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HAVING A DEBATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY
OMB appeal attempts to break Breslau stalemate
LRT plan means changes for Waterloo Central Railway Council renews lease for another year, but loss of access to tracks will bring large expenses for non-profit group
Thomasfield Homes wants to see some movement on its longstanding development plans
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STEVE KANNON The development picture in Breslau got a little more convoluted last week, as a developer launched an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board, citing delays to its plans for expansion in the village. The delays, however, stem in part from a series of other legal wranglings. Thomasfield Homes is fast running out of space at its current subdivision in Breslau, Hopewell Heights. Its plans for development on adjacent land, in the works for more than half a dozen years, have been stalled during more than two years of legal battles over how much new development should take place in Waterloo Region. The region’s newly-approved Official Plan (ROP) is the subject of an appeal at the OMB, meaning the previous Regional Official Policies Plan is still in force. That document limits growth in Breslau to 1,250 units, a number that has almost been maxed out by recent development in the OMB | 2
Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society president Ross White, seen here at the St. Jacobs workshop, worries about what the region’s LRT plans will mean for the organization. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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Along with a sizable bill for taxpayers, Waterloo Region’s light rail transit scheme comes with a price for the St. Jacobs-based Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society. New track configurations and traffic means the Waterloo Central Railway will be displaced from its Waterloo terminal, but the organization remains optimistic. “It’s awkward at the moment, it’s a challenge, and we have a lot invested in the region. We’re doing really well so we don’t want to leave the region,” said SOLRS president Ross White. The WCR recently renewed a contract allowing it access to the Waterloo Spur Railway – a single railway track from Kitchener-Waterloo to Elmira owned by Waterloo Region – for another year (making roundtrips from a station at Erb Street in Waterloo to Elmira). But
in 2014 the organization will lose access when the heavy rail gets ripped out to be replaced by two light rail tracks northbound and southbound. While the region is committed to the LRT plan, councillors appear to be taking WCR’s plight seriously, said White. “Regional council asked staff to find a way to ensure that the Waterloo Central Railway can stay here. We don’t want to leave. We have a lot invested: we have a $500,000 shop in St. Jacobs, and we obviously can’t move or take that with us.” Transport Canada won’t allow heavy rail and light rail on the same track at the same time and the LRT’s tentative schedule, 5 a.m. to 1 a.m., will also mean changes for the Goderich-Exeter Railway that provides service to township industries at night. Commissioner of transportation and environTRAIN | 4
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OMB: Legal delays should provide Woolwich enough time to complete Breslau secondary plan FROM | COVER
company president Tom Krizsan said this week.” The last of the new homes in the Hopewell Heights subdivision will be built by the end of the year, after which work crews will be idle if the next phase of development on Thomasfield’s lands doesn’t get moving, he said. “I basically don’t have any work for my employees and tradespeople in Waterloo Region.” Under the new ROP passed by regional council in 2010, the Official Plan and zone change amendments Thomasfield has filed with Woolwich Township would be fine, Krizsan noted, adding the legal challenges have effectively put Breslau on hold. Empire Communities, which earlier this year filed for its next development adjacent to the Riverland subdivision, is in the same state of limbo. Both projects, along with any other significant development in the village, are also tied as the township carries out a comprehensive planning review in
village, including Empire Communities’ Riverland subdivision (495 units) and Thomasfield Homes' subdivision to the north, Hopewell Heights (493 units). Until that provision is lifted – as it is under the new, as-yet-to-be-cleared ROP – there can be no significant expansion in Breslau. Thomasfield hoped to get its next project going by applying for an amendment to the existing ROPP, but that too was challenged at the provincial tribunal by the same group of developers looking for much more residential development in the region, principally in southwest Kitchener. On June 28, Thomasfield Homes launched its own legal bid at the OMB, arguing its planning application has been dragging on far too long. “Under the Planning Act, they (the municipality) have 180 days from the time an application is deemed complete to give us an answer – it’s been 690 days since we filed,”
the area – a study known as the Breslau secondary plan – that officials want to complete before assessing any new growth. While Woolwich had put the secondary plan on the backburner during the legal battle over the ROP, it has now opted to push ahead. “You can only wait around so long,” said John Scarfone, the township’s manager of planning. “Any sort of resolution with the region ... isn’t going to happen any time soon.” He said there’s some risk that the secondary plan may require changes once the ROP is finally approved in its ultimate form, the township will just have to “adjust accordingly” if that’s the case. A victory by developers in the first phase of the OMB hearing over the region’s land-use restrictions – gaining some 2,500 acres of new development land versus the 200 outlined in the region’s growth strategy – could have significant impacts on the timing of
expansion in Breslau, said Scarfone. Some of those contingencies, including proposals for new industrial land to the east and south of the village and the eventual construction of a new Highway 7, will have to be taken into account in creating the secondary plan. “There are a lot of moving parts.” With the review back on track, he said he hopes to have a list of recommended options available for public input by late fall. That timing would seem to work for Thomasfield. Krizan expects it will be late this year or early next year before there’s any movement on his OMB appeal, so the secondary plan is likely to be completed before there’s a resolution. Thomasfield has the township’s support for its request for an amendment to the ROP, but Woolwich wants to finish its secondary plan before making a decision on the specifics of the company’s development plans. On the specifics of the
proposed development, Krizsan said there are some issues to be ironed out with both the region and the township. He expects to keep moving forward on that front while the other matters are being addressed. “We’re hopeful that we can resolve any issues that still may be outstanding with the region and the township.” Given how convoluted the situation has become – OMB appeals, counterappeals and court challenges – Krizsan argued “the system is somewhat broken.” In the absence of any reforms, he said he’ll continue to keep things moving under the current system. “We need to move forward ... because all the legal issues might not be resolved for years to come,” he said. “The delay ... is costing the region jobs and prosperity.” Thomasfield’s project would bring 2,300 new residents and 3,330 jobs to the area. Proposed is a combination of residen-
tial (single-family, semis, townhouses and apartment buildings), commercial space, offices, retail stores, industrial uses, schools, open space, trails and wetlands extending over more than 335 acres east of the company’s current development, the Hopewell Heights subdivision. The development would cover two pieces of land, 226 acres immediately east of the subdivision and 109 acres east of Greenhouse Road, the site of much of the proposed industrial land. There would be 865 residential units; 53 acres of employment land; 15 acres set aside at the sound end of the western property, adjacent to the CN rail line, set aside for a GO station; and substantial amounts of protected wetlands and extensive trailways. Empire, meanwhile, hopes to build 531 units – a mix of single-detached houses and townhomes – on a 77-acre parcel to the west of the Riverland subdivision. The development would be home to an anticipated 1,636 people.
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One local Scout taking part in this Elmira library going Hawaiian weekend’s jamboree in Alberta for the summer ELENA MAYSTRUK
One lucky local Scout is joining 6,500 youth, leaders and volunteers for the largest scouting experience in Canada this weekend. “I decided to go on it because this is a once-ina-lifetime experience pretty much unless I go back as a Venturer or Rover to help out. So, there’s only one opportunity to be an actual camper there,” said Elmira’s Annie Straus, 11. A part of the 1st Elmira Scout troop, she is heading to Alberta with her uncle’s troop from Burlington, the 13th Burlington Scout Group. From July 6-13 campers from all over Canada will meet for the Scouts Canada 2013 Canadian Scout Jamboree at Camp Woods, Sylvan Lake in Alberta. For the Elmira Scout this event reaffirms her love of adventure. After a year with the Girl Guides left her wanting more freedom, she joined the Scouts this year for the first time. Annie enjoyed the activities and challenges of being part of the troop, showing that this 11-yearold is a tough cookie. “At Girl Guides I found they didn’t really let us out into the nature. All of our camps were sheltered
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Elmira’s Annie Straus is in Alberta today (July 6) for the kick off of the 2013 Canadian Scout Jamboree. An Elmira Scout for the first time this year, she’s travelling with her uncle and a troop from Burlington. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] in a building. In Scouts She concedes that a other activities. Scouts you go out and camp in Scout has to try new will also visit Alberta’s tents, they let you smash things and face their fears. attractions such as the cars with sledge hammers In fact, Straus is no strang- Calgary Stampede and and a whole bunch of er to new challenges. something Strauss is lookother stuff.” “I just decided to join ing forward to exploring: For the Scout who is not the Scouts because I had the West Edmonton Mall. afraid to try new things, a couple of friends that Along with activities, the the Jamboree is just the did it and they said it was Scouts will have a chance latest adventure. On her pretty cool. I decided I’ll to get to know our neighlist of new experiences give this a try,” she said. bours to the west. is one item she is a little At the Jamboree, partic“Scouts are known for nervous about: “It’s kind ipants will enjoy camping helping others,” Andrew of nerve-wracking and outdoors, whitewater raftPrice, chief commissioner stressful because this is ing, canoeing, snorkeling, and chair of the board of my first time flying, so hiking, zip lining, rappelgovernors for Scouts Canit’s just kind of scary,” she ling, archery, orienteering JAMBOREE | 7 said. and raft building among
It is a longstanding tradition that the Elmira Public Library’s summer reading club has joined with other branches in the Waterloo Region and Toronto to select a theme. For this year, Bette Cummings, the branch’s children’s librarian, has selected “Go” as the focus. How that translates into activities will be determined at each of the regional system’s libraries. “It depends on the branch itself. Some will go to Paris, or go to England, or go to Africa, or go to Canada, but here we’re going to go to Hawaii.” With its imagery of sunny skies, tropical forests, surfer dudes, and ladies in hula skirts, has ever a locale inspired so much iconography for children’s picture books? As it turns out, Cummings picked the island paradise while visiting someplace slightly less exotic. “I was in Fergus at the Dollar Store, and I had no idea what I was going to do,” said Cummings with a laugh. “But I happened to see all kinds of things about Hawaii, and thought, ‘That’s it!’ So I bought all
those things and decorated the library with them.” A quick scan of the children’s section reveals the shelves lined with assorted hula necklaces and stuffed animals in multi-coloured shirts. “Some probably have never left Elmira,” she said of the children. “But a lot of grandparents travel, and parents travel for work these days. And with the introduction of television, and so many DVDs, they will have some understanding.” But while dreams of a Pacific Ocean view will dominate this summer’s program, kids will also hear tales of England, Africa, and summer camp, with the reading list ranging from Froggy Goes to Hawaii, The First Bear in Africa, We’re Going on a Lion Hunt, and another amphibian adventure, Froggy Goes to Camp. (“I quite like Froggy,” smiled Cummings). A typical day at the program is rounded out by a fingerplay and a craft session. Aside from its obvious recreational function, the Summer Reading Club has an educational agenda. LIBRARY | 4
Three EDSS students invited to innovative university program ELENA MAYSTRUK Three local students have studied and innovated their way into an elite program for high schoolers. Elmira District Secondary School’s Heather Litwiller of Conestogo, Alexander MacLean of St. Jacobs and Sebastian Wetteskind of St. Clements were selected from more than 100 applicants across
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property and consumer needs, condensed matter physics and set theory in mathematics, and I’ve also participated in a seminar on drawing. There were many others that I could have done or will do in the coming weeks, ranging from cognitive behaviour to analyzing the mathematics of risk and even on creative writing. There isn’t really one thing I’m learn-
ing about, as we get a little bit of a taste of many different exciting fields.” Barry Bisson, president of Shad Valley, said the program is focused on driving innovation and entrepreneurship. It’s not about curriculums or learning and mastering concepts: it’s a chance to expand horizons. “Our program is all about exposing them to a wide
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mental services Thomas Schmidt said this week that the region is working on allotting a window of travel time for the freights, likely 1-5 a.m. He said the new rails will also be of much better quality. Freight traffic will be able to use the new rails, but because the tracks will be very close to the platform (to allow wheel chair access to the LRT), an extra piece of track will be constructed to move the freight traffic further away from the platform edge. He adds that talks are in progress to have the WCR trains continue to run from Northfield Drive to Elmira. “The problem is that there is no parking, and that is the biggest hurdle we have to try and find a solution to. Starting at Northfield, there are just no facilities.” White said in an interview July 2. At the current uptown Waterloo starting point there is a station, viable parking for customers, and a storage track and basement storage space for equipment. Those amenities will be gone in 2014. “It leaves us with a number of issues, but the most
If it’s forced to move its Waterloo station, the group will need to raise a whole lot of money. important one of all is that, on a good day, we have to have parking for about 100 cars,” White said. Northfield Drive is already seeing a profusion of development, leaving little room for the WCR’s parking needs, facilities and a passing track. Replacing the 800 feet of passing track alone would run the charity about $250,000 to $300,000, a large tab for an operation with revenues of some $250,000 a year. The area will also see regional development as a turning point for the LRT. Buying land for parking would also be difficult and the WCR hope to work out a deal
with existing landowners or businesses. SOLRS-WCR moved its base of operations to Waterloo Region from St. Thomas, Ontario and enjoyed several seasons in the region, restoring antique trains and helping locals ride the rails. White said he hopes to avoid another move and the organization’s success helps him to look on the bright side. “From the north side of Northfield to Elmira we have been told that we will be able to continue with our operation, so all is not lost. It’s a big challenge for us, but we’re not being kicked out.”
As Indiana Jones once asked, “Why does it always have to be snakes?” Spencer and Nate handle some reptile friends, while Jordan Robbins got her face painted, at Mahoodfest, at John Mahood PS on June 20, marking the end of another school year.
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Children’s librarian Bette Cummings and a prehistoric friend prepare to say “Aloha!” to Hawaii. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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The Waterloo Region Public Library hopes to keep beginning readers practicing: if students who have learned to read at school don’t keep up, they run the risk of losing their newlyacquired abilities. “It’s a well-known fact
The work is scheduled for the end of July 2013 and it involves the replacement of old poles and equipment. WNH will use construction standards that place the live wires away from trees requiring only minimal tree trimming in this area.
that if you don’t keep your reading skills up, it will take the teacher up until Christmastime to get you up to where you left off in June,” said Cummings. “We want to keep you reading, and keep those skills up.” “This is also more for enjoyment,” she continued.
“When you’re in school, often you have to read for a project, or just curriculumbased reading levels.” The summer reading club takes place Fridays, 2-3 p.m., at 65 Arthur St. S. Parents can register their kids by emailing elmlib@ regionofwaterloo.ca, or by calling 519-669-5477.
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Police plan to step up alcohol enforcement With the arrival of the warmer weather, the Waterloo Regional Police Service is asking the community to be a partner in reducing alcoholrelated incidents and ensuring that this summer is safe and enjoyable for all residents. To help heighten public awareness of community safety issues, local police are participating in the Community Alcohol Safety and Enforcement
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OPA approves more green energy projects Add another 951 projects, including rooftop solar arrays in Elmira and St. Clements, to the list of green energy sites in the province, as the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) this week offered new Small Feed-in Tariff (FIT) renewable energy contracts. These contracts represent 146.5 megawatts (MW) of power, enough to power more than 21,000 homes.
More than 98 per cent of the successful applications received municipal council support resolutions. Most of these contract offers are for solar photovoltaic projects, including 934 solar PV projects, 16 bioenergy projects and one waterpower project. In total, project developers are expected to invest some $750 million in the Ontario economy, and the projects are expected to result in 2,200 jobs for Ontarians.
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Conestoga College invests with KWCF Over the past two years, The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation has been working with Conestoga College on various projects, partnering on everything from The Foundation’s Centre for Community
Knowledge and Random Act of Kindness Day, to connecting programs such as Conestoga’s Public Policy Program with local non-profits. Now, with the college seeking new investment opportunities for their endowment fund, a total of $1.6 million will be transferred from Conestoga College to the KWCF, bringing the foundation’s managed funds up to approximately $64 million. Almost half of the population of Waterloo Region has participated in some form of training provided by the college, which contributes some $1 billion to the local economy each year.
POLICE BLOTTER
Women rescued from Conestogo river after kayak capsizes A female kayaker capsized on the Conestogo River near St. Jacobs while travelling with three other kayakers about 6 p.m. on June 30. Her companions lost sight of her and called 9-1-1, bringing Waterloo Regional Police and the Woolwich firefighters to the scene at approximately 7 p.m. Rescue crews found two kayakers, including the capsized female, in a kayak at the Glasgow Street Bridge and they were assisted out of the water. Two of the kayakers (including the one that
not believed to be factors and the investigation is continuing.
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4:47 AM | A vehicle struck a deer on Beitz Road near St. Charles Street West in Woolwich Township. The deer died as a result of the collision and the vehicle suffered severe damage. No charges were laid.
capsized) were found uninjured in a kayak that was assisted out of the water at the Glasgow Street Bridge by the Waterloo Regional Police. The remaining kayakers were also helped out of the water by firefighters at the same location. Due to the recent large amounts of rainfall, police remind the public of the dangers related to high, fast-moving water in rivers and streams throughout the region. Police are asking the public to use extra caution while engaging in activities on or around any of these waterways.
7:27 PM | A single-vehicle collision caused severe damage to a car after its tire blew out on Three Bridges Road near Hawkesville Road in Wellesley Township. The driver lost control and struck a bridge abutment. No charges were laid. JUNE 30
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10:45 AM | A 16-year-old boy was charged with careless driving after turning over a loaded tractor trailer while attempting to turn onto Floradale Road from Reid Woods Drive. While towing a full trailer load of dirt and gravel, the driver attempted to make a right turn onto Floradale Road, causing the trailer to roll into the ditch and dumping part of the trailer’s load. There were no injuries and hydraulic fluid spilled onto Floradale Road was cleaned up by region road crews. The roadway was closed for approximately 1.5 hours. JUNE 26
7:33 PM | A woman lost control of her vehicle while eastbound on Benjamin Road in Woolwich Township, hitting a telephone pole. The driver, who was uninjured,
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The driver of a horse-drawn buggy suffered minor injuries when the horse was spooked and broke free from its harness in St. Jacobs on June 28. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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2:47 PM | The driver of a buggy suffered minor injuries after his spooked horse struck a bridge near Eby Street in St. Jacobs. The horse broke free from the buggy, turning it on its side. The horse was uninjured and no charges were laid.
The Region of Waterloo officially opened the doors to a new police building Wednesday. North Division, located at 45 Columbia St. E. in Waterloo, is a newly constructed Waterloo Regional Police Service detachment. At a formal ribboncutting event, the key to the building was ceremonially handed over to chief Matt Torigian (left) and Police Board chair Tom Galloway by regional Chair Ken Seiling and regional CAO Mike Murray. [SUBMITTED]
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July 1st celebrations at Gore Park in Elmira As Elmira celebrated Canada Day on July 1 at Gore Park, Mason Campbell got a lesson in swordplay from Robin in the Hood volunteers.
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are innovation driven” he explained. For 30 days the students soak in topics or fields of study that they may have never heard of or thought to delve into. “It’s not about mastering content, it’s more about opening your eyes to the possibilities,” Bisson said. Since 1980 the Waterloobased non-profit Shad Valley Centre for Creative Technology has focused on motivating promising youth to continue career paths in science engineering and innovation. The first Shad Valley program ran at St. Andrew’s College, a private high school in Aurora, Ontario in July 1981. This year about 600 students Canada-wide are participating in the program that involves 12 host universities, including the University of Waterloo, which is excepting about 50 high school students this year. MacLean, who has al-
ways loved mathematics and has received recent honours for his work, hopes to gain a better understanding of the business world “The most important thing that I expect to gain from Shad Valley is the network of individuals that I am becoming a part of. There are over 12,000 alumni of Shad … so I hope to be able to lean on the ring of support as I move throughout my future career,” MacLean wrote from his dorm this week. “The first night, we had an activity of various icebreakers to try to introduce ourselves to each other, and it was amazing to see the ease at which it was done. We came here as 56 young people from across Canada and we are certainly going to leave as one giant family. This has been, and will be, the time of my life, and after this short exposure I would certainly encourage anyone interested to apply for this opportunity of a lifetime.”
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Paul Field’s parent-paid art program has spread to 30 schools in the Waterloo Region. He’s bringing an Art Innovators summer camp to Elmira this month. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] houses, women’s shelters, throughout the region, inAnd if any local stuprisons, and youth centres. cluding Elmira. Each day dents have aspirations of He brought the franchise of the summer program becoming the next Picasso to Waterloo when governwill offer students a chance or Monet, take note that ment funding for these to work in a different mestudents will help Field charity programs dried up, dium, from usual suspects organize exhibitions of with parent-paid lunch and like paint, clay, markers, their art. Recently, Art Inafter-school clubs helping and photography, plus less- novators student paintings to fund free programs for expected disciplines like have been showcased at the needy. yoga and African drumConestoga Mall in WaterQuickly, however, Arts ming/drum-making, for a loo and THEMUSEUM in Innovators Waterloo took well-rounded artistic expeKitchener. a life of its own: within six rience. “We had over 500 stumonths, 30 of the Waterloo “We use yoga and music dents display their art,” Region’s public, Cathoto create a safe environsaid Field. “Some of the lic, and French schools ment, and within that kids sell their art. How ofcame onboard, with more environment you just see ten can a kid be at a profesexpected next year. The amazing pieces of art,” said sional gallery? program has expanded to Field, including the oppor“It’s not just an art proincorporate 13 staff and tunity to create huge, Jackgram and they’re done. It’s more than 600 participatson Pollack-style splasha real confidence boost.” ing students. paint murals. Art Innovators’ Elmira The success of the school “This is safari adventure- camp takes place July 22program has justified the themed, so we’ll be doing it 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Trinlaunch of summer camps outside.” ity United Church.
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Canadians have a right to shape the country's future QUEBEC, AS DISPLAYED BY the recent brouhaha over religious headwear in soccer, is something of a bellwether when it comes to our troubled multiculturalism policy. Now, the province is launching a review of accommodation measures, signaling that people there want some clear lines drawn about just how much license will be given to newcomers. The province is not alone in the struggle, but has certainly been most visible in its efforts. Perhaps it’s because Quebeckers are more defensive of their culture. Or perhaps they’re just less inclined to simpering political correctness. Nowhere is the issue of immigration and accommodation more volatile than with Muslims and Islam. That the socalled foiled bombing attempt on the West Coast was carried out by Canadian converts to Islam is not likely to ease the chill. The soccer issue that flared up is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to burkas and niqabs and other outward signs of “otherness,” the likes of which will be part of Quebec’s review. The battle over such coverings has already come to a head in Europe, where France moved against them. Even very liberal Holland has brought in new rules compelling immigrants to adopt Dutch culture or face deportation. The Swiss referendum to ban the construction of new minarets – associated with Muslim mosques – is another sign of a push back against Islam in the West. In Canada, where immigrants are much more prevalent, we’ve been slow to tackle the growing problem. Political correctness has stifled debate. Let’s be clear, this is about more than just whether burkas are oppressive to women or if face coverings pose a security threat. Both are valid concerns, but the wider issues involve distrust of Islam – the movement, not necessarily the religion, though the public often makes no such distinction – and the defense of Canadian culture. Older, more homogenous European countries have readily identifiable cultures. Immigrants make up small and often very visible minorities. Canada, on the other hand, is a country of immigrants. But the heritage of the original Anglo-Saxon and French settlers is still predominant, despite statistics that show the number of visible minorities rising dramatically, especially in Toronto. When some people talk of protecting Canadian culture, even the very idea of such a thing is challenged. Others say such a stance is racist. It’s no wonder we’re not keen to start the debate. That may change, however, if events unfolding in Quebec trigger court challenges or, worse still, a human rights tribunal fiasco. If things go that way, the legal wrangling will drag on for ages. And you can bet related issues will be dragged into the fray. At stake will be the ability of Canadians to protect this country’s history and to shape the kind of society they want. Ideally, we’d overhaul the rules before the battle, the better to serve Canadians. The Charter of Rights is deeply flawed, but can’t be touched without constitutional headaches – it’s not going to happen. But the harmful Canadian Human Rights Act should go, along with the human rights commission and tribunal. Asking questions about what kind of country we want to be and how much change is desirable are inherently democratic. That debate is valid, and must not be stifled by political correctness or its oppressive offspring, including unaccountable and oppressive quasi-judicial agencies stuffed with patronage appointees, party hacks and bagmen.
Taking a cue from international events, locals realize there's a more effective path to better democracy than showing up at the polls every 4 years. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Afghanistan: the quest for a "decent interval" WORLD AFFAIRS History does not exactly repeat itself: the final outcome of the American intervention in Afghanistan will not be the same as the end result in Vietnam. But the negotiations between the United States and its Taliban enemy that are lurching into motion in Qatar as the U.S. prepares to pull out of Afghanistan next year are eerily similar to the “Paris peace talks” that paved the way for the U.S. military withdrawal from South Vietnam in 1973. In his briefing notes for a secret 1971 meeting in Beijing with Chinese government officials, Henry Kissinger, national security adviser to U.S. president Richard Nixon, wrote in the margin: “We are ready to withdraw all of our forces [from South Vietnam] by a fixed date and let objective realities shape the political future. ... We want a decent interval. You have our assurance.” The phrase got out, and
it stuck: the whole point of the exercise by 1971, from the U.S. point of view, was to get out of the Vietnamese war without admitting defeat. North Vietnam could collect its victory in the end, but it must allow a “decent interval” to pass so that Washington could distance itself from blame for the ultimate collapse of its local Vietnamese allies. Direct American-Taliban peace talks are now on the menu for much the same reason. The Obama administration realizes that the intervention in Afghanistan has been a ghastly failure, but it needs some semblance of success, however transitory, to console the families of the 4,000 American dead in the war, and to save America’s face internationally. Just as in the Vietnam case, the fighting will continue while the diplomats are talking. Just as in Vietnam, American generals and diplomats must go on claiming in the meantime that victory is in sight. When General John Allen, the last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, handed over to his successor in February, he said what he
had to say: “This insurgency will be defeated over time by the legitimate and well-trained Afghan forces that are emerging today. ... This is victory. This is what winning looks like, and we should not shrink from using these words.” But privately, he must know better: American generals are rarely stupid. And just as in Vietnam, the puppet regime in Afghanistan is now panicking as its master prepares to abandon it. South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu, rightly sensing that he was about to be sold down the river, revealed the details of the secret American-North Vietnamese agreement in 1972, hoping to mobilize U.S. Congressional and public opinion against it. Fat chance. Both members of Congress and the public wanted out at any price. So, too, with Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is refusing to send representatives to the American-organized talks in Qatar until he has a promise that the Taliban will not be given a share of power. He is also refusing to agree to a continuing
U.S. military presence in the country after 2014 until he gets his way. But he will not get his way, and the U.S. will do whatever it wants. Maybe the Taliban will be patient enough to give the U.S. the “decent interval” it wants, believing that they can collect their victory a few years after the American troops have gone home. Or perhaps they will reject anything short of immediate and total victory, knowing that the American troops will leave anyway. However, the war in Afghanistan is actually a civil war, and they can never win a decisive victory. The Afghan civil war began in 1992, when the puppet government that the Russians left behind when they pulled their troops out the country in 1989 collapsed. The various mujahidin groups who had fought the Russians went to war with one another for control of the country, and that civil war has continued ever since. Afghanistan is a multiethnic country, and the conflict soon resolved into DYER | 10
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What is your must-see summer movie?
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We just saw Despicable Me 2. Loved it.
White House Down!
Man of Steel was good.
Oh, gotta see the one with Johnny Depp. The Lone Ranger.
Well, I have a movie I like at my house. It’s about a princess. The Princess Bride.
"Just as in Vietnam, American generals and diplomats must go on claiming in the meantime that victory is in sight." Gwynne Dyer | page 8 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
More control in local hands would put a better handle on growth EDITOR'S NOTES The future of Breslau, the likely home of the most significant growth in the region, is mired in a series of legal challenges. As noted in this week’s edition, that already complicated situation is now more convoluted given the OMB appeal launched by Thomasfield Homes, which the company sees as necessary to break the stalemate ... or at least try. Development in Breslau, along with the township’s secondary plan review for the area, has been on hold pending a legal battle that essentially boils down to a group of developers wanting to open up much more land to residential construction than Waterloo Region cares to allow. The discrepancy is huge, with the OMB siding with developers in the first go-round, saying the region should allow some 2,500 acres of new construction, not 200. The region maintains it wants to control sprawl,
as directed by the likes of Ontario’s Places to Grow strategy, though no one is challenging the mantra of endless growth, ultimately unsustainable. Over the next couple of decades, by 2031, Woolwich’s population is expected to hit 32,500 residents, up from 23,000 today, while Wellesley will reach 13,000, up from about 10,000. The largest of Waterloo Region’s four rural townships, Woolwich will still hold that place 20 years hence. With Wilmot and North Dumfries seeing much larger jumps, Wellesley is expected to be the least populous in 2031, when the region’s overall population is forecasted to be 729,000, an increase of 44 per cent over the 2006 census figure of 478,000 (438,000 in 2001). Such growth in the region is bound to put pressures on available land, especially in the townships where farms are still the norm. On the growth and expansion front, the region has its growth management strategy in place,
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start changing. Well, once some of the legal issues are cleared up, breaking the logjam. The mixed-use development proposed for the east side of Breslau is the type of project – combining residential, commercial, industrial and retail uses within walking distance of each other – that is now touted as the standard to combat the suburban sprawl that has shaped the way we live for the past five or six decades. The description of socalled compact communities puts me in mind of Europe, where densities are higher and people live within an easy walk or bike ride of most of the amenities of daily living. Because most communities developed before the advent of the automobile, they’re very much people-centric as opposed to the car-centered towns and cities of North America. People actually do walk and cycle as a means of transportation, not just recreation. Public transit is convenient and well used. In short, the antithesis of how we do things here.
Living there, you can quite easily do without a car. Of course, vehicles are more expensive, gas prices astronomical and parking spaces limited, putting a real damper on the kind of automobile enthusiasm seen in North America. Still, when I picture the kind of community endorsed by the so-called Smart Growth strategy, I see the old towns of Dublin or Paris or Munich: striking architecture, walled courtyards, terrace gardens, narrow winding streets, local shops offering freshbaked bread, quaint cafés and small walk-up office buildings with brass plates announcing the names of doctors, lawyers and architects. Trouble is, that ideal isn’t likely to translate here, the land of vinyl siding, asphalt and big-box retail. In all the talk of more human-scale communities, there’s no mention of aesthetics. For me, that’s the make-it-or-break-it part of the equation: our ugly built environments foster neither pride of place nor a desire to be
out on foot, interacting with the place where we live something to enjoy in its own right. It’s going to take a monumental effort at creating something better to get us out of the suburban model: Shifting from our box of a house to our box of a car to the box where we shop and the box where we work. The insides may be nice and comfortable, as we shut out the world and the others who happen to live in the same town, but the shared spaces are not conducive to creating the kind of community envisioned by proponents of a livable city. In Waterloo Region, that kind of European feel would ideally take place in the cores of the three cities. With its stone architecture and riverfront location, Galt offers the best bet for such redevelopment. Uptown Waterloo has the best feel to it thanks to the universities. Kitchener, with little redeeming architecture and a decidedly down-market atmosphere, faces the KANNON | 10
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calling for fewer greenfield developments and more intensification in the downtown cores of the three cities, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. Attached to that goal is the light rail transit scheme designed to encourage public transit over private automobiles. While the rail line may eventually extend to St. Jacobs and Elmira, the intensification plan doesn’t particularly apply to the townships, where much of the residential growth is typical single-family suburban homes. Breslau, of course, represents the most dramatic changes in the offing. With two subdivisions amounting to some 1,000 new homes almost builtout and hundreds of acres of land awaiting more residential and industrial development, the village is likely to be completely altered over the next two decades. The projected growth is precisely why the township is undertaking the Breslau secondary plan: it will only get one shot at establishing a roadmap before things
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The secret Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Europe could: ban “buy local” policies in our communities and at the provincial level; give brand name drug companies longer patent protection, driving up drug costs by billions of dollars a year; encourage and then lock in the privatization of public services, including drinking water, transit, mail and health care; make Canadian banks (and anyone with a bank account) more vulnerable to global financial crises.
“U.S. corporations have a critical role to play in President Obama’s ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. With millions of cars and trucks, major corporations are in the driver’s seat when it comes to raising fuel efficiency and rejecting the world’s dirtiest fuel source.”
Police and Transportation Safety Board officials investigated the cause of an airplane crash that claimed the life of a 65-year-old Kitchener man, whose two-seater aircraft fell from the sky shortly after takeoff from the Region of Waterloo International Airport in Breslau.
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NATIONAL VIEW
victory won in Afghanistan FROM | 8
a struggle between the Taliban, the dominant organization in the Pashtunpopulated parts of the country, and the militias of the Northern Alliance, the various smaller ethnic groups in the north of Afghanistan. Since the Pashtuns are almost half the country’s population and had Pakistani support, the Taliban won control of multi-ethnic Kabul and become the country’s “government” in 1996. However, they never conquered the “Northern Alliance” that dominated the Tajik, Hazara and Uzbek provinces in the north. Then, after 9/11, the
U.S. invaded and made a de facto alliance with the warlords of the Northern Alliance. This tipped the balance in the war in the other direction, and it’s the northern warlords who have effectively run (or rather, looted) the country for the past decade. Once the U.S. leaves, the balance of power between these two sides will be restored – and the civil war between them will continue on a more equal basis. This is not Vietnam, a homogeneous country with a strong national identity. It is a tribal country whose borders are entirely artificial. Decisive victory in Afghanistan is unattainable for any ethnic group.
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largest challenge. On the growth front, the township will continue to be squeezed by the need for expansion and the push to retain the small-town feel and rural qualities that bring new people here in the first place. Growth brings an increased tax base and, in the case of commercial/ industrial projects, jobs and opportunity. But growth also increases demand for municipal services, boosting costs. Then there are the quali-
ty-of-life issues. Unbridled growth, while paying short-term dividends, would ultimately become counterproductive. Even developers with an eye to the future realize Woolwich’s go-slow strategy, while sometimes exasperating, helps preserve the characteristics that create a sustainable market for their projects. As the ongoing travails with the OMB show, we’ll need to see some reform of that provincial agency before putting control of development back into local hands.
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Club offers up a summer camp for the budding gymnast With school out, sports-oriented camps round out the offerings WILL SLOAN “Gymnastics is a great foundational sport,” said Maria Code, head coach of the Woolwich Gymnastics Club. “It works on coordination, agility, flexibility, balance, strength. In that way, it’s a great grounding for other sports – you’re always going to need strength and flexibility and agility in any other sport you do.” Such is why the Elmira club hopes to attract kids from ages 4 to 12 to their annual Summer Break Camp, returning to 97 Earl Martin Dr. on July 15. Whether it’s a jump or a flip, the camp leaders hope to give youth a taste of the ol’ bars and beams in a lowstress environment. “Morning is mostly all gymnastics, so they do all the events – bars, beam, floor, vault,” Code said. “They’ll do some rings, and some parallel bars. We have a craft in the morning, and then some outdoor playtime in the afternoon again, with rotations of the four events again. She continued, “We just try to get as much as we can into the one day. During the fall, they pace it out over the 11 weeks. There is no report card at the end, whereas in the rec. program, they do get a report card at the end. It just gives them a pretty in-depth look at gymnastics.” With the club’s official season having wrapped
up at the end of May, and registration for next year’s competitive program not starting up until August, the summer camp gives the club a chance to introduce gymnastics to prospective athletes. “It’s a fun week our coaches put on, so the kids get to try everything,” said Code. She added, “It’s also important for discipline and independent work, because you are working on your own while coaches are helping other kids. It’s great for fundamental movement patterns that go with every sport.” But, will parents have a chance to see their little bambinos in performance? “No, no recital. But there is pizza Friday,” Code laughed. While tournament may be over, there is still activity for more serious young gymnasts. In addition to the summer camp, the Woolwich Gymnastics Club has also already opened its summer session members (registration closed on June 28, and the six-week program begins July 8), with programs divided between age groups. Registration for the 11-week fall program (starting September 10) will open August 13 and close August 31. The Woolwich Gymnastics Club’s summer camp runs four weeks: July 15-19, July 22-26, August 12-16, and August 19-23. More information is available at www. woolwichgymnastics.com.
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Medical community thumbs its nose at painful angling affliction OPEN COUNTRY As I write this column, I am suffering from a severe case of bass thumb. This is a common affliction that affects many anglers come summer, the result of reaching down and lifting up the bass you just caught. As most people know, this is a technique that involves placing your thumb inside of the rough mouth of a bass while pinching on the outside with your forefinger. We call it lipping bass – a phrase that sounds bad but is arguably better than telling people that you like to thumb bass, if only because it leads to less awkward misunderstandings. Essentially, the rough surface of the bass’ mouth sands away at your thumb. This might seem like a harmless act but eventually, after a few bass, your thumb gets roughed up to the point where you could use it to smooth wood. The sad part is there is not a lot of medical research or public awareness about BT. So in the interest of alleviating some suf-
School’s out for the summer, and the WMC’s Woolwich Summer Playground is in. On Wednesday afternoon, kids enjoyed a spirited game of Steal the Bacon on the field. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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The rodeo rides into Moorefield this weekend Other family-friendly events also on tap as pair of service clubs introduce new fundraiser ELENA MAYSTRUK Drawing on the exciting mix of cowboys, bucking broncos and aggressive bulls, two service clubs have launched Moorefield’s first rodeo event. The Mapleton Rodeo rides into town this weekend, running Friday through Sunday. “Rodeo has become very popular in Ontario over the last 15 years. They are generally put together because they are a fundraiser for the community; in our case, the Optimist Club
initially had discussions about holding a rodeo and we immediately decided we wanted to work with the Drayton Kinsmen Club. Our groups were looking for a signature event to begin a long-term project for fundraising for the community,” said marketing co-chair Ron Funnell. Moorefield’s Optimist Club and Drayton’s Kinsmen are the organizers, and the two groups have worked on several community events together in the past. This one is sure to be a showstopper event
its first time out, Funnell added. Wildhorse Productions / A Bar K Rodeo is producing the event. “They put on quite a show. They do about 10 rodeos in the province. The one that they are doing in Moorefield this weekend is recognized as a New Holland Elite Series Rodeo. What that means is it’s sanctioned, so the participants are qualifying for points through the whole series versus just a contracted rodeo.” This means the prize money is bigger and the crowds
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“It’s quite different from what most people expect when they see a show like that because the attendees will physically handle the reptiles, everything from pythons to lizards and everything in between and most shows don’t allow handling of the reptiles, so that’s a big part of what’s happening on Saturday from noon until 2 p.m.,” Funnel said. The show runs again on Sunday. What’s different for this rodeo, he added, is the sanctioned Ontario arm wrestling amateur event following Saturday’s rodeo at 4 p.m. “It’s wide open for the public to come and participate: it’s not just the professionals there just to put on a show. It’s really geared
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fering and creating some public awareness, here are a few facts that you might not have known. In severe cases, hitchhiking and mowing the lawn are painful. Worse yet, sufferers of BT have only one recognizable thumb print. Also, texting is difficult. And, most importantly, this also explains my poor skills at any video game. There are probably a
whole bunch of other debilitating effects too, but, as I said, there is a lack of research. And because of this, anglers like me will suffer in silence. Is there a cure? Not yet. Sure, you could buy one of those angling tools that grab a bass by the lip, but then you’d have a whole other set of problems. Most notably, your fishing buddies would refer to you as the guy who’s afraid to
touch a fish. In this case, the cure is worse than the disease. As you might have guessed, there is a stigma attached to BT that is rarely mentioned. You’ll pick up hints of this if you attend any Trout Unlimited dinner and mention this affliction. What worries me most is that BT slowly wears down your thumb. I have caught less than one hundred
bass thus far this season and, according to my micrometer, my thumb is one thousandth of an inch shorter than it was during trout season. That means, if all goes well, I will just have a nub of a thumb by the time hunting season rolls around. Don’t worry, it will grow back. I was thinking of hiring a person to lip my bass for me but this seems a bit extreme and a poor use of my
disposable income. Instead, I have decided to take a more reasonable approach and ask my doctor to write me a note that says I should take the bass season off from work since any kind of work aggravates my BT. Thus far, I haven’t found a doctor willing to do this. I suspect that’s because most doctors are trout fishermen, but there could be other reasons.
So once again I will suffer in silence as my thumb slowly gets whittled down by the rough mouths of bass. And, for the next little while bass anglers like me will suffer silently ... and perhaps sand that table that we were asked to finish last fall just as hunting season arrived. But I think you can see that’s no real solution. I certainly won’t give it two thumbs up.
Kings swing trade with Siskins Rebuilding its roster, Elmira acquires some experience in the form of Adam Campagnolo, while Waterloo gets a younger player in forward Matt Schieck later in the year as injuries mounted. “Obviously, as an organization we can’t be happy about finishing in seventh place. We did have a lot of injuries but I’m not going to blame it on that. I think we need to be better so the kids that are returning from last year, they know they’ve got to be better too. Our expectations are to be in the top four, for sure.” Campagnolo is one of the players Stewart hopes will come through as a team leader in the upcoming season. “He was Waterloo’s captain. We really need to replace some scoring up front, so Campagnolo is going to help in that department.”
ELENA MAYSTRUK With the up-and-down 2012-2013 campaign behind them, the Elmira Sugar Kings are slowly starting to rebuild their roster for the upcoming season. The most recent move saw the team swap forward Matt Schieck for former Waterloo Siskins captain Adam Campagnolo. “He’s a good player and Matt Schieck is a good kid. He’s going to be a good player for [the Waterloo Siskins], but we need to add a little bit of experience because we are hoping to improve in the standings from where we were last year,” said director of hockey operations Keith Stewart of this week’s trade. It was a good move for both teams, he added. The Siskins were interested in some young blood. And with standouts Jake Weidner and Brady Campbell off to university in the U.S., the Kings are on the hunt for experienced players with leadership skills. Campagnolo (5’11”, 180lb) fell into the Kings’ hands as the player requested a transfer from the Siskins at the end of last season. “It’s not too often you get a chance to get a quality player like Campagnolo, who is going to be one of
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A new explanation for why the boss fails to notice you WLU psychology study shows powerstates influence how your brain perceives what’s going on around you ELENA MAYSTRUK Picture a typical office setting: alone in a standard-sized cubicle, you are in a sea of lowered heads. As the big chief makes the rounds, you have to wonder if he knows you’re there or acknowledges the other employees huddled in a maze-like cluster of enclosures just like yours. An innovational Wilfrid Laurier University study, the first of its kind, shows that he or she probably doesn’t and this workerboss dynamic may shed light on power complexes in other relationships as well. “I think the main thing that we’ve been able to show that has never been shown before is a kind of state-effect power. That means that we put people dynamically into a state of either feeling powerful or feeling powerless and were able to measure some corresponding changes in the way that their brain processes other people’s actions,” said Sukhvinder Obhi, an associate professor in the psychology department at WLU. This is an innovative contribution to the field of cognitive neuroscience, Obhi noted. He and researchers have discovered a direct link between the level of power an individual feels and their perception of their surroundings. In short, this may explain why your boss calls you by the wrong name even if he or she acknowledges you. “Specifically we’ve shown that people with high power don’t seem to process other people’s actions as deeply as people who feel powerless,” he explained. “Someone in a position of power already has access to resources, and
WLU psychology professor Sukhvinder Obhi co-authored a paper about the effects of power on our awareness of others. therefore might not need to create rapport with an underling,” he said. “But for someone in a junior position, it would be extremely important to mimic behaviour to create good feelings to ultimately gain access to those resources. We’ve known about this pattern of mimicry for a while, but no one has ever figured out how the brain might create this state of affairs.” The study produced a paper published online this week. Together with Jeremy Hogeveen, a Laurier PhD student, and Michael Inzlicht, an associate professor of at the University of Toronto, Obhi wrote Power Changes How the Brain Responds to Others, which suggests the power constructs may be a biological response that helps to ensure survival. This discovery has implications for any relationship Obhi said. “Wherever there is a power dynamic ... it seems like whenever you’ve got someone who’s got power and someone who’s got relatively less power, you’ve got this asymmetry to which they are sort of processing each other.” The study consisted of splitting up 45 participants into three groups: a high power group of
people, a low power group and a neutral group, and measuring how their brain reacts to feelings of power. Previous research found that people in low positions of power mimic the actions of high-powered individuals. The idea is that it is important for employees to mimic powerful individuals in order to create good feelings, with the goal of accessing resources. Researchers measured “mirror neurons” that fire when we see someone doing something, and repeat it. This helped researchers see how the brain reacted to power, but first they had to set the stage, Obhi said. The three groups were asked to write essays. One group wrote about a time when they had power over a people, the second group wrote about the opposite and the third, neutral group was just asked to write about their day.
“So this is to try and get them to remember and that correspondingly gets them into a high-power state. What memory involves is a reactivation of the brain network – it’s kind of like re-living the experience and it brings back all of those feelings and thoughts, puts you into the same kind of mental state,” Obhi explained. The subjects were then asked to watch simple actions performed by people on a computer screen. “At the same time, we assessed that part of the brain that we know is involved when people watch other people acting. It’s thought to be heavily involved potentially in our ability to understand other people, so we measured that part of the brain and the excitability there.” The term for this measuring technique is transcranial magnetic stimulation or TMS. While it
sounds painful, the technique is noninvasive. A large electromagnetic coil is placed against the scalp near the forehead and stimulates brain cells with weak electric currents, causing activity in various parts of the brain using a magnetic field. The study showed that people made to feel powerful through the writing exercise showed the least amount of activity in that part of the brain, while the people who felt powerless exhibited the most. “Essentially if you feel powerless your brain seems to respond more to other people and if you are powerful this part of the brain seems to respond less to other people.” The researchers think this may show that the bestowment of power on a person can reduce the degree to which their brain processes other people’s actions and that in turn could lead to a lack of understanding of other people, a lack of empathy and a general lack of concern. “Which are the sorts of things that people experience every day in various kinds of relationships. It could be a professor and a student; it could be a high level university administrator and a professor; it could be a romantic couple where one person holds the power … for example, where one person is the breadwinner and they control resources.” Obhi said this is a viable theory in any environment with a power differential. This is the first time anyone has ever identified a brain mechanism that may help to explain this behaviour. So the next time the manager’s eyes glaze over, or you feel powerless in a relationship, consider chalking it up to science.
Fresh is great, processed is also important FIELD NOTES With a great deal of Ontario produce starting to reach the harvestable and farmers’ market stage, it sounds like sacrilege to give a nod to food processing. But that timeliness is one of the very reasons the Alliance of Ontario Food Processors is embarking on a new initiative to make its value known to the public and other decision makers. And it’s an eye-opener. Processors have a huge role in making great Ontario food even better, says alliance president Norm Beal. He should know. He owns a winery. And there’s nothing more “processed” than wine, or beer, or almost any bottled beverage for that matter. For example, his company, Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery in Beamsville, turns grapes – a raw commodity -- into wine, a finished commodity. That’s processing. So is turning wheat into bread, hops into beer, corn into cereal, chickens into nuggets and pork into chops. In Beal’s eyes, his business is as legitimate a local food business as someone growing sweet corn and selling it at the end of their lane. And being from nearby, however you define that, his company’s harvests are within the hallowed, always-moving target zone that makes food local. As far as the alliance is concerned, there’s no rift, gap or chasm between local food farmers and processors. In fact, Ontario food processors are Ontario farmers’ biggest customers. A report last year by the alliance showed processors buy 65 per cent of all food-related
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farm production in the province. It’s popularly held out that the U.S. is our biggest customer, but in reality that title is held right here in Ontario. Further, processors need farmers for additional clout (and vice versa). Economically, when you consider agriculture and food processing and manufacturing as separate entities, they lag behind motor vehicle manufacturing in total revenues by sector. But when you combine agriculture and food processing and manufacturing – which is reasonable, and smart – they’re number one. And that makes their voice heard all that much louder at Queen’s Park. And while it makes sense to look at the agri-food industry as a whole, it’s still somewhat of a new approach. Agriculture has traditionally had a hard enough time speaking with one voice, given the many commodities it comprises, and their sometimes-conflicting positions. That’s why it’s needed strong representation from the province’s general farm organizations such as the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, to present a united front to decision makers. The sector has made huge strides towards this end in the past decade or so.
Adding processors to the fold is a new leap of faith. Trust is key – farmers need to understand the additional value added by processors, a value which ultimately contributes to
the price of food paid by consumers. Beal gets it. “We’re all in this together,” he says. “The province needs an active food processing sector. But
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“Clapton” is all you have to say Commercial Tavern tribute show to ol’ Slowhand himself will dig into guitarist’s extensive catalogue WILL SLOAN If an entertainer can stumble upon one hit song, which can be licensed to commercials or performed at county fairs until kingdom come… well, that’s an incredibly lucky entertainer. By this standard, Eric Clapton – who occupies a privileged place as one of the elite members of his musical generation, still packin’ ‘em in decades after his first successes – is one of the luckiest entertainers alive. But luck has nothing to do with it, according to Mike Daley, who will be paying tribute to “Slowhand” at the Maryhill Commercial Tavern on Sunday. “Like Neil Young, he’s someone that hasn’t rested on his laurels,” said Daley. “He’s always pushing ahead, trying to find new things, and he follows his own interests and tastes.” He continued, “A lot of artists are just unto themselves; he lurks outside, and I think that has kept his music fresh. … I think Clapton is one of the biggest music fans – that is, he
keeps his ears open. He’s interested in what other people are doing, and he’s interested in going back to the past and mining that for inspiration.” Songs like ‘Layla,’ ‘Lay Down Sally’ and ‘Cocaine’ are, of course, inescapable to anyone with a radio, but it was listening to Clapton’s early work on electric guitar for the band Cream that really alerted Daley to Clapton’s talent as he was growing up. “When I was learning to play the guitar, there were so many people who had been influenced by him, at first it was not obvious how great he was because he had been so imitated….” A quick search reveals that guitarists as varied as Lenny Kravitz, Alex Lifeson, Brad Paisley, Eddie Van Halen, and Ted Nugent are all professed Clapton devotees. “It was just so creative, what he did. He had so many ideas, and he could build a solo that would go on for two or three minutes, but always really went somewhere. He always had a great sense of telling a story with his guitar.” All of which makes performing his hits a tougherthan-normal challenge, “To play at that level is the hardest thing, because it often involves intangibles,” Daley explained. “The way that
Mike Daley will explore the whole Clapton canon at “Eric Clapton: Living the Blues,” coming to the Commercial Tavern on Sunday. he’ll hit a note – hold it, stretch it, transform it – that’s a very individual thing that he developed over many years. I try to approximate that, but it’s very difficult to nail it exactly. But we find that people are happy with the extent to which we reproduce the sound of his music.” Daley’s point-of-entry was Clapton’s virtuosity at the guitar, but as he notes,
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Township of Wellesley 2012 Audited Financial Statements Copies of the Township of Wellesley’s 2012 Audited Financial Statements are available free of charge at the Township Office, 4639 Lobsinger Line at Crosshill, or for download on the Township’s website, at www.wellesley.ca by following the links from “Township Services” to “Finance”. These statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles set for Canadian municipalities through the Public Sector Accounting Board. 2013 Tax Rate Information The Township of Wellesley 2013 tax rate information is available at the Township Office. Tax rate information may be viewed or downloaded on the Township’s website by following the links from “Township Services” to “Finance”. Theresa Bisch Acting Treasurer
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WOOLWICH WOOLWICH SOCIAL MEDIA QUEST #WSMQUEST
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MANY THANKS to the following for their support and involvement: Byron Shantz Canadian Heritage Elmira Fire Department Elmira Girl Guides Elmira Home Hardware Elmira Vacuum & Electrical Elmira Optimist Club Elmira Sugar Kings Foodland Good Auto Parts Klazz the Klown Robin in the Hood Woolwich Summer Playground Staff
AUCTION Police, Municipal, Repo, Fleets & Others
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Contest Details Contest begins on Monday July 8, 2013 and goes until Monday July 29 We have chosen 3 significant locations within the Township – one location per week One clue per day will be provided for each location Monday through Thursday via the Township’s twitter feed: @woolwichupdates Correct answers, along with a picture of you at the location can be sent to the Township Friday through Sunday by posting on twitter using @woolwichupdates and the hashtag #WSMQUEST All those who correctly identify 2 of the 3 locations will be entered into a draw at the end of the month. The winner will receive a free 10 visit pass for swimming, skating or fitness from the Woolwich Memorial Centre.
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Make Your Next Home Your Dream Home! NEW PRICE
NEW PRICE
$184,500 $189,900
$464,000 $475,000
LUXURIOUS CONDO LIFE!!
Kitchener - This updated Modern Condo features 2 large Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Separate Dining Room and In-suite Laundry. Laminate flooring, Bathrooms 2013, Kitchen cabinets 2009. Building amenities include: Controlled entry, Underground parking, exercise room, pool, sauna, elevators, controlled entry, party and games room. Close to: Conestoga College, shopping, Easy 401 access and close to trails. MLS 1324629. Call Paul or Alli Direct.
$500.00
$286,000 $289,000
Paul Martin
Alli Bauman
CALL DIRECT
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
519-577-6248
519-503-9533
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
www.homeswithpaul.ca
breakfast bar, walk-out to relaxing deck overlooking in-ground heated kidney shaped pool w/stamped concrete patio. Vaulted ceiling in family room w/gas fireplace. Master bedroom w/double walk-in closets & sunk-in ensuite complete w/whirlpool tub and separate shower. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms & Main floor laundry. Finished rec room w/separate entrance. Close to schools, Conestoga Mall & expressway. MLS 1325108. Call Paul or Alli direct.
SEPARATE WORKSHOP
Drayton - Room for the kids to run on lg
165ftx66ft yrd. 4bdrms, 2baths, & main flr lndry. Spacious front foyer , lg LR w/heating stove. Side entrance to lg functional kit & huge sep DR. Plumbing/electrical updated. Lifetime roof. 200amp service. 32ftx16ft Sep workshop w/9000lb, 2 post hydraulic hoist, gas/water heated cement flr & 100amp. MLS 1324398. Call Paul or Alli direct.
INDUSTRIAL
Elmira
- Zoned M-2, This 1850 sqft: Industrial/Mfg 1,460sqft, Office 400sqft. Bay Size 18.5X32'. Power/Amps: 208/220 Volts/200. Furnace 2007, East Roof New 2013, West roof 2004. New Windows 2012, Soffit 2012. Office & Warehouse Space 31x60 Building. Features: Ceiling Fans, Natural Light - Windows, Suspended Ceilings, Finished Office Space, Air Lines, Floor Drains, Fenced Yard, Paved Yard. Including: Hot water heater, air compressor. MLS 1321454. Call Paul or Alli direct.
NEW PRICE
DONATION will be made with every home bought or sold by Paul or Alli in Woolwich.
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
THIS HOME HAS IT ALL!
Waterloo - Crisp kitchen featuring island &
$265,000
$245,000
COMPLETELY FINISHED
Elmira - Completely finished top to bottom 4 level back split. This spacious semi is a match for anyone with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, family room and rec room! Eat in kitchen is equipped with hardwood floors, breakfast bar, open to family room with gas fireplace and Sliders off dinette with wrap around deck to large 12 x 22 ft deck and fenced yard. MLS 1327060 Call Paul or Alli direct.
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage
NICHOLSON REALTY INC.
www.thefreyteam.com OPEN HOUSE | Sat & Sun July 6 & 7 — 2-4pm
UPDATED TIMELESS BEAUTY
Elmira - Exceptional home with many updates including: electrical, plumbing, bathrooms, windows, roof, fenced yard, and more. Main Bathroom has been totally renovated. 9 ft ceilings on main floor and main floor laundry. Carpet free with original hardwood floors throughout. 22 ft x 12.5 ft garage with basement walk up. Close to recreation complex and amenities. MLS 1322135 Call Paul or Alli direct.
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426
Independently Owned and Operated
Mildred Cell: 519-741-6970 | Len Cell: 519-741-6368
$289,000
201-659 King St. E, Kitchener, ON N2G 2M4
BRUCE NICHOLSON Sales Representative
519-571-0555
$195,555
OPEN HOUSE | SUNDAY July 7 — 2-4pm LOT 609 CONESTOGO LAKE MLS 1324401
Panoramic view. This is truly the best spot on the lake. Has concrete boat ramp and dock ramp. 2 car separate garage. O ground pool, large kitchen, family room and master bedroom. 2 gas FP’s and finished walk-out basement with 2/bedrms. Call Len Frey or come to our open house.
Price $499,000 Thinking of Buying or Selling call or email today! Free, no obligation, Opinions of value
BROKERAGE
45 Arthur St. S., Elmira Office:
701-24 MARILYN DR., GUELPH MLS 1325447 3 bedrm end unit condo, with large windows overlooking park. Lg principal rooms. M/bedrm en-suite w/triple closet. Lots of counter space in the kitchen for the gourmet chef in the family. In suite laundry. Well maintained building with underground parking, library, sauna, exercise rm. With a kitchen, and storage for each owner. Fantastic location close to all amenities. Call Mildred Frey or comein to our open house.
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.
Broker of Record
TYLER NICHOLSON
519-669-2772
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record, MVA Residential
Res:
519.669.1068
JULIE HECKENDORN Res:
Broker
519.669.8629
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep.
Cell: 519.505.0627
CONESTOGO - A great family home –
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY JULY 6, 2013 2:00-4:00PM | 37 Wellington St., S. Drayton
BEAUTIFUL 2 STOREY HOME with finished 3rd floor attic (4th
bedroom) in the quiet town of Drayton. This home features fresh paint, newer windows, large updated kitchen w/granite counters, patio opens to deck & fenced back yard oasis. MLS
$399,900
NEW PRICE
$349,555 $309,000 OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY JULY 7, 2013 2:00-4:00PM | 2477 Kressler Rd. St. Clements
WOW! 1600sq.ft. updated country home with 3beds, 2 baths all within 5
mins of Waterloo. This home features gorgeous original tongue and groove flooring throughout, tastefully updated kitchen & baths, new double hung low e windows. Almost .5 of an acre of Country serenity awaits. Including a 4 stall horse barn, and fenced paddock area. MLS. MLS 1321291
$419,900
short walk to the public school! Large lot on a quiet street with mature trees. Spacious kitchen/dining area w/walkout to patio. Stone fireplace in living rm. & parquet floor. Cheater ensuite bath. Rec. room with gas fireplace and games room. Extra-deep garage. New septic system and drilled well in 2012. MLS.
HAWKESVILLE - This 100+ yr. old home is LOADED WITH CHARACTER and backs to the ‘Mill Race’. Lots of living space! Beatutiful hardwood floors. Spacious dining room PLUS eat-in kitchen. Woodburning fireplace in liv. room. Main floor den. Gas furnace (2011). Appliances incl. Zoned settlement commercial. MLS REDUCED HAWKESVILLLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - Operate your own business & live in the spacious 3 bdrm. att’d dwelling. Well maintained. Presently a catering business (seats 54) but this property has endless opportunities! 1400 sq.ft. of commercial space. Single garage + lots of pkg. A unique opportunity. MLS
LET OUR 50+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU!
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FIND YOUR DREAM HOME IN CANADA’S BEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS We support Woolwich Community Services through
100 YEARS
G.A. NICHOLLS REALTY LTD. BROKERAGE 8446 BRUSSELS LINE, BRUSSELS ON
519-291-2002
SINCE 1913
Elmira Real Estate Services Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage
OPEN HOUSE Sun. July 7, 2013 2-4 p.m. 14 Carriage Hill Trail, Elmira
90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 4, Elmira N3B 3L4
519-669-3192
50+ years of combined service to HELP you!
Elmira@royallepage.ca
Bonnie Brubacher
www.elmirahomes.ca
Broker of Record / Owner
PRE-SELLING DRAYTON RIDGE! Executive bungalow town home lofts. Fall closing available. Call today for more information, or visit our open house at 38 Knapp Road, Elmira EXCL.
Monique Roes
Sales Representative / Owner
Shanna Rozema Jason Shantz Broker / Owner
Broker
“Helping you is what we do”
UPDATED BUNGALOW IN ELMIRA $344,900. Updated Bungalow in mature area! Hardwood flooring on main floor, open concept living/dining room, modern maple kitchen, finished rec room w/pot lights, family room with gas fireplace, 2 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, and spacious laundry room! Beautiful patio and well maintained hedge surrounds property! Many of updates include roof / 03, windows, water heater, bath, rec room and furnace! Call for your private viewing today! NEW MLS!
OPEN HOUSE | Sat July 6 | 12-2pm and Wed July 10 | 5-7pm
38 Knapp Road, Elmira PARADIGM (ELMIRA) HOMES
$346,000.
Model Home, 2 bdrm, custom kitchen, LR w/gas FP, ceramic and hardwood, MBR ensuite, main flr laundry. Also available under construction: $374,900 Backsplit, 3 bedrms, 3 baths, family room. EXCL.
4.5 ACRE HOBBY FARM $464,900. 15 mins West of Elmira in
private setting. Cozy 2+ bdrm, 2 bath Bungalow, 3 season sunroom, fin’d bsmt w/updates. Spacious decking & pool, 3 paddocks & 6 stall barn. NEW MLS
ELMIRA 1/2 ACRE LOT $359,900. One owner home. 1975, 3
bedroom, 2 bath home. Lower level finished; FR w/gas FP, games rm & laundry/mud room w/walk up to side yard. Covered verandah overlooks private back yard. NEW MLS
Make your dream of home ownership come true with this spacious end unit link home in desirable Elmira. Carpet free main floor within walking distance to schools & downtown. Garage & side entrance into backyard. Walkout patio. Lrg ensuite in master bedroom. Walk in closet, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, single garage, 3 car driveway, large front porch! MLS#134929
$269,000
OPEN HOUSE: Sat. July 6th 1-4:30pm 20 Queen St. Drayton | New Price $349,000 Bright spacious : 3 bedroom raised bungalow in Drayton. Open concept home with a bright eat-in kitchen and a walkout to a wrap-around deck to enjoy the panoramic view and large backyard. Finished Rec room and office in basement with a side entrance to laundry/storage room provides lots of space. Online at http://comfree.com/home-for-sale-drayton-ontario-431202 Please call 519-503-2204 or 519-638-5682 for an appointment
OPEN HOUSE | July 7th 1-4pm PRIVATE SALE | 3536 Broadway St., Hawkesville
DESIRABLE LOCATION $323,900. Beautiful 2 storey backsplit
with vaulted ceilings. Main floor layout blends elegance with practicality. Large deck; storage shed; many upgrades throughout. Quick closing available.MLS
RESTORED CENTURY HOME $409,900. The home offers a blend of modern
finishes and characteristics of a century home. Soaring 10’ ceilings on the main and upper levels. Finished basement and an unfinished attic; large detached garage/workshop; 2 stained glass windows, pocket doors to family room; MLS
FOR LEASE $10.25. Elmira executive offices - 2550 sq ft
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FAMILY ALBUM BIRTHDAY
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Happy 90th Birthday LAURINE MACDERMOTT
Dennis Lichty’s 80th Birthday
Please join us in celebrating this special birthday on Saturday July 13, 2013 at St. Clements Community Centre 1 Green Street, St. Clements Open House 2-5 p.m. Best wishes only please.
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Join us for a fun night with music, games, food and great prizes! Tickets available at the door: $10 per person.
MacDonald, Veronica Ann August 29, 1955 - July 1, 2010 So many times I’ve needed you. So many times I’ve cried. If love could have saved you, you never would have died. We had only one miracle. Meeting, loving and being together. There was no second. Thankfully we had one. Missing you and loving you always, Glenn
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IN MEMORIAM
Katie Lang, Nadia Lunz, Julia Hoyt, Brianna Simpson, Michael DeVries , Ryan Wu, Emily Groves, Trent Brunkard, Alex Berry, Jamie Tomadini, Keean Dowdall, Aiden Michenfelder and Ferrin Grant, graduating Grade 8 students at St. Teresa Catholic school in Elmira, gather on the playground to say goodbye to notebooks and papers and hello to summer on the last day of school June 27. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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ROWE, William Leonard (Bill) Our families were touched by the support, condolences and prayers of so many friends, neighbours and colleagues following the death of a husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Thank you for your cards, flowers, donations, emails and words of comfort. A special thank you to the nursing staff of 5D south Grand River Hospital, Dr. Scott Morlock for your patience and care. With deep gratitude Linda Rowe and families
Brandon Bauman, Dan, Ian and Alex Martin admired a truck while gathered at OK Tire’s 20th anniversary celebration in Elmira, while Elijah, Autumn and Summer Brubacher, with Hailey and Austin Gingerich, climbed some giant tires. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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DEATH NOTICES ARMBRUSTER, ALBERT A.| Passed away peacefully, of
natural causes, at 91 years on June 7, 2013 LINDNER, DORIS EDITH | Born in Tavistock on January 31,
1922 and passed away on July 2, 2013 at Heritage House in St. Jacobs. MARTIN, IRENE (MRS. LLOYD | Suddenly on Tuesday, July 2,
2013 at Grand River Hospital. Irene (Weber) Martin, in her 37th year, of RR 2, West Montrose. MELITZER, VERONICA MARIE | It is with great sadness that
we announce her passing on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital, in her 90th year, of West Montrose.
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Breslau firefighters offered a cool alternative to a warm last day of school for Breslau Public School’s graduating class, who splashed around during the third annual water cooling device event June 27. [SUBMITTED]
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LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE/ DIERRE ACHESON
ON THE FARM / THE COW WHISPERER
A man who’s job is getting up close and personal with cows Elmira’s Tom Byers has been classifying dairy cows for three decades, earning industry accolades WILL SLOAN According to Holstein Canada, Tom Byers has officially appraised 180,000 cows since joining the company in 1983, and spending many years as head classifier. Byers begs to differ. “Well, that would be 180,000 cows since around 2005,” he says at his Elmira home. “I’ve probably seen close to 300,000 cows, I reckon, in the 30 years, in and outside Canada.” Don’t bother trying to divide that figure by however many days he’s worked – we can confirm that 300,000 is a lot of cows. Byers, who will be honoured with the 2013 Dairy Cattle Improvement Industry Distinction Award in September, can talk about “good models” of cows with the same authority that an automotive connoisseur might talk about a vintage car. “Myself and the team I work with, we travel right across Canada every three-and-a-half months to evaluate the dairy cows,” he says. “In Elmira, there are guys working in this area to assess the confirmation of your cows if you’re a farmer, or a registered milk producer.” Has he noticed any change in our nation’s cows over 30 years? “The cows have never been better than they are today. Their udders are five inches above their hocks,
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animal. They know that the animal’s welfare is first and foremost. “Within 10 miles of Elmira, we’ve got some of the best breeders in the world,” he continues. “They take care of their cows. They’re not just a form of income to them – there’s a passion to them. It’s good old-fashioned hard work, belief, and passion.” Over the years, Byers has become part of the fabric
One of the honours of being a chef and caterer is the many compliments our team receives. It may be a thank-you card after a wedding, a photo posted on Twitter or Facebook, or even a hug the next time our paths cross. Those special moments remind us why we work hard to make events and occasions unique. This thought came to me while working in the store today. A gentleman came in and said, “Wow, it looks different in here again.” To be honest, I never thought of it in such a way, as we really like to keep with the seasons and the trends. But does anyone really notice? Judging by our growth in the store and catering, I guess the answer is yes. I recently met an artist from Britain now residing in Toronto. His platters, bowls and crostini plates are made of recycled bottles. Reworked in a kiln for us to enjoy, these pieces of art bring me to ask, “hmmm, how can I play with these?!” This isn’t an excuse to shop more – honest – but it led to these modern twists on some
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Tom Byers contemplates three bovine friends at his Elmira home. The Holstein Canada classifier estimates that he has examined some 300,000 cows over 30 years. they want to milk 40 kilo, we’re carving them at 22 months of age… I mean, 30 years ago we were carving them at 35 and 36…” This is technical talk for the cow aficionado. A more practical concern: when Byers sees a steak, does he ever recoil and ask, “Bessie, what have they done to you?” “Oh no, I love steak.” Same with milk? “Oh yeah. And what I think a lot of people don’t know is, our dairy and
meat products are second to none. I can’t understand why people go across the border for their milk and cheese, because no drugs get into our food chain. A lot of cows in the U.S., they get a growth hormone to increase the production – it’s illegal in Canada.” It was the quality of the Canadian cattle industry – and specifically, genetics – that inspired Byers to move with his wife and children from Scotland in 1980. Already a herdsman,
he was convinced to move after travelling to the Great White North to use Canadian genetics for artificial insemination in the UK. And in recent years, Canada’s cattle industry has only improved, Byers says. “We’re in a situation now where we have cows that are living in nice freestyle barns with waterbeds for mats to sleep on, being milked by robots,” he notes. “There’s an understanding from farmers that they’re the keepers of an
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JULY 6 ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society’s garden tour; 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tickets $10. For tickets and information, call Barb 519-669-8239. CANADIAN CLASSIC CAR SHOW 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Riverside Meadows Park, 3 Water St., St. Jacobs. Organized by Toronto Triumph Club; 25 to 30 classic Triumph cars on view to the public and owners are willing to discuss their cars. All ages free.
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JULY 14 HUNGRYMAN BREAKFAST, ELMIRA LEGION Ladies Auxiliary, 11 First St. E. Serving 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.; $6/ person. All you can eat!
JULY 9 THE GO! TEAM - Go! Outside at the Region of Waterloo Library - Join us at Elmira, St. Clements, Linwood, St. Jacobs Bloomingdale and Wellesley branches Tuesday, July 9 to Friday, July 12. This free program includes stories, crafts, and activities for children age 6 and up. For more information, please email libhq@regionofwaterloo.ca, or contact your local library branch.
JULY 10 DINOSAUR WEDNESDAYS 1-2 PM Take a journey back in time with us and learn about the dinosaurs, the Ice Age and everything in between. Earth Sciences Museum, 200 University Ave. W., Waterlo. Children free.
JULY 12 H.U.G.S. PROGRAM – 9:15-11:15 a.m. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Going on vacation with your
JULY 16 BIRDS OF PREY AT 2:30 p.m. at Wellesley Branch Library. This show is recommended for children 5 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; everyone attending the show must have a ticket. For more information please contact the Wellesley Branch Library at 519-656-2001 or wellslib@ regionofwaterloo.ca. Tickets are limited.ULY 17 DINOSAUR WEDNESDAYS 1-2 PM Take a journey back in time with us and learn about the dinosaurs, the Ice Age and everything in between. Earth Sciences Museum, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. Children free. 6 PM: TWO RIDES! A shorter and a longer version your pick. Elmira-Hawkesville-Yatton-Floradale-39.6 km. Ride starts at Woolwich Memorial Centre (WMC) 24 Snyder St. S., Elmira. Free parking and washrooms available. All paved route through Mennonite countryside. Look for horses either on the roads, in the fields or farm yards. Easy ride with light
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traffic. Cue sheet and map for this ride are found at: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1975718. For more information please contact ride organizer and leader, Patrick Gleeson at 519-669-2317 or pagleeson29@ gmail.com. ELMIRA-HAWKESVILLE-YATTON RETURN - 25 km. Ride starts at Woolwich Memorial Centre (WMC) at 24 Snyder St. S., Elmira. All paved route through Mennonite countryside. Look for horses either on the roads, in the fileds or farm yards. Easy ride with light traffic. Cue sheet and map for this route are found at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1975687. For more information please contact ride organizer and leader, Patrick Gleeson at 519-669-2317 or pagleeson29@ gmail.com.
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JULY 20 BOARD GAMES IN BRESLAU. Enjoy playing board games? Come out and meet others in your community who share a similar interest. There will be a wide variety of games to play including “euro” games, war games, strategy games and party games; 1-11 p.m., Breslau Community Centre, 100 Andover Dr., Breslau. Admission $2. Children under 16 welcome to attend and participate if accompanied by a parent who is also participating.
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Tickling may be inherently social, and the precursor to human laughter WEIRD NOTES
Q. When asked how the
chicken tasted, M.W. was apt to say something like, “There aren’t enough points on it.� And he wasn’t just using a figure of speech. What was going on?
A. He had the rare capac-
ity of “synesthesia,� occurring in 1 in every 25,000 people, where one sense blends with another to the point that shapes may have tastes, music may have colours, say Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw in “An Introduction to Brain and Behavior,� citing research by neurologist Richard Cytowic. All his life, when tasting or smelling foods, M.W. felt this taste-shape experience sweeping down his arms to his fingertips: Some would
engulf his whole body; others were more like cones, pyramids, balls, cubes that he felt only on his face, shoulders or back. Synesthesia often runs in families, a famous case being the Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, who once complained to his mother that his alphabet blocks were “the wrong colours.� She understood what he was saying because she too perceived letters and words in particular colours. Later, Nabokov’s son exhibited a similar sensory crossover. In theory, Kolb and Whishaw add, five senses ought to produce 10 possible pairings, but some pairings occur rarely, if at all. Often they work only one way, with people seeing colours when they hear music but never having colours trigger music. Though various theories have been advanced, for now synesthesia remains yet one more of the brain’s myriad mysteries.
Q. When psychologists analyze “the tickle,� what’s the most fundamental fact that might start the discussion? A. Basically, we cannot tickle ourselves, suggesting that tickling is inherently social, an important means of interpersonal tactile communication and bonding between “tickler� and “ticklee,� says behavioral neuroscientist Robert Provine in “New Scientist� magazine. It’s also possibly “the basis of a baby’s earliest preverbal ‘conversations’ with carers.� Many people claim they hate tickling, “but we all usually tickle or are tickled by friends, family and lovers, with the motive of showing affection and getting attention.� This capacity for mutuality opens the door to plenty of “well-choreographed tickle battles, physical play or sex play.�          The resultant laboured breathing, Provine argues,
Q. Are you savvy enough to know what’s so sweet about hitting a baseball on the bat’s “sweet spot�?
A. That’s the point which
sends the least vibrations down the bat while delivering the most energy to the ball, triggering a “crack� that snaps fans to attention, says Nathan Seppa in
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more energy to the ball than a slow swing (actually heating up the orb). Each mile per hour added to the swing speed is probably worth an extra 6 feet on a long fly ball, after accounting for wind speed and loft.     Curiously, Cincinnati Reds player Todd Frazier once hit a home run with one hand completely off the bat and the other barely touching it, “showing that from a physics standpoint, it doesn’t matter how (or if) a batter holds a bat.�
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“Science News� magazine. Well-hit balls sound differently than weak pop-ups, a high-frequency sound rather than a dull thud. As physicist Alan Nathan explains, the high energy of the bat-ball collision must go somewhere, and the batter fervently hopes it goes to the ball.     Nathan has also shown that “corking� a wood bat by hollowing out its center isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The corked bat is lighter and moves faster but doesn’t deliver more force, and the wood fails to deliver the “trampoline effect� that a hollow aluminum bat would. As can be imagined, a fast swing transfers measurably
is the origin of laughter, with the ancestral “pantpant� -- still produced by chimpanzees when tickled -- eventually evolving into the modern human “haha.� “I will further suggest that feigned tickle -- the basis of the ‘I’m going to get you’ game -- is the most ancient joke.�
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4. Lifted, so to speak 5. Street art 6. One-dimensional 7. ___-Wan Kenobi 8. “We’re #1!,� e.g. 9. English race place 10. Ease 11. Accident 12. Quick or skilful 13. A parallelogram with four equal sides 14. “Psycho� setting 15. Bakery treat 20. Time div. 24. Sundae topper, perhaps 27. Bug 28. Cottontail 29. Excite 30. Mouthed off 31. Wear away through erosion 35. To a higher intensity
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Since 1983, Byers has travelled the world as “the face of the Canadian classification program.”
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at Holstein, representing the company and teaching skills across the world (as this article goes to press, he is examining cows in Mexico). Holstein Canada has called him “the face of the Canadian classification program.” Co-workers are also filled with praise. “It’s not just one thing – it’s all the little things he’s done over the years,” says Bethany Muir, classification and field services. “He didn’t do it because someone was watching, or because he thought someone would
care – he did it because he was passionate. “He is the team. He’s always driving people to do their best even when they’re the most discouraged or feel they’re not right to be a classifier. He takes them aside and says, ‘I see it in you, and we wouldn’t be supporting you if we didn’t.’” At 65, Byers is planning to retire at the end of the year, and the position of head classifier will be retired with him. Thirty years is a long time to spend in any business – “At the end of the day, there’s never
a replacement for Tom Byers,” says Muir – so what has kept Byers in the cattle racket? “I think it’s twofold – it’s the people and the cows, in that order. I have a love affair with the cows, but really it’s people who drive you.” Well, I guess you can’t really hold a conversation with a cow. “Well actually, I can.” Wait – does this mean that, like Robert Redford before him, Tom Byers is the Cow Whisperer? “Yeah, yeah. I get good answers, too.”
1 avocado, diced 1/4 red pepper, diced 1/4 green pepper, diced 1/4 red onion, diced 1/4 tsp sambal oelek 2 squeezes of lime 3 stems of cilantro, roughly chopped Salt and pepper to taste Shrimp 12 peeled and deveined large, raw shrimp 1 tsp chopped ginger 1 zest of lime 1/2 fresh red chili, chopped 2 T olive oil Salt and pepper to season
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2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited 4x4, 4 door 3.8L, V-6, 5-Speed Automatic,Air,Cruise,Tilt, 18” Alum. Wheels,E.S.C., Body Coloured Hardtop, Side Tubes, Fog Lights, Keyless Entry, Power Windows, Locks and Mirrors, and Much More. Finished In Green With Tan Leather. $26,995.00,D#11873 $
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$107
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@ 5.99% 60mths
@ 5.99% 60mths
2010 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
3.8L Manual Trany, Dual Top Group, Trialer tow Group, Sirius Radio, Infinity Speaker Group, Fog Lamps, 17' Off Road Tires, Rock Rails, Temperature and Compass, Power Windows/Locks Keyless Entry, and much more. Black, 146,125km $17,995 D#11827
2010 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab
4x4, 5.7L V-8 Hemi MDS,Dual Exhaust,, 5 Speed Automatic, Floor Shift, Bucket Seats, Air, Power Windows, Locks, and Mirrors, Power Driver Seat, Tinted Windows, Side Steps, Box Liner, SLT Plus Group, 20” Cast Wheels,and Much More. 60,800 Kms. Finished In Blue Metallic. $24995.00. D# 11874.
2008 Grand Caravan
3.3L V6 Auto Trany. Rear Air and Heat, Rear Sliding Window and 3rd Row Vent Window, Power Seat, Power Windows/Locks/ Mirrors, Keyless Entry, Tilt/Cruise, A/C, Full Stow and Go Seating with middle row Captains Chairs. Finished in tan 101,359km, $10,900 D#11752
2008 Dodge Avenger SXT
2.7L Auto Trany, Keyless Entry, Power Windows/Locks/Mirrors, A/C, Cruise/Tilt, ABS Brakes, 17 Aluminum Rims, Rear 60/40 folding seats. Front and Side Air Bags, Finished in Silver, 45,256km’s, $11,995 D#11906
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