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Woolwich adopts new logo featuring kissing bridge

EDSS teachers among those who’ve seen falling grades, need for changes to make numbers more accessible to students

STEVE KANNON

two years. Currently teachers receive between 30 and 36 hours on average of instruction on teaching math.

“There are relatively few formally trained mathematics teachers in the province, especially in the elementary panel. Is it something that you’ve struggled with? Is it something that you haven’t studied in six, seven,

A stylized image of the West Montrose covered bridge is the new logo for Woolwich Township, the winning entry in a competition to replace the corporate crest.

The design, chosen from the 29 submitted by 13 different entrants, was presented Tuesday night to councillors, who quickly approved the selection. The design was picked by a volunteer panel that included graphic designers, marketing specialists, artists and businesspeople.

The group first reduced the list to 10, then five and two before choosing a winner, economic development and tourism officer Laurel Davies Snyder told council.

Elmira resident Steve Brooks will receive $1,000 for his successful entry.

“I’m overwhelmed at actually winning it – it’s an exciting thing,”

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Studies suggest many of us can’t solve the equation on the board, but we should be able to. Students such as Julia (right) and Alex Hildebrand, in EDSS teacher Christine Ruza’s math classroom Wednesday, may eventually see changes as efforts are being made countrywide to improve math scores in all schools.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]

ELENA MAYSTRUK Norman Emptage, an Elmira high school teacher of mathematics with roots in engineering, has seen student skills essential to success in math decline with every passing year. Some students can’t see the big picture anymore.

“I can see they can’t visualize stuff.”

Last month, an Organization

ties of education are going to do any more than what they were already doing … no guarantee even with the change, that faculties are going to increase the amount of hours teacher will have to learn how to teach mathematics," said Wilfrid Laurier University professor Donna Kotsopoulos, an expert in mathematics education.

The new education program will be implemented in the next

for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) international assessment put Canadian math students well behind top ranking countries (among them China, Korea and Switzerland).

Now Ontario is investing $4 million into improving the way teachers teach the subject.

“The province is going to a two-year Bachelor of Education Degree, but even in that shift there is no guarantee the facul-

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he said in an interview Wednesday. “It was a lastminute decision on my part to enter it.”

The logo chosen was one of three he sent in, each featuring an element of Woolwich’s rural character. In thinking about the township, images of the St. Jacobs market, maple syrup and farming come to mind, but the so-called kissing bridge leapt out as an iconic, easily recognized illustration.

“A one-lane covered bridge seems to go well with a small town,” said Brooks, adding he wanted a logo that was simple and could be scaled to various sizes. “The bridge is a nice, strong image.”

Mindful of the many ap-

plications – from business cards to the sides of trucks – he wanted Steve Brooks something that would work in all cases, able to “stand on its own” without any text.

His submissions weren’t the first logos he’s designed. Brooks works at the Athletics department at the University of Waterloo, where graphic design is part of his job.

The bridge featured in nine of the 29 logos received following the contest’s launch in June, said Davies Snyder.

Brooks’ winning entry was tweaked by the panel

prior to being unveiled.

“They managed to keep the concept intact, and improved it,” he noted.

Having been accepted by council, the logo will now be finished professionally so the mechanicals meet all digital standards in colour, grayscale and blackand-white line art form.

While costs were not raised by council, chief administrative officer David Brenneman said in a later interview there will be no quick changeover. Rather, the logo will be used where applicable when replacing signs, business cards, letterhead and the like.

Along with the $1,000 won by Brooks, an estimated $1,500 will be needed to polish up the logo and create digital versions.

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THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014

Got the January blues? Turns out you’re not alone WILL SLOAN A study released this week by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, coinciding with Blue Monday, finds more than 900,000 Canadians are diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder. Almost as surprising as this high number is that most of the sufferers, who face depression and lack of energy in the winter months, don’t suffer these symptoms at any other time.

“They really suffer only during this time of year,” said Dr. Marc Hébert of the Institute. “During the spring and summer times, they can feel very good.”

Symptoms of seasonal depression include downturns in mood (boredom, sadness, irritability, anxiousness); a tendency to overeat and oversleep; drowsiness during the daytime; lack of energy; difficulty completing tasks; and loss of interest in favourite activities.

The depression most commonly strikes those who live in wintery areas with short daytimes, and is also common in women,

people aged 15 to 55, and those with other sufferers in their immediate family.

Hébert notes that seasonal depression can strike as early as September, with cases increasing in October, November and December. “Some people’s worst month is November, when it’s raining all the time,” he said.

“In my research, in July there were three weeks ago with rain in Quebec. The people in our study were in remission in April, May, but went back to depression in July because of the weather.”

Aside from the 900,000 diagnoses, Hébert estimates that 20-25 per cent of the Canadian population is affected at least mildly by the seasonal activity.

While the causes of winter depression are not certain, Hébert suggests that lack of exposure to sunlight impacts the brain’s ability to produce serotonin, a chemical that affects mood.

“Most people get a couple of hours of natural daylight exposure during the summertime but only SAD | 5

Dealing with the weather is all in a day’s work for Don Westman, who spent Thursday morning plowing the snow in Elmira.

[WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

Weather puts dent in budget STEVE KANNON Had enough of winter?

Well, if you haven’t, Woolwich’s budget certainly has. Coming out of its most expensive year ever for snow-clearing, the township hasn’t seen much of a reprieve so far in 2014.

But there’s no way the budget will take another hit like last year, right? Dan Kennaley, the township’s director of engineering and planning, certainly hopes not.

“That’s the absolute worst that we’ve ever seen,” he said of the $939,000

and salted.

The budget follows a calendar year, meaning costs for 2014 will come in the early part of the year, pause for spring and summer, then resume in the last two of three months. There’s

spent on clearing snow in 2013, some $300,000 more than what was in the budget.

This year’s budget, approved last week by council, is $620,000, which would be in keeping with the five-year average for keeping the roads plowed

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New staff position added as council approves engineering and planning budget STEVE KANNON Another $94,000 in staff spending, this time for the addition of an engineering technologist, will come from Woolwich’s capital budget, rather than the operating side directly linked to the tax levy.

The position was added as part of the $4.5-million budget for engineering and planning services approved by councillors meeting in a special session January 16. A lack of staff resources means a

considerable amount of work, from bridge repairs to traffic studies, is going undone or being pushed back, said director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley.

The department’s 2014 operating budget passed as presented by staff, with no changes. Coun. Bonnie Bryant did, however, propose that new hire be done as a contract position that could be eliminated when the backlog is cleared, reducing the payroll and the long-term liabilities of

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pensions and benefits. But Kennaley argued it would be difficult to find a good candidate for a contract position.

Manager of engineering Richard Sigurdson added the township needs someone who can work without too much supervision, which would not be likely with a contract hire.

“We have a significant workload. We definitely need someone capable in this role.”

Bringing someone on full-time would mean the

township can get to a host of projects that have been delayed or given shortshrift due to a lack of staff time, making use of the infrastructure fund the township has been accumulating, said Kennaley.

“We will be able to achieve an additional $1.4 million in operating and capital projects.”

Among the projects the department hopes to tackle this year is an investigation of gas issues underground at Elmira’s Bolender Park, a former

landfill site. The budget includes $30,000 for a study that could lead to the eventual decommissioning of a gas-collecting system there.

Sigurdson said the goal would be to have another two rounds of sampling from the site to ensure the small amounts of gas are not migrating.

Chief administrative officer David Brenneman noted there are no issues with containment. Rather, the township wants to get a better picture of the site

before wrapping up the long-time collection system in conjunction with the Ministry of the Environment. “There are no concerns going forward.”

The budget also contains a little nugget for residents in the area of Samuel Street in Elmira, where there have been longstanding complaints about dead sod and weeds on the boulevards following a reconstruction project in 2010. The township has set aside $15,000 to re-sod the affected portions.

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Wellesley slams region’s decision to close transfer station WILL SLOAN Wellesley Township no longer has a waste transfer station, and at a council meeting on Tuesday night, councillors expressed their disappointment and frustration.

In an effort to reduce a tax increase from the 2014 budget, Waterloo Region council hoped to save as much as $302,000 by closing rural waste transfer stations in Woolwich, Wellesley, North Dumfries and Wilmot townships.

While a waste transfer station will still be available in Elmira two days a week (Thursdays and Saturdays), Wellesley residents will now have to take waste directly to the Waterloo

Waste Management Site at 925 Erb St. W. The final calculated savings, close to $128,000, are “peanuts,” according to Coun. Paul Hergott.

Councillors were in agreement that this presents an unreasonable burden to Wellesley residents.

“I think we got shafted,” said Coun. Herb Neher.

“You can’t expect horseand-buggies to go [take] some of that stuff down to Erb Street. They could have compromised by having it in Woolwich one day and our area one day. … And we have just as much farm industry as they have, if not more.”

Neher added, “I think we’re going to force people to get rid of their stuff in a

Councillors Jim Olender (left) and Herb Neher warned that illegal dumping could become prevalent with the closure of the transfer station.

[WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] manner we wouldn’t want expressed concern about drop garbage in the bins to see.” roadside dumping, and faat the rec facilities. Coun.

Chief administrative cilities director Brad Voisin Jim Olender speculated officer Willis McLaughlin suggested that others may that some may bury their

garbage.

“You’re going to see a lot more of that,” said Neher.

“It’ll cause so much more environmental damage.

I think it was a bad decision.”

“Wilmot wasn’t concerned about it at all, because they’re quite close to the Waterloo landfill,” said Mayor Ross Kelterborn, who also noted that support for the closures came largely from the region’s urban municipalities.

“It’s an example of what we can look forward to if we ever amalgamate,” said Coun. Shelley Wagner.

The region also informed council that Wellesley’s annual hazardous waste collection day is cancelled for the second year in a row.

WEATHER: Previous year saw large increase in plowing costs; township praises work on Elmira sidewalks FROM | 3

just no knowing what will happen with the weather.

Last year, for instance, a large ice storm hit in April, with another rolling in just before Christmas.

So far this year, there’s been snow, some melting leading to icy conditions and extremely bitter temperatures and wind-chills, causing drifting and reducing the effectiveness of road salt (on the upside, there’s been less salt used in those conditions, with some savings).

“We’ve been out a lot al-

ready this year,” said Kennaley.

The weather in 2013 led to a similar budget picture for the sidewalk snowclearing budget, which is funded by a special levy on Elmira residents. Costs soared to $173,000 last year from a budgeted amount of $70,000.

That was in part due to better service levels from the contractor – Mitchell Property Maintenance – and partly due to the poor weather.

“Those costs occurred in a year when we had much

more significant weather, including two ice storms,” said Kennaley, noting the township is much happier with the service provided by the new company.

“We wanted an improved performance from our contractor, and we’re getting that – they’re doing a much better job.”

Councillors said they are hearing far fewer complaints, with Kennaley noting the call volume is way down. After one snowfall last season, for instance, the township received some 200 calls. Now, there

are “hardly any,” he said.

In previous years, the township received many complaints about how long it would take to clear the sidewalks, the poor job and damage done to grass on the lawns and boulevards on either side of the walkways. Thanks to specifications in the contract requiring better equipment, there’s much less damage being done, especially in the older parts of Elmira where the sidewalks are narrower, Kennaley explained.

This year, the township

will be monitoring sidewalk clearing in an attempt to keep costs down.

“We like the fact there’s been improvement, but don’t want the pendulum to swing the other way,” he said of the costs. In other words, the township wants good ... just not too good.

In response to a question from Coun. Allan Poffenroth at the January 16 budget session, director of finance Richard Petherick said the cost overages from 2013 will be billed to Elmira residents this year, explaining that billing is “rolled

forward” to cover actual expenses.

The township budgets $70,000 for sidewalk snowclearing. Some years are mild, meaning the next year’s billing goes down – such was the case in a mild 2012, when $46,000 was spent – and some may be higher, as was certainly the case in 2013.

The extra costs for 2013 will be billed back to Elmira residents this year.

A homeowner with an assessed value of $269,000 will pay $38 as opposed to $13.43 in 2012, for instance.

MATH: More than just curriculum will have to change if Canadians are going to get better at it FROM | COVER

eight years? If you haven’t studied mathematics in six or seven years and now you are teaching it, it can be paralyzing,” Kotsopoulos said.

Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) testing shows a three per cent drop in Waterloo Region public school Grade 3 math scores down from 62 per cent in 2011– 2012 to 59 per cent in 20122013 while sixth-graders fell to 53 per cent from 55.

The catholic board saw a 67 per cent average in Grade

3, down from 70 per cent in 2011-2012 and in Grade 6, down from 56 per cent to 54 per cent.

Teachers nervous about teaching the subject may rely too heavily on secondary material such as textbooks, consequently not having the knowledge to weed out the good sources from the bad, Kotsopoulos said.

Yet, fear of mathematics in both teachers and students is largely without just cause, she adds. Most of us are perfectly capable of understanding the com-

plexities.

“There’s a very small percentage of society that can’t do complex mathematics, about six per cent. The rest of us are capable of doing amazing things with numbers.”

Emptage suggest fun visuals be used to reinforce mathematical theory.

“What [students] may have started to get developed in the younger grades doesn’t get it reinforced in any other thing except a math class. If you have it along with something that’s a physical implementation:

building something, measuring something, cutting it out, that really brings it home but, if they don’t see it visually, math often doesn’t click for many people. We’ve taken that out of the curriculum.”

The early use of calculators at the elementary level keeps kids from getting close with numbers, said EDSS teacher Youri Lepp.

“It’s just a black box: you have to press the right button and hope you did the right thing without really understanding what they are doing, why and how

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Math can open many doors, fellow teacher Paul Hildebrand added, and current standards are putting kids at a disadvantage.

“When they get to university [students] still cannot do a lot of it without a calculator and they should be able to. If you take a look at an engineering faculty at the University of Waterloo, why do you think there are so many international

students or kids that have done [advanced placement] courses? The kids coming out of an average high school could not handle a program like that.”

Still, the renewed emphasis on mathematics could be a lifeline, added EDSS teacher Christine Ruza: “It’s much more a systemic problem than it is an issue with any particular teacher. … I think the future is bright for math. The fact that we are looking seriously at what we can do better, that shows promising

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THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014

Wellesley skateboard park on hold Negotiations are ongoing for Wellesley’s proposed skateboard park, but the multi-use sports pad is on the backburner. Township staff met last week to discuss a new location with stakeholders from the Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair

who objected that the multi-use sports pad took up too much space at the already-crowded Wellesley Community Centre.

Facilities director Brad Voisin also met with the Grand River Conservation Authority on Thursday for permission to build on the as-yet-undisclosed location, and a recommendation will be presented to township council in the near future.

Voisin told councillors that the

multi-use facility is on hold until after Wellesley’s community parks, recreation and culture strategic master plan is completed.

Contract for culvert design awarded AECOM Canada Ltd. can expect $32,500 from Woolwich taxpayers,

as the company this week won a tendered bid to carry out engineering design for the replacement of a culvert on Bisch Street.

The township plans to carry out the project to replace the small span over Beaver Creek, constructed in 1950, later in the summer. As the creek is a warm-water tributary of the Laurel Creek watershed, no construction that might impact the waterway is permitted between April 1 and June

Man injured while snowmobiling on closed trail in Woolwich Township

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6:57 AM | The driver of a Ford Ranger pickup truck hit a Honda CR-V as the vehicles were turning from Ebycrest Road onto Bridge Street in Woolwich Township. The driver of the Ford was charged with ‘follow to close.’

8:05 AM | A man lost control of his red SUV on Chilligo Road near Fife Road in Woolwich Township and rolled over into the ditch. He was not injured, but was charged with ‘careless driving.’

9:41 AM | The driver of a transport truck was charged with ‘start from stopped position not in safety’ after a minor collision with a car in a parking lot on Arthur Street

Watch for Woolwich tax bills The taxman returns to Woolwich March 7, the due date set this week for the first installment of 2014 property taxes.

Meeting this week, township council approved an interim tax bill plan

that will allow it to collect an amount equal to 50 per cent of last year’s levy. The move lets the municipality continue collecting funds even though it has yet to set taxation levels for 2014.

The first 25 per cent will be due on March 7, and the second on May 9.

Adjustments will be made later in the year to accommodate this year’s budget, now under deliberation and set to be passed by March.

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A Guelph man remains in critical condition at a London hospital after losing control of his snowmobile and being ejected in the 1700 block of Maryhill Road in Woolwich Township on Monday, January 20.

Police, fire and ambulance responders were called at approximately

30, meaning the work could begin in July at the earliest.

6:50 p.m. and found him with serious head and leg injuries. He was airlifted immediately to a London hospital for treatment.

Police believe he was speeding on the trail that had been closed to riders at the time due to thawing temperatures. The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending.

in Elmira. No one was injured.

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6:15 AM | A 52-year-old man was charged with ‘careless driving’ when his vehicle slid around a corner and hit another on Kossuth Road near Chilligo Road south of Breslau. There were minor injuries.

Both vehicles were traveling at low speeds.

7:35 AM | A 21-year-old Wallenstein woman struck a dead-end sign while travelling on Listowel Road approaching Three Bridges Road near Elmira after losing control of her vehicle. She was not injured, and no charges were pressed.

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4:23 PM | A buggy driver suffered minor injuries after a 45-year-old Listowel man driving a blue Dodge Caravan eastbound on Line 86 struck the horse-drawn buggy that exited a private drive on the 7700 block in Wellesley Township. Police continue to investigate.

Road and Line 86 in Elmira. A grey VW Jetta eastbound on Line 86 slowed to make a right turn onto Floradale Road and was rear-ended by a white Ford F150. There were no injuries.

9:54 AM | A 27-year-old Hawkesville woman rolled a Ford Focus into the ditch after losing control of the vehicle while travelling in the 3400 block of Ament Line in Wellesley Township. She was not injured. There were no charges.

7:45 AM | A man driving a Buick Century lost control on Listowel Road in Woolwich Township and struck a hydro pole at Three Bridges Road. He was not injured and charges were waived due to poor driving conditions. The Region of Waterloo was advised to salt the road and Waterloo North Hydro was informed of the damage to the pole.

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12:19 AM | A 22-year-old woman suffered minor injuries after running her vehicle off the road near 600 Hawkesville Road in Wellesley Township, subsequently hitting a guardrail. The roads were icy at the time, so she was not charged. Region of Waterloo staff were notified about minor damage to the guardrail, and a salter was called out.

11:55 AM | A search warrant was executed on the residence of the recent fire on in New Hamburg and arson is now suspected.

The investigation remains open.

Firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control on January 11, shortly after midnight, and no one was injured. Damage to the property is estimated at $400,000.

Any persons with information are requested to contact the Waterloo Regional Police Service North Division detectives at 519-653-7700, ext 6399 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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30 minutes in the winter.

For some people maybe these 30 minutes are not sufficient.”

He continued, “If you take an anti-depressant medication, it will increase your level of serotonin.

Sunlight seems to do the same thing. The solution for these people is to get more natural light, or bright artificial light that will mimic the natural sunlight.”

The Institute finds that

2-3 per cent of the population is affected severely enough to seek medical help, where treatment can include dawn simulation, antidepressants, counseling, and bright light treatment. Others experience a milder form of the disorder.

“It’s said that for depression, staying active and getting exercise will improve mood,” said Hébert.“It certainly works, but it’s certainly more difficult in the wintertime to be more active than the summertime.”

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We can expect ever-increasing water rates ONCE UPON A TIME, we drove large cars fueled by cheap and plentiful gasoline. In that time we also built poorly insulated homes, simply cranking the heat provided by cheap heating oil, natural gas and, yes, even electricity. It was also then that we ran sprinklers all day, flushed with abundance.

Those days, as we well know, are long gone.

The real costs of scarcity and environmental damage are now showing up in conventional energy prices. And for some years now, water has edged into that territory, no longer simply taken for granted and priced accordingly.

Again this year, rates for water and sewers are on the way up. We ignored the deteriorating infrastructure that brought us fresh water and piped away what we had used.

We paid scant attention to the ecological system that provided the supply and absorbed our waste. No more. Prices are rising now to make up for years of neglect – the relatively free ride is over.

By now, Woolwich residents are no strangers to large increases in the price of water – the township has been hiking rates to reflect changes in provincial rules.

With the region planning for ongoing significant jumps in its rates, Wellesley and Woolwich residents on municipal services will continue to see those decisions – including never-curbed labour costs – reflected on their bills.

Over the next few years, rates could essentially double, the region claiming major work is needed to deal with aging infrastructure and to accommodate population growth.

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

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

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

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

Regulations governing water testing – warranted or not – have helped boost costs, but nothing like the infrastructure upgrades that will be needed in the coming years.

Again, some of those are the fault of the province, which has changed the way municipalities must handle water and sewage. The province hands out rules but no money, leaving the municipalities responsible for passing on the costs to its residents.

The bottom line is you’ll be paying more this year and every year for the foreseeable future, and no one in government, elected or otherwise, will be working to change that.

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

The lack of accountability and deflection over the WMC incident plays out like a scenario familiar to many parents -- and followers of the Rob Ford saga.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

No real change to come of Syrian peace talks WORLD AFFAIRS It would be interesting to know just what tidbits of information the U.S. National Security Agency’s eavesdropping has turned up on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. He certainly caved in very fast: on Sunday he invited Iran to join the long-delayed peace talks aimed at ending the three-year-old civil war in Syria; on Sunday evening the United States loudly objected, and on Monday he obediently uninvited Iran.

So the peace talks get underway in Switzerland this week after all, and the omens for peace are not that bad. Unless, of course, you were also hoping for the overthrow of the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad and the emergence of a democratic Syria, in which case the omens are positively awful.

The breakthrough may not happen at Geneva this week, but the Russians and the Americans are now on

the same side (although the U.S. cannot yet bring itself to say publicly that it is backing Assad). Moreover, some of the rebels are getting ready to change sides. It won’t be fast and it won’t be pretty, but there’s a decent chance that peace, in the shape of an Assad victory, will return to Syria within a year or two.

What has made this possible is the jihadis, the fanatical extremists of the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, who have frightened both the United States and a great many ordinary Syrians into seeing Assad’s regime as the lesser evil.

Two years ago, it still seemed possible that Assad could lose. The rebels had the support of the United States, Turkey and powerful Sunni Arab states like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and they still talked about a democratic, inclusive Syria. Assad’s only friends were Iran, Russia and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

But then the jihadis showed up, alienating local people with their extreme version of sharia law and scaring the pants off the

United States with their allegiance to al-Qaeda.

It took the United States quite a while to admit to itself that it does not actually want Assad to fall if that means putting the jihadis in power, but it has finally grasped the concept.

The catalyst was the poison gas attacks in Damascus last August, which forced the U.S. to threaten air strikes against the Assad regime (because it had already declared the use of poison gas as a “red line”). However, President Obama was clearly reluctant to carry out his threat – and then the Russians came up with the idea that Assad could hand over all his chemical weapons instead.

Obama grabbed that lifeline and cancelled the air strikes. After that there was no longer any prospect of Western military intervention in the Syrian war, which meant that Assad was certain to survive, because the domestic rebels were never going to win it on their own.

More recently, a “warwithin-the-war” has broken out among the rebels, with the secular groups

fighting the jihadis and the jihadi groups fighting among themselves. So far in January more people have been killed in this internecine rebel war (over a thousand) than in the war against the regime.

And the U.S. and Russia are working on a deal that would swing a lot of the non-jihadi rebels over to the regime’s side.

General Salim Idris, the commander of the Free Syrian Army (the main non-jihadi force on the battlefield), said last month that he and his allies were dropping the demand that Assad must leave power before the Geneva meeting convened. Instead, they would be content for Assad to go at the end of the negotiation process, at which time the FSA’s forces would join with those of the regime in an offensive against the Islamists.

He was actually signalling that the Free Syrian Army is getting ready to change sides. There will have to be amnesties and financial rewards for those who change sides, of course, but these things are DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

How do you beat the winter blues?

»»Nikki Kutshew

»»Ben Cottrill

»»Julie Corey

»»Barbara Brubacher

»»Jenny Lubberts

Get a hot drink.

Get together with your loved ones inside where it’s warm.

Music. Take a ukulele out to an open mic and sing.

I stay inside.

Go outside for the fresh air and sunshine, and bundle up. (I’m going away in a week, so that will help…)

"[T]here was no longer any prospect of Western military intervention in the Syrian war, which meant that Assad was certain to survive."

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HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Assurances aren't good enough: politicians must question everything EDITOR'S NOTES Asking questions on the public’s behalf is apparently raining on Woolwich council’s parade.

Bumming them out. Being negative.

The budget, and every other action of staff and council, is simply to be accepted as is – there’s nothing to see here, move along.

Yes, all this democracy is rather inconvenient, isn’t it?

It’s due to questioning and demands for proof – sorry, no one’s word is good enough – that we know about ORNGE and eHealth, robocalls and F-35 spending, cracked-out mayors and a host of expensehappy politicians. Add an incredibly long list of bad decisions, lack of oversight and outright corruption, sadly.

In each and every case, someone assured those asking that there was nothing to see. Move along.

No, assurances don’t mean a thing, I’m afraid.

Is that cynical? Negative?

I’d prefer to call it realistic.

There’s no room for naiveté, be it the public trusting government or politicians trusting bureaucrats.

Like the courtroom, the whole system works best when it’s adversarial, with plenty of checks and balances against waste, incompetence and graft.

While we don’t see the kind of profligacy, bribery and fraud commonplace at higher levels of government here in the townships – there simply isn’t enough money available to blow a billion dollars on something like the vote-buying gas-plant cancellations, for instance – the same rules apply. That means the public should expect 100 per cent accountability from municipal government. That also means local politicians must act on the public’s behalf, watching with a critical eye everything done by bureaucrats. They should be questioning everything, demanding to be sold on every proposal: no irrefutable proof for a new policy or each dollar of spending, then the answer is no.

HOW TO REACH US

more pay, less work and additional hiring to help out.

In the private sector, that’s often not feasible, given revenue constraints. Nor is it usual for the employees to set the agenda, let alone have it rubber-stamped by those in charge. In government, the opposite is true far too often, with the taxpayers paying, both in terms of funding and poor service.

An employee at, say, McDonald’s follows the prescribed duties and schedule, earns the going wage and returns a certain level of work. If the arrangement doesn’t suit him, he can seek employment elsewhere (in the absence of unionization efforts, omitted in this example).

If the work isn’t up to scratch, service suffers and customers can head over to Harvey’s or another burger joint. If enough customers leave, the business suffers, so those in charge make every effort to ensure the customers are happy.

Little of that applies with government. Most importantly, the public can’t go elsewhere: we’re often stuck in long lineups

only to face high prices and lousy service ... and the overcooked meat-substitute “burger” we never wanted in the first place.

Worse still, the long waits and poor service are used to justify more hiring to “cure” the backlogs, with the usual results we’ve all come to experience.

Clichéd analogy? Certainly. Hyperbolic? Perhaps. Harsh? Maybe a little.

Unfair? Absolutely not.

It’s incumbent on politicians to act on the responsibility that comes with the coercive power of government. It requires a higher standard to be applied to decisions, especially when taking people’s money against their will or imposing new controls on them.

It’s in that light politicians must see their role, working for the public by questioning everything.

That much of the public is apathetic and resigned to poor governance does not make a do-nothing attitude acceptable.

Getting politicians to do things for us – as opposed to their friends and donors – appears impossible. Getting them to behave hon-

estly and ethically is just beyond the pale, as followers of senior governments most certainly know.

The key is to generate enough public outrage, and then to funnel that into action. Politicians, being out for number-one, want to be re-elected. To that end, they’re willing to listen to the public only if that means votes. Phone calls and letters can help sway politicians to do the right thing – that you and I think they should be doing that by default is another story.

For the media, asking questions is what the job is all about. We do that here all the time, most often applied to stories that tell of community. Positive, some would say. But that also applies to our role as a watchdog: shining a light on things, asking questions and seeking proof are part and parcel of that.

Asking questions, vetting issues publicly and providing real accountability is the role of politicians, including Woolwich councillors. Don’t take my word for it: read the job description.

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Fact is, we don’t get that from local politicians. Nor from those at any other level, actually.

Real representative democracy involves an active role for politicians, one that can be uncomfortable ... and should be. It’s not enough just to show up and go with the flow, following an agenda set by staff.

Certainly, much of what gets done by councillors, both in and out of formal meetings, is just routine business, though some of that has to do with mindless rules, procedures and spending ideas conceived by staff and endorsed by elected officials.

Bureaucrats live in a bubble where the decisions are made to make their lives easier. They do this because they conflate their interests with the public’s, when often the opposite is true. It’s up to the politicians – who represent the people, after all – to halt such practices. That they don’t speaks volumes.

None of this is some conspiracy, just human nature.

Everyone feels overworked and underpaid. Everyone could offer up reasons for

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VERBATIM

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

This January 28 marks International Privacy Day. Groups are calling on governments to repeal mandatory data retention schemes.

Mandatory data retention harms individuals' anonymity, which is crucial for whistleblowers, investigators, journalists, and for political speech. It creates huge potential for abuse and should be rejected as a serious infringement on the rights and freedoms of all individuals.

"The general objection to monstrous surveillance isn’t that the wrong guys run it; it’s that it’s none of your damn business, whoever you are. It doesn’t matter who’s in charge, including me or you. The problem isn’t politics; it’s human nature. Anyone is tempted to behave badly, and will, with that kind of power."

Bumping up taxes to cover its recent building spree, Woolwich set its sights on a 4.48% rate hike for 2010. In Wellesley, meanwhile, the tax target was set at 2%.

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longer a mystery in Syria

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easily arranged. And Assad will not leave power “at the end of the negotiation process.”

The jihadis are not at Geneva this week, of course; just the Russians and the Americans, and the Assad regime and the Syrian National coalition (the Free Syrian Army’s political front), and a few odds and sods to make up the numbers. It is an ideal environment for the regime and the secular rebels to discuss quietly how they might make a deal, with

their Russian and American big brothers in attendance to smooth the path.

The fighting in Syria will continue for many months, even if a joint front of the regime and the FSA is formed to drive out the foreign extremists and eliminate the native-born ones. In practice the end game will probably be even more ragged than that, with all sorts of local rebel groups trying to cut their own deals or holding out until the bitter end. But the final outcome has become clear, and it is no longer years away.

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NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA

Kings learn a lesson in why a team should never give up Need for consistent effort on display as Elmira splits a pair in shootouts with Brampton, Kitchener ELENA MAYSTRUK Just as a good start doesn’t always spell victory, a poor one doesn’t mean a loss, as the Sugar Kings discovered last weekend.

The team let the Bombers come from behind for a 7-6 shootout win in Brampton January 17, then put on a comeback show of their own two nights later at home against the Kitchener Dutchmen, winning 4-3, again in a shootout.

The team showed jump at times, but it’s not the kind of consistent effort the head coach wants to see with the GOJHL playoffs on the horizon.

“You always have these types of ebbs and flows with a hockey team, but championship teams are able to play 60 minutes or into overtime at the same intensity level. We hope that when we go through this now we learn how to deal with those situations and when we are not as intense, we can recognize it,” said

Jeff Flanagan after Sunday’s home game.

“Taking their foot off the

Zac Coulter shoulders away a Kitchener Dutchman during last Sunday’s home game where Kings managed to come back to clinch a 4-3 shootout win.

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Going with a different take on flashers

pedal” after an easy start in the first two periods on Friday, the Kings fell to the Bombers courtesy of two unanswered goals in the third that tied the game, with the finishing blow coming after the overtime frame settled nothing, forcing the shootout.

Shaking it off Sunday, the Kings won back some pride against the top team in the league in another shootout. Down 3-0 in the third, the Kings put on a late surge to force extra time before capping the comeback.

“The guys seemed to find the urgency and some composure in the third and the power plays.

They did a great job on the power plays and just kept working and being confident,” said Flanagan.

In Brampton, the home got on the board first, scoring at 18:49 of the opening frame. With a pair of quick goals before the buzzer, it was all Kings at that point.

Zac Coulter, assisted by Eric Palqazzolo and Mitch Klie, was up at 19:27 and Adam Campagnolo (Brad Kobryn, Brodie Whitehead) squeezed one in at 19:58.

In the second period David Savery (Kobryn) continued with one at 0:34 followed

First, let me advise you to never start a conversation with your spouse by uttering the words, “What would you think about me bringing home a flasher this weekend?”

I only mention this because I have recently discovered that this causes conniptions in some spouses. But only because they have no idea that a flasher is a type of electronic sonar unit that we ice anglers sometimes use.

It gets even worse. Many spouses don’t even know that these units flash distinct colours on their screens to indicate the bottom of the lake, fish and your bait or lure. Typically those colours are red, green and yellow – red being the strongest signal.

It almost makes you wonder if they ever read ice fishing magazines at all?

This causes more issues.

For instance, when you try to explain that, on a flasher, the bottom is always vibrant red, it’s doesn’t really help matters. In fact, it only confuses the issue, because it will cause her to reply, “I should think so, in

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OPEN COUNTRY

Winter conditions a boon for snowmobile enthusiasts ELENA MAYSTRUK Many of us may not be thrilled about the wintry weather that’s settled in so far this season, but at least one group is more than a little happy.

“We were very optimistic and excited to get this opportunity. Last year we waited until February until we got snow, and the year before we never did get snow,” said Breslau resi-

dent Graham Snyder, vicepresident of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs.

The first snows cushioned Waterloo Region’s extensive trail network and more of it secured a season of local riding.

“The season started off a lot better than we’ve seen for a couple of years now: snow in January.

The cold temperatures produce the opportunity

to build a really nice trail.

That stormy weather, we could actually trap more snow by grooming it, which actually builds the trail deeper and deeper,” he explained. “We had a really good base, a good depth before that thaw and that thaw worked right into our hands: it melted some of that snow and produced a good, hard base. Since then, we’ve gotten a little bit of

fresh snow which is really like putting the icing on the cake.”

All the snow has made it easier and cheaper for snowmobile enthusiasts to enjoy themselves. The last two winters forced them to drive for miles to find some powder. This year spells a more economical season of riding both for the wallet and the environment.

“When you can travel

out of home all you’re really doing is buying gas and you’re able to be home in time for supper.”

The trail network connects local riders to spots as far north as North Bay and Cochrane.

“Wherever you want, all on connecting trails,” said Snyder.

This week marked Snowmobile Safety Week in Ontario, allowing for some advice from the veteran

rider.

“Everybody has to go through the whole common sense thing before they start snowmobiling and the big thing is, get a CSA-approved helmet.”

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this weather.”

Before long the conversation will have devolved, with her talking about trench coats and you trying to say that snowmobile suits are far more practical for flasher use in winter because they will keep you warm until you have to pull the big one out of the hole.

Then she’ll pause and say, rather accusingly, something like, “Well, you seem to know an awful lot

about flashers.”

And something inside will tell you that this is not a compliment.

By the way, when that statement comes out, don’t respond with, “Well, I’ve spent plenty of time in ice huts with flashers. At first I wasn’t a fan, but by the time it was over, I realized that flashers are a lot of fun!”

It literally took us an hour after that before we figured out that we were not on the same page. Ap-

parently, she was talking about a phenomenon that pretty well described what I do every time I run out of the shower. Who knew it had a name?

This, by the way, makes me think I ought to phone my sister. She told me a few weeks ago that one of her friends encountered a flasher on a dark Montreal street, so I naturally assumed she was talking about ice fishing electronics. Who wouldn’t have?

But after this conversation with my spouse it occurred to me that the term is rife for misinterpretation. So, when reacting to my sister’s news, I probably shouldn’t have said things like, “I hope it had a nice big knob. Otherwise, you have to take your mittens off to adjust the thing.” Or, “I’ve always thought that they were very good to have around …”

In hindsight, this was probably not the right

thing to say at all. In fact, it might have come across as totally insensitive and perhaps even demonstrated a complete lack of connection with the horrible reality of that situation.

If that is indeed the case, I’m going to have to apologize and then claim innocence of the things that happen in big cities like Montreal.

Yes, around here, a flasher is an ice fishing tool. But in Montreal a flasher is to-

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tally different.

We’re obviously not speaking about the same thing. So no wonder her story caused my sister to gasp.

It would cause the same reaction in anyone, I suspect. Unless, I’m completely off-base, I’d argue that in Montreal flashers are rare and probably something you will never forget, actually. Heck, I’ve driven there several times, and I still haven’t seen anyone use a turn signal.

THE SCORE

WOOLWICH WILDCATS

Novice: TYKE SELECT Jan 18 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 2 Dundas: 3 Goals: Evan Passmore, Michael Gear Assists: Cale Waechter, Tyler Fisher, Liam Wodd Jan 19 vs. Milton Woolwich: 2 Milton: 2 Goals: Brady Martin, Michael Gear Assists: Sam Ratcliffe Jan 21 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 3 Halton Hills: 3 Goals: Tyler Fisher, Sam Ratcliffe, Nathan Martin Assists: Cale Waechter

Novice: MAJOR A Jan 18 vs. Owen Sound Woolwich: 3 Owen Sound: 1 Goals: Dustin Good x2, Jordan Chang Assists: Ryan Brubacher, Denver Martin, Cade Beacom, Dustin Good Jan 19 vs. Milton Woolwich: 3 Milton: 4 Goals: Dustin Good x2, Jordan Chang Assists: Ryan Brubacher x2, Dustin Good, Isaiah Reitzel

Novice: AE Jan 6 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 1 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Nathan Lipp, Ben Moyer Jan 9 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 2 Halton Hills: 4 Goals: Austin Schnarr x2 Assists: Ben Wilkie Jan 19 vs. Fort Erie Woolwich: 3 Fort Erie: 0 Goals: Haiden Idzik x2, Austin Schnarr Assists: Sam Hacock, Daniel Kochet, Mitchell Walker, Parker Collingwood Shutout: Evan Catton Jan 21 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 2 Halton Hills: 7 Goals: Ian Leech, Haiden Idzik Assists: Mitchell Walker

Atom: MAJOR AA Jan 18 vs. Centre Wellington Woolwich: 3 Centre Wellington: 2 Goals: Evan Roth, Kyler Austin, Owen Lee Assists: Owen Lee x2, Gavin Roemer, Kyler Austin Jan 19 vs. Stony Creek Woolwich: 3 Stony Creek: 2 Goals: Kyler Austin, Owen Lee, Cameron Leonard Assists: Owen Lee, Evan

Roth Jan 21 vs. Centre Wellington Woolwich: 3 Centre Wellington: 1 Goals: Cole Slade, Kyler Austin, Tyler Mrtin Assists: Kevin Roth

Atom: AE Jan 11 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 2 Hespeler: 5 Goals: Simon Shantz, Seb Garrett Assists: Mitch Hartman, Keith Mikel Jan 13 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 3 Hespeler: 3 Goals: Carter Cousineau, Gavin Wilson x2 Assists: Lucas Radler, Seb Garrett, Cole Seabrook, Tyler Brubacher Jan 16 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 2 New Hamburg: 1 Goals: Gavin Wilson, Cole Seabrook Assists: Cole Seabrook, Sam Goebel Jan 16 vs. Caledon Woolwich: 7 Caledon: 0 Goals: Ian Speiran, Lucas Carson x2, Tyler Brezynskie x2, Liam Eveleigh, Shelby Rempel Assists: Tyler Brezynskie x3, Brett Moser, Mitchell Young, Lucas Carson x2, Liam Eveleigh x3, Andrew Gear x2 Shutout: Dom Roth Jan 21 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 3 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Brett Moser x2, Lucas Carson Assists: Ian Speiran x2, Carter Rollins, Tyler Brezynskie, Shelby Rempel

PeeWee: MINOR A Jan 15 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 1 Guelph: 2 Goals: Brett Allen Assists: Jesse Martin Jan 19 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 7 Guelph: 3 Goals: Cameron Martin x2, Cole Chipman, Jesse Martin, Nathan Taylor, Jake Clemmer, Brett Allen Assists: Blake Roemer, Trevor Ferretti, Jake Clemmer, Brett Allen, Cameron Martin, Eric Martin, Jesse Martin

Bantam: MAJOR A Jan 8 vs. Brampton Woolwich: 2 Brampton: 1 Goals: Ryan Shantz, Jacob Uridil Assists: Jonah Boehm Jan 12 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 3 Halton Hills: 2 Goals: Mitch Waters x2, Jonah Boehm

Assists: Jacob Uridil, Owen Read, Ryan Gangl Jan 14 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 5 Halton Hills: 1 Goals: Jacob Uridil x2, Noah Zeller, Owen Read, Mitch Waters Assists: Aaron Logan x2, Jonah Boehm, Mitch Waters, Owen Read, Noah Zeller, Ryan Shantz, Connor Martin, Ryan Conrad Jan 19 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 1 Oakville: 1 Goals: Noah Zeller Assists: Sheldon Metzger

Bantam: MINOR A Jan 9 vs. Burlington Woolwich: 0 Burlington: 2 Jan 10 vs. Burlington Woolwich: 2 Burlington: 2 Goals: Chase Mooder, Jesse Sterling Assists: Cade Schaus Jan 15 vs. Milton Woolwich: 2 Milton: 1 Goals: Jesse Sterling, Evan Gowing Assists: Riley Runstedler, Daniel Carr, Nolan Mclaughlin, Cade Schaus

Bantam: AE Jan 19 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 7 Dundas: 2 Goals: Mitch Rempel, Alex Turchan, Kyle Bruder, Mathew Uhrig, Garrett Reitzel, Benton Weber, Nick Campagnolo Assists: Devin Williams x3, Mathew Uhrig x2, Nick Campagnolo, Garrett Reitzel, Caleb Reitzel, Matthew MacDonald, Bruce Martin Jan 21 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 1 Hespeler: 0 Goals: Benton Weber Assists: Kyle Bruder Shutout: Dylan Creelman

Bantam: LL #2 Jan 16 vs. Twin Centre Woolwich: 6 Twin Centre: 1 Goals: Nathan Horst, Riley Shantz, Ryan Diemert x2, Tegan Schaus, Noah Scurry Assists: Noah Rawlinson x2, Tegan Schaus, Owen Lucier x3, Riley Shantz, Ryan Diemert Jan 17 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 1 Ayr: 0 Goals: Ryan Diemert Assists: Alex Berry Shutout: Spencer Bartels Jan 18 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 2 Ayr: 0 Goals: Tegan Schaus, Nathan Horst Assists: Noah Rawlinson x2, Tegan Schaus, Nathan Horst Shutout: Spencer Bartels

WILD PEEWEE BB CHAMPS

The Woolwich Wild beat the home team at the West Northumberland Wild PeeWee BB Tournament to bring home the gold. Players: Jenna Landry, Jade Lipcznski, Hannah Carr, Alana Bauman, Jenna Duimering, Abigail Burkholder, Ali Harnock, Hannah Petrosino, Cassidy Moser, Mya Brubacher, Delaney Douglas, Maggie Sargent, Cailyn Wilkie. Head coach: Chris Harnock, Asst. coaches: Rod Bauman, Steve Harnock. Trainer: Rhonda Brubacher.

Assists: Claire Hanley, Atom: LL #1 Midget: MAJOR A Woolwich Cup – Elmira Jan 19 Gillian Olsthoorn, Rachel Jan 15 vs. Caledon Weber, Amber MacPherson Game 1 vs. LL #3 Woolwich: 6 Caledon: 1 Jan 15 vs. Twin Centre LL1: 8 LL3: 3 Goals: Nicholas Pavanel, Woolwich: 1 Twin Centre: 1 Goals: Mac Benham x3, Alex Uttley x2, Tyler Seguin, Goals: Megan Lair Braxten Breen, Aiden Von Matthew Lair, Josh Kueneman Kannen, Colton Benham x2, HOCKEY Assists: Alex Uttley x3, Nolan Williamson TOURNAMENTS Cole Conlin, Timothy Shuh, Assists: Ryan Shantz Adrian Gilles x2 PeeWee: BB x2, Turner Duldhardt x2, Cody Jan 18 vs. Dundas West Northumberland Wild, Kroetsch, Logan Frey Woolwich: 3 Dundas: 4 Cobourg – Jan 17-19 Atom: LL #2 Game 1 vs. Aurora Goals: Timothy Shuh, Richmond Hill Tournament – Matthew Leger, Tyler Seguin Woolwich: 2 Aurora: 1 Jan 11-12 Game 1 vs. Oak Ridges Assists: Adam Cook, Goals: Jade Lipcznski, Tyler Seguin, Scott Martin, Alex Delaney Douglas Woolwich: 1 Oak Ridges: 4 Uttley, Timothy Shuh Goals: Rowan Spencer Assists: Mya Brubacher, Jenna Duimering, Cassidy Game 2 vs. Oak Ridges Midget: LL #3 Moser, Jade Lipcznski Jan 18 vs. St. George Woolwich: 1 Oak Ridges: 5 Game 2 vs. West NorthumWoolwich: 4 St. George: 2 Goals: Rowan Spencer berland Goals: Colton Williams, Game 3 vs. Point Edward Woolwich: 5 Tristen White, Alex Taylor x2 Woolwich: 2 Point Edward: 2 West Northumberland: 0 Assists: Calvin Cressman, Goals: Ryan Curtis, Oscar Goals: Alana Bauman, Nick Berlet Fitch Jenna Duimering x2, Mya Brubacher, Hannah Carr HOCKEY WOOLWICH TOURNAMENTS Assists: Delaney Douglas, WILD Mya Brubacher, Ali Harnock, Novice: LL #4 Atom: BB Alana Bauman Woolwich Cup, Elmira Jan 20 vs. Stratford Shutout: Cailyn Wilkie Jan 17-19 Woolwich: 1 Stratford: 0 Game 3 vs. North Durham Game 1 vs. LL #2 Goals: Charlise Woolwich: 2 North Durham: 1 LL4: 5 LL2: 2 Assists: Haylee, Delaney J. Goals: Delaney Douglas, Goals: Tucker Armstrong Shutout: Bethany Hannah Petrosino x2, Mason Spark x3 Assists: Jade Lipcznski, Bantam: B Assists: Brienne Hannah Carr Jan 19 vs. Ayr Brezynskie, Gabriel Hicknell, Game 4 vs. West NorthumJack Rozema, Evan Sauvé, Woolwich: 1 Ayr: 0 berland Nathan Wong Goals: Mikayla Weber Woolwich: 3 Game 2 vs. Caledonia Assists: Abby Ziegler West Northumberland: 0 Woolwich: 4 Caledonia: 2 Shutout: Hannah Bettke Goals: Mya Brubacher, Goals: Tucker Armstrong, Maggie Sargent Jake Patterson, Mason Spark Midget: B Assists: Jenna Duimering, Jan 20 vs. Waterloo MVP: Hayden (LJ) Brunner Alana Bauman Woolwich: 2 Waterloo: 0 Game 3 vs. Paris Shutout: Cailyn Wilkie Goals: Michelle Wang, Woolwich: 2 Paris: 2 Michelle Bauman Goals: Calum Heimbecker, TWIN CENTRE Assists: Erika Morrison, Jake Patterson STARS Jessica Bitton, Brooke Mulder Assists: Calum Atom: LL #1 Shutout: Aliya McNeil Heimbecker Jan 18 vs. LL #2 MVP: Andrew Chumley LL1: 2 LL2: 2 Midget: BB Game 4 vs. LL #1 Goals: Barett, Thomas Jan 14 vs. West Huron LL4: 1 LL1: 2 Assists: Nolan, Blake Woolwich: 2 West Huron: 1 Goals: Tucker Armstrong Goals: Cassandra Tuffnail, Assists: Jake Patterson PeeWee: REP Meghan Martin MVP: Calum Heimbecker Jan 16 vs. St. George

Twin Centre: 3 St. George: 3 Goals: Tyler Zyta, Alex Kaufman, Curtis Butler Assists: Daniel Rudy, Aidan Krueger, Curtis Butler, Dylan Burton, Josh Monk Jan 18 vs. Waterford Twin Centre: 1 Waterford: 0 Goals: Curtis Butler Assists: Aidan Krueger, William Weber Shutout: Blair Gowing

PeeWee: REP Jan 20 vs. Waterford Twin Centre: 4 Waterford: 3 Goals: Cameron Hoy x3, Aidan Krueger Assists: Aidan Krueger x2, Curtis Butler, Brock Krulicki, Jacob Voisin, Alex Kaufman, Daniel Rudy

PeeWee: LL #1 Jan 6 vs. New Hamburg Twin Centre: 1 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Connall Gillett Assists: Jack Koebel Jan 10 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 3 Woolwich: 5 Goals: Jack Koebel x3 Assists: Jack Wolf, Adam Hehn, Isaiah Siewert, Tyris Patrick Jan 11 vs. Ayr Twin Centre: 3 Ayr: 3 Goals: Austin Rose, Dawson Stevenson Assists: Jack Koebel HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS

Initiation: LL Bruce Williams Memorial Tournament – Kurtzville, ON Jan 13-15 Game 1 vs. Listowel Twin Centre: 10 Listowel: 3 Goals: Rowan Henderson x3, Reed Straus x2, Kaden Callaghan, Kieren Callaghan, Hunter Bender, Ezra Krulicki, Blake Frede Assists: Wesley Graham, Justin Lichty, Brady Meyer, Peyton Ohlhausen, Carter Lipskie, Phoenix Flynn, Blake Mayer Game 2 vs. Wallace Twin Centre: 8 Wallace: 2 Goals: Rowan Henderson x3, Ezra Krulicki x2, Kaden Callaghan, Blake Mayer, Blake Frede Assists: Evan Reid, Wesley Graham, Justin Lichty, Brady Meyer, Peyton Ohlhausen, Carter Lipskie, Kieren Callaghan,

Phoenix Flynn Game 3 vs. Mitchell Twin Centre: 1 Mitchell: 4 Goals: Rowan Henderson

PeeWee: LL #1 Clifford Tournament – Jan 18-19 Game 1 vs. Arthur Twin Centre: 6 Arthur: 5 Goals: Jack Koebel, Jack Wolf, Josh Carere, Connall Gillett, Tyris Patrick, Austin Rose Assists: Connall Gillett x2, Jack Wolf, Adam Hehn, Tyris Patrick, Jack Koebel Game 2 vs. Centre Wellington Twin Centre: 1 Centre Wellington: 2 Goals: Ben Hayden TWIN CENTRE HERICANES

Atom: B Jan 14 vs. Guelph Twin Centre: 6 Guelph: 0 Goals: Marlee Fraser x2, Katya Yusim x2, Claire Higgins x2 Assists: Emily Krueger, Nicole Hehn, Avery Bender, Kara Dietrich, Katya Yusim Shutout: Katie Lee

Bantam: BB Jan 18 vs. Kitchener Twin Centre: 2 Kitchener: 2 Goals: Emma Banbury, Lauren Quehl Assists: Laura Ridge, Leah Sebben, Laura Weber Jan 19 vs. New Hamburg Twin Centre: 2 New Hamburg: 4 Goals: Sophie Jantzi, Deanna Mainland Assists: Deanna Mainland, Laura Weber

Bantam: LL Jan 18 vs. Grand River Twin Centre: 3 Grand River: 1 Goals: Natalee Dietz x2, Kate Seip Assists: Julia Dakin, Natalee Dietz, Megan Giovanellio

Midget: BB Jan 15 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 1 Woolwich: 1 Goals: Rebecca Vitello Assists: Rachel Drake Jan 20 vs. Mount Forest Twin Centre: 2 Mount Forest: 3 Goals: Kayla Lee x2 Assists: Rebecca Vitello x2, Roslyn Mainland

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by Campagnolo (Brett Parsons) at 5:04. That’s when things got messy as the Bombers began to fight back and the Kings faded.

“Friday, we did not play very well, came all down to our effort. We scored a lot of goals which is a positive but at the other end of the rink we lost battles

we weren’t boxing out in front of the net and gave them more opportunities to score than we should have,” Flanagan said.

Brampton started to encroach on the score board first at 8:33 then 12:18 but Cass Frey (Adam Brubacher, Kobryn) scored again at 13:39. Brampton found an in again at 14:35 and though Elmira’s Cash

Seraphim (Steven Jakiela) countered at 15:23 for a two-point lead, it was all for naught as the Bombers came back to tie the game in the third courtesy of goals at 4:02 and 10:46.

They won in the shootout.

Stepping up on Sunday, and showing only some of the previous game’s hesitation, the Kings fared better against the Dutchmen with

12 solid shots on net while goalie Hayden Neuman blocked 14 shots in the first period.

Blood was spilled at 6:35 in the second period when a fight between Alex Mutton and the Dutchmen’s Scott Pedersen got both players ejected. Though Elmira dominated in shots, 17-13, Kitchener took the lead with the game’s

first goals at 16:01. The Dutchmen found the back of the net twice more in the third, but that’s when the Kings seemed to say enough is enough. Craig Johnson (Seraphim, Kobryn) fought back at 11:35 and Jakiela (Campagnolo, Savery) followed suit at 13:17. Seraphim (Kobryn, Campagnolo) tied the game at 18:15 and opened

the door for a shootout victory.

“We were able to get to a shoot out and we haven’t won many shootouts this year so that’s a good feeling,” Flanagan said.

The Kings (27-6-4) are in Guelph Saturday night, returning to Elmira Sunday to take on the Cambridge Winter Hawks. Game time is 7 p.m.

Jacks manage to win big, lose a little less so Matchup against Norwich, which saw a pair of losses, pitted Wellesley against likely first-round opponent ELENA MAYSTRUK Making short work of the Delhi Travellers in a 9-2 win January 17, the Wellesley Applejacks’ weekend got decidedly worse in a pair of losses – 7-3, 4-2 – to the team they’re likely to face when the playoffs get going, the Norwich Merchants.

The team hopes last weekend’s play won’t be indicative of what’s to come in the postseason.

“Who will play in the playoffs is pretty well set.

Pretty sure were going to end up playing Norwich in the playoffs,” said head coach Rob Way this week.

“When you look at the whole season against Norwich, every game has been a one-goal game except for the Saturday night game,” he added.

The Jacks had an easier time against the Travellers, but it was an important game, giving the boys in red a firm hold on fifth place in the standings, 14 points back of the fourthplace Merchants after the weekend.

Delhi scored first, six minutes into the first period, but Wellesley’s Mackenzie Shantz (assists: Jake Ariss, Mckenzie Carter) answered at 12:12. The Jacks also outshot the home team 15-8. Scoring again to start the second period was Delhi’s last order of business before the floodgates

opened.

The Jacks potted goal after goal for a total of eight in the next two periods.

Devon Wagner (Luke Rose, Cody Tapsell) and Alex Stoody (Justin Lebold) – who would earn himself a hat trick by game’s end – were the big scorers in that period at 7:05 and 18:23, as Jacks goalie Josh Heer blocked 12 shots. One after the other the shots kept coming from Stoody (Sean McEwan, Brett MacDonald), Wagner (Cal Jefferies, Lebold) and Reid Denstedt (Felix Lantaigne, Tapsell) scored at 1:04, 1:44 and 2:43 in the third period. Wagner (Mark Detzler) completed the hat trick at 5:31 followed by Carter (Denstedt, Troy Williams) at 10:40 and finally Stoody (McEwan, MacDonald) at 14:42.

Not as diligent the next night, the Jacks lost on home ice and it wasn’t pretty, Way said.

“Saturday night I didn’t think our compete level was good and the score was indicative of that.”

The Merchants opened the scoring at 3:59 in the first period. Denstedt replied for the Jacks at 4:46, potting the first of two on the night. Norwich got one past goalie Brayden Bruce at 9:18 and MacDonald (Lantaigne) scored at 10:36. The Merchants closed the period’s scoring at 19:45 and followed up in

had fire in their bellies, making the returning Merchants work for the win.

On-ice aggression was evidence the Jacks came to play hard, Way said of a fight between Jake Ariss and Norwich’s Zach Couwenberg that saw both players ousted. Norwich managed two goals in the middle of the first period but Wellesley still outshot them 13-7, with Lantaigne (Denstedt, Lebold) scoring with seconds to go at 19:53.

Matched for shots on net in the second period (17-17), Norwich scored two more at 1:33 and 12:39 and Wellesley made a final go of it in the third period at 6:58 courtesy of Jefferies (Doering, McEwan).

The Jacks have just four games left in the regular season, including a home-and-home matchup

Taylor Doering battles for the puck with a Norwich Merchant during last Saturday’s game, which the visitors went on to win 7-3. The two teams are likely to face off in the first round of playoffs next month.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] the second period at 0:32 and 1:58. Wellesley’s final goal came from Denstedt (unassisted) at 6:22, mak-

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areas coming into towns.

“There are more accidents than what we want to see. It’s a sport where these machines can go very fast and the speed limit on the trails is 50 kilometres an hour,” Snyder said.

A serious snowmobile accident occurred on Monday when a young man took to trails that

were closed due to thawing temperatures. The 19-year-old Guelph man is in critical condition after losing control and being ejected from his snowmobile on Maryhill Road in Woolwich Township on January 20. He was located with serious head and leg injuries and airlifted to a London hospital for treatment.

While clubs send out their own patrols to mon-

itor the trails, this year the Waterloo Regional Police Service is coming along to bring more law to the trails with their own snowmobiles, Snyder said.

“We really welcome them because once people know the police are on our trails the attitude changes. Everybody slows down that little bit and the atmosphere is so much better.”

ing the score 5-3 after 40 minutes.

The Merchants would bury two more in the third

to seal Wellesley’s fate.

The home crowd was treated to a better show the following day as the Jacks

with the Mounties that started Friday night in Wellesley before heading to Paris Sunday.

The following weekend, the Jacks host Burford and Delhi to finish things off.

“If we come to play, it’s going to a very good series when we play that first round against Norwich,” Way said of the playoffs that will follow.

ATOM WILDCATS WIN ON HOME ICE

The Woolwich Wildcats Atom LL #1 won the Woolwich Cup Challenge at the WMC on January 19. Back row: Ryan Williams, Nolan Williamson, Mac Benham, Aiden Von Kannen, Braxten Breen. Front row: Ryan Shantz, Logan Frey, Colton Benham, Connor Dingelstad, Ethan Murr, Turner Duldhardt, Liam Moyer, Cody Kroetsch. [SUBMITTED]

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Credit unions launch recognition campaign Looking to reverse decline in membership, financial institutions stress their differences from the banks

Current trends in quality lead us to local food

ELENA MAYSTRUK It’s a non-profit organization owned by its customers. Better rates but limited options? Maybe.

Fewer locations? Perhaps.

Your local credit unions – the natural adversaries of conventional banks in the jungle of finance – are fighting to ensure their evolution by trying to entice more customers.

In the face of provincewide declines in membership and increased taxation, Ontario credit unions, including the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union (MSCU), launched a comprehensive campaign this week.

“The basic thrust is that the people of Ontario in general don’t know enough about the credit unions, don’t see us as a credible alternative in the financial services space,” said MSCU chief executive Brent Zorgdrager.

Credit Unions are notfor-profit institutions offering a financial cooperative to members, with services similar to banks such as providing loans and bank accounts. They are owned by the members as opposed to separate shareholders, but are generally smaller operations with fewer locations. The MSCU, for instance, has its head office in Kitchener and a total of nine locations in southern Ontario, including Elmira,

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spring budget, to bring credit unions in line with banks. Though a Deloitte Canada report cited by CBC found tax rates for credit unions were raised to 28 per cent over five years instead of the promised 15 per cent (from 11 per cent); a technical error in Bill C-60, the news agency

The last Ford I owned outright was a 1972 Pinto … and I lived to tell the tale.

To me, at the time, it was a beauty, silver-grey with a thick black stripe along the rocker panels. I thought it was cool, but, in truth, I was an idiot to drive it. I was lucky it didn’t blow up when I was rear-ended at a stop sign by a distracted driver. Others weren’t so fortunate.

Ford and other American car companies have come so, so far. For example, earlier this week at the Detroit Auto Show, Ford introduced its new F-150 pick-up with some aluminum parts that cut its weight by about 700 lbs., meaning the company can use a smaller, less thirsty engine and – unlike the Pinto – still get top performance.

Companies are paying more attention to what consumers want, and responding accordingly. Even the Pinto, despite its many faults and safety concerns, was created in reaction to skyrocketing gas prices.

But back then, carmakers didn’t always connect quality, value and economy.

Now, they pay more atten-

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In the face of changes and challenges at credit unions, the MSCU is going against the popular curve. Elmira branch manager Brad Martin and staff at the credit union’s other locations are part of a province-wide campaign to attract residents to a different form of banking.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] Waterloo and New Hamburg.

“It’s not that we need to change the channel on what our brand is or what we stand for, it’s that people don’t know that we exist,” said Zorgdrager.

The growth of credit unions in the United States spurred banks to lobby against their competition’s yearly tax breaks, Politico

reported last year. Originally put in place so that credit unions could better represent the interests of smaller communities with smaller financial means, banks argue the breaks are no longer fair.

“Credit unions’ tax exemption was originally linked to their mission to serve people of modest means. But there is evi-

dence that the tax subsidy is going to individuals who clearly do not need subsidized financial services and benefits the largest credit unions,” a statement from the American Bankers Association reads.

In Canada the perk is being phased out over a fiveyear period, the federal government announced prior to rolling out the 2013

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tion to consumer trends, and increasingly, to emerging micro trends that might turn into full-blown movements.

You have to pay attention, if you’re a marketer.

That’s true for the food business, too whether you’re a buyer – such as a consumer – or a farmer, processor or retailer.

Ford now goes so far as to produce an outlook publication. The newly released edition, called Looking

Dodge Ram, one of the Ford F-150’s strongest competitors, drew legions of new fans with its nostalgic tribute to American farmers.

But even newer brands can tap into the power of nostalgia, says the report, by paying particular attention to what it calls the “distinctive craftsmanship” that marked pre-globalization.

To me, that’s kind of an odd statement for a distinctively global company, and for one that unapologeti-

Further with Ford: 2014 Trends, underlines how consumers are drawn to the old days.

“Romanticizing how things used to be, we find comfort and connection in products, brands and experiences that evoke nostalgia,” it says. “As a result, heritage brands are taking off.” When it comes to vehicles, no stronger a statement could be made about the draw of heritage brands than at last year’s Super Bowl, when the

cally made the Pinto and hid its flaws.

But overall, the report – which goes on to note the backlash against middlemen and others who bring no apparent value to products – might as well have been talking about the reasons behind the emergence of local food.

Those who support it are likewise fed up with the commercialism that led to fast food, cheap imports and the erosion of local economies.

And when it comes to branding local food, there’s no better way to do it than to feature the faces, names and stories of those who grow it, raise it, prepare it and deliver it.

Like Ford says, you don’t have to be a heritage brand to succeed. You’re in the old-days zone if you embrace similar values and position yourself accordingly in the eyes of the public. Do something for your community; don’t just take the money and run. Show

your commitment.

What a great opportunity for new entrants to the food business, those who are genuinely interested in meeting consumer needs and demands with quality products –and, of course, interested in being different.

Trends can and do change. While this one is upon us, all parts of the food sector, including consumers, have a golden opportunity to enjoy it and prosper.

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reported.

With the tax exemptions gone, Canada’s credit unions are in for a tough time, The Financial Brand reported in May 2013, sourcing stats from the Provincial Credit Union central database.

As Ontario’s population grew 5.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011, credit union membership dropped by 7.1 per cent, the second highest decline in Canada behind New Brunswick (down 14.6 per cent in membership with a 2.9 per

mira branch manager Brad Martin.

“It is a bit against the trend as far as credit unions … this community certainly is supportive of what we are doing,” he said on Tuesday.

From 2006 to 2011 the MSCU grew at a rate of 16.2 per cent in membership, according to their records and continued at a rate of seven per cent from 20112013.

“Some of the spike in growth occurred in 2010 when we began to welcome members beyond our tra-

cent population increase).

Credit unions reported an overall 0.8 per cent decline in membership across the country with a population increase of 5.9 per cent.

Conversely, Newfoundland with a population growth of 1.8 per cent, British Columbia (7.0 per cent), Manitoba (5.2 per cent) and Alberta (10.8 per cent) saw a boost in credit union membership: 17.6, 9.0, 7.8 and 3.8 per cent respectively.

The MSCU is going against the general downward movement, said El-

ditional membership from Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ groups.

In addition, much of our growth occurs in younger age groups – another example of where we are unique compared to many other credit unions” said MSCU spokesperson Pamela Fehr.

One of the issues specific to the MSCU, Zorgdrager admits, is its name, a sometimes effective tool for garnering trust in clients, but at times also a deterrent.

It’s true that MSCU’s values coincide with many traits prevalent in Men-

nonite culture as the name would suggest. While the public has been receptive to the connection, an often positive affiliation, he said, the downside is it can also keep more secular customers away.

“Does it help? Or does it cause people to not even look into us because they pre-assess they don’t qualify? In general people think positively of Mennonites and what they do and how they partake in society and contribute to communities … but they say ‘I guess wouldn’t be able to apply,

or wouldn’t fit because I’m not a Mennonite.”

Still Zorgdrager says about 1,500 members of the 19,500 clients that have joined the MSCU in the past three years are not from traditional Mennonite roots.

“We describe ourselves as understanding our faith from a Mennonite perspective but if knowing that what we believe is close enough to what you believe, and you are looking for a place where your faith and finances can connect, you are welcome to join us.”

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THE ARTS WILL SLOAN When Roger Ebert went to see Night of the Living Dead (1968) at a matinee, he wrote that all but a few in the sold-out audience were children. “Horror films” – in the Vincent Price sense of the term – had long been favourites of pint-sized moviegoers, but George A. Romero’s low-budget zombie film was something else entirely.

“I don’t think the younger kids knew what hit them,” Ebert wrote. “They’d seen some horror movies before, sure, but this was something else. This was ghouls eating people up – and you could actually see what they were eating. This was little girls killing their mothers. This was being set on fire. … I don’t think the younger kids really knew what hit them.”

Night of the Living Dead probably won’t get quite the same reaction when the VOC Silent Film Harmonic screens it at the Registry Theatre on February 1. Still, for bass player Ted Harms, the movie retains much of the primal power it had in its original context.

“By modern standards, this probably isn’t even half as gory as some of the movies that are out there now,” says Harms. “But this was 1968 … this is one of those landmark years. Vietnam, race riots, political assassinations, the civil rights movement, and right in the middle of that you have a

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Live music and the living dead VOC Silent Film Harmonic accompanies screening of Night of the Living Dead at the Registry Theatre

“They’re coming to get you, Barbara …” Bradford Nowak, Wade Whittaker, Ted Harms, and David Hunsberger are bringing music to the original zombie movie. [COLLAGE BY: JAKE STALLARD / THE OBSERVER]

movie like this.”

Writer/director George A. Romero and the film’s principal creative team were Pittsburgh advertising and television veterans (most of them worked on the Mr. Rogers show!) who hoped that their $100,000 exploitation film would be a ticket to Hollywood. They were also young leftists, angry over the escalating Vietnam War and sociopolitical conflicts at home.

While later Romero zombie movies like Dawn of the Dead would explicitly foreground politics, 1968 is just simmering under the surface of Night of the Living Dead. In the farmhouse where the human characters struggle to survive the zombie apocalypse, the leader – and most sensible character – is black, with no comment made on his race. Government bureaucrats are shown as clumsy and ineffective, unable to reach a consensus as to how the plague has started. The militiamen who hunt down zombies look uncomfortably like lynch mobs, and the unforgettable final scene was bleaker than American horror films had ever dared.

“They put an African American in the lead role, which to some people in 1968 would have been scarier than zombies,” laughs Harms. “The last five or ten minutes are just not what anybody was expecting.

Everybody goes in saying,

‘Zombies, ahaha, eating people,’ and then at the end …”

No need to spoil the surprises, but the still images that accompany the closing credits are like a kick in the gut. “There were photographs that people were seeing of the race riots and Vietnam, of people being killed for no reason or for being in the wrong place at the wrong time,” says Harms.

The VOC Silent Film Harmonic, which normally accompanies silent cinema, is playing Night of the Living Dead with the sound off and the subtitles on – an experimental approach they hope will emphasize its stark, black-and-white imagery.

“Musically, we’re trying to consciously take it in a 1968 direction,” says Harms.

“We’re trying to work in a little bit of rock, a little bit of blues, a little bit of psychedelia.”

He continues, “1968, even the year in music: Led Zeppelin formed, and you had Pink Floyd, Motown, the British rock invasion, there was so much going on musically.”

The dead will rise at the Registry Theatre (122 Frederick St., Kitchener) on February 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 at centreinthesquare. com and at the door, $10 with a food bank donation, and $5 for eyeGO tickets.

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Schelter Office Plus is a growing Family owned Office Products supplier serving Waterloo-Wellington Region.

“HERE WE GROW AGAIN!”

EXPEDITER SALES & LOGISTICS SUPPORT

Full Time Flex position working days Monday thru Friday This ideal entry level opportunity in a growing company requires a candidate who: • Enjoys physical work with regular lifting of 50lbs or more.

• Capable of driving delivery truck – clean drivers abstract.

• Basic computer literacy required.

• Customer service for both inside retail and outside commercial environments.

• Problem solving abilities required in this “Jack of all Trades” position.

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10 Church Street West

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7877 WELLINGTON RD. 8 P.O. BOX 248 DRAYTON, ON. N0G 1P0

308A or 308R Sheet Metal Installer Tri-Mech Inc. is a mechanical company specializing in Gas Fitting, Hydronic Heating, Geothermal, Furnaces, Air Conditioning and High Pressure Cleaning Systems. We service Agricultural, light commercial and residential systems.

Applicants should be able to work with minimal supervision and have good customer relation skills.

Applicants are invited to submit a letter of application or resume by fax to 519-638-3342, or by email to jobs@trimech.ca

Mixer and Pellet Mill Operators (Night Shift) Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. is growing again…

We are a fast paced livestock feed manufacturing facility serving poultry, swine and dairy farmers across Ontario. Our mandate is to provide leadership in the delivery of nutritional solutions.

Our employees take pride in making sure we meet or exceed our customers’ expectations.

Currently we are accepting applications for a motivated individual willing to work night shift mixing feed. This position requires a hard working, responsible individual with excellent attention to detail.

The position is a full time permanent position including a full benefits package. If you are interested in a rewarding work life please submit your resume via mail to P.O. Box 22, 7307 Hwy 86, Wallenstein Ont., N0B 2S0 or via email to recruiting@wfs.ca.

HELP WANTED FULL-TIME RESPONSIBLE TEAM player needed to work with us at our farm store and St. Jacobs Market. Variety of duties including some heavy lifting. Able to multi task and have transportation. Fax resume to: 519-743-0539.

HOW TO REACH US

SEALED TENDERS, clearly marked as to contents shall be received by the undersigned, until 2:00 p.m., on Friday February 7th, 2014 at which time tenders will be opened. for the supply of One New Heavy Duty Municipal Motor Grader with snow plow and snow wing installed ready for operation–Horsepower 250 (Minimum), Operating weight (without attachments) not less than 16,783 kg. (37,000 lbs.)

Tender forms and specifications may be obtained at the address below: Kevin Beggs General Manager of Community Services Township of Wellesley 4639 Lobsinger Line R.R. 1 St. Clements, Ontario NOB 2M0 Tel: 519-699-3948 Fax: 519-699-4540 Email: kbeggs@wellesley.ca

Experienced HVAC Installer Tri-Mech Inc. is a mechanical company specializing in Gas Fitting, Hydronic Heating, Geothermal, Furnaces, Air Conditioning and High Pressure Cleaning Systems. We service Agricultural, light commercial and residential systems.

Applicants must hold a minimum G2 license, be able to work with minimal supervision, have good customer relation skills, and be willing to be on-call for emergency service on a rotating schedule with other team members.

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

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FULL TIME - Elmira based furniture company now accepting resumes for mature general labourer. Please fax resume to 519-669-8820.

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NURSERY WORKERS NEEDED starting March 18, 2014. Pay rate $10.33/hour. Working hours 7 a.m. - 5 p.m., 6 days per week. Work includes field potting, weeding in field and containers, truck loading, digging etc. Must be willing to work in all weather conditions and weekends.

Own transportation required.

Police clearance needed.

Please send resume to: West Montrose Farms Ltd., 1614 Halm Road, West Montrose, On. N0B 2V0.

WE ARE SEEKING a qualified individual for a full time position in our administration group, responsible for A/R and A/P, payroll as well as other administrative functions. Preference will be given to candidates with experience and knowledge of QuickBooks, and Microsoft Office. If you are a detail oriented person with experience with the above please send your resume to dgerber@flashfreight.ca

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Purchase of any equipment is subject to Township of Wellesley Council approval.

FOR SALE WOOD FURNITURE BUREAU, unfinished dining chairs, rocker. Wood stove - upright.

Please call 519-669-3231.

FARM EQUIPMENT TRACTOR TIRE CHAINS, 18.4 x 34 inch, heavy set $425.00; lighter set $375.00, heavy set 13.6 x 38 $275.00, 13.6 x 26 $250.00.

Meteor snow blower 7 ft, two stage hydraulic hood, 3PH, single auger $950.00.

McKee 7ft snowlander, 3PH snow blower, single auger $850.00. Aloe quickie 5ft manure fork bucket $475.00.

Pair of tire chains 235, 16 inch tire $125.00. Cab for John Deere R, 80, 820, rear entry $475.00. Harriston 519-3382688.

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

AUCTION SALE OF CONSUMER GOODS AT GRAY’S AUCTION & LIQUIDATION CENTRE,

AUTOMOTIVE 2006 FORD TAURUS. 100,000 kms, automatic, front wheel drive, 3.2 engine V6. Well maintained, lady driven, power windows, A/C, fairly new tires. Asking $5490.

E-tested. Call 519-669-2563.

2007 HYUNDAI AZURA. 135 kms, one owner. Car loaded and in A1 shape. Wife wanted new SUV. Call 519-669-2212 .

RENTALS 3+1 BDRM HOUSE for rent at 1121 Geddes St. Hawkesville.

Available mid-Feb. 226-7483289 or duane000@hotmail. com BRIGHT, SPACIOUS, 1-BEDROOM apartment in quiet building. Ideal for non-smoking mature tenant.

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March/April. Phone 519-6693423.

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MONDAY JANUARY 27, AT 5:30 P.M. SALE CONSISTS OF: Furniture Pcs; Sofa; T. V. Stands; Elec. Piano; Fridges; Dishwashers, Large Skid Lots of Misc, Skid Lots of Clothing; Household Items; T.V.’s & Ass’t. Electronics; Vaccumes; Watches; Pcs of Swar; Kid's & Adult Clothing; Bedding; Books; Consumer Goods; Plus a Very Large Selection of Other Misc. Items.

Note: This is a very large offering and There will be 2 auctioneers selling.

LUNCH BOOTH TERMS: Cash, Interac, Visa, M.C. NOTE: Clothes will be sold in large lots, list subject to additions & deletions. Viewing from 4:00 P.M. day of sale. Owner or auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale.

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OWNER-OPERATOR

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

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Shrub & Branch Removal & Chipping

Technical Tree Falling/Cutting/ Removal

Stumping and Grinding

Preventative Maintenance Limbing and tree pruning

Shrub & Small Tree Replacement

Call: Jeff Basler, Owner | Office: 519-669-9081 | Fax: 519-669-9819 Email: ever-green@sympatico.ca

OUTDOOR SERVICES COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

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FULL FLOWER BED MAINTENANCE · weeding, pruning, dead heading, planting, flowerbed edging, mulch delivery & installation

TOP DRESSING & OVERSEEDING · Triple Mix topsoil & sure start overseed grass seed

SNOW PLOWING & ICE CONTROL · Trucks, Tractors, Skidsteer

Call: Jeff Basler, Owner Office: 519-669-9081 | Fax: 519-669-9819 Email: ever-green@sympatico.ca

· Offering a quick and easy way to reclaim unused land · Our tracked skid steer equipped with a forestry brush mower can handle any long grass/brush · Trail maintenance and development · Wooded lot Thinning · Pasture Reclaimation · Orchard Maintenance · Industrial Lots · Real Estate Lots · Cottages

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

Don’t Wait, Now is the Time to List!

NEW LISTING

$314,900 A DONATION will be made with every home bought or sold by Paul or Alli.

$314,900

2 CAR GARAGE + 2 DRIVEWAYS = AMPLE PARKING

WELCOME HOME!

Elmira – Front and rear driveways allow for 6 car parking or trailer parking and double garage. As soon as you walk in the door you will see for yourself a mix of modern & classics. From French door walkout to side deck to concrete countertops this home has been renovated extensively! Convenient mudrm off garage & completely renovated & updated kit. Open concept MF w/LR, Sep DR & kit. Partly fin’d basement w/RR. MLS 1341452 Call Alli or Paul direct.

Elmira – This attractive 3 bedroom home is located on corner lot. The bright foyer guides you into large living room with new elegant laminate flooring.

Roomy kitchen with dinette walk out to deck complete with pergola. Upstairs includes a den, perfect for home office, playroom, or a place to sit and read.

Finished basement with built-in shelving units. Fenced yard and large shed.

MLS 1411847 Call Alli or Paul direct.

Alli Bauman

Paul Martin

Home Evaluation!

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

CALL DIRECT

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Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated

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FIND YOUR DREAM HOME IN CANADA’S BEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

Bert Martin

dale@kellersellsrealestate.com

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®

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OFFICE: 519-669-5426

519.500.1865 (Direct)

17 Church St. W., Elmira • 519.669.1544 (Business)

Dale R. Keller Sales Representative

www.KellerSellsRealEstate.com | dale@kellersellsrealestate.com

NEW LISTING | $239,000 1 Acre country lot on paved road just a short drive to Drayton. Backing onto farmfields. Bright 3 bedroom bungalow. Quick possession available.

MLS Call Dale

FULLY RENTED 8 PLEX $525,000 Milverton. Showing excellent returns. This is a good opportunity for an income porperty. MLS Call Dale

For info on these or any other real estate enquiries, Call Dale

Alyssa Henry Broker

REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.

www.remaxsolidgold.biz

EMAIL: bert@remaxsolidgold.biz

NEW LISTING

D L O S

FREE Market Evaluation

$315,000 This is an updated one

and a half storey Home, shows very well. A very nice kitchen, 2 bath and a walk up from basement to backyard. It has a fenced back yard with a patio and deck. MLS.

ADDRESS: 3 Arthur St. S., ELMIRA DIRECT: 519-503-2753 EMAIL: leonmartin@remax.net

Building in Drayton where homes are affordable

519.831.1129 alyssa@alyssahenry.ca www.alyssahenry.ca

HOME with WORKSHOP!

$315,000

Older 2 story home backing to farm land offers 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, possible in-law suite, 24' x 48' two story workshop. Located on the edge of town. MLS. Call Bert Martin for an appt.

Your referrals are appreciated!

PRIVATE SALE OPEN HOUSE

SUN. JAN. 26, 2014 2-4 PM 46 ZADUK CRT., CONESTOGO, ON

782 Tower St, S. Fergus, ON

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY JANUARY 25th 2-4PM 47 Green Street Drayton Highly sought after 1772 sq ft, 2 year old Bellamy Model Home, 3 beds, 3 baths, open concept main floor with stunning grand entrance. Lots of upgrades!! Fully fenced backyard. Tarion Warranty still applies. Come take a look this weekend, you will not be disappointed!

3 Arthur St. S. Elmira

CUSTOM QUALITY Single Family Homes Starting from

Visit our Model Home at 46 Bedell Drive, Drayton

Mon., Tues. & Wed. 1-7pm | Sat. & Sun. 1-4:30pm | or by appointment

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$340's

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3 bedroom 2300 sq ft bungaloft backing onto 3rd green, 5 minutes to waterloo,move in ready!

30'deep heated garage professionally landscaped

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.

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519-669-2772 www.thurrealestate.com

100 YEARS

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SINCE 1913

Elmira Real Estate Services Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage

We support Woolwich Community Services through

of combined service to HELP you!

90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 4, Elmira N3B 3L4

519-669-3192

Elmira@royallepage.ca BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record, MVA Residential Res: 519.669.1068

JULIE HECKENDORN Broker

Res: 519.669.8629

TRACEY WILLIAMS

Sales Rep. Cell: 519.505.0627

A GREAT STARTER HOME – Close to public school. Newer laminate floors in living room and all bedrooms. Most windows have been replaced. Gas furnace replaced in 2011. Unfinished basement.

Attached garage w/newer door. Deep lot.

MLS

$209,900

CONESTOGO – Quiet area, close to school and downtown. Spacious dining area w/ walkout to patio. Stone fireplace in the L.R. (w/parquet flr) and a gas fireplace in the rec. room. Newer floor in games room. 5 pc. bathrm (ensuite privilege) 1.5 garage (extra deep!). Dble. driveway. MLS

$395,000

$459,900

QUIET CRESCENT – FOUR bdrm. home with 3 updated baths (3pc. ensuite), main flr. family rm. w/fireplace & w/o to a HUGE 2 tiered deck with 8 person hot tub. Fenced yard. Open concept kit./D.A. to fam. rm. Formal D.R. and liv. rm. This home is carpet-free & tastefully decorated. Extra-long dble. driveway & dble. garage w/newer door. MLS

$419,900

HAWKESVILLLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY – Operate your own business & live in the spacious, well maintained, 3 bdrm. dwelling.

Presently a catering business (seats 54) but this property has endless opportunities! 1400 sq.ft. of commercial space. Single garage + lots of pkg. MLS

CALL FOR YOUR FREE MARKET EVALUATION

Bonnie Brubacher

www.elmirahomes.ca

Broker of Record / Owner

Pre-Selling our DRAYTON RIDGE Project

Executive Town Homes

70 Pondview, Wellesley

NEW LISTING! IMPRESSIVE BUNGALOW $569,900 ELMIRA Completely finished top to bottom!

Fabulous main floor layout, entertain in the large kitchen open to the dining area & living room w/gas fireplace & walkout, natural maple floors, 3+2 bedrooms, master ensuite & private walkout, huge recreation room. MLS

SOUGHT AFTER $392,500 HESSON Perfect property for the growing

STUNNING BACKSPLIT $299,900 DRAYTON Wow! Beautifully maintained

13 ACRE PARADISE $629,900 Situated near

family, large 4 bedroom, 3 bath bungalow offers a completely renovated basement with games area & recreation room, detached 12’x20’ heated shop, home offers geo thermal heating/cooling, dbl garage. MLS

home offers a spacious kitchen with appliances, large dining area overlooks the huge family room with engineered hardwood floors, walkout to fenced yard, central air, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, dbl garage. MLS

Drayton One of a kind Pioneer log home. The warmth & ambiance from the exposed logs, cathedral ceiling & wide plank floors is truly serene, modern conveniences, updated kitchen w/quartz counter tops, finished basement, loft. MLS

Call for your FREE Market Evaluation.

ELMIRA CUBS RACE THEIR KARS IN REGIONAL EVENT

83 Erb St. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2 suzanne.denomme@remax.net

www.homeswithsue.com

BUNGALOW MARTIN GROVE VILLAGE - 111 CLARENE AVE. OPEN HOUSE: SAT. JAN 25, 2-4 PM Immaculate spacious bungalow in desirable adult living community of Martin Grove Village. Open concept, vaulted ceiling, main floor laundry must see! Close to St. Jacob’s market, Hwy 85, Waterloo shopping, etc.

Call Suzanne for info:

(519) 574-2996

CONTACT DONNA DRUDY@WOOLWICHOBSERVER.COM TO ADVERTISE IN OUR REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

OPEN HOUSE | Sun Jan 26th 2-4 pm

$276,900 Amazing opportunity for the first time buyer, well maintained & affordable, 3 bdrms, 3 baths, ceramic floors, kitchen w/appliances, master with ensuite & walk-in, walkout, c/air, garage & dbl driveway. NEW MLS

Sales Representative

SELLING YOUR HOME?

“Helping you is what we do”

3 Month closing available on our 1700-2100 SQ.FT units with lofts, 2 bedroom, 3 bathrooms including ensuite, Oversized double garage (23’x22’), Gourmet kitchens, gas FP, hardwood & ceramic floors + so much more, Call or visit us to find out all the details on plans & prices.

Office: 519-885-0200 | Fax: 519-885-4914

Direct: 519-574-2996

Broker /Owner

Priced from $349,900

Suzanne Denomme

Independently Owned and Operated

Shanna Rozema

VISIT OUR MODEL HOME | 150 Brookmead St, Elmira Sun Jan 26th 2-4pm

LET OUR 50+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU!

Twin City Realty Inc., Brokerage

Monique Roes

Sales Representative / Owner

Elmira Cubs brought their handmade Kub Kars to Conestoga Mall January 21 to race in the annual regional competion. From left, standing: Monique Bertrand, Lynden Blanchet, Koen Perry, Gavin McLean, Adam Murray, Grant Young, Corbin Ciaschini. From left, kneeling: Wyatt Diefenbaker, Wade Ogram, Xander Strauss, Gavin Maxwell.

Warming up their engines January 14, Elmira Cubs raced and competed against each other at John Mahood Public School. There were a few notable racers that took home accolades for their efforts. From left, Grant Young (Best Design), Wyatt Diefenbaker (3rd), Adam Murray (2nd), and Corbin Ciaschini (1st).

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THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014

STARS FINISH SECOND AT FUN DAYS

COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING On February 10, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson regarding meeting details or visit the Township Webpage – News and Events – Current Public Notices.

The Committee will also consider submissions for or against the applications if submitted to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 4, 2014. Submissions can be forwarded to Jeremy Vink at the address noted at the top of this page, by email jvink@woolwich.ca or by fax 519-669-4669.

CONSENT APPLICATIONS B1/2014 – Robert Jamieson - 15 Hachborn Street West, St. Jacobs; B2/2014 – William John MacColl - 13 Hachborn Street West, St. Jacobs; and B3/2014 – Joseph Voll - 75 Queensway Drive, St. Jacobs Mr. Jamieson received consent approval in August 2013 to sever a vacant residential lot from 15 Hachborn Street West, St. Jacobs. As a condition of the consent approval the applicant is required to address servicing connections for municipal water and sewer for the new lot through the creation of easements over the retained lands and adjacent lands. Accordingly, the following applications have been applied for: • B1/2014 - to grant an easement measuring approximately 4 by 19 metres, for a watermain easement, across the frontage of 15 Hachborn Street, in favour of the vacant residential lot to the east; • B2/2014 – to grant a triangular shaped easement containing approximately 8.1 square metres in area, for a sanitary sewer easement, across a rear portion of 13 Hachborn Street, in favour of the vacant residential lot to the west; and • B32014 – to grant a triangular shaped easement containing approximately 17.3 square metres in area, for a sanitary sewer easement, across a rear portion of 75 Queensway Drive, in favour of the vacant residential lot to the north.

The three properties are zoned Residential Medium Density (R-3) and are located in the vicinity of Hachborn Street West and Queensway Drive, St. Jacobs.

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC) Meeting will be held Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira

The Twin Centre Stars Initiation #4 team participated in the Bruce Williams Memorial “Fun Days” Tournament from January 12-19 in Kurtzville, Ont., finishing second place. Front: Wesley Graham. Second row: Reed Straus, Peyton Ohlhausen, Kaden Callaghan. Third row: Ezra Krulicki, Justin Lichty, Blake Mayer, Blake Frede, Rowan Henderson. Back row: Kieren Callaghan, Carter Lipskie, Evan Reid, Phoenix Flynn, Brady Meyer. Missing: Hunter Bender.

[SUBMITTED]

PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice of Public Information Centre INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INPUT PROPOSED REGION OF WATERLOO WATER DISTRIBUTION BY-LAW, DUMFRIES AND WELLESLEY SIGNNORTH BY-LAW Residents of ofWellesley Dumfries Townships thatcentre missed Consultation The Region Waterlooand will North be holding a public information to Public introduce a draft Centres held on January 14 and 16, 2014 can still comment on a draft water Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-lawdistribution addresses by-law andofproposed prevention program. all types unofficialbackflow signs on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory signs, farm accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs,Distribution open houseBy-law signs and signs.

The Region of Waterloo has developed a draft Water for poster the Townships The proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unoffi cial signs including: of North Dumfries and Wellesley. The by-law allows harmonization of previous Township by-

laws•and addresses in legislation including the regulation of backflow prevention Location andchanges placement; devices.

Theshape, amending by-law is expected to be approved by Regional Council in February • Size, construction and content; 2014.

The draft by-law five general themes • Impacts to thehas function of the road;which are set out as follows: • Number of signs and timing of placement; and Prohibiting any harm or damage to the water distribution system; •1.Sign removal.

2. Regulating any connection or disconnection to the water distribution system; Staff are also proposing an amendment to the Region’s Tourism and Essential Services 3. Regulating the installation and maintenance backflow preventionactivities. devices; Signing Policy to allow tourism signage on Regionalof roads for agri-toursim 4. Regulating theJune use 17, and 2008, placement the implementation of water When: Tuesday, dropofinwater 4:00 meters, - 8:00 p.m. and the shut off of water for non-payment of(lobby) water fees; and Place:rates Regional Administration Headquarters 150 Frederick Kitchener of provisions of the by-law.

5. Creating offences forStreet, the contravention

is beingisheld for theforpurpose providing AThis copypublic of theinformation draft by-lawcentre amendment available review of until Januaryinformation 31, 2014 in and the receiving comments from the public.

A copy of the draft By-law is available for review in Regional Clerk’s Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd Floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener, or on the Clerk’s Offi ce, Region of Waterloo, 2nd fl oor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or on the the Region’s website at www.regionofwaterloo.ca/water; click on Master Plans & Projects.

Region’s website at: If you have questions about the by-law or backflow, please contact: www.region.waterloo.on.ca - tab Newsroom, tab Public Notices Olga Vrentzos, B.Sc. If you have questions concerning the Kevin By-law,Dolishny, please P.Eng. contact Nancy Button, Manager, Operations and Maintenance Senior Project Engineeror by email at Manager, Transportation Engineering at 519-575-4520 Region of Waterloo Region of Waterloo bnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca 150 Frederick St, 7th Floor 150 Frederick St, 7th Floor If you require accessible in this meeting, Kitchener ON N2G 4J3 services to participate Kitchener ON N2Gplease 4J3 contact the above Telephone: 519-575-4757 x314410, 2008.

Telephone: 519-575-4757 x3862 noted person

by Tuesday, June Fax: 519-575-4452 Fax: 519-575-4452 All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this E-mail: ovrentzos@regionofwaterloo.ca E-mail:inkdolishny@regionofwaterloo.ca project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be Under thein“Municipal Act”, personal as name, address, telephone number,ofand included a submission becomes partinformation of the publicsuch record.

Questions regarding the collection this property location that be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions information should be may referred to the person indicated above. regarding the collection of this information should be referred to Olga Vrentzos.

Nancy Button Manager, Transportation Engineering Region of Waterloo

Notice of Public Information Centre INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INPUT PROPOSED REGION OF WATERLOO SEWER USE BY-LAW (1-90) AMENDMENT SIGN BY-LAW Residents of ofWellesley Dumfries Townships thatcentre missed Consultation The Region Waterlooand will North be holding a public information to Public introduce a draft Centres held on January 14 and 16, 2014 can still comment on the draft Sewer By-Law Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-lawUse addresses 1-90 amendment. all types of unofficial signs on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory signs, farm accessory signs,tomailbox accessory signs, open signsjurisdiction and posterover signs.the The proposed amendment the by–law is a result of thehouse Region’s The proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unoffi cial signs including: sewage collection systems in North Dumfries and Wellesley Townships. The by-law prohibits,

regulates, and controls the discharge of waters and wastes into bodies of water within the • Location and placement; Regional area or intoconstruction the Regional sanitary trunk sewers and sewage treatment works. It • Size, shape, and content; also•regulates controls any extensions, alterations or enlargements to area municipal Impactsand to the function of the road; sewers.

The amendments regulate anyof connections to the • Number of signs and timing placement; andRegional sewage system and additional to enforce the by-law. The amending by-law is expected to be approved • Signpowers removal.

by Regional Council in February 2014.

Staff are also proposing an amendment to the Region’s Tourism and Essential Services to allow tourism signageison Regional foruntil agri-toursim activities.

ASigning copy ofPolicy the draft by-law amendment available forroads review January 31, 2014 in the Regional Clerk’s Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd Floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener, or on When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, drop in 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. the Region’s website at www.regionofwaterloo.ca/water; click on Master Plans & Projects.

Place: Regional Administration Headquarters (lobby)

Street, Kitchener If you have150 any Frederick questions, please contact: This public information centre is being held for the purpose of providing information and Mr. Khalid Mehmood, M.Sc (Eng), P.Eng. receiving comments from the public. A copy of the draft By-law is available for review in Manager, Engineering & Wastewater Programs the Clerk’s Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or on the Water Services, Region of Waterloo Region’s website at:7th Floor 150 Frederick Street,

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, N2G 4J3 www.region.waterloo.on.ca - tab Newsroom, tab Public Notices Phone: 519-575-4720 If 519-575-4452 you have questions concerning the By-law, please contact Nancy Button, Fax: Manager, Transportation Engineering at 519-575-4520 or by email at E-mail: kmehmood@regionofwaterloo.ca bnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca Under the “Municipal Act”, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and If you require this meeting, please contact above property locationaccessible that may beservices includedto in participate a submissioninbecomes part of the public record.the Questions regarding the collection of thisJune information should be referred to Khalid Mehmood. noted person

by Tuesday, 10, 2008.

All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be

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FAMILY ALBUM THANK YOU

IN MEMORIUM

OBITUARY

John Wideman

Croft, Ernest

In loving memory of a dear son, brother, uncle and great uncle who passed away ten years ago January 27, 2004

Our family was so overwhelmed by the love, support, generosity and concern shown to us during the sudden loss of “Richie”. Thank you for your donation to the Friends of Hockey fund. If you were fortunate enough to be at the celebration of life we had for Rich, you may remember the story about “your dash”. Rich was one who lived life large and always went the extra mile. Friends and family were the most important to him. He would be so excited to know that boys and girls will have the chance to play the sport he loved! He would also want everyone to practice “the dash” and be kinder, happier and more giving to one another. Let’s never forget the incredible person, husband, father, grandfather and friend he was.

Thank you to Dreisinger Funeral Home, the local firemen for helping to set up and the Legion Ladies for the lunch. Steve Webb for being the “Guiding Light”, Rev. D. Kellough and “Richies” storytellers and friends, Dennis Hahn, Tim Waters and Bruce Shantz.

Thank you for your love and support and remember to make your “dash” memorable! Please email your favourite memory of Richie to amy.m.thompson@gmail.com Love, Deby, Kyle, Roxie & McKenzie, Garrett (Nancy) and Caelen ( Jamie)

#1

MacMillan

January 23, 1989

In loving memory of Doug, who passed away 25 years ago, Jan 23, 1989

DEATH NOTICES BITSCHY, HAROLD C. | Passed away peace-

fully at Leisureworld Care Giving Home, on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, with family and caregivers at his side.

Harold Charles Bitschy, age 88 years.

DIETRICH, BERNARD | Peacefully on Friday, January 17, 2014, at St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener.

Bernard Dietrich, age 82 years, of Elmira.

Let memories surround you, A word someone may say.

Will suddenly recapture, A time, an hour, a day.

That brings them back so clearly, As though they were still here, And fills you with all the feelings, That they are always near.

For if you keep those moments, You will never be apart.

And they will live forever, Locked safe within your heart.

Love your wife, Barb and Family

DETZLER, GERALD “JERRY” | Passed

TO ADVERTISE

away peacefully at his home in Elmira, at the age of 57.

ERB, EDMUND | Passed away suddenly at his

home in Wellesley on Saturday, January 18, 2014. He was born 73 years ago in Wellesley Township.

GROMEDER, JOHN E. | Passed away peace-

and her partner John Morgado.

Visitation on Monday, January 27 at 1 p.m., followed by the service at 2 p.m. at James A. Rutherford Funeral Home in Stratford.

Details at www.jarfh.com PUBLIC NOTICE

IN WOOLWICH & WELLESLEY

In Memory of

Always remembered by your family

wife Anna of Tavistock, Ashley Croft of Kitchener

NEWS SOURCE

IN MEMORIUM

An understanding heart, An intelligent mind, We miss you Dad, You were one of a kind.

Todd of Elmira and grandchildren Jeff Croft and

In our hearts forever John & Brenda, John & Pam, Joseph & Theresa

IN MEMORIUM

Doug MacMillan

Stratford, daughter Joy Colclough and grandson

We wish you could see your great nieces & nephews Kaitlyn, Makena, Joshua, Jackson (Is in Jesus’ hands 2011), Jarek, Josiah.

Richard’s eyes were donated through Trillium Gift of Life (along with some skin, tissues & bones). This gift gave others a new beginning!

January 15, 2014 at Stratford General.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Croft of

We think of you in silence, We often speak your name, All we have are memories and your picture in a frame.

Our hearts still ache with sadness, Our silent tears still flow, For what it meant to lose you, No one will ever know.

Richard C. Rank

Croft, Ernest of Stratford passed away

FAMILY ALBUM AD CONTACT: IN PERSON: 20-B ARTHUR ST. N., ELIMIRA

fully at his residence, in the presence of his family, on Sunday, January 19, 2014, at the age of 75 years.

BY PHONE: 519-669-5790 EXT104

REYNOLDS, ALAN W. | Passed away peace-

EMAIL:

fully, with his wife by his side, on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the KW Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, at the age of 78 years.

ONLINE: WWW.OBSERVERXTRA.COM

DRUDY@WOOLWICHOBSERVER.COM

YOUR FAMILY IS OUR FAMILY. THE OBSERVER FAMILY ALBUM IS HERE TO SHARE YOUR FAMILY NEWS.

Water Efficiency

MASTER PLAN 2015 - 2025

The Region of Waterloo has created a draft Water Efficiency Master Plan that outlines proposed water conservation programs for the years 2015-2025. The public is invited to review the information and provide comments.

Public Consultation Centres Thursday, February 6, 2014 Conestoga Mall, Waterloo 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Friday, February 7, 2014 Cambridge Centre Mall, Cambridge 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 8, 2014 Fairview Park Mall, Kitchener 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Visit www.regionofwaterloo.ca/water for master plan information or call

519-575-4021

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THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014

LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE/ RYAN TERRY, FLOW CATERING

WINTER WEATHER / THE WAY WE WERE

Perhaps we should just suck it up

Winging it while taking in Broncos vs.

Seahawks

Yes, it’s cold, but just picture dealing with winter in the absence of any of our modern conveniences WILL SLOAN Yes, all those Facebook statuses are accurate – it has indeed been cold lately. Perhaps you’ve seen your neighbours shivering as they fetch the mail, or heard cries of “Why hath thou forsaken me?” during ten-second treks from house to car.

Many of us may be feeling hard done by during another wintry blast this week, but just imagine life without our centrallyheated homes, warm and sheltered vehicles and equally well-warmed workplaces and shopping areas.

Imagine, if you will, life a century ago. Things were a little different for our forefathers, who might not see any of the heartiness and pioneer spirit in today’s residents.

“I think they were just prepared: they knew cold weather was coming, so they would make sure firewood was ready,” said Stacy McLennan, researcher at the Waterloo Region Museum, of our predecessors. “In the summer, especially farm families would have been preserving food for use in the wintertime.

Even some people who lived in town would still be doing that.

“Central heating comes in a little bit later, but cer-

tainly there were fireplaces and stoves that could heat your house. You could burn coal, and while that wasn’t as common here, a lot of the factories did burn coal to produce electricity.”

Back then, many of a household’s typical chores would have involved keeping the house warm.

“I think sometimes we change more than the weather changes,” said David Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada.

“It was a lot more difficult for people back then.

One hundred years, 150 years ago we were coming out of a little ice age where conditions on average were much colder than they are now. And yet they didn’t have polar fleece garments and closed-in cars and well-insulated buildings; a lot of the times, a good chunk of the day was spent plugging drafts into holes in buildings to keep the cold out.”

Much like today, cold weather was no excuse for not getting work done.

“It was more of a relaxed season in some sense, because you couldn’t do as much outside, but you still had a lot of chores and work to be done,” said McLennan. “Especially if you were on a farm, you still had animals to look

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Photos from the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society and Waterloo Region Museum collections show how our predecessors coped with the weather. From top: women dressed for winter in 1912; a Wellesley snowmobiler in 1931; winter revelers in 1926. [SUBMITTED]

after. January and February are traditionally butchering time for pigs.”

People’s lifestyles would also continue much in the

same way, as shown in the recently published diaries of Gordon C. Eby, a Mennonite farmer in Kitchener.

“They range from 1911 to

1913, and in the months of January and February, he’s still going to the market WINTER | 27

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JANUARY 27 SENIOR LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira (community room). Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 for more information.

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FEBRUARY 6 THE LIONS CLUB OF Elmira Bingo – 7 p.m. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira.

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FEBRUARY 12 SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. Cost: $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-664-1900 for more information.

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

Even before we’re born, we’re already picking up language cues from mom WEIRD NOTES

Q. In what sense do we

actually study our native tongue before we’re born?

A. By the sixth month

after conception, microphone readings taken inside the uterus reveal that the fetus is responsive to sound and is exposed to the sound of its mother’s muffled voice, says David G. Myers in “Exploring Psychology: Ninth Edition.�

All of us begin by hearing our culture’s native language, the sounds of which get transmitted by vibration through Mom’s body and to the developing

embryo. Even as newborns, we turn our heads in the direction of the human voice, preferring Mom’s voice to another woman’s or to Dad’s. Understandably, we also prefer hearing our mother’s language.

And if Mom spoke two languages during pregnancy, the fetus displays interest in both. Just after birth, the melodic ups and downs of newborns’ cries “bear the tuneful signature� of their mother’s native tongue. Babies born to French-speaking mothers tend to cry with the rising intonation of French; babies born to Germanspeaking mothers cry with the falling tones of German. “Would you have guessed?� Myers marvels.

“The learning of language begins in the womb.�

Q. Drink a little alcohol and you get a pleasant buzz, but beyond a certain point you end up with a decidedly unpleasant sensation of the room spinning. What, exactly, causes the spin?

A. Your sense of balance comes partly from your inner ear -- convoluted loops of tiny fluid-filled pipes lined with hair-like motion sensors, says Neil Shubin in “Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-BillionYear History of the Human Body.�

As you shift position, the fluid bends the hairs, generating nerve impulses that your brain deciphers as movement. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work.

Now add lots of alcohol to the bloodstream. Alcohol, which is lighter than the normal inner-ear fluid, diffuses into the area, causing convective currents to flow and sending false motion signals to the brain, which concludes that you are spinning.

What’s more, your eyes reflexively twitch (usually left to right) -- a dead giveaway for a drunk driver.

Then as you sober up, the alcohol diffuses back out of the inner ear, possibly causing spinning and eye twitching in the opposite direction.

Oh, the indignities of a hangover!

Q. When is being online a truly LOVE-ly idea?

in love. “Once considered ‘creepy’ by many, online dating has become mainstream with the rise of dating websites such as Match and OKCupid,� says “Science� magazine.

A new survey of 200,000 Americans suggests that “spouses who met online have marriages at least as stable and satisfying as those who met in the real world -- possibly more so.�

Psychologist John Cacioppo of the University of Chicago and an advisor to eHarmony, a huge online dating site, asked the company to analyze the responses of the 20,000 (out of 200,000) who participated in the survey. About a third of the respondents reported meeting their spouse online; of that

A. When it facilitates would-be romancers falling

number, about half met through online dating, the rest through online venues such as chat rooms, games or other virtual worlds.

These people were asked to assess their degree of happiness and their understanding of their spouse’s feelings. Online marriages, it turned out, were durable.

In fact, as reported by the team in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, “People who met online were slightly less likely to divorce and scored higher on marital satisfaction.� Cupid’s arrows get on target online!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.� Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.

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CHEF’S TABLE: Try out some

super wings with the Super Bowl FROM | 24

Bronco’s Bucking Hot Wings 2 lbs of chicken wings 1/2 cup mayonnaise 2 tsp sriracha sauce 1 tsp chili powder 1 tsp chili flakes 2 tsp white vinegar 3 cloves garlic, diced finely Salt and pepper to taste

Place chicken wings on the grill or 300F oven and cook for 1 hour, turning frequently (this will render the fat off the chicken skin and create a crispy outer layer); Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and set aside; Remove chicken wings from grill, place in sauce bowl, toss wings and eat ’em up.

Home Team Blue Cheese Dip 1 cup sour cream 1 cup mayonnaise 1 clove garlic, diced finely 2 tsp white vinegar 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 sprig sliced green onion 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbled by hand Salt and pepper to taste

Place all ingredients except the blue cheese in a large mixing bowl, mix well;

Crumble the blue cheese by hand into the mixture and fold in with a rubber spatula so it remains chunky; Place in the fridge until ready to eat with wings.

Seahawk’s Salt & Pepper Wings 2 lbs of chicken wings 1/2 tbsp sea salt 1 cup cornstarch for dusting 1 tbsp garlic powder Sea salt and paper to taste

Put wings in a shallow bowl, sprinkle evenly with 1/2 tbsp salt, cover, and chill overnight; Drain wings, dry with paper towels. Bring to room temperature; Pour oil to a deep pot and heat over medium high heat to 350F on a deep-fry thermometer; Put cornstarch in a bowl and season with a pinch each of salt and pepper.

Add wings and toss to coat, shaking off excess; Add wings to hot oil and fry 6 to 10 minutes, until deep golden brown and cooked through. Using a slotted spoon, transfer wings to paper towels to drain briefly; Transfer to a bowl and toss with garlic powder and more salt and pepper; Serve with homemade blue cheese dipping sauce.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chef Ryan Terry owns FLOW Cafe & Catering in Elmira. More information can be found at his website www.flowcatering.ca

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to sell vegetables, and he often goes to plays, and they still had people over for dinner on Sunday,” said McLennan.

Prior to the 20th century, a sleigh would have been the only practical mode of transportation in Wellesley Township.

The Maple Leaf Journal: A Settlement History of Wellesley Township, a book distributed by the historical society, describes young people holding sleighing parties for entertainment, and a skating carnival from the 1890s to the 1940s.

So what’s different?

While Phillips often hears complaints that any given winter must be the coldest winter on record (or the warmest, depending on whatever hyperbole is in the air), the truth isn’t quite so extreme.

“It wasn’t as if we would describe the climate as dramatically different back then. Generally speaking, if you look at the winter, the amount of snow would be a little

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bit more than now because it was colder, but it wasn’t dramatically different. …

Colder winters were much more variable back then – it’s almost as if you had winter and summer, and once the cold arrived, it was sort of an honest temperature.”

Indeed, what was unusual at the time are the varying winters we’ve experienced in the past decade.

“Back then, you’d get snowy decades and not-snowy decades, but it wasn’t dramatic from one year

A horse-drawn snow plow in Wellesley in 1926. to the next. … It tended to be more consistent, fewer wild swings. If January was cold, February was cold, and December was too. Now, it’s more back-

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and-forth, up-and-down, yo-yoing all over the place, which presents its own challenges.”

But looking at the evidence, it seems the biggest change in the weather has been more subjective: “What I find is, people were more accepting of the weather back then,” said Phillips.

The pitches are snow-covered, but WYS is already planning for spring WILL SLOAN

HUNGRY FOR MORE

Winter sports have never gone out of fashion. The Wellesley school hockey champs won the Euler Cup for 19321933. (From the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society). [SUBMITTED]

Just as a mighty oak must spring from a lowly acorn, a soccer star develops over time. As the Woolwich Youth Soccer Club begins registration for its 2014 outdoor season, vicepresident Andrea Richards charts the development of a Woolwich Wolf.

At age three or four? “Our very young ones, they’re learning just to have fun – that’s the main goal,” said Richards. “The first introduction to the soccer ball.

The one thing I always say to focus on is: if you can get to the point of not touching it with your hands, that’s a good thing to learn.”

She continued, “A lot of the things we do at three and four are not soccer-

specific. It’s a lot of different games where they’re having fun and they might have a soccer ball in front of them, with their first participation in a team sport, cooperating with each other.”

From these humble beginnings, the future soccer star’s skills improve, and grasp of the basics (balance, for instance) becomes secure. At five and six, “They’re getting a bit more of a structured game. Not anything too big – it’s a small field, threeon-three or four-on-four.”

From seven to 10, the sport grows more serious, as the kids form the core house league, “playing real games with real refs, enforcing the rules that their coaches are to be teaching them.

“They get a chance to

start playing goalie at that age – some of them may not like it, but they get to try.”

At 11 and 12, “They start venturing out into the community – going to Wilmot and Wellesley and St. Clements, getting to know a little more competition in different areas.” From 11-14, the rural league players are on bigger fields, or beginning this year can participate in long-term player development, involving smaller teams but with more playing time.

And the older ones, who graduate to Waterloo Minor Soccer? “At 15, 16, 17, 18, they’re getting into jobs, girlfriends, boyfriends …”

Suffice to say, it’s a model of evolution that would make Darwin proud.

Although for Richards, it’s mostly about the fun.

“It’s a good introduction to team sports at a young age. Getting to work those passing drills, getting to work with other children, and getting to know other children they may not run into in their school – it’s community-building as well.”

She added, “I grew up with soccer so I know how fun it is. It’s a relatively inexpensive sport – they really just need a pair of cleats and some shinpads and we provide all the rest.

Registration takes place at the Youth Soccer Office (5 First St. E.) today (Saturday) 9 a.m.-noon; February 21, 7-9 p.m.; and February 23, 9 a.m. to noon. Online registration is open at leaguelineup.com/wysc.

The organization is also seeking adult volunteers.

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