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AN EMBARRASSING SPECTACLE AT WOOLWICH COUNCIL
Crown drops case against Woolwich mayor
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Council opts to build new fire hall in Elmira rather than renovate existing facility STEVE KANNON
LIZ BEVAN FINDING NO GROUNDS TO proceed, the Crown has closed the file on Woolwich Mayor Sandy Shantz. It will not continue with charges brought by a private citizen alleging improprieties under the Municipal Elections Act (MEA). Crown prosecutor Fraser Kelly presented his reasoning Wednesday morning to Justice of the Peace Bruce Phillips in a Kitchener courtroom. Kelly was brought in from London, Ont. to avoid any appearance of conflict from local prosecutors given that Shantz serves on Waterloo Region council. The ten charges were initially brought against Shantz by Elmira resident Alan Marshall last summer, alleging election donation fraud, misreporting of funds and incorrect filing of official election campaign financial documents under the MEA. Attorney Trevor Loughborough appeared as agent in court for Shantz. In a statement later Wednesday, Shantz says she is relieved the case is over. SHANTZ | 2
Breslau Public School students enjoyed Beach Day on Mar. 11 despite less than summery weather. Above, Lily Hopkins, Brooklyn Warden, and Madison Idzik read a good book by the beach, while Nick Carr and Cole Taylor splash around in the water table. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]
NEW AND SHINY WON the day, as Woolwich fire officials convinced a majority of councillors to build them another fire hall rather than renovating the existing building in Elmira. Presented with new numbers pushing up the cost of renovations, councillors meeting Tuesday night voted 3-2 in favour of building a new facility in the Lunor subdivision on Church Street West rather than sticking with the existing Howard Avenue fire hall. The new build remained at $1.7 million, while renovation costs jumped to $2.1 million from $1.6 million when council last discussed the township’s new fire master plan in the fall. A new build will require significant financing or new taxes to cover the cost, however, while the renovations could have
been funded fully by development charges, fees levied on the developers of new homes to cover the cost of future service upgrades. The shortfall on a new facility is estimated at more than $500,000 if the township can realize at least $800,000 from the sale of the current site on Howard Avenue. The fire department study puts the value at $800,000 to $850,000 for the one-acre property, about twice what it estimates it could get by selling the 1.5-acre commercial site on Church Street given to the township by the developer of the Lunor subdivision. Both Elmira councillors, Scott Hahn and Patrick Merlihan, voted against the new building, preferring to stick with the renovations and challenging the assumptions in the report. “We’re being sold on FIRE HALL | 4
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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
Tea for a whole lot more than two in bid to set a Guinness World Record WHITNEY NEILSON RESIDENTS, STAFF, FAMILY, AND volunteers gathered for a very special tea party at Chartwell Retirement Residence last week. Ten Chartwell homes in total participated in an afternoon of high tea at each of their locations as a mutual attempt to break the Guinness World Record for hosting the largest tea party, along with other healthcare facilities across the globe. The campaign started in the United Kingdom to bring awareness to malnutrition in the elderly. It’s held in March because it’s Nutrition Awareness Month and because Mar. 14-16 is Nutrition and Hydration Week.
Chartwell recreation manager Vicky Rau says all of the Chartwell homes signed up to participate and the most up to date count shows 555 participants, 85 of which are from the Elmira Chartwell Retirement Residence. “They wanted to promote awareness of the most vital of human needs, which is food and drink. And in the elderly that’s often due to maybe isolation, low income, things like that where they’re not getting their nutritional needs. So they wanted to make awareness of this so then that’s why they said let’s do a worldwide tea party. When you try to break a Guinness Book of World Record then you bring attention to that,” Rau ex-
plained. She said it went over well here, where they served tea in real tea cups and some light finger foods on the afternoon of Mar. 16. Their reasons for participating were twofold. “First of all it’s fun to try to break a world record, and just acknowledging that in the elderly nutrition and certainly hydration are important. There are also a lot of seniors who live below the poverty line,” Rau said. Chartwell had to follow a couple simple guidelines to be eligible for the tea party. They had to sign up online, serve tea and serve some type of food with the tea. “It’s actually the first time [trying to break a Guinness World Record]. It was kind of fun,” Rau said.
Currently the largest multi-site tea party record is 667 people. Rau is still waiting for final results to see if they created a new record. To get an idea of the scope of this campaign, some of the other organizations that participated include the Portuguese Dietetic Association, Lifeview Residential Care in Australia, and Village on the Isle retirement community in the U.S.
The Elmira Chartwell Retirement Residence gathered for a worldwide tea part on Mar. 16 in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for largest multi-site tea party in conjunction with other healthcare facilities around the world. Here, Betty Ertel serves tea to Birthe Falk. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]
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“I am very pleased with the decision of the Crown to withdraw all the charges today,” she said. “Staff have had to confer with professionals particularly with respect to the MECAC matter, and have spent a considerable amount of their time dealing with Mr. Marshall and his ongoing antics. This is a blatant misuse of the legal system; of the intent of the law, and takes away energy, money and time that should be better spent on Township business. I am glad the courts will be able to focus on more pressing issues.” After reviewing the case, Kelly determined that there was no reasonable prospect of prosecution, and in some cases, the charges weren’t even criminal. “After receiving the file, and reviewing all of the information, the material wasn’t particularly helpful. There are no certified documents and there are no witness statements, but there was a sufficient chronology,” he told the court. “I have assessed the private prosecution, and my intention today is to withdraw it.” Marshall was not pleased with the Crown’s rationale. He said the decision shows
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that prosecutors are not taking election legislation seriously, setting a bad example for other politicians and elected officials. “I must have missed the overnight announcement that the province has repealed the Municipal Elections Act,” he said in a prepared statement. “If the Crown advises that the specific laws broken by Mayor Shantz are minor or trivial, then again, clearly I missed that part of the MEA which specifically stated that ... [they]... are trivial or minor and therefore merely suggestions to be followed by election candidates, if they feel like it.” Kelly presented a timeline and went through each individual charge against Shantz, explaining why he decided to withdraw. He also cited the previous decisions by the Municipal Elections Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) in late 2015 that Shantz had committed no malicious wrongdoing, along with Marshall’s decision not to appeal the ruling. Shantz was charged with failing to account for all finances and services, which Kelly said was laid under the improper section of the MEA, but he still would have withdrawn it. The Woolwich mayor
was also charged with misrepresenting her spending during her election in an amount that Kelly described as “nominal.” Election donations were also on the docket, where Marshall alleged that Shantz had accepted donations exceeding the $750 limit. It was determined that the donations in question were below the limit, but could be seen as related. Regardless, Kelly said, “Shantz did what was required of her to do” in returning the donations. Other charges, such as the mayor’s late filing of her expense report, not asking for an extension through the courts and filing the wrong documents were seen as provable, but according to Kelly, “not in the public interest,” to proceed on. “She followed all the subsequent steps,” he said. The matter has been before the courts since July 2015 when Shantz was served a default notice for failing to file her expense report on time. She was removed from office until reinstated by a judge. Following the MECAC proceedings, Marshall continued to pursue recourse in the courts through to this week’s appearance.
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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
Some good points, but new federal budget mostly disappointing, says local MP Albrecht LIZ BEVAN KITCHENER-CONESTOGA MP HAROLD ALBRECHT had one word to describe his thoughts on the federal budget, announced in Ottawa on Tuesday: Disappointed. Titled Growing the Middle Class, the 2016 federal spending plan includes heavy investment in arts, lowering the retirement age, making changes to child tax benefits, reduce the Employment Insurance waiting period and new funding to the CBC. Although the projected deficit is nearly three times as high as promised in the Liberal campaign, from $10 billion to $29.4 billion, and with no apparent plan to repay the debt, Albrecht says there are still a couple of things in there that he approves of, especially as they apply to this area. “The Waterloo Region has always been a leader in the high tech sector and in technology, and there is money in the budget for IT clusters in a four-year commitment of $800 million,”
he said. “It isn’t a lot, but it is a good start.” Even with investment in tech, Albrecht says there are still some things he believes are missing – commitments made on the campaign that are nowhere to be seen in the 2016 budget. Namely, increased GO Transit. Similar to comments made by MPP Michael Harris regarding the provincial budget, a campaign promise around infrastructure and transportation investments was not included. This isn’t a unique situation, says Albrecht. “I am a little disappointed that Waterloo Region didn’t come out better in terms of the infrastructure follow-through. Very clearly in the campaign, the Liberals said they would invest in the two-way all-day GO train between Kitchener and Toronto. Well, this has been put on the backburner,” he said. “In fact, a lot of the infrastructure spending in this budget doesn’t even start until five years from now. It is a very small BUDGET | 27
Wellesley’s first full-time fire chief, Andrew Lillico, left his post last week for a new post at the Brantford Fire Department, but says he’s proud of what the Wellesley Fire Department accomplished together while he was there. [FILE PHOTO]
Wellesley fire chief Andrew Lillico moves on to position in Brantford The township’s first full-time chief spent six years revamping the service WHITNEY NEILSON WELLESLEY IS WITHOUT A fire chief as Andrew Lillico has moved on to the Brantford Fire Department after six and a half years with the township. Lillico started as deputy fire chief in Brantford this week, but reflected on his time in Wellesley and the improvements he was able to accomplish in their fire department. “I think one of the very
important things that I worked on when I went to Wellesley Township there was concern by residents and by council members that our response to medicals could be improved,” Lillico said on the line from his new post in Brantford. Through a joint dispatching committee they were able to implement a program through the Ministry of Health that helped improved response times.
When a criteria was met as the data was being entered into a computer program if it matched up to a call criteria, it automatically dispatched fire departments. “It improved response times probably by anywhere from 30 seconds or more, but it was a consistent notification of fire departments. As a township fire department we also went through the call criteria and looked at
what was important for the township of Wellesley to respond to and what would make a difference in the township because EMS is at least seven minutes behind fire, if not more in some cases. There were definitely some significant saves that my staff were involved in and made a big difference,” Lillico said. He notes working for the LILLICO | 4
It’s officially spring, but the better weather is lagging behind the calendar LIZ BEVAN SNOW CAME WITH SPRING’S official arrival this week, so it isn’t time to get the patio furniture out of the garage quite yet. The season officially began early last Sunday morning, but while most expect warmer temperatures and a bit more sunshine when spring comes along, on Monday, the area saw high winds, colder than average temperatures and plenty of
flurries and rain. Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson says Waterloo Region is in for a few more weeks of cold weather. We could be waiting until May to see those really warm spring temperatures. “I think a lot of folks were under the impression that winter was over. Earlier this month, we got temperatures into the double digits, feeling more like mid-April instead of mid-March, and
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now, unfortunately, we have gone back to where we should be this time of year and maybe even a degree or two cooler than that,” he said. “Unfortunately, Mother Nature didn’t get the memo.” The temperature may seem to be a bit colder than usual for this time of year, but Coulson says that we are sitting at average values – it’s our perception that is different, especially with warmer days earlier this
year. Some may have even jumped the gun with their car maintenance because of the sunny days and higher than expected temperatures earlier this year. “What that means is there will be daytime highs of around five degrees, overnight lows around -4C or -5C,” he said. “There have been more than a few folks that [took off their winter tires,] and with the conditions we have been experiencing up until this point,
it would have been a fairly straight forward decision to make, but unfortunately, with this return to cooler temperatures, that possibility of snow is still there.” The colder temperatures will continue hovering around average due to a shift in wind over the last couple of days. “For a lot of the month of March, up until this point, we have been having winds coming up from the southwest, which tends to be our
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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
Woolwich releases council remuneration figures for 2015 STEVE KANNON WOOLWICH COUNCILLORS COLLECTED A total of $106,670.92 in pay and benefits, filing expense claims of $10,883.10. The totals jumped more than usual this year due to an overlap with a new, expanded council. Woolwich councillors collected a total of $136,025.12 in pay and benefits in 2015, filing expense claims of $4,651.25.
The 2014 numbers were $106,670.92 and $10,883.10 respectively. In a housekeeping measure mandated by the province, finance director Richard Petherick filed a statement of payments and expenses that was accepted by council at Tuesday night’s meeting. The Ontario Municipal Act gives municipalities until March 31 to make the details public.
Each of the ward councillors received $18,132.22, plus $664.73 in payroll expenses. Mayor Sandy Shantz cost taxpayers $41,208.75 (including $10,299.96 for serving on the Waterloo North Hydro board) and $831.62 in payroll expenses. Petherick’s report also noted the township paid five members of its Committee of Adjustment remuneration totalling $3,220.
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Wellesley Fire Department also lent itself to some unique experiences, as the only fire department in Waterloo Region involved in childbirths. He’s seen firefighters help deliver babies without EMS on scene because the township is so far removed from EMS service. “Firefighters often see tragic situations and death and stuff like that, but to be involved in bringing a new life into the world, it’s great for the firefighters and it’s good for morale and good for the community. It worked out really well,” Lillico said. During his time in Wellesley he implemented the new National Fire Protection Association standards from the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office. He also helped a large number of the firefighters get certified in various courses. The Wellesley department held one of the first live firefighter training days in Ontario with the Dräger LiFTT program. They did so well at it they received an advanced Dräger program the following year where they trained 80 people on site from across the region. He also helped with the rebuild and modernization of the Linwood fire station and worked with the
Kitchener fire dispatch to speed up the dispatching protocol for multi-station responses in the township. “I certainly can say that over the course of six and a half years there were some exciting projects and some things that moved the department forward,” Lillico noted. He commends Wellesley Township for their rural water supply. They increased their tanker certification from 230 gallons per minute to well over 450 gallons per minute while Lillico was there. This is the industrial/commercial rating that gave industrial and commercial properties a significant insurance break across the township. You have to flow two hours in a 12-kilometer loop, making it quite difficult to achieve that certification. Lillico notes this was a joint effort with the township approving the appropriate equipment to enable them to accomplish that. And most recently, he was significantly involved with developing Wellesley’s fire master plan. “There are a number of staffing positions identified within the fire master plan and I know for smaller municipalities it’s often a challenge to fund those staffing positions, but I hope council is sup-
portive with the needs and circumstances that are identified by the consultant to help progressively move the fire department forward for the benefit of the community as well. Often things come at a cost, but it also provides a better level of safety for the community. They have to balance that cost with the increased safety as well.” Council requested more time to read the document after seeing the final draft earlier this month. Despite all the projects he’s seen come to fruition in Wellesley, he’s excited for this new opportunity in Brantford, which boasts a larger department with all career firefighters. “Brantford is undergoing an expansion. We’re doing some significant boundary changes. I’m going to be working on some special projects down here to implement that process. I felt that I had some great opportunities in my career and it was time to move on in this point in time.” But he won’t be forgetting the folks in Wellesley just yet. “In general I had a really great staff and I’ll miss working with my firefighters, responding to calls with the firefighters. I had a great team that I will miss,” Lillico said.
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something the township doesn’t actually need,” said Merlihan, noting council appeared to have no appetite to examine spending in the fire department. The Ward 1 councillors were outnumbered by colleagues swayed by the numbers, including minor changes in response times. “I’m going to go with our experts,” said Mayor Sandy Shantz.
Replacing the Elmira station is currently slated for 2020. The fire master plan calls for other work to precede the Elmira project. Woolwich will partner with the Region of Waterloo to build a joint fire/ EMS ambulance station in Breslau, tentatively pencilled in for next year at an estimated cost of $1.7 million. Where a small station in Breslau now acts as a
satellite of the Maryhill fire station, that arrangement would be reversed under the new plan. Once a bigger Breslau facility is operational, the aging Maryhill station could be replaced with a smaller operation that would act as an offshoot of Breslau. The Maryhill building would require extensive repairs, estimated to cost $500,000, whereas a new facility could be built for perhaps $600,000.
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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
Release it, don’t eat that fish Going fishing downstream from the Chemtura chemical plant in Elmira? You might want to release anything you caught. You certainly don’t want to eat it. Woolwich will be making just that suggestion, as council this week voted to install warning signs at three bridges that cross the Canagagigue Creek – at New Jerusalem Road, Northfield Drive and Jigs Hollow Road. Two signs at each location, to be purchased at a cost of $140 apiece, will advise anglers that “Consuming fish
caught here is likely to be hazardous to your health.” A graphic of a fish, knife and fork with a red line through it will illustrate the point.
High concentrations of dioxins and furans have been found at downstream sites. The goals is to have the signs in place prior to the Apr. 23 start of the 2016 sport fishing season. Coun. Mark Bauman suggested the township should then send an invoice for the cost to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, which has been dragging its feet on providing information to the public, let alone acting to cleanup toxins related to the Chemtura site. “It’s the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change that’s responsible to protect the public,” he said.
Woolwich paving projects on tap
The investigation revealed that sometime between 9:30 p.m. on Mar. 18 and the time of the report, unknown suspect(s) entered onto the property and broke into the garage/workshop. From inside the garage a number of tools were removed including a DeWalt 20 volt Max string trimmer. Computer equipment and a wallet were also taken. The unknown suspect(s) then opened the garage door and drove away with the black 2015 GMC Sierra pickup truck that had been parked inside the garage. The pickup truck had the keys left inside. The following morning, the stolen pickup truck was found abandoned at St. Anne School on Elgin Street North in Cambridge. It appears that the suspect(s) may have been dropped off at the residence by another vehicle. The Perth County OPP is requesting anyone with information about this break-in and theft of vehicle, to contact them at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), and you
may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000
Steed and Evans will carry out paving work worth $1.3 million in Woolwich this year, having been awarded a tendered contract by councillors meeting Tuesday night. The company provided the lowest of six bids received. For 2016, the township is looking to smooth over some problem roads in need of work to tide them over until full reconstruction – what it calls maintenance paving – in Elmira: Grosbeak Road, Bonnie Crescent, Mockingbird Court at Oriole Parkway West and
Mockingbird Court at Bunting Place. New pavement is also slated for New Jerusalem Road (from Sawmill Road to South Field Drive) and Benjamin Road (Westmount Road to Kressler Road) as part of the hot mix resurfacing program. Woolwich and neighbouring GuelphEramosa Township will split the cost of a resurfacing job on Crowsfoot Road between St. Charles Street West and Ariss Valley Road in 2016.
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Woolwich roads will now fall to Provincial Road Markings Inc., which was this week awarded a three-year contract to do that very thing. The company’s was the lowest of three bids received. The township will pay Provincial $64,484.50 in each of the next three years. The work to be carried out includes lane markings as well as what are known as transverse markings: stop bars, turning arrows at intersections are used to reduce vehicle and pedestrian conflicts, and the like. Previously awarded annually, the process was changed to a three-year contract in 2013 with good results, staff informed council Tuesday night.
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Police plan seatbelt blitz over Easter long weekend A CLOSE LOOK AT seat beltrelated road deaths on Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads in recent years suggest that men place far less importance on wearing a seatbelt than woman do. Over the past five years (2011-2015), a total of 332 people have died in collisions on OPP-patrolled roads as a result of not wearing a seatbelt. According to OPP data, 261 of the victims were males and 71 were females, police report. The OPP will launch its spring seatbelt campaign over the Easter long weekend. “Our data suggest a strong presence of male drivers and male passengers who believe that they are at a lower risk of being involved in a collision than other people, and who do not see a need to wear a seatbelt. This attitude works against our efforts to save lives on
our roads,” says OPP commissioner J.V.N. (Vince) Hawkes of the gender discrepancy in seatbelt use. OPP data also revealed that over the past five years (2011-2015), more than three times as many unbuckled drivers (252) died in collisions as unbuckled passengers (80). Besides seatbelt use, the weekend blitz will see officers conducting enforcement and education activity associated with other negative road user behaviours, including aggressive driving, driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol and driving while distracted.
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6:00 AM | Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to a rural residence along Hwy 8 west of Shakespeare, where the theft of a pickup truck was discovered.
7:55 PM | Members of the Wellington County OPP investigated the male driver of a 2015 Volkswagen for a Highway Traffic Act violation on Highway 6 in Centre Wellington Township. The driver verbally identified himself to the officer and advised that he was the registered owner of the motor vehicle. Further investigation revealed that the driver was currently under suspension from driving. While speaking with the male driver, police located and seized a bag containing suspected bud marijuana. He was arrested and released at the scene with court documents. A 22-year-old Fergus resident was charged with ‘possession of marijuana under 30 grams,’ ‘drive while under suspension’ and ‘speeding.’ He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on Apr. 8 to answer to the charges. MARCH 20
6:17 PM | Members of the Wellington County OPP
continue to investigate three separate incidents that occurred over the weekend in Wellington County that involved Canada Post Superboxes being entered and damaged. On Mar. 19 at approximately 8:54 p.m. police received a report that the Canada Post Superbox in Elora, Centre Wellington Township had been entered and damaged. On Mar. 20 at approximately 7:30 a.m. a second call was received that a Superbox located in Puslinch Township had been entered sometime overnight and was damaged. A third call was received later that same day at approximately 6:17 p.m. that a Superbox located at Wellington Road 29 just north of Wellington Road 124 in Guelph-Eramosa Township had been entered and damaged. It is unknown how much mail, if any, has been taken in these incidents or the estimate of damage done to the mailboxes. Any person with information regarding these incidents is asked to contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
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Councillors fail democracy with embarrassing act THINGS WENT FROM AWKWARD to really, embarrassing in Woolwich council chambers Tuesday night as councillors first refused to hear from a registered delegate, then couldn’t really explain their decision before finally relenting and letting the speaker go ahead. While some of the councillors fished around for explanations involving technical issues and subcommittees, it would be hard for Dan Holt and assembled members of the Citizens Public Advisory Committee to see the goings-on as anything more than a hastily-arranged, and obviously not thought-through attempt to prevent him from speaking. There’s a history here, as those involved with the current CPAC were among those who participated in what was previously the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee. That longstanding version of CPAC was rather unceremoniously disbanded by the current council in favour of a new structure –RAC/TAG – aimed at bringing disgruntled Chemtura and Ministry of the Environment representatives back into the fold. As a not-unintended by-product, the changes also sidelined vocal critic Alan Marshall, a member of CPAC in its current form and one of those in the gallery Tuesday night. A long-time thorn in the side of pretty much everyone connected with Chemtura and the ministry over their inaction in dealing with contaminated groundwater and soil in and around the Elmira chemical plant, Marshall is also noted for bringing forward official complaints about councillors. Both Mayor Sandy Shantz and Coun. Mark Bauman were forced to step down temporarily and seek reinstatement in the courts after Marshall challenged their election expense reports. Shantz’s legal actions continued until Wednesday, in fact. Marshall and another CPAC member, Richard Clausi (also in the gallery Tuesday), were involved in Municipal Elections Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) hearings looking into the expenses reports of both Shantz and Coun. Scott Hahn. The challenge of Hahn’s filing was brought by Holt, a fellow Ward 1 candidate in the 2014 election. While councillors may have been able to separate all of those issues when coming up with a reason to prevent Holt from speaking, the poor handling of the situation certainly raised suspicions to the contrary. Perhaps not an outright attempt at censorship – a word bandied about in the audience – but clearly a bid to avoid dealing with certain people and topics. It was not a proud moment for Woolwich officialdom. Councillors then pushed on, passing a Shantz-led motion to have staff develop a policy for directly would-be delegates to the township’s various committees as appropriate rather than hearing the issues directly. Matters pertaining to Chemtura, contamination and cleanup efforts would, it seems, be directed to RAC/TAG. Other environmental topics directed to TWEEC (Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee). Heritage issues? There’s a committee for that. Business in the core of Elmira or St. Jacobs? There’s a BIA meeting for you. How requests to speak to council will be delineated remains to be seen. Some thought will be needed to avoid a reprise of the rather embarrassing scene the other night, which was a demonstration of clutching at straws. Better still, councillors who supported the ill-considered move should quietly let the matter drop, hoping that no one ever mentions the cringe-worthy spectacle from Tuesday night ever again.
Woolwich looks to install warning signs about eating fish from the Canagagigue Creek, while also considering other potential issues. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
It’s a mug’s game predicting what’s next for Cuba WORLD AFFAIRS A BRITISH JOURNALIST COMPARED the huge American delegation (800-1,200 people) that is accompanying President Barack Obama on his first visit to Havana to Japanese soldiers stumbling out of the jungle to discover that the war ended a generation ago. And the Rolling Stones, who are staging a free concert for half a million people in the Cuban capital on Friday, explained that Obama was their opening act. The U.S. embassy in Havana has already reopened, but only the U.S. Congress can end the 55-year-old American trade embargo against Cuba. Under Republican control Congress is not going to do that, so this visit is really just a social call. Indeed, it was scheduled to coincide with spring break in U.S. schools so the Obamas could bring their daughters along. Yet no journalist watching all this can resist speculating about whether this
opening portends great political changes in Cuba, maybe even the eventual end of the long dictatorship of the Castro brothers and the Cuban Communist Party. Least of all me, as I have been speculating about that in public, at intervals, for most of my adult life. I never went to Cuba during the “heroic” years when the leadership lived in permanent fear of American invasion or subversion, and most Cubans really were ready to fight to defend the revolution. My first visit was in the mid-1980s, when the bloom was already off the revolutionary rose. Most of Latin America was living under brutal U.S.-backed military dictatorships at the time, and the Cuban dictatorship seemed to me almost gentle by comparison. It didn’t even kill people much. But Cubans, unable to travel and aware that the regime’s propaganda usually lied, were in a stroppy mood. If you spoke even a little Spanish, they unloaded their discontent on you. So I went home and predicted that the regime, if not on its last legs, was at least in its last decade. This
did not come to pass on schedule, but when I next went to Cuba, in 1994, it certainly looked imminent. The collapse of the old Soviet Union had cut off all the subsidies that had kept the Cuban economy afloat despite the American embargo and its own huge inefficiencies. During the “Special Period in Time of Peace,” which lasted through most of the 1990s, nobody starved, but almost everybody went hungry and the average Cuban lost 9 kg (20 lbs) in body weight. Social order broke down, with crime rampant and desperate young people openly selling their bodies in the streets. I brought my wife’s parents with me on one of these visits, and my mother-in-law was mugged in central Havana twice in a week. On the second occasion my father-in-law was injured while resisting the muggers, and I had to bribe a police inspector US$100 to free him from the police station where he was being held – technically as a witness, but really for ransom – so that I could get him proper medical attention.
So I went home and predicted the imminent collapse of the regime again. Communist regimes in Europe whose people were quite well-fed had been falling to non-violent democratic revolutions with scarcely any resistance in the past few years, so it seemed implausible that this ageing, ramshackle dictatorship would last much longer either. Wrong again. But when Fidel Castro retired after 42 years and handed power to his brother Raul in 2008, Western embassies in Havana (minus the United States, of course) arranged for various “experts” from their countries to visit Cuba and explain how things were done in a real democracy – which they fully expected that Cuba would shortly become. I was asked to go along as an alleged expert in media and civil-military affairs, to tell Cuban journalists and military officers how they should operate in a democracy. It was a well-meant but ridiculous initiative, but I went anyway because it gave me unprecedented DYER | 8
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What are you looking forward to the most about springtime?
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“Riding my bike.”
“Hanging out with my daughter in the park.”
“Playing baseball.”
“Sports, like lacrosse.”
“Spending time with my granddaughter at the park with a picnic.”
“ The surge of incoming money will magnify corruption at every level of the regime, but that won’t cause its overthrow either.” Gwynne Dyer | 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
For all his faults, Ford was an outlet for the growing anger among the citizenry EDITOR'S NOTES SAY WHAT YOU LIKE about Rob Ford – and there has been much said about the former Toronto mayor – he was popular with a sizeable chunk of the electorate. His death this week at the age of 46 garnered the kind of attention that his well-documented antics did during his mayoralty. As many pundits noted – some with incredulity, some with awe – Ford hung on to considerable support even after the crack tapes, his denials and subsequent confessions. His bid for re-election was derailed as much by his battle with the cancer that eventually claimed his life as by his record in office. Ford Nation remained committed through it all. As with the comparisons to U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump, Ford spoke his mind, often planting his foot firmly into his mouth. Political correctness was not part of his makeup, which can be
said for Trump. Like the billionaire seeking the Republican nomination, Ford was the anti-politician: not polished, not sanitized, not removed from the people. He represented a threat to the elites and the status quo. Unlike many other politicians, he didn’t hold the average citizen – the one ravaged by taxes and poor governance, along with a failing economic model – in contempt. Rather, he embraced a disillusioned segment of the population. And the people loved him for it. In the U.S., Trump is taking a similar approach, using the fear, discontent and anger among a large segment of voters to fuel his campaign. It’s an anti-establishment populism that has struck a chord. The establishment types are only now looking up from the trough, trying to sort out the changing wind. Populism isn’t new. Nor is it restricted to the blustery types such as Ford and Trump. Jack Layton, another late Toronto municipal politician, parlayed his approachable nature
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Europe, where economic and social upheaval have fostered an appetite for change on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum. (This week’s bombings in Belgium will only serve to heighten the tensions that foster calls for change, some of it extreme.) The rise of both Ford and now Trump is the logical extension of anti-intellectualism, coupled with a new variant of anti-elitism that focuses not on just liberal elites – the proponents of the welfare state and big government – but the moneyed class intent on raping the public and the environment, aided by their puppets in government. For years, populists were of the Ronald Reagan sort: KoolAid drinkers when it came to harmful neo-liberal/ neo-conservative ideology and fond of spouting the right kind of meaningless platitudes. With the likes of Ford and Trump, the populists went off track, which is why elite opposition is so strong. The establishment types who have always given little notice to the plight of
the underclass and even the embattled middle classes missed the growing anger, unaware of the coming backlash. They did so at great peril, as Globe and Mail columnist Marcus Gee notes in writing of Ford’s passing. “Mr. Ford is gone, but the anger and the alienation remain. You can find it in the suburbs of Canada, where hard-working people feel their picketfence lifestyle is under attack. You can find it in the high-rises and housing projects, where new Canadians are struggling to get a foothold on the bottom rung of the ladder. You can find it among taxpayers of all kinds who sit down at the kitchen table to look at their monthly bills and wonder where all the money goes,” he writes. “The Rob Ford story was much more than just a circus show – though, goodness knows, it often was that. It was a warning to Canada’s political class: Stop listening and voters will elect someone with a club to smash all the furniture.” Gee’s Globe and Mail col-
league Simon Houpt sees the parallels between Ford and Trump and the public anger. “There was something both ironic and fitting that, as Rob Ford lay dying of cancer last week in Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, a handful of U.S. media outlets resuscitated him as a cautionary case study of early Trumpism: Just as the press had laughed off Mr. Ford’s mayoral candidacy in the summer of 2010 and then watched, mouths agape, when Don Cherry placed the Chain of Office on him a few months later, the American pundit and political classes have been powerless to stop the billionaire blowhard’s morph from reality-TV joke to legitimate presidential aspirant,” writes Houpt. “And the same forces that animated Mr. Ford’s ascent to the mayor’s office are still roiling away on this side of the border. “Mr. Ford himself has passed away, but the seething disenchantment that he channelled is alive and KANNON | 8
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into the NDP’s largest-ever success at the federal level. He was the kind of guy you’d want to have a beer with or have a sit-down with at the kitchen table. A straight-talking politician who really seemed to have the average Canadian’s interests at heart. His successor, Tom Mulcair, failed to resonate with the public in the same way. While the cult of personality has long been a part of politics, Ford (and Trump) represented a potential sea change – the rejection of mainstream politics. He had his warts and foibles, but Ford wasn’t a scripted politician, speaking in banalities and platitudes, all the while lying about his intentions and allegiances (hint, not to the public good). That’s what won him years of support in his ward and, ultimately, the mayoralty. There’s a takeaway message from Ford’s political career: people are not happy with the status quo. That’s the same issue playing out in the States, where Trump is also something of a bull in a china shop. Similar stories can be found in
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Canada agreed to weaker protections for culture and cultural industries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) than in other trade treaties, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and pending Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union. The TPP enshrines a neoliberal interpretation of culture that is at odds with Canadian and international standards for the promotion of cultural diversity.
“There are smarter, fairer ways to encourage innovation in the Canadian economy. The stock option loophole is one of hundreds that are not working the way they should.”
High school athletes got on track to better facilities in the wake of a $750,000 funding commitment made this week. The decision by the Waterloo Region District School Board will see a $450,000 regulation-size football field and five-lane cinder track built on part of the former Elmira Raceway lands. A further $300,000 will be used to revamp the current sports field behind the school.
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access at a very interesting time. And I came back convinced once again that a democratic transformation was really imminent, because most of those I was speaking to expected it themselves. Few of them, even in the armed forces, feared for their jobs, and most of them thought that change would be for the better. But fast forward another eight years, and very little has changed. Raul Castro says he will retire in 2018 (when he will be only 86), but a new generation of Communist leaders is already being promoted into key positions.
Up to three million American visitors a year are expected now that the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba has been lifted, which will widen the economic gulf between Cubans with access to dollars and those without, but it is unlikely to trigger a revolution. The surge of incoming money will magnify corruption at every level of the regime, but that won’t cause its overthrow either. In fact, I now think that the regime will probably survive until and unless the U.S. Congress finally ends the embargo and exposes Cuba to the full force of international capitalism. Of course, I have been wrong in the past.
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It was non-stop fun and excitement for group of young hockey players who took part in cultural exchange WHITNEY NEILSON A WEEK IN JAPAN gave the Waterloo Wolves Minor Bantam AAA team some needed motivation as they battle through the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario finals this week. The team, which includes nine players from Woolwich, won the Toyota Hockey Championship back in November over Kitchener, earning them an all expenses paid trip to Japan to play the Tomakomai Allstars and experience Japanese culture. The Wolves lost both games to the Allstars, 7-2 and 9-2, but they’re not dwelling on it. They’re using the experience to help them improve, which is good timing because they’re down 2-1 in a bestof-seven-games series versus the London Jr. Knights. Coach Todd Townsend says the boys represented themselves, the team, and the community well through their travels. “I couldn’t say enough
good things about how well orchestrated the trip was. Every little detail was just over the top. Anything we wanted was ready to go: buses, meals, the whole thing,” Townsend said. The 17 players and five coaches arrived late at night their first day, so they checked into their hotel. The next day they went to check out the local junior high. They went into their classes and did an English class and learned how to do some Japanese writing. “From a culture perspective there was lots for the kids to do. That evening we had a welcome reception where the other team came in and then the boys had dinner together, introduced to each other. And where I thought there would be some social awkwardness because language is an issue for sure, they don’t speak a ton of English and we don’t speak any Japanese, but the boys hit it off incredibly well,” Townsend said. They visited a Buddhist temple where a monk took them through their meditation process, everything from how to enter the building to how to bow to how to clear your mind for 15-minute stretches of time. “To get the guys to do that, to be quiet for 10 and 15 minutes was something in it-
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rite parts of the trip were. “Definitely family visit, and going to the temple,” said Brody Waters. “The home visits and hanging out with all the boys over there,” added Owen O’Donnell. He notes the hot springs were probably his favourite destination on the trip. “Definitely the school visits or the home visits. I just liked seeing the difference between the homes and the schools from in Canada. It’s a lot more strict there in the schools, but then at home it’s a lot of the same with the respect. Everything’s about family at home,” Brezynskie said.
I’M NOT EXACTLY SHERLOCK Holmes but I do eventually manage to figure things out – although, to be completely honest, this often happens after some kid has patiently explained to me what just happened. That’s why I’m proud to say I solved “The Case of the Missing Feathers” all by myself – well almost. The incident began with me sitting at my fly tying bench tying flies that required wings made from black rooster hackles. I left my bench when Jenn announced dinner was ready. When I returned, I immediately sensed something was amiss. Someone less observant and his service dog might not have noticed the subtle signs. But I did. There were too many clues to ignore. For instance, chewed up black feathers were scattered about the room – something that hasn’t happened since Jenn allowed me to reinstate my mid-morning snack break. And, if you looked past the fact that my two dogs were each chewing on a mouthful of black feather, you might have picked up on the fact they were avoid-
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The Waterloo Wolves Minor Bantam AAA team recently returned from Tomakomai Japan, where they spent a week seeing the sights and playing two games of hockey versus the Tomakomai Allstars. They visited many Japanese hot spots, tried different foods, visited the local junior high school, and enjoyed some home visits with Japanese families. [SUBMITTED] self. They had a zillion questions for the Buddhist monk afterwards. They were really inquisitive and really into doing those types of things,” Townsend said. One of the highlights of the trip for many of the players was the home visit portion. Families welcomed the team into their home in small groups for a meal. They prepared some traditional Japanese food as well as some North American food. “The boys tried different types of things. Then they went outside, they played a little road hockey, they got some Xbox in playing hockey Japan versus Canada on the Xbox, things of that nature, and then some of the local crafty games
that those guys play over there,” Townsend said. In terms of the Japanese team’s hockey skills, Townsend expected them to be good, but not quite as good as they were. He says they are easily the best team they’ve played all season. “It’s nothing that they’re doing different. It’s they do it with such precision and you can tell it’s repetitive and they’ve just got to work at those things in practice and get better at it. And when you work at things like that in practice you get better at them in a game,” Townsend said. At their practice on Monday night at RIM Park, some of the players explained what their favou-
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Woolwich hockey teams have plenty to celebrate Season has been a good one for some of the squads skating under the WMHA umbrella WHITNEY NEILSON IT’S A GREAT YEAR for hockey in Woolwich. The Minor Atom A Woolwich Wildcats team took first place in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association finals last weekend versus Barrie and the Juvenile team is hoping for the same victorious finish this Saturday in Elmira. “It was exciting. We did it in exciting fashion,” said Minor Atom coach Jason Camm. The majority of the team has been together for the last two years. They didn’t progress the way they wanted to during the first two tournaments. The first one was an early bird tournament where they went three and one and lost to a team from Cambridge. “The boys learned at that moment that you can’t take a game off because at some point you pay for it. And they worked hard every single practice since,” Camm said. They went into the Oktoberfest tournament in Kitchener and had a similar result where in the last minute of the game
a strong Burlington team scored and sent them home in the semi-finals. At the Regional Silver Stick Tournament he says they still weren’t playing their best hockey but were able to pull off a win against New Hamburg in the final in overtime. “Through the regular season we had only had one loss and that was to the second-place Burlington team. As the year progressed we just kept working hard, practicing hard. There were numerous games where we would be behind by a goal, two goals, three goals, and we kept fighting back,” Camm said. When they went to the International Silver Stick Tournament they had just come off their first game of playoffs playing Guelph and had lost to them 4-3 in overtime. He says that was a wakeup call too because they were playing teams they should have been able to beat. “The boys went into the game a little bit confident and they didn’t play as well as they could have and we lost the first game of playoffs and that was the last game we lost this year,”
The Woolwich Wildcats Minor Atom A team won the OMHA finals last weekend over Barrie. The Woolwich Wildcats Juvenile team are hoping to win their OMHA finals at home this weekend. [SUBMITTED] game and they’ll just keep wich team to ever win the Camm said. building off what they’ve International Silver Stick They went 6-0 in that tournament and the OMHA been doing every shift. We tournament beating a always talk about it’s one final in the same season. strong Woodstock team 3-0 shift to turn a game around “Even though we went in the final. and they do that. They go unbeaten the games At the end of the regular out there and if they score weren’t easy for us. We had season they ended up goone goal we’ll score again to fight through them all. ing 23 games in a row withright away and they just These boys, they just love out a loss. know they can do it and to work hard,” Camm said. “They’re a pretty special believe they can do it,” He says the team skates team. Even this weekend, Camm said. fast and always works hard. actually the last two games Winning the OMHA fiHe doesn’t take any credit that we played Barrie, both nals in Barrie last weekend of the games we went down for their success as a coach, was a great way to cap off instead stating their motiva2-0 and we fought back,” tion comes from themselves. the season. He says they Camm said. were aggressive, but clean. “They’ll take control of a They’re the only Wool-
“When they won everything came off, the gloves and the sticks were all over the ice and I think what they cherish the most is the red hats that you get for winning the OMHAs and the ability to skate around with that trophy,” Camm said. They’ll move up to Major Atom next year and he says some may make the jump to AAA. “I think the biggest thing that I would say on this team is that there’s not a team that would work harder than these boys. Whether or not they’re always the most skilled against the opponent, they always work harder than the other team, and that’s something that we focused on over the last two years,” Camm said. When they returned home from Barrie they stopped at the WMC to watch the juvenile team play. A crowd of more than 700 people came out to support the juvenile team that night where they tied Erie North Shore. Juvenile team coach Matt Shantz says they CHAMPS | 14
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ing looking me in the eye. Coincidentally, the rooster skin, which all those feathers had previously been attached to, was no longer on my desk – or anywhere in sight. It didn’t take long to reach the obvious conclusion. “Jenn,” I yelled out, “did I bring a cape of black hackle feathers upstairs?” “No,” she said, “remember our rule about bringing fly tying materials to the dinner table?”
(One dinner guest loses her appetite after seeing hen feathers and calf tails at a chicken-and-rib barbecue and, suddenly, we have rules.) The mystery deepened. Luckily, years of watching CSI Miami commercials had taught me all I needed to know. I put on dark sunglasses and scanned for more clues. After bumping into a chair, I stumbled on another one – two sets of dog
prints on my desk. Again, I asked the obvious question. “Who would want to frame the dogs?” I muttered. Then, I yelled, “Jenn would you please bring down the cats for questioning?” After getting them myself and placing them in a lineup, neither they nor the dogs would talk – although to be fair, both dogs had a mouthful of feathers, so talking, even had they possessed the ability, would
have been difficult. I didn’t have enough evidence to hold the cats and it appeared as if this was going to be another one of those unsolvable mysteries. “Who could have taken that cape?” I asked aloud. The dogs, dumb creatures that they are, both retired to their crates and continued to avoid eye contact. Then I recalled both cats were upstairs begging at the dinner table for the entire time I was there while
both dogs were left downstairs guarding a perfectly good rooster skin within easy reach. My daughter walked downstairs at that moment. “What’s wrong?” she said. “My guess is that some evil mastermind snuck into the house, slipped past the dogs, took a black rooster cape from my fly tying desk and plucked and scattered feathers on the ground,” I said. “But why?” “The dogs ate the cape!”
she said. “They’re bird dogs!” It made sense. In most great mysteries, it’s always the ones you suspect the least. Right now the evidence is circumstantial but I figure this will change sometime around tomorrow’s morning walk. Either way, I’m going to have to bag the evidence. If it is the dogs, I can’t get too mad. But between you and me, I hope they are really ticklish.
After first three games, Kings find themselves trailing 2-1 Pair of losses in Stratford bookend Game 2 win back in Elmira; coach looking for period-by-period consistency LIZ BEVAN THE ELMIRA SUGAR KINGS found themselves down 2-1 against the Stratford Cullitons in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League conference semifinals heading into Game 4 of the series Wednesday night. The series started in Stratford on Mar. 18, with a slow first period start for the Kings. They managed to bring it back with four goals to tie it up, but ultimately lost in overtime. “In the first, we were on our heels. We gave up a couple of breakdowns and gave up some odd-man rushes and fell behind the eight ball right off the bat. That is unfortunate, obviously,” said head coach Ty Canal, adding the team didn’t give up even when they were down by three. “But, it was good of our guys to not lose focus and we came back in the second and third and we were able to tie it up. We played well those two periods, I thought, and we were playing the way we needed to play, but just fell a little short in overtime there.” Stratford started the scoring in the Mar. 18 game, with a marker from Zach Van Louwe, assisted by Jack Scanlan and Cooper Stahl. The Cullitons followed their first goal with three more, coming from
Jared Nash (Justin Graham and Hayden Broomhead), Louwe from Scanlan and a power play marker from Zander Pryor, assisted by Scanlan and Joe Leahy. That would be it from Stratford until overtime. Elmira answered back at the end of the first with Kyle Soper putting one to the back of the net with help from Ty Biles. There was only one goal in the second period, coming from Elmira’s Biles, assisted by Mackenzie MacSorley. The third period saw the Kings come back from their two-goal deficit and forcing overtime with two markers, both from MacSorley and only 16 seconds apart. The first assisted by Ethan Skinner and Kevin Fitzpatrick, and the second assisted by Kohli. Unfortunately, the Cullitons got the win with a goal from Graham, helped along by Broomhead and Jared Nash at 10:25 of overtime. For Game 2 in the series, the Kings brought the fight back home to the Dan Snyder Arena. The score sheet tells a different story from Game 1, with the Kings taking the lead and holding it for the whole game. “I think it was a fast game, the puck was moving quickly and I think the big thing for our guys was that they bounced back from Game 1 and played some consistent hockey, which I
Elmira goalie Jonathan Reinhart is about to make one of his 44 saves in a Sugar kings win in Game 2 of the conference semi-finals against the Stratford Cullitons. The Kings head to Stratford on Friday. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]
think we did for that game, for sure,” said Canal. “We were up pretty much the entire game and it was nice to see that when they scored a goal, our guys were able to compete through that and get another one immediately and at the end of the day, we were able to hold them off.” The first goal of the night came from Elmira’s MacSorley on the power play, assisted by Zac Coulter and
Fitzpatrick at 17:44 into the first period. Stratford answered with an unassisted power play goal from Leahy just two minutes into the second, but the Kings weren’t going to give up the lead. Ryan Maksymyk sunk a puck with help from Jake Moggy and Kalob Witzell a few minutes later, followed by an unassisted goal from Coulter at 11:30. Stratford made an at-
tempt at a comeback with a goal from Josh Higgins (Rob Grant). The Kings were up 3-2. The third period saw two power play goals, one from each side. The first was potted by Elmira’s Kohli, assisted by Ethan Skinner and Moggy. The second from Stratford’s Pryor, assisted by Scanlan and Van Louwe. It was the last goal of the game, which ended up at 4-3. Game 3 went very much the way of Game 1 with a slow start for the Kings. This time, however, they were unable to recover. They lost the game 7-3. “You know, it was the same sort of thing as Game 1 with the odd-man rushes and the turnovers there. The guys still battled and they still worked hard,” said Canal, adding that the guys are working to regain the focus they had in the second game of the series. “In the playoffs you have to have a short memory and play each period at a time. We are coming back home now, and getting back into our routine, so hopefully we are able to bounce back after that one.” Stratford dominated the first period at Monday night’s game, with four unanswered goals. The first from Higgins, assisted by Maverick Petrie and Rob Grant, quickly followed by another from Pryor, as-
sisted by Scanlan and Van Louwe. Broomhead then scored two in a row, the first on the power play from Deven Kropf and Tyson Baker, and the second, also from Baker and Kropf. Heading into the second, the Kings finally got themselves on the board, with a marker from Coulter, helped in by Jeff Jordan and Skinner just 43 seconds in. Stratford answered back with a shorthanded goal from Baker. The third started on a high note for Elmira with a power play goal from Jordan, assisted by Moggy and Klayton Hoelscher. Stratford scored their sixth of the game on the power play from Kropf (Baker, Leahy). At 11:21 into the third, Maksymyk put one to the back of the net with help from Ryley Cribbin and Zac Cameron, but the final push wasn’t enough. Stratford’s Scanlan scored the team’s seventh goal of the night on the Kings’ empty net. The series returned to Elmira Wednesday night, but scores were not available before press time. The team will be visiting Stratford for what could be the last game in the series on Friday night. If the team pushes a Game 6 with a win this week, the Kings will be coming back home at 7 p.m. on Mar. 27.
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didn’t start the season off too well, but they’ve kept improving. “They came a long way from the beginning of the season. The last half of the season we really came on and the guys really started to gel together. I think they’re having a lot of fun playing and hopefully we can pull
out a win,” Shantz said. They were up 2-0 in the series and tied on Saturday at home, followed by a loss on Sunday. If they win at home this coming Saturday they’ll win the championship. He says they had seven goalies try out for the team this year and the two they chose are the best in the league. The team itself is much different than last
year’s group. “Oh, it’s night and day. I’m having a lot more fun with the guys. I think we’ve got a better team and everyone seems to be listening very well. We don’t seem to have any guys on our team with bad attitudes and they all want to win. It’s completely different because guys are actually showing up all the time
for practices and you can tell that they actually care about playing this year,” Shantz said. They’re finding more scoring chances this season and they’re quicker on their feet. He notes the season turned around for them back in January at the Mooretown Silver Stick Tournament. He thinks
a lot of the teams they faced thought Woolwich wouldn’t be a challenge but they ended up going undefeated until the semi finals. That tournament is where the players starting gelling more as a group and trusting the coaches’ advice. The team’s hoping for another big crowd to fill the WMC this Saturday. “I’m hoping they can
really cheer us on and the guys can play a lot better than the last two games and bring it home because I’ve heard it hasn’t been done in 30 years for a juvenile hockey team in Woolwich,” Shantz said. The Woolwich Wildcats Juvenile team plays this Saturday at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, with an 8:30 p.m. game time.
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Township review looks to match future needs linked to growth with revenues collected for reserve fun WHITNEY NEILSON ALL THOSE PESKY DEVELOPMENT charges paid by builders– and ultimately homebuyers – are being put to good use according to the 2015 development charges report presented to Woolwich council Tuesday night. Council was shown the status of the township’s development charges reserve fund as of Dec. 31, 2015 with a final total of just under $4.3 million. This is slightly lower than the opening balance of the reserve on Jan. 1, 2015 of $4.5 million. Their total influx brought them up to $4.9 million with $295,942 in developer contributions and $82,716 in interest earnings. A number of studies, and road and bridge construction projects used roughly $600,000 from the reserve. Woolwich’s director of finance, Richard Petherick, says there’s definitely growth happening within the township. “We do know that Lunor will continue to pick up and continue to go forward. We do have the Southwood subdivision, that’s going to be taking off. And then of course with the final Breslau settlement plan and the approval of it, and then in turn when they start building out with the new
phases for the Empire or the Riverland subdivision and then the Thomas subdivision down in Breslau that will all be contributing to the development charges,” Petherick said. Development charges are assessed against land development projects to help cover the cost of capital infrastructure necessary due to growth. They’re calculated based on a background study, which is required every five years. Woolwich’s last one was done in 2014. “The works that we have really centre either around studies that are leading into potential infrastructure and then of course there’s also growth related infrastructure that it’s going to be spent on. You’re talking stuff like bridges, road reconstructions and all of those that are occurring is because these are areas with which growth is touching,” Petherick said. Some of the studies paid for through last year’s development charges include the Breslau secondary plan study ($69,139) and the roads needs study update ($13,915). A fire prevention truck was fully funded at $36,713 from the reserve. The priciest on the list is hot mix resurfacing for $251,385. That’s also helped from a separate fund, the infrastructure reserve fund
FIELD NOTES DESPITE THE RECENT BACKSLIDE in temperatures, how could anyone not catch spring fever over the past couple of weeks? Depending on where you live, the average temperature in our region has been about five degrees warmer than last year. The snow’s pretty much disappeared. And the rain is making March seem much less winter-like than normal. Even bugs are emerging. You’ll start seeing some fascinating-looking species now, like the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), making their presence known around your house. This is a species worth taking special note of. The BMSB is one of many stink bugs; some are beneficial and prey on harmful pests. But this one’s a problem because it eats almost everything – cash crops, plants, fruit, you name it. Its numbers have been rising in Ontario over the past five years. It was first found in Hamilton, where it likely hitched a ride from the eastern U.S. Now there are five breeding populations, found throughout
Lots of growth in Woolwich, including this Lunor subdivision in Elmira, gave Woolwich Township a healthy development charges reserve fund last year, according to the 2015 development charges report presented to council on Tuesday night. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] able to accommodate the tion occurring in 2016. The for $650,509. Woolwich growth that’s occurring in tender’s already been apStreet reconstruction cost that area. So that’s a good proved. And there’s some $41,105. The capital bridge example of some of the significant development program received $87,325. uses development charges charge dollars coming “We have some expenare for,” Petherick said. from that because it is ditures for the Woolwich He says their developwith regards to doing some Street reconstruction in upgrading to the sewer sys2015 that we’re going to MUNICIPAL FINANCING | 16 tem, some road works to be have the big reconstruc-
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the Highway 401 corridor. The movement of goods, vehicles and people is what allows the BMSB to spread. For farmers, insects like the BMSB reduce income. Crops can tolerate a certain threshold of insects before they start to cause significant damage, and researchers work to determine that number, so farmers can keep pesticide use in check. Besides staying ahead of
insects, farmers are always trying to get ahead of the weather. Generally speaking, the earlier they plant (within reason), the better chance they have of getting higher production. Right now, like the rest of us, they’re cooling their heels, waiting for spring to truly arrive. They’re holding back from going onto their fields, which need to be dry enough to get in so they can start managing pests like weeds (which,
like bugs, are already starting to emerge), and get the ground ready for seeding. So although it’s still early to tell, and although we might well get another snowfall or two, farmers are entering what looks like a pretty good year climatically. The outlook is equally as positive economically. Here’s why. A few weeks ago, Ottawa released its annual financial review of Canadian
farms for 2015, and forecast for 2016. It said farmers had a great year last year, and could expect another good one to come. Even though net cash farm income is expected to fall by nine per cent in 2016 to $13.6 billion – and that’s in a year when food costs are rising – that’s still 14 per cent higher than the 2010-2014 average of $11.9 billion. All in, average net worth per farm is expected to
reach $2.7 million in 2016. The review said the low Canadian dollar has improved the competitiveness of Canadian agriculture and food products in export markets – and we are a huge food exporter. As well, working in farmers’ favour in 2015 was the cost of energy. According to Ottawa, lower crude oil prices significantly reduced farmers’ diesel and gasoline expenses. These prices are continuing to
keep costs low now. Looking further into the future, the report says an increase in global trade and greater demand for agricultural commodities by developing countries present opportunities to further grow Canadian agriculture. Farming and food production depend on dozens of influences. Weather is one of the biggest. Here’s hoping the warmth we’ve flirted with comes back soon, and stays.
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ment charges balance is pretty healthy. If one department is a little short they can borrow internally from another to complete a project. They have to report on each of the categories, such as fire, public works, and water, separately. “When you do your background study part of the analysis is looking at what growth is going to occur and when is it going to occur. And of course if that doesn’t occur in the timeline you think it’s going to occur it does put some pressure on the growthrelated projects and the
fact you may not be able to do those because you won’t have the development charge money in hand.” When doing the background study they look at the growth forecast and the expenditures they can expect in the future. When they’re looking at any given service area they have to examine the 10-year historical service level and that calculation actually starts to determine what the maximum amount is that you can collect for any given category. “So say, for example, our service level says over the next five years you can only collect up to $1 million in
development charges. And we say but we’ve got $1.5 million worth of work to do, we can still only put $1 million in our background study. We are kind of restricted as to what it is you can collect and it’s based on the 10-year historical service level. But you can definitely go underneath that,” Petherick explained. The Development Charges Act underwent some amendments late last year, adding some reporting requirements. Luckily for Woolwich they were already doing some of them. “Before you could summarize to say these are the categories we had... here’s
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Potential industrial uses spell market opportunity for new soybean
University of Guelph professor following on research started by late colleague, Dr. Gary Ablett A SOYBEAN VARIETY FIRST identified at the University of Guelph 20 years ago is now seeing a future as a possible feedstock for industrial uses. Currently known as OAC 13-55C-HL, the soybean is high in linoleic fatty acids, lending itself particularly well to industrial material applications like paints, coatings, polyols and epoxies. A renowned University of Guelph soybean breeder, the late Dr. Gary Ablett first discovered the variety two decades ago while he was working to develop soybeans with oil profiles more suited to the food industry, but market demand at the time wasn’t strong enough to warrant pursuing it further. Ablett developed more than 50 soybean varieties during his career before passing away in 2012, and shared his discovery with fellow Guelph soybean researcher Dr. Istvan Rajcan. Dr. Rajcan continued Ablett’s work in conjunction with a team of graduate students. It was Rajcan’s involvement with the BioCar Initiative – a partnership between the automotive industry and researchers to accelerate using plant-
Prof. Istvan Rajcan, a soybean researcher at the University of Guelph, is working on bringing new varieties to market. based ingredients to manufacture car parts – that led him to discover that OAC 13-55C-HL’s profile might be interesting for industrial uses and proceed with fur-
ther development. “Nobody was interested in high linoleic at the time when Gary developed this variety, but he allowed me to study it further with my
grad students,” explains Rajcan. “We made crosses between Gary’s original variety and some high yielding soy varieties so we could improve the yield as
well as have the high linoleic oil profile.” Oil from the new soybean has a fatty acid profile that is approximately 33 per cent higher in linoleic
acid than commodity soybean oil; all other fatty acid levels, including saturates, are lower. It also has a 12 per cent increase in double bonds compared to commodity soybean oil – and the more double bonds, the more reactive the oil, which should allow for improvements in production efficiency and material synthesis. The new soybean variety presents a unique opportunity for the University of Guelph, according to Steve De Brabandere, Interim Director of the institution’s Catalyst Centre. “Traditionally the bean breeding program at Guelph has been focused on soybean growing in Ontario, and there hasn’t been a lot of specific trait breeding for anything other than what farmers would need, like disease resistance, yield improvement or cold tolerance,” explains De Brabandere. “This high linoleic oil extends the range of industrial products that can be made compared to regular soybean oil and expands the ease with which companies can make products like coatings, paints and plastics using biobased inRESEARCH | 18
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THE ARTS ON STAGE / MUSICAL THEATRE
Mamma Mia!, that’s some kind of crazy wedding Long list of ABBA hits fuel the energetic hijinx of a young bride’s search for her father at a gathering on an idyllic Greek island in Drayton Entertainment’s latest musical, now on stage at Cambridge’s Dunfield Theatre
Blythe Wilson takes centre stage as Donna in Drayton Entertainment’s production of Mamma Mia! along with Jackie Mustakas and Jenni Burke as Donna’s best friends, and backup singers, Tanya and Rosie. [SUBMITTED] tainment production of and singer is no stranger to Sophie’s fiancé Sky, Matt 28 at the Drayton Festival Mamma Mia! had its open- Theatre. Palmer, Michael Killinger belting it out on stage. She ing night on Mar. 22, but won CBC’s television talent and Mark Harapiak as Tickets are $44 for don’t worry, there are still Sophie’s potential fathers search Over The Rainbow adults and $26 for stuplenty of performances and Jackie Mustakas and – the hunt for a big talent dents. They can be purwith seats waiting for an Jenni Burke as Donna’s to play Dorothy in Andrew chased online at www. audience. The show runs Lloyd Webber’s production two former band mates draytonentertainment. at Cambridge’s Dunfield and best friends, Tanya of The Wizard Of Oz. com, or at the Drayton EnTheatre until May 7, with a and Rosie. The cast is rounded tertainment box office by second run from May 12 to The Drayton Enterout with Colin Sheen as calling 1-855-DRAYTON.
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And, predictably, hijinx ensue, all to a soundtrack of hit songs by world-famous Swedish pop group ABBA. “I think it is a combination of really great music that you have a strong identification with. It takes you back to a time and a place that you remember,” said Connolly. “And, then it is also a story about family. Usually, more often than not, a musical about family is going to be a success because we can all relate to the identity of what our relationships are like. It makes you reflect. That combination made it a success.” And of course, there are the colourful and glittery costumes. Fresh from her own performances on Broadway, Wilson takes on the role of Donna, and Connolly says they couldn’t have asked for a better leading lady. “She has just returned from New York where she performed as Mary Poppins. Before that she was at the Stratford Festival. She is a seasoned veteran,” he said. Wade plays Sophie, who just wants to know who her father really is before she gets married. The actor
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NOW HIRING FULL TIME LOCAL DZ FLATBED DRIVER
Our St. Jacobs Distribution Centre currently has the following opportunities...
driver to join our team. The individual will operate a Roll Tarp flatbed truck. Some experience with flatbed is required and LTL experience is preferred. All applicants must possess a clean CVOR & driver abstract. At Enviro-
Inside Sales & Customer Service Person. Construction and/or manufacturing background would be an asset.
Company paid benefits. We are also looking for DZ & AZ Part Time, On Call drivers.
Apply with resume in person or email mattmch@cyg.net
Please apply in person at 7201 Line 86, Wallenstein, ON. or send your resume and drivers abstract to Email: info@enviro-eze.com Fax: 519-669-8301
Temporary Material Handlers
Has an opening for a full-time
We thank everyone for applying however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Term Position - April 2016 to November 2016 Night Shift Positions Responsible to the Shift Foreman for helping to maintain service levels to Home Hardware Dealers, you will contribute to the smooth flow of merchandise through the Distribution Centre by picking, packing, shipping, and receiving. You will comply with all health and safety regulations and perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor. Able to perform strenuous physical activities including: walking, standing, bending, and lifting, you demonstrate high-quality accuracy and attention to detail, and have excellent reading, writing, and number skills.
HELP WANTED
Night Shift - 11PM TO 7AM Sunday through Friday Our St. Jacobs Distribution Center currently has the following opportunity...
Has an immediate opening for a full-time
Full-time Truck Driver
Warehouse / Order Picker / Delivery Person.
You are responsible to the Dispatcher for delivering merchandise to stores in the region and picking up merchandise from suppliers for the Distribution Centre, while complying with all government and safety regulations. Acting as an ambassador for Home Hardware Stores Limited, you will load and unload in a courteous and helpful manner. You will also fuel, wash and inspect the vehicle and trailer to ensure safe operation.
We offer a competitive salary and great working conditions. If you are interested in becoming part of Home Hardware, please forward your resume, quoting Truck Driver (#901DI), by Friday, April 1, 2016 to: Human Resources Department, Home Hardware Stores Limited, 34 Henry St. W., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0 E-mail: hr@homehardware.ca
HELP WANTED
WANTED PSW HEALTH CARE WORKERS For day and night shifts to care for my parents in their Waterloo home. Call Pat at 519-503-7961
Drivers licence required.
Apply with resume in person or email mattmch@cyg.net We thank everyone for applying however only those selected for interview will be contacted. hr@homehardware.ca
You have two years’ experience, an AZ licence, a clean driver’s abstract and CVOR. Travel throughout the Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec is required.
HELP WANTED
Has an opening for a full-time person. Duties include customer service, restocking, order picking.
We thank everyone for applying however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
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HORSES WATERLOO COUNTY HORSE sale to be held at Olex Saturday March 26th at 10 am. For more info call 519595-3307.
HELP WANTED
Part time DZ Driver wanted. Must have clean driver’s abstract, be physically fit, and be able to drive standard transmission. Perfect for retired person. Local freight, Toronto, London, Stoney Creek areas
Fax resume to: 519-669-3845.
Apply with resume in person or email mattmch@cyg.net
We offer a competitive salary and great working conditions. If you are interested in becoming part of Home Hardware, please forward your resume, quoting Temp Material Handler (#967) to: Recruitment, Human Resources, Home Hardware Stores Limited, 34 Henry St. W., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0 E-mail: hr@homehardware.ca
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Rate of Pay: $15.68 per hour plus shift premium
Full-time position available for production of light-gauge metal flashings and other building materials. An individual who can give attention to details and precise workmanship would be well suited for this position. A background in frame building construction would be an asset. Apply in person to: 7806 Sixth Line, Drayton or contact us at: 519-638-2746 ext 1, or sales@macoenterprises.ca.
WE’RE HIRING! WE have a part time customer service position available. Must be available alternating Saturdays. Please drop off your resume in person or send to info@greenvalleyhealth.ca. GERBER MEATS IS growing! (Again). We are currently looking to hire several men and women for our company. Full time, training provided. We require: Meat Cutters and counter staff. Ward Skinner 519-709-3954. LANDSCAPE HELP WANTED. All positions available. Drivers lic. needed. Experience would be an asset but willing to train. Email Resume or fax to 519-6699369, kdetweiler@rogers. com Wages to be determined with experience.
HELP WANTED PART-TIME HELP WANTED. Local chick hatchery looking for motivated individual. Duties include chick and egg handling, general clean up. Mondays and Thursdays starting at 5 a.m. Competitive wages. Fax resume to 519-664-3491, email: staff@ freyshatchery.com or call 519-664-3209.
HEALTH CARE BOWEN THERAPY YOUR choice for effective treatment of specific health conditions or wellness maintenance. KEVIN BARTLEY, Professional Bowenwork Practitioner, Clock Tower Wellness Centre, 69 Arthur St. S., Elmira. 519-669-0112. Every Body is Better with Bowen! CALL GRANT BRUBACHER for 1 hour deep muscle therapy treatments at your home. 519-577-3251. Excellent for all ages. Serving Mt. Forest, Harriston, Milverton, Millbank, Elmira and surrounding communities.
FOR SALE 6 ALL SEASON Tires on rims. 3 snow tires - no rims size 205-70-R14. $100 for all. For more information phone 519-210-0390. BABY ITEMS FOR sale Graco playpen, Fischer Price crib mobile, musical activity table, Jumperoo, plus many more items. Excellent condition. Call 519-669-4360 for details. SOFTNER SALT - 20kg bags, minimum 25 bags, skid lots of 56. Delivered in St. Jacobs, St. Clements, Elmira & Linwood areas. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045.
GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE - Moving. Sat. March 26, 8 a.m. 12:00. 19 Snyder Ave. N., Elmira. Clothes, toys, dishes etc. etc.
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Peacefully passed in Elmira on Monday, March 21, 2016, at the age of 64 years. Lenora (Sloper) Hollinger was the beloved wife and best friend of David for 39 years. Dear mother of Janet Hollinger and Jason Quill of St. Jacobs, Andrea and John Hiebert of Elmira. Cherished grandma of Amber, Dustin and Willow Quill; Jeffery and Jesse Hiebert. Lenora will be lovingly remembered by the Hollinger family. Predeceased by her parents Leonard and Jeanie Sloper. At Lenora’s request, cremation has taken place. A memorial visitation for family and friends will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira from 2-4 p.m. A memorial service will take place at a later date. In Lenora’s memory, donations to Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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Passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Grand River Hospital, in her 94th year. Phyllis (Shantz) Penny, of Elmira, was the beloved wife of the late Thomas E. Penny (1986). Dear mother of Jim and Dia of Kitchener, and MaryLou and Rudi Remers of Port Franks. Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Alicia (Andrew) Bennett and Brenda Penny (Chris Roth), and by her four great-grandchildren Nolan and Aiden; Claire and Zach. Sister of Ruth and Ross Simpson of Kitchener. Predeceased by her parents Allen and Luella (Knorr) Shantz, and by her son Thomas in infancy. The family received their relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira, on Sunday, March 20, 2016 from 2-5 p.m. and Monday, March 21, 2016 from 10-10:45 a.m., followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. A reception took place after the service. In Phyllis’s memory, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association or St. James Lutheran Church would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
Passed away peacefully with family by his side at Heritage House, St. Jacobs, three hours short of his 84th birthday. Elmer Bauman was the beloved husband of Elizabeth (Betty) Bauman (nee Ziegler). Loved father of Connie (Dan) Arndt of RR 2, Alma, Gary (Darlene) Bauman of Ilderton, Morley Bauman of Grande Prairie, AB, and Sandra Kiers of Niagara Falls. Loving grandfather of Rob and Donna Arndt, Tammy and Mike Smits, April Bauman, Devon and Stephanie Bauman, Andrew and Jessica Bauman, Emily Bauman, Victoria Bauman, and Adam and Julie Kiers. Dear great-grandfather of Kerri and Brady Benallick, Lily Arndt, Amanda, Emily, and Heidi Smits, Ethan and Liam Kiers, and Hewitt Bauman. Brother of Milton and Susannah Bauman of Floradale, Earl and Betty Bauman of St. Jacobs, Henry Bauman of Listowel, Verna Gingrich of Parry Sound, and Erma Gingrich of Elmira. Brother-in-law of Merl and Joan Ziegler of Bramalea, and Marie Bauman of Elmira. Predeceased by his parents Henry S. M. and Nancy Bauman, stepmother Lovina Bauman, brother Abner Bauman, brothers-in-law Angus and Ed Gingrich, and Laverne Ziegler, sister-in-law Lydia-Ann Bauman, and grandson Eric Bauman. He worked at the Floradale Saw Mill and later managed Miller’s Store in Floradale. He then purchased a farm on the 10th of Peel and also worked at the Floradale Feed Mill. He retired from farming, moved to Elmira and then worked at Martin Feed Mills. Visitation took place on Sunday, March 20, 2016 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A funeral service was held on Monday, March 21, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira, with public interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, at 9:30 a.m. prior to the service. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Heritage House or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family.
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Palmerston and formerly of Drayton passed away suddenly at her home on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 in her 86th year. Passed away Monday, March 7, 2016. Resided in Bullhead City, Arizona for many years, formerly of Elmira, Ontario.
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HIEMSTRA, JOYCE ANNE | Passed away peacefully with family by her side on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Grand River Hospital, at the age of 69 years. MARTIN, EVANNE LEIGH (MACPHERSON) | Passed
away peacefully at her residence with family by her side on Sunday, March 20, 2016, at the age of 27 years.
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RETURNING VICTORIOUS FROM ST. GEORGE
The Woolwich squad won the Grand River Division C Championship on Mar. 11 in St. George with a score of 4-3. Front row: Max Nitsche, Owen Battler, Matt Kraemer, Ryan Curtis, Daniel Kelly, Logan Beard, Cole Brubacher. Back row: Gerry Beard, Jackson Dumart, Weston Bradley, Turner Duldhardt, Ethan Murr, Liam Moyer, Chris Kelly, James McCormick, Rob Moyer, Craig Curtis. [SUBMITTED]
JR. KINGS MAKE IT TO TRI-COUNTY FINALS
The Elmira JR Sugar Kings (Major Midget A) ended the season by becoming the Tri-County finalist against Caledon on Mar. 20. The final score was 4-2 for Caledon. Front row: Ryan Moser, Evan Courtis, Cameron Brown, Keegan Saunders, Ryan Shantz, Connor Duench. Second row: Kevin Moser, Tyler Matthews, Matt Scholtzhauer, Aaron Logan, Jordan Gamble, Noah Zeller. Third row: Matt Schouppe, Aaron Weigel, Matt Fife, Kelby Martin, Jayden Hipel, Tyler Moser, Mitch Waters, Mitch Metzger, Tyler Townsend, Brady Hauck. Missing: Jake Lewis, Connor Bauman. [SUBMITTED]
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BUTCHER SHOP AUCTION
AUCTION SALE
Of Equipment, walk-in cooler/freezer, display coolers and other related items, to be held at 1776 Erb’s Rd. In St. Agatha, for St. Agatha Meat Market (Dieter & Sandra Hiemer), on
MONDAY, APRIL 4TH @ 10:00 A.M.
CONSISTING OF: Hobart 12in. band
saw. Hobart grinder (32). Nella counter top grinder (22). Biro 6642 – 3 phase grinder (32). Fatosa Filler 25-2 vertical hyd. sausage stuffer, 50lb. capacity. Fatosa 20 litre cutter/ bowl chopper – good. Hollymatic 200 patty machine. Vortron 1700 stainless smoke house and Vortron smoke generator – both good. Double stainless cookers, gas fired, includes fire brick. Lelano tenderizer. Surepump electric brine pump. 2 Berkel 827 meat slicers – both good. Older Berkel & Hobart meat slicers. Poly clip (clip size S-744BT). Webomatic Type E 10 H single chamber counter top vac packer – good. 8ft. stainless work table c/w back splash, drawer & shelf. 5 & 6ft. wall mount cutting tables. 4ft. stainless wall mount work table. 2 “hands free” wash sinks. Knife sterilizer. 4 X 8ft. stainless work table c/w drain & cutting board – good. 5ft. stainless work table on casters. 4ft. stainless wall mount work table. Bizerba SC-H electronic scale with labeler. 2 Electronic scales. Ishida MT-300W stainless scale, lb./kg, 300lb. capacity. Free standing 9 X 22ft. insulated truck body converted to walkin freezer & cooler. Hussman 8 ½ ft. display cooler. Older Sherer 8ft. display cooler. 2 yr. old cooler compressor with evaporator. Karcher HDS 900ci diesel pressure washer. 5 stainless smoke house carts (3 on wheels). Stainless smoke house sticks and hangers. Variety of stainless & other carts and stands. Kitchen Aid ice maker. Cheese cutter. Variety of plastic tubs. Spices & packing material. Paper dispensers. 4 chest freezers. Air conditioning unit (externally mounted compressor). Ref Plus evaporator. Cooler door. Older compressor, etc.
NOTE – Proprietors retiring after 26
successful years in business. No reserves. An excellent lineup of equipment, all single phase (excluding 1 grinder). See www.auctionsfind.com/gerber for photos. Proprietors and auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Terms – Cash or cheque with I.D. Sale order – Smaller miscellaneous items followed by larger items & equipment.
PROPRIETORS:
St. Agatha Meat Market (Dieter & Sandra) 519-886-0152 AUCTIONEERS:
Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451
2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)
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AUCTION SALE OF 15 ton boom truck, 4 pickup trucks, trailers, mini excavator, skid steer, advance/four season forms, plus items related to the concrete business, to be held at 7305 Wellington County Rd. 7 Mapleton Twp. (1 mile northwest of Alma), for Stewart Smith Construction Ltd., on Saturday, March 26th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.
WED. MARCH 30 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; household effects; miscellaneous items; to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for Marj Green and Art Wilder with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. jantziauctions.com
FARM PROPERTY AUCTION Of 50 acre farm, to be held at 7048 Rd. 121 Perth East Twp. (adjoining Millbank), for Eva Erb and The Allan Erb Estate, on Monday, March 28th @ 1:30 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.
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To be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for Marj Green and Art Wilder of New Hamburg with additions on:
WEDNESDAY MAR 30 AT 10:00 AM
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Kenmore fridge;
Frigidaire freezer; drop leaf kitchen table and 2 chair; curio cabinet; hutch; buffet; 5 pc maple bedroom suite (queen bed, chest of drawers, dresser, 2 night tables) desk; chair; file cabinet; quilt rack; wheel chair; card table; vacuum cleaner; dining table and chair; lazy boy; portable sewing machine; touch lamps; desk; single bed with pillow top boxspring and mattress; matching dresser, night table, and chest of drawers; maple drop leaf side table; dresser; quantity of good glass and china; Tupperware; towels; cookware; dinner sets; bedding; linens; table lamps; juicer; and many other items.
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COLLECTABLES:
secretary desk; grandfather clock unique; bridge lamp; what not stand; sewing basket and accessories; needle point chair; Gilbert wall clock and other clocks; Peter Etril Snyder prints; Community silverware; Roger Bros. silverware in chest; flowered crock with handles; shilling crocks and other crocks; pottery; brassware; rocking chair; small side table; occasional tables; old kitchenware; enamelware; costume jewelry; batter bowl; mixing bowls; cups and saucers; oil lamps; jugs; washboard; cabbage cutter; other small primitives; older tools; quantity of older glass and china; depressions; Bavaria; crystal; dinner sets; and other unique items out of this older home.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Wheel chair;
BBQ; patio furniture; shovels; racks; lawn and garden tools; skill saw; drills; variety of hand and power tools; ladder; bikes; fans; shop vac; etc.
NOTE: 10% buyers premium. Cash, cheque, Visa, Mastercard and debit.
AUCTIONEER:
Jantzi Auctions Ltd. Wellesley | 519-656-3555 www.JantziAuctions.com
AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Tractor, combine, machinery, pit related equipment, vehicles and miscellaneous items, to be held at 925878 13th Con. Blandford Blenheim Twp. (Approx. 5 miles south of New Hamburg - Highway 7&8, south at Stratford Farm Equipment on C.R.1, south on C.R. 5, east on Con. 13 or 5 miles northwest of Bright), for Walter Ferguson, on Saturday April 2nd @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. BUTCHER SHOP AUCTION Of Equipment, walk-in cooler/ freezer, display coolers and other related items, to be held at 1776 Erb’s Rd. in St. Agatha, for St. Agatha Meat Market (Dieter & Sandra Hiemer), on Monday, April 4th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. AUCTION SALE OF 2011 Ford Taurus, antiques, household goods, and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Shirley Ritz Unrau, New Hamburg, The Susan Rollo Estate, Waterloo, & additions, on Thursday, April 7th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.
AUCTIONS FRIDAY APRIL 8 at 5:00 PM - Toy auction of tractor trailers; farm toys; precision; collector cars; banks; and other collectables. Watch our website for a full list and pictures for the collection of the Raymond Hogg estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF Household effects, antiques, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at 6540 - 10th Line of Minto Twp. (Highway 89 then east on 10th Line - 4 miles east of Harriston), for the Ephraim Martin Estate, on Saturday, April 9th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. SAT. APR 9 at 10:00 AM Clearing auction sale of woodworking tools; power tools; hand tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at 2998 Line 34 (Highway 7/8) on the east end of Stratford for Evelyn and the estate of Del Wagler. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
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40th Annual Spring Vehicle, Turf & Landscape Turf - Municipal
WED. APRIL 27 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; tools; glassware; hand and garden tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
AUCTION to be held at
Breslau Airport Road Auction Complex
5100 Fountain St., North, Breslau (Kitchener) nd
Sat April 2 9:00 am 2005 Sterling TA Dump Sander Plow 97 Ford TA Dump Sander Plow 87 Champion 730 Road Grader 2012 CAMLINE 40’ Step Equip Tri Trailer 2006 GMC 2500HD 4x4/wPlow/Sander 2006 Chev Equinox AWD 5-04/07 Ford Crews/Pickups 3-03/05 Chev 1500/2500 Pickups 2-04/05 RAM/Dakota Quad Pickups 2003 Chev 3500 Alum Service Trk 2-97/98 Ford F350 Diesel Alum Dumps 3-01/03 Chev/Ford Vans/Wagons MF135 Farm Tractor Morbark Diesel Wood Chipper JDJ Tandem Dump Trailer
FARM EQUIPMENT JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and bobcat S300 for rent. 45 - 150 hp. Rent by day, week or mos. Great rates. 519-591-1274.
FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045.
Toro Grand Stand Mower*FM/ZTurn Mowers*Aerators STone Saw*TA/SA Landscape Trailers* Top Dresser*Augers Generators*Trench & Plate Tampers*Overseeder*Tillers Blowers*8+Chainsaws*Snowblowers*Leaf Blowers 45+ Mowers*Trimmers*Mig Welders*Pressure Washers Snowplow Sets*Concrete Saws*Sledges & Axes*Edgers Shop Equipment*3pth/PTO/Accessory Equipment
FERTILIZER AND SEED GRAIN - at competitive pricing. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141.
Auctioneer’s Note - There will be TWO Auction Rings ... Come Early or Miss the Deals!
KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.
MORE UNITS ARRIVING DAILY! PRELIMINARY LIST ONLY!!!
No Buyer’s Premium!!! VIEWING: Friday April 1st, 2016, 1 pm to 5 pm TERMS: $500.00 Cash Deposit on Each Vehicle, or as announced.
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AUCTIONS WED. APR 13 at 10:00 AM Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; household effects; tools; glassware; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com SAT. APR 16 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of classic antique cars; car parts; tools; antiques; collectables; lawn and garden and miscellaneous items to be held at 450 Bridgeport Rd E in Kitchener for Terrence Dugan. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com FRI APR 22 at 5:00 PM - Toy auction of farm toys; tractor trailers; construction; banks; cars; quantity of 1/64th tractor and machinery; literature; etc to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for Larry Markle of Stratford with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-6563555. www.jantziauctions.com SAT. APR 23 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of Lionel trains and tracks; WWI Militaria; collectable toy cars; clocks; glassware; antiques; furniture; household items; miscellaneous items and collectables to be held at 450 Bridgeport Rd. E in Kitchener for Terrence Dugan. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
FIREWOOD
519-648-2111
GERBER’S FIREWOOD YOUR source of quality slabwood and seasoned bodywood. All prices include delivery. No Sunday calls please. 519-656-2057.
WANTED LOOKING TO RENT: Senior couple needing small 2 bedroom home. All one level. Elmira or Linwood area. Call Maria 226-929-8584.
AUTOMOTIVE 2010 TOYOTA YARIS Hatchback. 4 door, blue, 91km 4 cyl. 1.5. Immaculate condition. Safety and emission certified. $8900. 519-669-3337, Elmira.
RENTALS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in Elmira. Quiet building, newly renovated, close to downtown. Call 519-669-5798. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. APARTMENTS - downtown Elmira. Large 1 bedroom apartment ($700 + hydro). Second smaller one bedroom apartment ($650 + hydro). Shared laundry, secure access, parking. References required. Email: aptelmira@gmail.com
REAL ESTATE 82 ACRES MIXED wooded land for sale or trade in Prince Edward Island. Asking $1500/acre obo. Terry 519-276-1785.
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$514,900 WELL APPOINTED UPSCALE HOME on one of Elmira’s finest, tree-lined streets, close to downtown. Lots of natural woodwork and hdwd floors. Stained glass windows and pocket doors. Updated kitchen with oak cabinetry. Formal D.R. Main floor family room addition with lots of natural lighting, gas fireplace & walkout to a deck (overlooking a professionally landscaped lot). Addition includes a full bsmt with lots of potential for a lge. rec. room. Main flr. 3 pc. bath. Spacious master bdrm. w/ensuite bath, walkin closet & w/o to upper deck. Upper level office + option of 4 bdrms. Walkup, floored attic. MLS.
CALL FOR YOUR FREE MARKET EVALUATION
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HAPPY EASTER! COUNTRY SETTING
Donating back to the community we call home.
Linwood - Beautifully located in the family friendly Village of Linwood - Only 15 minutes from Waterloo on a large lot. This 4 level home is equipped with 4 bedrooms, large principal rooms, sep dining room, 4 separate walk outs to the back yard, backing on green space, Master bedroom with ensuite. Large double garage with concrete driveway. MLS 30510424.
$459,000
1773 SQ FT PLUS FINISHED BASEMENT
$374,900
FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS!
D L SO $269,000
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage
Elmira - 4 bedroom home with 3 bedrooms upstairs, and 1 on the lower level. Your family can spread out in the family room and living room on the main floor, as well as the finished rec room in the basement. Large master bedroom with walk in closet and ensuite. Beautiful setting with a walking trail right in your back yard. MLS 30512154.
SENIORS DREAM
Elmira - End unit town home with a walk out from the dining room to a 10x12 deck in a larger than expected partially fenced back yard. With it’s many updates, this 2 bedroom home is perfect for a first time buyer, someone downsizing, or even an investment property. MLS 30511436.
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira 519-669-5426
Alli Bauman Paul Martin Sue Wideman SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT
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$399,900
Drayton - Beautiful bungaloft featuring hardwood and ceramic floors. This 1800 sq. foot beauty is move in ready with 4 pc. ensuite, large walk-in closet and spacious master bedroom. 2nd bedroom for out of town guests. Need extra space for an office? Then the loft is perfect, complete with 4 pc bathroom. Nestled in the town of Drayton 30 minutes from Waterloo. MLS 30511742.
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NEW LISTING! NEW LISTING! $449,900 ELMIRA Two storey situated on a 60’ lot in great Birdland neighbour-
hood. Solid 3 bedroom, 4 bath home, double garage. Upgrades include: roof/12, gas furnace/02, c/air/98. Make this your family home. NEW MLS.
Don’t miss out on this 1424 sq.ft luxury town home design, 9’ ceilings, gorgeous kitchen, double garage, A/C, FP & builder additional bonus. Call for details. EXCLUSIVE.
$269,900 ELMIRA Cozy starter or retirement bungalow in a super
location close to down town area offers 3 bedrooms, plaster construction, maintenance free exterior, good storage shed and mature tree in fenced yard, 100 amp service. Gas stove in living room. MLS. Call Bert to view.
Your referrals are appreciated!
DON’T MISS OUT! ONLY 2 UNITS LEFT
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HAPPY EASTER! We Wish You and Your Family A Safe & Happy Easter Holiday! HOLIDAY HOURS:
CLOSED Good Friday OPEN Easter Monday
$459,000 DUNDALK AREA – approx. 97 acres, 65 workable level, open land, Listowel silt loam and Parkhill loam, available for this spring. About 5 miles south west of Dundalk, 1/2 mile from paved road. Contact Brian Padfield, Sales Representative, Coldwell Banker WIN Realty brokerage, Mount Forest, office: 1-800-354-6795, cell: 519-323-8029.
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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES
THOMPSON’S
TIRE Complete Collision Service
WHERE TIRES
Auto Tech Inc.
ARE A
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Farm • Auto • Truck Industrial On-The-Farm Service
FAX: 519.669.3210
35 Howard Ave., Elmira
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GENERAL SERVICES
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TUNING & REPAIRS
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MUSIC TRANSFERS FROM LPs, 45s, 78s, CASSETTES TO CD
For all your Plumbing Needs.
Your favourite albums get a whole new life on CD after we clean up the clicks, pops and surface noise.
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SPECIALIZING IN: Finished Flat Work/Floors Foundations & Footings Driveways, Sidewalks & Patios Decorative & Exposed Concrete Coloured Concrete
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STORE HOURS: M-F: 8-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 12-5
AT YOUR SERVICE. We specialize in getting the word out. Advertise your business services in our directory. Weekly exposure with fantastic results! Promote your service today! Call Donna at 519-669-5790 ext. 104
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UNITED ROOFING
ST. JACOBS
GLASS SYSTEMS INC.
1-519-261-0639 • Mount Forest, ON
1553 King St. N., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0
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• Store Fronts • Thermopanes • Mirrors • Screen Repair • Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures • Sash Repair TEL:
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CONSTRUCTION INC. (519) 569-0772 • Commercial & Industrial General Contracting • Specializing in Concrete Work & Excavation • Retaining Walls
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Community Information Page
The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Sections 34 and 51 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Zone Change and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications. No decisions will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them. Zone Change Application 5/2016 – Karen Martin MAP 1
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The 7.7 ha site contains a group home and a small horse barn, while the remaining lands (approximately 5 ha) are used for pasturing and crop farming. The applicants are proposing to amend the site-specific zoning provisions for the property to increase the maximum number of permitted residents in the Group Home by 6 to a maximum of 22. Zone Change Application 6/2016 and Draft Plan of Subdivision 30T-16701 - Hawk Ridge Homes Inc. ST
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Please Note: APPEALS: Draft Plan of Subdivision If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in respect of the proposed plan of subdivision does not make oral submissions at the public meeting, if one is held, or make written submissions to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo before the proposed plan of subdivision is approved or refused, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss the appeal. Individuals are requested to submit a written outline of any oral submissions made at the Public Meeting to the Township Clerk. Notification: If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in respect of this proposed plan of subdivision you must make a written request to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Attn: Sylvia Rafalski-Misch, Planning, Housing and Community Services, 150 Frederick Street, 8th Floor, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4J3 Zoning Amendment
a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of Woolwich to the Ontario Municipal Board; and
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Phone:
519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820
If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-law does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the by-law is passed:
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• the entire property has a site-specific zoning provision that recognizes a reduced lot area and lot width and permits a Group Home to a maximum of 16 residents.
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Tuesday April 19, 2016 7:00 p.m. Township Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira Regarding the following applications: Zone Change Application 5/2016 Karen Martin and Zone Change Application 6/2016 and Draft Plan of Subdivision 30T-16701 Hawk Ridge Homes Inc.
• the balance of the property is designated Rural Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan and zoned Agricultural (A); and
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P.O. Box 158
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The Township has received a Zone Change application and Draft Plan of Subdivision submission from Hawk Ridge Homes Inc. for the property located at 36-68 Union Street in Elmira (see Map 2). The property is designated Residential and Ancillary Use and Restricted Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned Residential Mixed Medium Density (R-4) and General Industrial – Urban (M-2). A portion of the property, which contains a creek / storm drain at the north end, is subject to Floodway (FW) and Flood Fringe (FF) provisions in the Zoning By-law. The 3.2 hectare property contains the remains of a two storey dwelling and concrete foundation of a demolished chicken barn as well as two sheds, all of which are to be removed from the property. The Zone Change application proposes to rezone approximately 2.3 ha of the lands to Residential – Mixed Medium Density with Design Guidelines (R-4A) and Residential – Mixed High Density with Design Guidelines (R-5A) for the proposed residential development and Open Space (O-1) for a proposed park block. The remaining 0.9 ha portion of lands within the Floodway area, adjacent to the creek / storm drain, are proposed to be rezoned Open Space (O-2). The effect of the Zone Change application is to facilitate the development of a residential subdivision, which will consist of 15 single detached (Lots 1 to 7, 16, 25, 34 and 36 to 39) and 24 semi-detached (Lots 8 to 15, 17 to 24 and 26 to 33) dwelling units, totalling 39 units. All lots will be accessed from First Street and the extensions of College and Bauman Streets. The development will also include a park block of approximately 0.16 ha (Block 40).
b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so. NOTIFICATION: If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before April 12, 2016 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will also be considered. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-6691647 or 1-877-969-0094 ext. 6005. MORE INFORMATION: The public may view planning documents and background material relating to this application at the Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services Department between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the Township website at www.woolwich.ca. Questions or written submissions may be directed to: Township of Woolwich Engineering and Planning Services Department Box 158 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 24th day of March, 2016.
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BUDGET: Albrecht finds plenty to criticize in Liberal plan FROM | 3
amount up front. There is a huge backlog here.” In the vein of broken promises, Albrecht says he isn’t pleased to see that taxes for small- and medium-sized business isn’t being reduced. Something interim Conservative Party leader Rona Ambrose pointed out in her official statement in response to the budget. “They are the backbone of Canada. Small and medium size enterprises are the backbone of our economy. When you reduce taxes, it might seem like a small amount, but I was a small business owner for 25 years with my dental practice and only five employees. When you start taking the cost of running that small
business, it many times can hamper you from hiring that additional person, or expanding your resources,” said Albrecht. Not everything in the budget is negative, however, says Albrecht. Despite his overall disappointment, there are some investments announced on Tuesday afternoon that he sees as valuable investments into the future of the country – with a few stipulations. “There is increased funding for post-secondary education in grants and loans, and I think that is a good thing,” he said.“But you always have to temper this and ask where is the money coming from and how is it going to be paid back? Like it is fine to support that sector now,
and we need to, but let’s not create a situation that reduces students’ chances of getting a good job once they graduate. If we drive business away with deficits and high taxes, we could actually be counterproductive. But I am happy with the investment in education, for sure.” Albrecht also has a message for his constituents: Take a closer look at the country’s finances. “I think they should take a second look at some of the unrealistic promises that were made, and promises that were broken,” he said. “You go from $10 billion to $29.4 billion in deficits. This is money that you and I, our kids and grandkids are going to have to pay back. This increases
our debt. This is money that could be invested far better in other ways, whether it is infrastructure, or more importantly, infrastructure that is going to create long term jobs.” Next for Albrecht is just spreading the message of his displeasure with the Liberal spending plan over the next year. “Well, I am going to continue to point out the fact that these are broken promises. Certainly, they have another budget next year,” he said. “Hopefully, in the meantime, the Liberal government will hear loud and clear, not just from opposition members, but also from some of the people that voted for them, and say, ‘hey, this isn’t what you promised us.’”
IT’S JUST LIKE MAGIC
Magician Owen Anderson stopped by the Elmira Branch Library with his Happy Rabbit Magic Show last week to entertain kids on March Break. He brought up a volunteer from the audience to help him spin some plates. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]
Seniors’ Intro to Computers and Tablets: This beginner course is designed to introduce participants to basic terminology, internet usage, email and social media. Computers will be provided, but participants are welcome and encouraged to bring their personal laptop or tablet.
Breslau Community Centre Program Starts: Wednesday March 30th Program runs for 12 weeks Time: 9:00-11:00 am
Space is limited Register at woolwich.ca For more information please call the Breslau Community Centre at 519-648-9524
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LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE/ DIERRE ACHESON
VOLUNTEERISM / HONOURING THOSE WHO GIVE
Some family favourites for a great Easter brunch
Theirs is an essential service Important work of many locals who lend a hand recognized with Ontario Volunteer Service Awards WHITNEY NEILSON
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to help families in need,” McNabb said. She said it sure doesn’t seem like she’s been volunteering there for 20 years. In the past she helped out with Girl Guides and Boy Scouts, but with her husband ill she’s keeping her volunteer efforts focused on WCS. McNabb says she continues to volunteer because helping people makes her feel good. “It’s a lot of fun. When we get together for the Christmas Goodwill even
HAPPY EASTER! IT IS early this year and has snuck up on many this year. The crocuses are blooming and the lilacs are already budding. Spring is in the air! For Never Enough Thyme that means new menus, specials and ingredients too look forward to. Easter usually includes lots of potlucks and brunches. The trick to stress-free brunch is preparation ahead of time and a house full of people you adore. The secret to a great get-together is just as much the mix of people as it is the food. Some brunch staples are quiche, French toast, frittata, crepes and our family favourite, eggs Benedict. On the menu there should also be some local bacon, sausage, fruit and a tasty vegetarian dish. Feeling overwhelmed? Ask for help! Think of your guests and their specialties, or order a few elements to take some of the pressure off. The build your own station is still on trend for entertaining. The build your own crepe bar is perfect. Most of the work can be done ahead of time, before your guests arrive. Don’t forget to stop and get some fresh maple syrup. Happy cooking!
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Linda McNabb shows her certificate of appreciation for 15 years of volunteering with WCS. This year she hit the 20-year mark and is receiving an Ontario Volunteer Service Award. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]
Youth under the age of 24 are recognized for two or more years of continuous service. “Ruby and Elroy Wideman volunteer with our food bank and they have done so for over 10 years. Jill Martin has volunteered in many different facets over the years. She’s actually one of the coordinators of the Christmas Goodwill program. She’s volunteered at our thrift shop. She’s volunteered at our front desk. She’s volunteered in our food bank. Linda McNabb has volunteered in our food bank, as well as with our
Christmas Goodwill program,” Quinn said. They’ll be holding their own volunteer appreciation event at the end of April, where many more of their volunteers will be recognized for their contributions, including the volunteer of the year. She adds they’re always looking for more volunteers. Right now they would love more drivers to help with their transportation program. That program takes people to medical appointments they wouldn’t be able to get to otherwise. They also need
help with their English school, and some people who are interested in providing childcare. “The knowledge that these volunteers have and grow over the years is invaluable to us,” Quinn said. McNabb is being recognized for 20 years of continuous service to WCS where she helps with the food bank and Christmas Goodwill program. “I don’t know what started me volunteering, but I know that I used to take a day’s holidays and come and help. I just thought it was such a great thing
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SMALL TOWNS RUN ON volunteers and nobody knows that better than Woolwich Community Services. Four of WCS’ long-time volunteers have been recognized with Ontario Volunteer Service Awards this spring as some of the 11,000 Ontarians receiving the award. Leigh-Anne Quinn, WCS community resource coordinator, says with six full-time staff and six parttime staff they still need the more than 100 volunteers that help run their programs. “While staff have always coordinated and developed programs our volunteers have always sustained them. So Woolwich Community Services can only grow and continue to provide these needed programs with the support of our volunteers. In 2014/15 our volunteers donated about 7,499 hours of their time. That added up to about the equivalent of four full-time staff,” Quinn said. Not only do they have those 100 volunteers who volunteer throughout the year, they also have about 200 volunteers who come out to help specifically with their Christmas Goodwill program. Every year they look at their list of volunteers and see which ones are eligible for the award. Awards are given out by the province to volunteers with five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 plus, 40 plus, 50 plus and 60 plus years of continuous service.
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MARCH 25 THE KIWANIS CLUB OF Elmira is holding their Good Friday Fish Fry at St. Jacob’s Community Centre. Tickets $15; 1/2 lb Grilled whitefish, fries, coleslaw, tartar sauce, beverage. 4 and 5:30 p.m. seatings. Takeout 4-5 p.m. Tickets at Read’s Decorating or 519-669-3658. FISH & CHIPS. MARYHILL Heritage Community Centre, 58 St. Charles St. E. Maryhill. Good Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eat in or Take-out. No reservations - service in order of arrival. Fresh cut fries with Haddock fish. 1 piece dinner $13 or 2 piece dinner $15. Coffee, Tea, Dessert & refreshments available. Cash only. Phone: 519-648-2939.
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POLE WALKING DEMO, 6 p.m. at Woolwich Senior Centre. All Welcome. For more information call 519669-5044.
or call Woolwich Community Services at 5 Memorial Ave., Elmira. 519-669-5139.
WATERLOO RURAL WOMEN SPRING Night Out hosting Denise Huck, manager of Colour Paradise Greenhouses, speaking on New Thrillers, Filler and Spillers, what’s up and coming and new plants, colours, herbs and perennials; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Bulb and seed exchange, Wilmot Recreation Complex, 1291 Nafziger Rd., Baden. Free admission. Refreshments served. RSVP for numbers only Donna Rogers 519576-1933 dmrogers@sympatico.ca, Susan Martin 519669-8066 florahills2416@gmail.com.
NEW HORIZONS WELCOMES ALL zoomers, boomers and seniors. Enjoy coffee or tea and a delicious snack. Topic: Missing people of Ontario, presented by Sgt. Gordon Stinson, Waterloo Regional Police Department; $2 per person, 10–11:30 a.m. at the Maryhill Community Centre. For more information call Joan Haid at 519-648-2742 or email at jehaid@ xplorenet.ca
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MARCH 26 ELMIRA OPTIMIST EASTER EGG Hunt, 1 p.m. at Bolender Park. Bring the family and watch the children, infant to twelve years of age, gather goodies and prizes!! ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT hosted by the Optimist Club of St. Jacobs. 10 a.m. sharp at the park on Water Street, St. Jacobs. There is no cost. Kids are encouraged to bring a basket and have fun!
MARCH 30 ST. CLEMENTS PARISH, ST. Clements will be hosting a Spring Card Party at the St. Clements Parish Hall, 3619 Lobsinger Line, St. Clements. Doors open at 6 p.m. Lunch will be served at 6:30 p.m. Lots of prizes, share the wealth and quilt raffle. Admission $8. Wheelchair accessible. Event sponsored by the St. Clements Christian Mother’s Society. Everyone welcome!
ELMIRA LIONS BINGO NIGHT. Proceeds to support Woolwich Sun Rays Special Hockey Team, doors open at 6 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m. sharp at Elmira Lions Hall.
APRIL 1 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 5 Memorial Ave., Elmira. 519-669-5139.
APRIL 12 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
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WOODSIDE EVERGREEN FELLOWSHIP FOR Seniors, 10:30 a.m., 200 Barnswallow Rd, Elmira. God’s Grace in my Life - Bruce Nicholson; M is for Memories photo management by Patti Metzger. Suggested donation $7/person - includes hot lunch. For more information contact Reta Malloy 519-669-8752.
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APRIL 18 A TASTE OF WOOLWICH, 5-8 p.m., Woodside Bible Fellowship, 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. Meet your local food producers, buy and sample locally produced foods (cash sales only), see and buy work by resident artists, hear the Local Vocals and more! Everyone welcome. No charge. Donations welcome.
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How much you think the wine cost does influence how you think it tastes WEIRD NOTES
Q. Next time you offer
a glass of cheap wine to guests, what might you tell them to enhance their sipping pleasure?
A. If you’re okay with lying
to make others happier, tell them it’s a really expensive wine. First, typical casual wine drinkers can hardly tell the difference between cheap and expensive wines. Indeed, in thousands of double-blind taste tests involving hundreds of Americans and hundreds of different wines ranging from $1.65 to $150 per bottle, the assigned rankings (bad, okay, good, great) showed the subjects typically had a slight prefer-
ence for the cheap stuff, report Robin Goldstein et al. in the “Journal of Wine Economics.� Second, we expect expensive wines to taste better. As reported by Harvard professor Joseph Henrich in his book “The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter,� the pleasure someone gets from a glass of wine is influenced by how expensive they think it is. In tasting tests, brain scan (fMRI) studies have confirmed this bias: When two identical wines were labeled “cheap� or “expensive,� those drinking the “expensive� sample usually had higher activity in their brain’s pleasure centers. Concludes Henrich, “In
terms of rational gift-giving strategies, this suggests that when giving wine as gifts to Americans without wine training, you should buy cheap wine, remove any price indications, and tell them it’s really expensive wine. This will maximize their pleasure and yours–by saving money...� Q. Why is that little girl holding her breath while she gets an injection?
A. Because she instinctively senses that doing this will lessen the pain. Spanish researchers Gustavo Reyes del Paso and colleagues conducted the definitive experiment: 38 intrepid subjects had their fingernails squashed while they were either inhaling a deep breath or holding their breath, reports Jessica Hamzelou in “New
Scientist� magazine. As it turned out, they felt less pain during breath-holding than during inhalation (“Pain Medicine�). Perhaps because breathholding is known to elevate blood pressure, and because elevated blood pressure is also associated with stress, we have evolved to naturally dampen pain under these conditions. (Indeed, people with high blood pressure tend to have higher pain thresholds.) Some caveats: The effect was small–about half a point on a 10-point scale. And it may only work if the breath-holding starts before the pain kicks in, for example, anticipating an injection. Says Richard Chapman of the University of Utah, “It may be possible to coach people in acute
pain–such as during childbirth–to control their pain by breath-holding. But holding your breath can also tense your muscles, which might make some painful conditions worse.� Q. How do cockroaches use a type of time-lapse photography to get around?
A. And that’s not all they can do: Some species can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes, eat paper and dried glue, or live for weeks without a head, says Rachel Nuwer in “Scientific American� magazine. Another of their superpowers is seeing in the dark by pooling light signals over time “like time lapse photography.� When physicists at Finland’s University of Oulu tested 30 American cockroaches under computer simulation of moonless nights,
they determined the roach eyes absorb one photon of light every 10 seconds. That’s an amazingly small amount of light, says biophysicist Matti Weckstrom, but the roaches could see just fine, suggesting that “the roach nervous system pools information from its thousands of photoreceptors over time� and uses the summation of those signals to see (“Journal of Experimental Biology�). Only a few other species can do this. if we humans figure this out, we might have much better night-vision technology, Weckstrom concludes.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.� Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.
OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Bud 5. Frank acknowledgment 11. Wipes clean 16. Better 17. Chauffeur uniform 18. Eyeball benders 19. Sun, e.g. 20. Withdrew 22. Eye affliction 23. About to explode 25. Opponent 26. Bounce back, in a way 28. Silver eagle wearer 30. Trestle 33. Bygone polit. cause 34. Accommodates 37. Auditory 38. Meanly 41. Aviary sound 42. “Life ___ We Know It� 44. Build up 46. Send to the canvas 48. 60’s hairdo 50. Reprieve 52. Light 55. Boosts
56. Comic Sandler 58. Like some arms 59. In event that 60. “___ Town Too� (‘81 hit) 61. Beef 63. Old ___ 66. Means 68. Egg cells 71. Appraise 73. Donned 76. Getaway spots 77. Highlander 80. Defeat 81. Stratford’s river 83. Planetary house 86. Draw 87. Japanese-American 89. Protect, in a way 90. Persia, now 91. Accomplishments 92. Take on 93. Blend DOWN 1. First-rate 2. King’s genre 3. Disturbed 4. Yours truly
5. ___ Baba 6. Italian baroque composer and violinist 7. Dutch ___ 8. ___ Bank 9. Whistler, e.g. 10. Caustic chemical 11. Coif 12. Gist 13. Zen enlightenment 14. Crack, so to speak 15. About 1.3 cubic yards 20. Animal house 21. Drops on blades 24. Gift-tag word 27. Dog with a blue-black tongue 29. Consumed 31. English race place 32. Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt 35. Alkyd 36. Myanmar monetary unit 39. Kind of dealer 40. “So ___ me!� 43. Alone 44. Superfood 45. Drop-offs
47. Aden’s land 48. “Tosca� tune 49. Micromicron 51. 200 milligrams 53. Stable gear 54. Squeeze 57. “___ you sure?� 60. Mass number 62. Twofold nature 64. Good-for-nothing 65. Removed seeds from cotton 67. Human herbivores 69. Excusable 70. Number next to a plus sign 71. African antelope 72. Balaam’s mount 74. Juliet, to Romeo 75. Astir 78. Parentheses, e.g. 79. Biblical brother 82. Compete (for) 84. Oolong, for one 85. “Fancy that!� 88. “The coast __ clear� 90. ICQ
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JAPAN: Beyond the hockey, a great experience FROM | 11
And they can all agree that speed was the determining factor in the opposing team’s wins. “Oh they were fast. They were really fast. Their speed was just killer. We played fast teams before, but nothing compared to that,” Brezynskie said. Waters says he could tell the Japanese team trained a lot harder because they kept the same high speed throughout the full 60 minutes. “They taught us how to move our feet and play with a faster team from a defensive standpoint,” O’Donnell said. It was a good experience to be able to play such a fast, skilled team because the team they’re playing in the finals plays a similar
style, Brezynskie adds. O’Donnell says all that time travelling together on planes and buses helped the team come together more. And the boys didn’t have to worry about any homesickness as they felt instantly welcome in a foreign country. “I just thought the people were great there. They were so nice and they welcomed us. Even the families in the homes they welcomed us as their own kids and you felt like a part of the family. It made you feel special,” Brezynskie said. Waters says that people always claim Canadians are nice, but he thinks Japanese are even nicer. The boys, especially those with blonde hair, also got some unexpected attention from the girls in Japan.
“We felt like rock stars. We didn’t really know what to expect. We got a warning on it but then we’d walk into the mall and there would be girls screaming and chasing us for pictures. That was pretty fun,” O’Donnell said. “When we walked out of the dressing room they’d go up and ask for your autograph,” Waters said. “That was awesome. They were all over us and you just felt like a rock star walking into the schools, everyone was looking at you. All the girls were screaming and wanting to take pictures with you,” Brezynskie said. The Waterloo Wolves continue their Alliance finals tonight (Thursday) at RIM Park, with a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.
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though it’s hard work, it’s just a lot of fun.” She and her husband moved to Elmira in 1974 to raise their family. Back then Elmira was much smaller. They both came from small towns and wanted their kids to grow up in the same type of atmosphere. “The population of Elmira is getting bigger and I think the need is getting greater. And I think it would be a good idea, if they haven’t had it lately, to have an information night, so people
would understand what volunteering means,” McNabb said. She say when she first started at the food bank she thought she would have to commit to a certain time of a certain day, but really it was very flexible to her schedule. She’s hopeful this will encourage more people to volunteer with WCS. “It’s just all been great and a lot of fun,” McNabb said. Woolwich and Wellesley recipients include Jill Martin (20 years of volunteering with WCS), Elroy and Ruby
Wideman (10 years each of volunteering with WCS), Linda Flemming (10 years with the Waterloo Region Committee on Elder Abuse), Mary Haffner (10 years with Drayton Entertainment), Rashmeet Kaur (youth award for volunteering with the Kitchener Public Library), Elinor Rau (25 years with the Waterloo Historical Society), Bernie Burnett (5 years with the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame) and Wilfred H. Dippel (5 years with 530 Havoc Squadron sponsorship committee).
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