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Ottawa dishes up a stand-pat budget Few goodies and few surprises helps maintain the status quo, fendsoff an election as Liberals back it MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Saying the cupboard is bare, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty handed down a sparse budget Tuesday. A long way from what Canadians have seen in recent years, the budget contained relatively little new spending and few
tax breaks. It also served to keep the Conservative government in power, as the Liberals quickly said they would not bring the government down over the document. Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht said his government delivered a budget in keeping with current concerns over the economy.
“I think it’s a very responsible budget. It’s a balanced budget and I don’t mean just in terms of the deficit being balanced, but the area that it addresses.” The budget includes $500 million for public transit, and makes permanent a transfer of $2 billion in gas-tax revenues for municipal infrastruc-
ture projects. How much of that will make its way to Waterloo Region remains to be seen, however. Also on tap is an extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for manufacturers, more investment in municipal capital infrastructure, and a commitment to reducing the federal debt – the $10.2 billion
surplus for this year (ending Mar. 31) was set aside for debt reduction. With the end of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, the government will also put $350 million into a new Canada Student Grant Program in 2009-10. That amount will hit $430 million in three years. See BUDGET page »05
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BundLed uP and BeaMinG Shirley Hill mans her post in front of John Mahood pS as she has done every school day for the past 21 years. Although she feels appreciated every day, Hill got a little extra recognition Wednesday pHOTO | VANESSA MOSS during Waterloo Region’s “thank you” day for crossing guards.
Stopping to show appreciation Region sets aside a day to say “thank you” to crossing guards who help kids get to school safely ready feels valued every day. The smiles and kind words she receives every morning and afternoon are more than enough to keep her out there, even on the coldest days. And if she dresses in layers, the weather isn’t so bad, she quipped. The region’s Active and Safe Routes to School Workgroup initiated Wednesday’s event for two reasons: to thank people like Hill for their dedication and to make parents realize how safe and beneficial it is for children to walk to school. SERVING THE TOWNSHIP Workgroup chairperson FOR OVER 15 YEARS Colleen Cooper said that allowing kids to trek to school and back everyday is easier on the environment, improves their health, and gives them important social time with
VANESSA MOSS While those around her grimace from the cold, a bundled-up Shirley Hill smiles at every parent and child that crosses her path. For more than two decades, Hill has been manning her post at Snyder Avenue and First Street West in Elmira, making sure that John Mahood Public School students cross the road safely. “I enjoy helping the kids and meeting the parents,” she said, noting that she gets a kick out of seeing former students bring their own children to cross. Hill and her fellow crossing guards in Waterloo Region were honoured with an appreciation day Wednesday to recognize their contributions. While others probably welcomed this acknowledgment, Hill said, she al-
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As well, traffic in front of schools could be alleviated if parents left their vehicles at home, something Hill
wishes they would consider. Over the years, an increasing number of cars has become her biggest concern. In fact, as she helped children cross the street Tuesday, parents were battling for parking spots and lining the streets, making Hill’s job more difficult. “[It’s] a hurried society,” she said. Cooper’s group wants to ease parents’ safety concerns about walking by highlighting the efforts of roughly 200 guards in the region. “They’re out there every day in all weather. … We have our trusty crossing guards and they make it possible for kids to get to school safely.” Unfortunately, she added, if children do not make use of the guards, they could become obsolete. “It’s important to realize the wonderful service that they do provide, but See GUARDS page »08
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The electoral game is rigged, but we still keep playing it They’re hanging on to the membership list, but organizers of the NO MMP committee don’t expect to be in the midst of an electoral-reform debate any time soon. Quietly, with the same fanfare that accompanied the referendum last fall – that is to say, none – the committee wrapped up its work, happy in having seen the idea of a mixed-member proportional system flushed down the pipes. You may recall, with some difficulty, the proposal to replace the first-pastthe-post system went down by a vote of 63.1 per cent to 36.9. It was a satisfying result for Joseph Angolano. He doesn’t expect to see the issue back on the agenda in the near future, say 10 or 20 years. Given the MMP proposal was the first stab at electoral reform in 215 years, that’s probably a safe bet. “It’s very hard to speculate. But electoral reform isn’t a big issue with the public.� While he favours changing the system, the MMP idea was a none-starter, as it was for others aligned against it. “I didn’t like the proposal. And I thought the arguments for it were ridiculous. I would have just voted against it, but that (the rationale) is what got me involved,� he says. Having campaigned against MMP as a bad idea, he and others on the committee were chagrined by the “yes� side’s
reaction to the loss. Rather than admitting the idea was flawed and that the public had spoken, supporters continue to make excuses for the proposal. “Fair Vote Canada said that voters rejected MMP not because they thought that it was not an adequate electoral system for Ontario, but because voters did not understand the referendum question or MMP, or that media was biased against MMP, and that Elections Ontario did not do enough to sell the merits of MMP to Ontario voters. “This is a most unfortunate reaction to a democratic vote. It is unfortunate that some proponents of MMP wish to rewrite the story of the referendum so that history is told with blinding inaccuracies.� I think we rejected MMP as convoluted and too open to abuse by politicians and political parties – the “no� side played up our dislike of those people to channel opposition to the bid. In the end, the current first-past-thepost system didn’t win the support of those who bothered to vote in the referendum as much as it remained the devil we know. In a series of tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum choices, it’s increasingly clear that the status quo will never lead to the kind of change most of us profess to want – environment improvements, restraints on greed and self-interest in politics and business, social programs, and the like. The mixed-member proportional system offered up last fall was not the best alternative, but its defeat is not grounds to give up on the reform process. That, however, appears to be the intent of the
McGuinty government, which can now say “we tried,� and drop the subject. But the failure also lies with the way the process was conducted. Nobody paid much attention to the Citizens’ Assembly that came up with the idea; the MMP option was floated for only a few months prior to the vote; Elections Ontario and the government made marginal attempts to push the issue – in fact, many Ontarians seemed oblivious to the referendum, let alone the issue at stake. Some pundits surmised that was the government’s intent: to make a show of backing electoral reform with the idea of letting it wilt on the vine. Neither of the two major parties – Liberal or Conservative – stands to gain from the system, which favours democracy by giving rise to the smaller parties. There’s also speculation the revisions might mean more minority governments or coalitions. In that vein, you can look to the current arrangement in Ottawa, where the government is
held in check by its minority status. For those of us who distrust the Conservative government, the restrictions are necessary to temper Harper’s ambitions. That doesn’t mean, given a majority, it would immediately institute the ruinous policies dictated by its ideological base. Rather, it would attempt the death-the-a-thousand-cuts method, introducing draconian measures early in its mandate with the hope voters would forget come election time – it worked for Mike Harris’ reelection, though Ontarians eventually wised up. Ottawa is in fact a good indication of why we need changes to the electoral system. The Liberals and Conservatives have taken turns dropping the ball – arguably the latter more so (think Mulroney) – and are often different sides of the same coin. Nothing’s going to change unless we smarten up as voters (not likely) or the game becomes less rigged (slightly less unlikely).
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Woolwich looks to host conference Plans to have Waterloo Region’s four rural townships host the next GRCA Heritage Day Workshop met with a warm reception in Woolwich Tuesday night. The group is looking for the municipalities – Woolwich, Wellesley, Wilmot and North Dumfries – to pony up $1,250 each to cover the costs of hosting the 12th annual meeting in 2009. The idea would be to have that year’s theme reflect the rural heritage of the Grand River. Council suggested the St. Jacobs community centre be the venue, asking staff to look into the issue before committing.
A welcome idea in bloom The Elmira Horticultural Society is looking to make the eastern and western approaches to Elmira more welcoming. The group would like to see “Welcome to Elmira” signs similar to ones on Arthur Street, at the north and south ends of town, replicated on Church Street. Its volunteers would then plant and tend the flower beds as part of its beautification mandate. Discussing the request this week, Woolwich councillors decided the issue wasn’t a municipal responsibility, opting to pass it along to the BIA and Elmira Maple Syrup Festival.
St. Clements rec. gets boost Recreation facilities in St. Clements will soon benefit from improvements as the town’s service board raised $2,029.47 Feb. 16 through its Elimination Draw and Dance. Now in its second year, the event saw 135 people vie for prize money, while dancing to the sounds of the Jeff Tanner Band at the St. Clements Community Centre. The service board sold a total 225 tickets and handed out 15 draw prizes. Funds raised will likely go towards upgrading the arena’s PA system, but suggestions from the public are welcome.
Kings part of Mercer quip It was short and sweet, but the Elmira Sugar Kings earned a mention as the Rick Mercer Report took a shot at political gravy in Kitchener. The clip can be round online at www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/backissues.php. Click on Mercer: Elton John (season 5, episode 16, Feb. 26).
CRASH AND BURN Wellesley Township firefighters douse the fire that broke out after two tractor trailers collided at the corner of Line 86 and Manser Road Wednesday afternoon; a 37-yearold Kitchener man was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident forced police to close a stretch of Line 86 until Thursday evening for investigation and cleanup.
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VANESSA MOSS A 37-year-old Kitchener man is dead after two tractor trailers collided Wednesday afternoon on Line 86, west of Wallenstein. At about 1:20 p.m. a 53-year-old Puslinch man was travelling southbound on Wellington Road 12/Manser Road
when he collided with an eastbound tractor trailer at the intersection of Line 86, said Sgt. Fred Gregory of the Waterloo regional police traffic services. The impact caused the trucks to leave the road and enter the southeast ditch, where they caught fire and started to burn. “It was quite a sight,” Gregory said. “The vehicles were attached to
each other. The impact was very severe.” Following the crash, the Puslinch man attempted to help the other driver, but was forced away when the fire got too hot. The Kitchener man was pronounced dead at the scene and the other operator was treated at Listowel Memorial Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and later
released. Police are withholding both names pending further investigation. As they left the road, the tractor trailers clipped a main hydro line, knocking out power to roughly 100 homes in the Linwood area. Although power was restored at around 5 a.m. Thursday, Line 86 between Lichty and Lavery roads
was still closed through much of the following day as regional police cleaned up and repaired an overhead caution light and parts of the road. “If you saw any pictures of that, it’s going to take a while for us to get it all figured out,” said Gregory. “I’ve been doing this job a long time and See FATALITY page »06
Budget: No blockbuster announcements this time » From cover
The budget is really a continuation of Conservative initiatives already in place, said Albrecht. “I think the key thing is to hold the course on some of the tax reductions that we’ve announced in previous budgets; in terms of business, the accelerated capital cost allowance.” Another highlight of the budget is a new Tax Free Savings Account to promote savings, under which individuals will be able to put aside up to $5,000 each year, with the in-
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this is one of the more labour-intensive investigations we’ve done when it comes to traffic collisions.� A large team of emergency workers responded to the accident, including the Ontario Provincial Police, Linwood and Wellesley fire departments, paramedics, regional environmental services and a dozen Waterloo regional police officers from Elmira, Waterloo and traffic services. A postmortem examination of the victim was conducted Thursday afternoon at Hamilton General Hospital.
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Elmira plaza site of racist graffiti
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Not likely a hate crime, police say, but officers continue search for vandals behind the words MARC MIQUEL HELSEN The offensive and racist graffiti that appeared at Elmira’s Birdland Plaza last weekend has police canvassing the area in search of leads. While some of the graffiti was explicitly racist, targeting black and Jewish people, police were reluctant to classify the incident a hate crime. According to the Criminal Code of Canada, a hate crime is committed to intimidate, or harm not only a person, but
an entire group of people to which the victim belongs. Hate crimes involve intimidation and harassment, force or threats against a person, a specific group or a property, and are motivated by prejudice. “We have to be careful as to what we say is a hate crime. Some folks, for instance, that will put a swastika on something, it may not be intended as a hate crime: that may not be their motive even though it appears that way,� said Staff Sgt. Warren Haasnoot of the Waterloo re-
gional police’s Division 3 detective squad. Investigators canvassed the area earlier in the week hoping to find leads as well as to determine whether any neighbours might have been specifically targeted. “It certainly depends on the motive, and that may not be their motive: it may be kids that don’t really understand how offensive this is; that may not be their motive, and we don’t know that at this point in time. I hate to jump to that conclusion that
it is an intentional hate crime,� he explained. Among the racist insults spray-painted on the plaza wall were references to marijuana and alcohol consumption, images of the female anatomy, and insults targeting police. While investigators currently have no suspects they continue their investigation into the matter. Entering photographs of the graffiti into a specific database, detectives, along with the Intelligence Branch, hope any patterns or
links between seemingly isolated incidents will emerge. But catching the culprits, especially those who vandalize sporadically, is easier said than done. “How do you solve it, unless somebody’s witnessed it?� asked Haasnoot. With little forensic evidence left behind at the scene of the crime, locating suspects is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. To that end, police are asking the public to come forward with any relevant
information. “We’re certainly always open for information that anybody has with respect to [graffiti], but when it is of this nature, we take the extra steps that we can to try to determine who’s done it and, specifically, ‘why.’ So, with respect to this one, we’re taking the steps of canvassing the area because we’d like to find out what this is about.� Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS.
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Province won’t designate it as a noxious weed, so region and township weigh options to control spread STEVE KANNON The province having declined to take action, Waterloo Region and its member municipalities will now decide if they’ll go it alone in the battle against a noxious weed spreading in the area. Giant hogweed, exposure to which can cause painful, burning blisters and scarring, has been more prevalent in Woolwich Township and other parts of the region for the last couple of years. Local officials were looking for the provincial government to add hogweed to The Weed Act, officially designating it as noxious and provid-
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ing more tools to help eradicate the plant. In passing on the designation, however, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs indicated it would support a regional or local bylaw aimed at the control of giant hogweed. For Coun. Mark Bauman, who has spearheaded Woolwich’s war on the weed, every avenue must be explored. As councillors discussed the issue Tuesday night, he suggested local officials keep lobbying the province to change its stance, noting the weed does not recognize municipal boundaries as it propagates. Thriving in areas such as
er affected areas. The Grand River Conservation Authority has also joined the fray. Along with direct action, Bauman also called for more public education about the weed, how to spot it and to deal with it. The sooner the problem is tackled, the easier it will be to deal with, agreed Coun. Murray Martin. “If we have just a little bit of it, now is the time to get rid of it.� Giant hogweed, a member of the parsnip family, is a very aggressive species. Often confused with cow parsnip, a smaller plant, giant hogweed can grow three
riverbanks, the plant’s seeds are easily spread along the Grand River waterway, for instance, meaning the problem is multi-jurisdictional. Still, a regional bylaw would be an additional tool in the fight. “We have a chance to nip something in the bud before it becomes a huge problem.� In the township to date, two sites have been especially targeted: the dam in St. Jacobs and drainage ditch near Elmira’s Pintail Drive. Bauman has personally dug up hundreds of plants in St. Jacobs, while the township has contracted a pesticide company to spray oth-
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Local schools show their skills Park Manor and St. Teresa send students to competition at college VANESSA MOSS Even though he has heard it many times over the past 10 years, Park Manor Public School’s Dan Peters still feels proud when he hears his school’s name called out for awards. Taking on 500 other public and Catholic school students in Waterloo Region Wednesday, the school maintained its winning reputation at the Skills Elementary Regional Competition at Conestoga College. “We had a successful day,” the science and technology teacher said of the school’s 16 medals – two first-place groups, one second, one third and one fourth. Elmira’s St. Teresa School also took home some prizes Wednesday after sending a larger group of six teams this year. Entering the robotics test for the first time, the school’s Grade 5/6 and 7/8 teams both placed second. “It went very, very well,” said special edu-
cation teacher Cheryl Elliot-Fraser. “I was very pleased with how well our students did on all the competitions.” Peters said that although he was impressed by the final results, the real highlight was seeing the children’s persis-
tence with their various challenges that became increasingly difficult as the day wore on. “They’re just so focused and they really worked well as teams. There was no animosity: they were respectful of each other’s ideas. When some-
Skills Canada Competition Results PARK MANOR RESULTS Grade 7/8 Build First Place Kora Clement Brian Gruneberg Takuya Shibayama Sarah Card Grade 7/8 Lego First Place Dylan Horst Robin Lawson Lucas Wilkenson Andy Knoerck Grade 6 Lego Second Place Luke Konig Brett Schummer Alison Minielly Carissa Truax Grade 6 Robotics Third Place Jocelyn Lubert
Chris Paleshi Emily Orr Zach Horst Grade 7/8 Robotics Fourth Place Sam Mair Katie Bartel Holly Boyne Brodie Lucas ST. TERESA RESULTS Grade 5/6 Robotics Second Place Claire Hanley Laura Bertrand Nathan Schulpp Nathan Dowdall Grade 7/8 Robotics Second Place Eric Hanley Philip Leeman Tessa Jo Spurgeon Brieanna Knarr-Dodds
thing didn’t work, you could see them go back and plan and rebuild and try something differently and that’s how pretty well every single group seemed to work today. “That sort of thing is really rewarding.” He added that the Grade 7/8 build team was particularly interesting to watch because despite its frustrations and disappointments early in the day, the group ended up taking first place. They just kept testing, rebuilding and retesting again,” Peters said. While Park Manor competed in its usual categories this year, including the tech challenge, LegoDacta exercise and LegoRobotics test, Peters is looking forward to adding a new aspect to their training next year: the video-editing task where students put together video sequences using a camera and computer. “I know that we’ll do well at that,” he said. The veteran instructor attributed the school’s strong showing to adequate preparation and teamwork. And his many years of science and technology experience didn’t hurt either. “It passes along to the kids.” This “once-in-a-lifetime” competition gave Peters’ best hands-on learners and drafters a chance to shine and the two first-place groups will now move on to the provincial competition in April at RIM Park. Putting Wednesday’s successful day aside, Peters was already talking about prepping for this next challenge, with the ultimate goal of making it to nationals.
Snowmobiles more visible, but complaints remain constant Record amounts of snow a boon to enthusiasts, and officials find most are sticking to the trails MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Record snowfalls have been a boon for snowmobilers, who’ve taken to area trails in droves. While the vehicles have been more visible, prompting some complaints, there hasn’t been a corresponding rise in enforcement issues. “I think it works out better for them because they’re not on the streets; they’re not in town to find snow – they’re out on the trails,” said Woolwich Township clerk Christine Broughton, who oversees bylaw enforcement. “We have quite a bit of trails, so, I think that we’re not seeing problems because they’re sticking to the trails,” she added, noting that in the township, snowmobiles are not allowed on regional or municipal roads. Enforcement and police officials note the high volume of snowmobiles ripping around town has not translated into a spike in the number of tickets issued. Increasingly, participants appear to be respecting regulations. “Definitely, there’s been an increase in traffic out there, but from looking at enforcement we’ve had no more complaints, believe it or not, than we did last year,” said Broughton.
While bylaw officials have investigated a number of complaints, including those involving snowmobiles travelling up and down Arthur Street and another dealing with snowmobilers on town sidewalks, things have been relatively quiet compared to last year’s significantly less snowy winter. “It gets worse when there’s less snow; then they travel on the sidewalks, so that they sort of stay in between the snowbanks,” said Wellesley Township bylaw enforcement officer Jack Mittelholtz, noting that the township has seen a similar trend. Aside from the odd complaint of a sled travelling on a municipal sidewalk, which is illegal, things have been calmer than in previous years. Waterloo regional police report a similar experience. “There has been a lot more compliance. They (snowmobilers) are obeying the rules … it seems everybody we’re stopping, they’ve got their permits, they’ve got their trail permits, they’ve got their insurance. We haven’t really had a lot of issues out here since we’ve been on the trails,” said Sgt. Don Scott, who heads the New Hamburg detachment, which covers parts of Wellesley Township.
Guards: Township always on the lookout for new recruits » From page 03
also to use the service so that people don’t lose it.” In Woolwich Township, there is the opposite problem: lots of walking kids and not enough guards, especially in smaller centres such as Breslau, Maryhill and Conestogo. As part of this year’s budget deliberations, deputy clerk Valrie Hummel proposed a crossing guard pay increase – to $25 from 18.18
a day – to attract interest in the jobs, but council turned it down, stating that Woolwich guards already make more than any others in the region. Currently, seven of the eight Woolwich positions are filled, but Conestogo still has no representative, despite a vigorous ad campaign to find one. Hummel said she hopes days like Wednesday make the public realize how essential these positions are.
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Fire destroys Wellesley harness shop Four stations deployed to do battle with blaze that caused $800,000 in damage; rebuilding underway
PHOTOS | JOE MERLIHAN
An explosion that unleashed a blazing fire at a Linwood area harness shop Feb. 22 had firefighters battling almost the entire day. There were no injuries, but it took over 60 firefighters from Wellesley’s three stations, as well as assistance from Floradale, to contain the blaze at 4445 Posey Line, near Lavery Road. “It could have been worse,� Wellesley Township fire chief Dave Geil said afterwards. The structure fire, which broke out at approximately 6:30 a.m., proved to be a large undertaking. “We thought we had it under control at one point, and then it kind of burned into the attic and then crossed into the other part, which made it hard for us because it got into the urethane. That’s when it kind of took off on us,� he said. “When that urethane gets on fire, it’s really hard to stop it.� Ivan Martin, a share-
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NEW BUILDING ARISES FROM THE ASHES Firefighters from all three Wellesley stations, supported by Floradale, were unable to control the blaze that quickly spread through a harness shop on Posey Line, near Linwood, on Feb. 22. The building was demolished, but work on a replacement began within a few days.
holder in the harness business, told investigators that he heard an explosion after turning on the power in the building. Fortunately, none of the workers was in the area of the shop where the explosion took place.
“We’re pretty sure we know how it started,� said Martin, noting someone had been using a heat gun the night before. The power went out at 8 p.m. and the operator forgot to unplug the heat gun, Martin explained. When the power was
flipped on again the next morning, the heat gun likely sparked something flammable. Before they knew it, the structure was engulfed in flames. “I’ve never seen so much smoke,� said Martin. For his part, Geil noted that investigators have
not yet determined the cause of the fire and are considering a few possibilities. “We’re still investigating; we’re looking at all the options but still can’t pinpoint it.� Damage was estimated at $800,000, including the
building and inventory. The building was selfinsured within the community. “We’re putting up the walls as we speak,� Martin said Thursday morning, noting the new facility should be completed within a month’s time.
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» LAW & ORDER
Suspicious men seen tailing group of kids February 20
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February 21
1:22 PM | A resident of Floradale reported to police the loss of a license plate bearing the marker 763 TRL. The plate is believed to have been lost somewhere in the Woolwich area. 2:56 PM | The driver of a vehicle involved in a collision near the roundabout in St. Jacobs alleged another vehicle travelling in the lane of oncoming traffic had crossed the centre line and forced them to take evasive action, subsequently crashing and rolling over in a ditch. Only minor injuries were reported; the second vehicle was never located.
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February 22
1:35 PM | Police and firefighters responded to the report of a fire in the 1000 area of Katherine Street, north of West Montrose. A large delivery
Three children returning home from school riding in a horse-drawn buggy on the afternoon of Feb. 25 reported they’d been followed by a vehicle on Posey Line near Wallenstein. It appears the vehicle was making some odd maneuvers and two male occupants were constantly staring at the concerned children. The males did not speak to them, however. The suspect vehicle continued down the road where it eventually stopped several hundred meters away. One of the male occupants then exited the vehicle to stand in the road and stare at the children for several more minutes before entering the vehicle and then slowly driving away without further incident. The vehicle was described as a newer model, navy-blue, four-door car. The driver and passenger were both described as tan skinned with dark hair, dark eyes and wearing dark clothing. The passenger sitting in the back seat had longer curly hair. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Division 3 at 519-653-7700, ext. 3399 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS. Police remind parents to review street proofing strategies regularly with their families. For additional information on street proofing and other safety tips, visit the police website at www.wrps.on.ca.
truck housed inside an enclosure had erupted in flames. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before it caught on to the building. Damage to the truck was pegged at $20,000. There were no injuries. The fire is believed to have been sparked by an electrical malfunction in the truck. 3:19 PM | A hydro pole at Park Avenue and Union Street in Elmira appears to have been damaged as a result of a hitand-run. The perpetrator is believed to have then fled the scene after striking, but not breaking, the pole. There are
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9:18 AM | A single-vehicle collision occurred in the area of Listowel and Floradale roads. A Hamilton man had been westbound on Listowel Road when he lost control of his vehicle on some ice, subsequently spinning 360 degrees before skidding into a ditch. The man was not injured, though his vehicle suffered significant damages. There were no charges. 9:33 AM | A license plate bearing the marker 8587 NT was lost somewhere in the Elmira area. 5:27 PM | There were no injuries and just moderate damage as a result of a collision that occurred at Arthur Street South and First Street West in Elmira. One driver was charged with ‘start from a stopped position not in safety.’
THE TRUCK STOPS HERE Woolwich fire crews contained a fire that broke out in a delivery truck before it spread to a farm building on Katherine Street, north of West Montrose Feb. 22. Electrial wiring in the truck is the suspected cause. Damage was estimated at $20,000
no suspects. 3:35 PM | Police were called to the scene of a collision at Arthur Street South and Scotch Line Road, south of Elmira. Two vehicles were northbound on Arthur Street when the first vehicle, slowing for traffic, was rear-ended by the trailing vehicle. There were no injuries and moderate damage to the vehicles. The trailing driver was charged with ‘careless driving.’
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February 23
11:55 PM | An Orangeville driver had been northbound
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February 24
12:17 PM | As a result of a traffic stop on Oriole Parkway in Elmira, an area man was charged with driving without a validated plate; he also had a small quantity of marijuana and some related paraphernalia, which were seized.
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February 25
1:59 AM | Another traffic stop, this time in the 1300 area of Arthur Street South, resulted in a 12-hour driving suspension after one man blew a ‘warn’ on the roadside screening device.
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February 26
2:11 PM | Police were summoned to a pizza restaurant on Industrial Drive in Elmira after a female, about 17 years old, white, with shoulder length, light colour hair, was seen removing money from a
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Budget a bad case of déjà vu Stephen Harper’s traditional conservative supporters found this year’s budget a little more in keeping with that they’d expect from a product of the Reform party. It was a restrained budget, promising little and stingy with the handouts. In other words, a big contrast to the Conservative’s first two budgets. Recall that the 2007 offering included the largest spending program in Canadian history. If that was a pre-election budget – preparing for an election that didn’t come – this week’s statement is a reflection of the growing unease about our economy. It was with some irony that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty boasted he’d seen the downturn coming last year, and had planned accordingly, while doling out money by the bucket in 2007 and creating no reserves to help buffer Canadians from the rough stretch ahead. There was relatively little infrastructure money, most of it coming from an extension of an existing policy. And Flaherty has set the stage for the elimination of additional transfers to provinces and municipalities with the end of federal surpluses in sight. In fact, a prolonged downturn sets up the possibility of a deficit situation in 2009.
That’s unlikely, however, especially since the government expects to bring in additional revenue from other sources. Still, Ontarians in particular may see a familiar pattern emerging: cut taxes, starve programs of revenues, then eliminate said programs. Such were the tactics of the Common Sense Revolution, of which Flaherty was a key player. While the budget included few tax cuts and handouts aimed at the most privileged, it did introduce the Tax Free Savings Account. The idea is to promote savings by allowing Canadians to invest up to $5,000 each year in a special account on which the gains, interest or otherwise, would not be taxed. Ostensibly a program open to everybody, critics argue it does little for most people. Many have a hard enough time putting aside money into an RRSP, where the contributions are tax deductible, let alone another $5,000 to put into such a savings account. In the event a family managed to find, say, a few thousand dollars to put into the bank, the interest would be paltry and the tax hit – if even declared – unlikely to reach double digits. And with no word about how these ac-
» VERBATIM
counts will be set up by the banks – hardly friends to Canadians, given their proclivity for fees and charges – and administered by the government, the gains may be more than offset by the costs. A minority government that has been in office for a couple of good years now finds itself looking down the barrel of a flagging economy. It’s here that we’ll see its true colours. The last Conservative government bungled the mission badly, running up record deficits during the boom times and plunging the economy into a recession before getting the hook. The Liberals came in and cleaned up the mess. Now the Conservatives are back. Look south to see how that scenario plays out. The Mulroney government ran in tandem to the Reagan/Bush Sr. administrations, another so-called conservative bunch who ran up record deficits and brought on a recession. The Democrats under Bill Clinton patched things up, generating balanced budgets and then surpluses, which were quickly squandered by Bush Jr., who’s run the economy ragged and to the brink of recession. But we’re different here, right?
» THE MONITOR
“The Conservatives are claiming poverty yet somehow they’ve found money to hand out to Canada’s most affluent in the form of Tax Free Savings Accounts.”
Some five million Canadians don’t have a family physician, with 26,000 new doctors needed to bring us to the average in countries like Britain, the U.S., and Australia, but no funding was forthcoming in the budget.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist Marc Lee
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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
Power-hungry government set to despoil B.C. wilderness Thanks to the Campbell government, British Columbia will be a much different place when it’s finished. It will not be a pretty picture and unless there is a public protest of sufficient impact to get the government’s attention, the new B.C. will be in place with no turning back. I should add, in fairness, that if you like development more than the environment, this article will give you considerable pleasure. Under the government’s energy plan, up to 500 streams will be severely impacted by private power companies acting under licenses that cost a pittance. Let’s set the stage. British Columbia will need more power in the coming years. The Minister of Energy, Richard Neufeld, says we import electricity now but doesn’t tell you that BC Hydro does that in order to export it to the United States for profit. But we are told that dozens, maybe hundreds, of private “micro-hydro” generators on B.C. rivers and streams are a “green” answer to our energy needs. It all started so innocently with the B.C. Energy Plan in 2002 telling of opportunities for private capital to get into the electricity game. Of course they would not do so where a stream had “significant fish values,” whatever the devil that was supposed to mean. This new policy didn’t catch
the attention of the public because the government didn’t want it to until it was well underway. Well folks, it is now well underway. A troublesome roadblock to this policy quickly appeared when municipalities and regional districts became alarmed and exercised their land use powers to vote down projects, as respected journalist Mark Hume of the Globe and Mail reported in June of last year. “Some 33 regional districts and municipalities in areas of British Columbia long courted by the government as the resource-rich “heartlands” have turned against the province in a battle over independent power projects. “In June 2006 the provincial government passed an amendment to Bill 30 that abolished local zoning authority so that no one can say no to a private power project on a river in B.C.” So much for democracy. The government’s position is that none of these projects involve dams impeding fish migration so everything’s just dandy. Once again, as with fish farms, the Campbell government hopes that no one will look too closely at his cheery pronouncements until the projects are a fait accompli, when it’ll be too late. Making hydro electricity requires that you control the flow of the water. This means different flows depending on the needs of the producer, and in at least one case a company took all the water. Stupid fish perished! Mr. Campbell, one would have thought, would know that fish need water.
I suppose one must expect economy of truthfulness with this government’s treatment of fish, given its record on the fish farm issue, and they haven’t disappointed us. For one example, when it states that the project on the Ashlu River near Squamish was upstream from a “waterfall,” the “waterfall” turns out to be rapids that kayakers love to run – rapids the fish can and do traverse. Here are the facts, folks. Whether or not some projects will impede the fish, and some will, here’s what will destroy fisheries: siltation (fish don’t do any better than humans when breathing mud). And lack of water. Both of these will occur. Here’s something more that will happen – dirt roads into wilderness rivers so that equipment can come and go and transmission lines from the power generators. In summary, this will happen on every river, all 500 or more of them: tunnels for water to pass through and create electricity, meaning major changes in the river flow to suit the power company, siltation, erosion of river banks, dirt roads and transmission lines. And it’s not just fish that will be decimated. All in the food chain, including many birds, such as osprey and eagles, bears and other mammals, will suffer. It will adversely affect the neighbouring fauna as well. This policy, so innocent in initial appearance, is deadly. It will also destroy wilderness areas, a hell of a lot of them. Once you have power plants, dirt roads and transmission lines there is no wilderness.
Ah, but the government says, we must get clearance from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Right, the same DFO that approved the Kemano II project and turned their authority over fish farms over to the gentle mercies of the provincial Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fish, the ministry that, after environmental despoilers are fined, gives them the fines back. But there’s the B.C. Ministry of Environment. Surely it can be depended upon to look after public interests? History says no. Who makes sure that these new power millionaires will play by the rules after the project is completed? Are we to assume that these instantly rich companies will take tender, loving care of that which surrounds their plant. Dream on, folks, dream on! Neither the DFO nor the Ministry of Environment is capable of safeguarding the environment within easy to reach parts of the province. Only a fool would believe that they will make forays into the wilderness to check out private power projects. Why is this happening? One can only speculate that Campbell and company prefer private companies making profits to the publicly owned BC Hydro, which pays dividends over the public purse and helps pay for health care, education and so on. As much as communists and oldline socialists hated private profit at any cost, the Campbell government loves making people rich at the expense of the public. The creation and See MAIR »14
» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER
The U.S. elections: preparing for a Middle East after Iraq I knew the U.S. presidential race was over last week when my son preemptively announced that he had lost his bet with me: Hillary Clinton was not going to be the Democratic candidate. The question of whether Barack Obama can beat John McCain is still open, according to the opinion polls, but it probably won’t stay open long once the two men go head to head. McCain has many attractive qualities, but he is 71 and Obama is 46. McCain is also a Republican in a year when the U.S. is heading into a recession after eight years of a Republican administration. Even more importantly, he is committed to continuing a war in Iraq that most Americans just want to leave behind. Curiously, this means that the two men with the greatest potential influence on McCain’s political future are Osama bin Laden and Moqtada al-Sadr. The one thing that could swing the 2008 election in favour of the Republicans is another large-scale terrorist attack on the United States. If al-Qaeda has any ability to provide that attack, it will certainly do so, for Osama bin Laden is well aware that his greatest recruiting tool in the Arab world is the American military presence in Iraq. But it is unlikely that al-Qaeda
has any significant presence within the United States. Moqtada al-Sadr is a more interesting case. He is the leader of the Mahdi army, the biggest Shia militia in Iraq, and he has just extended his unilateral ceasefire against American troops and rival militias for another six months. His two main objectives in life are to evict the U.S. from Iraq and to gain control of the Iraqi government, and the first is a necessary preliminary to the second. So long as the U.S. presidential election promises to result in an administration pledged to withdraw from Iraq, he doesn’t have to lift a finger. But if by August it looks like McCain has a chance of winning, then Moqtada al-Sadr has every incentive to end his ceasefire and launch a miniTet offensive against U.S. troops. The point would not be to win. It would be to remind American voters that Iraq is a quagmire that they should leave really soon. So one way or another, Barack Obama is almost certain to be the president of the United States by January of next year. He has hedged his commitment to withdraw American troops from Iraq in various ways from time to time, but there is little doubt in most people’s minds that he really intends to do it. What will the Middle East look like after the Americans are gone? Not just gone from Iraq, either.
There are currently U.S. military bases of one sort or another in almost every country along the south-western (Arab) side of the Gulf, but with Iran emerging as the new great power of the region, many of the host countries will soon be asking the Americans to leave. They don’t fear invasion by Iran; they fear internal destabilization if Iran incites their own Shia minorities against them. So keep Tehran happy by sending the Americans home. Iraq, contrary to all the predictions of disaster, will probably be all right after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. It will never again be the secular, female-friendly society of the past, and it will take at least a decade to recover from the economic devastation of the embargo, the invasion and the occupation, but it won’t break up. Most of the smaller ethnic and religious minorities have fled from Iraq or been killed, and the larger groups – Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, Kurds – have mostly retreated into homogeneous districts and neighbourhoods, so there’s not much left to fight about except along the boundary between Arab Iraq and Kurdistan. It’s even possible that the more or less democratic system imposed by the U.S. occupation will survive the departure of the Americans. Iran will indeed emerge as the new paramount power of the Gulf, but its actual influence even over predomi-
nantly Shia Iraq will be quite limited. Farther afield, the notion of a dangerously radical “Shia crescent” running through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon is sheer nonsense: Shias are a minority in Lebanon, and a very small minority in Syria. It is mainly the U.S. State Department that promotes this fantasy, with the aim of scaring Sunni Arab states into a new, U.S.-dominated alliance against Iran. The real fallout from the U.S. invasion of Iraq is the greatly heightened prestige of Islamist revolutionaries throughout the Arab world. Whether this will ever result in a successful Islamist revolution in a major Arab country remains to be seen – they have been trying and failing for 30 years now – but the odds have probably shifted somewhat in that direction. And the big loser of this decade’s events is Israel, which must now deal with a strengthened Iran, a Gaza Strip under Islamist control, and a United States in retreat from the Middle East. It still faces no serious military threat from its neighbours, but its political options are significantly narrower than they were. It’s not much of a headline: “Small, Nasty War in Iraq Ends; Middle East Largely Unaffected.” But then, history often works like that. The equivalent headline in 1975 would have read: “U.S. Defeated in Vietnam; No Wider Consequences.”
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distribution of power in this province will move from a Crown corporation, over which we have control and which pays huge dividends, to the private sector that pockets our money and is, for all intents and purposes, beyond our control. To my way of thinking, the answer is not complicated. Instead of a large public power project like Site C on a river that’s already all
screwed up, the Campbell right-wing government prefers sacrificing the environment of the entire province for the profit of their friends. We the people elected this government in 2001, 2005, and seem bound to do the same in 2009. We have no one to blame but ourselves, proving that Pogo, from that great satirical comic of yesteryear, was right, “We’ve met the enemy and he is us.”
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Âť LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We’ll never be happy if we allow others to deďŹ ne how to get there To the Editor, Celebrity took a giant step toward becoming an official religion when Congress set aside the running of the country to hear testimony about whether Roger Clemens did or did not take steroids during his illustrious pitching career. Many shook their heads as the pastime of sports took on national importance, vying with the primaries and Iraq for the front page. Our obsession with the rich and famous knows no bounds, as evidenced by the recently discovered transcript concerning JFK’s assassination, pointing to a conspiracy between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald to kill Kennedy. Not to be outdone, Mohammed Al Fayed, father of Dodi Fayed, threw out a huge net involving dozens in a conspiracy to kill Princess Di. If it were simply the ramblings of the crazed, grabbing at straws nearly half a century after the president fell and a decade after Diana perished in a French tunnel, it could
be dismissed. But the lives of the so-called special among us have become society’s meat and potatoes as we hunger for the latest on the McCartney-Mills split and the emotional rollercoaster that is Britney Spears. The truth is that man is born with a need to worship. It used to be God, until the pews emptied. The spiritual was replaced by the physical, namely man. The new churches – stadiums, rinks and courts – rose to accommodate the faithful who flocked to pay an arm and a leg to worship the great, their new gods. The bottom line is that we are a bored lot, no longer focused on providing the necessities of life such as food and shelter. Our affluence has nominated for been We’re our downfall, as best we pop pills at a record rate, develop Type-2 dianewspaper promotion betesatand scratch for the latest diet the Canadian Community to mask our physical abuse. DepresNewspaper Association. sion is rampant as we try to find happiness in the success of others – our idols – and lessen our own pain by wallowing in the pain of the famous, who die from drug overdoses and switch relationships as you would a cell phone. With eight per cent of the globe’s population using 25 per cent of its energy, you’d think we’d have all we
need to be happy. To find the truly happy, travel to Haiti, the planet’s poorest nation, to see that smiles are epidemic in a place where there’s no need to worry about paying the next bill and protecting valuables. The fact is that contentment and happiness come from within and not from without; it comes when we drown out what the world defines as happiness.
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Styling hair among the roses VANESSA MOSS Compatible personalities and a “perfect� location were the catalysts behind a new business venture on Elmira’s main street. The novel Studio G Barber and Beauty and the reinvented Window Box Florist offer a “cozy and chic� atmosphere for clients to browse the gift section, pick up flowers, and even get a haircut or colour in between. It is all about the personal touches and attention to detail, hairstylist Gaye Rickert said of the business philosophy. She and florist/owner Michelle Baerg had been working in their fields for many years before taking the plunge of going out on their own. They both felt ready for independence and a chance to try something new. The partnership was very spur-of-the-moment, Rickert added. When they found the 75 Arthur St. S. location, they jumped on the opportunity and quickly began renovating and moving equipment in all at once. They managed to open the Window Box Feb. 5 in time for Valentine’s Day and Studio G should be open next week.
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Farmers agree: use pesticides wisely Ontario’s proposed cosmetic pesticide ban excludes agriculture. But farmers see the writing on the wall, and the implications of a cosmetic ban on farming practices. In a hard-hitting editorial in the latest edition of Ontario Corn Producer magazine, Jackie Fraser, executive director of the environmental farm group AGCare, representing some 45,000 Ontario farmers, sounds the alarm. She says a provincial ban will send a signal to the public that pesticides are inherently dangerous, so much so that they need to be banned. “It won’t take long for activities to swing media coverage towards agricultural use,” she says, “as we know has always been the greater plan.” Farmers know that when it comes to the cosmetic pesticide issue, the horse has left the barn. Despite all the available facts and scientific literature, it’s simply too emotional an issue to expect to go away. A few years ago, CropLife Canada, an Etobicoke-based organization dedicated to advocating for the crop protection (herbicides and pesticides) industry, spent barrels of money unsuccessfully challenging Toronto’s cosmetic pesticide ban. It likewise sensed pressure on agriculture would follow. With the municipal cosmeticban movement having spread across
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For an unforgettable dining experience, come and relax at Golf’s Steak House & Seafood, with a menu that features taste tempting fare, and service reminiscent of years past from owner Mike Kanellis and the staff. Indulge in a delicious steak or seafood dinner while enjoying a warm and inviting atmosphere within several different cozy sections. The plant-filled Atrium, overlooking the Grand River, affords a pleasant view. Golf’s is a destination to remember for outstanding service, mouthwatering entrees, and delectable desserts. The Golf’s menu includes a variety of Appetizers, Vegetables & Side Dishes, House Specialties from their charbroiler including hand cut AAA Steaks, Filet Mignon, Chateau Briand (for two), Narrow Back Ribs, Rack of Lamb, and Tenderloin Skewers. Other entrees include Chicken Cordon Bleu, Char-Broiled Chicken Breast, and Vegetarian dishes. Seafood lovers can enjoy Fish of the Day, Orange Roughy, Shrimps & Scallops, Stuffed Filet of Sole, Seafood Platter, Surf & Ribs, Surf & Turf, Jumbo Rock Lobster Tails, and Alaskan King Crab Legs. There are also Light & Children’s Dinner menus. Finish your meal with decadent Dessert, specialty coffee or liqueur. Golf’s Sunday Brunch Buffet & Salad Bar (10:30 am-2 pm) features beef, roast pork, ham, chicken, ribs, eggs, bacon, sausages, pancakes, Belgian waffles, shrimp, as well as Golf’s famous Salad Bar, and more. Planning a party or banquet? Golf’s has two private banquet halls for 30-300 people that are perfect for weddings, corporate or personal events. A gift certificate from Golf’s Steak House & Seafood is the gift of a memorable experience—perfect for any occasion.
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When it comes to design elements in a home that really define your personality, your choice of furniture is an important one. It allows you to bring comfort, style and fashion into an otherwise ordinary space. When you visit St. Jacobs Furniture House, you’ll immediately be “wowed” by the wide variety of quality home furnishings. This store has been under new ownership since September 2007, and is proudly operated by people from your community. Owners Marshall & Stephanie Roth, Byron, Amelia & Sheila Shantz and their knowledgeable staff are committed to providing you with an enjoyable, successful shopping experience, and will make every effort to ensure your complete satisfaction. In a large, comfortable setting covering 17,000 square feet, St. Jacobs Furniture House showcases over 100 room settings with a variety of different styles in furniture—casual, contemporary and for the cottage—to suit any lifestyle. They feature well crafted products from ASHLEY, the #1 Furniture Brand in North America. Whether it’s stationary upholstered and leather furniture or “motion” styles with available reclining action, St. Jacobs Furniture House has it. They also feature sectionals, recliners, occasional chairs, curios, wall units and entertainment centres, desks, chests, or coffee and end tables. The store offers a large selection of quality made dinettes and dining room suites, plus pub tables and chairs. They also offer a large variety of bedroom furniture, and quality sleep sets in nearly every price range from Therapedic. Complete your room with lamps, rugs, cushions and decorative accents. Stop in soon to experience the St. Jacobs Furniture House difference or visit them at www.furniturehouse.ca.
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Dunn Heating & Air Conditioning has worked hard over the past 35 Years to build a reputation for product knowledge, experience and service done right the first time. They are the Region’s largest “residential only” contractor and winner of the Best HVAC Contractor as voted by you, the customer. Whether it’s replacing aging equipment that has experienced a failure or upgrading old, inefficient heating and cooling products that are costing you money to operate every month, Dunn Heating & Air Conditioning has solutions for every budget. They will help you choose a system that is properly sized to ensure maximum efficiency and energy use, along with a long service life. They are proud to offer products from CARRIER, YORK and KEEPRITE that are built to last, save on energy costs, operate quietly, and come with warranties that ensure long-term value. Other product offerings include systems designed to humidify, monitor, and improve your indoor air quality including VanEE HRV systems. Majestic and Vermont Castings gas fireplaces from Dunn can bring ambience and comfort to almost any room in the home, with the added security of providing heat during a power failure. When it comes to repairs, 24 hour emergency service, or maintenance plans to ensure efficient and safe operation of your equipment, Dunn’s qualified, insured technicians with radio dispatched service vehicles take pride in doing things right. Call Woolwich resident Rick Dunn and the staff for your service appointment or free in-home estimate on new equipment. Better yet, stop by the showroom soon!
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When it comes to choosing an Internet Service Provider, it makes sense to choose a locally owned business like Information Gateway Services (Kitchener-Waterloo) Inc. where customer service is provided by people from the communities they serve instead of a distant call centre. Since launching IGS K-W in 1995, President Don Sinclair has continued to make on-going improvements to better serve you. For new or existing IGS dial-up customers, they offer Slipstream Accelerated Dial-Up Service for faster downloads and faster e-mail traffic. Other features include a built-in pop-up blocker, advanced connection features, easily accessible user settings and more. For blazing fast downloads, IGS K-W can provide DSL High Speed Internet service for home or business. Connections can include download speeds up to 6 Mbps for business. DSL uses digital signals over regular phone lines, but won’t cause interruption to your regular phone calls. Speed is consistent regardless of how many people are on-line, unlike cable systems that can slow down with an increase in users. All IGS Internet accounts come with excellent e-mail control features including FREE Anti-Spam filtering and Anti-Virus scanning. IGS can also provide custom Web Page hosting and design, domain name registration, and secure web servers giving business customers peace of mind during Internet transactions. For speed, reliability, competitive prices and customer service you can count on, IGS K-W is the logical choice.
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An electrical supply store must be many things to different people in order to prosper. For some, it is simply enough to have a good instock inventory of products, priced right. For others, however, helpful customer service is of the utmost importance. It can often mean the difference between a highly successful project and a job that may require more time and materials due to errors. The team at Pope Electrical & Lighting Supplies has benefited from daily experience with contractors, property managers, builders, and do-it-yourselfers since1966. The staff will help guide your choice of the appropriate materials to ensure your project succeeds, plus answer your questions, and estimate your costs at no obligation. The showroom at Pope Electrical & Lighting Supplies is stocked with service panels, breakers, fuses, lighting controls, ballasts, and bulbs (flourescent, halogen, metal halide, compact flourescent, high pressure sodium). They also carry receptacles, switches, wire and networking, colar devices, smoke detectors, door chimes, recessed pot lights, fixture lenses, bathroom fans, ceiling fans, heating & cooling supplies, batteries, and emergency equipment. This independently owned business offers the competitive prices of a big box store, but without the inconvenience of crowds. There is no need to walk through numerous departments just to find the supplies you want. Stop in soon to experience the difference!
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Many of our readers will be embarking on a home or cottage improvement project or renovation this year. It may be new hardwood flooring, gorgeous new interior doors & door hardware, or finishing a renovation or addition with decorative trim and mouldings. Riverside is an authorized distributor of Jeld-Wen, Weiser Lock, Schlage, Alexandria Moulding, and many other popular brands. If you want expert advice on how to get started on your project and what are the best materials to use, then visit the people at Riverside Door & Trim and you’ll have found out what makes them different. The Gianniotis family and their staff have been dealing with contractors, builders, homeowners, and renovators since 2005. They have the experience to suggest the products needed to fill your requirements and estimate your costs at no obligation. Riverside is the only supply and installation trim operation in KW. Their sister company, GSM Carpentry Ltd., was founded in 1983. This company has an impressive 2,500 square foot showroom and 20,000 square foot warehouse and millwork shop. They can supply a tremendous choice in decorative trim and architectural mouldings in a myriad of profiles plus columns, pillars and porch posts, fireplace mantels and more. They also carry hardwood flooring (solid, engineered & laminate) from Goodfellow, Armstrong by Hartco, and Bellefloor. A full line of interior doors and mirrored or paneled sliding doors are also popular at Riverside Door & Trim, plus interior & exterior solid wood doors & decorative French doors. They also display the regions largest selection of locksets to complement every door they sell. To complete the finishing touches, Riverside Door & Trim has melamine and wire closet shelving systems and organizers. From efficient supply to professional installation, Riverside Door & Trim has what you need.
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Individuals, corporations and groups should expect professional attention to their travel needs, without sacrificing value. When dealing with Worldwide Central Travel, the customer is assured of comprehensive travel counselling from highly trained and experienced travel specialists offering the best in product selection and industry savvy. This business has served the Region since 1993. On November 1, 2007, they came under the new ownership of Scott Allen, CTC (Certified Travel Counsellor), who brings with him over 37 years of travel experience. Scott and his staff use the latest technology to offer genuine cruise and vacation specials. Their experience ensures accurate and efficient travel planning. A member of Advantage Travel T-COMM, Worldwide Central Travel contributes to the buying power of over 250 independently owned travel offices in Canada and is a member of WIN, an international group of similar organizations, with 5000 associate agencies to assist when travelling abroad. Worldwide Central Travel offers the traveler an exceptional choice of products and services. From booking a cruise, an exclusive escorted tour or one of their eco-tours, to issuing airline tickets and travel insurance, Worldwide Central Travel ensures your arrangements are done right. With unique specialization in adventure vacations, conference planning, and affinity and non-affinity group arrangements, Worldwide brings years of expertise to the table when handling your destination needs. Whether your travel requirements are routine, complex, or used as an incentive reward, Worldwide Central Travel has the experience to ensure that all your needs are covered. As they say at Worldwide Central Travel (2007) Ltd…
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With the price of new vehicles steadily increasing, coupled with a high rate of depreciation, pre-owned vehicle sales are excelling right across North America, taking up a large percentage of the total vehicle sales market. Where to buy is equally as important as what model to buy. You are at risk when you purchase from a private source as you have no consumer protection. Many motorists in the Region have purchased a quality pre-owned automobile from Martin’s Garage Ltd. Each of their vehicles has been carefully selected, thoroughly serviced by licensed technicians in their on-site Service Department, refurbished by their detailing crew, if necessary, and fully certified and emissions-tested. All sales are supported by warranty, and optional long-term service warranty plans are available at a reasonable cost. Financing can be arranged on the premises, including new and used vehicle leasing. The one-stop service department at Martin’s Garage can provide repairs and factory scheduled maintenance for your vehicle using parts that meet or exceed OEM specifications to ensure your warranty requirements are met. Service Manager Stew Sauder and the team of Class A technicians can provide lube-oil-filter service, work on brakes, suspension, exhaust, auto air conditioning, computerized wheel alignments and front-end service, tune-ups and diagnostic troubleshooting, electrical work, fuel injection service, transmission and drivetrain service, and M.T.O. safety inspections. They are an Accredited Ontario DRIVE CLEAN Test & Repair facility, and also offer Motorhome Testing. Owners Paul & Jeff Martin and the staff at this 3 generation family business invite you to call soon for your Service appointment or drop by to see their ever-changing Used Vehicle inventory.
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Rough, hard-hitting game sets the stage for a tough series in round one
Sugar Kings claim awards at banquet to end season
Kings take series opener against Waterloo Siskins
Haddaway named coach of the year; Morrison nets MVP award; Brown best defenceman; Freeman top forward
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The Elmira Sugar Kings kicked off the playoff season with a scrappy 3-2 win against the Waterloo Siskins on Wednesday in a game that was full of shots, action, hits, and fights – a physical contest that’s likely to set the tone for the rest of the series. “It’s the playoffs; it’s just the difference between the regular season and the playoffs. It’s more intense, obviously, maybe not as open. Sometimes it can get a little bit ugly ….,” said coach Geoff Haddaway after the game. It didn’t take long before the roughing penalties and hard hits led to scraps. The rivalry is now set for the duration of the best-of-seven run. While both teams, for the most part, kept their eyes on the prize, tempers did flare in the third period and one King (Jeff Zippel) and one Siskin (Steve Collins) each saw a game misconduct penalty for fighting. In the first period, the Kings were the first to get on the scoreboard when Michael Therrien was set up by Brent Freeman and Trent Brown. Therrien then helped defenceman Scott Lepold pick up his first at 19:31, putting Elmira up 2-0. The second period saw just one goal: a power-play effort by Waterloo’s Justin Knee (Ryan Badham, Kyle Locke) at 19:40. The teams retired to their dressing rooms for the second time with the Kings ahead by one – a precarious lead in any game, and especially in the playoffs. But the Kings defended it well, and Haddaway was pleased. “I thought it was a gritty effort, the kind of effort that you can build on when you know you held a one-goal lead late in the game, something you can draw on in the future – hopefully, a confidence builder.” In the third period both teams came
CLOSING IN Sugar King Brent Freeman takes a hard cut to the net during Elmira’s playoff opener at home Wednesday. The Kings beat the Waterloo Siskins 3-2. out rolling for the win, and it was the Kings who got the first taste as captain John Lunney rifled the puck in, assisted by Troy Murray and Brock Zinken, putting the homeboys up 3-1 at 10:47.
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The number-one team in the league took home a few more top honours Monday night during the Mid-Western Junior Hockey League’s annual awards banquet. Among the Elmira Sugar Kings winners were coach Geoff Haddaway and goalie Dan Morrison, both newcomers to the team. “I was pleasantly surprised, honoured,” Haddaway HADDAWAY said of his “coach of the year” award. Morrison picked up a nod for best goaltending team with Connor Lyons, as well as the all-star and most valuable player plaques. The Kings’ starting netminder said the MVP award was a surprise and a great way to cap off his Junior B career: he has accepted a scholarship to Canisius College in New York State for the 2008-2009 season. “It’s nice to be now recognized as the MVP, and it would kind of be a letdown if I was the MVP and wasn’t going anywhere after. It’s nice to be recognized – hopefully I can move on to bigger things next year.” Morrison was chosen from a group of eight other team-nominated players to win the prizes, which were handed out at RIM Park in Waterloo.
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» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
Making the case for accuracy The other day, I bought yet another box of ammunition for my deer rifle. I’ ve been doing this for the last little while as part of an ongoing experiment to see which brand of ammunition works best out of that particular rifle. In every firearm, one brand and bullet weight always does. The idea is to buy the new brand, take it to the range, shoot it, and compare it to the other brands you have already tested. You are looking to see which particular bullet weight and load provides the most consistent performance and tightest five-shot groupings. Thus far, every brand I have tested
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– that’s five now – shoots very well. The largest group is slightly under an inch at 50 yards. The smallest group is probably 3/8 of an inch. My wife – as usual – wonders where it will all end. After all, she says, each of these bullets is incredibly accurate and the difference is negligible. She says whether a bullet groups 3/8s of an inch or an inch will make no difference to a deer who has been hit in the centre of the chest. And since every box cost about $30 or more, she asks, couldn’t I just pick the cheapest one that will do the job and be happy with it? Ha! That just goes to show you what she knows about deer hunting. Though her comment did not deserve an answer, I asked her how silly she would feel if I ran into a really small deer – say one about 3/8 of
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an inch across the chest? And what if in that same situation, I had some bargain brand bullet that was scattering rounds haphazardly across hell’s half inch? “You’ve seen some of the deer I bring home,” I exclaimed. “It’s entirely plausible.” She rolled her eyes, which is something that she typically does when I decimate her arguments with unfaltering logic. It’s sort of like an intellectual white flag, as I see it. Then she quickly switched gears and chose yet another diabolical avenue of attack. She now insists that I am doing this just because I want another excuse to shoot that rifle, which, she says, I probably love more than her. That’s simply not true, by the way – I love them both equally; although, let’s be honest, that rifle is far easier to carry in the woods. As for me looking for another reason to shoot that rifle – I did not even provide her with the satisfaction of an answer. In any case, the search continues
for the perfect round for my deer rifle and I’ve got until next season to get it right. A friend of mine has suggested that I start reloading my own ammunition. He says that for around $200 and a small investment in time I can develop bullets that will shoot even better than the factory loads I’m using – with groupings as much as 10 per cent smaller. I’ve got to admit; it’s awfully tempting. After all, if I reloaded my own ammunition, I could purchase a white lab coat and a pocket protector and utter intellectual phrases like “trajectory” and “foot-pounds of energy.” With the right timing and effort I could make my wife roll her eyes twice, maybe three times, a day. But, despite this, I think I’ll continue buying factory-loaded ammunition for now. There are so many different types and they are all excellent these days. And, between you and me, I’m looking for an excuse to shoot that rifle …
Jacks find themselves on the playoff brink Wellesley drops game five in overtime; now it’s do-or-die this weekend against Burford Bulldogs VANESSA MOSS Straying from their game plan cost the Wellesley Applejacks a third loss in the first round of playoffs Wednesday, with the Burford Bulldogs taking the match 4-3 in overtime. This leaves Wellesley down 3-2 in the bestof-seven series, set to wrap up this weekend. “This is the first time now we’re going to step on the ice really facing adversity,” coach Kevin Lobsinger said of Saturday’s upcoming game six. He blamed Wednesday’s loss in Burford to a few costly mistakes in the second period, when Wellesley started following the opposing team’s lead rather than playing its own game. “The heartbreaking thing is … as soon as we get away from playing our style of hockey, Burford capitalizes.” Right out of the gate Wednesday, the Jacks lost their way by both taking and giving up chances. “We tried to play their game and I think we got lucky to come out of it 0-0,” Lobsinger said. Regaining its composure in the second,
Wellesley netted three goals. Brady Hauck, assisted by Kurt Atchison, followed by Chris Armstrong from Scott Litt, made it 2-0 before the Bulldogs got on the board. Before the period was over, Scott Hanley, from Aaron Ryan and Owen Engel, increased the Jacks’ lead to 3-1. “The second period we definitely played our game and it showed on the scoreboard and reflected in the play because most of the play was in their end.” Starting out in the third frame, the Jacks kept up the pace, but two mistakes near the halfway mark cost them. Burford’s second goal came after Wellesley tried to get fancy in the neutral zone and ended up being forced back into its own end. Next up, a Jacks’ forward left his man open to help a teammate and the lack of coverage gave Burford a chance to tie things up. Less than four minutes into overtime, the Bulldogs followed up their tying goal with a similar play, taking the game 4-3. “Our guys’ heads were down pretty low
after that OT goal went in last night. Our guys were upset, they were frustrated. We have a game plan: when we stick to our game plan, we’re winning, but the problem is, we seem to have that couple-minute span every game where we stray from our game plan and that’s what seems to hurt us.” Going into a do-or-die game six Saturday, Lobsinger said he wasn’t sure how things would turn out, but he did have a message for the Wellesley fans if they want to see a win. “The two games that we played in Wellesley, boy there wasn’t a lot of noise out of our rink and Burford’s drawing on their crowd. Every time they score a goal and their crowd just goes absolutely crazy … it’s pumping them up. It would be nice to see our crowd do the same thing. “I know it’s cold in Wellesley, but if people want to sit on their hands to keep ‘em warm, maybe if they clapped them and banged them, that might keep them warm too and give our guys that little bit of a boost we need this weekend.”
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» southern ontario junior hockey league
Weekend games fall to Burford MARC MIQUEL HELSEN It turned out to be just as Wellesley Applejack coach Kevin Lobsinger had predicted a couple weeks ago: playing their own brand of defensive hockey, the Jacks won the first two games in their playoff series against the Burford Bulldogs. Trying to match Burford’s more offensive game the following week, however, got the Jacks into some trouble as they dropped two consecutive weekend games that brought the series to a 2-2 draw. “Game three and game four, all of a sudden we started trying to go ‘run and gun’ hockey with them: Burford scores 13 goals in two games and their top scorers have three, four, five points each,” said Lobsinger before game five in Burford Feb. 27. “Given that, the first two games we played our system and I thought we did a really good job defensively shutting out Burford. Their top scorers all combined for two whole points in [the first] two games.” That change in play saw the Jacks drop Saturday’s bout 7-3 and Sunday’s match-up 6-5 in double overtime. Despite hammering the Burford net with 51 shots – 10 more than the Bulldogs – the Applejacks were unable to tip the game in their favour after two extra periods of action.
It was a heartbreaking loss after a hard-fought game. “Anytime you lose in overtime, especially in the playoffs, that really hurts,” said Lobsinger, adding that the Jacks’ woes were compounded by the fact captain Wes Hauck, who picked up just 40 penalty minutes in 42 regular season games, will be sitting on the sidelines as a result of a two-game suspension for checking from behind. In that game Feb. 24, the Bulldogs got on the board first when Ben Telfer scored shorthanded on a feed from Gabe Zylstra at 16:30 of the opening period. But the Jacks responded in short order, as Chris Armstrong (assisted by Mike Fisher) and Brady Hauck (Fisher) each scored on the power play at 17:07 and 18:15 respectively. While the Jacks saw their fair share of the penalty box on Sunday – 20 infractions versus Burford’s 16 – their special teams executed some effective damage control, successfully killing off 12 of 15 penalties, and converting on four of 11. “I think our penalty killers have done a really good job keeping Burford’s power play off the board,” said Lobsinger. That said, the coach underscored the importance of playing disciplined, stoic hockey in the coming days. “We have to cut down
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After winning first games of playoff series, Applejacks drop the next two on the following weekend
WHERE TO GO? Wellesley Applejack Brett VanGerwen plans his next move during game three of the playoffs Feb. 23 at home. The Burford Bulldogs came out ahead 7-3, followed by a 6-5 win the next night. on the penalties, there’s no doubt. I’ll give Burford credit – they did a great job in game three and game four of getting under our guys’ skin. They did a fantastic job of that.” In the second period, Burford got back into the game. Telfer, from Andrew Malcolm, tied things up on the power play at 5:30. Ted Hayes, from Dan Mitchell and Telfer, followed suit at 9:35; Telfer then com-
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St. Jacobs girls finish in top spot THE NUMBER IS ONE The St. Jacobs Public School girls’ 7/8 basketball team played a tight game against Doon Public School to take first-place for the season Feb. 26. The St. Jacobs Stingers’ Julia Frey netted one with five seconds to go, taking the match 20-19. Front: Kayla Wilging (left), Madeline Kane, Laura Ingriselli. Middle: Sarah Adams, Grace Adams, Sarah Witherspoon, Emily Sider, Rachel Martin. Back: Kirsten Martin, Julia Frey, Melanie Schwartzentruber, Sarah Church, assistant coach Heather Uttley, head coach Christine Webb. Absent: Heather Bauman, Brittany Bennett.
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pleted his hat trick at 17:22 on a pass from Jeremy Vanderheyden. The Jacks saw the fourth game of the series slipping away and in the third period battled hard to reduce the 4-2 deficit. Fisher netted two consecutive power play goals at 7:47 and 10:59; Kurt Atchison picked up an assist on the first tally, Will Metske on the second. The plot thickened when Justin Zylstra tipped the game in Burford’s favour at 13:03, again with the man advantage. Down but not out, the Jacks evened the score at 5-5 with lest than four minutes to go, courtesy of Owen Engel (Scott Hanley). But the extended frame proved to be too much for Wellesley and at 6:38, Burford’s Garret Claxton sent the Applejacks packing. Though they left the arena Sunday with their heads down, Lobsinger noted the boys rallied behind one another and held a team meeting early in the week to get things going in the right direction now that the
series is even. Without their captain, other players will have to step up to the plate, and Lobsinger is confident that his players will rise to the challenge. “The series is still 2-2; it’s not like we’re trailing in the series – it’s now a best of three from here out.” As Lobsinger prepared his charges for game five in Burford Wednesday, he said the Jacks will have to stay focused, and concentrate on their style of game if they want to advance. A little help from their fans won’t hurt either. “Everybody in that rink (Burford) is loud and you hear it. As soon as we skate onto the ice, they’re booing us; as soon as Burford comes onto the ice that place is exploding. It would be nice to see that in Wellesley, because Burford is drawing huge off their fans right now; if we could get our fans doing the same thing … it would be nice to hear some noise in our rink, to give our guys something to draw off of, to know that Wellesley is supporting you.”
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inches of a tie with just over three minutes to go in the game. But the Kings held the fort, running out the clock with no further harm. Fast-paced and highoctane, the third period saw a good number of penalties on both sides, yet the Kings were able to remain disciplined, often choosing not to retaliate when that might have been the easier thing to do. Important during the regular season, in the playoffs discipline is in-
dispensable as there is more to lose. “From an emotional point of view it’s tougher not to get drawn in but it should be easier, shouldn’t it? It’s the playoffs, you have so much to gain by not retaliating … you’ve got to take a shot to the head to be successful in the playoffs,” said Haddaway. “It’s going to be a great series and anybody who thought any differently has no idea what they’re talking about. It’s two good teams battling now.”
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Kings finish season in fine style MARC MIQUEL HELSEN It was a fitting end to a solid season: the division-leading Sugar Kings (30-7-8-3, for 71 points) wrapped up the regular season on the weekend by hammering the cellar-dwelling Owen Sound Greys (8-37-2-1) into 7-0 submission at home in Elmira Feb. 24. Though lacking in suspense, the game wasn’t as much of a cakewalk as the scoreboard indicated: knowing they had already mathematically clinched the division title over the trailing Listowel Cyclones (29-4-4-1), the Kings approached the matchup against the Greys, the only team in the division unable to clinch a playoff berth, as they would any other game against any other team. “We wanted to make sure we came out and sort of took a businessas-usual approach,” said coach Geoff Haddaway. “I thought for the most part it was a pretty solid effort, under circumstances that can be challenging: you know, you’re playing a team that’s not going to be in the playoffs, yet we know that every time they play, they play hard.” Although they experienced a trying season, the rebuilding Greys might be a team to contend with next year if its young players come into their own. Last Sunday, however, the visiting team took little comfort in that prospect as it was bludgeoned by seven goals on 47 shots. Elmira captain John Lunney got the puck rolling off a Jeremy Hilliard-Brock Zinken pass at 9:26 of the first period, picking up his 35th goal of the season. That point put the Elmira captain in fifth place with 59 points (24 goals and 35 assists), followed by line-mate Jeremy Hilliard (22-36, 58) – who would pick up a goal and an assist on the night – in the league’s scoring leaders’ race. A short while later, at 13:51, Jeff Zippel converted on a Garret Rank pass to make it 2-0. In the second period,
Zinken (seventh pace with 57 points, 32-25) picked up the lone goal – shorthanded and unassisted– making it a 3-0 game at 7:21. Despite their early lead, and little sign that the Greys were going to sabotage their final game, the Sugar King attackers were uncompromising. It’s the stuff of which solid playoff runs are made. “We couldn’t let this weekend change anything, we had to keep going – keep the gas pedal down, so to speak. And don’t get away from what we do. Keep working on the things that we have to do to be successful because the next game we play is going to be at a totally different level; so, we want to make sure we’re heading in the right direction,” said Haddaway. At the nine-minute mark of the third period, Dan Rhame, from Michael Therrien and Brent Freeman, made it 4-0. It looked easy from then on for the Kings: Rhame, picking up his second of the night, made it 5-0 on a Freeman-Adam Kuenzler pass at 11:33. Hilliard banked in a shorthanded tally at 13:34; Freeman, who zipped around the Owen Sound goal mouth all night, added one more when he slipped the puck through Scott Stajcer’s five-hole at 19:25 of the third. The Kings, who were as effective in putting the puck between the Owen Sound pipes as they were in keeping it out of their own – Dan Morrison stopped all 29 Owen Sound shots to record his second shutout of the season – signed off the season in style. But Freeman, who picked up three points on the night and earned 10th place on the league leaders’ chart with 55 points (21-34), might have preferred a closer contest. “You always want to make sure you’re ready, going into the playoffs, so, it would have been nicer being a closer game. You want to be going in at your top game, and sometimes you take things for granted when you’re
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Team plays hard to post 7-0 win over Owen Sound, but are now embroiled in the playoff run
SPLIT DECISION Elmira’s Dan Rhame tries to get a leg up on Owen Sound’s Steve Collins as he reaches for the puck. The Kings ended their season Feb. 24 with a 7-0 win against the Greys at home. up 7-0 and change your and down their roster, game up,” said Free- they’re very gifted ofman, noting that the fensively. They have a coaching staff urged solid goaltending tanits players to keep on dem, and they have pushing, rather than some really experisitting on the lead. enced [defence], so, this The Kings were look- is going to be a real ing to take that relent- challenge for us. If you less work ethic into look at the league this MORRISON BROWN Wednesday’s series year, one through eight, FREEMAN opener against the there’s not much sepaSiskins in Elmira. Al- rating the teams,” said though they clinched Haddaway. the division’s last In the league’s second place to qualify for the season, what happened playoffs, the Waterloo in the first is now just » From page 19 glad Morrison and LySiskins (17-2-1-8-2) are the past. Elmira’s Trent Brown ons got the credit they no pushover opponent. “They’re starting the and Brent Freeman did deserve. “Certainly, you show playoffs with the same not leave empty-handed “They’re the ones who respect to your oppo- record we are, so every- either, picking up best get blamed often when nents and if you go up thing’s wiped clean.” d e f e n c e m a n / a l l - s t a r they get scored on, so it defenceman, and best was nice [for them] to forward awards respec- get those awards.” In response to his own tively. While reflecting on honour, Haddaway was the night’s accomplish- quick to shift the attenments, both Haddaway tion away from himself, and Morrison were preferring to recognize modest, preferring the whole team. “None of us get into to highlight others’ hockey for individuachievements. “It was really nice for al awards, so I think him to be recognized,” that’s something that, Morrison said of his in years from now, coach, adding that you’ll reflect on it and Haddaway has success- enjoy it more. “Coach of the year is fully brought in new players that can both so much a reflection of defend and score goals. your team. I have no “We’re definitely built control over what hapfor a championship pens on the ice, other team and hopefully we than opening the door can prove that,” he said for the kids, so I think of the pending playoff it’s a tribute to the orGET OUTTA HERE Sugar King captain John Lunney fights off Grey run. ganization and to the Brock Schultz during action Feb. 24. Haddaway said he was players especially.”
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Skaters to fete Canada in annual carnival MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
TA DA Emily Brown (CanSkate program) practices her form at the Elmira Arena Feb. 26. Brown will be among the skaters performing at the Elmira Figure Skating Club’s carnival Mar. 7. everything the kids have learned. “Everybody’s invited to be in our carnival, giving them an opportunity to show what they learned in this past year,” she said.
Oh Canada! takes place at the Elmira Arena Mar. 7, 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children, and free for children under two years of age.
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Canada will be getting an early birthday celebration at the Elmira arena Mar. 7, when local figure skaters take to the ice at the club’s annual figure skating carnival. This year’s theme for the event is Oh Canada! As they travel symbolically from province to province and territory to territory, the local skaters, aged 3 to 20, will bring Canada to Elmira. It should be quite an event to see and hear, said club president Christine Aberle. “We’re bringing Canada to the ice.” The club’s annual event should be a good time for all, and a reward for all the hard work during the long season. Kicking off with the nation’s anthem, the show will then feature the songs of many famous Canadian singers, from Great Big Sea to Stompin’ Tom Connors. The show will finally end with a salute to the 2010 Winter Olympics in B.C. Aberle noted that the event, which will feature performances by junior, intermediate and senior skaters, is the only one of the season and is a great opportunity to celebrate
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Woolwich Wild Atom C Girls Feb. 20
Woolwich 5 Brantford 0 Goals: Gillian Olsthoorn (Erika Morrison, Claire Hanley), Claire Hanley x3 (Gillian Olsthoorn, Erika Morrison), Cassandra Tuffnail (Taylor Rempel) Shutout: Dana Columbo
Peewee B Feb. 20
Kitchener 2 Twin Centre 1 Goal: Mackenzie Van Bargen
Feb. 23
Woolwich 5 Waterloo 0 Goals: Cassandra Tuffnail (Taylor Rempel, Meghan Martin), Erika Morrison (Claire Hanley), Gillian Olsthoorn x2 (Claire Hanley x2, Megan Lair), Jessica Townsend (Emily Willms, Cora Kieswetter) Shutout: Dana Columbo
Waterloo 3 Woolwich 2 Goals: Michelle Poole, Nikki Kutchaw (Michelle Poole, Emily Schieck)
Woolwich Atom LL #2 Feb. 20
Woolwich 4 Tavistock 1 Goals: Nick Berlet x3 (Jake Lewis), Kurt Michael (Jake Lewis)
Woolwich Major Novice A Feb. 20
Hespeler 3 Woolwich 1 Goal: Conner Martin (Jacob Uridil, Keegan Saunders) Feb. 25 – Tri-county Playoffs Game #1
Woolwich 3 Burlington 1 Goals: Ryan Kieswetter, Jack DeBoer, Issac Frey (Tyson Bender, Owen Read) Feb. 22 – Oakville Hornets Girls House League Hockey Tournament
Woolwich 2 Kincardine 0 Woolwich 3 Oakville 1 Woolwich 0 Barrie 0 Goals: Stacey Thompson, Rachel Billo x2, Ali Goulden, Alissa Mann Shutouts: Holly Archer Feb. 23 – Quarter-final
Twin Centre 2 Kitchener 1 Goals: Jessica Finney (Leanne Howorth), Stephanie Straus (Jessica Finney, Leanne Howorth) Feb. 24
Twin Centre 4 Brantford 1 Goals: Megan Bott (Leanne Howorth, Jenna Bott), Ainsley Smith (Jenna Bott), Leanne Howorth, Madison Holman (Carly Labord, Madison Lavigne) Â
Midget 1 Feb. 23
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ALL FOR ONE The Woodland Christian High School (Breslau) senior girls’ volleyball team celebrates its win at the “A� CWOSSA championships in Waterford Feb. 25. The girls will now head to the OFSAA championships in Whitby Mar. 4-5. Front: Jen Scholten (left), Lauren Sikkema. Middle: Alison DenBok, Victoria Galletta. Back: Maaike Zeeman, April Passchier, Carling Zeeman, Anastasia Hunse, Kristin Stroobosscher, Bekah Harris, Sarah Klein-Geltink. Feb. 26
Woolwich 6 Elora 0 Goals: Evan Martin, Grant Kernick x2, Alex Uttley x2, Matthew Leger (Alex Uttley x2, Cole Conlin x2, Cole Lenaers, Scott Martin, Jason Gamble)
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Woolwich 1 Oakville 0 Goal: Justine Dalton Shutout: Archer
Feb. 23
Feb. 20
Feb. 24
Woolwich 2 Oakville Goals: Josh Wade, Luke Baleshta (Austin Trapp, Kyle Hanley, Nolan Beatty)
Woolwich 5 Guelph 0 Goals: Alex MacLean x3, Mackenzie Shantz x2 (Tristen White x3, Bo Uridil, Ryan Schinker, Adrian Gilles) Shutout: Keaton Weiss
Feb. 23
Oakville 4 Woolwich 0 Feb. 24 – Season-ender
Oakville 2 Woolwich 1 Goal: Luke Baleshta (Jake Radcliffe, Jon Weber)
Woolwich Novice PIB Panthers LL #3 Woolwich 6 Ayr #3 6 Goals: Liam Hartman x5 (Matthie Uhrig), Bradley Hale (Liam Hartman) Feb. 25
Woolwich 5 Paris 5 Goals: Mattie Uhrig x2 (Devin Williams x2, Zac Pickard), Liam Hartman x2, Devin Williams (Zac Pickard, Mattie Uhrig)
Woolwich 6 New Hamburg LL#2 4 Goals: Grady Keen x2,Tyson Brown, Andrew Stoltz, Joseph Dubue, Calvin Cressman (Eric Doering, Andrew Stoltz, Chris Wilson, Marty Metzger, Duncan MacDonald, Luke Brown, Tyson Brown)
Woolwich 1 Oshawa 0 Goal: Billo Shutout: Archer
Woolwich Minor Peewee A
Woolwich Rep Minor Midget
Feb. 23
Feb. 24 – Semi-final
Shutout: Lauren Lesage
Woolwich 3 Hespeler 1 Goals: Johnny Clifford, Mackenzie Shantz, Ryan Schinker (Alex MacLean, Tristen White)
Woolwich Peewee LL#1
Woolwich 2 Mississauga 0 Goals: Rachel Billo x2 Shutout: Holly Archer
Twin Centre 4 Waterloo 1 Goals: Hannah Boehm x2, Emily Erb, Sarah Jantzi (Emily Erb, Cassie Hergott, Melanie Horst, Hannah Boehm)
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Feb. 23
Woolwich Midget Girls
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Feb. 24
Twin Centre 2 2 Twin Centre 1 1 Goals: Hannah Boehm x2 (Cassie Hergott, Lori Bauman)
Twin Centre 1 Cambridge 0 Goal: Taylor Caldwell (Callie Churchill)
Grimsby 5 Woolwich 4 Goals: Steve Clement (Jarred Parent, Damien Parent), Jarred Parent (Damien Parent), Brian Kron (Ben Ahier, Kevin Howarth), Damien Parent (Jarred Parent, Nick Roth)
Woolwich Junior Ringette
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Feb. 23 – Game #4
Woolwich 8Â Kitchener 2 Goals: Shelley Shantz x5, Nikki Bisbee x2, Michelle Poole (Andrea Mitchell x2, Kelly Barnes x3, Shelley Shantz, Stacey Thompson, Nikki Bisbee, Nicki Brubacher, Christina Wilkinson, Nikki Kutchaw)
Twin Centre 4 Waterloo 4 Goals: Meggy McTavish, Shelby Smit, Kaytlin Uberig x2 (Kim Finn, Meggy McTavish, Kaytlin Uberig, Emily Detzler x2) Â Feb. 23
Bantam LL
Woolwich 3 Grimsby 2 Goals: Steve Clement (Ben Ahier), Ben Ahier, Jarred Parent (Rob Hinschberger, Kevin Howarth)
Feb. 20
Feb. 26
Norfolk 2 Twin Centre 1 Goal: Mackenzie Van Bargen Mount Forest 4 Twin Centre 2 Goals: Mackenzie Van Bargen, Ashley Beacom (Lisa Guenther, Ashley Beacom) Â
Feb. 20 – Game #3 – OMHA 1/4 Finals
Woolwich Junior Ringette
Goal: Kaytlin Uberig (Jenna Dietrich)
Feb. 23
Feb. 24
Woolwich Major Midget A
Woolwich 6 Grimsby 4 Goals: Jarred Parent x2 (Ben Ahier, Luke Shantz), Brian Kron (Steve Clement, Kevin Howarth), Damien Parent x2 (Cody Bates, Jarred Parent x2), Ben Ahier (Kevin Howarth, Mike Moggy)
Goals: Bailee Karley, Kassidy Tucker, Jessica Harnack (Carli Jones, Meagan Esbaugh x2, Emma Martin) Â
Woolwich Wild Girls Novice Feb. 23
Woolwich 4 Grand River #3 3 Goals: Rosemarie Hartman x3, Meghan Mathieson Feb. 24Â
Woolwich 2 Waterloo #3 0 Goals: Caitlin Pickard, Rosemarie Hartman (Nicole Merlihan, Nicole Snyder, Kara Kyte)
Woolwich Boys Novice LL #4 Red Wings Feb. 23
Woolwich Red Wings 1 Woolwich #1 0 Goal: Cade Schaus (Cole Altman, Lukas Shantz) Shutout: Alex Metzger
Woolwich LL #1 Feb. 23
Woolwich Girls Peewee BÂ Â Â
Woolwich LL # 1 5 Embro 0 Goals: Jared Beacom, Tyler Martin, Brodie Keene, Dylan Arndt, Brodie Keene (Tyler Martin)
Feb. 23 - Regional Playdowns
Twin Centre Stars - Initiation 3
Woolwich Major Atom A Wildcats
Woolwich 1 Guelph 1 Goal: Lauren Lawson (Melanie Schwartzentruber, Shoena Hinsperger)
Feb. 23 - Tri-County Playoffs
Feb. 24
Woolwich 6 Guelph 0 Goals: Grant Kernick x3, Harrison Clifford x2, Alex Uttley (Bradley Mathieson x2, Jason Gamble x2, Grant Kernick)
Woolwich 3 Norfolk 0 Goals: Jenna Martin, Lauren Lawson (Jennifer Norris, Melanie Schwartzentruber), Meghan Hovey (Tori Martin)
Feb. 23
Paris 11 Twin Centre 4 Goals: Ethan Collyer (Griffin Hergott), Nolan Hislop (Jade Lipczynski), Jade Lipczynski (Nolan Hislop), Griffin Hergott (Ethan Collyer)
Woolwich Peewee Boys LL #3
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Woolwich 5 Paris 5 Goals: Ryan Devries, Brad Thomas x2 (Quinten Hunter Rhodes), AJ Priester (Brad Thomas), Evan Yantha
Woolwich Minor Bantam AÂ Feb. 24 - Tri-County PlayoffsÂ
Woolwich 6 Oakville 6 Goals: Dalton Taylor (Shane Young, Justin Schlupp), Ryan Ament x2 (Logan White, Brayden Stevens, Weston Morlock), Justin Schlupp, Jake Kernick (Ryan Ament, Matt Schieck), Clinton Deckert.  Woolwich Wild Midget C Girls Hockey Feb. 22 – Brockville Tournament
Brockville Angels 2 Woolwich 1 Goal: Lara Bisbee (Chanelle Seguin, Carly Ellis) Feb. 23 – Game #2
Woolwich 4 Frontenac Fury 2 Goals: Shayla Meyer (Tory Lomax), Lara Bisbee x2 (Chanelle Seguin, Sara Radcliffe, Brittany Nickel), Chanelle Seguin (Shayla Meyer, Caelen Rank) Game #3 Woolwich 5 Cold Creek 0 Goals: Kassi Fritz (Chantelle Bauman, Tory Lomax), Caelen Rank, Lara Bisbee (Caelen Rank), Ally Thoman (Shayla Meyer) Feb. 24 – Semi-finals
Woolwich 1 Gananoque 0 Goal: Caelen Rank (Lara Bisbee, Sara Radcliffe) Shutout: Rachel Schott Final Brockville Angels 2 Woolwich 1 Goal: Caelen Rank (Chanelle Seguin) Feb. 25
Woolwich 3Â Brantford 1 Goals: Caelen Rank, Lara Bisbee, Chantelle Bauman (Lara Bisbee, Brittany Nickel, Tori Lomax, Carly Ellis, Katie Martin)
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managing falls from the ground up have the correct personal protective equipment (PPE), instruction on how to use it and, if necessary, supervision to do the job safely.
Climbing a ladder may seem like a simple thing, however Health Canada sites falls as the second leading cause of injury in Canada, costing the economy millions in medical expenses and lost productivity.
Working from heights includes working on ladders, structures, on or around machinery, near holes or openings in a work surface, and even on level surfaces where hazards may cause trips or falls. Whenever a worker is at risk of a fall injury, it is the employer’s and supervisor’s responsibility to ensure that a fall protection system is available and in good working order, that the worker uses it, and that the worker has been adequately instructed in its use by a competent person.
“Manage more than just your back!� is the theme of this year’s Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign with a focus on sprains, strains and falls. The yearlong campaign will be launched with Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW), from March 12 to18, 2008. The goal of this year’s campaign is to encourage farmers to think through their work and find ways to reduce the risk of sprains, strains and falls. The CASW campaign is delivered by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) in partnership with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). “While fall prevention may seem like a simple thing, it is also something that is easily taken for granted,� says Bob Friesen, CFA President. “That’s why it’s so important to make safety a part of how each job is done. Safety needs to be second nature and short cuts aren’t even considered.� While specific Occupational Health and Safety regulations vary from one province to the next, farm employers have a legal obligation to take every reason-
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repetitive Strain injury Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is a serious condition that is painful and often debilitating. RSI is more a common farm injury than one may think particularly among fruit and vegetable pickers, graders and packers.
them,” says Marcel Hacault, CASA Executive Director. “We know what causes RSI and how to prevent it, so what we really need to do is put that knowledge into practice to protect the health and safety of our farmers and farm workers.”
“Manage more than just your back!” is the theme of this year’s Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign with a focus on sprains, strains and falls. The yearlong campaign will be launched with Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW), March 12 to18, 2008. The goal of this year’s campaign is to encourage farmers to think through their work and find ways to reduce the risk of sprains, strains and falls. The CASW campaign is delivered by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) in partnership with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).
RSI is not one diagnosis, but rather an umbrella term for disorders such as Bursitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tennis Elbow, Tendonitis, and Trigger Finger. Also known as Cumulative Trauma Disorder, RSI is caused by constantly repeated physical movements, awkward postures, and sustained force, among other risk factors. These repetitive motions damage the soft body tissues (tendons, cartilage, nerves, ligaments, and muscles) that are involved in producing the motion.
“There are many risks on farms that go unrecognized, however repetitive strain injury shouldn’t be one of
RSI is not a condition that is age specific, however, it is most frequently found in adults of working age, with common symptoms being strains of the hands, wrists, arms, shoulders or neck. Several countries report an RSI incidence of 5-10%, although this could be as high as 40% in specific working populations.
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from cute to critical – farm animals are dangerous
patterns in the types of animal-related incidents. For example, almost half (46.5 per cent) of horse-related injuries happen to women, age 16 to 59, and are caused primarily by falls when riding. Men, age 16 to 59, are most frequently (68 per cent) injured by cows during the calving season of February to June. Men age 60 and over are most frequently killed by bulls in the month of August (57 per cent) as the breeding season starts.
Most people think of farm animals as docile, cuddly critters that graze and laze in lush green pastures. They tend to overlook the fact that handling animals can be very dangerous and is one of the leading causes of farm-related injuries, particularly sprains, strains and fractures.
“Manage more than just your back!” is the theme of this year’s Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign with a focus on sprains, strains and falls. The yearlong campaign will be launched with Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW), March 12 to18, 2008, cautioning farmers on the risks of injuries when working with farm animals. The CASW campaign is delivered by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) in partnership with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “Many people can relate to how sore their arm is after taking a dog for a walk on a leash, and the dog was pulling the whole time,” says Bob Friesen, CFA President. “You can just imagine what the strain on your body would be like if a 600 kg horse or cow were to pull on your arm, or slam you into a wall, or trample on your body, or step on your foot. Handling animals can be very unpredictable and very dangerous, so it is important to be alert to the animal and its surroundings and take every safety precaution available.”
Many animal-related farm injuries can be prevented by following a few basic rules: • It is unsafe to work on foot inside an animal holding pen or chute system unless there are secure panels or gates to prevent crush injuries. • Workers should avoid working alone with unpredictable large animals, especially bulls and horses. • Workers should always have escape routes so they are not trapped in small areas with large animals. • Most ‘struck by animal’ injuries resulting in fractures are caused by horse kicks. If possible, workers and bystanders should avoid standing behind horses. • Many skull fractures occur when riders fall from their horses. Riders should always wear CSA-approved helmets to reduce the likelihood of sustaining a skull fracture in the event of a fall. Each year, animal-related incidents are a leading cause of non-machinery deaths and injuries on Canadian farms. While animal-related incidents account for only five per cent of agricultural fatalities, they are involved in about one-third of all injuries, says
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Jazz era show heats things up STEVE KANNON Baby, it’s cold outside, but they’ll look to heat things up at Kitchener’s Registry Theatre with next Saturday’s performance of Jazzabel, featuring the music of the jazz era. The show stars London, Ontario singer/actor Denise Pelley as both Grace and Jane. It’s Harlem, 1939, and Grace’s and Jane’s individual paths are chronicled through story and song using hits and lesserknown gems to recreate the ambiance that period is known for. “I Got Rhythm,” “Blues in the Night,” “I’ve Got the World on a String” and a host of others set the mood. For Pelley, who came up with the story, Jazzabel is about chasing dreams, giving in but never giving up, and defining for one’s self what ‘success’ really is. At the heart of Jazzabel is the friendship of two young women, one who found success, and one who didn’t. Through it all, however, the music remains at the core. Set in the 1930s and ‘40s, the story is a musical dream-come-true that travels from a small town in
the deep south to the stage of the legendary Apollo Theatre in New York City. A singer, songwriter and actor, Pelley combines all her talents in the onewoman show. “I had a dream a couple of years ago to do a theatrical/musical production showcasing my favourite music, jazz.” With the help of writer Jacquie Gauthier, the story of Grace and Jane came to life. The music is the key to the story. With her debut album, 1998’s Trust the Moment, Pelley caught the attention of Canadian jazz aficionados. Born in Guysborough, Nova Scotia and raised in London, Ontario, Pelley began to sing professionally as a teenager when she auditioned for pop band The Sounds of Karisma, and spent the next two years touring. But the jazz artists she listened to growing up – Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McCrae, Billie Holliday, Mel Torme and Nat King Cole, to name a few – drove her down that musical road. She also performs gospel, blues, rhythm and blues and pop music. Pelley is a regular in the London Jeans & Classics
series, and has sung with orchestras as far afield as Portugal and Germany. On the Canadian festival circuit, she has performed at the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, Ottawa Jazz Festival, London’s Bluesfest & Royal Canadian Big Band and Waterloo Jazz Festival. Her musical theatre credits include London’s Grand Theatre, in the Fats Waller musical Ain’t Misbehavin’, Blues review Wang Dang Doodle with Denis Simpson, and Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Her performance at the intimate Registry Theatre is that venue’s latest offering in its Jazz at the Registry series. She’ll perform with local sidemen Dave Lewis on drums, Kevin Muir on bass, and guitarist Glenn Murch. The series continues Apr. 18 with the Top Pocket Jazz Quartet, Michael Bergauer, Don McDougall, Andy Klaehn and Paul Stouffer. The Tim Louis Quartet performs May 9. Jazzabel takes to the stage Mar. 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 ($15 for students), available at the Centre in the Square box office or by calling 519-578-1570 or online at www.centre-square.com.
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JAZZIN’ THINGS UP Denise Pelley’s one-woman show, Jazzabel, tells the story of two friends whose experience with jazz in its golden age takes them in two different directions. She performs Mar. 8 in the intimate confines of Kitchener’s Registry Theatre.
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ADVANCED DESIGN SOLUTIONS INC. HELP WANTED DAY OR NIGHT SHIFT SAW OPERATOR The Saw Operator requires skills in math, ability to read a measuring tape, and some exposure to a manually controlled or PLC controlled bundle saw. This position may also involve assembly work, preparing of material such as punching and drilling and some shipping may be required. PRODUCTION WELDER The production welder positions involves MIG welding a wide range of components from capping Hollow Structural Steel and welding small components out of a jig to fit up and welding of our final product being an automotive shipping container or rack. This position may also include assembly work GENERAL LABOUR The General Labour positions involve assembly work from stencilling painted product to bolting components to the final product as well as part check in the final product. Other aspects to this position are preparing material such as grinding de-burring, and packaging. People in this position could eventually be taught to weld if the desire by the employee was there. EVENING SHIFT LEAD HAND We are looking for a responsible candidate with great people skills, welding experience, and general trouble shooting competence to supervise our night crew.
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Local tank truck carrier is accepting applications for AZ drivers to do a mix of local and long distance trips. Applicants must be at least 25 years of age, have 2 years AZ driving experience and be bondable for cross border activity. Preference will be given to applicants with strong work ethic, who are team players and have good communications skills. The company has a great wage, benefit, bonus and profit sharing program. For further details, apply to: Bridgeland Terminals Ltd. 35 Oriole Pkwy. E. Elmira, ON N3B 2Z7 Phone: 519-669-1588 519-669-1928 Fax: E-mail: ronm@bridgelandterminals.com
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NATIONAL LIFE GUARD COURSE (NLS) Friday June 13th Saturday June 14th Sunday June 15h Friday June 20th Saturday June 21st Sunday June 22nd
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Friday May 23rd Saturday May 24th Sunday May 25th Friday May 30th Saturday May 31st Sunday June 1st
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PRE-REQUSITES: 1. Must be 16 years old by end of the course date 2. Must bring Bronze Cross Award OR NLS Award Card 3. Must bring AWSI Card OR Leaders Award Card (temporary cards count if not issued a permanent card) 4. Must bring completed Pre-Teaching Hours If Not Completed During AWSI ALL COURSES LISTED ABOVE ARE 100% ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE Please Contact The Elmira Swimming Pool for Information or to Register 519-669-5757 RECERTIFICATIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE CALL FOR MORE DETAILS
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RECREATION WINTER PROGRAMS
All Programs start week of March 17th, 2008 ADULT FITNESS Mondays and Thursdays (9 weeks) 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Park Manor School
ADULT VOLLEYBALL Tuesdays (7 weeks) 8:15 – 10:15 pm at Park Manor School
YOGA Mondays and Wednesdays (9 weeks) 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Park Manor School Library
ADULT BADMINTON Mondays and Thursdays (7 weeks) 8:15 – 10:15 pm at Park Manor School
BALLROOM DANCING Tuesdays 8:30 – 9:30 pm and Wednesdays 8:45 – 9:45 pm at Park Manor School (9 weeks)
PILATES Tuesdays and Thursdays (9 weeks) 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Park Manor School
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NEW PROGRAM ** * LINE DANCING*** Thursdays April 3 (6 weeks) 5:00 – 6:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church , Elmira
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$292,000, MODEL HOME - Prices starting for 2 strorey designs. 1600-2250 sq ft. available. $309,900 starting for 1300 sq ft. Bungalow designs. 1300-1600 sq ft. Visit the model for further details or call. MLS
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$334,900, 1918 CLASSIC/DETACHED WORKSHOP- Original natural wdwrk, hrdwd flring welcoming verandah & spacious front foyer; original "Thistle Glass Windows"; eat-in country ktchn offers new counter tops; sunrm; walkout to dck & landscaped bckyrd & wrkshp. MLS
TONY ALBERTO Phone:
519-744-7133
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
RAISED BUNGALOW - 2+1 bdrms, 2 baths, new roof shingles 2006, some newer windows, good sized fenced yard & deck. Central air & vac., 2 fireplaces, large bright finished rec. room.
$229,000
24 WELLINGSTON ST. S. DRAYTON
$345,000, JUST LISTED! RESTAURANT BUSINESS, This thriving restaurant business located across the street from the Drayton Festival Theatre comes complete with all equipment, large banquet facilities, newer roof, wiring and furnace and a two bedroom apartment. MLS
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OPEN HOUSE SAT. MARCH 1, 2:00-4:00 | 9 Raising Mill GT, Elmira
OPEN HOUSE SUN. MARCH 2, 2:00-4:00 | 1347 Martin Grove Rd, Woolwich
KITCHEN & DINETTE w/ lots of oak cabinets, two walkouts to 12x20’ deck. Living rm w/ gas fireplace, 2pc bath. Master bdrm w/ cathedral ceiling & dual closets, 5pc ensuite. Two more large bdrms. Finished recroom, 3pc bath, laundry, large storage room. MLS $265,000. For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533
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$254,000 - OPEN CONCEPT BUNGALOW: Kitchen with nicely finished oak Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated /0%. (/53% \ 35. -!2 s 0530 OLD 81 STREET, PALMERSTON
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cabinetry, breakfast bar and a separate eating area. Finished basement with a bedroom, spacious recroom, bathroom and an office. Good sized irregular lot 64.73’x140.32’. Have a look! This could be the one. MLS 0811308 Call Marg Sorensen 519.343.4489.
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BROKERAGE
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2 - 4PM 63 Kingfisher Dr.,Elmira
Spacious, 3 bedroom, 4 baths, finished rec-room, 2 car garage, overlooks Greenspace & pond. This Home sparkles. MLS
Conestoga River, bungalow with walkout to patio features hrdwd, laminate & carpet, walkout to lrge deck, window and drs replaced except bay, insulated rec rm flr, kitchen in basement, A/C, MLS $849,900 For a personal appointment call Paul 519-503-9533
$339,900
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»» Hungryman Breakfast – Elmira Legion (Branch 469). In support of Elmira Scouting. At the Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. »» Concert by The Proverbs – Waterloo North Presbyterian Church. One of Canada’s best known Christian music groups, with a wide range of music styles ands influences; 7 p.m. at 685 Highpoint Ave., Waterloo; 519-888-7870. Free-will offering.
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»» Caregiver Coffee Hour – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic: using humour in care giving. Join Lynelle Drudge of the Alzheimer’s Society K-W; 10-11:30 a.m. at Chateau Gardens, Elmira. Call Lorraine for more information, 519-6643794, ext. 229.
MARCH 6
»» Health Education – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic Tinnitus, dizziness and vertigo causes prevention and treatment; 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs, 519-664-3794.
MARCH 11
»» Reptilia – Linwood Branch Library. Learn all about reptiles while enjoying an entertaining show that includes audience interaction as well as live contact with the reptiles. Recommended for children age 5 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; 7 p.m. Linwood Library, 519-698-2700 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited. »» Tickle Trunk Tunes – St. Jacobs Branch Library. Come dance and sing. An unforgettable presentation of music and laughter. A brother-sister duo engages children and the young-at-heart with their silly antics and sing-a-long fun. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; 7-8 p.m. St. Jacobs Library, 519-664-3443 or Region of Waterloo Library Headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited. MARCH 12
»» Reptilia – Elmira Branch Library. Learn all about reptiles while enjoying an entertaining show that includes audience interaction as well as live contact with the reptiles. Recommended for children age 5 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5. Elmira Library, 519-669-5477 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters 519-575-4590; 1-2 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. Shows will be held at St. James Lutheran Church, 69 Arthur St. S., Elmira. Tickets are limited.
MARCH 13
»» Zoe the Clown – Bloomingdale Branch Library. Family-oriented variety show with juggling, magic and live dove Mr. Cuckoo. Fun for all ages; 3-3:45 p.m. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5. Bloomingdale Branch Library, 519-745-3151 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited. »» Reading is Magic – St. Clements Branch Library. Join magician Ian Crawford a high-energy show with a blend of magic and story telling and lots of audience participation. Recommended for children age 3 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; 7-7:45 p.m. St. Clements Library, 519-699-4341 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited.
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DEATH NOTICES GRANGE, Jack
GRISCHOW, Robert W.
- Peacefully on Feb- – AT ST. Mary’s Hospital, ruary 22, 2008 in on Saturday, February 23, Bournemouth, England. 2008, with his family by Father of Ann Reid (Da- his Side, Robert Wayne vid) of Elmira. Grand- Grischow, age 77 years. father of Mrs. Jane Local relatives are niece Crawford (Ian) of Elmira, Karen Geddes and her and Dr. Michael Reid of husband Terry of Breslau. Kitchener. Great Grand- KEIL, Mark Douglas father to James Wines and – Of Waterloo, passed Wonderful Calum Crawford. Deco- away on Monday, Februrated in WWII with the ary 25, 2008 in his 44th DFC while in the Royal year. Air Force. Became a Local Relatives are sister teacher in East London, Terry-Lynn Kelba and her England and later Head- husband Dale of St. Clemaster. Born March 11 ments. 1921 in Cardiff, Wales. KINAT, Ottilie
29 Church St. W., Elmira
– Passed away peacefully at her residence, Twin Oaks Nursing Home, Maryhill on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, in her 100th year.
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IN MEMORIUM New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area If you’re not long distance to Elmira, you are welcome to a visit.
SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763
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»» H.U.G.S. Program – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic: rescue force tour. A tour of the ambulance building and seeing what paramedics do. For parents and their children (zero to five years); 9:15-11:15 a.m., 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs, 519-664-3794. »» Reading is Magic – Wellesley Branch Library. Join magician Ian Crawford a high-energy show with a blend of magic and story telling and lots of audience participation. Recommended for children age 3 and up. Tickets are $3 per person or two for $5; 7-7:45 p.m. Wellesley Library, 519-656-2001 or Region of Waterloo Library headquarters, 519-575-4590. Tickets are limited. »» Hot Beef Sandwiches, taters and veggies – Elmira Legion (Branch 469). First come, first serve basis; 11 First St. E., Elmira, at 6 p.m.
MARCH 15
BE PREPARED THIS WINTER
In loving memory of
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who died February 28th, 2000.
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»» Fundraiser breakfast buffet – Calvary United Church. Speaker: Tim Fries, MCC Akron. Tickets $12 per adult $5 per child (six to 12 years), free for five years and under. Advance tickets sales only by calling MCC Ontario at 519-745-8458. Proceeds towards Mennonite Central Committee Elmira meat canning project. »» St. Patrick’s Day Dinner – Royal Canadian Legion, Elmira. Roast beef dinner with dessert bar; 5 and 7 p.m. sittings; $12 adults, $5 6 to 10 years, $2 under 5 years. For tickets call the Legion 519-669-2932.
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MARCH 16
Bus: 519.895.2044 ext. 217
»» Two-hour hike on Kissing Bridge Trailway/TCT in Elmira – Woolwich Trail Group. Enjoy the stone dust trail from Elmira east to the Grand River. Trail rating: level trail surface but may be slippery at this time of year. Meet in Elmira at the Observer parking lot 20 Arthur St. North. Call Paul Miller at 519-664-3463 to confirm meeting times and locations. Submit calendar listings to info@observerxtra.com
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Today is remembered and quietly kept, no words are needed we'll never forget. May the winds of heaven blow gently, and sail you to your favorite spot. With the sun shine on the water, and that stary night never forgot. Though your smile is gone forever, your face we cannot touch. We hold you in our hearts, the man we loved so much. Forever in our hearts, your family, Frieda, Christine, Kathy & Gerry
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150 Adelaide St., Kitchener-$259,900 Gorgeous Family Home-$369,000
In-law suite. Nicely decorated Mortgage Helper bungalow with gleaming hardwood & ceramics, newer windows (06,) roof (07) lower level ceramics (replaced 05.) Lower level 2 entries & walkout. MLS.
2450+ sq.ft. 3 bed, 3 bath featuring; huge loft, master bath w/roman tub & stand-up shower. Hardwood flrs., 2nd flr. laundry room, upgraded carpet, maple cabinets & much more. Great location close to 401. MLS.
100 Acres of Fertile Land $700,000
150 Acre Farm! $1,200,000
Drayton Area. Plowed, paved road, high stated fertility. MLS.
Spacious 3,300 sq.ft. raised bungalow, 4 bedrooms with ample closets, 3 baths, main floor has 2 way stone fireplace, ceramic & carpets throughout. Finished basement, possible in-law suite, ultra violet water filters. Close to Lake Conestoga. MLS.
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