Public concern about the environment and rising heating costs have combined to create an ideal market for Enerliv, which recently set up shop in Breslau.

These days, the local re-insulation and energy consulting company is busy serving homes and businesses within a two-hour radius of its base in the village; from Cambridge and Waterloo to Fergus and Toronto, Enerliv is fitting buildings with an energy-efficient foam offering long-term ecologic and economic benefits.

“It’s important to do something that fills a need; people want to be kind to the environment but they want to be able to afford it – this product is something that bridges both,” said Paul Weigel, a professional engineer who owns the company and serves as its president.

Enerliv recently purchased the Canadian rights to distribute RetroFoam, an insulation product made by Polymaster in Knoxville, Tennessee. In addition to setting up dealer networks across the nation, the Breslau company will also act as a contractor, re-insulating homes and commercial facilities (a recent project was a Costco outlet in Alberta) with the RetroFoam insulation.

While the local company does service both the residential and commercial sectors, its focus during these early days is on the former.

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TAKING AIM Enerliv’s Paul Weigel holds a foam gun that is used to inject insulation into wall cavities; the non-expanding foam hardens into place.

RetroFoam is a non-toxic, environmentally friendly, water-based resin that produces no off-gassing after it’s injected into the wall cavities of a building. Somewhat akin to shaving cream, the non-expanding foam hardens after it is injected. In a brick wall, the foam is introduced via holes drilled in the mortar; aluminum or vinyl sidings are temporarily pulled off so that holes can be drilled. Once the foam injec-

tion is complete – a process that typically takes less than a day – a plug is placed in the drill holes and vinyl or aluminum siding is reapplied.

“It increases the R value, so even a brand new insulated house – this is going to have more R value than that,” said Catrine Klein, who handles business development for Enerliv.

With a superior R rating of 4.6 per inch (R value is the measure of the resistance of

building materials and structures to the flow of heat – typically, the higher the better), RetroFoam is an inexpensive process that offers positive dividends in the long term, said Weigel.

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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS

Junior Farmers revival is reason to hoot and holler There’s change in the air for the Junior Farmers Association of Ontario, an organization dedicated to bringing together young rural people 15-29 years old. After years of virtually no growth, suddenly there’s a flurry of activity. Clubs that had shut down are reforming and new clubs are coming together in several regions, including North Wellington. And thanks to support from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Junior Farmers are increasingly being called to the boardroom when provincial matters affecting young people come up.

That’s good for Ontario. Many members of this 64-year-old organization go on to become full-time farmers. We need them, and they need programs to

keep them engaged in rural Ontario.

Overall, their legions are shrinking.

According to Statistics Canada, from 1996 to 2001, the number of farm operators in Canada less than 35 years old dropped 35 per cent. The average farmer in Canada is more than 50 years old.

And as of the 2001 census, 15 per cent of farmers were 65 years old or more, a number that’s almost twice as high as the rest of the labour force.

Still, against these odds, Junior Farmers are gaining ground.

President Cecelia McMorrow of Victoria County near Lindsay calls it a natural evolution. Back in the dark days of the Mike Harris government, agriculture, among other disciplines, took a beating. Organizations such as Junior Farmers were decoupled from the provincial administration that had long given them a helping hand. It was a hard, painful separation and it left groups reeling. They were consumed

Enerliv: Energy audit a good place to start the process » From page 11

Among some of his father’s notable accomplishments: implementing rainwater recovery systems that used roof water for washing, laundry and toilet systems; and heat recovery systems in the garages.

Enerliv is a continuation of that philosophy, said Weigel.

“Our family has always been specializing in doing work that is energy efficient, and I’m merely continuing on those efforts.”

Before re-insulating a home, Enerliv recommends that homeowners have an organization such as REEP (Residential Energy Efficiency Project) conduct an energy audit.

with the change and their immediate task was to deal with the blow.

But now, a generation has nearly passed, and the outlook is different.

Back when the provincial axe came down, many current Junior Farmers leaders such as McMorrow, who graduated recently from the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph, hadn’t yet entered the system. So, they’d never known anything different than an arm’s length relationship with the province. They didn’t know what it was like to have an Ontario government arm to pull, push or coddle them.

And they’re OK with it. In fact, it’s become a point of pride. Ask McMorrow what distinguishes Junior Farmers from other agriculture groups for young people, and she’s quick to note the association is the only self-directed, self-governed youth program in Ontario, where 30 or so young leaders such as her are holding the reins for activities involving the other 500 members.

This responsibility is resonating throughout the new Junior Farmers.

Traditionally, the organization had a reputation for what could broadly be described as its “social” emphasis.

On its website discussion board, some still lightly refer to it as a marriage bureau for farm kids.

And its members still emphasize the fun aspect of getting together. But now, they’re pursuing more leadership and travel opportunities, particularly the Junior Farmers exchange program.

It’s always been popular, connecting them with others in Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland, as well as other Canadian provinces.

But the exchange program seems to have increased in relevance to its members, who are part of the generation that’s been raised in an increasingly global farming environment.

Whatever pointers they gain by spending time on farms outside their immediate community (or country) can only be good for Ontario agriculture, and ultimately, for consumers.

And as McMorrow says, the best way to disguise learning is by making it fun.

She thinks farming’s changing fortunes are helping Junior Farmers’ membership. Although the livestock sector is still under extreme pressure, crop prices are much better than they’ve been in ages and are forecast to hold or increase their value for years to come. Those sunnier prospects resonate with young farmers.

“When we get together, everyone in the room wants to be successful,” says McMorrow, who’s in charge of communications and marketing for the Lindsay Agricultural Society. “There are so many positives and new opportunities with niche markets, local food, the growth of organic markets and more. It’s revitalized the whole industry.”

Good luck to the Junior Farmers.

Have fun, learn a lot, and thanks for keeping us fed.

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» JUNIOR B HOCKEY

Education key to healthy life Having recently completed a marathon in Hawaii to raise money for the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), Elmira’s Krista Kraemer – who finished third out of a team of 75 men and women, and raised some $6,300 – isn’t sitting on her laurels.

Instead, the tireless runner is taking on another mission in her personal campaign to help Canadians lead healthy lives.

A recent graduate of kinesiology and health studies at Queens University in Kingston, Kraemer will start her master’s degree in public health at the University of Waterloo in September. In the meantime, she is working as a personal trainer and behaviour coach at Healthy Weights, a nutrition and health consulting outfit based out of RIM Park in Waterloo.

Kraemer’s objective is to help “change the health of our country.”

A lofty goal, but one the Elmira resident is bent on reaching. And it might take some time, but patience doesn’t seem to be a problem for this tenacious fundraiser: for the better part of a year-and-a-half, Kraemer approached local businesses and donors while soliciting for the CDA.

In her personal campaign to help others lead healthy lives, Kraemer prefers to take the pragmatic approach and through programs like those offered at Healthy Weights, Kraemer is working toward tangible cures.

“When I went away to university I wanted to be a doctor and cure all these diseases, but as I became more educated, I realized that most of the diseases that impact Canada today are preventable by lifestyle changes, physical activity and good eating. Now, today, I’m very much on the opposite end, educating people to prevent Type 2 diabetes, prevent heart diseases and all sorts of things,” she explained.

“My focus and my passion is educating people and helping them to be as healthy as they possibly can; the best way to do that is simply educate them.”

Whether raising awareness and money for research or helping people address their specific daily health needs, she focuses on transferring information from researchers to the public, says Drew Harvey, founder of Healthy Weights and an instructor in the kinesiology department at Wilfrid Laurier University. Rather than sell a weight-loss product, Healthy Weights focuses See RUNNER »16

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Kings make it nine in a row

Elmira Sugar Kings fans barely had time to get settled before they were back on their feet Sunday night as the team took the lead from the Kitchener Dutchmen just 22 seconds into the first period.

“We came out hard,” captain John Lunney said of his quick goal – from Troy Murray and Brock Zinken – that set the pace for the team’s 4-3 win.

The Feb. 3 victory marked the ninth in a row for the team [25-6-8-3] that now sits nine points ahead of the second-place Listowel Cyclones in the MidWestern Junior Hockey League.

With just six games left in their regular season, the Kings can’t ask for much more.

“Our team looks good right now,” Lunney said.

“You can’t really complain too much.”

“There may be games where we play better and we execute better, but I’m pleased with our overall effort,” added coach Geoff Haddaway.

While in good shape overall, the team does have one thorn in its side that could be damaging in the playoffs: penalties.

“We are the number-one penalized team in the league and once playoffs come, that’s not going to settle down – we’re going to lose games because of penalties,” Lunney said.

The fact that the top-ranked team also has the most penalty minutes seems a bit unusual, but is actually common in various leagues, Haddaway explained.

“It’s just because the games are probably a little more intense.”

In Sunday’s matchup, the team racked up 34 penalty minutes on 18 infractions, versus the Dutchmen’s 28 on 15. That meant the Kings had to fight hard for the 4-3 win against a team they pummeled 9-3 less than a week before.

“They were coming hard: they were wanting to win,” Lunney said of his opponents. “They had a lot of call-ups in the lineup and their call-ups were skating pretty hard and keeping up with us.”

Kitchener’s first blow came at 8:47 when Jordan AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION ... Elmira’s Krista Kraemer, who recently Hardy scored on a power play. With WOB_Anastasia:Layout 1 2/6/08 2:17the PM game Page tied 1 competed in a marathon to raise money for diabetes research, says edu1-1, the Kings had to rely on their strong shorthandcation is the way to reduce incidents of preventable diseases.

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» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA

Valentine’s Day gifts for your loved one First, the moose antler key ring, though beautiful, was not practical in that it didn’t fit in her pocket or purse – or car, unless you laid it out beside her on the front seat. Even so, as long as her keys were attached to that beautifully palmated 54-inch rack, she never lost them. So at least the theory was correct.

Which brings me to another point – no matter what they say, it’s not the thought that counts. Oh sure, they tell you it’s the thought that counts, but trust me it’s not.

This is just one of the many important things I learned after presenting her with that key chain. In fact, during the subsequent quiet time I spent each night on the couch, I had time to think about this even more.

For instance, I’ve determined that most women do not appreciate any gift made of bone, antler, bark, animal scents, or unprocessed hides. I know it’s difficult to believe but, trust me, it’s true.

This does not leave an outdoorsman with many choices. But that’s what makes THE TEST so challenging.

Oh sure you could go to the store and buy chocolates, roses, and a card. But anybody can do that. On the other hand, not every woman gets a fillet knife and cleaning board. And, as if that isn’t enough, a couple of pike to practice on. And procuring those pike is what makes THE TEST so much fun for everyone. In fact, I propose that it should be the one day of the year where we should be allowed to use

spears. Sounds a lot better now, huh?

If you really want to thrill her you might – and, trust me, this is extravagant – get her an industrial-grade fish gutting glove and apron, the kind with chain mail or Kevlar.

I bet the look on her face as she grips that fillet knife and dons the chain mail will be one you’ll remember for as long as you live. And when you hand her the pike and cleaning board, well, between you and me, dinner just might end early so that you can get right down to the important things.

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Valentine’s Day – the only holiday named after a massacre – is rapidly approaching once again. This comes despite the fact that it’s a leap year.

For many outdoorsmen, Valentine’s is a special day, a time to rekindle the old flame. That’s because afterwards, they’re generally locked out of the house.

The truth is that most men are suspicious about this holiday. I think it’s because of the name. Valentine’s Day sounds effeminate when compared to more manly holidays like Groundhog Day or Super Bowl Sunday. That’s why I suggest that from now on we rename it THE TEST. By the way, capital letters are important if you’re going to maintain male interest in this holiday.

There’s good reason for calling it THE TEST too. In fact, it’s my theory that the Valentine’s Day massacre had nothing to do with organized crime. Instead, I figure that each of those victims had chosen the wrong Valentine’s Day gift for their special someone. In other words, they failed THE TEST. Let’s be honest. Women are fairly sensitive about these things. Unless you pay attention – and who does that? – it’s hard to know if the gift you purchased is appropriate for the occasion.

Part of THE TEST tradition should direct men to collect gifts from the outdoors for their loved one. I’ve given this a test run and here’s what I learned along the way.

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“Our ultimate goal is to get the inactive active, and that doesn’t mean the way you see them do it on The Biggest Loser; unfortunately that turns more people off exercise because it’s more like a boot camp, which isn’t what the average person needs,” he said, citing the reality TV show.

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Lobsinger said that slow start wasn’t a first for the squad and he was disappointed to see the same tendency on Sunday.

“That’s one thing that’s concerning us right now that seems to be a trend,” the coach said.

“The last thing you want to do, especially with playoffs only two weeks away, is spot a team a two-, three-, four-goal lead a couple minutes into the game in the playoffs and then be battling back the whole game.”

Going into the third period however, the boys picked up the pace and Nathan Reiger (Shawn Fitzpatrick, Ben Jefferies) made it 2-0 at 14:15. A few minutes later, the Travellers took advantage of Wellesley mistakes and tied things up just before the buzzer.

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The Wellesley Applejacks’ winning run last weekend was a sign of how far they’ve come this season and how much farther they want to go in the playoffs.

Not only did the team beat the first-place Delhi Travellers 3-2 in overtime Feb. 2, but it also took out the Port Dover Sailors 6-4 the following day.

“Anytime you can beat the top-ranked team, that’s a pretty big deal,” coach Kevin Lobsinger said.

Those victories left the Jacks [23-13-3] tied with the Tavistock Braves for third in the McConnell Conference of the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League with 49 points; the second-place St. George Dukes aren’t too far ahead with 54.

“Oct. 5 this team was in dead last; now we’re in a battle for second overall

four months later. I don’t think anybody would have ever pictured that, and that’s a lot of credit to how hard the boys have worked this year,” Lobsinger said.

If the Jacks can pull off three wins this weekend, they will get home-ice advantage in the first round of playoffs and face lowerranked opponents early on.

“This weekend is huge,” Lobsinger explained.

“This weekend is technically the first round of playoffs for the Applejacks.”

So far, the team has performed well in the face of that pressure, taking an early lead in last Saturday’s home game; captain Wes Hauck from Pat Doyle and Will Metske netted one at 4:31 on a power play.

For the rest of the period and the next however, the team lacked speed and was lucky to hold on to its

for goalie Luke Zehr to keep up.

“You can’t fault Luke on either one of them: he’s making the first, second, third save and then the next thing you know, it’s the fourth shot that’s beating him.

“I thought he deserved a shutout. I thought he played a very strong game on Saturday night.”

In overtime, the Jacks’ captain came through with a second point on the night, hitting the net at 3:31 from Doyle.

While pleased with Wellesley’s strong play on the weekend, the coaching staff planned to work on the sloppy areas in practice this week, mostly the team’s defensive play.

Putting the latest victories aside, the Jacks now need to concentrate on the big weekend ahead and not give up during the final push, Lobsinger said.

“The coaching staff truly wants to win a provincial title and we’re just hoping that the boys are thinking the same thing because if they work as hard as the coaches are working right now … we can go a long way.

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Two wins move them up the standings, now Wellesley players face an important weekend test

OUTTA MY WAY Applejack Scott Litt cuts off Delhi Traveller Kyle Jansen during a home game Feb. 2. Wellesley skated to a 3-2 victory.

“We’ve made so much headway this year that it would be nice to take this thing right through ‘till about the beginning of May and have our season still being played then.”

Jacks fans have a busy weekend of hockey ahead

with three home games scheduled: Friday against the Burford Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m., today (Saturday) taking on Port Dover at 7:30 p.m. and tomorrow versus the St. George Dukes at 7 p.m.

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IN A TIGHT SPOT Sugar King Chad Hepburn uses a little muscle around the net during his team’s 4-3 victory over the Kitchener Dutchmen Feb. 3 in Elmira.

Kings: A handle on top spot » From page 13

ed lines as they incurred seven infractions, many for tripping.

While Elmira fans voiced anger over unfair calls, the Kings’ captain reminded his teammates to play by the new rules.

“I felt maybe a couple both ways were not very good penalties, but at the same time, with the new rules and stuff, some of them were deserved.

“We’re not keeping our feet moving. We’re taking tripping penalties where all we have to do is have a couple more strides and we’ll be caught up to them instead of using our stick.”

Coming out in the second, the Kings scored two to take a 3-1 lead. Jeremy Hilliard was the first to hit the net on a pass from

Lunney and Zinken, followed by Patrick Shantz’s power-play goal at 18:10 from Hilliard and Trent Brown.

During the second intermission, Lunney said he had one clear message to relate to his players: “We gotta stay out of the box – it’s the only way we’re going to win this game.”

Early in the third, the Kings listened to their captain, keeping penalties to a minimum and scoring at 10:44 (Dan Rhame from Brent Freeman and Michael Therrien). But with Kitchener having narrowed the lead at 2:40, Elmira was lucky to come away with a win as the Dutchmen’s Hardy made it 4-3 on a power play with less than two minutes to go.

“It seemed like penalty

trouble kept coming back at us and they seemed to capitalize and then it got closer and closer as the game went on, but the third period we were able to hold on to our lead,” Lunney said.

Pleased with the weekend results and shooting for 10 consecutive wins tomorrow (Sunday), Haddaway said the players will just be finetuning what works going forward.

“Like anybody else, most of our systems are in place, so it’s just execution of them and paying attention to detail as we get closer to the playoffs.”

The Kings are back in action Sunday at home against the Brantford Golden Eagles. The puck drops at 7 p.m.

You have an important role in the future of transportation in Waterloo Region. Get involved in the community conversation by attending one of the following workshops: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 First United Church – 16 William St., Waterloo Thursday, February 21, 2008 Regional Administrative Headquarters –150 Frederick St.,Kitchener Thursday, February 28, 2008 United Kingdom Club – 35 International Village Dr., Cambridge

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SCORECARD

Twin Centre Hericanes Novice

Woolwich Novice LL#3, P.I.B. Panthers

Jan. 30

Panthers 14 Ayr 0 Goals: Cameron Brown x5 (Liam Hartman, Pierre Fife), Liam Hartman x3 (Kyle Martin, Sam Davidson), Mathew Uhrig x2 (Matthew Teng, Sam Davidson), Sam Davidson x2 (Liam Hartman), Zac Pickard x2 (Sam Davidson) Shutout: Eli Baldin

Twin Centre 2 Woolwich 1 Goals: Deanna Mainland, Laura Weber (Julia Dakin) Feb. 3

Twin Centre 7 Waterloo 2 Goals: Deanna Mainland x3, Lauren Quehl x2, Laura Weber x2 (Sophie Jantzi, Deanna Mainland, Jocelyn Oja x2, Leah Sebben, Laura Weber, Julia Dakin x2, Meghan Schnarr x3, Delanie Kidnie x3)

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Kitchener 3 Twin Centre 2 Goals: Rebecca Giovanniello, Natessa Shantz (Natessa Shantz) Feb. 2

Waterloo 3 Twin Centre 2 Goals: Kayla Lee, Natessa Shantz (Meagan Esbaugh, Natessa Shantz)

Peewee LL Feb. 3

Twin Centre 2 Grand River 1 Goals: Nikki Aitcheson-Huehn, Sarah Bader (Patricia Pauser)

Peewee B Feb. 4

Twin Centre 1 Kitchener 1 Goal: Katie Misener (Mackenzie Van Bargen)

Bantam LL

Woolwich Wild Atom C Girls Feb. 1 - B.A.D Girls Hockey Tournament- 2nd Place Finish

Woolwich 7 Aylmer 0 Goals: Erika Morrison (Gillian Olsthoorn, Cora Kieswetter), Gillian Olsthoorn x2 (Erika Morrison, Claire Hanley), Meghan Martin x2 (Taylor Remple x2, Cassandra Tuffnail), Taylor Remple (Cassandra Tuffnail, Amber MacPherson), Cassandra Tuffnail (Taylor Remple) Shutout: Dana Columbo Feb. 2

Woolwich 3 Seaforth 3 Goals: Cora Kieswetter (Emily Willms), Claire Hanley, Gillian Olsthoorn (Jessica Townsend) Woolwich 3 Stratford 0 Goals: Gillian Olsthoorn (Erika Morrison, Claire Hanley), Taylor Remple (Cassandra Tuffnail), Jessica Townsend (Emily Willms, Michelle Bauman) Shutout: Dana Columbo Feb. 3

Seaforth 4 Woolwich 0

Woolwich Major Midget A

Feb. 3

Twin Centre 1 Cambridge 0 Goal: Hannah Snider (Jayme Marshall)

Midget 1 Feb. 3

Twin Centre 4 Stratford 1 Goals: Shelby Smit, Kaytlin Uberig x2, Jenna Voisin (Kim Finn, Meggy McTavish x2, Shelby Smit, Kaytlin Uberig)

Midget 2 Feb. 2

Twin Centre 3 Stratford 0 Goals: Emily Erb x2, Sarah Jantzi (Andrea Norris, Sarah Van Allen, Lori Bauman ,Hannah Boehm x2)

Woolwich Boys Bantam AE Jan. 30

Orangeville 6 Woolwich 3 Goals: Jordan Moore x2, Tim Baker (Alex Martin x2, Christian Davenport, Jaeden Shoemaker) Feb. 3

Stoney Creek 6 Woolwich 1 Goal: Jeff Martin (Jordan Moore, Jaeden Shoemaker)

Jan. 31

Feb. 2 – OMHA Round Robin Playoff, Game #5

Woolwich 6 Brampton 1 Goals: Nick Pope x2 (Damien Parent, Jarred Parent), Rob Hinschberger x2 (Lukas Baleshta x2, Cody Bates), Lukas Baleshta, Ben Ahier (Jarred Parent, Damien Parent) Feb. 3, Game #6

To submit scores, e-mail Vanessa at vmoss@observerxtra.com Woolwich Wildcats Boys LL Peewee #2 Woolwich 2 5 Ayr 1 Goals: Brock MacDonald x2 (Conor Jansen), Colin Hartwick (Brendan Taylor), Tanner Horst, Trevor Bowman (Jordi Baird)

Woolwich Atom LL#1 Feb. 2

LL#1 5 Atom LL#2 2 Goals: Jake Bruder x2, Tyler Martin, Brodie Keen, Isaac Fishbein (Brodie Keen x2, Tyler Martin x3, Isaac Fishbein, Eddie Huber)

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Red Wings 3 Lucknow 0 Goals: Mitch Rempel (James Cooper, Austin Whittom), Cole Altman (Lukas Shantz, Cade Schaus), Cade Schaus (Cole Altman, Lukas Shantz) Shutout: Alex Metzger

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Red Wings 3 Lambton Shores 2 Goals: Cole Altman (Lukas Shantz, Cade Schaus), Mitch Rempel (Alex Metzger), Mitch Rempel (James Cooper, Sammy Huber) Game #3

Red Wings 1 New Hamburg 0 Goal: Mitch Rempel (Sammy Huber, Kyle Bruder) Shutout: Alex Metzger Feb. 3

Red Wings 10 Plattsville 0 Goals: Cade Schaus x2 (James Cooper, Austin Whittom, Lukas Shantz, Cole Altman), Mitch Rempel x4 (Tegan Schaus x3, Riley Weigel, Luke Haugerud, James Cooper, Austin Whittom x2), Matthew MacDonald x2 (Nolan McLaughlin, Dylan Smith x2, Sammy Huber), Lukas Shantz x2 (Mitch Rempel, Cade Schaus, Cole Atlman, Austin Whittom) Shutout: Alex Metzger

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Woolwich 6 Owen Sound 2 Goals: Kevin Howarth (Ben Ahier, Brian Kron), Rob Hinschberger (Nathan VanGerwen, Lukas Baleshta), Jarred Parent x2 (Damien Parent x2, Nick Pope), Nick Roth (Kevin Howarth), Nathan VanGerwen (Kevin Howarth)

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Woolwich 1 Brampton 1 Goal: Ryan Ament (Brayden Stevens)

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WE’RE THE ONE The Woolwich Novice Red Wings celebrate their Drayton tournament win Feb. 3. Front row: Sammy Huber (left), Alex Metzger. Second row: Luke Haugerud, Lukas Shantz, Matthew MacDonald, Kyle Bruder, Riley Weigel, Nolan McLaughlin, James Cooper. Third row: Mitch Rempel, Tegan Schaus, Austin Whittom, Cade Schaus, Cole Altman, Dylan Smith. Back row: Randy Huber, Marv Schaus, Mike Weigel, Joe MacDonald.

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COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING February 25, 2008

On Monday, February 25, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. the Committee will meet in the Council Chambers of The Municipal Offices to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Ms. Beverly Metzger at 519-669-1647 (ext. 243) regarding meeting details.

Email: bmetzger@woolwich.ca.

You may make written submissions in favour of or opposition to any application by mailing your comments to: Township of Woolwich, Attn: Jeremy Vink, P.O. Box 158, 69 Arthur Street South, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 or Fax 519-669-4669 or Email jvink@ woolwich.ca.

MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A01/08 (Minda Ahuja and Larry Cerson) PROPERTY: 1135 Rivers Edge Drive, West Montrose, GCT Part Lot 74 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the building line setback from the centre line of Rivers Edge Drive from 23 metres to approximately 22 metres to permit the addition of a double car garage

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OPEN FIRE BURNING PERMIT Effective immediately, residents will be assessed a fee for open burning.

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MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A03/08 (Esther Sittler and Annie Martin) PROPERTY: 1920 Sawmill Road, Conestogo, Plan 602 Musselman Survey Part Lot 2 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A02/08 expand the legal non-conforming use of a bakery on the (Sheri Martin and William Amos) PROPERTY: 88 Flax Mill Drive, Conestogo Plan property to permit the enclosure of the existing rear porch which will allow the relocation of the existing bathroom and 601 Musselman Survey Part Lots 7 and 8 PROPOSAL: The applicant is proposing to demol- enclose the rear entrance. A new uncovered landing will be ish the existing single family dwelling and construct constructed at the rear entrance. The applicant indicates a new dwelling on the property and is requesting that the enclosure of the rear porch will not increase the retail or work area of the bakery. The property is zoned permission to: s REDUCE THE BUILDING LINE SETBACK FROM THE FRONT LOT (R-1) Settlement Residential and contains a single family line from 6 metres to approximately 5 metres to the dwelling, buggy shed and bakery. front wall of the proposed dwelling; s REDUCE THE BUILDING LINE SETBACK FROM THE FRONT LOT Further information about the applications may be obtained line from 6 metres to approximately 3.5 metres to the from Engineering and Planning Services at 519-669-8706 or 519-664-2613 (Ext. 246). proposed front porch; and s RECOGNIZE A REDUCED LOT AREA FROM SQUARE DATED this 9th day of February, 2008. metres to approximately 1,188 square metres.

The property is zoned (R-1) Settlement Residential and Jeremy Vink, RPP, MCIP contains a single family dwelling, accessory building Senior Planner Engineering & Planning Services and playhouse. to the existing single family dwelling. The 0.5 hectare property is zoned Agricultural and contains a single family dwelling and detached accessory building.

LIVESTOCK VALUER(S) REQUIRED The Township of Woolwich is seeking up to two people with the required skills and knowledge to act as valuers of damage to livestock and poultry as specified in the Livestock, Poultry and Honey Bee Protection Act. Familiarity with the Act, farming, livestock production and wildlife management issues relating to coyotes and dogs would be an asset. Experience with claim management and program administration is beneficial.

You must be able to adhere to strict deadlines, have good organizational and accurate reporting skills. You must have received the required training from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food OR be willing to attend a 3-hour training session during the afternoon of March 26th.

Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the position to the attention of Alexandra Cumming, Township of Woolwich, P.O. Box 158, 69 Arthur Street South, Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6. You may submit your information by mail or by e-mail to acumming@woolwich.ca.

The deadline for submission of cover letters and resumes is Noon on Friday, February 15, 2008.

VOLUNTEER ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Township of Woolwich is looking for members of the community to become part of an Advisory Committee to develop a volunteer policy for the municipality. The policy would support the importance and impact of volunteers on municipal services. The committee will meet several times between March and August to complete this project.

If you are interested in becoming a member of this committee, please submit a resume with pertinent information about yourself to David Ruetz before 4:00 pm Friday February 29, 2008.

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Up until World War I, theaters were also places for oranges. Here were “the predecessors of the vendors now selling popcorn and candy at the entrance of American movie theaters or hot dogs and chips at stadiums.”

to fight, to live. “He lived not eight months, but another 20 years, and when he did die, in 2002, it was of an unrelated cancer.”

»» Q. How bad can the “chronic itching syndrome” get?

A. This is actually surprisingly widespread, affecting hundreds of millions worldwide, for scabies, eczema, kidney or liver disease, HIV, infectious illnesses, drug reactions, says Greg Miller in the journal Science. For reasons not well understood, itching can occur over large swaths of the body or be concentrated on the face, back, etc. And when it strikes, it can increase mortality rates, probably due to severe sleep loss. One grisly case involved a Bostonian after a shingles outbreak: her rash cleared up but not the itch, which led her to scratch so much that emergency room doctors discovered brain tissue protruding through a hole she had worn in her skull!

While an itch used to be regarded as “pain’s little brother,” today the two are believed to “talk independently to the brain.” Some substances such as morphine may actually dull pain but trigger itching as a side effect, while others reduce itching without quieting pain. Yet to be studied: why is scratching an itch so addictive? It feels bodily rewarding, which may also help explain its contagiousness: just seeing someone else go at it can set off your own episode, as can reading a Q&A on the subject.

»» Q. A doctor tells you you’ve got eight months to live. How might understanding the nature of mathematical “mean” or “median” »» Q. Is it more brains or brawn that leads breathe new hope into you and, if you’re some birds to a life of crime? very lucky, point the way to 20 more years A. A big-brained body seems to do it, says S. Milof life for you? ius in Science News magazine. Julie Morand-Ferron

A. This happened to Harvard paleontologist and author Stephen Jay Gould, who after being diagnosed with a rare abdominal cancer in 1982, learned that the median survival time was only eight months, say Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot in The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing Through a World of Numbers. Gould was stunned. Yet within about 15 minutes, he started analyzing: the median is the point where half of the numbers are above and half are below, meaning that half the people so diagnosed would be dead within eight months but half would live longer than eight months. Since his condition was caught early, he felt he had good reason to believe he’d be in the upper half. Moreover, since the statistical “tail” of the longevity distribution extended out several years beyond the eight-month median, he had a chance of living well beyond the eight months.

This understanding allowed Gould to breathe a sigh of relief and to feel he had time left to plan,

of the University of Quebec in Montreal and colleagues checked out hundreds of scientific reports of bird-on-bird food snatching; she herself also observed Carib grackles in Barbados sneaking dry dog food out of unattended bowls, then deftly swiping pellets from each other. Of the 9,672 known bird species, some 2% have “criminal” records, including families of falcons, eagles, pelicans that tend to go after sizeable meals such as an already captured fish or mouse.

Such “kleptoparasitism” may involve acrobatic midair grabs, zigzaggy chases, or harassment of successful hunters until some of the booty is regurgitated for the thief. Roseate terns use outright trickery to rob larger species and each other: one tern flirted with fish-carrying males only long enough to sidle up and grab their food. Yet these tern thieves are “far and away the best parents.” Said one Iowa researcher, “It can give you a new respect for kleptoparasites.”

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» LIFE ON THE FARM

Seminar reaches out to rural women light what people can do,” said Sharon Grose, WRW board member.

“People … tend to stereotype: you think you’re a farmer’s wife, but the door is open.

There are lots of opportunities – it’s a matter of finding out what you can do.”

The morning panel of speakers will share their experiences in diversifying their farms.

Elmira’s Christine Aberle will start things off

VANESSA MOSS Breaking stereotypes and branching out from the norm will be the two main topics of discussion this year at the Waterloo Rural Women’s (WRW) annual seminar Feb. 15.

Various presenters will spend the day demonstrating ways that women can expand their roles on the farm.

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by talking about Community Shared Agriculture (CSA), that sees consumers and farmers share the risks and opportunities of each year’s harvest by having the former pay up front for his or her portion.

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tinue operating from their farm, but carry what they do a little bit farther.”

In the afternoon, the seminar will shift to more general interest material, including a talk from Lee Anne Andriessen – a Listowel dairy farmer’s wife who started her own OPEN magazines – and a presentation by Heart of the Matter, a professional organizing duo from New Hamburg.

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The WRW winter seminar will be held Feb. 15 at Crosshill Mennonite Church on Hutchison Road in Crosshill from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Tickets are $15 and include coffee, tea and muffins in the morning and an afternoon lunch. To register and/or to prebook childcare, call 519-664-3794, ext. 237.

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Bag it Back program off to a quick start MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Just a year into the Bag it Back program, Ontarians are taking the effort to heart: more than 60 per cent of wine, spirit and beer containers are returned for deposit refund.

Launched last February, the project attached a deposit fee to bottles and cans purchased at LCBO stores, mirroring the longstanding practice for items purchased at the Beer Store. The goal was to divert additional items from landfills, and to ensure higher value recyclables remained intact prior to reuse or recycling.

“That’s really good results for such a young program, and it definitely shows Ontarians are interested in protecting their environment in any way that they can,” Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal spokesperson Anne Dunderdale said of participation rates.

Since its inception in February 2007, the Bag it Back program has seen some 220 million containers returned and diverted from landfills. In many cases, items have been recycled into new products, including bottles and cans, carpeting, and fibreglass insulation.

Through the program customers pay a deposit when they purchase wine, spirits and beer. They then return empty alcohol containers to The Beer Store, which is under contract with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

The program is having a ripple effect.

“There has been a reduction, certainly, in the blue box program, and people are taking things to the LCBO,” said Sue White, manager of waste management at the Region of Waterloo.

Despite the positive results, the return rate for smaller bottles, plastic, tetra-paks and bag-in-box containers – all of which are eligible – is still low (48 per cent). Other provinces enjoy upwards of 80-per-cent return rates – a figure Ontario will shoot for in the future, Dunderdale said.

When it comes to recycling all materials, Ontarians could do more.

The key is making a conscious effort not to throw recyclable materials in the garbage for lack of convenience and changing our purchasing habits.

“You go through a drive-thru and you get all these things – you know you probably don’t need them and, quite frankly, you just throw them in the garbage,” said White.

The real “big picture” change, however, will come by altering consumer trends and, consequently, producer output and responsibility, she noted.

Consumers should urge producers to be more responsible about packing materials. For instance, single-use items such as coffee cups or yogurt containers should be made from recyclable materials.

“Having to deal with that at the end [makes it] a municipal problem, when the reality is probably we should all try to push back to the producer and say ‘you know what? You’re producing this and you should be responsible for the life-cycle of it, and make responsible decisions.’

“A whole lot of big-picture kinds of things like that have to happen,” said White.

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(Behind Bank of Montreal) KITCHENER

519.744.9770

29 Church St. W., Elmira

519.669.0799

FEBRUARY 17 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

TOTAL HOME ENERGY SYSTEMS

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YOUR OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS AND AIR CONDITIONING EXPERTS

11 HENRY ST. - UNIT 9, ST. JACOBS

519.664.2008

»» The Johnson Quartet – Waterloo North Presbyterian Church. The quartet is from Ohsweken, Ontario and travels throughout Canada and the U.S., sharing their faith through music; 3-7 p.m.; 685 Highpoint Ave., Waterloo. Free-will offering, wheelchair accessible. Nancy 519-884-7058. »» Chili Supper – Waterloo North Presbyterian Church; 685 Highpoint Ave., Waterloo at 5 p.m. Adults $10, deadline for advance tickets only is Feb. 10. For tickets ,phone Nancy at 519-884-7058.

FEBRUARY 18

»» Rangers Autograph Session – Anglican churches in Waterloo Region. Support the Anglican house build with Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region by purchasing an autograph from one or more of your favourite Kitchener Rangers hockey players, 5-7 p.m. at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. All proceeds from this event support the cost of the building a home for a Habitat partner family. Ann Gibbons, 519-575-4404, ext. 3128 or email: spallgibbons@rogers.com.

FEBRUARY 19

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New to the Community?

Do you have a new Baby?

It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess.

Elmira & Surrounding Area If you’re not long distance to Elmira, you are welcome to a visit.

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SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763

elmirawelcomewagon@sympatico.ca

BE PREPARED THIS WINTER

»» Lunch at Gale Presbyterian Church. Menu: baked macaroni, veggies and cheese, sliced ham, salad, roll, desert is chocolate cranberry bread pudding with cream sauce, beverage $9 per person. Soup and roll to go $3. Wheelchair accessible. Takeouts available. Everyone welcome; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 Cross St., Elmira, 519-669-2852.

FEBRUARY 21

»» Health Education – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Finding and evaluating sources of health information. Can you trust what you hear and read?; 10:1511:15 a.m.; 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs; 519-664-3794.

FEBRUARY 22

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»» H.U.G.S. Program – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic: “Brainiacs in the Hood,” early brain development in infants and critical periods for language.

For parents and their children (zero to five years), 9:15-11:15 a.m.; 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs; 519-664-3794.

FEBRUARY 23

»» Roast beef dinner – Trinity United Church. Family (2 adults & children under 16 years) $35; adults (16 years and over) $12; children (five to 15 years) $6; children under five years, free. Continuous seating from 5 to 7 p.m.; 27 Arthur St., Elmira.

For more information and where to get advanced tickets call 519-669-5560. Elevator is available to those requiring assistance. Takeouts are available on advance notice.

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21 INDUSTRIAL DR., ELMIRA

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The Observer | Saturday, February 09, 2008

Newly adjusted pricing that helps you take advantage of the strong Canadian Dollar PLUS

FOR

We pay the freight up to

A total allowance of up to

$1,350**

$9,300**

THE CHRYSLER, JEEP AND DODGE DIFFERENCE COME AND SEE WHY WE HAVE ACHIEVED 18 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF INCREASED SALES WE PAY T HE

“The Best Selling Minivan in Canada.”

WE PAY T HE

FREIGHT

ALL NEW 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

“The Grand (Caravan) is still the gold standard.”- Graeme Fletcher, National Post

Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $2,850 (Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

NHTSA 5 Star Front & Side Impact‡

FREIGHT

ALL NEW 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY Designed to delight with innovative storage, safety, entertainment, ambiance, comfort for kids, and of course, seating versatility.

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Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $3,800 (Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

FREIGHHTE

2008 CHRYLSER ASPEN

“Handles heavy towing but also gives a limo-like ride around town.” - Jim Robinson, Brampton Guardian NHTSA 5 Star Front & Side Impact‡

WE PAY T HE

NHTSA 5 Star Front & Side Impact‡

Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $8,050 (Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

FREIGHT

2008 CHRYSLER 300C

“In all, an impressive car.”

- Jim Kenzie, Toronto Star NHTSA 5 Star Front Impact‡

WE PAY T HE

“One of the most stable and capable vehicles in the compact SUV market.” - Ted Laturnus, Globe & Mail NHTSA 5 Star Front & Side Impact‡

VISIT YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD CHRYSLER, JEEP , DODGE RETAILER ®

Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $2,050 (Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $5,800 (Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

WE PAY T HE

FREIGHT

ALL NEW 2008 JEEP LIBERTY

(Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

WE PAY T HE

FREIGHT

2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DIESEL “That it’s the diesel engine that gives the Grand (Cherokee) a decided advantage over its peers.” - Brian Early, Toronto Star

Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $6,300

FREIGHT

2008 DODGE DURANGO

It unites legendary power and superior towing prowess with surprising efficiency.

NHTSA 5 Star Front & Side Impact‡

Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $9,300 (Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

ASK ABOUT OUR NO CHARGE 12 MONTH SIRIUS RADIO SUBSCRIPTION

Wise customers read the fine print: **, ‡, †† We Pay the Freight offer only applies to vehicles purchased or leased through Chrysler Financial on approved credit. These limited time offers apply to retail deliveries for personal use only on selected new 2008 models from retailer inventory. At participating retailers only. All offers exclude license, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, up to $75 PPSA and applicable taxes. All offers include freight ($1,350 for Town & Country and Grand Caravan, $1,300 for Grand Cherokee, 300, Sebring, Durango, Liberty and Aspen). Retailer order/trade may be necessary. See your retailer for complete details and conditions. Third party endorsements used with permission. ** Offers apply to select new and unused 2008 models. We Pay the Freight offer only applies to vehicles purchased or leased through Chrysler Financial on approved credit. The following 2008 models are excluded from We Pay the Freight: Chrysler Crossfire, Dodge Caliber, Dodge Sprinter, Dodge Viper, Dodge Ram Diesel, Cab & Chassis, Jeep Patriot, Jeep Compass and Jeep Wrangler. Total allowance will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Total Allowance of $9,300 applies to 2008 Dodge Durango models. Offers end February 29, 2008 and are subject to change without notice. See participating retailers or visit chryslercanada.ca for complete details. ‡ Based on U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) scoring system for 2008 model year. © 2008 SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. “SIRIUS”, the SIRIUS dog logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. Visit your Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge retailer for complete details. ® Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler Canada Inc.

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NHTSA 5 Star Front Impact‡

(Includes “We pay the Freight” Allowance) ††

NHTSA 5 Star Front & Side Impact‡

FREIGHHTE

2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING “ A comfortable cabin equipped with plenty of gadgets and goodies, all at a reasonable price.” - Bob English, Globe & Mail

Total Canadian Delivery Allowance of $3,350