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IN THe SPIrIT cassie cowan had hockeyville supporter written all over her Feb. 13 at St. teresa elementary School. Woolwich residents showed their colours at a full slate of hockeyville events organized to showcase the comphoto | Joni miltenBurG munity on cBc television.
Woolwich launches “Drive to 5.5”
Drawing on Woolwich Memorial Centre effort, organizers aim for 5.5 million Hockeyville votes JONI MILTENBURG Having recovered from a busy weekend of showing off its hockey colours, Woolwich is suiting up again for the “Drive to 5.5” That’s the slogan the Hockeyville committee has adopted for the final round of voting, which starts Feb. 28. Last year Roberval, Quebec garnered 2.2 million votes in capturing the top
prize. Woolwich’s Hockeyville committee has set its sights on 5.5 million as the winning number. “This township was asked to raise $5.5 million towards the new complex, and I think most people told us – even the consultants told us – that they thought we could raise maybe $2-3 million in this community,” said organizer Graham Snyder. “We’ve raised over $5 million already, and we’re well on our way to achieving that goal of $5.5 million.
“If those 20,000 can raise $5.5 million with the help of the hockey community, I think we can do the same in votes.” The committee is hoping to rally people across the province to bring Hockeyville back to Ontario. They’ve also contacted all the public and Catholic schools in Waterloo Region, asking for their support. Del Gingrich, who’s organizing the schools, said they’re hoping schools in Elmira will work out arrangements
to keep their computer labs open late for voting. Elmira District Secondary School and Park Manor Public School have already jumped on board with the idea. Voting starts at 11 p.m. on Feb. 28, after the last community is showcased on Hockey Night in Canada, and continues through to Mar. 4. On Feb. 28, the day voting opens, the committee will be holding a ‘faceoff ’ – See HOCKEYVILLE page »02
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Hockeyville crew gets a taste of Woolwich Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Steve Thomas see first-hand just what hockey means to the township JONI MILTENBURG
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The Elmira Arena was packed last weekend with a cheering army of hockey supporters garbed in red, white and blue and armed with noisemakers to show their Hockeyville spirit to the CBC IT’S ALL ABoUT HoCKeY Former nhl player Steve thomas and cBc’s cassie campbell-pascall address students at eDSS during hockeyville activities Feb. 13.
cameras and crew. “I think it was wonderful. I think it was just a really great community event,” said organizer Graham Snyder. “All shapes and sizes, young and old were at the rink on Friday and Saturday, and they really seemed to be enthusiastic and enjoying the festivities.” Things kicked off with a high-energy pep rally at Park Manor Public School Feb. 13. A second rally at Elmira District
Secondary School raised the excitement to a fever pitch. “It’s as loud in here as the ACC after an overtime goal,” former NHL player Steve Thomas told the enthusiastic crowd at EDSS. Thomas and former national women’s team player Cassie CampbellPascall were whisked from event to event, with Campbell-Pascall getting pulled into a floor hockey game and giv-
ing sledge hockey a try. That experiment demonstrated to the rest of the crowd just how much strength and balance sledge hockey requires. “I will not make any excuses; however, I will say I was given a highperformance sled, which is impossible for an amateur,” Campbell-Pascall said Saturday, during a quiet moment at the arena. “I decide to stop embarrassing myself and See CBC page »07
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“not a kickoff, that’s football,” Snyder remarked – in Gore Park on Arthur Street. After the opening festivities, the group will head to the arena for a 24hour marathon of voting. The Hockeyville committee is looking for loans of computers, especially laptops, to set up a voting station in the arena. Using the computers, which will be supervised, they’re hoping people will be able to vote while watching their kids’ minor hockey games. The committee is encouraging people to use Facebook and e-mail to contact friends outside the region and urge them to vote. Another idea is to organize voting showdowns, with businesses rivaling each other for how many votes their em-
ployees can cast. The committee is also looking for public input about getting the word out . Suggestions or offers of computer loans can be sent to robert@ woolwichhockeyville.ca. “We really want to get the community involved, and we have great minds out there,” said committee member Sherrie Goss. In the meantime, the Hockeyville committee is asking residents and businesses to keep their signs and decorations up until Mar. 4, and use signs to encourage people to vote. When voting opens, you’ll be able to vote online at www.woolwichhockeyville.ca, by calling 1-866-533-8066, or by texting “Vote Woolwich” to 222111.
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“It’s always good to know as many people as you can, network with a lot of people ...” David Skinner
QUICK THINKING David Skinner’s ability to adapt quickly to an automotive sales scenario earned the Wellesley teen four medals at the DECA provincials earlier this month.
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decide which category (hospitality, automotive, apparel, sports or entertainment) he preferred, and so by default, he landed in the automotive sector. Judged by members of the local business community, Skinner was among hundreds of competitors from Ontario schools who were faced with
a number of theoretical and virtual challenges, including tests, role playing games and speeches. For the role playing challenges, competitors were asked to provide solutions for business problems. For his part, Skinner became the ‘owner’ of a parts dealership that was encountering discrepancies between inventory numbers and actual stocked product leaving the warehouse. Losing profits as products didn’t match up with the orders, Skinner’s plan included a new inventory system using radio frequency tags to track product. Faring well in all his categories – top-10 overall (Automotive); top-20 test portion;
and top-20 in role playing (two times) – Skinner earned four medals and a first place plaque. Even better, he now gets a chance to take part in the international competition in Anaheim, California in late April. Though he realizes that coming up with $1,400 for the trip is no easy task, Skinner, who is accepting donations from the community, is excited about traveling to sunny California. “There’s no reason why I wouldn’t be – eight days in California,” said Skinner, noting that Universal Studios is just one of the many stops on the itinerary. “It really is a chance of lifetime.” See DECA page »08
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“get by,” Skinner admittedly relied more on his businesses savvy to excel at the DECA Ontario competition held in Toronto Feb. 5-6. Competing in the automotive services marketing category of the competition, Skinner picked up four awards at the provincial competition, which gives students hands-on experiences in the fields of business, marketing, and entrepreneurship. The organization strives to enhance classroom learning by providing conferences and competitions that develop high school students into character-driven leaders. When he first signed on to the competition, Skinner couldn’t
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» FROM THE EDITOR | STEVE KANNON
Mixed-use community a good idea that requires vision The mixed-use development proposed by Tom Krizsan for his company’s land on the east side of Breslau is an attractive option. It’s the type of project – combining residential, commercial, industrial and retail uses within walking distance of each other – that is now touted as the standard to combat the suburban sprawl that has shaped the way we live for the past five or six decades. The description of so-called compact communities puts me in mind of Europe, where densities are higher and people live within an easy walk or bike ride of most of the amenities of daily living. Because most communities developed before the advent of the automobile, they’re very much peoplecentric as opposed to the car-centered towns and cities of North America. People actually do walk and cycle as a means of transportation, not just recreation. Public transit is convenient and well used. In short, the antithesis of how we do things here. Living there, you can quite easily do without a car. Of course, vehicles are more expensive, gas prices astronomical and parking spaces limited, putting a real damper on the kind of automobile enthusiasm seen in North Americans. Still, when I picture the kind of community discussed at Woolwich council this week – the kind endorsed by the province’s Places to Grow legislation – I see the old towns of Dublin or Paris or
Munich: striking architecture, walled courtyards, terrace gardens, narrow winding streets, local shops offering fresh-baked bread, quaint cafés and small walk-up office buildings with brass plates announcing the names of doctors, lawyers and architects. Trouble is, that ideal isn’t likely to translate here, the land of vinyl siding, asphalt and big-box retail. In all the talk of more human-scale communities, there’s no mention of aesthetics. For me, that’s the make-itor-break-it part of the equation: our ugly built environments foster neither pride of place nor a desire to be out on foot, interacting with the place where we live, something to enjoy in its own right. It’s going to take a monumental effort at creating something better to get us out of the suburban model: Shifting from our box of a house to our box of a car to the box where we shop and the box where we work. The insides may be nice and comfortable, as we shut out the world and the others who happen to live in the same town, but the shared spaces are not conducive to creating the kind of community envisioned by proponents of a livable city. In Waterloo Region, that kind of European feel would ideally take place in the cores of the three cities. With its stone architecture and riverfront location, Galt offers the best bet for such redevelopment. Uptown Waterloo has the best feel to it thanks to the universities. Kitchener, with little redeeming architecture and a decidedly downmarket atmosphere, faces the largest
challenge. Recognizing the limitations in the cities, the proposal tabled by Krizsan’s Thomasfield Homes offers intriguing possibilities. Both Woolwich Township and the Region of Waterloo have the so-called east side lands earmarked for industrial development. Krizsan, who owns a good chunk of the property, says development makes no sense financially without a residential component. The high upfront cost of servicing the land can take decades to recover in the case of industrial parks, which is why municipalities typically take on that burden, benefitting too from the resultant taxes and employment. He points to the Hanlon business park in Guelph, where lots are still available after more than 30 years. From his perspective, some mix of residential development simply makes more financial sense. A mix of homes, service commercial, office space and clean industry in fairly close proximity
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is the gold standard for development these days, offering the chance for people to work, shop and socialize close to home. As he notes, this goal is certainly part of the regional growth management strategy, which aims to address the area’s expanding traffic woes. While township planners appear unmoved by Krizsan’s concept, councillors gave the idea a warmer reception. A more comprehensive planning review of the entire Breslau area seems in order. As with the proposed compact community to the east, Breslau itself could do with more vestiges of community. Krizsan’s Hopewell Heights subdivision and the Empire development to the south are already bringing 950 new homes to the village. More growth is envisioned near the airport. And Thomasfield’s other holdings will ultimately be addressed. This leaves Woolwich with the chance to usher in a model community based on the new planning goals, if the vision and the will exist.
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New citizen’s group formed
A new citizens’ group has formed in reaction to a proposed biogas facility in Elmira. The Bio Fuel Citizen’s Committee (BFCC), launched by neighbours of the proposed plant on Martin’s Lane, has a list of questions it wants addressed. “We believe there is much to understand about this new plant and how it will affect our community before any further development should occur,” said High Street resident Ed Speers in announcing the new committee. He’s calling for concerned residents to attend an information session organized by the company behind the proposal, Woolwich Bio-En Inc. The $12-million project would convert waste materials into methane to fuel a generator creating electricity and steam heat. Anyone looking for more information about BFCC can reach Speers by calling 519-669-8129 or by email at 1espeers@rogers.com.
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HAIR-RAZING EXPERIENCE After wearing a beard for 36 years – his wife, Deb, has never seen him without it – Home Hardware employee Bernie Henry went ahead and had it shaved off last week after raising $10,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Fitness club gets green light
Fund-razor nets $10,000 for charity
A proposed fitness centre for St. Jacobs got the green light this week, as Woolwich council approved the necessary zoning change. The decision clears the way for Kincardine OPP officer Brian Ferris to open a 1,600-square-foot operation that will feature a variety of training equipment. While not always staffed, the club would be accessible at any time, with members given a code to a keypad to enter the facility. He operates a similar facility in Lucknow. The site-specific zoning applies to the property at 1600 King St. N., where the existing M-1 industrial designation does not permit a fitness club.
JONI MILTENBURG In Bernie Henry’s 28 years at Home Hardware’s distribution centre in St. Jacobs, none of his co-workers ever saw him without a beard. Every so often, Walter Hachborn, co-founder and president of the company, would ask him when he was going to shave. Then some of the younger employees started to tease him about it, asking what it
Assessments up 6.52%
Woolwich seeks more planning autonomy
The assessed value of the average residential home in Woolwich is up 6.52 per cent in 2009, the first of four installments that will see values increase by 26.32 per cent. According to Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) figures presented this week to Woolwich council, the average home in the township is now valued at $325,000. MPAC has made its statements to households clearer, and streamlined the appeals process for reassessment. Given that the new assessments were based on prices on Jan. 1, 2008 – before the economic meltdown – many taxpayers may be inclined to request a re-do.
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would take to get him to pick up a razor. After 36 years, it was going to have to be something really special. His wife, Deb, got wind of it at the company Christmas party and the idea for the “fund-razor” was born: a 36-day fundraising campaign to raise money for a good cause. A lot of causes spring to mind for the Henrys; they do a lot of volunteer work for the local St Vincent de Paul Soci-
ety, and they’ve raised funds for it in the past. But this time they had a beneficiary in mind that was farther from home and even dearer to their hearts. Eight years ago, their grandson, Patrick Sarda, was born 10 weeks premature. Complications with his birth resulted in hydrocephalus, an abnormal buildup of fluid in the brain. When he was still six weeks premature and weighed only four pounds, doc-
tors performed brain surgery to insert a shunt to drain the fluid. That was the first of 14 brain surgeries at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) before he was a year old. Patrick endured many resulting complications plus a bout of meningitis. At one, the little boy couldn’t even roll over, and doctors told his parents he would never walk or talk. Eight years later, those doctors are delighted to
have been proven wrong. Not only does he walk and talk, but Patrick is a year ahead in school, now in Grade 3. “He defies all the odds,” Deb said. “For all that he’s gone through, he’s an extremely bright little boy.” Bernie set a goal of raising $5,000 for the Sick Kids Foundation, specifically geared toward CHEO. “There’s no better cause,” Deb said. See AFTER-SHAVE page »06
Response to ROP prompts discussion about long-term development plans in Breslau STEVE KANNON Dominated by discussions of two specific areas – Breslau and stockyards in St. Jacobs – Woolwich council’s stance on Waterloo Region’s proposed new official plan amounts to pushing back against unnecessary control from the upper tier municipality. In essence, Woolwich
would like to see the region keeps its nose out of township business. Planning staff ’s response to the regional official plan (ROP) won tentative support from councillors meeting this week, but deliberations about two specific points prompted changes to be included in a new draft, to be presented at next week’s council meeting. Reacting to input from Marcus Shantz of Mer-
cedes Corp., councillors asked staff to include stronger language in support of a train station in the farmers’ market area as part of the region’s proposed light rail transit scheme. Connected to the transit line, the site could see some interesting development options, Shantz suggested. Much more time was spent on the critiques raised by Tom Krizsan
of Guelph-based Thomasfield Homes, who has specific interest in the sections of the report involving Breslau. His company holds 410 acres within the current settlement area, land which the region and township have earmarked for industrial development only. Krizsan, however, is proposing a mixed land use. The site, he said, is ideal for a model community
combining residential, industrial, commercial and retail in close proximity. Such mixed landuse policies are in keeping with the province’s Places to Grow initiative and Waterloo Region’s smart-growth strategy. “Compact complete communities are those that have mixed land uses nearby, where people can live, work, shop and play within walking See PLANNING page »06
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Planning: Look to put control where there’s accountability » From page 05
distance so as to minimize the use and length of automobile trips, thus reducing traffic congestion and air pollution, while at the same time promoting energy conservation, more efficiency and better health,” he told councillors. Rather than 100 per cent industrial, he proposed a 60-40 split, arguing a residential component would be necessary to make development economically viable. In the absence of a mixed-use policy, the
land will just sit idle, Krizsan noted. While his proposal got a sympathetic ear from council, planning staff remain convinced industrial development remains the best bet for the land, most of it located immediately east of the current residential area, including a 290-acre portion known as the Seagram lands. “We have a fundamental difference as to what the complete community means to Breslau,” said director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley.
Supportive of the smart growth strategy, Kennaley said the policy does not dictate that every development has to be made up of residential, industrial and commercial uses. Rather, that the overall strategy for the area should encourage compact, walkable communities. Looking at compatibility issues with residential neighbourhoods, the land’s best use would be for employment lands, he added. Rather than dwell on just the Thomasfield pro-
posal, Coun. Mark Bauman suggested the township should undertake a detailed secondary plan for Breslau, determining the type, location and pace of future growth for the village as a whole. In the big picture, the planning staff’s report on the ROP calls for a reduction in duplication and overlap of planning responsibilities between the region and individual municipalities. There need to be more distinctions between the work done at the two levels of government, Kennaley said.
Currently, much of the work done for zone changes at the municipal levels is just repeated at the regional level. Such tasks and decisions should be left to the municipality, which is much more accountable to applicants – a Woolwich resident can’t get that from the region. Local planning issues belong in township hands, where services are more accessible to residents, and where the decision makers have a stake in the community, Kennaley said in an interview. “The area municipality goes through an approval process, and then
it goes through the same thing at the region – the question is ‘why?’ “At that point, it seems to be a bit of a waste of time and energy and money.” Complete authority for approving subdivisions, for instance, belongs in the hands of the township, he said, noting Kitchener already has that power, and the practice is common in other municipalities. “The idea is to get planning closer to the people it affects.” A revised township position on the ROP is expected back on the table when council meets again Feb. 24.
After-shave: He’s got a whole new look Manser road and aMent Line reconstruction Linwood, township of weLLesLey The Regional Municipality of Waterloo invites you to attend a Public Input Meeting for the Manser Road and Ament Line Reconstruction project in Linwood. The project limits include Manser Road from the south village limit to the north village limit and Ament Line from Manser Road to the east village limit, a total distance of approximately 1,900 metres. The preferred design presented at the Public Consultation Centre on November 19, 2008 included: replacement of the existing deteriorated pavement; concrete curb and gutter; cycling/buggy lanes; paved boulevards with parking in the commercial areas and in front of the Linwood Union Cemetery; grassed/treed boulevards and no parking in the residential areas; sidewalk where needed to provide continuous pedestrian facilities; storm sewer drainage improvements; and repairs to the bridges over the Linwood Municipal Drain. All interested parties are now invited to attend a Public Input Meeting to be held on March 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm at the Linwood Community Centre. At this meeting, staff will present the results of the community survey distributed to all Linwood residents in January to obtain the opinion of all residents on how they think the residential areas of the main streets should look after this project is completed, ie. grass and trees in boulevards (parking prohibited) or paved boulevards (with parking). The purpose of this March 3rd meeting is for Regional Councillors to receive public comments regarding: a) the Project Team’s technically-preferred alternative and b) which of the two boulevard alternatives is preferred by the public. If you wish to appear at this meeting to express your opinion on this project, please register as a delegation by contacting Council & Administrative Services at (519) 575-4420 or fax (519) 575-4481.
The Public Input Meeting will be held as follows: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:00 pm The Linwood Community Centre 5279 Ament Line Linwood
Plans and other study information will be available for public review prior to the meeting from 6:00 pm. to 7:00 pm.
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The campaign kicked off Jan. 9 – coincidentally on Patrick’s birthday – and Bernie starting things rolling by donating 10 per cent of his goal. The fundraising team appealed to other Home Hardware employees and their friends and families for donations. By Feb. 13, the end of the 36 days, they had not only surpassed the goal but doubled it, raising $10,000. “I didn’t think they were going to go ahead with it,” Bernie said. “I’m very pleased with where we ended up.” So on Friday the 13th, Bernie sat on a stool in front of a crowd of his coworkers while Me-
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Infrastructure money coming for Woolwich, Wellesley Townships to receive funding from federal and provincial governments under Building Canada program Woolwich and Wellesley townships each got stimulated this week courtesy of the Building Canada fund. Woolwich learned it will receive $1,756,000 from the federal and provincial governments to cover roadwork in the township, while Wellesley will get $664,534. The funding was announced Tuesday by Kitchener-Conesto g a MPP Leeanna Pendergast and her federal counterpart, MP Harold Albrecht. In Woolwich the feds and the province will each contribute $878,000, with the township covering the remainder of the $2.6 million reconstruction of Arthur, Brubacher, and Second streets. In Wellesley, the senior governments will put up $332,267 apiece toward paving portions of Steffler Road and Broadway Street in Hawkesville. The township will cover the remaining third of the $996,800 project, which will see new pavement on a 3.8-kilometre stretch.
“We are very happy, ecstatic that we got this project,” said public works director Will McLaughlin. The local reconstruction jobs are part of 289 infrastructure renewal projects across the province, funded by some $1 billion, split between three levels of government. In 2009, through Building Canada, Ontario municipalities qualifying for the “community” component of the program should see approximately $724 million, which will be funded by both provincial and federal governments. “The Township of Woolwich appreciates the funding being provided to the municipality through the Building Canada program. Partnerships such as this will allow the municipality to be able to address our long-term infrastructure program,” said Woolwich Mayor Bill Strauss. The money, not accounted for in this year’s capital budget, will allow the project to go ahead this year. In conjunction with
the Wellesley project, Woolwich has budgeted to do some paving on its side of Steffler Road, a boundary route. Satisfied with the government funding, Wellesley Mayor Ross Kelterborn also underscored the benefits that the Hawkesville project will offer in stimulating the economy, a scenario the feds hope to see played
out across the country. “I am very delighted, of course, that we got what we asked for and am very happy that we can help both the provincial and federal governments to try and get the economy turned around by creating some jobs in Wellesley Township,” said Kelterborn. “It’s more crucial for the country and the
economy: the world isn’t going to come to an end if we don’t get that road done in the next couple weeks.” Shovel-ready and good to go, road crews could start working on the Hawkesville project in the late spring or early summer. Also on tap in Wellesley this year is ongoing work on the $2.2 million
Hawkesville Road reconstruction project that got underway last fall, as well as road reconstruction in Linwood, as Waterloo Region looks to repair sections of Ament Line and Manser Road. “We’ve got a bit of a list but with these successes I have to admit the list is starting to get shorter and that’s a good thing,” said McLaughlin.
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just ref the game.” Campbell-Pascall works for Hockey Night in Canada, commenting during games in Montreal and Ottawa. She called the preseason games that were held in the last two Hockeyville winners, but this is her first time doing the tour. “It’s been really fun, just getting to meet different people and learning a little bit more about Canada. Not that I didn’t know they were passionate about hockey, but sometimes when you go to these small centres it’s hammered into your head just how passionate
Canadians are about the game.” They’ve also had the chance to learn a little more about the culture of each area. In Newfoundland they were “Screeched in,” and in British Columbia, she and the producer danced with a native group, the Killer Whale Clan. In Woolwich, she got to film a segment from a buggy and tour a Mennonite farm. Campbell-Pascall was impressed with the community spirit in Woolwich and the team effort behind the Hockeyville entry. “I arrived late Thursday night, about 9:30, and I
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could see the decorations in the dark, the jerseys on the front porches and the hockey sticks sticking out of the snowbank and the Kraft Hockeyville colours of red white and
blue – that was evident in the dark.” Doing the Hockeyville tour also gives CampbellPascall a chance to get back on the ice. She helps coach a girls’ team in Calgary, but the only time she’s played hockey in the past year was a shinny game during CBC’s Hockey Day in Canada. Despite the whirlwind weekend schedule, there was also time for a little relaxation. “We went down to the Central Tavern last night, that was fun. There was a live band and everyone kind of knew everybody and it was sort of like Cheers.”
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» LAW & ORDER
Horse struck by two transport trucks »»
February 11
9:00 AM | An Elmira resident contacted police to report the loss of a license plate bearing the marker PP5117. 2:01 PM | Police received a report of a theft from a vehicle parked on Henry Street in St. Jacobs. The driver’s side rear window was found to be broken. Damage to the interior of the vehicle was also reported. An iPod and a cellular phone were taken. The investigation continues. 3:00 PM | Some time overnight a vehicle belonging to a St. Jacobs resident was broken into. There was no damage, however a small amount of cash (change) and a vehicle insurance slip were taken.
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February 12
9:00 AM | Police received a call about a vehicle rollover on Arthur Street, south of Sawmill Road. A tow truck was called in to remove the vehicle. As a result of the investigation the driver was charged with two
Herrgott Road in Wellesley Township was the scene Feb. 11 of a collision involving an unfortunate horse and two transport trucks. The mishap occurred about 7:25 p.m. There were no human injuries as a result of the collision, but the animal eventually succumbed to its injuries. A horse-and-buggy was southbound on Herrgott Road when the horse, for an unknown reason, darted across the lane and into the path of a northbound transport truck. Struck by the truck the horse was loosened from the carriage and subsequently took off southbound on Herrgott, where it was struck by another transport truck. Road conditions at the time were poor with heavy rain and fog; there were no charges. G1 licence offences.
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February 13
10:47 PM | Police received several reports of forced entries on Campbell Place, Reiner Crescent and Greenwood Hill Road in Wellesley. Jewelry and cash were taken. The investigations continue.
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February 14
2:10 AM | An Elmira resident
reported the theft of a bank card after noticing unusual activity on the account. The complainant cancelled the card; the investigation continues.
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February 15
1:00 AM | Police on patrol in the Elmira area located a male parked in a vehicle in the area of Flamingo Drive. It was discovered that the man had
been using narcotics while in the vehicle. He was arrested and a subsequent search of the vehicle yielded a quantity of narcotics. The individual was charged with four counts of possession and breach of undertaking and was held for a show-cause hearing.
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February 16
2:46 AM | Police responded to Middlebrook Road in West Montrose as a result of a report that two males had been breaking into vehicles. A local resident surprised them and shouted at them, at which point they left the scene on foot. Nothing appears to have been taken from the vehicles. 4:30 AM | Police were conducting speed enforcement in the area of St. Clements on Lobsinger Line when they clocked a vehicle travelling 80 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. The vehicle was stopped and upon further investigation the man at the wheel was arrested for impaired driving and was
transported to Division 1 of the WRPS to provide a breath sample. The driver was subsequently charged with ‘impaired driving,’ ‘over 80’ and ‘speeding.’ He was released on a promise to appear.
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February 17
8:00 AM | A Wellesley resident reported the loss of a trailer plate bearing the marker A8836J. 10:41 AM | Police received another report of a lost license plate: A91 87L. It is believed it was lost at some time within the previous six months in an unknown location. 7:45 PM | A St. Jacobs resident contacted police to notify them of a break-and-enter that appeared to have taken place some time between 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. An undisclosed amount of jewelry was taken. Police remind residents to lock their doors. Entry was gained through an unlocked rear door.
11:30 PM | A 34-year-old Palmerston man was driving his vehicle northbound on Balsam Grove Road near Line 86 when he lost control of the vehicle and struck several trees along the highway. The man was transported by ambulance to the hospital where he was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. The investigation into the cause of the crash continues. Northfield Drive, from Highway 86 to Sandy Hills Drive was subsequently closed until 7 a.m.
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February 18
11:14 AM | Police received yet another report of a break-andenter in St. Jacobs. It appears that the crime was discovered by a neighbour, as the residents were away at the time. The forensic identification branch was notified and the investigation continues. 1:00 PM | A Woolwich-area resident reported the loss of a license plate bearing the marker 855 RL.
Be vigilant for fraudsters, police warn MARC MIQUEL HELSEN If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. That’s a valuable mantra when it comes to protecting oneself from fraudulent offers and scams, say police. Owing in part to the proliferation of Internet usage, it seems that fraudulent offers, whether by phone or online, are now more common than ever. According to the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s annual report,
police here responded to 1,315 reports of fraud in 2007; 679 of those cases were cleared, meaning that either charges were laid, suspects were identified or calls were deemed unfounded. Fraud can happen to anyone, can take many forms and can be realized through several different media, including internet, phone or in person. While the former two might be more common, in-person scams are not uncommon. Indeed, last month, a
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group of individuals claiming to be roofers approached area homeowners and offered them home repairs for what turned out to be disproportionate prices; banking on the fact that the victims would know no better, the suspects stressed the importance of getting the work done. In such scenarios, homeowners are often pressed by fraudulent contractors into believing that proposed renovations or repairs are necessary immediately. Typically, the
con artists then request large sums of money up front for the purposes of “securing” materials or work orders. In reality, the work is often unnecessary and in other cases not completed. In other cases, services rendered may be substandard in quality or simply more expensive. As with many other crimes, “frauds are crimes of opportunity,” says Constable Jason Boutcher. “Easy marks” become the targets of fraudsters looking for an easy score. Often, people looking for a good deal become the inadvertent victims of these crimes. “If you get a cheque for fifty grand, you need to start questioning these
things; it should be a red flag – you don’t get anything for nothing is essentially what it boils down to,” said Boutcher. Seniors, because they often live alone, have more disposable income and are often more trusting of others are also frequent targets of fraudsters. Boutcher notes that education and a healthy level of skepticism are key to protecting oneself from fraud and offers up a number of tips on fraud prevention. Red flags to watch for: » Requests for personal information such as a bank account or credit card number or a request by a person to verify such information (a bank will not call you and ask you
DECA: Now eyeing music business » From page 03
The competition will bring together students from North America as well as Europe, offering them a chance to network, said Skinner. “It’s always good to know as many people as you can, network with a lot of people, because they can help you out in the future if you ever want to get a job or need contacts in a certain industry,” said Skinner, noting that he plans on studying business and/ or music at university when he finishes high school.
Skinner, a guitar player and teacher, has pondered launching some kind of a business related in some way to music: maybe a recording studio or a production company, or a guitar manufacturer. “Owning a company like that would be cool because there’s a business side to it and then you can also make guitars and that’s something I like a lot … putting those together.” To help support his to trip to the international competition in Anaheim, call 519-656-3170.
to verify bank account or personal identification numbers). » Payment is requested in cash or by money transfer. » Payment is requested to cover taxes or for processing fees in order for you to receive a prize. » There is pressure to accept a limited time offer. » You are provided with an unsolicited cheque (often from another country) and asked to cash the cheque then wire though a money transfer service back to the sender to cover such things as overpayments, processing fees, and the like. Just because your bank accepts your cheque does not mean it is legitimate. Although your bank statement may immediately reveal the amount of the deposited cheque, it may take several days or weeks for you to discover that the cheque you cashed is fraudulent – by then your money is sent and gone. For more information, visit the Waterloo Regional Police website at www. wrps.on.ca or for phone fraud contact the OPPled Phonebusters at www. phonebusters.com or 1-888-495-8501. Locally, organizations interested in having a member of the WRPS provide a presentation on fraud prevention or any other crime prevention or safety topic should contact Const. Jason Boutcher or Sgt. Sig Peters at Division 3A in Elmira, 519-570-3000, ext. 3319.
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AN OFF-ICE ADVENTURE Elmira Sugar Kings player Tyler Kuntz reads to the students in Mrs. Harnock’s kindergarten class Feb. 13. St. Teresa Elementary School has just wrapped up a three-week readathon to raise funds for the school.
WCS to hold financial management session JONI MILTENBURG Woolwich Community Services is holding an information session Feb. 26 for people who want to learn about managing and preventing debt. The session isn’t just for people in financial difficulty; it’s also for those who are looking for information on managing their household finances. “Hopefully a little bit of prevention about how to keep afloat in the tough economic times ahead,” said Kelly Christie, community resource coordinator at WCS. Heather Cudmore of Catholic Family Credit Counseling will be
speaking about good spending habits, how to avoid living off credit cards, and managing debt. “I’m hoping people will realize it is for everyone,” Christie said. “Some people have been laid off, some people lost overtime hours, some people are waiting for EI. My fear is it’s only going to get worse.” She’s noticed an increase in the number of people coming in to check the job board and use the computers to job search. Staff at WCS are anticipating an increase in the number of people coming in for food hampers and birthday presents. “Your child’s having a
birthday and where are you going to find the money for that gift when you’re trying to pay the bills and rent and food costs?” Registration isn’t required, Christie said, but if people want to make sure a topic is covered they can contact her at 519-669-5139. “If people have specific questions that they know they want to address but they might be shy about it, they can call and let me know what it is and I can make sure it gets asked on their behalf.” The information session will be held Feb. 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Woolwich Community Services on Arthur Street in Elmira.
Where other area municipalities are inflicting tax hikes outstripping inflation, Wellesley looked at the tough economic times and opted for a 1.25-per-cent increase for 2009. A pared-down budget won preliminary approval from councillors meeting Tuesday night. The increase on the township portion of the property tax bill amounts to another $9.53 on an average home assessed at $216,000, boosting the annual average to $730.78 Overall, Wellesley expects to work with an operating budget of $5,800,363.44 this year, with capital expenditures totaling $4,227,473. The 1.25 per cent figure is dramatically lower than the 5.5 per cent hike approved last year. “The direction that staff received from council was to prepare a budget that had a very minimal impact on the taxpayer. By the same token, we wanted to ensure that we continued to take care of issues that related to health and safety, that we continued to build reserves
so that we don’t fall behind and have to play catch-up again, and that we continued to support the tax-rate stabilization reserve as a contributing factor to the budget,” said chief administrative officer Susan Duke. While last year’s budget accounted for a number of big-ticket items, including numerous road and bridge improvements, renovations to the Crosshill council chambers, a significant addition to the municipal administration building, and the purchase of a rescue vehicle for the St. Clements fire station, this year’s to-do list is perhaps smaller by comparison. While some major projects, like the Hawkesville Road reconstruction project, are underway, this year’s list is smaller and more tentative. A number of projects are on the books, but are pending funding grants from upper tier governments. That list includes repairs and upgrades to the Weimar Line, Campbell Drain Bridge, the Broadway/Steffler Road upgrade – for which the provincial and federal governments this week announced $664,534 – Siegner Bridge rehabili-
tation, and pavement extensions to Greenwood Hill Road, Weimar Line and Hessen Strasse. “There is a list of projects that we would do if we got the funding for them, but we can’t build those into our budget unless we know that we’re getting the money,” said Duke. As for new staffing positions, council opted to make provisions to allow for the addition of a part-time position. Without knowing exactly the effects of the economic down turn on Wellesley residents, Duke said that staff and councillors were conscious of the economic landscape when crafting the 2009 budget. “Certainly, council as a whole was concerned about the economic conditions … the situation that we currently find ourselves in,” said Duke. “Staff came in with very minimal requests. We really did keep our preliminary budgets as tight and as controlled as we possibly could.” Before giving final approval to the budget, councillors will hear from residents at a public meeting Mar. 2 at the Crosshill chambers.
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Tempered growth the best option Compared to the detrimental population numbers in most of the world – a planet of 6.5 billion and counting – growth in the townships seems rather sedate indeed. Still, the growth figures bandied about as Woolwich councillors this week discussed the Waterloo Region’s official plan are a reminder that some dramatic changes are coming. Over the next couple of decades, by 2031, Woolwich’s population is expected to hit 32,500 residents, up from 21,500 today, while Wellesley will reach 13,000, up from about 10,000. The largest of Waterloo Region’s four rural townships, Woolwich will still hold that place 20 years hence. With Wilmot and North Dumfries seeing much larger jumps, Wellesley is expected to be the least populous in 2031, when the region’s overall population is forecasted to be 729,000, an increase of 53 per cent over the 2006 census figure of 478,000 (438,000 in 2001). Such growth in the region is bound to put pressures on available land, especially in the townships where farms are still the norm. On the growth and expansion front, the
region has its growth management strategy in place, calling for fewer greenfield developments and more intensification in the downtown cores of the three cities, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. Attached to that goal is the light rail transit scheme designed to encourage public transit over private automobiles. While the rail line may eventually extend to St. Jacobs and Elmira, the intensification plan doesn’t particularly apply to the townships, where much of the residential growth is typical single-family suburban homes. In Elmira, the trend is particularly at play – even in the past five years, the town has changed noticeably; with five significant residential developments underway, more changes will come soon – it’s difficult to picture what another 25 years will bring. Breslau, of course, represents the most dramatic changes in the offing. With plans for some 1,000 new homes and hundreds of acres of industrial land awaiting development, the village is likely to be completely altered over the next two decades. On the growth front, the township will continue to be squeezed by the need for development and the push to retain the small-
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town feel and rural qualities that brings new people here in the first place. Growth brings an increased tax base and, in the case of commercial/industrial projects, jobs and opportunity. But growth also increases demand for municipal services, boosting costs. Then there are the qualityof-life issues. Unbridled growth, while paying shortterm dividends, would ultimately become counterproductive. We do not have to look far to see the downside of sprawl – the region itself is looking to control the negatives developing in the cities bordering on Woolwich, most notably the western and northern edges of Waterloo and the Kitchener’s west side. The long boom that preceded the current downturn made the region’s economy something envied across the country. As the cities run out of developable land, more eyes will be on the townships – Woolwich’s geography making it the prime space. That, however, is all the more reason not to rush in, to make sure the development plans for those remaining lands are the most effective for the region and, particularly, the township.
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Shame on enemies of action on global warming Only a fool would argue against the scientific reports about the dramatic consequences of climate change. Increasing greenhouse gases and the results will be very serious if we start doing something now, and catastrophic if we don’t. Still, we refuse to take action. What a shame. What horrible governmental neglect – deliberate neglect at that! The years we should have learned and acted, our governments permitted and even encouraged the horrible practices that now threaten the very existence of our species on this planet. This shameful time, the past 25 years, are, as Churchill would likely have called them, the years the locusts ate. Let’s look at what happened. The public relations people spent the whole time telling the world that the climate concerns were stuff and nonsense. Exaggerations! Bad science! What was happening either wasn’t happening or, if it was, it was just one of Mother Nature’s cyclical things that would come and go. Public relations people are not hired to pass judgment on how their clients ply their trade. They are hired to put
the best possible face on everything they do. I know a bit about it because I briefly did some consulting work, 20 years ago, for a large PR firm. Some of what the flack does is pretty routine stuff and relatively harmless. When, however, they jump the line between true and false, they do enormous harm. Their most effective weapon we, through our politicians, handed to the environment despoilers long ago. We – our society – placed the onus of proving harm upon ourselves, not the user. At the same time, our governments took away from us the former policemen in the environment, namely, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the provincial Ministry of Environment. These two agencies still exist but they have been thoroughly politicized, and now they too put the onus of proving harm on the public and in fact shill for the industries they are supposed to monitor. On environment issues, therefore, the public has no friends save themselves and environmental organizations they support. The onus of proof must be placed back where it belongs – on those who would use the environment. Moreover, the onus of proof, and this is critical,
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must be accompanied by the precautionary principle which argues that if an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not ensue, the action must not take place. In days gone by, this principle was at least the stated policy of government. While I don’t want to belabour a constant issue of mine, the classic breach of the precautionary principle was the farming of Atlantic salmon in B.C. waters. Put shortly, 15 years ago, when the fish farms came seriously to our coast, there was an abundance of evidence from Norway, Scotland and Ireland demonstrating that it was hugely dangerous to have fish pens near migrating salmonid smolts because the sea lice from these cages would destroy them. Between 1997, the time the NDP government placed a moratorium on Atlantic salmon farms, and 2001, when the Campbell government lifted it, independent science poured forth and unanimously supported the evidence from Norway, Scotland and Ireland. The government ignored the science, thereby saying “get stuffed” to those who pled the precautionary principle. What the removal of the precautionary principle does is play right into
the hands of the PR flack because instead of having to defend his client, all he need do is raise doubts, with disinformation as his main weapon. The actions taken by the fish farmers are remarkable examples of how independent science has been downplayed and often ignored. Let me give you one example. After years of denying that lice from fish farms attacked salmon smolts in the Broughton Archipelago, where tiny smolts have to run a gauntlet of millions of sea lice from these cages, the farmers and their buddies in government argued that no one had proved that it was these precise lice that were doing the damage. Even when some fish pens were left fallow during salmon migrations, and there was a bountiful return, the flacks, wonderfully aping the ink fish, raised all manner of silly possibilities as explanations. I only use the fish farm example because it’s current in our bailiwick. The shifting of the burden of proof onto the public instead of it remaining on those who would advocate taking the action, is worldwide. We have a Department of Fisheries and Oceans (federal) and a B.C. Environment Ministry both of which have laws to administer which clearly place See MAIR »14
Sri Lanka crushing Tamil rebels, but problems still exist The greatest mistakes are made on the morrow of the greatest victories. Sri Lanka is now approaching a decisive victory in its 26-year war against Tamil separatism, and it is about to make a very
big mistake. “While separatist terrorism must be eradicated,” wrote Lasantha Wickrematunge, editor of the Sunday Leader, “it is important to address the root causes of terrorism, and urge government to view Sri Lanka’s ethnic strife in the context of history and not through the telescope of terrorism. We have agitated against state terrorism in the so-called war against terror, and made no secret of our horror that Sri Lanka is the only country in the world routinely to bomb its own citizens.” Wickrematunge left that on his computer, to be published if he was murdered, which he duly was last month. He knew it was going to happen, and he believed that he knew who would be
responsible: the government. Which is why he addressed President Mahinda Rajapaksa directly in his post-mortem article. It was the first time that most of Wickrematunge’s readers learned that he and the president had been close friends for a quarter-century. Indeed, they regularly met late at night at the president’s house, alone or with a few other old friends. “In the wake of my death,” Wickrematunge wrote, “I know you (President Rajapaksa) will make all the usual sanctimonious noises ... but like all the inquiries you have ordered in the past, nothing will come of this one. For truth be told, we both know who will be behind my death, but dare not call his name. [Almost certainly Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the president’s brother.] Not just my life but yours too depends on it.” Like the United States under George W. Bush, Sri Lanka has ceased to respect the law in its fight against “terrorism.” Since the Tamil minority began fighting for a separate state in 1983, over 70,000 people have been killed in
Sri Lanka, the majority of them civilians – and since President Rajapaksa took power in 2004, 14 journalists have been murdered by unknown assailants. Rajapaksa is now on the brink of destroying the rebel army, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (“Tamil Tigers”). Even one year ago they still controlled some 15,000 sq. km (6,000 sq. mi) in the north and north-east of the island, where they maintained all the institutions of a sovereign state. But the relentless offensive of the Sri Lankan army has now reduced them to only a couple of hundred square kilometres (less than a hundred square miles) of territory. Within a week or two, that will be gone too, and what remains of the Tamil Tigers will no longer control a pseudo-state. Good riddance, for they were brutal extremists who killed their own Tamil people, in order to enforce unquestioning obedience, just as readily as their suicide bombers killed the majority Sinhalese population. But that doesn’t mean that Sri Lanka can just go back to the kind of country it
was before the fighting began in 1983. The Tamils had a reason to revolt. Tamil-speaking Hindus have been part of Sri Lanka’s complex ethnic and religious mosaic for centuries, but they are only 12 per cent of the population. They got along well enough with the Sinhalese-speaking, Buddhist majority when the island was first united under British imperial rule in the early 19th century, but after that the relationship went rapidly downhill. The British, in typical divide-andrule style, favoured the Tamil minority in education and in civil service jobs. Sinhalese resentment grew rapidly, and the first Sinhalese-Tamil riots were in 1939. As in the subsequent bouts of killing, most of the victims were Tamils. Once independence arrived in 1948, the Sinhalese used their majority to pass laws giving members of their own community preference for university entrance and government jobs, and Sinhala was declared the sole national language. As Sinhalese and Tamil ethnic nationalism grew more extreme,
16 with the privilege of driving. Following that comes voting at age 18 and purchasing alcohol and tobacco at 19. By taking away the first step in the development, you delay the maturity at the next generation significantly. If government officials ever decided raising the driving age to 19 was the solution to accidents, there would still be inexperienced drivers on the road, but at an older age. The “more mature” drivers may have better judgment, but they still lack the experience you gain while driving with your parents at the age of 16. When I first started driving, I
remember sitting beside my father listening to him criticize my every movement. This time spent learning from a very experienced driver may not have been as highly regarded if it had happened three years later. As for the accidents that current teenagers cause, it’s a shame they don’t have the sense to drive the speed limit, subsequently risking the lives of other motorists. However, you can’t criticize the entire population for the mistakes of some. If I had been forced to wait until now to have my licence, there would
be many opportunities missed in my young life, such as dates, trips to the beach, visiting friends at university and so on. Also, much of my development as a young adult would have been sacrificed. My goal back when I was 14 was to own a truck by the time I turned 16; to achieve that goal, I had to work hard and cut out fruitless spending. That money management is the first step toward responsibility. When I bought the truck, there was maintenance to deal with, filling it up with gas and, of course, impressing
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» LETTER TO THE EDITOR Leave driving age at 16 to encourage sense of responsiblity in youth To the Editor, As a 19-year-old male, I understand there are accidents caused by my age group. This letter is not intended to deny that fact, but to show how many factors there are in becoming a responsible young adult. Learning responsibility is a progressive movement starting at the age of
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Dyer: Reforms must accompany peace » From page 13
some of the riots in the 1960s and 1970s verged on anti-Tamil pogroms. By the late 1970s, the process of setting up a shadow Tamil state in the north and north-east had begun. Open war broke out in 1983, with the Tamil Tigers rapidly eliminating the rival Tamil separatist groups and establishing totalitarian control over the population under their rule. Twenty-six years later, the Tamil Tigers’ army has finally been crushed, and the Sri Lankan state (in practice, the Sinhalese state) is triumphant. But the 12 per cent of the population who are Tamils will still not accept unequal status, and they are not going away.
This is the time when a peace that gives the Tamils equal rights and autonomous local governments in the areas where they are a majority could secure the country’s future, but it is most unlikely to happen. Sinhalese nationalism is as intolerant as ever, and now it is triumphalist to boot. Moreover, the rapid growth of a “national security state” under President Rajapaksa has undermined democracy and largely silenced criticism of government policies. The forecast, therefore, is for a reversion to guerilla war in the north, and continuing campaigns of murder by both the government and Tamil extremists in the rest of the country.
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» OBSERVER Q&A
Do you think governments should pour more money into the auto industry?
“For companies like the big three, yes, but the smaller automotive companies they don’t need it as much because they’re doing just as well, even with the recession and they don’t need more money.”
“I think they should. It will help them get back on their feet again and if they use it wisely … so (people) don’t lose their jobs. It’s very sad when people lose their jobs.”
“I think they’ve put enough money in.”
“Part of me says no, you should let bad businesses fail and new businesses come up and have their chance but then there’s a lot of jobs on the line and a lot of families that are relying on it so, I’m really torn.”
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Mair: Polluters must prove no harm » From page 13
the burden of proof on those who want to take the action. Yet, instead of enforcing these rules, both ministries, on orders from their political masters, have taken upon themselves the duty of helping the potential spoilers with their licensing requirements, turning a blind eye to their transgressions, and promoting the industry they are supposed to monitor. (In one case, the B.C. government actually returned fines levied against the fish farmers.) This may all seem like legalistic nitpicking but it’s far from that. The shifting of the burden of proof away from those using the environment has meant that the work governments are supposed to do as policemen of the environment not only doesn’t happen anymore, but worse, the government “policemen”
are on the side of the despoiler. What has all this to do with global warming? A hell of a lot. For if the governments are going to support obvious causes of global warming and other environmental degradation, it will fall to the people – not those they elect to look after their interests – and environmental groups they may support to demonstrate the harm. The only way we can tackle both the big problems and the lesser ones is for governments to place the onus of disproving harm squarely on the user. Given the recent history of both the federal and provincial governments, that won’t be easy. But, unless we put the burden of proof where it belongs, we have zero chance of making headway in our long delayed fight for our planet’s survival.
Letter: Don’t delay emotional growth » From page 13
my friends with my new baby. Impressing them was not about driving fast or doing doughnuts, but showing off that I had my own vehicle as a result of my hard work. Why would I jeopardize my newfound love and the lives of others just to drive faster? If the driving age had been raised to 19 a few years ago, I would never
have learned the value of a dollar, how to look after a vehicle or known the ways of the road until now. I know many of my friends went through the same process. Raising the driving age would merely push back the problems by a few years. Do we really want to cause the underdevelopment of our youth? Bryan Maher Elmira
ACTING ON CRITICISMS THE STIMULUS WILL BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE, THE FEDS AND PROVINCE OPT FOR a MORE DIRECT APPROACH.
Substance trumps celebrity, but do we make a distinction? To the Editor, While the Canadian dollar tanks, the currency called celebrity soars on world markets as the once-august halls of government take on the glitter of Hollywood. President Barack Obama, the globe’s superstar, came to power riding an untried silver tongue. So moving were his speeches that billions touted him as the messiah, able to end wars, fix economies and create on planet Earth an enormous love-in – akin to buying a new car without going for a test drive. The movie industry depends for its every breath on illusion, which explains why Caroline Kennedy could have ever
supposed she would become senator for New York State. A private person now in her fifties who hadn’t dipped her toe into the political waters, she believed she had a right to the honour by virtue of once living in Camelot, now a ghost town. Canada isn’t exempt, as son Justin Trudeau will ride on Pierre’s coattails right into 24 Sussex – at least that’s what the media sees in its crystal ball. Forget that he appears to have little of the edge, charisma and downright arrogance of his dad, notwithstanding his good looks. Even Stéphane Dion’s replacement, Michael Ignatieff, who dropped
from the skies of academia south of the 49th, preferred our neighbour for many years. With roots running deep in Russian aristocracy, he’s already caught up to Stephen Harper, a sign of how limp Dion was. As with Obama, Ignatieff ’s celebrity is based not on his track record of political savvy but on the simple fact he presents well publicly, speaking so we can understand, insisting that what really matters is the people and the power. And, last but not least, promising change: a new way on the Hill. The staid, ivory tower politics of days past are at an end, so that spin becomes once more
what tops do and plants what we do with plants. Early signs that the rank and file were tiring of the stuffed shirts and the power hungry can be found in such examples as Arnold the Terminator, governor of California; U2’s Bono, who spends more time on talk shows than on stage; and even the late Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher fame, one of the first crossovers. This leaves the voter in a dilemma, wondering whether celebrity is only cosmetic or if there’s substance within. At worst, it may be the lesser of two evils. Jim Newton New Dundee
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Wood-finishing firm finds outlet in tough times MARC MIQUEL HELSEN In uncertain and dire economic times a new customer is without a doubt a boon for any business. And that’s exactly what Elmira’s Horizon Coatings is looking at this season as it found a large wholesaler to distribute its prefinished wood products. “We’ve got mountains of the stuff here and we’re coating,” said company president Chris Martin, one of the company’s three owners. “With all that’s going on in the economy it’s nice to have a new customer.” Since late December, Horizon Coatings, the Bonnie Crescent custom finishing company specializing in the prefinishing of wood products, is now receiving quantities of primed exterior wood products from Taiga Building Products in Quebec. Those primed materials are then prefinished or coated in Elmira and then sent back to Montréal to be distributed by the wholesaler. After about a year’s worth of negotiations and trial runs, the first
of a number of trucks rumbled into Elmira loaded with the primed product. Last month, Horizon Coatings shipped its first batch of prefinished material out to Montréal and is shipping two more truckloads this week. Each shipment includes approximately 18,000 kg (40,000 lb) and 40,000 feet of prefinished product. The shipments couldn’t have come at a better time, said Martin, noting that this fall – peak season for the industry – the company saw a major drop in sales. “It was significantly less … about 40 per cent less than the year before,” he explained. “An analogy would be the toy stores that are not busy in December.” Fortunately for Martin, he and his partners had already gained valuable experience dealing with industry snares in the past. Just a few years into the business, the Elmira company, which was founded seven years ago, lost a significant portion of its sales as it struggled to compete with overseas companies; Chinese imports, especially, dramatically affected the local company’s sale of louvers,
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MORE WORK ON THE HORIZON Darren Pollon (left) and Chris Martin of Horizon Coatings in Elmira stand next to some exterior trim prefinished in Elmira and bound for Montreal this week. The local company started doing business with a national wholesaler last month.
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the time was ripe to create his own prefinished pine product to be sold through a number of building supply stores in Ontario and now Quebec. “We could be a little more in charge of our own destiny having our own product rather than relying on customers …” The tongue-and-groove panels are 2.4 metres (eight feet) long and about 12.5 centimetres (five inches) wide; the sides are all coated simultaneously and are then cured simultaneously through the use of ultraviolet light. Up to 6,000 feet of product are prefinished in an hour. Horizon is now negotiating with Taiga to have it distribute its Pine Ready product in Quebec. With transport trucks already hauling its finished materials to Montreal, it seemed logical to have them cart the prefinished pine product as well. “We’re launching Ready Pine in Quebec and it works very well because even if we only have a few bundles of Ready Pine that’s a few more than we would have sold because it’s a market we’re not in.”
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Leaders can help solve crisis of immorality Without sounding too simplistic, some would lay the economic problems we’re having at the feet of immorality. Society got too greedy – we over consumed in many ways, and the chickens have come home to roost. That means astounding job losses, bailouts in the trillions and a general malaise that most of us have never experienced. And while the enormity of the matter is overwhelming, there’s one aspect that can be changed pronto – that is, business ethics. Canadian farm leader Jack Wilkinson, who received an honourary doctor of laws degree from the University of Guelph earlier this week, told Wednesday’s convocating class for the College of Management and Economics that they and other graduates have a unique opportunity to instill a new morality into the businesses, industries and organizations they join or start. Wilkinson says rebuilding will include new corporate ethics. They’ll be based significantly on equality. CEOs won’t be making millions at the expense of
shop floor workers who make comparatively little. Executives won’t be walking away with obscene bonuses while their companies fail. Society won’t put up with it, and consumers won’t stand by and get skewered. That change will take vision and leadership. And that, says Wilkinson, is what university graduates offer. He thinks Canadians, in particular, can help turn things around. In the six years he was president of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, representing 600 million farm families globally, Wilkinson travelled to some 60 countries. And with all he saw, he continued to be impressed with Canadians’ resiliency to succeed, especially farmers. Wilkinson says we don’t realize how we’ve already beaten so many odds, particularly the weather. As Canadians we mostly shrug it off, but we stun the world with the quality and variety of food we produce in such a northern climate, and on such a relatively small portion of our overall land mass. Having taken the leadership to beat those odds, can’t we do the same and turn over a new ethical leaf ?
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STARTING THEM YOUNG The youngest hockey fans were warmly bundled for the parade to the Elmira Arena Feb. 13. The chilly weather didn’t deter a big crowd of minor hockey players, families and friends from coming out.
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STACK ‘EM Kyle Martin sets up the last few boxes of Kraft Dinner in the EDSS gym. Some boxes were left laying flat before the pep rally started as insurance against being prematurely knocked over.
FACE TIME Students proudly displayed their Hockeyville colours during a pep rally at EDSS Feb. 13.
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THE RIGHT TOUCH Two-year-old Evan Passmore set off the chain reaction with his hockey stick.
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TEAM CANADA Mark Noot of Winterbourne waves to the crowd before a sledge hockey game with members of the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team and the K-W Sidewinders.
BRIDGE HOCKEY Two young fans take in the ball hockey action at the West Montrose covered bridge on the afternoon of Feb. 13.
FACE OFF The captains of the Woolwich and Brampton Minor Midget teams lined up for a ceremonial faceoff before their game Feb. 13 with regional Chair Ken Seiling, former mayor Bob Waters, MP Harold Albrecht, MPP Leanna Pendergast and Mayor Bill Strauss.
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LITTLE ELBOW ROOM Armed with Hockeyville thundersticks and dressed in hockey jerseys and Hockeyville colours, fans packed the stands to cheer on the Woolwich Minor Midget A team Feb. 13.
PLAYING FOR THE CROWDS Graham Colby advances on a Brampton defender. The Minor Midgets lost the game with 1:14 to go in overtime.
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KD KIDS Their faces painted with big blue ‘W’s, Alex Uttley and Austin Horst chant “Woolwich is Hockeyville” at a pep rally at Park Manor School Feb. 13.
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Cutting it on snowboarding circuit JONI MILTENBURG Hurtling down a mountain at speeds of 50, 60, 70 km/h, carving around a series of gates on his snowboard, Matt Carter just tries to keep his mind blank. “When I’m racing I try not to think at all, and just let my body do what it’s trained to do,” he said. Carter has spent years training to get to the level he’s at now: competing in the World Cup snowboarding circuit and getting ready to represent Canada at the World Junior championships in Japan the first week of March. Recently back from competing in Europe, he’s training in Calgary before he heads to Nagano. The 19-year-old Maryhill native got an early start on skis when he was just two. By the time he was seven, he was bored with skiing and wanted to try snowboarding like the other kids he saw on the hill. “On my seventh birthday my parents let me try snowboarding and I never put skis on again after that,” Carter said. He picked up the sport quickly, going as far as lessons could take him, and then started competing. After several years on the Ontario team, he
moved up to the North American circuit. Carter competed in all three events – half pipe, boardercross and racing – before settling on racing. Half pipe is the most popular and bestknown event, but Carter prefers the speed of racing over flashy tricks. “I’ve always liked how it looks,” he said. “If you know enough to appreciate snowboarding, it’s on a whole other level.” Carter moved to Calgary to train full-time after finishing high school. It was a big move for a 17-year-old, but one that he was ready to make. He already knew the coach and many of his teammates, and he ended up living with four teammates in Calgary, which made the transition easier. This is his second season on the world circuit, where he competes in both the parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom. Both events involve weaving around a series of gates in a race to the finish against another snowboarder. Unlike half pipe, which is judged, alpine racing is an elimination event where the rider who wins moves on to the next round. From the qualifying rounds to first place is 10 runs over the course of the
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ON THE CUTTING EDGE Maryhill native Matt Carter, 19, is getting ready to compete for Canada in the World Junior snowboarding championships in Japan during the first week of March. Carter was the junior national champion in parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom for 2008.
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After coming out unlucky against Waterloo on Friday the 13th, the Elmira Sugar Kings rebounded on Valentine’s Day to down Guelph 2-1 and followed that up by knocking around Owen Sound 9-2 on Sunday.
“I think most times when you get two out of three games, you’re probably pretty pleased, but I think our guys were expecting to win all three,” said head coach Geoff Haddaway. “We bounced back nicely and played a really good road game [on Saturday], but our
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COMING THROUGH Tyler Kuntz flies past an Owen Sound defender during the Elmira Sugar Kings’ game against the Greys Feb. 15. Kuntz had a pair of goals and an assist in the 9-2 blasting of the last-place team.
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day. “Ten runs might not sound like a lot, but the constant spikes of adrenaline really wear out the body,” Carter said. “For our sport, it’s a lot of quick bursts of energy. We don’t need as much endurance, it’s about getting power and getting power quickly. It’s also working on our energy levels to be able to do that throughout the day.” The training schedule for a full-time snowboarder is rigorous; they’re on the snow five days a week, for five hours a day, after which they head to the gym to work out. Snowboarders have to follow the snow to train; last year the team spent a month in New Zealand during the summer. It’s an expensive sport, due to the travel involved in training and following the tour during the competitive season. Equipment is another big expense; Carter has four boards, two for each type of race, and each board costs about $1,000. To offset those costs, he gets funding through the Ontario Quest for Gold program, designed to support athletes from Ontario in competing at the highest level. Travelling from race to race also means he only gets home about three times a year, for
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All is right with the world following the rifle ritual The other day a couple of good friends dropped in to visit my new rifle and shoot a few rounds. While here, they said hello to me too. Actually, I was quite pleased with the visit since I currently live in an estrogen-based environment created by my wife, daughter, three female hunting dogs, and cat. The remaining cat on our farm is, as you might have guessed, neutered. One of the great things about having male hunting buddies is that men have, with the exception of sports statistics, IOUs, and our own stories, very poor memories. This means that you can retell each other your own stories on each and every visit – and never the same way twice too. We also don’t feel
pressured to ever say anything intelligent, sensitive, or remotely age-appropriate, as we might in mixed company. And, when men go out for lunch, a cheeseburger and fries can pass as fine dining, but only so long as it’s delivered through a drive-through window. The point is this sudden influx of testosterone did me a world of good. In fact, I swear I felt hair growing on my back during their visit. The highlight of it all was shooting a rifle in the company of a couple of regular guys. It’s not that women can’t or don’t shoot rifles. It’s just that they haven’t yet had the time to develop the rifle shooting rituals that men have perfected over the last few centuries. For instance, the first thing a man does when looking at a rifle is raise it to his shoulder a couple of times and say something like, “Well, it comes up to my shoulder real nice,” or “Is that a
20-inch barrel?” We then begin the process of making insightful comments about the calibre chosen – in this case a .243 – discussing its merits with regards to hunting or shooting silver bullets at werewolves should that scenario one day present itself. It might surprise some people to learn, however, that the actual shooting component of the outing is but a small part of the whole process. In fact, we only took five shots in total, and four hit. There’s actually good reason for this. Typically, you take one shot to show that you can. The second one is to confirm this. The third, if necessary, is to vindicate a miss. This is not to be confused with serious marksmanship practice – in that case you take at least 20 shots to vindicate a miss. Of course, everyone involved is fine with taking so few shots. The owner of the rifle is pleased because each
bang essentially costs him one dollar. The people checking out the rifle are pleased because they’re just shooting your rifle to be polite, and the more shots they take the greater the chance of missing the target entirely. In the end, the rifle is returned in its case and complimented by all. Then we all wax eloquently about the firearms and power tools in our lives. This leads to the next part of the program where we wipe misty eyes and nod after someone says, “I could eat a horse.” What follows is the age-old quest for an establishment that serves horse or a reasonable facsimile. Shortly after lunch and the awkward shuffling of the tab, we all think the exact same thing, “My work here is done. I’ve been away from my kingdom for far too long.” And so we part ways, content in the knowledge that at least I didn’t miss.
Jacks pin hope for redemption on postseason JONI MILTENBURG The Wellesley Applejacks ended their regular season last weekend with a loss, a shootout win and an overtime loss before heading into the first round of the playoffs this weekend. On Feb. 12, the Applejacks headed to Ayr for a chippy contest that saw the two teams rack up 70 minutes in penalties. After a scoreless first period, Wellesley took a 2-0 lead with goals from Dan
Berwick and Chris Armstrong. The Centennials got on the board at the end of the second and then tied things up early in the third. Read Shantz notched one midway through the third to give Wellesley the lead again, but Ayr tied the game up just over a minute later. Ayr ended things with a goal 33 seconds into overtime, taking home the win. The Centennials followed the Applejacks back to Wellesley for a rematch the following night. The first period
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ended tied 1-1, and Ayr took the lead in the second frame, building it up to 3-1 before Armstrong scored his second of the game. The Centennials added one more with a minute and a half to go, and the second period ended 4-2. Berwick and Scott Hanley found the mesh in the third period to tie the game up, forcing overtime and then a shootout. Ayr’s three shooters fired blanks, while Berwick knocked one past the keeper to take the win. On Valentine’s Day the Applejacks faced Thamesford, the team they’ll meet in the first round of the playoffs this weekend. Wellesley’s strong penalty killing performance against Ayr – they gave up only one goal on 15 chances over the two nights – came to an end Saturday, as Thamesford scored all three of their goals on the power play. Wellesley was first on the board with a power play goal from Eric Parr five minutes into the first. Travis Parkin answered back for Thamesford with the first power play goal at the 13-minute mark, and the first period ended 1-1. Five minutes into the second period and killing off another penalty, Armstrong snagged the puck and blasted a slap shot past Thamesford’s Geoff Blandford for a shorthanded goal.
The Jacks held the lead until the final minute of the second frame. With a little less than two minutes to go, Hanley was handed a slashing penalty and Josh Van Eck scored for Thamesford to put the teams even at two apiece. At 4:28 in the third, with Berwick in the box for cross-checking, Mark Gibson put one away unassisted to give Thamesford the lead. The Jacks battled hard for the rest of the period, but the game ended 3-2 in Thamesford’s favour. “I think we played a very good game,” said head coach John Tsai after Saturday’s matchup. “We’ve played our best the last four games of the season and that’s the time to do it, going into the playoffs.” Tsai was happy with the team’s defensive effort, noting they’ve cut down on goals against, but acknowledged that penalty killing is a problem area. “The entire coaching staff, we’re on these guys all the time about limiting the unnecessary penalties,” he said. The Applejacks ended the season with a record of 9-23-8, but Tsai said they’re putting that behind them as they head into the playoffs. The Jacks open the playoffs in Thamesford Friday night before travelling to Wellesley for game two Saturday night. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
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guys would have been obviously much happier if we got all three.� On Feb. 13, the Kings took a 2-1 lead in the opening frame, courtesy of a power play goal from Kyle McNeil and a second marker from Kyle Blaney. But Elmira handed the Siskins four power play opportunities in the second, and Waterloo tied things up with a power play goal. Josh Ranalli scored 30 seconds into the third period to reclaim the lead, but Waterloo came back with two unanswered goals, one of them on the power play, to make it 4-3. With 38 seconds left in the game, and the Kings hunting for a tying goal, the Siskins slid the puck into the empty net to clinch the win. “We had a solid game but we let penalties take us over and our emotions take us over,� said forward Philip Teri. “We let them get back into the game and we lost a game we thought we should have won.� The Kings didn’t let the
loss rattle them, coming back with a solid, controlled game in Guelph Saturday night. The Kings doubled the Dominators’ shots, holding Guelph to 24 while firing 48 of their own. Blaney opened the scoring with an unassisted goal 14 minutes into the first period. After a scoreless second period, McNeil made it 2-0 with three minutes left in the game. Guelph finally got on the board with a minute and a half to go, and the game ended 2-1. “We certainly controlled the play, you could tell just by the shots, but Brandon Wysman was really solid in net too,� Haddaway said. “We didn’t give up a lot of chances but the ones we did give up, he was there for the most part to bail us out.� Returning to home ice on Sunday, the Kings ganged up on the Owen Sound Greys for the third time in as many games, hammering the struggling squad 9-2. Teri led off the scoring 52 seconds in, blasting the puck past Owen
Sound keeper George Grammenopoulos. He followed that up with a second goal six minutes later, backhanding in the rebound on a shot from Tyler Kuntz. Owen Sound notched only one penalty in the first period but gave up five power play opportunities in the second frame, including a 5-on-3. Elmira converted on three of the power plays, with goals from McNeil, Jarred Parent, and Ranalli. Kuntz added another goal, putting the perfect finish on a cross from Teri, to make it 6-0 for the home squad by the end of the second. Teri completed a hat trick 18 seconds into the third frame, carrying the puck up the left side and letting a wrist shot rip from the circle. Two minutes in, Trent Hawke put Owen Sound on the board, flicking the puck over Wysman’s trapper. At 12:38, new recruit Andrew Smith notched his first goal for the Kings to make it 8-1. Owen Sound’s Matt Reid scored the Greys’ only
power play goal with four and a half minutes to go, but it did little to dent Elmira’s lead. Finally, with three minutes remaining, Kuntz found the mesh with his second of the game to make the final score 9-2. “You can say whatever you want to the guys, but they know ahead of time that it’s probably going to be a really onesided game,� Haddaway said of Sunday’s contest. “I was pleased with the fact that our guys came out and competed hard. I didn’t see any guys cheating, waiting for pucks so they could get goals or get assists. I thought they competed really hard.� It was a good night for the line of Teri, Kuntz and Therrien, who combined for five goals. “They’ve been playing well for quite a few games now, so for them to get on the scoreboard and get rewarded that way was nice,� Haddaway said. “At practice the other night, Geoff [Haddaway] kind of called us out on being better defensive-
ly and we told him we were up to that task,â€? Teri said. “Right away he gave us more ice time because he gave us more responsibility, so we’re happy with that and we thought we did well.â€? The Kings’ latest addition, Andrew Smith, got a rapid introduction to junior hockey, playing all three games on the weekend. Smith signed with the team after his high school season at Resurrection ended. Haddaway said Smith is making the transition as well as can be expected, having missed training camp and the regular season to jump in before the playoffs. “It’s a big jump from high school to junior,â€? Haddaway said. “Someone like Andrew and some of the premier high school players ‌ they’re taking two and three-
minute shifts because they’re allowed to do that kind of thing. They come to our level and it’s 20 to 30 seconds and get off the ice. The speed is so much higher.� The Kings have a lock on seventh place, but their opponent in the first round of the playoffs will be determined by this weekend’s games. Before the weekend, Waterloo, Kitchener and Listowel were in a dead heat for second with 66 points each. Knowing the team has defeated all three of the second-place contenders gives the Kings some confidence, Teri said. “We think we can beat all three of them.� Tomorrow’s (Sunday) matchup could end up being a preview of the first round, as the Kings take on Listowel at home. Game time is 7 p.m.
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Waterloo 3 Woolwich 2 Goals: Rebecca Walker x2 (Jenna Petker, Christina Wilkinson, Tabatha Horst)
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Woolwich 1 London 0 Goal: Erika Morrison (Emily Willms) Shutout: Dana Colombo
Twin Centre 4 Kitchener 2 Goals: Meagan Esbaugh, Pam Hammer x2, Deanna Mainland (Deanna Mainland, Meagan Esbaugh x2, Erika Lebold)
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Woolwich 5 Guelph 1 Goals: Caitlyn Pickard x2, Rachel Weber, Jaimee MacDonald, Taylor Rempel (Megan Chapman x2, Emily Willms, Taylor Rempel, Cassandra Tuffnail x2, Jaimee MacDonald)
Feb. 14
Feb. 17
Twin Centre 2 Wilmot 1 Goals: Pam Hammer x2 (Jocelyn Oja)
Woolwich 2 Guelph 0 Goals: Caitlyn Pickard x2 (Megan Chapman, Meghan Martin) Shutout: Dana Colombo
Mount Forest 4 Twin Centre 3 Goals: Pam Hammer, Sophie Jantzi, Meagan Esbaugh (Meagan Esbaugh) Feb. 15
Feb. 16
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WOOLWICH PEEWEE HOUSE LEAGUE GIRLS Feb. 14
Woolwich 2 Waterloo 1 Goals: Leslie Quinn, Emily Schuurmans (Sydney DeRose, Breanna Campbell, Marlowe Schott)
WOOLWICH PEEWEE B GIRLS Feb. 14
Woolwich 5 Buffalo 2 Goals: Kendra Harold, Michelle Bauman, Megan Thoman, Rebecca Luis, Tori Martin (Cora Kieswetter, Gillian Olsthoorn, Amber MacPherson, Emily Chapman) Feb. 14
Feb. 16
Kitchener 2 Woolwich 1 Goal: Lauren Lawson (Rebecca Luis)
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Woolwich 3 Twin Centre 1 Woolwich goals: Jenna Martin, Melanie Schwartzentruber x2 (Jessica Shantz, Kayla Wilging) Twin Centre goal: Hannah Snider Feb. 16
Woolwich 2 Twin Centre 0 Goals: Alicia Koebel, Jasmin Fritz (Sarah Church, Melanie Schwartzentruber, Jessica Shantz, Lea Olsthoorn)
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Woolwich 1 New Hamburg 1 Goal: Jake Lewis (Ryan Shantz, Matt Teng)
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Woolwich 5 Centre Wellington 2 Goals: Cameron Rose, Aaron Weigel, Alex Taylor, Nick Kieswetter, Gareth Rowland (Nathan Schwarz, Sheldon Metzger, Ga-
Feb. 7
Woolwich 6 Centre Wellington 2 Goals: Kaitlin Doering, Adam Brubacher, Evan Buehler, McKinley Ceaser, Jake Moggy, Matt Schieck (Zac Smith x3, Adam Brubacher x3, Evan Buehler, Kyle Bauman, Eric Hanley, Matt Townsend, McKinley Ceasar) Feb. 14
Woolwich 3 Burlington 3 Goals: Evan Buehler, Matt Schieck, Jake Moggy (Mitch Kernick x2, Sebastion Huber, McKinley Ceaser, Matt Schieck)
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SHOWING SUPPORT FOR WOOLWICH The St. Clements Twin Centre Atom C Hericanes wanted to show their support for Woolwich, so they dressed in their gear, rubbed their red warrior paint on their faces and made up a sign to show their support towards Woolwich winning Hockeyville. Back row: trainers Rhonda Mainland and Colleen “Cook� Hammer, Erika Lebold, coach Tim Weber, Kayla Lee, assistant coach Trevor Lee. Front row: Laura Weber, Sophie Jantzi, Deanna Mainland, Carley Scheerer, Pam Hammer, Lauren Quehl, Jocelyn Oja, Meagan Esbaugh. (Missing: Jessica Harnack.)
Thanksgiving, Christmas and once during the summer. His parents knew how serious he was about training and fully supported his move out west, but it can be hard at times, said his mom, Mary Frances. Last year Matt had to bail out during a run on icy conditions, resulting in a concussion and separated shoulder that took eight weeks to heal. “As a mom, it’s hard because you can’t always be there and you want to be there,� she said. “He’s very responsible and dedicated and he works really hard, and we’re
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ENTERTAINMENT » DRAMA STUDENTS ON STAGE
EDSS readies two plays for drama festival Women of Troy offers an anti-war message, while Amelia Once More finds actress losing herself in a role Audiences watching the Elmira District Secondary School production of Women of Troy will no doubt be glad they’re staging a modern adaptation for the Sears Drama Festival. “If you translate the ancient Greek into English, it’s almost the same as reading Shakespeare – very flowery, very long. It takes several pages to tell two sentences’ worth of information,” said drama teacher DJ Carroll. The language isn’t the only thing that’s been modernized; the soldiers in the play are wearing camouflage, not Greek armour, and the set has a modern, urban feel to it. The play examines what happens after the Trojan War, when the city has been destroyed and the soldiers killed and their wives and daughters are left. “It has a very strong anti-war message.” Carroll chose the play because of that anti-war message, even more relevant now with Canadian troops in Afghanistan. He was also drawn to the idea of a cast that was heavily female-based, with a story told from the women’s point of view. EDSS is taking two plays to the Sears festival this year. Amelia Once More, directed by student Cassy Bauman, is about an actress who is losing herself to the role she plays. Played by Christy Hanes, Shelly Preston is a nice, pleasant wom-
an who worries that the nasty character Amelia is taking over her mind. She wants a night off to get control of Amelia, but the director and supporting actress goad her on. Bauman said she picked the play because of the challenge it offered to the actor, in switching between the two sides of Amelia. “It seemed like a challenge. I didn’t want to pick something that was too easy or too hard, but I wanted enough of a challenge … There’s a lot of potential for actors to show what they can do.” Last year Bauman was assistant director for the Sears production Whisperings in the Dark, but this is her first time directing by herself. She’s enjoying the challenge, more so now that it looks like things will come together by opening night. “It’s good, but sometimes it can be a little stressful. I think it’s going to turn out, though; I’m starting to see this should come together.” EDSS has taken part in Sears for decades, and this is the first time the school has taken two plays to the festival. The festival is held the first week of March at Bluevale Collegiate, with EDSS performing on the 3rd and 4th. The awards will be presented Mar. 7, and the top three will advance to the regional level. There will be a preview of both plays on Feb. 28 at 7:30 at EDSS. The cost is $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors. The proceeds will go to offsetting the costs of entering the Sears Drama Festival. THE DARKER SIDE Christy Hanes, centre, plays the lead role in the EDSS production of Amelia Once More. Christine Brown plays supporting actress Laura Tontelli and Matthew Schwindt plays director Alphonse Crevansky.
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Temporary Material Handlers #967 Term Positions ~ April - October 2009 Night or Afternoon Shift Responsible to the Shift Foreman for helping to maintain service levels to Home Hardware Dealers, you will contribute to the smooth flow of merchandise through the Distribution Centre by picking, packing, unloading containers, and other functions as directed. Compliance with all health and safety regulations is essential. You have the ability to perform strenuous physical activities including walking, standing, bending, and heavy lifting. Excellent attention-todetail, and good reading, writing, and number skills are required. High school or equivalent preferred.
We are committed to employment equity and thank all applicants in advance; however, we will be corresponding only with those selected for an interview.
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We offer a competitive salary and great working conditions. If you are interested in becoming part of The Home Hardware Team, please forward your resume, quoting Material Handlers #967 and specify if you are interested in Night or Afternoon Shift, by Friday, February 27th, 2009 to: Human Resources Department, Home Hardware Stores Limited, 34 Henry St. W., St. Jacobs, Ontario N0B 2N0 Fax: 519-664-4711 e-mail: hr@homehardware.ca (Microsoft Products Only)
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in Winterbourne. Seeking preschool child to share care in our health-conscious home, by our skilled, teacher-educated nanny, with our 3-year-old daughter. 519-664-1411.
FOR SALE
»»43’ Park Model Trailer for sale $39,900. 1989 Northlander Supreme 12’X43’ with 12’x30’ factory addition, sun porch, covered rear deck, storage shed, fridge, stove, air conditioner. Clean condition with numerous updates. Located on a shaded lot with paved driveway in GreenAcre Park, Waterloo. Must be vacated 2 months in the winter. Park rental may be continued, or trailer may be moved to your location. 519-575-6314. » continued on page 32
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FURNITURE REFINISHING
Rosendale Farms Ltd. is a
local cash crop and licensed grain elevator business located just outside of Waterloo. We are accepting applications to fill the following position: Shipping/Receiving (full-time position) Duties to include: s ORGANIZING AND PERFORMING DAY TO DAY SHIPPING RECEIVING OF GRAIN SEED FERTILIZER and crop protection products within our grain elevator and warehouse facilities s SAMPLING AND GRADING GRAIN s MAINTAINING A CLEAN AND SAFE WORKPLACE !GRICULTURE RELATED EXPERIENCE WOULD BE A definite asset 4HE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES MUST BE ABLE TO FUNCTION WELL IN A TEAM SETTING AND BE MOTIVATED TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER service in this agriculture business. 0LEASE FAX RESUMES TO OR EMAIL TO BRYAN ROSENDALEFARMS COM /NLY !PPLICANTS TO BE INTERVIEWED WILL BE contacted.
Cooper’s Furniture Re-
finishing. Specializing in handstripping, repairing, church interiors and pews, dining room sets, rockers, chairs, doors, antiques and upholstery. Highest quality workmanship. Pick up/delivery. Free estimates. 519-579-1475.
AUTOMOTIVE
2002
Dodge Grand Caravan. Good running condition, cert. $3500 or as is $3000. Call Peter 519-669-1760. 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab 4X4 - 5.7L hemi, auto, pwr windows, pwr door locks, pwr driver seat, tilt/cruise, AM/FM CD radio. Finished in Lt. blue. ONly 62,000 kms. Sale Priced $16,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-6692831. 2007 Jeep Commander Limited 4X4 - 5.7L MDS, auto trans, fully loaded including leather seats, 3 sunroofs, trailer hitch, 7 passenger seating, finished in black. Only 32,000 kms. Sale Priced $28,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831.
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automotive
RENTALS
2007
Elmira - Living Accom-
Pontiac Vibe $15, 500. 34,000 kms, lady driven, immaculate condition, fully loaded, 4 speed automotic. Factory warranty and lifetime rustproofing. Leave message at 519-669-1123. 2008 Dodge Avenger SXT 4dr. 2.7L V6 Auto Trans. AM/FM CD Radio, pw. pdl. Tilt/cruise, alum. road wheels, finished in Lt. Sandstone. Only 31,397 kms. Sale Priced $ 16,900. Voisin Chrysler, 519-669-2831. 2005 Dodge Gr. Caravan SXT - 3.8L V6 auto trans, fully equipped including Stow N Go seating, O/H console, rear air/ heat, pwr door group, pwr driver seat, pwr. adj. pedals, AM/FM 6 disc CD radio, one owner. Finished in linen gold. Only 52, 652 kms. $14,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831. 2008 Dodge Gr. Caravan SE - 3.3L V6, auto trans, fully loaded including Stow N Go seating, rear air/heat. Pwr driver seat, finished in black. Only 30,532 kms. $18,900. Voisin Chrysler, 519-669-2831.
modation for mature single Christian girl. Non smoker, no pets. Shared kitchen, private bath & rec room. 519-669-3996, after 5 p.m. St. Jacobs - Upscale apt. in village core. One + bedroom, controlled entrance, includes 5 appliances, ensuite laundry, A/C. 1,064 SF. Rent $1,200 per month (utilities extra). Available immediately. Steps away from excellent shopping, restaurants, theatre, nature trails. 519-664-2293 ext. 322.
COMMERCIAL RENTALS
Elmira Store - Main Street. 1560 sq ft. plus unfinished basement with shelving, front & rear entrances. Move in condition. $1170.00/mth. plus utilities and taxes. Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage. 519-669-5431. COMING EVENTS
Elmira Community Nurs-
ery School is having their annual Open House and Registration (for those born in 2005, 2006, 2007). It will be held Mon. March 2, 2009 from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 22 Mockingbird Dr. in Elmira.
HOME HUNTERS ELMIRA REAL ESTATE Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage SERVICES
BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record
SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.
DARREN ROMKEY Sales Rep.
LAURIE LANGDON Sales Rep.
519-669-3192
90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 1, Elmira N3B 3L4
DALE KELLER Sales Rep.
MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY & SUNDAY 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 35 and 42 ROBERTA STREET, ELMIRA
PARADIGM 2 STOREY AND MODEL BUNGALOW HOME
Homes starting at $312,000. Beautifully appointed homes offering many designs and styles, superior kitchens, ensuite baths, fireplace and HRV are some of their standard features. Located near the new Rec Centre, schools and downtown. Visit our open house or make an appointment.
OPEN HOUSE | SAT 2-4 PM
97 WELLINGTON ST. N., DRAYTON
COME HOME TO COUNTRY LIVING
$289,000 DRAYTON | This is a fully finished
4 bedroom bungalow on a very large lot overlooking pristine green space and features a cedar deck, professionally landscaped back yard, patio and 2 wood-burning fireplaces. MLS.
OPEN HOUSE | SUN 2-4 PM
Hockeyville campaign goes on the road WOOLWICH IS EVERYWHERE The Menno Flyers and their families showed their support for Woolwich’s Hockeyville bid at the Canadian National pond hockey championships. Front row: Kambel Beacom, Mya Brubacher, Spencer Young, Madison Martin, Mackenzie Beacom, Evan Lucier, Cade Beacom and Maddie Camm. Middle row: Tyler Martin, Ethan Young, Mitchell Young, Owen Lucier and Sarah Lucier. Back row: Paul Lucier, Steve Martin, Eddie Brubacher, Sean Beacom, Jason Camm and Kyle Young.
49 BRISTOW CREEK DR., ELMIRA $359,900 ELMIRA | Impressive 4
bedroom family home, spacious kitchen & dinette, separate dining room, family rm. w/ gas fireplace, finished basement offers large rec. room, generous sized bedrooms, master ensuite; ++++ MLS.
MARTIN GROVE VILLAGE
$93,000 WATERLOO | Located walking distance to Waterloo Farmers Market and WalMart. Affordable 2 Bedroom, many updates, ready to move in, spacious private lot. MLS .
STARTER OR RETIREMENT HOME
$163,000 DRAYTON | Quaint bungalow
on a large lot; 2 bedrooms; new kitchen and new kitchen window 2007; bright and cheery. NEW MLS.
JUST LISTED
$185,900 DRAYTON | AWESOME!! This
MEDIUM
$253,500 ST. CLEMENTS | Country home
within minutes to the City; 2+ bedrooms, barn/workshop with loft; numerous updates throughout; NEW MLS.
TWIN CITY REALTY INC. BROKERAGE
519-579-4110 OFFICE
GREAT FAMILY HOME
$257,000 WELLESLEY | Bright spacious
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Melanie McNeil Laurence Wiens Peri Moyer Warren McNeil Sales Representative Sales Representative Sales Representative Client Care Manager
WONDERING ABOUT YOUR HOME’S VALUE?
CALL ME TODAY FOR A FREE, CURRENT MARKET EVALUATION. LOOKING TO BUY? TRY MY FREE BUYER CONSULTATION! Š2009 Cathedral Communications Inc.
almost new semi-detached home; features lots of space; exceptional dĂŠcor; fenced yard and partially ďŹ nished basement. NEW MLS.
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MODEL HOME! 51 Ridgeview Dr., Drayton 0 ,90 29 4 $
OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 1-4 or by appointment
LARGE LOTS
30 MINUTES FROM WATERLOO
t 5 Lots Available t Model Home Available For Sale t 10 Plans to Choose from
t Quality Standard Features include:
- 9’ ceilings on main floor - 200 amp service - Fruit Cellar - Ceramics - Ensuite & Main or Upper Laundry
Visit our website for photos & more details.
home on a quiet street; finished basement; deck; backyard oasis with perennial gardens; deep treed lot; many updates; MLS.
GREAT RESIDENTIAL LOCATION $289,900 ElMIRA | Sidesplit offers
generous sized rooms, cozy family room w/ fireplace & w/o to deck. Partial finished recroom, plus 5th level for work area and storage. MLS.
MAKE YOUR MOVE
$324,900 ELMIRA | 1625 sq ft, vaulted ceilings throughout, custom kitchen with built-in appliance. Hardwood and ceramic flooring. Gas fireplace, drywalled basement, needing only finished touches. April possession. MLS.
ELMIRA BUNGALOW
$353,000 ELMIRA | AA and plus location.
Spacious mainfloor family room and kitchen, w/o to huge deck w/ gorgeous view overlooking farmland and creek. Walkout basement and more. MLS.
PRICES STARTING AT
$299,900
Further Information: WEBSITE: www.royallepage.ca EMAIL: Elmira@royallepage.ca
FOR RENT
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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, February 21, 2009
HOME HUNTERS Welcome To Hockeyville! Make It Your Home.
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, February 22nd, 2-4PM $549,000
$500 donation to John Mahood Public School when you buy or sell in Woolwich Township with...
DIRECT....519-503-9533 HOME ....519-669-3074 OFFICE ...519-888-7110
EMAIL: paul@remaxsolidgold.biz
ELMIRA This spacious backsplit is great for family living. Open concept allows you to watch your children play in the family room (gas fireplace) while you enjoy a cup of coffee at the kitchen table. Walkout to deck from kitchen. 14’ wide garage with side entrance allows for storage and parking. 4 plus bedrooms and office. Large living room,fenced yard, backs unto a park for extra running space. MLS
$424,900
$695,000
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. 45 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA
519-669-2772
OFFICE PHONE: 519.343.2124
159 William St., Palmerston (Across from Home Hardware) LEON MARTIN
16 stall horse barn and 80 foot by 180 foot arena on 36 acres. A shed and house are also allowed to be built. It is located within 35 min of Waterloo. The Barn and Riding arena are to be built. MLS.
al Don a at ext 104
$179,900
40 to 45 minutes from K-W or Guelph. They are located in the small hamlet of Carthage. Individual well and septic. Great opportunity to build your own house or get us to customize a home for you. For more information please call Leon Excl.
$369,000
Arthur St. S., ELMIRA • EMAIL: leonmartin@remax.net DIRECT: 519-503-2753 • OFFICE: 519-669-5426
THIS SPACE Tell your Realtor FOR RENT thatCallthe Observer Donna at ext 104 sent you!
519.669.5790 | 1.888.966.5942 www.ObserverXtra.com
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-1068 Res: 519-669-8629 MVA Residential
ALLI NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-577-6248
BILL NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-588-1348
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627
Not many properties like this. Great location just 3 miles from Palmerston on paved road. Split entry open concept home with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrms, spacious eat-in kitchen & greatroom, lg familyroom with fieldstone fireplace with insert. Detached heated shop 24x48 with 14ft ceiling & 14x12 roller door, hydro & water. Shed 28x29 w/hydro. Call Kathy 519.343.4816 or Edith 519.741.6791. MLS 0914112.
GREAT FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS NEW HOME open concept main 3 bdrms, ensuite and w/i closet. Open concept mn flr. with w/o to cedar deck. Mn flr. laundry. MLS. $217,900.
flr, Great room w/cathedral ceiling. Ceramic in entry, kitchen & baths, APPLIANCE PKG INCLUDED (3). MLS $274,900.
519-669-1544 24hrs 17 Church St. W., Elmira
PET LOVERS Business opportunity for a person that wants to work from home. Very good income, website included Havanese dogs. MLS.
ADDRESS: 4-B
This Palmerston home will surprise you! Immaculate & tastefully decorated. Just bring furniture and live! This home has everything you need & some ‘luxury’ items on your ‘want’ list. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, mn flr laundryrm, fireplace, whirlpool tub, lg bright eat in kitchen w/lots of cupboards, dishwasher, central air, hardwood flooring top & bottom. Redone from head to toe drywall & insulation too! Call Edith or Kathy to view 519.343.2124 MLS 0831982.
PRIVATE, PICTURESQUE 14.2 ACRE PARCEL
200 ACRE FARM With municipal drain running through property. There are barns for sheep, and hay storage. 150 acres cleared. MLS.
HERITAGE DOON VILLAGE. Rare opportunity to own part of this prestigious area. 3 bedroom bungalow, backing onto Schneiders Creek and walking trails. MLS. $399,000.
BROKERAGE
Edith McArthur * 519.638.2509 Kathy Robinson * 519.343.4816
VALUE HERE MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE!
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage | Independently Owned and Operated
Minto Twp Country bungalow only 13 years old on an acre of property. Three large bedrooms, good sized kitchen and dining area, open concept. $254,900. MLS.
*SALES REPRESENTATIVES:
ELMIRA Imediate Possesion, Ceramic/ Hardwood, Ensuite, Double Paved Driveway, Main Floor Master Bedroom, Main Floor Laundry. MLS
ELMIRA Backs on Greenbelt, Recreation Room, Ensuite, Double Paved Driveway, Separate Dining Room, Family Room, 3 Bedroom, Main Floor Master Bedroom. MLS
Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage
LOTS FOR SALE Country lots with high speed internet access,
ELMIRA Ceramic/Hardwood, Ensuite, Double Width or More Driveway, Separate Dining Room, Family Room, 4 Bedroom. MLS
$265,000 | 36 Bristow Creek Dr.
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
WEBSITE: www.remaxsolidgold.biz
$449,000
ELMIRA Open Concept, Recreation Room, Exercise Room, Ensuite, Double Width or More Driveway, Separate Dining Room, Family Room. MLS
Paul Martin Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated ADDRESS: 180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
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www.thefreyteam.com
THE FREY TEAM
Len Frey
Mildred Frey
SALES REP*
BROKER**
frey@golden.net
Wendy Taylor BROKER**
wendy@thefreyteam.com
3 BEDROOM BRICK BUNGALOW DRAYTON Beauty! Custom built w/ updated flring. Gas f/p in rec. rm, updated furnace. Bsmt potential! Large rear yard, shed w/hydro. MLS. $239, 900.
with quality throughout! 9’ ceilings. Maple cabinetry. Hardwood flrs. 3 gas f/p’s. Fin. rec. room, MLS REDUCED TO $399, 900.
INVESTMENT PROPERTY well maintained 5 plex, always fully occupied! Shows a good return on your investment! MLS. $499,000.
DRAYTON - SPACIOUS 4-level back split. Oversized kitchen -walkout to covered deck & deep lot. 3+1 bedrooms, 2 baths, dble garage. MLS $229,900.
Mary Lou Murray SALES REP*
marylou@mmrealestate.ca
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OPEN HOUSE - SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22. 2-4PM 13 ASPEN CRES., ELMIRA
Linda DeVries
$209,900 - ELMIRA | GREAT DEAL. Perfect for first time buyer needing lots of space. Nice open kitchen with large dining area. 3 bedrooms, 1 in finished basement, rec room, gas heat stove and moveable bar w/fridge. MLS CALL MARY LOU** TO VIEW.
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MAPLETON | 100 acre farm with 35,000 sq. ft. single level barn set up for hogs and wellkept 14 yr. old, 2000 sq. ft. 3 bedrm, 3 bath home. 90 acres cultivated, 32x68 quonset style drive shed. Home features mainfloor laundry, separate diningrm, eat-in country kitchen, separately fenced inground pool and much more. MLS Call Wendy Taylor.
Sales Representative Tel: 519-763-4500 Fax: 519-837-1442
490 Woolwhich St., Guelph, ON N1H 3X5
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BACKING ON TO PARK Tidy three bedroom backsplit with large eat-in kitchen. Living room with laminate, lower level features recroom with walkup and 2pcs bathroom. New furnace and air conditioning system 2007, bathrooms updated 2008. A delightful home. A1 move in condition. Flexible closing.
OPEN HOUSE - Sunday Feb 22nd, 2-4PM 12 Aspen Cres. Elmira
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Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca
TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 FAX: 519-669-1820
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY: 519-575-4504
USE OF TOWNSHIP PROPERTY
FAMILY ALBUM Fax.....................................519.669.5753 Email...................ads@observerxtra.com
Telephone..........................519.669.5790 Toll Free .........................1.888.966.5942
MEMORIAM
anniversary
#76-2006
CHARLES EDWARD PRATT
The Township of Woolwich has in place a by-law to regulate the use of Township property.
Dec 9, 1925 - Feb 21, 2008
The by-law states that: TOWNSHIP PROPERTY – Includes but is not limited to vacant or other lands owned by the Township, a highway, roadway, sidewalk, pedestrian way, boulevard, watercourse, building, or structure. 1. No person shall throw, drop, place, or otherwise deposit refuse or debris, or any other similar items on any Township property unless authorized by the Township. 2. No person shall pick over, interfere with, disturb, remove or scatter any material placed in garbage or other refuse receptacle placed by the Township intended for the collection of garbage, paper, cans, rubbish, or similar items of refuse.
Andrew & Holly Scott
3. No person shall block, interfere with or otherwise impede the passage of any pedestrian on any Township sidewalk or other Township pedestrian-way, or portion thereof, unless authorized by the Township.
A beautiful sunny winter day it was! Congratulations on your first Wedding Anniversary! What an amazing life you have begun. The future holds more changes, challenges, hopes, and new dreams. We look forward to sharing with you.
4. No person shall ride or otherwise operate any motorized vehicle on any sidewalk or pedestrian way within the Township unless for the purpose of maintaining such sidewalk or pedestrian way and as authorized by the Township or other Provincial legislation as may be applicable to such motorized vehicle. Anyone found violating the by-law will be fined. To report an offence under the Township Use by-law, please call the Municipal Law Enforcement Division action line at 519-669-1647 extension 6106 and leave a message.
February 23rd 2008
Love, mom & dad Meyer (Randy & Gail) and Scott (Tim & Michelle)
Please see the Township website for more information on the by-law including set fines at www. woolwich.ca.
TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH TENDER 2009-04
P L A C E S
Sealed Tenders clearly marked as to contents, will be received by the undersigned until: Friday March 6, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
LOCAL CHURCH
HEARING ASSISTED
ANIMAL CONTROL BY-LAW #75-2006
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
ELMIRA
Sunday School During Worship
JOIN US
SUNDAYS AT
10:30AM & 6:30PM %,# 4eg[he Fg! Fbhg[ 8_`\eT 519-669-3973
www.ElmiraAssembly.com (Across from Tim Horton’s)
Welcome to
CALVARY UNITED St. Jacobs
PLEASE! LEASH YOUR DOG AND REMEMBER TO STOOP AND SCOOP. Anyone found violating the by-law will be fined. To report an offence under the Township Use by-law, please call the Municipal Law Enforcement Division action line at 519-669-1647 extension 6106 and leave a message. Please see the Township website for more information on the by-law including set fines at www. woolwich.ca.
Upbeat Family Worship & Sunday School 10:00 am
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4. The owner of a dog or person in control of a dog except a Guide Dog shall remove forthwith and dispose of in a sanitary manner excrement left by the dog anywhere in the Township, other than the premises of the owner of the dog.
SERVICES DIRECTORY
SUNDAY SCHOOL
NURSERY PROVIDED
Mass times are:
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The by-law states that:
3. Any dog found running at large contrary to this by-law may be seized and held in a Ppound or place so designated. Payment for such impounding shall be according to the rates as determined by Council or the Pound from time to time.
F A I T H
No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope! Celebrate Eucharist with us
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2. A dog shall be deemed to be running at large if it is found in any place other than the premises of the owner of the dog, not on a leash, and not under the control of a responsible person.
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Minister: Rev. Dave Jagger Sunday Worship: 10:55am
The Township of Woolwich has in place a by-law to regulate the keeping of animals in the Township. 1. No owner of a dog shall allow or permit such dog to run at large.
Lovingly remembered by your children Chris & Joy, grandchildren, great grandchildren and good friend Betty Ann
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Trinity United Church
Further details and specifications with respect to the Form of Tender and Information to Bidders, may be obtained as noted below: Finance Department Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Telephone: (519) 669-1647 ext. 6014 Fax: (519) 669-9348 Email: dennisk@woolwich.ca
Though your smile is gone forever, And your hand we cannot touch, Still we have so many memories, Of the one we loved so much. Your memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part, God has you in His keeping, We have you in our hearts.
s WORSHIP s FAITH s SPIRITUAL s COMM OWSHIP UNIT L L E F Y
Turf Management Services 2009-2011 The Township of Woolwich invites qualified experienced contractors to supply turf management services to parks located in Elmira and St. Jacobs and to various cemeteries located in the Township.
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Sunday Worship 9:15 am - 10:15am
Faithsteps 10:30am - 11:50am
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Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am
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B M C Pastor: Mary Mae Schwartzentruber Sundays - 9:45 am Family Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School for all ages
$$($ FalWXeÇf 9_Tg EW! 5_bb`\aZWT_X 519-745-2411 www.bloomingdalemennonite.com
RELATIONSHIP RESCUE finding the lifeline of Hope SUNDAY, FEB 22, 2009
Dating Dilemmas
Sundays @ 10:30am John Mahood PS
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building relationships with God, one another and the world
Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:15am & 11:00am
Series: True Identity #1 - “Who Are You?”
NEW
%## 5TeafjT__bj 7e! 8_`\eT 519-669-1296 Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca
SUNDAYS, 8:30 & 11:00AM WEDNESDAYS, 7:00PM (with Childrens’ Programs) IMPACT YOUTH: Fridays, 7:30pm TWENTY20: Sundays, 7:00pm (2nd & 4th Sundays monthly)
Pastors Steve & Beth Fleming
850 Sawmill Rd, Bloomingdale 744-7447 www.kcf.org
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Degraded surroundings lead to poor behaviour  Answer #2: Not likely, though two writers argued in The Lancet that the obese consume around 18% more calories than average and that their greater mass means more auto fuel burned. So policies to encourage walking and cycling would not only improve people’s health but also be good for Planet Earth. Still, those are short-term benefits and more than offset by the added longevity of those who, staying in shape, emit tonnes of carbon dioxide for every extra year they live. Answer #3: Draconian as this may sound, the single most effective thing you can do for the planet is to refrain from having children. Over a 75-year lifespan, the average European will be responsible for about 900 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, 1,500 tonnes for an American! Q. What’s the classic tip about “degraded surroundings� that we should all keep in mind regarding our own neighborhoods? A. That degraded surroundings all too easily lead to degraded behavior,
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 Alma Winter Family Day 12:30-3:30 p.m. Skating at the dome, family activities at Wallace Cumming Park, Alma. Ultimate frisbee, tobogganing, cross country skiing, snowman-building contest. Complimentary cookies and hot chocolate. FEBRUARY 23
 The Elmira and District Horticultural Society welcomes guest speaker Bevin Anderson, president of The Ontario Gesneriad Society of Guelph. He will teach us about African violets, lipstick plant and florist gloxinia; 7 p.m., Trinity United Church, Arthur Street, Elmira. FEBRUARY 24
 Shrove Tuesday pancake and sausage supper at Gale Presbyterian Church from 5-7 p.m. Pancakes, sausage, maple syrup, beverage and ice cream; $8 adults, $4 for children. All proceeds go to Woolwich Counselling Centre. Tickets available from church office, 519-669-2852, or Woolwich Counselling Centre. FEBRURAY 26
 Difficulty with Debts Information Session 7-9 p.m. Learn how to manage debts, good spending habits and avoid living off credit cards. Woolwich Community Services, 73 Arthur St. S., Elmira. RSVP to 519-669-5139. FEBRUARY 27
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 Trinity United Church Roast Beef Dinner. Continuous seating from 5 to 7 p.m. Takeout delivery available. Advance tickets only available until Feb. 24. Cost: Family $35 (2 adults and children under 16 yrs); adults $12; children $6. Children under 5 eat free; 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira. Wheelchair accessible. Tickets available from Trinity United Church office 519-669-5560; Reads Decorating 519-669-3658; Elwyn Bridge 519-669-5635; Frank Cooper 519-669-2115 or Larry Martin 519-669-2772. March 1
 Jubilation Male Chorus in concert – 7 p.m. this chorus of 70 men represents 30 churches and 15 denominations from the K-W area. Waterloo North Presbyterian Church, free-will offering. For information, call 519-888-7870.
519.664.2008
 The Woolwich Caregiver Coffeehour will be held in the activity room at Chateau Gardens, 10-11:30 a.m. We will continue our presentation and discussion of the movie “I’m Still Here.â€?This group will be of special interest to caregivers of those with Alzheimers disease or related dementia. For more information contact Lorraine at 519-664-3794 ext. 229 at WCHC.
GOWING, Katherine “Katie�
MARTIN, Richard
- August 10, 1953 – February 13, 2009. Katherine Gowing passed away peacefully, after her courageous battle with cancer.
– It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Richard Warren Martin, in his sister Rhoda’s home in Mount Forest, on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, on day after his 59th birthday. Local relatives are his brother Paul Martin and his wife Judy of St. Jacobs and his sister Ella Brubacher and her husband Laverne also of St. Jacobs.
ISRAEL, Arthur
– Peacefully, on Monday, February 16, 2009, at A.R. Goudie Eventide Home, Kitchener, in his 95th year, of Kitchener, formerly of Conestogo.
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 Jigs Dinner – a traditional Newfoundland meal, $8. The Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira, downstairs at 6 p.m.
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 The Wellesley Township Caregiver group will meet at the Wellesley Township Community Health Centre, 2-3:30 p.m.. Paul Kett and Lorraine Weber are your hosts for these monthly meetings. The focus is education and support for caregivers. Call Lorraine at 519-664-3794, ext. 229 for more information.
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 Hungryman’s Breakfast in support of 1st Elmira Venturer Company (Elmira Scouting); 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. All you can eat for $5. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. MARCH 19
 Woolwich Caregivers 10-11:15, meet at the Woolwich Community Health Centre for education and support. If you have a loved one who depends on you for care, this group may be of interest to you. Call Lorraine at 519-664-3794, ext. 229 for more information.
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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, February 21, 2009
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History is not just something that happened a long time ago. History is being made every day.
arack’s parents met at the University of Hawaii. His mother, Ann, was a white American, and his father, Barack Sr., was a black man from ________. At the time they fell in love, it was against the law in many states for blacks and whites to ___________. But, Hawaii did not have that law, so they were free to marry there.
Barack Obama has made history by being the first African American elected to be president of the United States. Read today’s Kid Scoop page to learn about the first ten years of his life. Are there ways his life is like yours? Ways it is different? Do you think you could be president someday?
Barack Sr. received a scholarship to continue his ________ at Harvard. He was determined to pursue that opportunity, but the scholarship didn’t include enough money to ___________ his family, so Ann and Barack Jr. remained in Hawaii. Barack’s parents eventually divorced, and he didn’t see his father again until he was ten years old.
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His mother wanted Barack to master English and learn the history of the United States. She woke him up every school day at four in the morning for lessons. She taught him about the civil rights struggle in America and gave him the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King. Ann wanted her son to learn about choices and how courageous acts were helping to make the world a better place.
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200
$
$899 2 pc Queen Set
Reg. $1099
$
SAVE
400
$999 2p pc Q Queen Set
Reg. $1399
HOME LUXUR LUXURY RY II PILLO PIL PILLOWTOP OWTOP OP
$1099 Extra Firm or Plush
SAVE
500
$
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Reg. $1599
2p pc Q Queen Set
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