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A FORCE OF NATURE Over in 10 minutes, a powerful rainstorm that struck Elmira Monday left a swath of damage in its wake, toppling trees including this one at a home on the corner of Park Avenue and Centre Street. Parts of PHOTO | MARC MIQUEL HELSEN the town were without power for more than three hours.
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This summer’s unsettled weather takes a turn for the worse in sudden downburst that hit Elmira MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Although it lasted just 10 minutes, the rainstorm that whipped through Elmira Monday afternoon left a significant amount of damage in its wake. Gone as quickly as it came, the localized storm snapped trees, toppled poles, and flooded the streets as sewers were
“I was heading out for lunch and went up to Conestoga Mall, and as I walked into the mall I turned around and saw this really dark, ominous looking cloud north of Waterloo; I thought, ‘boy, that looks like it could be trouble.’ When I came out, my cell phone started ringing about the damage up in Elmira, but at that point in Waterloo the sun was shining. It was one of those things
overwhelmed by the volume of water. Much of Elmira was left without power for more than three hours. When the weather system passed, people took to the streets, assessing damage and snapping photos of a storm that was so localized it spared St. Jacobs and Waterloo. “It was so targeted, so isolated,” said John Janzen of Waterloo North Hydro (WNH).
that unless you were in it, you really didn’t have an appreciation for what just happened.” Before heading south through Bloomingdale and Breslau, and then on to the U.S. via Hamilton and Niagara, the storm, which originated off Lake Huron, inundated Elmira with rain and hail, knocking down trees and utility poles, which were strewn across roadways.
Woolwich Township’s public works building saw its roof peeled off temporarily by the strong gusts of wind that reached speeds between 80 and 100 kilometres per hour. Almost all of WNH’s available staff hit the streets of Elmira at approximately 1 p.m. – 20 minutes after the storm passed – and a healthy contingent worked well into See STORM »02
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the evening, said Janzen. Among some of the issues utility staff had to contend with was repairing a 28,000-volt feeder station on the corner of First Street and Snyder Avenue: a large tree had essentially split in half and ended up taking down the equipment. By 3:45 p.m., most residents living in the core area of Elmira had their power restored; in some cases, individual residences, especially in the rural areas, had to wait
until the evening to see the lights come back on. While the storm left a big mess, damage was relatively minimal, restricted to a few cars struck by falling branches. Aside from the power outage, crisis issues were at a minimum. “We did not have to fully invoke our emergency management system, but certainly we had key township staff and officials meeting on a regular basis at the office just to assess and keep abreast of things, said Woolwich chief
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or anything of that nature.” Debate about whether the storm could in fact be classified a tornado was unleashed as photographs of the storm revealed what appeared to be a funnel cloud. Meteorologists, however, deemed the weather system that ripped through
administrative officer David Brenneman, suggesting what followed was a learning experience. “It was, in a small-scale way, a good way to test how we deal with emergency management situations, although we didn’t have to call a full control group together,
Elmira was more likely a powerful downburst rather than a tornado. “The fact that the damage was largely at the same time as the rain would indicate that it probably was a downburst lasting about 10 minutes or so; there was some rotation in the clouds that had a little
bit of an updraft behind the storm that caused the funnel cloud, probably a separate phenomena,” said Peter Kimbell, a warning-preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada. “While significant, nevertheless, in the broad scheme of things it wasn’t that damaging.”
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“I tried a Presley song. … All of a sudden I realized that this song came so natural to me, and ‘wow.’”
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AN ELVIS-INSPIRED PASSION Although he’s best known as a Wellesley Township councillor, Crosshill’s Herb Neher is gaining popularity as an Elvis fan and tribute singer. You can catch him this weekend in Collingwood or Aug. photo | marc miquel helsen 9 in Linwood.
The “King” returns to Linwood Wellesley councillor Herb Neher and six others get set to strut their Elvis stuff at Kruisin’ event MARC MIQUEL HELSEN When not dealing with municipal issues, Wellesley councillor Herb Neher might be found puttering around his backyard, tending to the chickens or reading the paper in the sun, two faithful farm dogs at his feet and a radio pumping oldies from under the cover of his old porch. There’s also a good chance the retired Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) investigator might be found cruising like the King, belting his own brand of – preferably vibrato heavy – Elvis Presley songs at a tribute show. In fact, the rock-and-roller-turnedcouncillor has two shows in the next few weeks: the first is this weekend at the annual Collingwood Elvis Festival; the second, in Linwood on Aug. 9 for the first-ever Kruisin’ With The King
at the Linwood rec. complex. Though he might be relatively new to the Elvis circuit, having started more than a few years ago, Neher’s love affair with old school rock-and-roll goes way back. “My thing was always music. I always enjoyed music – always, always. You ask anybody and they’ll say, ‘when you’re at Herb’s place, there is always music on,’” he explained. While his other siblings derived some visual sensitivity from their father, a painter, Neher, whose family made the leap from Munich to Canada when he was nine, got his mother’s ear and voice for music. “She’s the one that really encouraged me into music.” Though he knows how to play the guitar, the accordion, the harmonica, and has dabbled with drumming, Neher’s stock in the musical trade is, without
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Presley, growing up Neher was more in tune with bands that became big during the so called British Invasion. It wasn’t until he discovered that his own voice was well suited to do Elvis covers that he really got interested in ‘the King.’ At a bar one day, Neher thought he’d try something new: instead of belting out a crowd-pleaser like “I Fought the Law” Neher switched it up and instead tried the more emotive “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” When the crowd roared in applause that was more enthusiastic than polite, Neher realized he had tapped into something sweet. “I tried a Presley song. … All of a sudden I realized that this song came so natural to me, and ‘wow,’” he recounted. “I had sort of his vibrato, I could do his vibrato that was very unique with
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With any mention of immigration, issues of racism raised cent of immigrants sent money home at least once. Within six to 24 months of landing, 23 per cent of immigrants had sent remittances to their home country; within two to four years after landing, about 29 per cent had done so. Among those who sent money home, the average amount was $2,500 in the first period, and $2,900 in the second period. The likelihood of immigrants remitting depended on three additional factors: their income, family obligations in Canada and abroad and demographics. According to World Bank figures for 2004, remittances represent an important source of revenue for people in developing countries. They accounted for about 20 to 30 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in countries such as Haiti, Lesotho and Jordan, and for about 10 to 19 per cent in several others, such as Jamaica, the Philippines and the Dominican Republic. In a sense, remittances by immigrants can be seen as a form of foreign aid. Probably a superior form, as the money goes directly to those in need, rather than siphoned off by agencies and corrupt government officials. If we regard international development as a good thing, then the practice is one we can support. Yes, there are economic impacts here of sending dollars offshore. As noted, the amounts involved are miniscule by comparison to imports and direct foreign investment. There is certainly a need to make sure money isn’t flowing to groups supporting terrorism or domestic warfare, but that, too, is a minor consideration. Likewise, there’s
no issue with people working here using their after-tax dollars as they please – providing the money comes from employment income, not government assistance. No, much of the criticism boils down to “them” sending “our” money to “those people.” Overt racism aside, however, Canadians should be questioning immigration policies and their impact on our society. At that level of discussion, economics, demographics and pace of change are all valid topics. Much of the growth we’re seeing in the country – largely in Toronto and southwestern Ontario, including right here in Waterloo Region – is fueled by policies dictating we need immigrants to offset declining birthrates and an aging population: we need more taxpayers to support increasing numbers of retirees. Our solution has come at a cost, however. A 2005 study by Herbert Grubel, professor emeritus at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, shows a sharp decline in the economic performance of recent immigrants to Canada since 1990.
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The paper cites official statistics showing that recent immigrants, on average, have lower incomes than comparable Canadians even after 10 years’ residence in Canada. As a result of these lower incomes, Canada’s progressive income tax structure and the universal availability of government benefits have resulted in substantial transfers to these immigrants. Grubel estimates the transfer to immigrants who arrived between 1990 and 2002 is approximately $18.3 billion every year, based on 2002 data. Among the reasons for the low incomes of recent immigrants, Grubel cites the fact that there are large numbers who bypass the government screens that are designed to allow entry only to applicants likely to be economically successful. Those bypassing the screens include large numbers of family members and refugees, many of whom have low earnings capacity. It’s with those figures, not country of origin or racial issues that we have to look at the system. There’s no room for the race card or politically correct posturing at the table.
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Statistics Canada this week released a study about the tendency of recent immigrants to send money back to their homelands. Reaction on public forums – the Web certainly allows us to contribute our two cents’ worth, early and often – followed a predictable pattern: those opposed to immigration patterns seized on the study to condemn the practice, followed by a host of others playing the racism card. Canadians remit about $5 billion overseas each year. While not insubstantial, the figure represents a small piece of the economy. In fact, from an economic perspective, the practice is no different – though much smaller – than what happens when we import goods from other countries, spend money on a European vacation or nip over the border to Buffalo on a shopping spree: Canadian dollars leave the country. That particular economic argument is moot. Undoubtedly, much of the backlash is related to race, as immigrants from the Philippines and Haiti are the most likely to send money home. The study found the poorer the country of origin, the greater the chance of remittance. By the numbers, roughly four in 10 immigrants who arrived in Canada during 2000/2001 sent money to family or friends abroad at least once during their first four years in the country. Over the entire period, about 41 per
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What brings you to Elmira? “We’re just out for a drive.” What do you do for a living? “I’m a stay-at-home mom.” How are you and the kids spending your summer? “Going out for trips to the park.” Hobbies? “Scrapbooking, genealogy, reading.”
What are you reading now? Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series. “It’s really good.” Favourite TV show? “Right now it has to be Hell’s Kitchen.” What’s your best dish? Homemade lasagna. What is something about you people might not know? “I have a real corny sense of humour sometimes.”
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Safe trucker honoured
Over the course of six-million kilometres and 44 years, Elmira’s Laverne Martin was able to retain his perfect safety record as a transport truck driver for Home Hardware. The 65-year-old was recently honoured for this feat, along with his years of dedicated service, by being inducted into the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada Hall of Fame for professional drivers. Martin drove mostly long-haul trips for the St. Jacobs company, often transporting hardware to the Maritimes and Western Canada. Now, he spends his days enjoying retirement, with plans to continue travelling in the future.
Transit part of joint fund A new rapid transit strategy in Waterloo Region is one of the initial priorities of the Building Canada program announced Thursday. The Canadian and provincial governments signed a framework agreement that will see more than $6.2 billion go to infrastructure projects. No dollar amounts were announced for individual projects. Under the agreement, approximately $3.09 billion from the Building Canada Fund will go towards infrastructure initiatives in Ontario. The bulk of the federal money will come through the extension of the federal Gas Tax Fund agreement from 2010 to 2014.
A blast from the past Renovation project in attic of Park Street home reveals old newspapers, map VANESSA MOSS A rewiring project recently turned into a history lesson for Elmira’s Barry Briere, who uncovered a map of Waterloo County from 1908 and copies of the Elmira Signet from the early 1900s in his attic joists. When his Park Street house was built around 1907, insulation was not readily available so builders filled the walls with “scrap” paper, he noted. Finding these relics has increased Briere’s interest in the house that he and his wife purchased two years ago. “We like old houses. They’ve got a lot of character. Obviously you’re not going to find old maps in your new house.” Briere has enjoyed taking a step back in time by reading the newspaper advertisements for houses to buy in Toronto ranging from $3,100 to $27,000; a copy of the Toronto Evening Telegram from 1924 even shows monthly rents for $12. “It’s really neat looking at the old prices of things.”
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Centre Wellington Township this week got its hands on a cheque for $591,444, the latest installment of its share of revenues from slot machines at the Grand River Raceway. The payment represents five per cent of the revenues generated in the first quarter (April to June). To date, the township has received more than $7.9 million in nontax gaming revenue since the operation was forced to move from Woolwich Township. Slots at Grand River Raceway opened on Dec. 4, 2003. Since that time, it has attracted more than 2.8 million visitors. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation issued more than $19.1 million in revenue last quarter to 23 host communities of slots at racetracks and charity casinos. To date, those communities have collected $560.4 million. The tracks themselves receive 10 per cent of the gross slots revenue, with another 10 per cent going to the horse-racing industry.
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UNEXPECTED INSULATION Barry Briere was recently surprised and delighted to find a map and newspapers from the early 1900s in the attic of his Elmira home. He plans to learn more about the collection and ways the items can be preserved.
Briere also got a kick out of the cost of a year’s subscription to the Signet (one dollar) and from reading about the Elmira Fall Fair of 1917. “That’s pretty cool.” Waterloo Historical Society president Rych Mills said Briere’s collection sounds interesting and would be worth a trip up to Elmira to check out. “One of the great
things that historians love getting calls of is, ‘I just bought a house and in the attic I found …’ because to me, my personal goal would be to be the dictator of attics in Waterloo County. I would love to crawl into every attic that there is and see what’s up there. It’s really amazing what is found there and people when they find old things, they just love
Government grant helps Wellesley teen expand lawn-care business VANESSA MOSS Derek Brick has always been an outdoor kid. At age 12, he started cutting his neighbours’ lawns in Wellesley and now, the 17-year-old has started a lawn-care business that keeps him moving 50 to 60 hours a week. Although he has been running Derek’s Lawncare for the past few years, this season he got a financial boost from
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ON ThE CUTTING EDGE Wellesley’s Derek Brick was one of 13 students in Waterloo Region chosen to take part in the Ontario government’s Summer Company program this year. Derek’s Lawncare keeps him busy over 50 hours per week and has led to a possible career choice.
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finding out about them.” Briere said he would like to know more about the map, which he plans to have restored and mounted. Mills said that diagram may have been offered as a premium for subscribing to a newspaper at the time or, since it was printed by a Toronto publishing company and is bordered by Toronto ads, it may have been
used to entice country folk to visit the city. As far as the monetary value of the found treasures, that would depend on finding an interested buyer. “You might find some obsessed guy like me, who might pay $100 for the map.” Or, it could sit on a site like eBay for three years with no interest. “People often think, ‘well old equals valuable’ … and a lot of times, old equals awful. But, historical objects, especially of a local history interest, are valuable more in an historical sense than in a monetary value. … There’s nothing not worth anything historically,” Mills said. The map is of particular interest to the historical society as “they are heavily used by researchers and genealogists in the Grace Schmidt Room [at the Kitchener Public Library] and often provide that missing piece of information about a locality or area,” explained librarian Karen Ball-Pyatt. As well, the newspapers can sometimes be
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AN HISTORIAN’S DREAM Barry Briere holds up one of the items he found while working in his attic: a Waterloo County map from 1908. » From page 05
used to fill gaps in the library’s microfilm collection. Regardless of what Briere decides to do with the historic finds, however, Mills urged him to keep them in good condition, including removing them from light and humidity. “Newspapers are a tough call. If the attic was dry, that was probably the best place. … Don’t let the dog sit on them, don’t put your coffee mug on them [and] the three enemies of anything made of paper are light, vermin and moisture.” Laminating old papers or covering them in plastic are no-nos too, he added. “A good rule of thumb is that anything you do to try to preserve some-
thing is probably harming it.” Mills suggested wrapping the old newspapers in new ones so that if there is moisture in the air it will absorb outwards. “But put a big note on top of them so that two years from now he doesn’t forget and just toss out that pile of newspapers,” he added. Unfortunately, the landfill is where many antiques end up as people move and clean out their old “junk.” “People die, people move and they forget. You know, granny might have squirreled all these things away because it was part of her childhood but once she passed on, the grandkids [said], ‘this is just granny’s junk …’ “The scary thing is,
whenever you do get something, the corollary [is] you think about what’s been tossed out in the meantime. So, probably for every one thing saved, there’s 100 things gone to the dump – and that’s the crying shame.” If Briere does find anything else in his attic, even envelopes with nothing in them, they are of interest to historians and should not be thrown out, Mills said. “Now we want the minutiae of life: the social district context – calendars, stuff that gets stuck through your mailbox in 1940 telling you all about the rationing system, things like that. So, anything he’s got, instead of throwing it in the garbage, put it in a box.”
Last year, he was cutting nine lawns; now, he has 24 contracts in the Wellesley and New Hamburg area that include everything from weekly trimming to planting gardens and building decks. “The toughest part is knowing your limits,” he said. “Knowing how many jobs you can handle. I’ve done a few jobs now where I’ve looked back and gone, ‘I really shouldn’t have done that. I don’t have the right equipment.’ I did too much work.” One such example was a sod project that turned into a backbreaking affair quite quickly. “The one day I handled too much dirt. I did seven trailer loads of dirt with a wheelbarrow and that’s where if you have the right equipment it’s a lot easier.” His biggest project so far has been the Stonecroft Homes retirement residences where he spends half a day cutting the lawns and many more hours tending to gardens. “There is a lot of demand from the elderly,” he said of his target market. “A lot of people like giving younger people a job because they don’t think we have anything to do,” he said laughing. As part of the grant stipulations, Brick had
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A CUT ABOVE Derek Brick was able to upgrade his business’ equipment thanks to government grant.
to advertise his business through more than word-of-mouth, so he made business cards, door hangers, and signs for his trailer. These additions, plus notices in the newspaper, have proved more successful than he ever imagined; he even had to turn down work in Kitchener because he is too busy. This positive response has convinced the Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School student to continue working in the field down the road, with a focus on landscape design. “Cutting grass is part of the job, but the landscape is where you can be creative and that.” With so many clients to take care of, Brick has had little time for relaxing this summer, except for the occasional jaunt to his trailer on weekends. But, that’s fine with him, he said. “I don’t like sitting down. I’d rather be out-
side working than sitting in an office.” The only tough part of the job is dealing with the heat, but Brick is used to such conditions from working on farms as a child. “I’ve always been the type of kid that works.” While he does not have any formal landscape training, Brick has learned a lot from past projects and understands the importance of doing the job right the first time. Recent customers remarked at how impressed they were with the impact his work had on the look of their home. “Basically, whatever people are looking for I can do.” And anything he is unsure of, he quickly discusses with his trusted sources. “As I get older, I listen to what my grandparents and other people tell me,” he said with a smile.
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The Observer | Saturday, July 26, 2008
The King: The second coming
PHOTOS | VANESSA MOSS
Can’t beat the classics
PHOTOS | MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
LIKE OLD TIMES Some 110 cars and trucks roared into the third annual St. Clements Autorama July 19 in support of local recreation facilities. Andrea Fogale takes a ride in a ’70 Ford Mustang 428 CJ. Inset: Allie Malichen-Reid, 12, kicks grandpa out of the driver’s seat.
WHERE THE KING REIGNS SUPREME Herb Neher has a room in his house reserved for Elvis memorabilia. There you’ll find Elvis Presley busts and figurines, T-shirts, records and wines. Used for card games or euchre, the room has only one regulation: that records be played – artists other than Elvis are allowed. » From page 03
Presley, that vibrato, … and it came very, very natural to me … so, I made that sort of my song.” Some years later, Neher was asked by his girlfriend whether he’d accompany her and her friends to the Elvis festival in Collingwood. He jumped on the chance, and attended the fair as a spectator. It was just a matter of time before Neher returned to take the stage, with a mic in his hand. “You know what? I can do this. I think I can do this, this is really interesting,” he said to himself. The rest is history. Last summer, Neher
returned and took the stage in what turned out to be a great show. “Last year I had a good feel … It’s like when you’re playing pool or billiards: within about the first minute you can tell whether you’re going to have a good game or not. You just know, you have this feeling,” he said, just days before this year’s event. Now a true-blue fan of Elvis Presley – indeed, one of the rooms in Neher’s home, the Elvis Den, houses a vast array of Elvis memorabilia, from calendars and records, to busts, figures and T-shirts – Neher is happy to announce that Linwood will be hosting its own
Elvis event, Kruisin’ With the King, in Linwood Aug. 9. Kicking off at 1 p.m., Kruisin’ With the King will feature a classic car show at 1 p.m., and music courtesy of some seven Elvis tribute artists from as far as Oshawa and Toronto, including Neher, taking the stage starting at 3 p.m. Each singer will perform twice. Also on tap at the event are food and beverages. Donations will be collected by the Linwood Firefighters, the Linwood Rod and Gun Club and the Lions Club. Admission is free. For more information, call 519-698-2019 or 519-6982553.
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aftermath photos by: marc miquel helsen, joe merlihan, steve kannon CLOSE ShAVE Carolyn’s Coiffure on Church Street West was just one of the many sites throughout Elmira that bore the brunt of Monday’s powerful 10-minute rainstorm.
TRAFFIC-STOPPER Arthur Street was blocked when a tree in Gore Park fell across the roadway in front of the post office.
DOWN AND OUT Waterloo North Hydro crews were YARD WORK Within minutes of the storm’s passing, BAD BOUNCE This trampoline got some air time of its kept busy repairing downed wires around town, as well works crews, volunteers and homeowners were out own, eventually landing in a tree on Ann Street. as blown transformers. clearing away fallen trees.
GONE IN A FLASh Bristow’s Inn on Arthur Street was the site of yet another fallen tree. PAIN IN ThE GLASS Even parked cars found the storm was hazardous, as falling branches took their toll, including on this one on Duke Street.
ROAD CLOSED Residents near the intersection of Wyatt and Duke streets needed a chipper to clear the debris.
NO CLEAR PATh Downtown Elmira saw the worst of the storm as trees lay strewn across the streets seemingly everywhere. Ten minutes of wind and rain SURF’S UP Sewers quickly backed up, forming a temporary pond at Church Street and Snyder Avenue. led to hours of cleanup and repairs.
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» LAW & ORDER
Swimmer in over his head, but gets rescued »»
July 15
1:40 PM | A personal injury accident occurred in the area of Moser Young and Weimar Line in Bamberg. A 2008 Toyota driven by a 20-year-old Waterloo woman was northbound on Moser Young, followed by a 2007 International dump truck being driven by a 62-year-old Kitchener man. The car attempted a U-turn at Weimar Line and drove into the side of the dump truck. There was moderate front-end damage to the Toyota and none to the dump truck. The driver of the Toyota was taken to Grand River Hospital with minor injuries; she was charged with ‘turn not in safety.’
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July 16
9:30 AM | Individuals from an Elmira-area landscaping company contacted police to inform them that some power tools had been stolen from a vehicle. Police had already located the tools prior to the report and reunited them with the rightful owner. 10:00 AM | Foundation Christian School in Winterbourne reported that a satellite dish on the school roof was damaged. There are no suspects. 1:30 PM | Woolwich Township employees cutting grass at Memorial Park in Elmira reported that the rifle portion of the cenotaph at the park had been damaged some time during the previous few days. Broken pieces remained at the scene and were collected by park staff. It is believed the statue was damaged some time between July 14 and 16. Anyone with relevant information is asked to contact police at (519) 570-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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July 17
7:30 AM | Police were called to EDSS in Elmira after custodial staff noticed that three windows had been smashed some time overnight. The forensics identification branch was advised and police are following leads, including a possible video. 8:25 AM | A specialized transit vehicle was heading westbound on Church Street East in Elmira approaching Centre Street when a vehicle leaving a private driveway struck the bus on the passenger side. There were no injuries. Minor damage to the bus, and moderate to the car, was reported. One driver was charged with ‘fail to yield from driveway.’ 9:42 AM | A blue, multi-speed youth’s bicycle was found on First Street West in Elmira. 10:30 AM | A Stafford-area driver was backing her Volkswagen Golf out of a private driveway on Anita Drive in St. Clements when she collided with another vehicle that was parked at the side of the street, resulting in moderate damage to both vehicles. There were no charges. 2:12 PM | A Floradale business
A 20-year-old non-swimmer had been taking a dip July 17 in a shallow pool at a Letson Drive address near West Montrose when he slipped into the deep end; fortunately, the property owner saw what happened and came to the man’s aid. The individual had been under water for a period of two minutes before he was located and rescued. He was pulled from the water and CPR was administered; shortly after the individual came to, throwing up water several times. Paramedics arrived and brought the individual to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he is expected to make a complete recovery. reported an internal theft. Police attended the scene and conducted an investigation; an employee was subsequently arrested. In the process, a small quantity of narcotics was discovered. The officer then released the individual unconditionally; the business is now in charge of the situation. 6:00 PM | A resident of Heidelberg called police to tell them he wanted to speak about a number of thefts he had committed. As a result of the investigation, it was determined that the individual had committed the crimes as a young offender. A formal police caution was issued. 11:50 PM | A resident whose house backs onto Park Manor School observed three males break four large windows at the back of the school, causing damage estimated at $1,000. A metal bar was found sticking through one of the windows. Police have suspects in this matter and the investigation is ongoing.
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July 18
8:06 AM | A custodian at Riverside Public School in Elmira found six broken windows at the school. It appears that in this case, stones had been thrown through the glass. The forensic identification unit was called in; the investigation continues. 6:19 PM | A resident of Aspen Crescent, Elmira reported her car had been keyed overnight between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. The vehicle, a Saturn SC1, was found to have a one-metre scratch on the driver’s side door. The complainant provided possible suspect information and the investigation into the matter is ongoing. 8:50 PM | Police were called to the area of Arthur Street South and Whippoorwill Drive in Elmira as a result of a collision resulting in property damage. A silver Honda CRV, being driven by an Alma-area man, was travelling southbound on Arthur Street at the same time that a brown Buick, belonging to a Linwood-area driver, turned left from Arthur Street and into the path of the Honda, which then swerved to avoid a head on collision. The Buick hit the rear, driver’s side bumper area of the other car. There were no injuries. The Buick was towed from the
scene; the Honda was driven away. The driver of the Buick was charged with ‘turn not in safety.’ 10:53 PM | Police officers from Division 1A responded into Wellesley for a report of three males attempting to break some windows at Wellesley Public School. Police arrested the three individuals who were issued a caution under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Their parents were called.
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July 19
2:40 AM | An officer on patrol on Barnswallow Drive in Elmira observed a vehicle driving in an erratic manner; the officer then conducted a traffic stop to determine if the driver had been drinking. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer observed eight youths inside a vehicle that was equipped with seating for seven. The officer also detected an odour of alcohol in the van. The vehicle was searched and numerous bottles of open liquor were found along with a small quantity of marijuana. An investigation determined that the driver was not impaired. However, one ticket was issued for a person under 19 years of age for having liquor; one individual
was issued a ticket for failing to occupy a seat with safety belt. The registered owner of the vehicle was contacted and the vehicle was subsequently picked up. A portion of marijuana was seized and sent for destruction. 4:30 PM | A three-vehicle collision brought police to Farmers Market Road and King Street near St. Jacobs. One vehicle, unable to stop in time, struck another vehicle in front, which in turn was pushed into a third vehicle. The driver of the first vehicle was charged. There were no injuries. 11:30 PM | A resident of Oriole Parkway in Elmira reported a flag pole had been thrown through a back window of his van. The vans’s driver observed four to five young persons fleeing the scene. Police were in the area around the time of the call and subsequently arrested two individuals. As a result of the investigation, one man was charged with three counts of mischief under $5,000 and one count of break-and-enter; he was released on a promise to appear.
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July 20
9:17 AM | A representative of Wallenstein Chapel on Herrgott Road reported that some time overnight the chapel had been the site of a breakand-enter. Several items were taken, including a DVD player, VCR, computer monitors, telephones, a four-string bass guitar with a black case, and an undisclosed amount of cash. The theft took place some time between 9 p.m. on July 19 and 8:30 a.m. July 20. There are no suspects; the investigation is ongoing. The forensics branch attended the
scene to collect evidence. 9:20 PM | The tires on a vehicle belonging to a Poffenroth Path, Elmira resident were slashed. There are no suspects. Damage was pegged at $300.
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July 21
8:15 AM | A collision occurred at Northfield Drive East and Sandy Hills Drive, near Elmira. The driver of one vehicle swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle, described as a burgundy-coloured smaller sports utility vehicle, possibly a Rav4, with a bike rack loaded with two bicycles. As a result of this maneuver, the car entered a cornfield and rolled over. Ambulance attended the scene as a precaution. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact police at 519-570-3000.
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July 22
3:10 PM | An officer conducting routine patrol on Killdeer Road in Elmira observed a vehicle containing what he believed to be a radar detector; he subsequently stopped the vehicle. The officer asked the driver for permission to search the vehicle. The driver, however, denied the request and was subsequently arrested for ‘obstruct police.’ During the search of the vehicle the police officer found the detector. The driver was then charged with ‘drive motor vehicle with speed measuring warning device;’ the detector was seized and the driver released unconditionally. 8:48 AM | A resident of a Golf Course Road, Conestogo home called police to report that some rocks had been thrown at their vehicle sometime over-
night. Damage occurred to the rear driver’s side taillight and the rear passenger side door. There are no suspects. 9:50 AM | A St. Jacobs business reported a missing plate from a flat-bed trailer. It’s unknown when the plate, C757 8W, was lost. 10:10 AM | Another trailer plate bearing the marker 76C 900 was reported missing. 5:22 PM | A resident of Middlebrook Place by West Montrose awoke at approximately 5 a.m. to see a vehicle pulling out of a private lane to the residence. The vehicle was described as a grey or blue General Motors car, possibly a 1990s Cutlass model. The complainant searched the property and determined that nothing was stolen. 7:50 PM | A woman operating her vehicle northbound on Arthur Street North was not injured despite the fact that her car struck the concrete median and then a traffic control signal. The vehicle suffered moderate damages; no charges were laid. 2:45 PM | A police officer conducting routine patrol on Arthur Street South in Elmira conducted a traffic stop, subsequently charging one driver with ‘drive under suspension.’
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July 23
3:00 AM | An employee of Perks Coffee House in Elmira came to work to find that the store window had been smashed and entry gained. Taken was an undisclosed amount of money. A small bat was located at the scene; it was sent to the forensics branch; the investigation continues.
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When the living ain’t so easy With climate change comes more extreme weather, say the experts. The storm that tore through Elmira and headed south to Breslau on Monday certainly fits the bill. That’s not to say the wind, intense rain and hail we saw is definitive proof – it’s just one more example. We’re not to confuse today’s weather with the big picture of climate. Still, it’s been a summer for the books, right on the heels of a winter the likes we haven’t seen in decades. We are taking note, especially with every cancelled trip to the beach or soggy wedding procession. If climate models are on target, we can expect more extreme weather days ahead, even putting aside the human contribution to global warming/climate change. For Ontario, results from some of the latest simulations of climate, with an atmosphere containing twice the current amount of greenhouse gases, suggest an average annual warming of some 2° to 5°C by the latter part of the 21st century. Even if greenhouse gas amounts stabilize at that point, temperatures would continue to increase thereafter, with overall warm-
ing of 3° to 8°C possible. Increases will probably be greater in the winter than in the summer, according to Environment Canada. These changes would significantly decrease the duration of the annual snow season and lengthen the growing season. They could increase the frequency and severity of extreme heat events in summer. If the models hold, we can expect more than just rising temperatures. Greater impacts could include changes in precipitation patterns, in soil moisture, and possibly in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events. Changes in weather patterns may affect the frequency and intensity of pollution episodes. Increased heat stress, and possible increases in the number or severity of episodes of poor air quality and extreme weather events could all have a negative effect on human health. A warmer climate may facilitate migration of diseasecarrying organisms from other regions. Average water levels of the Great Lakes could decline to record low levels during the latter part of the 21st century. Water supply from both surface and ground-
» VERBATIM
water sources is expected to decrease in southern Ontario. In landlocked Waterloo Region – where a pipeline to the Great Lakes has long been discussed – action may have to come sooner. More extreme weather events would have consequences for the property insurance industry and possibly for disaster-relief agencies. Changes in human health could affect the health and life insurance and pension industries. Changes in the hydrologic cycle may result in more variability in water supply for hydroelectric power production. Additional damage to forest ecosystems by pests and diseases, and increased frequency and intensity of fires may occur. Species currently threatened with extinction face the greatest risk of extinction in a changing climate. More than just a few rained-out family barbeques are at stake. If, like many of us, you’ve found plenty to complain about this summer, it seems you should be getting used to it: it’s probably going to get worse. As we’ve seen, however, climate is much too complex to make predictions with any certainty. We’ll get what we get.
» THE MONITOR
“I’m not one who wants to paint a rosy picture at all. It’s still very dark times for Canadian exporters.”
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is a month ahead of usual. The area has already seen four storms; it doesn’t typically reach that number until the end of August. U.S. officials predict a 20- to 60-per-cent increase in the number of named storms this year.
Peter Hall, chief economist for Export Development Canada, sees some bumps ahead
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
A tale of two cities: why Budapest beats Paris This is a tale of two cities, not in some Dickensian sense but just a comparison that crossed my mind this past month when Wendy and I spent a few days in Budapest. I had last been in the Hungarian capital in 1988, just a year before the Iron Curtain so dramatically fell. I was leading a group, and when I returned after a visit to the Heroes’ Square I remarked that the government was obviously in trouble. “Why?” someone asked. “Because the money changers are doing their deals right under the nose of the police. When respect for authority is gone, the power of that authority is diminished.” Wendy and I took a river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest down the Rhine, through the Main River, the Danube Canal to the Danube and Budapest. It was a marvelous trip that we loved even though damn near all the boat passengers got sick, including me! We started at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolski in Amsterdam where I had stayed back in 1964. Then, possessed by the sort of nitwit brain that poses as youth, I sampled the charms of a drink called jinever, which gave me the worst hangover I’ve ever had. I was told that one drank this with a beer chaser, but that two, maybe three were all I should ingest. I exceeded that sensible advice, substantially, and paid the price. I remember, barely, the wife of one of my evil companions taking me to the Rijks-
museum the next morning and my trying to appreciate Rembrandt and Hals while cannons regularly went off in my cranium. This time, I had only a couple of glasses of beer before bed; I learned and remembered the lesson even after 44 years. Budapest is billed as the Paris of Eastern Europe, but to me it’s a more beautiful city than Paris and the people are wonderful. I love Paris, as the song goes, but the people, speaking in general terms of course, are the most bloody-minded in the world. If you try your schoolboy French on them, they just shrug like Trudeau used to do. It was Mark Twain who commented that when he was in Paris the “damned fools couldn’t understand me even though I was speaking their own language!” Although 99 per cent speak English, they can’t remember it, evidently, whenever one speaks English to them. In a Parisian cafe, when you get your bill, the amount tendered bears little resemblance to what the menu promised – in fact the waiter will keep doing the bill over and over until you holler “stop!” The police don’t give a damn if you’re robbed, simply chalking it up to one of the charms of being molested in Gay Paree by a horde of children picking you clean as their parents look on. The sidewalks are covered in dog shit. No self respecting Parisian would deign take with them a doggy bag – it’s just not French, it would seem, to worry about others stepping into your dog’s droppings, much less to be the slightest concerned with questions of
public health. Paris is a beautiful city, there’s no denying that and even though they’ve allowed abominations to be built in their midst, such as the Eiffel Tour, Sacré Cœur and the Pompidou Centre, one cannot deny its beauty and its walkability. Napoleon III, the man who foolishly started and lost the War of 1870, did hire Baron Haussmann to clean out some buildings and he built some beautiful boulevards, including the ChampsÉlysées. Mind you, Paris proved that cowardice pays, declaring itself an open city when the Boche came in 1940. Where Churchill was saying that London, if fought street-by-street, could consume an entire army, and while he was pledging that Britain wouldn’t surrender abjectly as, alas, others had done, Parisians put the beauty of their city ahead of fighting Hitler and his Nazi hordes. Paris, thus, was undamaged while Budapest suffered greatly, though it must be said that Hungary chose the wrong side. Budapest and Paris have this in common: each has pedestrian crosswalks with zebra stripes to help the motorist get a proper bead on you. Budapest, like Paris, is a river city, and to these eyes the Danube plays a bigger part of civic beauty in Budapest than the Seine does in Paris. The beautiful Green Danube (for those readers of a certain age, Spike Jones was right, it ain’t blue!) divides the two cities of Buda and Pest, providing magnificent views of Pest from the hills of Buda and spectacular views back of Buda from Pest. Budapest had buildings that match
and exceed the beauty of Paris buildings. The parliament buildings in Budapest are, to my eyes, the best looking in the world. The magnificent castle in Buda, especially at night, is a picture like few others I’ve seen; indeed, it’s hard to match the castle seen at night from a sidewalk cafe in Pest. Speaking of sidewalk cafes, the cities are evenly matched except the waiters in Budapest aren’t surly. But Budapest has another advantage over Paris: the people. Without exception, we found them delighted to try English and even stick with sign language, if necessary, until our wishes were granted. I’m no gourmet, but I ate marvelously well in Budapest, and the hit on the Mastercard was much lighter than the usual thump in a Paris cafe. The difference between now and 1988 is very noticeable. There are actually cars, lots of them, in Budapest these days. It being summertime, naturally widespread roadway construction is going on, but I’m told (by a waiter) that much catch-up is needed after 40 years of communism. In 1988, on Sundays, when the stores were closed, their windows displayed all the designer clothes in the world and at fantastically low prices – the problem was that they weren’t there, much less for sale, on Monday at any price, when the stores opened for business! And there is a lightness in the step and a whistle from the lips that clearly demonstrates a happier people now the hated communists are gone. Of course we’ll go to Paris again. But having seen them both, Budapest is better, much better.
» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER
Obama’s foreign tour is about avoiding missteps Barack Obama wants three things out of his tour of the Middle East and Europe. He wants people everywhere to think that he has the answers for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He wants Jewish Americans to believe that he is Israel’s unquestioning supporter. And he wants Americans to notice that Europeans would vote for him by a fiveto-one majority, if they could vote in U.S. elections. Americans will certainly notice that, although it will not do him much good among the key group of American voters whose support would make an Obama victory next November a dead certainty: the white poor in decaying rust-belt towns who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them ... as a way to explain their frustrations,” as he famously put it last spring. Those people are not impressed by the views of foreigners, and they don’t automatically vote Democratic any more. Neither do Jewish Americans, and the Zionist majority among them are deeply suspicious about Obama’s commitment to Israel. This is true even though he now toes the line, saying that Israel is just the innocent victim of “the perverse and hateful ideologies
of radical Islam.” All the history has vanished down the memory hole, and he no longer refers to the underlying issues of conquest and settlement. Last year’s formula that “nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people” has been modified into a more satisfactory “nobody has suffered more than the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel,” and Obama now declares that Jerusalem “must remain undivided.” That’s enough to win him the neutrality of major Zionist organizations, although they know that he really thinks the situation is more complicated than that. So long as he gets through the Middle Eastern leg of his trip without anybody from Hamas giving him flowers, he’ll be all right on that front. The one foreign policy question that Obama cannot avoid is what to do about Bush’s wars. His short-term solution is to couple his long-standing opposition to the “wrong war,” Iraq, with a newfound enthusiasm for the “right war”: Afghanistan. Obama’s proposal to send an extra 10,000 American troops to fight in Afghanistan will not change the situation there. Even 100,000 American troops wouldn’t change it. He may even know that, but this is his only way of dealing with the politically inconvenient fact that Bush’s troop “surge” in Iraq has brought about a
visible improvement in the local security situation. The improvement may not last – the Sunni militias, and indeed Moqtada al-Sadr’s big Shia militia, too, may only be biding their time until the Americans leave – but the perception that will dominate the few remaining months until the election is that Iraq is on the way to being an American success story. Obama, quite rightly, opposed the invasion from the start, and is committed to pulling out U.S. combat troops within 16 months of taking office. So how does he fight off the accusation that he risks throwing a victory away? By arguing that ending the war in Iraq is “essential to meeting our broader strategic goals, starting in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the Taliban is resurgent and al-Qaida has a safe haven.” He is quite right to want to bail out of Iraq as soon as possible, but he needs the war in Afghanistan to explain it to American voters, who have been persuaded by years of propaganda that the best way to deal with terrorist threats is to invade places. “I continue to believe that we’re under-resourced in Afghanistan,” he said in Washington recently. “That is the real centre for terrorist activity that we have to deal with and deal with aggressively.” That’s nonsense, although it is intoned by media pundits and so-called military analysts in the United States
a thousand times a day. No Afghan has ever carried a terrorist attack in a Western country, and it’s not likely to happen in the future, either. Nor can the Afghan insurgency be suppressed by pouring more foreign troops into the country: the Russians had twice as many soldiers in Afghanistan in the 1980s as the West has now, and they still lost. Not only was invading Iraq in 2003 a ghastly mistake; invading Afghanistan in 2001, although a political necessity in the U.S. after 9/11, was also a strategic error. In terms of neutralizing Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, more would have been achieved, at a far lower cost, by placing the country under a strict blockade and quarantine. In the end, Western troops will have to leave Afghanistan again, and if that means that the Taliban regain control (which is not actually very likely), then quarantine may yet have to be the long-term solution. Does Obama realize this? Maybe not, for it is not yet accepted by any large group of American “foreign policy experts,” including his own advisers. But the line about needing to pull out of Iraq in order to have a better chance of “winning” in Afghanistan sounds plausible enough to get him through the next few months. So his trip will be a success so long as he sticks with the platitudes while he’s in the Middle East, and avoids too much adulation while he’s in Europe.
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To the Editor, Pity Barack Obama. Despite being on the verge of becoming the planet’s most powerful man, this upstart from the south side of Chicago becomes a specimen under the microscope, before and after Nov. 4. Blessed with a silver tongue able to woo even the most skeptical, he promises to revolutionize the way politics are done in Washington, a crusty, stale place founded on convention and who-you-know, where spin is something other than what a record does. A hint of how far beyond politically-acceptable he’s willing to go is his vow to press the flesh with the Iranian president. As well, perish the thought, to consult with his second-in-command on all matters, when the vice-president has in times past been merely a figurehead. But a thornier issue is more immediate even before he enters the oval office, threatening to knock him off the high wire: namely, Hillary Rodham Clinton, who practically begged to become Obama’s running mate. She has 18 million solidly in her corner, with some sure to switch parties, others opting not to vote and some getting behind Obama. With the Clintons now cozying up to Barack, his choice is made harder.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, he will be criticized if he picks a male running mate, accused of gender discrimination. If he chooses a woman, especially Hillary, he’ll be branded as pandering to forces demanding gender equality. He must, if he’s to be believed, select a free spirit like himself, which disqualifies just about everyone of political note. Hopeful minds weary of the past conjure up a future where the standoff between Israel and the Palestinians is no more, where Iran becomes an ally, Iraq an oasis of peace, and Earth a love-in where hunger and war are banished. The honeymoon will be short-lived, as emotion must be replaced by results. The race issue capped by legislation finds fuel in the prisons, where more than half of the inmates are AfricanAmerican, a group that constitutes 14 per cent of the general population. Obama has no middle ground. He either gets blown out of the water or becomes a president for the ages. He is to be prayed for, for it will take supernatural intervention for him to deliver even a small bit of what he’s promised.
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The Observer | Saturday, July 26, 2008
» AN EARLY START
Goals become reality as Elmira greenhouse changes hands Young couple eager to put own stamp on former Stonehaven operation; previous owners head west
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FRESH IDEAS Jeremy and Sophia Feenstra are living their dream of owning a greenhouse thanks to support from Sophia’s parents, Peter and Cathy van den Berg of Gorrie. The group recently bought Stonehaven Farm Greenhouses, renamed it Floristerra, and added landscape design to its list of available services.
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The Owen Sound native was a foreman on the Village at Blue Mountain project when he was 18, has worked for Fletcher’s Landscaping in Listowel and this year has been working on jobs in Muskoka and elsewhere, including $100,000 worth of planting at one cottage. He said being involved at Blue Mountain inspired him. “When I first started there, it was just a field. Now, there’s a
whole village.” Sophia also worked at Fletcher’s and has a two-year landscape technician certificate from Niagara College. Her parents, Cathy and Peter van den Berg of Gorrie, are providing the financial backing for this new venture, as well as helping out with the hands-on work when they can. Their experience running a poultry farm for more than 25
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At Elmira’s Stonehaven Farm Greenhouses, two dreams are coming true simultaneously. The previous owners, Kelly and Brad Jackson, are leaving the business to pursue their dream of living out west and the new proprietors, Jeremy and Sophia Feenstra, are taking on a challenge they had always hoped for. In the past two weeks of taking over the reins, the couple has changed the name to Floristerra and added landscaping services to the greenhouses’ current offerings of annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and gifts. While the 24-year-olds agreed they have a lot of learning and work ahead of them, they said they have the drive, support and innovation to be successful. “You need energy for this business and being young is probably a good thing,” Jeremy said. Their goal is to keep the quality products already available and continue to expand. Some of their ideas include offering garden sheds, gazebos, and lawn furniture, as well as any landscaping design and/or work customers ask for. Jeremy said he was surprised that within days of putting up the new Floristerra sign, people were already inquiring about the landscaping
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The Observer | Saturday, July 26, 2008
» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
Farmers want Premier to reconfirm biofuel support In the eyes of Ontario farmers, Premier Dalton McGuinty is waffling a bit on his commitment to biofuels. It’s making them edgy, not to mention confused. Here’s why. The Premier encouraged farmers to be partners in a provincial biofuel development plan in the early days, and as recently as last month dedicated resources to on-farm biofuel technology and research. Ontario was one of the first jurisdictions out of the gate to mandate an increased biofuel appearance at the pumps, 10 per cent ethanol content in all gasoline by 2010. So when the Premier was quoted as saying that maybe five per cent is good enough and wondered if “stretching it” to 10 per cent is in the public interest – in light of what he called “some of the other developments, including food costs,” – farmers were quick to remind him of his commitments. They’ve requested that he publicly reconfirm his support. At the front of the line was Geri Kamenz, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. “Premier McGuinty helped farms across Ontario with his decisive leadership on biofuels and the ethanol mandate. Biofuels have created new manufacturing jobs and new growth in rural Ontario,” he said. “The Premier’s continued leadership on biofuels is critical to the
farming community, new investments, and future growth. Affirmation of the Premier’s continued support of biofuels and the ethanol mandate is necessary to reassure farmers and biofuel investors in Ontario.” As the Premier knows, farmers have to plan well in advance if they’re going to make cropping changes, especially the kind that support a whole new industry, such as biofuels. But as Kamenz points out, that’s just the start. Companies are now working to develop special varieties of crops associated with conventional biofuel sources, such as corn. These varieties will contain higher percentages of the ingredients, particularly starch, needed for biofuel development. But how much investment in new technology can be expected if the political climate is uncertain? Other companies are driving hard to find alternatives to using corn and other food crops for biofuels. The foodversus-fuel debate has become heated and drawn the attention of many decision-makers, including the Premier, who are understandably reluctant to support programs that raise the cost of food by sending crops to refineries instead of grocery stories. The good news is that the technology to use lowvalue cellulose for biofuel is getting closer all the time, thanks in part to support from the province. But again, what company will take that technology to the market in a fragile political environment? Some federal politicians and bureau-
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crats who were on the fence a few months ago have taken the plunge. That includes Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who recently gave his government’s agricultural leaders the green light to announce $25 million in support to Suncor, so the company can double its ethanol production in economically challenged southwestern Ontario. The Suncor St. Clair Ethanol Plant expansion near Mooretown, which is supposed to be completed in a little more than a year from now, has also received investment from farmers totalling $12.5 million. Scientifically, some support biofuels, while others say they’re as bad or worse than fossil fuels. It’s vital for
researchers to keep looking at biofuels to help decision makers such as McGuinty truly understand their impact on all sectors. But meanwhile, farmers hope the Premier will again take up the cause, like his federal counterpart. “We are pleased to hear Prime Minister Harper is standing by the federal government’s commitment to mandate a five per cent ethanol blend in gasoline sold in Canada ,” says Dale Mountjoy, president of the Guelph-based Ontario Corn Producers Association. “We are confident that once the Premier’s office has had the opportunity to review the issue more closely it too will stand by its previous commitments.”
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feel,” he said. Jeremy noted that, like their landscaping designs, which incorporate natural, low-maintenance materials, they want the property to feel peaceful. “We really wanted somewhere in the country that people can actually just relax, not like a high-paced, commercial, commercial, commercial [environment].” With the annuals season now over, the new owners have been spending their days cleaning up the property, working on designs, watering, learn-
ing about different diseases and bugs, and making future plans. They want to keep all the current employees and maintain the same hours. Although they like what Brad and Kelly have done with the stone house, again, they have their own ideas about possible upgrades. But, with their first child on the way in October, major renovations might be tough for now, leading back to Peter’s advice of taking one step at a time. “You can always dream,” Jeremy said with a smile.
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The Observer | Saturday, July 26, 2008
» NHL HOCKEY
» COMPETITIVE DANCE
Four-year deal for Elmira’s Wideman Bruins give defenceman $15.75 million to remain in Boston; avoid arbitration
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Conestogo siblings have strong showing in Niagara Falls Rebecca Petrosino, 10, won the Top Mini category for her tap solo, and her sister, HanTwo Conestogo sisters tip- nah, 7, posted one of the top tapped their way to victory five scores in the open categoJuly 13 at the Terpsichore ry despite being the youngest Summer National Champion- of about 50 competitors. Having 10 and sevships in BC Niagara Falls, New Volumes Ad 5/16/07 11:39 AM Pagepracticed 1 en hours per week respectiveYork.
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Elmira’s Dennis Wideman got quite the pay raise this week as he signed a four-year, $15.75 million contract with the Boston Bruins; last season he made $600,000. The National Hockey League defenceman was at his cottage in Parry Sound Monday night when he learned the deal was wrapped up. “Obviously, I’m most excited probably with the length and finally having some security. The last, I don’t know how many years, I didn’t know where I was going to be, where I was going to be playing the next year because it was one-year deals and stuff like that. ... It’s nice to know that they have enough confidence in me as a player to give me a four-year deal,” he said Tuesday. Now going into his second season with the Bruins, Wideman filed for salary arbitration when he was still without a contract in early July. Although the negotiations took a little longer than he expected, Wideman said he’s glad it ended well before his arbitration date in August. “I was happy with the process.” Financially, Wideman can now feel secure, but his battle for ice time will continue. “It just guarantees me the salary for the next four years. I still obviously have to perform and do my job or you’re not going to play. When it comes down to it, that’s what it’s all about: we play the game because we want to get bet-
ter and keep helping the team get better.” Wideman joined the team in 2007 after being traded from the St. Louis Blues for Brad Boyes; last season he racked up 36 points in 81 games and enjoyed a first-round playoff run with the team. This year, he hopes to step up his efforts. “I just want to keep trying to get better and keep improving and keep trying to make the team as good as we can.” Off the ice, Wideman plans to continue living life as usual, except for a few upgrades here and there. “Obviously, I’ve got some stuff that I can do now with the cottage and things like that, but I want to try my best to stay the same and not change. “Now that it’s four years, I’ll probably have to look [at buying property in Boston]. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to rent anymore, but I’ve got some financial advisors that I have to sit down and have meetings with – they’ll basically tell me what I can and can’t do,” he said laughing. On Tuesday though, none of those decisions was on his mind as Wideman planned to watch some TV, do a little shopping and organize his upcoming weekend celebration back in Elmira. “We’ve got lots to celebrate Friday. “I’m really excited. I’m excited to be with Boston, hopefully for four years, and I’m excited to have the opportunity to be one of their core guys.”
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The Observer | Saturday, July 26, 2008
» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
Subtleties of fly fishing lost on lesser mortals
strike indicators. Sure, a strike indicator looks like a tiny, sort of a silly, miniature version of something a kid would use, but I assure you it is not. It’s a sophisticated piece of equipment that is part of a balanced and intricate angling system. As such, it takes a skilled eye, solid concentration, and steady nerve to master. I’ll try to put it in layman’s terms. If it’s visible and above water, this indicates that there are no fish presently attached to your fly. If it moves side-
ways unnaturally or suddenly submerges underwater, the odds are good that a fish has struck. One subtle but important difference is that your ordinary run-of-the-mill, red and white bobber doesn’t submerge. Instead, it goes under. Another tell-tale distinction is that strike indicators cost about three times as much. That’s why I was so offended the other day while fly fishing for smallmouth bass. Because they were deep, I was using a hellgrammite nymph pattern submerged under a very high-tech and stylish strike indicator. Another angler who obviously didn’t know a thing about fly fishing pointed to my rig and said, “See, I told you. Even fly fishermen sometimes use bobbers.” I tersely explained that bobbers bobbed while strike indicators indicated – a huge difference that he did not seem able to grasp. Of course,
many folks, including my wife, have problems with this concept. Once, she even tried to borrow one of my expensive strike indicators to use with her spinning rod over a lowly worm. This very nearly led to the termination of our marriage. That’s why I rarely use strike indicators or even fly fish in front of her these days. She simply does not understand the subtleties of this advanced sport. For instance, she doesn’t understand that while she routinely outfishes me, it is a hollow and meaningless achievement, since I have chosen a much more challenging method. In fact, the way she catches more and bigger fish is almost gauche. But then she hardly understands that. She uses a worm and bobber for goodness sake – it’s a wonder she can breathe through her nose. Of course, I do try to help her. I once tried to show her how to use a strike
indicator and fly rod. Unfortunately, once again she caught more and bigger fish, thereby proving, without a doubt, that she was incapable of grasping the subtleties of using one of these highly sophisticated devices. So I took it away from her post haste. And, as luck would have it, the fish didn’t mind. Which is why I took the fly rod away next. The truth is, fishing with a strike indicator takes years to master. Many novices get confused by how it works and set the hook, I mean strike, routinely when there’s no need to. You’ll do better, if you remember this simple poem: If your strike indicator goes under, you ought to wonder. Say it fast, however. Otherwise they spit out the fly. I know this is probably a very difficult and highly advanced angling concept to grasp but regrettably there’s just no way of dumbing it down. Hey, if there was, we fly anglers wouldn’t use it.
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ALL TOGETHER NOW! The Elmira Kiwanis Club’s 11th annual Dragon Boat Festival July 19 saw slightly fewer teams (35) come out, but those who did enjoyed hot and humid weather at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area. While attendance was down, beer sales were up, so the overall fundraising tally might even out, said Kiwanis member Tony Dowling.
VANESSA MOSS St. Clements’ Norm Green doesn’t like to slow down. On the heels of a busy curling season, the 67-year-old is off to the B.B.A.C. National Blind Lawn Bowling Tournament July 28-31 in Regina, Sask. He did take a few weeks off in between, though, something he is not used to doing. “I took it easy for the summer,” he said. With few people left competing at the local level, Green has had trouble finding lawn bowling partners; this has him questioning how long he will continue in the sport. “I’m getting to the end of my reign I guess.” For now however, he has some promising events to look forward
to, starting with the Saskatchewan tourney, which should prove a test to Green’s abilities. “This year at Regina, it will be very tough competition.” Green is particularly excited to faceoff against some of his longtime rivals, including one man who is up six games to four in their 10-year battle. “That’s why the last couple weeks I’ve been practicing a little harder than I have been all summer.” Mostly, Green has been focusing on his draw shot and weight. With lawn bowling, the target (jack) can move three or four times in one end, making it tough to judge the distance – especially for a person like Green, who has no sight in his left eye and only four per cent in his
right. “That’s where I get burned,” he said. With the amount of sight he does have, Green is classified as a B2 participant; B1 bowlers have no eyesight and B3s have between five and 10 per cent. In Regina, there will be a total 28 competitors of various classes, up from 19 last year. “That’s going to be a positive sight,” Green said of the attendance. Since he won his division title in this competition last year, Green has a reputation to live up to, which means he won’t be relaxing while he’s away. And not to mention, he is bowling towards an even greater goal this time around. People who place well at the Regina event will likely be chosen to represent Canada at
the World Blind Bowls Championships next April in Australia. “Everybody wants to go to Australia, don’t you?” Green said laughing. Held every four years, the Worlds normally involves over 10 countries, with each one sending up to two people per category (B1, B2, B3 men and women). Green competed for the B2s in 2005 when the event was held in New Zealand and is hoping to take the two-week trip again in 2009. Before that though, the man who says he never ages, will be back practising with his curling team that had a great run last season. “I’m waiting for curling,” he said excitedly. “We’re the first in line to go to the nationals, so I’m hoping for that.”
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COOLING OFF Local youngsters took a break from the heat July 18 to enjoy one of the Tim Hortons free swims at the Elmira Pool. Top: Hollie Lair, 10, Veronica Heide, 11, and Anna Martin, 10 practise their back floats. Evan Seip, 9, and Jakob Nafziger, 9, wade around.
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LANDED Elmira’s Brad Cronin shows off the 37-inch muskie that he and friend Jeff Hayes caught Monday. The fish was subsequently released. Cronin prefers the lake, a favourite destination, to remain unnamed. phy wall. “I can tell you the lake’s This time around how- name, but I don’t want evever, Cronin and Hayes eryone going there to go let the fish go. get some of these – it’s a Though quite talkative fisherman thing. when recounting his “I don’t want everyone most recent fishing tale, flooding the lake. There Cronin turned coy when are lots out there – I asked about specific caught one there last fall. lures, bait and location. They’re pretty tough fish “That’s another secret,” to catch, and I want to he said, with a chuckle. keep it that way.”
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cation to the sport. On average, the duo competes in five or six events per year, representing its Waterloo studio, the Davenport Dance Project. Rebecca first stepped on the stage at age three and now dances tap, jazz and ballet in three groups, a trio, a small ensemble and alone; this means she has to memorize six different numbers, buy six unique costumes and portray six diverse characters. These commitments along with Hannah’s four routines keep Suzy busy. She has to sew on countless sequins to each outfit, curl the girls’ hair and doll them up with theatre makeup, fake eyelashes and anything else the dance instructors come up with. “We are told [how they should look],” Suzy said of the procedure. Fortunately, the girls do not mind sitting through
the makeup sessions since they both love performing. Hannah did admit though that she isn’t quite used to the eyeliner yet. “It feels funny when mom puts it on.” The girls’ dad, John, also helps out with their dance dreams, albeit not with the eye shadow and blush. He built them a dance studio in the basement, complete with mirrors and a padded floor. This special space allows the performers to help each other out, whether with learning the routines or developing their stage presence. Rebecca once won an award for the latter ability and Hannah was deemed to have the most potential at a competition in Toronto; their numerous medals, trophies and plaques occupy a place of honour on the family’s mantel.
At this most recent event at the Niagara Falls Conference Centre, Rebecca took home more than $400, along with some hardware. Part of the money is allocated for a workshop and costumes; the rest she has “invested” with her father. Hannah got a picture of herself for her top-five placing, which was not quite as exciting as her sister’s prize, she said. Both girls said they were not really nervous under the lights that weekend, even though Rebecca had to announce her name and hometown. She also took part in the opening jazz number with 50 other children that took three hours to rehearse. John said he is not surprised the girls are naturals on stage since their mother was an accomplished figure skater. “That’s where they get their talent from.”
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having gone to college, not grasping profitable business opportunities and not spending enough time with family or friends. Bogart’s admonition led Bergman to board the plane and fly away with her husband. Yet, concludes Gilbert, A. Because these seem- “had she stayed with Bogey in Casablanca, she would ingly routine infield fly probably have felt just fine. Not right away, perhaps, balls that go almost ver- but soon and for the rest of her life.â€? tically upward can take  Q. Can you name the major league baseball such bizarre trajectories performance-enhancing drug of choice, that as to befuddle even veteran fielders, say New Scientist works by exciting certain of the brain’s neumagazine and The American Journal of Physics. A nor- rotransmitters while inhibiting others. It also mally struck baseball follows a predictable parabolic causes a release of dopamine and serotonin in path. But a pop-up’s backspin due to hitting the top of the brain’s reward centers, bringing on feelings the bat creates a “Magnus forceâ€? like a curve ball, with of well-being and euphoria. Though severe side a rotating sheath of air around it. When physicists Alan effects come from long-term use, the medical Nathan and Terry Bahill ran a computer simulation to consensus is that the drug can be used in modercalculate a pop-up’s trajectory, they found the sharply ate doses without creating an undue level of risk. backspinning ball can at first fly at a steep angle before Got a “fixâ€? on it? Clue: Think about it through the the backspin forces its path to vertical, then eventually fans’ eyes. sends it looping back on itself. Once it reaches its apex A. “Diluted medical-strength beerâ€? is already sold at and begins to drop, the spinning ball crosses back over many a major league venue, enhancing the fans’ percepits upward path. So the fielder may need to do a little “to- tion of the performance of just about everyone on the and-fro danceâ€? under the ball to make the catch. field, says Bennett Foddy, PhD, in Your Brain on Cubs:  Q. At the end of the 1942 film classic Casablan- Inside the Heads of Players and Fans. If you’re one of ca, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman stand those imbibers, just be careful driving home!
on the tarmac as she tries to decide whether to stay with the man she loves or to board the plane and leave with her husband. Bogey turns to her and says: “Inside we both know you belong with Victor. You’re part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves and you’re not with him, you’ll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon and for the rest of your life.� What might a psychologist today say about Bogart’s heart-wrenching advice?
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HOME HUNTING
Paul Samis & David Samis Sales Representatives
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-1068 Res: 519-669-8629 MVA Residential
519-745-7000 | Direct: 519-502-0547 Lovely 50 Acre Building or Farm Site - $425,000
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FREEHOLD TOWNHOUSE- Joined only at the garage! Open concept main floor. Gas F.P. in livingroom. Spacious entry with 2pc. powder room. 3 bedrooms. Master ensuite & walkin closet. Nearly finished basement. Central air and vacuum. New MLS $216,000.
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DRAYTON AREA ESTATE LOT - $119,000
G R E AT S TA RT E R I N G R E AT LOCATION! Hardwood on main floor, gas fireplace, main flr. laundry, walkout from LR to new deck, new shed and shingles, replacement windows! MLS $179,900
DALE KELLER Sales Rep.
MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.
OPEN HOUSE | SAT. JULY 26, 2-4 P.M. 25 HIGH STREET, DRAYTON YOU'LL LOVE COMING HOME!
$199,500 - This spacious 4 bedroom home on an exceptionally large property features 2 decks, central air, central vac, real nice landscaping and includes a separate and legal stand alone lot. MLS
Perfect Starter Farm - $380,000
Lovely 50 plus rolling acre farm. With clay loam, open bottom, random tile in grass area. 3 poultry barns 30,000+ capacity, includes all equipment and generator, 4 acres bush on paved road, 1,450 sq.ft. 3 bedroom frame bungalow recently updated and decorated.
LAURIE LANGDON Sales Rep.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES
50 acre building site, 38 acres workable, high fertility,easy to rent, main tile drain, 12 acres bush/reforestation.
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627
DARREN ROMKEY Sales Rep.
COUNTRY LIVING
$279,900 St. Clements - Country home minutes to the city; small barn with 2 stalls or hobby workshop; small house but big lifestyle; numerous updates to house and yard. NEW MLS
Further Information: WEBSITE: www.royallepage.ca EMAIL: Elmira@royallepage.ca
4.77 acre lot in estate residential area. Driveway in. Recently trees are planted. 30 minute drive to K-W and Guelph. This property allows you to have some horses and chickens. Do not hesitate on this one as they do not come like this anymore!
WE HAVE BUYERS LOOKING FOR • Hobby farm property with or without buildings, less than 50 acres • Broiler Farm, 25,000 units plus • 100 acre or larger operational farm
LEON MARTIN
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage | Independently Owned and Operated
www.paulanddavidrealtors.com
GREAT LOCATION - Backs to green space! Lovely kitchen with new cabinetry and granite countertops - open to D.A. and L.R. w/laminate and slate flrs. 3 bdrms, 2baths. Lots of storage, c/a, new furnace in '05. Tranquil back yd w/patio - pond and waterfall! MLS Reduced to $274,900
BACKS ONTO BOLENDER PARK! Maple kitchen with hardwood flr, main flr laundry, new laminate flooring in L.R/D.R. W/O from spacious rec room to bakyard. 4 Bdrms, 2 bath garage, shed and deep driveway. New furnace and A/C - extensively reno'd top to bottom. Close to downtown! MLS $249,900.
Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage
OFFICE PHONE: 519.343.2124
#8936 Whites Road
past Palmerston Hospital on left
EXISTING CHURCH- Seating capacity 175+. Major addition at rear in 1986, incl. full basement. Ideal for office, lofts, etc. C-1 Zoning. MLS $749,000
INDUSTRIAL LOT - .49 Acre Lot - Dimension: 107' x 196'. Zoned M1Dry Industrial. Located on Floradale Road (west end of Elmira). MLS Reduced to $87,900.
LOTS FOR SALE Country Lots with high speed internet access, 40 to 45 minutes from K/W or Guelph. They are located in the small hamlet of Carthage. Individual well and septic. Great opportunity to build your own house or get us to customize a home for you. For more information please call Leon Excl.
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159 William St., Palmerston (Across from Home Hardware)
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NEW HOME 2164 SQ.FT. - Nearly ready for occupancy. Upper family room AND living room. Open concept main floor. 3 baths (ensuite) Walkin closet. Walkout from large kitchen. Main flr. laundry. Dble. garage. Quality constructed. (Other plans available). MLS $345,000.
MILVERTON BIG TWO STORY HOUSE on a double corner lot. 4 bedroom, dining room, kitchen, 2 baths, mostly repainted. .39 acre $199,000 MLS
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SECLUDED AWAY from the world, private, quiet 14 acre property has possibilities. Value in the maple, cherrywood, birch bush. Maple syrup anyone? Bed and Breakfast. Open concept home w/3bedrms, famlyrm w/woodstove. Heated shop 24’x48’ w/14’ceiling, shed 24’x30’. Please call Sales Rep Marg Sorensen 519.343.4489 to view another time. MLS 0811331 OWNER SAYS SELL! Price lowered. Now is the time to have a look at this spacious home on big 3/4 acre lot. Kitchen w/eating nook, 3 bedrms, 2 full bathrms, familyrm, newer laminate in livingrm & diningrm, central air & vac, appliances included, new roof/07. Sales Rep Edith McArthur 519-638-2509 MLS0811706
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE to build your own estate on 36 acres of land, will make a great horse or hobby farm, only 35 min to Waterloo. Creek runs through property, surrounded by trees. Building permits available. MLS ADDRESS: 4-B
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OPEN HOUSE SUN. JULY 27, 2-4PM 20 FIRST ST. E., ELMIRA
26 HIDDEN CREEK DR. KITCHENER
100 OAKCLIFFE ST., ELMIRA
1347 MARTIN GROVE RD., WOOLWICH
WELCOME TO THIS QUAINT BUNGALOW on large lot close to schools. Open concept kitchen, feat skylight, newer cabinets and ceramic floor. Other main floor features include hardwood and laminate floors (carpet in one bdrm), walk out to patio. Enjoy your backyard which incl. new shed July 1 and pond with waterfall. Upgraded breaker panel, 25 year roof in 1998, finished rec. room. MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533.
WOW! AUGUST 1 POSSESSION!! Close to schools and shopping centres, large bedrooms, fenced yard, finished rec. room, gas fireplace, air conditioning, roughed-in bathroom in basement, ceramic and laminate floors, walkout from dinette to deck and fenced yard. Walk-in closet and cheater ensuite. MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533.
REDUCED, DON’T MISS IT! First time home buyers move in, unpack and enjoy this gorgeous finished townhouse that backs on to greenbelt. Features maple kitchen cabinets, breakfast bar, ensuite, walk-in closet, upper floor laundry, 4 bathrooms, carpet free main floor (hardwood and ceramic), finished basement, air conditioning, fenced yard. MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533.
DON’T MISS THIS BEAUTIFUL 12 ACRE PROPERTY - 3 min from Waterloo, bungalow with walkout to patio features
180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
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hardwood, laminate, carpet, walkout to lrg deck, window and doors replaced except bay, insul rec rm flr, kitchen in basement,A/C, unique 2 lev garage, 3 out build app 5000 sq ft incl 1000 sq ft insul and heated, septic tank 07, bush and workable ld. MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533.
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PHOTOs | VANESSA MOSS
A team effort out on the water
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7/10/08
10:27 AM
DRAGONS AWAY! The Elmira Kiwanis Club’s Dragon Boat Festival at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area July 19 featured 29 races throughout the day, with the University of Toronto New College New Dragons taking the top spot for a second year in a row with a time of 2:08.33. The Open division title went to the Poon Tang Clan and the fastest locals were the Paddlers Anonymous Water Hawks that edged out the RIM Paddlers in Motion by 16 one-hundredths of a second: 2:21.17 to 2:21.33. Proceeds from the event will go towards the Grand River Hospital’s Childbirth and Neonatal programs, and the new Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira.
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$650,000 ENERGY STAR QUALITY! Custom built all brick on a premium lot. Finished top to bottom. Excellent floor plan with No Waste of Space! Ceramic & hardwood throughout the home w/extra wide solid wood staircases. A Chef’s dream kitchen w/two double sinks & two dishwashers! Super size bedrooms, master w/dressing room. Upper floor laumdry, second flr family room, gorgeous landscaping. IMPRESSIVE!
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KITCHENER
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29 Church St. W., Elmira
519.669.0799
New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area If you’re not long distance to Elmira, you are welcome to a visit.
SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763
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Robin Brooks
The family of Robin Brooks is pleased to announce his graduation from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours Degree in Geography on June 6, 2008. Rob’s immediate plans are to work with Carnival Cruise Lines as a youth program co-ordinator for a six month stint, followed by travelling. We are proud of your accomplishments Rob, and wish you luck on your new adventure.
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– Passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at Freeport Health Centre at the age of 66. Local relatives are her brother Gerald Bechtel and his wife Sheila of Elmira. BRAID, Shirley
– Peacefully, on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at KW Health Centre. Shirley (Seiling) Braid, age79 years, of Elmira.
HENDERSON, (Mrs. Norman)
Betty
– Passed away peacefully, at the Village of Winston Park Nursing Home, Kitchener, on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, with her beloved daughters by her side.
The Observer | Saturday, July 26, 2008
FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY
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Happy 40th Anniversary
The sun on your face; the laughter of friends; the thrill of a favourite attraction! Make the most of summer with the Shades of Summer promotion. With more than 25 hotels to choose from‌ We’ve Got You Covered! Check out favourite attractions included with each hotel listing. Every hotel offers a world of possibilities...right outside your door!
Don & Nancy Richards July 27, 1968
Book one night at value priced promotional rates & extend your stay for a
second night @ 50% off PLUS free parking;
Congratulations & Best Wishes
Choose a value option of
free daily breakfast for two OR a $20.00 Esso Gift Card (one per stay).
Love Mother, Tinus, Sheri, Taylor, Natalie, Dean & Spencer
For reservations or additional information, call the hotel directly, contact your travel agent or visit www.gotucovered.ca/deals Second night @ 50% off these rates (2 night minimum stay) Daily You Rates Pay From: From:
Barrie
STAG & DOE
Belleville Brantford Burlington
Stag & Doe
for Amanda Martin & Dan Brubacher
Calgary Guelph Halifax
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Kingston Kitchener Waterloo Laval London
Hawkesville Community Centre BBQ served from 6 - 7:30 pm $10.00 adults — $5.00 (12 & under)
Markham North Bay Oakville
Games, Raffles, Door Prizes Dessert Auction, 50/50
IN MEMORIAM
Gratton, William In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather who passed away ten years ago, July 24, 1998. We think of you in silence, We always speak your name All we have are memories and Your picture in a frame, Our hearts still ache with sadness Our silent tears still ow, For what it meant to lose you No one will ever know. We wish you could see your great grandchildren Cole, Jadelyn, Talon, Liam & Brody. You would be so proud! Forever loved and missed by Audrey, Barb & Bill, Bev and grandchildren
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Oakville Centre for Performing Arts Bowmanville Zoo Museum of Civilization: Children’s Museum Ottawa Senators & Scotia Bank Place Woodbine Racetrack, Slots & Shopping Square One Shopping Mall / Playdium Royal Woodbine Golf Course
* Continental or full breakfast included as Brand standard **Parking Charges will apply. “You Pay From� rates reflect average rate per night, based on 2 night minimum stay at special promotion rates, less 50% on second night. Rate adjustments made at checkout and may fluctuate, based on availability.
This offer is time limited. Not applicable to groups and tournaments and not available with any other discounts or offers. Applicable from May 16th - September 14th, 2008 and subject to availability. Blackout dates may apply. Rates shown may fluctuate, based on availability. Breakfast option is defined by full hot breakfast for 2 persons or continental breakfast for 2 persons. Reservations must be made directly with the property (via telephone or online), or through Travel Agents. Hotels listed in the advertisement are managed by Westmont Hospitality Group. The information contained herein is provided “as is� based on information from individual hotels and is made without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. All rights reserved. Copyrights Š 2008 Westmont Hospitality Group.
With more than 150 hotels from the most respected brand names, Westmont is Canada’s largest fully integrated hospitality company. Westmont Hospitality Group 5090 Explorer Drive, 7th floor, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4T9 Tel: 905-629-3400 Fax: 905-624-7805 *Registered trade mark of Imperial Oil Limited. Used under license. Imperial Oil Limited is not a sponsor or co-sponsor of this promotion.
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The Observer | Saturday, July 26, 2008
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WE’RE PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO ACHIEVE 24 MONTHS OF RECORD-BREAKING SALES!
SUMMER
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JULY 25-31
WIN YOUR PAYMENTS FOR 6 MONTHS Ω MAKE YOUR BEST DEAL – With up to $1,500 in FREE GAS.¥ 3000 VEHICLES MUST GO TAKE A FREE RIDE IN THE
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