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Plan eases development rules in the floodplain New policies would allow for construction in restricted areas STEVE KANNON
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GOING UNDERGROUND Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht (right) shares a laugh with Woolwich Mayor Bill Strauss while examining old water pipes removed from underneath Elmira’s Riverside Drive. The federal government promised Tuesday to cover a third of the $1.8-million estimated reconstruction cost.
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“When it comes to deleterious materials, we’ve got it all with this job. This is a good one to replace,” manager of engineering operations Rod Kruger said of the Riverside Drive project. The township had been seeking to cover two-thirds of the cost under the Canada-Ontario Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF), applying for grants in the summer of 2006. While the provincial portion remains uncommitted, the federal government
Changes to floodplain regulations in Elmira may clear the way for redevelopment on the site of the old Steddick Hotel. A plan discussed Tuesday at Woolwich council would ease restrictions on a host of properties that sit on top of what’s known as the Weigel Drain, a 2.5-kilometre stretch of open and closed channels that flow into the Canagagigue Creek. Elmira is built over the lower section of the drain. Currently, every property within the meandering floodplain is subject to limitations on what can be done with the land – existing buildings are grandfathered, but if torn down cannot be replaced. Now, the township is proposing official plan and zoning bylaw amendments to create two designations for floodplain lands: floodway and flood fringe. Properties in the flood fringe would have some restraints lifted to allow for redevelopment, explained manager of planning John Scarfone. “Essentially, this provided flexibility for some core businesses. If we didn’t do this, we’d basically have no new building.” In his proposal, Scarfone makes specific exemptions for the Arthur Street
Feds chip in for Riverside project Up to $600,000 to be provided in support of watermain upgrades STEVE KANNON The burden of replacing the oldest water pipes in Woolwich got a little easier this week, as the federal government agreed to kick in up to $600,000. That represents a third of the estimated $1.8 million price tag for the reconstruction of Riverside Drive West in Elmira. Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht made the announcement in
Woolwich council chambers Tuesday morning on behalf of Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. The money will help pay to replace the aging, outdated watermains and associated infrastructure, the oldest still in the ground. Not only falling apart, the pipes include lead, cast iron and asbestos cement, all deemed undesirable by today’s standards. A new PVC system replaces the old materials.
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Ball hockey facility for St. Jacobs? Woolwich considers zone change application that would transform vacant industrial site into play area STEVE KANNON Jim Ranahan has an enthusiasm for ball hockey he wants to translate into a business opportunity. Now he’s looking for some cooperation from council to get the ball rolling in St. Jacobs. He plans to build a yearround facility on a longvacant piece of industrial land in the north end of the village. To do that, he needs a zone change from the township. The facility would feature two playing surfaces – rinks bounded by fibreglass boards and covered with shock-absorbent
sports flooring tiles – a pro shop and parking spaces. The 1.5-acre site is located where King Street meets Northside Drive, backing onto Arthur Street. Ranahan’s offer to purchase the land is conditional on Woolwich granting the zone change needed to accommodate the facility. The goal is to create an affordable and attractive spot for people to play ball hockey, he told councillors at a public planning meeting Tuesday night. His venture would be modeled on similar operations in Hamilton and Barrie. “There are not enough
facilities in our country, let alone in Woolwich Township,” he said, noting play would be open to children ages four and up, as well as adults. He added that ball hockey is an economical alternative to ice hockey because it requires far less equipment. He expects league play for children to cost about $150 per season. His vision of a place for children to keep active was tempered by a few residents who expressed concerns about the impact on their neighbourhood, including lighting, noise, traffic and litter. “Ball hockey is a grow-
ing sport, but I don’t want to see it growing in my backyard,” said Susan Schieck of Northside Drive. Citing her experience in Winterbourne, she said a pair of tennis courts there was used for ball hockey, often by people from outside the area who drank on the site, made noise and left a big mess behind. But Ranahan assured residents his goal is to be a good neighbour, saying his business will depend on running a clean, safe facility for people of all ages. “There’s no room for that [behaviour]. This is
a recreational facility for children and adults,” he said, adding the venture will require a “significant investment,” so he won’t allow misbehaviour. “People who behave improperly will be asked to leave.” Addressing Schieck’s issues, Ward 2 Coun. Mark Bauman noted there’s a difference between an open public park and a private business, where the owner’s income depends on keeping the facility safe and secure. Located close to Kitchener-Waterloo and visible from the highway, the site is a good pick for the facility he has in mind, said
Ranahan, an Elora resident. Enthusiastic about the sport, he wants to share it with others, particularly with kids who might spend too much time being sedentary – he has a five- and a threeyear-old just getting into the game. “The idea is to get kids away from the computer and out playing ball hockey.” Following this week’s initial meeting, planning staff will now accept comments from the public before coming back to council in the spring with a recommendation report about Ranahan’s application.
Winter paves the road to overtime for work crews Snow, rain, freeze, thaw: weather has meant plowing and sanding, followed by filling potholes MARC MIQUEL HELSEN There’s no doubt that for most Ontarians spring comes as a welcome boon after a long and bitter winter. But for some people, especially those involved with municipal road projects, it comes with a nasty hangover in the form of roads pockmarked with potholes. “I’m anticipating a bumper crop of potholes this year,” quipped Barry Baldasaro, operations supervisor with the engineering department in Woolwich Township. “There are more pot-
holes and a big reason has been the freeze-thaw cycle, which promotes them … certainly, I would say that there’s more of them this year,” he said, noting that this year’s winter has been particularly rough. Stretched between dealing with numerous freeze-thaw cycles and continuous snowfalls, the municipality’s work crews have been unable to repair many of the holes as their time has been chewed up by removing snow from the roadways. “Winter has been here just about every day
since early January.” It’s the same story in neighbouring Wellesley Township. “I’m hearing that it is [worse] across the region; it doesn’t matter where you go, you hear that. We haven’t seen any glaring differences from last year here, but spring isn’t here, either,” said public works director Will McLaughlin. Most potholes are formed as a result of wornout pavement surfaces, and roads across the entire province suffer drastic stresses during the winter months as cracks in the pave-
ment fill with water, salt and sand. Asphalt is not impermeable but porous, and water actually penetrates and saturates it with ease. When temperatures drop, the water freezes and expands, placing added stress on the cracks in the pavement and eventually creating more and greater fissures. When temperatures again climb, potholes then file with water. Vehicle weight above adds more stress, and chips of pavement are carried off, subsequently leaving even larger holes that can often seriously damage tires and
vehicles. Typically, potholes are only dealt with temporarily over the winter – with a cold patch material, the improving quality of which is making the material a more permanent remedy – and road maintenance crews must wait until the spring to go full tilt. Work on pothole repair has been hampered by a particularly challenging winter of plowing and salting. While Wellesley and Woolwich road crews do not cart off and dump snow to the extent that they do in larger communities like Kitch-
ener, they must clear parking lots, downtown cores and high traffic areas on a regular basis as snow buildup greatly reduces visibility, especially near intersections. In Woolwich, weather permitting, excess amounts of snow are dumped near the transfer station on Howard Avenue in Elmira. The pace this year has left crews stretched to the maximum. “Winter hasn’t given us enough of a break; we’ve been hard-pressed just to kind of get snow out of the parking lots,” said Baldasaro.
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property home to the Mac’s convenience store and Petro-Canada gas bar, which also owns the neighbouring Steddick site. Preliminary talks would see the old hotel demolished, with a new convenience store, expanded Subway restaurant and gas bar moved slightly north from their current locations. As it stands, the part of the floodplain labeled floodway – the riskiest stretch of the drainage system and most likely to cause damage – runs right through the existing convenience store building. Pointing to the flooding concerns, BIA member Hugh Weltz questioned the wisdom of allowing underground gasoline storage tanks on the site. A catastrophic, “100year storm” could engulf
A DRAIN RUNS THROUGH IT The map shows the path of the Weigel Drain in the core of Elmira. The black lines border the entire flood area, the gray area is the flood fringe, and the ripples indicate the floodway.
the tanks, sending gasoline spilling out into the creek, he suggested. For his part, Scarfone noted any changes on the site would be an improvement over the status quo. If the township blocked redevelopment on that property, the owners could simply continue to operate as they do today,
whereas new construction would be subject to today’s more stringent regulations. The same would be true of other development in the so-called flood fringe, where buildings would have to be floodproofed and designed to minimize impact on the natural water flows in
the drainage channel. All work would be subject to approval by the township and the Grand River Conservation Authority. The new planning provisions would prohibit a range of uses deemed unsafe in the floodplain, including schools, nursing homes and residential units.
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“I had to learn to talk, had to learn to walk, had to learn to swallow.”
Kathleen Gardiner
PUTTING HER HEART INTO IT Kathleen Gardiner holds up the Heart and Soul Award she won for her volunteer efforts with the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Since suffering three strokes in 2000, Gardiner has been sharing her PHOTO | VANESSA MOSS story to help others with their recoveries.
Opportunity in adversity
Breslau woman who suffered three strokes now an advocate for the Heart and Stroke Foundation VANESSA MOSS Kathleen Gardiner’s life changed forever during a shopping trip to Sears on Apr. 22, 2000. At age 44, she collapsed in the shoe department and suffered her first of three strokes. “I had a bizarre headache, was dizzy, couldn’t walk, couldn’t talk,” Gardiner said of the experience. As a healthy, nonsmoker who frequented the gym, Gardiner never saw this coming. “I had got up that morning, had a shower, had breakfast, felt fine,” she said. “I just felt kind of warm in my dad’s car, [then] my life all of a sudden changed in two minutes.” Gardiner, now 51, is sharing her story throughout the region in February to promote Heart Month. Volunteering with the Heart and Stroke Foundation
has been an important part of her recovery. “I’m very blessed and I have a real passion for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and that’s what I enjoy doing now,” she said. At the time of her first stroke, Gardiner was visiting her parents in Ottawa, part of an Easter break from her position with the Region of Waterloo social services department. She spent six weeks there in rehabilitation because she was unable to travel home to Breslau. “I had to learn to talk, had to learn to walk, had to learn to swallow. The first time I put lipstick on, I was lucky I got it on my face,” she said laughing. Two months later and back at home, Gardiner suffered her second stroke with the same symptoms. Spending time in St. Mary’s General Hospital, she could not believe this was happening to her again. “I wasn’t a risk-factor for having a
stroke.” Then, a few days later, again in her Breslau home, Gardiner experienced a third episode that prompted her to take aggressive action. “They [doctors] weren’t really sure what to do about it. [But] they said, ‘You’re not going to survive if you keep having these strokes.’” Having learned that she had holes in her heart – the result of a rare heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO) – Gardiner found a doctor in Toronto who could correct the problem. In September of 2000, she had the lifesaving procedure that involved covering the holes with an amplatzer. Unlike a pacemaker, the device is permanent and “doesn’t set off the detectors at the airport or anything like that,” she said. Right after emerging from surgery, Gardiner felt better, but her recovery has been an ongoing battle. On the physical side, she still has defi-
cits – she is often tired and has a weaker right hand – and cognitive issues, including mixing up left and right and hot and cold. But the more devastating consequences have involved her family. She and her husband divorced after the strokes, and her daughter and parents often worry about her. “It’s as good as it gets. I’ve just accepted that.” Gardiner acts a public speaker for the Kitchener-Waterloo Heart and Stroke Foundation, helping people cope with the physical and emotional effects of strokes. She also talks about risk factors and prevention measures. “I always say you have to be an advocate for your own health. … If for some reason you don’t feel well, you should always seek medical attention.” Her volunteer work has led to a regional Volunteer of the Year honour and a province-wide Heart and Soul See FEBRUARY page »07
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» FROM THE EDITOR | STEVE KANNON
Icy roads and potholes drive the fun out of winter alone suffocated, in a snow tunnel. My nostalgia for that simpler time has been all but erased by what feels like an endless winter and by the time spent behind the wheel of my car. Last weekend’s freezing rain, for instance, made driving miserable and seemed to bring with it an exponential growth in the already excessive number of potholes. Those large divots in the pavement were nonexistent in my childhood. Oh, I’m sure there were plenty of them, it’s just I was oblivious to the fact, outside of the occasional bicycle mishap. Today, however, potholes are the bane of my time on the road. And I’m not alone in that sentiment. Drivers’ organizations such as the Canadian Automobile Association are constantly lobbying for improvements to our roadways, compiling lists of the worst offenders when it comes to potholes and other road hazards. As I noted last week, there is a push to get more of the tax money collected from drivers – through gas taxes and assorted license fees – directed at improving roads. Potholes are not just annoying, they’re dangerous and potentially costly if your car is damaged in what are sometimes canyonesque craters. Roads in the area are especially bad this year because of the freeze-thaw cycle we’ve experienced. More snow, and rain, has meant plenty of moisture, and plenty of stress from plows and sanders. Potholes are formed when moisture below the pavement freezes as temperatures drop, forcing the ground to expand and pushing the pavement up. When temperatures increase, the ground returns to its normal level but
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the pavement often remains raised, creating a cavity. When driven over, the cavity pops, creating a new pothole. A hard winter like the one we’re having this year provides all the ingredients for potholes. Snow, ice and rain provide ample moisture and severe cold causes pavement cracking that allows water to seep in, expand and displace paving material. Add sunlight, which creates varying temperatures that keep the damaging freeze/thaw cycle in motion. And finally, because warmer spring weather accelerates the freeze/thaw cycle, causing pavement to deteriorate even more quickly, we can expect to see even more craters before too long. That being the case, we should brace ourselves for more bone-jarring jolts, and corresponding assaults on our cars. According to the CAA, an encounter with a pothole can run into the hundreds of dollars for tire, rim and suspension repairs and replacement. When a wheel hits a pothole, it falls into the hole and has to emerge. It is
rare that the entry that causes the damage; rather it is the exit. The amount of damage depends on the diameter of the tire, the depth and length of the pothole and the speed of the vehicle. Longer potholes cause more damage because their length means that at practically any speed, the tire risks hitting its bottom before being able to emerge. Similarly, low speed can result in damage to the vehicle’s frame or platform because, again, the tire has time to hit the bottom of the hole. Some advice from the experts: if you can’t avoid a pothole, at least avoid braking suddenly; instead, allow the wheel to roll freely into the hole. In fact, a blocked wheel is likely to sustain much more damage than a rolling wheel. Sometimes it is better just to hit the pothole than to try to avoid it by making a manoeuvre that could cause a more serious accident. And take a few minutes to complain about the more outrageous craters that have gone unfilled.
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Favourite flower? “Rose of course.” What do you enjoy about gardening? “It takes your mind off other things.” Children? Two: Michael in Waterloo, Linda in Conestogo. Favourite TV shows? Sports mostly – tennis. Favourite movie? Working Girl. Greatest accomplishment? “Raising my children and bringing them up properly.”
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Winter used to be so much fun. The more snow, the better. Somewhere along the line, that changed. At some point, the enjoyment of playing became overshadowed by the cold and wet feeling that comes with being out in the snow. Then you start driving, and all the white stuff becomes nothing but a slippery mess that narrows the lanes and makes parking an even bigger chore. I’ve been thinking about the transition because the winter we’re having this year is very much in the mold of the winters we had when I was growing up in Montreal. At that time, the snow arrived in October or November and stayed on the ground well into April. There was none of the complete thaw cycles we see today – even this winter. At the shopping centre down the road from our house, snow cleared from the parking lot was piled higher and higher; remnants, compacted and blackened, remained into June. All that snow was a boon when I was a kid. Snow piled high everywhere made it easy to build forts and tunnels. Even the front yard, where the municipal snow-blowers would eject the stuff piled by the plows, was covered in snow deep and thick enough to build a veritable rabbit’s den. The school yard, with its towering mounds of snow, was ideal, but eventually safety concerns caused administrators to outlaw the practice – in retrospect, it probably was dangerous, but I never knew a single person who got hurt, let
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» FAREWELL TOUR
Home Hardware won’t have to dig into its pockets to be a good neighbour in St. Jacobs. When the company suggested its trucks be exempted from the halfload restrictions that will be in place on Three Bridges Road early in the spring, Woolwich Township considered charging the company up to $10,000 for any damage that might be caused to the roadway during that period. Meeting Tuesday night, councillors decided the company could continue to use the back route out of its Henry Street headquarters without any financial penalty. The goal is to minimize truck traffic on King Street, the village’s main thoroughfare. Especially heavy trucks will still be routed along King Street during the half-load season, which runs from Mar. 1 to Apr. 30. The policy is in place on many township roads in order to reduce stress on roads during the critical spring break-up period. Councillors also backed the idea of looking at longer-term infrastructure improvements, including traffic lights at the intersection of Lobsinger Line and Three Bridges Road, to accommodate Home Hardware’s operation.
Woolwich gets off the fence Woolwich sidestepped a potential minefield this week by removing itself from disputes involving the province’s new Line Fences Act. Implementing the full policy would have meant, among other provisions, that neighbours would have to split the costs on a fence erected on the property line, even if only one of the parties wanted the fence. However, councillors meeting this week voted to exempt the township from the automatic scenario, instead adopting a policy of encouraging residents to work out the details between themselves, as has historically been the case.
Bridge exempt from noise
Looking to speed up the expansion of the King Street overpass crossing Hwy. 85, Woolwich council this week exempted the project from the township’s noise bylaw. When construction begins in May, work will be able to continue past the usual 9 p.m. cutoff time. Waterloo Region is widening the bridge as part of the power centre development adjacent to the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. The plan is to maintain two-way traffic during most of the construction period. However, Farmer’s Market Road will be closed for about one week at some point, and there will be periodic overnight closures of the on/off ramps from Hwy. 85 to King Street.
Students look to Gates for inspiration Ten from EDSS among small group to attend UW talk; feed links high school classroom VANESSA MOSS Microsoft founder Bill Gates made a special stop at the University of Waterloo Thursday and 10 Elmira District Secondary School students were along for the ride. They joined an elite group of 200 local students invited to Gates’ only Canadian university lecture on his “Farewell Retirement from Microsoft Tour.” “I’m pretty excited about it,” Noah Kippin, 18, said Tuesday. “I think it’s a unique experience to be able to go see something when not many people are allowed to go.” When EDSS’ head of math and computer science, Richard Clausi, was offered the tickets, he jumped on an opportunity he missed last time Gates was in town. Prior to heading out to the event, Clausi said that listening to Gates would be a unique experience
that might even have longterm effects on the students. “Many of them I think are already very inspired in the field, but you always hope that when students hear someone of this calibre … that may set them off on a path that may in the end be beneficial to everyone, so that’s the hope of education – expose them to something that someday will create a ripple.” As a student already interested in computer science, and planning to study engineering in university, Kippin said he was excited to hear what Gates had to say about the future of computing, science and technology. “I’d probably just want to ask him whether or not he still feels there’s a lot of room for innovation. I know that there are lots of new things happening and there’s still tons of ideas out there, but a lot of time nowadays, it seems that people are rejecting
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GETTING TECHNICAL Bill Gates was beamed into an EDSS classroom via a live internet feed Feb. 21. For those who weren’t able to nab a ticket to the UW event, Room 33 at the high school was the next best thing.
new ideas in favour of just keeping things that work, and I’m not sure I like the way that’s happening right now.” Sporting a U of W sweat-
shirt and appearing to speak unscripted, Gates spent his half hour discussing the future of information and technology and how the field can
initiate change in poorer countries, Clausi said, adding that the computer guru revealed some of his latest projects, including research into malaria. “This fellow really deserves every cent he has. He is doing some of the most altruistic and inspiring things I can imagine.” Along with speaking about new technologies, Gates took time to promote the field of computer science itself. He and his wife, Melinda, recently donated $12.5 million to the university’s Centre for Education in Math and Computing, which offers contests to high school students with those interests. The money was intended for outreach since “computer science is thinly subscribed to across the country,” Clausi said. “He really believes in the value of education and boy, he is really gung-ho on the University of Waterloo and mathematics – what a cheerleader.”
Wellesley backs call for local CBC radio station National broadcaster eyes Waterloo Region as one of 15 proposed new centres MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Plans to bring a CBC radio station to the region won the support of Wellesley council this week. The township added its name to the list of municipalities calling on the federal government to fund the creation of 15 new local CBC Radio bureaus throughout the country. CBC considers this region to be under-serviced. Supporting a City of Waterloo resolution, Wellesley councillors meeting Tuesday night endorsed a plan to remedy the problem. “We have a plan, CBC Radio has a plan, that basically would create
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CBC listeners tune into the corporation’s Toronto broadcast. The new regional stations would be part of the CBC Radio One Network, providing local morning and late afternoon programming created and broadcast locally; the remainder of the programming would be nationally produced. A regional station would better serve and reflect the interests of the community, connecting it to national and international media. “We feel that southwestern Ontario is probably one of the largest underserved markets in Canada. [It] needs its own voice – not only local service for the commu-
nities, but also its voice so that we’re telling the stories from these communities up to the national network,” said Ted Kennedy, chief of staff for English CBC. And that’s a concept that Wellesley Mayor Ross Kelterborn can buy into. “I thought that was a good thing, an opportunity for municipalities to take advantage of that to promote themselves,” he said, highlighting one of the issues outlined in the City of Waterloo motion. With a focus on local stories, public affairs, and the cultural fabric of its community, a local radio station would boost events such as the Wellesley Apple Butter and
Cheese Festival, giving them greater exposure, Kelterborn suggested. “That’s what caught my eye, and I thought that was good.” If approved, the new 15 station plan would involve a $25 million capital cost and an annual operating budget of approximately $25 million. Currently, the plan is being reviewed by the federal Heritage Committee; a decision is expected within the next few months. If approved, it would then be up to the federal government to find funding. If it gets underway, the roll-out for all 15 new stations and production centres would take about three years.
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Board dismisses Fraser Institute’s rankings Educators quick to categorize think tank’s analysis as “inappropriate and rather misleading� VANESSA MOSS Ontario elementary schools were on the receiving end of report cards this week as the Fraser Institute released its annual assessment. Initiated in 2003, the Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools ranks 2,786 schools based on the province’s Grades 3 and 6 Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) results in reading, writing and math. Designed by the rightwing think tank to provide parents with school-by-school comparisons of academic performance, the report card has been criticized by the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, as well as individu-
al school boards. “We don’t see the ranking that the Fraser Institute does as a particularly good use of EQAO data. We think that ranking invites simplistic comparisons that lead people to make snap decisions or snap judgments about schools,� said Mary Lou Mackie, Waterloo Region District School Board superintendent of education. “Ranking schools really is inappropriate and rather misleading. I think it ignores the kind of detailed story behind each one of these schools and the work and the effort that goes into all of student learning.� Report card co-author Peter Cowley argues that while the report does not provide information
about every aspect of student life – including details about fine arts, sports, etc. – it gives parents one of many tools they can use to choose a school, and it also keeps them updated annually on how their child’s school is performing compared to others. “Oftentimes, if you look at a school’s website or even a district website, you’ll get mostly the good news and less of the bad news,� Cowley explained from his office in Vancouver. “We get the (EQAO) data, we do exactly the same calculations with the data for every school and the chips essentially fall where they may.� In Woolwich and Wellesley townships, the chips did not fall at all on John Mahood, Park Manor,
Riverside and Three Bridges schools in Elmira because they did not meet Fraser’s requirements of having both Grades 3 and 6 and/or at least 15 students enrolled in each. Of the eight schools that did make the cut, only three had their overall ratings go up from last year (St. Jacobs, Floradale and Wellesley). This measure is calculated out of 10 based on nine indicators of academic performance: reading, writing and math in both grades, Grade 6 gender gaps in reading, writing and math and the percentage of all six tests written at the school that scored below provincial standards. The overall rating is then used to rank each school out of 2,786.
students’ performance in reading and math, Cowley said, adding that this information is excluded from the overall rating. In the townships, Floradale and St. Clement received ‘A’s in both categories (the same as last time), while Linwood and St. Teresa earned Cs in reading and As in math (Bs; D and B); Wellesley got Bs (B,C), St. Jacobs an A and a B (Cs), Breslau Ds (D), and Conestogo C and D (n/a). While the Waterloo public and catholic boards would not comment on specific data from the cards, Mackie said parents with questions should contact their children’s schools. A similar Fraser Institute report card on secondary schools will be released in late March.
In the townships, the qualifying schools varied in ranking, with St. Clement Catholic School coming in highest at 173, posting an overall rating of 8.5 (down 0.2 from last year’s 8.7). St. Jacobs Public School ranked 921, with 6.8 (6.5); Conestogo Public School was 1,059, with 6.6 (7.7); St. Teresa School came in 1,182, with 6.4 (6.8); Floradale Public School and Wellesley Public School tied at 1,378, with 6.1 (5.6) and 6.1 (5.3); Linwood Public School sat at 2,373, with 4.1 (5.2) and Breslau took the 2,433 spot, with an overall rating of 3.9 (5.6). In true “report card� style, the document also included letter-graded measures, which provide a “reflection of the impact of the school� on
Maryhill murder investigation generating other arrests Waterloo regional police still don’t know how Robert Rempel met his end, but find links to other cases
has decided to go ahead with its share, providing $64 million to Ontario for clean drinking water projects, Albrecht said. The money was welcomed by Mayor Bill Strauss, who called on the province to match the contribution. “Anytime you want to come with announcements like this, I’m always here to see you,� he joked with Albrecht, reminding him the township is still seeking federal support for the
$22-million Woolwich Memorial Centre. The province kicked in $2 million for that project. The Riverside Drive work involves a complete reconstruction of all underground services and the road surface, including replacement of the existing sanitary sewer, cellar drain, storm sewer and watermains. New concrete curbs and gutters and sidewalks are to be installed, along with new asphalt. The final price tag will top $2 million.
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whom he might have crossed paths in the days prior to his death. “That’s really what we’re trying to sort out ‌ the challenge now is to find out, of all these different sort of spider webs that are being developed – are they all connected?â€? Although the case remains at an impasse, detectives from the Division 3 detective branch, as well as the homicide branch, continue to investigate the case and hope that more toxicology tests will help shed light on the homicide. Anyone with information is asked to call 519653-7700, ext. 8669, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS. NEWS
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was eventually transported to a hospital in Toronto. On Feb. 14, Stephen Michael Lapier, 23, of Kitchener, was arrested and held for a bail hearing Friday in Kitchener Provincial Court. Two 26-year-old females, Nikki Lee McLellan, and Sandra Suzanne Lillie, both of no fixed address, were arrested on Feb. 12 and remanded in custody for a video court appearance Feb. 19. Paul William McGraw, 34, of Guelph, currently in custody at a detention centre on unrelated matters, is also charged and will appear in court. The victim of that November assault is known to the suspects,
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murder. Rempel’s body was found Nov. 11 in Maryhill on a Charles Street West farm property. Although the circumstances surrounding his death and an inconclusive postmortem have left investigators with many unanswered questions, information dug up in the case has in turn advanced work on other, seemingly unrelated crimes: the recent arrest of four Kitchener-area individuals connected to a November 2006 aggravated assault appears to have come about, in part, as a result of leads gleaned through work on the Maryhill murder case. “The Rempel investiga-
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2:27 PM | A two-vehicle collision brought police to South Field Drive in Elmira. A Waterloo resident driving a garbage truck on South Field attempted to make a left turn into a private driveway when, at the same time, the truck was over taken by a passing vehicle. As the truck moved to turn, it collided with the passing vehicle. Both left the roadway and struck a hydro pole. There was significant damage to the
The Esso gas station at Wagners Corner near St. Jacobs was the scene of an $85 gas drive-off on the morning of Feb. 18. Police were told that a white male in his 40s had filled up a full-sized pickup truck and then taken off without paying. The vehicle was last seen northbound on King Street. A plate number (AFME 973) was obtained; it was determined later on, however, that the plate had been stolen from the Ayr area. The investigation continues. passing vehicle but there were no injuries. The driver of the truck was charged with ‘turn not in safety.’ 4:04 PM | Police received a report that at 6:30 that morning an individual delivering newspapers close to St. Jacobs Public School saw a male following her on the street. The suspected individual did not speak or approach the girl. After some time she turned around and noticed that he was no longer there. He was described as a tall male wearing a black toque and jacket, and dark pants. Despite the girl’s suspicion, police remain uncertain if the individual had been following her.
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6:46 AM | A two-vehicle collision occurred in the 460 area of Arthur Street, south of Elmira. An Elmira man was northbound on Arthur Street when he lost control of his vehicle, skidded and crossed the centreline, sideswiping a southbound vehicle on Arthur Street. Both vehicles were pretty much demolished. Only
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11:12 AM | A snowplow clipped a hydro pole with its wing blade in the 1214 area of Noah Street in Woolwich Township, near the Wellington border. Damage was tagged at $500. 3:59 PM | It appears that a vehicle was hit while parked at the driver’s place of employment on Industrial Drive in Elmira. There were no witnesses; it’s possible that the hit-and-run occurred elsewhere. There are no suspects. 4:25 PM | A vehicle collision involving a snowmobile brought police to a trail near New Jerusalem Road. A 55-year-old Maryhill resident was driving his snowmobile on the trail when he failed to negotiate a curve; the snowmobile subsequently left the trail, was propelled into the air and then rolled after hitting the ground. The driver suffered a broken leg and was transported to Grand River Hospital. There were no charges.
minor injuries were reported, and one man was charged with ‘fail to drive in marked lane.’ 11:07 AM | An Elmira resident reported the loss of a license plate – ANJP 524 – somewhere in Elmira.
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12:15 AM | A police officer operating a speed trap on Arthur Street South stopped an area man after clocking his vehicle at 144 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. The driver’s vehicle and license were seized for seven days and he was charged with stunt driving as well as speeding. 9:48 AM | There were no injuries and no charges as a result of a collision on Farmers’ Market Road near St. Jacobs. A Waterloo driver was southbound on Farmers’ Market Road when he entered a curve and lost control over an icy portion of the road, sideswiping a northbound vehicle. Both vehicles suffered a significant amount of damage. There were no charges.
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ALL BACKED UP Warm weather earlier in the week melted ice on the Grand River system, causing large chunks to converge on the covered bridge in West Montrose. The ensuing cold temperatures led to an ice jam, prompting officials to issue flood warnings on Tuesday.
INSURANCE CLAIM An Elmira resident who inadvertently hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal crashed through the front window of the Co-operators Insurance office at 25 Industrial Ave. on Wednesday. Damage was estimated at $3,500 to $4,000. No one was injured. 10:00 AM | A single-vehicle The vehicle was towed. lision occurred in the area of collision occurred at Northfield Line 86 and Northfield Drive, »» February 19 Drive East, close to Balsam near Elmira. There were no Grove Road, near West Mon- 2:17 PM | An area resident re- injuries despite the fact that trose. The driver of the vehicle ported the loss of a plate bear- both vehicles had ended in the was southbound on Northfield ing the marker 454 8RK. It was ditch. Damage was moderate. Drive when she lost control on lost somewhere in the area. One driver was charged with an icy portion of roadway and 7:50 PM | A set of Mexican failing to produce ownership entered a ditch. There was a plates was seized from a vehi- documentation. considerable amount of dam- cle in the area of Oriole Park- 5:54 AM | Two vehicles collidage, but no injuries. way in Elmira. The driver of ed in the area of Arthur Street 3:24 PM | Police received the vehicle was charged with South and Listowel Road in a report of a single-vehicle using unauthorized plates. Elmira. Neither driver was incollision that took place at jured. One driver was charged »» February 20 9:40 p.m. in the 660 area of with failing to surrender a Crowsfoot Road. The driver, 12:35 AM | A two-vehicle col- driver’s license. an Ariss resident, was taken to hospital in Guelph. He had been westbound on Crowsfoot Road when he lost control on some ice. Damage was reported as moderate. There were no charges.
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1:40 PM | A suspicious man was discovered by employees at a Union Street, Elmira business. The man appears to have been startled while in an office area of the building. A door had been forced open. When he was confronted, the suspect explained that he had made a mistake and was in the wrong area. The man is described as in his 30s, 5’8”, weighing 160 to 180 pounds, and wearing a woodsman jacket. He fled the Roxton Furniture building after being confronted. The investigation continues. 4:49 PM | As a result of a traffic stop in the 6700 area of Line 86, plates were seized from a vehicle as a validation sticker had been stripped off a snowmobile and placed on the vehicle plates. The registered owner was charged with altering a license plate; and for having no insurance.
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» EDITORIAL
Many of us are moving backwards If you’re like most Canadians, you’re working harder and have less to show for it. We all feel that’s the case, and a recent study backs it up with cold, hard statistics. The report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found the gap between rich and poor is growing, even during the best of economic conditions. In 2004, the average earnings of the richest 10 per cent of Canada’s families raising children were 82 times that earned by the poorest 10 per cent of families. That is approaching triple the ratio of 1976, when the ratio was around 31 times. The after-tax income gap has never been this high in at least 30 years, and it has been growing faster than ever since the late 1990s. Essentially, we’re spending more time at work, but 80 per cent of us are getting a smaller share of Canada’s growing economy. Only the richest 20 per cent are experiencing gains, and most of those gains are concentrated in the top 10 per cent. That richest 10 per cent of Canadian families are getting richer. They enjoyed a 30-per-cent earnings increase compared to a generation ago, the only group to experience such gains. This is creating a new phenomenon in income distribution in
Canada: the rich are breaking away from the rest of society, in a way not seen since such information began to be collected in 1976. The differences become stark when the study compares the top half of families with the bottom half: between 1976 and 1979, the bottom half of Canada’s families earned 27 per cent of total earnings. Between 2001 and 2004, their share dropped to 20.5 per cent of total earnings, even though they were working more. The poorest 20 per cent saw their share of the earnings pie drop from 4.5 per cent from the late 1970s to 2.6 per cent in the early 2000s. In sharp contrast, the top half of Canadian families saw their share of total earnings grow to 79.5 per cent from 73 per cent during that same time period. Most of the increase went to the very richest 10 per cent of families – their share of earnings grew to 29.5 per cent from 23 per cent of all earnings by Canadian families. The average Canadian household with children is clocking in almost 200 hours more each year compared to just nine years ago. Only one group of families didn’t clock in more hours: the richest 10 per cent, on average, didn’t increase their
» VERBATIM
work hours between 1996 and 2004. Yet the group was alone in seeing major increases in their earnings. In the past, income gaps were often the result of economic conditions and policies pushing more people into the ranks of the poor. In the latest boom, the rich are outpacing the pack to pull ahead. This is not automatically a bad thing, except that it increasingly comes at the expense of the poor and, to a growing extent, the middle class. “Canadians sense that economic prosperity is largely accruing to the rich, leaving the rest behind. That perception is borne out by these statistics. Though the pie is much bigger, it is not even getting divided into the same (unequal) pieces as a generation ago. The pieces are getting more unequal, with those at the top getting an everbigger share of the pie — at the expense of those at the bottom, but, more surprisingly, also at the expense of the majority of Canadian families,” says the report. We need look no farther then the U.S. to see where this road leads. As author Kevin Phillips has chronicled, a threat to the middle class sets up the possibility of political upheaval.
» THE MONITOR
“Ranking schools really is inappropriate and rather misleading. I think it ignores the kind of detailed story behind each one of these schools and the work and the effort that goes into all of student learning.”
Canadian police services reported 8,100 victims of violent gun crime, ranging from assault to robbery and homicide, accounting for 2.4% of all victims of violence in 2006. Handguns account for two-thirds of all firearms used.
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The Observer | Saturday, February 23, 2008
» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
Hong Kong still one of the world’s must-see destinations A quarter century after my last visit to Hong Kong, I returned with my wife Wendy to discover this remains, far and away, the most exciting city on the planet. Offered here, some
traveller’s notes: The airplane. Wendy and I left for Hong Kong on Dec. 29 and, New Year’s Eve being my birthday (none of your business, dammit!) we treated ourselves to business class on Cathay Pacific which flies 17 non-stop flights a week, soon to be 21. You have to be there – individual seats which fold back so you have a bed, a flat, comfy bed. Wendy, who is not a good sleeper on planes, and I had a full seven hour sleep and were raring to go when we arrived. It’s dearer than economy but there is a huge plus in being able to use your first day touring rather than sleeping or wandering around in a daze wishing it were bed time. The airport. There we were landing in Hong Kong and not wetting ourselves as we might have a few years back when landing at Kai Tak, which was a terror even for regular Hong Kong visitors. Now there is, the saints be praised, the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok. The basic tour. Upon arrival, we booked one taking us through Kow-
loon, under the harbour to Hong Kong proper, thence to the “must see” ride up to Victoria Peak and the fantastic view of the city and the harbour below. Then it was to a Buddhist temple, which was intriguing as long as you like inhaling incense as you browse around. Then a bit of a disappointment at Aberdeen, where in past years the bay was chockablock with houseboats where the fishermen and their families lived. Back then one of the boats was a school, and you’d see kids running back and forth from boat to boat as if they were playing in ordinary backyards. Unhappily the fish are gone (sound familiar?) and so are the houseboats. The huge Jumbo Palace floating restaurant is still there though, very popular and good value. We also saw Repulse Bay – beautiful even to eyes that live in Lions Bay – then to the obligatory diamond factory (if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all) and finished off in the famous Stanley Market, a massive flea market where there are actually some very decent buys. The bling. There must be more watches and rings for sale in Hong Kong than there are wrists and fingers in the entire world! But if you’re offered a Rolex or Cartier watch at a fabulous price, it’s a knock off. Never buy jewelry in Hong Kong unless it’s from a regular jewelry store. Lantau Island. What a not-to-be-forgotten experience! We took a ferry
from Hong Kong, about a 40-minute very scenic trip to a small fishing village called Tai O, more than three centuries old. Tai O retains most of its historical setting – such as waterways, stilt houses and fishing boats – and it is famous for its fishing village scenery. Traditional Chinese food like salted fish and shrimp paste, locally produced, can be found and the fishermen sell their wares in an open air market. The highlight of our little tour was the fisherman chasing an octopus which had escaped his pail. The fisherman won, though most of us were cheering for the octopus. We then went to the Tian Tan Buddha, the world’s tallest outdoor Buddha, completed in 1993 and located near Po Lin Monastery, which happens to serve a very good vegetarian lunch. High wire thrills. Going back from Lantau Island was great fun – if you don’t mind heights, and I do. We took the 30-minute cable car back to Kowloon and I’m told the sights were spectacular. How would I know? As a person terrified of heights, I spent the ride covering my eyes muttering that since this was my last day on earth, I would like a stiff drink, please. That night we celebrated my birthday and New Year’s Eve (Wendy and I never seem to last long enough to celebrate New Year’s) at the Lychee Gardens restaurant at the hotel with a grand meal and the occasional sip
of bubbly. Not getting run over. Remember that they drive on the left side and pedestrian lanes, unless there’s a light, are meaningless. Like London, the marked lanes seem to be there to help the driver line up the pedestrian. A noisy re-tweet. We stayed in the Metro Park Hotel in the Mongkok district of Kowloon, a good hotel with a very decent dining room at about $100 per night. While the hotel is a $4 ride from the harbour where all the swanky stores are, it’s in a fabulous part of town where they have maintained most of the old ways. There’s the “birds” district where little birds in cages are sold. (I must confess that as Wendy and I sat listening we thought the cries were not so much song but “birdese” for “let me the hell out of here!”) You think Vancouver’s booming? Near the new airport there must be 50 apartment skyscrapers. In Kowloon and Hong Kong proper buildings are rising like mushrooms. One of the consequences of this is clearly noticeable better housing for the less well off. At the same time there are literally dozens of new condos where $1,000,000 will get you that little suite with no view. There is a lot of money in Hong Kong – and it shows. Some of the development is ghastly, such as the shopping centres in the old areas like Mongkok. I suppose See MAIR »12
» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER
Imad Mughniyeh’s killing: wheels within wheels Imad Mughniyeh didn’t have long to be surprised, for the bomb that exploded in the car parked next to his undoubtedly killed him in less than a second. He wouldn’t have been surprised anyway: as the special operations chief of Hezbollah’s secretive military wing, the Islamic Resistance, he would not have been expecting to die in bed. But he may have had just enough time to wonder who finally got him. In the normal course of events, the assassination of a terrorist leader would be a one-day news event in the Middle East. (Mughniyeh organized the hijacking of an American airliner in 1985, and was suspected of involvement in the bombing of Israeli and Jewish targets in Argentina in the 1990s.) What made it a bit different was that Mughniyeh was killed in Damascus. Normally, this kind of stuff – targeted assassinations, bombings both by suicide and by airplane, military raids, etc. – is confined to Israel and the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, although it frequently reaches into Lebanon and much less often into Jordan. For it to happen in the Syrian capital, however, means that the rules have changed
– or at least, that’s how some people will choose to interpret it. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, automatically blamed Israel for the blast that killed Mughniyeh, and told a huge crown of Lebanese Shias who attended his funeral in south Beirut that by attacking him in Damascus the Israelis had changed the rules. They had extended the conflict beyond the customary borders, and henceforward Hezbollah would do the same. “Zionists, if you want this sort of open war, then let the whole world hear, so be it!” Nasrallah told the crowd, implying (without actually saying) that Israeli and perhaps even Jewish people and institutions worldwide would now be regarded by Hezbollah as legitimate targets. The Israel government, meanwhile, denies responsibility for Mughniyeh’s killing (though even in Israel not many people believe it). Syria’s foreign minister, Walid alMoualem, swore to track the perpetrators down, pointing out that “The fighter Imad Mughniyeh was the target of lots of intelligence agencies.” He did rather telegraph the conclusions of his investigation, however, by asserting that Mughniyeh’s death had “assassinated all efforts for peace” between Syria and Israel. It’s business as usual in the Middle East, then, including the usual rhetoric of conviction when admissions
of ignorance would be more in order. For example, it is by no means certain that Israel organized Mughniyeh’s death. It could have been the United States. Imad Mughniyeh has been on the U.S. government’s list of “Most Wanted Terrorists” since it was first compiled, and has been accused of being the mastermind behind the suicide bombing that killed 241 U.S. Marines in a barracks in Beirut in 1983 (though he would have been only 21 at the time). A September, 2006 article in the New Yorker alleged that U.S. hit teams were actively trying to track him down. So maybe it was the U.S., in which case Nasrallah was barking up the wrong tree – or maybe it really was the Israelis, in which case the question becomes: why now? Just because they finally got a fix on him? But Mughniyeh’s big successes were far behind him, in the ’80s and early ’90s, and the Israelis are too sophisticated to buy into the Hollywood notion of a terrorist “mastermind” who is so vital to the conduct of operations that his death would make a big difference. Assuming that it was the Israelis, and assuming also that they are not stupid, why would they kill Mughniyeh in Damascus (which genuinely does transgress the unwritten ArabIsraeli rules about where this sort
of killing is permissible)? Could it be that they were trying to push Hezbollah into the kind of response that Hassan Nasrallah actually gave? Hezbollah has prospered mightily since its successful resistance to the Israeli army in southern Lebanon in 2006. Luring it into terrorist attacks on civilian Israeli and Jewish targets overseas could only serve to discredit it in the eyes of those in the West who might be tempted to talk to it, and even in the eyes of some Arabs. Are the Israeli intelligence services clever and subtle enough to think this thought? Is the Pope a Catholic? And what about Nasrallah? Was he actually declaring a jihad against Jews all over the world? Well, no, actually. He seemed to be saying what the crowd at Imad Mughniyeh’s funeral obviously wanted to hear, but he left his real options entirely open. He, too, has been in this game long enough to understand that the goal of the other side is not so much to hurt you as to push you into mistakes that will damage your cause. We shall have to wait and see, but I would be very surprised if Hezbollah now launched a terrorist campaign against Jewish targets outside the Middle East. This is a game in which people die from time to time, but it is fundamentally about influencing the popular perception of your cause at home and abroad.
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Mair: Hong Kong sees itself as outside of Chinese model » From page 11
the dollar sign means that old shops, cheek by jowl, must be replaced by glass and steel shopping malls, but it’s progress that blights. One of the delights in shopping in Mongkok is the smell reflecting the general produce in the area. If I were to do it again, I would spend more time in this area. There’s nothing like it in any of the many large cities I’ve seen. Democracy and China. Hong Kong residents are delightful and always willing to help. They don’t think of themselves as Chinese and constantly refer to the “visitors” from the “mainland.” The People’s Republic flags are rarely seen – mostly the Hong Kong “rose” is in evidence.
They have freedom of the press as any reading of the South China Morning Post or the free Standard makes clear. Democracy is a very common word and though Hong Kong doesn’t have it, what with Beijing control, chief executive Donald Tseng is always seen as pushing for more and more legislative freedom. This and his efforts and criticism of Beijing’s appalling contempt for democracy and human rights are published. The Chinese are a patient people and both Beijing and Hong Kong amply demonstrate this quality. Hong Kong after a quarter of a century? The place one must visit ere one “hops the twig,” as my mother used to say.
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» NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Flooded basement the catalyst for new business VANESSA MOSS When Marty Long came home from work to a flooded basement four years ago, he didn’t realize it would lead to a new career and lifestyle. But, as he searched in vain for solutions to his sump pump problems, his design and business sense kicked in. A few years and several prototypes later, Long has opened Gartech Innovation out of his home shop in Maryhill. He designs, builds and markets backup power units for sump pumps that can also be used to run other household items such as fridges, lights and televisions. His main target is homeowners in rural areas who run into flooding problems when the power goes out while they are away from the house. In such cases, the sump pump stops working and a big mess ensues, as was the case with Long four years ago. “If we had hydro out for an hour and I didn’t have this hooked up,
the amount of water that comes into our basement, it would be flooded and you would be into $30,000 to $40,000 damage to your basement,” he explained. The black power units are simple to use, can be hung on the wall and are light enough to carry, Long said. Homeowners install the device by plugging it into the wall and then attaching the sump pump and a battery – although the product does not come with its own battery, Long provides customers with a list of deep-cycle ones that will lead to the best performance. When the power goes out, the Gartech component automatically switches to battery power. Then, when hydro is restored, it switches back and an integrated charger boosts the battery for next time. Long is currently talking to Home Depot about carrying his product, which he characterizes as unique from others in the market. While searching for backup power himself, Long could only find expensive commercial
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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
Farmers fighting to preserve the environment The environment was number-one with farmers long before pollsters showed it was a top priority for Canadians. In fact, since 1993, a program called the Environmental Farm Plan has been operating in Ontario, helping more than 33,000 farmers make their operations as eco-friendly as possible – keeping livestock out of streams, erecting shelterbelts to cut down on erosion, and other such activities. But if the environment is such an important part of our national psyche, why is this farm program now being treated as second class by funding authorities? That’s what Don McCabe wants to know. McCabe, the no-nonsense vice-president of the Guelph-based Ontario Federation of Agriculture,
wonders why farmers have been, in his words, “left in the dark” about the continuation of the environmental farm program after its current funding expires. He’s troubled that the farm community has met with futility asking Ottawa in particular, for almost two years, for an assurance this program would continue. But none has been forthcoming, because federal farm programs that gained traction under the Liberals are now being revamped. That puts farmers in a tough spot. Through ongoing lobbying, they’ve been able to convince Ottawa to support their environmental farm agenda over the years. But will it fit into the current government’s longer view of agriculture? It had better, says McCabe. It’s become part of farming’s culture and it’s going strong. In the past three years, more than 3,800 new participants have taken part in the program. Environmentally related workshops
Pump: Do-it-yourself attitude leads to product development » From page 13
joying every minute. Especially since this new venture has provided an added bonus. “It gives me more selected time with my family than being in school because that dictates your time. You
have an assignment and it’s due in the morning or it’s due in two days, where this, if we want to go somewhere, I can plan around it. [But] that’s not to say I’m not up until two or three in the morning sometimes.”
have been over-subscribed by more than 40 per cent, with some 7,300 farmers signing up. The program traces its roots way back to the earliest days of this province’s bridge between farming and the environment – that is, another Guelph-based organization called Agriculture Groups Concerned About Resources and the Environment (AGCARE). Then, Ontario’s farming community got behind the Environmental Farm Plan because it wanted to make its own rules. Farmers think they get enough regulations handed to them from the province and Ottawa, and even then, in the early 1990s, they knew pressure was coming to be more active in environmental stewardship. So with AGCARE, and with guidance from environmental experts from the University of Guelph such as Gord Surgeoner and others, they created the Environmental Farm Plan program (which is now administered by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association). Farmers like it, because they help determine their own farm’s environmental program in the company of their peers. Using a prescribed document, they chart their farm’s normal activities and note where potential hotspots might occur. They submit their plan to a review committee that’s predominantly made up of farmers, and get detailed feedback on their status quo.
Through the program, they can get funding to fix problems on the farm that are, or could be, environmental ills. Over the past three years, nearly $35 million of federal support has been used by producers to address such matters. “With this level of uptake, it has to be obvious to our governments that Ontario farmers take their responsibility for protecting the environment very serious,” says OFA president Geri Kamenz. The problem is that the Environmental Farm Plan, like most other agriculture support programs, is wrapped up in the overall federal funding agreement for farmers. The current agreement ends next month, and the farm community is anxiously awaiting news of an extension. With a federal election in the wings, farmers are concerned a massive new farm program is a long way off from being enacted. And that irks Kamenz and McCabe. It also presents problems for farmers wanting to begin new projects now and in the spring. To McCabe, there’s no reason for this to be a political football. Given how Ontarians keep saying the environment is at the top of their list of concerns, he’s confident about public support for farmers’ efforts to maintain good environmental practices and to run the cleanest operations possible. He’d tell Ottawa that, he says, if only he could get someone to listen.
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work that has once again brought them together. “It is a celebration of sport and, in my opinion, a tribute to all those who have participated in and enjoyed athletic activities at EDSS over the years,” former gymnast Leslie Parker said of the mural. “It was a great project to be a part of.” Remembering how the mural came about, Thirtle said it was quite simple. He saw a stark gym wall that he wanted to transform into something special. “Creativity starts with an idea and with a touch of inspiration,” he explained. “As a coach, I would go from school to school to school and I would see … various schools that would have things on the wall; I just came into ours and said, ‘there’s nothing there.’ Since I commuted every day from Waterloo with the head of phys-ed, … it just came up one day and I said, ‘is there anything we can do there?’ and he said, ‘hey, go for it.’” Thirtle – now the owner of a sportswear company in London – designed a smallscale version of the mural first, highlighting 12 of Elmira’s best athletes in ten different sports. To capture the essence of each activity, he took various pictures of the students performing in the gym. “I remember being in the small gym and just sort of running around in circles as he kept taking pictures of me to get a good shot,” said Julie Madden, a runner. “You had to keep going over and over again and I wasn’t even wearing running shoes – it was my squash shoes or something like that. So, the shoes that are in the picture, I always laugh because those aren’t even running shoes.” At the time, the athletes didn’t think much of this opportunity, many not even remembering why they were chosen. But now, they see the experience in a different light. “The older I get, the more of an honour I think it was looking back on it – seeing that it’s still up there,” said Jim Radler, a sprinter. “I think it’s a great legacy,” added Greg LaRue, a pole vaulter. “I may have not done a whole lot in high school, but I’m always going to be up there until they
paint the wall, which I seriously doubt they’re going to do.” Replacing the art piece with an updated version would be no easy feat, considering Thirtle and his volunteers – including parents, teachers, and other staff members – worked meticulously for two years to complete the project. After laying out the smallscale drawing, Thirtle and his team projected the design onto the wall, traced the images and then went to work on painting. They concentrated on sections based on colour, standing on scaffolding that was up for a year. “It was very methodical, but it was a lot of fun,” Thirtle said. “It gave the kids (art students) a sense that what they’re doing had some sense of purpose. That it’s worthwhile that people would be looking at it and that it would stay there. It was pretty cool.” The end result was a larger-than-life representation of both the athletes and the overall school atmosphere at the time. “Elmira high school was a pretty amazing place. It was well-run [and] had an amazing staff. … It was pretty ideal and it was a great place to work,” Thirtle said. “It was a great time in my life,” said Tracey Strauss, who played basketball. Jill Lorch (swimmer) remembers how important she felt when people recognized her on the wall back then. And Laurie Cossey (Taylor), a field hockey player, was shocked that decades later, people still do. Her daughter visited EDSS for a drama festival a few years ago and recognized her mother on the wall, not knowing about the mural beforehand. “She said, ‘there’s this person that looks just like
Cossey said with a you up on the wall,’” laugh. the mural group As each member of her high school or reminisced about his ries came up. years, only fond memo t his old yearou Kendal Bauman dug recalled what a er ok Bo rk Ma d an books , even though did ss cla great job the art e “real old” now. the people up there ar hter and the rest “My hair is a little lig than in the picier av of me is a little he ture,” Radler noted. , British ColumNow living in Kelowna er player, said cc so a bia, Tony Kreutzer, ” on the mural ed liz rta mo that being “im n to his past. gives him a connectio feeling to still be “It’s kind of a nice part of it all.”
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Kings set to wrap up regular season VANESSA MOSS The Elmira Sugar Kings are ready and raring to go for the playoffs after a twowin, one-loss weekend. Starting in Listowel Feb. 15, the Kings came up short 3-2 against the Cyclones, but made up for it Saturday with a win over the Cambridge Winterhawks 3-2 and a 4-2 victory over the Guelph Dominators at home the following night. Sitting first in the Mid-Western Junior Hockey League standings with 67 points, Elmira has just two games left in its regular season. Based on the effort put forth last weekend, coach Geoff Haddaway said his guys seem to be maintaining their playoff mentalities as the regular season winds down. But that doesn’t mean they have nothing to work on. “I don’t think it’s any different from any other time of the year. You’re always looking to improve on all your areas of the game. I
have yet to see us play a perfect game; we do have to keep trying to tidy things up a little bit, so that when we go into the playoffs, we’re able to perform at our highest level.” One area of improvement came to light in the first two periods of the home game Feb. 17, when Guelph took advantage of Elmira’s sluggish start. The Dominators held a 2-0 lead until 12:36 of the second when John Lunney (assisted by Jeremy Hilliard and Matthew Stern) posted the Kings’ first point. Brock Zinken (Hilliard) then tied things up shorthanded at 13:51 and netted another one from Lunney and Hilliard at 6:20 of the third. Keeping their penalties down and taking advantage of Guelph’s time in the box, the Kings ended the match 4-2 when Hilliard racked up his fourth point of the game at 18:17 from Troy Murray and Zinken. Seeing his team come away with few penalties on the weekend
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DOWN LOW Elmira Sugar King forward Jeremy Hilliard takes it down a level against the Guelph Dominators’ Scott Vanbommel at home Feb. 18. The Kings took the game 4-2 to wrap up a 2-1 weekend. was both a relief and game. We certainly ones.” tributions, especially Helping Elmira kill from Chad Hepburn, a worry for Haddaway, don’t want to be afraid who understands the to be an aggressive off the penalties they Addison Fisher, Philip importance of strong, team. That can some- did rack up were play- Teri, Jeff Zippel and yet controlled efforts. times lead to penalties, ers not recognized on Riley Sonnenburg. “The last few games I but those penalties are the game sheet. Hadd“You never hear think … we’ve played usually easier to kill away said he was im- about those guys, but I a lot more disciplined than the undisciplined pressed with those conSee KINGS »20
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Âť THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
These kind of infidelities just cut too deep An old friend called me the other day and we had an awkward but pleasant chat – the first one in several years. It was difficult at first, especially since he was finally coming to terms with forgiving me for a brief but unseemly encounter I had with his wife. Not that I deserved it. I still feel bad about it. I’m not normally the kind of guy who does this sort of thing but she caught me in a moment of weakness and I gave into raw, unbridled temptation. Even now, I know that I shouldn’t have done what I did – after all she was my friend’s wife. But I just couldn’t help it. And as shameful as it is, it just happened – we were young and foolish.
Between you and me, I guess it was the heat of the moment. She was easy to talk to and, at the time, I rationalized it by thinking that we could keep it to ourselves so no one would ever get hurt. Sadly, for all of us, he walked in, at precisely the wrong moment. And that changed all of our lives. During this most recent phone call, we spoke honestly about the whole thing. He insisted, in fact. His therapist said it was part of the healing process. “I thought I could trust you around her,� he said sadly. “I’m sorry,� I said. “She and I got to talking and one thing led to another. I never meant to.� He didn’t want to hear any more but I needed to get it off my chest. After all what kind of man would tell another man’s wife that her husband didn’t really need any more hunting
rifles. “Why?â€? he moaned. “Why?â€? Who knows why we give in to these dark demons? One minute we were chatting about kids and the next minute, I just blurted it out. “You know, he’s got enough hunting rifles,â€? I remember saying, as if that meant nothing ‌ It was the first time I had ever really pleased a woman. “One more time,â€? she urged, with fire in her eyes. “All right,â€? I said, this time with more than a hint of bravado, “your husband doesn’t need any more hunting rifles.â€? And that’s when Chris walked in. Oh, you think this kind of thing is harmless enough. Then you see the look on your friend’s face – a look of pure hurt and betrayal. Right then and there, I knew I had broken or bent several commandments. “She hasn’t let me buy a rifle since
that day,â€? he said sadly. “I’m ‌ soooooo sorrrrrrry,â€? I answered, searching for the right words. “I never meant for this to happen.â€? We ended the phone call with a promise to spend some time fly-fishing in the spring. I went back to my office to compose myself before dinner. I never have an easy time eating when I’m racked with guilt – it puts me off my second helping of dessert. When I walked back in the kitchen, my wife was just getting off the phone. By the speed in which she hung up, I knew something was wrong. “Who was that?â€? I asked suspiciously. “Chris,â€? she said defiantly. “Oh no,â€? I muttered. “He says you don’t need any more fly rods.â€? I’ll probably call him back in a few years. But right now‌ well, the hurt’s just a little too deep.
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thought they had a good, solid game too, which allows the offensive lines to take advantage of their situations.� Also assisting the forwards Sunday was net-
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“It would be a great experience because being my first year in Junior B and being on such a successful team already has been a great experience and it [playoffs] will make my game that
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VANESSA MOSS The 12-member Elmira District Secondary Ski team took home three major honours at the CWOSSA meet Feb. 14 as they battled the Georgian Peaks Club slopes in Thornbury. Kayla Doering placed first in the girls’ level one (high-school level racing only) contest with a firstrun time of 00:27:91, a second of 00:27:91 and an overall total of 00:55:82. The boys’ level one team – consisting of EDSS’
top-five boys – also took a first-place prize. Taylor Doering placed second overall with a time of 00:56:10; Blair MacKenzie was fourth at 00:57:88; Billy Beyerle took fifth (00:58:58); Justin Hachman was ninth (01:00:67) and Griffin Keller ranked 11th (01:01:61). Together, the boys’ and girls’ team were named combined level-one champions. The EDSS ski team is now preparing for its next challenge: OFSSA at Blue Mountain Ski Resort Feb. 24-26.
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CONCENTRATION EDSS lead 1Jeremie Raimbault focuses the task1 at hand in a bronze medal match at 1/3pg_WOB_ABC:Layout 2/13/08 11:54 AMon Page the Elmira Curling Club Feb. 19. The Lancers lost 9-7 in the extra end to SDCSS.
THE DOOR IS SHUT The Jacks’ Scott Hanley takes a shot at Steve Aichmayr of the Burford Bulldogs during playoff action in the Wellesley arena Feb. 16. The Jacks took the game 4-1.
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Jacks up 2-0 in first round of playoffs Coach expects Burford to come out hard in games three and four this weekend VANESSA MOSS The Wellesley Applejacks made the first move in their best-ofseven series against the Burford Bulldogs last weekend, posting back-to-back wins. At home Feb. 16, the Jacks took the game 4-1. It was another threegoal decision, this time 5-2, when the teams met again in Burford the following day. Gaining this early playoff lead was a welcome change after the Jacks recorded three losses to end the regular season, but coach Kevin Lobsinger wasn’t ready to celebrate quite yet. “I thought as a team we played well, but there’s no point getting over-confident … and there’s no point of planning the parade route in Wellesley because there’s still a lot of hockey to go. “Playoff hockey especially, it’s like chess. We made the first move [last] weekend: we won. I’m sure Burford’s going to counter with a move themselves this
weekend that we’re going to have to counter with a move ourselves and that’s the way the whole series and the whole playoffs are going to go.” Last Saturday night, the Jacks struggled a bit in the first, allowing Burford to score the first goal at 4:31. The home team picked things up a few minutes later though and Matt Snyder potted one shorthanded at 8:50, assisted by Scott Hanley. “That was a big boost right there,” Lobsinger said of the tying goal. Making it 2-1 at 11:26 was Mike Fisher from Wes Hauck on a power play to cap off the first, followed by a scoreless second period in which both teams had their chances. Burford had 17 shots, while the Jacks registered 11. In the third, Wellesley continued its scoring streak to take the game 4-1; Owen Engel racked up two points – at 5:55 from Brett VanGerwen and Hanley and again at 19:16 from Aaron Ryan. Lobsinger said that he complimented the
guys on their solid play after both weekend games, but also reminded them about last year’s playoff run when the Jacks were up 2-0 in a series with the St. George Dukes and ended up losing in seven. “It’s great that we jumped out 2-0, but the toughest wins to get in the playoff series are win one and win four. So, we’ve got one of those, now we still have to get the second one.” This week in practice the Jacks’ coach had his defence working on angling out quick players, like Burford’s Garret Claxton, who will likely use the fuel from two losses to come out hard the next few games. “They’re a wellcoached team,” Lobsinger said. “I would expect them to make a couple adjustments to get ready for this weekend.” Round one of the playoffs continues this weekend with the Jacks home Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. start and back in Burford Sunday.
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Hespeler 5 Woolwich 1 Goals: Keegan Saunders (Noah Zeller)
Woolwich Girls Peewee B Feb. 13
Woolwich 3 Twin Centre 2 Goals: Meghan Hovey x2 (Sarah Church x2, Leanne Martin x2), Shoena Hinsperger (Lauren Lawson) Feb. 15
Woolwich 4 Kitchener 0 Goals: Shoena Hinsperger (Melanie Schwartzentruber), Meghan Hovey, Melanie Schwartzentruber (Tori Martin), Tori Martin(Jennifer Norris) Feb. 16
Feb. 17
Feb. 16
Woolwich 1 Ingersoll 1 Goal: Gillian Olsthoorn (Erika Morrison)
Woolwich PIB Panthers, LL3 Feb. 15
Feb. 18
Woolwich 5 Tavistock #3 2 Goals: Liam Hartman x4 (Owen Lucier, Bradley Hale, Zac Pickard, Eli Baldin x2, Kyle Martin, Matthew Teng, Sam Davidson), Sam Davidson (Liam Hartman, Devin Williams)
Woolwich 1 Waterloo 0 Goal: Gillian Olsthoorn (Claire Hanley) Shutout: Dana Columbo
Woolwich Wildcats Minor Atom A Feb. 16 - Tri-County Playoffs, Game #1
Woolwich #3 Peewee Boys LL
Woolwich 1 Burlington 2 Goals: Tyler Moser (Kelby Martin, Garrett Schultz) Hard Hat Recipient: Danyal Rennie
Feb. 16
Woolwich #3 4 Woolwich #2 2 Goals: Brent Eby, AJ Priester (Thomas Bromberg, Sebastien Huber), Evan Yantha x2 (Brad Thomas)
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Woolwich Major Midget A Feb. 16 – OMHA ¼ Finals – 3 out of 5 series
Game #1 Grimsby 4 Woolwich 3 Goals: Brian Kron (Ben Ahier), Nick Pope (Jarred Parent, Damien Parent), Rob Hinschberger (Luke Shantz)
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Woolwich 3 Mount Forest 1 Goals: Lauren Lawson (Jennifer Norris, Melanie Schwartzentruber), Shoena Hinsperger (Sarah Church), Jenna Martin (Jennifer Norris) Twin Centre 2 Woolwich 1 Goal: Sarah Church (Leanne Martin, Jennifer Norris)
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Woolwich 3 Guelph 3 Goals: Liam Dickson (Connor Bauman, Mathieu Fife); Connor Runstedler (Mason Buehler, Connor Goss; Tyler Moser (Garrett Schultz; Kelby Martin) Hard Hat Recipient: Mason Buehler
Twin Centre Stars Feb. 16 – Initiation 3
Woolwich 3 Grimsby 2 Goals: Damien Parent (Jarred Parent, Rob Hinschberger), Jarred Parent (Damien Parent), Mike Moggy (Damien Parent)
Woolwich Novice LL #1 Rangers Feb. 16
Rangers 4 Woolwich LL #5 Stars 1 Goals: Keanan Stewart x3 (Benton Weber), Zach Pogue (Riley Runstedler)
Woolwich Boys Novice LL Red Wings Feb. 16
Woolwich Red Wings 2 St. George 1 Goals: Mitch Rempel x2 (Sammy Huber, Luke Haugerud, Matthew MacDonald x2) Woolwich Wildcats Boys Local League Peewee Team 2 Feb. 16
Woolwich III 4 Woolwich II 2 Goals: Brendan Taylor, Cole Martin (Jacob Hahn, Owen Griffith)
Woolwich Boys Atom AE Feb. 16
Acton 5 Woolwich 2 Goals: Jordan Shantz, Adam Jokic (Austin Horst)
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Plattsville 4 Woolwich 3 Goals: Calvin Cressman, Jordan Ardnt, Luke Brown (Calvin Cressman)
Woolwich 3 Oakville 2 Goals: R.J Good, Kyle Hanley, Jon Weber (Luke Baleshta, Jon Weber, Devon Mantler)
Woolwich 5 Beverly 0 Goals: Adam Brown x2, Jordan Arndt, Calvin Cressman, Luke Brown (Luke Brown, Duncan MacDonald, Calvin Cressman, Tyson Brown, Andrew Stoltz, Chris Wilson) Shutout: Zach Martin
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Twin Centre 5 Grand River 0 Goals: Sophie Jantzi x2, Lauren Quehl, Natalee Dietz, Madelynn Jantzi (Deanna Mainland, Lauren Quehl, Leah Sebben, Laura Weber, Meghan Schnarr x2, Marrisa Lebold)
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Twin Centre 2 Cambridge 0 Shutout: Lindsay Dietrich Goals: Mackenzie Van Bargen, Jessica Reitzel (Ashley Beacom, Mackenzie Van Bargen) Feb. 16
Twin Centre 4 Kitchener 0 Goals: Ali Hergott, Roslyn Mainland x2, Katie Misener (Ali Hergott, Jessica Dunbar, Lisa Guenther x2, Natasha Runstedler x2, Cassandra Rice) Shutout: Lindsay Dietrich
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BROOMS AT THE READY Jeremie Raimbault (lead), Andrew Dickson (skip) and Tom Kennedy attempt to make one count for EDSS at the Elmira Curling Club Feb. 19. The Lancers played in the bronze medal final, losing 9-7.
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An enduring tale of “what if” Ballet Jörgen Canada brings to life the story of Russian princess Anastasia lutionary fervour, Dimitry is part of the group charged with seizing the royal family, at which point he finds himself torn. “He realizes that he loves Anastasia, and it’s up to him to protect her from being executed,” McBain explained. Preparing for the role has proven to be a large undertaking, as the dancers must
express the range of emotions at play at such a tumultuous time. Set against a real historical backdrop, the story is also rife with speculation, giving the company a considerable amount of artistic license. “For me, this story is a lot heavier emotionally,” he said. “The ups and downs that my character has are drastic.” Created by Jörgen, Anastasia is set to an original full-orchestra score by Canadian/Russian composer Ivan Barbotin. Anastasia dances on stage Mar. 1 at 8 p.m. at the Centre in the Square. Tickets are $33-$53 for adults, $21-$29 for children, available from the box office by calling 519-578-1570 or online at www. centre-square.com.
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Did she die with the rest of the Russian royal family following the Bolshevik revolution, or did she escape to resurface with a new identity? The subject of much speculation, the story of Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, is an enduring legend that continues to capture the public’s imagination. Her life has been the subject of many books and movies. Now it’s a ballet. The touring production of Anastasia, Ballet Jörgen Canada’s largest undertaking to date, brings her story to the Centre in the Square Mar. 1. As told by artist director Bengt Jörgen, the tale joins historical facts of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova) with speculation about her possible escape from the execution on July 17, 1918 that took the lives of her parents, three sisters, younger brother and the family’s closest servants. Officially, Anastasia died on that day at the age of 17. For years afterwards, however, women occasionally surfaced claiming to be the deposed royal. To this day,
archeologists continue to search for burial sites and DNA evidence establishing proof about what happened to the Romanovs, including Anastasia. The new ballet is very much in keeping with the romantic notions of “what if ” attached to the young princess. Although the tale is fairly well known, translating it for the ballet required a bit more character and back-story development than, say, Romeo and Juliet or The Nutcracker, explained Preston McBain, who dances the part of Dimitry, the leading man opposite Anastasia. “This is not your basic ballet synopsis. Bengt has come up with a story that introduces the characters and the history in a clear way.” We follow the young daughter of the fallen Russian emperor through the ballrooms of St. Petersburg, the Russian Revolution, to captivity and beyond. As Dimitry, McBain gets a firsthand look at the class struggle at the root of the revolution. The son of a kitchen maid, the young Dimitry develops a close friendship with the young Anastasia, even though the relationship is not permitted because of the difference in their status. Years later, caught up in the revo-
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The problem was handled rather differently at the start of the 20th century, when the decade reference in Britain was to the Edwardian era (King Edward VII) or elsewhere to “the turn of the century” or “the early years of the century.”
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A. These describe some of the many facets of soccer ball design, says Science magazine. After goaltenders at the 2006 soccer World Cup in Germany complained that the latest ball design caused an “unpredictable trajectory,” experts in polyhedra (manysided objects) were consulted. One South African prof came up with an equilibrium combination of 12 panels of a pentagonal dodecahedron and 30 panels of a rhombic triacontahedron. The more panels, the more spherical the ball, and the closer it is to a perfect sphere, the smoother its trajectory. Because the 2006 ball moved more like a nervous knuckler in baseball, improvement is paramount, said one physicist. Yet at this point, the soccer ball’s many facets are still being debated as the 2010 World Cup in South Africa draws nearer.
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Peggy
Unexpectedly, on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at Groves Memorial Hospital, Fergus in her 71st year. Local relatives are Laura McPherson and her husband Bruce of Breslau.
Marcella
Elizabeth
away peacefully on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at the age of 93.
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The Observer | Saturday, February 23, 2008
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»» Roast beef dinner – Trinity United Church. Family (2 adults & children under 16 years) $35; adults (16 years and over) $12; children (five to 15 years) $6; children under five years, free. Continuous seating from 5 to 7 p.m.l 27 Arthur St., Elmira. For more information and where to get advanced tickets, call 519-6695560. Elevator is available to those requiring assistance. Takeouts are available on advance notice. FEBRUARY 24
MATERIAL HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS
BIRTH NOTICE Cluthe - Rick, Julie and big brother Jarrett are thrilled to welcome Logan Clint on Jan 7/08. Weighing 8lbs 9.5 oz, 21 in. long. Proud grandparents are Rich and Bev Cluthe and Elgin and Grace McCandless who welcome grandson #11. We want to thank Dr. Oliver, Dr. Sirek and Dr. Morlock for their excellent care, a special thank you to the nursing staff at Grand River Hospital.
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»» Healthy Living with Diabetes – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic: insulin therapy; 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Call 519-664-3794 to register. »» Breathe Well, Be Well Clinic – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Breathing education presentation on the management of asthma and other lung conditions; 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Call 519-664-3794 to register.
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»» BBQ Rib Dinner – Elmira Legion (Branch 469). First come, first serve basis, 11 First St. E. Elmira, Downstairs. Starting at 6 p.m.
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»» Silent Auction, Bake sale and free will lunch – Calvary United. Youth mission fundraiser. Some items include Kitchener Rangers team Autographed jersey, a Matt Halischuk autographed hockey stick and lots more; 11:30 a.m.; 48 Hawksville Rd., St. Jacobs.
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»» Hungryman Breakfast – Elmira Legion (Branch 469). In support of the Elmira Scouting. At the Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. »» A Concert By “The Proverbs” – Waterloo North Presbyterian Church. One of Canada’s best known Christian music groups, with a wide range of music styles and influences; 7 p.m. at 685 Highpoint Ave., Waterloo; 519-888-7870. Free-will offering.
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»» Reptilia – Linwood Branch Library. Learn all about reptiles while enjoying an entertaining show that includes audience interaction as well as live contact with the reptiles. Recommended for children age 5 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; 7 p.m., Linwood Library, 519-698-2700 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited. »» Tickle Trunk Tunes – St. Jacobs Branch Library. Come dance and sing. An unforgettable presentation of music and laughter. A brother-sister duo engages children and the young-at-heart with their silly antics and sing-a-long fun. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5. 7 to 8 p.m. St. Jacobs Library, 519-664-3443 or Region of Waterloo Library Headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited.
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New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area If you’re not long distance to Elmira, you are welcome to a visit.
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»» Reptilia – Elmira Branch Library. Learn all about reptiles while enjoying an entertaining show that includes audience interaction as well as live contact with the reptiles. Recommended for children age 5 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5. Elmira Library, 519-669-5477 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590; 1-2 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. Shows will be held at St. James Lutheran Church, 69 Arthur St. S., Elmira. Tickets are limited.
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»» Zoe the Clown – Bloomingdale Branch Library. Family oriented variety show with juggling, magic and live dove Mr. Cuckoo. Fun for all ages; 3-3:45 p.m. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5. Bloomingdale Brach Library, 519-745-3151 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited. »» Reading is Magic – St. Clements Branch Library. Join magician Ian Crawford a high-energy show with a blend of magic and story telling and lots of audience participation. Recommended for children age 3 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; 7-7:45 p.m. St. Clements Library, 519-699-4341 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited. MARCH 14
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»» Reading is Magic – Wellesley Branch Library. Join magician Ian Crawford a high-energy show with a blend of magic and story telling and lots of audience participation. Recommended for children age 3 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; 7-7:45 p.m. Wellesley Library, 519-656-2001 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited.
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