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YET ANOTHER REPORT SHOWS WYNNE’S INCOMPETENCE

Woolwich councillor Scott Hahn faces new legal challenge

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No criminal record for former Woolwich mayor convicted of breach of trust

Elmira resident Alan Marshall files charges related to 2014 election expenses; court date set for Aug. 31 STEVE KANNON CONVINCED WOOLWICH COUNCILLOR SCOTT Hahn got off too lightly after improperly filing an expense report related to the 2014 municipal election, an Elmira resident has filed private charges in hopes the Crown take up the case.

Alan Marshall is following the same game plan he used to bring Mayor Sandy Shantz into court for discrepancies in her election finance report.

A summons was issued July 15 by Justice of the Peace Zeljana Radulovic calling for Hahn to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Kitchener on August 31.

In documents filed with the court, Marshall maintains the Ward 1 councillor “contravened multiple provisions of the Municipal Elections Act” in filing his

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election expense report.

As with Shantz, Hahn’s expenses were the subject last year of hearings by the Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC). While the review found the councillor’s expense report had failed to comply with the act, committee members decided Hahn’s contraventions weren’t significant enough to warrant referring the case to the courts for legal action. Instead, the majority of members agreed the councillor hadn’t been hiding anything, but that he had been ignorant of the rules, guilty of nothing more than poor paperwork after the election.

For Marshall, however, the forensic audit ordered

by MECAC was damning enough to require legal action.

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Waterloo Regional Police Staff Sgt. Michael Hinsperger takes a peek under the hood of a truck pulled over in the commercial vehicle enforcement blitz in St. Clements on Wednesday morning. He is on the lookout for vehicles that aren’t road safe, or don’t meet transportation standards. See story on page 2.

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FORMER WOOLWICH MAYOR TODD Cowan won’t see jail time for his breach of trust conviction, instead facing one year of probation and 100 hours of community service.

The sentence handed down Monday in a Kitchener courtroom by Justice Michael Epstein includes a conditional discharge, meaning Cowan won’t have a criminal record. The judge determined he had already “suffered significant embarrassment” in his “fall from grace.”

“There is no question that he has been disgraced in the community.”

The community service hours must be completed within 11 months. Cowan also has to pay a victim surcharge fee of $200 to Woolwich Township, and repay by Oct. 18 the $140.09 that he expensed to the municipality in meals for his girlfriend during his time as mayor.

Cowan was convicted of the breach of trust charge on June 15, but found not guilty on the charge of the fraud under $5,000.

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Police conduct truck safety blitz in St. Clements LIZ BEVAN ONE OF SIX TRUCKS inspected in St. Clements yesterday morning was pulled off the road during a commercial vehicle inspection blitz.

Resident complaints have been rolling into the Waterloo Region Police Service about unsafe transport trucks coming through St. Clements, whether it is to do with speed, an unsecured load, or any other safety concerns.

Yesterday, Staff Sgt. Michael Hinsperger of the Elmira detachment and law enforcement partners were parked at the St. Clements community centre to monitor the truck traffic and

to do some safety inspections on transport vehicles coming through the village of just over 1,200 people.

With just one truck taken out of service, he says the day was a good one.

“There were four charges laid in total. We had a pretty clean assortment of trucks today, which was nice to see,” he said after the blitz was complete.

The blitz was prompted by the complaints and concerns of St. Clements residents.

“There have been a couple of complaints about the truck traffic and more, so we are ... there to do some safety inspections on the trucks and get a little bit of a sense of the problem and ... see what kind

Staff Sgt. Michael Hinsperger double checks the brakes and the tires on a commercial vehicle pulled over during the commercial vehicle blitz in St. Clements on Wednesday morning. going through St. Clemof shape the trucks are in ents is another complaint mechanically,” he said. we have. It certainly merits “Speed was one of the issome attention, and first sues, but certainly just the and foremost, we want to sheer volume of the trucks

make sure that the trucks are safe while travelling through that stretch.”

Hinsperger says that during their commercial vehicle enforcement blitzes, inspectors like himself pull an average of around 30 per cent of trucks out of service. Wednesday saw a lower number.

“It was actually a little better than we have gotten in the past, which I was really glad to see. For the most part, the trucks that were in, the drivers were diligent and doing their paperwork. In my opinion, it was a successful day from an industry standpoint with the trucks that we pulled. We had everything from six-axle tractor trailers to two-axle

smaller trucks to trucks and smaller trailers. We had a bit of a cross-section of everything,” he said, adding that the 30 per cent number has a few qualifiers attached to it.

“You have to be a little bit careful and quantify it a little bit, that when we do blitzes or initiatives like this, they tend to be a little bit subjective because we are specifically looking for rougher looking trucks.”

The police force, along with the Ministry of Transportation were in Wilmot on Monday, set up at the New Hamburg Community Centre on a similar mission. The percentage of inspected trucks they SAFETY | 5

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an investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police AntiRackets Branch found that Cowan had submitted the same expenses to both the township and the Region of Waterloo. He served as Woolwich’s representative on regional council at the time. Once confronted with the more than $2,700 in double reimbursement, he repaid it the next day.

Defense lawyer Thomas Brock noted Cowan finished last when he sought re-elect as mayor, noting people in the community will always remember that “when engaged with their trust he breached their trust and violated principles of honesty and integrity.”

Epstein said the public is most interested in seeing Cowan give something back to the community, that he be held accountable for what he did, and that it be recognized by the court that what he did was wrong.

“General deterrence and denunciation are clearly the most important factor,” said the judge.

Cowan must report to his probation officer whenever asked to over the course of his probation. He also must live in a location approved by his probation officer

Todd Cowan and notify the officer if he moves. He cannot leave the province without written consent of his probation officer.

If found in violation of any of these conditions he could be subjected to up to a $5,000 fine or 18 months in prison.

Crown prosecutor Jennifer Caskie didn’t ask for a period of custody for Cowan, but said a discharge would be inappropriate.

“These were deliberate lies by a public official,” Caskie said.

Both Caskie and Brock noted this was a difficult case to decide the best punishment for the crime.

Throughout the trial, Cowan was painted by Brock as a man with poor organization, but without criminal intent.

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What was apparent to the Crown was his intent to expense meals he had with his girlfriend, by putting names of people who hadn’t been there on the receipt, such as MPP Michael Harris and Brant County mayor Ronald Eddy.

On Monday, his failureto-appear charges were also dropped. Cowan did not show up for two scheduled court dates on July 21 and October 26 of last year.

As Monday’s hearing wound down, Epstein asked Cowan if he wanted to say anything.

“Not at this time, sir,” Cowan said.

The justice reminded him this would be his last chance to speak before the court.

“I suppose as a past politician it’s hard for them not to say something,” Cowan replied.

He went on to say that he’s hoping his predecessors and people thinking of running for office know that measures and checks and balances have now been put in place so something like this won’t happen again.

“My life has changed considerably since being in office, some for the better, some for the worse,” Cowan said.

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Elmira aquifer cleanup work expected to go past 2028 deadline Latest computer model shows Chemtura’s treatment efforts may not be completed as targeted; watchdog group to discuss implications LIZ BEVAN WITH NEW COMPUTER MODELS showing the efforts to restore contaminated aquifers under Elmira may not meet the 2028 deadline, the public group charged with monitoring the process is now contemplating what happens afterwards.

The township’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) met last week to go over a report released by Chemtura on June 29 detailing the most recent findings from the chemical company’s model check point analysis. Completed last year, the report predicts that N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in the groundwater will be almost completely gone by the provincially-mandated 2028 deadline, but not totally.

Chemtura Co. has been using a pump-and-treat process to remove a pair of toxins – NDMA and chlorobenzenes – from the former drinking water aquifers underneath Elmira. Discovery in 1989 of the carcinogenic NDMA precipitated a water crisis, leading to the construction of a pipeline from Waterloo, which supplies the town with water to this day.

Jeff Merriman, Chemtura’s manager of environmental remediation, wasn’t at the July 14 meeting,

but he says according to the computer-generated model, the site will be 99.7 per cent cleaned up by the 2028 deadline, but even that number isn’t certain. It could be completed earlier.

“This is a computer model. This is a mathematical representation of a complex hydrogeological system and it is not meant to be a definitive predictor of what the groundwater concentration would be like.

This is not an absolute,” he said. “This model uses conservative assumptions.

They are assumptions that tend to over predict the contaminant concentration. So, the actual NDMA that is present in 2028 may not be as high as this model predicts. It could be better.”

TAG chairman Dick Jackson said there was a sense of disappointment at last week’s meeting when the group heard the cleanup could possibly have to continue past the 2028 target date. There was also a deeper understanding among members about the process of cleaning up the contaminants.

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Carlina Longworth and Mariah Roth are two of the friendly faces you’ll see at the Youth Centre. They’re encouraging youth entering Grade 6 up to age 19 to come out this summer and participate in their activities at the centre and scheduled day trips. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

Woolwich Youth Centre steps up the activity level to combat the dog days of summer been here for two weeks but I already love it. The kids are so awesome, you create a bond with them.

And I find it’s just a place they go to relax and have fun. We keep it a safe, fun environment here, so it’s definitely been awesome,” Roth said.

They’re planning some trips for August, including going to Bingemans, gokarting, and the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market.

Youth Centre coordinator Carlina Longworth has been working at the centre for two years and says they also do spontaneous trips, like if the kids bring money and all want to go out for dinner together.

“Bingemans is usually a popular trip, so we try to promote that and get lots of youth out for that.

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WHITNEY NEILSON ONE MONTH INTO SUMMER vacation, teenagers finding themselves bored with all that freedom are welcome to check out Woolwich Community Services’ Youth Centre, which boasts longer hours in the summer months and day trips next month.

Anyone from Grade 6 up to age 19 are welcome at the Youth Centre, including those who just finished Grade 5 and are heading into Grade 6 this September.

Mariah Roth, who recently joined the centre as the summer youth worker, says they’ve got lots of activities planned, including outdoor sports and movie trips on Tuesdays.

“I’m in school to be a social worker, so as soon as I saw the job posting it obviously immediately caught my attention because I definitely want to work with kids. I’ve only

to foosball to craft supplies. They’ve also got an Amazing Race challenge planned for twice a week in August.

Longworth always wanted to work with youth and her recreation background fit perfectly with the youth centre job.

“It’s been awesome.

These guys started in Grade 6 when they were allowed to come and that’s when I started too,” Longworth says referring to the two teenagers hanging out there on Tuesday afternoon. “So over two years I’ve seen them grow and develop. It’s been really cool.”

She says the centre’s numbers usually go down in the summer, but they see a lot of familiar faces.

And once school starts back up they’ll see more kids hanging out after school, especially when the temperature drops and they can’t spend much time outside.

“It’s definitely just a place where they can go and just hang out with friends and it’s safe because you never know what’s going on in their lives,” Roth said.

Longworth says many of the youth she’s come to know come because they know their friends will be there. And even if they aren’t meeting friends it’s somewhere they can hang out and talk to the youth centre workers because they might not have someone else.

They both agree that it’s something they would have liked to have had when they were in that age range.

“There weren’t many places to hang out. I know when I was their age we’d all just hang out at the corner of our court or street.

So to have a place to have activities and things to do that definitely would have been awesome,” Roth said.

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Hydro work dragging on, proving a real drag in Elmira neighbourhood WHITNEY NEILSON TAKE A WALK DOWN Grey Owl Drive in Elmira and it’s easy to see why some residents are frustrated.

LaMonte Jefferies lives there and is fed up with the Waterloo North Hydro construction he says began last summer.

“They are doing horizontal drilling and running new power cables in from the road as opposed to previously running power to the houses from the back.

It involves excavating near every residence. They have left ditches at every house on my street and on front lawns. You don’t know what you are going to find on your lawn or on the boulevard when you get home – ditches, equipment or debris,” Jefferies said.

He first made contact with the company about his concerns when his stone driveway was torn up. He says the stones which were originally professionally installed were thrown back in which allowed weeds to grow between them. Now, the driveway needs to be ripped up and replaced with a proper base.

Waterloo North Hydro has been replacing old infrastructure on Grey Owl Drive for a year now, a process that has left numerous properties with holes and construction equipment. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] has been working around scaping. project in Waterloo has leave in April.

He says he gave up inthat area since 2012 in dif“They also told me that challenged some of our “We do this work in quiring in April when it ferent locations. Haller they would dismantle my resources. I believe it’s stages. It’s not like we’re will be done in because no explains the infrastructure newly built deck to get to supposed to be completed in there to do one project one has been able to give has aged and they’ve had the meter on my house. about the end of this sumfrom beginning to end him an answer. failures there, so they’re I asked for a schedule on mer,” Haller said.

– ‘that’s it’ and we walk Herb Haller, Waterloo that several times and have going through a process of Jefferies says Waterloo away. I know there’s one North Hydro’s vice-presrebuilding it. been given the runaround North Hydro still has to project now that has gone ident of engineering and “Some of it is overhead since last September,” Jefexcavate next to his deck, on a little bit longer than stations, noted the person feries said. which means he’s been what we would have liked.

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016

In support of Special Olympics Home Hardware Stores Ltd. has donated $250,000 to Special Olympics Canada, which is dedicated to enriching the lives of Canadians with an intellectual disability through the transformative power of sport. The organization serves more than 40,000 athletes in over 450 communities with programs across the country.

“Home Hardware has been a proud sponsor of Special Olympics Canada for 17 years,” says company CEO Terry Davis. “We are committed to

embracing the hard work exemplified by the thousands of Special Olympics athletes, their families and athletes to come.”

Home Hardware raises money and awareness throughout the year to help strengthen the many programs and services offered to Canadians through Special Olympics Canada.

Draft an Athlete and Active Start are among the programs supported

by Home Hardware. Draft an Athlete raises money to send top athletes to national and international competitions, while Active Start helps young children develop and enhance their gross motor skills.

Top spot of Home Hardware driver Home Hardware truck driver Shawn Matheson was crowned the grand champion at this year’s Ontario Truck Driving Championships in Kingston.

It’s the second such title for Matheson since 2010.

He ended last weekend’s competition with the highest overall score, placing first in the tandem-tandem category.

He and Bryon Winfield, who placed first in the single tandem division, will represent Team Ontario at the National Truck Driving Championships

in Brantford on Sept. 17.

The Ontario Truck Driving Championships require drivers to compete in a series of competitive tests that measure the driver’s knowledge of rules of the road, safety courtesy and efficiency in vehicle handling. These events include a written test, pre-trip inspection and driving competition.

Other drivers from St. Jacobs-based Home Hardware also did well at the event. Bill Wolfe was awarded second place in single tandem, while Tom Griffiths placed second in tandemtandem and won the MTO Safety Award for highest combined scores for written test and pre-trip inspection. In the

B-Trains category, Wayne Burnett and Dylan Burnett placed second and third, respectively.

“I could not be more proud of our professional drivers,” says Dennis Shantz, the company’s director of fleet services. “Great results do not happen by accident, our drivers spend numerous hours practicing in the yard during the week and on weekends leading up to the competition. As a leader in the trucking industry, I am thrilled to see two of our drivers advance to the National Truck Driving Championships this September.”

Home Hardware’s fleet of 140 power units and over 500 trailers travel across

Canada delivering products to close to 1,100 stores, covering approximately 18 million kilometres a year. The fleet is based at the company’s four distribution centres in St. Jacobs and Elmira, Debert, Nova Scotia and Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

with an undetermined non-lifethreatening injury.

dog-bite incident that occurred at a residence in Centre Wellington Township. Two young boys, aged 8 and 9, were playing in a backyard when the attack occurred. The 9-year-old victim was transported to a local hospital and required medical attention. The Wellington County OPP along with investigators from the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Ontario SPCA) are investigating the incident.

Burn ban back Dropped after last week’s bit of rain, an open burn ban was reinstated in Woolwich on Wednesday.

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Immigration Canada scammers threaten to get police involved WATERLOO REGIONAL POLICE ISSUED a warning this week about an “Immigration Canada” telephone scam making the rounds.

Police report that unsuspecting residents have received phone calls from someone falsely identifying themselves as a representative of ‘Immigration Canada’ demanding that the resident pay approximately $2,500 for a “voucher.” When the resident declines, the person on the telephone line threatens that police will attend the residence to collect the money on their behalf.

After the call ends without successfully gaining funds from the individual, the person falsely representing themselves as Immigration Canada, then falsely represents them-

selves as the resident, and places an emergency call to police requesting emergency assistance to the residents’ home address. This is being used as a tactic to intimidate the individual into paying the funds.

On July 11, for instance, police received a call from an unknown woman reporting that two men armed with shotguns were attempting to gain access to the residence located on Ladyslipper Drive in Waterloo. The woman identified herself as the owner of the residence. A heavy police presence attended the residence and the two armed men were not located. The actual owner was home with his wife and son when police gained access to the residence. None of the occupants had called for

police assistance and did not notice any men with firearms near their house.

The owner of the home disclosed that earlier in the day he received a call from three unknown men who claimed to be from Immigration Canada. The men obtained the homeowner’s name and address and asked that he pay $2,500 by purchasing a voucher, saying if the owner bought the voucher he would avoid being arrested by the police.

The owner did not give the men any other information and hung up immediately. It is believed that the men attempting to defraud the owner used the information given to them by the owner to have police attend the residence in an effort to scare him into paying them the money. No

banking information was given during the conversation with the suspects.

Police are reminding the public that they and Immigration Canada do not ask for money or banking information over the phone.

They’re also asking for the public to report instances that are similar in nature to this incident in advance of a potential false call for service and the deployment of police resources to the home.

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8:30 PM | Sometime between 4:30 p.m. and the time of the report, a 12-year-old Kitchener girl was injured in a cliff-jumping incident at the Dufferin Quarry located at 5150 Fountain St. N. in Breslau. The girl had jumped from a cliff of approximately 30 feet into the water and, upon landing, struck a patch of rocks. Emergency services responded and were able to successfully extract her.

She was transported to hospital

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8:18 PM | A white Toyota Tercel driven by a 77-year-old Kitchener woman was southbound on Wilmot-Easthope Road in Wilmot Township, slowing down to turn into the driveway of the Nith River Campground. At the same time a silver Mitsubishi Lancer driven by a 17-year-old New Hamburg youth was northbound on Wilmot-Easthope Road. The Tercel turned left into the path of the Mitsubishi, which struck it. The driver of the Tercel was unconscious and had to be extricated by firefighters. The driver of the Mitsubishi received minimal injuries, while a passenger in the car was transported to Grand River Hospital. The investigation is continuing and charges are pending.

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4:00 PM | Waterloo Regional Police and the Ministry of Transportation conducted a commercial motor vehicle inspection initiative at Nafziger Road and Highway 7/8. In total 22 commercial vehicles were stopped, with five being taken out of service and six charges being laid. Charges included defective brakes, overweight, no brake lights, fail to accurately complete inspection report, and no trip inspection.

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pulled off the roads was about average for the such blitzes.

“It was effective. We were working with the MTO and we stopped 22 vehicles. Five were taken out of service. We had six charges laid like defective brakes, overweight cargo, improper lighting signals, failure to complete inspection reports and not doing inspection reports as required,” said Hinsperger.

“That was close to 25 per cent of the trucks we inspected. That shows that there is clearly a need for the blitz.”

Next up, officers will band together with inspectors from police departments around the province for a mass enforcement blitz at the beginning of August. Around 50 inspectors will be at The Aud in Kitchener, looking at some 200 trucks over a two-day period.

the aquatard, to clean up the aquifer. I really didn’t want people to be of the belief that things will be met, that that deadline will be met,” he said after the meeting. “There are various community activists who feel this is us being misled, but that is what we are going to discuss in our next TAG meeting in the first week of September.”

Merriman said that there is an expanded pump-

and-treat system currently being installed at the contaminated sites. They should be up and running in the fall. Then, Chemtura will do more modelling to see where the process stands. The expanded system was planned and put in place after a 2012 analysis showed slower than desired progress in the cleanup of left behind contaminants.

When TAG meets again in late September, Jackson

said he is planning to see a conceptual site model put together for reference, encompassing all of the information about the Elmira contamination and the processes involved in the cleanup.

“It will make it easier for people to understand what is going on,” he said.

“We also believe that it will make it easier to plan for the future and for future remediation. Based on the this recent modeling exer-

cise, everybody is essentially going away to think this through.”

For Jackson and TAG, the next step is to ponder the implications of not meeting the predicted 2028 deadline for contamination cleanup.

“That is where we are.

That will be the first week of September,” he said.

“That, and the Canagagigue Creek, because the creek is still very much on our minds.”

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Donation to fund installation of garden for Meals on Wheels kitchen Contribution from 100 Women Who Care will help fund growth of fresh food at Breslau headquarters of CSC LIZ BEVAN MORE FRESH PRODUCE AND herbs may soon be on the Meals on Wheels menu thanks to a hefty donation destined for the creation of a garden at Community Support Connections office in Breslau.

A contribution of $24,800 from the local charitable organization 100 Women Who Care Waterloo Region will give CSC the funds needed to get started on a garden, providing homegrown vegetables for the meals prepared in their on-site kitchen.

Rosalind Horne, the director of engagement and responsiveness at CSC, says they are looking forward to seeing what the nearly $25,000 can do for their programs.

“It is a huge and significant contribution for us, and it will allow us to get to things that have been on our to-do list and wish list for years,” she said, referencing the organization’s new location. “We just moved into this facility about two years ago and we did so not only to be able to have our own kitchen for Meals on Wheels, but we picked this location in particular because it had the extra outdoor space where we could build that garden.

It is exciting for our clients and the community.”

The money is not just going towards tilling the soil and planting seeds, but also towards the already

Catherine Owens, JoAnn Carlisle and Shirley Levene of 100 Women Who Care, Rosalind Horne from CSC, Kolby Thomson-Latimer, co-founder of 100 Women Who Care, Dale Howatt from CSC and Lisa Whaley-Chase, founder of 100 Women Who Care, pose in front of the living wall installed at the Community Support Connections building in Breslau.

[LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] installed living wall in their conference room at the Breslau building. The living wall is already flourishing with herbs like sage, basil and rosemary, mixed in with some tropical plants.

Breslau company Nedlaw Living Walls installed the wall and a skylight above it just a few weeks ago. Now, they are watching to see what will work on the living wall, and what will die out.

Horne says all the extra fresh ingredients will be a huge bonus and will help kitchen staff and volunteers cater to dietary needs of their Meals on Wheels clients.

“We are able to accommodate 11 different therapeutic diets – maybe it is low salt, low fat or low sugar. We can do all of that,” she said. “The fact that we can start with fresh local produce, we can easily

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Ground hasn’t been broken on the CSC garden quite yet, but the group is working with a local planner to get things moving.

They will be figuring out what is viable, and what is needed the most in the Meals on Wheels kitchen.

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Wynne continues to mismanage Ontario’s finances AN UPDATE OF THE scoreboard shows it’s competent fiscal management 0, profligate spending 350 billion.

Ontarians are familiar with the goose egg on the accountability side. The provincial debt of $350 billion is the latest forecast for 2021 from Financial Accountability Officer Stephen LeClair. That would be up $50 billion from the level of indebtedness today, largely because of the Wynne government’s 12-year plan to drop some $160-billion in capital spending.

Deficit spending is the norm and will continue to be so.

While LeClair suggests the government may be able to balance the budget by 2017-18 as promised, it will immediately be back in the red the following year and thereafter.

As he and Wynne have done previously, Finance Minister Charles Sousa dismisses concerns about deficits, arguing more spending and more debt will actually result in lower debt due to the economic growth generated by infrastructure investment.

Reality checks aside, his optimism is dependent on growth forecasts that have been lowered even since the spring budget.

In the meantime, Ontarians are subject to the worst debt levels in the country.

“Ontario’s debt burden, as measured by this ratio, was the highest in Canada after that of Quebec in 2014-15. Ontario was also just behind Quebec in terms of net debt relative to population. Ontario’s net debt per person was $20,806 in 2014-15, compared to $22,591 in Quebec,” says LeClair in a report released Tuesday. “In contrast, net debt per person was $8,387 in British Columbia, and net assets per person were $3,168 in Alberta in 2014-15.” (Alberta’s financial situation has plummeted since then.)

For every dollar of provincial revenue, Ontario owes $2.40, compared to $1.93 in Quebec and 84 cents in British Columbia. Debt payments are the government’s third-largest expense, the more than $11 billion amounting to nine per cent of revenue each year. The province spends more to service its debt than it does on postsecondary education, for instance.

The situation will get worse, LeClair notes, if interest rates rise or if the province’s credit rating is downgraded, driving up the cost of borrowing. For the foreseeable future, interest rates are expected to remain low, but agencies are looking at Ontario’s handling of finances with a jaundiced eye.

Right now, the province finds itself stretched thin on the financial front, making it susceptible to even small changes in the economy, he warns.

“There are significant risks that could result in a further deterioration of the province’s fiscal position, in both the short and medium-term. Some of these risks are largely outside the control of the government, such as slower than expected economic growth. Other risks reflect government actions such as policy assumptions that prove too optimistic, and spending targets that are overly ambitious,” he says.

“There is little fiscal room to deal with unexpected events.”

In short, the Ontario government is spending more money than it has. Spending more than the economy can keep up with. Spending more than even the inflation argument can attempt to justify. Spending more than we can afford to pay.

Sooner or later, Wynne will have to make cuts and do what’s right for Ontarians who have no stomach for deficits and increased taxes.

Although former Woolwich mayor Todd Cowan made restitution and paid a small victim surcharge fee, taxpayers are on the hook for a whole lot more.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

New British PM’s strategy lets Brexiters fashion their own noose WORLD AFFAIRS SO FAR, SO GOOD. Boris Johnson, the face of the “Out” side in last month’s Brexit referendum and now Britain’s new Foreign Secretary, got through his first encounter with the 27 other foreign ministers of European Union countries on Monday without insulting anybody.

They were gathered in Brussels for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and “Boris” was on his best behaviour.

He didn’t call anybody a “monosyllabic Austrian cyborg” (Arnold Schwartzenegger) or “a cross-eyed Texan warmonger” (George W. Bush).

The poem he wrote in May about Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan having sex with a goat – just google Turkish President Offensive Poetry Competition – didn’t come up as there were no Turks present. There were no Russians at the Brussels meeting either, so nobody objected to his recent re-

mark that President Vladimir Putin looks like Dobby the House Elf. As for John Kerry, he was the soul of tact about Johnson’s description of Hillary Clinton as a woman with “dyed blonde hair and pouty lips, and a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital.”

Boris is the Clown Prince of British journalism, but you have to admit that he is a very odd choice for chief British diplomat.

He wasn’t the only surprising choice that new Prime Minister Theresa May made in filling her cabinet. The man who gets the tricky job of negotiating the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union is David Davies – who as recently as two months ago thought that this could be done by making trade deals separately with each EU member. (They always negotiate as a bloc.)

But Davies was a leading Brexiteer during the referendum campaign, so he gets the job anyway. Liam Fox, the new Secretary of State for International Trade, who will have the thankless task of negotiating new trade deals with

countries around the world to make up for Britain’s lost trade with Europe – deals that cannot come into effect until the UK has actually left the EU – was also a leading voice in the proBrexit campaign.

So May (who was in favour of “Remain,” and probably still secretly thinks it would have been the better outcome) has chosen the three most prominent Brexiteers to deal with the hugely difficult task of finding a way for the United Kingdom to leave the EU without ending up in the poor-house.

Johnson, Davies and Fox are certainly not the three best negotiators for the job, so what is she up to?

One part of her strategy is obvious: “Keep your enemies close.” With the three leading Brexiteers in the cabinet, they will have less time and opportunity to plot against her. But another adage also applies: “Give your enemies enough rope, and they’ll hang themselves.”

The Brexiteers won the referendum by promising that exit from the EU would be easy and painless. So let them take

charge of negotiating that exit – and let them take the blame for the very painful terms that Britain will probably have to accept as the price of leaving.

Will they be worse terms than a different negotiating team might achieve? Johnson is profoundly unpopular in Europe: France’s foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, told French radio that Johnson “told a lot of lies to the British people and now it is him who has his back against the wall.”

But a more charming (or at least less insulting) British foreign secretary would probably get the same deal.

It’s not really about personalities.

The great advantage for May in having the Three Brexiteers negotiate the deal is that nobody will be able to say that a more devoted team would have got a better deal. And maybe by then she will even be able to say that the deal is so bad that the UK should have another referendum (or a general election) about it before actually leaving.

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Each act of terrorism makes life more difficult for Muslims in the West EDITOR'S NOTES THE VICTIMS OF ISLAMIC terrorist attacks are most often Muslims. Acts from suicide bombings to ritual killings are an almost daily occurrence in parts of the world we typically don’t pay much attention. It’s really only when the violence happens in Western countries that we start counting the deaths.

But even here, unfortunately, we’re becoming somewhat inured to the murderous attacks carried out by someone waving the flag of Islam. Where once we searched for whys, we’re now moving from prevention to retribution, at least if the political mood is any indication. And, no, that’s not contained just to Cleveland, the scene this week of the Republican National Convention, though Newt Gingrich’s suggestion the U.S. should question every Muslim about fundamentalist views, deporting those who support sharia, for instance, didn’t shock

anyone. We’re still waiting on suggestions of internment – we’re at war, by all accounts – that seem almost inevitable.

It’s hard to step back and find perspective when Islamist violence seems to be a daily occurrence, not just in the West but in their own countries. Progressive notions of immigration and acceptance are increasingly under duress, with each new attack testing our notions of tolerance. The rhetoric in the U.S. is not surprising, but it’s becoming more commonplace in historically more progressive Europe.

The blood was barely off the streets in Nice when an axe-wielding Afghani refugee terrorized passengers on a German train. France has seen plenty of Islamic violence in the past few years. Germany is increasingly uncomfortable with its government’s pledge to take in refugees from Syria and its environs.

Faced with terrorist acts, France has in response closed its borders, moved against suspected radical Muslims and shut down mosques. Some politicians

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Then there are those who recognize the history of colonialism and the more recent mucking about by the Europeans and, especially, Americans as the root cause – we’ve essentially created the monster ourselves, with diplomatic and economic actions needed, not violence that will only beget more in return.

Some of those responses might be the right thing to do, but nothing should be done in a reactionary fashion. Think it through, then take a rational approach.

Each new act of violence breeds fear – a terrorist goal – and fear eventually spawns hatred. There’s a sense the barbarians are at the gate, with the potential for a backlash against Muslims in the countries of the West.

We don’t know what the longer-term implications will be for France and Europe, which have avoided some of the kneejerk reaction we saw in the U.S. and, to a lesser extent, in the UK following terrorist attacks there.

Still, there’s a bigger issue here, one already at play in much of Western Europe where shifting demographics and immigra-

tion have led to simmering tensions for years. We’re already seeing the growth of right-wing and nationalist political parties in England, France, Germany and even traditional neutral Switzerland and liberal Holland, among others.

You can bet right-wing, anti-immigrant parties such as France’s National Front, Holland’s Party for Freedom and the UK Independence Party will be making gains.

Even traditionally liberal European countries have been grappling with the issue, and the latest atrocities will only fan the flames. People’s fears are real, and they must be accommodated in future policies such as immigration, for instance.

The attack in Nice – low-tech and pretty much impossible to prevent – tears the scab off a bloody wound that seems destined to never heal.

Some of the hysteria will pass, of course, but it does underscore yet again the growing problem more often associated with European countries with much larger influxes of Muslim

immigrants: assimilation into the population and the radicalization of younger people, even those born in the host countries.

Beyond the immediate reactions, we do need to understand the root causes of such acts. Some will point to radicalization as an inherent part of Islam.

Others will mention the history of Western colonialism and ongoing interventions in Muslim countries.

Then there’s the issue of support for Israel, an issue at the heart of all Middle East affairs.

Intervention and occupation by the West have made Islamic extremists more popular with the native populations, exactly the opposite of what needs to happen for things to get better.

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and citizens there are calling for a more stringent backlash as officials wrestle with anti-Muslim sentiments in a country where there are five million of them. It’s much the same in other Western European countries, where people appear to be reaching the breaking point on immigration and right-wing political parties are gaining significant ground as a result.

We can expect anti-Muslim sentiment to spread with each new atrocity.

Already divisive, Canada’s plan to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees are under renewed scrutiny.

Horrified by the scenes from Europe, we could easily join calls to carpet bomb Islamic State, indeed the entire region, back into the Stone Age. Bomb them all.

Round up the Muslims and make them pay. Set fire to their mosques. Deport them all. Close the borders.

Those calling for less severe responses say we, meaning the West, should halt immigration, cut off all aid and let them sort it out among themselves as long as the death and violence are contained.

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Canadian residents made 3.4 million trips to the United States in May, up 1.9% compared with the previous month. Travel by Canadian residents to overseas countries also increased 1.9% from April, with 990,000 trips in May. United States residents made 2.0 million trips to Canada in May, virtually unchanged from April.

Travel to Canada by residents of overseas countries decreased 2.3% from April to 482,000 trips in May.

“This morning, the Financial Accountability Officer confirmed the province’s finances are simply out of control and Ontario will continue to be the largest sub-national borrower in the world. He also confirmed what we’ve been saying for months – the government is using one-time money from asset sales, contingency funds and tax increases to artificially balance the budget in an election year.”

The Ministry of Environment gave Woolwich Township 30 days to develop a plan to prevent a repeat of the circumstances that saw a million litres of sewage spill into the Canagagigue Creek. Loss of power to the south pumping station in Elmira July 12 caused waste destined for the sewage treatment plant to be dumped into the creek. The spill went undetected for 19 hours because the work crew that had accidentally severed the power line to the plant also cut the line connected to the alarm system.

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so she just says “Brexit is Brexit.” But at least two years will pass before the outcome of the exit negotiations is known, and by then many things may have changed.

The British pound may be worth even less (some suggest that it will be at par with the U.S. dollar). The British economy will probably be in a recession, and maybe a full-scale financial crisis, as foreign investment dries up and the huge British trade deficit becomes unmanageable. Jobs

will have begun to disappear in large numbers, and British voters may be in a quite different mood than they are today.

Or maybe they will be even angrier at the stupid foreigners who won’t accept that the world owes them a living. You can’t really predict how the politics will play out. But May loses nothing by letting the leading Brexiteers try to make their promises come true – and when they fail, as they inevitably will, it might even create a chance to reverse the verdict of last month’s referendum.

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Those issues are not going to go away anytime soon, as there’s too much money and ideology tied up in the status quo. What can be addressed, however, is how we react to terrorism and the fear it breeds.

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a number-one on a lot of teams, so we feel that we’ve got a great combination in net for this year and then going forward he really helps us for the next couple years after that as well,” Snyder said.

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THERE COMES A TIME in every person’s life when they and the technological advances of the day part ways – hopefully, in an amicable manner too. For my dad, this happened with the onset of the television remote. For me, it is with Pokémon Go. I’m stepping off at this station, folks. It’s been a fun ride but I’d rather walk from here. Maybe I’ll catch up with you later.

This is not just because I’m confused by technology and popular culture.

It’s also because I think that the train is about to derail – probably because the engineer has his head buried in a cell phone.

Honestly, I have little to no idea what this latest craze is about. Better still, I have no curiosity to find out more than I already know. This is one of the great things about being middle-aged.

It has been explained to me, however, a couple of times and my daughter thinks it’s “da’ bomb,” which is something I do my best to avoid.

This trend makes no sense to me at all. From what I gather, Pokémon Go combines three things I do not understand – cell

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Delaney Watson, 11, is getting ready to hit the links Thursday morning at Turnberry Golf Club in Burlington, just one of the many golf tournaments she will be playing in this summer.

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Kings like what they see in new netminder Team had hoped to bring inTyler Mazzocato last year, but now he’s ready to join Elmira tandem rector of hockey operations Jeff Snyder.

Jon Reinhart will be the team’s primary goaltender.

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AT JUST 11 YEARS old, Delaney Watson is an old pro on the links.

Fresh from a golf tournament at Bathurst Glen Golf Course in Richmond Hill on July 8, Watson was already back on the putting and chipping greens at Rebel Creek Golf Course in Petersburg this week.

She took home a secondplace finish, shooting an impressive 83.

“I was really happy,” she said from her St. Jacobs home, adding that she overcame some difficult shots to finish near the top.

“There was a par 3 that was maybe a 40-foot putt. I was putting for par and I made that one.”

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and she isn’t showing any signs of stopping soon.

Watson is playing in yet another tournament.

“I am practicing every night this week for a tournament that I am going to be in on Thursday (today),” she said, adding that her drives are going to be her focus on the course. “A lot of drives have been going to the right. I have been blocking out my swing.

So I will be working a lot on that. My goal for the tournament is to break 80, maybe 85.”

The tournament is hosted by the Canadian Junior Golf Association at the Turnberry Golf Club in Burlington. It is part of the ClubLink Linkster Series.

“I am hoping for first place this time,” she said.

She has a bit of advice for kids her age, and even

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younger, who want to give golfing a try.

“It is a great game. It is just an amazing game. If you are worried that you are going to blow it, you might as well try it. At that point, you have nothing to lose.”

One of her favourite things about playing a round of golf is getting outside. That, and spending more time with her family.

“They are always out there supporting me. They are in the stands. Also, one of my favourite parts is being outside and getting to be in the fresh air,” she said.

To follow Watson’s progress at the Turnberry Golf Club tournament, visit www.cjga.com.

Delaney Watson practices her chipping at Rebel Creek Golf Club in Petersburg on Monday afternoon. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

phones, a love of monsters, and a desire to catch strange things in public places. And it merges all these into one, great big incomprehensible package.

Even if I wanted to participate I don’t think I could. Apparently, your cell phone camera plays a large part in the game and mine still uses film.

If it sounds like I am against technology, I’m not. The wheel has been very good to us. So too has the pointed stick. Beyond that, I haven’t been paying much attention.

Even so, I do wonder if giving up on popular culture and technology at this point isn’t going to make me socially irrelevant – more so than my socks and sandals, I mean.

What, for instance, will happen if we go to a fancy dinner party and Pokémon Go is all people are talking about? I can honestly think of nothing worse ... than a fancy dinner party. As for the Pokémon conversation, I’ll just nod my head and laugh when everyone else does, just like I always do.

There does seem to be one bright spot in all of this. Now, with everyone aimlessly walking around in public places, pointing at thin air and yelling, “There! There’s the monster!” people who are already delusional won’t feel so alone. And that’s probably a very good thing.

Even so, this is definitely not going to be the way I will choose to spend my free time. It seems way too much like having imagi-

nary friends – and I have more than enough of those already.

Instead, I’m going to continue doing what I have always done. I’m going to go fishing whenever I can.

Fishing and Pokémon Go are not alike in the least.

In Pokémon Go people travel to public places and begin a search for something they can’t actually see. In fishing we travel to the launch, put our boats in the water and then drive around the lake all day looking for something we can’t actually see. Big difference.

Also, in Pokémon Go people use complex electronics to find a monster or two so they can take photos and brag about it to their friends. In fishing, oh, never mind …

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Woolwich U15 boys take top spot at Ottawa tournament LIZ BEVAN SPECTACULAR DEFENSE AND OPEN communication on the field has earned the Woolwich Youth Soccer Club’s U15 team a top spot at a recent tournament in Ottawa.

After beating out four other teams, the Woolwich Wolf Pack emerged as champions at the Ottawa Gloucester Invitational Soccer Tournament that ran July 8-10, The team allowed only two goals in the tournament while scoring a whopping 16 against teams from across the province.

The one team that managed to get the ball past the Woolwich keeper, St. Eustace from Montreal, fell to the Wildcats in the final game.

“We scored a goal 30 seconds into that game, and that was the goal that lasted 60 minutes and won it all for us,” said head coach Steve Sider, adding that throughout the tournament, the team was on top of their game. “The defense played extremely well, some players who hadn’t scored in league play got some goals in the

The Woolwich U15 boys were the winners of the Ottawa Gloucester Invitational Soccer Tournament. Back row: head coach Steve Sider, Devin Noble, Corbin Kaufman, Ben Hayden, Owen Hill-Ring, Owen Harnock, Jackson Hale, Aron Dyck, CJ Sider, Owen Fenton, Blair Gowing, assistant coach Logan Cressman, manager Lisa Douglas, coach Gerald Morrison. Front row: Danny Douglas, Adam Chittick, Brett Springer, Seth Morrison, Ian Naisby, Griffen Rollins, Ryan Parrott. tournament, our key guys who score a lot of goals, put them in the back of the net for us. It all worked out.”

Leading up to the Ottawa tournament, the team had been practicing specific skills, setting them apart from the other teams on the field.

“We really try to play much more of a passing game. They are at the age – they are 15 years old – where you move from what we call the dump-andchase game, where you force the ball into a corner

and chase it, to more of a technical game with lots of passing. They have really been working on that, really since January. That is when we start practicing,” he said. “A number of folks who were at the tournament, told me they thought our team was by far the best technical team, especially from a passing perspective.”

The boys also have been working on building relationships between teammates – a skill that Sider says puts them ahead of

the pack. Using a goaloriented coaching strategy, Sider and his fellow coaching staff encouraged the players to also reach some personal bests.

“A lot of the boys go to high school together here in Elmira, but to be able to see them working together, trusting each other was great,” he said. “To build on that success, we asked them all to think of a goal that they individually would want to accomplish in the tournament. Then we are going to meet with

them, just to say to them, ‘what were your goals and did you meet that goal?’ We were just playing together as a complete unit.”

Without speaking for the boys on the team, Sider says he could tell they were “over the moon.”

“They were so excited.

They wanted to win last year, too, so this was a big deal for them. They were all so excited,” he said.

“There was a big celebration and they work hard for it. They played the Mon-

treal team just a couple of hours earlier in the round robin, tied it up 2-2. It was against a very strong team, and then they won.”

The team will be continuing their regular season play this week with a game against Guelph, but Sider says they will be looking ahead to their turn to play host to Ontario soccer teams on Aug. 5-7.

“There are about 95 teams that come out, so about 1,500 players,” he said. “That is the next tournament for us.”

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Fishing around for a place to cast a line Anglers not always in an appropriate location while trying their luck along the Grand River watershed

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WE’VE ALL SEEN THE cars parked on the shoulder near a bridge, with an angler unloading a tackle box from the trunk, then making their way down a steep hill to get to the river or creek.

Whether in Bloomingda-

le, Elmira, Conestogo, West Montrose, Winterbourne or anywhere else along the Grand River and its tributaries, fishing is a popular pastime. Enthusiasts can catch plenty of species like smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, walleye and more just by dipping their lures into the water system that spreads out all over the township and neighbour-

ing municipalities.

Fishing buddies will gather at the side of the road and make their way down to the rivers and streams, but they aren’t always using Grand River Conservation Authoritysanctioned entrances. Robert Messier, an ecologist at the GRCA, says those who are looking for an afternoon of fishing on the Grand have plenty of places they can access the water without having to scale a steep hill, or trespass onto private property.

“We do hear about that (happening). I am sure there are always isolated incidents where someone has intentionally or accidentally trespassed, but for the most part, things seem to work out quite well,” he said, adding that fishers should look for a parking lot. “There are a number of public access points up

and down the river system throughout the grand river watershed. Some are official on municipal property or GRCA properties, where parking access has been prearranged, and constructed.”

The GRCA has a map with public access points marked, and there are quite a few. Otherwise, anglers are on their own.

“We have a map in our brochure called Fishing the Grand River and it has a map of the watershed [that] identifies all the spots on the Grand from Lake Erie to Dundalk where the public can access the river with public access points,” said Messier, mentioning that if someone chooses not to access the river at those points, there are other options. “Everything else, being southern Ontario, is private land and if you approach the private landowners and ask for permission, some may grant it and some may not. In other situations, you have to find a safe place on the shoulder of the road. You can’t park on a bridge or anything like that, [as] that would create

bit more concentrated and have additional stresses.”

He says the GRCA is in constant contact with government agencies and keeping an eye on the state of local waterways to see if further restrictions are required, but generally, anglers can tell when their fishing practices are doing more harm than good.

“Just speaking with anglers on a regular basis, they themselves, the ones that are fishing a lot, they will curtail their opportunities. Or if they do want to go out, they will go out early in the morning, or later in the evening when it isn’t as hot, or they will find other waters where the flow is better,” said Messier. “We have had spotty rain, so some parts of the watershed have had some short storms, and others have not, it looks like that is going to be the trend this year. That is where some of the anglers, on their own, they may decide to go on to a different section of the river, or switch their angling techniques and target different species that won’t be as stressed.”

For more information on fishing opportunities in the Grand River watershed area, visit the GRCA website at www.grandriver.ca.

a hazard.”

A community group involved in negotiating river and water access is the Friends of the Grand organization, based in Elora.

It’s just one of the member organizations involved in the Grand River Fisheries Management Planning Committee.

“It is made up of watershed agencies, and the strength is the community groups. We have local angling clubs up and down the river system, up in Woolwich area, the Friends of the Grand have been a very powerful group – they are local citizens and they talk to their neighbours and that is where a lot of these public access points, and that is where that has been negotiated,” explained Messier.

Some fishing on the Grand has been limited, possibly changing fishing plans for anglers in the area.

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EMBRACING A NEW GAME AND ROLLING WITH IT

The Woolwich Youth Adventure Camp stopped by the Elmira Lawn Bowling Club on July 14 to try their hand at the sport. Top, Valerie Martin gets a lesson in how to curl the ball from bowling club president Rob Brooks. Above, left to right, Ethan Gilbert, Ewan Coughlin and Martin bowl to hit the pin.

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big goalie who moves well and had a great year in Kirkland Lake last year.

“Goaltending is always a hard spot to fill, so to get that looked after for the next few years is just great for us,” Snyder said.

He says they’re still looking for one more forward and one more defenseman.

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involved in the Santa Claus parade, reading to the kids at the library, all those things, he was great for that,” Snyder said.

He says Skinner feels going to the BCHL gives him a better opportunity to get a scholarship in the U.S., which is his goal. Snyder thinks Skinner will do well out there and they wish him all the best.

“It worked for Adam Brubacher. He went out there last year and it worked out for him and it’s just kind of the way the landscape of our league is right now, sometimes the colleges just want to see them play at one more level, sometimes they don’t. In his case they do. He feels he needs to do that. I know he really wrestled with the decision because he really liked playing in Elmira,” Skinner said.

Brubacher played three seasons with Elmira (20122015) before switching to the BCHL, where he spent part of last season with the Prince George Spruce Kings before moving to the Powell River Kings. He’s committed to the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers in the NCAA for the 2016-17 season.

“It’s a loss for us, but we are trying to advance players’ careers too,” Snyder said of Skinner.

“I think this will help him do that.”

The Sugar Kings’ main camp is just a month away, on Aug. 20. The 2016-17 season has yet to be released.

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Lately, lots of customers have come to them looking for ways to make maintenance-free gardens because they don’t have the time to tend to a traditional garden. Sandy says they like to inform customers they can help them achieve the gardens they’re hoping for, but it will come at a price and it’s best to complete it in stages.

They also like to specialize in unique hanging baskets and planters.

She says many customers come in the spring with their plant pots and tell them what colours of flowers they want in them and if it will be in the shade or sun, and the garden centre staff puts it together for them.

“We want to provide

THE CHIPS ARE DOWN for milk producers in Europe, who are struggling to hang on as the continent deals with another milk glut.

The European Union dropped its quota on milk production last year. When that happened, dairy producers upped their production.

Now, Europe is swimming in the stuff. Farmers say they’re getting about 10 Euro cents per litre below their cost of production.

Some discount grocery stores – we’d call them names such as Costco, No Frills, Price Chopper – are even selling milk cheaper than certain mineral water brands. These grocery outlets are buying milk for as cheap as 30 Euro cents per litre – 12 Euro cents less than they were receiving three years ago – and selling it for as little as 46 Euro cents a litre.

Even with exchange, that seems like peanuts. Imagine buying a litre of milk in Canada for about 60 cents.

I suppose those kinds of prices might prompt some people to drink more milk.

But who could afford to produce it?

The European milk crisis (that’s the term they’re

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Owners of St. Jacobs Country Gardens celebrating 10 years of business in which there’s always something on the go Sandy and Keith Snider celebrated St. Jacobs Country Gardens and Landscape Nursery’s 10th anniversary this year. They’ve added to their services by hiring a pond specialist and bringing in guest speakers.

WHITNEY NEILSON KEITH AND SANDY SNIDER have spent the past decade transforming their customers’ properties into beautiful landscapes and lush gardens.

It doesn’t seem like it’s been 10 years already since the couple opened St. Jacobs Country Gardens and Landscape Nursery in 2006.

“It’s gone by fairly quickly. The older you get the faster time flies,” Keith said.

Corn used to grow where the business now sits at New Jerusalem and Sawmill roads. They’ve gone from half a dozen employees when they first opened to cutting 29 paycheques this summer, including seasonal staff. Education is crucial to the couple, who note they’re continually

training their staff, which includes three full landscaping crews.

They’ve owned the property since 1970, with Sandy explaining that horticulture was something her husband knew and felt confident about pursuing.

He always had an interest in plants, ever since he studied horticulture in high school. Previously he was a hog farmer.

“Hog farming in my mind was a dead-end industry,” Keith said.

And he hasn’t regretted his decision to switch career paths yet, always taking the time to listen to customers’ needs and explain what can be done.

They added pond specialist Dave Davenport to their staff this year, a boost to their water-feature services.

“With the closing of

Grand Valley Garden Centre, we acquired their pond specialist. He’s been a great asset to us. We were very fortunate to get him. That’s probably one of our biggest growth areas,” Keith said.

He adds that one of their main focuses is their pond product section, and they build a lot of ponds.

They’ve even built swim ponds, which are completely manmade ponds instead of your traditional swimming pool.

“They’re very popular in Europe. They’re just catching on in North America,” Keith said.

There are no chemicals used in swim ponds.

Instead the water gets regenerated out and contaminants are removed by the plants.

They’ve done a few locally in St. Jacobs and Kitchener.

In 2010 they converted a swimming pool into a reflecting pond, which earned them an award two years later from Landscape Ontario for “best construction of a water feature.”

“He’s gone through a lot of training to get where he is,” Sandy adds.

They’re always looking for unique ways to bring in customers, like bringing in regular guest speakers and holding “pot parties,” which are a great way to get excited for spring when you’re sick of winter and the snow that comes with it.

“People come out and they listen to what plants are big for pots this year and what they can pair with. It gets people thinking,” Sandy said.

She notes it’s important to them for their customers to be successful in their

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using there) will no doubt re-stimulate the debate about support – or the lack of it – for managing supply of dairy in our country.

I was wondering how this crisis was going to affect farmers’ attitudes on two dairy farms I visited near Bonn, Germany with a group of journalists last week, as part of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists’ annual congress.

How do you manage a farm when the main produce you produce costs you at least 10 cents more per unit than you earn?

Well, it turns out the answer has a lot to do with family.

Like elsewhere in the world, most farms in Germany are family farms.

And like most family farms, they have skin in the game. A lot of it. And their commitment to pulling together during tough times is without question.

For example, one has

decided that rather than give up, he and his father are going to increase production and try to make money by volume. This won’t ease the glut. But it’s their way of not giving up, keeping the family business alive in the face of financial disaster. They’ve expanded their herd by 16 cows, and increased their use of technology by installing two robotic milking systems and using feed supplements – in this case, from global technology company Alltech, whose Canadian headquarters are in Guelph.

The other farmer is bringing his daughter into the business. This too doesn’t ease the glut. But it’s his way of managing for the present, and the future.

She’s always wanted to farm, and he’s not dissuading now that she’s ready, despite the dairy sector’s economic problems. And she’s not discouraged – of course, she’s concerned like other farmers. But, she

notes, everyone uses dairy products, and although the situation looks grim right now, she’s expecting it to correct itself and eventually provide her and her family with a living.

All this has made me wonder if we do enough for family farming in Canada, where more than 95 per cent of farms are family owned. With every generation, they face new challenges. And like the German farmers I visited, they address them and do their best to rise above them.

It doesn’t always work.

A recent University of Guelph study showed Canadian farmers are under huge stress, and they’re asking for help coping. I suspect the European milk crisis is leaving German farmers feeling the same … and I hope that like here, authorities are creating mechanisms to help farmers deal with it. We need family farms everywhere to be on solid ground.

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exceptional service, exceptional quality, unique ideas and dedicated customer service,” Keith said.

He says the season for annuals is slowing down.

With July and August being the hot months, it’s definitely the slow time in the garden centre because of the heat. The fall is prime planting time, which some people don’t realize.

He notes the moisture and cooler weather make it the best time to plant and get started with perennials “right up ’til the snow flies.”

Keith wants the garden centre to be totally customer friendly. Where other people walk in and see a vast array of flowers, he sees dirt on the floor – that’s the perfectionist in him.

He doesn’t have plans to expand the building anymore, but he’s always looking at little improvements.

“He’s always thinking ahead. He’s always saying what if we put a gazebo by the pond out front,” Sandy says with a laugh.

Sandy says she hopes people walking into their greenhouse take a deep breath and walk a little slower.

For Keith, it’s all about becoming the area’s destination garden centre and

Sandy and Keith are often joined by George, who’s just as content to lay by the flowers in the greenhouse as to greet customers.

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“I don’t see myself in retirement. My goal is to have a very confident, competent staff. I don’t think I’ll ever be a hands off person,” Keith said.

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Enjoying the soundtrack of many lives Drayton Entertainments Legends...of Rock n’ Roll sings and dances through 20 years of musical hits LIZ BEVAN FROM GOOD VIBRATIONS TO Bennie and the Jets, Drayton Entertainment wants to take audiences on a trip back in time.

Set in 1975, Legends... of Rock n’ Roll is a journey through the best music of 1955 to 1975 at the Dunfield Theatre.

Alex Mustakas, artistic director of Drayton Entertainment and director of this latest offering, says the show is a follow-up to their hit production Twist and Shout: A British Invasion.

“That was one of our biggest successes at Drayton and that just dealt with British Invasion music.

The premise of this one is kind of an ‘America strikes back,’ approach,” he said, adding that the Legends...of Rock N’ Roll picks up where Twist and Shout left off.

“It is set in an Ed Sullivan-type show called the Roy Solomon Show. The show takes place in 1975. It is Solomon’s signoff show after 20 years on the air. It is like the last night of the Johnny Carson show and what he has done is invited back all of these great acts to celebrate those 20 years.”

Mustakas says Legends is a jump back in time with nearly 100 songs that audiences of all ages will know and love.

“It is really about the music – the discography of the time. It is always a chore to pick the right songs though. I think we cover about 80 songs in total in a medley format,”

Lee Seigel, Gerrad Everard, Michel LaFleche and Michael Clarke sing the tunes of a time gone by in Drayton Entertainment’s Legends...Of Rock n’ Roll at the Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge.

[SUBMITTED] matinee messy world out there, but looking out and seeing he said. “We feature great and also to reflect on how mucouples rocking out in groups like The Beach evening sic changed the world. the audience. Everybody Boys, The Monkees, Elton perfor“You know what, in toremembers the songs,” John, Sonny & Cher – all mances at day’s world, you want to shared Mustakas. “It is for of those classics. It is just the Dunfield turn the television off with everybody, to be honest really two hours of great Theatre in Camall the bad news in the with you. Even my young music and nostalgia.” bridge. Tickets world right now, but this is kids are familiar with some Legends...Of Rock n’ Roll just two hours of an escape. start at $26 for of the music, whether it is will also have old commerstudents and $44 Maybe it will remind the from a television commercials, old costumes and imfor adults. They audience of a simpler past, cial, or the background of ages of a generation to go can be purchased and how some of these a movie. It has great chorealong with the 10 singers, on the Drayton great artists really changed ography, period costumes. four dancers and the rock Entertainment the face of music and the It is a top-notch producband that will be on stage. website at www. people of that generation. tion.”

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016

FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY

Marilyn, Rosey, Rick, Brian, and Janice would like to invite you to help us celebrate our parents

Happy 50 th Anniversary

50th Wedding Anniversary Congratulations

Today as both of you look back With happiness and pride Upon the Fifty cherished years That you’ve spent side by side, May every memory that you share Of dreams you’ve seen come true, Help make this special Golden day A happy one for you!

A Special Day For A Very Special Lady

Please join us July 31st from 2-4pm at Crystal View Mennonite Church, Floradale ON.

Love and Best Wishes!

Lisa and Will, Tim and Susanne, Shelley and Paul, Josh and Jacob

Best wishes only please.

GRADUATION

THANK YOU

Dr. Laurel Besco (Pentelow) BES, MA, PhD At the Spring Convocation for the University of Ottawa, Laurel received her Doctorate of Law. Laurel is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus, with the Department of Geography as well as with the Institute for Management and Innovation.

To our children Kimberly, Kelly & wife Leslie for the wonderful 50th anniversary dinner & party you arranged for us. Thank you to our Grandson Tyson for speaking on behalf of all our grandchildren Jordan, Mikayla, Nicholas and Jesse for the kind words.

Thank you to our many friends, relatives and family members, your wonderful cards and cash gifts, were all turned over to Woolwich Community Services - Family Violence Prevention Program.

We truly enjoyed all the kind words and best wishes each of you had to share with us.

Thank you to everyone for making this special day such a blessing and memory for us.

Congratulations Laurel we are so proud of you.

Paul & Marg Cooper

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NOTICE ALBRECHT, CHRISTIAN | Passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016 at his home RR1 Linwood. Christian was born 80 years ago

SAT. AUGUST 20 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of tractor; small farm machinery; household effects; furniture; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at 2902 Notre Dame Dr St. Agatha for Sharon Wilson. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

FRIEDMANN, FLORENCE ELAINE (NEE WILKER) | It

is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at home, surrounded by family, in her 80th year.

Florence was a longtime resident of Linwood.

WED. AUGUST 24 at 10:00 AM -Clearing auction sale of furniture; household effects; antiques; collectables; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

HORST, ERMA (NEE SNYDER)

| Erma Horst of Waterloo (formerly St. Jacobs) passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2016, in her 93rd year.

KELLER, THERESA (NEE PSUTKA) | Theresa passed

away peacefully at Parkwood Mennonite Home, Waterloo on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the age of 87.

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Happy Birthday Mom (Joan) Love, Family & Friends

OBITUARY

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AUCTION SALE OF 62 acre farm to be held at 6563 Rd. 116 Wellesley Twp. (2 miles southeast of Millbank) for Cameron and Susan Cunningham-Dunlop, on Friday August 19th @ 7:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

FRIDAY AUGUST 19 at 1:00 PM - Farm auction of approx 95 acre farm with well kept 3 bedroom farm house; barn; driveshed; farmland; fenced pasture; and approx 15 acres on Scales Lake; to be held at 402558 Grey Road 17 Township of Georgian Bluffs approx 10 kms east of Wiarton for Dale Louttit.

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Lorraine & Larrie Monk

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FARM PROPERTY AUCTION Of 148 acre farm, to be held at 2904 Kressler Rd. (Wellesley Twp., 1 mile north of Heidelberg), for Vernon Metzger, on Tuesday, August 16th @ 1:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

AUCTION SALE OF Household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1100 Kenning Place, bordering Elmira (Arthur St. North, right on Kenning), for The Harvey B. Martin Estate, on Wednesday, August 17th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

BIRTHDAY

MARTIN, GLADYS L. (LAUVER) | At Blue Water

The Elmira Summer Sports Camp made good use of John Mahood Public School’s field on Tuesday morning. Top, Blake Frede kicks the ball in a game of soccer baseball. Above, the campers play a competitive game of Ultimate Frisbee. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

Rest Home, on Sunday, July 17, 2016 of Zurich, in her 87th year. Local relatives are her son Arnie and Bev Martin of Elmira.

ISRAEL, Kenneth James 1927 - 2016 Passed away peacefully in his 90th year, surrounded by the love of his family, at home on July 19, 2016. Ken was the beloved husband of Marion (Goodwin) for 63 years. Loving father of Alan Israel (Susan Woodruff), Sandra Kendall (John), Barbara Israel (Albert Loberg) and Carole Reeves (Terrence).

He will be sadly missed by his ten grandchildren Emily (Gordon Kennedy), Evan and Eric Israel; Heather (Scott Weber), Laura (Scott Vandoormaal) and Ian Kendall; Christine and Robert Loberg; Jack and Thomas Reeves; and his greatgrandchild Bennett Weber. Survived by his brother Walter and his sisters-in-law Connie (George) and Barbara (Lorne).

Predeceased by his parents Harold Israel and Sara Jayne (Letson); brothers Raymond (Margaret), George and Lorne. Ken was a Bell employee for 41 years and in retirement a full time farmer for 22 years. As a faithful lifetime member of West Montrose United Church, he served on many committees.

He was a councillor of Woolwich Township for 21 years; the last year being Deputy Reeve. Ken enjoyed many years as a member of the Upper Canada Two Cylinder Club. He owned and proudly showed his antique threshing machine and his restored antique tractors in parades, farm events and the International Ploughing Matches. Many wonderful friends will remember Ken’s quiet humour, his relentless pursuit of a Grand Slam as an avid Bridge player, his enjoyment of square dancing, his involvement with the Bell Pioneers and driver of the Kiwanis Bus. The family will receive their relatives and friends for memorial visitation at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira on Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Friday, July 22, 2016 at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. Cremation has taken place. In memory of Ken, donations to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank or the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre of Grand River Hospital would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. The family wishes to thank Dr. Michael Stephenson, Dr. Bonnie McCarron, and the palliative team from CCAC for their compassionate care. Appreciation is also extended to the staff of Heritage River.

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email: drudy@woolwichobserver.com DEADLINE: Wednesday by 10am

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“PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAST; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.”

Community Information Page NOTICE OF STUDY COMPLETION

JOINT BRESLAU SETTLEMENT PLAN (Official Plan Amendment 25) + ROAD AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SERVICING STRATEGY Township of Woolwich INTRODUCTION The Township of Woolwich has prepared a Master Plan for the Breslau Settlement Area, including a number of supporting technical studies following Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment to assess, in part, the land use, transportation system and stormwater management system improvements and modifications to implement the land use plan and development objectives outlined in the Breslau Settlement Plan (Official Plan Amendment 25 (OPA 25))/ Master Plan.

KEY PLAN The study area, as depicted on the Key Plan below, is identified as the Community of Breslau in the Township of Woolwich, in the Region of Waterloo.

Breslau Settlement Study Area

THE PROCESS The study has defined existing problems and opportunities, considered and evaluated solutions and identified preferred land use, transportation and stormwater management solutions. The study has been undertaken in accordance with the requirements for Master Plans outlined in Section A.2.7 of the Municipal Engineer’s Association Municipal Class Environmental Assessment document.

Six public information centres were held on May 31, 2012, February 13, 2013, December 17, 2013, June 25, 2015, December 8, 2015 and February 9, 2016 as part of the Class EA process and are documented in the EA Report.

COMPLETION Council adopted OPA 25 for the Breslau Settlement Plan on February 9, 2016, supported by Staff report numbers - E 66-2015 and E 11-2016. The Class EA Report for the 2016 Breslau Settlement Plan/Master Plan has been prepared to document the planning and decision making process undertaken for the study.

The report is being placed on the public record for a 30-day review period starting from July 21, 2016 to August 19, 2016 in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class EA. Both the Class EA Report and the Breslau Settlement Plan are available for public review on the Township of Woolwich’s website www. woolwich.ca or Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the: Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158 Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

P.O. Box 158

24 Church St. W. Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

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519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820

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519-575-4400 www.woolwich.ca

PROJECTS INCLUDED The preliminary preferred municipal servicing strategy has identified a number of infrastructure projects whose requirements are being satisfied under this Settlement Plan/Master Plan. These projects are described as follows: • Stormwater Management Projects – The Settlement Plan/Master Plan includes a comprehensive stormwater management strategy that serves both Neighbourhood 1 and Neighbourhood 2 as identified in the Breslau Settlement Plan; and, • Road Improvement Projects – The Breslau Settlement Plan identifies an appropriate and comprehensive collector road network that appropriately serves the new development areas within the Breslau Community, including opportunities for cars, cyclists and pedestrians. The collector road network connects with the adjacent existing and planned arterial road and provincial highway networks.

PUBLIC COMMENTS INVITED The Township wishes to ensure anyone interested in this study has the opportunity to provide input. Representatives from the Township and its consultants are available to provide further information. Should concerns regarding this project remain unresolved with the Township of Woolwich, a person or party may request the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order). Requests for a Part II Order must be received by the Minister by August 19, 2016. A copy of any Part II Order request must also be sent to the Township of Woolwich Project Manager.

For project specific information, please contact the Township’s Project Manager: Mr. John Scarfone, Manager of Planning Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Email - jscarfone@woolwich.ca Phone - 519-669-1647 or toll free 1-877-969-0094 ext. 6037 Fax - 519-669-4669 Please note information related to this Study will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments received will become part of the public record and may be included in study documentation prepared for public review.

This notice was issued on July 21, 2016.

BRESLAU COMMUNITY PARK ADHOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: The application deadline has been extended to Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Full Terms of Reference and Application Form available at: www.woolwich.ca Applications can be submitted to the Township of Woolwich, Recreation and Facilities Services, Attention: Ann McArthur (24 Church St. W., Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6), by email to bbaechler@woolwich.ca, or by fax to 519-669-1820.

NEW – TOLL FREE NUMBER!

You can now reach the Township of Woolwich TOLL FREE at 1-877-969-0094

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pie shaped lot backing onto open green space. Main floor offers hardwood & oak trim, large kitchen & dining room, great room with gas fireplace, walkout to deck, main floor amenities plus partially finished walkout basement. MLS.

BEAUTIFLLY RESTORED $559,900 ELMIRA Restored 19TH Century home with many features, eye-catching wood staircase from the foyer to upper level finished loft space, original trim, pockets doors, spacious principle rooms, walkout to private terrace and deck, heated detached garage with finished 2nd floor. MLS.

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Enjoy entertaining in the spacious country kitchen w/walkout to deck. Main floor family room w/woodstove. Large LR with hdwd floor. Main floor laundry. FOUR bedrooms & 3 baths (3pc. ensuite). Finsihed rec. room/games room and lots of storage. Dble. garage & extra parking! MLS.

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Clearing Auction Sale

CLASSIFIEDS CONTINUED AUCTIONS FRI. AUGUST 26 at 6:30 PM - Annual charity auction of quilts; clothes drying rack; pictures; toys; and gift certificates to be held at 7590 Line 86 Wallenstein for the Waterloo County Steam Threshers Reunion. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-6692045.

BULK SHAVINGS. KILN dried pine or mixed. Dumped off. 30, 35, 50 cu. yard load.

Sold by the dollar, in line with straw prices. Great for horses, chickens, cattle and ducks. Bolger Wood Products Inc. 519-846-1179.

KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

RENTALS

FARM SERVICES OAT & PEAS FOR FORAGE COVER CROPS - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045.

FIREWOOD GERBER’S FIREWOOD YOUR source of quality slabwood and seasoned bodywood.

All prices include delivery.

No Sunday calls please. 519656-2057.

WANTED CASH FOR OLD watches, jewellery, all gold and silver, coins, military, toys, records. Call Terry 519-2426900or 519-210-0551. gallamore@golden.net 40 years experience, fair honest prices. Will travel.

MATURE, RETIRED LADY needs a bachelor size apartment in a house, or a small cottage on farm in Elmira, St. Jacobs, Floradale area

by Sept. 30th. Call 519-8932744.

1 BEDROOM APARTMENT available August 1, downtown Elmira. Includes laundry facility, air conditioning, fridge, stove. Call Hugh after 6 p.m. 519-6695533.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY $850.00 monthly plus utilities, electric heat. 2 bedroom apartment in Drayton. Upper unit, has laminate floors throughout.

Pets are NOT allowed. And smoking is prohibited in the unit or the building. In-Unit washer and dryer. Fridge, Stove, Microwave, and portable floor model A/C vented outside. Call Mildred Frey to view @ 519-741-6970 MODERN ONE BEDROOM apartment - Close to downtown, with gas fireplace, air conditioning, secured entrance.

Non-smoker, appliances included, including no charge laundry. Lots of closet space. Available September 1st. Call Hugh 519-669-5533 after 6:00 p.m. or daytime 519-746-5111 ext. 1.

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TRADES & SERVICES CUSTOM TRUCKING. CURTIS Gingrich, 519-669-2061.

LEGAL NOTICES IN THE MATTER of the Estate of Eli S. Martin, who died October 15, 2014. Would Viola Martin, daughter of Edna Martin, granddaughter of Eli S. Martin please contact Katie MacDonald at Woods, Clemens, Fletcher and Cronin at 9 Memorial Avenue, Elmira, ON. 519.669.5101

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE - Sat. July 23, 7 a.m. 2178 Shantz Station Rd., Breslau. Hardware, electric & hand tools, sewing machine, patio furniture, poker table, generator, bench grinder and more!

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE. Sat. July 23, 7 a.m. 12. 45 Aspen Cres. Elmira.

Build-A-Bear & clothes, collectible cars, motorcyles, trucks. Montreal Canadiens memorabilia, 2 tea sets, auto creeper, assortment of household items.

AUCTIONS

AUCTION SALE OF CONSUMER GOODS,

AT GRAY’S AUCTION & LIQUIDATION CENTRE, 5737 HWY 23, 1 MI. W. OF HARRISTON

MONDAY JULY 25, 2016, AT 5:30 P.M. SALE CONSISTS OF: Furniture Pcs; T. V. Stands; Washing Machines; Dishwasher; Skid Lots of Misc, Household Items; Sm Appliances; Bikes; T.V.’s & Ass’t. Electronics; Ass’t Vaccumes; Watches; Pcs of Swar; Kid’s & Adult Clothing; Bedding; Books; Consumer Goods; Plus a Very Large Selection of Other Misc. Items.

Note: This is a very large offering.

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

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LIVING HERE WORLD ADVENTURE / A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE

Group of local young Catholics hope to meet the Pope

Participants from Elmira’s St. Teresa of Avila Church set off Wednesday for World Youth Day in Poland WHITNEY NEILSON WITH THEIR ELMIRA MAPLE Syrup Festival flag in tow, a group from St. Teresa of Avila Church left for Poland this week for World Youth Day, where, if they’re lucky, they’ll meet the Pope.

Morgan Glofcheskie, Alex Glofcheskie, Vanessa Diemert, Louis Ditner, Yo Wang, Anthony Vollmer and Laura Runstedler are the seven youth, along with “chaperones” Sandi Hutchinson and Iris Miltenburg who were equally excited to go. Voller and Runstedler joined the group from the St. Clements Roman Catholic Church.

They travelled with about 100 others from the Hamilton diocese on Wednesday to Krakow, Poland and won’t be back for two weeks.

“I think we’re just excited about seeing so many Catholics come together and I just can’t wait to feed off the energy of the young people. We’ve met our group a few times and they’re exceptional,” Hutchinson said on Tuesday night after mass.

The last time World Youth Day was held was in 2013 in Rio de Janeiro.

The event is a way to bring together young people who want to celebrate their faith.

It’s been about a year and a half of preparation and fundraising leading up to this week’s departure.

Morgan Glofcheskie says they did basically everything you can think of to raise funds for the trip.

“The most unique stuff that we did was we sold oranges through Orange Barn. We sold chocolate smoothies, we sold statues

by Timothy Schmalz, we did lots of dinners. We did spaghetti dinners, breakfasts, we did a cake walk at the very beginning,” Glofcheski said.

They also held a concert fundraiser. They’re bringing lots of Canadian items to trade with people from other countries like shirts and pins. And they’ll be waving their Elmira Maple Syrup Festival flag with pride while the cameras are rolling.

Hutchinson notes all of the local youth going are very involved with their church from helping with vacation bible school to singing in choir to acting as an altar server.

“Not every parish could do something like this. Not every parish is full of young people who are interested enough in helping out in the church that it would be noticeable enough to send them to an event like this.

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CHEF’S TABLE/ DONNA GINGRICH

Cauliflower the base for a versatile summer salad RECIPE NOTES FRESH ONTARIO CAULIFLOWER IS here – plump white heads are heaped up in grocery stores and markets everywhere. Now is the time to enjoy raw cauliflower; the flavour is more mild in summer than the cauliflower we get in winter.

Last week I made this Broccoli Cauliflower Salad, and just like every time I make it, I realized I need to make it again. Very soon!

It is delicious. It is nice as a second salad or it can replace a hot vegetable side dish in summer. You can change the ingredients to your liking or add extras such as raisins, dried cranberries, nuts or seeds. This salad can be mixed a few hours before serving to allow the flavours to blend, especially that bacon flavour – you want that in every bite.

Sandi Hutchinson, Anthony Vollmer, Iris Miltenburg and Morgan Glofcheskie stopped to chat after mass on Tuesday night at St. Teresa of Avila Church before leaving for Poland on Wednesday to participate in World Youth Day. Alex Glofcheskie, Vanessa Diemert, Laura Runstedler, Louis Ditner and Yo Wang also went with the group. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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

When making predictions, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to give yourself some room for an out WEIRD NOTES

Q. What does your

computer know about you that you may have missed?

A. Your computer canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read your mind but it can carefully track your â&#x20AC;&#x153;nonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; instrumental movementsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as squirming, scratching, shifting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that give away your state of mind, says Rachel Nuwer in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scientific Americanâ&#x20AC;? magazine. In a recent study, British psychobiologist Harry Witchel and colleagues asked 27 participants outfitted with motionâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;tracking markers

to read digital excerpts from Mark Haddenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Timeâ&#x20AC;? and from the European Banking Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regulations.

Based on motion in the head, torso and legs, the computerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visual system could tell â&#x20AC;&#x153;when a person had mentally checked out.

In fact, an analysis of the cumulative movements revealed that when people read from the novel, they fidgeted less than when reading the banking guidelinesâ&#x20AC;? (from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frontiers of Psychologyâ&#x20AC;?).

Eventually, Witchel says, a perfected system could allow educators â&#x20AC;&#x153;to create digital lessons that recognize when a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention is fading and

respond with strategies to reengage him or her.â&#x20AC;?

Q. Do you have a â&#x20AC;&#x153;dog killerâ&#x20AC;? in your pocket?

A. You do if you have a penny minted after 1982, says Julie Hecht in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scientific Americanâ&#x20AC;? special edition â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Science of Dogs & Cats.â&#x20AC;?

For the 20 years before 1982, pennies were predominantly composed of about 95% copper, whereas since that year, pennies have been 97.5% zinc.

Though an essential material, too much zinc can be a bad thing: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When pennies meet the acid in a dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stomach, the zinc gets released rapidly, which can destroy red blood cells and, in turn, lead to a number of debilitating conditions,

1776 will be the most memorable date in the history of Americaâ&#x20AC;Ś I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival.â&#x20AC;?

A Western Union internal memo of 1876 described the telephone as having â&#x20AC;&#x153;too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication,â&#x20AC;? with no inherent value to the company.

As a New York Times editorial reported in 1920: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A rocket will never be able to leave the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s atmosphere.â&#x20AC;?

Quipped Harry M. Warner of Warner Brothers motion picture fame in 1927, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?â&#x20AC;?

including kidney or liver damage.â&#x20AC;?

As the author concludes: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Abraham Lincoln were alive today, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure he would say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;One score and thirteen years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new penny, conceived in zinc. So, please, keep them out of reach of your dog.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Q. Prognosticating is not one of humanityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong suits. According to Jeff Wilser of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mental Flossâ&#x20AC;? magazine, what are a few of historyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;not entirely accurate predictionsâ&#x20AC;??

A. Referring to the historic signing of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Declaration of Independence,â&#x20AC;? John Adams on July 3, 1776, declared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The second day of July

In 1929, at the brink of the Great Depression, Yale University economist Irving Fisher misâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;predicted: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Popular Mechanicsâ&#x20AC;? magazine in 1949 opined: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh only 1 1/2 tons.â&#x20AC;?

And in 2006, New York Times tech columnist David Pogue, responding to queries about when Apple would come out with a cell phone, stated: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My answer is, probably never.â&#x20AC;?

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WORLD YOUTH DAY: An opportunity to experience the world from a different perspective FROM | 28

selected,” Glofcheskie said.

When they land in Poland the group will be split in two and local priests will lead them. Their bus is going to Mszana, a fivehour drive into to mountains. They’ll be there for

the days of the diocese and they’ve got quite the agenda.

“They have tours planned for us. We have a walking tour of the city, we’re going into the salt mines, we’re going to Auschwitz, we’re going to the

castle where all the kings were,” Miltenburg said.

They’re also going to see the Shrine of the Divine Mercy, St. Mary’s Church which is world renowned for its blue ceiling, the church where Pope John Paul II was the bishop and

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Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory.

“That part’s going to be very powerful,” Hutchinson said.

They’ll be staying with host families and experience life in small-town Poland.

Then they’ll meet up again in Krakow and stay at the Congregation of the Resurrection Seminary for the rest of the trip. Pope Francis will be present for various prayer services and Holy Mass.

“His words are amazing.

In the short time that he’s been our Pope, one person has moved so many. And he’s really got the youth on board,” Hutchinson said.

Glofcheskie notes the support from their priest,

Father David Lewis has kept them motivated, along with the church’s generosity.

“Our parish has been very gracious and we’re very thankful for all of the support,” Hutchinson said.

They’ve all got different aspects of the trip they’re most looking forward to.

Miltenburg says for her it will be watching the excitement of the youth.

Vollmer’s is simple, and one shared by many.

“To see the Pope in person,” he said.

Hutchinson agrees and says even if she can only see him from far away due to the number of people attending World Youth Day, it will be worth it.

“I think going to a dif-

ferent place but also connecting with like-minded people in our faith because it’s nice to know that there’s not just people here in Canada that are likeminded in their faith, but also all around the world, like in Europe and Africa and Asia. So meeting all the young people who are just like me, I think that’s really something I’m looking forward to,” Glofcheskie said.

Parts of World Youth Day will be broadcast on television. The group advises those people watching along to look for them waving the maple syrup fest flag.

“We’re going to put Elmira on the map,” Hutchinson said.

The Region of Waterloo Is Updating “Moving Forward” The Study Randy Boisvenue was commissioned to paint a vintage mural on the brick wall of Good’s Auto Parts in Elmira. Here he was working on the Coca Cola sign on July 16. He’s scheduled to complete the mural by early August. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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Broccoli Cauliflower Salad 1 bunch broccoli, cut into bite-sized pcs.

1 small head cauliflower, cut into bite-sized pcs.

6 hard boiled eggs, chopped

1 small red onion, chopped or thinly sliced Bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled, as much as you dare 1 cup old cheddar cheese, cut into small cubes 1/3 cup salted, roasted sunflower seeds Dressing; 1 cup Miracle Whip 2 Tbsp. white sugar 2 Tbsp. vinegar Freshly grated black pepper

Put all salad ingredients into a large bowl.

Mix dressing ingredients in a separate bowl.

Pour dressing over vegetables and toss lightly to coat.

If more dressing is needed, add a little Miracle Whip.

Cover and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Serves approx. 10 people.

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The Region of Waterloo is updating its transportation plan called “Moving Forward”, about how people and goods will get around over the next 25 years. The plan lays out our vision, goals, objectives and priorities, and includes Regional roads, Grand River Transit, cycling, walking, trucking, travel outside the Region, and managing travel demand.

Moving Forward was approved by Regional Council in 2010. It needs updating because of new issues, needs and trends, such as emerging technology changes like Uber ride-hailing, driverless cars and alternative vehicle designs and fuels. Other changes will come from the Region’s growth, the mobility needs of its aging population, and the new ION rapid transit system.

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Moving Forward will address how you will move within and around Waterloo Region in the future. It will show how to get the most out of the Region’s transportation system, promote travel choices, support a strong economy and be part of sustainable growth and development. This will affect everyone: car drivers and passengers, transit users, cyclists, pedestrians, businesses and commuters.

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HAHN: Complainant says audit warrants action FROM | COVER

In an interview this week, Marshall said he was acting now after waiting to see how the system dealt with the legal action he launched against Shantz, subsequently growing concerned that the issues with Woolwich council were simply going to be dropped.

Unlike the Shantz case, in which MECAC opted not to order a forensic audit of the mayor’s expenses, the auditor’s report on Hahn should have been enough to warrant charges, Marshall maintains.

The report prepared by Froese Forensic Partners, found Hahn may have contravened the Municipal Elections Act on several fronts, noting there was a lack of proper paperwork in relation to campaign signs and brochures prepared by Hahn’s family members.

Specifically, there may have been issues with contributions by Tri-Mach Group – owned by Hahn’s father, Michael Hahn – and KKP Waterloo, a printing company owned by his in-laws.

“It really is, I hesitate to use the word blatant, but it is quite shocking,” said Marshall this week, saying the audit’s findings should have prompted MECAC to send

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“It’s just so blatantly bad.”

In making his own appeal to the court, Marshall said he wants to see the Crown pick up the ball.

“This should have been a slam dunk, sent right to the prosecutor. I’d like to see the Crown step up and say ... ‘yes, I will prosecute.’”

The audit findings of Hahn’s election finances should be enough to move forward, he maintains.

MECAC had ordered the audit following a hearing in May, noting both Hahn’s initial filing and amended statement of expenses left many questions unanswered.

It was the low total of $258.40 originally filed

by Hahn that drew an application for an audit from Elmira resident Dan Holt, a candidate in the Ward 1 election in 2014. Hahn’s revised statement of $3,072.66 showed expenses paid by the Tri-Mach Group. The cost of signs printed for $1,751.50 was then billed in equal thirds to Hahn’s father, mother and sister.

As well, brochures and flyers were printed at a cost of $962.76, split evenly between his father-in-law and sister-in-law.

As of Wednesday morning, Hahn said he had yet to receive the court paperwork, adding he would wait until the court proceedings played out before commenting.

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