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fter ending the regular season on a sour note and dropping their opening playoff game, the Elmira Sugar Kings needed to win Wednesday night and they did so decisively, shutting out the Listowel Cyclones 4-0. The Kings clamped down on Listowel’s offence, allowing only 22 shots while firing 43 of their own. They also locked out the Cyclones on the power play, denying the visitors any goals on seven opportunities. Head
Elmira’s Brad Kraus stickhandles up the ice in the third period of Elmira’s 4-0 win over Listowel Wednesday. Kraus had a goal in each of the Kings’ first two playoff games.
coach Geoff Haddaway praised an “outstanding effort” from his players, noting the win put them back on track after a 6-3 loss in Listowel on Tuesday. “[The Cyclones] did what they were supposed to do the other night, and it was important that we come back to our barn and do what we’re supposed to do.” On Tuesday, the Cyclones went ahead by two with a pair of goals early in the first period. Listowel added a third goal on the power play before the Kings got on the board late in the second frame with a power play goal of their own from Zach Salomon. The Kings tied things up in the third period with goals from Brad Kraus and Riley Sonnenburg, but Listowel pressed back and reclaimed the lead with
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Woolwich to monitor options for Breslau water services Steve Kannon
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he do-nothing approach still stands in Breslau, but Woolwich will keep an eye out for opportunities to provide water services to the village at a lower cost, should residents some day decide that’s the way to go. Tuesday night, councillors discussed the
decision made at last week’s committee-ofthe-whole meeting, opting to formally adopt the recommendation to drop servicing plans in the wake of strong public opposition. Residents balked at forecasted costs of some $92,000 apiece to extend water and sanitary sewers to the older parts of the village. About a
hundred of them turned out last week to argue against the idea. However, Coun. Sandy Shantz, who chaired last week’s meeting, expressed concerns about safety and water quality, calling on staff to keep an eye out for federal or provincial government funding that might help bring municipal services to the community.
That, in turn, led to a debate over how much the township should do, with Coun. Ruby Weber noting that a longstanding policy dictates homeowners pay the full cost of servicing rather than the municipality picking up any of the costs. Complicating matters somewhat are plans for an extension of water lines required to loop the
NOTICE OF A PROPOSAL AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING by Woolwich Bio-En Inc. to Engage in a Renewable Energy Project Originally published in the Waterloo Region Record on February 3, 2010
Project Name: Woolwich Bio-En Inc. Project Location: 40 Martin’s Lane, Elmira, Ontario Dated at Elmira this the 3 of February, 2010. Woolwich Bio-En Inc. is planning to engage in a renewable energy project in respect of which the issuance of a renewable energy approval is required. The distribution of this notice of a proposal to engage in this renewable energy project and the project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This notice must be distributed in accordance with section 15 of the Regulation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for completeness by the Ministry of the Environment.
system that now extends to the new subdivisions in Breslau. Some of the homeowners now using private wells and septic systems could have the opportunity to connect to the new pipes when they’re eventually installed. That would, however, present the township with something of a dilemma when it comes to billing those homeowners: does it charge only the cost, or the full amount estimated in a consultant’s report, approximately $15,000 for water services? asked director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley. He noted that allowing some homeowners to tie into the looped line at a
much lower cost would mean the remaining property owners would face even higher costs should they opt for municipal services down the road, as the much more expensive project to extend services would be shared by a smaller number of people. Seeming to side with the idea of seeking grants to help offset costs, Coun. Murray Martin argued residents in the older part of the village should pay no more than what homeowners in Elroy Acres paid for a 2003 project to replace a privatelyowned communal well system, about $15,000 each. “I’ve always favoured that.”
Meeting Location: DATE: Tuesday April 6, 2010 TIME: 4:30pm to 8:00pm PLACE: Lions Hall, 40 South Street West, Elmira, Ontario Project Description: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the facility, in respect of which the project is to be engaged in, is considered to be a Class 3 Anaerobic Digestion Facility. If approved, this facility would have a total maximum name plate capacity of 2.85 MW. The project location is described in the map. This project is being proposed in accordance with the requirements of the Act and Regulation. The Draft Project Description Report titled “Draft Project Description Report” describes the facility as an Anaerobic Digestion Facility that will process a variety of organic material to produce biogas. The facility will produce biogas in pretreatment and digestion tanks and will combust the biogas in reciprocating engines to produce heat and power. A written copy of the Draft Project Description Report is being made available for public inspection at www.bio-en.ca and at the offices of the Region of Waterloo and the Township of Woolwich. Further, the applicant has obtained or prepared, as the case may be, supporting documents in order to comply with the requirements of the Act and Regulation. Written copies of the draft supporting documents are being made available for public inspection on February 3, 2010 at the offices of the Region of Waterloo and the Township of Woolwich and at www.bio-en.ca. Project Contacts and Information: To learn more about the project proposal, public meetings, or to communicate concerns please contact: Earl Brubacher 4 Arthur Street North Elmira, ON N3B-3A2 Phone 519-669-5171 Ext. 240 info@bio-en.ca www.bio-en.ca
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> EDSS grad gets $3K scholarship Elysia Martin, an Elmira District Secondary School graduate now studying Early Childhood Education, is one of four inaugural winners of one of Conestoga College’s new Neil Aitchison/ Conestoga Students Inc. Scholarships. The $3,000 scholarships honour Neil Aitchison, the first Conestoga diploma program graduate. As well, another 23 students in degree programs at Conestoga received more than $30,000 in scholarships handed out last week.
Mild weather expected to get the sap flowing
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KICKIN' THINGS OFF Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast and Woolwich Mayor Bill Strauss tap a maple tree under the watchful eye of Albert Martin on Feb. 26. This year’s tree tapping ceremony – held at George Martin’s farm on Apple Grove Road – produced no sap, but warm weather this weekend should see plenty of the sweet stuff in advance of the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival Mar. 27.
Cold temperatures put damper on ceremonial first tap, but season just getting underway; this week's warmer daytimes will be helpful Joni Miltenburg
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his year’s tree tapping ceremony held Feb. 26 produced numb fingers instead of sap, but the warm weather forecasted for this weekend should get the sweet stuff flowing. Todd Leuty, agroforestry specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, said he heard reports of small sap flows Feb. 20 and 21 before a winter air mass moved in and dumped several inches of snow on Waterloo Region. Most producers don’t bother tapping for warm spells in January and February, preferring to wait until the bigger runs in March and early April. Taps have a lifespan of five or six weeks, so syrup producers try to time their tapping to get the best flows. Producers are hoping for another season like last year, which saw record sap flows. Syrup production in Canada
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increased to 9.1 million gallons in 2009 from 4.9 million gallons in 2008. In Ontario, production increased to 417,000 gallons from 262,000 in 2008. However, last year’s bumper crop wasn’t enough to build up syrup supplies after poor seasons in 2007 and 2008, while demand was higher than ever. “Everyone’s hoping for a good year,” Leuty said. “If we can draw out the kind of weather we’re having this week, if we can have that for the whole month of March and even early April, that would be perfect.” There are about 2,600 maple syrup producers in Ontario, with Waterloo-Wellington and Lanark County in eastern Ontario being the highest-production regions. Ontario’s production, however, is a fraction of Canada’s output as a whole; Quebec boils up 91 per cent of Canadian maple syrup.
In addition to keeping an eye on the thermometer, syrup producers are also monitoring their woodlots for signs of the Asian longhorned beetle. The invasive insect, native to China, Korea and Japan, attacks and kills broadleaf trees like maple, elm and willow. “It has a number of other hosts, but it prefers sugar maples,” Leuty explained. The larvae of the Asian long-horned beetle feed on the trunk and limbs of the tree and can kill healthy trees in a season or two. If the beetle were to spread, it could lay waste to the maple syrup industry. The beetle was found in Toronto and Vaughan in 2003 and was contained by destroying infected trees and all susceptible trees within a 400-metre radius. Now producers are keeping a watchful eye on an outbreak in Massachusetts, where officials have removed 26,000
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Woolwich fire calls will continue to be dispatched by Kitchener under a newly-approved contract. The threeyear deal replaces one in place since 2005 that expired at the end of December. The shorter deal recognizes the possible merger in 2013 of fire dispatch centres in Kitchener and Cambridge with the Waterloo Regional Police communication centre. Woolwich will pay $35,304.59 for dispatch services in 2010.
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trees and are monitoring a 75-square-mile area. “Everyone knows the beetle doesn’t respect borders, so if it gets out of hand there, it can move,” Leuty said. Over the longer term, producers are also trying to gauge what impact climate change might have on maple syrup. Climate change could mean warming and a shift north; it could also mean more erratic and extreme weather patterns. Information sessions and workshops on maple syrup almost always include a speaker on climate change, but at this point it’s largely guesswork, Leuty said. “We’ll have a few bad years for syrup production and everyone starts looking at climate change, and then there are a few good years and everyone forgets,” he said. And when it comes to what type of season 2010 will be, producers all have the same response: “Ask me in May.”
Heidelberg’s Stemmler Meats & Cheese was the winner of the Environment Award as more than 750 people gathered Wednesday night for the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce’s Business Excellence Awards. There were winners in 10 categories, selected from among 72 nominees. The annual gala was held at Bingemans in Kitchener.
> Haitian relief Taylor's Bridal Boutique in Elmira this week capped a successful fundraising drive for Haitian relief. The company's tally hit $5,007.45, to be donated to the Mennonite Central Community. Between Jan. 19 and Feb. 27, five per cent of all sales at the Arthur Street store went to the fund.
> ETC at WODL The Elmira Theatre Company production of Moonlight and Magnolias will be one of five plays entered into competition at the Western Ontario Drama League festival, hosted by Owen Sound Little Theatre. Its entry hits the stage Mar. 17 at 8 p.m.
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Police seeking information about suspicious vehicle ice put five cars in the ditch at the bend on Listowel Road, near Elmira. The first three cars to go off the road did so independently. Shortly after, an Ace Taxi vehicle slid on the ice and entered the ditch, where it was hit by a 19-year-old Drayton woman who lost control of her Pontiac Sunfire. Police closed the road due to the ice and blowing snow, waiting for the roadway to be salted.
> 5:47 PM | An 18-year-old
Elora man lost control of his Pontiac Sunfire when he hit a patch of ice on Katherine Street near Maryhill Road. The vehicle sideswiped a PT Cruiser being driven by a 46-year-old Fergus woman. There were no charges laid and no injuries reported, but both vehicles suffered severe damage.
> 7:44 PM | A 29-year-old
Newton man was uninjured after his Ford F-150 truck flipped off Line 86 into the ditch. The vehicle landed in soft snow and there was only minor damage. No charges were laid.
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was parked on Alten Way in Heidelberg for more than an hour, near a home in which the owners were away on vacation. Police received a call from a neighbour reporting the suspicious vehicle, but it was gone when officers arrived on scene.
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A REAL PILE-UP Five cars ended up in the ditch after ice and
blowing snow created treacherous conditions at the bend in Listowel Road around 4 p.m. Feb. 25. There were no injuries, but police closed the road until it could be salted. damage, while damage to the plow was moderate. No charges were laid.
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> 6:40 AM | A 76-year-old > 6:32 AM | Elmira Farm Service Milverton man driving a on Church Street in Elmira was broken into sometime overnight. The glass at the front door was smashed, but nothing was stolen. Police believe the suspect was likely scared off by
St. Jacobs, when the driver, a 47-year-old Cambridge man, lost control due to bad weather. There was moderate damage to his vehicle but no injuries or charges.
> 7:40 PM | A silver SUV
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suspicious vehicle was reported at the entrance to Golf Course Road in Conestogo shortly before noon on Feb. 25. Police responded, but the vehicle had left the scene by the time officers arrived. The vehicle was a white, fullsized van with no side windows. The driver was a white male who appeared to be slouching or hiding in attempts not to be seen by passersby. Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is asked to contact regional police.
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> 9:00 AM | A freight truck
Chevrolet van collided with a snowplow in the parking lot of the Wellesley Township office. The man lost control of the vehicle when he slid on some ice. His vehicle incurred severe
spun off the roadway and struck a mailbox on Listowel Road. The 27-year-old driver was uninjured, but there was moderate damage to the vehicle.
> 5:27 PM | A Nissan Quest van
went into the ditch on Arthur Street at Gerrat Drive, near
Arthur woman was unable to stop her Ford Windstar at the stop sign at the corner of Barnswallow and Whippoorwill drives in Elmira when her car began to slide on some ice. Her vehicle struck a rented Nissan being driven by a 48-year-old Waterloo man. There was light damage to her vehicle and severe damage to the rental.
FEBRUARY 27 > 6:37 AM | A 35-year-old
Guelph man was unable to stop his Honda Civic at the stop sign at the corner of Sawmill Road and Katherine Street when his car slid on some ice. His vehicle struck a Toyota, driven by a 55-year-old Cambridge man.
There was severe damage to the Honda and moderate damage to the Toyota, but neither driver was injured and no charges were laid.
MARCH 1 > 10:15 AM | A number of wooden pallets were stolen from Swiss Hill Landscaping on Bast Place, south of St. Jacobs. The pallets were taken sometime over the weekend; police currently have no suspects. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact regional police.
Three area men face drug charges Shortly after noon on Feb. 26, Wellington County OPP officers investigated the occupants of a red Honda Accord found on Sideroad 6 south of Fergus. During this check, officers located and seized approximately 25 grams of marijuana, subsequently charging all five occupants. Nicholas Goodwin and William Wright, both 18, of Centre Wellington and Landon Sellers, 18, of Winterbourne have been charged. A 16- and 17-year-old male from Centre Wellington area also face charges. Goodwin, Wright and Sellers are scheduled to appear in Guelph court on Apr. 19.
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TAKIN' A SPILL A flatbed truck lost its load in the ditch around 9 a.m. Feb. 26 after sliding off Listowel Road near Elmira.
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Woolwich needs millions for future bridge work Steve Kannon
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resh from a decision to repair the Glasgow Street bridge at a cost of $335,000 Woolwich is now looking for more than $6.8 million to repair or replace bridges and culverts over the next decade. Acting on a consultant’s report, Woolwich councillors last week charged staff with preparing a capital pro-
gram for the rehabilitation work. Required by the province to inspect bridge structures – bridges and culverts – every two years, the township last year had an engineering consultant determine the state of its inventory and then come up with a cost for tackling any deficiencies. Remediation work was ranked as high, medium or low
planning Dan Kennaley at Tuesday’s meeting. The nine most pressing projects include the Glasgow Street span dealt with last month. The list included a Floradale Road culvert (repairs, $150,000), another Floradale road structure (replacement, $630,000), a culvert on Reid Woods Drive (replacement, $430,000),
priority. Of the 48 structures inspected, nine were deemed to be of high priority, nine judged medium and 16 low. Fourteen were seen as requiring no action. Most of those with the highest priority should be repaired or replaced within one to five years, with some falling in a 10-year timeline, noted director of engineering and
Pedestrian struck and killed
a steel truss bridge on Middlebrook Road (repairs, $135,000), a similar span on Peel Street (repairs, $128,000) a culvert on Halm Road (replacement, $180,000) and a culvert on Bisch Street (replacement, $490,000). None of the structures is unsafe at the moment, though load limits will be reduced on some until the repairs are done, Kennal-
ey noted. Those reduced loads promoted Coun. Mark Bauman to raise the issue of fire safety, but Woolwich chief Rick Pedersen explained none of the crossings are on regular fire routes. A funding plan and rehabilitation schedule is expected to be part of the 2011 budget process that will get underway next fall.
pedestrian was struck and killed in Wellesley Township around 7:55 p.m. Feb. 25. Samuel Martin, 34, was walking westbound along William Hastings Line near Manser Road when he was struck by an eastbound Ford
pickup truck driven by a 39-year-old Wellesley man. Emergency services responded, but the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Police do not believe that speed or alcohol
were factors in the collision. No charges have been laid, but police are still investigating. Anyone with information on the collision is asked to contact the Traffic Services Branch at 519-650-8500, ext 8516 or ext. 8629.
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Sulco manages another large drop in sulphur emissions efore the public became aware of climate change, there was the environmental challenge posed by acid rain. Beginning in the late 1970s and ’80s, governments worldwide made concerted efforts to reduce the amount of sulphur released into the atmosphere, eventually eliminating the immediate crisis. In that setting, Elmira’s Sulco Chemicals Ltd., a manufacturer of sulphur-based products, has been looking to do its part, year over year. For 2009, the company dropped its sulphur dioxide (SO2) output by 81 per cent versus the previous year. For the producer of sulphuric acid, oleum and sodium bisulphite, this represents an overall reduction of 94 per cent since the 1990 base reporting year. In 2008, Sulco emitted approximately 282 metric tons of SO2. In 2009, only 52 tonnes were emitted, or six per cent of the amount allowed by this type of company under provincial standards. By the end of 2010, general manager Ron Koniuch predicts that number will be closer to 36 tonnes. Aside from the acid rain issue, the reduc-
ing water in municipal water plants and as a low toxicity bleaching agent in pulp and paper production. “This material is a lot easier for our customers to handle,” Konuich explained. “That is why the market is growing for this environmentally-preferred chemical.” The new scrubbing unit has turned what would otherwise be a waste emission gas into a marketable product. In comparison to other nations involved in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada ranks 27th of 28 countries, in both per capita sulphur dioxide emissions and total
sulphur dioxide emissions. Canada produces 88.9 kg of sulphur dioxide per capita, more than two times the OECD average of 39.2 kg. Only Australians produce more per capita emissions than Canada, while only the United States produces a higher total amount of emissions. Since 1985, Canada’s emissions of sulphur dioxide have decreased by 15.3 per cent. However, 16 of the 20 other OECD nations for whom trend data are available achieved larger reductions in sulphur dioxide emissions during this period than Canada. Provincially, maximum emissions
allowances are set, but organizations such as the Canadian Chemical Producers and, more locally, Sustainable Waterloo are helping companies set even more proactive targets for themselves. Koniuch credits the Canadian Chemical Producers’ Responsible Care Program for stimulating these developments within his company. “With Responsible Care, we submit ourselves for verification every three years, and the verifiers – that include representatives with industrial experience and expertise as well as members of the public – expect to see
progress on our environmental goals.” As a result of the industry program, Sulco initiated a community advisory panel (CAP) several years ago. The CAP is comprised of members of the Elmira community and is designed to offer direction and feedback to Sulco about community concerns. “There are certain regulations set by the province, but what Sulco is doing is going above and beyond that,” explained Chemtura Public Advisory Committee chairperson Pat McLean. “Their actions are very proactive when it comes to environmental protection.”
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tion in SO2 emissions also has health benefits, as exposure can lead to respiratory problems, according to the Ministry of the Environment measure of air quality. For those of us who don’t remember much from our chemistry classes in high school, the words sulphuric acid, oleum and sodium bisulphate many not ring any bells, but most of us do use them on a regular basis. Sulfuric acid is a major component of the ethanol found in gasoline; it’s used to prepare steel for industrial use, and in the treatment of water. The lion’s share is used for fertilizer production. Sodium bisulphate is used for bleaching paper and the dechlorination of water. Sulphur dioxide is a byproduct of the three chemicals produced at Sulco. Interestingly, the reduction at Sulco was reached through a 20-per-cent increase in plant production. The 2009 emission reduction was related to the February 2009 installation of a sulphur dioxide ‘tailgas scrubber unit’ which produces sodium bisulphite (SBS). Sodium bisulphite is a chemical used to take the chlorine out of drink-
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» Saturday, March 06, 2010
Why has Breslau always felt neglected, unheard and the buttend of Woolwich Township? Maryanne Szuck | letter on pg. 10
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he government is responsible to the House of Commons, and not the other way around. Yet despite the anger of Canadians over the government’s decision to shut down Parliament, the Conservatives continue to silence and obstruct the duly-elected representatives of the people of Canada, this time by opposing steps to curtail the prorogation power.
> Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff calls out the government over its abuse of prorogation
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> Statistics Canada
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oolwich council’s recent discussions about Maple Street in Elmira raised a central question: why, with all the necessary expenses, would a municipality think about squandering money on secondary, perhaps altogether unimportant, projects? The township is looking at resurfacing the short road, which runs between Church and William streets. That just happens to be adjacent to Woolwich’s new administration building, suggesting sprucing up the roadway would add to the sheen of the renovated facility. The plans also include extending a sidewalk along the full length of the west side of the street. As reported last week, councillors voted to forego a sidewalk on the east side, which would have disrupted parking and traffic flow at the Elmira
Home Hardware store. Beyond the cost of repaving the road and adding sidewalks – bids last year came in at $180,000, well above the $58,000 budgeted by the township – the project should give the township pause to think about the bigger picture. The rationale for new pavement, gutters and sidewalks is that they’d be in keeping with municipal design standards. But why does this or any municipality need sidewalks on both sides of streets, for instance? This is not to say the standard is not desirable, but rather to challenge the need to apply it automatically. As in the Maple Street case, there’s no real need for sidewalks on both sides of the road. Yes, the street runs to Riverside Public School, but it can hardly be said to be a major artery, for either cars or
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» Saturday, March 06, 2010
9 OPINION
The grown-ups are in charge in Turkey “E
nough. No more. The army’s morale is broken,” said General Ilker Basbug, the chief of staff of the Turkish army, but the humiliations continue. Another 50 officers were arrested last week for suspected involvement in a 2003 plot to overthrow the government, including the current chief of the navy, a retired air force chief, and a former deputy chief of the army. The plot, code-named “Sledgehammer,” was revealed when the newspaper “Taraf ” began publishing information gleaned from 5,000 pages of stolen army documents that came into its hands early this year. This comes on top of the Ergenekon scandal of 2008, in which several hundred people including four-star generals were arrested for belonging to a secret organization of that name that was also planning a coup. The main Ergenekon trials, with 142 defendants, have been underway for more than a year, and have brought a constant drip of revelations about the group’s attempts to create an atmosphere so tense that a military takeover would be welcomed, including an armed attack on a court and the bombing of a newspaper. The army’s morale was already low before the latest arrests – and public anxiety about a military coup was already high. In fact, however, the threat of a coup has been declining for years. The information is only coming out now, but the actual coups were planned for 2003. In at least one case, the army high command intervened directly to block it. And today’s army chief of staff has accepted the arrest of dozens of generals and admirals without protest. General Basbug is not happy about
International Affairs GWYNNE DYER it, and he disputes the meaning of some of the documents, but his outburst (quoted above) was more a plea than a threat. The real drama happened years ago, and the winners were democracy and the rule of law. Turkey has been a democracy for half a century, but it was a rigidly secular democracy (in a 99 per cent Muslim country) that allowed no reference to religion in its politics. If any politician hinted that he had “Islamic” leanings, he faced prosecution in the courts. If he became prime minister, he faced a military coup – and there have been four such coups since 1960. The reason lay in Turkey’s history. The Ottoman Empire was an Islamic state, but in the end all the Muslim subject peoples became nationalists and rebelled against Turkish rule. Turkey itself was nearly divided up into European colonies at the end of the First World War. It narrowly escaped that fate under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), and the conclusion he drew from this history was that to survive, Turkey must become a strong, modern state – which at the time meant only one thing: it must become a fully European society. Islam was a potential weapon in the hands of those who wanted to resist that change, and therefore it must be rigorously excluded from politics.
By the start of this century, Ataturk’s goals had largely been achieved. Turkey was a powerful country with a higher average income than several of its Balkan neighbours, and more people than all of them put together. It was also a democracy in most respects, and even a candidate to join the European Union. But the total ban on religion in politics survived, and so did the (unwritten) right of the army to enforce that ban. The Justice and Development (AK) Party has its roots in political Islam, and since it won power after the 2003 election the country has been divided into two camps. It’s not just the army: despite that “99 per cent Muslim” figure, Turkey is a typical European country in that many of its citizens are not very religious. Some are not believers at all, though it is still unwise to say so publicly. Devout Turks, on the other hand, do not see why they cannot organize politically to resist anti-religious discrimination. The AK Party swears that it has no wish to shove religion down the throats of secular Turks, and in six years in power it has not done so. But secular people suspect that it is just biding its time until it has tamed the army, the historic guardian of the secular state – and then it will be full steam ahead to the Islamic state. That seems unlikely to me, but more importantly, it seems unlikely to the collective leadership of the Turkish armed forces. Groups of generals may plot coups, but the high command blocks them. And it should be noted that both the coup plots that have now
> SEE DYER ON PG. 10
THE VOICE
Should the government focus on deficit reduction or spending?
“Deficit reduction. I think our longterm economic health depends on it.”
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THE VIEW FROM HERE
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THE OBSERVER
» Saturday, March 06, 2010
Water debate taps into our mistrust of government L
ocal municipalities want you to drink more tap water. Well, they’d rather you use less of the stuff. Sort of: conservation, while a nice goal, reduces revenues, and bringing in money is an even nicer goal for most politicians. Anyway, they’d rather you drink from the tap than use bottled water, which creates environmental issues above and beyond all those empty, single-use containers. On the other hand, there’s money to be made producing and selling bottled water … Convoluted? Certainly. As are the reasons we need governments to tell us to drink our tap water, something we’ve long taken for granted. Waterloo Region is the latest booster, having joined a group calling itself Municipal Tap Water Providers. It’s goal is to promote municipal drinking water as a safe and environmentallyfriendly option. Our love of bottled water is undoubtedly behind this move and other public relations campaigns. Municipalities have debated banning the bottled stuff, typically removing that choice from government facilities as a symbolic gesture. Officials assure us our drinking water is safe, tested far more often and rigourously than the bottled variety. In fact, much of what we buy is simply municipal tap water that’s been filtered, bottled and sold for thousands of times what the company paid the municipality. Does bottled water taste better than what comes out of the tap? Usually. The stuff coming out of the taps in Waterloo Region varies in taste, typically less-than-stellar. My solution is to filter the stuff used for drinking. A reusable bottle is handy if I need to take it with me, which, really, isn’t as often as many people seem to think is warranted. Despite the assurances tap water is just fine, we’re not convinced. There are the taste, smell and appearance issues: our senses are in conflict with the official party line. More to the point, we simply don’t believe what the government tells us, and with good reason. This relates to the hodgepodge of chemicals in our water. Miniscule amounts, to be sure – levels the government says are safe. Unfortunately, experience tells us that today’s assurances become tomorrow’s apologies: from food additives to asbestos, we’ve seen further study reveal what was
From the Editor Steve Kannon previously “safe” become unhealthy or even carcinogenic. The messenger’s lack of credibility taints the message. That said, localized aesthetic issues aside, our tap water is in fact perfectly safe to drink, says Gail Krantzberg, a civil engineering professor and director of the Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University in Hamilton. “The drinking water in Ontario is among the best in the world.” Still, she recognizes that public concern about issues such as chemicals used in livestock has clouded our perception of drinking water. Because it’s a straightforward and pure product, we’re able to better monitor the quality of what comes out of our taps, explains Krantzberg, who’s involved with organizations such as the Clean Water Foundation and the Canadian Association for Water Quality. While there are minute traces of contaminants such as heavy metals in our water, the allowable levels really aren’t a health risk, she argues. For instance, you would need to drink a million glasses of water to equal the mercury in one serving of fish. That doesn’t mean we should get complacent. There are emerging concerns about the impact of chemicals associated with our use of pharmaceuticals and personal-care products. For example, large amounts of estrogen associated with birth control pills have ended up in the environment, leading to the discovery of male fish with ovaries. There’s no evidence at this point that they’re harmful to human health, she says, but we just don’t know what will happen over time. Our wastewater treatment plants aren’t equipped to filter out these chemicals before we return water back to the ecosystem, so they’ll continue to accumulate. “It’s hard to imagine that these chemicals are going to remain benign.” Ideally, we would start cutting back on the use of these chemicals – use natural cleaners and cosmetics, for instance – while working on new
Dyer: There's no coup in the offing > CONTINUED FROM PG. 09 become public were hatched back in 2003, when the AKP had just won power and suspicion about its intentions was at fever pitch among secular Turks. The murders and bombings allegedly carried out in later years by
Ergenekon, like the bombings of mosques and the war with Greece that the more recently discovered Sledge-hammer plot envisaged, were intended to raise tension and force the high command to accept a military takeover. But they failed: there was no coup. And there will not be one now.
technology to treat our waste, she suggests, though warning against counting too much on technological fixes in order to avoid changing our lifestyles. “It’s really simple. What you put down the drain eventually comes out of your tap,” she says, noting individual choices really do have an effect. In Waterloo Region, we treat 170 million litres of wastewater each day; it’s easy to see how quickly small amounts of toxins can add up as they’re released into the environment.
We need to do more to protect our water at its source, Krantzberg stresses. She does remain optimistic, however. Our water is nothing like the pristine stuff the first Europeans found on arriving in Ontario, but it’s much better than at the turn of last century, or even 50 years ago. Drink up. Filtered tap water trumps the bottled stuff. But keep in mind this is a closed system: what goes around, comes around.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Woolwich should do more for Breslau To the Editor, Woolwich council’s do-nothing approach in Breslau is not the answer. As property owners whose shallow dug well went dry in 2007, we were in favour and willing to pay a price for municipal water and sewage services – but not at that unreasonable and expensive cost of $92,000 per property. That price is ridiculous and way too much. Most of us are retired and living on pensions. Who can afford that amount? Would the Woolwich Township officials themselves – including the mayor, engineers, planners and staff – be willing to pay that sum of money out of their own pockets if they were in our shoes? Be reasonable! Look into grants and other funding from the federal, provincial and regional governments for this project. All around the old settlement of Breslau there is city water. Woolwich should have brought in city water to this area a long time ago, before all this new development started. Woolwich did not do its homework for the Breslau services in the past or recently. Water pipes were installed on Woolwich Street in 1978 but never connected to water services. We the public taxpayers paid for this. What happened? Was there no future plan on providing this service into the old settlement of Breslau? What about accountability and responsible government? We would like some answers. When wells started going dry on Joseph Street in 2007, Empire Com-
munities drilled seven new wells, but then when wells starting going dry on Woolwich Street, Empire stopped drilling wells and gave us a Band-Aid solution. Was Empire acting as a good neighbour or trying to cover up the water problem issue? Sure, the township claims it was all because of drought, but also Empire dug too deep and this affected the water table. Woolwich Township should get Empire to compensate the homeowners on Woolwich Street too. Elmira got infrastructure grants for services in their area, but nothing for Breslau. Why has Breslau always felt neglected, unheard and the butt-end of Woolwich Township? Elmira and St. Jacobs appear to get everything. Doesn't Breslau give tax dollars to Woolwich Township? Breslau has the international airport. There is lots of growth and development surrounding Breslau, but the old settlement of Breslau seems to be high and dry, left out of the loop completely. Will the township grant Empire permission to build 450 more homes in the Breslau area before looking after our old Breslau settlement community needs? This should not be a dead issue. What are our options? What do we do? What is the future plan? Drill a well or wait for eventual services? We still need and want city water and sewage services but at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer.
> Maryanne Szuck, Alice Roeder, Breslau
It’s a great time to be a proud Canadian To the Editor, I’ve been thinking about a few things this last couple of weeks. First, let me state that I’m so proud of our Olympians: you all did so very well. This was the first Olympics that I became involved in as spectator, being not too far from the television at any time. Secondly, I’ve come to the conclusion that we could have got 26 medals made out of tinfoil and
would have been happy about it. That’s the way we are: humble, benevolent, friendly. Some might say passive. Let it be known that we sure can throw a party, as we hosted many nations. Let the maple leaf fly. Thirdly, I noticed here in St. Clements that there were houses with lots of guest vehicles in the drive-
> SEE LETTER ON PG. 20
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t’s hard to resist a story about a popular and time-tested farm chemical that, in a laboratory experiment, is said to have made most boy frogs impotent and turned the rest into girl frogs that only produced boy frogs. It’s weird enough to make your head spin. And even if it sounds like science fiction, the media can’t ignore it when it breaks, especially if it first appears in an academic publication. That’s what happened earlier this week in California. There, university researcher Tyrone Hayes set North America on its ear with news that he’d “chemically castrated” frogs by exposing them to the herbicide atrazine. That exposure either made male frogs ho-hum about sex, or turned them into girls whose subsequent offspring were all male. Very bizarre. And stranger yet when you consider in North America and other countries (except most of Europe), atrazine is extremely popularly for weed control in corn. Proponents like calling it the most tested herbicide ever, and point to 50 years of use, and 800-plus research studies and reviews
Food For Thought Owen Roberts (as recent as 2007 in Canada), that have failed to show atrazine is harmful to humans or wildlife. Even the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says it’s not a problem. So what’s up with this study? Well, it seems researcher Hayes is what’s up. Fox News, never the shrinking violet, calls Hayes a junk scientist, an environmentalist who is aligned with anti-corporate thinking. He has a thing about atrazine. He’s gone after it before and made some harsh claims, but no other scientists could reproduce his results. And that’s the key. The measuring stick is whether the research can be replicated. Can other researchers get similar results if they follow the exact same procedures?
We’ll find out soon, when they try. Reporters won’t likely be as attentive if and when the studies fail. Healthy frogs make lousy headlines, and that’s not a disparaging comment on the media. They just do. But expect to see more anti-corporatism as researchers work with the ag sector to try to figure out ways to feed an increasingly hungry world. It’s clearer all the time farmers will be forced to grow more crops and raise more livestock on less land – just last week, U.S. federal agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack announced Washington was pursuing a land conservation policy that could reduce U.S. cropland by 1.5 per cent. His plan is to take marginal or fragile land out of production, which is laudable. Usually such land is not particularly productive anyway, which helped make it agriculturally marginal in the first place. Or, if it is productive, it comes at an unacceptable environmental cost. Maybe it’s been found to house sensitive flora or fauna. Or maybe it’s too close to waterways. Dozens of reasons could exist for it being labelled
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FARM SAFETY
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week March 14 – 20, 2010 Think S.A.F.E. » be safe
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t has often been said that, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Nowhere is this truer than in agriculture, where machinery or unpredictable livestock can take or devastate a life in an instant. “Plan • Farm • Safety” is the theme of this three-year Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign. Each aspect of the theme will be promoted over the next three years. This year the campaign will promote "Plan" with safety walkabouts and planning for safety. In the second year, the focus will be on "Farm" including implementation, documentation and training. In the third year, emphasis will be on "Safety" including assessment,
improvement and further development of safety systems. The “Plan” yearlong campaign will be launched with Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW), from March 14 to 20. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) deliver CASW in partnership with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “Effective safety management doesn’t have to be time consuming – in fact it usually only takes a few moments of thought,” says Laurent Pellerin, CFA President. “A few moments of thought can prevent a life-time of regret.” Among the most self-preserv-
ing and profitable actions any primary producer can take are those that predict problems, and then take the necessary actions to prevent or minimize the effects of the problem. This thinking process requires both an understanding of the work and the will to make safety a priority.
To help do this, think S.A.F.E.
by involving workers since they are generally more aware of the problems that exist. Also, if you involve workers in developing safety solutions, they will be more committed to making the solution work. This can be achieved by management and workers regularly inspecting the workplace and machinery and together identifying hazards.
ASSESS THE RISK
SPOT THE HAZARDS Employers need a simple procedure for routinely identifying hazards in the workplace. This can most effectively be achieved
‘Risk’ is a measure of the probability that an incident will occur and the probable severity of the injuries. The measure of the risk can be rated as high, me-
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Think S.A.F.E. » bE SAFE > CONTINUED FROM pg. 13 dium or low. Once the risks have been assessed, employers can use the risk rating to prioritise the hazards that need immediate action from those that can be monitored and fixed later. Regular assessment also helps employers to budget time and resources towards repairs and maintenance.
FIND A SAFER WAY Once the risk has been priori-
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or controlled adequately, personal protective equipment is the last line of defence if the work process is to continue. In reality, many controls are a combination of two or more control types.
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Should I or shouldn’t I?
Daffodils a sign that hope springs eternal
Get healthy Stay healthy Barnie Kuntze
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Susan Martin has some very personal reasons for chairing local campaign for Canadian Cancer Society
DOING HER PART Watch for Susan Martin, daffodils in hand, around town this month as she helps raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. The daffodil sale is one of the organization's most visible campaigns.
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usan Martin has a pretty big challenge ahead of her. Martin, the chairperson for the Elmira and Woolwich daffodil campaign for the Canadian Cancer Society, has been given the task of rounding up volunteers to help sell daffodils on the busiest weekend of the year locally – the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. “It’s really too bad that our events are the same weekend,” said Martin. “The daffodil team in New Hamburg, a town of similar size to Elmira, sold more than three times what we did last year. It just seems like everyone is already volunteering somewhere here that weekend.” This will be the sixth year that Martin has chaired the campaign; she got started when a friend from the Elmira Curling Club and staff member at the cancer society asked her if she wouldn’t mind helping out for one evening and delivering some daffodils. “And then I was the chairperson!” Martin said
with a laugh. “I got involved just a little bit and it grew from there.” But Martin was no stranger to the society when she became chairperson: she had been involved with their fundraisers and services on both a professional and personal level. Both Martin's father and grandfather died of cancer; the 15th anniversary of her
Because of her personal experience, Martin is very familiar with the costs associated with treating the disease. The support systems provided today courtesy of fundraising campaigns are much more thorough than when her father was in treatment, she explained. “I think when my dad had cancer, we weren’t even aware that those
It’s good to make sure people know that there are support services available for victims and their families. Susan Martin father's passing from pancreatic cancer was just last week. “It seems as though there is no avoiding it – it is in my family,” she said. “I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been affected by cancer in some way.” Several years ago, Martin, a retired teacher from the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, had been chairperson for the Great Ride ’n’ Stride fundraising event.
kinds of services were available through the cancer society, if they were at all. It’s good to make sure people know that there are support services available for victims and their families.” Since beginning her stint as a volunteer, she clearly sees the benefits that can be provided to patients. “The society provides a whole range of services to people – things you don’t
even really realize that you need until you need them,” she explained. “They provide funding for research, as well as things like drivers to take you to appointments. I have had friends with cancer, and I was the person driving them to their treatments. But there are a lot of people who don’t have anyone who can take them – it can get expensive if you don’t have support.” So expensive that some are not able to access the many treatments and services available, a fact that fuels her enthusiasm to volunteer when she can. The cost of a clinical trial for one patient is equal to the profits from 10 boxes, or 500 bunches of daffodils sold. Daffodils, said Martin, are the sign of hope that many cancer survivors can relate to. “In the springtime, the flowers are out and everyone is so looking forward to so many things. It’s a new beginning, and the hope that we can conquer whatever it is we are facing.”
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ave you ever had the intention of doing something, but found that you’ve been too “busy” or that “something” always comes up? Well, don’t be alarmed, as you’re not the only person on the planet with this common challenge. It’s called not having a system in place for task management. I can write confidently about this subject, since I was once plagued with this frustrating habit and I allowed myself to continue to make excuses for why action items or tasks weren’t getting completed. Surprisingly, I’m writing here about health and fitness, about taking control of your current physical condition, accomplishing goals, being action oriented and simply getting things done. After an amazing Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010, I had the opportunity to watch more TV than is usual for me. I was admiring how much work, dedication, commitment and discipline that those athletes and their coaches display. What you see on TV, during those performances, is years and years of commitment, hard work, and having a plan of action implemented and then following it relentlessly. All professional athletes use something called “periodization” – which is simply defined as “to divide into periods” – to organize their training efforts in order to achieve optimal performance. This means that the full four years from now until the next Winter Olympics has already been carefully and meticulously planned out by their personal coaches. You may be wondering at this point how this could relate to your own life, reaching your own goals, whatever they may be. Well, what if I told you about a tool that some of the most successful people in the world, from all
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Versatile ingredient makes a great pear-ing
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Poached Pears >>750ml good quality white wine, Gewürztraminer or sweet Riesling
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M HANG TIME St. Jacobs' Zach Radford, an Elmira Cub, caught some air after taking a jump at Camp Heidelberg Feb. 27. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts took part in an overnight winter camp linking younger members with older participants so they could get acquainted with what's in store next year.
DAREDEVIL Elmira's Tyler Read took to the slopes with his GT racer making numerous successful jumps. By the end of the weekend he had many bumps and bruises to show for his efforts.
PHOTOS
Elmira's Nicolas Paquin is determined to start a fire from a flint in the snow. Cubs learned how to start a fire, participated in snowshoeing, tobogganing and other games. Scouts slept in shelters they constructed in the snow.
» PAT MERLIHAN
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE...
ost times I enter my kitchen with purpose. I know what I want to eat, what I need to cook or that there’s a bag of Lindt bittersweet chocolate (a good antioxidant!) calling my name. On occasion I will enter the kitchen not knowing what I want to eat. The other day, while experiencing that dilemma, I was searching through my refrigerator and came across some poached pears I had leftover from a dinner party. The poached pear is very versatile: it can be used in any course of a meal. It adds a sweetness to a salad, balance to a cheese plate and is an almost guilt-free dessert option. The possibilities with this simply prepared fruit are endless. Here are just a few suggestions: The traditional: with mixed salad greens, candied nuts (stay tuned for this recipe!) and blue cheese; The terrine: line a ramekin (small individual baking dish) with plastic wrap and layer slices of poached pear, crumbled goat’s cheese and chopped nuts; drizzle with aged balsamic and serve with olive oil toasted bread. This is a very impressive, simple doahead first course for your next dinner party; The crustini: forget the layering of the terrine! Pile sliced poached pear, shaved sharp cheese and a drizzle of maple syrup on toasted bread and enjoy a real updated version of bruschetta; Classic dessert: drizzle a whole poached pear with rich chocolate sauce. Pour 1 cup of simmering 35% cream over 1 cup of good quality chocolate (see above!) and stir until silky and smooth;
>>250 ml water >>250 ml granulated sugar* >>1½ inch piece of ginger >>1 bay leaf >>½ lemon >>6 medium ripe but firm pears, peeled and halved
Decadent dessert: cut poached pear in half, add a scoop of ice cream, drizzle with chocolate sauce and finish with a sprinkling of toasted nuts. Well, we could go on and on with ideas to tempt your taste buds; now it is time to come up with your own (and please pass them along if you find a winner). We found great baskets of bosc pears at Martin’s Family Fruit Farm retail store on Lobsinger Line, minutes from the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. In a heavy-bottomed saucepot, just large enough to hold the pears combine the wine, water, sugar, ginger, bay leaf and lemon. Bring to a boil; Add pears and turn the heat down so that the liquid is at a very low simmer; Cover and cook until a knife can be inserted without resistance (anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes); Remove pears from poaching liquid using a slotted spoon and cool. Poaching liquid can be either reduced further to become syrupy or frozen and used again. *You may need to adjust the amount of sugar in this recipe, adding more or less depending on the sweetness of your wine.
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Lord Baden Powell Think Day
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The Elmira Scouting and Guiding organization came together at Camp Heidelberg Feb. 28 to celebrate Lord Baden Powell's birthday with a Thinking Day ceremony. Lord Baden Powell is recognized as the founder of the scouting movement and his teachings are celebrated each year.
Daffodils: Chair seeking volunteers to assist campaign > CONTINUED FROM pg. 16 But before she can sit back and enjoy her own bouquet – and the feeling she gets from knowing that she, in a small way, has helped someone gain access to proper care – she needs a few more people to come out and help with the sale, Martin noted. In addition to the annual sale to businesses which occurs every year in Elmira, volunteers are needed between Mar. 25 and 28 to work a two- or threehour shift at one of the cancer society booths.
“I have exhausted my friends and acquaintances,” she laughed. “And I think volunteering that weekend is a lot of fun. I don’t think of it as a job. I get a chance to be creative and I meet all sorts of different people.” People interested in volunteering their time, or purchasing flowers can contact Martin directly at 519669-1351 or by e-mail at suedeanmartin@ hotmail.com. Daffodils are sold for $7 per bunch or alternatively, you can purchase two bunches for $12.
Healthy: Time management ABCs > CONTINUED FROM pg. 16 walks of life, use day in and day out. It’s called the A, B, C, D & E method for task management. Using a tool as such, it allows you to focus on your ABCs and not your XYZees! A= Must do B= Should do C= Would like to do D= Delegate & Designate E= Eliminate & Exterminate The best way to use this tool is to make a separate master list for all your goals, dreams, wants/ desires, as well for
menial house projects, tasks at work, etc. Ideally this tool is used for you to get clear on what personal health goals are “essential” and which ones are kind of “not as important” in nature. Just like Santa says, “I’m making my list and checking it twice” – so get to work and watch how much more energy you have just after completing this “mental” exercise.
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coach, is the owner of Pinacle Health & Fitness, which operates clubs in Elmira and Milverton.
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Letter: Looking forward to Canada Day > CONTINUED FROM pg. 10 way and out front, obviously getting together for the ultimate close to the Games. Sort of like the Super Bowl parties, except this hit home much more than American football. We don’t care what colour you are, what the food on your table tastes like, or what language you speak. So, I guess what I’m saying is get the flags out, get the maple leaf kites out, get out the local AAA-grade Canadian beef burgers with back bacon on them, invite a neighbour or
senior over, sew the maple leaf crests on your denim jackets and work uniforms, get the stickers on your vehicles and tractors, and fly the red and white proudly on your houses and trees. And think about our troops who, over the decades, have fought to allow us to sit in our comfortable living rooms and pubs to observe such an event. I thank the people of St. Clements, Wellesley and Woolwich townships, the Region of Waterloo, the Province of Ontario, the City of Vancouver and the en-
tire country for your efforts and national pride. Remember, there were small towns before there were big cities. I know there is Olympic talent hatching all over this country. Kids, you need to know this: go for it, if only in your own neighbourhood. Let’s make this July’s Canada Day a very, very special one. Actually you can do so every weekend of the years to come, and nobody will object. There, I feel a whole lot better now. Maple Leaf Forever!
>>Brian Busch, St. Clements
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A GROUP EFFORT The St. Clements U16 A ringette team is headed to the provincial championships in North Bay Mar. 18-21. From left are Maggie Wang, Megan Parsons, Julia Hildebrand, Kyla Fleming, Sydney Nosal, Shae-Lynn Reaman, Alex Hildebrand, Taylor Richardson, Tiffany Hane, Michelle Thompson, Laura Runstedler and Jessica McDonald.
St. Clements ringette squad headed to provincials Joni Miltenburg
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very time the St. Clements U16 ringette team steps on the ice, the players and parents on the opposing team have the same reaction: “They’re so small,
but look at them skate!” The team moved up to U16 this season, so many of their players are young to begin with. On top of that, the team’s roster includes two 12-year-olds and a pair of 13-year-olds.
Their coaches expected that this would be a development year, but against the odds, the plucky little team is ranked first in the western region and has picked up a handful of medals. They won gold
at three tournaments – including the qualifying tournament for the provincial ‘A’ championships – and silver at a fourth. Coach Terry Nosal explained that the core of the team has been
playing together for four years and wanted to stick together, even though they were moving up an age division. That team chemistry has helped them compete with larger teams made up of older play-
ers. “We’re not the most talented group out there, but they feed off each other and they get along well together.” St. Clements is com-
> SEE RINGETTE ON PG. 23
Kings drop final game of the season
> EDSS swimmers on the podium
Penalty trouble leads to team’s undoing against Listowel; now facing Cyclones in playoffs
It was a podium finish for the EDSS junior girls’ swim team at the provincial championships held in Etobicoke on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team of Alex Nicholson, Katherine Hoffman, Sarah Adams and Emily Cox finished third in the 14 and under 200-metre freestyle relay with a time of 2.08.91. The girls were seeded fourth heading into the provincials, and were able to cut more than a second off their CWOSSA time. Nicholson also finished fifth in the 14 and under 50-metre freestyle and the 50-metre butterfly. Hoffman placed 12th in the 50-metre freestyle.
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lmost one thousand fans, still electrified from Canada’s Olympic win over the U.S. just hours prior, filled the Woolwich Memorial Centre Sunday night to cheer on the Sugar Kings during the last game before playoffs. Unfortunately, the hometown results were not repeated, as Elmira fell 5-3 to the Listowel Cyclones. The first period began quietly, with Elmira outshooting the Cyclones, but Listowel’s Bobby Cook was the only player able to get a point up on the board, his goal coming just 1:15 into the match. Things got more rambunctious in the second, with a slew of penalties paving the way for the bulk of the game’s scoring. The Kings were knee-deep in penalties for a good portion of the game, taking eight in the second period alone, giving Listowel’s Ryan Horvat and Cook chances to convert those opportunities
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WINDING IT DOWN Elmira defenceman Jon Jutzi waits for a pass at the home game against Listowel on Feb 28. The Kings lost to the Cyclones 5-3 during their last game of the regular season. into goals. “The referees might have thought that the two teams were going to come out and
just go through the motions because the game didn’t mean anything,” explained Elmira coach Geoff Had-
daway. “But then both teams went at each other and were competing hard. Suddenly the game was close to getting out of control so the referees had to clamp down, and I don’t blame them. They did the right thing, but maybe should have started a bit earlier in the game.” Although dominated in shots, 17-6, Elmira played hard in this period and was able to take advantage of one of their three power play chances. After Listowel went up 2-0, the Kings came back with two of their own. Jon Jutzi got the home team on the board at 6:18 on a feed from Jarred Parent. At 12:32, Josh Woolley made it 2-2 with help from Michael Therrien on a power play. Goals from Cyclones Chris Holmes and Cook at 15:14 and 19:47 respectively restored Listowel’s two-goal cushion before the period ended, however. The Kings seemed hun-
> SEE KINGS ON PG. 23
> Kings’ Jutzi named top D-man Jon Jutzi of the Elmira Sugar Kings picked up the Cory Stoyko Memorial award for best defenceman in the Midwestern Conference of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Jutzi was also named a first-team all star at the conference banquet held in Stratford Mar. 1. The blueliner had 13 goals and 20 assists in 50 games this season, making him the fourth-highest pointgetter for the Kings.
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he other day a good friend of mine gave me a call. We speak to each other pretty well every day but this call was different – it was the call. The important one that either he or I make just before spring breaks out – the one that sets the tone for the fishing and hunting seasons to come. The one that reveals just a little too much of the boy within the man. It starts with a prediction or two about how long it will be before our favourite lake trout waters open up. Generally, the consensus settles somewhere in between “I’m sure the ice will go out early this year” and “I bet if we went to the creek mouth now, we could probably wet a line.” In any case, we swear we’re going to do another ice out trip this spring and have a good old-fashioned fish fry on that bald rock that juts out into the lake. After that, we talk about all the signs that reassure us that spring is just around the corner. I told him about the crows that showed up the other day and mention that I actually saw a gull. He tells me about the horned larks that he’s seeing. We both agree that the days are getting noticeably longer and make a comment about how good the maple syrup production ought to be this year, what with the cold, cold nights and our temperatures soaring to almost double-digits during the days. Then, there’s a pause, which indicates that the main event is about to
Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea begin. “I think we ought to go crappie fishing at your place, the minute they’re in among the piers,” I begin. He agrees and we both pretend to mark off a tentative date for the first true excursion of the season. “After that, we can’t miss out on those early season pike,” he says. Then he tells me about his favourite pike spoon and I mention that I’m going to try to catch a few with the fly rod again this year. We both act as if this is plausible. We then get serious about our the details of turkey camp this year – outlining the timing and swearing that this is the year we’re going to clear the calendar for a few days and set up our tent on a hardwood ridge we know not far from where we hunt. We’ve been talking about doing this one for the last three years. “Let’s promise to do it this year,” he says. So we do, just like we’ve done for the last three years. We always turkey hunt; we just never camp. From there, we talk about fishing a river we know for brook trout, (doing a three-day float trip on it, in fact,) going on another coyote and crow hunt
and taking our sons out for another Father’s Day fishing trip complete with fish fry. You can’t help but smile just thinking about it. The planning generally takes us as far as the bass opener. Summer and fall planning requires another phone call just like this – although general principles are agreed upon here and now. We’re going to hunt bear and deer again this year, for instance;
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Lady Lancers take top spot in WCSSAA hockey Joni Miltenburg
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it to the championship, falling to Resurrection in the semi-final round. Coach John Swatridge said the girls had three things going for them this year: talent, chemistry, and a willingness to listen and work hard on the ice. With the top finish at WCSSAA, the Lancers were the top seed heading into this week’s CWOSSA championships in Brantford. The Lancers advanced to the semifinals Thursday after defeating Paris and West Hill on Wednesday.
Neu. In the second frame, Maddie Holman scored an equalizer, while keeper Yi Wang held the Sabres scoreless. In the third period, Elmira claimed the lead and then clinched the victory with a pair of goals from Kaitlin Doering. It was Southwood’s only loss this season. The WCSSAA victory erased the bad taste left from disappointing results the past two seasons. In 2008, the Lancers lost to Southwood in the finals. Last year, they didn’t make
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Kings: Finish sixth, face Listowel
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» JONI MILTENBURG The EDSS girls’ hockey team claimed the school’s first WCSSAA championship in several years with a win over Southwood Secondary. Back row: Maddie Holman, Kaitlin Doering, Chantelle Bauman, Lauri Reid, Kristen Kaster and Kayla Wilging. Front row: Yi Wang, Erin Zach and Meghan Hovey.
he Southwood Sabres had claimed the WCSSAA girls’ hockey title for the past two years and were favourites to three-peat this year, until the Elmira Lancers spoiled the party. The Lancers defeated Southwood 3-1 in the final game last week to claim the first WCSSAA championship EDSS has won in more than five years. The Lancers trailed Southwood 1-0 at the end of the first period after a goal by Laura
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> CONTINUED FROM pg. 21 petitive in ringette out of all proportion to the size of the town. The local squad had a record of 18 wins and threelosses this season, in a division that includes London, Mississauga, Ottawa, Whitby and Oshawa. They head to North Bay ranked fifth in the province. Of the 22 U16 A teams in the province, 10 advance to the pro-
vincials in North Bay later this month. Six of those teams earn a berth by winning a regional qualifying tournament, while the other four qualify for a wildcard slot. This is the first year that St. Clements has qualified for provincials by winning the tournament; every other year, they’ve advanced on a wildcard spot. Last year they finished fourth, and
the goal this year is to make it to the medal round and place either first or second. It’s an ambitious goal for a team that ices only two lines. Nosal noted that they haven’t cut a player in five years, and often pick up players after larger centre have made their cuts. “This team knows the meaning of teamwork,” Nosal said. “That is the only way they were able to do this.”
> CONTINUED FROM pg. 21 grier at the outset of the final frame. They put on some immediate pressure, resulting in a quick goal by Tyson Leblanc (Riley Sonnenburg, Shane Smith) 25 seconds into the period. The home side was now down by just one. But penalties were the difference in the match, as two more power play opportunities for Listowel gave Ken Rolph the
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buzzer sounded. “Obviously we wanted to end the season on a winning note so that was disappointing, but the good news is that the season is over, everyone gets to start with a clean slate and we got a really good look at our opponent,” noted Haddaway. The Kings are now battling Listowel in the first round of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs.
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Playoffs: Back on even footing
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four minutes remaining. A minute later, they added an insurance goal and finally slid the puck into the empty net to cap the 6-3 win. Back at home Wednesday, the playoff atmosphere was evident: the pace was faster, the hits were harder, and every play carried a little extra intensity. The Kings quickly set the pace, scoring the first goal of the game four minutes in. Michael Therrien intercepted the puck and fed it to Sonnenburg, who pounded it into the net. The Kings held on to that lead through the first period and added to it seven minutes into the second. Josh Woolley broke down the ice, trying for a shorthanded goal, and was taken down by a Listowel player, who was called for interference. Woolley was awarded a penalty shot, which he ripped past Listowel keeper James Prigione. The Kings made it 3-0 at 12:29. Jon Jutzi fired a shot from the point, which bounced off Prigione’s pads. Woolley fired it back in again, and Kraus put that rebound away. Brennon Pearce thought he had the Kings’ fourth goal mid-
» JONI MILTENBURG
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BATTLE BREWING Elmira’s Andrew Schacht and Listowel’s Bobby Cook dropped the gloves and were each handed five minutes and a game misconduct late in the third period. way through the third, but it was called back. Five minutes later, he again finagled the puck in the side of the net, and that one counted. Elmira keeper Brandon Gorecki faced his toughest test in the second period, when the team killed off four penalties, and came up with some big saves to maintain the shutout. Throughout the game, the Kings did a solid job of shutting down Listowel’s shooting lanes and blocking shots. Gorecki faced only six shots in the
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SCORECARD WESTERN REGION RINGETTE WOOLWICH U10
FEB. 27 Owen Sound 6, Woolwich 4 Goals: Madison Waters x3, Hannah Gramlow (Cassidy Moser x2)
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Woolwich 6, Hespeler 1 Goals: Kyler Austin x2, Isiah Katsube x2, Brady Brezynksie, Spencer Young (Blake Roemer, Trevor Ferretti, Ryan Elliot, Connor Bradley, Brady Brezynskie, Jacob Clemmer) FEB. 28 – SEMI-FINAL
WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#1
Woolwich 3, Guelph 0 Goals: Blake Roemer, Isiah Katsube, Hunter Weigel (Brady Brezynskie)
LL#2 5, LL#1 3 Goals: Zac Pickard x2, Sullivan Keen (Zac Pickard) WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#2
FEB. 27 LL#2 5, LL#1 3 Goals: Ryan Belanger x3, Jacob MacDonald, Nicholas Lee (Andrew Keiswetter, Nicholas Lee) WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#3
Round robin playoffs FEB. 26
Woolwich 4, Beverly 2 Goals: CJ Sider, Jackson Hale, Brendan Gilles, Matthew Dunn (Brendan Grant, Travis Weber, Jordan Dickson)
CHAMPIONSHIP Woolwich 4, Essex 2 Goals: Brett Allen, Blake Roemer, Isiah Katsube, Keaton McLaughlin (Isiah Katsube, Brady Brezynskie, Hunter Weigel) WOOLWICH MAJOR NOVICE A BOYS
Tri-County playoffs FEB. 27
Woolwich 7, Hespeler 1 Goals: Lukas Shantz, Brody Waters, Griffen Rollins x2, Ethan Young, Mitch Lee, Austin Cousineau (Mitch Lee, Sam Davidson, Cam Maillette x2, Griffen Rollins, Brody Waters, Ethan Young, Lukas Shantz, Seth Morrison) FEB. 28 Ancaster 1, Woolwich 0
FEB. 27 Woolwich 9, Twin Centre 1 Goals: Jackson Hale x3, CJ Sider x2, Travis Weber x2,Brendan Grant, Brendan Gilles (Matthew Dunn, Josh Kohlsmith, Simon Zenker x2, Cole Campbell, Owen Hill-Ring, Kyle Rintoul) WOOLWICH TYKE SELECT A BOYS
FEB. 24 Woolwich 4, Burlington 1 Goals: Connor Bradley x2, Brett Allen, Isiah Katsube (Trevor Ferretti, Kyler Austin, Isiah Katsube, Jacob Clemmer) St. Thomas Tyke Classic Woolwich 2, Tecumseh 1 Goals: Isiah Katsube x2 FEB. 27 – GAME 2
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Playoffs
FEB. 27 Woolwich 5, Mitchell 1 Goals: Nicole Snyder, Jaimee MacDonald, Leah Bauman, Megan Chapman x2 (Megan Chapman) FEB. 28
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Hespler 2, Woolwich 2 Goals: Jacob Uridil, Jonah Boehm (Mitch Waters, Jordan Gamble) FEB. 28
Pickering 6, Woolwich 2 Goals: Isiah Katsube, Jacob Clemmer (Brett Allen, Isiah Katsube, Jacob Clemmer)
Brampton 3, Woolwich 2 OT Goals: Isaac Frey x2 (Connor Martin) WOOLWICH PEEWEE B GIRLS
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Tykes emerge as #1 in St. Thomas
DIVISION CHAMPS The Woolwich Tyke Select A team won the division championship at the Tyke Select Classic in St. Thomas
last weekend. Woolwich beat Essex 4-2 in the final game to claim their second tournament championship of the season. Back row: Kyle Young, Lance Brezynskie, Derek Austin and Kelly Bradley. Middle row: Kyler Austin, Blake Roemer, Trevor Ferretti, Jacob Clemmer, Spencer Young, Brett Allen, Connor Bradley, Hunter Weigel and Ryan Elliot. Front row: Isiah Katsube, Keaton McLaughlin, Ryan Martin, Brady Brezynskie, Lucas Huber and Simon Huber.
Woolwich 1, Kitchener 1 Goal: Claire Hanley (Cora Kieswetter, Megan Lair) FEB. 28 Woolwich 3, Mitchell 0 Goals: Kendra Harold, Gillian Olsthoorn, Cassandra Tuffnail (Amber MacPherson, Landis Saunders) Shutout: Dana Colombo MAR. 1 Woodstock 1, Woolwich 0 WOOLWICH PEEWEE BOYS LL#1
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Dundas 3, Woolwich 1 Goals: Connor Pierson (Tyler Martin) FEB. 27 Woolwich 8, Erin-Hillsburgh 0 Goals: Bradley Mathieson x2, Connor Peirson x2, Jake Lewis, Nathan Schwarz x2, Nick Keiswetter (Troy Nechanicky, Gareth Rowland x3, Aaron Weigel x2, Jacob Dubue, Nathan Schwarz, Kyle Conrad, Jacob Cornwall x2) Shutout: Jared Wilson MAR. 2
FEB. 27 Woolwich 2, New Hamburg 1 Goals: Austin Horst, Matthew Lalonde (Jeff Talbot, Joseph Hanley, Carter Hanley) WOOLWICH PEEWEE BOYS LL#2
Woolwich 4, Acton 0 Goals: Connor Peirson, Aaron Weigel, Nick Keiswetter, Jake Lewis (Jordan Shantz, Gareth Rowland x2, Mason Buehler, Jacob Dubue, Aaron Weigel, Troy Nechanicky) Shutout: Kordic Weigel
FEB. 27 Woolwich 3, Ayr 2 Goals: Isaac Fishbein x2, Brody Keen (Nick Langer, Matt Greene) WOOLWICH PEEWEE AE BOYS
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FEB. 24 Centre Wellington 4, Woolwich 1 Goal: Connor Runstedler (Mathieu Fife, Greg Huber)
FEB. 27 Woolwich 4, Hespler 1 Goals: Liam Dickson, Danyal Rennie, Kelby Martin, Tyler Moser (Jayden Hipel, Connor Bauman, Liam Dickson x2, Greg Huber, Danyal Rennie) WOOLWICH MAJOR PEEWEE A BOYS
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FEB. 27 Woolwich 2, Ancaster 1 Goals: Harrison Clifford, Matthew Leger (Grant Kernick x2, Matthew Leger, Harrison Clifford) WOOLWICH BANTAM GIRLS LL
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FEB. 20 Woolwich 2, Kitchener 1 Goals: Lize Schuurmans x2 (Sydney De Rose, Breanna Campbell) FEB. 21 Woolwich 2, Grand River 1 Goals: Lize Schuurmans, Erin Graham (Leslie Quinn) FEB. 22 Woolwich 2, Twin Centre 0
Goals: Lize Schuurmans, Alise Fife (Erin Graham, Leslie Quinn, Jenna Weber) WOOLWICH MINOR BANTAM A BOYS
Playoffs
FEB. 25 Woolwich 4, Burlington 3 Goals: Adam Cook, Bo Uridil x2, Alex MacLean (Alex MacLean x2, Timmy Shuh x2, Mike Martin, Adam Cook) FEB. 28 Brampton 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Owen Griffiths, Johnny Clifford (Alex White x2, Johnny Clifford, Mike Martin) WOOLWICH MIDGET GIRLS LL
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ames Keelaghan spends much of his time reading about history, unearthing a trove of fascinating nuggets about our past. He then translates those tales into songs, bringing them to life and sharing the emotions with a wider audience. Eleven albums into his recording career, he remains as passionate about history today as he was as an undergraduate student in Calgary. That will be on display Mar. 20 during the next installment of the Folk Night at the Registry series. “People have an abiding sense of history, a love of history. I was raised in a family where history mattered as a topic of conversation, where history is very important,” he said of his early influences. A Juno Award-winning Canadian folk singer-songwriter, Keelaghan’s love of a good story has made him a favourite with both domestic and international audiences. He’s renowned for the stories
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he drama room at Elmira District Secondary School is quickly filling up with top hats, scarves, faux-flowers and supersized playing cards as the Grade 11 class prepares for their upcoming magic show. The school has been selected to host the sixth annual Battle of Ontario Magicians. The event is actually not so much a battle as it is a fun night of supporting local magicians who may be playing to their first-ever audience, or simply putting on a show of old favourites, explained drama teacher DJ Carroll. The show scheduled for tonight (Saturday) involves two categories: junior for the young performers, some of whom are students in Carroll’s drama classes; and seniors, for magicians who have been in the business for a few years. Whether the performer is a new talent or an old hat, they are welcome to perform anything they would like … as long as the show runs less than 10 minutes. Carroll said he expects to see anything from close-up magic to stage magic, parlour acts, ventriloquism and juggling. “I look at magic as a fun way to get students to perform on stage in front of an audience,” he said. “It builds confidence, allows them a chance to learn
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SOMETHING UP THEIR SLEEVES Grade 11 EDSS students Jess Reichard, Hayden Cooke, Joel Steinmann, Keegan Mathers and Ben Lubbarts get ready for their big show at the sixth annual Battle of Ontario Magicians, to be hosted at the school Saturday evening. His experience ranges from birthday parties to shows for kids, dinner theatre and large
something new and it gets them thinking way outside of the box.” Carroll has been performing magic for more than 18 years.
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he brings to life, and the depth of the detail he brings to his lyrics. “I’m always on the lookout for a good story or idea. My sister told me the story that became “Kiri’s Piano,” a song that visits a dark chapter in Canadian history: Japanese internment camps in the Second World War. The image of someone sacrificing their prized possession in order to maintain their dignity was too powerful to ignore.” That song has become a Keelaghan classic. As has “Cold Missouri Waters,” a haunting ballad about a Montana forestfire tragedy. Then there’s “Captain Torres,” which tells of a ship that sank leaving no survivors during
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www.ElmiraAssembly.com 290 Arthur St. South, Elmira • 519-669-3973
Growing in Grace during Difficult Times Studies in 2 Peter Sun. March 7 AM & PM
Phil Barnes
Discovering God Together
519-669-2319 | www.wbconline.ca 4522 Herrgott Road, Wallenstein
“Making Faith Live”
SUN. MAR. 7
MY FINANCES
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Worship & Calvary United Sunday School
Bloomingdale Mennonite Church
Trinity United Church Christmas Eve | 6:00 and 8:00pm | communion at both
Sunday School during Worship
Welcome to
JAMES KEELAGHAN
Sunday Worship 9:30 am - 10:30am
Sunday, March 7, 2010 9:15 and 11:00 am “Learning To Embrace Risk” 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca
2 First St., Elmira • 519-669-5030
Gale
Sunday Worship 11am Sunday School during service
Minister: Rev. Dr. Linda Bell
Presbyterian www.galepresbyterian.com Church 2 Cross St., Elmira • 519-669-2852
Office Hours: M-TH 9-Noon & 1-3 • E galepresbychurch@golden.net
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Magic: Students embracing the opportunity to show what they can do > CONTINUED FROM PG. 26 stage shows. He decided to teach magic to his Grade 11 Drama class a few years back, and the unit has been increasingly popular ever since. During the first year the class put together a touring magic show and over the next few years, the class either hosted a show at the school or went out to neighboring schools to perform their act. “Some people ask whether teaching magic to the students then
ruins magic for them, [but] I say no,” Carroll explained. “I think they learn a greater understanding of how hard it is to perform, and the hours it takes to perfect that one trick.” For the past few years, he has been attending the Battle of Ontario Magicians at different venues around the province, and when he suggested to his students the idea of hosting the sixth annual BOOM event at EDSS in conjunction with the Waterloo store Kind of
Magic, he was met with an overwhelmingly positive response. The show is entirely student run, including the operation of lighting and sound, stage management, ticket taking and ushering, but performer and EDSS student Joel Steinmann said it’s the performance itself that is the hardest part. “Making sure that all the tricks go smoothly is tough,” explained Steinmann. “I am always a bit nervous beforehand, but it’s awesome when it
all goes as planned.” The stage is set for the show which will run on Mar. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the EDSS auditorium. Car-
ing this event and are willing to give up their own time in order to see it succeed – I am really proud of these kids.”
Water Efficient
Gardening Seminars SPEAKERS
Gela Rohde is a landscape design consultant and part owner of her own company.
Evelyn Wolf is a gardening consultant, designer and writer with 25 years experience.
Aileen Barclay has a biology background and presents a unique and ecological approach to sustainable landscaping.
FREE
Lyrics: Winnipeg singer/songwriter widely lauded for his stories of Canada
CREATING THE PERFECT LAWN THE NATURAL WAY Cambridge Centre for the Arts - Saturday, March 13th @ 10 a.m.
How to build and maintain a strong, healthy and beautiful lawn without chemicals and water.
Space is limited
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Sheridan Nurseries, Kitchener - Sunday, March 14th @ 1 p.m.
> CONTINUED FROM PG. 26
From eight inch tufts of steely blue textured leaves to eight foot stands of massive plumes, this seminar explores the many options for various garden situations, including best uses and long term care.
THEATRICAL Juno Award-winning folk singer James Keelaghan brings his rich story-telling style to The Registry Theatre Mar. 20.
GARDEN ECOLOGY 101. GETTING TO THE "ROOT" OF YOUR GARDEN PROBLEMS Meadow Acres Garden Centre, Petersburg - Saturday, March 27th @ 10 a.m.
Using basic ecological principles to make your garden look great, with little effort. Let Mother Nature do the work. DEBUNKING GARDEN MYTHS - DEALING WITH THE RUMOURS Sheridan Nurseries, Kitchener - Sunday, March 28th @ 1 p.m.
If you're not sure if you're doing the right thing with your landscape, we'll explore common myths of landscape maintenance. Avoid causing more harm than good. THINK BEFORE YOU DIG! HOW TO PLAN THE PERFECT LANDSCAPE St. Jacobs Country Gardens - Saturday, April 10th @ 10 a.m.
Many of us pick up the shovel and get to work and catch our mistakes once it's too late. Learn how to plan the perfect garden.
» SUBMITTED
DO-IT-YOURSELF GARDEN RENOVATION Sheridan Nurseries, Kitchener - Sunday, April 11th @ 1 p.m.
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a horrific 1989 storm in the Cabot Strait. It fits the bill as what The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie last month called the tale of loss at sea required of every Canadian performer. (As noted during a Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame event with Gordon Lightfoot, discussing “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and The Hip’s “Nautical Disaster.”) “I’ve always had the urge to write,” Keelaghan explained from his Winnipeg home. “Some things weren’t being said in the way I wanted to say them, some things were not being written about at all. That’s why I started to write the historical material. That led me to writing my own personal narratives as well.” A proponent of lifelong learning, he noted there are always new facts, new stories that can be translated into song. He recommends we all give into our natural curiosity: learning does not end upon graduation – “There’s a lot of stuff that we’re not taught in school.” In his music, that philosophy unfolds as literate, multidimensional songwriting. While that comes through in his recordings, it’s in the live shows that the stories really come to life, he
roll said his students are working hard to have everything ready in time. “They are embrac-
maintained. There’s nothing like the immediacy and the intimacy of live music. Just as his songs attempt to capture the essential human condition in the stories he draws from, Keelaghan suggests the live music taps into something visceral, that same gut feeling that draws him to a tale in the first place. When a song connects with the people in the crowd, he knows it. “You see it in their faces even as you’re singing.” Those in the seats for the Kitchener show will hear from his new
album, House of Cards, plus “as many of the classics as I can fit in.” James Keelaghan takes the stage Mar. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. Tickets are $20 ($22 at the door), available at the Centre in the Square box office by calling 578-1570 or toll free 1-800-265-8977 or online at www.centresquare.com. For more information, check out www.folknight.ca. This is the fourth show in the Folk Night at the Registry series. Next up are The Marigolds, who’ll perform Apr. 10.
Give your garden a facelift and jazz it up while reducing your workload. Learn simple tips and techniques to make your display bloom.
Call 519-575-4495 to register. Space is limited, so please register early.
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HELP WANTED
Waterloo Wellington LHIN The Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN), a not-for-profit Crown agency funded by the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, is one of 14 local health integration networks established in Ontario, each with specific geographic boundaries. The WWLHIN includes the Region of Waterloo, the County of Wellington and the southern portion of Grey County. The WWLHIN is responsible for planning, coordinating, integrating and funding health services within our specific geographic area. The WWLHIN directly funds hospitals, the community care access centre, community support services, long-term care homes, mental health and addictions services, and community health centres, and is accountable to the citizens of our area as well as to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Board of Directors (Part-Time)
As a member of the WWLHIN Board of Directors, you will be responsible for overseeing the affairs of the LHIN in accordance with applicable legislation, constituting documents, approved strategic and business plans and government policies established and communicated by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. You are expected to bring a background in health care, public administration, management, accounting, finance, law, human resources and labour relations, communications and information management. Directors are appointed by order-in-council for a term of up to three years, and are eligible for renewal for a second term. Downloadable application forms are available at www.pas.gov.on.ca. Signed application forms, quoting file number PAS-1015, must be addressed to: Public Appointments Secretariat, Room 2440, Whitney Block, 99 Wellesley St. W., Toronto, ON M7A 1W4. Application forms must be received by March 31, 2010. Alternatively, you can apply online. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information about this position, please contact Kate Borthwick at 519-822-6208, ext. 212. Pour obtenir de l’information en français sur ce poste, veuillez communiquer avec Kate Borthwick au (519) 822-6208, poste 212.
HELP WANTED
WOOLWICH COMMUNITY SERVICES CIC COORDINATOR Must have integral understanding of computer systems (Office 2003, Simply Acct). Experience in volunteer management and working in not-for-profit sector. Knowledge of social service systems, Woolwich Township, and surrounding area required. Must have a passion for assisting others. Education -- minimum Post Secondary Degree with emphasis in computer and bookkeeping and related experience with volunteers. COMMUNITY RESOURCE COORDINATOR Extensive knowledge of event planning and fundraising in not-for-profit sector. Experience in promotion and marketing. Must have reliable transportation. Education -- minimum Post Secondary Degree in Event Planning, Promotions or equivalent. Reply indicating position of interest by fax 519-669-4210 or email: don_wca@yahoo.com or mail to: 73 Arthur Street, South, Elmira N3B 2M8 Only those candidates selected will be contacted.
HELP WANTED
> Lost
Your Job? Your hours cut? Work part time from your home. Earn extra $$. 519-669-2644, 519-577-3384.
> Need More Money? Be your own boss! Work part time form home. Leave message 519-635-2644 or call after 6 p.m.
HELP WANTED
> Pallet
Repair Person. Part time, in Elmira. Call Peter at 519-503-9779.
> Sewing - Upholstery, vinyl, leather. Piece work, industrial machine required, in your home. Must have reasonable rates. Reply to: Mr. Bean Bag, Box 400, c/o Woolwich Observer, 20-B Arthur St. N., Elmira, N3B 1Z9.
SERVICE/INSTALLATION TECHNICIAN Tri-Mech Inc. is a mechanical company specializing in Gas Fitting, Hydronic Heating, Heat pumps and Boiler system installation and service, and High Pressure Cleaning Systems. We service Agricultural, light commercial and residential systems. We are currently seeking qualified tech or apprentice opportunities in the following: Gas technician Oil Burner technician Qualified in Plumbing, Refrigeration, Air-c0ondition, or sheet-metal would also be an asset. Applicants should be able tow work with minimal supervision, have good customer relation skills and be willing to be on-call for emergency service on a rotating schedule with other team members. Applicants are invited to submit a letter of application or resume by fax to 519-638-3342 or by email to colin@trimech.ca
Live and live well in Waterloo Wellington. HELP WANTED
P.O.Box 120 Alma ON N0B 1A0
WANTED
AZ DRIVER
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 Fax: 519-669-1928 E-mail: ronm@bridgelandterminals.com or visit our website www.bridgelandterminals.com for application.
FOR SALE
> Blue
FOR SALE
> Like
Mountain Art greeting cards, inspirational and meaningful, now available locally. Cozy Quilts, East of Drayton, County Rd 8, #7762. 519-638-2588.
quality Custom paisley pillows. 0178.
> Neutral
> Couch
Coloured Aborite table - extends 59” with 4 chrome upholstered chairs, $50. Two blue La-Z-Boy recliner chairs, like new, $225 each or $400/pair. 519-6693996 after 6 p.m.
> Flour
- Naturally Grown, stone ground flour for sale. gMO-free, unbleached. Buy at the farm gate, direct from the producer. David E.M. Martin, 4635 Ament Line, RR#3 Wallenstein, On. N0B 2S0.
> Gun Show - Saturday, March 20, 2010, Elmira Rod & gun Club. Buy- sell-trade. Sow starts at 8:00 a.m. and runs till noon. for more info call Moe Baird, 519-669-3067.
New, Excellent couch & chair. made, durable print, 5 matching $500. 519-669-
and Chair - blue/green. Excellent condition. $225 o.b.o. Must go! Call 519-669-2069, no Sunday calls please.
> Piano,
Gerhard Heintzman, Upright grand. Very good condition, late 1800’s $375 o.b.o. 519-669-8439.
> Three
Point Hitch, 61/2 ft blade $45; circular saw, belt driven $45; wooden ladder $20; egg crates. 519-664-2788.
> Yarn For Sale - $5 - $6 per bag. Dis N Dat Treasures, 15 Dunke St., Elmira. Open Thurs. & Fri 10 - 6, Sat. 10 - 4. 519-669-5005.
> Wanted - Used Office desk. Large style, in good condition. Phone 519-6698186. AUTOMOTIVE
> 1999 Ram 1500 Regular Cab Short Box. 5.2L V8 automatic transmission, body colour tonneau cover, new tires, great shape, electric blue, 129,500 km, $6,995. Voisin Chrysler 519669-2831. > 2002 Sebring LX Sedan - 2.7L V6 automatic transmission, power windows/locks/mirrors,, keyless entry, one owner, great shape, green in colour, 190,100 km. $2900 as is. Voisin Chrysler 519-6692831. > 2003
Grand Caravan Sport - 3.3L V6, automatic trany, rear air and heat, power windows, locks, A/C, quad seating, and much more. great shape, one owner. 96,250 km. $8,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831.
RENTALS
> 2 Bedroom Unit available immediately - 14 Spring Street - Drayton. 1st floor unit in good condition. Call 519-669-1544 Mildred or Len Frey. > Apartment
For Rent. Beautiful 1 bedroom apartment for rent in St. Clements. Newly redone paint, floor etd. Floor heating! Parking available. Approximately 10 mins from Waterloo. Laundry facilities, appliances, heat and water included. No smoking, no pets. First and last $699.99 /month. 519-404-8879.
RENTALS
> Elmira - 11/2 bedroom
apartment, downtown location, no pets, Mar. 1. $540.00 /mth. 519-6698074.
> Moorefield - one bedroom apartment, furnished, laundry facilities, parking, deck, electric heat, cable TV, no pets, adult building. References. $695.00 inclusive. First & last. 519-638-3013. > Small 1 Bedroom apartment. Furnished. Close to Waterloo Wal-mart. Room for 1 car parking. Available immediately. $600/month incl. Call 519886-7708. REAL ESTATE
> Thinking Of Selling your home privately? Will pay cash for a bungalow or side-split home in Birdland Elmira. 2-3 bedrooms. Please call 519-669-0624 evenings, or collect 705866-2614. COMM/IND FOR RENT
> For Lease - Industrial unit, 2640 sq ft., M2 zoning, 16’ x 16’ bay door, 600 volt service. Call Dennis, 519502-8364. > Industrial Bay for rent.
64 Howard Ave., Elmira. 2000 sq ft., open space. 14’ high bay door. 16’ ceiling height, good for mezzanine. separate hydro, gas and water meters. Inquiries please call 519-465-8421 or 519-669-1461 ext. 22.
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TRAVEL
Would you consider traveling to Sunny Spain and bustling Morocco, North Africa Next Year? Youth, ages 15-22 & adults 23 & up can join us from March 11 to the 20th, 2011 Reserve Your Spot at the information meeting by calling
Marty & Shirley Merlihan
Call 519.669.1103 for more information.
COMPUTERS
COMPUTERS - LAPTOPS
Sales and Service
CALL FOR DETAILS
Come see our showroom at:
112 Bonnie onnie Crescent, Elmira r ra
519-669-5551
MARKET
ATTENTION!
ELMIRA INDOOR MARKET IS SEEKING VENDORS
Bring in your stuff and turn it to cash
Antiques, Crafts, Novelties, Jewelery, Bakery & Sweets; even your fresh produce! Saturdays 9-2pm FREE TABLE in Maple Festival if fees paid for March & April
For info call 519-590-4110 | jafark@bell.net
SHOPPING VILLAGE | 10 Church St. West
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COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING MARCH 22, 2010 On Monday, March 22, 2010, at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Offices, 24 Church Street West, Elmira to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson at 519-669-6040 or 519-664-2613 (ext. 6040) regarding meeting details. Email: nthompson@woolwich.ca. The Committee will also consider signed, written submissions for or against the applications if submitted to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Submissions can be forwarded by mail or hand delivery to: Township of Woolwich, Attn: Jeremy Vink, P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 or Fax 519-669-4669 or Email jvink@woolwich.ca.
MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A3/2010 Mennonite Church and Cemetery PROPERTY: 1866 Three Bridges Road, GCT Part Lot 39 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to expand the legal non-conforming use of a church in order to permit a 39 square metre addition for additional lobby space. The existing church is 308 square metres in size. The property is zoned Agricultural and contains a church, storage shed and outhouse. MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATIONS A4/2010 Mennonite Society of British North America (New Jerusalem Parochial School) PROPERTY: 1505 Scotch Line Road, GCT Part Lot 83 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to expand
the legal non-conforming use of a school in order to permit a 56 square metre addition for an accessible washroom and a covered accessible entrance. The existing school building is 346 square metres in size, of which a 6 square metre leanto will be demolished. Once the addition is completed the school will be approximately 396 square metres in size. The property is zoned Agricultural and contains the school. Further information about the applications may be obtained from Engineering and Planning Services at 519-669-6038 or 519-664-2613 (Ext. 6038). DATED this 6th day of March, 2010 Jeremy Vink, RPP, MCIP Senior Planner Engineering & Planning Services
MARCH BREAK AT THE WMC! Aquatic Programs *NOTE: Lane swims & Aquafit as per usual schedule
Arena Programs Helmets MUST be worn by all skaters 16 and under Parent & Tot: Parent / caregiver & children 6 & under
Mon. Mar. 15
Tues. Mar. 16
Wed. Mar. 17
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm 7:30 - 8:20 pm
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm 7:30 - 8:20 pm
Family Swim 10 am - 1 pm Public Swim 1:15 - 3:15 pm 7 - 9 pm
Public Swim 1 - 3 pm
Family Swim 10 am - 12:50pm Public Swim 1 - 3 pm
Parent & Tot 9:30 - 10:20 am Free Skate 12 - 12:50 pm Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Free Skate (Adult Only) 12 - 12:50 pm Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Parent & Tot 9:30 - 10:20 am Public Skate 1:30 - 3:20 pm
Parent & Tot 9:30 - 10:20 am 1:30 - 2:20 pm Free Skate 12 - 12:50 pm *2:30 - 4:20 pm
Public Skate 5 - 6:40 pm
Family Shinny 8:30 - 9:15 am Adult Shinny 9:30 - 10:05 am
WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE
Thurs. Mar. 18
Fri. Mar. 19
Sat. Mar. 20
Sun. Mar. 21
MARCH BREAK DAY CAMP
THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF 2010 INTERIM PROPERTY TAXES IS DUE
Skating ... Swimming ... Crafts ... Games & More!
FRIDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2010
March 15 – 19, 2010
8 – 9 am...........Supervised drop off 9 am – 4:45 pm..................Program 4:45 – 5 pm........Supervised pick up
For Children 5 – 12 years old $155 / week Lunch special will be available to purchase through a pre-order To register: Online at: www.woolwich.ca/register Bar Code: 1220 In person at: WMC Customer Service Desk
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING ALERT: If you have been paying taxes on land only, you may be subject to a supplementary tax bill later this year. DIDN'T RECEIVE A BILL? Non-receipt of a tax bill does not waive your obligation to pay and you may incur a penalty. If you did not receive a bill, contact the Tax Collector as soon as possible at (519) 669-6016. Our new computer system shows the due dates as 03/12/10 and 05/07/10. Due dates are March 12, 2010 and May 7, 2010. Marion Pollard, CMTC (A) Manager of Revenue/Tax Collector
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $224,900
OPEN HOUSE | 60 Duke St., Elmira
Are you kidding? It’s a great time to sell! The housing inventory is low
I’m thinking about listing my house but is it the right time?
Sunday 2-4
QUIET AREA DOWNTOWN
HURON HOMES INC.
45’ and 50’ lots available in Elmira. Several plans available in bungalow or 2 storey models, or will build to suit your needs.
ALL THE COMFORTS model home... variations may apply
HANDSOME HOME
Free Market Evaluation
3bdrm, 3bath, dbl garage, upper flr lndry, ceramic/ hrdwd mn traffic areas. Inspiring eat-in kit w/custom cabinets. Lg GR w/fp. MBR walk thru dbl closets to ens. MLS
Paul Martin SALES REPRESENTATIVE
$334,500
$439,000
model home... variations may apply
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!
180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
www.homeswithpaul.ca
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BOLENDER PARK STREAM BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT INFORMATION MEETING THURSDAY MARCH 11, 7 PM 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA Neighbours and friends of Bolender Park are invited to a meeting to talk about a plan that has been drafted to help stabilize the east bank of the Canagagigue Creek in Bolender Park. In the early 1990s, the bank was stabilized by the Clean Waterways Group using Christmas Trees. After 15 years, the trees have disappeared and it is time to look to another solution. You are invited to come and learn more about this new project and how you can help solve the erosion problem.
SUDOKU - HARD
EMAIL: paul@remaxsolidgold.biz
SUDOKU - EASY
3200sqft log home loc’d min to Waterloo on 1 1/4acres. 4bdrm, 3bath, beautiful wood burning FP in huge GR. Lots of storage space. Backs onto walking trails. MLS
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
DIRECT..519-503-9533 | HOME ..519-669-3074 | OFFICE ..519-888-7110
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3bdrm, 2bath, +whirlpool tub rm. MBR w/cheater ens, 2closets. Hrdwd flrs, orig moulded ceiling in LR. Mudrm off garage, w/ french dr. Laminate in hall, mudrm. Fin’d bsmnt w/fp. Fncd yrd w/nice sized lot. MLS
$234,900
I’m listing with Paul, he donates $500 to KidsAbility with every home he sells!
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Lg family home on 50ft lot, 10ft ceilings, 4bdrm, 3bath. Gourmet eat-in kit, sep dr. Ens. Mudrm off garage. Upper flr lndry. Ceramic/hrdwd in mn areas. Yet to be built. MLS BEAUTIFUL QUALITY BUNGALOW 18� ceramic foyer/kit. Beech flrs in GR, DR. Maple cabinets w/no slam drawers, brkfst bar. Mn flr lndry. MBR w/5pc ens. Dble garage, extra height in bsmnt. Yet to be built. MLS
WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE
Partners (to date) include: The Clean Waterways Group, the Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee (TWEEC), The Waterloo Stewardship Network, Grand River Conservation Authority, a local paving and excavation company, and the Township of Woolwich.
23RD ANNUAL GARAGE SALE
For more information please contact Ann at 519 669-6027 or aroberts@woolwich.ca .
Call to reserve your vendor space 519-669-6026
Saturday, April 10 7:30 am to 11:30 am
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS ELMIRA REAL ESTATE Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage SERVICES
BROKERAGE
519-669-3192
90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 1, Elmira N3B 3L4
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. 45 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA
519-669-2772
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record MVA Residential
Res: 519-669-1068
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-8629
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627
New liStiNG
LEON MARTIN
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage | Independently Owned and Operated BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record
OPeN hOuSe | SAt MAr. 6th 2-4PM 30 Porchlight dr., Elmira
SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.
DARREN ROMKEY Sales Rep.
LAURIE LANGDON Sales Rep.
DALE KELLER Sales Rep.
MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.
COUNTRY LOTS .5 acre don’t miss this chance to enjoy sunrises and sunsets. Within 40 minutes of KW, or Guelph. High speed internet is available with fibre optic. Starting at $63,000 MLS
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES
OPEN HOUSE - SATURDAy 2-4PM
6 TAnAgER STREET, ELMIRA AMAZING BUNGALOW
SPOtleSS StArter hOMe uNique FlOOrPlAN - ideal - backing to greenspace & trail. for inlaw suite or duplex potential. Spacious family room. Large master bdrm. w/cheater ensuite Fin. rec. room and 3pc. bath. Appliances incl. Central air. MlS $274,900.
5 bathrms. 2 furnaces, air cond., laundry facil. & 2 gas firepl. Fin. rec. rm. 2 bdrms. & 4pc. bath in lower level. 2 decks. Dble. garage. A MUST SEE! MlS $379,900.
OPeN hOuSe | SuN MAr. 7th 2-4PM 118 muscovEy dr., Elmira
OPeN hOuSe | SuN MAr. 7th 2-4PM 52 Pintail dr., Elmira
$309,900 nEW PRICE | Finished top to bottom; unbelievable woodworking throughout, swimming pool, flagstone patio, patio doors from master. A MUST SEE!! MLS
3 bedroom country bungalow with high speed internet available open concept. Master ensuite, main floor laundry, large 2 car garage, new not built. Hobby shop allowed. $311,900 MLS
OPEN HOUSE - SUnDAy 2-4PM
15 MAPLE STREET, DRAyTOn PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP
Country at its best, trees, stream, camp area, lawns all on 4.3 acre estate lot with 18ft x 45ft outbuilding, 5 bedroom approx. 2350 sq ft with a large deck, walkout basement, tennis court with lights. $499,000 MLS
$294,500 | Open concept 4 level backsplit, cathedral ceilings, a gourmet kitchen, great room opening onto a pricate deck, fenced yard. Tastefully decorated. NEW MLS
OPEN HOUSE - SUnDAy 2-4PM
Unique property, commercial, residential, hobby farm all in one, on half acre of land minutes from St.Jacobs, Kitchener, Waterloo, Elmira in the Village of Hawkesville. Commercial building is 30’x36’ (1080sq.ft). Barn has two box stalls, and lots of storage. Where your neighbor cares. $499,900 MLS
23 MUSCOVEy DRIVE, ELMIRA
FANTASTIC FAMILY HOME
New BuNGAlOw - lovely lot backing to open farmland. Ceramic foyer, kitchen & laundry. Hardwood in LR/DR. Bonus rm/3rd bdrm.
MlS $399,900
PreStiGOuS lOcAtiON - backing to wooded parkland! Custom built 3+ bdrm bungalow. 3 gas f/p’s. Finished rec. rm w/builtins. MlS $499,900
$399,900 ELMIRA | 3+ bedrooms; gorgeous kitchen with breakfast bar; open to spacious dining room; loaded with upgrades; fenced yard, landscaped; finished basement; You will be impressed!!!!!!!. NEW MLS
Great property on the edge of town, approx. 21 acres workable, the rest is wooded with a large portion of maple trees, 1.9 acres is inside an industrial designated area. $599,900 MLS
YOU’LL LOVE COMING HOME!
$549,000 HAWKESVILLE | This charming 3,200 square foot home built in 1994 on a half acre lot in an ideal village setting features 4 bdrms, 2 garages, one dbl. on main level and one single on lower level, fully finished walk-out bsmnt, lg bright family rm with a wood-burning stove, deck, mn flr laundry and mstr bdrm, central air, water softener, sauna, whirlpool, barn/workshop, second ktchn on mn flr and green space galore! MLS
ADDRESS: 4-B
Arthur St. S., ELMIRA • EMAIL: leonmartin@remax.net
DIRECT: 519-503-2753
• OFFICE: 519-669-5426
42 ACRES 7 BEDROOMS Newly Built BuNGAlOw - 3 bdrms., 2 bths incl. ensuite. Great rm. w/hardwood. Gas f/p. Cherry kitchen w/lots of cupboards! Double garage. Immediate Possesion MlS $395,000
PArk-like GrOuNdS - 11 acres mixed bush, pond! Lovely updated bungalow & barn/shop. Min’s from Elmira/K-W & Guelph.
MlS $549,000
www.thurrealestate.com
$674,900 CROSSHILL | This 2,800 sq. ft. 2-storey home surrounded by 100 ft. white pine & spruce trees located 20 minutes from Waterloo on a 42 acre mixed bush lot with riding trails, 2 springs and a pond has 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, finished basement ideal for in-law set-up, main floor laundry and master bedroom, and new windows, doors and geo-thermal heating system. MLS
www.
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519-669-1544 24hrs
17 Church St. W., Elmira
www.propertyguys.com | ID# 117376
THE FREY TEAM
Len Frey
Mildred Frey
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
BROKER MANAGER
frey@golden.net
Custom built Arriscraft stone bungalow. Professionally landscaped, exposed aggregate driveway, sprinkler system, 2 large decks, 1 covered, heated floors through-out, 9ft. basement with walk-out to back yard. 29 x 21 1/2 heated garage, gourmet kitchen, 3+ bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, built in appliances. Professional window coverings. $689,900 West Montrose | Please Call 519-669-8694
Family size, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, main floor family and laundry rooms, finished rec room, 85’ frontage x 132’ deep lot., in-ground pool. Quiet street! $489,900 MLS. Mike Roth, Sales Representative Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc., Brokerage | 519-574-1234
Everything that’s fit to print...
PRIVATE SALE
Plus a whole lot www.
OPEN HOUSE Sunday Mar 7. 2-4 P.M. | 101 David St., Wellesley
3/4 acre country property with mature trees. 4 bedroom 2 bathroom split level house. New kitchen 2005, new roof 2006. 24’x48’ 2 storey shop/barn, 12’x24’ utility shed. 5 mins from Elmira. $389,000.
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Independently Owned and Operated
To arrange for a private viewing, Please Call
519-669-7672
$699,000
Wendy Taylor BROKER**
wendy@thefreyteam.com
Mary Lou Murray SALES REPRESENTATIVE
marylou@mmrealestate.ca
CONCESSION 8 | 48.79 acres on Con. 8 near Moorefield, 3 bedrm. bungalow, finished basement with fireplace, 12 x 16’ wood deck, 14’6” x 24’ detached workshop with hydro. 48.79 total acres, 34 tillable tile drained, 2 acres building site + 4.25 acres zoned for future residential, 7.5 acres zoned for future industrial development. Great investment property. MLS. Call Len Frey.
LAND FOR SALE COMMERCIAL | $199,000 located in Drayton across from Grocery Store, Medical Centre and Library. MLS Call Mary Lou RESIDENTIAL | $89,000 Drayton Subdivision with municipal sewer and water. Large lot. Will build to suit or use your own builder. Build your dream home. Call Wendy Taylor
“You dream...We’ll work.” Whether looking to buy or sell in Elmira, K/W, surrounding rural areas or cottage recreational, Call Wendy Taylor and Mary Lou Murray.
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FAMILY ALBUM THANK YOU
Thank you Thank you to all who attended my Surprise Birthday Party. It was the best kept secret in town. Many thanks for all the Best Wishes, cards, flowers and gifts. Special Thanks to my family for all the hard work that went into planning this party.
Thanks again for making this Birthday so special. Pat Ailgeier
STAG & DOE
Stag & Doe for
TIFFANY TIMLECK & RYAN MAXWELL Saturday March 13, 2010
Woolwich Community Centre, St. Jacobs
8:00pm to 1:00am | $10:00/person
BIRTH NOTICE Erb/Green – Kimberly and Shawn are happy to announce the early arrival of their second baby. Big sister Aleenah welcomed home baby
Evan Alan William Green with open arms and a set of ear plugs. He was born on November 8, 2009, weighing 7lbs 8 oz. Evans family also includes Aunt Steph and Uncle Ben Gunn, Mark and Shelley Erb and Bill and Kathy Green. Proud Great Grandparents are Albert and Irene from Wellesley and Mike and Marion Foerster from Elmira. Thank you to our family and friends for your prayers and support as we waited for Evan to come home.
Special thanks to the nurse of NICU at Grand River.
BIRTHDAY
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This little piggy went to the mirror Q.
What’s the most famous chunk of ice in the history of the world?
Strange But True
A.
The iceberg that sank the steamship “Titanic” on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic on April 14, 1912, answers Mariana Gosnell in Ice: The Nature, the History and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance. That very day six other ships had telegraphed warnings of ice in the area. Shortly before midnight, one of the Titanic’s lookouts banged a warning bell and phoned to the bridge, “Iceberg right ahead.” The rest is history -- oft-told history. Actually, this was not a particularly large berg. One lookout estimated it at maybe 50 feet high, another said 100. “After it disappeared, it was never seen again, or at least not that anyone knew for sure.” Nevertheless, it took on a certain celebrity, a spooky, menacing persona as the ocean beast that sank an “unsinkable” ship! In his book, Voyage of the Iceberg, Richard Brown traces its history from birth to death, which he was able to do because most North Atlantic icebergs have a similar history: “Composed of snow that fell a thousand years before Christ onto the Greenland ice cap, the iceberg broke away from the Jakobshaven glacier ... which was moving toward the sea at the rate of 65 feet a day, producing an iceberg a minute and 20 to 30 million tons of ice a day.”
STAG & DOE
Stag & Doe Shelley & Husky
Bill & Rich Sones
Q.
What surprising barnyard animal passes the “mirror test,” demonstrating both intelligence and selfawareness?
A.
Elephants, dolphins, magpies, gray parrots and some primates were already known to make sense of their mirror images and to show some degree of self-recognition, says Constance Holden in Science magazine. Recently, zoologist Donald Broom and colleagues at the University of Cambridge, U.K., wondered if socially sophisticated pigs might also belong to the elite mirror group. So they set up a test leaving eight pigs with a mirror for five hours. “The pigs initially interpreted their image as another pig,” the error most species make, says Broom. But then the pigs began to recognize the reflections of their own movements. Proof of true mirror-smarts came in the next test, where the researchers hid a bowl of food behind a barrier so that it could be seen only in the mirror. An overhead fan circulated the food’s scent so the pigs could not simply use their nose. “In less than 25 seconds, seven of the eight pigs correctly interpreted
STAG & DOE
the image, turned away from the mirror and ran to the bowl. The eighth pig flunked the test, looking behind the mirror for the food.”
Q.
What’s the very latest in technology to help the hardof-hearing and the deaf?
A.
With proper software, cell phone sign language over smartphones connects the individual to the worldwide interactive loop, says Erica Westly in IEEE Spectrum magazine. E-mail and text messaging via cell phone are also available but “if texting were so fabulous, cell phones would never have developed,” says Cornell University electrical and computer engineer Sheila Hemani. “The reason we like using them is that people prefer to talk.” Researchers from Cornell and the University of Washington, Seattle, have named this “mobile ASL,” for mobile American Sign Language, which employs two-way real-time video. The low bandwidth available forced engineers to balance speed and quality. So to enhance video clarity, the team uses software that emphasizes resolution in key areas around the signers’ hands and faces. To prolong battery life, the system switches between high and low video frame rates, depending on whether the user is actually signing or receiving. Next up, says Westly, is “to get mobile ASL software into the hands of the people who want it.”
IN MEMORIAM
Stag and Doe
Robyn & Brandon Saturday, Mar 20th, 2010 Lions Hall, Elmira 40 South Street West BBQ Dinner - 6:30 pm Pie Auction - 8:00 pm Dance - 9:00 pm
Guess who’s 80
Call 669-8988 for tickets
Come celebrate with
BILL OTTO
for his 80th Birthday at Marlies Café, Drayton on Monday, March 8, 2010 9:30am - 12:00pm Best Wishes Only
Sat. Mar 13, 2010 Lion’s Hall | 40 South St. W. Elmira 8pm - 1am
Food Music Raffles Games $10 tickets at the door
THE REAL DEAL
BBQ / Auction DJ / Cold Buffet $10 per person Dance only - tickets available at the door
Andrew
1981 - 2000 The calendar says it’s been ten long years since you were taken away. But my heart says it was yesterday. Time has dulled the pain but my love is as strong as it was on that day. Taken from our lives too soon but forever in our hearts.
Love Mom, Stephanie, and Christine
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SERVICE PROFESSIONALS CARPET CARE
Read’s Decorating
COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL
SINCE 1961
CONSTRUCTION
Renovating? Let us do the clean up
RENOVATION CLEAN UPS! Call for Details • Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location • Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off and Pick up Service • Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair • Janitorial • Grout Cleaning • Carpet Repair & Re-Installation • Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping www.completecarpetcare.ca
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519-669-7607
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Residential & Commercial
• •
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• •
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TOWING AND RECOVERY
CASH PAID
FOR YOUR UNWANTED SCRAP VEHICLES CARS, TRUCKS OR VANS WE PAY CASH WITH FREE TOWING PLEASE CALL
AUTOMOTIVE
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-Framing -Roofing -Renovations -Repairs
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TIRE
WHERE TIRES ARE A
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accuracy and confidence.
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35 Howard Ave., Elmira
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Inspections for Real Estate Septic System Repairs & Restoration Catch Basin Cleaning
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519-896-7700
20 years experience
• 14 ton BoomTruck
ST. JACOBS
24 Hour Service 7 Days A Week
SKATE SHARPENING
free estimates interior/exterior painting wallpapering & Plaster|Drywall repairs
519-669-2251 36 Hampton St., Elmira
PAINTING Over 15 Years Experience
Mike
PLUMBING
YOUR
PLUMBING & HEATING SPECIALISTS!
C.J.
PAINTING
519.669.9160
Cell: 519.998.4094
519-648-3004
BRUBACHER LTD. 19 First St. E., Elmira
519-669-3362
Complete Collision Service
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ST.JACOBS
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at
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33 First Street, East Elmira, ON
FAX: 519.669.3210
519.669.8917 PLUMBING
Call Us At
TREE REMOVAL
Steve Co.
Plumbing and Maintenance Inc.
RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL
For all your Plumbing Needs. 24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi
ELMIRA
519-669-3652
SELF STORAGE
IRON
BILL SCHENKEL
FAST, FRIENDLY SERVICE AT COMPETITIVE PRICES!
AUTOMOTIVE
(Behind the old Trylon Building)
PAINTING
or
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519-669-7652
21 HOWARD AVE., ELMIRA
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Septic Tank Cleaning
Accredited Test & Repair Facility
519-669-4400
519-664-9999
519-669-1131
FAX: 519 664-2759 • 24 Hour Emergency Service
SIGNAGE | VINYL & DIGITAL
21 Industrial Dr. Elmira
to repair your vehicle with
• 35 ton Mobile Crane
OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE!
TEL: 519-664-1202 / 519-778-6104
27 Arthur St. S., Elmira
AUTO CLINIC
Providing the latest technology
ORTLIEB CRANE & Equipment Ltd.
FREE ESTIMATES • Store Fronts • Thermopanes • Mirrors • Screen Repair • Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures • Sash Repair
519-669-3658
AUTOMOTIVE
Auto Tech Inc.
CRANE
INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING • WALLPAPERING
CONSTRUCTION
THOMPSON’S
519-568-8666
PAINTING & DECORATING
1600 King St. N., Bldg A17 St. Jacobs, Ontario N0B 2N0
SEPTIC
AUTOMOTIVE
TOWING
BIRMINGHAM
GLASS SYSTEMS INC.
For all your home decorating needs
Call Robert Michael For An Estimate!
GLEN
ST. JACOBS
Specializing in Paint & Wallcoverings
Decks/Fences Design/Build Projects
519-590-1762 EMAIL: rob.michael@rogers.com
PAINTING
GLASS SERVICES
DECORATING
CONSTRUCTION
T R
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•Removal of Trees or Branches of Any Shapes or Sizes in Almost Any location •Hedge trimming •Branch Chipping •Stump Grinding
519-669-1836 Thomas Martin CONCRETE
ELMIRA’S SHARPENING
HEADQUARTERS Have your skates sharpened with us four times, and the fifth one’s FREE!
22 Church St. W., Elmira
Tel: 519-669-5537
STORE HOURS: M-F: 7-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 12-5
Indoor/outdoor railings, fences,gates, garden trellis, garden ornaments, floral display pieces, wall art, curtain rods and more... www.stjacobsiron.com
(519) 404-1502
Various sizes & rates
CLEAN • DRY • SECURE
Call
519-669-4964
100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA
RESIDENTIAL & AGRICULTURAL
Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Barn Renovations Finished Floors • Retaining Walls • Short Walls Booking Summer 2010 Projects Now!
Willis Martin
DRAYTON, ON
519-638-2699
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COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR
> CONTINUED FROM Pg. 28 “A GOOD JOB DONE EVERY TIME”
COMING EVENTS
TRADES & SERVICES
> CRD Accounting Services - Income Tax (E-File) Services. Small business accounting, payroll & gov/t filings. Chuck Downs, 95 Aspen Cr., Elmira. 519-669-1498, cell 519569-1744.
> Canada Blooms bus trip, Thurs. March 18. Pick up Elmira Pentecostal Church 7:45 a.m., return approx. 6 p.m. Cost $40 Horticultural Society members, $50 non members. Call Diane 519669-8217.
> Melvin Martin Farm Systems And Equipment. Service and installation, Patz, Butler, Valmetal, Badger, Jamesway. 519897-8779.
100% Local. Period.
Kleensweep Carpet Care
West Montrose, ON
T. 519.669.2033
Truck & Trailer Maintenance
FAMILY ALBUM
Cardlock Fuel Management
IN MEMORIAM
Hackett, Patricia In memory of my dear wife who passed away 12 years ago on March 12, 1998.
COMMERCIAL 24 CARDLOCK FUEL DEPOT HOUR
“And so, my dear Patricia, has left my present sight, And passed into a better Place, of Majesty and Light”
MATERIAL HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Ron
OBITUARY
Rongits, Mary (Mrs. Bob) 1941 – 2010 Suddenly after heart surgery on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at St. Mary’s General Hospital. Mary (Nangle) Rongits of Elmira. Beloved wife and best friend of Bob for 50 years. Loving and devoted mother of Peter and Bonnie of Plattsville, Paul of Elmira, Maureen and Rob Etches of Kitchener. Mary is also lovingly remembered by her three grandsons Ryan, Jack and Blake. Mary will be missed by her many, many friends and family. At Mary’s request, cremation has taken place. A memorial visitation for her family and friends will take place at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, on Friday, March 5, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial mass to celebrate Mary’s life will be held at St. Teresa of Avila R.C. Church, Elmira, on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 11 a.m. with Father Ray Reitzel C.R. officiating. The parish prayers will be held at the funeral home on Friday afternoon at 3:45 p.m.
Cell: 519.581.7868
• Design • Installation • Custom Fabrication
MILLWRIGHTS LTD.
519.669.5105
P.O. BOX 247, ROUTE 1, ELMIRA
24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE
> ADAMSON,
George – Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on Friday, February 26, 2010 at KW Health Centre. george Adamson age 81 years of Elmira.
her residence, Forest Heights Long Term Care on Friday, February 26, 2010, after a lengthy illness. The former Anne Maude Ruddy, aged 92 years. Local relatives are her son Tim and his wife Donna of Elmira.
SANYO CANADIAN
MACHINE WORKS INCORPORATED
CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS
WEICKERT& MEIROWSKI Concrete Foundations Limited
YES... WE DO RESIDENTIAL WORK!
6982 Millbank Main St., Millbank 519-595-2053 • 519-664-2914
> Woolwich
Community Lions present The Dancing Under the Stars Dance. Live band Moonshine. $15 per person (lunch included). Doors open 8 p.m. (no reserved tables), band starts 9 p.m., prize table, Lions Hall, Elmira. Tickets available at Pampered & Polished Spa, Brown’s Menswear, or call Julie 519-669-8629, or Denise 519-669-0003. All proceeds to community betterment.
New Vacuums Electrical Supplies All Vacuum Repairs Parts & Accessories All makes and models Hand Vacs to Central Vacs 9 CHURCH STREET EAST, ELMIRA
519.669.8362
Email: allen_morrison@cooperators.ca www.cooperators.ca
• Same Day Service Disability per person or two for $5, everyone attending the show must have a ticket.
> Fire and Ice with Mad Science. Be amazed by watching science in action. See the effects of dry ice. Recommended for children ages 6 to 12; 3-4 p.m., Bloomingdale Branch Library, 519-745-3151. Tickets $3 per person or two for $5, everyone attending the show must have a ticket.
> Buggin’ Out! With Mad Science.
> 7th Annual Conference – Enjoy interactive and hands-on Strengthening and Healing Families Through the Mental Health Journey; 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. grand Valley golf & Country Club, 1910 Roseville Rd., Cambridge. For questions call 519-766-4450, ext. 224 or e-mail mcshanel@ cmhagrb.on.ca.
MARCH 7
learning about bugs. Create a plasticine bug to take home! Fun for children ages 6 to 12; 7-8 p.m., Linwood Branch Library, 519-6982700. Tickets $3 per person or two for $5, everyone attending the show must have a ticket.
MARCH 17
on Repairs and Relines • Metal Partial - Soft Relines •Since Implants 1987 - DentureTech •Since DENTURE SPECIALIST 1995 - Denturist
Denture
DENTURE Vinolea Jahandari DD
• ELMIRA Total Denture Care • Same day service on and relines 15repairs Memorial Ave., Since 1987 - DentureTech • Elmira Metal Partial - Soft Relines 1995 - Denturist BankSPECIALIST of Montreal) • (Behind DENTURE
519.669.1535 KITCHENER
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Space For Rent Vinolea Jahandari DD
ELMIRA
519.669.1535 15 Memorial Ave., Elmira
(Behind Bank of Montreal) KITCHENER
519.744.9770
Call Donna at 519.669.5790 x104
> The Science of Toys with Mad
> Hungryman’s Breakfast with the Science. Watch science in action
To Serve Tour” music for the Christian Family; 7 p.m. Waterloo North Presbyterian Church, 400 Northfield Dr. W. Free-will offering. For more information 519-8887870.
11:15 a.m. Topic: getting a good Night’s Sleep. Everyone welcome. No cost or registration. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 519664-3794.
MARCH 12 > H.U.g.S. Program 9:15-11:45
33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591
• Total Denture Care Travel
www.freybc.com
> Health Education Session 10:15-
> DINEEN, Anne M. – At
FREE CONSULTATION
After Hours Emergency Services: 1-800-465-2667
Farm
519-699-4641
MARCH 6
Bus.:519.669.2632 Fax: 519.669.4282
Business
3435 Broadway St. Hawkesville
MARCH 11
DEATH NOTICES
25 Industrial Drive, Elmira, ON N3B 3K3
Group
> Hilton Family Music “Ready
519.664.2008
Allen Morrison Insurance Inc.
Investments
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
11 HENRY ST. - UNIT 9, ST. JACOBS
Allen Morrison, Agent/Owner
Life
TOTAL YOUR OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS AND AIR CONDITIONING EXPERTS
DENTURE
Auto
Elmira Venturers; 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.; 11 First St. E., Elmira. $5 all you can eat.
HOME ENERGY SYSTEMS
Since 1987 - DentureTech Since 1995 - Denturist
Home
Rugs and Upholstery
•Mattress Cleaning •Residential •Commercial •Personalized Service •Free Estimates
COLLEEN
Skilled craftsmanship. Quality materials. CONSTRUCTION STARTS HERE.
a.m. For parents and their children (0-5 yrs). Topic: Boys will be boys. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 519-664-3794.
MARCH 16 > Music Fun with Paul Behnke.
A musical show, filled with memorable sing-a-longs, awesome instruments and audience participation. Fun for all ages; 3-4 p.m., St. Clements Branch Library. 519-699-4341. Tickets $3
to see how toys work. Build a toy to take home. Fun for children ages 6 to 12; 3-4 p.m. at St. Jacobs Branch Library, 519-664-3443. Tickets $3 per person or two for $5, everyone attending the show must have a ticket.
New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area
MARCH 18 > Canada Blooms Bus Trip. Pick
up Elmira Pentecostal Church 7:45 a.m., return approx. 6 p.m. Cost $40 Elmira Horticultural Society members, $50 non members. Call Diane 519-669-8217.
> Woolwich Caregiver Support,
10-11:15 a.m., the group meets at WCHC. If you have a loved one who is elderly or ill requiring much of your emotional and physical energy, you are welcome to join us. The sessions are informal and based on the peer support model. Call Lorraine at 519-664-3794 for more information.
> Storytime with Kathy Reid-
Naiman. Storytelling, songs, puppets, rhymes and more! This show is fun for ages 0-7; 2-3 p.m., Elmira Branch Library, 519-6695477 (at the St. James Lutheran Church, 60 Arthur St. S., Elmira). Tickets $3 per person or two for $5, everyone attending the show must have a ticket.
SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763
elmirawelcomewagon@sympatico.ca
Be Prepared For Winter!
519.669.2884 21 Industrial Dr., Elmira
NANCY KOEBEL
Bus: 519.895.2044 ext. 217 Home: 519.747.4388
Individual life insurance, mortgage insurance, business insurance, employee benefits programs, critical illness insurance, disability coverage,
RRSPs, RESPs, RRIFs, LIFs and Annuities. Suite 800, 101 Frederick St., Kitchener
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CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY Pancakes & Popcorn • Door Prizes Parts Specials • Farm Safety Instant Draws • New Case IH Tractors
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TUESDAY, MARCH 16 10:00am - 4:00pm Stoltz Sales & Service ELMIRA LISTOWEL | March 17 MILDMAY | March 18
TOLTZ SALES & SERVICE
ELMIRA:
Line 86 West 519-669-1561 / 1-800-665-1561
LISTOWEL: Hwy. 23 North 519-291-2151 / 1-800-665-2151 MILDMAY: Hwy. 9 North 519-367-2672 / 1-800-829-2672
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