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estselling author Malcolm Gladwell and business guru Roger Martin have spoken to throngs of people around the globe. Coming home to engage in conversation with a crowd of 400 local residents packed into the Floradale Mennonite Church Mar. 5 may have been all in a day’s work, but Gladwell’s mother Joyce believes it was a welcome change. Malcom Gladwell, an Elmira native, is a staff writer at The New Yorker and best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Outliers, Blink and What the Dog Saw. Martin, who grew up in Wallenstein, is now dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and author of three books of his own. He’s also been named one of the 10 most influential business people in the world. Both men seemed to check their rightfully earned egos at the door, however, preferring to chat with the captive audience like they boys next door that they once were. The talk was part conversation, part Q and A, part free-association session following a buffet dinner to raise money for the Woolwich Counselling Cen-
tre, the organization which Gladwell’s mother helped to found, serving as its first executive director. After an enlightening introduction by their mothers, the featured presenters, who both once attended Elmira District Secondary School, took to the stage to discuss everything from the ethics of football, the Canada vs. USA final Olympic hockey game (which Gladwell sheepishly admitted to missing), and more weighty topics such as the economic crisis and Canada’s role in the current war. “I enjoyed it tremendously but then I am a bit biased,” said Joyce with a laugh. “I found it very interesting to see the way that Malcolm and Roger interacted. They were allowing each other, stimulating each other, engaging each other and enabling each other to come up with their thoughts. It wasn’t just the ideas that you were listening to, but instead, observing a relationship.” Mary Wilhelm, executive director of the Woolwich Counselling Centre, said the homecoming raised about $30,000 for the agency, much of which will be used for preventive programs in local schools. Neither Gladwell nor Martin were paid to come and speak, but simply received a warm welcome home.
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Shave a head, make a wish This is the third year that the event has happened at the local airport, an event in which community members pledge to raise awareness and funds for the Make-AWish Foundation by dying their hair blue, and a few weeks later shaving it off completely. The money raised goes towards completing the organization’s mission of granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. West Jet also partners with the organization and donates flights to MakeA-Wish chapters across Canada to help fulfill travel wishes.
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BLUES BROTHERS Blue, but not yet bald, participants in the WestJet Go Blue! Go Bald! fundraiser are Mark Bullard, Scott Shillington, Josh Fernandes, Kris Pickett, Erik Wehner and Kevin O’Drowsky. The guys were prepped to shave their heads in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the Region of Waterloo International Airport Mar. 6.
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Group of EDSS students experience a night living outdoors to raise awareness about how homelessness affects thousands of Canadians
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> Woolwich blitzed over exotic sale Woolwich Township has been “inundated” with letters and email messages opposing council’s decision to allow the sale of exotic animals to continue at the Ontario Livestock Exchange in St. Jacobs. The World Society for the Protection of Animals, which had representatives out at the Feb. 23 council meeting, has launched a campaign against the practice. Messages have been streaming in from near and far, noted township chief administrative officer David Brenneman. Tiger Paw Exotics has been holding what it calls an odd and unusual animal auction at OLEX since 2001. The likes of monkeys, kangaroos, zebras and camels have gone up for bid. Although many of the creatures are prohibited in the township, the organizations were granted an exemption under what was then the exotic pets bylaw. When the township passed a new animal control bylaw in 2006, however, it repealed that bylaw. Council assured representatives the auction can continue while the bylaw is modified. The next one is scheduled for Apr. 17.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE Five EDSS students bundled up and spent the evening outdoors at the Elmira Pentecostal Assembly Mar. 5 to raise awareness
about youth homelessness. Two staff members, David VandenBerg and Barb Gaudet (center and right) joined participating students Alyssa Brunkard, Mikayla Stroeder, Tessa Charnuski, Kurtis Rempel and Madeline Charnuski.
Katie Edmonds It was a long, cold, and sleepless night for the half a dozen students and staff from Elmira District Secondary School, one which they say is only ‘a taste’ of what they imagine winter must feel like for the 40,000 or so people living homeless in Canada. The evening of Mar. 5 found five students from the Youth in Action group huddled together for warmth outside of Elmira Pentecostal Assembly, kicking off their night spent outdoors to raise awareness about youth homelessness. The goal of the project was to make students, the school and the surrounding community aware of an issue that so many people don’t fully understand. Mikayla
Stroeder, one of the participating students, said she, like many, didn’t even have an idea what the experience might be like. “We don’t really know how hard a struggle it is for people who are homeless.” The group decided to make their experience as true to life as possible, bringing with them only cardboard to sleep on and tarp for keeping dry, as well as pledging to leave all electronics behind them for the night – no cell phones or iPods. Even the flashlight they carried was hand-powered rather than battery operated. “I think most people are pretty addicted to their technology these days, so even just going without that for a night might be tough,” said participating teacher and
student advisor David VandenBerg. When asked about what they might do if given the opportunity to tackle the problems of homelessness, the students offered a variety of ideas – from the
ating jobs and then leaving,” explained participant Kurtis Rempel, rather “continually checking in with people to make sure that their job is going well, that they’re able to afford their housing payments; that they are getting back on their feet.” The EDSS Youth in Action group, which is affiliated with the charity Free We don't really know how the Children, has been hard a struggle it is for running for two years people who are homeless. now. Its focus is on raising awareness and educating members on current isMikayla Stroeder sues locally and around the world. Students meet on a weekly basis to fundcreation of jobs, to increas- raise and discuss these ising the amount of afford- sues. Past events have inable housing, and providing cluded buying Christmas more places for people to presents for families in need stay or simply have a meal if and attending leadership they need to. > SEE HOMELESS ON PG. 04 “But it’s not just about cre-
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> Lower flood risk Moderate temperatures have led to a gradual release of melt water into the Grand River system, significantly lessening the threat of flooding. The potential for ice jams, such as those in West Montrose, is much lower. The GRCA warns, however, that banks adjacent to rivers and creeks are very slippery at this time and when combined with cold, fast-moving water, pose a serious hazard. Parents are encouraged to keep their children and pets away from watercourses and off frozen water bodies.
> Economy takes toll on truck shops Two truck shops in Waterloo Region were shut down last month, putting 45 people out of work. Delta Spring and Chassis in Breslau and Sturdy Truck Body in Baden were put into voluntary receivership by Edmonton-based Raydan Manufacturing. Raydan bought the two businesses in 2006 and renovated both buildings, moving Sturdy Truck to a new, larger facility in Baden in 2008. The recent downturn in the Ontario economy played a large part in the two shops’ troubles, as trucking facilities closed down and business plummeted.
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vehicle was broken into and a GPS device was stolen from a 2002 Yukon on Cardinal Street in Elmira sometime overnight. The incident was reported at 1:14 p.m. on Mar. 4. The owner of the vehicle told police that the car was unlocked when the
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to a call from an in-home business on Sawmill Road, where an iPod was reported missing. The owners of the business believe that a customer might have taken their daughter’s music player when visiting the store.
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contacted police after they found the front door of their house on Ottawa Street in St. Clements had been kicked in sometime in the afternoon. The door jamb was broken, but no entry was gained into the house. Police suspect that the suspects got spooked by something during the attempted break-in and left the scene.
his car using the Jaws of Life. Police are still investigating the situation and deciding whether to lay charges.
>>6:00 PM | A home on Mockingbird Drive in Elmira was vandalized sometime overnight, and the word ‘sex’ was written in spray paint. Police have not yet identified any suspects.
theft occurred. This was just one of many break-ins reported from the previous night, the majority of them occurring on Porchlight Drive. Police are reminding people to lock their car doors when not in the vehicle and to remove valuable items from sight. and strike a sign. There was severe damage to the vehicle. No charges were laid.
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> CONTINUED FROM pg. 03 conferences. In addition to the night spent outside, students collected nonperishable food items which will be given to Ray of Hope in Kitchener, an organization that supports troubled and disadvantaged youth in the community. In the early hours of Saturday morning, the students were able to come in out of the cold of the previous night’s activities, a fact that
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was not lost on participant Madeline Charnuski. “We all got to go home at the end of the night and take hot showers and warm up,” she explained. “We were also wearing winter clothing and hats and mitts, things that people who are actually homeless might not have access to.” Regardless of how true to life their experiment turned out to be, Charnuski said the students will have at least
a little bit more understanding of the challenges associated with poverty in Canada. “If I visit Waterloo or Kitchener or Toronto and I see someone who is homeless, I am going to remember this, and I know that this is just a little bit of what they might be going through.” “Hopefully, this event will encourage students to view the homeless as more than just statistics,” said VandenBerg.
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n operation for more than six months now, the Woolwich Memorial Centre is still experiencing growing pains. Despite lingering problems with the quality of ice and a range of other deficiencies, the township’s director of recreation and facilities remains optimistic the mechanical issues will be worked out. Larry Devitt said he expected there would be bugs in a project as large as the $23-million, 113,000-squarefoot complex. Staff continues to work with the general contractor and a variety of subcontractors to get the building on track. “I believe they are making strides to get things improved. I think a lot of progress has been made.” However, soft ice and the upper-level concession area where a large rollup door is still not in service, for example, make the deficiencies highly visible. David Brenneman, Woolwich’s chief administrative officer, noted that problems persist. Even though expected, the issues come to the public’s attention and need to be addressed in that light.
“We’re still working through a whole list of things,” he admitted, adding each will be addressed. While mechanical difficulties will be worked through with contractors, the operations side – staffing, scheduling and programming, for instance – is strictly a township concern. That too is in flux. For Devitt, the WMC will have to go through an entire year before those issues can be assessed properly. That also applies to the fitness centre housed at the WMC. Rather than rent the space for guaranteed revenue, the township opted to have more control by paying an outside firm to manage the 2,300-sq.-ft. centre. Woolwich is now perhaps half way to reaching the break-even point on that agreement, having sold about 150 memberships. With membership fees set at $480 per year, the target is 300 to 325. Those numbers are needed to pay for the $132,000 contract council awarded to Personal Best Health and Performance Inc. of Caledon. The company is being paid $11,000 a month to manage and staff the operation. Under
the contract, the company provides a fulltime fitness manager, part-time staff to cover weekday mornings and evenings and weekend hours, plus group instructors. Devitt said that deal was chosen because it gave the township control over the programs offered from the fitness centre. Program registration continues to grow, which should help with membership
numbers, he added. “The program that is being provided is helping us achieve our goals.” There’s been no leveling off – “more people are signing up every day” – so he remains optimistic even as he notes more memberships are required. “We’ve got a ways to go to get to our target numbers. This is going to take some time to fully develop.”
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Green thumbs get put to the test ATTENTION TO DETAIL Charlie Malson of Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School checks the placement of some wall stone during a regional landscaping competition held at Elmira Farm Service
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Waterloo Region chapter of Landscape Ontario and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program. Woolwich played host to a number of budding landscape horticulturists on Tuesday, as St. Jacobs Country Gardens welcomed Grade 9 and 11 students from Glenview Park and Waterloo Oxford Secondary School for workshops and a tour. The students completed workshops on landscape design, softscape and hardscape before heading to Elmira to see the results of the competition. Rob Tester, who sits
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prepping a pair of horses for regular duty. The new unit is set to be deployed at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival Mar. 27.
ou may have spotted a pair of police officers on horseback riding through Elmira on Wednesday afternoon, a sight which will soon be familiar to the town as the Waterloo Regional Police rolls out its new mounted unit. “The horses are in the latter stages of their training now,” said Elmira detachment Sgt. Siegfried Peters. “They are expected to be deployed on the weekend of the Maple Syrup Festival if all goes according to plan.” The horses around town this past week are not officially on duty yet, as they’re still in training. Experienced officers have been working with the
horses in order to prepare them for everyday riding. The training for police horses takes about 16 weeks and is designed to ensure that the horse will not be spooked easily, build a bond of trust and respect between the horse and its rider, improve the horse’s tolerance to sensory obstacles and improve the horse’s show performance. “The biggest challenge isn’t controlling the horse as it moves,” explained Const. Ron Derksen, who led the Niagara Regional Police Service when they recently deployed horses in their region. “It’s keeping the animal calm and obedient when directed to stop.” Since the Waterloo Region pilot project was announced last year,
there has been some controversy about the need for such measures in this area, especially given the cost. “With our heritage in the region, with our Mennonite background, it’s really what we should be doing in Waterloo Region,” said Insp. Steve Beckett, of Waterloo Regional Police in a statement at the time of the launch. The price tag associated with adding horses to a police force includes the cost of a horse trailer, riding equipment and boarding fees at a stable near police headquarters. Cost of setting up the two-horse program was set at $40,000. Early estimates predicted the horses would cost $20,000 a year to maintain.
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provincial government investment will help the new Rural Ontario Institute make a strong, smooth transition during the amalgamation of The Centre for Rural Leadership (TCRL) and The Ontario Rural Council (TORC). Grants totaling $200,000 will come from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The provincial money includes $160,000 for the transition to the Rural Ontario Institute, and an additional $40,000 investment in the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program – a program of
The Centre for Rural Leadership that will continue under the Rural Ontario Institute. The Rural Ontario Institute will officially begin operations on Apr. 1, with a mandate to provide rural leadership development and a mechanism to engage rural and multi-sector stakeholders for the purposes of informing and influencing rural policy development. Three core services will be provided – leadership training, stakeholder engagement and thirdparty program delivery. “These resources will ensure the Rural Ontario Institute has a tremendously strong start, right out of the
gate,” said Harold Flaming, executive director of The Ontario Rural Council. “We expect initiatives focusing on stakeholder engagement covering a wide range of emerging rural issues and opportunities to benefit from this critical investment in the Rural Ontario Institute. Partnerships with universities and other organizations will be enhanced as a means of more effectively articulating the rural voice on issues impacting rural Ontario.” The Rural Ontario Institute will soon be announcing its 12-member board of directors, CEO and staff members.
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We need to show our support for the rights of these animals and for the rights of our community Tom Mayberry | letter on pg. 12
VERBATIM There is no ambiguity on this question: If you want to [attend] our classes, if you want to integrate in Quebec society, here our values are that we want to see your face.
> Quebec Immigration Minister Yolande James on the brewing battle of burkas and niqabs
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he federal Teddy goes to ... Members of Parliament for their junk mailer program. The federal mail-out program allows MPs to send flyers to no more than 10 per cent of the households in any riding in the country. The flyers are in addition to riding-wide MP flyers and have increased in cost from $5.9 million in 2005-06 to $10 million in 2008-09.
> The Canadian Taxpayers Federation this week handed out its annual Teddy Awards for government waste
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atch for some of this country’s most odious organizations, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, to get involved now that the issue of burkas and niqabs is heating up in this country. In Quebec this week, a Muslim woman was sent home from a school exam for refusing to remove her face covering. The provincial government says it’s drafting new rules to prevent religious displays from those using public services. The battle over such coverings has already come to a head in Europe, where France moved against them. Even very liberal Holland has brought in new rules compelling immigrants to adopt Dutch culture or face deportation. The Swiss referendum to ban the construction of new minarets – as-
sociated with Muslim mosques – is another sign of a push back against Islam in the West. In Canada, where immigrants are much more prevalent, we’ve been slow to tackle the growing problem. Political correctness has stifled debate. Let’s be clear, this is about more than just whether burkas are oppressive to women or if face coverings pose a security threat. Both are valid concerns, but the wider issues involve distrust of Islam – the movement, not necessarily the religion, though the public often makes no such distinction – and the defense of Canadian culture. Older, more homogenous European countries have readily identifiable cultures. Immigrants make up small and often very visible minorities. Canada, on the other hand, is a country of immigrants. But the
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Quick action needed to save planet’s fish stocks E
verybody in the business knows that the Atlantic population of bluefin tuna is in worse trouble than the Pacific population, but how much worse? Well, here’s one measure: Stanford University’s Tag-a-Giant program is now paying $1,000 per tag to fishermen in the Atlantic and Mediterranean who return the tags after they have caught the tuna, whereas fishermen in the Pacific only get $500 for a tag. Trust the market to tell you the truth. Another measure of the bluefin’s scarcity value is the fact that two months ago, the owners of two sushi restaurants in Japan and one in Hong Kong banded together to pay $175,000 for a 513-lb (233-kilo) bluefin tuna at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market. The primary market for bluefin tuna is sushi, and the demand is so great that the fish are disappearing fast in both oceans. That’s why the first order of business at the CITES conference that opens in Doha, Qatar on Mar. 13 is a complete ban on the international trade in bluefin tuna. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) is the only port of call, because no other international organization can intervene in defence of a fish species. Whales have the International Whaling Commission, but for tuna, CITES is all there is. So are the bluefin near the edge? Probably yes. When they tagged 600 of them in the North Pacific, they got 300 tags back: half the tuna that Taga-Giant caught were caught again by the commercial fishery. In the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, scientific data suggest that the species has dwindled by 60 per cent in the past six years. It would help a lot if the European
International Affairs GWYNNE DYER Union were solidly behind a ban, for CITES needs a two-thirds majority of the 175 member states to put a species on the endangered list or take it off again. Most Atlantic bluefin tuna are caught in the Mediterranean, where they migrate to breed, but even within the EU there is not unanimous support for a ban. France and Italy have recently come around to a total ban, but Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Malta still oppose it. Even France and Italy want to exempt the so-called “artesanal” fishery, in which local boats from the Mediterranean countries would continue to fish for local consumption only. In practice that would mean exactly the same boats as before, catching the same fish, but with a legal requirement not to sell any of their catch internationally (i.e. to Japan). If you think that would work, when prime bluefin tuna is already selling wholesale in Japan at $350 a pound ($770 a kilo), you are a very trusting person. As for Japan, which consumes around 80 per cent of the worlds’s bluefin tuna catch, it does not just oppose the ban. Its chief delegate to the CITES conference, Masanori Miyahara, says that it will “take a reservation” to any ban: that is, ignore it. Even if the eastern Atlantic tuna population is given some form of protection at the Doha meeting, it is unlikely to do more than slow its decline.
It is good that CITES, which used to devote most of its effort to protecting more visible land animals and plants, is now paying attention to endangered fish species as well. But the pattern is always the same: the species only gets protection when its numbers are already so low that it is at risk of extinction – and even with protection, it may never regain its former numbers. The bluefin tuna population of the western Atlantic (which spawns in the Caribbean) was over-fished in the 1970s and 1980s. The “spawning stock biomass” fell to 15 per cent of its former level before that population got protection – and while its numbers then stabilized, despite the passage of several decades they have never recovered. Good luck to CITES on the tuna issue – and in the equally important but less “iconic” business of stopping over-fishing of a number of shark species (mainly for their fins) whose populations have dropped by up to 90 per cent already. But we are systematically emptying the seas, and we need a system-wide solution to the problem. According to a 2006 report in the scientific journal “Nature,” 90 per cent of the really big fish – tuna, marlin, swordfish and the like – are already gone. The middle-sized fish are following, and the solution does not lie in last-minute bans on fishing for the next species to reach the brink of extinction. These fish are all part of a food chain, and the whole ecosystem must be given a chance to recover. Short-term pain for long-term gain. We are going to lose the principal source of protein for one-fifth of the human race in the next few decades
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What are your plans for March Break?
“My dad’s taking me to Vancouver for the Paralympics.”
> Nathan Schlupp
“I’m going to hang out with friends and do a little shopping.”
> Kaitlyn MacInnis
> SEE DYER ON PG. 12
THE VIEW FROM HERE
“I’m going to go on the city bus with my babysitter and I’m going to make doll window catchers and do another craft.” > Veronica Bernard
Facing a backlash from animal rights groups, the exotic animal sale at OLEX makes a change of biblical proportions.
“I’m going to go to my grandma’s and stay with my mom.”
> Thomas Kraemer
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Budget based on ideological choices T
here were few surprises in last week’s budget, which essentially serves as a transition from 2009’s recession-driven document. Looking beyond this year, however, we get a glimpse of Stephen Harper’s vision for the country: scaled-back government, a decentralized country and the transfer of the economic burden to the middle class. Following the meltdown of the financial system, principally in the U.S., there was a great opportunity for an overhaul, regulating the industry to curb excesses and have it serve the public. That ship has sailed. Instead, with the budget and Throne Speech, Harper has indicated he prefers to support banks and corporations instead of those who already pay the lion’s share of the freight. What Finance Minister Jim Flaherty did last week is window dressing. Attack some easy targets – mostly the civil service – and then hope for the best. In the short term, the budget tinkers at the edges, addressing none of the fundamentals. Stimulus funding, most of it announced last year, will continue in 2010. When that runs its course, a few cuts and renewed growth in the economy will gradually eliminate a $56-billion deficit over the next five years. That’s the theory, at any rate, despite some assertions the forecasts are too rosy. Harper maintains tax increases won’t come to help fight the deficit. That tack is politically motivated: he’s posturing for the next election. Certainly nobody welcomes new taxes. However, something as simple as restoring corporate taxes – slashed again in this budget – to the level seen as recently as 2006 would go a long way, returning billions of dollars to government coffers, suggests economist David Macdonald, who led the team responsible for the alternate federal budget prepared by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The Conservatives have lowered corporate taxes as a matter of course, even as many businesses recorded record profits and enjoyed levels of taxation below what’s charged in the U.S. Those cuts, joined by fruitless GST cuts that cost $12 billion a year, left government revenues in tatters. The situation worsened substantially once the recession hit. Even as the government reduced its revenues, it spent record amounts prior to the recession – largely on defence – leaving the finances in ruins when
From the Editor Steve Kannon times got tough. It’s a pattern we’ve seen before: the previous Conservative government, under Brian Mulroney, also produced record deficits with an adherence to trickle-down economics. The process transfers wealth to the wealthy. As deficits become stubborn, they’ll be used as an excuse to cut programs for average Canadians, and to justify more tax cuts to business in the name of stimulating the economy. Again, we’ve seen this before, both here and in the U.S. Under Harper, the goal is ideologically linked to smaller government, Macdonald notes. “There’s a devolution of power to the provinces, which is more in line with Conservative priorities.” While tax increases would be counterproductive while the economy is still fragile, taxes on corporations and the wealthiest Canadians would tackle the deficit and restore federal revenues, he adds. “It’s pretty evident that those changes can’t be made next year, or even the following year. But there’s room for increased taxes.” Still, he sees very little chance the Conservatives will reverse course on corporate taxes. They prefer consumption taxes, shifting the burden to average Canadians. If there is a tax increase, it would probably come on the GST. Consumption taxes, however, are regressive. People with lower incomes spend more of their money on consumer goods, paying proportionally more than wealthier Canadians. Corporations, especially with the likes of harmonized sales taxes, pay almost nothing in the way of consumption taxes. “Corporations get off free – they don’t pay their way at all,” says Macdonald. Canadians say they favour the elimination of deficits, but they may not be too keen on Harper’s roadmap for getting there, he adds. Balanced books are one thing, but without a change in Conservative focus, they may come at the expense of the unemployed and others hurt by the recession. “We’re uncertain about what comes
Dyer: Gone fishing, fish gone > CONTINUED FROM PG. 11 unless drastic measures are taken. The world’s fishing fleet needs to be reduced by at least two-thirds, bottom-trawling must be banned outright, and fishing moratoriums for large areas of the oceans need to be imposed for a decade or even
longer. Fish breed fast. Let them breed back up to their historic levels, and we could then sustainably take a catch that is three or four times greater than the current, unsustainable level. Or we can go on squabbling about the last few fish until they are all gone.
next. We want deficit-reduction, but I’m not sure that once Canadians see what that means, whether they’ll like it.” Again, ideology appears to trump what’s best for the average Canadian. We can and should eliminate the deficit, but how we do that can be beneficial or it can be harmful to the middle class. Harper has chosen the latter. “Hundreds of thousands of Canadians are without full-time work yet the Harper government appears to be
coasting on promises from last year’s inadequate stimulus plans and a very rich corporate tax cut agenda,” says Macdonald. “At a time when Canadian households are struggling with their own debt issues – the Harper government is asking them to subsidize profit-making corporations with an average of $4 billion in annual tax cuts for the next three years.” Your priorities are not shared by the Harper government.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Halting sale of exotic animals the right thing to do To the Editor, In response to “Auction of exotic animals to continue at OLEX” (Observer, Feb. 27/10) , I am shocked that Woolwich council has agreed to amend our bylaws so that Tiger Paw Exotics can continue its bi-annual exotic animal auctions in St. Jacobs. As a proud resident of this community, I completely disagree with this decision. It is not right that people keep wild and exotic animals as pets when they have crucial and specific needs that we, as humans, cannot meet for them in their captivities. It is not right that people keep them in cruel and even dangerous cages because they are too ignorant to understand how best to care for them. And it certainly is not right that we, as a community, have bylaws in place that we just violate and ignore at will. It offends me that our council does not care at all about the treatment of these animals, and that they care only a little bit more about protecting our health and safety, but not so much as to jeopardize what they are considering a valuable business opportunity. It makes no sense that
they would allow Tiger Paw Exotics to sell exotic animals that they themselves prohibit us from keeping as pets under our local bylaw. To whose purposes and to whose best interests does this decision really serve? I want Mayor Bill Strauss and his councillors to reconsider their amendment to our bylaws. I want them to put a stop to Tiger Paw Exotics’ current practices, and to forbid the sale and/or auction of any exotic animals as our bylaws currently prohibit. And I want for our community to want this, too. Tiger Paw Exotics serves us no purpose, and, according to our local bylaws, never can. Any money that our community receives as a byproduct of this business is tainted funds that we should be embarrassed to possess. It is not worth selling our pride and our dignity for something that is worth less. I do not believe that it is too late to stop this: we need to tell Woolwich council how we feel; we need to show our support for the rights of these animals and for the rights of our community; we need to do what is right. And we need to do it now.
> Tom Mayberry, Elmira
Mining proposal a threat to water and farmland To the Editor, There is a serious situation developing that, if not stopped, may result in poorer water quality and the loss of some of our best farm land to a massive quarry. I am wondering, considering the seriousness, why there has not been any publicity in this area, because it could affect Waterloo Region and other communities along the Grand River. For the past three years or more, the farmland in Dufferin County, in an area north of Shelburne, has been sought by a group of investors, reported to be a U.S. hedge fund in Boston. This is not about a few hundred acres, but thousands. The farmland in this area is unique in that it is excellent for growing potatoes, and has been for many generations. Now a group known as The Highland Compa-
nies wants to buy up thousands of acres for the purpose of mining limestone lying beneath these fertile soils. An application is likely to be made for a quarry extraction of approximately 200 feet below the water table which, according to farmers fighting to save the land, would be one of the deepest below-water-table mining operations in Canada. From the farmers’ mission statement: “We live in the hills of the headwaters in North Dufferin County, recognized as one of the primary sources for water recharge feeding the Nottawasaga and Grand rivers. Our homes and farms are nestled in an area of magnificent beauty and serenity, amongst some of the best and most productive soils and
> SEE LETTER ON PG. 14
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13 BUSINESS
BUSINESS
Finding empowerment in powering down Elmira’s Toyota Boshoku joins the program that focuses on conservation efforts Joni Miltenburg
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penny saved is a penny earned, the old adage says. Likewise, the cheapest energy is the energy you don’t use. That’s the philosophy behind the demand response programs introduced by the Ontario Power Authority. Demand response works by having major power users reduce their electricity consumption at certain times when called upon by the OPA. That allows the OPA to avoid straining Ontario’s grid during peak demand times, like the hot hazy days of summer when everyone cranks up their air conditioners. Toyota Boshoku Elmira recently signed on to take part in OPA’s DR3 program, which sees participants cut their energy use over a four-hour period when asked. Jason Psutka, the company’s environmental officer, explained that Toyota Boshoku recently installed a building management system, which made it possible to be part of a demand reduction program. “We can turn off lots of things with the flick of a switch, which made it easy to comply with such a request,” he said. Toyota Boshoku has agreed to adjust heating and cooling set points in the office and plant. That could mean precooling the plant earlier in the day, then turning off the air conditioning during the fourhour time frame. “We think we can offer other things here, including turning off non-essential items,” Psutka said. “We also have electric tow motors here, so perhaps we could only charge batteries during non-heavy times. We think we could add those
things in the future.” Toyota Boshoku signed on with an aggregator, EnerNOC, rather than the OPA itself. There are a handful of aggregators in the province who sign contracts with companies, pool the contracts together, and offer them to the OPA as a block to call upon when needed. John Carter, business development manager for EnerNOC, said the program is open to any entity – manufacturer, store or shopping mall, or institution like a hospital – that can reduce its energy load by approximately 100 to 200 kilowatts. Companies are compensated for signing the agreement, even if there are no peak demand events that require them to reduce their usage. If they are called on to reduce their load, the OPA, through the aggregator, pays for the electricity they didn’t use. Psutka said the deal is a winwin for the province and the participants. “It’s cheaper to pay for your non-use than it is to pay for peaking natural gas plants or building another nuclear reactor.” A civil engineer by trade, Psutka has always been interested in energy use and efficiency, and how the company can save money by adopting new technologies. The first year that the production plant was put on a building management system, the company saved $30,000 on natural gas for heating, even after factoring in outside temperatures. The plant recently started monitoring and controlling the pressure in the building. Plants typically have exhaust systems leading outside, with the result
> SEE CONSERVATION ON PG. 14
ALL CHARGED UP Toyota Boshoku's Jason Psutka is excited by the possibilities for reducing energy demand at the Elmira manufacturing plant.
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odern farmers don’t wake up and suddenly find themselves trained to be a “green” engineer, or a bio-power specialist, or a local food marketer – it takes a concerted effort to be a highly skilled worker and meet market demands. That’s always been the case in agriculture, given farmers’ breadth of activity. But now it’s intensifying, as knowledge rapidly advances and the entire country looks to farming and food processing to lead it out of the economic doldrums. That’s what the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council heard earlier this week when it assembled in Guelph for a regional meeting of agri-food stakeholders. The council was created in 2006 to address primary agriculture’s most pressing challenges for recruiting and retaining farm labour and skills
Food For Thought Owen Roberts training for employers and employees. It helps take the nation’s pulse by getting out to regional meetings, such as the one in Guelph, attended by some 40 invitees, and reporting its findings back to Ottawa. One of the Guelph meeting participants was Ron Bonnett, who serves on the board and is the first vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Bonnett, a farmer from northern Ontario, says employment in farming is actually on the upswing. In fact, he says, despite the reces-
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sion, agriculture nationwide has a nine per cent job vacancy. In Ontario, that figure is even higher, standing at 11 per cent. That’s significant – Ontario has the biggest agri-food workforce anywhere in Canada, and even though a lot of people are unemployed, they’re not gravitating towards the 14,000 available jobs in agriculture and food. Some don’t know about the possibilities; others do, but figure it’s not for them because, among other reasons, they don’t have the skills for it. But the opportunities are significant. “We need to feed an expanding world in an environmentally conscious way, and we need a welltrained, responsible labour force to do it,” says Bonnett. He believes that imperative is more relevant today than ever, thanks in part to elementary changes in agriculture. One of the most fundamental changes is farm size – traditional middle-size operations are disappearing. On the rise are smaller farms, and much bigger farms, and both have their own unique labour needs. For example, in many cases smaller farms are owned by part-time farmers – maybe even first-time farmers – who may lack the technical, marketing and business skills needed to run a successful operation.
On the flip side, expanding from a middle-size farm to a large one might mean taking on employees for the first time, or adding more workers. Managing employees requires a lot of training, and if you’re used to managing only yourself, the switch is significant. But there’s help available in many areas; the sector doesn’t have to start from scratch. For example, at the Guelph forum, Prof. Rene Van Acker told the group about how the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph has made changes to attract students to emerging areas in the sector, such as the environment and bio-resources. Additionally, the new Rural Ontario Institute, which officially opens its doors in April, has leadership training as one of its platforms. And a plethora of professional associations exist, such as the Ontario Institute of Agrologists, commodity groups in grains, oilseeds and livestock, and general farm organizations such as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, that help their members be at the front of their field. So congratulations to the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council for getting into the field to better understand the sector’s needs, and helping address them. The message is clear: your role is vital.
Conservation: It just makes cents > CONTINUED FROM PG. 13 that pressure in the plant is slightly negative. When doors to the outside are opened, the hot or cold air rushes in. In a plant like Toyota-Boshoku Elmira, which has temperaturesensitive processes, that caused high scrap rates. Now the plant is pressurized, so there is no air flow in or out when a door is opened. With an ever-brighter spotlight on climate change and carbon emissions, there has been a greater focus on reducing the company’s carbon
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Letter: Protect our water at source > CONTINUED FROM PG. 12 farmland in Ontario.” This invasion is a serious threat, not only to the farmers and farmland, but to every citizen in Ontario who cares about the agricultural land available for the future generation. The Region of Waterloo may feel the impact, especially if the source of water is wasted at a mine rather than following its course. A drainage report prepared by Hunter and Associates states that a 2,400-acre open pit mine must be dewatered: the removal of large quantities of fresh clean water to lower the water table in the area to be mined. They must remove the water faster than it can be recharged [replaced]. The water table in the im-
mediate area of the pump will drop and well levels will drop or go dry. The report says groundwater will be drawn from every direction for a large radius to replace the water being removed. The groundwater flow will be altered and all water will be drawn toward the area being dewatered. To me, the insatiable desire of some people is very hard to tolerate when it comes to the rape of food land and our natural resources, including our water. There should be no quarry, period! It’s time for people to take a stand. Ask our politicians where they stand on the issue –for food land or limestone to be shipped abroad. It’s a mystery how quiet all parties have been on this serious matter.
> G.E. Morden, Elmira
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he winter Bill Cassel was nine, he got sick and wasn’t allowed to leave the house for three months. “If you think you’re going to sit around and drive me crazy, you can think again,” his mother told him. “When you get back outside, you’re going to need socks, so you may as well learn to knit.” That was 68 years ago. Over the past seven decades, Cassel has turned out thousands of warm, colourful knitted items for family, friends and total strangers. Knitting was a way to keep busy when health problems forced him to take it easy. There were times when he had more than enough to keep him oc-
cupied without the knitting needles. In 1958, he and his wife Theresa bought a small farm and Bill added farming on top of working at BF Goodrich in Kitchener and raising nine children. Cassel spent 16 years at BF Goodrich, working in the mill room on
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A stitch in time, time after time mobilized and being turned by nurses. He was still able to knit while lying on his stomach, and made socks for all the nurses. Socks are still his standby, but Cassel also makes sweaters, baby shawls, afghans, toques, mittens, scarves, slip-
“If somebody else can do it, there’s no reason I can’t do it as well. Bill Cassel the equipment used to extrude tread. It was heavy work; the men guessed they handled as much as 40 tonnes of rubber a day. One day at work, Cassel lost his footing, slipped and broke his back. He spent 14 weeks in a Stryker frame, im-
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patchwork quilt. Cassel started making quilts after coming across a stash of Theresa’s quilt patches in the attic. She told him that he wasn’t to throw them away, and that if he wanted something done with them, why not sew them up himself ? By 1972, Bill’s back was giving him too much trouble so the Cassels sold the farm and bought a house on five acres near Glen Allan. By then, Bill was working at Uniroyal Chemical (now Chemtura) as a millwright, repairing pumps, seals and equipment. He didn’t go to school for that trade, but learned to do maintenance on his own. Bill says he’s always had the attitude
> SEE KNIT ON PG. 18
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1) GUITAR
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>>This Yamaki guitar was bought at an Elmira garage sale for $5 about 15 years ago. Lynn has about six guitars but this one has the best sound. Yamakis were Japanese-built guitars based on C.F. Martin & Co. designs. The company folded in 1984.
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2) RECORDINGS
>>Lynn has arrangements with companies in the U.K. and U.S. whereby he provides them with rare recordings of music and they send him their entire catalogue.
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produced or played on them. Three more have been added to the stack in the last couple of weeks.
3) orders ready to go
>>Lynn operates a mail-order
record business and has more than 30,000 rare and vintage records for sale. These orders are spoken for and awaiting the cheques to clear.
4) FRUITS OF HIS LABOUR
>>All of the CDs that Lynn
has had a hand in. He’s either provided recordings, pictures,
5) PICTURE
>>It’s his friend and former radio/ country music star Earl Heywood. When Earl died a number of years ago, Lynn bought some of his possessions at auction. Known as ‘Canada’s No. 1 Cowboy Singer,' Earl hosted a popular radio show called Barn Dance, as well as appearing on CBC.
6) STORAGE
>>When space is at a premium
you make do with what you’ve got. Lynn’s collection spills into almost every room in the house. An outdoor building houses about 10,000 albums, as does a storage locker in Elmira.
7) 16” turntable
>>This turntable is designed
to play 16” transcriptions, exclusively used by radio stations in the 1940s and ‘50s to record
live music at the station. Lynn says these recordings are rare to find, adding many sound better than the studio versions.
8) CD recorder
>>His TEAC CD recorder is used to
convert LPs to digital. He makes compilations of rare country songs.
9) TYPEWRITER >>His Smith-Corona typewriter was bought at a thrift store. When one gives out, it’s back to the thrift
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store for another. Lynn spends most of his time working here making lists of music for his mailin auction, and writing his column Boots and Saddles for The Barn Dance Opera Journal newsletter. Lynn is currently writing a book about Canadian country music collaborating with local writer Jason Schneider.
>>This is the original artwork
for the album cover of The Hummingbirds, a band that Lynn was in for 15 years. His son Lance is the artist and also pictured on the left. Lynn is in the centre and Dave Turner, the band's drummer, is on the right. Lance currently works at the Spitfire Emporium.
10) 78 RPMs
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Knit: A labour of love, not a money-maker > CONTINUED FROM pg. 15 that there’s nothing stopping him from learning new things. “If somebody else can do it, there’s no reason I can’t do it as well,� he reasoned. Theresa is also a knitter, and a few years ago, they both knitted items for Northern Mission, which sent warm clothing to communities in Canada’s Arctic. Bill sometimes sewed tags
into his hats and mittens reading “Made especially for you by Bill Cassel,� and his address. It was a special day when they received a letter from students at Inualthuyak School in Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, thanking them for the donations. Bill and Theresa were childhood sweethearts; they grew up on neighbouring farms in Glen Allan and walked to school together. They’ve been
married 57 years – “and three months, 12 days, and about seven hours,� Bill noted on Tuesday. Now that they’re both retired, handiwork is something they both do to pass the time. He knits while she stitches away at the quilting frame set up in the middle of the living room. Bill recently took a booth at the Elmira indoor market to display his knitted wares. He also sells little tin men
made from aluminum cans and pop can airplanes. Bill notes that people sometimes balk at the thought of paying $75 for a comforter, not realizing that 100 hours of work has gone into making it. After the materials are paid for, Cassel estimates he’s making 35 cents per hour. “It’s not a money-making career,� he chuckled. “It’s a hobby to fill in time.�
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SPORTS
Sledge team looking for hockey hat trick Winners of gold in Turin, squad determined to repeat at Paralympic Games in Vancouver fter watching the men’s and women’s hockey teams win gold, Canada’s sledge team is eager to hit the ice for the Paralympic Games. The sledge team won gold in 2006 in Turin, Italy, and is looking to claim the top of the podium on home ice. “You can feel it, the difference. Torino was awesome too, but it’s pretty special being in your own country,” said Elmira’s Jeff Snyder, the team’s head coach. “Everywhere we go in
and the U.S. Norway and the U.S. are the teams to watch out for, Snyder said. Canada finished third behind the U.S. and Norway at the world championship this year. Thirteen players on the 15-member squad were part of the goldmedal Paralympic team in 2006; defenceman Adam Dixon of Midland, Ontario and forward Derek Whitsun of Chatham, Ontario are the only newcomers. They’ll be using that experience to their advantage, Snyder said;
Forward Graeme Murray of Gravenhurst, Ontario, collides with the US player Andy Yohe. Canada’s national sledge hockey team is looking to repeat as gold medalists at the Vancouver Paralympics under the guidance of head coach Jeff Snyder, left.
> SEE SLEDGE ON PG. 20
Local bowlers headed to provincial competition
> Lancers' season ends at CWOSSA The season is over for the EDSS girls’ hockey team, which returned emptyhanded from the Central Western Ontario tournament last week. The Lancers fell 5-4 to Guelph in the semi-final game, after giving up a pair of third-period goals. Kaitlin Doering scored twice for Elmira and Erin Zach and Kayleigh Esbaugh had a goal apiece. The rival Southwood Sabres – the team Elmira beat to claim the WCSSAA championship – claimed the CWOSSA title and will advance to the provincial finals Mar. 23-26.
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most of their players have been through the hype and excitement of the games before, so they’ll know what to expect. The coach said the team isn’t feeling any extra pressure to win it all after Canada’s Olympic hockey success, noting that bringing home gold has been their goal all along. “We came here to win gold. We’d love to complete the hat trick for Hockey Canada, but I don’t think [the pres-
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Vancouver, there are Canadian signs and you can really feel the people behind you.” The team arrived in British Columbia Feb. 27 and went on the road to hold practices in different cities before moving into the Olympic village last Saturday. On Tuesday, they faced off against the Czech Republic in an exhibition game. Team Canada will meet Italy, Sweden and Norway in the preliminary rounds. Filling out the Paralympic schedule are Japan, Korea
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HAVIN' A bALL Six players from the seniors’ league at Elmira
Bowl will be travelling to St. Thomas Apr. 15 to compete in the Club 55 National Triples Team Bowling Championships. Chosen to advance to this next round are Curtis Martin, Frank Williams, Linda Brydon, Millie Krupp and Reta Martin. Absent: Ivan Brubacher.
ix local bowlers who compete weekly in the senior’s league at Elmira Bowl will be travelling to St. Thomas Apr. 15 to compete in the Club 55 National Triples Team Bowling Championships. Two teams of three, one team of ladies and one of men, will advance to the provincial level where they will compete against leagues from across the province. If the team wins the competition in St. Thomas,
they advance to the next round which will be held in Winnipeg. This will be the second trip to the provincial competition for Ivan Brubacher, who has been bowling for more than 40 years at Elmira Bowl. The first was more than 15 years ago, but the seasoned player says the pressure never really fazed him. “I wouldn’t say I am nervous,” he said with a laugh. “I am a pretty calm guy.” Brubacher plays every Tuesday afternoon, his
average score hovering around 170 points per game. At the qualifying round, he managed to exceed his average by 61 points, one of six players with the highest pins over average tally and secured his spot in the provincial competition next month. Brubacher is joined by Curtis Martin, another long time bowler at the local lanes, and Frank Williams who is newer to the association. The women’s team is comprised of Linda Brydon, Millie Krupp and Reta Martin.
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arly this week, I uncased and dusted off my old compound bow again and began the process of warming up for the upcoming bow seasons, which begins in April, September or October around here. (Depending on whether you bow hunt turkeys, bear or deer.) If I had my way, I’d practice year round. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to an indoor range and my wife is overly touchy about me shooting in the living room. So, my solution is to start flinging arrows the minute the snow becomes shallow enough to walk through without snowshoes. That has only recently been the case in these parts. I have been shooting bows of one sort or another since I was about 10 and I got my first compound bow when I was 23. I’m 48 in a week or two. Things have changed a lot in the last 25 years. When I was younger,
its owner in fact. And I bought a crossbow about two years ago as backup. So there’s really no need. (My wife is nearby and reading over my shoulder every now and then.) My old bow is nothing flashy but it is forgiving and proven in the field. A number of deer can attest to that. In the last year or two, however, I have “pimped” it. I’ve added state of the art string, sights and noise dampening systems. And I’ve switched to carbon arrows, which add a bit to arrow speed. That means that my bow doesn’t perform like an Edsel anymore. Now it’s roughly comparable to a late model K-car. (Dependable, but not exactly a head turner.) That’s good, because – barring some unforeseen change in my financial fortunes – I suspect this bow will take me another few years, at least. (She’s still lurking in the background!)
Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea you had to eat your Wheaties to draw and hold a compound bow for any length of time. That’s because the let-off (mechanical advantage) that the wheels provided was somewhere around 30 per cent. In other words, my first bow drew 60 pounds but when it was at full draw felt like I was holding a mere 42. The bow I use now is 12 years old and I draw 67 pounds but it feels like I’m holding a little more than 23 pounds. It has 65 per cent let off – which is primitive by state of the art standards of 80 per cent. I’d like to get a new bow, but this one shoots just fine – far better than
The problem with buying a new bow these days is that it is much like buying a computer – the minute you get it home there’s another one that’s made an even greater technological leap. They’re even getting smaller – but not small enough to easily sneak into the house yet. When they get to that point, I’ll probably buy several. (Don’t worry; she stopped reading after that last paragraph.) Worse than that, as I said, the old one you have probably still does the job with flair. And you can only use one at a time – which sucks. The point here is that it’s a poor craftsman who blames his tools. The bow I bought 12 years ago is still capable of collecting venison as long as I do my part. Nothing has changed, except that modern bows are younger, sexier and perform better. Try that rationale with your wife some time.
Sledge: Two Olympic golds mean the pressure's on at Paralympics > CONTINUED FROM PG. 19 sure is any more than it was before.” Sledge hockey made its Paralympic debut at the 1994 Lillehammer Games, and it has prov-
en to be one of the most popular sports at the Games. Sledge hockey games featuring Canada and the gold medal game were the first events of the Vancouver Paralympics to sell out.
The sledge team was brought under the umbrella of Hockey Canada in 2005, and Hockey Canada has done a lot to promote the sport and build it at the grassroots level, Snyder said,
Canada’s sledge team also benefitted from Own the Podium, the $117-million dollar plan to see Canada win more medals than any other country at the Olympics. The sledge team received almost $2 million over the past five years, enabling the players to spend more time together at training camps and funding development of new
equipment. Snyder has coached the national sledge team for seven years, and he’s watched the sport grow in popularity and competitiveness over that time. “I would say Canada, the United States and Norway are a little bit ahead, but that gap’s closing. Japan for sure has improved and the Czech Republic’s really
improved fast.” Before their first game Mar. 13, the sledge team will march into B.C. Place Stadium for the opening ceremony behind team captain Jean Labonté. Labonté was selected to be the flag bearer, the second consecutive time a sledge player has carried the flag for the opening ceremony of the Paralympics.
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Kings bounce Listowel to advance to semis Wins Tuesday and Wednesday see Elmira squad take the best-of-seven series in six Joni Miltenburg
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n the end, using someone else’s head paid off. It was late in the second period of Game 6 in the first-round playoff series between the Elmira Sugar Kings and the Listowel Cyclones. The game was tied at two apiece when the puck landed on the stick of Jon Jutzi, waiting near the faceoff circle. Jutzi wound up and fired a slapshot over the Listowel defender sprawling full length in his path to block the shot. The puck deflected off his helmet and into the back of Listowel’s net to put Elmira ahead 3-2. The Kings scored two more as insurance, but Jutzi’s goal stood as the game winner as Elmira clinched a spot in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League semifinals. “I got a nice friendly bounce off his head and it went top shelf, so I can’t complain about that,” the blueliner said after the game. Elmira was ahead three games to two in the series after downing the Cyclones 5-3 in Listowel Tuesday. In that game, the Kings grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first with a power play goal from Josh Woolley and a shorthanded, unassisted marker by Michael Therrien. Dan Mohle put the Cyclones on the board with a power play goal early in the second, but Riley Sonnenburg restored the two-goal lead
with a power play goal of his own. In the third period, rookie Brennon Pearce put the Kings up 4-1. The Cyclones scored a pair late in the third, but Therrien put a comeback out of reach with a second unassisted goal in the last 30 seconds. Hoping to avoid a return trip to Listowel for Game 7, the Kings came ready to bring the pressure on Wednesday. Listowel was first on the board, with a goal from Chris Holmes 1:29 into the opening frame. Tyson LeBlanc replied for the Kings 30 seconds later to even things at one apiece. With four minutes to go in the first, Brad Kraus scored on the power play and the Kings took that one-goal lead to the dressing room. The Kings started the second period on the power play but quickly picked up a penalty of their own. There were just four second left on the penalty kill when Listowel’s Miles MacLean, fresh out of the box, knocked in a rebound to bring the Cyclones even at 2-2. With four and a half minutes left in the second, Jutzi scored his go-ahead goal and the second period ended – like the first – with the Kings ahead by one. Pearce gave the Kings a little breathing room early in the third, scoring 28 seconds in to make it 4-2. The Kings hung on to that lead and focused on pushing pucks in deep
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DRIVING TO THE NET Elmira’s Michael Therrien looks for an opening against Listowel keeper James Prigione on Wednesday. Therrien had a pair of goals in Listowel on Tuesday night, helping the Kings to a 5-2 win. The Kings clinched a semi-final berth with a 5-3 victory in Game 6.
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SCORECARD Cambridge 4, Woolwich 1 Goals: Mya Brubacher (Abigail Burkholder, Holly Faries) Woolwich Novice BOYS LL#1
Playoffs
Mar. 6 Woolwich 3, Plattsville 2 Goals: Kyle Deyell, Joseph Boehm, Sullivan Keen (Kayden Zacharczuk, Sullivan Keen, Zac Pickard, Brannon Slade) WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#4
Feb. 28 Woolwich 3, Plattsville 1 Goals: Tanner Mann, Hunter Schmitt, Cameron Martin Mar. 6 LL#4 5, LL#2 0 Goals: Dawson Good, Hunter Schmitt x 3, Eli Baldin (Parker Merlihan, Tanner Mann, Matthew Radler, Eli Baldin x2) Shutout: Nate Maier WOOLWICH MAJOR NOVICE A BOYS
Tri County Playoffs Mar. 6
Woolwich 9, Brampton 0 Goals: Brody Waters x3, Lukas Shantz x2, Austin Cousineau, Griffen Rollins, Mackenzie Willms,
Mar. 8 Woolwich 6, Guelph 0 Goals: Sam Davidson x2, Lukas Shantz, Brody Waters, Austin Cousineau, Cam Maillette (Sam Davidson, Lukas Shantz, Brody Waters, Austin Cousineau, Ethan Young, Mackenzie Willms) Shutout: Cyrus Martin WOOLWICH Atom B GIRLS
Playoffs
Mar. 5 Woolwich 2, Cambridge 0 Goals: Jaimee MacDonald, Mikayla Weber (Taya Beacom) Mar. 7 Woolwich 2, Kitchener 0 Goals: Caitlin Pickard, Megan Chapman (Megan Chapman) Mar. 8 Woolwich 3, Cambridge 0 Goals: Caitlin Pickard, Taya Beacom, Megan Chapman (Caitlin Pickard) WOOLWICH Atom BOYS LL #2
Playoffs
Feb. 27 Woolwich #2 3, New Hamburg #1 1 Goals: Riley Shantz, Luke
Kings: Savouring the victory before tackling next round > CONTINUED FROM pg. 21 and wearing Listowel down. The Cyclones mustered 11 shots in the third, but were forced to take them from well outside, and keeper Brandon Gorecki made the stops. With a minute and a half remaining, the Cyclones pulled keeper James Prigione to chase a tying goal and Kraus slid the puck into the empty net to cap the win. The loss was a tough one for the third-place Cyclones, who have half a dozen 20-yearolds on the roster. Head coach Geoff Haddaway praised his team’s performance right from the opening faceoff. “I don’t think we deviated from the game plan, and by the end of the game, I’m not sure they had anything left,” he said.
The Kings relied on their power play and penalty killers and got an outstanding performance; the team boasted a 24.0 power play percentage and a penalty killing percentage of 87.50 over the series. The Kings will almost certainly face Brantford in the semifinals, and they’ve got some hard work ahead of them. The Golden Eagles are the defending champions and have the top scorer, one of the top goalies, and the best penalty kill in the league. But Haddaway wasn’t thinking that far ahead Wednesday night, giving his players some time to savour the victory. “The boys are pretty excited, and why not? You win the clinching game of a series in your own barn, there are not many greater feelings than that.”
Haugerud, Nicholas Ravelle (Devin Williams, Mathew MacDonald, Riley Shantz)
Belles take gold at Kitchener tourney
Feb. 28 Woolwich 3, Paris #2 1 Goals: Devin Williams x2, Riley Shantz (Sam Sabean, Riley Shantz) Mar. 5 Paris #2 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Riley Shantz, Quinn Young (Bruce Martin, Max Bender, Tim Mayberry) Mar. 6 Woolwich 3, New Hamburg 3 Goals: Kyle Gingrich, Devin Williams, Quinn Young (Quinn Young, Nicholas Ravelle, Noah Scurry, Bryce Sellars) Woolwich Atom AE BOYS
Playoffs
Mar. 6 Woolwich 3, Flamborough 2 Goals: Benton Weber, Cameron Brown x2 (Kyle Bruder, Justin Uhrig) Mar. 7 Centre Wellington #1 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Jonathan Martin, Alex Turchan (James Cooper, Walker Schott, Nick Campagnolo) WOOLWICH PEEWEE B GIRLS
Mar. 1 Woodstock 1, Woolwich 0 Mar. 3 Woodstock 4, Woolwich 1 Goal: Marlee Kernick Mar. 4 Woolwich 6, Waterloo 0 Goals: Claire Hanley x3,Landis Saunders, Gillian Olsthoorn, Cassandra Tuffnail (Claire Hanley, Landis Saunders x2, Gillian Olsthoorn x2, Cassandra Tuffnail x3) Woolwich Peewee B Girls Mar. 6 Woolwich 5, Brantford 0 Goals: Emily Willms, Landis Saunders, Kendra Harold, Cassandra Tuffnail, Taylor Rempel (Cora Kieswetter, Gillian Olsthoorn, Michelle Bauman, Marlee Kernick) Mar. 7 Woolwich 4, Waterloo 1 Goals: Marlee Kernick, Taylor Rempel, Cora Kieswetter, Gillian Olsthoorn (Taylor Rempel, Emily Willms, Landis Saunders, Michelle Bauman, Cassandra Tuffnail, Kendra Harold) WOOLWICH PEEWEE C GIRLS
Mar. 6 Exhibition game Woolwich 4, Wallace/Howick 0 Goals: Erika Morrison x2, Rachel Weber x2 (Jessica Townsend x3, Rachel Weber x2, Maddie Wang, Meghan Martin, Erika Morrison) Shutout: Alyssa McMurray OWHA Playdowns Mar. 7 Woolwich 4, Wilmot 2 Goals: Emily Schuurmans x3, Megan Thoman (Sydney Meunier, Marlowe Schott, Emily Schuurmans, Megan Thoman
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Sam Davidson (Brody Waters x2, Mackenzie Willms x2, Austin Cousineau, Sam Davidson, Ethan Young) Shutout: Cyrus Martin
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A CLEAN SWEEP The Woolwich Storm Belle ringette team went undefeated on their way to claiming gold at the Kitchener Golden Ring tournament Feb. 12-14. The girls defeated Cambridge 3-2 in the final to claim the top spot. Back row: Nikki Kutchaw, Shelley Shantz, Lindsey Hellerman, Nikki Bisbee, Michelle Lee, Michelle Poole, Amber Bauman, Amanda Poole and Andrea Mitchell. Front: Kelly Barnes, Nicki Brubacher, Michelle Conlon, Meghan O’Hara, Carly Cousineau and Christina Wilkinson. Woolwich PeeWee BOYS LL #1
Playoffs
Mar. 6 St. George 4, Woolwich 1 Goal: Trent Thompson (Joseph Hanley, Austin Horst) Woolwich PeeWee Ae BOYS
Playoffs
Mar. 3 Wellington 4, Woolwich 2 Goals: Bradley Mathieson, Nathan Schwarz (Gareth Rowland) WOOLWICH MINOR PEEWEE BOYS
Feb. 28 Centre Wellington 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Tyler Moser, Mathieu Fife (Danyal Rennie, Liam Dickson, Kelby Martin, Connor Runstedler) Mar. 7 Centre Wellington 1, Woolwich 0 Woolwich Major Peewee A BOYS
Playoffs
Mar. 4 Woolwich 5, Brampton 1 Goals: Alex Uttley, Jason Gamble x2, Grant Kernick x2 (Cole Lenaers x2, Adam Jokic, Matthew Leger, Alex Uttley) Mar. 6 Woolwich 2, Centre Wellington 0 Goals: Cole Conlin, Grant Kernick (Nathan Schlupp, Scott Martin) Shutout: Jayden Weber Mar. 7 Woolwich 3, Brampton 2 Goals: Evan Martin, Adam Jokic, Jason Gamble (Scott Martin x2, Alex Uttley x2, Adam Jokic) WOOLWICH BANTAM BOYS LL#1
Mar. 6 Woolwich 6, New Hamburg 3 Goals: Lucas Nozal x2, Brett Kaiser, Colton Williams x2, Nigel Baldin, (Marty Metzger, Bradley Thomas x2, Colton Williams x2)
Mar. 7 Woolwich 6, Tavistock 2 Goals: Lucas Nozal x3, Marty Metzger x3, (Bradley Thomas x3, Brett Kaiser, Kyle Arsenault) Mar. 9 Woolwich 4, Ayr 3 Goals: Bradley Thomas x2, Lucas Nosal, Colton WIlliams, (Colton WIlliams, Cole Burkhart, Bradley Thomas, Nigel Baldin, Lucas Nosal) Woolwich Bantam AE BOYS
Playoffs
Feb. 27 Dundas 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: William Frank, AJ Preister (Blake Cabeldu, William Frank, AJ Preister ) Mar. 4 Woolwich 5, Hespler 4 OT Goals: William Frank x 2, Adam Cook, Charlie Pavanel, AJ Preister (Blake Cabeldu x2, James Robertson, Adam Cook x2, Ryan Schinker, Tyler Fulcher, Quinten Hunter-Rhodes) Mar. 6 Woolwich 3, Hespler 1 Goals: JP Reitzel, James Robertson, William Frank (William Frank, Connor Jansen, Kirk Tuffnail, Dalton Wojcik ) Mar. 7 Woolwich 6, Dundas 3 Goals: AJ Preister x3, Adam Cook, JP Reitzel x2 (James Robertson, Dalton Wojcik, Ryan Schinker, Blake Cabeldu x2, William Frank, Kirk Tuffnail) Woolwich Minor Bantam A BOYS
Playoffs
Mar. 3 Woolwich 5, Caledon 3 Goals: Austin Mole, Alex White, Owen Griffiths x2, Harrison Clifford (Matt Lair, Bo Uridil, Johnny Clifford x2, Owen Griffiths, Alex MacLean, Grant Kernick) Mar. 6 Brampton 6, Woolwich 2
Goals: Bo Uridil x2 (Austin Mole, Jasper Bender) Twin Centre Midget GIRLS LL Playoffs
Mar. 4 Twin Centre 5, Waterloo 0 Goals: Sarah Miltenburg, Carling Cisecki, Shannon Lorentz, Katie Uberig, Kim Finn (Jayme Marshall, Cassie Hergott, Kaitlyn Jantzi x2, Katie Uberig) Shutout: Amanda Runstedler Woolwich Midget BOYS LL#2
Playoffs
Mar. 4 Woolwich 3, Paris 2 Goals: Christian Davenport, Shane Young, Dave Hahn (Scott Young x2, Andreas DerksenHiebert) Mar. 5 Woolwich 7, New Hamburg #1 5 Goals: Aaron Burkhart, Jake Hahn, Dan Faries, Shawn Patten x2, Aaron Hoffer, Scott Young (Aaron Hoffer x3, Andreas Derksen-Hiebert, Aaron Burkhart, Josh Simpson x2, Shane Young) Mar. 7 New Hamburg #3 4, Woolwich 3 Goals: Dan Faries, Josh Simpson, Scott Young (Scott Young x2, Jesse Marche, Christian Davenport, Aaron Hoffer) WOOLWICH MAJOR MIDGET A BOYS
Feb. 20 Hespeler 5, Woolwich 1 Goals: Ryan Ament (Jonathon Weber, Andrew Brubacher) Feb. 24 Woolwich 3, Hespeler 2 Goals: Andrew Moore, Justin Van Elswyk, Ryan Ament (Matt Dumart, Kyle Uttley, Ben Mitchell) Mar. 6 Hespeler 4, Woolwich 2 Goals: Josh Wade x2 (Jake Radcliffe, Ted Sebben)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Putting their own spin on Paul Simon Kevin Ramessar and “dream team” of musicians bring their sound to the Registry Theatre Steve Kannon
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evin Ramessar is going back to Graceland, and you’re welcome to come along. No need to pack for Memphis: you won’t have to go any farther than Kitchener, as the noted guitarist and a stellar lineup of bandmates perform the music of Paul Simon. The shows Friday and Saturday night mark the second such tribute by Ramessar, the first one last year having been a resounding success. More of Simon’s music will fill the Registry Theatre this time around. “The first show came out of a discussion about doing some kind of tribute to an artist that inspired several generations. Paul Simon is that kind of musician – a lot of his music spans time and
a whole lot of genres,” said Ramessar from his Kitchener home. The more he listened to Simon’s music, the more he fell in love with it. As a much-hailed guitar player, Ramessar was also happy to discover that Simon is an accomplished guitarist, not just a great songwriter. “That really gave me something to sink my teeth into.” Adding to his excitement about these new shows are the performers he’s lined up to join him. Ramessar’s coup for this concert is the legendary violinist Hugh Marsh, renowned for playing with Bruce Cockburn, Robert Palmer and Loreena McKennitt, among others. Also on board is Elmira singer Giselle Sanderson (Lace), drummer Paul Delong (Kim Mitchell, David
SIMPLY SIMON Noted guitarist Kevin Ramessar has
brought together a range of musicians to perform in a pair of Paul Simon tribute concerts this weekend at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener.
Clayton-Thomas), Jeff King, saxophone (2007 JUNO winner for Best Contemporary Jazz Album), bassist Matt Lima (Kellylee Evans, Dawn Langstroth), singer-songwriter Jacob Moon, and keyboard player and vocalist Mike Janzen. “This is a bit of a dream team for me,” said Ramessar. “Playing with these guys is really raising the bar.” He's performed with some of them before, but has been trying to collaborate with others for many years, the timing never seeming to work, but “things came together for this show.” This group has been assembled specifically for this weekend’s shows. Rehearsals have been a whole lot of fun, he said, not the least because each of the musicians has contributed to the inter-
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Elmira's Giselle Sanderson will also perform. pretations of Simon’s music. More than a tribute, the concerts will put a fresh spin on the songs. The mark of a well-written song is that it works even with different takes on the music and lyrics, Ramessar said.
“It’s the kind of music that lends itself to other arrangements. It lets you have room to breathe.” On tap are some of Simon’s hits, naturally, but also some of the hidden gems. Given the songwriter’s extensive catalogue, there were many to choose from. “There are some smaller songs that, as a band, we love. We’ve changed things here and there, made them our own.” Kevin Ramessar’s Return to Graceland, The Songs of Paul Simon, Volume 2 hits the stage Mar. 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. at the Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. Tickets are $25, available at the Centre in the Square box office by calling 578-1570 or toll free 1-800-265-8977 or online at www.centre-square. com.
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daY onlY! Sat. March 13th, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Huge inventory clearance on laminate, carpet, vinyl, mattresses, recliners & sofas. Up to 70% off. Country Carpet & Furniture, Hwy 6, downtown Mount Forest. 519-323-1331.
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Commercial Account Manager Elmira Mennonite Savings and Credit Union is a progressive and visionary organization founded on values of integrity, compassion and responsible stewardship. From our modest beginnings as a ‘shoe-box’ operation in 1964, we have grown in size to rank 8th among credit unions in Ontario and 32nd in Canada. We provide a full range of services to members of Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ churches in Ontario, are well positioned for continued growth and have taken a leading-edge role as a founding partner of Meritas Mutual Funds.
Job Summary We’re currently seeking a Commercial Account Manager. This is a full time position with the primary responsibility being to provide assistance at the branch level in the administration of a commercial and agri-business credit portfolio.
The successful candidate will successfully undertake the following key position accountabilities which include but are not limited to: • • •
Meeting with members to complete and approve or recommend Commercial, Agri-Business, and Institutional applications; Managing the established Commercial and Agri-Business loan portfolio
The successful candidate will have: • a university business degree or equivalent work related experience; • a background in commerce and agri-business would be an asset; • • proven ability to successfully manage business relationships delivering superior member or customer service; • 4+ years lending experience including completion of credits, accuracy and sound judgement in credit decisions; • the initiative to work both individually and as part of a team; • possesses an understanding and commitment to MSCU’s values, Christian stewardship and mutual aid. Interested persons should send their cover letter and resume by March 17, 2010 to: Mennonite Savings and Credit Union 1265 Strasburg Road • Kitchener, ON N2R 1S6 Email: talent@mscu.com
Your Values Your Credit Union www.mscu.com AYLMER • ELMIRA • KITCHENER • LEAMINGTON • MILVERTON • MOUNT FOREST • NEW HAMBURG • ST. CATHARINES • WATERLOO
Help Wanted
Graphic Artist (Part-time) Description
The Observer requires a part-time graphic artist to work in a busy award-winning production department 3 days/week Mon. to Wed. from 9am-5pm.
RWAM Insurance Administrators has an immediate opening for a full time
Jr. Claims Approver
Qualifications
The ideal candidate must work independently yet be a good team player that excels in producing accurate, final, print-ready advertisements within tight deadlines. Must be skilled in InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Candidates with a willingless to learn will thrive in this position. Previous newspaper experience is not necessary, however strong typesetting skills with attention to detail will ensure success with our company.
Reporting to the Claims Manager, this position is responsible for adjudicating drug, vision, hospital and routine dental claims. As the preferred candidate you will have 2-3 years office experience, and a group insurance or Medical / Dental background. You must also have excellent analytical skills, strong PC skills, organizational skills, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment. RWAM is Canadian-owned, innovative and a leader in the insurance industry. Today, RWAM is one of the largest full service Third Party Administrators of employee benefits in Canada. We offer a stimulating work environment and a competitive benefit package. Visit our web site at www.RWAM.com
Apply
Qualified applicants are invited to e-mail a cover letter, resumé, & samples of work to: pmerlihan@woolwichobserver.com Only applicants requested to interview for the position will be contacted.
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If you have the above qualifications and thrive in a team environment, we would like to hear from you. Please send or fax your resume in confidence to the attention of Human Resources, RWAM Insurance Administrators Inc., 49 Industrial Drive, Elmira, Ont. N3B 3B1, by Thursday March 18th, 2010. Fax (519) 669-1923. Email Ldemerling@rwam.com We thank all interested candidates. Please note only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.
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COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING MARCH 22, 2010 On Tuesday, March 30, 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 23, 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 A5/2010 (Thomasfield Homes Limited) PROPERTY: Stage 3B (Plan 58M-493), Stage 3C and Stage 4 Draft Plan of Subdivision 30T-98701, Breslau PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the side yard setback for one side of each lot from 1.2 metres to 0.6 metres for all residential lots within Stage 3B (Plan 58M-493), Stage 3C and Stage 4 of their draft plan of subdivision. The side yard reduction will allow each property to have a larger building envelope, however, a minimum separation of 1.8 metres from the abutting residential unit must be maintained. The prop-
erties within Stages 3C and Stage 4 are zoned Residential One Unit – Low Density (R-2) and Residential One Unit – Medium Density (R-2A) with site-specific provisions while Stage 3B is zoned Residential Mixed High Density (R-5) with site-specific provisions. Further information about the applications may be obtained from Engineering and Planning Services at 519669-6038 or 519-664-2613 (Ext. 6038). DATED this 13th 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 MARCH BREAK DAY CAMP March 15 – 19, 2010
Skating ... Swimming ... Crafts ... Games & More! 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
Thurs. Mar. 18
Fri. Mar. 19
Sat. Mar. 20
Sun. Mar. 21
REQUEST FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE The Township of Woolwich is requesting the assistance of the public. The Township is experiencing difficulty with unauthorized individuals connecting to our fire hydrants. We are asking anyone that is witness to suspicious activity around a fire hydrant, excluding Township personnel, to please contact the Township Municipal Law Enforcement Division at 519-669-6007. Please take the time to document the make, model and license plate of any vehicle related to this activity as well as the location and date of the occurrence. We would like to thank-you for your assistance in this matter.
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Classifieds Help Wanted
Help Wanted
JOIN THE WOOLWICH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Wanted: The King or Queen of Dispatch! Our KW Area client has experienced tremendous growth and is in need of 2 Fantastic Dispatcher/Operations people. You will bring Energy, Drive, Intelligence and Resourcefulness, as well as a minimum of 5 years experience in Transportation Operations, preferably in a Cross Border, LTL environment. For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact, in complete confidence, Lori Van Opstal, CPC President at 1-888-213-3375 ext 206 or by email at lori@transportjobs.net. Thank You!
FOR SALE
>>21 Folding Chairs w/ writing arm. Call 519-6994831. >>Piano, Gerhard Heintzman, Upright Grand. Very Good condition, late 1800’s $375 o.b.o. 519-669-8439. >>Singer
Sewing Machine, antique bedside table, copper lamp, Hauser 6 piece lawn set. Call 519648-2742.
>>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. PETS
>>Adorable
Purebred Labrador puppies. Home raised, excellent parents, smart, social, great with children, first vaccination, vet checked. $500. 519787-8709, web.me.com/ hw_farmReady March 20th.
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. >>2002 Toyota Corolla Plus SE, automatic, 89,500 low kilometers, red, tilt power steering, power brakes, AM/ FM-CD, power locks keyless entry, 4 door, air conditioning, driver and passenger air bags, excellent condition, 4 cyl great on gas, well maintained, no rust, selling certified with Emissions test, private sale. Call Bob Bradley 519-669-5087 or 519-5743598 to test drive.
SALES & SERVICE Automotive
2010 SALES & SERVICE
WCHC’s Nominating Committee is now recruiting Board nominees for the 2010-11 year. Board members reflect the community that WCHC serves:
2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Sto N Go 37,000km
•Residents from across the WCHC catchment area:
2007 FORD FUSION SEL AWD Leather 57,000km
$17,900.00
➢ Woolwich Township ➢ Wellesley Township ➢ Parts of Perth County: area bordered to the north by Perth Line 72, to the east by Perth Road 116, to the south by Perth Road 119, and to the west by Perth Road 121, and the area bordered to the north by Perth Line 56, to the east by Perth Road 103, to the south by Perth Line 43, and to the west by Perth Road 107
➢ Part of Wilmot Township: the area bordered to the north by Gerber Road
AUTOMOTIVE
>>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 519-6692831.
(12), to the east by Wilmot Line, to the south by Snyder’s Road/Christner Road, including all Baden and Petersburg addresses, and to the west by WilmotEasthope Road. •Catchment-area residents with a mix of work and volunteer experiences in health and community services, business, farming, legal, financial or facilitiesrelated issues. •Catchment-area residents who are representative of, or work with, the priority populations that WCHC serves at its St.Jacobs, Wellesley and Linwood sites: Families with young children (0-6), Seniors (60+) and their caregivers, Rural and farming families, and Youth (14-19 years of age).
$17,900.00
2006 FORD RANGER FX4 4X4 5 spd 57,000km $13,995.00 2005 FORD FREESTAR SE Alloys Wheels 98,000km $8,500.00
2005 FORD TAURUS SEL Leather, Moonroof 112,000km $7,995.00 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO 4X4 CREW CAB one owner 95,000km $13,900.00
2003 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE V6 145,000km $7900.00
2003 TOYOTA MATRIX 5 spd Alloy wheels 184,000km $5,995.00
2002 CHRYSLER
SEBRING Leather 174,000km $4,500.00 All prices subject to GST & PST
47 Northside Dr., St. Jacobs, ON
➢ Board members do not have to be clients of the health centre. However, Board members must be able to attend regular Board meetings on the 4th Monday evening of every month from September to June, and take part in one other Board committee. Please call E.J. at (519) 664-3534, ext.239 to receive an application form. Applications are due by Thursday April 1, 2010. All interested applicants will be required to attend a pre-orientation session which will be set up later in April. For further information, please contact Denise Squire, Executive Director, at (519)664-3794.
519-664-2281
Market
ATTENTION!
47 Northside Dr., St. Jacobs, ON
ELMIRA519-664-2281 INDOOR MARKET IS SEEKING VENDORS
RENTALS
>>2
Bedroom Unit available immediately - 14 Spring Street - Drayton. 1st floor unit in good condition. Call 519-669-1544 Mildred or Len Frey.
>>36 Memorial Ave., Elmira. 2 BR basement apartment, available Apr. 1st. Only $675 + utilities. Parking $25/mo. Please call Bob Eby at 519-7443711. >>Elmira - 11/2 bedroom apartment, downtown location, no pets, Mar. 1. $540.00 /mth. 519-6698074.
RENTALS
>>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. 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
TRADES & SERVICES
>>For Lease - Industrial unit, 2640 sq ft., M2 zoning, 16’ x 16’ bay door, 600 volt service. Call Dennis, 519502-8364.
>>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 519-569-1744.
>>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 519465-8421 or 519-6691461 ext. 22.
>>Melvin Martin Farm Systems And Equipment. Service and installation, Patz, Butler, Valmetal, Badger, Jamesway. 519897-8779.
PLACES OF FAITH
HEARING ASSISTED
No God No Peace Know God Know Peace
St. Teresa Catholic Church Celebrate Eucharist with us
19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387
St. Jacobs
10:00 am
Wheelchair accessible • Nursery Care provided • Hearing Assisted
48 Hawkesville Rd. • 519-664-2311
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
GARAGE SALES
GARAGE SALES
>>Indoor Garage Sale, 1 Pheasant Dr. Sat. March 21, 2010, 9 a.m. From fridge to crafts.
ELMIRA
Minister: Rev. Dave Jagger Sunday Worship: 10:55am
Sundays - 9:45 am Family Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School for all ages
Visit our new website on: www.wondercafe.ca 21 Arthur St., North • Church Office 519-669-5560 “Our mission is to love, learn and live by Christ’s teachings”
1151 Snyder’s Flat Rd., Bloomingdale • 519-745-2411 www.bloomingdalemennonite.com
MY FINANCES
R E A C H
W I T H
L O V E .
T E A C H
SUNDAYS @ 10:30AM 5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459 Services at John Mahood www.elmiracommunity.org Public School
T H E
T R U T H .
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P O W E R
Worship with us Sundays at 10:30am
www.ElmiraAssembly.com 290 Arthur St. South, Elmira • 519-669-3973
Growing in Grace during Difficult Times Studies in 2 Peter Sun. March 14 AM
Ron Seabrooke
Discovering God Together
519-669-2319 | www.wbconline.ca 4522 Herrgott Road, Wallenstein
Sunday Worship 9:30 am - 10:30am
Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:15 and 11:00 am “Spiritual Plumbing”
Church
SUNDAY SCHOOL
“Making Faith Live”
“24: A Day With God”
March 14: The Morning Hour
>>Elmira - 10 Park Ave. E., Fri. Mar 19 3pm-7pm & Sat. Mar 20 8am - 12:30. Rolls of Borg, furniture,new stock of Weekender Clothing, something for everyone. NURSERY PROVIDED
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Bloomingdale Mennonite Church
Trinity United Church Sunday School During Worship
Upbeat Family
Bring in your stuff and turn it to cash
Worship & Calvary United Sunday School
Mass times are:
Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am
Welcome to
Moonroof
Speaker: Stefan Konig
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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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
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QUIET AREA DOWNTOWN
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UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!
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$489,000
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180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
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$334,500
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ALL THE COMFORTS 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
To place a Classifieds ad Call 519-669-5790
TOWNSHIP RECREATION SPRING PROGRAMS All Programs start week of March 22nd, 2010 Register at Woolwich Memorial Centre 24 Snyder Avenue S., Elmira or Online at www.woolwich.ca/register The Township reserves the right to cancel classes if there is insufficient registration. ADULT FITNESS................... Mondays (Boot Camp) and Thursdays (Interval) (9 weeks) 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Woolwich Memorial Centre Tuesdays (Step) 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Park Manor School
BALLROOM DANCING.............Tuesdays (10 weeks) 8:30 – 9:30 pm at Woolwich Memorial Centre
ADULT BADMINTON..............Mondays (6 weeks) 8:15 – 10:15 pm at Park Manor School
PILATES.................................Tuesdays (10 weeks) 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Woolwich Memorial Centre
ADULT VOLLEYBALL..............Tuesdays (6 weeks) 8:15 – 10:15 pm at Elmira District High School
LINE DANCING......................Thursdays (10 weeks) 5:00 – 6:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church , Elmira
BASKETBALL.........................Thursdays (6 weeks) 8:15 – 10:15 pm at Park Manor School
YOGA....................................Mondays (10 weeks) 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Woolwich Memorial Centre
ZUMBA..................................Thursdays (10 weeks) 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Woolwich Memorial Centre
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Laughter really is contagious, and healing Q. A.
What’s the funniest thing about laughter?
Most striking and most intriguing is how contagious it is, answers Frans de Waal in The Age of Empathy. It’s almost impossible not to join in when everybody else is laughing, the reason there have been laughter epidemics where no one could stop and some even died in a prolonged fit. This is why TV comedy shows have prompting laugh tracks and why theaters sprinkle paid “laugh plants” throughout audiences. There are even laughing churches and laugh therapy based on its healing powers. A must-have toy of a few years ago was the Tickle Me Elmo doll that would laugh hysterically when squeezed three times.
sitting on separate islands, we are all interconnected, both bodily and emotionally.”
Strange But True Bill & rich sones Amazingly, laughter’s infectiousness even works across species. “At my office window at the Yerkes Primate Center, I often hear my chimps laugh during rough-andtumble games, and I cannot suppress a chuckle. It’s such a happy sound.” Such tickling and wrestling are the typical laugh triggers for apes and probably the original ones for humans as well. The fact that it is notoriously difficult to tickle oneself attests to the social significance of laughter. “Instead of being Robinson Crusoes
Q.What telltale marks are you leaving on the world, and from how far away might they be detected?
A.
Your body odor range detectable by chemical sniffer device is said to be about 50 feet, with ammonium chloride the likely signature compound, says Patrick Di Justo in Discover magazine. Your exhaled gases are also leaving their mark, including carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. Gas-sensing semiconductors might be what fingers that onion-breath of yours. Up to 16 feet or so, your breath, at 10-25 decibels, might even be audible, picked up by a parabolic
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microphone. Your body heat, likely averaging 133 watts, may be broadcasting your infrared presence as well, detectable via thermal imaging camera for up to 12 miles under ideal conditions. Then there’s your heartbeat, measurable with the proper electric potential sensor at about 16 inches, amplitudes mainly from 0.5 to 3 millivolts. And if you’ve given this idea some thought, brain crackling electricity -- amplitudes up to 200 microvolts with frequency of 1-30 Hz -- could have been detected from a couple of millimetres away. All of this impressionability, says Di Justo, is good news if you want to be rescued from a collapsed building but bad news if you’re planting an IED (improvised explosive device). “At least you’re leaving your mark on the world.”
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BROKERAGE
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BirtHdaY 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
Happy 60th Birthday
BERT
New liStiNG
March 16
SPectAculAr SeMi - backing BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record
SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.
DARREN ROMKEY Sales Rep.
LAURIE LANGDON Sales Rep.
DALE KELLER Sales Rep.
to greenspace area! Updated windows, bathroom, kitchen counter, flooring. Fin. rec. rm. Fenced yard w/deck and patio. New MlS $214,900.
MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES Great OppOrtunity!
$84,900 Martin Grove Village | Year round living in wonderful community. Northlander trailer offers 2 bdrms + den, high eff gas furnace/05, appliances, bright living rm., spacious kitchen & dining area. NEW MLS
4 BeDrOOM FaMiLy HOMe
$274,000 DRAYTON | . Large yard, huge master bedroom with ensuite, finished basement, huge deck. A lot of value here. MLS
PreStiGOuS lOcAtiON - uNique - ideal for inlaw suite
inVeStOrS
$330,000 ELMIRA | Tri-plex in good area in Elmira. Tenants pay own heat & hydro. How often do these become available? Act now before it’s too late!! MLS
backing to wooded parkland! Custom built 3+ bdrm bungalow. 3 gas f/p’s. Finished rec. rm w/builtins. BEAUTIFUL VIEWS! MlS $499,900
or duplex potential. 5 bathrms. 2 furnaces, air cond., laundry & 2 gas f/p’s. 2 decks. Dble garage. A MUST SEE! MlS $379,900.
With all our love, Marilyn, Noah + Kim, Cam & Sarah (Emily, Kyla, Jesse), Kevin
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Stag and Doe
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 bedrooms, 2 garages, one double on main level and one single on lower level, fully finished walk-out basement, large bright family room with a wood-burning stove, deck, main floor laundry and master bedroom, central air, water softener, sauna, whirlpool, barn/workshop, second kitchen on main floor and green space galore! MLS
42 aCreS 7 BeDrOOMS
$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
Robyn & Brandon New BuNGAlOw - lovely lot SPOtleSS StArter hOMe
backing to open farmland. Ceramic foyer, kitchen & laundry. Hardwood in LR/DR. Bonus rm/3rd bdrm.
MlS $399,900
- backing to greenspace & trail. Spacious family room. Large master bdrm. w/cheater ensuite Finished. rec. rm and 3pc. bath. Appliances incl. Central air. MlS $274,900.
We’ve got you covered. www.
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| 519.669.5790
Open House Information Printed Every Saturday
Lions Hall, Elmira 40 South Street West BBQ Dinner - 6:30 pm Pie Auction - 8:00 pm Dance - 9:00 pm
Call 669-8988 for tickets
Elmira@royallepage.ca | www.royallepage.ca/elmira
Buying a home in the area?
Saturday, Mar 20th, 2010
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. Spacious sun room. Min’s from Elmira/K-W & Guelph. MlS $549,000
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BBQ / Auction DJ / Cold Buffet $10 per person Dance only - tickets available at the door
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CLOSE IN EARLIER ACTION Ryan Johnston advances
up the ice as the Elmira Sugar Kings took on Listowel at home on Sunday. The Kings lost 2-1, tying the series at two wins apiece, but defeated the Cyclones in a pair of mid-week games to take the firstround playoff series.
Weekend games left Kings, Cyclones tied T
he Elmira Sugar Kings split a pair of games last weekend, leaving their series with the Listowel Cyclones tied at two games apiece. Visiting Listowel on Mar. 5, the Kings took the lead four minutes in on a goal from Josh Woolley. Chris Holmes answered back for the Cyclones midway through the period, and Miles MacLean put Listowel ahead with a goal in the last minute of the period. Three minutes into the second, Riley Sonnenburg brought the Kings even with a power play goal. The rest of the second and the third period passed scoreless, sending the game into overtime. Listowel mustered nine shots to Elmira’s four in overtime, but it was Sonnenburg who clinched the win for the Kings, scoring 10:34 into the extra frame. The win put Elmira ahead two games to one in the seven-game series. There were a number of Listowel fans in the crowd of 900 in the
Dan Snyder Arena last Sunday, and they made themselves heard when Holmes scored shorthanded six minutes into the opening frame. Tanner Simpson gave the Cyclones a 2-0 lead at 5:19, pouncing when the Kings turned the puck over in their own zone. The Kings were still scoreless after two periods, but they hit the ice in the third with renewed energy. The payoff followed in short order, as Tyson LeBlanc put Elmira on the board at 1:20. With almost 19 minutes to go, a tying goal seemed within reach, but the Kings couldn’t find the back of the net and the game ended 2-1 for Listowel. The Kings’ penalty killing was a bright spot last weekend, as the team held off Listowel on 15 attempts. Elmira had the second-highest penalty killing percentage in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League last weekend, behind the first-place London Nationals.
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>>Music Fun With Paul Behnke. A
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>>Buggin’ Out! With Mad Science.
Enjoy interactive and hands on 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.
>>Come join us for lunch at Gale
Presbyterian Church, 2 Cross St., Elmira. Irish (beef) stew, home made bread, salad, chocolate dessert with ice cream and beverage all for only $9. Served from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. All welcome. has trained volunteers available to complete your income tax return. This service is offered free of charge to people with limited income. To find out if you qualify drop by or call Woolwich Community Services at 73 Arthur St. S., Elmira; 519-669-5139.
Science. Watch science in action 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.
marCH 18 >>Canada Blooms Bus Trip. Pick
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>>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 519664-3794 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, 519-669-5477 (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.
>>Meet The Monsters! For GRACA.
Learn about species that are local to Waterloo Region, the Grand River, and more! Recommended for children ages 5 and up. 2:30-3:30 p.m., at Wellesley Branch Library, 519-656-2001. Tickets $3 per person or two for $5, everyone attending the show must have a ticket.
marCH 20 >>Fundraiser Breakfast Buffet –
8-9 a.m., Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. Proceeds towards Mennonite Central Committee Elmira Meat Canning Project. Speaker – J. Joren & Wanda Yoder. Tickets $12/aduts, $5/612 yrs. 5 and under free. Advance tickets only by calling MCC Ontario 519-745-8458.
>>Two-hour on Lions Lake Trail at
Floradale, 2 p.m. Enjoy a very early spring walk through the sugar bush on the Lions Lake Trail around the Woolwich Reservoir. Meet in the parking lot at Floradale Public School, 35 Florapine Rd. Those interested in hikes are asked to call Paul at 519-664-3643 to confirm meeting times and locations.
>>Woolwich Community Services
has trained volunteers available to complete your income tax return. This service is offered free of charge to people with limited income. To find out if you qualify drop by or call Woolwich Community Services at 73 Arthur St. S., Elmira. 519-6695139.
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