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Neighbours hope new owners maintain Victorian character There they were, on the outside looking in. Literally, in this case. Members of the Park Avenue West Neighbourhood Association showed up Tuesday night to address Woolwich councillors, only to find the doors locked and the lights off: The brief committee-of-the whole meeting had wrapped up before the group arrived. Thirty minutes earlier, however, councillors found themselves with few options in trying to preserve a century home at 10 Park Ave. W. Essentially unable to prevent the demolition of the house and redevelopment of the large property, they called on planning staff to arrange a meeting between concerned neighbours and the new owners of the home, Woolwich Holdings Ltd. The Elmira company has applied for a demolition permit, but has not announced plans for the site. Residents are worried that if the house is torn down, it will be replaced with something not in keeping with the Victorian feel of the street. “Everybody’s concerned that if it can stay up, then let’s keep it up. If not, then let’s try to keep the character of the neighbourhood,” Park Avenue resident Ken Galipeau said WednesSee PARK AVE page »06
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DowN SHE GoES Firefighters douse the flames at a shop on Lobsinger Line near st. Clements tuesday afternoon. the blaze caused about $50,000 in damage and was likely caused by a spark from a planer or saw workers were using at the time.
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Lobsinger Line woodshop leveled; livestock perish as Elmira-area barn burns VANESSA MOSS AND MARC MIQUEL HELSEN It was a busy week for Woolwich and Wellesley firefighters as a barn fire May 31 and shop blaze Tuesday saw more than 100 firefighters called out to help. No one was injured, but hundreds of animals died in the first incident. At around 2 p.m. Tuesday, the St. Clements, Linwood and Wellesley stations responded to a call at 3921 Lobsinger Line, where a shop was engulfed in flames. Two men were working in the 1,500 square-foot structure when either the planer or saws they were using sparked, said Dave Geil, Wellesley Township fire chief.
The spark travelled through the exhaust fan and into the sawdust bin, which subsequently caught fire. Flames then crawled along the dustcovered pipes, eventually spreading throughout the whole structure. “This building was only about 100 feet away from the barn, so when St. Clements arrived here it was fully involved. It was kind of, ‘OK that building’s gone, let’s protect the rest of them.’ We contained it to that building and saved the rest of them, so that was a good job done,” Geil said. Damage to the property was estimated at $50,000, which might have been avoided had the owner kept the shop cleaner. “A little bit of housekeeping might
have helped him here. Blowing off these pipes and making sure there isn’t dust sitting on top of them.” The fire three days earlier north of Elmira resulted in more than just structure damage. Five hundred chickens, one colt and one hog were lost in a blaze believed to have been sparked by an electrical short in a generator room. Firefighters from five stations took roughly six hours to contain the fire that caused more than $200,000 in damage. At approximately 11:15 a.m. on on Saturday morning, firefighters received a call of a barn fire on Abner Knorr’s Arthur Street farm.
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“All of a sudden your children have left the nest, and you’re free … and then the next thing you know, you’ve got a child living in your house.”
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FAMILY TIES Robert Munday and Elsa Harper have been raising their grandson, J.J., 3, since he was removed from his parents’ home two years ago for ‘failing to thrive.’ Harper and two other grandmothers like her have started a PHOTO | vanessa moss support group in Waterloo Region to help grandparents cope with the emotional and financial difficulties of taking over the parental role.
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New regional support group aims to help grandparents raising their children’s children VANESSA MOSS Elsa Harper’s life changed forever the day her grandson J.J. was admitted to the hospital. Since that one-month stay in January 2007, she has been fighting in court to obtain custody of the three-year-old, who was “failing to thrive” in his parents’ home. “It was like driving a car: we hit the brakes and went ‘whoa, wait a minute here,’” she said. J.J. is one of more than 65,000 grandchildren live solely with their grandparents, according to 2006 Census figures compiled by Statistics Canada. For various reasons – including death, abuse and addiction – these children cannot live with their parents; instead of being placed in foster care, they are taken in by their grandparents, Harper said. This process is often abrupt and complicated, leading to stress for all parties involved. Without support from
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The financial burden is just one of many concerns grandparents in these situations have to deal with. In Dunn’s case, it was the sudden change in future dreams that hit her and her husband, Peter, the hardest. “At a time when you’re just starting to make plans for retirement, now we’re making plans for bringing up another child,” she said. “All of a sudden your children have left the nest, and you’re free … and then the next thing you know, you’ve got a child living in your house. There wasn’t nine months to prepare: there was no time to prepare.” After taking in her granddaughter Bella, 5, Dunn was forced to quit her job. She now spends her time shuffling from ballet to gymnastics to swimming depending on the day and rarely has the opportunity to socialize. She and her husband can no longer live spontaneously, since finding a babysitter for a high-needs child is tough. Bella often wakes up screaming from nightmares and requires family
people who understand their position, these grandparents can feel isolated. Harper and grandparents like her want to change that. Through the Canada-wide organization Cangrands, Harper and two other grandmothers have created a Waterloo Region chapter group that will provide emotional and financial assistance to kinship families. “We meet to share information and give each other support and encouragement,” explained Karen Dunn, who is spearheading the group. “To foster an environment of mutual respect and love that our children will thrive in.” Even after just two group get-togethers, Dunn and Harper are already reaping the benefits of the interaction and cannot wait to share the positive energy with others. “They [certain grandparents acting as parents] are living below the poverty line, they’re going to the food bank in order to make ends meet: they need all the help that they can get emotionally,” Dunn said.
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We can’t paper over the fact change is coming it could save them significant amounts of money. That’s not always a workable option, however. In the absence of such targeting methods, perhaps it’s best to have the choice of which to peruse and which to pitch. My real issue is with sales letters, the ones that often arrive with “addressed admail” in the indicium (the ones attempting to look like real mail, or personal letters). That mail always goes directly into the recycling bin. While flyers and catalogues can be informative and even entertaining, the direct mail pitches are never worth my time. You know the ones I’m talking about: the letters from banks, insurers and utilities (Bell seems to be especially fond of this method, especially since I no longer use their services). Charities, too, are among the worst offenders. I’m absolutely certain that anything requiring me to open the envelope and read through several pages and perhaps a brochure is nothing that’s going to benefit me. The time spent walking over to the blue box is already too much, let alone the sender’s expectation that I’ll actually read the bumpf enclosed. Such direct marketing campaigns typically have a one- or two-per-cent response rate. That doesn’t seem like a good reason to kill trees, but apparently it’s enough to keep the practice going. Much like telemarketing, if we refused to do business with those who go this route, then eventually they would stop. It’s that kind of thinking that prompted Vancouver’s Beth Ringdahl to launch the Red Dot Campaign earlier
this year. She runs a marketing company out on the coast, and sometimes employed the direct-marketing techniques in question, including what the post office calls “unaddressed admail.” Eventually seeing the environmental impacts, she noticed how Canada Post had a policy that would allow people to opt out of receiving certain kinds of junk mail. You simply inform the corporation, and you’re supplied with a little red sticker indicating the mail carrier should avoid leaving such material. However, she says, the policy was really downplayed by the post office. So, with $3,500 of her own money, she introduced a campaign to draw public attention to the policy, setting up a website (reddotcampaign.ca) to walk people through the process. The goal is to raise awareness among both the public and advertisers. “We’re all looking at ways of reducing waste in our lives,” she says from
her Vancouver office. “With this, it’s a matter of hanging up a sign, making your wishes known.” Savvy marketers are more conscious about their reputations when it comes to environmentalism, she adds, suggesting they’ll follow the public’s lead when it comes to paying more than lip service to ecological concerns. With paper, environmental groups have been doing a good job getting the message out about protecting forests. The next battle lines, she predicts, will be drawn over water, which is used heavily in the manufacturing process. In the marketing business, she knows the importance of getting the message out. Today, her own involves letting us know we can go about it in a smarter fashion. As we’ve seen in other facets of our daily lives – at the gas pump and the grocery store, for a start – decreased supplies leading to higher costs can bring change as quickly as anything.
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One environmental issue that hits home with those in the publishing business is the issue of junk mail. In fact, I was tempted to use “junk,” the quotation marks tempering the otherwise harsh sound of the adjective. From neighbourhood circulars about garage sales to the slick sales letters, all kinds of unsolicited advertising arrives in our mailboxes. While these items are not annoying in the sense of telemarketing calls to your phone, there is still the ecological impact to consider: the tonnes of paper manufactured and shipped around before ending up at your door. Most of the flyers dropped at my home are seeds cast on asphalt: they will bear no fruit. I’d guess 90 per cent of them travel directly from mailbox to blue box. To be sure, I do pluck out the occasional flyer for perusal, but I’m not the target household distributors have in mind. I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but I’m equally sure plenty of people find flyers useful, perhaps even enjoyable. I know plenty of people – and likely you do, too – who pore over the regular offerings, including the grocery stores. And we get phone calls here at the office when people don’t get the flyer package with the Observer, for instance. I suppose it would be useful if we each received only those flyers of interest to us. Advertisers would like that too, as
Martina Koslowski Salesperson at Conestogo Mercantile Lives in Kitchener
What brought you to Conestogo? “Friends telling me [about] a cool store.” What were you doing before? “I was managing a polish café.” Hobbies? Interior decorating, basketball, music. Favourite group? “Sam Roberts right now.”
Do you play any instruments? Guitar and trumpet. Are you in a band? “I play in a brass band. We play for the Christkindl Market (German festival) every year.” How long have you been playing the trumpet? 30 years. What is your goal for the future? “To travel to Australia, but I don’t think I’d ever come back.”
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Two Drayton children were recognized for their bravery May 28 as the Western Region Ontario Provincial Police held their annual awards ceremony at the Stone Tree Inn in Owen Sound. Brandin Soehner, 5, and his sister Kaylin Stuckless, 8, received a Commissioner’s Citation for Lifesaving and a St. John Priory Award for helping save their brother’s life. The three children had been playing near the Conestogo River in Drayton on Nov. 18, 2007 when Gavin Dolson-Stuckless fell in through a thin layer of ice. His sister jumped in and pulled him to safety while Brandin ran to get help from his dad. OPP Const. Keith Robb said at the time that if the duo had not acted so quickly, Gavin would have been in trouble since adults succumb to hypothermia within five to 10 minutes in water that cold.
Centenary for Ariss post office It may be Friday the 13th, but it promises to be a good day for the Ariss post office, which celebrates its 100th anniversary. Located at the Ariss Village Variety on Concession 6, the outlet is marking the occasion with a special stamp cancellation, and a display of memorabilia from the post office’s past. About 75 customers pick up their mail at the location. Another 520 customers on two rural routes receive their mail from the post office, which has been at the same spot the whole time.
Wait times target of new funding grants Grand River Hospital will receive more than $1.2 million, as the provincial government announced it will provide $2.3 million to address emergency room wait times and support alternate levels of care in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. The funding is part of a $109million investment in Ontario to reduce waits inside and outside of hospitals. A major factor causing long emergency room waits is the high number of patients occupying acute care hospital beds when they could be moved to an alternate level of care. “We’re helping hospitals in the Waterloo Region take steps to reduce wait times in emergency rooms and also providing people with alternatives to hospital care wherever appropriate,” said Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast.
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Two wheels open new vistas for Kenyan women Pair of EDSS students launch fundraising effort in support of the Ugunja Bike Project, providing bicycles and training for girls MARC MIQUEL HELSEN In this particular corner of the world a bicycle is almost a mundane possession, still shunned as a method of travel even as gas prices soar. In Ugunja, Kenya, it is a realistic symbol of independence, of access to education and of greater freedom. More affordable than cars, and better on the local roads, bikes are used by people – mostly men – to carry all kinds of goods as well as passengers. Women and teenaged girls in this town of approximately 17,000, however, do not have easy access to bikes for their daily work, despite the fact that they do most of the walking to get water, go to the market to sell goods, and travel long distances to and from school. Therein lies the heart of the Ugunja Bike Project (UBP), a grassroots initiative that works to make bicycles available to women, and which now has links in Kitchener and Elmira. Through the Working Centre in Kitchener, and the student-run United Hands volunteer group at Elmira District Secondary School, local residents will get their chance to contribute to the program. To help raise funds for the project, United Hands is inviting the greater public to take part in a 10-kilometre bike ride on June 14. “We felt that as a global issue it is something that pertains to us as students, but also on a larg-
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UP ON YER BIKE Rachel Dyck, clockwise from left, Tosha Snyder, Wren Laing, Tristan Neill, Stephanie Shuh and Amber McKay are ready to cycle 10 kilometres to raise money for the Ugunja Bike Project. The event is set for June 14 at EDSS.
er scale to women in general who right now don’t have access to bikes. It’s something that we take for granted as Canadians, so it’s definitely something we thought that we could help provide to them,” said Wren Laing, co-founder, along with Stephanie Shuh, of United Hands. Next Saturday, participants will meet at the Arthur Street entrance to the Elmira high school
at 9 a.m. to take a 10-km tour. Pre-registration is not necessary: all people need to do, said Laing, is show up with their bikes. They can either collect money from family and friends, collect pledges, or donate themselves on the day of the event. In solidarity with their African counterparts, the ride will happen simultaneously in Kenya. The Bike Project aims to raise $12,363 to help
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Reducing ecological footprint goal of Wellesley workshop MARC MIQUEL HELSEN As our ailing environment becomes increasingly overburdened, more and more people are looking for ways to reduce their ecological footprint. To help Wellesley-area homeowners in that pursuit, the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) and the Waterloo Stewardship Network (WSN) will host a stewardship workshop at the Wellesley Community Centre on June 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. Those in attendance will get a chance to explore new ideas and consult with experts. “People are getting really good at thinking about using energy, saving light bulbs and water conservation, but this goes just a little further,” said Tracey Ryan, supervisor of conservation services with the GRCA. “It looks at a wide variety of things they can do around the house to reduce their environmental impact.” A number of the issues found in the guide will likely be discussed at the workshop: it all depends on who shows up and what people are interested in exploring, said Ryan. Such topics might include landscaping, water use, water runoff, composting, rain barrels and beneficial management practices around pesticides, herbicides and the use of fertilizers. On hand will be representatives from a number of agencies including the GRCA and the WSN, one of Ontario Stewardship’s 40 Community Stewardship Councils. See WSN page »06
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Since its formation in 1995, Ontario Stewardship, a program of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, has hosted more than 1,000 educational events at-
tended by more than 150,000 people; restored more than 1,500 hectares of wetlands and headwater areas; planted 1.2 million trees; and restored more than 40 kilometres of shore-
line. While attending the first-ever WSN workshop in Wellesley won’t change the fate of the province overnight, it is a good start, Ryan suggested.
“I think sometimes when we talk about the environment it can be overwhelming; and it’s all in small steps – we can all make small changes that can have an impact.”
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day, noting he was disappointed the group was unable to address councillors the previous day. He and others plan to attend the council meeting on June 10, however. Recognizing the township has little leeway in dealing with the situation, he welcomed the chance to sit down with the owners. Arranging that meeting is certainly on the agenda for Dan Kennaley, Woolwich’s director of engineering and planning. As with the neighbours, he too would like to see the
street’s Victorian nature maintained. “We’ll certainly advocate the development be in keeping with the character of the neighbourhood.” Because the area is not designated as a heritage district, the township can do little to influence what happens at the site, he noted. Today, the owner can apply for a demolition permit, tear down the old house and replace it with a single-family home, semi-detached or duplex, all without any further planning approvals. Any
other uses, such as severing the large lot, would require township input and approval. Woolwich Holdings is still mulling over its plans for the property, but will start with demolition of the house. “We hope to to tear it down, but we don’t have any plans beyond that at the moment,” partner Allan Poffenroth said in an interview. “We have lots of ideas, but no concrete plans.” His preference would be a development fitting in with the surroundings. In the longer term, said
Kennaley, the issues raised in this case could spur Woolwich to establish a cultural heritage district in that part of Elmira. Staff could also look at establishing a registry of significant historical homes in the municipality under the Ontario Heritage Act. While warning of the “onerous” requirements placed on homeowners in heritage districts, Coun. Mark Bauman acknowledged the township’s hands are tied in this case. “I don’t see a simple answer to this problem.”
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Over the course of the year, the students at Riverside Public School have been exploring the dynamics and consequences of bullying, and how bystanders can affect the situation through intervention. Those lessons were kicked into high gear last month as members of Woolwich Counselling Centre (WICC) attended the school to impart their expert knowledge on the subject. As the initiative came to a conclusion, students, who had converged at the school gym to sing “We Can All Get Along,” broke out into an impromptu group dance session, arms extended over each others’ shoulders. At that point, child therapist Beth Mason knew that the month of anti-bullying work had struck a special chord. It was a moment that showed both teachers and counsellors the message they had worked so hard to deliver had not been lost on the rambunctious youngsters. “It was really neat … it brought goosebumps to us. One of the counsellors, she had tears well up in her eyes,” said Mason, children’s program coordinator and child therapist at WICC. Over the course of the month, Mason, along with her colleagues at WICC, attended the school to lead a series of workshops on bullying. Though perhaps not a
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major issue at the Elmira school, it does nevertheless exist. To that end, principal Brenda Moen asked WICC to help her student body explore the dynamics of bullying and what children – both victims and aggressors – can do to prevent it. “If you can prevent or stop bullying in the little ones, then you don’t have to worry about it when it gets to the big ones,” said Moen. Oftentimes a child, though perhaps not a constant bully, might for whatever reason “try it on as a role” and so the key is to help him or her realize that there are unpleasant consequences to such behaviour, Moen explained. At younger ages bullying often takes on a more simple tone, like a
child taking away a toy stop,” said Moen. “Children are reasonfrom a younger sibling. As children grow older, able and if you say, ‘this such demeanor typically isn’t a good idea and this becomes a more complex is hurting other people’s feelings they usually psychological issue. To help the students stop.” In keeping with the at Riverside identify, acknowledge and deal Ministry of Education’s with these issues, Ma- request that schools son and her colleagues be more proactive, the led a series of interac- theme of anti-bullying tive activities including was a constant at Rivimpromptu skits, games erside throughout the and arts and crafts held course of the year. “What I’ve been really over three 1.5-hour sessions. Through these ac- pleased about is I hear tivities the students ex- the older children usplored the roles of both ing the language. The aggressors (“unfriends) younger ones are pretty and victims and learned open to anything, [but] how to be assertive when the older ones will somedealing with such situa- times think it’s not cool to talk about being kind. tions. “The bystander is the What I’ve found is the most powerful person in [Grade] 4s and 5s interthat scenario: the victim nalizing this [message] – needs them and the bul- it makes sense to them,” T:10.25” said Moen. ly needs them in order to
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VANESSA MOSS Two Elmira District Secondary School students were honoured for journalistic excellence May 29 at the 11th annual Toronto Star High School Newspaper Awards in Vaughn. Brittany Straus and Vanessa Aberle picked up plaques and cash for their hard work from Toronto Star publisher Jagoda Pike and had the chance to tour the newspaper’s offices with 98 other aspiring young writers. The luncheon was very professional and everyone was welcoming, Aberle said of the experience. “It was kind of nice just to be acknowledged for the work you’ve done. I wasn’t really expecting it at all, but it was nice
to have that attention I guess. There were a lot of people there,� Straus said with a laugh. Both Grade 12 students were pleasantly surprised with the wins since a teacher at the school, Ms. Stronach, secretly entered their work in the contest. Straus’ profile of a friend, Brett Shantz, won first place in the Feature Writing, long category and Aberle’s comic about cell phones put her in the runnerup position for Editorial Cartoons. “I was really excited about it. I think it was even more exciting because I didn’t know I had been entered in the competition. Apparently it’s pretty prestigious; I didn’t know much about it until I went to the banquet,� Straus said.
Aberle was especially proud to accept the award after learning that the other 10 high schools involved were in Toronto. “It was just a big thing for Elmira that we were amongst them.� Straus came up with the concept for her profile, titled “Ee I Ee I Oh,� after spending time helping Shantz with chores on his farm. In 785 words, she detailed his life growing up on the farm that is not always easy, but enjoyable. “He seems very at home in his surroundings, not appearing to mind the smell of manure or the loud bellowing of the cows,� Straus wrote. She said the subject matter likely helped her win. “I think it was mainly because it was in To-
ronto and they probably don’t get a lot of articles on farming and stuff like that, so I think it was probably interesting to them.� Aberle’s cartoon has a very different message: hypocritical teachers. The artwork depicts an instructor telling a student to turn off his cell phone before answering his own, an idea Aberle came up with after witnessing similar events at school. Although both Straus and Aberle enjoy contributing their work to EDSS’ newspaper, Lancer Lines, they do not plan to pursue careers in journalism, preferring to write and draw as hobbies. Straus wants to become a teacher and Aberle is taking zoology at the University of Guelph in the fall.
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Water-use controls in force Last weekend marked the beginning of watering can season in the Region of Waterloo as the water conservation bylaw came into effect. From May 31 to Sept. 30, residents can only water their lawns once a week – on a specific day based on house number – between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.; irrigation of gardens, trees, shrubs and outdoor plants is limited to alternate days. Watering with a can however, is permitted on any day. Regional watering restrictions have been in place since 2005 to reduce peak demand water use, said Steve Gombos, the region’s manager of water efficiency. “We have to build our infrastructure to meet these maximum demand times and as a community grows, if we don’t have any measures in place to promote conservation during hot dry periods in the summer
‌ everyone would go out and water their lawns and use a lot of water all at the same time and that puts a heavy burden on the water supply system.â€? That said, most parts of the region currently have a healthy supply of drinking water available, Gombos said. An exception is in West Montrose where one of the wells frequently dries up. “It’s much more critical for people in West Montrose to conserve water than some of the other areas in the Region of Waterloo.â€? To make sure people adhere to the bylaw, up to four officers and two students will be patrolling the region throughout the summer and a hotline (519-575-4495) is available for people to report watering violations. Last year the line received thousands of calls and officers issued 500 warnings, Gombos said. A total of six charges were also laid. This season, he expects there will be fewer warnings and more charges since officers are now
Gombos said. Another change to the bylaw this season is the watering hours, which were extended based on demand. “There was a legitimate argument that watering earlier in the morning is better for your grass than later in the morning and also ‌ some places that have large properties were having trouble irrigating their entire property within the hours,â€? Gombos explained. Although the bylaw might mean residents have to do some planning, Gombos said they should realize how important it is to do so. “Just remember, this is a valuable resource that is finite: there is only so much water. We’re not next to the great lakes and it’s very costly to build infrastructure and also to find new water supplies, so it’s better for the entire community, both current and future generations if we learn to cut back on water use outside and also conserve water wherever possible.â€?
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Support: Dealing with young kids even in their golden years Âť From page 03
and physiotherapy. Harper said these problems are fairly common in children being raised by their grandparents. “A good average of the children come with
developmental delays: born to drug-addicted parents or alcoholic parents or whatever the reasons are. Not all of them, but a high percentage of them are because that’s why they come into [fos-
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since many grandparents are relying on pensions alone, Harper said. “Everybody assumes that grandparents have this fund that they tucked away; a lot of grandparents don’t.� To help those people, the chapter group is collecting cribs, diapers, clothing and anything else it can find. “I don’t want to know that there’s grandparents out there that are going hungry because all their money is going towards feeding their grandkids,� Harper said. Drawing strength from each other, the group members are prepared
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May 28
8:08 AM | Police were called to the area of First Street and Killdeer Road in Elmira following a two-vehicle collision. One vehicle had been travelling westbound on First Street when it attempted a left-hand turn onto Killdeer, and turned into the path of another vehicle. There were no reported injuries, though damage was described as moderate. One person was charged with ‘turn not in safety.’ 11:54 AM | A resident of Jigs Hollow Road notified police that at some time between May 26 and 27 a Kohler 20hp gasoline motor and a Sihi vacuum pump were stolen. The equipment, with an estimated value of less than $5,000, had been stored in a steel shed.
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May 29
4:15 PM | Police were summoned to a trucking business on Earl Martin Drive in Elmira as a result of a report of a trailer left on the lot for several months. The VIN number was verified and it was determined that the trailer had been stolen
from Woodstock in November 2007. The registered owner was contacted. The trailer suffered no damage.
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May 30
5:00 AM | A Suzuki 650 motorcycle appears to have been stolen from an address on Queen Street in Elmira at some time between 10 p.m. on May 29 and 4:50 a.m. the following day. The motorcycle bears the marker 656N3. There are no suspects. 8:20 AM | Police received a report of an attempted motorcycle theft, this time from a Flamingo Drive address. The complainant notified police that at some time overnight an unknown suspect attempted to steal the bike, a 2002 Yamaha, damaging the ignition and the tank in the process. It appears that the culprit may have suffered a cut while attempting to steal the vehicle, as traces of blood were found at the scene. The identification unit responded and secured some samples. 12:22 PM | There are no suspects in connection with an incident that saw a swastika drawn in black marker on a Golf Course Road, Conestogo home. The symbol was drawn on a garage door and, after considerable effort, the homeowner was able to clean it off. 12:32 PM | A student of EDSS was found in possession of a quantity of a controlled substance. He was charged and processed under the Controlled Drug and Substance Act and released into the custody of his parents pending a future court date. 3:38 PM An Elmira-area resident reported vehicle damage, including scratches on both
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May 31
10:25 AM | Police were summoned to an address on King Street North in St. Jacobs after a nine-year-old boy, frustrated with a bicycle malfunction, launched it down the driveway. The bike subsequently rolled out of the driveway and was struck by a vehicle travelling on King Street. The parents of the boy agreed to pay for damages.
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June 1
7:46 AM | There are no suspects in connection with the theft of some potting plants from a Nightingale Court residence in Elmira. Sometime within the previous 24 hours, two flats of red begonias were taken. 7:31 PM | An Ariss woman was northbound on St. Charles Street East near Maryhill when she lost control of her motorbike while on a gravel portion of the roadway; she then skidded off the road and into a ditch. She was taken to Guelph General Hospital, where she was treated and released for non-life-threatening injuries. There were no charges.
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June 2
10:35 AM | A green, 1998 Plymouth Voyager bearing the marker ALBF331 was stolen from the parking lot of a Church Street, Elmira, business. The vehicle had been left unattended for a short period of time while its owner did some shopping. At 12:10 the vehicle was found abandoned and then recovered from a parking lot down the street. There are no suspects.
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An officer conducting speed enforcement on Arthur Street near the Conestogo Bridge about 1 a.m. June 1 clocked a vehicle travelling almost 80 kilometres over the speed limit. The driver, allegedly the designated driver, was arrested and charged for ‘stunt driving’ (158 km/h in an 80 km/h zone); impaired driving; driving with no license; and ‘over 80.’
OOPSY Two vehicles collided on Oriole Parkway in Elmira Tuesday night, leading to a driver being charged with ‘turn not in safety.’ There were no injuries and only moderate damage. Police are reminding drivers outside of Conestogo. to pocket their keys and to »» June 3 lock their doors. 9:25 AM | A collision involving 11:39 AM | A resident of Fla- two vehicles brought police mingo Drive in Elmira re- to the area of Lobsinger Line ported to police the theft of a and King Street North, near wallet. The wallet was stolen St. Jacobs. Two vehicles had from a handbag that had been been travelling eastbound on left resting on an unoccupied Lobsinger Line when the lead stroller that she had left un- vehicle, approaching the inattended for a brief period of tersection, slowed to stop and time. When she returned, her was subsequently hit from wallet, containing ID, credit behind by another vehicle. cards and a quantity of cash, Damage was minor, and there was stolen. There are no sus- were no injuries. No charges pects. were laid. 1:42 PM | An Elmira resident 1:12 PM | The Wagners Corner reported the loss of front and area was again the site of porear license plates bearing the lice attention: this time, howmarker 4648FC. The plates ever, a gas drive-off was the were lost somewhere in the call. The driver of a vehicle Woolwich area. started pumping gas into a 6:20 PM | There were no hu- jerry can and then left without man injuries although a deer paying. The vehicle was last was killed when the animal seen heading toward Watercollided with a vehicle, be- loo. A plate was obtained and longing to a Cambridge resi- charges are now pending; the dent, on Sawmill Road just investigation continues.
1:55 PM Police and firefighters were called out to an address in the 3900 area of Lobsinger Line as a result of a structure fire, which appears to have started in a woodshop. No one was injured. Damage was estimated at $200,000. 6:58 PM | A collision involving two vehicles occurred on Oriole Parkway in Elmira. Two vehicles had been eastbound on Oriole Parkway when the lead vehicle attempted a left turn into a private drive and was struck by the trailing car, which was attempting to overtake it. The driver of the lead vehicle was charged with ‘turn not in safety.’ There were no injuries and moderate damage. 9:11 PM | A quantity of scrap copper was stolen from an address on River’s Edge Drive in West Montrose. The product appears to have been lifted some time between 7 and 7:45 p.m. The combined value of the stolen product is under $5,000. There were no suspects or witnesses.
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June 4
10:07 AM | Three vehicles were involved in a domino-effect collision on Arthur Street, north of Church Street in Elmira. Three vehicles had been southbound on Arthur when the lead vehicle stopped for the traffic lights at the intersection. A second vehicle also stopped, although the driver of the third vehicle, perhaps distracted by the construction taking place at the corner, failed to stop in time and subsequently rear-ended the second vehicle. The latter then collided with the lead vehicle. An Elmira man was charged with ‘careless driving.’ There were no injuries. Damage to all vehicles was moderate.
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A casualty of rising gas prices Talk of continued economic slowdown, including the “R” word, shifted into high gear with the announcement GM intends to close its Oshawa truck plant, along with three others elsewhere in its North American operations. The move will see some 2,500 workers at the Canadian plant lose their jobs. The announcement comes just weeks after signing a new contract with the automaker, incensing the union. Coupled with 1,000 jobs on the chopping block at the Windsor engine plant, the cuts spell bad news for Ontario’s already ailing economy. The ripple effect throughout the supply chain will be even more crippling. It’s not surprising, however, that the company is scaling back production of light trucks: skyrocketing gasoline prices and greater environmental consciousness have lead to precipitous drops in sales of such vehicles. What is surprising is that GM appears to have been caught off guard again, as it has in every change in consumer demand. The company should have seen the writing on the wall, and shifted resources into smaller and alternative vehicles. Instead, it’s ceded that market to competitors, mostly foreign.
No, the lure of tremendous markups meant GM has relied on ever-bigger pickups and SUVs. Today, however, it’s paying for that focus, along with a steady decline in consumer confidence about the quality of the products built by the former number-one automaker. While the feds have suggested money could be available from their innovation fund, the province is eyeballing a return of some of the hundreds of millions in grants and loans advanced to the company. Better, fuel-efficient cars are what’s needed in the current market. Only if GM can provide them should governments even think of providing assistance. Savvy buyers are looking into hybrids, and diesel-powered cars – a longtime staple in Europe, where fuel prices make $1.30 a litre seem like a bargain – are in high demand. For the North American market, most of the major players have just announced plans for hybrid and similar fuelefficient models. Initially something of a niche market aimed at the environmentally conscious, the technology becomes increasingly attractive the higher gasoline prices rise.
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Some analysts are comparing the sea change in the industry to the situation following the energy crisis in the early 1970s. At that time, imports, particularly small Japanese cars, began staking a larger place on the car-buying landscape. That situation is being replayed today thanks to price-at-the-pump shock. And nobody expects prices to come down in any significant way. Oil is a finite resource, and costs of extraction will only grow. Most galling, naturally, has been the industry’s willingness to blatantly gouge drivers, as witnessed by soaring profits. The massive increases come even as oil companies claim they’re only passing on market costs, though prices are quick to rise but rarely to fall with fluctuations. Nor is it possible to accept the industry’s habit of scapegoating government taxes, as taxes have little to do with the price spiking we’ve seen. Except for the GST, provincial and federal taxes on gasoline are all flat amounts per litre. The lions’ share of the increases go to the oil companies; with the gouging going on, the lion is growing fat on consumers driven like sheep to the pumps.
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“Two weeks later General Motors announces, in violation of our collective agreement, they’re closing it and people are angry.”
A smaller percentage of Canadian children participated regularly in organized sports: In 2005, 51% of children 5 to 14 years of age, an estimated two million, regularly took part in organized sports during the 12 months prior to the survey, down from 57% in 1992.
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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
When it comes to our resources, don’t feed the Americans A few weeks ago I wrote about the perils of mucking up hundreds of smaller rivers and streams for the sake of rapacious private power groups. Out here, we have no immediate need for power, and as our needs increase we will have plenty of time to meet our requirements. The provincial government has misled us all. On the need for power issue, they point to the amount of power imports during the year without telling you that sometimes that’s because Hydro can make a hell of a good deal by importing power from Alberta and selling it to great profit below the line; other times they import power because it is, at that moment, cheaper than the cost to make our own. Look at it this way. Suppose you are a power company for a city and you create the power for $50 a unit and sell it at $75. You find out that the company who creates power for a neighbouring city will sell it to you for $40; you’d be a damned fool not to take it and make $10 while conserving your own power system. There is another thing the Campbell crowd doesn’t tell you: we can get up to 10 per cent of our power needs from the Columbia treaty if, instead of taking money for that power as we now do, we took the power. Moreover, they haven’t told you that according to Hydro, routine conserva-
tion itself would eliminate any shortfall they might have. The environmental consequences of independent power producers (IPP) are horrendous. Far from being neat little mom-and-pop organizations, many of them propose putting up to 95 per cent of a river through tunnels more than nine kilometres in length. No fish can pass this sort of barrier. While companies may say they can transport migrating fish around these obstacles, please understand that even if they could do that, the fry going downstream would be ground to mush by the turbines. Do yourself a favour and go to the Save Our Rivers website (www.saveourrivers.ca) and look at the two PowerPlay videos and the Google Earth Map. The projects shown on the videos are amongst the smaller ones. There is, in fact, one tiny one on Vancouver Island the IPPers love to trot out as the perfect project, but believe me, that’s not the reality. The PowerPlay videos give you the true picture. They also don’t tell you that each of these so-called run-of-the-river (runof-the-river being the weasel words created by PR flacks to make you feel warm and fizzy all over) projects they propose are wildly profitable. Even the smallest bring profits in the scores if not hundreds of millions. The bigger ones, billions. What is of perhaps more concern is the fate of BC Hydro and what’s going to happen with this new power. Now watch BC Hydro tumble in three stages.
Stage 1. Hydro is one-third sold now. In essence it is now run by an American outfit called Accenture. Stage 2. Let’s now look at the BC Transmission Corporation (BCTC) formed in 2003 as a Crown corporation to take away from BC Hydro its transmission lines, which in any private power scheme would be enormously profitable. After the next election, assuming Campbell wins, this will be privatized, leaving BC Hydro owning its dams and the Burrard Thermal plant. Stage 3. BC Hydro, left with approximately $7 billion in debt, has only the power it can produce from its dams and Burrard Thermal to service that debt. Remember, it, like the IPPs, will have to pay BCTC to transmit its power and under government orders, must pay private power companies based on market prices, that price being set by the ever increasing needs of California. BC Hydro will be bankrupt, and since the B.C. government guarantees Hydro’s debt, it will be sold. The Great Autocrat will, when reminded of his pledge never to sell Hydro, will say “gee whiz, guys and gals, I was forced to sell Hydro because, being government-owned, it was so inefficient it couldn’t meet its obligations! Dear, oh dear, what could I do?” Add BC Hydro to BC Rail and BC Gas and watch BC Ferries to go into private hands when a buyer can be found. Thus endeth our public power gained by W.A.C. Bennett’s “Two River” policy created at a huge environmental cost back in the ’60s – a power system
that was the wonder of the rest of the world. Here comes the final act in this tragedy – no happy ending here, I fear. IPPs will increase and increase as the United States needs more power. These IPPs, getting richer and richer, will pass their profits off to foreign shareholders, meaning that the profits that once accrued to BC Hydro and paid back to the government to become hospitals and schools will now, literally, go south. More and more rivers and streams will be destroyed as U.S. demand increases and B.C. will be the power capital of America. What governor of any state would recommend screwing up one of its own rivers when B.C. was gleefully doing it for them? We are being told they must pay for the scaffold upon which they will be executed. To think that we can control this independent power “gold rush,” for that’s what it is, is terminal naiveté. The only control will be the insatiable demands below the line. Virtually every river and stream will be a possible source of new electricity. Nothing will be safe – nothing sacred. What a bitter irony – 150 years after a gold rush forced Queen Victoria to make British Columbia a Crown colony, the event we’re now celebrating, we have another gold rush, this time it’s our streams and rivers. Oh, yes, I nearly forgot. When all the fish are gone, what’s to stop us selling our water to our thirsty neighbours to the south?
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Making a case for the banning of cluster bombs The British armed forces clung to their cluster bombs like a baby to its rattle, and some suspected that they were trying to sabotage the treaty on behalf of their American friends (who were not there, of course). But Prime Minister Gordon Brown overruled them, in the end, and Britain was among the hundred countries that agreed to a treaty banning cluster bombs in Dublin last week Well, it doesn’t actually ban all cluster bombs; just the current designs that leave large areas littered with unexploded bomblets that go on killing civilians for years after they were dropped. Israel dropped some four million bomblets on Lebanon during the last three days of the 2006 war, for example, and more than 30 people have been killed by them since the war ended. If someone designed a cluster bomb whose bomblets all exploded reliably on impact, or at least within 48 hours of landing, then it would presumably be legal since it mostly killed soldiers. The major producers of cluster bombs – the U.S., Russia, Israel, China, India and Pakistan – were not even at the Dublin conference, and have no intention of signing the treaty. But it’s a start.
This sort of treaty does not really work by legal compulsion. The countries that sign the treaty are legally bound by it, but even for them there is no enforcement mechanism. For those that don’t sign the treaty, there are no formal constraints of any sort. But by “banning” a particular weapon, the smaller and less militarized countries can exert a real moral pressure on those nations that insist on retaining it. It wouldn’t work if one of those countries felt that its very survival was threatened, but that hardly ever happens. In lesser emergencies, when a country is choosing which weapons to use from a broad range of options in its arsenal, the fact that cluster bombs are now seen as illegal by a majority of the world’s states could have a major influence on which weapons get chosen. They won’t admit it, of course. The Pentagon issued a statement saying that, “While the United States shares the humanitarian concerns of those in Dublin, cluster munitions have demonstrated military utility, and their elimination from U.S. stockpiles would put the lives of our soldiers ... at risk.” But this statement would be even truer of nuclear weapons, which have excellent military utility against troops but also kill everybody else in the vicinity. Cluster bombs would have been quite useful in the environment they were
originally designed for, which was industrial-scale warfare in central Europe or on the Korean peninsula. If they exploded high enough to let the bomblets scatter properly, a few wellplaced cluster bombs or shells could destroy dozens of soft-skinned military vehicles and blunt the attack of an entire mechanized infantry battalion. A few hundred could stop an army corps. But that kind of war never happened, and where cluster bombs have actually been used is in little wars against lowtech opponents: by the U.S. in Cambodia, by Russia in Afghanistan, by the U.S. again in Kosovo and Iraq, and by Israel in Lebanon. They are not particularly effective against the sort of targets that are on offer in that kind of war, but what the hell, we have them, let’s use them. Unfortunately, whether by accident or by design, the bomblets have this curious propensity not to go off right away. Between 10 and 40 per cent of the hundreds of bomblets released by the average cluster bomb or shell fail to detonate on hitting the ground, and lie there until – weeks or months or years later – a farmer drives over it in his tractor, or a kid comes along and picks it up. It is estimated that 40 per cent of the casualties of cluster bombs are not soldiers, but children. So why do some countries cling to these things, while others are willing to let them go? If you look at the
list of the hold-outs, it is mainly the countries that just might, in some remote but dreadful contingency, have to face a mass assault by motorized forces: U.S. forces in Korea, Indian or Pakistani forces in the Punjab, the Israelis against Syria (although the Syrians would have to rebuild their forces first), and Russia and China mainly against each other. None of these contingencies is at all likely to occur, but the rule in military affairs (as in much else) is better safe than sorry. None of these countries signed the 1997 treaty banning antipersonnel land-mines either, and they are not going to give up their cluster bombs. So of what use is the treaty? More than you might think. Cluster bombs are now stigmatized as immoral and (for most countries) illegal weapons, and governments that do use them will have to pay a high public relations price. That certainly wouldn’t deter those countries if they would make a real difference militarily, but that has not been the case in most instances where they have been used in the past. What the treaty really does is to shift assumptions so that international public opinion will see a country that uses cluster bombs as being in the wrong. As a result, there will be instances where a country that possesses them decides not to use them. The treaty is not a waste of time.
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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
Technology can help ease the food crisis As world leaders were scrambling for answers this week in Rome at a United Nations summit on the global food crisis, agri-business leader Martin Taylor was quietly stepping to the podium before 40 farm industry leaders and media in Guelph to suggest his solution to the problem: current technology. On Monday, Taylor, chair of the board of directors for Basel, Switzerland-based Syngenta AG, stopped in Guelph – where the company makes its Canadian headquarters – as part of his first visit to Canada as company chair. The Canadian group, led by president Jay Bradshaw, invited key influencers to meet him, pick his brain and see what the head of one of the world’s most influential and globally minded agricultural companies is thinking. One thing on his mind – not unlike other companies – is the bottom line. Syngenta has a lot to gain if technology takes on an increasing role in addressing food problems. It already has a major stake in the situation, having realized sales of $9.2 billion last year, followed by a 20-per-cent increase in the first quarter of 2008. Syngenta is immersed in technology, through its development of crop protection products such as pesticides and seed technology, including ge-
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tions, such as the Ukraine, Russia and South America, we are the most stable. Taylor calls us a “bastion of rationality and science.” That means we’re a great country in which to invest. With this surplus, Canada also needs to step up its humanitarian efforts. The world is calling on Canada and others to form a global response to feeding the hungry, which includes developing new technologies to boost crops and tearing down trade barriers. In Rome, at press time the summit leaders were drawing up an emergency plan to address the situation. It is indeed complex, but at its base, it needs to involve more dialogue, more farmers and more food.
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» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
Ask me about my turkey(s), you know you want to If there’s one thing that I can’t stand, it’s a vanity piece. You know the type; in it the outdoor writer tells you about what a good hunter he is and how he overcame the world’s smartest game animal by using superior wit, tactics, and woodsmanship. I promise you’ll never get that from me. So, if you want to know about my glorious wild turkey season, don’t expect to see it in this column. Instead, just ask me. Of course, I’d appreciate if you made an effort not to cloak it in small talk. That just makes things awkward. For example, just the other day this fellow called my office under the pretense of trying to provide me with accidental death and dismemberment insurance. But he wasn’t fooling anyone. In fact, if you read between the lines, it was blatantly obvious that he just wanted to hear all the wonderful
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At the Songwriters’ Circle, the audience gets an intimate view of the craft and inspiration Three songwriters with roots in the local music scene will have their muses up for discussion June 16 at the popular Songwriters’ Circle presentation at the Centre in the Square. The intimate, bistro-style presentation takes Allister Bradley, Ben Rollo and Mike Todd away from the pubs and clubs to join the audience on the theatre’s stage. The three musicians will play acoustic versions of their songs, telling stories of how they came to be and inviting questions. While Rollo and Todd have played together regularly – they formed The Benefits of Doubt after meeting at Toronto’s Humber College in 2002 – Bradley has played with them on only a few occasions. Expect some improvisation to occur. “What inevitably happens is that everybody jumps in and accompanies the others,” said Bradley of the songwriters’ circle format, noting he expects the evening to be very informal. Bradley began playing
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STORY TIME Allister Bradley will be joined by Mike Todd (inset) and Ben Rollo in an intimate, bistro-style setting for the Songwriters’ Circle June 19 at the Centre in the Square. The three local musicians will perform and explain the creative process behind the songs they’ve composed. The popular event finds the audience seated on stage with the performers
piano at age three, coming by his musical talent naturally. However, encouraged by his parents to pursue a “safe” career, he studied mathematics and worked as a software developer for 15 years before taking the plunge into a musical career in 2004 and releasing his debut album, No Games. Now 38, he released his second album, Too, this spring. His style is jazz and soulbased, providing some interesting counterparts to his younger confreres,
staples on the local music scene with a mix of pop, folk rock and R&B. With the three of them explaining their influences, the audience will get a varied insight into how a song is conceived and ultimately brought into the world. While some songwriters are reluctant to talk about just how it is they came up with a particular song, there’ll be no holding back at this event: all are perfectly happy to explain the process.
“Songwriters like to talk. Often, a song is inspired by what’s going on around me, usually sparked by an emotional response to something. Of course, there’s the dilemma of how to write about something that people want to hear about,” said Bradley. For his part, Todd is perfectly comfortable talking about his muses. He’s looking forward to this first-time outing. “This is a cool opportunity for us to talk about
songwriting styles and how you go about writing a particular song. I think you can expect general merriment,” he laughed. The format will see each play one of his own songs, explaining how it came to be. The three will take turns, probably jumping in here and there, perhaps leading to an impromptu jam. It’s a chance to celebrate their own songs on an individual basis. As working musicians
on the local scene, each of them plays a variety of shows, solo and with others, playing covers along with the original stuff. Pubs, clubs, private shows … wherever a gig will take them. Bradley, for instance, can be found in a pop duo with Steve Robinson and in a trio known as Atlantic Ave., among other projects that include soundtracks for movies. Todd keeps a steady pace of pub shows in the region, along with a host of collaborations. Rollo has co-written songs with Giselle Sanderson (Lace), Su Alexanian (sextant records), Todd (The Benefits Of Doubt) and Ryan Brohman. He also plays drums for a whole host of others, including Matt York, Nine Mile, Brian Macmillan, Dawn Langstroth, Shawn Kellerman, Mike Erb Band, Adam Miner, Moebius and Dave Huber. The Songwriters’ Circle is set for June 19 (8 p.m.) at the Centre in the Square. Tickets are $30, available at the box office by calling 578-1570 or toll free 1-800-265-8977 or online at www.centresquare.com.
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HE’S OUR MAN Iconic musician, novelist and poet Leonard Cohen, touring for the first time in 15 years, wowed an adoring audience at the Centre in the Square Monday night. The three-hour show found the 73-year-old performer in great voice as he went through the highlights of his catalogue, now stretching over four decades. He was backed by a flawless six-piece band – Roscoe Beck, Neil Larson, Rafael Gayol, Bob Metzger, Dino Soldo and Javier Mas – and singers Sharon Robinson (his longtime collaborator) and the Webb Sisters, Charley and Hattie. Here, Cohen acknowledges towering applause from the audience. Below, he opened with a soulful version of Dance Me to the End of Love, joined by Metzger, Soldo and Mas.
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Mother of 1 and friend have openings for childcare part time and full time available in a smoke free and pet free home. All meals and snacks included. Please call Sherilyn 519-669-9215.
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2004 Jeep Gr. Cherokee Garage Sale - 1220 GedLaredo 4X4 - 4.0L 6 cyl., auto, ps, pb, pw, pdl, tilt/ cruise, AM/FM CD radio, only 87,000 kms. Silver/ gray interior $15,900. Low interest financing available, save $$$. Voisin Chrysler, 519-669-2831. 2006 Dodge Gr. Caravan SE 3.3L V6, nicely equipped. Ps, pb, pw, pdl, tilt/cruise, rear air/heat, alum. road wheels, pwr driver seat, only 69,500 kms. Black/gray interior. $15,900. Two available. Low interest financing available. Save $$$. Voisin Chrysler, 519-669-2831.
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Adult Building. 2 Bed-
room apartment in quiet building close to downtown Drayton. $750 monthly plus hydro. Fridge, stove, washer and dryer supplied. In unit laundry. Available immediately. Call Mildred Frey to view, 519-669-1544. Looking for Female Roommate Immediately to share newer townhouse in Elmira. Year lease. $495/ mo. includes utilities, parking and laundry. 519-591-6237. One Bedroom Apartment for rent, downtown Elmira. $550/mth plus hydro. 519-502-9051.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
If you wish to be notified of additional Township public meetings or Township staff reports regarding this proposal you must make a written request to Engineering and Planning Services at the Township of Woolwich at the address shown at the top of this advertisement. Crosswalks on King Street The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting to discuss with the residents of St. Jacobs the requirement for additional crosswalks to be located along King Street. Proposed locations for crosswalks have been suggested at High Crest Lane and at Albert Street in St. Jacobs.
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If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposal in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before June 17, 2008 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the proposal, will also be considered.
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The purpose of the public meeting is to consider the provision of approximately eight (8) short term parking spaces at the site (adjacent to the Artefacts site) for the purposes of tourist train parking. This short term parking would be in addition to any staff and handicapped parking and is to allow for: s pick up and drop off of passengers; and s train enthusiasts.
If you are located in the area shown on the map below, you will have received a water and sewer bill for a one-month period. The Township has a two-month cycle whereby half of our customers are billed each month. In order to balance the number of accounts in each half, it has been necessary to transfer your account to the other cycle. Future bills will again be bi-monthly, but payable in February, April, June, August, October and December.
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF NOISE BY-LAW EXEMPTIONS Township of Woolwich Noise By-law #19-2002 prohibits amplified noise at all times unless an exemption to the Noise By-law has received Council approval. Council has granted two exemptions to the Noise By-law for two upcoming area events in Elmira: s 2OYAL #ANADIAN ,EGION %LMIRA "RANCH HAS BEEN GIVEN PERMISsion to use an amplification sound system for the Country Jamboree event to be held at 11 First Street East in Elmira. The exemption runs from 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 14th until 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 15th subject to the condition that any outdoor speakers face downwards and that the amplified noise be reduced at 12:00 a.m. to allow a spoken conversation at the front of the property by First Street East. s 3T *ACOBS -ENNONITE #HURCH HAS BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO USE AN amplification sound system for a church picnic to be held in Gibson Park on First Street West in Elmira on Sunday, June 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. subject to the condition that any outdoor speakers face downwards. Questions or concerns about these events, before or after they occur, should be directed to Council and Information Services at Extension 239 or 243.
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On Monday, June 23, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet in the Council Chambers of The Municipal Offices to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Ms. Beverly Metzger at 519-669-1647 (ext. 243) regarding meeting details. Email: bmetzger@woolwich.ca. You may make written submissions in favour of or opposition to any application by mailing your comments to: Township of Woolwich, Attn: Jeremy Vink, P.O. Box 158, 69 Arthur Street South, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 or Fax 519-669-4669 or Email jvink@ woolwich.ca. CONSENT APPLICATION B21/08 (Kathleen and Kelly Bradley) PROPERTY: 14 Duke Street, Elmira Plan 567 Lot 108 PROPOSAL: The applicant (14 Duke Street) is requesting permission to convey a strip of land measuring approximately 1.98 metres wide by 28.67 metres long as a lot addition to the adjacent property at 16 Duke Street. The lands will be used as a driveway and to provide access to the rear yard at 16 Duke Street. Both the severed and retained lands are zoned Residential Mixed High Density (R-5). CONSENT APPLICATION B22/08 (Willempje Van Leeuwen) PROPERTY: 1044 Northfield Drive East, Conestogo, GCT Part Lot 31, Plan 58R-928 Part 1 PROPOSAL: The applicant (1044 Northfield Drive East) is requesting permission to convey a strip of land measuring approximately 3.0 metres wide by 34 metres long as a lot addition to the adjacent property at 1052 Northfield Drive East. The lands will be used for access to the rear yard at 1052 Northfield Drive East. Both the severed and retained lands are zoned Settlement Residential (R-1). Further information about the applications may be obtained from Engineering and Planning Services at 519-669-8706 or 519-664-2613 (Ext. 246). DATED this 7th day of June, 2008. Jeremy Vink, RPP, MCIP Senior Planner Engineering & Planning Services
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES
Lovely Classic Home - $219,900
OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN JUNE 7 & 8, 2-4 10 ROBERTA ST. ELMIRA ELMIRA RACEWAY ESTATES
OPEN HOUSE - Sun. June 8, 2-4 pm 7 Brown Thrasher Court, Elmira
3 Bedrooms, Two 4 pc. baths, seperate dining and living room, eat-in-kitchen, hardwood floors, newer windows, attached garage, walkout basement, mature lot. 10 mins from Waterloo, 20 mins from Guelph. Well worth a look. MLS.
STARTING AT $292,000 - New home construction. Paradigm Elmira Homes, 42' lots, double garages, front porches, pick your favourite from their many styles of Bungalows and 2 Storey plans. MLS
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PARADIGM HOMES IN ELMIRA RACEWAY ESTATES
COZY STARTER HOME ON A GREAT LOT - Close to downtown. Lots of windows. Two bedrooms plus family room (or master bdrm.) in upper level w/skylight. Spacious sunroom & side entry. Deck. Detached garage. MLS $199,900.
Perfect Starter Home - $192,000
$326,700 - The “DARTMOOR” now under construction. 1775 sq. ft. 2 storey – full front porch, ensuite, spacious kitchen and family room. 60-90 days closing.
QUIET CRESCENT - Spacious 4 bedroom 3 bathroom home on a wooded lot. Large living room. Main flr family room w/fireplace. Main flr laundry. Newer furnace. Extra-deep dble. garage.MLS $399,900.
Mature lot on edge of town, open concept with two bdrms. Finished basement with a walkout, perfect for an in-law setup. Lot features a insulated shed with hydro and woodstove hook-up perfect for the handyman. 20 minutes to the 401, 40 minutes to downtown London & Kitchener. Do not miss this one with a potential quick closing!
PARADIGM HOMES IN ELMIRA RACEWAY ESTATES
$320,000 - The “ABACO 11” also under construction. 1360 sq. ft. bungalow – open concept, vaulted great room, main floor laundry, spacious kitchen/dining room. 60-90 day closing.
IMPRESSIVE - Two storey backing onto farmland. Cathedral ceiling and gas fireplace in great room. Open concept to large kitchen/ dining area. 2pc. washroom on main floor. Large master bdrm. Choose your flooring & colours. MLS $274,900.
WE HAVE BUYERS LOOKING FOR • Hobby farm property with or without buildings, less than 50 acres • Broiler Farm, 25,000 units plus • 100 acre or larger operational farm
8271 CONCESSION 12, MOOREFIELD PARK LIKE COUNTRY HOME
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$253,000, Beautifully treed park like country acreage. Solid house new windows (1997), furnace (1993) original woodwork; fenced for horses, paved road, close to K-W. New MLS
Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage
OFFICE PHONE: 519.343.2124
4 DUKE ST. ELMIRA
$179,500 - Unique property close to downtown features laminant flooring, garage, 3 bedrooms, fenced yard, central air and much more; perfect starter or retirement home. MLS
BEAUTIFUL TOWNHOUSE - loaded with upgrades! Maple cabinetry and ceramics. W/O from L.R. to patio and fenced yard. 3 Bdrms. Central air, softener, air exchanger. Professionally finished rec. rm. & 3pc. bath. Lots of storage! MLS $238,500.
DENNIS MEHRAVAR
9 Church Street W., Elmira Tel: 519.669.0004 Toll Free: 1.866.645.9443
Rates below posted bank rates 100% Financing Available "Cash back option" Debt consolidation Second mortgages
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Independently Owned and Operated
$650,000 ENERGY STAR QUALITY! Custom built all brick on a premium lot. Finished top to bottom. Excellent floor plan with No Waste of Space! Ceramic & hardwood throughout the home w/extra wide solid wood staircases. A Chef’s dream kitchen w/two double sinks & two dishwashers! Super size bedrooms, master w/dressing room. Upper floor laumdry, second flr family room, gorgeous landscaping. IMPRESSIVE!
DON TAYLOR, CIMBL Mortgage Agent
SERVING ELMIRA, LISTOWEL AND SURROUNDING AREA
13 South Parkwood Blvd., ELMIRA
AMAZING PRESTIGIOUS Has all the bells and whistles. Call Edith McArthur 519.638.2509 MLS 0825125.
LINWOOD -$424,900.00 3+1 bedroom, 3 bath, over 2600 sq ft. 3 finished levels, recently installed custom designed kitchen and den. Large 83x200 ALE lot with mature perennial ES T A V beds and landscaping. PRI Inground pool (new liner & cover), large deck with terrace, porch swing, double car heated garage, concrete drive, fireplaces, lots of built-in cabinets, hardwood flooring, sunken family room, tin ceiling, built-in appliances, main floor laundry. 7 kw natural gas stand by automatic generator.Call for viewing appt. 519-698-2319
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OPEN HOUSE SAT, JUNE 7 2-4PM 26 HIDDEN CREEK DR., ELMIRA PREMIUM HOME IN HIGH DEMAND NEIGHBOURHOOD - Close to schools and
shopping centre. Fenced yard, Finished rec room, gas fireplace, air conditioning, roughedin bathroom in basement, ceramic and laminate floors, walkout from dinette to deck and fenced yard. Walk-in closet and cheater ensuite, newer paint in some rooms. MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533
Paul Martin Sales Representative
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$169,000
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
OFFICE: 519-669-5426 DIRECT: 519-503-9533 EMAIL: paul@remaxsolidgold.biz $287,900
OPEN HOUSE SUN, JUNE 8 2-4PM 4 ELDALE RD., Elmira 390 Binning St. W, Listowel 24 Tanager St., Elmira WOW - Spacious property features extra large PRICED TO SELL GREAT STARTER HOME, LOCATION PRIME LOCATION - Close to kitchen,gas fireplace,large island, walkout to RENT OUT HALF & CUT YOUR PAYMENTS schools, this beautiful bungalow is well maintained your stamped conc patio sit and listen to the IN HALF Dble dtchd garage, new high efficiency on a nice quiet cres,it has numerous upgrades waterfall and the birds chirp while you watch the fish swim in the pond. stroll upstairs to your mast bedr with walkin closet and ensuite,tuck your children into 3 large bedrooms. in-law suite on main fl MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533
4B Arthur St. S. Elmira www.remaxsolidgold.biz
furnaces in 2007, upgraded wiring + panels in 99, most windows replaced, some doors replaced, gas fireplace and large front porch with back unit, located close to public school + downtown, new roof 02.MLS. $169,000 For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533.
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JUNE 8, 1 - 3 pm 20 BONNIEWOOD DRIVE
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NEW HOME 2164 SQ.FT. - Large family room in upper level. Open concept main floor. 3 baths (ensuite) Walkin closet. Walkout from large kitchen. Main flr. laundry. Dble. garage. Quality constructed. (Other plans available). MLS $345,000.
K-W Mortgage
159 William St., Palmerston (Across from Home Hardware)
including new maple kitchen in 06, laminated flrs, most windows replaced,ceramic tile foye and kitchen floor, sliding door (2007) off spacious dinette to covered patio, 5 potential bdrms spacious fenced yard features pool and deck. MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533
$749,000
1347 Martin Grove Rd., Woolwich DON’T MISS THIS BEAUTIFUL 12 ACRE PROPERTY - 3 min from Waterloo backing on
Conestoga River, bungalow with walkout to patio features hardwood, laminate, carpet, walkout to lrg deck,window and doors replaced except bay,insul rec rm flr, kitchen in basement,A/C, unique 2 lev garage, 3 out build app 5000 sq ft incl 1000 sq ft insul and heated, septic tank 07, bush and workable ld. MLS. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533.
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50 WELLINGTON ST., S., DRAYTON $229,900 - Beautiful renovated century home. This house is much bigger than it looks. Great opportunity for the growing family to have the extra space they need. Many upgrades including vinyl windows, carpet free, newer oak kitchener, furnace in 98, roof in 03 & a main floor powder room have all been done for you. 2 tier deck & pond at the back on this park like setting. Not many lots this size. Upstairs office would make an ideal nursery. MLS CALL WENDY TAYLOR** TO VIEW.
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725 REID CRESCENT, LISTOWEL $387,400 - Don’t miss this stunning custom built 2 storey backing onto Golf Course. Features maple kitchen with large eat-in and breakfast bar. Spacious foyer with maple & wrought iron railing, generous sized bedrooms. MLS. CALL WENDY TAYLOR** TO VIEW.
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7286 WELLINGSTON RD. 10, MAPLETON $569,900 - Stunning executive stone bungalow on 1 acre backing to farm land. Gr. room with 2 walkouts to deck. W/out from m/bdrm. Fin. recroom/infloor heating, hot tub room, wet bar & 2 bdrms. 2 car attached gar. and sep 26x30 det. gar with upper loft apt. Many extras. Shows “AAA� MLS CALL LEN FREY* TO VIEW.
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6149 MINTO-NORMANBY TOWNLINE R. R. #4 MOUNT FOREST $469,900 - Brand new & nestled amongst mature trees. This 4.5 acre property is close to Mount Forest. Excellent quality 3 bdrm, 3 bthrm home. Double driveway & double attached garage. Walkout to rear deck.100 amp service with an extra outlet for an additional 100 amp service. Hot & cold running water in the garage. 2 garage door openers. 10’x8’ cedar shed & small cottage/cabin 16’x12’ located on this property also. This property won’t last long. MLS. CALL MILDRED FREY*** TO VIEW.
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QUAINT SETTING! Retirement property within 5 minutes of great shopping area and other amenities offers two bedrooms, country kitchen, large living room, laundry and four piece bathroom. Backs to green area. MLS. Call Bert for details.
$69,900
LEON MARTIN
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage | Independently Owned and Operated
BUILDING LOTS Ready to build on these 50' x 165' level lots are in a quiet area in a small rural community. Municipal water & sewer, natural gas at lot line. MLS. Call Bert for details.
$39,900 per lot
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ST. JACOBS TRAIL
$399,900
4 Bedroom 4 bath quality Bromberg built home! Hardwood and ceramic flooring, fireplace in family rm, formal dining rm, living rm, maple kitchen, 5 pc master ensuite, professionally finished basement with rec room and office, fully fenced yard with deck and shed. Truly a beautiful home! MLS.
200 ACRE FARM With municipal drain running through property. There are barns for sheep, and hay storage. 150 acres cleared. MLS. Please call Leon.
LOTS FOR SALE Country lots with high speed internet access, 40 to 45 minutes from K-W or Guelph. They are located in the small hamlet of Carthage. Individual well and septic. Great opportunity to build your own house or get us to customize a home for you. For more information please call Leon Excl.
Here is your chance to build your own estate on 36 acres of land, Will make a great horse or hobby farm, only 35 min to Waterloo. Creek runs through property, surrounded by trees . Building permits available. MLS ADDRESS: 4-B
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donations before the supplies can be bought in August. “The backpack program is totally funded by community donations. There are no grants or anything that we receive, so without people’s initiatives and people’s donations, there wouldn’t be a program,� said WCS’ Kelly Christie. Brubacher said it would be nice to see hundreds of people come out to the park to support this worthwhile cause. Having never played before, the musicians involved – including a drummer, saxophone player, keyboardist, guitarists and vocalists - practiced together this week and were happy with the sounds they produced. Brubacher said that since she knows the music will be great, all she has left to worry about is the weather, which she said will likely dictate the turnout. “We’re really hoping for nice weather because then it will be at the band shell.� Songs in the Park takes place today (Saturday) at 7:30 p.m. in Gore Park. The rain location is St. James Lutheran Church at 60 Arthur St. S.
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 Hawkesville Community Pig Roast and Road Hockey Tournament. Advance tickets: $12, $8 kids, $15/$10 at door. Dinner served 5-7p.m. For tickets or more info call 519-699-5203. All welcome.  St. Clements Parish Homecoming. Show and shine, car and antique tractor show 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Family games throughout the day, face painting, amily soccer challenge. KIX video dance 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Silent auction 8-11 p.m.  Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival. Join Robin Hood and his band of merry men for a day of fun in Sherwood Forrest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; $4 per person, $12 for a family of 5. Fun for all ages. Magic shows, knights in battle, jesters, musicians, jugglers, gypsy fortuneteller, comedy, and archery. Merchants will be selling jewellery, leather goods, armour, toys and other period novelties; www. robininthehood.com.  Songs in the Park outdoor worship at Gore Park, 7:30p.m. For all ages. Rain location – St. James Lutheran Gym. Free-will offering to support Woolwich Community Services backpack project. More info call Marilyn at 519- 669-5548. JUNE 8
 Wheels in Motion Fundraiser – Woolwich Physiotherapy. Wheel, run, or bike to raise funds for spinal cord injury/research; 2, 5 and 10K routes. This year’s event benefits the Weber family. Registration begins at 1 p.m. Free BBQ, prizes, wheelchair basketball, etc. For info, call 519-669-3014 or 519-669-2578.
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 Wellesley Township Caregiver Group – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Receive tips on how to make visits to an elderly or ill loved one meaningful to both of you; 2-3 p.m. at the WTC Health Centre. For more information, call Lorraine at 519-669-3794, ext. 229.
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 H.U.G.S. Program – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic: Savoury BBQ ideas with food safety in mind. For parents and their children (zero to five years); 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Call 519-664-3794 to register.  18th annual Garden Party – St. Teresa of Avila Church. Cold buffet will be served from 5-7:30 p.m. Dinner tickets $12 per adult, $6 per child 6 to 12 years, free for children 5 years and under. Raffle, penny table, bingo and much more. Call the church office for tickets 519-669-3387. JUNE 14
 Community Guitar Recital – Bob Wilhelm’s Guitar Studio. Featuring the student’s of Bob Wilhelm’s Guitar Studio; 1-4p.m. at Gibson Park, First Street, Elmira. For more information, call 519-669-5371.  Lunch at Gale Presbyterian Church. Menu: shepherds pie, salad, roll and dessert frosty strawberry squares, coffee/tea, $9 per person 11a.m.-1p.m. Also soup and a roll to go. Takeouts available, wheelchair accessible, everyone welcome; 2 Cross St., Elmira; 519-669-2852.
Wines
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(Behind Bank of Montreal)
JUNE 13
KITCHENER
29 Church St. W., Elmira
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New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area If you’re not long distance to Elmira, you are welcome to a visit.
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 Strawberry Social – Floradale Mennonite Church. Meal includes cold meat, salads, dinner rolls, cake and strawberries with whip cream; 4:30-7:30 p.m. Adults $12, children (ages 10 and under) $5; 22 Florapine Rd., Floradale.  Art Round the Pond – Wellesley Pond Restoration Group. A day of fine art entertainment featuring the talents of local artists and artisans. Rain or shine; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Chicken BBQ and Dance – Wellesley Lions Club. Dinner 5-8 p.m., Dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Live music by Jeff Tanner. For tickets, please call 519-656-2260 or 519656-3147. JUNE 22
 Two-hour hike and geocache on Lions Lake Trail near Floradale – Woolwich Trails Group. Discover geocaching – the adventure that uses GPS to locate hidden caches around the world. John Robinson a veteran geocacher will introduce us to this new exciting trend. Trail rating: easy, well maintained trail; includes gravel, earthen and grassed sections. Washroom available. Call Paul Miller at 519-664-3643 to confirm meeting times and locations. Submit calendar listings to info@observerxtra.com
IN MEMORIAM CAROL JEAN WITTIE (KNARR) - In loving memory of a dear Mother who passed away June 5, 2002. Mom, I wish that you were here to share in our lives and for our children to know their Nana. Always remembered by your son Dean, and his wife Laurie. Guardian Angel Nana to your grand children Rachel and Brayden. DEATH NOTICES BAUMAN,
Earl
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MARTIN, Mildred (Mrs.
Abner B.) Wonderful Wines – Following a lengthy ill(1919-2008)
– Peacefully on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Leisrueworld Care Centre, Elmira. Mildred Martin, in her 90th year of Winterbourne.
ness, on Friday, May 30, 2008, at Freeport Health Centre, in his 90th year, formerly of Elmira and Floradale. FISHER, Lyle – At University Hospital, London, on Sunday, June 1, 2008, Lyle Harold Fisher of RR2, Listowel, in his 83rd year. Local relatives are brother Goldwyn Fisher and his friend Shirley Koehle of West Montrose.
SNIDER, Clarence
– Passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at Sunnyside Home, on his 85th year. Local relatives are daughter Gloria Cossey and her husband Mark of Breslau and his sister Betty Zinger and her husband Doc of Maryhill.
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SCHELTER, DONALD - In memory of a loving husband, father and grandfather who passed away two years ago, June 8, 2006. Your resting place we visit, and put flowers there with care. But no one knows the heartache, when we turn and leave you there. Gone but not forgotten by wife Amy, son Craig, son Keith & Kelly, Noah & Joshua.
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 Strawberry Supper – West Montrose United Church. Continuous sittings begin at 4:30 p.m. Adults $12, children (6 to 12 years) $4.  Beef/Pork BBQ dinner – Calvary United Church, St. Jacobs. Dinner with all the trimmings from 5-7 p.m. Adults $13, children 12 and under $6.50, preschoolers are free. Advance tickets only (deadline to order tickets is June 15). Call 519-644-2311 or Barb 519-669-5912.
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STAG & DOE
The families of
Stag & Doe for
Albert & Ruby Martin invite you to an Open House
Monica
FAIR and
Cory Wideman St. Jacobs Community Centre June 14th, 2008 Lorraine & Keith Clemmer and Carolyn & Wayne Bauman are excited to announce the upcoming marriage of their children; Sheila and Andrew on June 14, 2008 athe Leisure Estates Bed & Breakfast.
in honour of their parent’s
50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday June 15th, 2008 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. at Hawkesville Mennonite Church 15 Martha St., Hawkesville, ON Best Wishes Only STAG & DOE
We wish you all the best. Love, Your family BIRTHDAY
Jeff Martin & Amy Bauman Stag & Doe
SHANTZ-GERBER
Paul and Marlene Shantz joyously announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, LaRonda Pearl to Darrell Joseph, son of Joseph (Joe) and Sharon Gerber and son of the late Mrs. Shirley Gerber on June 28, 2008 at Crystal View Mennonite Church, Floradale, Ontario THANK YOU
Special birthdayS to Mother and Daughter
Pig Roast: 4:30pm - 7:30pm $15 per person, Kids under 10 eat FREE Please bring your lawn chair Stag & Doe: 9pm to 1am $10, per person, 19+, ID Required DJ • GAMES • PRIZES Tickets Available at the door
$20 FOR BOTH EVENTS!
For tickets/info call: 519-580-6072 STAG & DOE
Melissa Sullivan & Matt Grimes Stag & Doe
Ed and I want to thank all those who sent us cards and flowers, and for the phone calls for our 50th. Also, many thanks to our family and grandchildren for a great weekend in Niagara Falls.
June 20th, 2008 8:00 pm at the St. Jacobs Community Centre Wear your best 60’s outfit! $10 a ticket
~Ed & Marie Ament OPEN HOUSE
THANK YOU
Wallenstein Bible Chapel Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. $10/person or $25/family Come and enjoy... Volleyball • A Pie Auction • BBQ Volumes BC AdAnd 5/16/07 more.. 11:39 AM Page
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Best wishes from the Fuller and Mighton Families.
We were truly blessed to be surrounded by family and friends at the recent celebration of our 50th Wedding Anniversary. Thank you for your cards and warm greetings. ~Carl & Ellen Dettwiler
SHANTZ - GERBER - Bridal Friendship Open House for LaRonda Shantz and Darrell Gerber on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at Crystal View Mennonite Church common room, 2167 Floradale Road, Floradale, from 2-5 p.m. Extend your best wishes to them. Participation in a pooled money shower is optional.
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