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Ridership stagnant on Elmira bus route ELENA MAYSTRUK

Two-year-old Steven Martin is believed to have perished in the flames that took down his family’s Lobsinger Line barn on July 12. Crews searched the rubble until Monday, when the Ontario Fire Marshall’s office closed their investigation.

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Ridership has been leveling off for Grand River Transit’s route 21 – the Elmira bus – for the past year and a half, but regional planners predict an increase in the numbers later this year. They’re also optimistic about coming transit changes in northern Waterloo and St. Jacobs.

“Ridership seems to have stabilized somewhat on the route.

We’re not seeing the same growth that we saw in the first couple of years but we’re still meeting our targets,” said Grand River Transit planner Erica Springate.

In 2013 the number of daily average riders decreased slightly to 330 (January-June) from an average of 350 in 2012. Springate expects this year’s ridership to increase slightly in late summer and fall, the route’s busiest seasons.

Now in its fifth year, route 21 was started as a 2009 pilot project. In June 2011 public support made it a permanent fixture from Conestoga Mall to St. Jacobs and Elmira. The costs, borne by the region during the pilot phase, ROUTE 21 | 2

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wrapping up their onsite investigation of the blaze at 1636 Lobsinger Line. Fire investigator Greg Olson concluded the boy’s body was completely consumed by the extremely hot fire.

“The problem with the layout of the barn is you have a large amount of straw, a large amount of hay and you have a metal roof. Once that fire gets going inside the hay mound it can’t ventilate properly.

What happens is the fire keeps propagating inside and basically becomes a crematorium, it burns that hot,” he said Monday.

Olson’s remarks came during the last update from the scene, which saw township fire crews first respond shortly after 7 p.m. on the previous Friday.

“When our units first got on scene the whole barn was on fire and the family was frantically looking for a two-year-old boy.

We searched the whole property with police, and probably a few hundred neighbours came out to help,” explained Woolwich deputy fire chief Dale Martin that evening.

The search for Steven Martin and his golden retriever – the two were said to be inseparable – continued Saturday morning. The child had been seen playing in a hay mound in the past, according to information provided by the family. It was not uncommon for him to climb into the hay mound, and prior to the fire he was seen playing

The family had been doing chores when the fire broke out; they exited the building to find the boy missing. Smoke from the collapsed dairy barn could be seen from several kilometres away. [CAL CRESSMAN] with the dog near the barn.

Neighbours who volunteered for the search estimated the distance that a two-year-old could travel from the farm property and then they overcompensated for that distance and searched farther, Olson said. Meanwhile, firefighters searched the barn in vain. They removed the tin roof and excavated the structure’s remains, with searchers working 15-minute shifts in the scorching environment. Damage was so extensive that the main floor had burned through and collapsed into the basement portion of the dairy barn.

“We have absolutely no human remains that have been located. But not finding anything to do with the missing child, our search will be suspended. I have members of the Waterloo Regional Police with me

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The OFM’s Greg Olson closed the investigation on Monday afternoon.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]] here and we’ve discussed the options,” the marshal said in a final press conference.

Several eyewitnesses were interviewed as an investigation into the cause of the fire continued. Theories suggest it originated on the main floor of the barn where a hay mound was located.

Investigators speculate that spontaneous combustion of hay dampened by recent rain may have caused the fire. The other

hypothesis is an electrical malfunction in the barn.

“If we can’t eliminate either one, then it’s probably going to come down to an undetermined fire. The problem with so much destruction is that a lot of the electrical was consumed in the fire,” said Olson.

The remains of two horses and 12 dairy cattle were found while sorting through the aftermath of the blaze that caused an estimated $400,000 damage. Smoke from the fire could be seen for kilometers, and the structure smoldered well into the next week, with St. Jacobs firefighters called out Tuesday afternoon to smother some hot spots.

The boy’s family was onscene every day during the investigation Olson, added.

A family member told Olson earlier in the week they supported his decision to terminate the search.

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were passed on to all Woolwich taxpayers. The current hit is approximately $450,000 a year.

That year a minimum of 25 boardings per service hour was documented, showing a rise from the two previous years, when the bus route was still a pilot project. In 2010, daily ridership was 309, up from 245 in 2009.

The initial estimate by staff in 2009 was that about 510 passengers a day would use the route by 2014. Today that expectation has changed given current numbers.

“Given that the route ridership has remained consistent I’m not sure if we will reach that goal by 2014, she said, adding that coming improvements to regional routes may increase ridership in the future.

Come fall, two new express routes will link with route 21 at the Conestoga Mall terminal in Waterloo.

“I expect in 2017 when we have the LRT operating at Conestoga Mall ridership will again increase on route 21. I think we’ll hit that mark eventually – it might just take a bit longer than the original five years that we had predicted,” said Springate.

Blair Allen, superintendent of transit development, said future construction development in the

St. Jacobs core will see changes being made to the route.

“We’re working with the design and construction staff to update and adjust some of the stops.”

Recent changes to the route, a response to public requests, include adjusting the space between stops and better access to the Woolwich Community Health Centre from its bus stop.

“We have now put it into our program to improve some of the bus stops and add concrete landing pads; improved infrastructure along the routes.”

This year, GRT added several new stops in St. Jacobs and may open a new stop near the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market in order to increase service to the Conestoga Mall plaza.

“We have some medical offices going in there so we are looking at trying to improve that,” said Springate.

Shelters will also be built for stops near the market.

As scheduled road reconstruction starts in the near future, bus stop upgrades like landing pads will be made to accommodate riders, though Springate said a lack of space is the main challenge in St. Jacobs and Elmira when it comes to upgrades like shelters.

Costs for the changes are minor and routine, she added, and will not affect annual costs for running the route.

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Township heard nothing from Capital Paving for more than a year despite written requests for status update STEVE KANNON Opponents of a gravel pit proposed for West Montrose aren’t popping the champagne just yet, but are “cautiously optimistic” after Woolwich closed the file on an application that’s been

on the books for five years.

Having heard nothing in the past year from Guelphbased Capital Paving about the company’s application for a gravel pit on Letson Drive, the township this week declared the file closed. If the company still

wants to go ahead, it will have to submit a new application, though it could still launch a legal challenge of Woolwich’s decision.

Right now, however, both the township and opposition groups have no idea what Capital Paving will

do, as the company has essentially been incommunicado.

“We don’t know where it stands,” Tony Dowling of the BridgeKeepers organization opposed to the gravel pit said this week.

“For now, we’re cautiously

optimistic.”

Dan Kennaley, Woolwich’s director of engineering and planning, said the township has heard nothing from the company in more than a year. His department sent a letter to Capital Paving last July

asking for an update on the company’s intentions. It received no reply. Only June 21, Woolwich notified the company in writing that it planned to close the file on the application, but still got GRAVEL | 4

Algae bloom makes Woolwich Reservoir off limits ELENA MAYSTRUK Part the Woolwich Reservoir is looking a bit more like pea soup these days than its usual glassy appearance, as an abundance of blue-green algae continues to bloom. Local residents, ill after swimming in the water late last week, alerted the Grand River Conservation Authority of its presence.

“It has happened before – we had a similar case two or three years ago – and it has happened in other reservoirs,” said GRCA’s Dave Schultz.

Blue-green algae, a natural occurrence in water all over the world, blooms during long periods of warm weather when plant nutrients are in abundance, Schultz explained on Wednesday.

“It’s always in the water, but when you get a rapid growth, when the algae dies off it floats to the surface and creates masses of algae. It’s not always true, but sometimes it has this toxin in it.”

The most common toxins, microcystins, are released into the water when the algae cells die.

The blooms flourish in warm weather and the high level of phosphorous currently in the reservoir caused by an increase in materials like fecal matter

from dogs or wildlife, and other plant nutrients entering the water through storm or agricultural runoff.

Exposure to the algae blooms through ingestion by humans or animals may cause symptoms like headaches, fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting; residents are encouraged to stay out of the water. Contact with the blooms may also result in itchy, irritated eyes and an itchy skin rash.

Given the conditions, the GRCA has decreed there’s to be no swimming or using the water for any purpose. Though the reservoir sees little regular activity on most days, a popular walking trail abuts the water. The GRCA advises that eating fish caught in the reservoir is also dangerous at this time, adding that children and pets should be kept away.

In some cases the toxins are also capable of damaging surrounding plants and harming wildlife, said Dave Young, director of health protection and investigation with Waterloo Region’s Public Health department.

“You don’t want to swim in it; you don’t want your pets to swim in it,” he said.

In the past the algae has been seen in small lakes, ponds and reservoirs across the province where water flow is stagnant.

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WCS to launch fundraising campaign in support of move more room to operate.

They are operating in very cramped quarters right now and have done so for a long time. They really do more with less,” said Shantz in a July 16 interview.

All of the services currently operated out of the 73 Arthur St. S. resource centre will be moved to a new location to be announced shortly, explained WCS executive director Don Harloff.

The current WCS facility was sold as part of the deal for the old township hall, forcing the organization to relocate. Shantz said the sale of the land provided an opportunity to find

ELENA MAYSTRUK Forced to find a new home, Woolwich Community Services will be turning to the public this fall to help raise the money needed to fund the move.

The busy organization is now looking for a location that will provide more space, with greater accessibility for staff and clients.

“They are looking specifically to build a new facility that will house their administration, the thrift store and the food bank,” fundraising chair Sandy Shantz said this week, noting larger quarters are long overdue.

“It gives them a little

more suitable premises.

The fundraising project dubbed “Sometimes…” is currently in the “quiet phase,” Shantz said. The goal of the campaign management team – Shantz, deputy chair Darcy Krahn, Brad Martin, Chris Adams and WCS employee LeighAnne Quinn – is to spread the word in Woolwich. The target is $1 million for the move that will bring more confidential spaces and much needed parking for WCS clientele.

Staff wanted to create a team of community leaders to take on the fundraising project. A chairperson and trustee for the Waterloo Regional District

School Board for six years and a former Woolwich councillor, Shantz was an ideal candidate, said Harloff, who’s working on finalizing an offer for a new site.

“We are right down to the wire on negotiating,” he said.

“Sandy was at the top of our list. She’s had a lot of experience in a leadership capacity, both through local government and also through the school board.”

Shantz said leading a fundraising campaign is a new experience, but she is happy to be a part of the process.

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no response.

“We still don’t know what their intentions are.

As far as we’re concerned, the file is closed,” he said Wednesday.

While the application dates back to September 2008, there has been little movement or even discussion of the bid since 2010. Capital Paving was involved in legal action against Woolwich’s 2008 plan to tighten up its rules governing gravel pit applications, appealing official plan amendment 13 (OPA 13) to the Ontario Municipal Board. The company argued its application predated the new rules, meaning it did not have to submit the additional studies demanded under the new policy.

The township eventually reached an agreement with Capital Paving, pre-empting a hearing.

In 2009, the company pressed the township to speed up its handling of the application, while planning staff called for more information and studies from the applicant.

The process became more complicated – and further delayed – when Woolwich launched a formal review to determine if the area around the West Montrose covered bridge should be deemed a cultural heritage landscape (CHL). All development was frozen under an inter-

im control bylaw, and the area was eventually given protection.

Capital Paving did not take any action throughout the CHL process, however.

Instead, it was the Murray Group, which had an interest in a neighbouring property, that challenged the interim control bylaw.

“We were, frankly, a little surprised that they (Capital Paving) didn’t appeal the CHL designation in our official plan,” said Kennaley, noting the appeal was eventually dropped, and no application was ever received from the Murray Group.

“We haven’t heard a word from them either.”

A lack of information about future development is why West Montrose residents aren’t celebrating just yet, said Dowling.

Still, they’re happy with the way things are proceeding, he said, noting that the CHL designation should convince would-be developers that the vicinity around the historic bridge is a poor choice for aggregate extraction.

“I’m very pleased that the cultural integrity of West Montrose will remain intact for the foreseeable future” said Ward 3 Coun.

Bonnie Bryant in a release this week. “My ward is home to some of the most picturesque communities in Ontario and it’s important that we continue to preserve and protect these communities.”

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Bridges are an important part of the heritage river designation for the Grand, Speed, Nith and Conestoga rivers and many are in less-than-ideal condition, said GRCA’s Barbara Veale, a contributing editor on the study.

“We have a number of different bridges that tell the story of bridge building in Canada. Many of them are in disrepair – they’re deteriorating and we’ve lost quite a few of the heritage bridges to replacement.”

With funding from the province the GRCA and the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, fieldwork was carried out by the University of Waterloo Heritage Resource Centre.

A total of 678 bridges were inventoried, with more

than two-thirds falling outside of current heritage designations. Twenty-five per cent (167 bridges) were found to have heritage value and 38 alreadydemolished bridges most likely had heritage value.

Additionally, 13 of the total inventory are formally designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Arch, Truss & Beam: The Grand River Watershed Heritage Bridge Inventory, a nine-month study completed in March, is now published on the GRCA website (www.grandriver.ca).

“We also wanted to provide information to municipalities to let them know when a bridge might be considered a heritage bridge, so when they are making decisions around replacement or repair that they have this initial information,” said Veale.

Some of the oldest bridges can be found in the townships, said Lindsay Benjamin, the survey’s primary author formerly of the Heritage Resources Centre. Woolwich and Wellesley saw the docu-

Lyndsay Benjamin mentation of 46 bridges (20 for Woolwich and 26 for Wellesley). Of those, 10 were considered to have heritage value.

“Bridges are often the icon in the community or they’re the inspiration for artists and poets. There’s a real interest from the community around bridges and why they’re important.”

Of Woolwich’s 20 documented bridges, only one has a heritage designation: the covered bridge in West Montrose.

Tony Dowling of the West Montrose Residents Association said some communities just naturally rally around landmarks that are important to their history. He points to the

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“Woolwich Community Services does very good work and they reach so many people. They reach out to over 6,000 people a year and that’s significant

work in the township.”

Some of the fundraising will also go towards covering the cost of the organization, Campaign Coaches, that assisted with fundraising efforts for the Woolwich Memorial Centre.

They will help the team with organizational tasks in the coming months of the campaign. Fundraising in the community is scheduled to start this fall with a goal of raising the money by spring 2014.

effort made by residents when a gravel pit was proposed for a site less than 200 metres from the 132-year-old span, Ontario’s last remaining covered bridge.

“I think if we don’t protect those things we won’t have them in the future. ...

I think they have economic value in bringing tourists to the region and supporting the tourism that’s already here,” he said.

The survey presented researchers with the evolution of bridge construction and a diversity that was pleasantly unexpected, Benjamin said. While the fieldwork for the project sometimes ended in disappointment – bridges that were demolished before they could be documented – she said it’s important to focus on the positives: “There are still a number of really great bridges in the region and in the watershed as well. People really are fascinated in looking at bridges and what they contribute to landscapes.”

Veale said the responsibility for preserving the bridges lies with local governments.

“I think this is the first step ... to provide the municipalities with background information and an initial heritage value of some of these bridges so that they can look at taking the next step.”

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Give farmers credit for food bank support, says Harris Ontario Tories plan to introduce an amendment to the Local Food Act that would provide support to food banks throughout the province by giving a tax credit to farmers who donate excess fruits, vegetables and meats to those in need, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris said this week.

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Drownings up this year in Ontario: society

Looking to beat the heat with a refreshing dip? A fine idea, but the Lifesaving Society advises caution, noting an increase in drownings this year.

At the mid-summer mark, the group reports that 56 people have drowned in Ontario this year, up from 49 in 2012.

reticent to admit their vulnerabilities and that puts them in danger as they continue to participate in high-risk behaviours around water adopted from their youth, despite reduced physical capabilities.”

The Lifesaving Society is also concerned about drownings among risk-taking 15-19-year-olds. So far in 2013 there have been eight drowning victims in this age group, versus three in 2012.

Byers points to the risk-taking 18-to 24-year-olds who continue to have the highest water-related death rate of any age group in Canada at 2.2 per 100,000.

This number includes a concerning increase in drowning deaths of baby boomers. So far this year, a dozen 50-64-year-olds have drowned versus seven in 2012. An aging population is a contributing factor in the increase, the group posits.

The Livesaving Society is drawing extra attention to the issue during National Drowning Prevention Week, which runs July 20-28.

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3:45 PM | A car travelling westbound on Sawmill Road struck a northbound pickup travelling on Highway 85 at the roundabout near St. Jacobs. The driver of the car was charged with failing to yield to traffic contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. There were no injuries.

5:00 PM | A two-car collision at Arthur Street and Listowel Road in Elmira resulted in charges after a southbound vehicle on Arthur Street collided with a northbound vehicle. The northbound driver attempted a left turn onto Listowel Road when the crash occurred. That driver was charged with failing to yield contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. J U LY 1 1

1:00 AM | An elderly driver was charged after striking two parked vehicles while northbound on Killdeer Road in Elmira. Alcohol was not a factor. The driver was charged with careless driving.

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3:00 PM | A vehicle travelling on Weber Street was slowing for traffic at King Street south of St. Jacobs when it was rear-ended by another vehicle. The second driver did not see the first vehicle slowing and struck the vehicle from behind.

There was minor damage to the cars and no injuries. The second driver was charged with following too closely.

5:11 PM | The homeowner of a property on the 1500 block of Carmel Koch Road in Wellesley Township observed a male running out of his garage. The suspect stole a Dewalt electrician’s tool bag with a large quantity of hand tools and several Bud Light beers.

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There's just no polishing up partisan cabinet NOT ONLY DID STEPHEN Harper’s cabinet shuffle do nothing to shore up a group of inconsequential partisans, the desired boost to its tired image quickly morphed into another public relations disaster courtesy of revelations of an enemies list.

Leaked documents show the Conservatives were looking to compile a list of loyalists and enemies, among other factoids to be offered up to incoming cabinet ministers assuming their new portfolios. Briefing papers are commonplace. An actual enemies list, referred to in such terms, is a first, courtesy of the gang that couldn’t shoot straight, also known as the PMO. Comparisons to disgraced U.S. president Richard Nixon came early and often. The secretive, paranoid and controlling natures of both Harper and Nixon, who also kept an enemies list, made the association a given.

The shuffle itself did the government no favours. The Conservatives trumpeted the inclusion of a few more women and younger members. The public quickly realized, however, that the bloated size of the cabinet – 39 members, tied for mostever since the “glory” days of Brian Mulroney – simply meant a few new puppets and partisan mouthpieces to replace some departing ones, along with some new additions. Do we really need a minister of state for consular services? No, but said minister and each of the others does get a $76,700 pay raise, an office staff and budget, and a car allowance.

No one can argue that skill and service to Canadians is what got most of these ministers – new or shuffled – to the table. Partisan loyalty and sticking to the PMO talking points are what earn the keys to the executive washroom.

That the much-reviled Peter Van Loan remains government house leader and uber-partisan Pierre Poilievre becomes minister of something called “democratic reform” indicate nothing has changed.

The retention of Jim Flaherty, John Baird and Tony Clement – three stalwarts in a Mike Harris government that continues to so haunt the Tory brand in Ontario that the latter day Dalton McGuinty was a better choice (Tim Hudak was also part of that crew) – in finance, foreign affairs and Treasury Board respectively means the real inner circle remains the same. Harper is still the puppet master, though we’re increasingly aware that he’s not very good at that, either.

A bad public relations week was rounded out by increasing dissatisfaction with government’s handling of the LacMégantic tragedy.

Right off the bat, the Conservatives took the heat for easing safety regulations in the railroad industry, cutting inspectors and allowing the industry to police more of its own operations. Whereas local government, provincial officials and a host of aid organizations were quick to respond, pledging aid and support, the federal government has been notably absent. It had not even promised basic assistance. Its image in the area is fast sinking to levels reserved for the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA), owners of the runaway train that exploded July 6 in the picturesque downtown of the lakeside town, killing at least 50 people.

Newly minted Transport Minister Lisa Raitt showed up on Wednesday, but when it appeared to be more of a photo op than an announcement of support, the townspeople were less than impressed. With news that MMA was laying off 75 workers, 19 in Quebec, due to the rail line being closed, residents were not in a welcoming mood.

There’s never been anything but spin coming out of the PMO, and Canadians finally seem to be catching on.

Ah, summertime, when the twin signs of the vacation season, roadwork and spiking fuel costs, combine to take as much joy as possible out of summer.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Today, we’re all sitting around like frogs in a pot WORLD AFFAIRS If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, so they say, it will hop right out again. Frogs aren’t stupid.

Well, okay, but they’re not that stupid.

However, if you put a frog in a pot of cool water, and gradually turn the heat up under it, the frog will not notice what’s happening. It will happily sit there until the water boils, and it dies.

Now, I have never carried out this experiment personally – I prefer my frogs’ legs fried – so I can’t vouch for the truth of it.

It’s just a story the environmentalists like to tell.

Besides, I already knew that human beings have trouble in detecting slowmoving threats. You can watch us failing to do it every day: we persistently ignore the fact that we are running into trouble at a civilizational level, even though the evidence is all around us.

The foundation of every civilization is an adequate

food supply: human beings simply cannot live at the density of population that civilization implies without a reliable agriculture. But the supply of good agricultural land is limited, and the number of human beings is not.

You can postpone the problem for a while by increasing the yield of the available land: irrigate it, plant higher-yielding crops, fertilize the soil artificially, use pesticides and herbicides to protect the crops as they grow. But even these techniques have limits, and in many cases we have reached or exceeded them. So we are running into trouble. Why isn’t anybody taking action?

Governments everywhere are well aware of the problem: we are now seven billion people, heading for an estimated 11 billion by the end of this century, and the food situation is already getting tight. So tight, in fact, that the average price of the major food grains has doubled in the past 10 years. But everybody finds local reasons to ignore that fact.

The developing countries know that they are under

the gun, because the standard predictions of global warming suggest that it is the tropics and the subtropics where the warming will hit food production first and hardest.

A (still unpublished) study carried out by the World Bank some years ago concluded that India (all of which is in the tropics or sub-tropics) would lose 25 per cent of its food production when the average global temperature is only 2 degrees C higher. China would lose an astounding 38 per cent, even though most of it is in the temperate zone. And all that is before their underground water sources are pumped dry.

Most governments in the developing countries know the facts, but the shortterm political imperative to raise living standards takes precedence over the longer-term imperative to curb the warming. So headlong industrialization wins the policy debate every time, and we’ll worry about the food supply later.

The developed world’s governments do nothing, because until recently they secretly believed that the

catastrophe would mostly hit countries in the former Third World. That would unleash waves of climate refugees, plus local wars and a proliferation of failed states, but the rich countries reckoned that they would still be able to feed themselves – and their military could hold the other problems at bay.

But what is becoming clear, just in the past few years, is that the developed countries will also have trouble feeding themselves. Part of the problem is that many of them depend heavily on underground aquifers for irrigation, and the water is running out.

It’s running out even faster in China, India and the Middle East: for example, grain production has dropped by a third in Iraq and Syria in the past 10 years. But it is hitting the big producers in the developed countries, too, and especially the United States.

For example, the amount of irrigated land in Texas has dropped by 37 per cent since 1975. The amount DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

How do you beat the heat?

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Keep yourself hydrated, wear your shades, and avoid being outside during peak hours.

Stand in the shade.

I try to stay in air conditioning!

Stand still – especially in a breeze.

Go someplace with some apple dumplings and air conditioning.

"So headlong industrialization wins the policy debate every time, and we’ll worry about the food supply later." Gwynne Dyer | page 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Speculation, greed help drive up the cost of filling up this summer EDITOR'S NOTES Noticed the price of gasoline increasing of late, right smack in the middle of the summer driving season? Of course you have. As always, you’re being gouged. And, as is always the case, much of the blame can be cast on speculators.

Speculating with commodities – a.k.a. gambling – is commonplace today, and contributes mightily to price spikes in everything from the cost of a loaf of bread to the hit your wallet takes when you fill up. Right now, with gold prices falling, it seems gamblers ... erm, investors are turning to black gold instead.

So, if you believe oil companies are gouging customers at the pumps right now, you are undoubtedly right.

But that longstanding tradition increasingly shares the blame with speculators driving up costs.

For that you can thank the same kind of deregula-

tion that led to the recent financial collapse and subsequent recession. It’s the same kind of unbridled market activity that has led to bubbles in the past, just on a larger and larger scale: we never learn.

Worse still, the kind of hedge fund speculation that’s driving up oil prices is doing the same to a host of other commodities, including food. That’s right, some people are getting awfully rich betting on who will starve because of massive price hikes in such staples as wheat, corn and rice. They’re driving up the price just by playing the game.

Where trading in those commodities was once the purview of farmers and their major customers – an insurance of sorts against price fluctuations between the time a crop is planted and the time it comes off the fields – today that accounts for only a fraction of the trades in the market.

Now, there may be 30 or 40 bushels of wheat in play for every one that actually exists in a farmer’s field: most of it is on paper.

What was once a fairly

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pinch at the pump, but also in higher transportation costs, which include delivery of goods as well as the impacts on public transit and air travel, among other things.

Oil prices also have an impact on food costs, as oil plays an integral role in farming, from preparing the land to getting the products on store shelves.

In U.S. Congressional hearings following the last big spike in gasoline prices in 2008, representatives of the oil industry testified speculation could be blamed for perhaps doubling the price of oil beyond the supply-anddemand arguments we typically hear about.

For that, we can thank the U.S. government’s Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which deregulated commodity markets, stripping away controls in place since the 1930s. You may recall that was the time of the Great Depression, which followed another time of financial market excesses and subsequent crash.

How this came to pass, and what it means for the economy if left unchecked, is the focus of an upcoming book by longtime oil trader Dan Dicker, ‘Oil’s Endless Bid: Taming the Unreliable Price of Oil to Secure Our Economy.’

The veteran of the New York Mercantile Exchange lays out who’s to blame for the situation.

“I would put the investment banks first. They have created and sold the instruments for retail investors and institutional investors to easily bet on the price of oil. The three largest investment banks trade in oil as well and make a couple of billion dollars each trading oil a year, which directly comes out of the pockets of consumers,” he says.

“The investor is next to be blamed. They have fallen to a large degree for indexes and commodity ETFs. These new participants are exclusively buying; no one is selling and everyone wants to hold. They understand the importance of crude in the global economy. The oil market was relatively

stable until the commodity market was allowed to expand with the passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act in 2000.

We have seen enormous swings both up and down since then, and barring intense intervention, we will continue to see very volatile moves.”

U.S. President Barack Obama had pledged to tackle Wall Street’s foray into the commodities market, and the resultant price spikes and profiteering, but little has been done to date (not the only file where he’s dropped the ball). Not surprising given the billions of dollars invested, the massive profits and the power of the financial sector lobby, despite the meltdown the industry precipitated in 2008.

As many critics have noted, it’s as if the industry and the government learned nothing from the folly of deregulation, nor from the futility of chasing the latest bubble.

Until something is done – preferably before the next crisis – we’ll be paying more for the gasoline we use and the food we eat.

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stable market has been overrun by the financial services sector.

In 2003, for instance, Wall Street types invested some US$13 billion in food commodities. Five years later, that figure had jumped to $260 billion.

Needless to say, that 1,900 per cent increase didn’t correspond to any change in the actual amount of food being speculated on.

In fact, it has nothing to do with food: any commodity will do, just as gamblers will find anything to bet on. With food, the industry moves billions of dollars on speculation, trends and expectations, and how others react to those movements. The good doesn’t matter. Except for the billions of poor people on the planet who’ve seen the cost of staples rise dramatically, leaving them hungry and deeper in poverty.

We’ve seen those price hikes here, too, but they’ve had a far less dramatic impact on our budgets. The situation with oil prices, subject to the same kind of speculation, is a little different, as we feel the

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66% of Canadians support a ban on pesticides that have been proven to cause bee deaths, with 78% of those familiar with the issue supporting a ban. Support is highest in Ontario, where a recent kill of 36 million bees was widely reported. Of those supporting a ban, 95% want their provincial governments to impose a ban should the federal government fail to act.

“That was the nomenclature used by Nixon. His political horizon was divided very starkly into friends and enemies. The use of the word ‘enemies list,’ for those of us of a certain generation, it evokes nothing less than thoughts of Nixon and Watergate.”

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in Kansas has fallen by nearly 30 per cent in the past three years. And now it is becoming clear that the impact of warming will also be much greater than anticipated in the developed countries.

In these countries, the problem is extreme weather causing massive floods and prolonged droughts – like the heat wave that hit grain production in the U.S. Midwest last summer, or the coldest spring in 50 years in England, which has cut wheat yields by a third.

Combine the steep fall in irrigation, the crop losses to wild weather, and the diversion of large

amounts of cropland to grow “biofuels” instead of food, and it is not at all certain that the developed world will be able to grow enough food for its own citizens in five or 10 years time. So are the leaders of these countries launching crash programs to stop the warming, cut down on water losses and end the lunacy of biofuels?

Of course not. The smarter ones just reckon that since their countries will still be rich, they will buy up whatever food is available elsewhere and feed their own people that way. It will be other people, in other countries, who go hungry.

And the slower ones?

They’re just frogs.

YOUR VIEW / LETTER

Still no response, let alone action from the mayor To The Editor, Since returning from holidays this past week, I still have not had a reply from our mayor, who stated he would get back to me – weeks ago, I might add – about the lawn mess the township created on reconstructing Samuel Street.

I have to mention while I was gone that I thought they had come by to water the weeds, as they are doing fine, Mr. Cowan. And I just wonder if you would be pleased if this was your front yard, or for that matter, anyone on council’s front yards?

I hope the township is collecting interest on the

million-dollar surplus from last year, but I don’t know if they can tally it up, as they seem to be preoccupied by sitting on their hands and doing nothing.

I quote from Mr. Cowan in the Waterloo Region Record: “I am extremely pleased with the decision to close this file,” Woolwich Mayor Todd Cowan said in a release about a proposed gravel pit in West Montrose. “It is very important that we continue to work to preserve the cultural heritage and natural beauty of our communities.”

Now, if he finds “beauty of our communities” in the mess they have left behind on Samuel Street, then he needs to clean his glasses and take a second look.

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The image of a rider and his horse – the Lone Ranger and Silver or Roy Rogers and Trigger – is indelibly stamped into our perspective of horseback riding. That bond between rider and animal is an integral part of what attracted Angela Elvins, president of the Calhoun Saddle Club, to the pastime.

“A lot of people fall into a fantasy of being in love with riding a horse – out on the hills, in the sunset,” said Elvins. “It’s a 24/7 commitment, because they’re a bigger animal and they need care. Once you get into it, it’s a little bit of work.

“But there’s a bond between the owner and a horse. I can see a bond with some people, and I can see where the person is only interested in riding and there is no bond. You can see the difference of whether there’s just a love or a want.”

Elvins has been riding for 30 years, and has owned her present horse, Susie, for 13 (and was even there when Susie gave birth). She estimates that a committed horse owner will spend more time with

the animal than a spouse.

“I used to work at a ministry for 20 years, and I used to go out and ride for two hours all by myself, and it totally de-stressed me,” she remembered.

“There’s a bigger bonding between an owner and a horse than there is between an owner and a dog or a cat. There’s a spiritual bonding.”

Which doesn’t always mean the rider and the horse are meant to be, she added. “My husband had a horse where he and the horse just didn’t click. It was a woman’s horse. As soon as a man got on his back, he reacted.”

“I felt really bad having to take him back, because he was everything I wanted in a horse,” laughed David Elvins, Angela’s husband.

Geared towards families and relatively inexperienced horsemen, the Calhoun Saddle Club attracts aspiring riders who have taken some lessons and want to show their budding talents. Throughout the monthly summer meetings, the club has given gaming classes in the morning (beginning at 9 a.m.) followed by Western RIDING | 11

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Strong seasons for pair of Woolwich Youth Soccer teams Both the U11 boys and U16 girls have a tournament win to their credit so far this year, with more on the horizon at the Barrie Soccer Tournament and took home championship medals. The girls went undefeated at the Stratford Tournament June 15-16. Both coaches had nothing but praise for their squads.

“We were thrilled, because this is the third year in a row the girls have won it, which is incredibly unusual,” said coach Steve Sider of the his U16 team.

“They never give up. We had a game the other night, they were down 3-1, and they scored two goals in

WILL SLOAN As noted comic strip philosopher Calvin observed to his friend Hobbes one summer night, “If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously reexamine your life.” Such an attitude has served Woolwich Youth Soccer well: the organization’s U11 boys and U16 girls teams, which both triumphed at recent tournaments.

On July 6-7, the boys won three games out of four

the last 10 minutes. That’s the way they work – they don’t get down, they have a great attitude, and they work really, really hard.”

Of the attributes of his U11 boys, coach Clare Cressman said, “Desire and hard work, with quite a bit of talent mixed in… It was probably the most energy I’ve seen from them. This is my second year with this group, and it was probably the most energy I’ve seen from them in a game.”

The girls were up first in Stratford, tying a 0-0

game with Wilmot, before beating Stratford 2-1 and Middlesex 3-2. The streak continued with their championship game against Leamington, which Woolwich took 1-0.

“The majority of these girls have been playing together for at least six years, so they know each other really well, and they have just gelled as a team,” said Sider, who has been head coach for the last three years.

“For the last three years, they’ve been in a more

competitive league. The first time we were in there, we were in the bottom third of the league; last year we were in the middle third; and this year they’re in the top third.”

The boys were up next with a similarly successful tournament in Barrie.

For their first game, the boys beat Barrie with a 7-1 victory, and then lost 3-1 to Sarnia. The third game saw them regain their footing with a 3-1 win over Byron, before clinching the championship with 1-0 in

a Sarnia rematch. Cressman said that the rematch did not threaten the team’s morale.

“These guys don’t worry about anything, and they’re not afraid of anybody – they just go out and play,” he said. “Based on how the game went Saturday, we knew we had a decent chance if a couple of breaks went our way.”

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There are plenty of consequences for developing a case of raccoon eye OPEN COUNTRY In a recent and highly memorable column, we discussed pretty well everything you need to know about bass thumb – that ancient affliction that has been plaguing anglers ever since the first bass was lipped by thumb and forefinger.

It’s horrible, to be sure, but I think it’s only fair to say that this is not the extent of the troubles that modern-day bass anglers must confront. There is also a dreaded condition known as raccoon eye.

Raccoon eye develops insidiously, throughout a day or two on the water. Es-

sentially, the angler burns or tans around his or her sunglasses, leaving a paler strip of skin over the eyes.

When glasses are removed, he or she then bears a startling resemblance to a raccoon.

I’m hesitant to speak of it, because this is what killed my modeling career.

True, the modeling agency told me it was because I was short, overweight and looked like a lemur, but I know deep down it was my raccoon eye that put the kibosh on it. They were just letting me down easy.

That’s the problem with raccoon eye. It takes an otherwise great looking person and makes him look as if he spends all his time role-playing in Zorro reenactments at the beach – which is sad, because I

stopped doing that years ago.

Sometimes they suspect you just got back from an outdoor 50 Shades of Grey festival or even escaped from the world’s most indecisive firing squad.

Whatever they’re thinking, it isn’t favourable.

That’s because there’s something about raccoon eye that colours the way people look at you. Don’t believe me? Once, while taking out the trash, I had it bad and the animal control truck drove by twice just to confirm. This is, of course, an extreme example. But it just goes to show you that you probably shouldn’t wash your hands meticulously in public or sleep in the crotch of a tree if you have this ailment. Trust me, no good will come of it.

A lot of you are probably thinking that, unlike bass thumb, this is just a superficial ailment. I would counter by saying that, in this modern world, looks are everything. If that weren’t the case, Mr. Hefner would have seriously considered my photos, rather than sending me that polite form letter.

But I digress.

In any case, there is precious little you can do to combat raccoon eye other than change the hours in

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and English-style classes in the afternoon.

In particular, the club gives Lone Rangersin-training a chance to contemplate making the plunge into a more committed equestrian lifestyle.

“What I normally suggest to people is to coboard or lease an animal and ride for two or three days a week, and that gives

you an idea of whether or not you want to be an owner,” said Elvins. “You need to know something about horses before you buy them.”

Of Woolwich’s Calhoun Stables, Elvins added, “Here, the people love their horses, and it’s not a money-grab. In other equine industries it’s a money-grab, but there isn’t a horse in this barn that makes money.” She

laughed, “You gotta go get another job!”

The non-profit Calhoun Saddle Club will host three more shows this season – July 21, August 18, and September 15 – beginning at 9 a.m. at Calhoun Stables (1590 Durant Rd.).

Spectators are encouraged to attend, and the club is also seeking sponsorship opportunities. More information can be found at calhounsaddleclub.ca.

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nament in Rochester, New York, and Sider thinks their chances are good.

“They’ll be playing against some topnotch American teams, and

I have confidence that they’ll be right in the thick of those teams,” he said.

With regular league games still ongoing, the U11 boys will next see tournament action in Woolwich, August 10-11.

There, the team will put into action its philosophy of soccer: “Just work hard and have fun,” said Cressman. “Almost all the players playing as kids aren’t going to make a career out of it, so make it fun.”

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VENTURE SUMMER SALES / HERE’S THE SCOOP

A tasty treat to beat the heat With summer in full force for National Ice Cream Day, business should be booming ELENA MAYSTRUK Air conditioners were not the only things keeping people cool this week when the summer’s first heat wave rolled in, as consumers picked up their favourite frozen treats. Tubs of ice cream were flying off the shelves of grocery stores, but the heat was at times too much for those selling the stuff by the cone.

“Sometimes when it’s too hot it can actually be detrimental. It’s definitely better than snow or rain but when it’s too hot people don’t like to even come out and walk around,” said Judy Moser, owner of Moser’s Ice Cream Caboose in St. Jacobs.

Big grocery stores have the advantage of a steady stream of customers no

matter the season – we need to stock up on provisions, rain or shine – while smaller operators have a higher dependence on tourism. In other words, if customers don’t go out for a stroll in scenic St. Jacobs, for instance, chances are they won’t stop in for an ice cream cone. Businesses like the Caboose are popular for the village’s tourists, but while better weather is usually good for business in the downtown, extreme temperatures tend to keep strollers away from the scenic routes and therefore their local ice cream haunts as well.

“Sales are definitely increased over the last couple of weeks – it’s gotten nicer out, that’s for sure – but we’d like to see it at a happy medium,” Moser added.

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Dietrich and Stacy Thompson doled out the ice cream to customers looking for a cool treat during the week’s heat wave.

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“It’s crazy, mostly on Saturdays we’ve been quite a bit busier than usual. I think some people aren’t going to let the heat stop them.”

Grocery stores, on the other hand, tend to enjoy steady ice cream sales all year round, noted Paul Bruder, manager at the Foodland in Elmira.

“In the summertime we definitely see more,” he said.

The store always makes a healthy profit on ice cream, he said, but the past few days have yielded higherthan-normal sales, possibly due to weather as well as a timely deal on the frozen stuff this week.

“In the winter it still sells but not so much. The reason I think it sells is that people tend to buy ice cream cones in the summer, too, and eat them outside, so our ice cream cone sales go up.”

Grocery stores seem to be reaping the most benefits when it comes to regular ice cream sales and have a history of doing so.

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac grocery stores didn’t start selling ice cream until the 1930s, and by the Second

Fast-melting cones of ice cream were the subject of Tatum Dietrich’s work week at Moser’s Ice Cream Caboose in St. Jacobs.

[ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] World War, ice cream was so popular in the United States that it turned into somewhat of an American symbol.

Today a large variety of frozen treats attract customers. Ice cream’s healthier foe, frozen yogurt, has been popular for a long time, and the lower-calorie alternatives can be just as appealing as the traditional

choices.

“I think [frozen yogurt] has definitely added to the mix, the healthy aspect of it. The yogurt, I’ve had it for nine years now. We started with just the ice cream and four years after we started yogurt became the new thing, it’s definitely a must-have.”

While popsicles and colourful, fruity treats are a

hit with kids, traditional, rich ice cream retains its connoisseurs as well, Bruder said, and nowhere is it more apparent than the townships.

“In Elmira the Mennonites do buy a lot of the ice cream, and they like the heavier cream stuff. They like the good stuff,” he said.

Ice cream sales traditionally see a spike during the warm months, but as local vendors are enjoying more-or-less typical numbers Canada-wide, the industry is seeing a decline in consumption. According to the Canadian Dairy Information Centre, per capita ice cream consumption has been declining steadily in the past decade.

In 2002 consumption was at 9.50 litres, dropping to 8.03 litres five years later in 2007. Last year saw the lowest numbers, 5.61 litres, dropping from 5.72 litres in 2011. (Yogurt consumption, on the other hand, increased to 8.29 litres from 5.39 litres in the same ten-year period).

The industry reports we’ve been eating less, but splurging more on higherpriced premium brands, opting, it seems, for quality over quantity.

While temperatures are expected to be more seasonal when National Ice Cream Day arrives on Sunday, it’s a safe bet there’ll be more than a few of us celebrating appropriately.

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THE ARTS RECORDING / SONGS WITH MEANING

Jeff Poolton’s first album offers up an eclectic variety of sounds Singer-songwriter’s myriad interests and influences on display as he welcomes listeners to his world WILL SLOAN When asked for his musical influences, Jeff Poolton, an Elmira native and singer, laughed. “Everything under the sun.”

Fair enough. But as Poolton chronicles his own growing up with cerebral palsy in his new album Welcome to My World, perhaps there has been a similar evolution in his artistic life? After all, Poolton discovered his abilities by chance at age seven, when he gave vocal accompaniment to his mother’s piano.

In the 25 years since then, he trained in classical music (and was certified by the Royal Conservatory of Music) while also pursuing an interest in pop styles.

“I like to listen to a lot of music with world influences,” said Poolton on Tuesday night, before opening for Justin Hines at a fundraiser for KidsAbility in Kitchener. “I love different rhythms, different sounds.

So I tried on this album

Poolton performed at a KidsAbility fundraiser in Kitchener on Tuesday.

to say, ‘I’d like maybe a Caribbean feeling on this song, this song will have a Middle Eastern influence.’ I love playing with those different sounds and trying to get them into the album so I don’t have clones of one song.”

The dozen songs on Welcome to My World offer a self-portrait, chronicling Poolton’s life with cerebral palsy from his birth to his school years at EDSS to his marriage. The song titles – ‘Learning How to Fly,’ ‘Rise Above it All,’ ‘Soldier On,’ and ‘Miracle of Love’ among them – suggest the upbeat nature of the music, extending even to a last-minute tribute to the children in the Sandy Hook shooting.

“I heard that story and was so moved by it and so affected by it that I had to write something as a tribute to those people. It ends the album saying, Yes, there are horrible things that happen in the world, but there’s still hope.”

While Poolton has performed for years, Welcome to My World marks his first completed and released pop album.

“I started albums before, and bits and pieces of them were good, but it didn’t feel like I’d found my place as a pop musician. But with this album, everything just fell together,” he said.

“I do music because I love it, flat-out,” he added.

Poolton said that one of

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his goals with the album was to thank those who helped him along the way.

Among those is KidsAbility, the Waterloo Region organization that brings rehabilitation services to children with developmental disabilities, medical syndromes and disorders, and communication difficulties.

“When I went through a number of surgeries in my life, they were there to help with physiotherapy after-

wards,” said Poolton.

Every year in November or December, Poolton organizes and performs at his annual Songs of the Season Christmas concert, which raised $3,000 for KidsAbility over its last two years. In addition to performing at KidsAbility’s Justin Hines concert at the Waterloo Region Museum, one dollar of every album sale of Welcome to My World will go to the organization.

“As a result of Jeff re-

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“KidsAbility offers a sense of confidence and hope that says, ‘You know what? No matter how difficult the time you’re going through is, there’s a way through this, and you will carry on and succeed,’” said Poolton. “Your family and friends complete that circle of hope.”

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

Make Your Next Home Your Dream Home! $184,500 $189,900 CONDO LIVING AT ITS BEST!

Kitchener - Featuring controlled entry in welcoming lobby. Casual Elegance in this updated 2 bdrm, 2 bath, condo complete w/sep DR & in-suite laundry. Excellent location w/easy access to 401, shopping, Conestoga College & close to trails. Well maintained building w/indoor pool, exercise rm, party rm, sauna & underground parking! Recent updates: Laminate flooring, Baths 2013, Kit cabinets 2009. All appliances incl’d. Just move in & enjoy! MLS 1324629. Call Paul or Alli Direct

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$289,000 $419,000

Waterloo UPDATED - - TIMELESS BEAUTY Elmira - Exceptional home with many updates including: electrical, plumbing, bathrooms, windows, roof, fenced yard, and more. Main Bathroom has been totally renovated. 9 ft ceilings on main floor and main floor laundry. Carpet free with original hardwood floors throughout. 22 ft x 12.5 ft garage with basement walk up. Close to recreation complex and amenities. MLS 1322135 Call Paul or Alli direct.

$245,000 SEPARATE WORKSHOP

Drayton - Room for the kids to run on lg

165ftx66ft yrd. 4bdrms, 2baths, & main flr lndry. Spacious front foyer , lg LR w/heating stove. Side entrance to lg functional kit & huge sep DR. Plumbing/electrical updated. Lifetime roof. 200amp service. 32ftx16ft Sep workshop w/9000lb, 2 post hydraulic hoist, gas/water heated cement flr & 100amp. MLS 1324398.

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$286,000 $289,000 COMPLETELY FINISHED

Elmira - Completely finished top to bottom 4 level back split. This spacious semi is a match for anyone with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, family room and rec room! Eat in kitchen is equipped with hardwood floors, breakfast bar, open to family room with gas fireplace and Sliders off dinette with wrap around deck to large 12 x 22 ft deck and fenced yard. MLS 1327060 Call Paul or Alli direct.

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ENJOY THE HEAT! Waterloo - Crisp kitchen featuring island & breakfast bar, walk-out to relaxing deck overlooking in-ground heated kidney shaped pool w/stamped concrete patio. Vaulted ceiling in family room w/gas fireplace. Master bedroom w/double walk-in closets & sunk-in ensuite complete w/whirlpool tub and separate shower. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms & Main floor laundry. Finished rec room w/separate entrance. Close to schools, Conestoga Mall & expressway. MLS 1325108. Call Paul or Alli direct.

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completely restored with all the modern conveniences while maintaining original character and charm, mins to Waterloo. New custom maple kitchen with original tin ceiling, granite counters; attached garage with entrance to mudroom/laundry room with in floor heat. Beautiful new family room addition with vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace.

Wide plank pine floors throughout,3 spacious bedrooms including a master suite complete with walk-in closet and ensuite boasting oversized tile shower, custom double vanity with granite counter.

Situated on almost ½ acre there’s room for a pool and/or detached shop. New windows, full urethane spray insulation, gas heat, A/C, new wiring, too many features to list! An absolute must See! MLS.

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$689,900

LOCATION!! Nestled in the trees and backing to farmland. This custom built home offers over 3000 sq.ft. of living space. Hardwood & ceramics. Gas fireplace in LR w/16’ ceiling. Main flr. fam.rm. open to 26’ kitchen w/2 dishwashers. Large dining rm. FOUR bdrms.- master suite w/walkin closet & ensuite. Upper level media room. Fin. bsmt. w/separate entry. A must see!

MLS

$299,000

100+ YR. OLD HOME - is loaded with character! Backs to a wooded area.

Lovely hardwood floors. Spacious dining room PLUS eat-in kitchen. Main floor den. Woodburning fireplace in living room. Walkout from fam. rm. to elevated deck. Gas furnace (2011). Lots of living space. 2 bathrms. Walkout basement. MLS

$419,900

HAWKESVILLLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - Operate your own business & live in the spacious 3 bdrm. att’d dwelling.

Well maintained.

Presently a catering business (seats 54) but this property has endless opportunities! 1400 sq.ft. of commercial space.

Single garage + lots of pkg. A unique opportunity. MLS

PRIVATE SALE | ELMIRA Solid brick home on large lot in a desirable location in Elmira.

Walking distance to schools, Memorial Centre, parks, downtown. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, dining room.

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NEW LISTING | DRAYTON $444,900. Drayton. Stunning custom bungalow with numerous features;

vaulted and boxed ceilings, 3 gas fireplaces, arches and pillars, speakers wired for most rooms, gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, hardwoods and ceramics, amazing ensuite, large fenced lot. Call Dale. MLS 1331348

DREAM HOME | DRAYTON Custom built all stone exterior. Extensively landscaped with walkways, deck, gazebo. patio. larger trees, and a relaxing front porch for those warm summer evenings. Hanover custom kitchen cabinets on both levels. 2 gas fireplaces. Walkdown from oversized garage. Call Dale. MLS 1327519 $489,000.

LOCATION LOCATION! $447,000. Sought after mature area. Attractive two

storey on a 90’ wide lot backing onto bush, inviting front covered front porch, spacious main floor offers front living rm w/hardwood floors, large kitchen/dining area with ceramic floors & large windows, main floor family rm has walkout to private yard, finished basement, newer roof, windows, central air. MLS

38 KNAPP ROAD, ELMIRA (Bungalow) offered at $346,000

150 BROOKMEAD STREET, ELMIRA (Backsplit) offered at $374,900

Both models are available for sale and Summer possession! Quality built homes offering hardwood & ceramic floors, bungalow has a cherry kitchen (cream stain) w/large island, master ensuite, living rm. w/gas fireplace & walkout, spacious unfinished basement. Backsplit has a maple kitchen, lower level family rm. w/gas fireplace & walk-up to back yard, 3 bdrms, 2 baths. Both offer double driveways, attached garage. Call for further details on our exciting new Drayton Ridge project offering Executive Bungalow Town Homes! EXCLUSIVE

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS | BRUSSELS $449,000. 19 acre parcel backing onto Maitland river with beautiful

building site, 500 apple tree orchard with 4000 sq ft store front and cold storage, cider press, implement shed, dry storage building big enough to hold up to 25 cars/vehicles for extra income. Good solid brick house. Lots of potential. 13 acres cultivated. Market gardening? Call Dale. MLS 1327067

GOOD STARTER | DRAYTON

NEW LISTING! SPRAWLING RANCH BUNGALOW $434,900. HESSON Picturesque .44 of an acre country property, 4 bedroom home offers many updates since 2001, basement completed 2010, double attached garage, detached 12’x20’ workshop, 25 minutes from KW on paved road. MLS

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DESIRABLE LOCATION $312,000. Beautiful 2 storey backsplit with

vaulted ceilings. Main floor layout blends elegance with practicality. Large deck; storage shed; many upgrades throughout. Quick closing available. MLS

$316,900. ELMIRA Just move in and enjoy your new home! Immaculately maintained, hardwood & ceramic flrs, maple kitchen w/appliances, walkout to deck, fenced yard and shed, finished basement offers recreation room plus a den/office, central air, double garage, steps to downtown Elmira. NEW MLS

$215,000. Lots of value in this bungalow on edge of town. Detached garage/workshop. Gas fireplace. New windows. Roof 07, new hot water heater owned, nice yard. Call Dale. MLS 1327520

QUALITY INVESTMENT | MILVERTON $525,000. This purpose built 8 plex boasts a $37,000 net profit. Do the math. Most of the baths have been redone, some kitchens and windows have been replaced. Has a good rental history. Appliances and coin laundry included. Separate hydro meters installed 6 years ago. Roof 2 yrs old. Worth a look. Call Dale. MLS 1321715

FAMILY RETREAT | BRUCE PENINSULA 2000 Ft waterfront on quiet Gilles Lake about 1 hr north of Wiarton. Set on 25 acres of bush, this property boasts 2 cottages and 2 bunkies, SAND BEACH, panoramic views out 3 sides, amazing sunsets, quality fishing, star filled night skies, campfire outings. This property has only been owned by 2 families since 1917. Make your own memories. Call Dale.

MLS 1327059

$1,250,000.

1/2 ACRE PROPERTY! $359,900. ELMIRA Beautifully

location, beautifully decorated, open concept living/dining rm with hardwood flrs, lovely kitchen with skylight and lots of cupboards, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, great recreation room, newer roof, windows & furnace. This property is surrounded by hedging that creates a private retreat offering a flagstone patio & large side yard. MLS

RESTORED CENTURY HOME $399,900. The home offers a blend of

modern finishes and characteristics of a century home. Soaring 10’ ceilings on the main and upper levels. Finished basement and an unfinished attic; large detached garage/workshop; 2 stained glass windows, pocket doors to family room. MLS

4.5 ACRE HOBBY FARM $464,900. BETWEEN ELMIRA &

LISTOWEL on paved road, well maintained 2+ bedroom bungalow with newly finished basement, sunroom with walkout to large deck, patio and inground pool overlooking the property, fenced paddocks, 30x30 barn with 6 stalls, double garage. MLS

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landscaped property on the edge of Elmira! One owner raised bungalow, lots of room to entertain, newer dĂŠcor, updated bathrooms & some flooring, spacious lower level family room with gas fireplace, walk-up to side entrance off laundry/mud room, walkout to private rear yard with covered verandah and patio. MLS

UPDATED BUNGALOW $344,900. ELMIRA Quiet & mature

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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY

BIRTH NOTICE

IN MEMORIAM

Happy 65th Anniversary Carl & Gwen Foell

Attention Riverside Public School Community

Lloyd O. Anderson September 28, 1918 – July 24, 2008

Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed and very dear.

Wherever we go, whatever we do, Loving memories keep us close to you Always in our hearts and thoughts Love always Betz, children and grandchildren

IN MEMORIAM

Shirley Braid

Love, your family

On Monday, July 8, 2013 Claire Marlee Seiling was born to Mrs. Seiling and her husband David. Many thanks for the well wishes and a special thanks to a Riverside Mom who took great care of the wee family at Grand River Hospital.

In loving memory of our mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, who passed away five years ago July 17, 2008.

Forever in our hearts.

IN MEMORIAM

Miles Price Hamilton July 25, 1992 – October 22, 2010

You would have been 21 on your birthday.

Oh what we wouldn’t all give to see your magnanimous smile once again.

Always and forever, we are loving and missing you.

Mom (Brenda) & Dale, Chloe, Kalen, Ruben, and Avery

THANK YOU

BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

Thank You

Happy 14th Birthday Nicole!

Happy Birthday!

Happy 11th Birthday Colin!

A special thank you to my family for making my 90th birthday a very special day. To all my friends thank you for coming and sharing my day. A thank you to everyone for all your best wishes, gifts, cards etc.

Laurine MacDermott

DEATH NOTICES BOWMAN, MILDRED | Peacefully passed away at her

residence on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at the age of 81 years.

HEIPEL, JOHN H. | At his home near Wallenstein, on

Happy Birthday Taylor, Grandpa Larry and Nicole.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in his 85th year.

MARTIN, STEVEN | On Friday, July 12, 2013, as a result of a

Love, Mom, Dad, Colin and Cassandra

Love, Your family

Love, Mom, Dad, Nicole and Cassandra

tragic barn fire, at the age of two years.

PICKETT, MARY JOANNE (NEE DEITNER) | 1941 - 2013 Of Kitch-

ener, Ontario passed away in the compassionate care of the staff at Lisaard House on Friday, July 12, 2013 in her 73rd year. Local relatives are her daughter Sandra Anthony and her husband David of Wellesley.

WEBER, JOYCE | Passed away peacefully surrounded by her

family at Chateau Gardens Assisted Living on Monday, July 15, 2013 at the age of 87 years.

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MEMORIAL / THE NEED FOR SAFETY

Getting back out on the road Woman whose husband died in Wellesley collision last year launches event to underscore street safety WILL SLOAN “I was pretty much out of commission for three or four months last year,” says Heather Caron, remembering the day her husband died in 2012. “I took off almost six months from work. I didn’t cycle much last year at all… and then I started to think, ‘Do I want to get back on the bike or not?’”

Caron, a barrister and solicitor, was cycling in Wellesley with her husband Barrie Conrod when he was fatally struck from behind by an SUV on Herrgott Road. Before the accident, cycling was a major part of their lives. Since then, she has had trepidation.

“I’m going through counselling, and the counsellor told me I needed to do that in order to disconnect the post-traumatic stress, otherwise I’m going to have problems later. I did get back on the bike a couple of times to do that, but it was horrible, it was just horrible. It was just ruminating through my head every

Barrie Conrod died on May 6, 2012.

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Heather Caron hopes to build on the momentum of last year’s Barrie Conrod Memorial Ride with her first-annual Together We Travel event in Waterloo. time I got on the bike.”

Caron grieved for much of 2012, but as the May 6 anniversary approached, she began to take action. Today (Saturday), her Together We Travel ride will bring cyclists together to busy downtown Waterloo to call attention to street safety.

“It’s really about sharing the road,” said Caron. “We want drivers to pay attention, we want cyclists to pay attention, and we want everybody to be safe on the road.

“I don’t think we’re atten-

tive enough and sensitive enough to how it affects other people,” she continued. “The cyclists need to drive their vehicles safely, they need to pay attention to the rules of the road, they need to be attentive to the fact the drivers may not be able to react as quickly, and the drivers need to know there’s a huge discrepancy in power.”

Conrod, a financial advisor, left a major mark on the community, as dozens of friends, acquaintances, and community members

participated in a memorial ride last May. Hoping to build on that spirit, Caron’s three-kilometre ride will be an annual event, with victims of accidents (wearing armbands) sharing the road with other cars and cyclists.

“I don’t know if there’s anything we could have done differently that day,” says Caron. “We did everything right – we were on the right side of the road, we were right by the white line, we were on safe roads, and you could see for miles.

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that we could have done.”

Still, the past year has given her opportunity to reflect on road cycling safety.

“I think my driving has significantly improved – I’m much more careful,” she said. “Cycling over the years, there have been times when I’ve come to near-misses, and I’ve stopped to think, ‘Well, how did that happen?’ One time my reflector had fallen off, and I was under a bridge and a car didn’t see me, so

Hot, hot, hot! No one wants to cook in the heat.

Thankfully, our kitchen is nice and cool. We really appreciate our new air conditioner, as we went many years without. Now we are still baking and cooking up a storm, but the chefs aren’t melting.

For cooking at home – inside or out – a simple menu is best. The light, fresh flavours from our “Taco Tuesday” came to mind. Roast pulled chicken, tossed with peppers, herbs and olive oil on a corn tortilla.

Cool down with a brownie fudge lasagna with vanilla ice cream: a sweet, tasty treat for a hot summer day.

The great thing about this dessert is it can stay in the freezer and be on deck for those impromptu barbecues. Happy cooking.

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AUGUST 6

BOARD GAMES IN BRESLAU. Enjoy or interested in playing board games? Come out and meet others in your community who share a similar interest. There will be a wide variety of games to play including “euro” games, war games, strategy games and party games; 1-11 p.m., Breslau Community Centre, 100 Andover Dr., Breslau. Admission $2. Children under 16 welcome to attend and participate if accompanied by a parent who is also participating. New people are always welcome!

CAPTAIN CORBIN THE MAGICAL Pirate! at 10:30 a.m.

This event is free for children of all ages. Space is limited so pick up your complimentary ticket today!

This show is sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For more information please contact the St. Clements Branch Library at 519-699-4341 or stclemlib@regionofwaterloo.ca.

ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information, contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022.

JULY 26

GRAND RIVER AMAZING RACE - The 3rd annual Grand River Amazing Race will take place with teams starting from West Montrose Family Campground on Saturday July 20. You can register a team and get more information by visiting grandriveramazingrace.ca.

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JULY 27

ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information, contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022.

JULY 24 CAPTAIN CORBIN THE MAGICAL Pirate at 3 p.m.

This event is free for children of all ages. Space is limited so pick up your complimentary ticket today!

The show is sponsored the Optimist Club of St. Jacobs. For more information please contact the St. Jacobs Branch Library at 519-664-3443 or stjaclib@ regionofwaterloo.ca.

VISIT THE WTHHS HISTORICAL Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry Street, Wellesley, on Saturday July 27, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy displays and interesting historical facts about Wellesley Township.

The Historical Room is open on the last Saturday of every month except in December. Free admission.

JULY 30 ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information, contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022.

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JULY 20

H.U.G.S. PROGRAM – MEET with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Park Day in St. Jacobs. Meet at the park on Water Street at 10 a.m. No childcare; bring your own snack. Return to Woolwich Community Health Centre in case of rain.

No registration required. Call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237 for more information.

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AUGUST 8 THE TRAVELLIN’ RABBIT MAGIC Show with Owen Anderson! at 2 p.m. This show is recommended for children 5 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; everyone attending the show must have a ticket. For more information, please contact the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477 or elmlib@ regionofwaterloo.ca.

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No registration required. Call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237 for more information.

COMMUNITY CAN DINE – “Where the entire community comes together to meet and eat” hosted

by Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N. Elmira. 6 – 7:30 p.m. Menu: corn on the cob, sausages and salad.

Free (donations appreciated to cover costs). Everyone welcome. This event is offered on the 2nd Friday of every month. For more information please contact Kelly at WCS or email ccd@trinityunitedelmira.ca.

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

Some major medical discoveries had doctors experimenting on themselves WEIRD NOTES

Q. Who has been one

of the more surprising â&#x20AC;&#x153;guinea pigâ&#x20AC;? groups in historic medical experimentation?

A. The doctors themselves, who have been famously known to take some of their own test medicines to see if they would work, says Clifford A. Pickover in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Medical Book.â&#x20AC;? This is known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;medical self-experimentation,â&#x20AC;? or MSE. Early in the 20th century, doctors working under U.S. Army surgeon Walter Reed

tested the theory that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes by allowing the insects to bite them freely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One physician died from the experiments.â&#x20AC;?

In 1929, German physician Werner Forssmann inserted a catheter up his arm and into his heart to deliver drugs and dyes useful for x-ray studies -- not knowing whether this would kill him or not. Later, when Australian researchers Robin Warren and Barry Marshall did pioneering work on stomach ulcers, Marshall actually drank contents of a petri dish containing the bacterium â&#x20AC;&#x153;H. pyloriâ&#x20AC;? and five days later developed gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining). For

their work, Forssmann, Warren and Marshall were all awarded Nobel Prizes.

As physician Donald L. J. Freed once eloquently explained MSE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why do we do it? Because we are ... more representative of human beings than a hundred laboratory rats; because we are better informed of the risks and possible benefits than probably anyone else ...; because we believe that the potential benefits to mankind are great.â&#x20AC;?

Q. When you look at the ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of beer, how deep into the dictionary might brew terminology reach?

A. No doubt â&#x20AC;&#x153;alcohol,â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;ethanol,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;hopsâ&#x20AC;? readily come to mind. More obscure are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brussels laceâ&#x20AC;?

(the foam adhering to the inside of the glass and considered by some to be a sign of high-quality beer) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;cerevisaphileâ&#x20AC;? (a beer expert, incorporating the Latin name of the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;visâ&#x20AC;? meaning strength), says Christian Millman in â&#x20AC;&#x153;20 Things You Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know About Beerâ&#x20AC;? in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discoverâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

But a real reach worth mentioning -- and worth drinking to -- is â&#x20AC;&#x153;zymurgy,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;the study and practice of yeast fermentation in brewing.â&#x20AC;? Even more fun is the fact that this particular â&#x20AC;&#x153;zâ&#x20AC;? word is also the last word in many dictionaries, as well as in this particular issue of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discover.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;LOLersâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;laughing out loudâ&#x20AC;?), and whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing this one better these days?

A. Users of pre-web bulletin boards expressed amusement by LOLing to one another, says Tom Chatfield in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

These days, huge numbers of us own one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 2 billion internetlinked computers and 6 billion cellphones, with digital technology fueling a linguistic revolution where simple smilies or acronyms are among the millions of words typed onto computer screens.

In March 2011, â&#x20AC;&#x153;LOLâ&#x20AC;? took up its official place in the Oxford English Dictionary, as did the acronym â&#x20AC;&#x153;OMGâ&#x20AC;?

(oh my god). LOL typifies the digital trend of self-dramatization, where someone may lol or LOL with true intensity, â&#x20AC;&#x153;offering a sort of stage direction that writing doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually convey.â&#x20AC;? Going beyond mere LOL-ing and â&#x20AC;&#x153;projecting a state of highly amused ironyâ&#x20AC;? are â&#x20AC;&#x153;ROFL,â&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;roll on the floor laughing,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;ROFLMAO,â&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;roll on the floor laughing my a-- off,â&#x20AC;? Chatfield adds.

One best-selling dance music band even ventured into LMFAO (donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even ask!).

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11. Elliptical 15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;to go greenâ&#x20AC;?

17. Grasslands 18. After-bath wear 19. Current 20. Depth charge targets 22. Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share 23. Cousin of -trix 24. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unimaginable as ___ in Heavâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;?: Milton 26. J.F.K. overseer 27. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ to Joyâ&#x20AC;?

28. Fruit with a smooth white rind 32. Celebrity 35. Biochemistry abbr.

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41. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ rang?â&#x20AC;?

43. The thing 44. The writer Sakiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real name 46. In person 48. A bowed stringed instrument 51. The failure to attend 54. Plant disease 56. Sundae topper, perhaps 57. Short composition for a solo instrument 58. Male pronoun 59. Eye 62. Heir lines?

63. Blackguard 64. Kind of store 65. Jewish month 66. Bungle, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;upâ&#x20AC;?

DOWN 1. ___ bag 2. Blows it

3. Long, long time 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You betcha!â&#x20AC;?

5. Used as a greeting 6. Critical 7. 1969 Peace Prize grp.

8. Unbearably loud 9. Erode 10. Indian state 11. Brass that looks like gold 12. Kind of doll 13. A state of not being present 14. Affranchise 16. Associate in Nursing 21. Ottoman governor 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ and the King of Siamâ&#x20AC;?

28. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rocky ____â&#x20AC;?

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33. Australian runner 34. Fool 39. Final: Abbr.

40. Josip Broz, familiarly 42. Egg cells 45. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walking on Thin Iceâ&#x20AC;? singer 47. Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.

49. Halloween mo.

50. Unit of money in Romania 52. Expressing a rate 53. Engage in 54. A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs 55. The act of killing a king 60. Andean animals 61. A person who is older than you are 64. Beaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work

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CHEF’S TABLE: Time for treats

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2 chicken breasts, pulled apart 1/4 red and green peppers, each julienned 1/8 red onion sliced 3 tbsp chopped parsley or cilantro 1 clove garlic 1 thumb ginger, grated 1/2 lemon, squeezed 3 tbsp olive oil 1/4 tsp sambal oelek 1/4 golden pineapple, diced 8 cherry tomatoes, cut in half Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup cheddar Corn tortillas or flour tortilla

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he skidded.

“I always try to reflect and see if there’s something I can do differently.”

Caron hopes that this sentiment will encourage even those without similar experiences to come out in full force.

“If you ride a bike, you know somebody that rides a bike, you have a neighbour that rides a bike, I would like you to come down and show solidarity for safety in cycling,” she says.

The ride begins in the CIGI parking lot (Caroline and Erb streets, Waterloo) at 5:30 p.m., with registration at 4:15 p.m. There will be a closing ceremony at 6 p.m. The ride is free, but donations will be accepted to cover expenses. Interested participants can find a required insurance waiver and more information at www.togetherwetravel. weebly.com. White shirts and, of course, helmets are mandatory.

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In bowl place all ingredients and toss; Place corn tortillas on a cookie sheet and top with the chicken mixture; top with cheddar, bake in oven at 375 F until the cheese has melted and the tortillas are crisp (This step can also be done in a BBQ set on low.); Serve with salsa and sour cream if desired.

Ice Cream Lasagna Cycling was a major part of Heather Caron’s life before her husband’s death in 2012. Since then, rediscovering her love of the sport has been a challenge. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

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