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MNR says bears aren’t common in this area, warns people to stay clear LIZ BEVAN SPRING IS OVER, AND the black bears are out looking for food to fatten up for next winter.

A Stirton resident, Ken Kirk, saw a bear in Floradale just last week. He says it was an unusual sighting for the area. He hasn’t seen one in years.

“I saw it on the Floradale Road, just before the 8th Line. It was just coming out of a small bush. There is a bush lot right on the corner there just before 8th Line, there are about three or four houses there. It just came out of the bush and up into the ditch,” he said.

“My son and I drove past: we saw it and it saw us. I looked at it, I looked at my son and said, ‘what the hell? It’s a bear.’”

It turns out he isn’t the only one who saw the bear, which he says might have been young, just a year or two old.

“I was talking to the guys at the Elmira Meat Market. I told them I saw the bear, and they ended up phoning me a couple of days later and said, ‘Ken, you aren’t crazy.’ So somebody else saw it too. It is coming closer to BEAR | 5

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Acrylic artist Sean Lehan worked on this scenic piece at Wellesley’s 11th annual Art Round the Pond event on June 18 in the village, where artisans gathered to sell their goods around Wellesley Pond.

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What’s in a name? Or a logo? Wellesley is still working that out WHITNEY NEILSON DON’T GET YOUR CREATIVE juices flowing just yet.

Wellesley council deferred plans Tuesday night that would have launched a community project competition to create a new township logo.

Coun. Herb Neher asked if having a township crest and a township logo would just confuse people.

“The idea of a logo is anyone can recognize it, whether they’re from the township or not, whether they’re familiar with our township or not.

Immediately they know that is the Township of Wellesley. With the crest that we have now, and this is typical of most crests that are out there, wording is very small,

there’s a lot of detail in a crest that you really have to focus on it to figure out whose it is and where it’s from. A logo is just a very bold statement, it tells you right away what you’re looking at,” CAO Rik Louwagie said.

The current crest would stay as the official township crest, he advised, but things like signs and township vehicles would be adorned with the new logo.

He notes Woolwich is a recent example of adopting a township logo. They changed to a new township logo in 2014 featuring the iconic West Montrose Covered Bridge. He says the purpose of the logo would be community recognition.

“If we’re going to go the route of changing the logo

Wellesley council has asked staff to look into the feasibility of changing the township or the village of Wellesley’s name before they go ahead with a township logo contest. [FILE PHOTO] and adopting a new logo the township. If we’re going He brought forward a I’d like to bring up that we that route why not go all the motion asking staff to put should change the name of way?” asked Coun. Carl Smit. together a report looking

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Council approved it.

“It’s quite a project to change the name of a township. There’s a lot of implications that go with it,” Louwagie said.

He advised the report will not come together overnight as they examine the pros and cons of changing one of the names, along with the costs that would come along with that.

“That’s always been a bit of a thorn for a lot of people, Wellesley as the town and Wellesley as the township and the minute you say Wellesley, most times they don’t know whether it’s the town or the township,” Coun. Neher said.

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Ball diamond improvements top Wellesley’s list for Canada 150 grants

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WHITNEY NEILSON WELLESLEY COUNCIL CHOSE IMPROVEMENTS to ball diamonds one and two in St. Clements and Wellesley’s upper and lower ball diamonds as their top priority when staff submits funding applications for 50 per cent of the cost to the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Project.

Municipalities have been encouraged to submit multiple applications and indicate their top three priorities. This is the second intake for the project, with up to $44.4 million available for projects in southern Ontario this time around. FedDev Ontario received more than 1,100 applications, requesting more than $260 million in funding in the first intake.

“I think it’s important to keep in mind the likelihood of success has to be a pretty important criteria for the prioritization process. I was told quite emphatically that roadwork, especially this type of roadwork, will have little or no possibility for success,” Mayor Joe Nowak advised the councillors before they each listed their top three.

Council voted on Tuesday night for the ball diamonds as number one. Their second priority they’re asking for funding for is the LED street light conversion project, and improvements to the existing trails in the township is the third priority.

They also considered applying for 33.3 per cent of the cost of the rehabilitation of Manser Road from Streicher Line to Waterloo Regional Road 7, but decided against it after speaking with other municipalities who said they’d found more success in applying for funds for recreation rather than public works projects. The improvements would have included rebuilding the base portion of the road where required and paving the surface at an approximate cost of $1,314,000, with funds from OCIF and the gas tax used to offset the township’s portion of the cost.

The proposed improvements to the ball fields include replacing the stone dust surfaces on the infields and warning tracks with sport clay ($119,800) and installing an electric score board at each location ($67,055).

Nowak noted the township already has a track record of bringing in good tournaments to the baseball diamonds and they’ve been able to secure funding for them in the past.

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Wellesley waives rental fees for fundraiser event to help cancer patient WHITNEY NEILSON JACQUELINE STEVANUS’ FRIENDS AND family showed they’re not about to sit idly by as she undergoes treatment for cancer for the third time in her life.

It was a full house at Wellesley council chambers on Tuesday evening as they asked council to waive the rental hall fees for a concert fundraiser they’re planning for Aug. 20 to assist 29-yearold Stevanus and her husband Brent.

Steve Giovanniello spoke on behalf of the people there in support of the Wellesley couple.

“We feel they should not be entering this fight alone, without their community support.

And we plan on doing that,” Giovanniello said.

Council agreed to waive the large rental hall fee for the Wellesley Community Centre, which is about $400 plus HST. Stevanus was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia when she was seven.

She underwent chemotherapy

and was cancer free for three years. The cancer came back when she was 10 and she went through chemotherapy, radiation, and a bone marrow transplant.

For the last three years she’d been monitored for a few nodules on the left side of her thyroid. Last Christmas she noticed a lump on the right side of her neck and a a biopsy discovered she had thyroid cancer, while a further CT scan showed cancer on her lymph nodes as well.

Her thyroid and parathy-

roid glands were removed this February. A PET scan discovered the cancer had spread to her upper chest one month later.

After two months of chemotherapy in Stratford, a PET scan found it wasn’t working and the cancer has spread to her lungs and hip.

She’s now enrolled in the Immune Therapy Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.

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Mennonite church proposed for Line 86 farm property STEVE KANNON OVERCROWDED AT THEIR CURRENT Winterbourne meeting place, a group of Old Order Mennonites are looking for a spot to build a new church.

They think they’ve found the right location, and now need Woolwich to clear the way.

The goal is to have the zoning changed on a 3.2-acre parcel at the northeast corner of a 77-acre farm property at 6049 Line 86, which would become the home of the Meadow Grove Mennonite Church. An

application submitted by Sidney M. Brubacher was rolled out at a planning public meeting Tuesday night in council chambers.

Bob Black of RBA Planning Consultants told councillors the site at the rear of the property, which would have frontage on Weisenberg Road, was deemed ideal given the travel constraints of the members, who rely on horse-drawn buggies for transportation.

Distances are typically limited to three or four miles, he explained.

If approved, the plan would see the construction of a new church building with capacity for 550 people, hitches for some for 180 horses, and a cemetery, said Black.

The proposed church and cemetery would remain as part of the larger property, as Region of Waterloo planning policies do not allow for the land to be severed from the farm.

Aside from Black, the only other person to address the zone change application was Weisenberg Road neighbour

Tanya Rempel, who asked whether the cemetery could be moved to the rear of the property rather than along the road as is currently proposed.

Berms and trees would also be helpful in sheltering the property, she added.

This week’s planning meeting was for information only, with councillors making no decisions about the application. Staff will come back at a future date with a recommendation report after assessing the planning issues and considering input from the public.

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016

Last weekend’s heat a preview of summer weather ahead, Environment Canada predicts Some like it hot, and those that do will find much to enjoy, unlike the last few summer seasons

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LIZ BEVAN GET OUT YOUR SUNSCREEN, patio chairs and drink umbrellas – this summer is going to be hot, hot, hot.

Weather guru Dave Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada, says this summer could see a higher than average number of days reading above 30 degrees. He says last weekend’s hot, sticky weather could be a glimpse into the area’s future.

“I think the weekend may very well be a dress rehearsal, or a dry run for the summer,” he said, adding that Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday posted well above average temperatures. “Normally in your neck of the woods, June should be around 23 or 24 C for the high. We

have had a couple of days above 30 C already, but those were one or two-day wonders. Now, we are going to see a stretch of pretty nice weather.”

Summer officially started at 6:48 p.m. on Monday evening, and now that the summer solstice has passed, Phillips looked into the next few months, predicting a hotter than average summer – especially compared to the previous three years.

“I am looking at the next month, and I am seeing temperatures where the nights are going to be a bit warmer than they normally are, and it is going to consistently be 25 C to 26 C heading into July,” he said.

Over the past few years, the region has seen lowerthan-average temperatures, and Phillips says that

will change in the coming summer months.

“The average number of days above 30 C is about eight. Last year you had five; the year before that, two. The year before that, seven. So the last three years have been incredibly comfortable, and let’s just say that I have enjoyed the last three summers. Other people who really like the summers hot have felt kind of shortchanged and certainly, what we see, is it may be more like 2012, that is when we had 29 of those hot days above 30 C, and that was pretty brutal,” he said. “So, it may be more heat, humidity and haze than we have seen in the last three years, but clearly, our models suggest that it will be milder than normal, warmer than normal, both day and night.”

The average amount of rainfall is also down in the region, says Phillips, and that could be the case right through the summer. He says the hot temperatures could take us all the way into the autumn months.

“What we are seeing with our models, is that they are suggesting that the next month will be warmer than normal, and right through July and August, and right through until September we are seeing the flavour of summer,” he said, adding that there seems to be a consensus about the forecast from weather services around the world. “Basically, we are saying what the various weather services are saying – the Europeans and the Americans all seem to be singing from the same song sheet here.”

He says water tempera-

tures are all on the way up, giving some relief to the hot, hot weather in the area.

“I see more people now at the beach or the pool doing water activities, so that is good,” he said, adding that water hasn’t been heating up as quickly as in previous years. “Temps had been a little bit cooler than normal.”

He says that it is time to look at the weekend forecasts to make the most of time off work, sitting in the sun with a cold drink.

“We don’t care about what happens on Wednesday or Thursday: it is all about the weekend,” he said with a laugh. “We live for the weekend, so if we can keep our weekends warm, sunny and dry all summer, then we would all be happy campers for sure.”

Woolwich approves expansion plan for Maryhill seniors’ home STEVE KANNON A MARYHILL SENIORS’ HOME is primed for expansion, its zone-change request approved Tuesday night by Woolwich council.

Hillside Residence, located at 44 St. Charles St. E., is cleared for an addition to increase its capacity to 22 residents from the current 16.

Located on an agricultural parcel with a site-specific provision to allow for the seniors’ group home, the business in operation since 1999 has been restrained by zoning that limited the number of residents to 16. Despite increasing demand, Hillside has had to turn people away, said Matthew Warzecha, a plan-

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ner with the GSP Group representing owner Karen Martin.

The expansion will have little impact on the site, which has its own well and sanitary system, he added.

Though surrounded on three sides by residential development and on the east by the Maryhill Heritage Park, the 19-acre prop-

erty remains something of an anomaly: outside of the settlement boundary and zoned for agricultural use.

“It’s a hole in the donut,” noted director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley in recommending the zone change to councillors meeting June 21.

His department is currently doing a boundary

rationalization review across the township, with the site under consideration for including in the urban area.

“This is a property we’re looking at,” he said.

That being the case, there’s no guarantee the property will be included in the final changes, Kennaley hastened to add.

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fighting for her life once again. Jacky’s husband, Brent, has taken the occasional time off work to care for her while undergoing treatments. Jacky is on long-term disability from Home Hardware,” Giovanniello said.

Giovanniello notes Jacky’s uncle, Darryl Moore, a well-known restauranteur of many establishments in Waterloo Region including Dallas Night Club, The Fox and the Fiddle, McCabe’s and Bobby O’Brien’s to name a few, will be assisting to run the event. He holds a $5 million liability insurance and a catering endorsement which allows him to license any venue in Ontario.

“Since becoming a resident of Wellesley it’s been easy to fall in love with this community. We here have taken part in making the community what it is today – caring, friendly, and compassionate. Whether we coach hockey, soccer, volunteer at the local public school, we’ll all played our own role. We’re asking that Wellesley council play a small part as well,” Giovanniello said.

Coun. Herb Neher was the only councillor who voted against the motion, questioning how council would be able to justify saying no to any other group that comes asking for rental fees to be waived. Mayor Joe Nowak stated he didn’t see this as precedent-setting and the motion was approved 4-1.

Wellesley’s director of facilities, Brad Voisin, said the township’s bylaw regarding any groups putting on fundraising events states groups will pay the full rental fee, but if they want council to consider waiving or reducing the rental fees it’s done on a case-by-case basis if the group comes as a delegation to council.

“Since we have come to know Jacky and Brent we have come to love them as family. And in my books we don’t let family down.

Jacky has had plenty of letdowns, especially with cancer reoccurring. She certainly doesn’t need anymore,” Giovanniello said.

Anyone interested in donating to Jacky and Brent Stevanus can visit www.youcaring.com/jackystevanus-587033.

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New fire truck for Conestogo Two older fire trucks – a 1996 pumper and a 2000 tanker – at the Conestogo station will be replaced with one new vehicle, a combo pumper/tanker. To that end, Woolwich councillors this week awarded the contract for the new vehicle to Arnprior Fire Trucks at a cost of $577,656.

That’s $7,756 more than allocated in the 2016 budget. While the shortfall will come from the township’s equipment replacement reserve fund,

the fire department hopes to return at least $30,000 to that fund via the sale of the two trucks up for replacement.

recommendations in the plan they see as necessary, and how they plan to implement them.

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Wellesley Township approved the fire master plan final report on Tuesday as prepared by POMAX Inc. It will serve as a guideline for the township’s fire department.

The fire chief and fire station chiefs will now work together to come up with a strategy based on the fire master plan, which they will bring back to council, outlining which of the

Looking to provide great accessibility, the township is building a new entrance to the seniors’ centre at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira.

Meeting this week, councillors awarded a $255,000 contract to Brantco Construction to install a driveway and sidewalks as part of the project. The company’s was the lowest of five bids received.

Some $95,000 will be covered by the Canada 150 Grant Fund. As well, the seniors’ group will provide another $25,000, with the rest of the money coming from Woolwich’s infrastructure reserve fund.

Produce business seeks bylaw extension Running under a temporary-use bylaw that must be renewed every three years, operators of St. Jacobs Produce were at Woolwich council Tuesday night for a planning

public meeting requesting their second extension since 2009.

Stuart Martin was out this week looking for a zone change to allow for the food and flower operation on a farm at 51-55 Hawkesville Rd. to continue for another three years.

The business makes use of a climatecontrolled warehouse that houses a direct-marketing operation selling produce to institutional buyers such as restaurants and grocery stores.

The business is located on a farm property with agricultural zoning.

The temporary-use bylaw allows for site-specific provisions to permit it to operate there.

No objections were raised to the proposal, which will be reviewed by planning staff, with a report coming back to council at a later date.

Trails grant for Wellesley Wellesley’s Trails and Active Transportation Advisory Committee received $32,585 from the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, Coun. Peter van der Maas reported this week.

Township councillors earmarked the funds to be used for trail improvements in Wellesley once final plans are confirmed.

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Four young people charged after prom party gets out of hand DURING THE EARLY HOURS of June 11, officers of the Waterloo Regional Police Service and Perth County OPP responded to a disturbance at an address between New Hamburg and Shakespeare.

Investigation revealed that a large after prom party for students of a Kitchener high school was being hosted at the rural residential address on Line 41. Assaults were reported to police and subsequent investigation resulted in criminal charges being laid on four Kitchener residents.

A 19-year-old male was charged with ‘assault,’ two counts of ‘theft under $5,000,’ ‘resist peace of-

ficer,’ and ‘fail to comply with sentence.’

A 17-year-old male was charged with ‘assault.’

Two 18-year-old males were charged with ‘assault.’

All four were ordered to appear at the Stratford Court of Justice in July, where they will be answering to their charges.

The OPP reports it has issued numerous warnings about parties where large number of underage teenagers will be in attendance. These gatherings often take place in bush lots, fields, barns, or in private residences. Many times they involve alcohol consumption by underage individuals and they often get out of control.

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at the scene. The driver of the dump truck was taken to hospital and released with minor injuries.

Speed of the deceased man’s vehicle is believed to have been a contributing factor in the collision.

Drug and alcohol use are not considered to be a factor at this point in the investigation, which is ongoing.

4:46 PM | A fatal motor vehicle collision took place along Northfield Drive East near Line 86 in the Township of Woolwich. The collision occurred after a vehicle crossed into the opposing lane of traffic and was struck by a dump truck. A 23-year-old Elora man was pronounced deceased

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A 23-year-old man from Elora died on the scene after the car he was driving crossed into the opposing lane of traffic and collided head-on with a dump truck near 2419 Northfield Dr. east of Elmira on June 16.

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7:42 AM | A member of the OPP West Region Highway Safety Division was travelling southbound on Wellington Road 6 on a fully marked OPP motorcycle when he was nearly struck head on by a northbound vehicle who had pulled out to pass. The officer was forced to brake hard and take evasive action as the 2012 Ford approached him head on in the southbound lane. The Ford swerved back into the northbound lane and lost control on the paved portion of the roadway, struck the gravel and entered the east ditch.

The officer approached the driver

and immediately detected the odour of alcohol on his breath. A roadside screening test was conducted, which resulted in a fail. As the officer interacted more with the driver he displayed more signs of impairment including slurred speech and red, glossy eyes. He was transported to a local detachment for further testing.

The investigation revealed that the licence plates for the vehicle were expired. A 28-year-old Mapleton Township man was charged with ‘impaired driving’ and ‘drive motor vehicle no currently validated permit.’ His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the

vehicle impounded for a period of seven days as per statute. He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on June 28 to answer to the charges.

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9:08 AM | Wellington County OPP received a call regarding a serious collision involving two vehicles on Wellington County Road 124 in Guelph-Eramosa Township. A red Mini Cooper was travelling eastbound on County Road 124 followed by a second vehicle, which was followed by a motorcycle. The Mini Cooper made a left turn onto Township Road 1 as the motorcycle pulled out to pass and the vehicles

collided. The male driver of the motorcycle was transported by land ambulance to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The driver was later pronounced deceased. The cause of the collision is currently being investigated by Technical Collision Investigators from the Wellington County OPP and OPP Highway Safety Division. Wellington County Road 124 was closed between County Road 32 and Kossuth Road were closed for approximately three hours. The Wellington County OPP is asking anyone that may have witnessed this collision to please call 1-888310-1122.

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people, that’s for sure,” he said. “They are just trying to find something to eat.”

Brendan O’Farrell, who works as a technical specialist with the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Guelph office, says that bear sightings in the area aren’t common. Their office has only received five calls this year so far, and they were all up in the Alma, Clinton and Port Albert areas. He confirmed Kirk’s assessment that the bear may be young.

“Although black bear sightings within the Guelph district are rare, they do occur. Often they are young males that have recently left the natal family searching for a new territory and food sources,” he

said in an email interview.

O’Farrell has a few tips for people who may come across a bear in the Elmira area. Generally, they are just looking for some food.

“Never feed or approach a black bear. Bears usually avoid humans. Generally, you won’t see a bear even if one is close by. Remember, in the natural environment you are a visitor in the bear’s home range, so do all you can to avoid encounters. Make noises as you move through wooded areas, especially in areas where background noise is high, such as near streams and waterfalls. Singing, whistling or talking will alert bears to your presence, giving them a chance to avoid you,” he said. “If the bear is not paying any

Ken Kirk spotted a young black bear near Floradale last week, snapping a photo of its paw print. attention to you, slowly and quietly back away while watching the bear to make sure it isn’t following you.

Do not approach the bear.

If the bear knows you are there, raise your arms to let the bear know you are a human. Make yourself look as big as possible. Speak in a firm but non-threatening voice while looking at the bear and backing away. If a bear approaches you, drop

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If the bear makes contact, fight back.”

There are a few things that folks can do to make sure that bears steer clear of residential areas, as well.

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CPP changes are welcome start to real reforms THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT it had reached a deal with eight provinces to increase Canada Pension Plan contributions and payouts met with the predictable doom and gloom from the usual suspects.

Predictions of an economic hit and job losses greet every such change. Often, the opposite is true, such as the gains that followed the last round of CPP reforms under Paul Martin.

The comments began even before federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau met Monday with his provincial counterparts.

But what emerged from the sessions will have far more longterm benefit than any short-term pain, including higher contributions from workers. That in itself is enough to negate the critics, many of whom object on ideological grounds and, more to the point, because of vested interests in the financial services industry, which in this country charges some of the world’s highest administrative fees.

Those who stand to gain always argue that private savings are better, it maintains, because they offer more flexibility, including self-directed investing and the ability to cash-in early if the money is needed. Leaving aside the confirmation bias, the potential for riskier investments and the option of raiding the cookie jar, that position ignores the reality that the people most likely to depend on CPP are precisely those who can’t or won’t set aside money for their retirement years.

About two-thirds of Canadian workers don’t have a company pension plan. In fact, about a third don’t have any retirement savings at all – about 30 per cent of eligible workers didn’t contribute to an RRSP, for instance.

For those who have no savings of their own, relying only on government sources, retirement will be a meagre affair. Or simply put off altogether.

The CPP provides 25 per cent of a worker’s average annual earnings – hardly enough for a comfortable retirement, which is where programs like Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement come into play. The changes proposed this week would increase replacement levels to 33 per cent. The reforms proposed to go into effect in 2019 would see the average Canadian worker earning about $55,000 pay an additional $7 a month in 2019, increasing to $34 a month by 2023.

If fully rolled out, the maximum annual benefits will increase by about one-third to $17,478.

While not great – or even sufficient – it’s a good start for a program where the 25 per cent level has been consistent since CPP was introduced five decades ago. Payments for current recipients come partly from invested reserves and partly from contributions from today’s workforce. In order to ensure a more stable system and to provide a decent retirement income, we’ll have to start boosting CPP contributions.

Ideally, that 25 per cent figure would become 70 per cent, the figure most often cited as the level of income needed to preserve our standard of living in retirement.

Much higher contribution levels should have been ramped up years ago, but better today than not at all – that’s the rationale for Ontario’s proposal for a pension plan of its own.

Now, as a bonus, Morneau’s plan would see the Wynne government scrap its plan, a win for Ontarians saddled with an incompetent crew at the helm.

As spending priorities go, there are few things more important than long-term financial security and the stability of a well-funded pension system. But long-term thinking – and the public good – is in short supply among those making decisions.

Hard at work being both a nanny state and fiscal wastrels, the province sees fit to hike taxes again ... and again ... and again ...

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Following murder, a long, loud silence in Brexit debate WORLD AFFAIRS The British Parliament met in London Monday, so that MPs of every party could express their horror and disgust at the murder last Thursday of their colleague Jo Cox, MP for Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire. And on Monday everybody did, including the leaders of the Brexit campaign, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. But here’s the odd thing: up to that point, the Brexit leaders had said nothing about it.

Nothing. Not a word, for more than three days.

The political campaign for the referendum next Thursday on Britain’s continued membership in the European Union was immediately suspended for two days after Cox’s murder, but other politicians didn’t go to ground like Johnson, Gove and their friends.

Prime Minister David Cameron, the leader of Johnson and Gove’s own Conservative Party, La-

bour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, and a host of their fellow members of parliament gathered in Parliament Square June 17 to light candles and lay flowers in tribute to the slain MP, but the Brexit leaders were conspicuous by their absence.

Cameron, Corbyn and many other senior politicians went on TV to condemn what had happened, but Johnson, Gove and their rather embarrassing ally Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), did not (and you may be sure that they were asked to – that’s what journalists do). They simply vanished from public view, without so much as a ritual statement that their “thoughts and prayers” were with Jo Cox’s family.

There are only two possible explanations for this curious non-event. One is that space aliens abducted Johnson, Gove and Farage on Thursday for their usual nefarious purposes, and returned them to Earth on Sunday with their memories wiped clean of anal probes (for otherwise they would surely have

mentioned it). The other is that their media advisers told them that the only safe course was to say nothing.

The Brexiteers were in a difficult position, because Cox was a high-profile campaigner for Remain, the campaign urging Britons to stay in the EU, and the man who killed her, Tommy Mair, was clearly of the opposite persuasion. As he shot and stabbed her, according to eyewitnesses, he was shouting “Britain first” or “Put Britain first.”

His motive became even clearer on Saturday, when he was brought before a judge to be charged.

Asked to state his name, he replied that it is “Death to Traitors, Freedom for Britain.” The second half of this slogan is, of course, at the heart of the “Leave” campaign’s argument for Brexit.

Obviously Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Nigel Farage knew nothing about Mair’s intentions, nor approved of them in any way. But people could reasonably argue that the increasingly nasty tone of the “Leave” campaign

may have served as a trigger for Mair’s crime.

In the early stages of the campaign the debate was mostly about the relative economic advantages of leaving or staying in the EU, but the “Leave” side clearly lost that argument, and shifted the debate instead onto the hot-button topic of immigration.

This involved a good deal of lying, like the ridiculous Leave claim that Turkey was shortly going to become an EU member, giving 70 million Turks the right to move to Britain. (Turkey has no realistic chance of becoming an EU member in the foreseeable future, and if it ever did fulfill the entrance requirements Britain could simply veto it.)

The dog-whistle racism of Leave’s anti-immigration campaign was at its worst in a poster that UKIP’s Nigel Farage unveiled just two hours before Cox was murdered, showing an endless column of young men of Middle Eastern DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What are you looking forward to about summer?

» Rachel Forbes

» Iyla Fargo

» Michael Morwood

» Nicole Byard

» Megan Levely

“Sleeping in and going camping.”

“Watching Anime.”

“Fishing and being with family.”

“Going on vacation.”

“Hanging out with friends and going to the beach and lake.”

“In other words, quit the EU or Britain too will be drowned in a sea of Muslim fake refugees.” Gwynne Dyer | 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Beverage prices something to get hot and bothered about EDITOR'S NOTES HOW COULD IT BE summer without taking issue with the high prices related to obtaining a refreshing adult beverage?

If you stopped by a liquor store this week, you may have noticed wine prices on the rise ... just as the weather reaches the point where a nice rosé would hit the spot. That would be the result of the nanny state – i.e. the Wynne government – sticking it to consumers yet again.

Measures from this year’s provincial budget kicked in, adding two per cent to the cost of a bottle of wine.

The tax is moving from its current rate of 65.5 per cent to 67.5 per cent for Ontario wine, and from 71.5 per cent to 73.5 per cent for imported wine.

The tax will increase a further two per cent in 2017 and 2018, and by one per cent in 2019, when the minimum cost will be $7.95 for the same 750ml bottle available for a few dollars south

of the border.

When other taxes are added, an Ontario wine maker will now receive only $4.27 on a $10 bottle of their Ontario wine. The other $5.73 of the price goes to taxes and bottle deposits.

Things are even worse for imported wine, where the pre-tax price of the wine is only $3.44 on a $10 bottle, reports the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, always keen to track such things.

Beer and spirits are also being swept up in the move to separate Ontarians from their money.

That’s the reason there’s ongoing contempt for the government in general and, specifically, with a longstanding dissatisfaction with the handling of alcohol sales in the province, from absurd pricing to rigged sales restrictions.

Much of the ire is simply a reflection of our inherent dissatisfaction with the LCBO and paternalistic liquor laws, coupled with our distrust of pretty much anything overseen by bureaucrats and politicians.

Tax increases are seen as another reason to privatize the operation, stripping

HOW TO REACH US

state prevails, but they do love the money. (There’s a similar issue with gasoline, electricity and water, where governments preach conservation, but decry the losses when we actually cut back.)

The nanny state is never more apparent when it comes to booze. Ontarians apparently would become hardened alcoholics without minimum pricing and fettered access. All we have to do is look at the problems in nearby provinces and states to see that. Oh, wait, that’s not what you’ll find. And the government doesn’t want you to look elsewhere, lest you become even more upset about the poor state of things here.

Disillusionment is bad for the business of re-election.

With its modernization efforts, the LCBO is trying to suck and blow. If the goal is about marketing to boost sales, then that runs completely contrary to a host of regulations (nanny state, remember?) to make alcohol more expensive and less convenient to obtain.

Privatization is not the cure-all, however. As we’ve seen elsewhere, that can

and often does lead to higher prices, less selection and, over time, control concentrated in fewer hands.

What’s really needed is a cultural shift to something more European in flavour when it comes to booze: treating adults like, well, adults. Lower prices would be a start, as would allowing some competition in the form of specialized stores that could offer up some of the huge list of products the LCBO seems disinclined to stock (see the craft beer or whisk(e)y selections of some small U.S. shops, for instance).

Touching on the longstanding debate, if beer and wine were sold more widely in grocery and convenience stores (the government is trying this as a PR stunt, rather than an actual change), it would benefit smaller breweries, which are now dependent on a retail channel owned and controlled by their much larger competitors.

Pricing is a big issue. In parts of Europe, you can find very drinkable wines for under $3 a bottle. Imports from Australia and the U.S. that run $15 to $20

here can be had for a third of that price. That tells you it’s all about markup and taxes – as noted, successive spendthrift governments are addicted to the LCBO profits, not to mention the tax revenues.

Where we might be inclined to drop a few bucks on a new Ontario wine or craft beer, the government’s pricing often precludes that option. Backwards policies make it even more difficult for upstarts to reach consumers. As a consequence, the industry suffers.

The province has no interest in consumers or small producers. Next time you’re in the U.S. seeing what real options are like and fuming over the onebottle limit at the border, keep in mind that pricing in Europe, though varied, is mitigated by an EU customs agreement that allows each person to transport 110 litres of beer and 90 litres of wine and 10 litres of liquor from one member country to another on every trip.

That’s a fact that’ll leave you crying in your (overpriced) beer... or wine, should it still be in your budget.

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government of its outdated controls of alcohol.

Yes, the stores themselves have come a long way over the years. They’re much nicer places to shop, especially compared with the Beer Store, that even more antiquated governmentsanctioned cartel selling us our suds. The hours have been extended, but there’s nothing like the convenience found in other jurisdictions. Nor the selection.

And, most gallingly given that the LCBO is the world’s largest buyer of spirits, nothing like the much better prices found elsewhere.

If the LCBO really wants to be accepted, cut the prices significantly, offer a much better selection (something akin to a grocery store in Buffalo would be a start) and offer more convenience.

The province, of course, has no interest in any of that.

With alcohol, as with cigarettes, governments suffer from multiple personality disorder. On the one hand, they’re addicted to the revenues, on the other they want to discourage consumption. The nanny

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THE MONITOR

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Equity in Canada’s farm sector reached $474.3 billion on December 31, 2015, up $25.7 billion (+5.7%) from the same date a year earlier.

It was the smallest percentage increase since 2009. The value of total farm assets rose 6.2% to $561.1 billion in 2015, mainly as a result of continued gains in the value of farmland (+9.3%), which represents 67% of total farm assets.

“Wine in Ontario is already taxed at high rates, and the LCBO markup alone is eye-popping. But for this spending addicted government, taxing a product at over 70 per cent isn’t enough, apparently they need to hike the taxes even higher.”

More than 50 family, friends and staff crowded into the top floor of the Elmira branch of the Region of Waterloo Library June 18 to witness the unveiling of a specially-commissioned piece of stained glass in honour of Mary Anne Cressman. Cressman was a longtime librarian and library supervisor of the Elmira branch, working there from 1968 until her retirement in 2009. Cressman passed away on July 25, 2010 after a short battle with cancer at the age of 67.

» Statistics Canada

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» From the June 25, 2011 edition of The Observer

the latest tax grab from the profligate provincial government

DYER: Brexit leaders keeping a

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low profile after shooting of MP

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appearance marching into Europe and captioned “Breaking Point.”

In other words, quit the EU or Britain too will be drowned in a sea of Muslim fake refugees.

The poster was immediately condemned even by Farage’s allies (Michael Gove said he “shuddered” when he saw it) – but Gove did not go on to say that Middle Eastern refugees who are let in by other EU countries do not gain the right to enter Britain. To admit that would undermine the whole anti-immigrant strategy of the Leave campaign.

That’s something Gove didn’t want to be questioned on. All the more did he not want to be questioned on possible causal links between the Leave campaign’s general strategy of claiming that

the British people are enslaved by faceless “EU bureaucrats in Brussels” and Mair’s cry of “Freedom for Britain.” Neither did any of his Leave colleagues.

So the Brexit leaders took their media managers’ advice and hid themselves away after the assassination of Jo Cox. When Tommy Mair gave his name as “Death to Traitors, Freedom for Britain” in court on Saturday, they hid for another day, fearing guilt by association.

Now they are back out in the open, hoping nobody noticed their absence. And maybe they didn’t, because the British media certainly abstained from comment on it.

But it is also possible that quite a few ordinary voters did notice it, and drew their own conclusions from it. We’ll find out on Friday.

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Pair of Elmira players off to Prague for ball hockey tourney WHITNEY NEILSON

Kelby Martin and Tyler Moser leave on Friday for the World Ball Hockey Federation Junior World Championships in Prague as part of the Canadian U18 Junior Ball Hockey team. The Elmira teens have played ball hockey and ice hockey together for as long as they can remember. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] petition they’ve had a heading to Prague was They two also play couple practices in differpretty surreal. together for the Elmira ent places with the team “It was unreal. I didn’t Junior Sugar Kings. They including two exhibition believe it at first,” Martin joined the Kitchener ball games in Oshawa and one said. hockey team after a couple in Midland.

Moser added, “It was friends joined it so that Also, “A lot of running, amazing. I got told right they could play together lots of jogging around before a hockey game and for fun. town,” Moser notes. then I went out and scored Finding out they’d be

The smart approach to keep up appearances OPEN COUNTRY I RECENTLY STUMBLED ACROSS a fantastic Internet article that promised to show the reader how to appear smarter. Before you think it, let me just say I was not doing a search on the subject because I needed to. As most people already know, I have an incredibly high eye-cue.

Even so, appearing smarter than you are is a good thing for the average outdoorsman.

I was very pleased to discover that the technology of appearing much smarter than you actually are has vastly improved since I was a kid.

Back in those days, the only two tools we had at our disposal was wearing glasses and repeating the word “indubitably.”

Do these two things enough times and people thought you were Einstein.

In fact, I remember my teachers always addressed me with phrases like “OK Einstein, what did you do now?” or “Way to be Einstein!”

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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE Arthur

KELBY MARTIN AND TYLER Moser won’t be attending their prom, but they’re pretty sure competing on the Canadian U18 Junior Ball Hockey team in Prague is a good tradeoff.

The Elmira teens were selected to be part of the squad last year when they were scouted while playing for their Kitchener team.

They’ll be competing in the World Ball Hockey Federation Junior World Championships.

“Prom would be fun but I think this is an opportunity of a lifetime. It’s definitely worth it,” Martin said.

They were both invited to attend the prospect camp after scouts watched them compete in provincials last year.

“It was a 75-minute practice in the morning and then two games in the afternoon that were three 15-minute periods long.

It was probably one of the hottest days of the summertime,” Martin said.

They leave for the Czech Republic this Friday and will be gone for 10 days.

They’ve been playing together since they were five years old and are usually are on the same line with Martin playing right wing and Moser playing left wing.

To prepare for the com-

two goals that game, so I was pretty pumped.”

And they’re happy to shine a little spotlight on Elmira, since they’re two of only 18 players on the team.

“It brings attention to the town, which is awesome.

Everyone was pumped.

There was a lot of yelling and screaming,” Moser said.

Moser’s looking forward to seeing the city when they’re not busy competing, since Prague is often called one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And Martin’s excited to hang out more with the team.

“Our team’s looking pretty good. Canada’s known for our speed. We’re supposed to be able to beat everybody with our speed,” Martin said.

They’ve got quite the reputation to uphold, since the Canadian U18 Junior Ball Hockey team has brought home two gold medals and one silver since the championship was created in 2008. It runs every other year. The Canadian U16 Junior Ball Hockey team has earned two gold, one silver, and one bronze over the same time period.

“We’re not leaving until we come home with a gold medal around our necks,” Martin said.

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Kings have some new faces in place for next season Strong crop of local recruits and a returning core of players are filling out the the Junior B team’s roster WHITNEY NEILSON THE ELMIRA SUGAR KINGS’ roster is quickly filling up, with seven new players signed for the 201617 season, and another seven from last year’s team set to return.

They’ve added local players Keanan Stewart, Tyler McBay, Zack Cameron and Mason Sinkeldam, all of whom played at least one game with the team last year.

Stewart’s from Conestogo and was a fifth round pick by the Owen Sound Attack.

Sugar Kings director of hockey operations Jeff Snyder says Stewart skated well at their rookie camp.

“We think he’s a really good prospect and so does Owen Sound that drafted him, maybe just needs a year of Junior B before he’s ready for the OHL, but it looks like if he can keep improving and working on his game, should be a really good player as well,” Snyder said.

McBay is from Elmira and was drafted by the Saginaw Spirit. He’s in a similar situation as Stewart.

“We’re really excited about his potential. He’s a

really good skater and smart defenseman,” Snyder said.

He says the Kings are really fortunate this year to be able to add so many good local players to the team. This includes Cameron who was called up by the Kings a couple times last season.

“Zack Cameron we think is going to be a really good player, good offensive player, brings a lot of speed.

He’s local so we’re really excited about him as well,” Snyder said.

Snyder notes he’s always said if there’s a player from Woolwich who’s good enough to play Junior B hockey then they need to ensure there’s a spot for him. It just so happens this year there’s a number of local 16-year-olds who fit into that category.

“Mason Sinkeldam is also from West Montrose, we signed him as well. So you’ve got him, you’ve got Zack Cameron, you’ve got Keanan Stewart, you’ve got Tyler McBay. Not sure what’s going to happen with Mitch Hoelscher yet, he was drafted by Ottawa in the third round. We’re not sure if he’s going to make their team or not. We’re

really lucky to have that many quality players in our backyard,” Snyder said.

Completely new to the team are Jake Brown, Blair Butchart and Matt Murray.

Brown comes to the team from the Caledonia Corvairs. He scored 41 goals last season, 26 goals the year before that, and won the Sutherland Cup three years in a row.

“It’s very tough to add a player like that, so we’re thrilled to get him onboard. He can really help lead our offense and I think also bring a lot of leadership. He obviously knows how to win. I think he’s a real key pickup for us, should really help us in a lot of areas,” Snyder said.

Butchart was rookie of the year in the Western Junior C league for the Mount Forest Patriots last season and practiced with the Kings this year. He tallied 18 goals and 30 assists for the Patriots last season.

Murray’s a defenseman from the Northern Ontario Hockey League. He played Junior A in Sault St. Marie and Blind River and Snyder sees him filling out Elmira’s defense.

Seven new players have committed to the Elmira Sugar Kings for the 2016-17 season, including four local players Keaton Stewart and Tyler McBay (above), and Zack Cameron and Mason Sinkeldam. [SUBMITTED] “We’ve got a good group of returnees and then we think we’ve got some real good young players and then an older player in Jake Brown that we think can really help us and we’re trying to work on a couple other deals to try to add another defenseman or two and another forward or two,” Snyder said.

It’s unclear if Alex Peterson will be returning to Elmira since the Kitchener

Rangers drafted him earlier this year.

Returning to the Kings are Klayton Hoelscher, Jon Reinhart, Ty Biles, Dawson Shackelton, Kyle Soper, Jeff Jordan, and Quinten Bruce.

He’s hopeful the returnees and newly signed players will be able to fill some big shoes left by Rob Kohli, Zac Coulter, and Mackenzie MacSorley.

“We just need the return-

ing guys to step up and carry the torch and help lead. And I think we’ve got some good guys to do that. I think the guys that are coming back from last year really benefited from learning from guys like Rob Kohli and Coulter and MacSorley,” Snyder said.

He adds that sometimes you don’t think of the goaltender, but Reinhart brings strong leadership to the team too.

They’ve still searching for a backup goalie and a couple forwards and defensemen to round out the squad.

“We think we’ll have a real competitive team. We think we’re going to be a little bit quicker than last year and maybe a little more mobile on defense, on the back end. Those are two good things. We wanted to get a little bit faster, so we’re trying to address that,” Snyder said.

Recruiting efforts will continue this summer, and players have another chance to impress the coaching staff at the Kings’ open camp on Aug. 20.

“We feel good about the way things are going so far.”

TAKING TO TWO WHEELS IN SUPPORT OF MENNOHOMES PROJECT

An eager group of cyclists gathered at the Elmira Mennonite Church on June 18 for the annual MennoHomes Out-Spok’n Bike-a-thon. They raised more than $44,000 for the affordable housing project in Elmira which is officially under construction as of last week, next to the Woolwich Community Services building.

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GALEA: There are some tricks to appear smarter, but it’s not always wise to use them FROM | 11

So, clearly, this worked.

These days, people are far more skeptical of what smart actually means, despite the blip that is the Trump campaign.

Luckily, the article I read points out several things you can do to fool people into thinking you are far more intelligent than you truly are – as if that’s even possible.

Of course, the author covered the normal bases

like wearing glasses – although in this case they did not mention the attached nose and moustache variant that I typically use.

Another easy trick they suggested is to sign your name with the addition of a middle initial. Apparently, this adds to your perceived intelligence. This is such an easy fix I might add two middle initials when it is important.

The author also suggests you look people in the eye.

I know this is hard to do while telling those hunting and fishing stories, but it is important, apparently.

Another ebullient ruse discussed on the periphery is to speak, or should I say utter melodious tones, expressively. Also write simply.

And if you don’t drink in public, but appear to believe in yourself, keep pace with the crowd, dress for success and draw graphs people will be tricked into

thinking you are much more intelligent as well.

Now, I’m not really sure that Stephen R. Galea believes this. But I do know that after donning my glasses and remaining parched from lack of drinking, I have confidently looked myself in the eye via mirror and marveled at this expensive suit that I happen to be wearing.

All this is fine, but I think that they are missing several things. For

instance, as an outdoorsman, I have discovered that the phrase, “You try it first” does a great deal to make anyone I was with appear smarter. Also, if you are not the person who says, “Hey. Watch this!” witnesses will refer to you as the “smart one” when investigators ask.

Obviously, you don’t have to appear to be smarter than you are all the time.

In fact, I use this skill sparingly so that I don’t intimi-

date the other intellectuals that I fish and hunt with.

Often, it’s even easier to appear dumber than you are for long stretches of time and I’ve been told I’m good at that too. Then when you get back to normal, people will see the huge improvement.

Now, if you’ll excuse me I have decided to draw a graph to illustrate my trout fishing success. I happen to think this is a good idea.

Indubitably.

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Woolwich U14 boys win gold at Ancaster tournament LIZ BEVAN THE WOOLWICH YOUTH SOCCER Club has posted another tournament win – this time coming from the U14 boys’ Western Region Soccer League team.

The team headed south to Ancaster for the annual Heritage Days Tournament, facing teams from London, Hamilton, Waterloo, Thorold and Guelph. The boys took top spot in their age group. It was a big accomplishment, says team manager Jeff Brethauer.

“We were quite happy with that. It was a big tournament there. There were about 200 teams through all the age groups, so it was a really high-level tournament,” he said.

Brethauer credits the excellent teamwork from the boys for getting them to the gold medal.

“There weren’t any really big plays, I think it was just that we won the championship after a hard fought battle with Guelph,” he said. “We were playing teams that were above us and we did quite well against everybody there.”

The tournament started with a three-game round

The U14 boys’ Western Region Soccer League team, part of the Woolwich Youth Soccer Club, won gold at the Ancaster Heritage Tournament after defeating Guelph in the finals. robin portion, with the Woolwich Wolfpack finishing with two wins and a loss. They won their semifinal game, and went on to face Guelph in the championship.

First, they faced the Guelph Royals, which resulted in a 1-1 tie. Next up

was the Hamilton United Elite Regional team, where they lost 2-1. The final game in the round robin was again the Waterloo United. Woolwich won with a score of 1-0.

The gold medal game, against the Guelph Royals, saw only one goal and

it was for Woolwich. The game ended with a 1-0 score, clinching the gold for the Wolfpack.

Brethauer says it was all about the boys putting in their best effort.

“It was just that we have 18 boys on the team and all of them just came together

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We had to use a backup keeper, because our keeper was injured, and he did great for us. Everyone just played excellently as a team,” he said.

Next up for the U14 boys is the Ontario Cup this coming weekend. The

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It was a great turnout for the one night. We were out there for two hours and it looks really good for the future.”

Gerber says there were quite a few skaters signed up that showed a lot of promise.

“Out of the 46, I think there were seven guys that had played for us last year, and you could obviously tell they played junior level hockey before,” he said.

“But there were some, 16 and 17-year-olds, that looked really good. They are young yet, but maybe a year or so away from playing with us. Other than that, there were definitely a few that looked pretty good.”

The skaters were split into two teams for the prospect skate, playing a regular game so coaches and scouting staff could see how they played in a team setting.

“We had the referees out and we treated it like a game,” said Gerber. “We had 20 skaters on each team and three goalies on each side. It was a full

There may have been a few future Wellesley Applejack players in the group as nearly 50 skaters arrived at RIM Park for a prospect skate ahead of the 2016-2017 season. [FILE PHOTO] “We will all sit down tobefore they hit the ice bench, and we had lots of gether and from there we wearing the Applejacks ice time for everybody.” will be sending letters out jersey.

Gerber says staff is lookto the players that we want “Once we get the team ing for players with the, to have at the main camp,” picked, then we start work“complete package.” he said, referring to the ing on team play, as far as “We look for all the tools Wellesley Applejacks trainpower plays, penalty kill, to make a good hockey ing camp on Aug. 20 in St. forechecks, stuff like that,” player, obviously,” he said.

Clements. “Before we know he said. “We look for some“We are looking for size, it, main camp will be here. body who can skate and maturity, strength, playing It comes up pretty fast. Evkeep up in the league. It is with or without the puck, erybody wants a summer a fast league and it is also and stuff like that. We look break, but it ends quickly.” a physical league, so you for team players, and all of Neither a pre-season have to have that size.” that. It is sometimes hard schedule, nor a date for the Next up, staff are going to find, but you never know season opener has been to be comparing notes on when you have that many announced. Keep an eye the players that came out prospects out on the ice.” on the team’s website for for the prospect skate, and He says there are things making some notifications. updates. that players need to have

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Farmers say lambsquarters is their worst weed

Renovations prompt a change in plans Most of the former tenants of The Village Shoppes in Elmira have found new homes elsewhere WHITNEY NEILSON THE VILLAGE SHOPPES ARE looking pretty bare these days.

All but one of the tenants have moved out of the Church Street West location in Elmira.

Earlier this year The Kain Group, which owns the building, announced its intentions to consult with the township and the BIA to renovate the building. Previous tenants have since found other locations in and out of town to operate their businesses.

Total Health Pharmacy remains in the building as the only tenant staying on for the renovations.

Pamer Chiropractor and HMC Renewed Wellness moved to the Elmira Wellness Centre in the former township hall on Arthur Street.

The Art of Coffee relocated to its new location next to the library last fall after spending six months in the Village Shoppes.

Flow Café shut its doors at the end of January, and 123 Trade With Me has also

closed up shop.

Elegant Fabrics used to be in the basement and moved out of the Village Shoppes at the end of February. They opened their new location near Elora at the beginning of May. Donna Smith and daughter Lyric Pauley bought Village Pet Food Shoppe from previous owner Steve Thur.

The mother-daughter duo relocated to Industrial Drive where Perks Coffee House used to be. Pauley’s Shampoochies Pet Grooming business is under the same roof, instead of operating out of her home.

They opened in the new location at the end of May. “The other store was a store within a big wooden box and it was hidden inside. It was a big space, but it was dark and didn’t have street exposure until Steve put the grooming room in right at the front,” Smith said.

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Donna Smith, Lyric Pauley and Bentley are settling in well to their new digs. The Village Pet Food Shoppe is now located at 25 Industrial Dr., along with Shampoochies Pet Grooming. The Kain Group says construction on the Village Shoppes will begin within the next few months and Total Health Pharmacy is the only tenant that will remain in the building.

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“Lambsquarters and Canada fleabane were neck and neck,” says survey coordinator David Bilyea, weed specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in Ridgetown.

The last time such a survey was taken, in 2007, lambsquarters came in at No. 4. Bilyea figures its pervasiveness moved it into the top spot.

“Farmers everywhere fight it,” he says. “It’s our most common weed and it’s very persistent.”

The survey results reflect

Ontario’s changing landscape for weeds, and farmers’ ability to identify them.

For example, Canada fleabane wasn’t even in the top 10 worst weeds in 2007.

But with the popularity of no till, it moved from the sides of fields into the fields themselves. Its resistance to glyphosate has compounded the problem.

“Farmers who have it just don’t know what to do,” says Bilyea. “They are trying hard to get rid of it but control measures are not 100 per cent.”

And even farmers who don’t have Canada fleabane

call it one of the province’s worst weeds … in eastern Ontario, where it’s much less common in fields, farmers still rated it in the top 10.

“People are watching for it, and they’re concerned about getting it in their fields,” says Bilyea. In fact, farmers are so concerned about Canada fleabane that it knocked the 2007 champ, common ragweed, down to third place.

Bilyea says producers are worried about resistance to weeds other than Canada fleabane too, such as giant ragweed and common ragweed (both made the top 10

list).

Other changes include producers’ view of grasses.

In 2007, what was identified as quackgrass came in at No. 2, and crabgrass squeaked in at No. 10. This year, though, neither made the worstoffenders list, although producers still mentioned a wide variety of grasses.

Bilyea figures that stems from a higher level of producer knowledge.

“With greater access to electronic technology, farmers can more accurately identify the weeds in their fields,” he says. “All you have to do is take a photo of

it, send it off and quickly you know what you’re dealing with. That wasn’t the case in 2007.”

Even with new technology though, some weeds are extremely difficult to distinguish between, such as the three pigweed varieties: green, smooth, and redrooted. They appear on the survey simply as pigweeds, and come in at No. 5 as the province’s worst weed.

Overall, to help with identification, Bilyea and others maintain a weed garden – “trimmed and weeded,” he says – near the greenhouse complex on the University of

Guelph Ridgetown campus.

There, visitors can view 208 specimens of weeds found in Ontario.

The garden is 40 years old this year, so it sports most conventional weeds along with new arrivals found in fields and lawns, other than nasty offenders such as poison ivy and dog strangling vine.

And finally, back to the weed list: marijuana didn’t make the top 10. But farmers who find it mysteriously growing in their fields certainly consider it a pest, as do police, who get summoned to destroy it.

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of what they had in the previous building, meaning everything can’t be on display. But if someone comes in wanting a large item, like a large dog crate for instance, they can show it to them online and Smith will have it delivered to their home.

The move has been good for Pauley’s business as well.

“I loved being out of the house, but I love this more because I get to talk to people. I love the new location as far as the windows, it’s open, it’s bright, we get lots of walk-in traffic from the plaza,” Pauley said.

She had a full clientele out of her home and now she’s added to that with customers coming to the store. The exposure’s actually been so good that she’s in the process of hiring some additional groomers.

“Which is good business for Elmira, to create a couple jobs,” Smith added.

Buying the business together was a perfect fit because Smith has been breeding dogs for years and taking courses on animal health, while Pauley was unable to expand her business out of her home because of bylaws restricting her from hiring employees.

“It’s a family business, just a new family business,” Smith explained.

“And it’s always been a family-run business, always been independent and we’re keeping it independent. We like the freedom we have, that independence of carrying whatever we want, not being within the restraints of any kind of franchise or chain, and giving people what we want. They’ll say ‘we were thinking of trying this food’ and we’ll say ‘we’ll try to get that for you.’”

She notes they saw new small animal products at a

Schelter Office Plus moved to their new location at 1 Union St. over the May long weekend. recent pet food show that actually make the animals not smell so bad because their waste isn’t so smelly, which is something they’re looking to add to their store.

Pauley’s fiancé Justin Smith is also knowledgeable about wild birds and has mixed a custom blend of seeds to attract certain types of birds, and not squirrels, which they’re selling at the store.

“What we carry is stuff that we believe in. Things that we don’t believe in we’re slowing getting rid of, trying to change the public opinion on certain things that we have in the store ... gently urging them to use better quality. It might cost a tiny bit more, but I guess it really depends on do you want to pay money now or do you want to pay money later to fix the problem you’ve created,” Smith said.

They agree it’s all about keeping pets healthy and happy for as long as possible without having to pay high vet bills.

They’ll be adding more natural essential oils and holistic medicine for dogs, as Smith takes more courses, along with raw food and food that’s free of soy, corn, and wheat for pets with allergies. Pet owners are always welcome to come in and get free advice on health or grooming.

“As a groomer I see their dog way more often than the vet does. I’ll notice if a lump gets bigger or if they have more skin issues than

they had the time before.

And I’m pretty good at remembering whether it’s a seasonal type of allergy or it’s a chronic thing, which is more likely food, so I’ve always said try the food, change that first. It’s so much cheaper than going to the vet,” Pauley said.

Pauley’s been grooming for 10 years now and is doing a cat grooming course right now, with the hopes of offering cat grooming at the store in the future.

They’re also excited about the prospects of an off-leash fenced-in dog park at the end of Oriole Parkway, which Pauley has been working on for four years to come to fruition.

Keith Schelter, owner of Schelter Office Plus, has also found a new spot for his business at 1 Union Street in the historic Roxton Furniture building They moved in on the May 24 long weekend and he said so far customer feedback has been really positive.

“The part of the building that we’re in is the oldest part of the building. I think it’s about 100 years old. It’s got the high ceilings and it’s got the exposed brick walls, that real factory feel to it. We’ve tried to maintain some of that heritage and character, but we’ve put paint here and paint there, where required to try to get it cleaned up,” Schelter said.

He says other than that their retail face is very similar to what they had

in downtown Elmira, but they’ve expanded their office furniture showroom and their own offices as well. They also have warehousing, shipping and receiving here that they didn’t have when they were on Church Street.

They’d been looking for a location with warehouse space for a few years and he says their decision to leave was advanced by the upcoming changes at the Village Shoppes.

“Our challenge has been that as the business has

grown over the years it’s grown to a point where the amount of product that we were handling that used to come in by the box load then started to come in by the skid load, and then from the skid load to the truck load. And of course there was no proper receiving solution downtown for those large trucks, so we were renting warehousing space in Wallenstein for the last number of years,” Schelter said.

This meant their trucks had to run from downtown

Elmira out to Wallenstein to pick up product and then if they forgot anything it was another trip out to Wallenstein and back, which wasn’t very efficient.

The new location fits them well with lots of retail space and parking.

“We’re here, we have the same hours of operation we had downtown. There’s lots of parking, including horse tie-ups in front of the building and we’re the same old Schelter’s we always were, just in a different spot.”

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RURAL CONNECTIONS HONEY / AN OPPORTUNITY IN BEES

Host-a-Hive brings bees home

Not all innovative ideas are born in a lab — some are born at home WHEN MARIANNE AND MATT Gee bought their home on a small acreage west of Ottawa, they were surprised to find a honeybee hive had already taken up residence.

Not keen to exterminate these helpful pollinators, Matt relocated them to a box and set up the hive in the backyard with a little help from a local beekeeper. The couple soon became beekeepers by choice and discovered they really enjoyed keeping bees.

Soon a call came in about another hive found in a house — would they be interested in rescuing it?

Matt, who worked in construction as a career, was in a unique position to access the bees and safely remove them. With Matt’s home building experience and the couple’s beekeeping knowledge, the Gees found themselves rescuing dozens of hives over a number of years.

Fast forward seven years to 2016, and Marianne and Matt are embarking on a much larger honeybee venture — one that moves from just rescuing bees to, instead, setting up individual honeybee hives across several Ottawa neighbourhoods.

Gees Bees Honey Company, as their company is called, recently launched their Host-a-Hive program where those interested in having bees in their backyard receive one complete

A swarm of bees is a sign of opportunity for backyard beekeepers, with the help of services such as Gees Bees. honey throughout the seahoneybee hive set up for a son and bottle it. As part of year. the program, homeowners For $37/month, the Gees receive 16 one-pound jars handle all of the work of of honey, or about what a caring for the hive, while family would use in a year, homeowners enjoy the Matt says. charm of the beehive and Marianne explains that honey from their own because bees will forage backyard. Matt and Mariup to five kilometres from anne make frequent visits home, homeowners don’t once the hives are in place, need to plant any special usually beginning in the flowers or food sources; spring, and bring extra however, many of their first suits for host families inclients already have large terested in learning about vegetable gardens and rearing bees and honey flower beds and benefit production. from the added pollination.

The Gees harvest the

The response to the Host-a-Hive program has been so positive they already have homes for all of their hives, plus a wait list.

They also offer the service for restaurants and other businesses, where rooftop hives can provide honey for the menu as well as for sale.

Honeybee hives are allowed within city limits, Matt says, however beehives must be placed at least 30 metres from a property line. That means most of the hosted hives are further out from the city centre, on acreages and larger lots.

The Gees have also purchased 25 acres near their current home where they plan to expand their own beekeeping operation and set up a pollinator sanctuary, creating a place where guests or school groups could come to learn about bees and the role pollinators play in food production.

As Marianne says, the Gees are passionate about helping bee populations thrive.

“I’m just as happy to see 10,000 people with one hive as one beekeeper with 10,000 hives,” she says.

Visit www.geesbees.ca to learn more.

Lyndsey Smith for AgInnovation Ontario, a project of the Agri-Technology Commercialization Centre (ATCC).

High value pharming: Is the future of farming measures in components?

WHEN YOU GET RIGHT down to it, farmers don’t raise grain or meat. Really, they produce three things: protein, carbohydrates, and fat. As luck would have it, humans need those things, in varying quantities, for nutrition.

If we look more closely at one of those three things – protein – we discover that this particular component is so much more than a steak or part of a grain.

Proteins are actually amazing things – they can be enzymes, health promotants, and even medicine.

Insulin is protein. Lactoferrin is protein. Humans need protein not just as nutrition in the form of hydrolyzed amino acids, but also for health as protein therapeutics.

Dr. Illimar Altosaar is the CEO and founder of Proteins Easy Corporation.

Housed within the University of Ottawa’s Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Altosaar has been patenting his “ah-ha” moments regarding useful gene transfer into grains for the last 15 years.

Recently, his team began refining a very promising technique of tethering specific proteins to the surface of starch granules of corn and rice and, soon, durum wheat.

Altosaar explains that scientists have had limited

Dr. Illimar Altosaar success in creating protein in a lab setting. A few short chains of amino acids is the best humans have done so far. Plants, however, are elegantly designed factories for creating proteins, he says.

What Altosaar and his team have done, through the use of biotechnology, is created a way to have a plant produce a particular protein and tether or “paint” that protein on to the surface of a starch granule.

Tethering to a starch granule as opposed to a protein being expressed throughout a plant means that collecting and refining the soughtafter protein can actually be achieved using low resourceintensive processes.

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PHARMING: Looking at the specific components within the food that farmers grow FROM | 15

interest.

Could we eventually get to a point where doctors could choose an isolated protein

off the shelf, just as we do a prescription drug or vitamin supplement? To Altosaar,

Clean Field Services

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that is very much a possibility, even a probability, and he sees significant value for the Canadian farmer in this new production stream.

Altosaar envisions a shift from bulk grain commodities moving long distances to specific components mov-

ing instead.

“If you look at a (rail) hopper car of grain,” he says, “how much of that is starch and protein? It’s about 12 MT out of 100 MT. But we move the entire volume, when what we’re after is only the one component.”

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If we value protein now, Altosaar says, how much more value would there be in specific end-use proteins?

As the demand for protein as food and specific proteins for medicine grows, could farmers — the caretakers of these elegant factories known as cereal crops — add significant value to their operation?

Altosaar certainly believes so.

“Modern agriculture, the future of agriculture, is in high-value products,” he says, and that goes beyond food to medicinal ingredients, industrial enzymes and more, all of which can now be created in biodegradable, carbon-using factories that farmers are already raising each year in their fields.

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THE ARTS ON STAGE / LIVE MUSIC

An eclectic take on modern bluegrass New Cumberland brings its unique sounds to the Commercial Tavern for a Saturday afternoon show LIZ BEVAN NEW CUMBERLAND WILL BE blowing the roof off The Commercial Tavern in Maryhill this weekend with their own brand of bluegrass music.

On Saturday afternoon, Paul Hurdle and the rest of New Cumberland will be taking the stage with a modern, updated take on bluegrass, a sound the banjo player says he hopes gives the audience a good show.

“I hope they are going to see something very different from the usual bands they see with a different material list and hopefully they appreciate the workmanship of everybody in the band. I hope everyone will enjoy that,” he said, describing the band’s take on bluegrass. “Our sound is rooted in bluegrass, probably more contemporary bluegrass than oldtimey bluegrass. And our choice of material is very eclectic. It covers a broad range from Neil Young to the Grateful Dead to Bill Monroe. It is quite an expansive repertoire we have, so depending on where we are playing, we set up our set list accordingly.”

The band is chockfull of Canadian bluegrass music veterans, including Hurdle himself who has been awarded the Canadian Pioneer award for his work with another band, The Country Rebels. He is a nationally renowned banjo player who has actually played at The Commercial

It’s all about “good music” as New Cumberland takes to the stage in Maryhill for a Saturday afternoon performance at the Commercial Tavern.

Tavern before.

“I played there a long, long time ago, about 40 years,” he said. “It was the very late ’60s and we were just out of our teens. There was a lot of action going on in the Waterloo area at the time with the university there, and in Maryhill, so it was only natural that we go to the Commercial.”

Hurdle is joined by Tom

Burns, New Cumberland’s lead singer and guitar player. He is a veteran of the bluegrass scene and has played with Hurdle for over 35 years. Blair Heddle played with both Burns and Hurdle in a band called Hot Springs in the 1970s.

“We were really edgy back then,” said Hurdle.

“Everybody was into

straight bluegrass, but we were on the outside edges.

It was different.”

Tom Rutledge will be playing the standup bass with New Cumberland on Saturday. Hurdle says he is an excellent addition to the band. Last, but not least, is Darren Schott.

Schott plays the fiddle and the mandolin. He has worked with The Good

[SUBMITTED]

Brothers, Stompin’ Tom Connors, George Fox and more.

“For us it is just good music,” said Hurdle. “We have good singing, the good three part harmonies, the well-rounded musicianship and a very cohesive togetherness.

There are no prima donnas in the band. Whatever we are playing, we are playing

as whole, as a unit, and I think that shows on stage once we are in the groove.

We know each other very well. It isn’t just a bunch of guys swatting out tunes.”

The show starts at 4 p.m. and runs for three hours.

The doors will be open to ticketholders at 3:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 each, and can be purchased by calling 519-648-3644.

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Drop off resume including references in person Monday, June 27 between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., or Wednesday, June 29 between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at 9 Parkside Dr, Unit 2, St. Jacobs.

HOW TO REACH US

SERVERS Apply in person with resumé to 39 Arthur St. S., Elmira ON HORSES WATERLOO COUNTY HORSE Auction to be held at OLEX Saturday, June 25, 2016.

Horses sell at 10am. To Consign or more information call 519-595-3307.

HELP WANTED WANTED - EXPERIENCED, mature cleaning woman in Heidelberg. Must have transportation 519-699-6145.

HEALTH CARE BOWEN THERAPY YOUR choice for effective treatment of specific health conditions or wellness maintenance. KEVIN BARTLEY, Professional Bowenwork Practitioner, Clock Tower Wellness Centre, 69 Arthur St. S., Elmira. 519-669-0112.

Every Body is Better with Bowen!

FOR SALE COMPOST. GREAT FOR use as mulch and fertilizer. Available to pick up in 1.5 yd totes or bulk. Call Mapleton Compost, Eli or Marlin Brubacher. 519-669-2186.

FOR SALE - Pressure washer, Black & Decker Mouse sander, belt-disc sander, Heavy duty drill. All in good condition. Call 519-746-0753.

LAMINATE - LOTS of instock specials from .99 sf.

Wellelsey Home Centre - Flooring Division, 2196 Gerber Rd., Box 10, Wellesley, Ont. N0G 1A0. Phone 519-656-3533.

HELP WANTED

Part-time Receptionist

JOB OPENING AVAILABLE for quality control furniture assembling, delivering furniture. G Drivers license required. Millbank Family Furniture. Call 519-595-7105 or Fax 519-595-7107 or e-mail mffurn@cyg.net.

A VEGETABLE FARM in the Breslau area is seeking help from July to September, and part time in October in the field. Also help is needed to run vegetable stands.

Duties include: picking, sorting, washing all types of vegetables, operating vegetable stand. Pay will be determined on vegetables being picked. Students are welcome! If you are interested please call 519-6353874 for more information.

LAWN FERTILIZER AND LAWN SEED - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

MARTIN’S STRAWBERRY FARM - You pick and pre picked berries. Open 8 8, Monday to Saturday. Call our new telephone number 519-669-9659. 389 Ruggles Rd. Floradale.

OVEN READY ROASTING Chickens. Order now for pick up on June 30. Lloyd Martin 519-669-4753.

SOFTNER SALT - 20kg bags, minimum 25 bags, skid lots of 56. Delivered in St. Jacobs, St. Clements, Elmira & Linwood areas. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-6692045.

AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF 2.5 acre hobby farm, riding lawn mower, household effects and miscellaneous items, to be held at 4008 Perth Line 56, Perth East Twp. in the Hamlet of Topping, for Milvina Schlotzhauer, on Thursday June 23rd @ 6:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

SAT. JUNE 25 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of musical instruments; sheet music; musical books; antiques; collectables; wood working tools; household effects; and miscellaneous items to be held at 123 Columbia St. W. in Waterloo for M. Bergauer. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com WED. JUNE 29 at 10:00 AM - clearing auction sale of furniture; tools; antiques; collectables; household effects and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for a Waterloo estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com FRIDAY JULY 1 at 11:00 AM - Auction sale of 12 boats; 5th wheel trailer; flat bed trailer; and miscellaneous items to be held at 415 Third Concession Rd Brant RR 3 Princeton for Jim Penders.

Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-6563555. www.jantziauctions. com SAT. JULY 9 at 10:00 AM - Property auction of a charming 3-4 bedroom red brick bungalow with kitchen; dining; living; finished basement. Large mature, well treed and landscaped lot. Located in a prime location at 59 Catherine St. New Hamburg for Elizabeth (Betty) and the late John McCutchen. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF Military vehicles and other army/navy artifacts, farm machinery & miscellaneous items, to be held at 1900 County Rd. 15, Municipality of Kincardine (3 miles west of Glammis or 5 miles east of Tiverton) for Dave and Patricia Fritz, on Friday, July 1st @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

FARM EQUIPMENT JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and bobcat S300 for rent.

45 - 150 hp. Rent by day, week or mos. Great rates.

519-591-1274.

FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045.

BULK SHAVINGS. KILN dried pine or mixed. Dumped off.

30, 35, 50 cu. yard load.

Sold by the dollar, in line with straw prices. Great for horses, chickens and cattle.

Bolger Wood Products Inc. 519-846-1179.

KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519669-2045.

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

All prices include delivery.

No Sunday calls please. 519656-2057.

WANTED BACHELOR SIZED APT or small cottage on a farm property needed by Sept.

30 or before in Elmira area by mature, retired woman.

Phone 519-897-2744.

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

RENTALS 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT available August 1, downtown Elmira. Includes laundry facility, air conditioning, fridge, stove. Call Hugh after 6 p.m. 519-669-5533.

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TRADES & SERVICES

WANTED TO BUY. Bungalow in Elmira, small; single, semi or town; 2 beds on main floor; 1-2 baths; attached garage, west of Arthur St., max. 15 years old; max $425,000. Bill 519-669-4261.

ROLL OFF BIN Rental. 15 cu. yd.; 10 cu. yd. and 7 cu. yd. Daily, weekly, monthly rentals available. Call Dustin 226-750-4532.

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WELCOME TO VACATION Summer Bible School.

July 6 - 15, 2016 at Calvary Conservative Mennonite Church, 5064 Arthur St. N. Woolwich. 4 miles N. of Elmira. 9:00 11:30 a.m. ages 4 (turning 5 this year) to Gr. 8 (14). Contact John M. Martin 519-638-2128.

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COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING

On July 11, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson regarding meeting details or visit the Township Webpage – News and Events – Current Public Notices.

The Committee will also consider submissions for or against the applications if submitted Phone: 519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hours Emergency: 519-575-4400 www.woolwich.ca to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 5, 2016. Submissions can be forwarded to Jeremy Vink at the address noted at the top of this page, by email jvink@ woolwich.ca or by fax 519-669-4669.

Minor Variance Application A 13/2016 – Carslake and Sons Ltd., 10 Dolman Street, Breslau The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the required parking setback adjacent to Dolman Street from 2 metres to zero metres. The property is zoned Settlement Commercial (C-3) and contains a commercial plaza.

Minor Variance Application A 14/2016 and Consent Application B 1/2016 – Haley Farms Limited, 1025 Maryhill Road

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Minor Variance Application A 15/2016 and Consent Applications B 2/2016 and B 3/2016 – Thomasfield Homes Limited, 10 – 50 Townsend Drive & 11 Beacon Point Court, Breslau The property at 10-50 Townsend Drive is zoned Neighbourhood Commercial (C-4) and the adjacent property at 11 Beacon Point Court is zoned Buffer Commercial – Urban (C-2).

Both properties are currently vacant. To facilitate the development of a neighbourhood commercial centre on these lands the applicant is requesting permission to: Application A 15/2016 – share parking across multiple zones and properties whereas Section 6.13.1 a) in the Township Zoning By-law requires off street parking to be provided on the same lot and in the same zone; Application B 2/2016 – to grant a blanket easement on the property located at 10-50 Townsend Drive in favour of the property located at 11 Beacon Point Court for the purpose of shared parking (spaces and access); and Application B 3/2016 – to grant a blanket easement on the property located at 11 Beacon Point Court in favour of the property located at 10-50 Townsend Drive for the purpose of shared parking (spaces and access).

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The applicant is requesting permission to sever the property, along the municipal boundary line, to reflect the previous boundaries as they existed prior to 1997. To facilitate the proposal the following applications have been submitted: B 1/2016 – to sever an irregular shaped parcel of land being approximately 36.5 ha in area, located at 1025 Maryhill Road, containing a single detached dwelling and farm buildings; and A 14/2016 – to recognize a reduced lot area of approximately 36.5 ha for the proposed retained lands.

The proposed retained lands, located in Woolwich Township, are zoned Agricultural (A) and contain a single detached dwelling, dairy barn and drive shed. The proposed severed lands are located in the Township of Guelph Eramosa and are currently vacant.

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In 2016 staff will be undertaking a review and redesign of the Township’s website. We want to hear from you about your experiences with the current website, and what information and services you hope to see on our new site moving forward. Please complete the quick survey to provide your comments.

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Elmira - Sought after birdland crescent in Elmira hosts this 3 bedroom semi-detached home with a insulated, detached garage. Let the kids and pets run free in this huge fully fenced back yard while you sit on the 12 x 13 deck enjoying the quiet crescent like street. Ample space with a main floor living room as well as a finished rec room with built in surround sound in the basement. This one won't last long! MLS-

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With two bedrooms on the main floor, and the master upstairs, the finished basement offers extra living and recreation space including a wet bar, office, gym, and a separate entrance. Trex deck,hot tub, pro landscaped yard, 2 large out buildings, this property has it all. MLS 30520774.

Drayton - This yet to be built beautiful Verdone 2 storey home features stone, brick and vinyl exterior. 2075 square feet, main floor boasts granite counter tops, Barzotti kitchen, gas fireplace. second floor features media room, 3 bedrooms and main bath, laundry, master bedroom with 5 piece ensuite and walkin closet, media room could be made into 4th bedroom, unfinished basement complete with rough in bath can be finished to your taste for additional cost. MLS 30519901.

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BROWN THRASHER COURT, ELMIRA ‘EXCLUSIVE WOODED COURT’ located in Elmira’s original ‘Birdland’. Huge lot with both sun and shade! Enjoy the stone patio or the ‘party’ deck overlooking the fire pit and small pond. Major renovations completed to create an open concept main floor with cathedral ceiling, custom maple kitchen w/ island, granite counters and ceramic backsplash. Dining room overlooks the main floor family room w/F.P. Mn. Flr. Laundry. 3 generous bedrooms and updated mn. Bath & ensuite. Recent rec room and 4th bedroom/games room as well as a 3 pc. Bath. Detached garage 12’ x 16’ w/hydro. New asphalt driveway. New MLS.

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BAUMAN ST., ELMIRA Exceptional older home, loaded with character! Beautiful staircases, hdwd floors & wide baseboards. Updated windows (incl. stained & beveled glass). Cozy LR w/gas fireplace. Large D.R. Main floor fam. room & sunroom.

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LINWOOD – Enjoy the view of the countryside from several rooms in this well kept home on a quiet street. Large lot. Enjoy entertaining in the spacious country kitchen w/ walkout to deck. Main floor family room w/woodstove. Large LR with hdwd floor. Main floor laundry.

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DETACHED WORKSHOP $689,900 CARTHAGE 3/4 acre

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Menno Valley Sound didn’t let a little rain get them down as they performed at the 40th Bloomingdale Strawberry Social on June 16. Community members also had their antique cars on display.

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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY

50th Wedding Anniversary

Happy 50 th Anniversary Don & Eva Schell

Bill and Norma Exley

BIRTHDAY

June 18, 1966

Photo taken on June 25, 1966 by Don Vincent

Photo taken on June 25, 2006 by Laura Exley.

Bill and Norma Exley are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in London, Ontario.

Congratulations from their daughters, Laura and Sylvia.

DEATH NOTICES

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FAY, STEPHEN | Passed

away on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Twin Oaks of Maryhill at the age of 85.

HOFFMAN,

LLOYD

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| On Saturday, June 18, 2016, Lloyd passed peacefully with Loretta Lynn’s “Peace In The Valley” playing softly, surrounded by family at Freeport Hospital, Kitchener, in his 80th year.

ANNIVERSARY

THE OBSERVER IS CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS.

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Happy 50th Anniversary from Leanne as well, the second favourite of the bunch!! The youngest has learned she can’t do two things at once, and is no good at editing!! So to Leanne’s friends: she is still part of the family!! :~)

Happy 19th Birthday Erika Judar!

We’re so proud of you!

Love Mom, Brad and Ocean!

OBITUARY

OBITUARY

Ellig, Leona “Lee”

Margaret “Peggy” (Morrison) Snyder November 4, 1949 – June, 16, 2016

Thank You Thank you to all of our family, friends and neighbours who helped us celebrate our 50th Anniversary.

All of the cards and gifts were greatly appreciated.

Thank you for a wonderful day, we are truly blessed.

Herb and Helen Thaler

OBITUARY Reist, Elam Passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at Chartwell LTC, Elmira, at the age of 81 years. Elam was the husband of Edith (Grosz) Reist. Father of the late Richard (1997) and Robert. Brother of Salome Martin. Predeceased by his parents Noah and Susannah (Bauman) Reist, brothers Owen and Amos, sisters Annie and Lovina. Cremation has taken place. There will be no funeral home visitation or funeral service.

Arrangements entrusted to the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

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Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at St. Mary’s Hospital, in her 84th year. Lee was the beloved wife and best friend of Gerry for over 62 years. Cherished mother of Betty (Steve) Diebold, Rick (Maureen) Ellig, Debbie (Mike) Perry, Brenda (Geoff) Pasher. Adored grandmother of Ashton, Matt, Jillian, Brooke, Becca, Tyler, and Alex. Predeceased by her parents Max and Sophie Hehn, and brother Gerald. Fondly remembered by her siblings Florence Kelly, Ivan (Eileen) Hehn, Agnes Ernst, Marianne Lang, Dorothy Wilhelm, Loretta (Tom) O’Hagan, Kathleen (Don) Voison, Don (DyAnne) Hehn and in-laws Dorothy Montag, Wally (Glenda) Ellig, and many nieces and nephews. Lee was devoted in her faith and to her family, and will be remembered for her warm and welcoming ways. She cherished family gatherings, being with friends, and was so very proud of all her grandchildren. The family received their relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira on Sunday, June 19, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where parish prayers were offered at 1:45 p.m. Funeral mass was celebrated on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:15 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, 19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira. A Christian burial will take place at a later date in the Elmira Union Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation or the St. Mary’s General Hospital - Respiratory Care would be appreciated. Special thank you to the St. Mary’s Hospital staff and palliative team for your support and compassionate care.

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Peggy Snyder, age 66, passed away unexpectedly of heart failure on June 16, 2016 while at her home in Elmira. She was born in Guelph to John “Jock” and Marjorie Morrison, and was the fourth of six children. Growing up, Peggy enjoyed spending time at her family’s cottage on Conestogo Lake and was a very talented water-skier and baton twirler. She attended Kitchener Collegiate Institute where she met and fell in love with Clifford Snyder. They were married on October 28, 1967 at Parkminster United Church in Waterloo. They lived in Waterloo for several years where they began their life and family together. They later bought a home in and moved to Elmira. Peggy and Cliff were married for 48 years and had two sons, Jeff and Bryan. She was a wonderful mother to the active boys and was a major presence and supporter through their many years of competitive lacrosse and hockey. Peggy loved to cook and experiment in the kitchen and developed lots of recipes that have lasted as family favourites to this day.

She also knitted and crocheted many beautiful throws that continue to be enjoyed. Peggy loved watching her two sons grow and become involved in the family business with their father. Jeff and Bryan continue working in the business and both have families of their own. Peggy was grandmother to six lucky children. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, and attended their many activities and sporting events, always rooting from the sidelines.

After her parents’ passing, Peggy inherited the family cottage on Conestogo Lake where her family, and many a friend came together to spend time. They enjoyed boating, waterskiing, golfing, campfires, and the beautiful quiet scenery. They progressively added on to the cottage and winterized it so they could enjoy the lake year-round. Peggy loved watching the sunsets and eating “spider-dogs” cooked on the campfire!

Peggy and Cliff remained in their home in Elmira, and spent almost every weekend at their cottage with their two dogs, surrounded by family and friends. Peggy will be sorely missed by friends and family. Her passing will leave a huge gap in the lives of her loved ones. She is survived by husband, Cliff Snyder of Elmira; sons, Jeff Snyder of Guelph with children Eric and Katie, and partner Dawn and her sons Sam and Ben; Bryan of Waterloo with daughters Madison and Samantha, and partner Jessica; brothers Layton Morrison and wife Joy of Burlington; Tiny Morrison and wife Joan of Elmira; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Russ and Sandy Snyder of Burlington, Ron and Audrey Snyder of Waterloo, and Claude and Barb Snyder of Waterloo. Visitation was held at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service was held in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 11 a.m. followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

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LIVING HERE FUNDRAISERS / A NEW EVENT

On the run for plenty of fun

Right out of the gate, things went really well for the new St. Jacobs Amazing Race LIZ BEVAN IT WAS A RACE around the world, or rather St. Jacobs, for teams from all over Ontario.

On June 12, family and adult teams were given maps of the St. Jacobs area and instructed to travel the world, with different local businesses flying flags from different countries.

Each team was charged with completing a task before heading to the next country.

In one spot, players were challenged to make a slap shot with Grind Hockey Training. Their team had to take as many shots as needed to add up to 300 miles per hour. There was a radar gun measuring the speed of the puck. In another station, teams were taught some tae kwon do, throwing punches and kicks at trained professionals. At Block Three Brewing on King Street, crokinole was the name of the game.

Teams had to get three bullseye shots before being able to move on to the next country.

It was a scramble for the teams seen running around St. Jacobs with their maps.

Organizer Mel Fishman says they couldn’t have

CHEF’S TABLE/ DONNA GINGRICH

Hot summer days call for a nice, light salad RECIPE NOTES

The Axani family poses with their medals after completing the St. Jacobs Amazing Race on June 12. Above, a member of the Sonnenberg family team practices their tae kwon do. Middle, the Cheeky Birds practice their slapshot at the Grind Hockey Training station.

IT SEEMS GETTING AROUND to writing a recipe column before deadline becomes more difficult as the days become sunny and warmer. This doesn’t mean I’ve stopped cooking ... but I am spending as much time as I can gardening.

I made this salad dressing for the month of June Senior’s Dining Program – it is nice and light for summer salads. When I saw the recipe I could not believe it had to be whizzing in the

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JUNE 24 HUGS (HEALTH, UNDERSTANDING, GROWTH, Sharing) at the Woolwich Community Health Centre (10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs). For parents and their children (0-5 yrs) living in the catchment area of WCHC; 9:30-11 a.m. Topic: Trash Talk - Financial Planning: What to teach children about money. For more information call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237.

JUNE 25 1966 MUSTANG 50TH ANNIVERSARY Celebration.

9 a.m. at Creekside Church, 660 Conservation Dr., Waterloo. Free. Come be part of this unique experience with other 1966 Mustang owners. For more information visit www.66ponyparty.com.

JUNE 27 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave.

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S., Elmira (community room). Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 for more information.

BABY FOOD BASICS: 6 months to 1 year. Learn how to make and store baby food, what foods are good for your baby’s age and stage, and learn ways to nurture a “good eater.” Join registered dietician Robin Hicken for this free session at Woolwich Community Health Centre (10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs) from 2-3:30 p.m.

For more information call 519-664-3794.

JUNE 28 COME JOIN US THIS week at the Woolwich Youth Centre for our final gym night, a softball throw competition, and an end of the school year party! All youth starting Grade 6 in September to age 19 invited. First-time visitors are free. For more information contact Carlina or Shianna at the Youth Centre. Phone 519-669-3539.

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BOARD GAMES DAY IN Breslau, 1-11 p.m. Join us for our next board games day at the Breslau Community Centre (100 Andover Dr.). New people are always welcome. For more information, email boardgamers@rogers.com. Admission $4. Children under 12 free if accompanied by an adult.

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ELMIRA AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society annual fundraising Garden Tour from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Seven beautiful properties in and around Elmira, ranging from large estates to small subdivision gardens.

Tickets $10 each available from Brian’s Photo, 57 Arthur St. S., Elmira or by contacting Barb at barbs@ rogers.com 519-580-7584.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL

Zion Mennonite Fellowship 9:30am Sunday School

Sunday, June 26th 10:45 am

Cut Through The Confusion

10:45am Worship Service Finding The Way Together 47 Arthur St., S. Elmira • 519-669-3153 www.thejunctionelmira.com

Discovering God Together

Elmira Mennonite Church

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Speaker: Marvin Brubacher

Apr. 16, 9am Learn to Can Sausage

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HEARING ASSISTED

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7pm Rescue Junction Concert

Service: 10:30am & Picnic at Gibson Park (EMC if it rains) Vacation Bible School July 4th to 8th, 9-11:30am Register @ 519-669-5123

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Emmanuel REACH OUT

Sunday, June 26th

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9:15 Service @ Woodside

11:00 Service @ Conestoga Bible Camp

EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH

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Sundays 10:30am

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asked for a better first goaround for the St. Jacobs Amazing Race.

“It went very well. Everybody we talked to were very happy. All of our surveys that we got back have said that people would do it again without a doubt next year,” she said, adding that the sun was shining, and there was a cool breeze in the air on the day of the event. “We got very lucky with the weather.

It was excellent. Hopefully we are going to get that kind of weather every year.”

The event was put on to raise a bit of extra cash for

the St. Jacobs Community Association, says Fishman, with the money raised earmarked for community improvement projects. The Amazing Race garnered just under $2,000 for the group.

“Kids programs, accessible parks, things like that,” she said. “It hasn’t been decided where exactly it is going to go just yet – just to improving the community.”

The teams were asked to give some feedback after completing the race, and putting their teamwork skills to the test.

“For the most part, everybody said that it was a

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good length, distance wise, especially for the family teams. People found the events challenging enough but not too challenging.

We pretty much got the same feedback from everyone,” said Fishman.

Planning has already started for next year, with big ideas.

“We don’t have a date picked, but it will definitely happen. From what we have so far, it will be a larger, maybe even a twoday event next year,” said Fishman. “We would like to have a few more teams, but I think we have been working very closely with a lot of local businesses on it now and I think we are going to try and make it kind of a come get to know St. Jacobs event for next time.

We would likely have some sort of festival going on at the same time as well.”

The winners of the inaugural race were announced earlier this week, and will be picking up their prizes sometime this week.

In first place for the family teams was the Edwards family. They won a 2016 St. Jacobs Amazing Race trophy, Drayton Theatre passes and a gift card to Jack’s Restaurant. In second place was the Watson family. They get to take home a gift card from Xclusive Elements, and a First Choice Haircutters gift pack.

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Second place gets to take home gift cards for Xclusive Elements and Ashfield’s in St. Jacobs.

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Being a crybaby is easy to figure out, but crying is more of a mystery as we age WEIRD NOTES

Q. Young Henry VIII of England, once seen as a charismatic king, was later described as a petty, cruel and capricious tyrant. How might scientists today explain such a dramatic change?

A. According to Arash Salardini of Yale School of Medicine and colleagues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard knocks from jousting, hawking and horseback riding may have left Henry VIII with traumatic brain injuries that muddled his thinking,â&#x20AC;? says Laura Sanders in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Newsâ&#x20AC;? magazine, drawing from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Journal

of Clinical Neuroscience.â&#x20AC;?

The monarchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory problems, explosive anger and headaches could be explained by hard jousting knocks and a fall into a soggy ditch that left him dazed and unable to speak for two hours.

Though other ailments such as syphilis and diabetes have been advanced to account for Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s erratic behavior, Salardini suggests that â&#x20AC;&#x153;traumatic brain injury seems to make the most sense.â&#x20AC;?

Q. Just how astute are you at detecting BS when it comes your way?

A. The Oxford English

Dictionary defines BS as â&#x20AC;&#x153;nonsense,â&#x20AC;? but whatever you call it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;hooey,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;drivel,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;baloney,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;balderdash,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;blatherâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

not the same as lying,â&#x20AC;? says Michael Shermer in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scientific Americanâ&#x20AC;? magazine, drawing on philosopher Harry Frankfurtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book on the subject. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing BS requires no such conviction.â&#x20AC;?

Psychologist Gordon Pennycook and colleagues set out to test the hypothesis that higher intelligence and superior analytical ability â&#x20AC;&#x153;lead to a greater capacity to detect or reject pretentious BS.â&#x20AC;?

They drew on the New Age Bullshit Generator for meaningless statements, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are in the midst of a self-aware blossoming of being that will align us with the nexus

itselfâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is joy.â&#x20AC;? In four studies of over 800 subjects, those measured to be more intelligent and analytical were less likely to rate such statements as profound. Revealingly, those most receptive to â&#x20AC;&#x153;pseudoprofound BSâ&#x20AC;? were also more prone to conspiratorial ideas and paranormal beliefs, among others.

Q. Why cry?

ers. Yet interestingly, for the first couple of weeks human babies donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shed tears because their tear glands havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet developed. Over time, a babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crying becomes less vocal and more tearful, perhaps for sound evolutionary reasons: Wailing advertises vulnerability to everyone around, including predators. Thus, â&#x20AC;&#x153;once a child can move around, it is wiser to use the covert signal of tears.â&#x20AC;?

Also, crying changes throughout our lives.

Around adolescence, crying over physical pain is replaced with crying over emotional pain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many people also start to evidence moral crying, in reaction to acts of bravery, self-sacrifice, and altru-

A. Crying actually encompasses two very different processes: vocal wailing and tearing, says Sonia van Gilder Cooke in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Human babies are great at wailing because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very effective way of grabbing the attention of caregiv-

ism. Why we do this is still a mystery.â&#x20AC;?

Another mystery is why we increasingly shed tears over things that are positive. One theory is that â&#x20AC;&#x153;tears of joyâ&#x20AC;? do not so much reflect unalloyed happiness but are rather bittersweet, as events like weddings and holidays â&#x20AC;&#x153;remind us of the passage of time and mortality.

This may be why children usually do not cry out of happiness; they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet make the association with sacrifice, loss and impermanence.â&#x20AC;?

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.

OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Dowel 4. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;50s audiophileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purchase 8. Eveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man 12. Blasting stuff 15. Dander 16. Bit 17. Mule driver 19. Bishopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throne 21. Note 22. Indian state 23. Tanzania neighbour 25. Make, as money 26. Simple rhyme scheme 27. Finish, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;upâ&#x20AC;?

28. Apply 30. Physique, informally 31. Largest island of French Polynesia 34. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get ___!â&#x20AC;?

36. Beat 38. Vinegar 41. Sow again 42. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messengerâ&#x20AC;? compound 43. Common man 44. Cool, once

45. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill & ___ Excellent Adventureâ&#x20AC;?

47. Discouraging words 48. Caustic substance 50. Son of Ramses I 54. Floral ring 56. Laziest 59. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ Doubtfireâ&#x20AC;?

60. Sign collection 63. Mustard family 65. Tests 66. Morning moisture 67. Twilled fabrics 68. U.S. med. research org.

69. 1773 jetsam 71. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Matrixâ&#x20AC;? hero 74. Musicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asset 75. Bustles 77. Decrees 79. Andean animal 82. Brag, in a way 84. Heater 86. Personal account 87. Religious image: Var. 88. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slipperyâ&#x20AC;? tree 89. Chester Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home 90. Ivan the Terrible, e.g.

91. Alleviate 92. Artful DOWN 1. 12-point type 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;-zoicâ&#x20AC;? things 3. Advances 4. Complex red organic pigment 5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;__ be sad if ...â&#x20AC;?

6. Public meeting 7. Adult insect 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolutely!â&#x20AC;?

9. Slug 10. Assumed name 11. Blokes 12. Well-founded 13. Gangrene 14. Drifted 18. Casual attire 20. Addiction 24. Greenfly, e.g.

29. Fencing sword 31. Bakery buy 32. Bad marks 33. Representative 35. Pastoral poems 37. U.S. snail-mail system (Abbr.)

39. ___ system 40. Trig function 41. Kind of monkey 46. Big loserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nickname?

49. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we there ___?â&#x20AC;?

51. Expatriates 52. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How ___!â&#x20AC;?

53. Doctrines 55. Toward sunrise 57. Beginnings 58. Tundra borderer 60. Harems on the Indian subcontinent 61. Hydrogen peroxide 62. Benin, until 1975 64. Start of a refrain 66. Sitting Bull, e.g.

70. Continental money 72. Ă&#x20AC; la King 73. 1970 Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fair site 76. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hold on a ___!â&#x20AC;?

78. Little, e.g.

80. Gangsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gal 81. ___ brat 83. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silent Springâ&#x20AC;? subject 85. Old PC platform

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Travelogue and accompanying food to serve as ETC fundraiser haven’t quite decided what is it going to go towards, but probably some upgrades, like some work on the floor. We have been in there ten years now and it is still a cement floor. We have talked about painting, or tile or something like that.

That is one of the big ones.

Even if we just started in the bathroom or the kitchen.

After ten years, there are a few things. It will be ten years this November.”

Of the 38 countries the couple visited over the last eight months, Brenner says their favourite stop was at Machu Picchu in the Andes mountains in Peru.

“It was beautiful,” he said. “Thailand and Cambodia were both pretty awesome as well.”

The evening event takes place tonight, June 23, at 7 p.m. at the Elmira Theatre Company at 64 Howard Ave. The acting group will also be selling their subscription tickets ahead of their November season start.

LIZ BEVAN THE ELMIRA THEATRE COMPANY wants to take you on a trip around the world – or at least give you a taste.

Joe Brenner and his wife Allison have just returned from an eight-month tour of 38 countries, and they want to share their trip with theatergoers and friends.

The event will double as a fundraiser for the Elmira Theatre Company, who are hoping to raise a bit of money to help upgrade their building.

“There will be exhibits and we are going to do a PowerPoint presentation,” said Brenner. “It is not just about showing people our trip around the world, but to show others that if they have this dream, to just go do it.”

There will be food and drink made in some of the countries the pair visited, all for visitors to come and share.

“There will be some des-

A

Joe and Allison Brenner will be sharing their love of traveling with guests at the Elmira Theatre Company’s evening fundraiser tonight at the theatre. There will be snacks and drinks from around the world for visitors while they listen in on the Brenner’s trip of a lifetime.

[SUBMITTED] Czech Republic and more.” with a laugh. “There will be ham and cheese sandwich. serts, some chips because They are asking that atbeers and wines, and some Some of those we thought there are some very bitendees donate what they mixed drinks also. But they would be good for people zarre flavoured chips from can, but suggest $10 for a are from around the world. around the world. We found to try. Unfortunately, we night of socializing and The wine will be from couldn’t get the deep-fried shrimp flavoured chips, munching on goodies from South Africa, Chile, Ausgrasshoppers here,” he said octopus flavoured chips, or countries afar. The money tralia, and more, and the raised will go directly back beers will be from South SPANISH LESSON SET TO MUSIC to the theatre company and America and Europe. Probtheir facilities. ably more European beers, “It is for the theatre,” he they are more the beer consaid. “In all honesty, we noisseurs, from Germany,

Los Mennones (translated to The Mennonites) put on a free concert in Gore Park on June 18 in Elmira.

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blender for 8 minutes! But it makes it light and airy.

This dressing can be used with any type of greens, so make a batch and it will keep in the fridge for weeks.

Just give it a stir before using. Now this makes more dressing than you will need for one salad unless you are feeding a crowd. The poppy seeds are optional; I chose not to use them this time because I wanted to include sesame seeds in the salad.

Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Asparagus 6 cups spinach leaves 1 cup sliced strawberries 1 cup asparagus, cut into 1/2” pieces 1/3 cup chopped chives 1/3 cup roasted sunflower seeds 3 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds Dressing: 1 cup vinegar 1 cup white sugar 1/2 onion, cut into chunks

Put this into a blender.

Blend for 4 minutes.

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2 tsp. dijon mustard 1 tsp. salt 3 cups olive oil

Add this to blender.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Donna is the author of A Taste of Nostalgia Cookbook, which is available by calling 519-638-5791 or email donna.atasteofnostalgia@gmail.com.

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use the argument that this could be an economic driver for our community, we can attract more high-level players and more tournaments ... to me we would have a good opportunity to succeed,” Nowak said.

The LED street light conversion project would include the removal and replacement of 545 street light fixtures with LED bulbs at an estimated cost

of $300,000, minus an IESO Incentive of about $30,000.

Staff have proposed adding asphalt to the remaining trails in the park area at the Wellesley Community Centre for $36,580.

“The trails system I think is an interesting one to consider because we already have some funding for that project through the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, and I was told

projects where you already have funding they look upon those projects very favourably as well,” Nowak said.

All three projects are “shovel ready.”

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