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Michelle Shannon and John Weber are thankful Safety Kleen, Aevitas and Waste Management chipped in to remove 24 barrels of hazardous materials illegally dumped at their sugar bush near Conestogo. Inset: Rob Cook (Ontario Waste Management Association), Byron Day (Aevitas), John Weber, Michelle Shannon, Michael Harris (Kitchener-Conestoga MPP), Luiza Adsett (Waste Management) and Ed Glavina (Safety Kleen). [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]
Last of toxins cleared from Conestogo site Province needs to do more for victims of illegal dumping, says MPP SCOTT BARBER Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris is calling for changes at the Ministry of the Environment following the illegal dumping of toxic waste at sugar bush near Conestogo this spring. Harris joined property
owners Michelle Shannon and John Weber at their farm on Weeby Place Thursday morning while cleanup crews worked to remove the last few loads of affected soil. “It’s thanks to the good work of the (Ontario Waste Management Association), Safety Kleen, Aevitas and
Waste Management that this unfortunate situation was able to be handled and resolved,” Harris said, noting that since public authorities refused to help with the cleanup, it was a number of private companies who stepped in to help, free of charge. “The fact that property owners
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The mayor’s seat in Woolwich is vacant as Sandy Shantz waits for a court date in a bid to be reinstated. Having failed to file an audited statement of election expenses by the March 27 deadline, Shantz was automatically removed from the position under the terms of Ontario’s Municipal Elections Act. Shantz was served a notice of default by the township Wednesday afternoon. The move comes less than a week after a Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) decision to dismiss an application by Elmira resident Alan Marshall for a review of Shantz’s election filing. Shantz acknowledged her original expense report
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Rodeo set to ride into Breslau Friday evening SCOTT BARBER Get your cowboy hat, boots and flannel button down ready because the Kitchener-Woolwich Rodeo gallops into town Friday (July 10). The annual Case IH Ultimate Rodeo Tour stop returns to the Calhoun Stables in Breslau with its largest ever lineup of cowboys and girls ready to show their riding and wrangling skills. “There’s lots of action with over 200 cowboys and cowgirls coming in,” rodeo organizer and host Ross Millar said. “They’re competing in the bucking horses, we’ve got the barrel racing, ladies pole bending, of course we have bull riding, which is, according to the American Writers Association the world’s toughest sport, so it’s always full of excitement.” The first event of the tour calendar – fourth including Ram Rodeos, also organized by the Millar group – will feature competitors from all across Canada and the United States, with some from as far afield as
Calhoun Stables near Breslau once again host rodeo, which also serves as fundraiser. Australia. In fact, talented – and fearless – cowboys and girls follow the tour through 18 southern Ontario locations throughout the summer and fall, from Milverton and Orono up to Orangeville and Newmarket, looking to snag a share of some $400,000 in prize money. “This is the most entries we’ve ever had (in Kitchener-Woolwich),” Millar
said. “It’s going to be action packed. To me, it’s a great town to come to because it’s really where the city meets the country and it’s an area that has always embraced the rodeo and people from all walks of life seem to come out.” Once again this year proceeds will be donated to the Canadian Diabetes Association to help support research, education, service and advocacy.
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place on a public road, the region or the municipality would have to take care of the mess, but since it was dumped surreptitiously on a family farm, the homeowners needed to go into their own pockets – the total bill for the cleanup is estimated to exceed $40,000 – and that’s not fair, he added. On May 27 Shannon and Weber discovered 24 old, rusty barrels at the en-
trance to their sugar bush. Disturbed, Shannon quickly called the Region of Waterloo, Woolwich Township, the Ministry of the Environment and Waterloo Regional Police and was told by each group that it would be her responsibility – and expense – to remove the waste. The issue was further complicated after testing revealed the barrels contained toxic PCBs (polychlorinated bipheny) along with oily water, waste grease and acid powder.
Fortunately for Shannon and Weber, Safety Kleen, Aevitas and Waste Management all offered to help dispose of the waste at their own expense. Weber and Shannon took the opportunity Thursday to thank representatives from each company. “We are so grateful for the help and support you all have provided us,” Shannon said. According to the Ministry of the Environment, an investigation into the mat-
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Conestogo resident worries about impact of Sawmill Road widening plan WHITNEY NEILSON Gunar Kurmis has spent 25 years at his home on Sawmill Road in Conestogo. It took 15 of those years to get his flowering crab apples trees to where they are now. So when he was told there’s a good chance he’s going to be saying goodbye to them, along with any sort of buffer between his home and the road, in exchange for wider lanes, he was less than pleased. Construction on Sawmill Road and Northfield Drive is slated for 2017 to widen the roads for bike lanes and more room for horse-drawn buggies. The project is also supposed to improve the pavement, change the intersection, and upgrade the sidewalks. It comes to a grand total of $5.2 million. Bloomingdale is also scheduled for road improvements in 2016. “I might as well stand on my front porch and blow their noses when the bicycles go by because that’s how close it’s going to be. It’s not going to be a pretty sight and you’re going to lose the aesthetics of having a village,” Kurmis said from his home on Wednesday, where just down the road, tree limbs were being chopped off haphazardly to install new hydro lines. Kurmis is now questioning why the region is paying no mind to the trees planted up and down Sawmill, when they designated an arborist and special attention be paid to the trees on Valley Drive in Cambridge, where a sidewalk is planned to be built. “They talked about being environmentally friendly for the trees. They had an arborist who’s going to be on site when this sidewalk goes in. They have a person that’s going to be there, they’ll hand dig around trees if they have to. I
thought if they can do that for a sidewalk, they can certainly do that for a little piece of road,” Kurmis said. Kurmis expressed his concerns about the widening of Sawmill at regional council last year. He spoke to Jim Ellerman who’s in charge of the project and the verdict wasn’t good for the trees. “He said you’re going to be losing all these trees here. I said ‘do we want this to be an industrial parking lot or something? I asked him what are you going to do if these trees are lost, replace them? He said ‘yeah if there’s enough allowance on the road. If not can we plant them anywhere else on your property?’ I said, ‘no I love trees and I plant them all over.’ He said ‘it’s said and done and that’s that.’” He notes some of his neighbors have said they’re against the idea and the region has said they’re going ahead with it regardless. Some previous delegations expressed concern over encouraging cyclists to use the route through Conestogo, as there’s heavy truck traffic. Others encouraged the widened lanes, with the hopes of further enforcement of speed limits. “If they’re going to widen this road and they’re going to make it four or five feet wider for a bike lane, that’s going to come up almost to the sidewalk and I’m not going to have anything for a boulevard,” Kurmis said. “My concern is they just said yeah you’re going to lose the trees. No indication they’re going to take care of anything. I thought well that’s fine and dandy if they do this, but we worked hard to maintain a nice property.” He’d like to see the cyclist clubs who’ll be using the bike lanes chip in for
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Cheryl Noordam is avoiding Canada Bread products after finding an open staple in a Dempsters bagel.
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Elmira woman wary of products after finding staple in her bagel WHITNEY NEILSON A dead mouse in a cup of coffee in New Brunswick, needles in PEI potatoes, and now a staple in an Elmira bagel. Cheryl Noordam discovered an open staple – something not even used to secure bagel bags – in one of her Dempsters everything bagels bought from the Food Basics in Elmira. She informed Food Basics, who she said told the Dempsters delivery driver. She also called Dempsters to let them know what she found. “I called Dempsters immediately and the first person I talked to, she was very nice, very apologetic,” Noordam said. “At the end of the call she said that they were opening an investigation. They were able to determine the factory from the UPC code on the bagels. They’re opening an investigation into how that happened.” They send her a prepaid UPS envelope to send them the staple in, which they would have received last week. This was the third bagel she had eaten since opening the bag, with no issues with the first two.
“At first I thought it was a seed so I crunched down on it again to try to break it up,” Noordam said. “I crunched down again and I was like this isn’t a seed. So I spat it out and sure enough it was a staple, an open staple. I was just about to swallow.” She hasn’t touched the remaining bagels. “You always hear stories online and you’re like ‘oh that’s never going to happen here.’ But the fact that it happened here, the bagels were bought here, my concern is how did one staple get in a bagel and what if there’s more?” This certainly isn’t the first time people have found foreign objects in their food. Most recently, needles were found in PEI potatoes. The culprits haven’t been found yet, despite a $500,000 reward. While this bagel incident is likely an accident, and not an intentional act to harm someone, it’s still concerning to find a sharp object in food. Noordam is now avoiding Dempsters products, instead buying her bread at the market. “For now, yes, absolutely. There’s a lot of Dempsters
related companies, so I’m very choosy as to what I’m buying right now,” Noordam said. The companies that fall under the Canada Bread umbrella are Dempsters, Villagio, POM, Bon Matin, Ben’s, McGavin’s, and Sun Maid. Since calling Dempsters, Noordam received a letter from them with five free bread coupons. That was the last she heard from them and she’d like to know what they found in their investigation. She says she doesn’t feel like they’re taking it as serious as they should be. Jon-Ross Gabriel, communications for Canada Bread, said they completed their investigation three days after they were informed about the staple. The staple she sent back to them was put through a metal detector. “Our Rivermede facility, they received a sample of the staple that was found in the product,” Gabriel said. “They tested it several times through a detector and it was caught immediately. What they also did was compare the staple against any staples they’d typically have
on hand and it didn’t really match anything we have or we use in our facilities.” He said jewelry and other loose items would be prohibited on the floor. Their final determination was that the staple didn’t come from their bakery. “It was an isolated incident that could have happened at some point through transportation at the grocery story specifically and really because they didn’t have any access to the packaging they couldn’t tell if the product had been tampered with,” Gabriel said. When asked if they would be informing Noordam about the results of their investigation, he said he’d have to check into it, but that’s typically the process. “I don’t want it to just be forgotten because what if there’s more?” Noordam said. “That’s what I’m concerned about. What if someone else swallowed that staple? You don’t usually just have one staple kicking around.” For now, she’s glad the morning she ate that bagel was the odd day her daughter wasn’t eating breakfast with her and wasn’t harmed.
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Home sales up again in June June was a busy month, with 626 home sales in Kitchener-Waterloo and area though the Multiple Listing System of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Realtors (KWAR), a 9.4% increase compared to June of 2014, and 15.8% above the five-year average for the month of June, the organization reported this week. Residential sales in the first half of 2015 totaled 2,949, an 8.1% increase compared to the same time last year, and 2.7% above the five-year average.
It was the highest number of homes sold in the first half of a year since 2010. On a year-to-date basis, the average sale price of all residential sales (K-W and area) increased 2.6% to $347,105 compared to 2014. Single-detached homes sold for an average price of $396,191 an increase of 1.3% compared to last year. The average sale price for condominium units sold in the first half of the year was $235,081, an increase of 5.3 per cent over 2014. Sales for the month of June in K-W and area included 407 single-detached homes (up 7.1 %), 137 condominium units (up 24.5%), 42 semi-detached
(up 7.7%) and 35 freehold townhouses (down 12.5%). Across KW and area the average sale price of all residential sales through the MLS system increased 0.2% to $351,259 compared with June 2014. Single-detached homes had an average price of $408,569, an increase of 0.9% compared to last year. Condominium market prices were up 4.2%, with the average condo unit selling for $225,390.
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received their annual boost from the region, to the tune of $15,122 as part of $230,881 in grants doled out to 15 community organizations. The grants are given to groups who enhance the social wellbeing of Waterloo Region. WCS executive director, Don Harloff says it will be used in the information and community support portions of their organization. “The information centre of course is used to help people find solutions to problems they might have. They can call about anything, any question they might have, and we’ll try to answer that or give them another
place to call that will answer their question for them,” Harloff explained. He says they’ve been receiving it for at least as long as he’s been at WCS – 25 years – and they apply for it every year. “From the community support side of things we have people that have some difficulties, it may be housing, it may be employment, food security, it may be income,” Harloff said. “Through that we help them navigate some of the systems to enable them to reach a solution to their problem. “We certainly rely on these dollars as we do with all our grants,” Harloff said.
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Lock it or lose it, police remind car owners Prompted by thefts from unlocked cars, including an incident in the early hours of July 4 in Listowel, the OPP is warning residents to ensure their cars are locked when not occupied. Police offer up the following tips from the “Lock It or Lose It” campaign: • Always roll up your vehicle’s windows, lock the door and pocket the key; • If you have a garage, use it. Lock the door and the vehicle; • Always park your vehicle in a well-lit area; • Never leave valuable objects in plain view. If you must leave them in the car, keep them out of sight. Theft is a crime of opportunity that you can help to control, police note, by following the guidelines.
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7:51 PM | Emergency crews responded to a report of a 13-yearold boy in medical distress while playing soccer at a pitch located on Wellington Street in Drayton. C.P.R. was initiated at the scene by witnesses. The youth was transported to a local hospital where he was
Woolwich fire crews responded to a false alarm at the Chemtura plant in Elmira around 11 a.m. July 7.
later pronounced deceased. The OPP, respecting the family’s request, said the name and the cause of death will not be released. J U LY 2
10:03 AM | Sometime overnight, a car parked on Cedar Waxwing Drive in Elmira had its side mirror broken off. 6:12 PM | Two cars travelling side by side within the roundabout near St. Jacobs made contact. Damage to the vehicles was estimated at $8,000.
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11:00 AM | An OPP officer patrolling Hwy. 8 west of New Hamburg observed a fast moving car. Activating his radar unit, the officer clocked the vehicle doing 132 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. A 53-year-old Kitchener man was pulled over and issued a summons for ‘race a motor vehicle.’ His driver’s licence was suspended for seven days, and his car was towed from the scene and impounded for a week. He is to appear at Stratford Court on July 28 to answer to the charge. 9:00 PM | A 55-year-old Waterloo man was seen staggering
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1:10 PM | A vehicle struck the median and traffic pole at the intersection of Victoria Street and Ebycrest Road near Breslau. Damage was pegged at $3,500. 9:22 PM | A suspended driver was identified while travelling on Road 116 in Wellesley Township.
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10:33 AM | A vehicle travelling on Listowel Road in Woolwich Township struck a deer, causing an estimated $4,500 in damage. 8:50 PM | Ebycrest Road Bridge Street, between Breslau and Bloomingdale, was the scene of another car-versus-deer collision. Damage in this case was estimated at $3,500. J U LY 7
12:17 AM | A man was seen try car doors to find unlocked vehicles on Stillwater Street in Elmira. No entry was gained, however.
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them since the region is spending more than $5 million on this project. “If you want to snowmobile you have to buy a snowmobile license. These people, I think if there’s a bicycle club they should be paying a yearly fee for the privilege of the region spending millions of dollars for bicycle lanes,” Kurmis said. Kurmis’ home is about a foot away from the sidewalk. Aside from losing his trees, he’s also wondering how snow plowing will work when the road is that much closer to his house. “The big thing is it’s great in the summertime. But in the winter time when that road is wider the region is not going to plow the road just where the road is,” Kurmis said. “They’re going to go right over to the bike lane. Where does that snow go? Right now that snow’s going on my front porch some days. I have to continuously do the sidewalk. Where’s the snow going to go when the road’s wider?” He said he called two Woolwich councillors to come take a look at the trees and land he’ll be losing, but they haven’t called him back yet to set up a time. Kurmis notes public outcry about proposed gravel pits ended favourably for concerned residents, and it’s worth a shot if it means potentially keeping that village charm he loves about Conestogo. “It’s a bad scenario. The one councillor, he told me it’s a said and done deal. There’s nothing you can do about it. I said there’s always something you can do,” Kurmis said.
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Wynne indifferent to credit watch, plight of Ontarians AS INDIFFERENT TO THE consequences as she is to the pain her government is inflicting on Ontarians, Kathleen Wynne shrugged off this week’s downgrading of the province’s credit rating by Standard and Poor. The agency dropped its financial rating to A+ from AA-, citing its heavy debt burden and concerns about the province’s spending. The move will eventually increase Ontario’s borrowing costs, a problem for a government that continues to borrow even as it mismanages its finances. Running yet another deficit, the government will send the accumulated debt to $298 billion by the end of the fiscal year. Interest payments on that debt are now some $11.4 billion, the province’s third-highest annual expenditure. The lower rating follows a negative assessment by Moody’s Investors Service that came shortly after Wynne’s election last year. That agency downgraded its outlook on Ontario’s debt from stable to negative, indicating it, like anybody who’s looked at the numbers, has no faith in the government’s ability to bring its deficit under control. And certainly not by the extended date of 2017-18. While Wynne has maintained her government will get a handle on its spending, waste and mismanagement, news of a generous deal with Hydro One employees gave lie to that again this week. Staff are to receive a three per cent raise over three years, a three per cent signing bonus and shares worth 2.7 per cent of their salaries every year for 12 years. That’s the very organization, of course, that Wynne hopes to privatize, looting a public asset to pay for her fiscal bungling and, as this deal indicates, to pay off public sector workers for their unions’ support in her election bid. We can expect more payola – watch for hushed, backroom deals – in the future, whatever posturing Wynne has done in relation to, say, teachers. In preparing to short-sightedly sell off assets, Wynne is prepared to sacrifice Ontario and its future for her own grasp on power. There’s no regard for the long-term interests of citizens. Oh, there’s lip service to infrastructure projects – pledging $130 billion to transit projects over the next decade, for example – but no indication of fiscal reality. The province doesn’t have $130 billion. It will have to borrow more. Wynne will not make cutbacks elsewhere to both reduce the debt and pay for infrastructure. Beholden to the unions, she will not make the wage rollbacks and job cuts that are now essential. Sooner or later, a responsible government will have to make cuts and do what’s right for Ontarians who have no stomach for deficits and increased taxes. With that in mind, the government will have to focus on job creation and growth in the real economy, while curbing its own spending, shrinking the civil service and rolling back public sector wages. With business groups sounding the alarm this week over rising electricity costs – another poorly managed file – and a hollowed-out manufacturing sector unable to benefit from a weaker dollar, it’s clear that the focus should be on the productive part of the economy. That’s certainly not what we’re getting from the government, nor does Wynne appear either willing or competent to do so. With her actions, Wynne is essentially telling Ontarians to expect more of the same poor economic performance we’ve seen under her watch.
It’s the “doggedly determined” days of summer for Elmira resident Al Marshall who continued his search for a way to unseat Woolwich mayor Sandy Shantz. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Greece and the Euro: so what happens now? WORLD AFFAIRS In theory, it could still work. It only requires three miracles. Maybe the resounding “no” to the eurozone’s terms for a third bailout in Sunday’s referendum in Greece (61 per cent against) will force the euro currency’s real managers, Germany and France, to reconsider. French President Francois Hollande quickly advocated a return to negotiations with Greece. Maybe the International Monetary Fund will publicly urge the eurozone’s leaders to cancel more of Greece’s crushing load of debt. Last week the IMF released a report saying that Greece needed an extra 50 billion euros over three years to roll over existing debt, and should be allowed a 20-year grace period before making any debt repayments. Even then, it said, Greece’s debt was “unsustainable.” And maybe Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tripras will accept the terms he asked
Greek voters to reject in the referendum if he can also get a commitment to a big chunk of debt relief – say around 100 billion euros ($111 billion), about a third of Greece’s total debt – from the eurozone authorities and the IMF. It’s all theoretically possible. It even makes good sense. But it will require radically different behaviour from all the parties involved. Tsipras has already made one big gesture: on the morning after the referendum victory, he ditched his flamboyant finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis. The hyper-combative Varoufakis had needlessly alienated every other eurozone finance minister with his scattergun abuse, and it was hard to imagine him sitting down with his opposite numbers again after calling them all “terrorists” during the referendum campaign. The IMF’s gesture was even bigger, if much belated. It knew the eurozone’s strategy was wrong from the time of the first bailout in 2010, and it is finally getting ready to admit it. Normally, when the IMF bails out a country that is
over its head in debt, it insists on four things. There is always fiscal consolidation (cutting spending, collecting all the taxes, balancing the budget) and “structural reform” (making labour markets more flexible, ending subsidies, etc.). All the current Greece-eurozone negotiations have been about these issues. But the usual IMF package also includes devaluation and debt relief. There was no debt relief at all in the 2010 bailout, and only private-sector creditors were forced to take a “haircut” (around 30 per cent) in the second bailout in 2012. Most of Greece’s debt was owed to German and French banks, and that wasn’t touched. Indeed, 90 per cent of the eurozone loans Greece has received go straight into repaying European banks. Greece’s debt is not decreased by these transactions: it is just switched to European official bodies including the European Central Bank. So the Greeks are getting no real help worth talking about, and European taxpayers are getting screwed to save European banks.
Why didn’t the IMF blow the whistle on this long ago? Because it was not taking the lead in these negotiations, and after it took part in the 2010 bailout anyway it was deeply embarrassed. It had broken its own rules, and found it hard to admit it. It was also aware that devaluation, usually a key part of IMF bailouts, is impossible for Greece unless it actually leaves the euro (which Greeks desperately don’t want to do). So the usual post-bailout economic recovery didn’t happen. Over five years Greece’s debt has increased by half, its economy has shrunk by a quarter, and unemployment has risen to 25 per cent (50 per cent for young people). The referendum question was deliberately obscure and misleading, but most Greeks know that the current approach simply isn’t working. That’s why they voted “no” in the referendum. It was a valid choice. If the eurozone authorities know that much of Greece’s debt can never be repaid (which they do), DYER | 10
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Will you be tuning in to the Pan Am Games this month?
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I follow the judo because my niece competes internationally in the sport.
No, it’s not really my thing.
I won’t be following the games, they don’t interest me at all.
I usually try to watch when Canadians are competing.
Yes, I always support the Canadian athletes.
“At some point, the finger-pointing has to turn from individual candidates to the people responsible for the process.” Scott McMillan | 10 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
The one thing we can trust is that the government will not do the right thing EDITOR'S NOTES The Greeks voted against more of the austerity that caused massive hardship while tearing apart the economy the measures was supposed to boost. In British Columbia, a plebiscite saw approximately the same percentage of people (62 per cent) turn down a tax increase to fund transit projects in the Lower Mainland. Two separate issues, obviously, but both rooted in the distrust of government and related agencies. In the case of Greece, the anger was directed at the troika of the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European commission, with Germany in the background. In B.C., the immediate target was the TransLink organization that, along with the government, was deemed unworthy of the public’s trust. Trust is a key issue. Voters in Greece and B.C. distrust bureaucratic organizations variously removed from
their own lives and proper democracy. We see the same in instance after instance, from the dawning awareness of the corruption and fascist tendencies in Ottawa to the outright incompetence and anti-Ontarian blunderers at Queen’s Park; from the spending boondoggles at the region to the bureaucratic bloat that does not represent the interests of Woolwich residents. It’s no wonder we do not trust governments. Loathe them, in fact. We certainly aren’t keen to give them money, even though many of us realize that taxes are the fuel of a civilized society. We know that the money will be misspent, all too often lining the pockets of those on the government payroll, politicians themselves and their cronies. Outright theft and poor decision making compound the problem. For the Greeks, the downward spiral of their economy due to austerity – created in large part by the profligacy and profiteering of those making the decisions in years past – is a clear indication the technocrats in Brussels and Berlin can’t
HOW TO REACH US
erty taxes is earmarked for wage increases, it’s hard to see the value. That’s especially so when many of us aren’t seeing increases in our paycheques. Beyond being annoyed with government waste – see just about every bit of news coming out of Ottawa and Queen’s Park these days – what’s really at stake is the legitimacy of government itself. That may sound dramatic, but if the bureaucracies are seen as bloated and self-serving, it becomes easier to write off all of the good things that governments do. There is already a strong contingent that would downsize and eventually neuter government, which is essentially our way of working together for common goals. Every wasted tax dollar, every politician focused only on keeping his job, every entitled civil servant, every incident of corruption erodes the credibility of government. Any hope of regaining even a modicum of public trust starts with each level of government getting its fiscal house in order. That would go a long way in restoring trust, whether
it’s a more realistic restructuring deal for Greek debt – potentially coming to a head this weekend – or getting the people of Vancouver and area to approve new transit funding. In the democratic system that ostensibly applies in the West, from Greece (literally) to Waterloo Region, our elected officials, bureaucrats and assorted hangers-on are supposed to represent the public good, the will of the people. We set them up, finance the system, and in return we get good governance. That’s the theory. The reality, we know, is much different. Self-interest and cookie-jar raiding are the norm. There is little, if any accountability. No long-term thinking. And our indifference and inattentiveness are taken as endorsement to up the ante. We don’t trust politicians and mandarins. There’s that word again. We don’t trust them with our money. We don’t trust them to be ethical. We don’t trust them to do what’s right for us. On the contrary, most of us feel we’re paying too much for too little, not getting value in return for our taxes.
Yes, we expect much from our government, all the while not trusting that they’ll do actually do it. At least not without making a mess and lining their own pockets at our expense. Therein lies a conundrum. Nobody appreciates paying taxes, but we do enjoy what the taxes bring us. We want all kinds of services, so we have to pay for them. Reasonable people recognize that fact. But what we want to see is good value for our money, which means focusing on what’s essential, and not using our money to benefit a few. By that I don’t mean outright corruption and financial boondoggles – we get those even though we don’t want ‘em – but jacking our taxes simply to pay more to themselves and the wider public sector or spending on their own pet projects, not on what the public wants. The suffering Greeks recognize this reality. So too the transit-starved Vancouverites. While the status quo isn’t tenable, they don’t trust those offering up “solutions.” As it stands, the only thing we can trust in under the current system is that things will get worse.
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be trusted to do right by the people. For those in the Lower Mainland, where development fueled by rampant greed and unfettered growth – depopulation now being the only salvation there, as across the planet – makes transit a necessity, there was not enough trust in those proposing a half-per cent sales tax to raise $7.5 billion. Simply put, they did not trust that the money would be used for the public good. Rather, that it would be politicized, spent on projects that buy votes instead of optimizing the movement of people. Spent on overinflated management and staff salaries. Spent on wasteful contracts. Spent on projects with the runaway cost increases all too common in such cases. That’s only natural. And a well-founded concern. While people grumble about paying taxes and get especially annoyed with unnecessary increases, what we’re mostly concerned about is seeing value for our money. All too often that’s not the case, at every level of government. When, for instance, the bulk of the increase in your prop-
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Proportionately more people were employed full time in 2014 than in the mid-1970s. Of all individuals aged 17 to 64 who were not attending school full time, 66% were employed full time as employees or self-employed workers in 2014, up from 62% in 1976. Over the study period, the share of women employed full time increased from 40% to 57%, while the share of men employed full time declined from 84% to 74%.
“The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has highlighted how Ontario’s rising electricity rates are crippling businesses in Ontario and placing a huge financial burden on seniors and families. This is an issue impacting Ontarians province-wide, with the survey revealing that 81% of Ontarians are concerned that rising electricity prices will impact the health of the Ontario economy, and that these prices will impact their disposable income.”
University of Waterloo president and Heidelberg resident David Johnston was selected as Canada’s next governor general. Born in Sudbury in 1941, Johnston studied government and international relations and law at Harvard, Cambridge and Queen’s University. A legal expert, Johnston is also well-versed in constitutional matters and the inner workings of Parliament Hill.
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why don’t they just give Greece the debt relief it needs? Partly because Chancellor Angela Merkel knows that her own German voters will be angry at more “charity” funded by their taxes, whereas they stay fairly quiet so long as the debt is still on the books. And partly because other eurozone countries would see it as special treatment for Greece. Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland have also been through harrowing bailout programs, and are still making proportionally bigger interest payments on their debts than Greece. Some other countries using
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the euro – Estonia, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia – have about the same GDP per capita as Greece, and Latvia is even poorer. They don’t see why they should pay for Greece’s folly in running up such huge debts. So it really isn’t possible to predict whether Tsipras and Greece will be offered a better deal or not. It’s equally impossible to say what will happen to the euro “single currency” if there is no deal and Greece crashes out of the euro in the next couple of weeks, although the eurozone authorities insist that they could weather the storm. We do live in interesting times. lutely absurd manner (and contrary to every other municipality in Waterloo Region) and making errors you would never expect from a professional. I was absolutely shocked to see after I submitted my expense claim (with original receipts, because nobody seemed to know if that was required and I wanted to err on the side of caution) that my receipts got posted online along with my expense form. Some of these receipts were hand printed, and included my full credit card number and expiry date. Had it not been for one staffer immediately working, at 11 p.m. on a Friday night, to take that information down, I don’t know how long it would have been up there. At some point, the fingerpointing has to turn from individual candidates to the people responsible for the process. If one candidate makes an error, they may be in the wrong. But when this many stories are coming out there is clearly a systemic issue. If this is the type of performance delivered during a very public election, how is the performance when nobody is looking?
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St. Clements judo champ to compete at Pan Am Games SCOTT BARBER Already the national judo champion at just 19 years of age, St. Clements native Martin Rygielski will take on some of the world’s best judokas this week at the Pan Am Games in Toronto. “I consider this the next step in my career,” Rygielski said on the line from Montreal where he hones his craft at Judo Canada’s national training centre, the Institute National du Sport Quebec (INS). “I’m very lucky to be going to the games at my age. It’s a very good opportunity; not a lot of people from other countries get to do that at my age. So it’s a great way to gain experience earlier than a lot of my competition.” Rygielski qualified to compete in the over-100 kg. category with strong showings in national and international meets in the lead up to the Pan Ams. Highlights include win-
ning the Canadian Nationals in May and capturing the Elite Eight Invitational in January. Earlier this year, Rygielski moved from St. Clements to Montreal to train with Canada’s best judokas and coaches, and the decision is paying dividends. “It’s been getting better,” he said. “I am continuing to push myself and I have been noticing the changes. It’s a good feeling, so I just want to keep pushing.” Judo is a modern martial art, which emphasizes throws and takedowns as well as pinning and submissions like joint locking or choke holds. For those unfamiliar, Rygielski describes the sport as “sort of like wrestling except the point system is different. You don’t get points for gaining control of the back, and
Anglers really hooked on fly fishing OPEN COUNTRY
Now they’re back this year. That’ll give us a stronger core,” Grebinski said. Lebold will be taking over captain duties as a fourth-year Applejack. He’s a local player who came through the Twin City Mi-
The other day our fly fishing club was fishing as a group when I hooked a nice brown trout. It put up quite a fight but soon got it under control and had it at my feet. So, naturally, someone had to upstage me. In this case, it was my friend Jack. “Ouch!” I heard. I turned to see that Jack had a big streamer stuck in his t-shirt, right above and to the right of the belly button. “Jack,” I said, “tell me that fly didn’t pierce the skin.” “It’s in my belly,” he said rather calmly. I’m not a pro angler or anything but I know when the spotlight is off of me. So I lowered the rod and let the fish slip off the barbless hook. Then I went and tended to Jack. When I got there Rusty was there, too. Having fly fished before, Rusty had a first aid kit. So between us we went through the normal procedure. First I asked the mandatory questions. “Did you have to do this just as I was about to land a 2-pound brown, huh Jack?” Rusty looked at me and said, “Steve, that’s not what you ask a guy at a time like this. “ I nodded and then asked the correct question. “Have you ever considered a belly piercing?” Jack, who is 75, had not. With that determined, we then began the process of trying to back out the hook. Unfortunately it was barbed, which meant we had to advance it through his skin, then use side cutters to clip the barb. Only
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Martin Rygielski will compete in Judo at the Pan Am Games July 14 at the Mississauga Sports Centre after winning the Canadian Nationals earlier this year. you can get level as them yet because “I’d say technique is points for I’m a lot younger,” he said. even more important than throwing the “But as long as I go out strength, or speed, but person onto his back there and I have my game strength is also very imand depending on how plan and I do as well as portant, especially in the much control you have I can, I think I can take larger (weight) categories.” on the throw is how many something away from this, Going into the Pan Am points you get. And you and hopefully even medal.” games, Rygielski is looking can also win by holding the Long term, he hopes to at the meet as a learning person down or choking pursue a spot on the Canaexperience and a stepping them until they tap out.” dian Olympic team. stone in his athletic career. The key skills for success Rygielski will compete “There are a lot of tough are speed, strength and at the Mississauga Sports guys in my category, and I skill, he said. Centre on July 14. might not be on the same
Jacks pick Wellesley’s Brad Gerber as new head coach Justin Lebold named captain as Junior C team spends the summer getting ready for next season WHITNEY NEILSON The Wellesley Applejacks are taking a local approach this year, having chosen long-time Wellesley residents for their head coach and team captain positions. Brad Gerber was named coach and Justin Lebold given the big “C” this week. General manager Bill Grebinski says Gerber was recommended as a good hire and he stood out in the interview process. “He’s got great leadership, he’s coached hockey for numerous years. He played for the Wellesley Merchants, he’s local, just a really good ambassador to the game and to the community. And he understands hockey,” Grebinski said. “The synergy in the community is very
high right now, when it was rumbling through that Brad’s the coach. We’re excited about that.” Brock Gerber and Ted Jefferies will return as assistant coaches. Ryan Gerber will also join the team as an assistant coach. They’ve brought in four scouts for the summer to actively seek out players who would be a good fit for the team. “That’s something we haven’t had in years. We’ve grown the organization, we’re reaching out now with the scouts, taking a look at the talent. We really want to put a real strong local flavour to the team this year. There’s a lot of good hockey talent coming up now and we want to make sure that we’re tuned into that,” Grebinski said. He noted they were in
Brad Gerber will be taking over as head coach of the Wellesley Applejacks this season. the process of resigning their affiliation with the Elmira Sugar Kings, as they did last year. The affiliation saw players like Alex Uttley fill in the gaps when the Kings were missing players. Familiar faces returning to the team include Sean McEwan, Matt Schieck, Cal
Jefferies and Parker Wood. There will be nine players from last year’s team returning. They’re also losing a few to university and Junior B. “We will enhance our team with some players that were injured last year and weren’t able to play.
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after that, could we remove the hook. While we were discussing this, Jack was going uncharacteristically white. Then as we did it, his arms and legs started shaking. In fact, if he had feathers, he might have taken flight. Luckily, we finished getting the hook out before the swelling began and he fainted. Then we used an antiseptic to clean the holes. Jack was soon good to go again and fishing again in no time. From that point on, however, he and ev-
eryone else de-barbed our hooks. I think there is a valuable lesson to be learned here. Basically, some anglers will not stop at anything to steal the limelight from a guy who is in the process of catching the biggest fish of the morning. As if I didn’t suffer enough, it didn’t end there. Everyone kept walking up to Jack and asking if he was OK. That’s fine, but no one asked me – and I was the one who lost the fish. Sure, Jack went through a brief period of severe
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pain but, in time, at least he will forget. I, on the other hand, will be haunted by the memory of letting that brown trout go ... for the rest of my life. The pain will never go
away. I didn’t get a single photo. Maybe I’m getting a little carried away here. But you get what I’m saying. Before we go any further, I should tell anyone
thinking about taking up fly fishing, this is not the norm. Generally this kind of thing doesn’t happen and everyone has a great time and goes home happy.
I’m writing about this, in fact, because it happens so rarely. Fly fishing isn’t always so painful. Sometimes, you land the trout and get a good photo.
Kings busy filling roster spots Trade with Winter Hawks and pair of signings to help replace players SCOTT BARBER The Elmira Sugar Kings’ front office has been busy this summer looking to fill out a lineup card that was hit hard by a number of key departures following a Cherrey Cupwinning season. This week, the club’s director of hockey operations Jeff Snyder announced a trade with the Cambridge Winter Hawks which netted forward Jake Moggy, as well as the signings of forward Quinten Bruce from the Stayner Siskins of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League and centre Brock Welsh from the Orillia Terriers, also of the GMOJHL. “I’m really happy we got Jake Moggy, an Elmira boy, back from Cambridge in a trade,” Snyder said. “He’s a guy that I know well and who really fits the type of player that we want. He’s a hardworking player, committed to getting better, committed to being a good team guy and a good leader. I think he brings a lot to the table and we want to get some guys from Elmira
Elmira Sugar Kings director of hockey operations Jeff Snyder acquired veteran forward Jake Moggy from the Cambridge Winter Hawks. [SUBMITTED] playing if they’re good enough and he certainly is so we are really excited about getting him back in Elmira.” Moggy, who turns 20 in October, spent two seasons with the Winter Hawks, and scored 12 goals and 14 assists last year. To pick up the veteran forward, the Kings gave up one of their two 16-year-old “cards,” which give teams the ability to play under-agers. Snyder was also pleased with the club’s ability to bring in Bruce, who tallied 67 points in 40 games during the 2014-15 campaign.
“He’s a big winger who led his team in scoring last season,” Snyder said of the 19-year-old Duntroon native. “We think he brings a number of things to our team, some size and some physical play but also a nice scoring touch as well.” And the addition of Welsh, who has a shot to make the Oshawa Generals this year, would be a boon for the Kings, Snyder said. “He’s a forward who can play centre or the wing who is a good skater and brings a good scoring touch. He was drafted by Oshawa in the OHL and
has a chance to make that team, but if he doesn’t make it, he’s committed to coming here.” Welsh scored 15 goals and 27 assists with Orillia as a 16-year-old last season. Those three join forwards Jeff Jordan, Tyler Jackson and Tyler Biles as new Kings heading into training camp next month. Snyder says he and general manager Kevin Bloch still have some work to do filling out their back end, but they are pleased with the talent they have been able to add so far this off season. He added that the organization will be seeking additional billet homes for out-of-town players. The new guys will have big shoes to fill for the defending Cherrey Cup champions, as starting netminder Jonathan Reinhart, top scorer Mitch Klie, veterans Cash Seraphim and Adam Brubacher as well as rising star Brendan Schneider – plus the overagers Mitch Wright, Brodie Whitehead, Steven Jakiela, Eric Palazzolo and Chad Herron – have all left the fold.
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Any interested players are encouraged to reach out to the coaching staff. “Part of that two-year plan was to build a stronger organization to attract more of the local players,” Grebinski said. “We’ve affiliated with the juvenile team, so any of the players that would be 18 are going to be available from our juvenile program. We’re also strongly affiliated with our midget program as well. What that does is we actually have people within the Applejacks, the scouts will be working with the coaching staff with these players and mentoring them and helping them to develop players for the Jacks.” He says that’s something they hadn’t done in the past. They’ve also hired a goaltending coach, which they haven’t had in a few years. There have been some positive changes this summer and he says they’re definitely on track with
their two-year plan. “We certainly want to be a solid junior hockey club and we’re on line for that. I think this year the foundation’s poured, and we feel very strongly we can get it framed and bricked this year,” Grebinski said. “And next year will probably be the definer. Brad’s goal this year is to win our division obviously, and I think we’re probably still two years away from that, but I’m not going to hold Brad back from anything.” Gerber played Junior hockey in Tavistock and New Hamburg, winning an Ontario championship in Tavistock. After that he played senior hockey for the Wellesley Merchants for 12 years and then he got into coaching. He coached the Merchants for six years before they disbanded. “Junior hockey’s always been a passion of mine. I’ve been watching this team from afar for a couple of
years and I’ve always been interested in how they’ve been doing,” Gerber said. He was approached by his nephew Brock to see if he wanted to get involved with the team and in what capacity. When he said he’d be interested in helping the coaching staff it was only a week later before he had the interview and was chosen as head coach. “I’m looking forward to working with the coaching staff. I’ve got a great bunch to work with. It’s a great group. It should make my job a lot easier,” Gerber said. He notes last year’s team was young and this year’s will be too. But, he’s hopeful they’ll make it to the playoffs. The ultimate goal would be to win the division but that’s going to be a tough goal. “I just want the team to improve as the season goes on, and hopefully we build for next year and the years to come,” Gerber said.
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St. Clements resident Rob Case and business partner Tristan Bolton created REFbox, hardware you plug into your Internet router to protect the devices on your network from dangerous websites. [SUBMITTED] ing guy behind the busithat people have been reboard,” Case said. “What ness, while Bolton is the questing.” we’re really doing, as far as techy whiz, as president of Before launching REFpricing goes, there’s a very an IT company and a probox, Case left Google in Oclittle profit margin on this grammer. He says REFbox tober because he was tired service. It’s more about is neat because it’s a system of driving to Toronto. He’s creating a service that we they can continue to value now working as a director can get the equipment sent add by putting in different for Direct Access Digital in out. I think it’s $5 a month, features. Burlington, but still lives in what it’s going to be on the It can be purchased on their St. Clements. He spent his box, just to keep it updated website, www.refbox.ca, and teen years into his early 20s in the system. We’ve got a in Elmira. lot of features that we’re FILTER | 14 Case is the digital marketalready developing for it
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stall the software onto their phone or their computer,” Case explained. “And most kids can work around that stuff. The only way that anyone can work around it is they could unplug it, in which case the person who owns it suddenly gets an email letting them know the box has been unplugged and then they can always just call home and ask why the box was unplugged.” They had been trying to come up with a solution to keep their kids safe without installing software on all the devices since around 2005. He said they brainstormed but were never really serious about it. That is, until Bolton mentioned a tool he was working on. “It dawned on me that what he was explaining to me could actually work for this as well,” Case said. “So I asked him why couldn’t we use that to instead block content on people’s networks, so kids can’t access adult content? And he was like ‘I don’t know why it couldn’t.’ Within about two months we had a working prototype.” It took about eight months from the brainchild to holding the prototype. They launched it at the end of April and are starting to promote it now. He says they’re ahead of the game because they don’t see anyone else with this type of system working. “The hope is we’re creating that solution across the
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a summer visit. It cites four key issues: high electrical power costs, better access to natural gas, land use policies that protect farmland, and practical strategies to protect pollinator health. The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario is also calling on farmers to rally. But it’s taking a different approach. Rather than get farmers together with politicians, it’s trying to get farmers together with other farmers – specifically, those under 40 – to strategize how to portray themselves to others. Clearly, they’re trying to capture a youth demographic, farmers who’ll have to explain and defend agriculture now and for a long time to come. They’re planning kids’ games and the whole nine yards, trying to get the entire family involved. “As farmers in Ontario, there is so much to be proud of,” it says, “things that you learn just by growing up on a farm, like core values of hard work, dedication and responsibilities, not to
mention feeding the community.” But, it says, that pride is being eroded. What it calls “negative media coverage on farming” has led to consumers’ confusion and concern about farming practices. So, it says, farmers need to create a sustainable future through the ag sector, and stand up for what they’re so passionate about. That’s why it’s partnered with the Agriculture More Than Ever campaign, to promote a positive voice for agriculture. The federation describes this campaign as one that “educates, influences and inspires farmers to stand up and be proud of agriculture.” This is a step forward. And further, when discussing how to stand up for farming, I suggest Christian farmers’ organization members – or any farmers, for that matter – talk about how to proactively use the media to their advantage, and benefit from it rather than blame it for negative portrayals. The media is changing, but it’s not going away, and farmers can use it the same way anti-agriculture groups do. Working proactively through the media to tell their story is a viable way to go.
Many suggestions exist for reaching out to the media and telling your story. But basically, it’s all about relationships – with politicians, with other farmers, and with the media itself. Through social media such as blogs, twitter, Facebook and by other means, relationships can be developed with those who don’t understand agriculture, but are open to hearing about it. I believe many people fit into this category … but they need to be reached. And working proactively through the media to tell agriculture’s story is a viable way to reach them.
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Parts Welder Specialty trailer manufacturer seeks production welder for days or afternoons. Located in Elmira McKee Technologies is the market leader for sanitation and drinking water trailers. Position may also involve bandsaw operation, press brake and shear. Candidate must be mechanically inclined, proficient with the use of hand tools, eager to work in metal working and willing to learn.
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Sauder, Wesley M. With thankfulness for a life well lived, we announce the passing of Wesley M. Sauder, at the age of 94 years on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at Derbecker’s Heritage House, in St. Jacobs. Wesley will once again be united with his beloved wife and soul mate, Luella Mae (Holst) Sauder, who predeceased him in 2013. Dear father of Sharon and Len Wideman of Elmira, Margaret and Lester Eby of Fergus, Stewart and Karen Sauder of St. Jacobs, Arnold Sauder and Karen Hutchison of Kitchener. Lovingly remembered by grandchildren Jen (Steve) Shoemaker, Kim Martin (Norbert Mauer), Cindy (Tony) Erb, Steve (Christa) Wideman, Derek (Kim) Wideman, Marybeth (Asher) Dreise, Wesley Eby, Kaitlin (Josh) Zubrickas and Kendra Sauder, and by his greatgrandchildren Brandon (Robyn) Shoemaker, Brock (Jessica) Shoemaker, Jessica Martin, Jodi Martin, Nicole (Matt) Bauman, Brady Erb, Cara, Rylee and Zachary Wideman, Emily and Curtis Wideman and Ellie Zubrickas. Brother of Stanley Sauder, Harvey (Alice) Sauder, Miriam Wagler, Joanna Ropp and Maurice (Mabel) Sauder, and brother-in-law of Dianna Sauder. Also remembered by Judy Sauder. Wesley is also lovingly remembered by the Holst family. Wesley was the oldest child of the late Benjamin and Rosanna (Martin) Sauder and step-mother Susanna (Martin). He was predeceased by his son-in-law Ray Wideman, grandson Samuel Eby, and great-granddaughter Ashley Shoemaker. Also predeceased by his brother Mahlon, brothers-in-law Alvin Wagler, Delton Holst and Alfred Ropp, sisters-in-law Gladys Sauder, Dorothy Sauder, Hazel Sauder and Barbara Sauder. The family received their relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A family interment took place in St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery followed by a memorial service to celebrate Wesley’s life and faith on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. Due to renovations at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, the memorial service was held at Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Road, St. Jacobs, with Pastor Kevin Derksen and Pastor Wendy Janzen officiating. A time of fellowship followed. In Wesley’s memory, donations to Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. The family would like to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the management, staff and Dr. Whitby of Derbecker’s Heritage House in St. Jacobs for their excellent care of Wesley during his time there.
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Happy 90th Birthday Mom Virgina Ray (Jean)
Please join the family to celebrate this very special occasion at the Open House on July 18, 2015 - 1 -4pm at the home of Darlene and Charlie Koebel 4861 William Hastings Line, Crosshill
THANK YOU There was only ever…”one” Rose I would like to extend a heartfelt appreciation to all my family, friends and neighbours for their kindness, generosity and comforting words during the recent loss of my wife, Rose. A special thank you to Dreisinger Funeral Home (Grace Maher), St. Teresa Church (Donna Vollmer) and Father Stainsby for your patience and guidance during this difficult time. Throughout her struggle, there were numerous people instrumental in giving our family many more precious moments with Rose that we will treasure forever. Thank you to CCAC/Red Cross, PSW’s and nurses, Dr. Ho, Dr. Craig, Dr. Ward, Dr. Yew and the entire palliative support group for their excellent care and concern. Special mention goes to St. Mary’s hospital 6th floor staff for their loving, caring and compassionate support in our time of need.
Maurice Downey & Family
COMING EVENT
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Borg Textiles Employees/Partners Plan to attend 10 years after Reminiscing Social. Sat. Sept. 19, 2015 Elmira Legion 2-8 p.m. $5/person. Potluck supper at 5. Cash bar, live band, all hourly, salary, retirees welcome. Attend, chat, dance, laugh, share stories RSVP 519-669-8010 to leave message ASAP
DEADLINE FOR FAMILY ALBUM ADS: WEDNESDAYS BY 5PM
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Waterloo - Immaculate end unit bungalow condo has everything you need on one level. Two bedrooms with a private ensuite plus a spacious open concept kitchen, dining room living room combo that backs onto a nice deck and green space as well as a double car garage. MLS- 1531346
Linwood - This open concept living room and Dining room walks out to the private patio situated on a large 66 x 217 ft lot only steps from the school. This home also features a detached single car garage and a shed. Don't miss out! MLS- 1531340
$324,900 STUNNING YARD
$235,000 BUNGALOW ON QUIET STREET
Elmira - Charming family home!! Located on a sought after street, this home has much to offer. Lots of space inside with the family room addition and an attic with potential. Sit on your large 2-tired deck while enjoying the stunning gardens and fish pond in the private yard. Convenient setting near public school and short walk to down town shops. MLS 1528168
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$464,000 BACKING ON WALKING TRAIL
$630,000 PRIVATE HAVEN!
Drayton - Located on 6 acres this extraordinary home is nestled in picturesque scenery. Featuring: Private lane, 1500 sqft, (30ft x 50ft) workshop with 60amp service, and 1600sqft home. Finished top to bottom with an open layout this rare find is extremely well kept. MLS 1527262.
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage
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Elmira - You'll be impressed with this upgraded open concept Verdone home. With a gourmet kitchen open to the dinette, and family room with a gas fireplace. Walk out into the private back yard, backing on green space and enjoy the 4 year old salt water heated pool. MLS 1517611.
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira 519-669-5426
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Drayton - Eat in kitchen, spacious living room, walk out from the master bedroom to the large back deck, this house would be a great starter home, or retirement spot. The finished basement includes 2 extra bedrooms and a 3 piece bathroom. Lots of room in the oversized shed for all of your outdoor toys at the back of the property. MLS 1521798.
$749,000 CUSTOM BUILT HOME
$234,900 4 BDRMS ON HUGE LOT!
Rothsay - This century old home has been refinished top to bottom including new kitchen, bathrooms, deck, main floor laundry, poured concrete foundation, windows, siding, steel roof, electrical and plumbing. Situated on a huge 264’ x 132’ lot, enjoy the country view from the back deck. MLS1525051.
$369,000 BACKING ON FARMLAND
Elmira - Great location overlooking farmland. Welcoming entrance in this open concept home, equipped with huge kitchen and dinette open to great room with vaulted ceiling. Enjoy sunsets through the large windows or from the back patio while entertaining guests. Large 3 bedrooms and convenient upper floor laundry. MLS 1527694.
$319,000 LARGE YARD
Heidelberg - Exceptional Custom Built 5 bedroom home boasts a 1500 square foot triple car garage with a drive through to the back yard. Situated on a 133 x 165 foot lot with a beautiful country view, enjoy relaxing on your back deck around the pool. MLS 1517249.
Elmira - Situated on a quiet street, close to schools, parks and rec centre, this 69 x 140 foot lot has a large private backyard. The main floor has 3 bedrms, a dining area off the kitchen, and an inviting living room with picture window. Huge rec room in the basement as well as a 3 pc bathrm and extra bedrm. Attached garage with inside entry. MLS 1527479.
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NEW LISTING! $219,900 Drayton starter home offers large country kitchen with lots of oak cabinets, main floor laundry, great family room with gas heat stove, newly renovated main floor bathroom, three bedrooms, mature trees on fenced lot 66’ x 165, newer detached garage 12’ x 24’, concrete driveway. MLS. Call Bert to view. NEW PRICE $449,900! Elmira two storey on large lot offers 4 bathrooms, 3+1 bedrooms, open concept main floor features ceramic & hardwood, two sided gas fireplace, centre island, finished basement with gas fireplace, new roof (2015), beautiful landscaping, fenced yard, stone patio. MLS. Call Bert to view.
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Commercial building, great exposure from 2 main streets, Arthur and Church, retail on main floor and large 2 bdrm upstairs. Upgraded and renovated 2011. Both up and down currently rented. Also available for lease. MLS Call Dale.
NEW LISTING | FERGUS | $324,900 OPEN HOUSE | Sunday July 12, 1-3pm A great raised bungalow with vaulted ceiling in LR and angled walls to create a spacious open concept, Many recent updates. Don't miss this one. 418 Flannery Dr. in Fergus MLS Call Dale
For info on these or any other real estate enquiries, Call Dale
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$386,900 Need more room for your growing family? This 9 year old home features 2050 sq. ft. with 4 spacious bedrooms and 2 bathrooms plus a 4 pc. ensuite for mom and dad. Main floor familyroom with walkout to deck and fenced pool-sized yard, eat-in kitchen, separate diningroom, mainfloor laundry, carpet free main floor. To view or for more information please email Wendy Taylor at wendytaylor1.com or call 519-669-1544. MLS
BUYING? SELLING? OR JUST LOOKING?
Build your dream home on one of two-one acre building lots available near Goldstone. $124,900 and $114,900. Located on paved roads. 15 minutes to Elmira or 5 minutes to Drayton. MLS. For more information please call Wendy Taylor at 519-669-1544 or email wendy@wendytaylor1.com
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5 minutes to Conestoga Lake/Country living in Dorking! 1 ½ story 3 bedroom 3 bathroom home beautifully redecorated and updated w/central air, central vac, main floor laundry, large newer country kitchen – too many upgrades to mention. Covered front porch , back yard patio, 2 garden sheds , timber frame. Black chain link fence completely enclosing the large back yard! Next door to home baking and grocery store. MLS
$325,000
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Great Income Property in Scone.
$795,000 ADDRESS: 3 Arthur
Chip truck, restaurant, and 2 apartments, building is completely updated, commercial kitchen and 40 seat dining, the apartments are clean and redone in latest styles, big bedrooms, open concept living area, balcony, parking, located beside small lake
St. S., ELMIRA
$254,900 A great starter home – close to all schools! Backs to an open field. Several mature trees and partly fenced yard. Parquet flrs. In L.R. and all bedrooms. Fin. rec. room. Sliding door to patio area. Upgraded doors and windows, furnace and shingles (2009). NEW MLS
$319,900
$355,900 Updated from top to bottom! Everything on one level! Quiet street. Finished bsmt. 2 baths. A must see! MLS
WINTERBOURNE (ON THE WATER)
Lots of parking! Updated furnace, bathrms. shingles, cupboards. 2 tiered deck & private back yd. Rec.rm. & 4th bdrm. MLS
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AUCTION SALE
OF FARM PROPERTY WITH 4 BEDROOM HOUSE & HORSE BARN WITH 10 PENS AT 5865 HWY. 9, NORTH OF HARRISTON & SOUTH OF CLIFFORD ON HWY 9, FOR RAY & SANDY GILMORE
SATURDAY JULY 18, 2015, AT 10:00 A.M.
$559,900 Unique property on 1.8 acres, siding to water and overlooking the countryside! Updated windows. Hdwd. flrs. In LR, DR & 2 bdrms. Ensuite bath. Gas fireplace in L.R. & wood F.P. in fin. rec. room. Updated kitchen. W/O to deck & hot tub. MLS.
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$545,000 Lovely brick bungalow on a large lot. Lots of windows facing south. Main flr. fam. rm. w/ fireplace. All rooms are spacious! Unfin. bsmt. w/walkup to garage. MLS.
MARKET
EVALUATION
PROPERTY: Part Lot 78, Con. D, Town of Minto, Approx 49.48 Ac. Approx. 40 Ac. Workable Land w/ No Chemicals for Past 5 Years. Land is Being Pastured. Leased Until Oct. 15, 2015, 4 Ac. Bush. Snowmobile & X Country Trails Through Property. HOUSE: 1½ Storey Brick House w/Large Country Style Kitchen w/Large Amount of Cabinets, Dining Room, Living Room, Family Room w/Wood Ceiling & Brick Wall Fireplace, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Mud Room. Second Floor Has Roughed In Bathroom & 2 Sleeping areas & 500 Sq.Ft. Unfinished Attic Space, Original Plaster on ½ of Main Floor, Open Basement, 2 ½ Car Garage, Propane Furnace, House has Own Well. Patio at Back of House. 2 Driveways. BARN: Horse Barn w/10 Pens, 3 Paddocks, Own Well & Hydro Service For Property Viewing Call: Ray & Sandy – 519-338-3615 or Barry cell 519-323-7837 TERMS OF PROPERTY: Property being sold with reasonable reserve . $20,000.00 Down Day of Sale, Balance on Closing in 60 Days or Sooner. Property being sold at 1:00 PM VEHICLES: 1926 Model T Doctor’s Coupe, Restored in 1980, Wooden Spokes, Running; 1958 Edsel 4 Door Hard Top Corsair, Built in Oshawa, As Is; 1958 Edsel 2 Door Hard Top Corsair, Built in Oshawa, As Is; 1986 Ford F350 1 Ton V8 Dsl.,w/ 10’ Flatbed & Hoist, As Is; 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 Dsl. Pickup, Crew Cab, 4W.D.,Aut, Air, 200024KM, Running; 2002 Dodge 3500 Dsl. w/5’ Jerr-Dan Tilt N Load, Hyd. Winch, 172,000KM, Cert. Tires As New. BOBCAT EQUIPMENT: Bobcat 328 Excavator. Rubber Tracks, 18”Bucket, 55” Blade & Thumb, 2467 Hrs; Bobcat T190 Track Loader, Dsl. w/Rubber Tracks, 1096 Hrs.; Attachments: 90” Blade; 2 Buckets; 6’ Snowblower Model SB200; Bobcat 2570 Breaker & Bit; Bobcat HB 880 Breaker, Like New; Bobcat 2200 Side by Side w/Honda Gas Engine, Manual Dump. TRACTORS: 1937 Pacemaker Tractor, Gas, Running; Massey Harris GP or General Purpose Steel Wheel, 4WD, Restored; M.F.35 Gas, Running; WD45 Allis, Gas; Minneapolis Moline Jet Star 3, Gas, for Parts; M.F. 4500 & 6500 Industrial Forklifts, for Parts; M.F. 4225 Tractor w/ ALO Front Loader, Hi-Vis Hood , Approx. 1000 Hrs, 3PH, Hyd, Running, Pallet Fork, Bale Fork & Bucket ; 50 Cockshutt Dsl, As Is; M.F. Super 90 Dsl 8 Speed, Hyd,3PH, Running; 540 Cockshutt Gas Tractor w/Freeman Loader, PS, Live PTO, 3PH; 550 Cockshutt, Gas, 3PH, for Parts; 5300 Kabota Lawn Tractor, 48” Deck; 285 Ferguson, Parts; (2) Massey Pony Tractors, Parts; Engine for Pony Tractor; M.F. 2135, Dsl, w/Loader;Yanmar YM165D 4 wheel drive tractor; 540 Cockshutt w/Loader, Parts; M.F. 165, Parts.
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OPEN HOUSE | SATURDAY, JULY 11TH & SUNDAY, JULY 12 TH • 1-3PM PRICED FROM $322,900 | 162 Ridgeview Dr., Drayton
• Executive Freehold Townhomes • 2 Bungalows remaining in Phase 2 • 1424 sq ft mainfloor • Double car garage • Mainfloor Master +ensuite • Loft plans available for last phase Exclusive
OPEN HOUSE | SAT JULY 11 • 12-2PM | 164 CAVELLETTI CRT, WATERLOO ATTRACTIVE HOME $329,900
NORTH WATERLOO Impressive two storey, very well maintained & updated, bright kitchen and dinette with walkout to deck, fenced yd & shed, newer flooring, appliances included, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, finished rec room, double driveway, garage. NEW MLS
9.4 ACRE OASIS $550,000
ALMA Absolutely beautiful! Peaceful setting amongst mature landscaping, pond and nature. Walkout bungalow complete with a gorgeous newer kitchen, formal dining area, family rm offers wood stove, hardwood floors, many updates throughout. MLS
To View the Photos: www.graysauction.ca TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. day of sale Owners or auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Any verbal announcements day of sale take precedence over written ad. List subject to additions and deletions. AUCTIONEERS:
Brubacher
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“HELPING YOU IS WHAT WE DO.”
MISC: (2) Kinsie Fert. Boxes; 6T. Wagon & Rack; 34’ Steel Bale Rack & Wagon; 6 x 12 Dump Trailer; 7’ Rhino 3PH Box Scraper; (4) 4x4 Sections Chain Harrows; 3PH 8’ Blade; Black Hawk 1500 Engine Hoist; Floor Stand Drill Press; 250AC/DCWelder; 5HP Air Comp; 5HP Cut Off Saw; Bolt Bins; Bobcat Loader Frame Parts; Parts for Massey, Great Plains & Macdon; Sleeve for 860 Massey; Top ,Middle & Lower Sleeve for 750 or 850Massey Combine; Concaves for MF850; M.F. Combine Belts; Disc Blades, Plough Shares; V Belts for Combine; Motion Bars for Wilrich; Woods 1020 Quick Attach Loader; (2) Rear Wheel Drives for Combine; (2) Sets Wilrich Chisels; Coulters, Fenders; 8T. Wagon Gear; Engine Parts; Steel Gates; 16.9x28 Duals; Rasp Bars; PTO Sleeves; 354 Dsl. Engine for MF1135; 372 Dsl. Engine for MF750 or 850 Combine, Rebuilt; Perkins 540 Engine for 860 Dsl. Combine; 327 Chevy Gas Engine; V Belts for Combine; Coulters, Fenders; Rasp Bars; Hyd. Parts; (15) Hyd Cylinders; Filters; Plough Parts for Massey & Wilrich; Air Cond. Kit; Ass’t. Metal Shelves; Racking; 3 Bolt Bins; 1914 Beatty Washer; Sunflower Sign; Numerous Owners Manuals, Parts Books & Literature; Scrap Metal; Plus Many Other Misc. Items.
PROPRIETORS: RAY & SANDY GILMORE, (519)338-3615
Bonnie
Shanna
1 ACRE LOT $119,900
PARKLIKE PROPERTY $579,900
ELMIRA Traditional cape cod, mature treed setting on a cul-de-sac, large inviting deck overlooks the private backyard oasis. 2349 sq.ft 4 bdrm 4 bath home, new kitchen w/granite, built in appliances, offers original hardwood, charm & character. MLS
ELMIRA FOR LEASE $900/Month + cam.
SMALL BUSINESS UNIT South end Industrial Park of Elmira. 1350 sq ft includes bay and office, back entrance w/overhead door - 22’ ceiling height in bay with additional space available. CALL for further details. MLS.
DRAYTON 1.06 acre building lot mins outside of Drayton on paved road, buyer to satisfy permits, development charges, well & septic required. MLS
TIME FOR YOUR FREE SPRING MARKET HOME VALUATION! CALL TODAY!
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WHITNEY NEILSON A group of Elmira Scouts are shipping off to the West Coast Saturday for scuba diving, axe throwing, and a whole lot more at the weeklong Pacific Jamboree. Held every four years in British Columbia, the event draws Scouts from all across Canada, out of the country, and even off of the continent to participate. Philippe Bertrand, one of two leaders going from the Elmira group, says it used to be a regional jamboree but they opened it up to the wider scouting community. This time around it’s being held in Sooke on Vancouver Island. Five youth and two Scout leaders from Elmira are going – none of whom have ever been to a national level jamboree. “Some of the youth, including myself and Scout leader Doug [McGee] have been to the cub jamboree that’s held in Ontario,” Bertrand said. “It’s a big step up. We have one Scout, Annie actually went to last year’s Canadian jamboree, so she’s the only experienced hand.” He says Scouts is designed to be youth-led, and this trip certainly will be. The Scouts chose which activities they wanted to participate in and got most of their choices. “We’re going to start right off the bat doing
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Elmira Scouts Brendan Marshall, Tyler Elg, Philippe Bertrand, Max Campbell and Cameron McGee are off to the Pacific Jamboree this weekend. Also attending are Annie Straus and Doug McGee. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] side, go whale watching “Most activities are eiscuba diving,” Bertrand really do a lot of fundraisand take a hot spring tour. ther half day or full day. said. “And then there’s ing. We did a bottle drive “They’re going to be real- in January and the youth It’s one thing to say ‘oh something they call log ly out of their comfort zone also, they sold popcorn we’re going to an obstacle jam, which is kind of log for a lot of them,” Bertrand course.’ It’s a half-day obsports, which includes axe and Christmas trees in said. “One of them has stacle course – there’s gothrowing and log splitting December. The rest they ing to be a lot of hiking and never been in an airplane and bucksaws and races. basically have to earn some before. One or two of them climbing,” Bertrand said. There’s an obstacle course way or another,” Bertrand may have traveled without The jamboree is being in the woods. We’re doing said. their parents before, but held at Camp Barnard, dragon boat racing and The decision to take the the rest certainly haven’t.” a 250-acre camp with a we’re going to be doing trip was a little last minPart of the preparation 17-acre lake. Other activikayaking.” ute. They decided to go for the trip included one ties the Scouts could have Also on the agenda are in December, when typiof the Scouts researching chosen include rock climbCFB Esquimalt, includcally they’d plan a year in what they could do with ing, mountain biking and ing the Naval and Military advance. But so far everytheir free days after the canoeing. Museum, panning for gold, thing’s looking like smooth jamboree, and another After the week is finand fencing lessons. Then sailing, as long as the forScout using their family’s ished they’re going to exthere’s a beach challenge, est fires hold off. connections to research plore Vancouver Island for which involves log rolling, “I’m really hoping they places they could stay. a few days. They’re planwater trampolines, beach get a sense of adventure “Because we didn’t get ning to stop in Nanaimo volleyball, and paddle and a sense of indepenour act together we didn’t and Tofino to camp ocean boats. dence,” Bertrand said.
Every now and then I have a craving for Mexicaninspired food. This nacho dip is one of my favourite ways to appease that craving especially in summer as it requires no cooking. The fresh vegetables in this recipe can be substituted with whatever is in your fridge or garden that needs using up. This past weekend I used crisp yellow sweet pepper, chopped cilantro and green onions from the garden. It was delicious! You can make this dip as mild or spicy as you like by using mild, medium or hot salsa. Choose light cream cheese and sour cream for fewer calories – I always use light cream cheese for dips because it is creamier than regular. If you are making this dip for a party you can make it several hours ahead and refrigerate or make it and dig right in. CHEF’S TABLE | 23
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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.
Space travel means a very large adjustment for our bodies prior to departure WEIRD NOTES
Q. After a truly bad traf-
fic accident, you wake up in the hospital to find your left arm has been amputated. Wow! You’d gotten attached to that limb over the years. Now where is it? Any chance you’ll be reunited with it?
A. Whatever the circum-
stances, people can’t just do whatever they want with an amputated limb, reports “New Scientist� magazine. A severed arm can’t be formally cremated, since this would require a death certificate. However, the hospital may go ahead and incinerate the limb
like any other waste, then return the ashes to their owner–perhaps to be reunited after death. So that mangled arm of yours may not be quite as hopelessly gone from you as you’d feared. Q. If we humans embark on an interplanetary voyage to Mars by 2050, as is currently hoped, what things might be in store for the astronauts?
A. After completing a
five-month stay on the International Space Station, astronaut Thomas Marshburn had this to say, “Going into outer space is the most dramatic thing that can happen to your body other than being born,� reports Bruce Bower in “Science News� magazine. The flight to Mars will
require teamwork –�extreme teamwork� – with the half-dozen or so crew members needing to work together to cope with the constant noise and activity in “an artificial environment devoid of natural light, where sleep can easily be disrupted.� Feelings of isolation can also be a major difficulty, as the astronauts will be out of computer contact with family members, but “virtual families� might come to the rescue: NASA researchers are working to develop “head gear that will place crew members in virtual, 3D re-creations of their family homes, where they will visit simulated versions of their spouses, children and other loved ones.�
Yet space travel has a striking transcendent upside. After spending four months on MIR in 1997, US astronaut Jerry Linenger in his book “Off the Planet� described “returning home with increased self confidence, greater appreciation of life’s pleasures and a newfound sense of Earth and its human inhabitants as a unified entity.� Other returned U.S. and Russian astronauts expressed similar feelings, including a better grasp of Earth’s beauty. According to Vancouver psychologist Peter Suedfeld, they also reported “a heightened concern for the collective interests of people around the world, world peace and a god that exists beyond specific religions.�
Q. Are you familiar
with “duoliteral� words such as “aa,� “id,� “os,� “ye�? Do you know their meanings?
A. According to Anu
Garg’s “A.Word.A.Day� web site, there are theoretically 676 (26 x 26) possible duoliteral (two letter) words in the English language, but actually “only about 100 are real words.� Let’s start with “aa� (Ah-ah), from Hawaiian “to burn,� meaning “lava having a rough surface.� You may indeed be familiar with “id� from Freudian psychology, representing “the unconscious, instinctive part of the psyche.� This word comes from Latin “id� (for “it�) and ultimately stems from the root “i-� relating
to pronouns and giving us “identity,� “item,� “ilk.� “Os� (aws), from Latin for either “mouth� or “bone,� has two different meanings: “a mouth or an orifice� (plural “ora�) or “a bone� (plural “ossa�). Finally, you may have heard of “ye� from ye old word curiosities: “ye,� for the definite article “the,� comes from Old English, with its earliest documented use before the 12th century. And “ye,� from Old English and dating to before the 13th century, also means the pronoun “you.� And now ye know.
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.
OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Cousin of a bassoon 4. Screen background 9. Kiss 12. 007’s doctor foe 13. Affirmative vote 14. “___ Baby Baby� (Linda Ronstadt hit) 15. A pint, maybe 16. Private eye, for short 17. “The Tonight Show� broadcaster 18. 10,000 ______ (musical group) 21. Winston Churchill’s “___ Country� 23. Associate in Nursing 24. Mechanics raise them 26. Lamentably bad 28. Swindle 30. “Go on ...� 32. Campaigner, for short 33. Symbol for arsenic 35. Ring bearer, maybe
37. English exam finale, often 40. Discomfit 43. “O Sanctissima,� e.g. 45. Lacking vitality 47. Creole vegetable 48. Toronto, for short 49. Lightheartedly silly 51. Bar order, with “the� 53. Stylish 54. Devoted 56. Stunning 58. Tropical nut 59. He took two tablets 60. Catch, in a way 61. Advil target 64. “Who cares?� 65. Ball field covering 67. At liberty 68. ___-friendly 69. Hit the road
DOWN 1. Carry __ ! 2. Like a pretty lass 3. A head 4. Botherer 5. William and Harry, to Charles 6. Colourful ornamental carp 7. Take out of the freezer 8. Leisurely walk 9. Bridges of Los Angeles County 10. Marienbad, for one 11. “Your majesty� 19. Supplement 20. Scribes 22. Hooch container 23. Bond, for one 25. Propel, in a way 27. Bird ___ 29. ___ Dee River 31. “It’s no ___!� 34. Canary cousins
36. Pond buildup 38. Approval 39. Charm 41. Folk dance 42. Argentine dance 44. Exude 45. “Much ___ About Nothing� 46. Mangy mutt 50. “___ say!� 52. Afflict 55. Carve in stone 57. Part of the verb “to be� 58. Braggy 62. Vulgar 63. Ace 66. Coral formation
CHEF’S TABLE: A versatile dip to have on hand
Spread salsa over cheese mixture. Sprinkle with onions, sweet pepper, and tomatoes. Top with grated cheese. Serve with nacho or
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of the strict wording in the Municipal Elections Act, and given that the audit was not filed by the March 27, 2015 deadline set out in the act, Mayor Shantz is technically in default of the Municipal Elections Act,” said township clerk Val Hummel in an email statement about the notice sent to Shantz. “The township’s legal representation has been advised by the solicitor representing Mayor Shantz that they intend to make an application before the Superior Court to allow Mayor Shantz to remain in office. Reflecting that this matter will be before the court, the status of the office of mayor for the Township of Woolwich will be determined by a Superior Court judge at an as yet to be determined date.” This is the same recourse to the courts pursed by Ward 2 Coun. Mark Bauman, who was temporarily removed from council in May for failing to file an expense report after being acclaimed to his seat. As in that instance, the township will not be taking a position in the legal proceedings. In the meantime, Shantz
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KITCHEN IN A BOX 90"
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MADE IN CANADA
60"
1362 VICTORIA ST N. KITCHENER 519.742.9188
M-F 9AM-9PM SAT 9AM-6PM SUN 11AM-5PM
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