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hoping that anyone who may have seen either one of the vehicles prior to the incident will come forward. “Any information relating to the incident right now would be helpful,” said WRPS spokesperson Olaf Heinzel. “Anything around that time period, See FATALITY page »06
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old Millbank man, was also southbound at the time. Charges are pending, although police did not release any further details this week. They have not yet determined the cause of the collision. Because the tragedy occurred in a “rather isolated area,” police are
STEVE KANNON Contingency plans are in place to continue using the Elmira pool should the new aquatic facility at the Woolwich Memorial Centre not be ready to use by September. The possible delay stems from the need to replace a large dehumidifier, which is scheduled to be delivered and installed by the end of August. As the contractor can’t guarantee the project will be completed by that time, the township has drawn up an aquatics schedule that can work at both the existing pool and the new facility. The dehumidifying unit was shut down following a series of noise complaints from residents living near the Snyder Avenue recreation complex. The original plan to replace a motor and fan blades was scrapped in favour of replacing the entire unit following an inspection by the project’s mechanical consultant, facilities manager Brian Detzler said in an interview. Because the township is already promoting its fall aquatics schedule, the revised timetable will be used even if the work is completed prior to the Sept. 14 start of the next season, explained aquatic supervisor Dave Ruetz. “We’re running a schedule that will work in both facilities,” he said, noting the township will stand by its commitment to not run the dehumidifier until the noise issue is solved. “Waiting is the right thing to do. We need to
aN all-OUT REsPONsE Emergency crews work to stablilize a 19-year-old millbank woman struck by a cube van on Chalmers-Forrest road in Wellesley Township. Transported by air ambulance to london, irene Kuepfer later succumbed to her injuries.
Waterloo Regional Police continue to investigate a fatal collision that occurred July 17 in Wellesley Township. Nineteen-year-old Irene Kuepfer of Millbank died after being struck by a cube van on Chalmers-Forrest Road, near William Hastings Line. She was airlifted to London Health Sciences, but later succumbed to her injuries. The accident occurred about 1:15 p.m. when Kuepfer was struck by a cube van as she was riding southbound on what was described as a homemade scooter. The driver of the vehicle, a 60-year-
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Maryhill girl, 16, remembered as a school leader JONI MILTENBURG Family and friends of Dani Tillich said goodbye this week to a girl who was described as feisty, a leader, a rebel and a joy. A funeral service was held Wednesday morning for the 16-year-old girl who died July 16, eight days after she was struck by a pickup truck in St. Jacobs. “She loved everything about life,” said Mike Muller, one of Dani’s friends. “Just the big-
IN MOURNING The flag was at half-mast at EDSS, where the signboard recognized the passing of Dani Tillich on July 16.
gest sweetheart.” Muller had a number
of classes with Tillich at Elmira District Second-
ary School, including auto mechanics. Tillich planned to be a mechanic someday, and Muller said one of his best memories was spending the day with her at the auto show in Toronto earlier this year. Muller, who knew Dani since they were in Grade 8 together at Conestogo Public School, said she loved being outdoors and liked to draw. At EDSS, Tillich was known as a natural leader; in June, she organized Lancerstock, a day of outdoor band performances and activities.
“She liked to help out a lot,” Muller said. “She was really good in school too.” Tillich sustained serious head injuries after she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing Sawmill Road near Parkside Drive in St. Jacobs. The Maryhillarea teen had just got off a Grand River Transit bus and was crossing the street to catch another bus when she was hit. Tillich was airlifted to McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton where she underwent brain surgery before
slipping into a coma. Her parents, Peter and Kelley, and sisters Mary and Lainee agreed to donate Dani’s organs, helping save four lives and giving another person the gift of sight. A funeral service was held Wednesday morning at St. Boniface Church in Maryhill, with internment at Parkview Cemetery in Waterloo. Condolences for the family and donations to the Hamilton General Hospital Trauma Unit may be arranged through the funeral home at www. erbgood.com or 519-7458445.
Plan B: Pool schedule drafted to be used at either facility » From cover
deal with it before we move into the new pool.” While optimistic the work will be completed in time to allow the move to continue as scheduled, Ruetz is prepared to continue at the old pool, then make the jump as soon as the new pools are ready. Detzler, the project manager for the new WMC, is also optimistic about the last-minute change. “We’re getting a little tight on the timeline as far as the switch-out of the dehumidification unit … but we’ll make it if the delivery date works out.” One thing that will not be delayed is the official opening ceremony for Woolwich Memorial Centre. That event is set for Sept. 12, and will feature a community BBQ, tours of the new complex and a dance. A noon-hour barbeque will offer free food, music and entertainment for the kids, including
jugglers and magicians. That will be followed by the official ceremonies, then tours of the facility. In the evening, a dance starts at 7 p.m., aimed at families. At 9 p.m., the festivities become a licensed event. Everything is free of charge, as the township gives something back to the community, which raised more than $5 million for a series of recreation facilities, including the WMC and community centres in Breslau and Maryhill, said Coun. Ruby Weber, who has been involved with fundraising efforts since day-one. “The delay may affect the opening of the pool, but there’s been no suggestion about moving the opening date,” she said this week. Ideally, the pools will be filled and operational in time for the tours, she added. Current delivery date information has the work on the pool dehumidification unit sched-
uled for the fourth week of August. The twin arenas at the complex, meanwhile, are ready to go, with ice preparations set to get underway shortly so the facility is ready to be put into use Aug. 24. In a letter circulated to neighbours, addressing the noise issue and upcoming work at the site, the township noted it will soon begin work on the parking lot to replace the demolished Elmira Arena. Simultaneously with that project, the parking lot area along Park Avenue backing on to lots on the north end of Sugar King Drive will be enhanced with improved grading to assist in storm water control, the aligning of the berm backing on to the Sugar King properties at the north end to facilitate adequate drainage of rear yards and the extension of the berm along the Park Avenue frontage. That work should be completed by late September.
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“I think the early pioneers watched for bluebirds; they were the true sign of the return of spring.” Murray Schlueter
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HOME TWEET HOME Murray Schlueter and granddaughter Julia Pilecki peer into one of 50 bluebird boxes Schlueter maintains. This particular box yielded a family of tree swallows, which also like to nest in the boxes. photo | Joni miltenburg
Following the bluebird trail
Volunteer naturalist’s lifetime of work to preserve bluebird habitat earns him GRCA watershed award JONI MILTENBURG Murray Schlueter carefully lifts the door of a bluebird box and peers in. Last week there were four pale blue eggs in the box; this week there are three just-hatched nestlings, eyes still closed. After a quick look, Schlueter closes up the box to placate the protesting parents that are scolding overhead. Schlueter has been interested in bluebirds since he was 10 or 11 years old, growing up on a farm outside Linwood. He walked to school, cutting across the fields, and he knew where bluebirds nested in some old apple trees along the way. “I think the early pioneers watched for bluebirds; they were the true sign of the return of spring,” he said. Those harbingers of spring
were more common in pioneer times than when Schlueter watched them on his way to school. Bluebird populations declined in the mid-20th century due to a number of factors. The open spaces they favoured for nesting disappeared as land was reforested or swallowed up by development. Pesticides like DDT killed off insects that make up the bulk of the bluebird’s diet, and more aggressive birds like house sparrows and European starlings – both introduced species – competed for nesting space. After several harsh winters in the late 1970s reduced numbers even further, bluebirds were declared rare in Ontario. It was through the efforts of volunteer conservationists who built nest boxes and established “trails” of monitored bluebird houses that
the species rebounded, to the point that bluebirds were removed from the list in 1996. Schlueter has been one of those conservationists for nearly 40 years. He built his first bluebird box back in elementary school but got more serious about it in 1973, when he started beekeeping and put boxes around his bee yard. Schlueter gave up his beehives in 1986 – his job in marketing at Erb Transport had grown and he didn’t have time for beekeeping anymore – but he kept up his bluebird trail. Now semi-retired, he has 25 pairs of boxes in the countryside around Wellesley Village. The boxes go up in pairs because tree swallows also like to nest in them; they’ll take one box and leave the other for bluebirds. Wrens and house sparrows aren’t such good neighbours; wrens will fill the
second box with sticks to keep other birds out, and house sparrows will kill bluebirds and destroy their eggs. There’s more to a bluebird trail than just putting up boxes, Schlueter said, with all the competition and predators the little songbirds face. Nest boxes have to be monitored and cleaned out after each hatching. If Schlueter finds blowflies in the nest – the larva feed on the blood of nestlings – he will build a new nest by hand. Schlueter’s lifelong interest in nature and the environment extends beyond bluebirds. When he and his wife Beth owned a farm near Amulree, they revitalized a wetland on the property and put up nesting boxes for wood ducks. They also managed a woodlot on the property, and Schlueter is still a member of
the Huron-Perth Woodlot Association. It’s for efforts like these that Schlueter is being recognized by the Grand River Conservation Authority with a 2009 watershed award. “I never felt that I was doing anything that would deserve recognition,” he said of the award. “I do it because I love it.” Retired from Erb Transport, Schlueter works part-time selling agricultural seeds for the General Seed Company. He enjoys the connection with local farmers, who allow him to put bluebird boxes on their property or hike through their woodlots. The Schlueters built a house in Wellesley Village a few years ago and left as many trees on the property as they could. With the addition of See BLUEBIRD page »06
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» FROM THE EDITOR | STEVE KANNON
Costs play a role in determining which airport to fly from As the summer-thatwasn’t continues, there are probably more than a few of us thinking about the sunny south, typically a February thing. If you are thinking about jetting off somewhere, south or otherwise, chances are you’ve checked out the rates available from Buffalo or perhaps Detroit, where rates are typically much cheaper. In that case, you’re the kind of traveller that the Canadian Airports Council (CAC) wants to woo back. A lobby group for Canadian airports, including the Region of Waterloo International Airport, the CAC is pressing the federal government to eliminate rental fees on facilities and lower taxes to make its members more competitive. If successful, the group’s efforts would be a boon for travellers, though perhaps not for government coffers, at least directly. On a trip to Los Angeles in April, I flew from Buffalo. The airfare was less than half the cost of the closest rate available from Pearson, and the flight schedule more convenient. Though a little more driving was involved, we bypassed a good stretch of the 401 and enjoyed cheaper, more convenient parking. And much better duty-free options. The airport in Breslau, while obviously offering the most convenience, was off the scale in terms of airfares. That’s typically been the case every time I’ve travelled, though I’ve certainly run across a few people who’ve found
rates economical enough to fly out of that location. For Jim Facette, the CAC’s president and CEO, the first step to making Canadian airports more competitive would be removing the $300 million in rent paid to the federal government by 26 of the nation’s biggest airports. (As you might expect, Toronto leads the way at $153.1 million in 2007.) “The business environment that Buffalo operates under is dramatically different. Buffalo does not have the costs that Toronto has to endure,” he notes in an interview from his Ottawa office. Those fees, the organization says, are the largest aviation tax of all. And, as they don’t exist in the U.S., or in most other countries, they put Canada at a disadvantage. Neither government owned nor strictly private businesses, larger airports in Canada operate as something of a hybrid, unique in the world. Smaller airports such as RWIA are municipally controlled and receive some federal support, but the larger centres are a big disadvantage by comparison to U.S. airports, says Facette. South of the border, airports get federal money – that’s especially true post9/11 and in the current round of stimulus spending – and pay nothing back to federal coffers. I’m certainly not alone in discovering that flying out of U.S. cities makes sense. According to the CAC, a third of passengers at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport are Canadian. More than two million Canadians, in fact, may be flying out of U.S. border airports. While other U.S. airports have
seen passenger decreases, these airports are generally growing – Buffalo reported its fifth consecutive record year in 2008. “U.S. airports pay virtually no rent, no municipal taxes and are able to issue tax-free bonds. In addition, they receive billions of dollars in U.S. government funding,” reads a CAC report. “Again, this puts Canadian airports at a competitive disadvantage. U.S. border airports such as Bellingham, Wash.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Burlington, Vt; Detroit, Mich.; and Plattsburgh, N.Y. each year attract millions of Canadians who choose to fly out of U.S. airports instead of Canadian airports because added taxes and fees in Canada make ticket prices higher.” While my experience has been that flying out of Buffalo is cheaper, those rates still don’t compare to the savings you’ll find in Europe, where “bargain” takes on a whole new meaning. When I was in Switzerland last year, a flight from Geneva to Prague could be had for 32 Swiss francs ($32 Canadian at the time). Not good enough? How about Geneva to Belfast for 20 francs?
These were certainly no-frill flights on such carriers as Ryanair and EasyJet, where extra fees and out-of-the-way airports can come into play, but the deals are there for the determined. Those kinds of rates just don’t exist in Canada. It’s more than a little ironic that Europeans, with much less distance to travel and a plethora of good trains, have much better flight options than Canadians, who have much larger distances to cover. For Facette, reducing operating costs to airports, which can in turn pass savings on to the airlines, would help to lower fares here. Given the importance of tourism, lower rates would translate into more dollars, he says, noting that the elimination of $300 million in rents could spawn an additional $700 million in economic benefits. The increase would flow from more passenger traffic, competition for transit stops for international flights and cargo traffic. “Canadian airports welcome competition, but they’d like a level playing field. They’d like the ability to compete head-on. Eliminating rent is a step in that direction.”
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A convoy of motorcycles will roll out of 376 Arthur St. S. this morning (Saturday) on a 220-kilometre ride honouring Elmira resident Randy Wilkin. The Randy Wilkin Memorial Ride will raise funds for the Randy Wilkin Memorial Fund to support access to minor hockey for children in the Elmira area. Wilkin, a driver with Cherrey Bus Lines of Drayton, was killed near Fort McMurray, Alberta last July when the bus he was in collided with a truck. Wilkin was actively involved with the Elmira Sugar Kings, including organizing the Ride with the Kings fundraising event. Registration for the ride starts at 9:30 a.m., with bikes departing at 10:30 a.m. Cost is $10 per rider and $5 per passenger.
Breslau firm goes bankrupt A Breslau company that owned the rights to distribute a foam insulation later banned by Health Canada has filed for bankruptcy. Retrofoam of Canada Inc. cited debts of $75,003 in an application which it filed with the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy on July 10. Retrofoam of Canada is owned by Paul Weigel, who installed the foam insulation in homes in southern Ontario through his company Enerliv Inc. Enerliv has also filed for bankruptcy, citing debts of $166,003. Weigel obtained the rights to sell the insulation in Canada from an American supplier in 2007. Not long after, he began installing the foam – which is blown into the walls through small holes drilled inside or outside the home – in homes throughout the southern Ontario area. Tipped off by a complaint, Health Canada investigated the matter and subsequently ordered Retrofoam to stop selling the product this February, because it contains urea formaldehyde, which can cause health problems in high doses.
Name blame All the fuss over the bankruptcy of Kids Link International Adoption Agency in Cambridge is wreaking some havoc for St. Agatha-based kidsLINK. The latter organization, a 150year old organization that assists children with mental health needs, says it’s experiencing difficulties because of public confusion over the similar names, although a legal challenge by Notre Dame of St. Agatha Inc. saw Kids Link International Adoption Agency use the name Imagine Adoption for its Canadian Operation.
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Elmira residents to celebrate seventy years of marriage Lloyd and Jean Habel plan a low-key party to mark their special day July 29 JONI MILTENBURG When Jean and Lloyd Habel met, it was the flashy Chevy roadster he was driving that first caught her eye. The attraction between the two of them soon went beyond his car; the Habels will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary next week. They were married July 29, 1939 in Kitchener. He was 21; she was 18. Movie stars were wearing tinted dresses that year so Jean was married in a pale pink dress with satin sandals dyed to match. Their wedding party was small – just the maid of honour and best man – but they had a seven-piece orchestra. Lloyd’s hobby was restoring old cars, and those classics made for a number of memorable family outings together. “It was a hobby where you could take your family with you,” Jean said. “Even the dog went along,” Lloyd added. The first car he restored was a 1917 Model
TOGETHERNESS Jean and Lloyd Habel of Elmira will celebrate their 70th anniversary July 29.
her work – but some of her friends were managers of stores in Kitchener, and they would call her in to help out at busy times or when someone was sick. Jean loved cooking and
did some knitting, but her hobbies were mostly athletic; she swam and played tennis, hockey and baseball, an activity that landed her a broken nose. Jean spent their third
wedding anniversary in the hospital, having given birth to daughter Bev two days earlier. Lloyd and Jean moved to Elmira in 1973. Bev and her husband Gerry Coles had been living on First Street but with a growing daughter, their little bungalow was too small. They built a new house on Golf Course Road and Jean and Lloyd moved into the bungalow. A few years ago, when Jean and Lloyd moved to the assisted living centre at Chateau Gardens, Bev and Gerry moved back to First Street. “There’s only the two of us that have been in that house,” Jean noted. Jean was happy to babysit granddaughter Cara when Bev returned to work as a supply teacher, and wishes she could do the same for their three g reat-g randchildren, Cole, Parker and Sidney. Lloyd and Jean had big parties for their 30th and 50th anniversaries; the celebration for their 70th will be a smaller, family affair at Chateau Gardens on Sunday.
Website tracks region’s progress adhering to strategic plan MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Want to give Waterloo Region a report card on its efforts to fulfill its strategic plan? With the introduction of new, online public reporting software, that should be an easy task. That is the purpose of the recently launched SEE-IT (Social, Environmental and Economic Information Technology), a web-based tool that portrays progress made on the region’s strategic commitments
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T touring. One of Jean’s fondest memories is taking the car to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and driving in the gaslight parade. “It was in the dark and all the cars … had the gas lamps lit. It was really something to see; I’ll never forget it,” Jean said. Now 91 and 88 years old, Lloyd and Jean look decades younger than their years, although there are some signs they’re getting older: “I can’t hear and he can’t see,” joked Jean. “And she won’t listen,” Lloyd wisecracked. Lloyd specialized in auto mechanics in high school and graduated with a scholarship. A.R. Kaufman, president of Kaufman Furniture, offered him at job straight out of high school and Lloyd worked for the company for 47 years, first repairing their cars and then fixing the machines in the factory. Jean was a housewife – she gently complains that Lloyd wouldn’t let
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to the community. “We wanted to be more interactive with the public. Typically, you get a strategic plan that has a report and it sits on a shelf – we really wanted it to be something that we could get out there to the public, drive people to the site and show them how we’re doing, specifically, on each of the actions we committed to,” said Lorie Fioze, the region’s manager of strategic planning and strategic initiatives. “We wanted it to be more visible, more in-
teractive and easier for people to understand, and we thought the traffic light type of system would help with some of that,” she said, highlighting the website’s progress markers, a legend composed of the three traditional colours of a traffic light: green denotes strong progress achieved; orange, moderate progress achieved, and red, progress needed. The website, which went live last month, portrays detailed and related information about
each of the strategic plan actions in graphic and written formats illustrating progress toward objectives. It also presents the information in a quick, visible and what is meant to be an engaging manner. The site contains information on, for example, objectives such as sustainable culture, air quality and energy, land, waste and water. Those who visit the site can obtain more in-depth information on those topics, and access to actual documents and council
reports related to these initiatives. A feedback tab at the top of the action sections and a survey on the main page allow the public to ask questions and offer any comments they might have about the information. That information will then be forwarded on to staff for consideration. The idea is to get the public to “visibly monitor” the region’s progress – or lack thereof – on its strategic initiatives. See WEBSITE page »06
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we would certainly appreciate a call.” This was the second fatal collision on Wellesley and Woolwich roads in close succession; 16-yearold Dani Tillich of Maryhill died July 16 from serious head injuries sustained in a collision July 8 while crossing Sawmill Road near Parkside Drive in St. Jacobs. Police are appealing to drivers and pedestrians to exercise caution when travelling area roads. “It’s a very tragic event, obviously, for our community. We ask for anyone who may have information to call us. We would like to reiterate and send a message to all road users of the importance of making safety the top priority:
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awareness of other vehicles and other road users is the top priority, and we’d like to finish our summer up with as few incidents as possible,” said Heinzel. “We’ve had a number of incidents in our region in these past few weeks and probably too many already where people have either been seriously injured or died. Our appeal is to the general public to slow down, make safety their top priority and give driving their full attention.” The investigation is continuing and anyone who may have witnessed this collision is asked to contact the Waterloo Regional Police traffic services branch at (519) 650-8500, ext. 8856 or by e-mail at traffic@wrps.on.ca.
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FIRST DIP The Toronto Daily Star was on hand for the opening of the first pool in Elmira in 1948. Shirley Cousineau, now Shirley Christner, was the first girl to take a dip in the pool. There’ll be another round of history making when the new facility opens in September.
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“It really gives you a scorecard,” said Fioze. “It gives the public a really good, easy way to see if we’re on track in what we’re doing at each of the milestones.” Indeed, the site will publish news on the region’s progress as it is: good or bad. If the region is not hitting its targets, this information will also be relayed, said Fioze, noting that while the current report reveals a relatively healthy scorecard, there are already areas – noted on the site – in which the region is lagging. “We’re doing pretty good on most of them, but … as we go along I’m sure we’re going to get more things where we’re not going to be on track; But this gives you a really direct link to what we said we were going to do to how we are doing in it.”
FUN ON WHEELS Dozens of antique and classic cars were on display July 18 at the St. Clements Autorama. Top, Len Kropf puts a final polish on a 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass. Above left, Shih Tzu Joy Belle was all decked out for a ride in the 1935 Ford coupe owned by Glen and Cathy Riddell of Milverton.
Bluebird: Species a longtime favourite » From page 03
flowers and feeders, their backyard is a haven for birds. In the span of an hour one morning, a rose-breasted grosbeak, tree sparrow and goldfinch visit the feeder and a cardinal and mourning dove are audible in the trees. He enjoys watching all the feathered visitors at his doorstep, but the bluebird is still Schlueter’s favourite. Back in 1994, when he and Beth
were thinking about buying the farm, Schlueter drove by on his lunch break to look the place over once more. It was early April, and sitting on a snowbank was a bluebird – the first bluebird of spring. The Schlueters bought the farm and named it Bluebird Meadow Farm. “I guess I’m like those early pioneers,” Schlueter said. “When spring comes, I really yearn to see that first bluebird.”
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SUMMER’S HALF OVER!
CHECKING IN Murray Schlueter examines a box that is now home to three recently-hatched bluebirds.
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MARC MIQUEL HELSEN More canines from around the country will soon be helping more people as the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides expands its training programs to include assistance dog guides for children and families living with autism. The new initiative will complement the school’s existing dog guide programs, which include canine vision, hearing ear, special skills and seizure response. “It’s definitely a huge benefit, for not only the foundation, but also for the new age demographic that we’re going to be able to help – this is opening up a huge window of younger children that will be able to benefit from this service as well as their parents,” said Melissa Eckersley, the organization’s manager of communications. “Autism assistance dog guides help not only the children but the parents cope with that disabil-
ity; from studies that we’ve seen, the dogs really make a huge difference in their lives.” Up until the recent announcement that the Lions would train dogs to help people dealing with autism, the organization trained the canines to work with people who are blind or visually impaired, for people with hearing disabilities; and for those suffering from seizures or other medical or physical disabilities. It appears that there has always been a demand for Dog Guides for people living with autism, but only with recent changes and funding has the Lions Foundation been able to go beyond referring applicants to other organizations and actually train dogs at the Oakville and Breslau facilities. “Now we’ve grown and we’ve undergone renovations here at the school so that we can accommodate another type of dog guide program being trained here,” said Eckersley of the area breed-
ing and training centres. The organization recently retained the services of Chris Fowler, a well known figure in the autism assistance dog guide world. Fowler, who has worked throughout the world with other schools building similar programs, was crucial in helping the Lions implement their own. The first class of dogs trained for the new program is expected to graduate in January. The dogs are bred at the Oakville and Breslau facilities and then fostered for a year by volunteer families. After that point the dogs return to the facilities for a four to six month training period. Each trainer has approximately six to eight dogs in his or her “string.” On an annual basis, The Lions Foundation provides some 120 recipients, nation-wide with dogs. It costs approximately $20,000 to train and accommodate one dog, which is then donated to the person it will aid.
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IN TRaINING Apprentice trainer matt Scott of the lions Foundation of Canada Dog guides works with Jay, an 18-month-old black lab/retriever cross, at the breslau facility. in September, the foundation will launch a new training program to provide dog guides for people with autism.
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JULY 15
10:00 PM | Two youths were arrested for engaging in drug activity behind Foundation Christian School in Winterbourne. The two had been smoking marijuana.
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JULY 16
12:30 PM | Police received a report of an attempted breakand-enter at a Flamingo Drive, Elmira home. Unknown suspects tried to pry a patio door open but were scared off when an alarm sounded. 1:30 PM | Some time within the past two weeks, unknown suspects entered the highvoltage electrical substation on Union Street, Elmira and made off with over $360 worth of copper wire. Ground wire was removed from the perimeter fencing and from a high-voltage tower. The suspect appears to have had some knowledge of the inner workings of a substation, although he or she left the station in dangerous conditions for employees and the public. It appears that such substations have been targeted frequently within the past few months and a new coppercoated steel product, which has virtually no scrap value, is making inroads in the industry. 2:40 PM | Seventy-one marijuana plants were found in a bush area of Schummer Line in Wellesley Township, between Hutchison and Manser roads. The plants, approximately two feet high, and a shovel were seized by police.
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JULY 17
1:30 AM | Several youths were reportedly damaging some tables in a park at Sawmill Road near Evening Star Lane in Conestogo. It appears that at least 20 youths had converged on the area, strewn some bottles around the area and vandalized some picnic tables. The youths, eventu-
One youth and two young adults were arrested and charged with ‘break-and-enter’ and ‘theft’ in connection to an incident at Heidelberg Motors about 1:42 a.m. July 18. Witnesses contacted police after seeing some individuals smash a window at the business, and then begin stealing tires and rims. The individuals, using a flashlight, passed the items from inside the building through the window. The men then walked eastbound on Lobsinger Line where they were eventually located by police. All the items were recovered. ally located by police, later cleaned up the mess. 12:30 AM | A window to a farmers’ market store in St. Jacobs was broken, but entry was not gained in what appears to have been an attempted break-and-enter.
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JULY 18
12:20 AM | Five teenage males were stopped by police at Industrial Drive and Howard Avenue in Elmira. A small amount of drugs was seized and the youths will be dealt with under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. 6:10 AM | Some time overnight, a College Street, Elmira property was damaged, the third such incident this year. It appears that around 4:30 a.m. someone rang the doorbell several times. In the morning it was revealed that some birdhouses had been torn down and other residential decorations had been ruined.
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JULY 19
2:30 AM | Two young Elmira men took a taxi from Waterloo to Oriole Parkway and Flamingo Drive in Elmira. Owing a $33 fare, the men threw $10 at the driver and then took off. The canine unit was called in, following a scent to an apartment building at 30 Flamingo Dr. One of the male suspects was described as heavyset, about 200 pounds, in his early twenties, with a shaved head and was wearing blue jeans at the time. The second male
was described as weighing about 145 pounds, with dark hair, and wearing a white shirt with long sleeves at the time. The suspects were not found. 4:48 PM | Police received a report of a theft from a clothing store in St. Jacobs. A 31-yearold woman, an employee of the store, was charged with two counts of theft and two counts of possession of stolen property.
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JULY 20
4:00 PM | Police stopped a vehicle that was careening all over the road on Line 86 in the area of Katherine Street, near West Montrose. A 38-year-old man was charged with ‘impaired driving,’ ‘over 80’ and with failing to have an ignition interlock device installed in his vehicle. Such devices are often a probation requirement for people convicted of impaired driving. 7:00 PM | Police received a report of a suspicious person at the horse barn in Elmira. It appears that the complainant was followed by a man, approximately 45 to 50 years of age, into the barn behind Arthur Street. He told the complainant that his father had just died and that he “loves Mennonites.” When the complainant tried to leave on his bike, the male grabbed him by the arm to prevent him from leaving and asked him his name. The complainant told him and then managed
to break free, biking away. The suspect is described as a white male, 45 to 50 years old, approximately 5’10”, with a medium build, short dark hair – possibly some gray – and wearing dark rimmed glasses and a black T-shirt and jeans at the time of the incident.
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age build, 5’8” in height, and wearing a baseball cap and a dark jacket. A second suspect was described as being roughly 5’10” in height and wearing a baseball cap and dark pants.
JULY 21
5:37 PM | Some time between 2 and 5 p.m., unknown suspects entered a home on Boomer Line in Wellesley Township. They gained entry by kicking down a door that had been secured with deadbolt locks. This home was armed with an alarm system, but the suspects were still able to make off with small electronics, cash and jewelry. A possible suspect was observed a while later, described as being in his late 30s, unshaven, with an olive skin complexion and riding in a brown Nissan Altima. Some U.S. currency and an iPod were also stolen. The investigation continues. 2:26 PM | Police were called to the scene of a collision in the area of Sawmill Road and New Jerusalem Road near Conestogo. Only minor injuries were reported. The driver of one vehicle appears to have hit the gravel shoulder, lost control and then over corrected, crossing the centerline and hitting a second vehicle that had been eastbound on Sawmill Road. A 17-year-old Millbank girl was charged with ‘careless driving.’ Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
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1:00 AM | An individual in the area of Rhine Meadow Court in Heidelberg spotted two males who appeared to be going through area vehicles. Her husband then gave chase to the males and the police canine unit responded. Police found several items that had been reported stolen, including bathroom fixtures and a
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Food safety should be a priority As basic needs go, there are few things as essential to us as the food we eat. In Canada, a developed nation blessed with abundance, we take food for granted. From plucking items off of supermarkets shelves to eating out at a variety of restaurants, we often don’t think twice about what we’re eating. That’s changing, however, as Canadians become more health conscious. And a variety of scares – BSE, contaminated ingredients from China, listeriosis – have expedited that change. So, too, have reports such as the one this week from World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) that tells us we’re eating far too much salt, especially here in this country. On the listeriosis front, investigator Sheila Weatherill’s report was released Tuesday, informing us that a number of oversights led to the death of 22 people following an outbreak of the food-borne disease in August 2008. A six-month investigation into the causes resulted in this week’s report, which identifies four broad categories where improvements need to be made. Weatherhill called for: more focus on food safety among senior officials in both the public and private sectors; bet-
ter preparedness for dealing with a serious food-borne illness with more advance planning for an emergency response; a greater sense of urgency if another foodborne emergency occurs; clearer communications with the Canadian public about listeriosis and other food-borne illnesses, especially at risk populations and health professionals. The investigator found the government was slow to react to the outbreak. It would be nice to think this report will prompt the Conservatives to quickly implement measures to improve food safety. Those kinds of controls are necessary: we have to be able to trust that our food is free of contaminants that pose immediate threats. The bigger picture, however, shows that our food does contain contaminants – herbicides, pesticides and a host of other chemicals – that must be monitored more aggressively. To date, government response to those health concerns has been underwhelming. As the report from WASH shows, there’s an even more pervasive problem: the ingredients used in processed and prepared foods. Here, too, we see a variety of chemicals. In this case, the additive is salt,
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a useful compound that is overused in Western diets – apparently greatly so in Canada, where sodium chloride is added to foods in record amounts. (WASH surveyed some 260 food products available around the world from food manufacturers such as KFC, McDonalds, Kellogg’s, Nestle, Burger King and Subway. Not one product surveyed had the same salt content around the world and some displayed huge differences in salt content from one country to another, with Canada often leading the pack. Kellogg’s All Bran, for instance, contains 2.15g of salt per 100g in Canada, but only 0.65g of salt per 100g just over the border in the United States, less than a third of the Canadian level. And we thought breakfast cereal, especially the brands marketed to children, needed to be monitored for sugar. The report is already drawing calls for government controls on potentially detrimental levels of salt, joining the ongoing battle against fat and sugar in processed foods. With the government already dragging its feet on labelling – particularly necessary for ingredients from suspect countries – we’re unlikely to see a response without some kind of crisis.
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“Eating too much salt puts up our blood pressure, the major risk factor of cardiovascular disease. This leads to millions needlessly suffering and dying from heart attacks, heart failure and strokes each year.”
The June inflation rate of -0.3% is the lowest Canadian inflation rate recorded since August 1955. Negative inflation leaves room for further stimulus without much risk of fuelling excessive inflation.
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Civil liberties trump Olympic security concerns Bud Mercer, head of the unit looking after security for the 2010 Olympics, has raised the specter of the violent clashes that rocked World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle and Quebec City. To combat this forecast of the dangers Mercer thinks they foretell, the taxpayer is spending one billion dollars, at last count, and using 16,000 police and armed forces personnel. To support this gross overkill, Mercer said, “I can assure council as I stand before you here today, that locally, provincially, nationally and internationally, there are groups that are considering or planning to engage in criminal protests during the 2010 Games. North America and Canada are not strangers to criminal protests during major events –
the 1999 Seattle WTO, 2001 in Quebec City or the Stanley Cup riot. There are things that will happen during a major event that we have a responsibility to plan and prepare for,” he said, adding that precautions include more than 900 cameras to guard the perimeters of Olympic venues, creation of “Free Speech” zones where protesters can legally demonstrate, a 2010 security force of 7,000 police, 5,000 private security officers and 4,500 members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Mercer didn’t define just what a “criminal protest” was, but one suspects it is much different than my definition and that of many readers. Mercer and authorities ought to know, but evidently don’t know, that protesters waving banners and shouting insults don’t assassinate people. They annoy the hell out of the establishment, which some might say is an excellent reason for encouraging them, but they don’t as-
sassinate. (I’m not talking here of the huge riots we’ve seen, alas, in other lands but Mercer clearly isn’t thinking of them either.) The Americans have had four presidential assassinations – Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. All these men were killed by a single fanatic. Indeed Lincoln, in the midst of a Civil War, moved easily in large crowds, as did Kennedy in his day at the height of the Cold War. Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were killed by individual assassins and not by picketers. Robert Kennedy was assassinated by a single madman, and Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination in July 1914 triggered the First World War, was killed by an anarchist. Mohandas Gandhi, and the unrelated sharers of his surname, Indira and Raj, were killed not by protesters but individual terrorists; in the case of Mahatma and Raj Gandhi by Hindu fanatics and in Mrs.
Gandhi’s case it was two of her bodyguards. Lord Louis Mountbatten died when IRA members planted a bomb on his yacht. There have been at least three unsuccessful attempts on U.S. presidents’ lives – Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan – none by protesters. Mercer and others of his persuasion would do well to read the law which both here and in the United States is in clear, unadorned English. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states in Section 2, “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d) freedom of association.” Article 3 of the U.S. Bill of Rights See MAIR »12
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Iran could see a revolution without martyrdom Young Iranians were back out on the streets in Tehran on Monday night, after almost a month’s hiatus. They were there again on Tuesday, despite the fact that there were many arrests. Their numbers will probably grow in the next week, for we are now nearing 40 days since the regime’s Basij thugs brutally crushed the first round of demonstrations. In Iran’s Shia Muslim culture, 40 days of mourning for the dead are usually followed by public demonstrations of grief. During the revolution against the Shah in 1978-79, that was when the crowds came out on the streets again, to be mown down once more by the Shah’s army. The cycle continued until the army, sick of killing unarmed fellow-countrymen, began to refuse the Shah’s orders. At least 20 young demonstrators, and possibly many more, were killed by the current regime’s paramilitary forces in late June. Will that old cycle of protest, killing, mourning and more protest reappear in the present and lead to the overthrow of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the president whose disputed re-election he so firmly defends, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Probably not, but they could still lose.
There will be no re-run of 1978 because today’s young Iranians are strikingly different from their parents’ generation 30 years ago. Those crowds had little to lose except their lives, and they were driven by a fatalistic courage that accepted death almost without demur. If you are 15 or 25 or even 35 in Tehran today, you have lots to lose, and you do not want to die. Like some general expecting the next war to be just like the last, I didn’t understand this difference at first. But then the terrifying video clip of 26-year-old Neda Agah Soltan, shot down by a Basij sniper and dying in the street on June 21, got several million views inside Iran in 24 hours. After that, you could practically hear millions of young Iranians saying “That could be me.” And they didn’t want it to be, so the streets emptied. So don’t expect escalating street protests to make Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad retreat or drive them from power. However, cautious, limited, recurrent protests could be part of a more complex strategy that ultimately accomplishes the same goal, for the ruling elite itself is deeply split. That has not happened before. The three “reformers” who now lead the opposition to Khamenei and Ahmadinejad are the three people who made most of the day-to-day decisions in the country from the time of
the revolution until only four years ago. Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who ran against Ahmadinejad in this year’s presidential election (and may really have won it), was the prime minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989; Ali Akbar Rafsanjani was president from 1989 to 1997; and Mohammad Khatami was president from 1997 to 2005. Mousavi has always faced unrelenting hostility from the ultra-conservative Ali Khamenei. As president in 1981, Khamenei refused to accept Mousavi as prime minister (even though he had been legitimately chosen by parliament) until the Old Man himself, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, intervened and insisted that Mousavi be allowed to take office. The strong suspicion that this time the election itself was rigged by Khamenei’s supporters to exclude Mousavi from office has only made him more defiant. His website dismisses the regime’s claim that the protests were inspired by Iran’s foreign enemies with contempt: “Isn’t it an insult to 40 million voters ... linking detainees to foreign countries? Let people freely express their protests and ideas.” Rafsanjani, in a sermon at Tehran University last week, aligned himself firmly with Mousavi, demanding an end to the media clampdown and the release of people arrested during the protests. He also referred indirectly to the fact that he actually chairs the
committee that elects the Supreme Leader, and can dismiss him. Khatami went further on Monday, calling for a referendum on the alleged outcome of the election. “People must be asked whether they are happy with the situation that has taken shape,” he said. “I state openly that reliance upon the people’s vote and the staging of a legal referendum is the only way for the system to emerge from the current crisis.” It was after that that the protestors reappeared on the streets. They will not sweep the regime away, and if its henchmen start killing them again they will prudently withdraw from the streets for a while – but only to devise safer ways of making their resentment felt. Meanwhile, a parallel campaign will be waged within the ranks of the Islamic clergy, mixing fine theological points with the crassest appeals to self-interest. This will not be an epic tale of heroism and martyrdom, but a complicated and mostly obscure contest for the future of the Islamic Republic. The hard-liners’ hope, understandably enough, was that after a while the outrage at Ahmadinejad’s implausible re-election to the presidency would subside into a sullen acceptance of the inevitable. That has not happened. Iran is in for a lengthy struggle, with an unpredictable outcome.
only have been considering their entertainment, and not the other children in the community. The ramp was over three feet tall with at least a 75 degree incline, and had a large pile of dirt on the opposite side of it. I am sure the young men using it felt comfortable with this design, but what of the other younger children whom I saw testing it out? It would be a tragedy if some inexperienced young person decided to try and jump the ramp, and seriously hurt themselves by using someone else’s
idea of “innocent fun.” Secondly, this area is a storm management containment area that contains a large pond on the Park Street side of the property. As well, this area is also meant to be a naturalized area, which has many birds, mammals, and reptiles that call it home. The land has been posted since it was first created more than 12 years ago with no trespassing signs placed there by the township to ensure the safety of the community. The township personnel were just do-
ing their jobs in enforcing the no trespassing bylaw and ensuring the safety of the other children in the community. Finally, to the young people who built this ramp, there is a great bike park on Kitchener’s “Mount Trashmore” off Ottawa Street that is specifically designed for your type of fun. Maybe in the future, Woolwich will consider building a skateboard/bike park for all the children in the township to use. Grant Beattie
» LETTER TO THE EDITOR Safety outweighs “innocent fun” To the Editor, I would like to comment on Ron Bock’s letter in last week’s Observer in regards to the ramp that some young people had spent time building in the so-called scrubland on Church Street in Elmira. First, it is important to state that those who spent the time to build the ramp believed in hard work, but they may
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Mair: Protests need to be seen, heard in order to be effective » From page 11
states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Thomas Jefferson said “Those who would sacrifice liberty for security are deserving of neither.” Yes, these are perilous times but the truth remains – large crowds waving banners and shouting slogans unto the obscene do not kill people. What they do is make it embarrassing because, in the words of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, they offend “those set in authority over us.” It’s interesting to note that policeman Mercer talks about special places for protesters just as they have Third Amendment sites for free speech in America. What the hell point is there in making people protest in places where the objects of their attention are out of ear shot and thus invisible to the media? Does it take 16,500 cops and soldiers to ferret out potential assassins and locate them? That, plus denying honest citizens their right to associate and protest? Of course not. This is 1997 APEC revisited, where one radical youth was put in jail several days before the parade and only released if he promised not to go to the scene; where a young law school student was jailed for carrying a cloth banner saying “Democracy” and “Free Speech” and where protesters were hit with pepper spray for no greater sin than saying nasty things
about the nasty heads of state and heads of government that our authorities didn’t want embarrassed. It was pepper spray then – will it be taser guns this time? This billion dollar extravagance has, I suspect, a lot less to do with perceived terror than giving off to the international media the image of sweetness and light in a place where never is heard a discouraging word. This is akin to the Potemkin villages, which were shacks with beautiful façades created so that the visiting Tsarina, Catherine II, would believe that this village she was visiting was prosperous, with loyal and happy subjects. The Olympic committee, under considerable pressure from governments, doesn’t want the image of Canada, Vancouver or Whistler tarnished with evidence that not everyone wanted the Olympics and that a great many people see them as bad for society for one reason or another. The classic reason to protest is to ask others, especially those in charge, to see and hear the messages portrayed. Whether these protests are against a war in Vietnam, separate facilities for blacks or against heads of countries whose stated commitment to freedom is not matched by reality, they are perfectly legal and, in fact, the quintessential expression of the freedom which connotes a free society. If – God forbid – there is an attack on anyone, you can be sure that it would have happened with or without demonstrations. The Vancouver Olympic committee position is untenable in a free society, expensive out of all proportion to the risk of serious harm and a huge waste of our money to boot.
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» LETTER TO THE EDITOR We expect more from leaders than we do from ourselves To the Editor, Cut Canadians Lisa Raitt and Sarah Kramer some slack, along with the host of British parliamentarians caught with their hands in the cookie jar, not to mention Bill Clinton and his ilk. The sanctimonious cries go up for these malefactors to resign, guilty of betraying the public trust, embarrassing their countries and deepening our perception that the political class is a fallen lot. Apathy flourishes, as evidenced by the fact that Stephen Harper governs with the approval of 28 per cent of eligible voters. Hypocrisy rears its ugly head in all of this
as we lump lawyers and politicians together into the rotten apple category while being shocked when they stumble, the result of our belief that man is basically good. The cream will always rise to the top, eventually. The truth is that none of us is immune to the powerful force of temptation, especially in the climate of Bytown, where anyone is ripe for the picking. Imagine a system where you don’t earn the money you’re spending, where there is no profit motive and the volume of red tape and bureaucracy provides adequate cover for improper behaviour. Focusing on the Lisa
Raitt “sexy” comment, we gasp in dismay that one of our leaders could be so heartless. Resign, we scream, while ignoring the fact this planet would explode if our every thought was made public. Witness Miss California, who spoke her mind and paid a high price. Recall the Jim Carrey movie Liar, Liar where he couldn’t but tell the truth no matter how painful and was maligned for it. Public service of any kind, whether political or in the media, gives the public the right to scrutinize every move and, with the sophistication of technology, even our
thoughts whispered in an unguarded moment. The prince yanks his dog’s leash, Barack and Michelle spend a week partying in the Big Apple … whatever, they’re under the microscope. Let’s get real and face the fact that we are people susceptible to temptation, the reason oversight, checks and balances and common sense must guide behaviour. A definition of hypocrisy can be found in our unreasonable expectation that “I” would never do what “they” have done because we are better, above that. Jim Newton New Dundee
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These are his dog days of summer
MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Does your dog refuse to go for a walk? Does she pull relentlessly on the leash before shooting off into the bush to chase a skittish squirrel? Are you trying to get him to roll over? According to Elmira’s Bernie Martin, treats are not the best way to get your dog to obey your commands. “A lot of dog trainers just cover up the problem; like if the dog’s pulling, they’ll put a harness or a pinch collar on them to try to solve the problem, but that just covers up the problem,” Martin said in an interview. The Elmira man recently completed a dogtraining course with Brad Pattison, from the TV show At the End of My Leash. Pattison’s certified educator trainers course (CET) is a six-week in-
tensive training course that provides students with information and practical experience to better understand their canines. It’s not intended for students who wish to bring their dog and have its behavioural issues fixed. Instead, the course is designed for people who wish to help dog owners become better caregivers of their pets. Graduated students are then required to attend a mandatory weekend CET seminar once a year for continued education. Now that he has completed the course, Martin is looking to start his own local branch of the organization. “We actually figure out what the problem is and work on that. … No forms of masking it, as they call it.” A dog, Martin says, may misbehave because it doesn’t respect its owner; or it might pull
heavily on its leash because it has become bored with the same-old walking route, and is “not getting the mental stimulation it needs.” The key to successfully training a dog is uncovering and addressing the core reasons why it is misbehaving rather than awarding it treats for good demeanor or threatening it with punishment when it gets out of line, he explained. Instead, Martin’s method entails using a martingale collar and a six-foot leash. The martingale collar provides more control over the animal without the choking effect of a slip collar. As part of his dog training service, Martin will offer both private, individual lessons, as well as group sessions. Lessons can take place at owners’ homes as well as at parks throughout See DOGS »15
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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
Local food is all Canadian this Civic Holiday On the Civic Holiday, spare a thought for people from our past who’ve made our communities strong, and those who are carrying the torch. Anita Stewart is among the latter, illuminating Canadian food and trying to pull the agri-food sector in a direction consumers want it to go. Elora’s Stewart, one of Canada’s premier culinary specialists (or activists, as she calls herself), is becoming part of our nation’s modern agriculture and agri-food history as the driver of the World’s Longest Barbecue. In just six years, on a shoestring budget, this coast-to-coast-tocoast initiative has grown to become the biggest food event in Canada, bar none. The BBQ is back this upcoming Civic Holiday weekend. Wherever you are at 6 p.m. on Aug. 1, Stewart invites you to fire up the barbecue and know that you’re part of a ground-
swell that probably now numbers in the tens of thousands. Not bad for an event that started as an SOS for the beef sector, when it was hit with closed U.S. borders because of the BSE scare. Beef producers haven’t forgotten Stewart’s leadership; the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association is her main sponsor for this year’s BBQ, which is presented in detail online at www.foodday.ca. Stewart shares this interactive website with her Flavours of Canada brand, which she developed to promote food from our country. To support the World’s Longest Barbecue, she’s inviting participants from across the country and abroad to e-mail her and tell her (and everyone else) what you’ll be cooking to celebrate Canadian food. You can also promote a local food event, or find dozens of recipes based on local ingredients and other features. Among the entries already emailed to Stewart, you see a detailed description of plans from Ontario Federation of Agriculture President Bette Jean Crews about her family’s
plans to celebrate the day by combining Ontario lamb, chicken, pork ribs and steak with backyard activities. The Thunder Bay Cattlemen’s Association and a group called Slow Food Superior note on the website they’re having a pre-BBQ event at the vibrant Thunder Bay Farmers Market this weekend to promote the Aug. 1 event. From Nova Scotia, Chris Kenney writes about plans to add a little spiced rum to barbecued halibut. And Stewart herself details an event happening at the Grand River Raceway to celebrate this area’s agri-food bounty. Stewart says Aug. 1 should be formally declared a national food holiday, to recognize the role agriculture and the agri-food system serves in Canadians’ lives. I think she’s right, and I can’t imagine anyone who would disagree with her, politicians included. What’s the downside? There isn’t any. It would open up a future of opportunity to nurture and promote an amazing sector that’s marked by an alarming lack of understanding by those it serves.
In fact, a national food holiday with someone such as Stewart at the helm and real resources from Ottawa could help the nation realize the sector’s value to us all, in a coordinated and factually based manner – while not sacrificing the passion that’s inherent in a great meal. Increased awareness about Canadian food needs to be combined with helping people realize the connection between food and health – and encouraging the food processing industry to respond accordingly. You may have seen the series of healthrelated reports making news this week about the ridiculously high and harmful salt levels contained in Canadian processed food, in particular. Other countries such as Britain had the same problem, and have taken lower-salt measures to try to ease this dangerous situation. We need to follow suit, and a designated day to celebrate food could also be a focal point for year-round teaching – and learning – about food. It’s not an option. It’s a must. Good luck to culinary pioneer Stewart.
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MATCHING STROKES The RIM Paddlers In Motion team hauls try to keep in sync during the Dragon Boat Festival held at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area July 18. The event is organized by the Kiwanis Club of Elmira in support of the Grand River Hospital child services programs and the Woolwich Memorial Centre.
It’s Linwood vs. Linwood
Winding down the baseball season
JONI MILTENBURG The battle of Linwood is on next Wednesday, as the Erb Electric Expos take on the Linwood Junior Chiefs on the diamond that is home turf for both teams. This is the first year Linwood has had two teams in the South Perth Men’s Fastball League; the Junior Chiefs moved up to the league this year and the
Expos relocated from Elmira at the same time. The only other time the Expos and Chiefs have faced off, back in June, the Chiefs came out on the losing side of a 6-1 game. They’ll be looking to even the score – and put an end to the Expos’ undefeated streak – on July 29. The game is the backdrop for the addition of three more names to the memorial plaque of the
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Linwood Ball Players and Sportsmen Alumni. George Jones, Donald Freeman and J.D. Ogram will be honoured for their contribution to ball in Linwood at an induction ceremony. Ogram, who was the fire chief in Linwood for many years, was a driving force behind the construction of the first community centre in Linwood. George Jones, who
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» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
Who’s goose will be cooked in this pillow fight? This morning, I read about a giant pillow fight that took place in an Antwerp, Belgium train station involving more than 200 people. Then I read an article detailing burgeoning Canada goose numbers in south and central Ontario. And, suddenly, just like that, a great idea occurred to me. Why can’t we have a huge pillow fight using Canada geese? Think about it. Aside from a few extra parts, geese are ready made pillows. So it’s completely holistic. I could just see it now. Once a year, sometime around dusk, participants could gather in pajamas at the local roost site and giggle a lot. While under the blankets with our flashlights
and waiting for the geese to land, we could play spin the bottle or truth or dare. Then, as the big birds pitch in, we would each capture one or two for temporary use as pillows. After that, in a fit of good old-fashioned fun, we would beat each other about the heads with geese until we all fall down laughing. I can just see it now. There’d be feathers everywhere! It would be the best pillow fight ever! Admittedly, it’s been more than 30 years since I have personally been involved in a pillow fight so this idea might have a few minor bugs to work out. Still, in theory at least, it’s got all the hallmarks of true genius. Geese? Pillow fight? It’s a natural. Let’s face it; we live in an area rich with geese. But, despite that, we have never had a real good public pillow fight. It just doesn’t make any sense.
If you think about it, not doing this would just be a waste of our natural resources. Even as I write this, I can see the eyes of local tourism departments lighting up. Here’s a great idea that was right under our noses all this time. And, if we act fast, there’s still time to be the first tourist region in the world to cash in on this. If we promote the event just right, like they do with the seal hunt, people from all over the world will come visit us each and every year. Heck, this pillow fight could be the centre of a very unique festival. Oh, I realize that, as of this moment, this is just a crazy pipedream. But the truth is, with a little work, we could actually make this happen. I mean, honestly, who among us hasn’t fantasized about playfully clobbering their spouse and co-
workers with a live 12-pound Canada goose? I know I have. And don’t think this doesn’t have other environmental benefits too. Right now, we here in Ontario look upon geese in our parks as pests. But, if this festival grows, and I’m guessing it might, suddenly we’ll think of them as a valuable asset to tourism. This means we’ll feed them so that they are even better pillows. In other words, they’ll get something out of it too. And since human and goose will be working side by side as a team for this one glorious event, I suspect that this might even lead to an even greater mutual interspecies respect. I say we organize this. It will start small, but with a dedicated team of volunteers it will gain momentum. Rest assured the geese will participate too. After all, they love nothing better than a grass roots movement.
Elmira Squirts qualify for A level at provincial tournament MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Practice makes perfect. That was the lesson learned by the Elmira Squirts softball team last weekend competing at the 2009 Squirt qualifier and provincial tournaments at Toanche Park, just outside of Penetanguishene, for the second year in a row.
This year, the squad of 10- and 11-year-olds toiled through the qualifying tournament to qualify for the A provincial tournament to be held in New Hamburg, Aug. 8-9. That’s a significantly better result than last year’s B seeding. “[Elmira] did very well in the qualifiers,” said Christine Patenaude of the Ontario Amateur
Softball Association (OASA), which hosted the tourney in Toanche. “For some of the kids it’s their first qualifying Squirt tournament. Some of these teams, the Elmira team particularly, are a returning team from last year and they came up here and competed in the qualifiers and then competed in the B provincial. This is the team’s sec-
ond year, and they fared better this year than they did last year,” she said. Facing off against teams from New Hamburg, Stouffville, and Brantford, the Elmira squad played four games, winning two (7-6 against Brantford, and 6-2 against Stouffville) and losing two (20-11 against Kitchener-Waterloo, and 14-10 against
Brantford). Through the qualifying round – the purpose of which was to determine seeding for the provincial tourney next month – Elmira qualified for the upper level (A) of the provincial tourney. Earning a fourth-place finish out of six teams was good enough for the local team to advance on to the A level.
In Elmira’s category, New Hamburg went undefeated, earning a top seed for the next round. K i t c h e n e r - Wa t e r l o o came in second. “The weekend was great: the weather held out in the competition, there were only two blowouts, there were some very close games and the first game went eight innings,” said Patenaude.
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DETERMINATION The St. Clements and Wellesley U8 and U10 teams held their year-end tournament in St. Clements July 18. Left, Matthew Ratthe carries the ball up the pitch. Above, Nolan Hislop, arms wide, winds up for a mighty kick. PHOTOS | JONI MILTENBURG
owned Jones Feed Mill before passing it on to his son Jeff, played baseball and hockey in Linwood and was part of many championships as a hockey goalie. Don Freeman, who started Don’s Hardware in Linwood – now owned by his son Don Jr. – coached many minor ball players who went on to play senior ball. The game will be a family affair for the Freemans; Don Jr. coaches the Junior Chiefs, including his nephew Brent, while his son Tim plays for the Expos. The memorial plaque was created two years ago, during the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Linwood Bantam ball team. There are cur-
rently six names on the plaque: Frank H. Schummer and his sons Frank C. and George, who organized men’s softball back in the late 1940s and early 50s; Stan Deckert and Shorty Knarr, well-known hockey and baseball players from Linwood; and Frank Kleinknecht, a coach and umpire who drove around town in the 50s and 60s announcing games on a loudspeaker. George Nahrgang, president of the South Perth Men’s Fastball League, will be present at the induction ceremony to give a speech. The ceremony starts at 7:45 p.m., with the game to follow at 8:30. Food and refreshments will be available, and people are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs.
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Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca
puBLIC NOTICE noiSe By-laW eXeMPtion ReQUeStS On Tuesday, August 4, 2009, the Council of the Township of Woolwich will consider two requests for Noise Bylaw exemptions as follows: 4881 Fountain Street, Breslau: Aviation Expo and Air Show to be held Saturday, August 29 and Sunday, August 30. Request is for permission for amplified music between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily. 689 St. Charles Street East, Maryhill: K-W Serbian Day Festival to be held Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6. Request is for permission for amplified music between Noon and 1:00 a.m. daily. Council will consider these requests at the Committee of the Whole meeting on August 4th to be held in Council Chambers at 24 Church Street West in Elmira commencing at 6:00 p.m. Written comments concerning either request will be accepted until 5 pm July 30th at the Township of Woolwich, Council and Information Services Division, P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6. Comments may be e-mailed to vhummel@woolwich.ca or faxed to (519) 669-1820. Call (519) 669-6005 for more information or to register as a delegation for the meeting.
THE TOWNsHIp Of WOOLWICH COuNTs ITsELf IN fOR CONsERvATION CHALLENgE Mayor Strauss calls on all residents to compete and conserve on August 14
July 22, 2009, Elmira, ON — Mayor Strauss and Council announced today that The Township of Woolwich will be participating in Ontario’s upcoming Count Me In! Conservation Challenge Day on August 14. As part of the campaign, the residents of the Township of Woolwich are being asked to pledge a commitment and to create a personalized conservation plan at www.countmeinontario.ca, from now until Challenge Day. All Ontarians who take the Count Me In! pledge will also have the chance to win one of three grand prizes and are eligible for daily prizes from now until Challenge Day. For more information log onto the Township of Woolwich’s website www.woolwich.ca or call 519-669-6010. The Township of Woolwich is competing in the following categories: • The highest percentage drop in electricity consumption on August 14, and • The highest per capita participation in the Count Me In! pledge drive. Results of the provincewide Challenge Day will be announced at the AMO Annual Conference on August 19th in Ottawa. “Energy conservation is essential as we all do our part to fight climate change and contribute to cleaner air in our community,” said Mayor Strauss. “The people of the Township of Woolwich have always risen to a challenge and I know we will pull out all the stops to take the title from other Ontario municipalities.” “This initiative is something that Waterloo North Hydro supports whole heartedly,” said John Janzen. “We offer a wide range of conservation programs for businesses and homeowners and we’re hoping that the Township of Woolwich- takes this opportunity to learn more about conservation and gets behind this challenge.” The Count Me In! Community Challenge was issued to municipal leaders across the province on June 3 by Woodstock Mayor Michael Harding. The City of Woodstock has played a leadership role among Ontario municipalities over the past few years encouraging energy conservation with its August 14 Blackout Day initiative. This year, Woodstock has been joined by the Ontario Power Authority, the Independent Electricity System Operator, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and the Electricity Distributors Association to create the Count Me In! Community Challenge Day. More information is available at www. countmeinontario.ca.
CROssINg guARDs NEEDED The Township of Woolwich is now accepting resumes for Crossing Guard positions in Elmira. Spare Crossing Guards are urgently required for Breslau, St. Jacobs, Maryhill and Elmira. Full details about the positions are available at www.woolwich.ca or call 519-669-6005 or 519-669-6015 for details.
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Facility attendant i & SeaSonal attendantS Required by the Township of Woolwich Recreation & Facilities Services. • Must have Grade 12 education or equivalent. • Propane Handler Certificate • Must hold valid Class “G” Ontario driver’s license, with a good driving record. • Must hold “Basic Refrigeration” (e.g. ORFA) certification or ability to successfully obtain within 12 months of posting acceptance. • Must hold or be willing to obtain the “Certified Pool Operators” certification or ability to successfully obtain within 12 months of posting acceptance. • Familiarity with all aspects of facility, building and mechanical systems, as well as ice rehabilitation and repair. • Proven ability to deal cooperatively, efficiently and effectively with members of the public, other Township staff and external agencies as well as the ability to provide quality customer service. • Ability to work constructively in a team environment and act independently as required, follow safe and appropriate practices and procedures and exercise sound judgment at all times. • Physically able to perform all activities (i.e. lifting, climbing and working above ground level on ladders, scaffolds, upright lifts, etc.) and able to pass a current physical examination. • Experience in building & park maintenance and operations. Apply in writing, stating which position is of interest, no later than July 31, 2009. Annette Levean, Human Resources The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich Box 158, 24 Church St. W Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 We thank all those who apply for these positions. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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The Township of Woolwich is seeking a proactive individual or company to provide general administration and supervision for the construction and maintenance of municipal drains. The Drainage Superintendent will liaise with Township staff to ensure legislative compliance and to provide co-ordination between agencies, engineers, contractors and ratepayers during the operation, maintenance and improvement of these assets. Qualified candidates should have certification or be eligible for certification as a Drainage Superintendent by OMAFRA, have a minimum of 3 years related experience, and have a thorough knowledge of the Drainage Act and other relevant legislative requirements. Interested persons are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter, along with anticipated rate of pay, by August 14th to: Human Resources Township of Woolwich P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Fax: (519) 669-9348 Inquiries: (519) 669-6005
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WOW! 12.9 ACRES. 2800 sq. ft. bungalow, 4 bedrooms, main floor master bdrm, main floor laundry, patio/deck, hot tub, walkout basement, detached workshop, backs on to greenbelt, waterfront property. MLS.
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Model Bungalow 1360 sq ft Home and Palamino II 4 Bedroom 2-storey (Finishing stages), great opportunity to see a 2 storey design. Bungalow for sale with upgrades $332,250, open concept 2 Bedroom, all main floor conveniences. Two- 2 storey plans under construction, 3 Bdrm and 4 Bdrm design. Visit us this weekend. MLS/EXCL.
5 BEDROOMS
$203,900 DRAYTON | This quaint,
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FLORADALE BUNGALOW
$254,900 NEW PRICE | Quaint,
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ELMIRA OFFICE BUILDING AND RESIDENTIAL HOME $299,000 and $279,000 | Both
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$449,000 DRAYTON | This grandly
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$1350/UNIT | Each Bay complete with office, 2 pc/ overhead 12 x 12 door, 22' ceiling and mezzanine/ 2nd floor office. Parking available. 3 year old building located on Earl Martin Drive, South end of town. MLS. Elmira@royallepage.ca | www.royallepage.ca/elmira
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47. Cartoon art 50. Someone considered to be “dippy� 51. Get out 54. Ape 59. Aroma 60. The lunar landscape 62. Diminutive suffix 63. Combustible heap 64. Skating jumps 65. European tongue 66. Breaks down, in a way 67. Fine thread Down 1. Confront 2. Above 3. Its motto is “Industry� 4. When repeated, like some shows 5. Stomp 6. Fruit often confused with a vegetable 7. ___ Today 8. Berth place 9. ___ nut 10. Mideast V.I.P. 11. Be of use 12. ___ fatale 13. Alleviated 18. Jumper 22. Air
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» STRANGE BUT TRUE | BILL & RICH SONES
The moon plays an important role to life here around and bending over as well. Looked at this way, the moon does indeed appear its normal size, presumably because the terrain, being in the top half of your view, is no longer used for scaling. There are other possible causes as well but they pale before the charm of the evening. Q. Why do we humans kiss with our lips? A. Actually, it’s deeper than a lip thing. As with much of human life, the brain’s the game, or more precisely the sensory cortex, says David Myers in Psychology in Everyday Life. The more sensitive a body region, the larger the cortical area devoted to it (even true of rat whiskers and owl ears). “Your supersensitive lips project to a larger brain area than do your arms. That’s one reason we kiss with our lips rather than rub elbows.” The brain also devotes more tissue to regions requiring precise control, including the fingers and of course those smartly puckerable lips of yours. Q. Two TIMELY curiosities: What was perhaps the weirdest thing to
happen to you on your last airplane flight, though if you noticed it, that would be weirder still? And can you name a single thing that the dinosaurs did 24/7? A. Albert Einstein showed that gravity slows the passage of time, meaning that when you fly at high altitudes, Earth’s slightly weaker pull causes you to age a few extra nanoseconds during the flight, says LeeAundra Temescu in Discover magazine. As for the dinosaurs, they didn’t do anything 24/7 because days back then were only about 23 hours long due to tidal friction from the sun and moon slowing the rotation of the Earth and increasing the length of a day by three milliseconds per century. Therefore, those hungry beasts may have been on the lookout for their next meal only 23/7. Q. Why are our enormous sun and small moon the same size in the sky? And who might care, anyhow? A. You’d care a lot if you’d ever witnessed a total solar eclipse, something only the very lucky -- or very longlived -- get to do even a few times in
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their lives, says Marcus Chown in New Scientist magazine. At the height of totality, the fit of the sun and moon is so perfect that beads of sunlight can only penetrate to us through the rugged valleys on the lunar surface, creating the dazzling “diamond ring” effect. This is thanks to the amazing coincidence of a sun 400 times as wide as the moon being also 400 times farther away, assuring totality, unique among our solar system’s eight planets and more than 150 known moons. Luckiest of all is that such a big moon is a big boon for life on Earth. As Earth spins on its own axis, it has a tendency to wobble, due to being tugged by other planetary bodies. But the unseen hand of the moon’s gravity damps the wobble, which in turn damps down dramatic climatic swings over time. “Those swings or instabilities would have made it much more tricky for life to get started on our planet.” Concludes Chown: “That large moon might be the reason you are there.”
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Q. Lovely moonlit night has you and your sweetheart out in the backyard enjoying the sight. Suddenly she takes several steps away from you and bends over, peering out horizontally through her legs. No, she’s not “mooning” you, so what is she up to? A. She says she’s out to defeat the ancient, well-known “moon illusion,” the most striking illusion in the natural landscape. This is the apparent enlargement of the moon when it’s near the horizon, appearing about 50% bigger than when it’s overhead, explains Jearl Walker in The Flying Circus of Physics. Actually, the moon always occupies about half a degree in our view, so the illusion is psychological. Its primary cause seems to be that we associate a low moon with the terrain in front of us, and based on contrast with the terrain, the moon LOOKS bigger. Now you join your lover, turning
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DEATH NOTICES CARVALHO, Manuel
KEUPFER, Irene
– Passed away peacefully, at home with his family and friends by his side, on Monday, July 20, 2009, at the age of 72. Local relatives are his daughter Liz Costa and her husband Jack of Conestogo.
- Passed away on Friday, July 17, 2009, at the London Health Sciences Center, as a result of an accident. Irene was born 19 years ago on January 12, 1990, in Stratford and resided at RR1, Millbank.
DRAVES, Ruby
SCROGGIE, “Dick�
– Passed away peacefully, at St. Mary’s Hospital, on Sunday, July 19, 2009, at the age of 90 years. GALIVAN, Donald “Don�
- Passed away peacefully, at Freeport Health Centre, on Saturday, July 18, 2009, in his 83rd year. Local relatives are his son Bob Galivan and his wife Mia of Wellesley. HABERMEHL, Edna – Peacefully on Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Chateau Gardens, Elmira, Edna Habermehl, in her 101st year, of Elmira, formerly of Toronto.
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 Community Care Concepts Dementia Day Program – Monday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Call for more details, 519-669-1223. JULY 29
 Once Upon a Mystery – join us at the Region of Waterloo Libraries Agent 009 Summer Reading Club! This free program includes stories, crafts and activities for children ages six-12. There are mysteries brewing in our fairytales and I need your help to solve them. Linwood, 3:30-4:15 p.m., 519-698-2700; St. Clements 1:45-2:30 p.m., 519-699-4341 for more information. JULY 30
 Once Upon a Mystery – join us at the Region of Waterloo Libraries Agent 009 Summer Reading Club! This free program includes stories, crafts and activities for children ages six-12. There are mysteries brewing in our fairytales and I need your help to solve them. St. Jacobs Branch Library, 3:30-4:15 p.m., 519-664-3443; Elmira, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 519-669-5477; Bloomingdale, 1:45-2:30 p.m., 519-7453151 for more information.  Once Upon a Mystery – join us at the Region of Waterloo Libraries Agent 009 Summer Reading Club! This free program includes stories, crafts and activities for children ages six-12. There are mysteries brewing in our fairytales and I need your help to solve them. Wellesley, 2:15-3 p.m., 519-656-2001.  Community Care Concepts Dementia Day Program – Monday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Call for more details, 519-669-1223. AUGUST 4
 Caregiver Coffee Hour Group – 10-11:30 a.m. in the activity room at Chateau Gardens, Elmira. We will discuss stress as pertaining to caring for someone with Alzheimer disease or related dementia. What is our power to change? How can we cope? For more information, contact Lorraine at WCHC, 519-664-3794 or Cara at the Alzheimer society of KW, 519-742-1422. AUGUST 6
 Owen Anderson, Magician – at Elmira Branch Library; 1-2 p.m. Come watch Owen perform amazing tricks with his assistant, Ruby the bunny! Show location is at St. James Lutheran Church, 60 Arthur St., Elmira. Tickets $3 or two for $5. Everyone must have a ticket to attend the show. For more information, call the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477.  Owen Anderson, Magician – at Wellesley Branch Library; 3:30-4:30 p.m. Come watch Owen perform amazing tricks at the Wellesley Branch Library with his assistant, Ruby the bunny! Tickets $3 or two for $5. Everyone must have a ticket to attend the show. For more information, call the Wellesley Branch Library at 519-656-2001.
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 Drayton Christian Reform Church Fundraising concert, 4 p.m. Six bands, admission by donation. Food tent. Goes rain or shine. Bring lawn chairs. Proceeds going to help fund trip to the Dominican Republic to build a school.
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 Much Music Retro Dance for National Service Dogs. Wellesley Community Centre, 8 p.m. – 1 a.m. Tickets $12 single; $20 couple. For tickets and more information, call Tammy at 519-656-1038. SEPTEMBER 12
 Pancake Breakfast at the Alma Community Hall, 8-11 a.m. Tickets $4/adult; $2/child. All proceeds to the Alma Community Recreation Association (ACRA) playground fund. Fore more information, contact Doug at 519-846-0764.
Bus: 519.895.2044 ext. 217 Home: 519.747.4388
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