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Waterloo Regional Police are investigating an outbreak of vandalism that hit Elmira the night of June 20. The graffiti, which included racist and pro-drug messages, was found the next morning outside the Woolwich Memorial Centre, Bolender Park, Foot Foundation, and Elmira’s Home Hardware. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
Crime prevention requires multi-faceted approach, WRCPC group tells Wellesley councillors WILL SLOAN Stopping crime begins with stopping the cause of crime – that’s the message that defines the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, according to a presentation to Wellesley council on Tuesday night. Outlining the WRCPC’s accomplishments as it enters
its the fourth and final year, community representative Frank Johnson delivered a presentation amounting to a greatest hits summation of the group’s anti-crime initiatives. Among the most visible programs has been THINK!, a social media etiquette campaign the
group has introduced in the region’s schools (the acronym, which kids are encouraged to ask themselves before tweeting anything, stands for “is it True, Hurtful, Illegal, Necessary, Kind?”) Some initiatives have been focused more on fostering a positive community environment than
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Safety concerns trumped convenience as Woolwich moved to prohibit parking on a portion of Snow Goose Crescent in Elmira. This week’s decision by township council frees up space around a school bus stop and community mailbox, a spot where parked cars cause a bottleneck, some residents say. Reacting to complaints from neighbours, the township proposed to prohibit parking on both sides of a stretch of Snow Goose Crescent running 29 metres south of Kingfisher Drive, ultimately opting for no parking within nine metres of the stop sign on the east side of Snow Goose, and no stopping within 29 metres of the intersection on the west side. The changes reinforce longstanding provisions in the provincial Highway Traffic Act prohibiting parking within nine metres
of a stop sign – a sign will be installed on the east side of the road – and clears the area around the mailbox and bus stop. Addressing councillors at Tuesday night’s meeting, Snow Goose Crescent resident Scott Willard, representing some of his neighbours, said the street is often filled with parked cars right to the intersection, causing visibility and turning problems, particularly for the school bus. “There are days where the bus cannot get curbside,” he said, adding it’s unacceptable to have kids getting off the bus in the middle of the road. “This has been an ongoing issue for the eight years that I’ve been there.” His concerns were echoed by neighbour Kelly Meissner, who said parked cars would block the view of drivers if kids in the area dart into the street. “It’s a safety issue,” she PARKING | 4
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Watch for stream of Triumphs in St. Jacobs next weekend WILL SLOAN Some 30 cars from the Triumph Motor Company will make their way to St. Jacobs next weekend as the Toronto Triumph Club prepares for its Classic Car Show, with vintage automobiles stretching back in age to 1953. Though the Triumph company has been out of commission since 1984, collectors are still restoring and driving their product: it’s clear the cars strike a chord for some automotive enthusiasts. “I think they were the last of the basic British
sports car,” said Terence McKillen, a member of the club’s executive committee. “What people like about them is their performance, and their design – most of the design looks quite good even by today’s standards. You can sometimes look at one of these cars and scratch your head and say, ‘It looks like it was built a few years ago.’” He continued, “They’re all made from pre-electronic parts, and therefore the unsophisticated amateur mechanic can still work on these cars and keep them in good shape. You don’t
need computer electronics and all that stuff.” The Toronto Triumph Club currently boasts some 350-400 members, and the car show offers collectors a chance to show off their wheels. “Our goal is to try to keep those cars alive and working – not just for being put in a museum but actually to be drivable,” said McKillen. “If you keep them in good order, they can go on the 401 with modern traffic.” The Triumph Club traditionally holds its Classic Car Show in Ontario towns and cities, but this 28th
event marks the first time the event will be held in the Waterloo Region. “We were just looking for somewhere where we hadn’t been before,” said McKillen. The club will organize a drive from Toronto to Waterloo on Friday, entering through the northeast via St. Jacobs. On Saturday, July 6, the lineup of cars will be viewable in St. Jacobs’ Riverside Meadows Park, with judging taking place between 10 a.m. and noon in two competitions. And, on Saturday and Sunday, the club will drive
Cars on display at last year's event. through Woolwich, Wellesley, and Wilmot townships, as well as Elora, Fergus, the Forks of the Credit area, and through West Montrose’s covered bridge.
While these driving events are limited to the registered Triumph owners, the public is welcome to attend the Saturday morning competition, and talk to owners and enthusiasts about all things vehicular. “Everybody enjoys talking about their car and showing it off, and people shouldn’t feel shy about approaching and talking and asking questions. I think everyone will be willing to share their enthusiasm,” said McKillen. “I mean, everyone loves to talk about their baby.”
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vide sewer connections to some properties on Church Street not currently connected to municipal services. That money will be recouped over time by billing the property owners. At the regional level, council this week awarded a $2.3 million tender to Network Sewer and Watermain Ltd. for the reconstruction project. Meeting Tuesday night, Woolwich councillors approved spending $746,000 on the township’s own paving projects, awarding the contract to Steed and Evans Ltd. On tap for Elmira this summer is the repaving of
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to encompass an annual “Say Hi Day,” scheduled for September 26. Other projects of varying scale have included the Waterloo Region AntiGraffiti Alliance, a “Smart
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some 450 metres of Whippoorwill Drive, between Green Warbler Crescent and Nighthawk Lane; paving on Hampton Street in Elmira, from Park Avenue to Arthur Street, along with some minor sidewalk and curb repair work; and new pavement for part of the Wyatt Street parking lot. Because the tender came in $50,000 under budget, the remaining money will be used to repave Pheasant Drive in Elmira if a deal can be reached with the contractor, director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley told councillors June 25. Mockingbird Drive and Nightingale Crescent, hav-
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pointing to statistics that half the cost of the criminal justice system is related to alcohol and drugs, and that one third of students have experimented with prescription pills. He pointed to the “Clear Out Your Medicine Cabinet” program, which allows people to return their unused prescription drugs. Also addressing council was Irene O’Toole, who explained the Friends of Crime Prevention program and encouraged councilors to join at the PreventingCrime.ca website. Members of this program are invited to volunteer at events, write blogs posts, organize community events, or simply follow the WRCPC on Facebook. “Crime prevention really is an attitude,” said O’Toole. “The idea that it takes a village to raise a child … and it takes many people to create a safe community as well.” She added, “Becoming a friend [of crime prevention] doesn’t mean you have to attend meetings. In fact, we’d prefer people
get involved in their community.” Following the presentation, Mayor Ross Kelterborn praised the WRCPC’s efforts, saying, “I appreciate your slogan, ‘Before it Happens.’ That’s the big thing in crime prevention at any level.” Coun. Herb Neher asked if more measures could be introduced to educate parents on crime and drug abuse. “Most parents really don’t know what signs to look for – what are the cues, what are the signals?” he said. Neher suggested that schools provide students with educational materials on drug abuse to have their parents read and sign. O’Toole also commended council for holding community events that foster a sense of local pride. “These are huge crime prevention initiatives, because all those people that were involved in them could very well have been breaking a window. … At a municipal level, a lot of crime prevention is happening, but we’re not necessarily putting that label on it.”
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Little support for plan to rework Wellesley’s planning dept. WILL SLOAN A plan to restructure Wellesley’s building and planning departments failed to gain traction as councillors met Tuesday night in Crosshill. Championed by Mayor Ross Kelterborn, the proposal didn’t gain enough support to even make it to
the table. The new recommendation followed a motion passed in November that formed a new development services department, which integrated the building and planning departments into one function, with the chief building official overseeing the operation on a one-year trial
basis. The restructuring recommendation, prepared by township chief administrative officer Willis McLaughlin, suggested that the department’s junior planner position be eliminated in favour of a principal planner or planner position (the former would be a standalone manager, the latter
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would be managed by the CBO), depending on the applicant’s qualifications. “The reason this is here is for us to discuss it tonight … for you to voice your opinion. Whether you like it or have other ideas, that’s what committee is for,” Kelterborn told councillors before the motion was introduced. But while
Coun. Paul Hergott voted to accept the motion, neither Shelley Wagner nor Herb Neher would second the motion (Coun. Jim Olender was absent). “It is a non-motion – it hasn’t happened,” said Kelterborn to council after the vote. “That means that two people don’t agree with the motion, but you’ve come
forward with no suggestions. That doesn’t add up, in my books.” In an interview, Neher told the Observer, “There was nothing to discuss. … I basically did not want to get into a discussion, because I have made my position clear, and council already PLANNING | 4
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A Breslau PS project, Food for Thought is garnering interest from local nutritionists, libraries ELENA MAYSTRUK Walk into one of the local libraries and you just might see a new addition to local literature: a little blue book with googly-eyed, colourful crops on a blue cover, their blank stares a sure sign that you have not been eating enough of them. The fruits of this labour can be traced back to a class of Breslau Public School students that is giving others some “food for thought” after creating a book on nutrition of the same name. On June 20, after months of writing, illustrating and learning about the world of publishing, the group of fourth graders, and teacher Debbie Pavlove, introduced the finished product to their peers. The book has also received some notoriety among nutritionists and libraries in the region, which may carry the book in the future. Students worked on all aspects of the book published by M&T Printing Group, from writing and
The students' final product. editing to creating and acquiring rights for all of the images inside. “The most fun part was getting to work as a class because we got different ideas and we were able to incorporate ideas and just have fun,” said student Laina Stuart. Students also enjoyed the editing process in which they were able to receive feedback from their peers. “It gives you more ideas, and your friends can tell you when you made mistakes and you can fix it,” said Kelly Nguyen.
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Debbie Pavlove’s Breslau PS class hold up Food For Thought, the published book on nutrition they created, from cover to cover, just in time for the end of their fourth-grade school year. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
As part of their writing duties, the kids had a chance to tell stories and learn about the entire process of creating a real book, said Pavlove, but most of all the class wanted to pass on a message: “That healthy eating is important and it makes you stronger and it just helps you think,” said student Bailey McNaughton. “What they did is they just learned the process of writing from beginning to end, and I think they learned the value of sharing ideas and improving
their work,” Pavlove said. This is the first year for such a project after the class received a Green Apple grant. Food for Thought is filled with nutritional facts, interviews with field experts, as well as fictional stories about healthy eating of every type and genre, all created by the students. So how did a large group of fourth graders manage to coordinate and put together such a complex project? “There really weren’t that many big obstacles with this book because the kids had such enthusiasm. They were such a great
group of kids to be working on it that they made the project easy,” she said. Though it’s still early to make any promises, Pavlove added, some local libraries and nutritionists have already expressed interest in carrying the book. For now the book will be displayed at the school. “They had the chance to see their work in print, they were extremely excited. They worked really hard and I’m really proud of the efforts they put in. We hope that other people will share the book and read the book and learn something from it,” said Pavlove.
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made a ruling of where we’re going. Let’s follow through on what we said.” He further explained, “We have a junior planner. We were going to give her an opportunity to mentor until year-end, and then she would stand on her own, and at that time her performance would be judged as anyone else’s and then we would decide if she would continue or not, as we would with any other employee. “It seems to me, all of a sudden we’re changing the
game plan. I’ve been opposed to that midstream change.” Of the new job titles, Neher added, “We are a small township – we do not need a principal planner, as far as I’m concerned. … We also don’t need for our CBO or anybody else to get promoted again because somebody’s going to be reporting to them, and get into a top-heavy management situation.” When asked if he knew why the recommendation met with resistance, McLaughlin commented only, “Not at all.”
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stressed. For others in the neighbourhood, however, the changes proposed by staff pose a problem. As with many new subdivisions, the houses on Kingfisher Drive have narrow frontages that limit on-street parking. Given the space on Snow Goose, the street is an ideal spot for overflow parking, argued Kingfisher Drive resident Darlene Martin, who downplayed the school
bus issue by noting the parking is generally in demand on evenings and weekends. “People have to have a place to park – we need the parking.” Acknowledging the issue of limited parking, Coun. Mark Bauman suggested changes to the staff recommendations to retain more parking on the east side of the road, while eliminating the issue of cars blocking the bus stop while residents stopped to use the community mailbox.
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Ice cream and hot dogs both fine If ice cream’s fine, then why not hot dogs? Having approved an Elmira student’s request for a bylaw exemption allowing him to operate a mobile ice cream cart within township parks, councillors revisited last week’s decision against an exemption for a hot dog cart on land adjacent to Bristow Park in Elmira. Andrew Brubacher, an Elmira student launching a venture under the province’s Summer Company program, received approval to operate a bicycle-powered ice cream cart
travelling on township sidewalks and in parks following a presentation Tuesday night. The decision clears the way for Brubacher to purchase the cart and begin operating. That decision, and accolades for the student entrepreneur, prompted Coun. Mark Bauman to give a “second thought” to the previous week’s decision about the hot dog cart. “It’s either all or nothing,” he said of operating in or near parks, adding approving the one and not the other would be “hypocritical.” Reversing course, councillors asked staff to contact the applicant, Costa Dogs, about the new decision.
New EMS station approved Regional council meeting Wednesday night approved the construction of an emergency medical services waiting station at the Philipsburg roads yard property at an overall cost of $1.4 million. Construction will be completed in 2014. In addition to providing coverage for Wilmot, this site will improve coverage for the Township of Wellesley, which currently has the slowest response times of all area municipalities. It is expected that response times, based on the availability of an EMS vehicle at the station, will
improve to within 8.5 minutes.
Permanent liquor licence for WMC After years of requesting a permanent liquor licence for their operation at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, the Elmira Sugar Kings should have one in place in time for the upcoming season. In the end, changes to the provincial Liquor Licence Act, rather than action from the township, prompted the move. For years, the Kings have been applying for a special occasion permit for every home game in order to operate the Blue Line Club. That’s been
expensive and time-consuming. Now, the province has indicated it’s unlikely to continue to issue permits given the number of applications appear to show an ongoing business, necessitating a permanent licence. Meeting this week, Woolwich councillors approved the township signing-off on the hockey club’s application for a permanent licence, which would see costs fall from about $3,000 each year for individual permits to $1,550 for the first two years and $450 for a three-year renewal. It also provides the township with licensing should it be needed for other rentals in the facility.
Optimists give to St. Jacobs library As the temperature rises, the St. Jacobs Optimist Club hopes kids will beat the heat this summer with a book. On June 19, the club donated $500 in support of the Summer Reading program at the St. Jacobs branch of the Waterloo Region Library. The program, open to children of all ages, provides the opportunity to keep up their reading skills over the summer break. Club president Bob Wilbur presented the cheque to Susan Letkeman, the library’s assistant supervisor.
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Police gearing up for long weekend safety blitz as Canada Day arrives Last weekend had a very summery feel to it, and in the run-up to the Canada Day weekend, Waterloo Regional Police charged 10 people with impaired driving – six of those were charged during an eight-hour period. Now, police are reminding residents that if your weekend plans include the consumption of alcohol, make arrangements for suitable transportation. The penalties for drinking and driv-
ing over the legal limit start with an immediate 90-day driver’s licence roadside suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment. With safety in mind, police ask motorists to focus on driving safely and legally and reduce distractions, ensure that everyone is buckled up properly, allow plenty of time to reach your destination, have your vehicle properly maintained and be prepared for roadside emergencies.
each other. Both riders sustained minor injuries.
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10:00 PM | A driver received a three-day suspension after driving the wrong way on a oneway street in Elmira. The van was travelling on Hampton Street when it struck a vehicle on Park Street. JUNE 22
9:44 AM | A southbound vehicle struck a deer on Arthur Street near Listowel Road in Elmira. There was major damage done to the car, but no injuries to the driver. JUNE 23
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3:40 PM | A driver crashed into a ditch after losing control of their vehicle while trying to avoid a dog crossing the road on Erbsville Road in Woolwich Township. There was major damage to the car, but no injuries to the driver. No charges were laid. 7:30 AM | An unknown suspect described only as a white male pumped more than $55 worth of gas into a black Ford Ranger pickup truck and then left an Arthur Street, Elmira gas station without paying. JUNE 17
5:00 AM | A vehicle struck a deer in the 1300 block of Gerber Road in Wellesley Township. There were no injuries to the driver and no charges were laid. 8:30 PM | A young driver was charged after allowing a vehicle to crash into a guardrail on Hawkesville Road near Three Bridges Road. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which subsequently caused severe damage to the car and minor damage to a bridge and guardrail. The driver was charged with failing to drive in a marked lane. JUNE 18
8:00 AM | Sometime in the early morning hours, a vehicle crashed into the ditch in the 400 block of St. Charles Street in Woolwich Township. There was significant damage to the vehicle, but the driver fled the area and has yet
to be found. The vehicle has been seized and police are investigating to identify the driver. 8:36 AM | Twenty-one marijuana plants were found in a farmer’s field on Durst Road in Woolwich Township. The plants were seized for destruction. This is prime time for planting marijuana and police request that citizens report any suspicious activity in rural or forested areas that may be related to cultivating marijuana. JUNE 19
12:00 PM | A transport truck and car collided in the roundabout at Arthur Street and Sawmill Road in near St. Jacobs. No charges were laid. JUNE 20
8:00 PM | A motorcycle rider was charged with careless driving after a collision with another motorcycle. The two motorcyclists were travelling together on the Woolwich-Guelph Line and struck
3:45 AM | A driver destroyed a car after falling asleep at the wheel and driving into a ditch, where the vehicle rolled over. The driver was travelling northbound on Arthur Street south of Sawmill Road at the time. Charges are pending. 4:45 PM | Two boys suffered injuries in a collision involving a car and a horse-drawn buggy. A 50-year-old Port Elgin woman driving northbound on Listowel Road near Line 86 struck the buggy, which was travelling northbound on the shoulder or the road, when the buggy driver attempted a turn in front of the car. A 15-year-old boy was thrown from the buggy onto the road, while a 17-year-old boy sustained cuts. The boys were transported to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The younger of the two was later transferred to McMaster Hospital in Hamilton. The car’s driver and passenger were not hurt. Police are continuing to investigate.
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Stances aside, pipeline debate is far from over THE PIPELINE IS DEAD. Long live the pipeline. Depending on which side of the debate you sit on, you took U.S. President Barack Obama’s reference to the Keystone XL pipeline as either a condemnation or tacit support for the project. Opponents see Obama’s remarks that the pipeline will go forward only if it “does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution” as the project’s death knell, arguing the tar sands create so much pollution, they could never meet that condition. Supporters, on the other hand, say the President was intentionally ambiguous in order to clear the way for eventual approval. Obama’s eventual decision will dictate just how serious his commitment to combating climate change, the crux of his impassioned speech this week, really is. Significantly, proponents in this country see the U.S. decision as the only real hurdle, despite significant resistance to the plan here. Given Alberta’s position and the mindset of the federal government – clear in the tar sands propaganda advertising/Tory election ads masquerading as an economic action plan, with the bill picked up by taxpayers, no less – the goal must be to cram down Canadians’ throats, resistance be damned. And we’re clearly unsure about these large pipeline projects. Keystone has been slammed. Northern Gateway, which would see bitumen flow to a West Coast port, has been panned by almost everyone, including the B.C. government. Now, a plan to run a pipeline east is meeting increased resistance. Our hesitancy is understandable. Spills, commonplace already, are inevitable. The industry claims pipelines are still the safest way of transporting oil. That’s true. It would take millions of trucks or railcars to move the oil, each providing numerous opportunities for spillage. But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement, as problems occur far more frequently that we hear about. In Alberta alone there have been thousands of pipeline ruptures since 2005, spilling the equivalent of some 28 million litres of oil. In 2010, for instance, the province’s pipelines had some kind of failure every 1.4 days, releasing about 3.4 million litres of oil. Pipeline problems aren’t rare, Alberta Premier Alison Redford’s claims notwithstanding. They’re fairly commonplace. That said, the infrastructure still delivers far more oil and gas on a daily basis than is inevitably released at intervals. Supporters essentially tell us that the spills are the price of doing business, the business of feeding our oil addiction. As long as we’re so reliant on oil, we’ll be taking it out of the ground and moving it around in large volumes. That doesn’t mean, however, that we shouldn’t be more careful about how we do that while we go about finding alternatives. Unfortunately, neither the Alberta government nor its Conservative cousin in Ottawa has any interest in more controls on the oil industry and its ilk. In fact, the federal government has been reducing oversight even as numerous studies have shown efforts to date have been inadequate, with the situation only getting worse as tar sands production increases. That’s not going to help proponents meet Obama’s conditions, nor convince Canadians pipelines are safe. We're all addicted to oil, but we're finally starting to look beyond the pump when asking questions about the price.
The last week of June means different things to various people, especially the average worker paying for those enjoying more than a long weekend. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
If population projections hold, we can expect massive diebacks WORLD AFFAIRS The news on the population front sounds bad: birth rates are not dropping as fast as expected, and we are likely to end up with an even bigger world population by the end of the century. The last revision of the United Nations’ World Population Prospects, two years ago, predicted just over 10 billion people by 2100. The latest revision, just out, predicts almost 11 billion. That’s a truly alarming number, because it’s hard to see how the world can sustain another 4 billion people. (The current global population is 7 billion.) But the headline number is deceptive, and conceals another, grimmer reality. Three-quarters of that growth will come in just one continent: Africa. The African continent currently has 1.1 billion people. By the year 2100, it will have 4.1 billion – more than a third of the world’s total population. Or rather, that is what it will have if
there has not already been a huge population dieback in the region. At some point, however, systems will break down under the strain of trying to feed such rapidly growing populations, and people will start to die in large numbers. It has happened before – to Ireland in the 1840s, for example – and it can happen again. In fact, it probably will. When you look more carefully at the numbers, you can even identify which regions will be hardest hit, because even in Africa there are large areas where population growth is low and dropping. None of the Arabicspeaking countries of northern Africa will increase its population by more than one-third by 2100, and some will even be declining. South Africa, at the other end of the continent, will only add another 10 million people by the century’s end. It’s in the middle belt of Africa that things will get very ugly. Between now and 2100, six countries are expected to account for half of the world’s projected popula-
tion increase: India, Nigeria, the United States of America, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Uganda. Four of the six are in central Africa. In this area, where fertility is still high, the numbers are quite astonishing. Most countries will at least triple in population; some, like Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, are predicted to grow fivefold. That is on top of populations that have already tripled, quadrupled or quintupled in the past half-century. Uganda had 5 million people at independence in 1962; it is projected to have 205 million in 2100. The numbers are simply preposterous. Niger, a desert country whose limited agricultural land might feed 10 million people with good management, a lot of investment, and good luck with the weather, already has twice as many as that. By the end of the century it will have 20 times as many: 204 million people. All these numbers are based on assumptions about declining birth rates: if we all just carried
on with the birth rates of today, there would be 25 billion people on this planet by the end of the century. The key question is: how fast is fertility declining – and all the numbers in this article so far are from the UN’s “medium estimates,” i.e. the moderately optimistic ones. The “high estimate” for Niger gives it 270 million people by 2100: an extra 70 million. It makes no practical difference. Even the “low estimate” of 150 million people in Niger by 2100 is never actually going to happen. That is 15 times too many people for the available land, and Niger certainly cannot afford to import large amounts of food. Even without reckoning in the huge negative impact of climate change, large numbers of people in Niger (and quite a few other African countries) will begin starving long before that. So the real picture that emerges from the UN’s data is rather different. It is a world where twothirds of the world’s counDYER | 8
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What are your Canada Day plans?
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"No wonder the parks are always empty when I go there." Jeff Walker | page 8 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
We're going to see a whole lot more severe weather, and the resultant damage EDITOR'S NOTES Insurance companies, which top no one’s most-popular list, are likely to be the targets of even more scorn in the wake of cleanup efforts in flood-ravaged southern Alberta. Damage has been estimated in the billions, and much of the damage has been caused by what’s called overland flooding, an outcome not covered by standard insurance. Many homeowners are in for a rude awakening, though both the insurance industry and government officials are talking openly about the potential fallout. If this were an isolated incident, things would be bad enough, but we’ve already seen an upsurge in damage, costs and insurance claims associated with more severe weather. And it’s only going to get worse. Much worse, in some forecasts.
“In the absence of weather-hardening infrastructure, under the new extremes of climate change and extreme weather events, we are categorically heading towards an uninsurable housing market in Canada in many, many regions,” Blair Feltmate, chair of the Climate Change Adaptation Project at the University of Waterloo, tells the Globe and Mail. As someone who studies such eventualities, Feltmate is well-placed to make predictions, and the outlook is grim. Even the most casual observer can’t help but have noticed the devastation nature can bring, not just in this country but globally. From flooding in Europe to tornadoes in Oklahoma, the weather has been a fixture in the news steadily through what was an odd spring even here. Most of the predictions based on climate modelling show changes that are not for the better. AGW skeptic or otherwise, there’s no denying the
HOW TO REACH US
amount of greenhouse gases, suggest an average annual warming of some 2° to 5°C by the latter part of the 21st century. Even if greenhouse gas amounts stabilize at that point, temperatures would continue to increase thereafter, with overall warming of 3° to 8°C possible. Increases will probably be greater in the winter than in the summer, according to Environment Canada. These changes would significantly decrease the duration of the annual snow season and lengthen the growing season. They could increase the frequency and severity of extreme heat events in summer. If the models hold, we can expect more than just rising temperatures. Greater impacts could include changes in precipitation patterns, in soil moisture, and possibly in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events. Changes in weather patterns may affect the frequency and intensity of pollution episodes.
Increased heat stress, and possible increases in the number or severity of episodes of poor air quality and extreme weather events could all have a negative effect on human health. A warmer climate may facilitate migration of disease-carrying organisms from other regions. Ontario falls prey to a number of natural hazards: drought, heat waves, floods, rain, snow and ice storms, tornadoes, and even hurricanes, although they’re rare. Small changes in average climate conditions are expected to generate significant changes in extreme events. Experts anticipate fewer extremely cold days and more extremely hot days and more severe thunderstorms, which can cause injury and property damage. Staying out of the climate change debate, the insurance industry is nonetheless spending a considerable amount of time crunching the numbers – assessing risk is their business, after all – and they see plenty of
reasons to worry. “We are very aware of the costly and devastating impact of severe weather,” says Insurance Bureau of Canada CEO Don Forgeron in response to recent events. “Insured losses as a result of severe weather have been above or near $1 billion in each of the past four years, but there is no way to measure these huge losses in human terms. Homes flooded, cars smashed, trees uprooted, roads washed out and businesses interrupted all take a toll on the lives of those affected." Severe weather is on the rise across Canada. Events that used to happen every 40 years can now be expected to happen every six. Homes are damaged more frequently by heavy rainfall, hail damage, storm surges, tornadoes and hurricanes. The oncein-a-century flooding in southern Alberta will likely reoccur much sooner. The same with disasters elsewhere. There’s no denying the devastation, and the huge economic impact.
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Some 44% of economic advisors in Canada see zero economic growth in Canada for the second half of 2013. Another 9% are forecasting that the Canadian economy will contract, according to a poll carried out this spring.
"While Canada has the same 2020 emissions target as the U.S., our federal government has not produced a plan to meet its goal. The best way Ottawa could respond to Obama’s announcement would be to make an equally serious commitment to hit Canada’s 2020 climate target, starting with strong regulations to reduce emissions from the oil and gas sector.”
A recreation master plan that set off a storm of protest from user groups was approved by Woolwich councillors June 23. The report called for a 10-year timeline to replace the pool in Elmira, and 14 years to replace the arena. Both were ultimately replaced much earlier, of course, with the opening of the WMC.
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worrisome in Africa, but the rest of us are facing troubles FROM | 6
tries will have declining populations by 2100. China and Russia will each be down by a third, and only the United States among the major developed countries will still have a growing population: up from 320 million now to 460 million. (By the way, that means there will only be twice as many Chinese as Americans by then.) In terms of climate change, the huge but ultimately self-limiting population growth in Africa will have little impact, for these are not industrialized countries with high rates of consumption and show no signs of becoming so. The high economic growth rates of African countries in recent years
YOUR VIEW / LETTERS
Council should relish hot dog cart To the Editor, Re: Council rejects bid for Industrial Dr. hot dog car (Observer, June 22/13). “An exemption would set a bad precedent, opening the door to requests for similar sites near the township parks.” “Are we infringing… taking away their livelihood by approving this?” As someone who lives in Cambridge, works in Elmira and enjoys eating his lunch at the park, I’d have to say ‘wow.’ How terrible to be able to sit on a park bench and enjoy a tasty dog and a cold drink, while taking a break from the insanity of the day. No wonder the parks are always empty when I go there. In past summers, there has been a cart set-up on Church and Arthur streets. That never seemed to affect the ability of the neighbourhood food servers to stay alive, so surely
are driven mostly by high commodity prices, and will probably not be sustained. It is the developed and rapidly developing countries whose activities put huge pressure on the global environment, not only by their greenhouse gas emissions but also by their destructive styles of farming and fishing. Their populations are relatively stable but their actual numbers are already very large, and each individual consumes five or ten times as much as the average African. So the frightening numbers in the UN’s latest population predictions are mostly of concern to Africa – but the rest of the world is still in deep, deep trouble on many other fronts.
this won’t either. If it does have an effect, perhaps the other establishments should look inward at their own offerings. Councillors Bauman and Poffenroth should pull their heads out of the sand and let us enjoy summer as it was meant to be, with a wiener and a cold soda.
JEFF WALKER | CAMBRIDGE
Outside of elections, we get no response from politicians To The Editor, I would personally like to thank the Observer for taking the time to listen to and publish my concerns over the township’s lack of action on behalf of many homeowners follwing the reconstruction of municipal infrastructure, resulting in poor repair of homeowner’s lawns. I have many people’s support that I have spoken with on the street, as well
with those on the phone. It seems from what I am hearing that the same problem has been occurring for years on sod (lawns) that was replaced because of road construction, and taxpayers have been getting the same answer as we have. I would urge all taxpayers who have had problems, past or present, to call the township and voice their concerns as we did. I have helped support candidates in the municipal and provincial elections, and one of the items that we regularly asked constituents was, “Do they have any concerns that they would like answers for, or to see addressed?” It was important for the candidate to know and address these concerns of the elec-
torate. Now it seems ironic that during this process candidates are always most willing to respond. Doing so shows the concern and respect they hope to portray, ideally to be elected and serve our community and township. This seems to be a sharp contrast to the negative response that I and others are getting now over an issue that should be the township’s responsibility. After all, if what I read this week is true and the township has a surplus of more than $1million of taxpayers’ money to reinvest, then why was I told by township officials that they have no money when I first approached them with this problem?
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SPORTS SWING BOWLING / A FIXTURE IN THE VILLAGE
Getting into the swing of things Little-known sport has been a longtime fixture in St. Jacobs; league looking for women to take part ELENA MAYSTRUK The art of swing bowling has remained a wellkept secret: there doesn’t seem to be a manual and you can’t find it in a YouTube video tutorial. Local organizers aren’t even sure when the league was created but it has kept women participating since before the Second World War. “That was what the ladies from St. Jacobs did; the men played baseball and hockey, the ladies had a summer of swing bowling. At one time there was a mixed league but gradually the men had enough sports to do and it just ended up being ladies,” said Dolores Strauss after a proud moment in a June 24 game. Strauss was never a baseball player or a runner, but realized early on she could really swing a 10-pound ball. For more than 60 years she has been chasing that elusive perfect game and on Monday, the swing bowling veteran of St. Jacobs’ ladies league hit her mark every time, for the first time since her love for the game began at the age of 14. While few people outside of the sport are familiar with swing bowling, St. Jacobs has a long history with the game. First played by the riverside beside a skating rink, the games later migrated to the village’s community centre
on Parkside Drive, and like many ladies of her ilk St. Jacobs-born Strauss – a St. Clements resident for 58 years – has been adamant about preserving the tradition. “Once I got married I moved out [to St. Clements], but I still kept my St. Jacobs roots. I just feel like I belong to St. Jacobs,” said Strauss a team captain and statistician. The game is similar to 10-pin bowling: each player takes turns knocking down pins, set up in a triangular formation, in the span of ten frames. The 10-pound bowling ball, however, is suspended from a 50-foot cable, attached to a pole that stands about 20 feet in front of the pins. The object is to take position behind the pins and swing the ball out and around the pole in a horseshoe in such a way that the pins get knocked own once the ball swings back. In short, it’s really something you have to see, Strauss maintains. And, after so many years of play, was she excited about her perfect score? Strauss laughed as she recalled Monday night’s feat: “Of course! Having tried so long to have one, it is. It’s great … this was the first perfect game of my whole life! There are not a lot of perfect games. ” There have been perfect games played in the past, however, she acknowl-
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How to come out on top when tying on a canoe OPEN COUNTRY
Dolores Strauss, a swing bowler since the age of 14, demonstrates a St. Jacobs tradition after achieving her first perfect game on Monday. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
edged of the sport’s long standing in the community. Despite the history, swing bowling could use an infusion of players, she added. “We do need exposure, because our numbers are dwindling. I’m getting a little older: I’m 75 and I’m
still swing bowling.” The ladies play two games every Monday evening behind the community centre, but not many locals even know about the six teams that make up the league, president Lori Solomon notes. Years ago fresh players were easy to come
by when swing bowling was one of the few sports available for women. Now, with so many options, it’s become harder to attract new ladies to the teams. For now, swing bowling remains a beloved game for the aficionados and St. Jacobs traditionalists.
In the part of Ontario’s cottage country where I live, you’ll see a wide variety of vehicles – everything from brand new Mercedes SUVs to Chev Impalas made somewhere around 1883. The only thing any of them have in common is a canoe tied firmly on top. Some of them were tied on so well that they came with the car. In fact, this is such a common sight up here that, if I were ever asked to consult on the design of a Canadianmade car, I’d say, “Forget gull-winged doors, you idiots, you need to add a canoe rack.” Some folks would probably go further and suggest some high-tech attachment system – to which I’d laugh and say, “You fools know nothing of the canoeist’s mentality.” You see, half the fun and satisfaction of owning a canoe comes in the tying of it onto the racks. In fact, you can tell a lot about a person’s canoeing ability by the way he or she ties on a canoe. New canoeists, for inGALEA | 10
Campbell’s OHA honours a first for a Sugar King After an outstanding season, and NCAA recruitment, Brady Campbell picks up a top prospect award ELENA MAYSTRUK Twelve missed games and a broken cheekbone didn’t slow Brady Campbell as he posted a stellar performance last season with the Elmira Sugar Kings. Earlier this month, his hard work and accomplishments were recognized, as he made club history by taking an Ontario Hockey
Association Top Prospect Forward Award at Toronto’s Hockey Hall of Fame. One of six Ontario players awarded OHA Top Prospect, Campbell is the first Sugar King to receive the plaque. “It’s a lot of work, more time than people realize,” Campbell said on June 26. “It’s putting in a lot of time and effort in the
summer just to make sure you’re ready for the season, especially going into my last year of Junior hockey I wanted to make sure I was ready.” Campbell is one of six players from Ontario listed as an OHA Top Prospect. The award is given to players who have the potential to play at the professional level, as judged by the
OHA’s board of directors. An award typically presented to OJHL players, this is the first for a player with the Elmira Sugar Kings and the only one from the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League this year. Other top prospects include OJHL players Shane Conacher, Patrick McCarron and Troy Josephs of the St. Michael’s Buzzers,
Charlie Finn (Kingston Voyageurs) and Tyler Enns (Toronto Lakeshore Patriots). In the 2012-13 Junior B season, Campbell was named player of the month twice, finished second for goals in the league (40) and fifth in points (69). He was a Mid-Western Conference first-team all-star and won the Leroy Jamieson Memo-
rial Award for outstanding contribution to the team. “At the end of the day that’s why we are doing what we are doing. We want to win championships but first and foremost we want to make sure players are given the best opportunities to move forward,” said Kings general manager KINGS | 10
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stance, tie a canoe on so securely that you can’t typically see the vehicle for the new ropes and straps. Canoeists of my experience, however, attach them with a couple of lengths of frayed parachute cord and a few Hail Marys. For the uninitiated, let me just say that there are a few rules of canoe tying that you need to abide by. First, never attempt to tie on someone else’s canoe –
the truth is you were only brought onto the scene to help place it atop the roof of the vehicle. You’re not there to encroach upon another person’s fun. It is critical that you realize that your job ends with a wrenched back and a canoe atop the roof racks. After that, it’s best to step away from the vehicle altogether; otherwise you might find yourself accidentally attached to it, Captain Ahab-
style. When people are in canoe-tying mode, they’re focused entirely on the process and they don’t notice little things like you being tied to the canoe rack like a struggling fly caught in a spider’s web. The best thing you can do is dispense flattery when it is finally attached. Phrases like, “I’ve never seen anyone tie such a lovely trucker’s hitch” ensure that you will get invited to help lift a
canoe onto the car again. Or point out little things on the drive like, “Hey, I’m sure you noticed but, in case you didn’t, the canoe fell off three kilometres ago.” These are the only two useful observations you can make. Otherwise, the best thing you can do is agree with the driver of your canoe-carrying vehicle when he shakes his head and says things like, “Will you look at how that
amateur tied on his canoe?” Do not, under any circumstances, point out that he is looking at the reflection of his own vehicle in a storefront window. Just nod – in the long run this will work much better. That’s because there are two things every Canadian thinks they can do: paddle a canoe and tie one onto the top of a vehicle. The flip side of this is that they believe no one else can do these things
as well. You see each of us has developed our own series of genetically distinct knots designed specifically to hold a canoe on a vehicle. Some hold it until you are two miles down the road; others keep them firmly affixed two hours after you’ve arrived at the boat ramp and are looking to launch. Either way, it’s better than trying to figure out the trailer lights.
Norm Green off to blind bowling worlds in England ELENA MAYSTRUK There’s little argument that St. Clements resident Norm Green has earned his way to the World Blind Bowls Championships in England next month: a large collection of hardware from provincial, national and international tournaments attest to that. When he travels across the pond next week, the quality of the competition won’t come as a surprise. He’s been playing for two decades. “When I lost my sight, like most people, you get down and you’re not sure what’s out there for you. I joined the Canadian Council for the Blind and I met a friend who had asked me if I wanted to bowl and I said,
‘why not?’ The rest is history; I went out one night a week and started bowling five nights a week.” A work accident took most of Green’s sight in 1992, but he turned a disability into opportunity, carefully honing his bowling skills at competitions that took him to spots as diverse as Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Israel. The sport is a good fit for the visually impaired, who can use a range of techniques, descriptions and instructions from coaches to roll the ball in specific ways to reach the Jack, the white ball target that determines scoring. “It’s actually a very sociable game, but then it can turn into a very competitive game. It’s up to you how
far you want to go, and I’ve been lucky enough to make it to the worlds. I’ve done well at the international level,” he said. After conquering competitions at both national and international levels Green will soon be rolling against top players from 10 countries as they gather for the 2013 World’s Blind Lawn Bowling Championships, which take place every four years. “I was a little hot last year, I got on a roll last year,” he said this week. At the B2 level he will compete against players with less than five per cent of their sight. This means he will be given some assistance from a coach. At the B1 level players are completely blind and must be directed by coaches
throughout the game. “I’ve got two long weeks over there – I’ve got 14 games,” he said. Green attended the Australia world championships in 2009; he won bronze in his category and hopes to do better against some tough competition. He said
countries like Israel and the Hong Kong region pay their players to compete, which means their athletes play the game for a living and are highly trained, but for Green competition is only one aspect of the experience. “I make it into a vacation
when I’m done. [My wife and I] go over for two weeks. When I’m done we have a vacation. Travelling that far, we feel that it’s a waste of time if you only go over for the competition,” said Green. The tournament runs untilJuly 18.
St. Clements’ Norm Green faces his biggest competition yet as he heads to England for the World Blind Bowls Championships on July 8. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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Paul Jennings. Shedding a King-green jersey, he’ll don blue-andwhite for the University of Maine this fall. Campbell shared an elite player reputation with fellow Sugar King Jake Weidner, who has committed to the NCAA at Cornell University. Campbell had a chance to shine with the Kings, Jennings noted, after gruelling off-season training and commitment to the game. “We had a conversation with him a year ago about getting into summertime, off-season training and he went out and did that. Those were the key things that he needed to do in order to be an elite player.” With awards and prospects piling up, the 21-yearold isn’t too stressed about his future. “I don’t think so at this point, just looking forward to another great oppor-
tunity to play in Maine. I guess coming in as a freshman I’m not sure what the expectations are right now, but maybe once the season begins and I get more familiar with my role there will be a little bit more pressure.” A combination of the right support systems, talent and hard work led Campbell to success, Jen-
nings concluded. “He just has an explosive first step. He’s got great feet and he’s got unbelievable hockey IQ. This year, things that he changed in his game were that he was willing to go to the other side, get to the dirty areas. Speaking to the University of Maine, those are the reasons they ended up recruiting him,” he explained.
Brady Campbell became the first Sugar King to receive an OHA Top Prospect Forward Award on June 7 at the Hockey Hall of Fame. [SUMBITTED]
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Less Fuel. More Power. Great Value is a comparison between the 2013 and the 2012 Chrysler Canada product lineups. 40 MPG or greater claim (7.0 L/100 km) based on 2013 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption estimates. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on powertrain, driving habits and other factors. See retailer for additional EnerGuide details. ¤2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package – Hwy: 7.9 L/100 km (36 MPG) and City: 12.2 L/100 km (23 MPG). 2013 Dodge Journey 2.4 L with 4-speed automatic – Hwy: 7.7 L/100 km (37 MPG) and City: 11.2 L/100 km (25 MPG). 2013 Dodge Dart AERO (Late availability) – Hwy: 4.8 L/100 km (59 MPG) and City: 7.3 L/100 km (39 MPG). Wise customers read the fine print: €, ❖, •, *, ♦, ≤, ◊, †, § The Canada Days Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating retailers between June 24 and July 2, 2013. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,595 – $1,695), air tax (if applicable), tire levy and OMVIC fee. Pricing excludes licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may sell for less. €$10,750 in Total Discounts are available on new 2013 Ram 1500 models (excluding Reg Cab) and consist of $9,250 in Consumer Cash Discounts and $1,500 in Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. See your retailer for complete details. ❖NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest begins June 24, 2013 at 9:00:00 a.m. ET and ends July 2, 2013 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Contest open to legal residents of Ontario who have reached the age of majority at the time of entry. One (1) entry per person. To enter, you must visit any participating Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram retailer during the contest period and purchase/finance/lease any new 2012, 2013 or 2014 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge or Ram vehicle (excluding SRT Viper models). Seven (7) grand prizes available to be won, consisting of a one thousand dollar ($1,000) Esso gift card. Mathematical skill-testing question required. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. For complete contest rules, including no purchase means of entry, go to: http://www.dodgeoffers.ca/en/gas/ON. •$19,995 Purchase Price applies to the new 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package (29E) and includes $8,100 Consumer Cash Discount. $19,995 Purchase Price applies to the new 2013 Dodge Journey Canada Value Package (22F) only and includes $2,000 Consumer Cash Discount. $16,995 Purchase Price applies to the new 2013 Dodge Dart SE (25A) only. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select 2013 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. ♦4.99% lease financing of up to 60 months available on approved credit through WS Leasing Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Westminster Savings Credit Union) to qualified customers on applicable new 2012, 2013 and 2014 models at participating retailers in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may lease for less. See your retailer for complete details. Examples: 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package (29E)/2013 Dodge Journey Canada Value Package (22F)/2013 Dodge Dart SE (25A) with a Purchase Price of $19,995/$19,995/$16,575 leased at 4.99% over 60 months with $3,669/$4,649/$2,470 down payment, equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $99/$99/$99 with a cost of borrowing of $3,518.80/$3,245.60/$2,893.70 and a total obligation of $14,610.70/$14,589.90/$14,614.60. 22,000 kilometre/year allowance. Charge of $0.18 per excess kilometre. Some conditions apply. ≤Ultimate Family Package Discounts available at participating retailers on the purchase of a new 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT with Ultimate Family Package (RTKH5329G). Discount consists of: (i) $2,500 in Bonus Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes; and (ii) $775 in no-cost options that will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. ◊Ultimate Journey Package Discounts available at participating retailers on the purchase of a new 2013 Dodge Journey R/T with Ultimate Journey Package (JCES49 28X with AGV, AV1, AS4, GWG). Discount consists of: $2,500 in Bonus Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes; and (ii) $1,125 in no-cost options that will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. †0% purchase financing for up to 36 months available on new 2012/2013 Jeep Compass and Patriot models and new 2013 Dodge Dart models to qualified customers on approved credit through Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance on 2012/2013 Jeep Compass, Patriot and 2013 Dodge Dart models. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may sell for less. See your retailer for complete details. Example: 2013 Dodge Dart SE (25A) with a Purchase Price of $16,995, with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 36 months equals 78 bi-weekly payments of $217.88 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $16,995. §2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew Plus shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $31,940. 2013 Dodge Journey R/T AWD shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $31,640. 2013 Dodge Dart GT shown. Late availability. The Best Buy Seal is a registered trademark of Consumers Digest Communications LLC, used under license. ^Based on 2013 Ward’s Middle Cross Utility segmentation. **Based on 2013 Ward’s upper small sedan costing under $25,000. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.
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VENTURE FOOD FOR THOUGHT/ OWEN ROBERTS
AGRICULTURE / NATURAL APPROACHES
Getting on board, literally, with organic farming methods Ecological Farmers of Ontario planning a bus tour to highlight the advantages of producing organically ELENA MAYSTRUK Just as organic food has caught the attention of consumers, producers are also taking note, spotting the potential in the market. “I think it’s become more attractive to people for quite a few years. Certainly, I’ve seen my sales rise over the past five or six years since I started growing in the region,” said Angie Koch, of Fertile Ground CSA in St. Agatha. Organic operations are important on a number of levels. Organic produce, she argues, has a direct effect on health because it provides a chemical-free alternative to conventional produce. In a broader sense, organic farmers try to grow healthy soil “that will allow us to grow on the same soil over a much longer period of time and without the constant need to add more nutrients,” she explained. For those interested in such growing techniques, there are resources available through producers in Waterloo Region such as Koch, a board member of Ecological Farmers of Ontario (EFAO), stationed in nearby Guelph. By way of an introduction, the organization has arranged an August bus tour of organic operations in eastern Ontario. The tour is not limited to certified organic growers, EFAO’s Karen Maitland explained this week. All farmers looking to incorporate organic growing methods are welcome. As well, the organization is offering four scholarships for the trip. On the bus tour farmers are encouraged to gather ideas, glean organic growing techniques and see
how other farms handle pest and disease problems native to their growing region. She offered an example: “It’s learning something that might be applicable to their farm. [On] last year’s farm tour we went to a small vegetable farm, it’s a very wooded area in Pennsylvania, and they had a particular kind of fence to keep deer out and one of my farmers said: ‘That’s what I need!’ He picked up on the fence and he hasn’t had a deer problem since.” Obstacles shared by most southern Ontario vegetable growers include the cucumber beetle (which also feeds on zucchini and squash and carries a virus) and the flea beetle, a tiny black insect that makes lace-work out of leafy vegetables, Koch said. Typically, organic farmers use techniques such as crop rotations to avoid pest problems. Insects are usually selective when it comes to the foods they consume, Koch explained. “They might eat everything in the tomato family, say, so that would be the tomatoes, peppers, eggplants. We rotate those through our gardens so that those crops are only grown in the same space every four years or even less and that keeps the insect populations from compounding.” Growers also “handsquish” insects, cloak their plants with special light-permeable covers and try to encourage the presence of beneficial bugs that tend to decrease pest populations. While Koch has seen her organics attract special customer bases – people who are changing their eating habits or have specific dietary needs – she
Support for wheat research helps local food, too FIELD NOTES
and over time, [we are] building the fertility of the soil as opposed to depleting the fertility of the soil. Growing in the same space organically over decades, your yields will be higher,” she said. Organic farms have the potential to be “high-tech and low-impact,” growing
Homemade bread, pie and muffins – now that’s local food. But what about the wheat used by millers and bakers to make those products? Is that local food too? Absolutely, says Almaarea farmer and University of Guelph agricultural diploma graduate Henry Van Ankum, chair of the Grain Farmers of Ontario. “Our millers and bakers have definite, distinct needs for the kind of wheat we grow right here in Ontario,” he says. “It doesn’t get much more local than this.” And typically – as is the case with other agricultural commodities in this province – the distinct needs of the processing industry have been met through research. It’s often conducted at the University of Guelph, and often with support from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs … and, to an increasing extent, with support from the farm sector itself. In the case of the one million or so acres of wheat planted each year in Ontario, addressing those needs is the job of plant breeders. These professionals work with farmers to develop high-yielding lines of locally adaptable wheat, corn, soybeans or what have you, that will thrive in Ontario’s unique growing season and conditions. It’s a specialized field, and there is only a handful of plant breeders focused on wheat, despite it being the province’s fourthlargest crop and having an important role in soil conservation and crop rotation here.
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Sage blooms on Angie Koch’s organic St. Agatha vegetable farm where she works to nurture the soil. Fifty growers with similar plights will participate in an EFAO bus tour this August to glean innovations in organic farming. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER] notes that organic farms can grow beyond a niche market. Citing studies by the Rodale Institute and Cornell University, she said organic farms can be more sustainable than conventional ones and can help feed growing global populations. The studies have also observed established
organic operations producing the same yields as conventional farms over a longer period of time, and while organic farms don’t have the same growth spikes some years, they also don’t experience the harsher downward trends. “In droughts, organic farms often fare better than conventional farms
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So when time marches on and retirements take place, just like in any industry served by a small group of specialists, gaps can occur. That’s what’s happened in Ontario. The wheat sector here lost four permanent wheat breeders in the past three years, at the university and in the federal government. That’s almost all of them. So this week, industry stepped up to the plate. At the University of Guelph, Van Ankum presided over the announcement of a $1-million, five-year wheat breeding program that will support a wheat breeding
professorship, focused on teaching and research at the university. It’s expected the position will be filled next year, to address what Van Ankum calls an “acute” need in the sector. The successful candidate will work to address key priorities for wheat producers, such as disease tolerance and resilience to variable and extreme weather, a modern reality for all farmers. The partner on this project is an organization called SeCan, the largest seller of certified seed in Canada. The company is chaired by Winterbourne-area farmer Quentin Martin, owner of
Cribit Seeds. He praised the public, private and academic cooperation on this initiative. “It’s great to see all these interests come together at a world-class institution like the University of Guelph to get the job done,” he said. Farmers understand agriculture needs research to innovate. The province gets it too, through the longstanding partnership between the university and agriculture ministry. The province further demonstrated its support for agriculture and food when it joined Ottawa Wednesday in announcing the two governments are investing
a combined $417 million in what’s called Growing Forward 2. It’s an agri-food program aimed at improving business and leadership skills, adapting to climate change, developing markets and investing in research and innovation. Ontario’s agri-food industry contributes more than
$34 billion to the province’s gross domestic product and provides more than 710,000 jobs. So, it deserves support, all the way from the farm through to the small-to-medium sized processors that comprise 90 per cent of the 3,000 processor businesses in Ontario. “This is a powerful group
of innovators, entrepreneurs and employers, and they will benefit directly from [this funding],” says Doug Alexander of Wing’s Foods, a member of the Alliance of Ontario Food Processors. “Here is our opportunity to become the leading food cluster in North America.”
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almost as much produce as conventional methods while better preserving precious resources, states the Worldwatch Institute website run out of Washington, D.C.: “It is true that farmers converting to organic production often encounter lower yields in the first few years ... but the longstanding argument that organic farming would yield just one-third or one-half of conventional farming was based on biased assumptions and lack of data.” Organic grow-ops also tend to optimize on space and grow more food on smaller plots of land. Fifty farmers will tour farms such as the Limestone Creamery in Kingston and the farm of retired scientist Ann Clarke, where she uses techniques
created by animal scientist Temple Grandin. Scholarship applicants are asked to submit a 500-word letter with a brief introduction about themselves, their farming interests, and why coming on the
tour will benefit their farms. For more information about the bus tour or the scholarship application, visit www.efao.ca, contact their office at 519-822-8606 or info@efao.ca.
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Angie Koch, who operates the Fertile Ground CSA farm in St. Agatha, is secretary on the board of the Ecological Farmers of Ontario. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
BRUBACHER SHOES Ltd. 519-669-3349 7 Arthur St. S., ELMIRA
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19 First St. E., Elmira | TEL: 519.669.3362
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30 Oriole Pkwy. E., • Elmira | TEL: 519.669.4400
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MUSIC • BOUNCY CASTLE • FACE PAINTING • CAKE KLAZZ THE KLOWN • FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPLAY DIAMOND JUBILEE AWARDS • PAVILION REDEDICATION OFFICIAL CEREMONIES AND MORE!
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THE ARTS ON STAGE / LIVE MUSIC
Performance will celebrate the varied career of Roy Orbison Tribute show for “The Voice” rolls into Maryhill’s Commercial Tavern for a matinee presentation on Sunday WILL SLOAN With his big shades, black shirts, sparkling neckwear and enormous wave of Brylcreemed hair, there has always been something about Roy Orbison that suggests a slightly toned-down Elvis Presley. No surprise, then, that tribute artist Roy LeBlanc came to The Voice by way of The King. “I’ve been doing Elvis now for 17 years, and after 10 years of that, we wanted to kind of branch out and do different stuff other than a straight Elvis show,” said LeBlanc, who is performing at the Commercial Tavern on Sunday. “Not only that, but in the last 10 years, there have been a lot more guys getting into Elvis – every town seems to have their local Elvis guy – so we wanted to diversify a little bit, and be able to offer more when we did a show.” Leblanc (who also performs as Tom Jones and Johnny Cash) estimates that hundreds of hours went into learning Orbison’s songs and mannerisms. During the research and rehearsal process, the differences between Presley and his new subject proved instructive and challenging. “The hardest thing is that Roy really performed with his voice and the music, as opposed to a visual performance,” he said. “With Elvis you move around,
and as much of the show is what you’re doing on stage in addition to what you’re singing. Roy Orbison is just a pure vocalist. They say the eyes can fool the ears a bit, so if the notes aren’t perfect …” He added, “The biggest thing was learning how to breathe properly. Roy Orbison was an anomaly, because you were watching him onstage and he was hitting all these great, big notes, but he looked really so effortless, like he wasn’t even trying.” To the layman, Orbison is mostly known for his song “Pretty Woman,” and the innumerable karaoke performances and Julia Roberts movies it spawned. But to his peers, he was one of the most respected vocalists and songwriters in the world. It is a testament to the high esteem he was held in that Orbison toured with the Beatles, joined Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Tom Petty in the Traveling Wilburys, and
counted among his fans a certain entertainer named Elvis Presley. When asked what these artists saw in Orbison, LeBlanc speculated it was “his experience, his songwriting ability, and certainly his vocals. You hear in the songs that they wrote as the Wilburys, the band does the body of the song and then Roy will come in on all the choruses and really push them home.” In addition to the deathless “Pretty Woman,” LeBlanc’s Orbison show will cover the Big O’s entire career, with such songs as Only the Lonely, Crying, Running Scared, In Dreams, the Wilburys hit Handle With Care, and You Got It, which topped charts after Orbison’s death in 1988 at age 52. In other words, a lineup designed for both the stalwart fan and the Orbison neophyte. “When we do the Roy Orbison show, the diehard Orbison fans come out of the woodwork,” LeBlanc said. “There are a lot more fans out there who have deep respect for what Roy did than people would even believe.” But even though Orbison fans can expect to be reminded of their departed hero, LeBlanc vows to bring his own spin on the legend. “I learned a long time ago when I first started doing Elvis that if you go up there and say every little thing that Elvis said, it gets very
Tribute artist Roy LeBlanc came to the “Pretty Woman” legend after 10 years portraying Elvis. He’ll be accompanied by the Memphis Cats when he takes to the stage in Maryhill June 30. [SUBMITTED] old. People have seen it before, and it was done by the real guy.” He added, “You’re better to keep a bit of your own personality and roll
SUNDAY NIGHT
Commercial Tavern (1303 Maryhill Rd.) on June 30 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15, and can be purchased by calling 519-648-3644, or at www. commercialtavern.com.
GORE PARK, ELMIRA
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with what’s going on in the showroom that day, rather than just repeat banter.” LeBlanc takes the stage with Bill Culp and the Memphis Cats at the
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CLASSIFIED HELP WANTED
Dedicated to providing exceptional service and support to our employees and clients; we are currently seeking one individual to join our growing team.
MECHANICAL DESIGNER/DRAFTER Responsibilities
• Production of detail drawing and bills of material for fabricated equipment • Liaise with in-house estimating, technical and shop staff • Assist fabricators and installers in solving problems
Requirements
• Must have throrough knowledge of drafting principles • Must have the ability to use 3D modeling software • Must be familiar with MS Office Applications • Experience with Solidworks an asset • Successful applicant will posses strong organizational • skills and attention to detail.
Qualifications:
• Graduate drafting apprentice/technologist or equivalent with related experience • Experience in a mechanical fabrication environment an asset Please forward resume to:
M&G MILLWRIGHTS LIMITED P.O. Box 247 Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Attention: Human Resources or Fax: 519-669-1450 or Email: bob@mgmill.com
HELP WANTED
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Dog Designation Appeal Committee Members See www.woolwich.ca for details
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Millside Industries in Wallenstein currently has a position opening for
Customer Service/General Office Worker
Position would require Friendly customer service. Computer skills, quickbooks/excel spread sheets etc. Be able to work in a fast paced environment. Must be able to work with a group. Experience in sales If interested please send your resume to john@millside.ca or fax to 519-669-0742, we thank all resumes, but not all persons may be contacted. HELP WANTED SKILLED SELF STARTING employees needed immediately for multiple tasks, agriculture based business. Will train. Call 519-272-5348 to set up an interview.
COMMERCIAL RETAIL FOR RENT OR LEASE PRIME DOWNTOWN ELMIRA LOCATION 16 ARTHUR ST. S. OVER 1,400 SQ. FT. EMAIL: BILLNORRIS @ROGERS .COM
Carquest Auto Parts Elmira Part time / Full Time driver needed. Reply to Mike Good at (519) 669-1533
A CAREER IS WAITING FOR YOU in the farm equipment industry. We are looking for an AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN. The products we sell and service are world class which help our farmers grow the very best food in the most efficient ways. Please apply if you want to make a difference in helping feed the world. Please send your resume to keith@ stoltzsales.com or to Stoltz Sales & Service, 6805 Line 86, Elmira, ON.
SUMMER GUITAR LESSONS Starting Now!!! Bob Wilhelm Guitar Studio. 519-669-5371.
HEALTH CARE CONVERT YOUR WATER with the Synergy Stick to 9.5ph positive. Makes up to 1000 bottles. Our opening special $35 each. The Health and Wellness Shop, 4 Hachborn St. W., St. Jacobs. 519-276-2423. DETOX FOOT BATH by Synergy DTX. $38+tax per treatment. The Health & Wellness Shop, 4 Hachborn St. 519-276-7739. HIMALAYAN SALT LAMPS, also known as “The Vitamins of Air” Hand crafted from the foothills of the Himalayas salt crystal rocks. The Health and Wellness Shop, 4 Hackborn St. W., St. Jacobs. 519-276-2423.
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WELDER WESTOWER COMMUNICATIONS LTD is seeking a CWB Certified welder to join our team. Experience preferred. Full time hours. Must be able to read Auto CAD drawings and have distinction of weld symbols. Please bring resume to 60 Southfield Drive. Elmira.
HELP WANTED
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those considered will be contacted.
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RESCHEDULED: MULTIFAMILY GARAGE sale. Saturday June 29th in St. Jacobs. 31 Front St, 7am-1pmLots of twin girl infant clothes and some toys/baby gear, kids toys, household items, skis,
FOR SALE BIG ESTATE SALE Mattresses, cleaned and sanitized, like new; 1000’s of other items - a little of everything. In business for 60 years. Call 519-729-4111.
RENTALS 36 MEMORIAL AVE., 2 Br apt. Sep 1 only $825 + utilities. Newly renovated. BBQ for tenant use, coin operated laundry. Call 519-744-3711. ENJOY LAKE HURON with your family this summer at our water-view cottage on 5.5 acres. Now booking weeks at our family cottage near Red Bay, 25min north of Sauble Beach. Details at www.rentmycottage.snappages.com
REAL ESTATE WALLENSTEIN OPEN HOUSE Saturday, July 6, 1-3 p.m., 6363 Yatton Sideroad. 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom house for sale. For more information call 519-588-8076 or see Kijiji Ad# 481255118.
TRADES & SERVICES DRYWALLER & CARPENTER looking for work. Sprayed ceiling California or popcorn. Taping & prime paint walls. Install doors, casing & baseboard. 519-669-5866, Don.
HAY & STRAW WHEAT STRAW FOR sale - big square bales, clean. Oscar J.B. Martin 519-669-2194.
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SKATE ELMIRA LAUNCHES ITS FUNDRAISING EFFORT
FULL TIME HELP wanted for night shift. Start immediately at St. Clements Dehydrating Plant. Call 519-577-2889 or 519-575-8441. HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD utility mulch for sale at $20.00/yard. Contact Rick at rick@sittlergrinding.com
Skate Elmira’s launch party on June 22 saw the unveiling of a skate park sign at Bristow Park by Mayor Todd Cowan.
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COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING On July 15, 2013 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 to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 9, 2013. 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 A14/2013 – Conestogo Mennonite Church, 1866 Three Bridges Rd. The applicant is requesting permission to expand the legal non-conforming cemetery, for additional cemetery plots, from 1,795 sq m to approximately 3,540 sq m in area. The 1.0 hectare property is zoned Agricultural and contains an existing church and cemetery both of which enjoy legal nonconforming status. Minor Variance Application A15/2013 – Michelle Booth & Raymond Skarratt, 24 Young St, St. Jacobs The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the side yard setback for an accessory building from 1.0 metre to approximately 0.5 metres to permit the construction of a new 36 square metre accessory building. The property is zoned Residential Medium Density (R-3) and contains a single detached dwelling and accessory building. The applicant proposes to demolish the existing accessory building and replace it with the new structure. Minor Variance Application A16/2013 – Mariola Golab, 329 Glasgow Street South The applicant is requesting permission to change the legal non-conforming use of the former Parochial school located on the property to permit a performing and creative arts school. The 7.4 ha property is zoned Agricultural (A) and contains a single family dwelling, barn, shed and the school building. Consent Application B9/2013 – Mercedes Corporation, 10 Front St. and 1441 King St. North, St. Jacobs The applicant is requesting permission to sever an irregular shaped parcel of land being approximately 0.3 ha in area from the 2.8 ha property located at 10 Front Street / 1441 King Street in order to construct a free standing 14 unit brownstone development. An existing shed, partially located on the proposed severed lands, is proposed to be demolished. The proposed retained lands will be approximately 2.5 ha, are zoned Core Commercial – Urban (C-1) and Open Space (O-2) and contain a commercial building, mill race and trail. The proposed severed lands are zoned Residential Multiple (R-7) with site-specific provisions. Consent Application B10/2013 – Michael Heckendorn, 16 Oriole Parkway West, Elmira The applicant is requesting permission to sever a vacant parcel of land measuring approximately 18 metres by 63 metres (1,134 sq m) from 16 Oriole Parkway West for a new single detached residential lot. Both the proposed retained and severed lands are zoned Residential One Unit – Low Density (R2). The proposed retained lands would have a lot area of 2,583 sq m and contain a single detached dwelling and accessory shed.
Raindrops may have outnumbered stars, but that didn’t stop tribute artists and classic car enthusiasts from showing up in force to Cruisin’ with the Stars on June 22 at the Linwood Recreation Centre. Clockwise from top: Donald Cook in his 1928 Plymouth; Richard Wolfe is all shook up; Kenny Rogers (Grant Rayner) and Elvis (Terry Dieter); the once and future King (Wolfe and Herb Neher); Ante George as Neil Diamond. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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Ladies of Alma United Church hold up some goodies at this year’s Garden Party at the village community centre. Left to right: Barb Thompson, Chrissie White, Sharon Grose, Susan Harrop and Alice Williams. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
The St. Jacobs Midwives 20th anniversary reunion June 22 brought plenty of tots to Snider Park in St. Jacobs. From top: Rene Long with nine-month-old Claire; Lexie finds some ammo for the catapult; little Colter Whillier experiences the simple joys of a parachute. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Make Your Next Home Your Dream Home! THIS WEEKS OPEN HOUSE
UPDATED TIMELESS BEAUTY
$289,000
Sun. June 30, 2-4pm
Elmira - Exceptional home with many updates including: electrical, plumbing, bathrooms, windows, roof, fenced yard, and more. Main Bathroom has been totally renovated. 9 ft ceilings on main floor and main floor laundry. Carpet free with original hardwood floors throughout. 22 ft x 12.5 ft garage with basement walk up. Close to recreation complex and amenities. MLS 1322135 Call Paul or Alli direct.
25 PARK ST. ELMIRA
NEW PRICE
$500.00 DONATION will be made with every home bought or sold by Paul or Alli in Woolwich.
Alli Bauman
CALL DIRECT
CALL DIRECT
519-503-9533 www.homeswithpaul.ca
LUXURIOUS CONDO LIFE!!
THIS HOME HAS IT ALL!
Dining Room and In-suite Laundry. Laminate flooring, Bathrooms 2013, Kitchen cabinets 2009. Building amenities include: Controlled entry, Underground parking, exercise room, pool, sauna, elevators, controlled entry, party and games room. Close to: Conestoga College, shopping, Easy 401 access and close to trails. MLS 1324629. Call Paul or Alli Direct.
in-ground heated kidney shaped pool w/stamped concrete patio. Vaulted ceiling in family room w/gas fireplace. Master bedroom w/double walk-in closets & sunk-in ensuite complete w/whirlpool tub and separate shower. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms & Main floor laundry. Finished rec room w/separate entrance. Close to schools, Conestoga Mall & expressway. MLS 1325108. Call Paul or Alli direct.
Kitchener - This updated Modern Condo Waterloo - Crisp kitchen featuring island & features 2 large Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Separate breakfast bar, walk-out to relaxing deck overlooking
Paul Martin SALES REPRESENTATIVE
$475,000
$189,900
$265,000
$245,000 SEPARATE WORKSHOP
Drayton - Room for the kids to run on lg
Elmira -
INDUSTRIAL
Zoned M-2, This 1850 sqft: Industrial/Mfg 1,460sqft, Office 400sqft. Bay Size 18.5X32'. Power/Amps: 208/220 Volts/200. Furnace 2007, East Roof New 2013, West roof 2004. New Windows 2012, Soffit 2012. Office & Warehouse Space 31x60 Building. Features: Ceiling Fans, Natural Light - Windows, Suspended Ceilings, Finished Office Space, Air Lines, Floor Drains, Fenced Yard, Paved Yard. Including: Hot water heater, air compressor. MLS 1321454. Call Paul or Alli direct.
165ftx66ft yrd. 4bdrms, 2baths, & main flr lndry. Spacious front foyer , lg LR w/heating stove. Side entrance to lg functional kit & huge sep DR. Plumbing/electrical updated. Lifetime roof. 200amp service. 32ftx16ft Sep workshop w/9000lb, 2 post hydraulic hoist, gas/water heated cement flr & 100amp. MLS 1324398. Call Paul or Alli direct.
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
519-577-6248
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira 519-669-5426
$289,000 COMPLETELY FINISHED
Elmira - Completely finished top to bottom 4 level back split. This spacious semi is a match for anyone with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, family room and rec room! Eat in kitchen is equipped with hardwood floors, breakfast bar, open to family room with gas fireplace and Sliders off dinette with wrap around deck to large 12 x 22 ft deck and fenced yard. MLS 1327060 Call Paul or Alli direct.
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Bert Martin BROKER
TWIN CITY REALTY INC.,
Remax Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage
BROKERAGE
Independently Owned and Operated
COUNTRY LOT .5 ACRE | $73,500 Country lot .5 acre don't miss this chance to enjoy sunrises and sunsets. Within 40 minutes KW, or Guelph. High speed internet is available with fibre optic. MLS
DIRECT: 519-572-2669 OFFICE:
519-669-5426
3 Arthur St. S. Elmira
www.remaxsolidgold.biz
EMAIL: bert@remaxsolidgold.biz
FREE Market Evaluation BUSINESS FOR SALE!
BUILD TO SUIT
ALMOST 10 ACRES | $675,000 Almost 10 acres hardwood bush with a 3 bedroom bungalow, extra-large eat in kitchen and a separate dining room, basement has a big recroom and an extra bedroom. . Enjoy nature at its best. 24x40 foot barn and a 24x60 foot shed. MLS
$50,000
Located in a multi unit building this is ideal for a hobbyist or a retired person. Price includes inventory, shelving and display units. MLS. Call Bert for more information.
LEASE SPACE!
Three units consisting of 144 s/f, 800 s/f and 2400 s/f located in a busy plaza only 15 minutes to K-W. All units have central air and can be modified to suit your needs. Lots of free parking and some store front. MLS. Call Bert for more information.
Your referrals are appreciated!
519-579-4110
msaunders4@sympatico.ca www.KitchenerWaterloo-RealEstate.com
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MICHAEL J. SAUNDERS Sales Representative
$529,900 RARE 1870 STONE BEAUTY
completely restored with all the modern conveniences while maintaining original character and charm, mins to Waterloo. New custom maple kitchen with original tin ceiling, granite counters; attached garage with entrance to mudroom/laundry room with in floor heat. Beautiful new family room addition with vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace. Wide plank pine floors throughout,3 spacious bedrooms including a master suite complete with walk-in closet and ensuite boasting oversized tile shower, custom double vanity with granite counter. Situated on almost ½ acre there’s room for a pool and/or detached shop. New windows, full urethane spray insulation, gas heat, A/C, new wiring, too many features to list! An absolute must See! MLS.
WITH A REAL INVESTMENT YOU WILL SEE A REAL RETURN. FIND YOUR DREAM HOME HERE IN THE OBSERVER!
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
YEARS
SINCE 1913
BROKERAGE
Elmira Real Estate Services Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage
90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 4, Elmira N3B 3L4
519-669-3192
45 Arthur St. S., Elmira Office:
50+ years of combined service to HELP you!
Elmira@royallepage.ca
Bonnie Brubacher
www.elmirahomes.ca
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.
We support Woolwich Community Services through
100
Broker of Record / Owner
Monique Roes
Sales Representative / Owner
Shanna Rozema Jason Shantz Broker / Owner
Broker
“Helping you is what we do”
519-669-2772
$399,900 2700+ sq. ft. ELMIRA HOME $527,000. Incredible 2 storey home on the west Currently under construction, lovely open layout, 3 2 bdrms, ensuite, cherry kitchen stained off white, bdrms, 3 baths, hardwood and ceramic floors, walk-up island, living rm w/ hardwood & gas fireplace. EXCL. from family room., many upgrades. EXCL
side of Elmira. Main floor family room with gas fireplace; kitchen with breakfast nook; walk in pantry; Upper level with 4 bedrooms; finished basement with rec room, kitchen, bedroom and bath that could be used as an in-law suite. MLS
Design Concept Only EO&E
GLEN ALLEN .85 ACRE $679,000. Opportunity to have your dream home built on a scenic private lot. Custom 2400 sq ft bungalow with walk out basement. 2+ bedrooms open concept. Hardwood, ceramics, infloor heating in basement. Double garage. Time for your colour choices or bring your plan. Call for details. Exclusive
NEW PRICE!
NEW PRICE!
RESTORED CENTURY HOME $399,900. The home offers a blend of modern
DESIRABLE LOCATION $312,000. Beautiful 2 storey backsplit
finishes and characteristics of a century home. Soaring 10’ ceilings on the main and upper levels. Finished basement and an unfinished attic; large detached garage/workshop; 2 stained glass windows, pocket doors to family room; NEW MLS
with vaulted ceilings. Main floor layout blends elegance with practicality. Large deck; storage shed; many upgrades throughout. MLS
Call for your FREE Market Evaluation. OPEN HOUSE: Sat. July 6th 1-4:30pm 20 Queen St. Drayton | New Price $349,000 Bright spacious : 3 bedroom raised bungalow in Drayton. Open concept home with a bright eat-in kitchen and a walkout to a wrap-around deck to enjoy the panoramic view and large backyard. Finished Rec room and office in basement with a side entrance to laundry/storage room provides lots of space. Online at http://comfree.com/home-for-sale-drayton-ontario-431202 Please call 519-503-2204 or 519-638-5682 for an appointment
MVA Residential
Res:
519.669.1068
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker
Res:
519.669.8629
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep.
Cell : 519.505.0627
short walk to the public school! Large lot on a quiet street with mature trees. Spacious kitchen/dining area w/walkout to patio. Stone fireplace in living rm. & parquet floor. Cheater ensuite bath. Rec. room with gas fireplace and games room. Extra-deep garage. New septic system and drilled well in 2012. MLS.
PARADIGM HOMES MODEL OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAYS 5PM-7PM & SATURDAYS 12PM-2PM (EXCEPT LONGS WEEKENDS) CALL TODAY FOR DETAILS. 38 KNAPP ROAD, ELMIRA
BACKSPLIT | $374,900.
Broker of Record,
CONESTOGO - A great family home –
Wishing you a safe and Happy Canada Day!
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Happy 70th Birthday Irene!
Happy 90th Birthday LAURINE MACDERMOTT
Congratulations on your 90th Birthday Etta Naylor!
Jill and Glenn are pleased to announce the safe arrival of their son, Everton Blues, on June 9 2013. Proud and privileged grandparents are Lou and Bill Cochrane of London and George and Helen Grainger of Elmira.
Love From Your Children and Grand Children
Please join us in celebrating this special birthday on Saturday July 13, 2013 at St. Clements Community Centre 1 Green Street, St. Clements Open House 2-5 p.m. Best wishes only please.
Open House Sun. July, 14, 2-4 p.m. at Chateau Gardens ASL, Elmira. Best wishes only please. Your presence is my gift!
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IN MEMORIAM
IN MEMORIAM
After 60 years Elizabeth & Allan Gardiner have survived the storm
Card of Thanks
In memory of my Dad
In memory of our dear friend
Happy 60th July 11, 2013 Love your family
IN MEMORIAM
Dr Murrel Bauman The family offers their sincerest thanks to the staff of the Respiratory Unit on the Sixth Floor of St Mary’s Hospital for their care and support of Murrel. We also thank Rev Kees Vandermey for his beautiful service, and the Funeral committee of Gale Presbyterian Church for their help, support and wonderful luncheon.
who passed away 1 year ago June 28 2013.
We also thank our friends and family, both near and far, as well as neighbours and colleagues, for their heart-felt condolences and for the support they have shown us in myriad ways. To all who visited Murrel, either at home, in the hospital or even over the phone, we thank you for taking time to spend it with him; your visits were precious and appreciated.
who passed away 1 year ago June 28, 2012. There’s a special place in our Hearts that’s carved with our memories of you. We think of you and miss you every day!! FRIENDS FORVER In Life and In Death. Love, Jocelyn and Gary, Perry and David
IN MEMORIAM
IN MEMORIAM
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of
Elizabeth (Betty) Walter
In memory of our Parents
Michael James Deckert October 26, 1950 - July 3, 2010
Dad, Distance is no longer separating us, you are always with us. Love Steve and Naz
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It has been 3 years Mike, but just because you have been out of sight you are certainly not out of mind. Your life may have ended but my love for you has not. Missing you. Love, Judy.
July 1, 2002 We often think of you in silence, We often speak your name, But all we have are memories, And your picture in a frame. Your resting place we visit, Put flowers there with care, But no one knows the heartache, As we turn and leave you there We miss you and love you very much The Walter Family
Missing you Grand Dad Love Jason & Hazel
IN MEMORIAM
DEATH NOTICES
DEATH NOTICES
In Loving Memory of Andrew (Andy) Miles Colclough
BAAL, JOHANN (JOHN) | 1934-2013 Passed away peacefully at the South Huron Hospital in Exeter on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 79 years. John was born on January 21, 1934 in Transylvania, Romania. Local relatives are his sister Mary (Bob) Huschka of Elmira.
ROWE, WILLIAM LEONARD (BILL) | It is with great love and sadness that we announce the passing of William (Bill) Rowe on Saturday, June 22, 2013, in his 79th year.
who passed away June 28, 2012 at the Lisaard House after a 4 year battle with cancer. A Year in Glory! Love Mom, Dad, Joy & Todd
Andrew Miles Colclough (Andy)
Dad/Grand Dad, It’s been a year since the Angels came down and took you from us and to me, you’re still not fully at rest. I so long for the day when I know that you’re fully at rest and that your last wishes have been adhered to. Not a day goes by that we don’t think about you and wish that we could’ve had more time together. All Our Love Forever, Becky, Kieron and Rachael xoxo
In memory of My Dad
Andy Colclough
Andy Miles Colclough
BOLENDER, LORNA CHRISTINE (PETZNICK) | Passed away at the Grand River Hospital on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at the age of 57 years. DYCK, EVELYNE (EVY) | Peacefully passed from this life into Heaven to be with her Lord Jesus on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at age 53. HIETER, JOHN | Passed away at his home in Minto Township on Monday, June 24, 2013 at the age of 61 years. Local relative is his daughter Nicole Hieter of Elmira.
YUTZI, RON | Passed away at Grand River Hospital after a brief battle with cancer, on June 22, 2013 with his adoring family at his side. Local relative is his sister Debbie Yutzi of St. Jacobs.
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Passed away at his home in Minto Township on Monday, June 24, 2013 at the age of 61 years. John was the husband of Ann Legault, father of Nicole Hieter of Elmira, and son of Gerrit Hieter of Vernon, BC and the late Helma Hieter. He will be remembered by his brother Gerry Hieter and Pet Trafford of Victoria, BC, by his sisters Joanne Hieter and Jerry McFarlane of Vernon, BC, Judy Dobson of Kelowna, BC, and Cheryl Fletcher and Ken Barber of London; by his nieces and nephews, Joseph Dekok, Jon Dekok, Amy Spencer, Anita Dekok, Ashley Dekok, Josh Dobson, Sarah Dobson, and Kaitlin Dobson; and by Nicole’s mother, Debra Cowal of Elmira. Predeceased by his nephew Jeremy Dekok. Visitation will be held at the Hardy-Lee Funeral Home, Harriston on Saturday, June 29 from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. A gathering and celebration of John`s life will be held at John and Ann’s home, Avalon Gardens on Saturday, July 20. Memorial donations to Sanguen Health Centre, Waterloo would be appreciated.
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FAMILY MATTERS / TRACING THEIR ROOTS
Following in the footsteps of War of 1812 hero Laura Secord
Traditional potluck dishes ideal for BBQs over the weekend
Elmira sisters who are descendents of the Canadian icon retrace the path of her historic trek WILL SLOAN It was June 21, 1813, in the midst of the War of 1812, that a young woman in the American-occupied Niagara Peninsula learned of a sneak attack on Lieutenant James FitzGibbon’s British troops. Laura Secord, who had been nursing her injured husband and (according to legend) heard of the impending attack from dining American soldiers, trekked 32 kilometres to FitzGibbon’s base to warn the lieutenant. Two hundred years later, Muriel Clemmer, Dianne Dunlop, and Faith Bauman – three Elmira sisters who count Secord as their seventh greataunt – retraced her journey as part of the Laura Secord Bicentennial Event and Commemorative Walk in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The verdict? Secord didn’t have it easy. “We were pumped the first six, 12 … even at 18km we were doing pretty good,” said Dunlop. “And then, by the last eight, I was going to push her over the ravine,” she added, pointing at Clemmer. “I don’t know how she did it,” said Clemmer of her ancestor. “There were no signs, no one with her, no water stops like we had. The three of us thought this was a good lesson in endurance and staying the path for the good of others.
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Elmira sisters Dianne Dunlop, Faith Bauman and Muriel Clemmer met up with descendants of Lieutenant James FitzGibbon after taking the Laura Secord Bicentennial Commemorative Walk in Niagara last week. [SUBMITTED] “It was hot and humid, – convened at Niagara to “We actually just signed Dunlop. “They must have and it was hot and humid pay tribute to the Canaup to do the beginning known full well she was the day she did it too, and dian hero. and the end, which would listening, but they must a lot of her walk would “While we were walking, have been 12km. But we have thought, ‘She’s a have been in the mush.” we were wondering what thought, ‘We’ve got to do woman, it won’t matter, Canadian history may part of Canada would this whole thing,’ and we she won’t do anything.’ have been very different belong to the States if it pushed each other on.” … She really proved them had Secord not braved hadn’t been for her,” said Participating in the wrong.” the marsh, swamp, gravel, Faith Bauman. “The Great walk not only made SeIn her lifetime, Secord and blistering heat. On Lakes, everybody wants cord’s struggle tangible, was not exactly received the 200th anniversary of those – they’re beautiful. but also underlined her as a hero. In reports after her legendary journey, That might not be ours.” resourcefulness and the Battle of Beaver Dams, 1,000 people – including “I feel it’s very imporstrength. her name is not menLaureen Harper (wife of tant to remember that on “What amazes me is, tioned, and after the war, Stephen) and descendants the Canada Day Weekthese soldiers carried of Secord and FitzGibbon end,” added Clemmer. on a conversation,” said LAURA SECORD | 26
The Canada Day long weekend is here and chances are you’re probably going to be getting together with some friends and family for a BBQ of some sort. So, of course, you will need to come with something to contribute. This week we have a few of our favourite salad recipes here that will help you along the way. These are mostly classic BBQ salad recipes, with our own twist on things, which will result in a super tasty addition to any BBQ meal. These recipes are also great because you can always pack up any leftovers you have for lunch when it’s time to get back to work. Wishing you all a safe and fun-filled long weekend. Happy Canada Day!
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JUNE 29 VISIT THE WTHHS HISTORICAL Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry Street, Wellesley, on Saturday, June 29, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy displays and interesting historical facts about Wellesley Township. The Historical Room is open on the last Saturday of every month except in December. Free admission.
JULY 3 DINOSAUR WEDNESDAYS 1-2 P.M. Take a journey back in time with us and learn about the Dinosaurs, the Ice Age and everything in between. Earth Sciences Museum, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. Children free.
JULY 4 THIS WEEK CELEBRATES THE arrival of the Schneiders to the area in 1807. Throughout the week, costumed staff will demonstrate some of the skills the Schneiders had to use as early settlers, such as planking fish, baking bread over an open fire, and making ropes, nets and shingles. Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m., Closed Canada Day, Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Joseph Schneider Haus, 466 Queen St. S., Kitchener. All ages; adults $2.25, seniors/ students $1.50, children $1.25, family $5.
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JULY 12 H.U.G.S. PROGRAM – 9:15-11:15 a.m. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Going on vacation with your children! Tips for travelling with children and places to go! No registration required. Childcare provided. Call Heidi at 519664-3794, ext. 237 for more information.
JULY 15 HUNGRYMAN BREAKFAST, ELMIRA LEGION Ladies Auxiliary, 11 First St. E. Serving 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.; $6/person. All you can eat!
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JULY 26 H.U.G.S. PROGRAM – MEET with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: Park Day in St. Jacobs. Meet at the park on Water Street at 10 a.m. No childcare; bring your own snack. Return to Woolwich Community Health Centre in case of rain. No registration required. Call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237 for more information.
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Twitter can be used to determine happiest and saddest days of the year WEIRD NOTES
Q. What is the happiest
day of the week and day of the year? What about the saddest? How might such questions ever be answered?
A. By consulting the hedonometer at hedonometer. org (from the Greek “hedon� meaning “pleasure�), which uses the continuous flood of words “tweeted� over the social networking service Twitter to extract day-by-day happiness scores for the connected world, answer Peter Dodds et al. in “PLoS ONE� journal. More than 10,000 of
the most common English words were assigned happiness scores from 1 for “sad� to 9 for “happy.� Going by the data, happiness peaks on Saturdays, with Fridays right behind. Tuesdays -- not Mondays -- are the saddest days, registering about 0.03 happiness units below Saturdays. The happiest days of the year are Christmas and Christmas Eve, typically peaking 0.25 points higher than the days before or after, while other holidays have similar peaks. Since the hedonometer was activated in the fall of 2008, the happiest day of all was Christmas 2008 (6.37) and the saddest was April 15, 2013, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings (5.88). (Generally, the saddest days correspond
to natural disasters and other events.) Of course, sampling English users of Twitter is hardly an unbiased gauge of universal sentiment, yet the technique is data-driven and quantitative and eventually will encompass other languages and social network users.
Q. One thing a baseball
catcher needs to be able to do is squat down to give signals to the pitcher and to receive the ball, then he’s up and down, up and down throughout the game, so much so that Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench once estimated that he’d had to squat at least 500,000 times during his career. Was this just an exaggeration?
Not at all, says physicist Aaron Santos in “Ballparking: Practical Math for Impractical Sports Questions.� Bench had played about 20 years with the Reds -- not even counting minor league or nonprofessional games -- pegged at roughly 150 games per year. In a typical game of 100 pitches, this meant 100 squats for Bench. His total number was likely at least double that since he also caught practices over the seasons. So make that about 200 squats per game, times 150 games per year, times 20 years for an estimated 200 x 150 x 20 = 600,000 squats! Well done, Mr. Bench!
THE CHALLENGE
fastest ways to come to a belief in mythical unicorns is by miscounting, misidenti-
LAURA SECORD: Slogging through the marsh?
Yes. Making chocolate treats? Not so much 1868 at age 93. For as long as they can remember, the sisters heard stories of their great-aunt from their grandmother, Laura Secord-Dunlop, a historian who studied the walk. But while Secord is a legend in the Niagara area, she has earned much of her recognition for a venture she was never involved in.
“So many people I talk to say, ‘Oh, the Laura Secord Walk, that means chocolate,’� said Bauman. “There are a lot of people that don’t realize that it’s more than chocolate, and how pivotal her journey was.� A pause. “I don’t think that’s even her real picture on the box,� laughed Clemmer.
Dianne Dunlop, Muriel Clemmer and Faith Bauman show off the medals they received after walking the 32 kilometres covered by their famous ancestor. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.� Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.
she raised seven children on her husband’s meager war pension and some money from renting property. Despite frequent petitioning, she received no official acknowledgment for her heroism until 1860, when she was 85, when King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) sent her a £110 reward. She died in
The first known depiction of a unicorn dates to around 15,000 B.C.E. -- in the Lascaux Caves of France - -until people realized they had MISCOUNTED a depicted pair of horns as one because the two had been drawn confusingly close together, says Dave Gonzales in “Mental Floss� magazine. Later, Marco Polo in his travels believed he had encountered unicorns, writing: “They are very ugly beasts to look at. They are not at all such as we describe unicorns.� Actually, Marco Polo had spotted rhinoceroses and MISIDENTIFIED them. Mistake number three comes from the King James version of the Old Testament, with its seeming nine refer-
ences to unicorns, “thanks to a MISTRANSLATION of the Hebrew word ‘re’em.’ The original word was likely the Assyrian ‘rimu’ (auroch), an extinct species of wild ox.� One decidedly unMYTHICAL fact about unicorns is their deleterious effect on sea-dwelling whales called narwhals, Gonzales adds. The erroneous notion that unicorn horns could counteract poison and purify water put the narwhal population at risk, since the single tooth protruding from the front of the whale’s head made “for a popular counterfeit.�
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CHEF’S TABLE: Something to take along to weekend BBQs, with the potential for tasty leftovers FROM | 24
5 or 6 hard cooked eggs, cooled, coarsely chopped 1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped red onion 1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped dill pickles Dressing: 3/4 cup mayonnaise (a little more or less, as desired)
1 to 2 tablespoons prepared mustard Salt and pepper to taste
Combine potatoes, egg, onions, and pickles; Stir in mayonnaise, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir the mayonnaise and mustard in a little at a time, until
you have the flavour and consistency you like.
Broccoli Salad 1 head broccoli 6 to 8 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
1/2 cup chopped red onion 1/2 cup your favourite trail mix 8 ounces shredded sharp cheddar 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1/4 cup sugar Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Trim off the large leaves from the broccoli stem. Remove the tough stalk at the end and wash broccoli head thoroughly; Cut the head into flowerets and the stem into bite-size pieces. Place in a large bowl; Add the crumbled bacon, onion, trail mix, and
cheese; In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients, stirring well; Add to broccoli mixture and toss gently.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Chef Ryan Terry owns FLOW Cafe & Catering in Elmira. More information can be found at his website www.flowcatering.ca
On the road to making a difference for world’s poorest Giving ‘til it hurts, Elmira’s Charlie Bauman on cross-continent cycling trek to raise money for World Vision WILL SLOAN The fact that Elmira native Charlie Bauman is in the midst of a 10- to 12-month bike trek across the United States and Canada to raise money for World Vision leads to certain questions. No, not just questions about what moved him to exert so much time and energy for charity, but more practical questions, such as: how on earth does he afford such a lifestyle? “I am not rich – a working college graduate,” said Bauman. However, he added, “I am a strong believer in, if your not giving until it hurts, you’re not giving enough.” That’s the philosophy that has fueled Bauman’s trek, which began in Astoria, Oregon on May 17 and won’t be over until well into 2014. Bauman is travelling America via the Trans America route, which will see him passing through 10 states of small towns and scenic byways, approximately 7,000 kilometres.
“When travelling essentially self-supported, minus groceries and water, every small gesture is crucial,” said Bauman. “As I was in grabbing some groceries on my bike with a sign promoting World Vision, a lady came up to me in the grocery store and gave me her change and used her members card to give a discount on the bill.” After that, the real work begins, travelling from Rochester, New York to Fairbanks, Alaska through Canada (with an August/ September stop in Elmira). He anticipates that he will reach Edmonton when heavy snowfall begins, and will spend several months there training and fundraising before the spring. Since the idea is to generate as much money for charity as possible, Bauman is working on a budget of around $10 per day, pitching his tent at whatever roadsides and parks will allow him. “As for cleaning, let’s just say there are days you wouldn’t want to be behind
me in the grocery store,” he said. “Travelling like this opens your eyes to the potential in many things you otherwise might not have seen. A waterfall along the road? Shower!” Bauman says his concern for the less-fortunate was sparked by a trip to India for a wedding, which became a 45-day tour through the country. While there, he saw firsthand the income gap, and the children in poverty. “Cultural differences were also something to get used to, what really opened my eyes to what we often forget is we all have the same essential desires; culture, skin colour, language none of it matters. We all want self respect, health, happiness.” After his first semester in college, he began to sponsor a child through World Vision, which eventually led to three. Since then, Bauman has been a strong believer in the Christian charity. “By sponsoring a child you’re helping the child’s
family, which in return helps the community,” he said. “They provide health aid, schooling, agricultural education, water drilling to name a few. They also have individual programs, like purchasing farm animals, or sending supplies, as well as where an urgent crisis may have occurred.” He added, “I don’t claim to be a saint – just a flawed human trying to make a change.” Bauman hopes to raise $15,000, or one for every kilometre pedaled. Donations can be made at worldvision.ca by searching “Raising Hope.” His progress can be followed at www.facebook.com/Cycle4Humanity.
Bauman’s 10- to 12-month journey will take him across both the United States and Canada. [ESUBMITTED]
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Charlie Bauman felt compelled to charity work after a cross-country trip through India, where he saw the country’s class disparity firsthand. [ESUBMITTED]
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