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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
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HOPPING FOR HOPE Marlee Fraser, 4 (right) and her friend, Paige Tucker, 4, lead their Wellesley Preschool group in the annual Hop for Muscular Dystrophy Canada Wednesday morning. The toddlers hopped as many times as they PHOTO | VANESSA MOSS could in a two-minute period to raise about $450 for the cause and they also spent time learning about physical disabilities.
Wellesley says no to troop decals on fire trucks In split decision, councillors opt to stay out of the political landmine that is the war in Afghanistan MARC MIQUEL HELSEN There will be no “support the troops” decals placed on Wellesley Fire Department vehicles, nor will they be sporting Canadian flags any time soon. Debating these issues at a meeting in Crosshill Tuesday night, councillors weighed in on a number of requests that originated at the department’s Wellesley station. Among those requests was one suggesting that decals supporting Canadian troops be affixed to township fire trucks. Councillors eventually voted against the idea in a 3-2 decision. “Where do you start, where do you end?
Right now we’re in a war, what happens in five years? … do we keep putting these decals on ad infinitum?” asked Coun. Herb Neher in opposing the request. “It’s got nothing to do with [whether] I am anti-patriotic, but I really have a concern … I’m not for these decals,” he explained, noting that changes in the country’s foreign policies would likely affect the number of decals being installed or removed. In his report to council, fire chief Dave Geil noted that while supporting Canadian troops may be a worthy cause, it should remain a personal decision. Councillors Paul Hergott and Shelley Wagner also voted against the idea, the latter suggesting that a projected time limit on the Canadian effort in Af-
ghanistan was a factor. Last July, the Region of Waterloo – which usually adheres to a policy of prohibiting public support of any group – sanctioned the practice. Polled by regional Chair Ken Seiling, Mayor Ross Kelterborn and his Woolwich counterpart Bill Strauss were among the councillors who supported the motion. The issue had proved divisive in other municipalities, including Toronto, where arguments centered on whether the ribbons are an endorsement of the war or simply a symbol of solidarity with Canadian soldiers. Also up for debate at the council meeting last week was a request that Canadian flags be installed on township emergency vehicles.
The request appears to have been inspired by one firefighter’s trip to New York City. “He saw these fire trucks flying the American flag on the back and he thought we should do the same thing here,” Geil explained to council, noting that a number of township trucks already carry a decal of the Canadian flag. “Everything we buy we try to put a Canadian decal on it to make it Canadian, but, this request, it’s about the second time I’ve had it, so I thought I’d bring it to council,” he said. Determining that a freestanding flag might actually prove to be a fire hazard or at least cumbersome in certain circumstances, councillors opted instead to supply trucks with flag decals.
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
EDSS students polish up their Skills One group gets ready to enter Skills Canada competition, while earlier competitors move on VANESSA MOSS As 50 Elmira District Secondary School students gear up for the annual Technological Skills Competition next week, two are already celebrating their success.
Elmira’s Greg Shantz, 18, and Peter Morlock, 17, are pretty sure they placed in the top three at the landscape gardening skills competition in Cambridge on Mar. 4. Although the official results will not be announced until the medal
ceremony Apr. 1, Shantz said that since they completed their task quickly and professionally, they likely earned a prize. The duo’s confidence stems from Shantz’s experience in the field. After the school’s technical director, Randy
Dyck, asked him to enter the challenge three years ago, Shantz not only placed in the regionals and moved on to the provincials – scheduled this year for May in Toronto – but he also went on to work at Mooder Horticultural Inc. in the summer. Now Shantz is working for the company as an apprentice, with the goal of becoming a certified landscape technician in two or three years. “Everything about it I enjoy,� he said, adding that the physical benefits of working outside are most rewarding. Morlock, on the other hand, has no interest in landscaping as a career and only entered the competition to help out his friend. But, that doesn’t mean he did not enjoy himself,
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ty of the test. Both Shantz and Morlock agreed that they struggled to fit everything into place since they were not allowed to cut the stones. “We met the same problems as you would with any other jobsite,� Shantz said, adding that the Grand Valley Fortifiers greenhouse situation mirrored the environment he works in daily with Mooder. Since the EDSS students finished their project early, they were able to go back and fix inaccurate measurements and other problems, which should lead to a medal, Shantz said. But, even if that does not work out, the boys said the day was worthwhile. “I’m happy doing it,� Shantz said.
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AN EYE FOR DESIGN Elmira District Secondary School students Greg Shantz, 18 (left) and Peter Morlock, 17, likely placed in the top three at the landscape gardening skills competition in Cambridge on Mar. 4. Shantz helped build the courtyard at the school where the boys met Tuesday to discuss their performance at the challenge.
Compromise at Sittler site
The office expansion at the Sittler Excavating property north of Elmira will go ahead under the auspices of a temporary-use bylaw, Woolwich councillors decided this week. While the company had been looking for a zone change to allow a modular office of up to 250 square metres – the current limit is 140 sq. m. – the township was uneasy with allowing more leeway at the site, a gravel pit operation with several secondary businesses, including wood recycling and demolition. Planning staff recommended the request be denied, but councillors offered a compromise in the form of a temporaryuse bylaw that must be renewed every three years. The company accepted the situation, allowing it to move ahead with plans to enlarge the office space.
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
“This is just a friendly game. We’re having fun with it.”
Don Widmeyer
LEADER OF THE PACK John Mahood Public School head custodian, Don Widmeyer, referees a group of 52 students in mini-hockey games every day during breaks. The September-April league has been a school tradition for the PHOTO | VANESSA MOSS past 18 years.
Mini-hockey, major fun
John Mahood custodian has seen his league blossom since its introduction 18 years ago VANESSA MOSS When head custodian Don Widmeyer first started a mini-hockey league at John Mahood Public School, there were plenty of extracurricular activities for students to choose from. Now, 18 years later, his program is one of the only ones left, and both the kids and their parents are thankful he’s kept it up. “If I stopped this program, I’d be run out of town on a rail,” Widmeyer said laughing. “I have kids in Grade 1 right now asking me when they can play mini-hockey.” Starting in September, Widmeyer rounds up about 75 Grade 4 and 5 students – 52 this year – and divides them into teams. That amounts to about three-quarters of the school’s Grade 4/5 population. With such a diverse group to work with, Widmeyer takes time to explain
his rules for the game, which is like fiveon-five hockey, but with mini sticks and nets. The emphasis is on having fun. Since he started the league to quell fighting and foul language on the playground, the custodian does not tolerate swearing, high sticking or arguing on the gym floor. “We’re not going to the NHL here,” he said. “This is just a friendly game. We’re having fun with it. That’s all I want them to do, and learn to play as a team. It’s all about teamwork, no matter what you do anymore.” As referee, Widmeyer said he has just as much fun, or maybe even more, than the kids. He especially likes that they are getting physical exercise every day by chasing a ball around the gym for 20 minutes. “Some of these kids, the skills they develop as they go along: it’s incredible watching this kind of stuff. And just watching them grin and laugh and giggle away and have fun with it, that’s what I enjoy.”
The white-haired and often-smiling Widmeyer even keeps track of the standings all year so that students can chart their progress and work towards their goals. To make sure teams are fair, the custodian moves players around based on skill and allows everyone to compete in the double-knockout playoffs that are currently underway. “It’s been very positive,” principal Paul Wettlaufer said of the program. “What I find is, the more involvement you get out of all staff in the school, the more kids enjoy attending school: they see everyone as a teacher and Don, through his mini-sticks, teaches a lot of neat things to the kids. He teaches them respect, cooperation, teamwork, fair play and by selecting team captains, he instills in the kids leadership opportunities.” Wettlaufer added that he is worried about what will happen when Widmeyer retires in a year or two since the program has become so popular in this “hockey town.”
“You hear parents out on the playground in the fall saying [to their kids], ‘now you’re in Grade 4 you get to sign up for the mini-hockey.’ It’s sort of like one of those rites of passage.” Widmeyer said he hopes a teacher or parent steps in to take over for him because he would like to see the league continue. The school council has already lent a hand by paying for some of the trophies and medals the students will receive at a ceremony on Apr. 29. This year everyone who participated will get a prize. “They’ve given their effort and their effort should be rewarded. That’s what it’s all about: have fun with it,” Widmeyer said. As a flushed Briana Falkenberg, 9, ran off the court Tuesday, her grin proved Widmeyer is achieving his goal. “I think it’s great,” she said, noting that her favourite part of the game is being part of a team. “I usually pass and try to cooperate to try and score a goal.”
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
» FROM THE EDITOR | STEVE KANNON
March a reminder that property taxes are a bad idea
On top of being dreary as winter drags on, March is also the month you typically fork out the first of the interim property tax payments. It’s at that point that you see your hardearned money disappearing into the abyss, with little to show in return (flushing down the toilet would be an appropriate analogy, but we overpay for that service separately, rather than through our taxes). Yes, I sound a little bitter, but I’m sure I’m not alone. My property taxes have climbed much faster than inflation, and well beyond increases in income. I’m paying out several hundred dollars more than a few years ago, and I’m getting no more in return. When I’m particularly miffed, I do the math on the few services that I directly use – roads, essentially – and I realize I should be paying somewhere in the neighbourhood of $300 a year. For the record, my property taxes are not $300 a year. Not even close. And that doesn’t even venture into the issue of gasoline taxes that are supposed to be paying for the roads I drive on, rather than pulling it from my property taxes. It’s at this time that stories such as the raise given to Kitchener firefighters especially rankle. A recent arbitration process sees the 200 firefighters on the city payroll get-
ting a 14.5-per-cent pay hike over four years. If that wasn’t bad enough, the lunacy of retention pay will cost taxpayers millions of dollars, just as it is doing with firefighters in neighbouring cities and police at the regional level. On the whole, municipal wage increases of more than three per cent in the region are outstripping inflation. And benefits, no small cost, are typically far more generous than in the private sector. Because salaries make up the lion’s share of expenses, it’s no wonder taxes are running well ahead of the average homeowner’s pocketbook. Through the miracle of compounding, the situation is only going to get worse. Local politicians appear unable or unwilling to change course. It’s up to the province, therefore, to step in. First off, they need to get rid of the arbitration process that has brought on the likes of retention pay. That’s a stopgap measure. Tighter restrictions on municipal spending and taxation should follow. Ultimately, we should see the elimination of the property tax system, starting with axing market assessment and the much-hated MPAC. I won’t be holding my breath for any of that, however, especially the removal of taxation powers from municipalities. That bold move would require an increase in income taxes and/or the sales tax to compensate for the lost revenue. The province would collect the money as it does now, turning it over to municipalities based on a funding formula such as a per-capita basis. It would also be an opportunity
for true uploading of responsibilities, fully countering the downloading that was done in earnest by the previous provincial government. Both an income and a sales tax would be more equitable than the current property tax system, which makes no distinction between a retired couple who bought a home 50 years ago for $10,000, and someone who just moved in last year after buying the house for $300,000. An income tax would be based on your ability to pay; a sales tax on how much disposable income you chose to spend. While not abolitionist when it comes to property taxes, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has condemned the province’s current value assessment (CVA) system as unfair, labeling it as a threat to home ownership. “CVA was implemented in 1998 to replace the old market assessment system, whereby many homes had not been re-assessed for decades. It was supposed to make property taxation fairer – but its timing couldn’t have been worse. CVA was brought in at a time of rising property values, an aging population, and municipal amalgamation. Taken together, these factors meant that people who hap-
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pened to live in booming real estate markets saw their home values – and tax bills – skyrocket,” the organization says in a review of the system. “Seniors and people on fixed incomes were particularly hard hit, facing the stark possibility of having to sell their home because of tax bills that outstripped their income.” The federation’s solution? Scrap the annual assessment process, basing value on the purchase price. It would also cap property taxes to avoid sudden increases. Most intriguingly, it would like to see a bigger link between taxes and services provided by the municipality: the rate would be tied to the level of services used. As with everyone, I do complain about taxes of all kinds. I do, however, recognize the value of taxation, and what it provides us. That’s true of both income taxes and consumption taxes, though to varying degrees. However, property taxes are regressive, and leave homeowners at the mercy of forces out of their control, such as the housing market in their communities, and at the sometimes-dubious decisions made by municipal officials. And there are a whole lot more of them than there are MPPs gathered in one spot at Queen’s Park.
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How long have you been working at the mill? “Eleven years next month.” Hobbies? Sports; reading. Favourite sport & team? Basketball. Raptors.
How do you think they will do this year? “They should do OK, as long as Chris Bosh stays healthy.” Favourite book? The Compassionate Samurai: motivational/ self-improvement genre. Do you have any hidden talents? Singing: spent four years with the Menno Singers. “I appreciate any field of music.” Children? Tristan: year-and-a-half old.
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
Accolades for ETC play The big one got away, but the Elmira Theatre Company landed a boatload of awards at the Western Ontario Drama League festival in Chatham last weekend. While Ten Times Two won’t be moving on to the provincial level, the play won much acclaim, proving to be a crowd favourite. It won nominations in almost every award category. Gord Cameron walked away as best actor; Tracey Kenyon got the nod for best actress. Awards followed for lighting design (Dave Laverty), sound design (Deb Deckert, Joe Brenner), innovative set design (Gord Grose), and wigs/makeup/ headpieces (Danielle Deckert). The group has no time to rest on its laurels however, as it gears up for a production Maggie’s Getting Married by Norm Foster, which begins its run Apr. 25.
Scotiabank donates $15K to WRFF
The Fit for the Future organization is racking up the cash in its final leg of the campaign to raise $5.6 million for the Woolwich Recreational Facility Foundation (WRFF). Scotiabank in St. Jacobs added $15,000 to the tally Mar. 20 during a ceremony at the Woolwich arena in St. Jacobs. “We always like to give back to our local communities, because without the communities, there wouldn’t be a branch, so we appreciate that,” said Todd Skipper, branch manager. The WRFF is contributing to new community centres in Breslau, Maryhill and Elmira, as well as making improvements to the Woolwich arena. Woolwich Coun. Ruby Weber and Scotiabank district vice president Rob Jones were on hand at the cheque presentation that came about after Weber approached the bank to make a donation.
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Author relates the trials of life as a Hutterite Prairie-based communities have some things in common with Mennonite culture VANESSA MOSS For almost 20 years, Saskatchewan journalist Mary-Ann Kirkby kept her Hutterite heritage a secret due to the prejudices she felt around her. Then, in June 2007, she released a memoir, I Am Hutterite, which she now feels proud to share. “I came full circle because I wanted to reclaim my heritage and stand up boldly and to be able to say, ‘I am a Hutterite,’” she explained from her home in Prince Albert. In April, Kirkby, 48, will visit libraries in Waterloo Region to read from her book and answer questions. Sheila Bauman, Kitchener Public Library events planner, said the book should interest area residents because of the Hutterites’ spiritual connection with the Mennonites. “I think it’s a nice insight into a community that people are familiar with visually, but they might not understand how the family community works. And her having lived in both sides,
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she’s going to give a perspective that we don’t understand but will better understand after we’ve met with her.” Kirkby said that while the Mennonites and Hutterites share a passive, religious lifestyle, “their similarities end quite quickly.” “We’re more than a religion, we’re a culture,” she explained. “For the first time, I take the reader by the hand and I show them a wonderful culture here in our country that they have never experienced before.” While Mennonites may live together in clutches,
FAmILY TIm ents and si E Kirkby (seated left blings whil ) e living in a with her parcolony.
their lives are not as strongly linked as those of the Hutterites. For example, the latter eat, pray and work together, using community kitchens and sharing the costs of nearly all expenses. “The Hutterites are known as the finest example of community life in the modern world.” Kirkby spent the first 10 years of her life in this environment, living with her parents and six siblings at the Fairholme Hutterite Colony in southern Manitoba. Although she found that simple life idyllic, her parents had a differ-
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ent experience and chose to leave the colony due to conflict in 1969. Without the security of their former lives, the family members struggled to fit in with a
society that did not understand them. Kirkby chronicled this difficult transition in her book and hopes it will make people realize that this prejudice exists. “Underneath the wardrobe, we’re really human beings and when we get to know each other better, it breaks down barriers and that is really something that is very important to me.” Kirkby experienced the discrimination against her people – the largest concentration of which lives in the Canadian prairies, numbering some 30,000 – firsthand
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Bursary to reward Lion-esque qualities Woolwich Community Lions seeking applicants who embody the right spirit
Mother Nature doled out ideal conditions to break up the Grand River ice jam that had been threat- MARC MIQUEL HELSEN ening to cause flooding in West Montrose. Milder days and cold nights in the previous week allowed The Woolwich Comthe ice to clear gradually, rather munity Lions Club is than all at once, as was feared with looking to reward an forecasts of mild temperatures and exceptional local high plenty of rain, Woolwich fire chief school student, but not Rick Pedersen reported to council- necessarily the one who lors Monday night. has attained the highest Still, the record-breaking snow- grades or level of excelfalls will mean higher levels in lence in athletics. the river system as the snowpack group is 875146_moh_07_011 8/15/07 Instead, 3:51 PM the Page 1 melts, he warned, urging parents looking to reward that to keep children and pets away student who best exemfrom riverbanks.
plifies qualities that are championed by the service club: leadership, volunteerism, perseverance and dedication to community betterment. “We didn’t want it to be based solely on academics. [For] a lot of bursaries and scholarships, you have to be the top athletic person with a 90-plus grade average; we don’t expect
that: just to have kept relatively good grades and that you are living a whole life; that you’re volunteering; that you’ve learned from things you’ve done in the past – it’s not all about academics,” said the club’s Elaine Racey. Applications for the $500 bursary, which will be presented in June, are available through the school’s guidance
office. In addition to maintaining a consistent academic record, the successful applicant will have had to overcome some sort of life challenge, like losing a parent, becoming a parent at a young age, or having some illness that has affected him or her, Racey explained. Applicants will have to answer three essay style questions explaining
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
Wellesley subdivision moves forward Council gives nod to additional eight semi-detached units at project site in village MARC MIQUEL HELSEN A small residential development planned for Wellesley Village moved forward this week, as township council approved in principle the necessary zoning bylaw amendment. The plan for the corner of Gerber and Greenwood Hill roads calls for the creation of eight semi-detached units on a 1.2-acre site. Gies Construction Ltd. is looking for the land to be rezoned as ‘urban residential’ from ‘agricultural.’ The eastern corner of
the intersection has already been reserved in the township’s official plan for future residential growth. The proposal would see eight homes built on a new, short road. Along with council’s nod Tuesday night, it’s been clear sailing for the project, which drew no feedback at the public meeting. “To date, there have been no public comments submitted to township staff or via phone conversation; all agencies circulated either did not reply ... or had [no] comments or concerns,” township
planner Craig Hockaday told councillors. Other than a technicality – Waterloo Region requires a minor modification to the plan of subdivision – the process went without a hitch. The plot forms part of lands surrounded by Parkview Drive, Greenwood Hill Road and Gerber Road where two subdivisions are planned. One has been draft approved the by region; staff are working with the applicant to register that plan, which includes three single-family detached dwellings.
The second subdivision has been recommended for draft approval by the township to the region, and includes 35 units, a combination of singlefamily dwellings and semi-detached dwellings. The addition of the eight semi-detached dwellings brings the total of that subdivision to 43. The need for additional sewage capacity was the major issue raised by members of the public who attended the meeting. There was some fear the new hookups would overburden the system. “In total, there is
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enough serving capacity for 148 residential units: a combination of single detached dwellings as well as semi-detached dwellings,” Hockaday noted. Voicing concerns about road safety issues once construction begins, the members of the audience were encouraged to meet with Hockaday in the future. The additional lands of the applicant in the vicinity will remain zoned agricultural until that time when additional wastewater capacity becomes available.
Province ups OMPF funding to townships Woolwich and Wellesley townships will each see a small increase this year in the funds each receives from the province through the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF). Woolwich will get $507,700 in 2008, an increase of $8,200 over what it received last year. In Wellesley, the cheque will be for $548,000, up $6,100 from 2007. The OMPF assists municipalities with their share of social program costs, supports areas with limited property assessment, addresses challenges faced by northern and rural communities, and responds to policing costs in rural communities. At the upper-tier level, Waterloo Region will receive $129,000. “I am proud to announce [this] OMPF funding,” said KitchenerConestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast. “This funding is important to our local economy and our community’s quality of life.”
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
» LAW & ORDER
Driver charged after taking wrong “road” »»
March 12
11:15 AM | A flatbed truck driving past a Church Street West, Elmira business caught a portion of fence as it passed the backyard. No one was hurt, but a portion of the fence and a sign were destroyed. The licence plate of the truck was not retrieved.
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March 13
3:15 PM | An Elmira resident picking somebody up at the Elmira Arena on Snyder Avenue left their 2007 Ford F150 pickup truck idling before heading into the facility. The vehicle was subsequently stolen; it was, however, recovered on Mar. 17 by Perth County OPP in Listowel. The vehicle had sustained a minimal amount of damage. There are no suspects. Police remind motorists to pocket their keys
when parking their cars.
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9:58 AM | Police were summoned to a residential address on Park Avenue West in Elmira as a result of a report that a side door had been forced open and entry gained. At this point in time it is unknown what, if anything, was stolen. The building was secured.
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2:15 PM | A raccoon acting strangely and sickly prompted a call by a concerned resident on Isabella Street in St. Jacobs. The responding officer destroyed the animal and disposed of its carcass. The Ministry of Natural Resources was notified. 6:50 PM | A residential address on Falcon Drive in Elmira was
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while working as a news anchor and freelance journalist for 10 years. She would often hear people say hurtful, untrue things about the Hutterites, but she was always afraid to defend them. Her silence is mirrored by most Hutterites, she said, and is likely the reason the misperceptions carry on. “This is sort of a culture that is so unique to our country and nobody knows anything about them. We know more about cultures from other countries and such, but this one is something that we just don’t know about.”
tagged by a graffiti artist. The tag, read in pink letters: ‘Do my Tax.’ The resident was able to remove the paint before it dried. 8:07 PM | A former employee of the Beckers’ variety store on Arthur Street South in Elmira was thought to have stolen a package of cigarettes from the store. He was later located by police, and interviewed in the presence of his father, where he admitted the
Too much booze might have been the cause of blurry vision that led to a rollover near Maryhill in the wee hours of Mar. 16. At approximately 12:37 a.m., police were summoned to the area of Crowsfoot and Halm roads as a result of a report of a single-vehicle rollover. A Mitchell resident had been northbound on Crowsfoot when she allegedly mistook a snowmobile trail for a road and entered a ditch, subsequently rolling over her vehicle. She was not injured, although she was charged with ‘impaired driving’ and ‘over 80.’
Kirkby witnessed this naivety at a cocktail party once, when a judge saw her dressed elegantly with her hair up and said he could not determine her heritage. When she admitted she was Hutterite, he said, ‘please tell me that’s not true,’ but could not explain why he felt that way. Although she held back at the time, Kirkby wishes she had responded with, ‘please tell me you’re not a judge.’ “That is underlying racism that we all have to confront ourselves and realize that we have to do better in our society.” Now in its third print,
with 11,000 copies sold, Kirkby’s memoir won Best Non-Fiction Book at the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Awards and was nominated for Best First Book. She credits its success to readers’ desire to learn about an unknown world. “The invites I’m getting [to speak] are really remarkable. It’s people everywhere because they can connect with this book.” Kirkby will be speaking at the Kitchener Public Library (85 Queen St. N.) Apr. 3 at 7 p.m. and at the Erb Street Mennonite Church (131 Erb St. W., Waterloo) on Apr. 6 at 2 p.m.
theft. The cigarettes were paid for and an apology was made. There were no charges.
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1:37 AM | Police were summoned to an address on Sugar King Drive in Elmira where the residents, who had been out of the country on vacation, returned home to find a rear window broken. Entry into the home had been gained and a quantity of jew-
elry and an IBM Thinkpad laptop computer were stolen. The estimated value of the stolen goods is in excess of $5,000. 1:50 PM | Police received a report of a vehicle being driven in an erratic fashion while on Arthur Street South near Sawmill Road. Information obtained through the licence plate registration led police to an Elmira home. The suspect has yet to be interviewed.
Wellesley Lions hope latest fundraiser will pack ‘em in MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Recent history indicates that the Wellesley Inn on Queen’s Bush Road is a sure bet when it comes to drawing local crowds for a night of food, fun and fundraising. That’s what the Wellesley and District Lions are banking on as they prepare for their pork dinner event for the Sight First II campaign and community betterment on Mar. 29. “Our relationship with the inn has been working really well. The owners have been really accommodating in providing excellent support for us – it allows us to provide fun nights for the community and also raise some money. Overall, it’s just been a good fit,” said Dave Mathes, vice-president of the service club. The local group is hoping for a repeat of the
chicken wing night held at the inn Feb. 9. Some of the funds are earmarked for the Sight First II campaign, an international drive that distributes grants for international programs to eradicate preventable blindness, and which targets poverty-stricken areas of the world where diseases are rampant and medical treatments scarce. Since the Lions Clubs International Foundation, the grant-making arm of the International Association of Lions Clubs, launched Sight First I in 1990, the campaign has awarded US$211 million for 896 projects in 90 countries; provided 7.3 million cataract surgeries; prevented serious vision loss for 27 million; improved eye care services for hundreds of millions; and provided 114.1 million treatments for river blindness. The Wellesley and Dis-
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Slowdown to worsen the divide If you’re like most Canadians, you’re working harder and have less to show for it. A new report from the TD Bank says we’re going to see rougher times, as our economy begins a downturn in sync with the slowing underway in the U.S. This is not good news for the majority of us who’ve seen real income on the decline. Studies show the gap between rich and poor is growing, even during the best of economic conditions. In 2004, the average earnings of the richest 10 per cent of Canada’s families raising children were 82 times that earned by the poorest 10 per cent of families. That is approaching triple the ratio of 1976, when the ratio was around 31 times. The after-tax income gap has never been this high in at least 30 years, and it has been growing faster than ever since the late 1990s. Essentially, we’re spending more time at work, but 80 per cent of us are getting a smaller share of Canada’s growing economy. Only the richest 20 per cent are experiencing gains, and most of those gains are concentrated in the top 10 per cent. The richest 10 per cent of Canadian families are getting richer. They enjoyed a 30per-cent earnings increase compared to a
generation ago, the only group to experience such gains. This is creating a new phenomenon in income distribution in Canada: the rich are breaking away from the rest of society, in a way not seen since such information began to be collected in 1976. The differences become stark when the study compares the top half of families with the bottom half: between 1976 and 1979, the bottom half of Canada’s families earned 27 per cent of total earnings. Between 2001 and 2004, their share dropped to 20.5 per cent of total earnings, even though they were working more. The poorest 20 per cent saw their share of the earnings pie drop from 4.5 per cent from the late 1970s to 2.6 per cent in the early 2000s. In sharp contrast, the top half of Canadian families saw their share of total earnings grow to 79.5 per cent from 73 per cent during that same time period. Most of the increase went to the very richest 10 per cent of families – their share of earnings grew to 29.5 per cent from 23 per cent of all earnings by Canadian families. The average Canadian household with children is clocking in almost 200 hours
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more each year compared to just nine years ago. Only one group of families didn’t clock in more hours: the richest 10 per cent, on average, didn’t increase their work hours between 1996 and 2004. Yet the group was alone in seeing major increases in their earnings. In the past, income gaps were often the result of economic conditions and policies pushing more people into the ranks of the poor. In the latest boom, the rich are outpacing the pack to pull ahead. This is not automatically a bad thing, except that it increasingly comes at the expense of the poor and, to a growing extent, the middle class. “Canadians sense that economic prosperity is largely accruing to the rich, leaving the rest behind. That perception is borne out by these statistics. Though the pie is much bigger, it is not even getting divided into the same (unequal) pieces as a generation ago. The pieces are getting more unequal, with those at the top getting an ever-bigger share of the pie — at the expense of those at the bottom, but, more surprisingly, also at the expense of the majority of Canadian families,” says the report.
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“It’s kind of sad to see a federal finance minister doing this. It’s just not very becoming.”
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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
Strange things can happen in left coast politics Hubris: exaggerated pride or self-confidence. Can B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell be beaten in May of 2009? The situation was probably covered by Damon Runyan when he said, “The race is not necessarily to the swift nor the contest to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.” But sure things have turned into losers before. In 1972, W.A.C. Bennett had been premier for 20 years. Just three years before he had won a landslide victory against my old classmate and then NDP leader, Tom Berger. Those were good times – what could possibly go wrong? The Socreds were smug. They ignored the people. They lost the common touch. They just rested on their laurels and for their pains got slaughtered by Dave Barrett and the NDP. It wasn’t one thing especially, just a lot of piss-offs with citizens and groups of citizens haughtily given the back of the hand. Hubris. Barrett and the NDP, in 40 months, managed against all the odds to become an old government before they even got started. They had waited so long for power that they couldn’t wait to alter the political and economic landscape of the country. They acted as if the people, who gave them 39 per cent of the popular vote, had mandated the expunging of all vestiges of the past governments. Yes, they did some lasting things that
remain unchanged: ICBC and the Agricultural Land Reserve, for example. But that was more than offset by an endless list of goofy things, none of which in themselves brought them down but which cumulatively hurt badly. They bought the town of Ocean Falls, which became a ghost town after the mill went bankrupt. They bought (God only knows why) a restaurant in Victoria, immediately dubbed Barrett’s beanery. They bought a poultry business called Panco Poultry which became known as Pinko Panco, producing, said the wags, left wings and a**holes. They bought up God only knows how much so-called B.C. art, most of which is still in the bowels of the legislature somewhere. Based upon on a letter from Safeway that said “if you make good potato chips we might buy some from you” the NDP set up Swan Lake Potato Chips, poured money into it, and never sold a chip to Safeway or anyone else for that matter. Then there was the famous mineral royalty that was ruinous to miners, causing unions to be just as angry as management because they could see their jobs vanishing. Good deeds, intended good deeds, catastrophes, and an attitude that, being socialists, they were doing God’s work, pervaded government offices. Then, irony of all ironies, they thoroughly alienated the unions with ill-conceived, more than faintly condescending backto-work legislation that the government thought would be a good decision to call an election on! Great thinking! Get the entire electorate, including ba-
sic support ticked off, then call an election! Strange things happen in politics. With 39 per cent of the vote, Barrett won in a near landslide in 1972 and with the same popular vote in 1975 lost a near landslide to Bill Bennett and his re-born Socreds. The word jumps out at us: hubris … displayed in record time. Gordon Campbell is unbeatable in 2009, we’re told. The bad old NDP years are still fresh in the minds of the voters, it’s said. NDP leader Carole James is trying to apply the politics of a school board to provincial politics and just isn’t making an impact, at least not a positive one, on voters. Times are good with incomes up and unemployment low. The Winter Olympics are coming and voters will want to express their thanks to Campbell at the polls. Maybe. But maybe not, too. Let’s look at the record. Campbell gets nailed for drunk driving, his picture all over the front pages of Canadian newspapers. But although he was Mr. Clean as opposition leader, demanding the highest standards of the NDP government, he refuses to resign. By way of contrast, when one of his ministers sent a rude letter to a constituent on department letterhead he was fired by Campbell, never to be seen again. The Campbell government is embarrassed, and a minister resigns, when it comes to light that a Prince George car dealer under investigation for fraud is given control of a $3 million budget intended to help people in community living arrangements. BC Rail, the railway W.A.C. Bennett
bought to be an engine driving the northern economy, was sold to CN Rail, now a U.S. company. The government’s power to help remote places prosper was sold to the Americans. Whoopsy daisy and oh, dear me, I forgot it was “leased” not sold but as a wag (me) pointed out, the lease is for so long that if you looked the same time backwards you’d be in the reign of Ethelred the Unready. The fish farm issue which is an environmental disgrace and is wiping out run after run of wild fish, has been day after day, month after month, year after year supported by the Campbell government. Even today when there is enormous evidence of harm done by fish farms to the wild salmon, evidence the public now understands and deplores, Campbell continues to support the fish farm industry. He is apparently un-swayed by this statement by John Fredriksen, owner of Marine Harvest, one of the biggest salmon farming companies, both globally and in Canada: “I am concerned about the future for wild salmon. Fish farming should not be allowed in fjords with salmon rivers,” he said in the Norwegian newspaper Altaposten, July 19, 2007. We see a government that does its environmental investigation after the decision is made using the Environmental Assessment Act, which is run not by an independent public servant but by a cabinet, which is to say Campbell appointment. We see, in the Eagleridge Bluffs case, two elderly women who dared protest thrown in jail with one See MAIR »10
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Chinese tyranny at play as Tibet struggles against occupation The monks who marched through Lhasa on Mar. 10 to mark the anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 did not want to wreck China’s Olympic year, but they knew that Chinese troops would be less likely to shoot them this year than most. And so it proved: the monks were arrested, but the crowds of Tibetans who gathered on the following days to demand their release were not harmed. The dilemma facing the Chinese troops was that if they didn’t shoot, the crowds would inevitably grow bigger, for most Tibetans dream of independence and fear that the mass immigration of Han Chinese to Tibet is a form of cultural genocide. By Mar. 14, the crowds had become so bold that it was they who turned to violence, attacking Chinese civilians in Lhasa and looting and burning Chineseowned shops, banks and hotels. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported 10 people were killed in Lhasa. The Tibetan government-in-exile says 80 were killed, and accounts by foreign tourists in Lhasa support the higher figure. But so far, by most accounts, the victims have mostly been Han Chinese settlers killed by angry Tibetans. This doesn’t fit the simple foreign
narrative of peaceful protesters and wicked Chinese, but nationalism, whether Tibetan or Fijian, is not an inherently tolerant and peaceful phenomenon. Foreign troops who hold their fire are still foreign occupiers, and innocent Chinese civilians who were encouraged by their own government to come and set up businesses in Lhasa are still unwelcome foreign agents of cultural genocide. All the players are sticking to their scripts. China insists that “the recent sabotage in Lhasa was organized, premeditated and masterminded by the Dalai clique” (the Dalai Lama is Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader). Qiangba Puncog, the puppet chairman of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, vows that “The plot of the separatists will fail.” They have to say that, as otherwise they would have to admit that Tibetans don’t want to be ruled by China. The Dalai Lama insists that he is not seeking Tibetan independence from China, but only more autonomy for Tibet’s culture and its Buddhist faith. As the violence in Tibet intensified, however, he had to harden his line. “Ultimately, the Chinese government is clinging to policy, not looking at the reality,” he told the BBC. “They simply feel they have guns – so they can control. Obviously they can control. But they cannot control human mind.” Foreign governments urge China to “exercise restraint,” but they care-
fully avoid questioning Beijing’s right to rule Tibet. And with the unrest spreading to ethnically Tibetan regions of neighbouring Chinese provinces – hundreds of monks from Labrang monastery marched through the town of Xiahe in Gansu province last week – the time may soon come when Beijing decides it has to crush all dissent by force regardless of the impact on the Olympics. Force will succeed, as it has before. The 1959 uprising was crushed, the 1989 demonstrations in Tibet were crushed, and the current unrest there will be crushed as well. Tibet’s only chance to recover its independence will come if and when there is a change of regime in China. China did not traditionally seek to expand beyond the boundaries of the Middle Kingdom, an agrarian society that lived in the north Chinese plain and the river valleys of southern China. The non-Chinese territories that now make up the western third of the country – the deserts and oases of Muslim Xinjiang and the high plateau of Tibet – were not conquered by Chinese, but rather swept into the same Mongol empire that conquered China itself in the 13th century. Since the Mongol (Yuan) dynasty ruled from Beijing, Tibet came to be seen as a Chinese possession, but the subsequent (ethnically Chinese) Ming dynasty took little interest in it. When another foreign nation of mounted nomads, the Manchus, conquered China
in 1644, they too brought Tibet under Beijing’s rule – and when the Manchu dynasty was finally overthrown in 1911, Tibet again slipped from China’s control. For the next 40 years, Tibet was effectively independent. The Chinese Communists seized power in 1949, and invaded Tibet the following year on the argument that “what was once ours is ours forever.” So long as they hold power in Beijing, they will also hold Tibet – but an interesting analogy comes to mind. For the history of the Baltic states – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia –is not very different. They fell under the rule of the expanding Russian empire in the 18th century, but regained their independence after revolution overthrew the Tsarist regime in 1917. They lost it again when the Soviet Union invaded them in 1940, but got it back when the Communist regime in Moscow collapsed in 1991. And the main motive for their drive for independence was fear that their languages and cultures were being submerged by a wave of Russian immigrants. As with the Baltic states, so too with Tibet. If there is ever a change of regime in Beijing, then a window of opportunity will open – and Tibet will have a couple of years to establish its independence before a new government emerges in Beijing that feels compelled to hold onto it in deference to Chinese nationalist sentiment. But that window is not open now.
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of them dying a few days after she was released from imprisonment. Now we have a new environmental disaster in B.C. unfolding through a plan called the Run of Rivers project, which will, pardon the scientific term, bugger up hundreds of streams and rivers in this province. Independent power companies will make hundreds of millions of dollars for using our rivers and, by transmission lines and roads into each power site, destroy the remaining wilderness in our beloved province. All this not to deal with our own power needs but to help export power – and our environment along with it – to the United States. There’s the never ending spiraling cost of the new Convention Centre. There’s the new South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, formerly Translink,
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stuffed with friends of the government usurping the power of local governments. The mayors and councils will pay the money and get the political heat for decisions made by friends of the Campbell government. And, of course, there is the unbelievable case of Ken Dobell being paid big fees to advise Vancouver how to deal with the government and big fees from the government advising it how to deal with Vancouver. What takes the breath away isn’t so much Mr. Dobell’s apparent conflict of interest, but it not being recognized to be a serious matter by Gordon Campbell’s Liberal government. Hubris: exaggerated pride or self-confidence. Don’t bet the piggybank on it taking its toll in May of 2009, but remember that hubris has defeated “sure thing” governments before.
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
» HEALTH CARE
Doing what comes naturally VANESSA MOSS Amanda Ferris always thought she wanted to be a doctor, but her frustrations with the Canadian healthcare system convinced her to take a different path. Now, as a doctor of naturopathic medicine, Ferris offers patients holistic treatments for their ailments. “It gives the body a completely different method … to change what it’s doing: [to] change the symptoms that it’s giving you on its own. So, you’re not forcing the body to do it,” she said. Ferris opened Wellesley Naturopathic Medicine on Queen’s Bush Road in the village in early January and is pleased with the feedback so far. This independent venture is a welcome change from her previous position at Kitchener’s Mardian Natural Medicine, where she worked with four other naturopaths for two years. Not only is the drive shorter – Ferris lives just outside of Milverton – but the environment is calmer and more personal. “People need to be able to come and just really feel like they can relax and they can have their time and their space.” The naturopathic experience differs from a trip to a medical doctor, and the public seems to like that, Ferris said of the rapidly-growing field. “People are very tired of not having true causes addressed and not being heard completely. Our
conventional system is so taxed. Our doctors have such a hard time spending any more than 10 minutes with someone and so, being able to sit down with someone for an hour and understand everything about their life allows me to treat from a very different perspective than a medical doctor.” By the same token, Ferris said she empathizes with the state of the system and is a big proponent of incorporating both medical and naturopathic practices into her patients’ treatment. In fact, she often uses medical test results in her assessments and refers clients to specialists. Unlike the mainstream, however, Ferris does not offer quick fixes. “It is a process and it does take time to shift many things about your life and your diet to make a lasting change in someone’s health so that they can graduate to not needing therapies and medicine.” Among some of the procedures Ferris uses are Bowen therapy – an alternative or compliment to massage that gently resets and rebalances the body – and Electrodermal Screening that locates energetic imbalances in the body. “It’s an assessment technique that I would use to put the whole picture together for someone,” Ferris explained. Since naturopathic medicine focuses on treating the patient and not the disease or diagnosis, it can benefit anyone. That said, Ferris also
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Naturopathic doctor draws on traditional and mainstream medicine as she sets up shop in Wellesley
NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS Amanda Ferris arranges some of the natural supplements she can prescribe to patients at her newly-opened Wellesley Naturopathic Medicine in the village. wants people to get to a point where they do not need her as much. “My goal is definitely to get you well and get you moving,” she said, adding that she does not want to become a health food store. “I’m more than that. I want to be more indepth and more last-
ing, more deeply effective than what you can get with just treating a symptom with a natural remedy.” That “simple solution” technique is sometimes associated with naturopathic medicine because people do not understand the difference between trained,
licensed and monitored doctors in the field and those who just took a weekend course, Ferris said. She even admitted it was hard for her to shift her confidence from the medical system to naturopathy. But, after graduating from the University of
Waterloo with a bachelor of science, spending four years at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and writing two licensing exams, Ferris said people should feel comfortable coming to her for treatment. As well, the profession was recently included in the Regulated Health Professions Act, the legislation that governs Ontario’s regulatory health colleges. “There will be a lot of changes in the healthcare system in accepting to a greater level naturopathic care and that’s because of our licensing and because of our education.” Currently, most extended healthcare plans cover up to $500 or $700 a year for this type of healing, more than enough to cover regular visits – once a month to start and less as time goes on. What most do not pay for, however, are many natural supplements, but Ferris thinks that will change as the field continues to grow in popularity. To help with that, she will be offering courses in natural weight loss, parenting and prenatal support, among others, to make her services more widely available and affordable. Seeing several patients at once should also free up some time for the single mom, whose four-year-old son Owen keeps her busy. “My life is balancing being a mom and trying to have a professional career, which is very challenging and very rewarding at the same time.”
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
New farm registry starts searching for dirt This summer, a new traceability service is being launched across 54 counties in Ontario that will be able to quickly identify the whereabouts of every farm in the province. It’s a free service, not unlike Google Earth. In fact, you’d probably call it Google Farm, if the technology was a product of the Google family. But it’s not. Rather, it’s a product of our own tax dollars, created two years ago by a Guelph-based not-forprofit traceability firm called OnTrace Agri-food Traceability, with $10-million in support from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
Its real value is for quickly identifying farms in emergencies, such as in disease outbreaks, natural disasters or eco-terrorist attacks, or when opportunities arise, such as possibilities for collaboration and innovation within the agri-food industry. I naively thought we – or someone— already knew where to find Ontario farms. After all, we count farms and farmers all the time, for census purposes. Pork producers know how many pork farmers raise pigs, and where. Chicken farmers know where farmers raise chickens. And on it goes, through the commodities. But the truth is no one’s traditionally held a grand inventory of farms. Ontario’s privatized land registry, Teranet, describes a property in legal terms, but not necessarily in practical ways.
Mooder balcony tops at Canada Blooms Elmira’s Mooder Horticultural Inc. was “blooming” happy about its Outstanding Balcony win at the Canada Blooms Show Mar. 12-16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Owner Doug Mooder and partner Phil Haid worked long hours for four days to complete the project which will be featured as a backdrop for gardening expert Mark Cullen when he appears on Canada AM in the next three weeks. “It gives us the opportunity for acknowledgment for our efforts and that we get a little bit of attention,” Mooder said. The win was particularly satisfying because the
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company was not even going to enter a design this year due to costs and time constraints. But, Mooder is glad he did because the show gave him a chance to profile himself as a designer. “Press is something that draws attention to your business which is very good for us,” he said. The balcony itself incorporated a variety of elements, including a pond, digital backdrop of a building, surround sound equipment and flat-screen televisions, wrought-iron railings, and interlocking stone. Mooder was up against six other balconies this year, all sponsored in part by Laguna Ponds.
That’s where OnTrace comes in, through an initiative called the Ontario Agri-food Premise Registry. A six-month pilot program for this registry finished in October 2007 in four counties, including Waterloo. The exercise entailed compiling the location of about 50,000 farms, identifying them by their whereabouts and by the agricultural activities that take place on that property. Unlike Teranet, the premise registry is not concerned with tax rolls; rather, it wants to know where, what and when, and it’s quite happy leaving financial matters such as “how much” up to others. Participation in the four-county pilot was voluntary. OnTrace CEO Brian Sterling says that farmers associated with the six commodity groups that participated in the pilot program did so because they saw the value in being on the ground floor of a new traceability system in Ontario. They also saw the value in improving and validating their existing data. In the future, farmers will continue to be offered the service as an option, but with a twist. Earlier this month, On Trace struck a deal with an organization called GS1 Canada, which is likewise a non-profit group, part of GS1 International, which is designed to promote and maintain global standards for identifying goods and locations, as well as e-commerce. This deal gives Ontario farmers access
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to the GS1 global location number, which is something like a grocery store barcode. Traditionally, farmers haven’t needed that level of traceability. However, with accountability becoming increasingly important, Sterling predicts farms with GS1 locator numbers will have a better chance of being part of various value chains. For example, manufacturers who provide farmers with inputs (such as feed) have these GS1 locator numbers, as do processors. Farmers who take part in the program (it’s free) have the opportunity to close the gap. And imagine the new level of accountability if every ounce or gram of farm produce could be traced back to its origins. Farms with this capacity would not only be able to prove they are indeed local food purveyors; they would also look attractive to potential business partners. They could take part in standardized electronic business interactions, here or abroad. I see the possibilities, but I also see the challenges OnTrace will face convincing farmers it’s not too intrusive. A good communications foundation with the agricultural community will be needed to endear trust. OnTrace’s chair and several of its board members are farmers, as well as representatives of various commodity organizations. So as far as credibility goes, it’s off to a good start.
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Rallying from a poor start that caused a coaching change, Wellesley team showed the spirit needed to craft a winner when next season comes VANESSA MOSS For the second year in a row, the Wellesley Applejacks had a rough go of the season, ending in a seventhgame loss in the first round of the playoffs. Battling back from last place in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League standings in the fall, the Jacks ended up fifth overall in the McConnell Conference with 50 points (23-15-4), up from last year’s 42 (19-23-4). “I told the guys after the [final] game: they started the year out 1-5, and that’s when Dave [Litt, general manager] made a coaching change. The guys could have cashed in the chips then. They were dead last when I took over the team and they could’ve just said, ‘you know what, forget it.’ And they didn’t. They kept coming to the rink every week: nobody quit,” said coach Kevin Lobsinger while reflecting on the season. Litt summarized the year as “streaky,” as the Jacks put together four- and five-game winning runs interspersed by a series of losses. Going into the final weekend of the regular season, the Jacks had the second-best home record in the league – behind the first-place Delhi Travellers – and were on their way to finishing near the top of the conference standings.
Unfortunately, those last three games ended in consecutive losses and Wellesley was left in the fifth slot, losing home-advantage in the first round of playoffs against the Burford Bulldogs. Despite these setbacks however, the team took an early 2-0 playoff lead. Then, in game three, the players started following Burford’s lead instead of sticking to their own game, a shift that ultimately cost them. Game four saw Burford take a 6-5 win in overtime, followed by a second overtime win in the fifth match. Down 3-2 going into the final first-round weekend, the Jacks got a fan-boost to tie the series Mar. 1, but lost 2-1 in the deciding game. “I’ve never, in all the years I’ve coached Junior hockey, seen a community rally the way they did around our team in game six, which was unbelievable. It’s not just me that appreciates it. It’s all the players and all the coaches that appreciate it and it was really nice to see them do that,” Lobsinger said. With many of the same players on the team from last season, the game-seven loss was an unwelcome déjàvu after a hard-fought season. “They put forth the effort [in game six] and won. They put forth the effort again on Sunday [game seven] in a game that we probably deserved to win and just couldn’t get that break. As much as it sucks to lose
and be done, I can’t say enough about how hard our boys worked this year and how they turned the season around,” Lobsinger said. “It was a series that I wasn’t concerned about and I guess I was wrong because I thought we were the better hockey team,” added Litt. “Your best players have to be your best players and to sum it up: I don’t think our best players were our best players in that series.” Disappointing playoff results aside, Litt and Lobsinger are already planning for next year. With at least 10 guys leaving, the incoming fresh blood should refresh the squad, Litt said, adding that the team could really use some top-scorers to back up its strong defence. “We’ve got some young guys coming in that hopefully can step it up.” Among the departing players is captain Wes Hauck, who will be tough to replace, Lobsinger said. “Whoever is the captain of the Jacks next year, they’ve got some big shoes to fill with the void that Wes is leaving. There’s a guy who’s the heart and soul of the team. He was the hardest worker we had on the ice every game, every practice [and] he was our leading scorer.” FEBR That said, Lobsinger is confident that some of the guys who are coming back – up to 16, including Luke
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
» JUNIOR B PLAYOFFS
Kings bounce back to go up 3-1
Elmira had to be good to be lucky in win over Cullitons Monday night after loss the previous day The luck of the Irish may have helped the Elmira Sugar Kings defeat the Cullitons 3-1 in Stratford on St. Patrick’s Day, giving them a 3-1 lead in the best of seven semifinal series. What’s for certain, however, is that if there was any luck to be had, the Sugar Kings had a hand in bringing it about, suggested coach Geoff Haddaway. “We got a good bounce on the first goal, but it’s amazing how good bounces often come about because of good hard play. A lot of people say, ‘It’s a lucky bounce.’ Well, wait a minute, we put ourselves in a good spot to create those lucky bounces. So, I think in the end, I guess there’s a little luck involved. But overall, the course of the series, that all evens out so, it doesn’t come down to that,” Haddaway told the Observer. Losing 4-3 to the Cullitons on Sunday, the Kings looked to turn their fortunes around on Monday and started by using the previous day’s loss as a motivating factor. “It’s good to play the next night after losing to get right back at it; certainly, no time to feel sorry for yourself. We played a really strong road game; it wasn’t flashy but we got the job done,” said Hadd-
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DENIED Elmira’s Brent Freeman fights through the Stratford Cullitons’ defence with backup from teammate Jeremy Hilliard, but fails to score Sunday at home. The Sugar Kings lost the game 4-3. The team won the following day on the road. away. Despite a scoreless first peri- batted the puck out of the air it was luck of the Irish.” “You don’t like to think that od, the Kings kept the pace up as he fell to the ice. With a litThe Cullitons battled back losing motivates you because I hoping to wear down the Cul- tle luck, it went in. and finally tied things up in think you’re playing with fire litons enough to find a crack. “I saw the goalie was out of the third frame when Rob if you do that too often, but it Sugar King forward Addison position and I just tried to Durkee, from Chad Sumsion certainly sparked our interest Fisher did just that when he throw it on net and see what – in second place (6G, 6A, 12 a little bit more, and we were potted an unassisted tally at happens. Good things happen pts) behind John Lunney (8G, able to go in there and get a 6:30 of the second frame. No- when you throw the puck on 7A, 15 pts) in the league scorwin in an arena that’s really ticing that the Stratford goal- net,” said Fisher. “I was wear- ing leaders race – made it 1-1 See KINGS »17 tough to play in.” ie was out of position, Fisher ing St. Paddy’s socks – I guess
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» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
The essence of hunting is having a great story to tell Last week, I spent five days sitting at a booth at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show. When I returned home, my wife asked how I could possibly sit for 10 hours a day, for five days solid, speaking to passing sportsmen about hunting. It occurred to me that, after all this time, she had still learned nothing of the habits of outdoorsmen. Anyone knows that sitting down and swapping hunting stories is at the heart of why we outdoorsmen do what we do. I’m not sure when this tradition of storytelling and one-upmanship originated, but, without it, our ancestors would have had no really good reason to poke sharp sticks at passing mastodons. The way I figure it, this proud tradition probably began when one member of the tribe came home wet, mud-
dy, and with an angry otter attached to his leg – a common situation, I’m sure, that most of us can relate to. If that fellow was like most of us, I’m certain that he made an effort to act casually by making offhand quips about the weather and his favourite type of rock to throw. But somewhere along the line, he probably had to address the white elephant that was in the cave. “You might have noticed that I have a live otter attached to my leg…” he would have probably begun hesitantly. And thus, the classic outdoors story was born. Of course, modern outdoorsmen have developed our tale-telling to sophisticated and almost dizzying heights. For instance, these days we might begin with “So I was minding my own business, walking along the creek bank …” or “Did you know otters don’t like it when you juggle their young?” You’ll note that these are sentences
that draw listeners right into the story – pique their interest, if you will. After that, it’s relatively easy to continue, perhaps by speaking of the breakneck speeds attained on the mudslide or the sting of frigid waters, and the rumbling of the rapids and waterfalls that soon followed. As anyone who has ever experienced this can relate, this cliché situation does not give you a lot to work with – but it can be made interesting if you take your time and tell it correctly. In any case, somewhere along the line, nearby outdoorsmen probably noted that the fellow with the thrashing otter attached to his inner thigh was getting a lot of attention as he explained the circumstance. Sure, it was unwarranted, but that was beside the point – anyone could see that this guy was on to something big. Before long, he’d be asked to tell the
otter story around local campfires and on the prehistoric talk-show circuit. Women would fawn all over him, hoping to be the proud owner of the pelt – once it let go. In any case, my own stint at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show was merely a continuation of this proud and timeless tradition. Sure, there were no otters attached to any limbs, but there were grown men wearing buckskins and buffalo horns and several bonechilling stories were told. One man regaled us with how he just broke the news of an expensive caribou hunt to his wife. He then detailed how he was about to slip hundreds of dollars in hunting gear through the front door in broad daylight. Naturally, he got a lot of attention too. Sure it was unwarranted, but that was beside the point – anyone could see that he was on to something big.
Kings: In control of series » From page 16
at 4:04. But the Kings were eager to get back into the game and tighten their strangle hold on the series. And they did exactly that when Jeremy Hilliard converted on a Lunney pass to give the visitors a 2-1 advantage at 6:07; Michael Therrien then slotted an unassisted goal at the eight-
minute mark to make it 3-1. A hard fought contest that featured little in the way of penalties, game four saw the Kings rack up five infractions and the Cullitons just three in 60 minutes of action. Needless to say Haddaway was pleased with his squad’s disciplined and collective effort. “We certainly had a real group effort last
night. All 20 guys contributed; all four lines were effective,” said the coach. “I just thought we got contributions from everybody.” Much like he had predicted after game one, the semifinal series has seen close, hard fought battles. Game five of the series went Wednesday night; find updated results at www.observerxtra.com.
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The Observer | Saturday, March 22, 2008
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Plenty of action in OMHA playoffs
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NEARING THE END The Woolwich Wildcats Major Midgets lost to Newmarket during game two of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association finals Sunday in Elmira. Top: Kevin Howarth (#16) takes a tumble as teammate Nick Pope (#7) watches from a distance. Bottom: Luke Shantz (right) waits for a pass as Rob Hinschberger reaches for the puck.
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Elmira dojo prepares for Elora tournament later this month A dozen or so Elmira area martial artists will get a chance to perform their art at the 23rd annual Shiai Canadian Naha-Te Goju Karate championships at Elora Public school Mar. 30. Hosted by the Elora Gorge Goju Karate Dojo, the tournament will see students of all ages and degrees performing forms, sparring against competitors of the same age and level, and training. But it will also feature much, much more, explained Elmira Karate Dojo sensei Barbara Lamble. “It’s a really great fellowship; that’s the reason I like going,” said the second-degree black belt, noting that such tournaments typically draw newcomers and regulars from as far away as Toronto, Kincardine and Petawawa. “It’s pretty friendly … We don’t have the goal of getting to a sport level competition like the Olympics or something like that; our purpose is much more for the development of our art rather than to see who gets the gold at the end of the day,” she explained, adding that a sense of camaraderie is typical at these events. “One of the things we do there, it’s also a bit of a social environment because we don’t get together more than a couple times a year to see each other, to see the different dojo heads, to see what everybody else is doing; it’s a pretty good reflection on what we’re doing to make sure that everybody else is following the same standard, and it’s also a lot of fun for the kids,” said Lamble. That said, the participants will be hard at work performing katas, kumite and kobudo. Katas are a set of stylized movements that mimic an imaginary battle scene. Some of these forms are up to 1000 years old. The kumite portion of the tournament involves non-contact sparring. Because they practice this in their dojo with a strong level of control and respect, the students don’t wear any padding said
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FIGHTING FORM Evan Damms, a yellow belt, works on some kicks at the Elmira Dojo in advance of the 23rd annual Shiai Canadian Naha-Te Goju Karate championships to be held Mar. 30 in Elora. Tatum Wild (right) practices kobudo. Lamble, likening the practice to a game of tag rather than a street fight: kicks must come as close to the body as possible but without touching – needless to say, accuracy and precision are of paramount importance. The third part of the tourney will feature kobudo, a weapons-training component based on forms. Kobudo has its roots in farming communities where peasants were prohibited by governments from owning and using weapons. As a result, the rural populations learned to use farming implements as weapons for self-defense, as extensions of the body, Lamble explained.
Among those competing at the event will be brown belt Sam Klooster, 10; green belt Tatum Wild, 8, and green belt Carmen Graves, 7. (Belts start at white and progress through yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, black). Taytum noted she is most excited about the kobudo component of the tourney. “All three of those kids, they all have a real gift for understanding kata and understanding the defense – we have a word that we call kime, and it’s the expression of energy; [like] putting the pop on the end of a kick or punch; and the energy they can put through
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ably enjoying either “coffea arabica” or “coffea canephora” (also known as robusta), the two most common varieties, says Fernando Vega in American Scientist. The first record of coffee as a beverage dates to about 1450 in Yemen, and that alkaloidkicker is, of course, caffeine. »» Q. Imagine a political candidate who looks virtually like your twin. Would that be enough to win your vote? A. Something close to this has been experimentally tested at Stanford University, notes Greg Miller in Science magazine. During the Bush/Kerry U.S. presidential race of 2004, social science researchers asked subjects to choose between a picture of John Kerry and a picture of George Bush, but with a sly twist: In some of the tests, one of the candidate’s pictures had his face “morphed” to look somewhat like the subject’s own face while the other one stayed as an actual photo. And -- you guessed it -- most test subjects went for the candidate looking more like themselves. The more partisan they were, however, the more they resisted this self-morphing influence. Of course, politicians have long adapted themselves to look more like their audience -- donning overalls for a meeting with farmers, then switching to a suit for a meeting with business executives, and so on. »» Q. How much (or how little) does it take to turn on a turkey? Or, how wacky can the quest for knowledge get? A. Martin Schein and Edgar Hale of Pennsylvania State University soon discovered that amorous male turkeys are far from fussy, reports Alex Boese in Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments.” First, the researchers presented male turkeys with lifelike models of females, and the males definitely were interested. Next they disassembled the model piece by piece -- tail, feet, wings -- until only a head remained. Still the males were keen; in fact they preferred a head on a stick to a headless body. Next question was how minimal they could make the head before it failed as a turn-on. It turned out that a freshly severed head worked best, followed by a dried-out male head, then a two-yearold “discoloured, withered and hard” female head. Last place went to a plain balsa wood head, though even that one worked. “Before we humans snicker at the predilections of turkeys,” says Boese, “we should recall the case of Thomas Granger, the teenage boy who in 1642 became one of the first people to be executed in Puritan New England. His crime? He had physical relations with a turkey.”
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BACKING TO A PARK- fenced yard. Newer shingles, flooring, bathroom and trim, walk-up bsmt. Central air. New MLS $214,900.
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» Spring Card Party – St. Clements Parish. Lunch will be served at 6:30 p.m., Lots of prizes, 50/50 draw, quilt raffle, Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission $5. Sponsored by St. Clements Mother’s Society. Everyone welcome.
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» Ham and scallop potato dinner – Royal Canadian Legion. Served with Kirk’s baked beans, $6; 6 p.m., 11 First St. E., Elmira, downstairs. » Ham Dinner and Concert – Floradale Mennonite Church; 60-member jubilation male chorus. Dinner at 6 p.m. and concert 8 p.m. Dinner tickets $12 adults, $6 ten years and under. Call Norma 519-669-1851 or Marj 519-698-2088. Free-will offering for MCC Project during concert. » Project Hannah Celebrates 10 years of offering Compassion and Hope! – Calvary United Church. Marli Spieker founded Project Hannah, a ministry offering compassion and hope to women across the globe who are trapped in spiritual, cultural and physical bondage. Marli will be sharing her story at 7 p.m.; 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. Everyone welcome. MARCH 29
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» Caregiver Coffee Hour – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Lynelle Drudge of the Alzheimers Society – K-W will speak on using humour in caregiving; 1011:30 a.m. at Chateau Gardens Elmira. Lorraine, 519-664-3794, ext. 229. » Health education – Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic: Heads up for healthier brains; 10:15-11:15 a.m.; 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs, 519-664-3794. APRIL 5
» Beef BBQ, Silent/Live Auction & Dance – Wellington County 4-H. Dinner 5:30 p.m. Dance 8:30-11:30 p.m. with John Gallant & Pickin Country. Tickets: $12.50 adults, $5 children 9 and under, free for children under 4. Dance only $10. Call James for more info, 519-669-2025. APRIL 6
» Concert by: The Master’s Four – Waterloo North Presbyterian Church. Featuring songs from their most recent recording “Faith of our Fathers.” Come enjoy their unique blend of traditional, contemporary and southern Gospel music. Free-will offering; 3-7 p.m., 685 Highpoint Ave., Waterloo. Nancy, 519-884-7058.
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– Peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Heritage House, St. Jacobs, Selina Horst age 87 years, of St. Jacobs.
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» A Showcase of Local Talent – Elmira Music Teachers Association. This is a free community concert at Emmanuel Evangelical Missionary Church. First and Arthur streets, Elmira, at 7 p.m. APRIL 19
» Blue Grass & Chili Night – St. Peters Outreach Committee. Featuring The Pine River Blue Grass & Gospel Ensemble; 6-7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 2925 Lobsinger Line, Heidelberg. Two sittings for meals, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Menu: chili, bread, salad, dessert and beverage. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door; special pricing for seniors and children. Call Erla, 519-699-5964.
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» Hike-on-a-bus – Woolwich Trails Group. Learn about Woolwich trails on a bus! The guided tour will provide information on the trails and on opportunity to get out at the trail heads, $2. Call Ann at 519-669-1647, ext. 265 to reserve a seat. Meet in the Woolwich Community Arena parking lot, St. Jacobs at 9:15 a.m. » Hungaryman’s Breakfast with Woolwich Lions – The Royal Canadian Legion. All you can eat for $5; 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 11 First St. E., Elmira.
Giilck, Sandra Hope (Nee Balzer) Peacefully after a lengthy illness with her family at her side at K.W. Health Centre of Grand River Hospital on Friday, March 14, 2008. Sandra was born in Kitchener on June 10, 1939. Loving wife for 48 years of Lawrence. Dear mother of Deborah Giilck and her husband Brian Bisch of Walkerton, Donna Fulcher and her husband Peter of Elmira and Bruce Giilck of Guelph. Loving grandmother to Matthew and Mandy Fulcher, Brandon JonesGiilck and Tyler Reid-Giilck. Sister of Rosemarie Samagalski of Winnipeg and Robert Austin of Burnaby. Fondly remembered by her brother and sister-in-law Morris and Shirley Giilck of Blyth and by her nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her mother Emily Alice Schedler and father Joseph Irwin Balzer and by her step-fathers William Polfuss and Joseph Austin. Sandra was an active member of Trinity United Church in Elmira. She was an enthusiastic volunteer at Chateau Gardens in Elmira. Before her retirement, Sandra worked in the bakery at Zehrs. She also lovingly provided child care for her grandchildren and was extremely talented with crafts. Sandra also enjoyed travelling with her friends and family. The family will receive their friends and relatives at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Monday from 2 - 4 and 7 -9 p.m. At 9 am on Tuesday, March 18th transfer was made to Trinity United Church, Elmira for funeral service at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. David Jagger officiating. Interment in Memory Gardens, Breslau. In her memory, donations to Chateau GardensWines Auxiliary or the Grand River Wonderful Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated by the family as expressions of sympathy.
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» First Annual Easter Egg Hunt – Elmira Optimists. Approximately 400-500lbs of candy will be spread throughout Bolender Park. Prizes given for finding special eggs; 2 p.m. sharp, snow or shine. Bring your own bag. Jim 519-638-2634.
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Lovingly remembered & sadly missed by Bob, Jenny & Dayna
STEELE - A huge heartfelt thank you to all of our family and friends for braving the snow to attend “Surprise” Benefit Dance for David to help send him to Australia. It has been Dave’s lifelong dream to visit Oz and seeing our son Lukas, who is there playing baseball for the winter made the trip even more special. To those who couldn’t attend thank you for your overwhelming support and a special thank you goes to our family for all their hard work and the many people that also helped out to make this event so successful. What a tremendous boost for Dave while he continues his battle. It’s a wonderful feeling to know that we have so many kind and caring friends. Dave is now recuperating from the long flight, has many treasured memories and made many friends while there. Thank you so much. Dave, Marguerite, Lyndsie, Lukas and Shannon Steele
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Ω Thank You Ontario Offer is in addition to Canada’s Choice offers and consists of a $1,500 Loyalty Bonus Cash rebate to Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge owners when they purchase/lease an eligible vehicle through Chrysler Financial. The following vehicles are eligible: new and unused 2008 Jeep Wrangler, Wrangler Unlimited, Liberty and Grand Cherokee models. Offer also applies to customers who currently own or are leasing a competitive vehicle and who purchase/lease an eligible vehicle through Chrysler Financial. Proof of ownership/lease may be required. Customers who are not current owners/lessees of a Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge vehicle are entitled to $1,000 in Conquest Bonus Cash. $1,500 Loyalty Bonus Cash and $1,000 Conquest Bonus Cash will be deducted from the negotiated price AFTER taxes. Some conditions apply. Vehicles must be delivered between March 14-31, 2008. Offer subject to change without notice. See participating retailer for details. X Total Canadian delivery allowance is comprised of delivery allowance plus value of “Canada’s Choice” No-charge options plus Thank You Ontario Loyalty Bonus Cash for 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Total Canadian delivery allowance is as follows: $9,500 for Grand Cherokee. No delivery allowance on Jeep Liberty and Wrangler models. ◊ Purchase prices apply only to 2008 Jeep Wrangler X (23B), Wrangler Unlimited Sahara (23G), Grand Cherokee Laredo Diesel (22X+GWA) and Liberty North Edition (28B+AJY). ∆ Leases based on 24 month terms and apply to following models. Total lease obligation/down payment/lease APR: 2008 Jeep Wrangler X (23B): $5,496/$0/7.99%, Wrangler Unlimited Sahara (23G): $7,656/$0/7.99%, Grand Cherokee Laredo Diesel (22X+GWA): $11,256/$0/2.49% and Liberty North Edition (28B+AJY): $6,384/$0/2.59%. Freight ($1300 for Wrangler, Wrangler Unlimited, Liberty and Grand Cherokee), first month’s payment, any retailer administration fees and up to $75 PPSA are due at lease inception. Kilometres limited to 40,800; charge of $0.15/km for excess kilometres. ‡ Based on U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) scoring system for 2008 model year Jeep Wrangler, Wrangler Unlimited, Liberty and Grand Cherokee. ¥ Based on 2007 Canadian sales and market share growth. ® 2008 SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. “SIRIUS”, the SIRIUS dog logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. Visit your Chrysler, Jeep , Dodge retailer for complete details. ® Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler LLC.
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2008 JEEP WRANGLER X 4x4