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Co-ordinated movements Traffic lights were finally turned on May 10 at the Crowsfoot Corner. The intersection of Crowsfoot Road, Katherine Street South and Sawmill Road between Conestogo and Bloomingdale has long been a trouble spot, the scene of many collisions, some of them fatal. Mike Jones from the Region of Waterloo says based on their assessment the new traffic lights should function well, and it was a bit of a challenge to determine how best to install them because the intersection is not typical.

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Local groups quick to help Fort Mac Service clubs, NGOs get right into fundraising mode as residents of Fort McMurray continue to deal with wildfires WHITNEY NEILSON DEVASTATING WILDFIRES IN FORT McMurray have prompted support from agencies across the country, with local groups pitching in.

Lions Club International jumped on board right away.

“Right now we have a tremendous fundraiser going on for the fire in Fort McMurray,” said Art Woods of the Elmira Lions Club. “Everybody’s helping across Canada, it’s wonderful. Lions are right there for sure leading the way. In our international

foundation we have a grant of $15,000 per club within 12 hours of when the tragedy occurs. We get some money right out there to help the people with boots on the ground. So obviously that’s happened already and we’re raising money.”

The Elmira Lions Club is in the process of developing their plan to help. They were going to decide on the donation at Wednesday night’s meeting. Their counterparts at the Woolwich Community Lions Club approved a donation on Monday.

“Our experience is when there is a disaster like an

earthquake or a tornado or a fire, there’s a need right away and governments take days, weeks, or months to get on board and then even for us here locally as Lions it takes awhile to get it approved.

I’m pretty proud of the fact that our international organization provides some money immediately within the first day,” Woods said.

Some 2,400 buildings were lost to the fire, and 90,000 residents aren’t expected to be able to return home for weeks. The fire had grown to 229,000 hectares on Tuesday, but was moving away from

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Fort McMurray.

A fire of this size is where Mennonite Disaster Service – Mennonite Central Committee’s sister organization – comes into play.

“When there’s international work that needs to be done in terms of disaster relief, that goes to MCC. And then North America, we partner directly with MDS. MCC is encouraging people to donate to MDS directly. There’s a donation link that’s live on our main website or people can call MDS directly,” said Josh Hissa, communications for MCC Ontario.

They’re not accepting donations of clothing and house wares. Instead, MDS is asking for financial support so they can respond quickly when the area is open to the response team.

“Right now they’re working in collaboration with the Red Cross and with municipalities that have been impacted so once the area’s opened up past just first responders, they’ll work very closely with those other groups to find out the best way they can be supportive,” Hissa said.

MDS is part of the cleanup portion of disaster relief, but they’re also

involved in long-term rebuilding. When floods hit High River, Alberta in 2013, MDS stayed for two years, just wrapping up in September of last year.

“They’re there for the long term, and that’ll be the case here in Fort McMurray as well,” Hissa said.

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MPP Harris launches Slow Down, Move Over campaign LIZ BEVAN KITCHENER-CONESTOGA MPP MICHAEL HARRIS is proposing new legislation and it is all about safety.

With the Slow Down, Move Over campaign, Harris hopes to expand the current safety laws surrounding vehicles with flashing lights, to include snowplows and waste management vehicles.

Currently, provincial law states that drivers have to slow down and move over when there are emergency vehicles with their lights flashing on the roads. The law was rewritten a few years ago to include roadside assistance vehicles, like tow trucks, and now, Harris wants to include a

few extra vehicles in there.

He was in Waterloo late last month along with members of the Ontario Waste Management Association, the Ontario Road Building Association and the Bluewater Recycling Association to launch the initiative. The announcement fell on the National Day of Mourning, honouring the deaths and injuries sustained by workers while they were on the job.

Harris wants to limit the number of names that get added to that list.

“While stats are not available on injuries and fatalities, there have been many high profile incidents across North America and we feel that if this is put in place, it is just

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris has proposed new legislation, asking drivers to Slow Down and Move Over when they see snow plows and waste management vehicles on the roads with their lights flashing. [SUBMITTED]

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another thing we can do to make sure that people going to work are going to come home at the end of the day,” he said, adding that similar laws are already in place in other locations. “In fact, this is already done in British Columbia and many of the U.S. states, so we feel that it is high time. It is about catching up.”

Harris said he doesn’t want to hear any more stories about near-misses, or injuries in the waste management field, or in the winter when snowplows hit the streets.

“It is something that both industries have seen an unfortunate increase in whether it be near-misses, or incidents on our roadways, including our highways, when it comes to

winter and the snow plow vehicles, down to through the week, when those guys head out into our residential neighbourhoods to pick up our recycling and garbage,” he said.

“There are more and more close calls and I think, especially with vehicles that have a flashing light on them, most will slow down and move over, but I often see on our highways when police have a car pulled over, many vehicles still not moving over and slowing down. It is scary.

When vehicles are out there plowing snow, there are other vehicles that are trying to pass them and I have heard some pretty scary stories, which led me to agree to table this legislation and see where it goes.”

While the proposed legislation isn’t up for debate yet, Harris said the legislature has set precedent by adding amendments governing cars on the road.

“I just debated the rare disease bill, so my slot isn’t going to come up for a bit, but that doesn’t mean that the government can’t adopt this as they have done in the past. My colleague, Garfield Dunlop, brought forward the same initiative extending the provisions to roadside assistance vehicles and the government adopted that in the most recent highway traffic act bill. We are hopeful that even though my bill slot isn’t coming for a little bit, that the government would agree that this is a good idea and implement it.”

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contributions.

The Royal Canadian Legion has also issued a call to action to all of its Legion members across Canada, encouraging them to donate to relief efforts.

“Legionnaires answered the call and gave generously to relief efforts during the floods in Badger, NL in 2003 and again during the floods in Calgary in 2013,” said Dominion president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Tom Eagles. “I am confident that our nearly 300,000 members will be as generous as possible in keeping with our service to Canada and its communities.”

Friday, May 13, 2016 has been designated “Friends of Fort McMurray Day” in

Waterloo Region’s Catholic schools and WCDSB administrative sites. All WCDSB staff and students are encouraged to bring a loonie to school on Friday to assist the people of Fort McMurray and area in rebuilding their lives.

From May 10 to June 15 students, staff, parents and community members who wish to donate to the Fort McMurray Disaster Relief effort may do so by visiting the Waterloo Region Education Foundation Inc website, www.wrdsb.ca/ wefi, or through individual school-run fundraising campaigns that will be starting soon.

Both school boards will be giving donated dollars to the Canadian Red Cross.

The Canadian Red Cross

had received more than $54 million from people across the country as of Monday to support those affected by the wildfire.

It’s likely helped in part by the fact the federal government announced last week they’ll match all dollars donated to the Red Cross to help those displaced.

Alberta is also matching Red Cross donations up to $2 million.

Donations in support of the Fort McMurray disaster can be made to the Canadian Red Cross at any TD Bank to account #80689004-5237800/Alberta-NWT Command.

Or to support the residents of Fort McMurray through MDS, call 1-866261-1274 or visit www.mds. mennonite.net.

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Mennonite Relief Sale has become an institution in and of itself LIZ BEVAN SINCE 1967, NEW HAMBURG has played host to the Mennonite Relief Sale, with quilts, food and homemade goods on the selling block for a good cause.

For the past 50 years, the proceeds from the sale go to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for their work in relief, development and peace building around

things as well,” he said ahead of the May 27 to 28 event.

Some of those traditions include the famed quilt sale, with quilts made by members of the community and donated. This year will actually mark the end of a five-decade tradition at the quilt sale.

“There was a dear woman who just died a few weeks ago who has made a quilt for every sale from

the world, and this year is no different.

MCC executive director Rick Cober Bauman says the sale is a perfect combination of traditions and fresh ideas – the driving force behind keeping the sale in business for so long.

“It is a deep, deep tradition that is continuing this year. Lots of the same things that have been carrying us through for 50 years, but a lot of new

the very first one, her name was Myrtle Horscht, and she is from the Elmira area.

She in fact has two quilts in this year, even though she has passed away. She had made them ahead of time.

There is that kind of deep dedication and devotion over the years that has really endured,” said Cober Bauman.

Some of the new additions to the sale come from different cultural commu-

nities in the Waterloo Region. Cober Bauman says the popularity of different ethnic foods at the two-day event rivals that of the traditional fare.

“Really, this is about a broad range of people, not only the Mennonites that have been in Waterloo Region for hundreds of years, but also about the churches who represent Asian communities who have come to Canada and Latin Ameri-

Robotic performance a good thing for Woodland team

THE CYBERCAVS HAVE JUST returned from St. Louis, Missouri with one of the best robots in the world.

At the FIRST Robotics World Championships, the Woodland Christian High School robotics team, made up of 30 students, competed against 600 of the best robots in the world and winners of various regional competitions.

The teams and their robots were divided into divisions, and each charged with completing a series of tasks and overcoming obstacles. Each action earns the team points.

The team won their division – Newton – and finished with a score that ranked them as the 32nd best robot in the world.

Nat Stroobosscher, senior build team member and operator, says he is proud of the team for placing so high and the culmination of almost five months of work.

“We ended up winning our division, which got us on to the Einstein field, which was the world finals

field,” he said. “We got these special pins, and since we were on the Einstein field we were theoretically one of the top 32 robots in the world.

It is pretty cool. Starting this project in January, and being in May, it is so cool to see it come together.”

To make their success taste even sweeter, they were up against the best robots in the world. The competition was stiff.

“It is the same tasks as the regionals we were at, but now we are competing against higher tier robots and higher caliber teams,” said Stroobosscher.

Matthias Mostert is one of the team’s scouts and safety captain. He observes other teams’ robots and compiles data, which is used to come up with ideas for strategy and mechanics.

“It was a lot higher caliber of play. At the regional level there would be a few really solid robots. Here, there were tens of really good robots,” he said. “It was more difficult and more exciting watching

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EDSS students put their Skills to the test at provincial competition

Breslau students put together a strong entry at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in St. Louis LIZ BEVAN

can communities that have come to Canada,” he said.

“So, they are selling papusa and spring rolls, so the types of food available that day has grown quite dramatically and that is in part because of the diversity of the Mennonite community has grown over the last 50 years as well. It has been exciting to see the new communities, even though

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EDSS student Walker Schott placed third of seven competitors in the plumbing contest at Skills Canada, held last week at RIM Park in Waterloo. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WERE at RIM Park in Waterloo last week for the provincial Skills Canada competition, putting their hands on knowledge to the test.

Among the competitors in categories like carpentry, hair styling, refrigeration, food preparation and many more, were Elmira District Secondary School students Ally McMurray and Quinn Young in the horticulture and landscaping competition and Walker Schott in the plumbing build competition.

In both competitions, the students placed third – a big accomplishment when going up against the best from around Ontario.

The competition ran from May 2 to 4, with the main competition day on May 3.

McMurray worked with Young to build a landscaping display with gravel, a stone wall and the like in a predetermined arrangement. The twosome came third out of 11 teams in the SKILLS | 32

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

GRCA rolls out safety measures at its dams Booms and buoys installed in stages at various dams along the Grand River system LIZ BEVAN THIS MONTH, THE GRAND River Conservation Authority has reinstalled equipment and safety measures at the dams they manage, including at Conestoga Lake and Floradale last week.

The project involved the installation of booms and buoys at dams across the region as a safety precaution, warning swimmers, boaters and recreational users to steer clear of the dam and their intakes.

The GRCA’s Lisa Stocco says after two deaths at a dam and the following inquest into the incident, the annual project was implemented.

“The GRCA has been installing these buoys/booms for approximately 15 years.

This safety initiative is the result of recommendations that were made in the Parkhill inquest in the spring of 2000,” she said in an email interview. “The inquest was held following an incident that occurred at Parkhill Dam in 1998, where a child tragically died as a result of becoming trapped in an underwater opening in the dam.

Later that day, a police officer died while trying to recover the child’s trapped body.”

Officials eyeing changes to Wellesley Pond in multi-year stages WHITNEY NEILSON

Safety booms were put in place at Woolwich and Conestoga dams last week, reminding recreational users to steer clear.

There are over 100 dams in the GRCA scope, of which the agency owns 28. To decide which dams were slated for the boomand-buoy installation, the GRCA teamed with Transportation Canada.

The safety measures are installed in the spring, and removed in the fall when the recreation season is over. She says the project is money well spent.

“This public safety initiative costs approximately $25,000 annually, primarily in staff time,” she said.

“The buoys and booms outline the hazardous areas around the dam. The

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caution. With respect to intention is to make recrethe safety buoys/booms ational river users aware and signage near dams, the of the dam and the risk, GRCA encourages the pubso that they can avoid the lic to be aware and to take danger. A number of staff the warnings seriously,” spend two weeks in the she said, adding that there spring installing the buoys is information out there and booms, and then anon how to avoid danger in other two weeks in the fall the vicinity of a dam. “The removing them before the GRCA reminds recreational winter.” river users to stay upstream She says the project is all of any navigation marker about safety and the GRCA buoys, and to never boat has a message for those or canoe near dams where that use the waterways there can be undertows around all the dams, not and extreme currents. just the 28 the organization There are underwater runs. openings in dams that “The GRCA always encan’t be seen from the surcourages those that use the waterways to exercise T:10”face, and the current near

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a dam can be very strong, creating an undertow where someone could easily become trapped under the water. The GRCA has produced the River Safety Rules booklet, geared to kids. It will help them stay safe when they are near water, particularly near a dam.”

Installations around the region began in April, but since the beginning of May, the GRCA has had crews making the rounds from Brantford to Cambridge to Elora and this week, were in Guelph, Belwood, Breslau, New Dundee and Baden.

A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION for Wellesley village residents for many years, the Wellesley Pond will finally see the beginning of improvements this year.

Coun. Peter van der Maas reported to council on Tuesday night that he and mayor Joe Nowak had met with Grand River Conservation Authority’s supervisor of natural heritage, Crystal Allan, last month for a walkabout around the pond and discussed the idea of doing some restoration and naturalization to the pond.

“She has sent a proposal that the pond be enhanced in two phases. The one would be a naturalization of just one corner of the pond, filling in with a few native plants and the introduction of water cleaning, and a couple of shrubs to maybe keep the geese away

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

Woolwich OKs sewer plan Looking to extend the life of its underground pipes, Woolwich will spend $620,000 this year to launch a sewer-lining program.

Meeting Tuesday night, township councillors awarded a contract to Insituform Technologies Ltd., which submitted the lowest of five bids received.

The company will apply what are known as cured in place pipe (CIPP) products to sewer lines in Elmira and Breslau.

CIPP treatment allows existing

sewer pipes to remain in place while rehabilitation of the existing sewer networks is carried out. That could extend the life of current underground infrastructure up to 100 years.

Director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley noted the process could help Woolwich with its longstanding program to curb inflow and infiltration (I&I) problems that see storm water get into the sanitary sewer lines, overburdening the wastewater treatment plant and increasing costs dramatically.

As well, he noted, the process is much less costly and inconvenient than the previous I&I remediation work that required digging to reach trouble

spots.

Among the locations slated for work this year are Centre, Erb, Wyatt and Hampton streets, and Howard, Memorial and Park avenues in Elmira.

Also on the list is the Breslau trunk sewer along Victoria Street North.

While the process is new to Woolwich, CIPP installations have been used for more than 40 years to become an established, proven technology Kennaley noted.

From train to tractor to town

The tourist train stops in Elmira, but it’s a long way from the makeshift

station to the downtown. Thanks to the effort of a local merchant, visitors will soon have a shuttle service – one with a rural flavour – to bring them to and from the core.

Having purchased an old tractor, Elmeda Weber of Kitchen Kuttings arranged to rent a covered wagon, with the two pieces coming together to offer up transportation from the Waterloo Central Railway stop at the base of Oriole Parkway in the Union Street industrial area.

The shuttle will meet the train that runs three times daily between St. Jacobs and Elmira on market days.

The idea was quickly supported by councillors, who passed a motion

freeing up money in the Elmira BIA’s budget to cover the $12,000 cost to operate the service this year.

Coun. Scott Hahn, who serves as the township representative on the BIA, said the concept won unanimous support from the business group’s executive.

“The BIA is excited to move people downtown in Elmira.”

June is big deal for seniors, rec.

Doubling up, Woolwich councillors this week declared June to be both Seniors’ Month and Recreation and Parks Month in the township.

Seniors’ Month is a province-wide initiative to encourage citizens to recognize the accomplishments of seniors. The nod to local recreation is part of an Ontario initiative launched in 2005 through auspices of a group known as June is Recreation & Parks Month.

Trail meeting date change

Wellesley Township is holding a public meeting regarding the future of trails in the township on May 30 at 7 p.m. at the Wellesley Community Centre. It was originally planned for May 31.

POLICE BLOTTER

Waterloo Regional Police host open house event Saturday at HQ WATERLOO REGIONAL POLICE ARE hosting an open house event Saturday at the headquarters building in Cambridge as part of their “Police Week” celebrations.

The Police Week theme for this year is Discover Policing for Safer Communities. Everyone is welcome to attend the event, which runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 200 Maple Grove Road, Cambridge.

Along with a barbeque and live music, the day will feature demonstrations and displays from the Emergency Response

Unit, Canine Unit, Traffic Motorcycle Unit, and Forensic Identification branches, tours of headquarters and the Children’s Safety Village, and family activities such as a climbing wall, pony rides, face painting, tattoos, puppet show, and the Kitchener Rangers Street Team.

Admission is free, however, donations of non-perishable foods are always accepted towards the Police to Foodbank partnership program benefitting the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

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on Road 178 towards Palmerston.

The second vehicle is a red 2003 Chevy Silverado extended cab pickup truck. Anyone with information about the theft or whereabouts of these vehicles is asked to contact police at 1-888310-1122. 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

4:15 AM | Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to Road 152 south of Palmerston where two pickup trucks had just been stolen from the yard of a rural residence. The investigation revealed that two unlocked pickup trucks were parked at the residence while the keys were left inside the vehicles. The homeowners heard the pickup trucks start up and observed them leave the property. The owner immediately followed them southbound on Road 152. The owner lost sight of the trucks as they appeared to head eastbound on Line 86. At approximately 6 a.m. one of the pickup trucks, a black 2006 GMC, was observed driving east bound

7:15 AM | Wellington County OPP officers went to the scene of a collision on Wellington Road 86 near Lavery Road, Mapleton Township. A man was driving northbound in a 2010 Chevrolet when he lost control of the

COLLISION WITH BARRIER CLOSES GLASGOW STREET BRIDGE

The Glasgow Street bridge in Conestogo was closed for a short time on Apr. 28 when a rental truck that was too tall for the bridge’s limits proceeded ahead, striking the height-restriction railing. Crews and police were on scene to repair the damage before the bridge was reopened to traffic.

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vehicle, which entered a ditch and struck a mailbox. Police spoke with the man and believed that he was impaired by alcohol. An arrest was made and he was transported to a local OPP Operations Centre for further testing. An 80-year-old Listowel man was charged with ‘impaired driving’ and ‘over 80 mgs.’ His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days. He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on June 21.

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9:05 PM | A serious collision occurred at the intersection of Katherine Street North at Weisenberg Road in Woolwich Township. A minivan collided with the rear of a southbound transport truck, causing severe damage to the front of the minivan. The driver of the minivan, a 63-year-old Elmira man, was transported by ambulance to Hamilton General Hospital with serious injuries. The force of the

impact caused the large steel rear impact guard to become detached from the rear of the trailer of the transport truck. The transport truck failed to remain at the scene of the collision.

Waterloo Regional Police Traffic Services Branch is investigating and are looking to speak with the witnesses who assisted at the scene prior to police arrival.

Anyone with information is asked to call 519-653-7700. ext. 8856 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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5:45 PM | A 19-year-old Elmira man was charged with ‘careless driving’ after the piece of farm machinery he was driving struck a bridge on Blackridge Drive in Cambridge. The driver was travelling between two farms when he struck the bridge near Townline Road. City of Cambridge staff attended the scene and has temporarily closed Blackridge Drive until the structure could be inspected.

Any witnesses are asked to call Traffic Services at (519) 650-8500, ext. 8856.

Woolwich rejects Jigs Hollow resident’s bid for change to firearms bylaw STEVE KANNON A JIGS HOLLOW ROAD resident’s bid to make a small residential cluster a firearms dischargefree zone failed to make a bang in Woolwich this week. Peter Hoffman’s plan was rejected by councillors meeting Tuesday night.

He had asked for an amendment to the township’s firearms bylaw to include a group of seven

homes – from 1475 to 1557 Jigs Hollow Rd. – among the settlements where discharging a gun is not permitted. The area involves some 600 metres of frontage on the east side of the road, bounded by the Canagagigue Creek to the south and the meandering Grand River to the east.

At the suggestion of township clerk Val Hummel, the scope of the area was reduced to exclude

properties at the south and north ends of the area proposed by Hoffman. But in the absence of much support from neighbours, some of whom opposed the move, councillors opted to take no action. The properties, however, remain subject to a township-wide directive that hunters require written permission from individual owners to hunt on the private land.

Hoffman argued the

changes were needed to increase public safety, protect children walking to a nearby parochial school, and to give the area equal footing with the prohibition offered in other small settlements in the township.

Neighbour David Yaworski, 1475 Jigs Hollow Rd., argued against the proposed changes, stressing that there have been no problems in the area to warrant amending the

bylaw.

He dismissed Hoffman’s safety argument, noting the prohibition would encompass such a small area as to have no impact on, for instance, children walking along the roadway. In that vein, Yaworski suggested a better safety measure would be to reduce traffic speed along the gravel roadway.

Having visited the site, Coun. Scott Hahn said he had no concerns about

safety, even with an archery range on the other side of the street.

“I’d be very safe walking up and down that road at any time of day. I don’t support any bylaw in that area.”

Suggesting the situation seemed to be something of a “neighbourhood dispute,” Coun. Murray Martin said the township should take no action. “I don’t see a big reason to change anything.”

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

Traffic-calming measures approved for St. Jacobs Council also backs plans to extend municipal services during King Street reconstruction, bill benefiting residents STEVE KANNON THE KING STREET RECONSTRUCTION project now underway in St. Jacobs, township council moved quickly this week to approve new traffic-calming and parking control measures.

All-way stop signs are slated for Water Street and Abner’s Lane, Water Street at the park and the intersection of Queensway Drive and Princess Street near St. Jacobs Public School. The township

will also prohibit parking along one side of Water Street while it’s being used as a detour route during the construction project.

Likewise, temporary noparking signs will line both sides of Cedar Street between King and Water streets to provide trucks access to local businesses as needed during work on the project.

Concerned residents who addressed councillors last month were out again Tuesday night to push for the safety measures.

“Please consider some kind of traffic-calming at the bottom of Water Street before something happens,” said Nicola Bywater, pointing to speeding concerns as vehicles come down the hill.

While monitoring traffic in that area and near the school, Ward 2 Coun. Mark Bauman said he hasn’t seen many speeding cars, an observation backed by the increased police presence he requested.

However, he did notice that children on bicycles

and scooters – some of them not wearing helmets – often weave onto the road without looking around.

Likewise for pedestrians not looking before walking across the street, a practice that parents should be addressing, especially with increased traffic just now.

“Those are things parents can impress upon [them]. The onus has to fall on the parents,” he said.

Along with those unsafe practices, his monitoring of traffic around the school revealed parents using no-

stopping zones to drop off their kids, creating a safety hazard by blocking sightlines.

“I’m wondering if public shaming is an option,” said Bauman, suggesting some mention in the school newsletter of specificenough information to get the attention of repeat offenders.

In a related matter, councillors voted in favour of extending municipal water and sanitary sewer pipes to the south end of St. Jacobs while the Region

of Waterloo has the road and underground services dug up. Some 15 property owners along King Street currently on private wells and septic systems will have the option to tap in, though they’ll have no choice about paying: each will be responsible for paying about $30,000 to cover the per-property cost. Residents would also have to cover the cost of a line from the roadway into their homes should they decide to hook up to the services.

Wellesley Idol ready to provide a stage for young singers LIZ BEVAN WELLESLEY IDOL IS ONCE again searching for their next star.

Auditions start on May 29, with registration closing on May 22, and judges want to hear young singers in the township belt it out.

Last year’s winner, Paige Warner, wants to tell those who are thinking about signing up to sing to just go for it.

“Just don’t worry about it. For me, what I had to remember was that it wasn’t about winning because my first time doing it, I hadn’t really sung in public before, so just the fact that I did it was a huge step already. I think just be happy with how you do, despite whether you make it to the finals or the semi finals, or

wherever,” she said, adding that it took her three tries to win the competition. “Four years ago, I auditioned and didn’t even make it past the first round, which was quite emotional on my part. I had actually told myself that I was never going back and that I couldn’t do it, but when it came time again the next year, to do the auditions again, I told myself that I didn’t want to do it, but that is why I had to. So I auditioned again and made it to the finals and got the fan favourite and third place.”

The contest has been running for 11 years, with the winners announced with a performance at the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival. Christine Bender, one of the organiz-

Paige Warner was the winner of last year’s Wellesley Idol competition. Organizers are now seeking prospects for 2016. ers, says in previous years, the singing competition has been fiercely popular.

“We usually are full.

We actually had to put a deadline and a limit on it.

We had a cutoff. Hopefully we still get some more this

year. We had a waiting list last year,” she said.

Only nine singers have signed up so far this year, so there is plenty of room for those who want to test their pipes. Bender commends the singers for even

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getting up on the stage.

“We’ve got a huge range of contestants. Some of them, they are beginners, but you have to give them the credit for getting up there to try. Just go for it,” she said, adding that even

if a singer doesn’t win, they will get some valuable advice on how to do better the following year.

“The judges also give a lot of feedback, and it is all positive and ways they can improve. You don’t need to think you are the best.”

Youth aged 10 to 18 can enter the competition and must live in Wilmot, Wellesley, Woolwich or Perth East townships.

There are some big prizes for those that make it to the top three spots in the contest, and a smaller prize for fan favourite.

First place takes home $500, second place gets a prize of $300, third place wins $200 and People’s Choice winner will take home $125.

For the registration form, contact Bender at stevechrisbender@hotmail.com, or call 519-6562034.

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He also has good memories of the relief sale dating back these 50 years.

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with a laugh. “I got some cartons of white or chocolate milk for people who didn’t want to leave their seats, even as the arena got warmer during the day because they didn’t want to miss buying their quilt or bidding on their quilts. I have very fond memories, and I am sure others have very fond memories as well.”

To mark the 50th Mennonite Relief Sale, the MCC has added an extra initiative to raise a bit of side money, specifically for Syria.

“We want to raise an extra $50,000 exclusively for response in Syria, not for the refugees coming here – that has been well supported – what about those millions of people that are still there?” he asked. “This

will make it more likely that people who have been displaced, would be able to return home. We are very excited. A local restaurateur has agreed to provide baklava, and people will be invited to make a donation, and come and have a piece of baklava, to go towards this $50,000.”

The sale runs on May 27 and 28, starting with a seat sale and quilt preview on the 27th at 5 p.m., a barbecue dinner at 6 p.m. and a silent auction starting at 7 p.m. Food vendors will be on hand.

The next day has a pancake breakfast, children’s activities, the quilt sale itself, outdoor auctions and a Run 4 Relief.

For more information on the sale, visit www.nhmrs. com.

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ELECTIONS to the BOARD of DIRECTORS of the WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION The WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION is a non-profit Corporation funded by Regional Council for the purpose of assisting organizations and individuals in the preservation of the heritage and culture of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

The By-laws of the Foundation provide for the election of ten members-at-large to its Board of Directors.

As of the Annual Meeting, there will be six (6) vacancies to be filled.

ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD at the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JUNE 14, 2016 – 7 p.m. at the North Dumfries Community Complex, 2958 Greenfield Road, Ayr.

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The CyberCavs robotics team explains their machine to the judges at the World Championship contest in St. Louis, Missouri at the end of last month.

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matches. There is a bit more of a competition going on. There were no matches where it was just dead.”

The 30-member team has a few changes to the robot since the regional competition last month. Along with programmers adding some extra code to improve functions, Stroobosscher says they also made structural changes.

“We reinforced it. We found that we were taking hits, and bending out of shape, so we basically threw some gussets in there and stopped that from happening,” he described.

The CyberCavs’ robot was also unique in a stadium of 600 robots, and in

a very important way.

“There was a defense in this game where there were two doors, one that opened to the side and one that opened downwards.

We went into the championships expecting that other teams could do those fairly well, but we ended up being the only robot in the world that could do both of those defenses automatically. We would run up to it, get through it no problem,” said Stroobosscher. “We would then see other robots go up to it and struggling to get it open, lumbering through them.

We have an arm that automatically comes out, opens the door and comes back.”

Stroobosscher and Mostert will be graduating this year, but operator Josh Van

Pelt and scout and strategist Nathanael Willms will be back next year. They have very high hopes.

“We want to win the entire World Championships,” laughed Van Pelt.

Willms shared that winning it all might not be completely out of the realm of possibility for the Breslau team.

“The world championships is going to be divided in half next year, so we will only be competing against half as many teams. So we actually have a better chance,” he said.

To learn more about the robotics team, visit their website at www.cybercavs. com. To see full results from the competition in St. Louis, visit www.firstinspires.org.

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from that area of the pond.

Phase two will include a proposal to dredge the pond and to make it deeper, although that would probably make it a little bit narrower. Those are things that are going to be discussed,” van der Maas said.

She suggests they identify what the riparian areas are for naturalization in the first phase. Riparian areas, otherwise known as shorelines, that have a variety of vegetation provide spawning, nursery, and food areas for fish and wildlife.

“Much of the existing park’s shoreline is mowed and minimally productive from an ecological perspective – areas could be identified where a buffer of more natural vegetation (i.e. native grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, trees) could become established,” Allan says in the proposal.

The GRCA is looking into similar projects where they’ve dredged a body of water, such as Victoria Park

Lake in Kitchener and Clair Lake in Waterloo to see if there are any design points they could apply to Wellesley’s pond.

Pond sediment will also need to be collected and tested this summer.

Now they’re looking into forming a committee of five to 10 residents, a Pond Enhancement Advisory Committee, to give council some resident input. The GRCA will also be staffing a booth at Art Round the Pond, on the third Saturday in June to hopefully solicit a little interest.

“It was one of the more frequently requested enhancements to the village that was listed in the community forum in Wellesley.

Several people mentioned enhancing the pond, both young and old,” van der Maas said.

He added now that the GRCA seems to be enthusiastic about it, it may be a good time for them to work with the GRCA and hopefully get some grants

to help fund the enhancements.

Nowak says this will more than likely be a multi-year project and it won’t happen overnight.

Although, they’d like to get started on the northwest side of the pond this year to naturalize it. They’ve already spoken to someone who knows indigenous plants about that.

The timeline suggested

by Allan includes assessing the pond’s condition and considering conceptual designs this summer. That would be followed by the draft design in the fall and possibly dredging the pond in 2017, if funding and permits allow.

“So we’re moving forward with that idea. We may run a little bit of a walkway down in through there and have a natural area and a learning area where people can identify these plants and enjoy them. It’s something that we’d like to do this year,” Nowak said.

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Firearms control isn’t an easy issue even in Woolwich THIS WEEK’S COUNCIL DISCUSSION about the township’s firearms bylaw clearly illustrates the rural-urban divide in Woolwich.

In neighbouring Kitchener and Waterloo, rules governing the discharge of firearms are fairly straightforward.

In the townships, there is a gray area where the rural characteristics are in conflict with the settlement areas – it’s clear that you can’t fire a gun in, say, downtown Elmira, but on the outskirts of our communities, one is likely to hear shots going off throughout the assorted hunting seasons.

While Jigs Hollow Road resident Peter Hoffman proposed prohibiting the discharge of firearms in the residential cluster where he lives, not all of his neighbours were in agreement. Council’s decision not to act wouldn’t be an option in the cities ... or even the larger settlements in Woolwich.

As our population grows and our communities expand, residents are apt to come in contact with hunters – at least via the sound of gunshots in the distance. Such conflicts have already surfaced on the Woolwich-Waterloo border, where hikers on the RIM Park side have at times complained about shots being fired down by the river.

More such incidents are in store at such points as Benjamin Road and in the rapidly developing Breslau area.

Growth here is already something of an issue, with many worried about the urban sprawl of our urban neighbours; council moves that would further restrict hunting may serve as fodder to those unhappy with the changes that accompany development.

That said, council’s first priority is to the safety of residents, on both sides of the township’s borders. Even where there is no direct physical threat, the perception of danger is a real concern – few people are comfortable with living, working or playing within earshot of guns firing.

With its abundant open spaces and woodlots so near to the cities, Woolwich has been a prime candidate for hunters. Unfortunately, some hunters have been slogging through private property despite a township bylaw that demands they have written permission from the landowner.

For some property owners, having trespassers on their land is annoying enough. Others like to see their properties as something of a wildlife preserve, where they can enjoy an up-close view of nature. And some are simply not comfortable with firearms being discharged in their vicinity. Whatever the reason, landowners are well within their rights to expect others to obey the law.

Simmering below the surface as well is a widespread public wariness when it comes to guns. Opinions about weapons and gun control measures, always contentious issues, are one of those quintessential topics when Canadians differentiate themselves from our U.S. neighbours.

Woolwich’s stance lends one more thing to think about in the spirit of public awareness.

There was no specific incident that sparked the resident to propose changes to the bylaw. Instead, he saw the potential for future conflict in an area that might be seen by some as prime for hunting. Hoffman argued for the residential cluster to be given the same protections as other small residential areas such as North Woolwich, though such areas are deemed official settlement areas by the township, whereas the Jigs Hollow spot is not.

As growth continues, the township will undoubtedly be revisiting its bylaw before too much longer.

Historians and archeologists of the future may find yet another layer of transportation under the pavement as autonomous vehicles become commonplace.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Filipino version of Trump or not, new president a question WORLD AFFAIRS RODRIGO DUTERTE, WHO HAS just been elected president of the Philippines, comes across as Donald Trump on stilts. He talks dirtier (last week he called the outgoing president a “son of a whore”), and he can barely open his mouth without threatening to kill somebody (he recently promised to fill Manila Bay with the bodies of 100,000 criminals if he won). But the resemblance is only superficial.

For one thing, Duterte is not a fake tough guy. In Davao City, where he has been mayor for the past 22 years, a local priest estimates that death squads linked to him have killed more than 1,400 people, mostly petty criminals and street kids. Sometimes “Duterte Harry” denies the death squads exist, sometimes he condones them, occasionally he hints that he does some of the killing himself.

Maybe so, maybe not, but what matters to the

people who voted for him is that Davao City, once the most violent city in the Philippines and possibly in all of Asia, is now so safe that naked virgins carrying bags of gold regularly pass through its streets at midnight unmolested. The man is a miracle-worker, or so it seems, and now he is going to work miracles for the whole country.

The miracle he is now expected to produce, however, is not just law and order. It is a more equal sharing of the prosperity that some in the Philippines are now beginning to enjoy, and that is a considerably taller order.

For many years the Philippines lagged behind the other countries of SouthEast Asia – Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia – as they turned into “tiger” economies and local incomes soared. The wealth was not very evenly shared in any of them, but at least as their economies grew even their poorest citizens enjoyed some “trickledown” effect. Whereas this process had scarcely begun in the Philippines.

For the past decade the economy of the Philippines

has finally been growing fast: an average of six per cent annually. Foreign investment has quadrupled, the budget deficit is down, more money is being spent on infrastructure – but in ten years there has been no trickle-down beyond the middle class. The poor are just as numerous and just as poor as always. So they voted for Duterte.

The establishment tried its best to stop this sinister populist. Outgoing president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino (who is constitutionally forbidden to seek a second term), tried to get the other presidential candidates to unite behind one candidate against Duterte.

He warned that Duterte would turn into a dictator.

At a closing rally on Saturday, he told voters: “I need your help to stop the return of terror in our land. I cannot do it alone.”

They didn’t listen.

Duterte not only won; he got almost twice as many votes as the candidate who came second, and he is going to be the president of the Philippines for the next six years. So what will he actually do with his mandate? Nobody knows,

because he hasn’t been very forthcoming about his intentions.

When the presidential hopefuls were asked what they would do about their country’s bitter dispute with China over islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by both of them, for example, the other candidates offered detailed strategies for asserting the Filipino claim.

Duterte said he would go out on a jet-ski and plant the Filipino flag on one of them.

So, then: impulsive, headline-grabbing, not best known for his joinedup thinking. ... Starting to sound like Trump again, isn’t he? But there are things about Duterte that suggest a more complex person behind the facade.

He has been a prominent supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups in Davao, which is definitely not a vote-winning position in the deeply Catholic Philippines. He has been trying to restart the stalled peace process with the Muslim minority in his home isDYER | 10

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What do you look forward to most about market season?

» Emerson Bowman

» Caitlin Clemmer

» Geordie Schell

» Ellen Clifford

» Jennifer Eddings

“Getting to see all of the customers again.”

“Just the in season fruits and veggies.”

“All of the fresh vegetables.”

“The fresh food, and seeing what they have that is new.”

“All the fresh produce, and of course, the flowers.”

“Not really your run-of-the-mill populist after all, then, but it still feels like the Filipinos have made a serious mistake ... ” Gwynne Dyer | 8 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Critiques of globalization provides latest scrutiny of trade with China EDITOR'S NOTES SAY WHAT YOU WANT about Donald Trump and his pronouncements – and plenty of people have plenty to say – he’s certainly struck a chord with his decidedly un-Republican bashing of globalization and trade deals, scoring particularly well with his indictment of trade with China.

Where most politicians, including Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama, are shilling for quality-of-lifedestroying trade deals, Trump is speaking out in favour of local jobs and the economy. In that, and pretty much only that, he’s drumming to a beat championed by fellow presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.

Military posturing aside, his talk about the economic impacts of Chinese trade policies – lots of cheap crap, currency manipulation and trade barriers – is something to which we can all relate.

If you gathered up all of the Chinese-made products in your home, dragged them out to the backyard and had a giant bonfire, chances are your house would seem much emptier. It’s also a pretty good guess your home would be safer. On the downside, the fire would release huge amounts of toxins into the environment, and earn you a not-so-friendly visit from the fire department and other officials.

There has been plenty of talk about offshore job losses as many companies set up shop in China. Add to that the environmental concerns due to that country’s lack of controls and the issue of buying items manufactured there becomes more than just the price tag. The question, then, is how much are you willing to pay to buy from other sources?

Those of you who’ve been around long enough will remember when the label “Made in Japan” was both common and the sign of some low-cost, lowquality goods. Later, Taiwan was a frequent source.

Today, of course, “Made in

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es in China have consumers increasingly worried.

Consumer groups have long advocated for governments to take a closer look at the rules governing the importation of Chinesemade goods. Right now, there are few real assurances that goods are safe.

The government often depends on the manufacturers to provide test data on their products, which is fine for reputable companies, but consumers don’t know who to trust. What’s more, federal officials have no power to order goods off the shelves, relying on the companies to issue the recalls.

A change in legislation may be needed to ensure proper testing and to allow officials to take action where necessary.

Some 60 per cent of toys imported into Canada come from China. And Chinese-made products account for almost nine in 10 toy recalls.

While the government is unlikely to place a ban on Chinese-made products, or even the most risky categories of goods, Canadians can vote for change with

their wallets.

Stop buying Chinese products and maybe they’ll change the way they do things.

That’s easier said than done, of course. We’re happy with the low prices that come from China’s lack of labour, environmental and safety regulations, even if manufacturers and retailers are passing on the full savings they enjoy by doing business there.

Worse still, finding alternatives can be difficult.

Certainly, much of the cheap plastic stuff you can find in dollar stores isn’t available from other sources. But even with larger items such as household goods, the Made-in-China label is hard to avoid. It’s a conundrum even for those looking at the larger implications of trade with a country known for its poor human rights record, lax environmental laws and unfair labour practices even as the now-slowing economy boomed.

There’s no question that Chinese economic growth is causing the Chinese to pollute their environment, but supporters of yet more

trade hope that a richer economy will stir calls for better controls. Likewise, social inequality could be less pronounced as standards rise.

Still, it’s too early to tell which direction the Chinese will follow, whether it may someday follow the model of Asian neighbours South Korea, or the more egalitarian Japanese example. Perhaps the economy could end up more like Brazil’s, featuring a wealthy elite, a small middle class and a larger underclass – not a desirable outcome.

Equally unknown is how China’s military aspirations will play into its future, including its economic relationship with trading partners such as Canada.

All of these factors may come into play for pundits, but it’s unlikely the average consumer in this area ponders them before picking something off a store shelf.

Some unions and their supporters make talk about buying Canadian, but where a product is made is usually secondary to other consumer concerns. How KANNON | 10

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With a frequency that wasn’t seen from past imports, those Chinese-made goods are the subjects of health scares and product recalls. There’s a long list of unsafe toys (lead paint and other toxins, swallowing hazards) and even more dangerous foods (melamine, heavy metals, toxins). There have been scares involving toothpaste, pet food and unsafe tires.

Consumers are at risk both in China and in countries where Chinese food products end up, including Canada.

With food products, beyond poor handling practices the threat extends to environmental pollutants and the use of chemicals deemed unsafe here. Farmed fish, for instance, has been found to contain chemicals Canada has banned – such seafood can’t be sold here, but there have been cases where such products have slipped by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

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In the span of a single year, $40 billion flowed to the top 10 tax havens – an all time high. Tax havens now hold at least $270 billion of Canadian corporate money, mostly untaxed. In 2015, $13 billion was funneled to Cayman Islands, $9 billion to Barbados, nearly $8 billion to Bahamas. Money sent to Switzerland increased by 58%.

“The economics of raising money always drive political parties into the arms of large donors. Donors always want access in exchange for their money, so you end up with these small, private parties with wealthy contributors. That’s the exact opposite of what we should be doing. Politicians should go engage regular voters.”

Winnipeg-based Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited, an agricultural company with some 60 locations across Canada and the northern U.S., is looking to set up shop in Woolwich Township. The company wants to build a grain elevator at Shantz Station. Looking for a zoning change for a 95-acre property at 1855 Shantz Station Rd., the company brought its bid to Woolwich council May 7.

» Canadians for Tax Fairness

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explains the situation in a Globe and Mail story documenting the provincial Liberals held more than 90 private small-scale fundraisers over a two-year period

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NATIONAL VIEW

populist, but remains a wildcard make it to the presidential palace, I will do just what I did as mayor. You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out. Because I’ll kill you.”

He’s also prone to say that if the country’s democratic institutions get in the way of his anti-crime crusade than he’ll abolish the Congress and rule as a “revolutionary government.” His entertainment value is undeniable, but Filipinos may come to regret giving him the keys to the presidential palace.

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land of Mindanao, and insists that it must address the injustices that have been committed against Muslims.

Not really your run-ofthe-mill populist after all, then, but it still feels like the Filipinos have made a serious mistake in voting for Duterte. There’s just too much macho bluster, like this gem from his final campaign rally in Manila on Saturday: “Forget the laws on human rights. If I

KANNON: Shots at trade with

China typically hit the mark

In the end, it boils down to people voting with their wallets: Wal-Mart doesn’t appear to be in danger of closing any time soon. It might take some work and a few more dollars to wean ourselves from those boatloads of cheap goods.

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they were made – including the materials used and whether they’re recyclable, what kind of pollution may have been generated – play a more important role for some consumers.

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way to Goderich. I’d like to see it completed. I rode to Millbank today actually at lunch with another couple.

There’s about two kilometres that are iffy, it’s really soft, and other than that it’s not bad, really,” Dave said.

He adds that trails are also a great place for kids to learn how to bike, where they don’t have to worry about cars.

The couple has biked in countries in Europe where there’s always a path for bicycles, and usually a dedicated sidewalk for them.

They’d like to see that become the norm in Canada as well, and they think that creating an accessible trail

MUCH LIKE AN ’80S rapper, I stood there with a stupid grin on my face, sunglasses on and a sturdy hoe beside me – and in the 5-gallon pail beside that was a rake, shovel, trowel and, in the right hands, other weapons of grass destruction.

It was Sunday though I should have been fishing or turkey hunting and Jenn and I were in farming mode.

So I bent down, looked over our back forty, picked up some soil and rolled it in my hands and took a deep breath.

“This is fine earth,” I said. “It will take some toil, a bit of rain and sun, but we’ll grow a good crop here that will help us get through winter. Of course, we’ll need to buy a tractor first.”

Jenn looked at me as said, “Tractor? Are you crazy? This garden plot is only 4 feet by 8!”

“It doesn’t have to be a big tractor,” I added.

An uncomfortable silence followed.

I’ll admit my plans were a bit grandiose. Heck, even calling this strip of land “our back 40” was technically wrong –for it was actually 48 inches wide. And 96 inches long.

You see Jenn and I have

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Elmira residents happy to provide support for bike repair stations at points along the Guelph to Goderich Rail Trail

Dave and Colleen Brown are enthusiastic cyclists in Elmira who hope their contributions to the G2G Rail Trail will encourage more people to take advantage of the trail.

WHITNEY NEILSON THE GUELPH TO GODERICH Rail Trail will see three new bike repair stands installed this spring, contributed by Elmira’s Colleen and Dave Brown, who hope others will be inspired by their generosity to help fund the completion of the trail.

As avid cyclists, they’d also like to see their donations and subsequent improvements to the trail encourage more people to get out and enjoy the 127-kilometre long multiuse trail.

“We think the more people that support it and promote it the more likely it is to be finished. And what a lovely thing to be

able to get on the trail here and not have to get on the road to go to Goderich, it would just be awesome,” Colleen said.

They use the trail roughly five days a week, either walking or biking. They estimate they’ve been biking it for the past 15 to 20 years.

“We use it a lot and we just think that if you make it more usable more people will be out cycling – it’s a healthier lifestyle for everybody. Everybody needs an opportunity to do that,” Colleen said.

The new bike repair stands are in Elora, where the trail starts in Guelph, and the third will be going in at Millbank.

Dave says they saw them

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in Florida and thought it was a good idea to bring here. They also purchased the bike repair stand located at the trail head on Arthur Street in Elmira and the Lions Club paid for the base and for it to be installed.

“It’s just something we just decided that we’d like to support, that’s what it boils down to,” Dave said.

And for somebody who maintains his or her own bike they see it as a good option to encourage them to use the trails. They can pump up their tires and use the tools to tighten bits. If you have a smartphone you can even scan a code on the bike repair stand and find out how to repair your bike with what’s included

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“You could be living in Elmira and just not have bicycle tools but be able to come down here with your bicycle and repair it yourself,” Colleen noted.

The trail has seen major improvements since it was created where the old railway tracks ran, with bridges and stairs now installed in different places. Colleen and Dave even remember walking on the tracks with their kids after trains had stopped running.

It’s hard to believe that was some 30 years ago.

Over the years they’ve seen more people using the trails for walking, running, and biking.

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The team pulled off two wins in their first doubleheader of the season on May 4. They defeated Southwood Secondary School 16-4, followed by a 22-5 win over Jacob Hespeler Secondary School.

The Elmira group has been successful for the past few years, playing without a single loss last season and defeating St. David’s Catholic Secondary School in the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association (WCSSAA) championship.

“We had a really nice start. We did better than expected for sure. Because we had new players we weren’t sure how the season was going to go, but once we saw the girls out on the diamond and playing together, we think we have lots of potential,” said coach Brian Carter.

About half of last year’s championship team returned this year, with a good core of players to build from.

“There’s a couple girls who have a lot of raw talent, but haven’t really played a lot of ball, so they’re learning as we go.

As the season progresses we think there’s a few girls on the team that will really contribute more so than they can now,” he said.

He says their pitcher, Lauren Quehl, will be integral to the team this year.

She’s pitched for EDSS for three years.

“It’s just so nice to have

Jacqueline Wideman has taken over as shortstop for the EDSS girls’ slo-pitch team. The team won both double header games to open the season last week. [FILE PHOTO] a reliable pitcher in slopitch. It makes the games go faster. It makes the girls defensively ready to go because you’re not sitting around waiting. She’s just a reliable pitcher, it’s great to have. And she’s a good hitter as well. She’ll be important.”

He notes they’ll depend on third-year Leah Sebben who’s one of the team’s better hitters and a good second baseman.

“Jacqueline Wideman is going to be very important this year because she’s going to play shortshop.

A girl who graduated last year had played shortshop for the last five years for us which is really rare. Jacqueline’s replacing a really good player and we think

she’s got the ability to do a really good job in that role,” he said.

It’s hard to know year to year which teams will be good, but Carter says Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School, the only other township high school, always seems to have a pretty strong team.

EDSS and WODSS were tied for first place in the league heading into this Wednesday’s games.

As for what appeals EDSS girls to slo-pitch, he says it’s less demanding than many of the other high school sports.

“We’re only out on the diamond twice a week instead of four, five practices a week. It’s more of a relaxed attitude. And a lot of

them that are on the team play fastball or slo-pitch at their churches or in the community. It’s a way to get together at school and do the same thing,” he said.

Aside from the basics - hitting, throwing and catching - they’ve been practicing the details of the game to hopefully continue their winning streak this season.

“We’re still basically working on some subtleties to the game, like situational stuff, like where to throw the ball when there’s runners on this base and if there’s that many outs, do this, just some intricacies of the game because a lot of them haven’t played a ton of baseball... We try to work on their base running and their defensive skill and situational play the best we can and then of course we just have as much batting practice as we can,” he said.

He expects the team to be very competitive in their playoff tournament next month.

“We feel like we should be competitive for sure. In early June we’ll have our playoff tournament and we certainly hope we will qualify for the playoff tournament and then go as far as we can within it,” he said.

The team faced Huron Heights Secondary School and Preston High School on Wednesday. Scores were not available before press time.

They play again on May 18 versus Eastwood Collegiate Institute and Waterloo Oxford District Secondary School. Their only home game is June 1 at 3:30 p.m. against Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School at Elmira Lions Park.

EDSS IN TIGHT AGAINST WATERLOO-OXFORD

Maddie MacLean tackles a Waterloo-Oxford player in Elmira District Secondary School’s close 17-14 to loss to Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School’s rugby team on May 9. [ WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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GALEA: Trying to get warmed up to the idea of all the manual labour involved with farming FROM | 11

wanted to grow a vegetable garden for quite a while – the problem was, so too have the deer that roam around our house. So we settled on a small plot with a deer-proof fence. Well, almost deer proof. That’s not an issue, though. You see, I plan to grow vegetables that attract rabbits, which should bring in brush wolves and coyotes,

which will hopefully deter the deer.

When I mentioned that to Jenn, however, another uncomfortable silence followed.

Jenn then handed me the hoe and said, “OK. Let’s dig up all these weeds.”

Wanting to impress her, I toiled until my back ached, my hands felt sore and sweat was freely dripping down my brow. Then, on

the second minute of work, I realized I was not cut out to be a crop farmer. So I proposed another idea to Jenn.

She merely looked at me and said, “Don’t be an idiot.

You can’t run a herd of beef cattle on a 4-by-8 piece of ground.”

“How about sheep?” I asked.

Yet another uncomfortable silence followed, but she did direct me to two

CYCLING: Since getting started,

bags of sheep byproduct, so I took this as a sign she was softening.

In the next 15 minutes, we tilled and weeded the rest of our field, and worked the manure into the land too. Soon the whole area smelled like a porta-potty at Sheep-a-palooza.

It was good honest work – the kind that made a man feel thankful to be a writer.

Jenn looked at me and

said, “Now we’ll just let this sit for another couple of weeks and then come back to plant after there’s no chance of frost.”

I nodded and quietly prayed for an Arctic cold front.

Later, a friend who is knowledgeable about growing crops in this area told me the old-timers used to say when the ground is warm enough to sit on it

with your bare butt, it’s OK to start planting.

It made a lot of sense to me. Even so, I haven’t mentioned it to Jenn yet.

It’s not that I have any doubt the old-timers were right. It’s more like I’m trying to figure out how I’d explain manure inside my underwear on laundry day.

I doubt I could take any more uncomfortable silences.

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from Guelph straight to Goderich, without having to bike on the road, would be a great start.

“I only took up biking 20 years ago, well, biking with him. First he biked with our son and our son went off to university and Dave said ‘I’ve got to buy you a bike, you have to bike with me.’ So I didn’t have any choice,” Colleen laughs as she explains how she got into biking.

Cyclists, walkers, and runners will be all over the trails this Saturday for the Spring on the Trail event.

The annual outing raises

funds to improve the G2G Rail Trail and increase awareness. All donations to the trail are matched by the federal government.

“We think it’s a really good community builder and it’s a place that we enjoy, so we just think that by supporting it and keeping it in good condition and developing it we’re encouraging other people to support it and use it,” Colleen said.

Checking one more location off their list, the duo is heading to Nova Scotia this summer for their next bike trip.

“Hopefully there are a few more bicycle trips left in us,” Colleen said.

The Woolwich Sun Rays revved their engines last Saturday at their fundraising car show at Thompson’s Auto Tech in Elmira. Ashton Musselman and Kyle Halsband sell raffle tickets, while Will Jamieson mans the prize table. Brandon Girling, 9, looked in on a classic car on display at the show.

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Filling an identified need for aid to seniors Wellesley-based Living Assistance Services provides care for those who need help staying in their homes

Living Assisted Services recently expanded their in-home care services to Kitchener, Waterloo, and Wellesley, with the option for families to interview and choose their caregiver. her Wellesley office. She switched careers to join this home care company because she was wanting to focus her efforts on seniors. “I was looking for a different option for seniors, other than long-term care and retirement homes. A lot of them want to be in the home that they’re in and they just don’t have the ability anymore. Some of them have trouble mak-

WHITNEY NEILSON RECOGNIZING THE EVER GROWING senior population in Waterloo Region, Living Assistance Services has now expanded to Kitchener, Waterloo, and Wellesley township, providing services to those in need of in-home care.

Kelly Rakowski is the director of Living Assistance Services covering those three areas from

ing their own meals or keeping up on housework or adult children are finding it hard to escort mom and dad to doctor’s offices and other things they need to have done. Seniors just really have a place in my heart and I thought this was a good way to do it,�

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AN UPROAR HAS ARISEN over what constitutes humane livestock production. About a month ago, in western Canada, a popular restaurant chain called Earl’s Restaurants announced with great pride and fanfare that it was going to feature only beef that was raised according to certified humane standards.

That’s an affront to many livestock producers who already believe their animals are humanely raised, and don’t need certification to prove it. It got worse. Earl’s then rubbed salt in the wound by saying it would only source this beef from the U.S. It tried, it said, but couldn’t get enough supply from Canada. That sent a lot of western Canadian beef producers and their supporters off the deep end. A flurry of social media protests followed. Earl’s ultimately declared it had made a mistake, and would work harder with western Canadian producers to develop a supply.

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She says families are liking that they have ownership and get to know more about a caregiver before they hire them.

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So far she’s finding the families they’re helping just need a little bit of extra help with their loved ones. She’s hopeful they’ll become known as the local agency to go to for home care assistance, helping more people stay in their own homes.

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We never want to become so large that we lose the relationship that we have with each of our families,” Rakowski said.

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Young kids get to strut their stuff on stage in theatrical production at ETC venue LIZ XXXXXXXX BEVAN A CAST OF 12 students is putting on their very own musical next week, sharing an updated musical version of the classic tale of The Ugly Duckling.

In Honk! Jr., Arts Abound students will be telling the story of Ugly, a young bird that is having trouble accepting that he is different from his brothers and sisters. He is bullied, then lured away from the farmyard by a cat, and on the subsequent adventure, comes to terms with the fact that he looks different.

He meets a swan named Penny, who lends a hand, and upon returning to the farmyard, realizes that he has been missed by his family, regardless of how he looks.

“It is just a really nice story about being different, and celebrating those differences,” said director and Arts Abound founder Shelley Martin.

The students have been working on the play since September, and are involved in all aspects of the production, including set design and script work.

The eight month program is called Studio to Stage.

“We have been working on strategies to learn and remember your lines, doing vocal coaching, dance coaching, as well as learning the production. They

Right now, Anything Goes in St. Jacobs WHITNEY NEILSON

and they have both done a phenomenal job, but we are super excited to see them all on stage. That is the really fun thing about our group. Because it is a small group, we have a couple of key lead parts, but everyone else, they are playing two or three roles in the production. So everyone is on stage for a lot of the time.”

IT’S ALL HANDS ON deck for Drayton Entertainment’s latest production, Anything Goes, which hit the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse stage this week.

Debuting on Broadway in 1934, the nautical musical has been revived three times since then, in 1962, 1987, and 2011 and has won three Tony Awards.

Director and choreographer Michael Lichtefeld says the show promises to be a fun night out at the theatre for all ages.

“I think older people will appreciate it for the nostalgia, I think younger people will appreciate it for the funny. It’s a very funny piece and younger people probably don’t know the Cole Porter score. The lyrics are so clever and so witty that I think young people are going to discover it for the first time, which is exciting. It’s kind of great to expose younger people to old time music that they don’t particularly know,” Lichtefeld said.

The musical is based off Guy Bolton and P.G.

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The 12 cast members in Arts Abound’s upcoming production of Honk! Jr. pose for a group photo ahead of opening night May 18 at the Elmira Theatre Company facility.

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have also been involved in imagining and designing, then creating the sets that we are using,” said Martin.

“Every week when they come, we are working on the music, or the sets, or blocking a scene – they have been involved in all aspects of the production.

It has really given them an appreciation. When they go see a performance, they understand everything that goes into making that pro-

duction come to life. It is a really neat learning experience.”

All of that hard work is about to pay off with three performances of Honk!

Jr. on May 18 and 19 at the Elmira Theatre Company.

There is room for 200 audience members at each performance, and Martin says there are a few students that stand out. It is the theatre school’s first performance after opening

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Wodehouse’s book Anything Goes, which was later revised by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

It follows the misadventures of an unlikely group all aboard an ocean liner from New York to London.

Wall Street broker Billy Crocker is determined to win over Hope Harcourt, who’s engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Crocker enlists the help of Evangelist turned nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and a second-rate gangster Moonface Martin, who’s also known as Public Enemy #13, although he’d like to be Public Enemy #1.

Lichtefeld says the show has stood the test of time largely because of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter’s score.

“It’s Cole Porter at his finest. I mean every song in the show, practically, is a hit. You’ve got ‘It’s DeLovely, ‘You’re the Top,’ ‘Friendship,’ ‘Anything Goes,’ ‘I Get A Kick Out of You,’ ‘You’d be So Easy to Love.’ It’s just chockfull of incredible lyrics and melodies. You don’t get that too often these days,” Lichtefeld said.

Jayme Armstrong leads the cast as Reno Sweeney and was most recently seen in Drayton’s Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago, The Music Man, and White Christmas.

“It’s a full Canadian cast and they’re phenomenal, led by the absolutely brilliant Jayme Armstrong. I think she’s going to knock everyone’s socks off. She’s brilliant, as is the entire cast. Patrick Cook, Sheldon Davis, they’re all amazing,” he said.

Patrick Cook plays Billy Crocker, while Sheldon Davis is Moonface Martin and Tim Funnell is Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.

Lichtefeld has choreographed the show four times before, but this will

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be his first time in the director’s chair for it. He says so far so good. And the set has some surprises in store.

“The crew at Drayton is phenomenal. They never say no to me. And even things when I go ‘oh yeah, they’re going to say no,’ they don’t say no. They understand that everything is for the good of the piece and to make it the best audience experience that they can have,” he said.

The show will also appeal to those with a love of dance.

There’s everything from tango to the Charleston to tap dancing. And who doesn’t like tap dancing?

“The dance ensemble, they’re the best that Canada has to offer, and I’ve worked a lot up here.

They’re phenomenal dancers in that they can do any style I throw at them, whether it’s blues, whether it’s jazz, whether it’s tap, whether it’s ballroom, whether it’s tango. Their dance vocabulary is so strong that it makes my job actually easier because I don’t have to edit where my mind is going choreographically because they can do whatever I want

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In a show that he describes as “pure escapism at its best,” Lichtefeld tells audiences that if they’re looking for a blast at the theatre and to leave humming every song, then this is the ticket.

“I think that if you know the show you’re going to love it because the production’s going to be gorgeous, the costumes are gorgeous and the set is gorgeous and the actors are phenomenal. If you don’t know the show you’re going to discover a gem that you may not have known even existed,” he said.

Anything Goes runs at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse from May 11 to May 29. Regular performance tickets are $44 for adults; and $26 for youth under 20 years of age. Tickets for preview performances scheduled before the official opening and groups of 20 or more are $36.00.

Tickets are available in person at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, online at www.stjacobscountryplayhouse.com or by calling the box office at (519) 747-7788 or toll free at 1-855-DRAYTON (372-9866).

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Burning it up with Ring of Fire Marty Allen and the Memphis Three bring the songs of Johnny Cash to the Elmira Legion Saturday night LIZ BEVAN ELMIRA MUSIC LOVERS SHOULD be getting ready to “Walk the Line” on Saturday night at the Elmira Legion.

Marty Allen and the Memphis Three will be in town performing their Johnny Cash tribute show, Ring of Fire, and Allen says the show has a personal aspect to it.

“I sing at his range, so it fits,” he said. “I was always a fan and I was never big on tributes, but his songs always meant a lot to me. I think I would have a hard time doing a tribute if I wasn’t right into it.”

The show starts at 8 p.m. on May 14, and will feature a lot of Cash’s biggest hits including “Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison” and “Man in Black.” The three piece band backing up Allen will be playing their parts as close to Cash’s original band as possible.

“Kenny Lee, he is on the upright bass. The drummer is Mike McDowell. They play with me in my regular band as a three piece, but we have another guitar player, Jeff Brown, who does all of the parts that Luther Perkins used to do for Johnny Cash,” says Allen. “He is what propelled

the music. Cash just kind of beat the rhythm guitar and held a good rhythm, and Perkins does the boom chicka boom part of the songs.”

The show isn’t just for Cash fans, he says. He also tries to cater the set list to who is in the audience.

“I think we cover a lot of the bigger hits, and some stuff from early Sun Records when he just started like ‘Folsom Prison’ and ‘Walk the Line,’” he said.

“Especially if there are younger people in the audience, he had that later part in his life when he worked with Rick Rubin as a producer and he did ‘Hurt.’ That always seems to go over well. I was kind of hesitant at first in playing it, but you generally get a good reaction. Sometimes it is just one reaction, but it is very strong. They seem somehow emotionally tied to the song.”

Allen says the band wants to do Cash justice, playing his tunes as he would have.

“I think the audience is going to get a good replication of the music,” he said.

“We have the standup bass, and we try to deliver an energetic show as well. Some of the songs aren’t always fast and dynamic, but the

Marty Allen is the Man in Black, backed by the Memphis Three, in the Johnny Cash tribute show that comes to the Elmira Legion on Saturday. dynamic comes from the delivery as well, even if it is at mid tempo. It is kind of a bit of a force. We try to replicate how he was on stage with the music being really pronounced, and it is moving. It was simple music. When they recorded it, it was very basic, but there was that power of his voice, and the simplicity of the backing. Sometimes,

simple worked so well, if it is done well. We just replicate the show in a pretty authentic way, I believe, with the upright bass, and try to get every member in their part in replicating

who they are performing as.”

The show starts up at 8 p.m. on May 14 at the Elmira Legion. Tickets are $20, and can be purchased by calling 519-669-3932

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It isn’t just the final product the students have to be proud of, however. Martin says she has been amazed at how far the students have come in their stage presence and confidence.

“We have seen, since September, so many of these kids come out of their shell. There were kids that were really shy when we first started and didn’t want to even sing alone in front of Robin Warwick, the co-director, and I,” says Martin. “Now, they are all excited to sing in front of an audience of 200. It is just really exciting to see from September to the May, these kids have just become so much more confident in their ability to perform. It is a huge benefit to just building that confidence to just go up in front of a group. Something like public speaking isn’t that intimidating when you have been up on a stage in front of a large audience.”

Honk! Jr. is a modified version of a musical from the stages of Broadway in the 1980s, and was written

by Anthony Drewe with music by George Stiles.

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Jr., you can either call Arts Abound at 519-206-2787, or email Martin at info@artsabound.ca.

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AUCTIONS SAT. MAY 28 at 8:30 AM Annual charity auction sale of quilts; new furniture; and miscellaneous items to be held at the New Hamburg Fair Grounds on Jacob St. in New Hamburg for the Mennonite Relief Sale. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

SAT. JUNE 11 at 11:00 AM - Auction sale of 100 acre farm property; tractors; small machinery; antiques and miscellaneous items to be held at 669 Concession 4 Lion’s Head for Joanne and Larry Schmidt. Jantzi Auctions Ltd, 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

WED. JUNE 1 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; collectables; household effects; 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 SALE OF MH 50 tractor, riding lawn mower, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1558 Erb’s Rd. in St. Agatha, for Kevin & Traci Nowak, and for Shirley Nowak, on Saturday, June 18th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

AUCTION SALE OF Brick bungalow on large lot, household effects, antiques, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1317 Queens Bush Rd. in Wellesley, for Mary Cook, on Saturday, June 4th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

SAT. JUNE 4 at 9:00 AM - Annual consignment auction of horse drawn machinery; woodworking machinery; metal working equipment; miscellaneous items and much more to be held at the farm of Enos Bauman at 2620 Moser Young Rd St. Clement. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com SAT. JUNE 4 at 9:00 AM - Annual consignment auction of horse drawn machinery; woodworking machinery; metal working equipment; miscellaneous items and much more to be held at the farm of Enos Bauman at 2620 Moser Young Rd St. Clement. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

CLEARING AUCTION SALE Of farm property of 100 acres more or less; tractors; small machinery; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at 669 Concession 4 Eastnor Township (2kms SW of Lion’s Head in the Bruce Penninsula) for Joanne and Larry Schmidt on:

SATURDAY JUNE 11 AT 11:00 AM

PROPERTY: APPROX. 100 acres more or

less of tiled; productive sandy loam; approx.

12 acres of bush; and the remaining being workable land currently in wheat and hay.

Land is rented already for the year 2016.

Newer steel bank barn 41’ x 61’ with 26’ x 61’ addition with concrete silo; large all steel drive shed; new drilled well; new hydro service; pioneer house that needs work but has tons of potential. Viewing by appointment 519 656 3555; an exceptional farm with quality land; located close to Lions Head in the beautiful Bruce Penninsula.

Property will be sold at 12:00 noon subject to a reasonable reserve bid with a down payment of $30,000.00 by certified cheque made payable to Jantzi Auctions Ltd. and the balance in 60 days.

* Fabricating, Shop & Woodworking Equipment *

AUCTION

Clark Hard Surface Counters, Upper Grand School Board & Others to be held at

Breslau Airport Road Auction Complex

5100 Fountain St., North, Breslau (Kitchener)

Wed. May 18th 5:00 p.m.

Shop/Fab => 2 - Miller Welders*3/4” Socket Sets Victoria & AREX Milling Machines*2-Makita Chop Saws Norton 14” Stone Saw*20 Boxes- Welding Rod*Job Boxes 7.5HP (1ph) Air Compressor*Ped Grinder*Shop Vacs* Plate Tamper*Concrete Saw*Material Utility Trailer Woodworking=> 14-P-C/Makita HD Routers & Trimmers 3-10” Tablesaws*6+ Belt/Orb Sanders*Makita Mitre Saw Biscuit Saw*Grinders*Buffer*Jig Saws*20+ Pipe Clamps Spindle Sander*3-Dewalt Power Saws*200+ Spring Clamps Surecare Finish Sander*Air Sanders*Multi Head Drill Press First LC25 Drill Press*Dust Collector*3-Scroll Saws*Sinks 2-36” Wood Lathes*Hard Counter Material*Hardware*etc PINSKE Special tools (Vacuum Seaming Sets, Squares, Stand, Templates, Heat Tunnel, Etc)

More Equipment Arriving Daily!!!

PARTIAL LIST ONLY! No BUYER’S Premium!!!

AUCTIONEER:

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519-648-2111

AUCTIONS

AUCTIONS

FARM SERVICES

FIREWOOD

BIG SQUARE BALING with acid and roto cut. Now also custom cultivating. Den-Dor Farms. Call Brandon 519897-2648 or Dennis 519-5033980.

KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

GERBER’S FIREWOOD YOUR source of quality slabwood and seasoned bodywood. All prices include delivery. No Sunday calls please. 519-656-2057.

WANTED CASH FOR OLD watches, jewellery, all gold and silver, coins, military, toys, records. Call Terry 519-2426900. gallamore@golden. net 40 years experience, fair honest prices. Will travel.

VIEWING: Day of Sale Wed May 18th 2016, 2 pm to Sale Time TERMS: $500 Deposit Major Units, Balance in 24 hours, or as announced

M.R. Jutzi & Co

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WANTED WE NEED - Primitives, benches, crates, boxes, crocks, cast iron, cupboards, old farm tools, hand tools, cast iron & old metal, stands, picture frames, paintings, sap buckets, small multi pane windows, apple ladders. Not charity store stuff. Iron Bucket 519787-8287, leave message. St. Andrew St. W., Fergus.

519-648-2111

WANTED LOOKING TO RENT Senior couple looking to rent in the Millbank. Linwood or Elmira area. Call Abram at 519-807-5088 or Maria at 226-929-8584.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

FARM EQUIPMENT JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and bobcat S300 for rent.

45 - 150 hp. Rent by day, week or mos. Great rates.

519-591-1274.

OWATTANA 9’ HAY Bine good condition $1800.

Sam Mulky 30’ bale elevator on wheels complete with motor $650. Massey Ferguson #12 baler $400.

John Deere plow 5x16 semi mount - all hydraulic resets $1800. Massey Ferguson 4x14 semi mount plow $350.

Call 519-699-4072.

FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-6692045.

Notice of Pesticide Use Please be advised of the application of larvicide to the following locations for the control of West Nile Virus Vectors; • • •

Sewage Lagoons Ditches and Depressions Catch Basins

Between May 10, 2016 and October 31, 2016, municipalities within the Region of Waterloo will be conducting a larviciding program under the authority of the Region of Waterloo Medical Officer of Health to prevent the development of mosquito larvae into vectors of West Nile Virus. Altosid pellets (methoprene, PCP #21809) or Vectolex WSP pouches (Bacillus sphaericus, PCP #28009) will be placed into catch basins of storm drains within the Region. The granular formulation of the larvicide Vectolex CG (Bacillus sphaericus, PCP # 28008), will be applied to sewage lagoons, where larvae are present. The liquid formulation of the larvicide VectoBac 1200L (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, PCP #21062) or VectoBac 200G (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, PCP #18158, granular) will be applied to standing water throughout the Region, where larvae are present. All larvicide will be applied by trained technicians employed by GDG Environnement Ltée following Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change guidelines.

For additional details on exact locations and dates of treatments, please call Region of Waterloo Public Health at 519-575-4400 ext 5147 or GDG Environnement at 1-888-567-8567. You can also visit our website at: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/fightthebite

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

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$229,900

$314,900

Conestogo Lake - This south west facing 3 bedroom cottage on Conestogo lake is the perfect starter cottage. Including forced air oil heating, fully equipped kitchen, fully furnished rooms, a 3 piece bathroom, 100 amp service and wrap around deck. The detached garage has washer and dryer included. With full extendable dock with electric reversible winch and rails running into the lake, it is ready for your family to start enjoying summer! MLS 30518137.

Elmira - FIRST TIME BUYERS! Welcome to this beautiful spacious end unit townhouse, all appliances are included. This property is a first time buyers dream come true. Over 1600 sq ft plus a finished basement. 3 large bedrooms, ensuite, walkin closet, luxurious kitchen with loads of cabinets and counter space. Deeper lot with fenced yard. This is a must see so book your appointment today. MLS- 30518956

Alli Bauman Paul Martin Sue Wideman SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT

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D L O S

Waterloo - Found on a friendly quiet Court this home was designed for the growing family, this home has 4 bedrooms upstairs, and a possible 2 in the basement. With large principle rooms, family can spread out in the separate dining room open to the family room, or go down one level to the living room with lovely gas fireplace and walkout to the huge back yard. Enjoy entertaining on the 12x23 ft deck as well as abundant room for play in the partially fenced yard.

The basement features 2 rooms currently used as a music room and exercise room with new paint and carpet as well as the generous laundry room and 4 piece bath. You must see it to believe all that this home has to offer! MLS 30516889.

Independently Owned and Operated

3 Arthur St. S., Elmira 519-669-5426

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TRADES & SERVICES BRICK LAYING CO. required for a six week unit town home block ready in six weeks. Brick and stone also single family homes in Kitchener ready now.

Please contact Dave Brum at 519-5787771 ext. 19.

GARAGE SALES CLEANED OUT DAD’S House. May 20th, 1p.m. 8 p.m. May 21st, 7 a.m. 2 p.m.

2215 Floradale Road. Lots of treasures.

Dishes, books - old and new and so much more!

FRI AND SAT. May 20 & 21, 8:30 a.m.

3672 Manser Rd., Linwood. Furniture, linens, yarn, Tupperware and lots more! Weather permitting.

FRI. MAY 13, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sat. May 14, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. 18 Tanager St. Elmira.

Bicycles, kitchen items, 2 dehumidifiers, golf & base balls, 6 chair patio set, 20 ft extension ladder and much more.

GARAGE SALE - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 and Saturday 7:00 - noon. 20 Grey Owl Drive, Elmira. Bikes, dishes, country craft items, lots of kids toys/clothes and much, much more!

GIANT YARD SALE. Fri. May 20, 10 a.m. and Sat. May 21, 9 a.m. - 12 noon, 2016.

Alma United Church. Books, toys, tools, household items. Bake table - BBQ food all day, table with new or almost new items, many treasures. PLANT SALE: 4” pot or smaller plants $1.00.

Larger pot plants and up $2.00 & up.

Donation of plants appreciated. Prizes.

Proceeds of flowers to beautify Alma.

HEIDELBERG TOWN-WIDE GARAGE Sale.

Saturday, May 14. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Rain or shine. Over 80 homes.

MULTI FAMILY - Village of Floradale in support of Fort McMurray. Sat. May 14, 7 a.m. Some antique furniture. Rain or shine.

MULTI FAMILY SALE. Sat. May 14, 8 a.m.

- 2 p.m. 5 Tanager St. Elmira. Lots to choose from, something for everyone.

MULTI FAMILY, MAY 14, 8 a.m. - noon.

175 Water St., St. Jacobs. Furniture, decor, kitchen, golf clubs, puzzles, games, books, toys, baby items, purses, adult and kids clothing.

SATURDAY MAY 14TH 8am-2pm Community garage sale in Martin Grove Village (at King st. & Martin Grove Rd.). Stove, Filing cabinet, Kids items, sewing machine, rocking chairs, antiques, push lawnmower, adult 18 speed bicycle, furniture and more.

WEST MONTROSE COMMUNITY Garage Sale. Saturday, May 14th, 7 a.m. Big

Members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony stopped by the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira on Saturday morning to play some tunes, sings some songs and tell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as part of their Kinderconcerts series.

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Large 2700 sq.ft home, wrap around porch, surrounded by mixed bush, detached barn w/hydro & water, inground salt water pool.

Plenty of space. MLS.

executive bungalow town home, ample upgrades & extras, custom kitchen, appliances, finished basement, 2 gas f/p's, oversized dbl car garage.

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after mature area, steps to downtown. Attractive Cape Cod, large principle rooms, 3+ bedrooms, 4 baths, finished basement, great yard. MLS.

$357,500 FAMILY HOME w/3 bdrms and upper family room. Ensuite bath & walkin closet.

Hardwood floor in Liv. Rm. (w/gas fireplace). Oak kitchen w/penninsula & walkin pantry. Walkout from spacious dinette. Main flr. laundry. Backs to walking trail. New MLS

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410 Conestogo Road, Unit 210, Waterloo, ON N2L 4E2

LINWOOD – backs to acres of farmland! Main flr. laundry & 2pc. Spacious kitchen/ dining area with walkout to deck with a lovely view. Hdwd. floor in liv. room. Main flr. fam. room w/woodstove. FOUR bedrooms, 3pc. ensuite bath. Large, open rec. room w/several windows is great for entertaining. Newer gas furnace & central air.

Dble. driveway with lots of parking. MLS.

PARK AVE. W., ELMIRA

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Just Listed | $329,000 | Drayton This bright, spacious, raised bungalow offers plenty of room for a family with 3 plus 1 bedrooms, large finished rec. room with wood stove, attached garage, nice deck overlooking a large backyard hedged in for privacy, Brand new furnace and A/C, newer hot water heater, and freshly painted, you can move right in! MLS.

$190,000

A well-kept updated 3 bedroom home. New windows, floors, kitchen, septic in 2008 and a new roof in 2009. Main floor laundry. It is move in ready. Concrete driveway with parking for 8 vehicles, on a 66 X 132 foot lot. MLS. ADDRESS: 3 Arthur

St. S., ELMIRA

DIRECT: 519-503-2753

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For info on these or any other real estate enquiries, Call Dale

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Independently Owned and Operated

UPSCALE CENTURY HOME close to all amenities. Loaded with character – natural woodwork, pocket doors & hdwd. floors. 2,568 sq.ft. features a main flr. family room w/lots of natural lighting, gas fireplace & walkout to deck (overlooks an attractively landscaped lot w/beautiful perennial gardens). Large dining room. Main floor bathroom. Potential for 4 bdrms. 3 storey addition includes a master bdrm. w/walkin closet, ensuite, & walkout to deck. Full bsmt w/separate entrance is a great workshop area (or in-home business!). MLS

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This is a nicely decorated, well kept home. If you have any questions or would like to view, email wendy@wendytaylor1.com. MLS

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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY

THOMPSON’S

TIRE

WHERE TIRES

Complete Collision Service

Auto Tech Inc.

ARE A

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Providing the latest technology to repair your vehicle with accuracy and confidence.

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FAMILY ALBUM BIRTHDAY

STAG & DOE

Happy 90 th Birthday Wilma Lackner

Start your long weekend with us!

Love your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Join us in celebrating the upcoming marriage of Carolyn Roy and Erik Polzin on Friday, May 20th at the St. Jacobs’ Community Centre. 29 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. 8PM til 1AM. Start your weekend with dancing, games and tons of raffle prizes. Compete to win the tackiest $20 thrift store outfit competition!

THANK YOU

DEATH NOTICES

A big thank you

BLEIZEFFER, AMELIA (NEE HIRZER)Â | Peacefully passed away

Open House - May 28, 1-4pm Chartwell Retirement Residence 8 Snyder Ave., N., Elmira BEST WISHES ONLY

is extended to all of my family, friends, neighbors, co workers and everybody else who helped my wife pull off my surprise 70th birthday party on Saturday night and to those who helped in any way before, during and after the party. I was completely surprised and had such a good and enjoyable evening.

Thank you also for all of your generous donations to the Woolwich Community Services Food Bank as well as for all of my birthday cards and gifts. I’m very lucky to have so many amazing people in my life and will remember that night always. Thank you again.

on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Barnswallow Place, Elmira at the age of 90.

COSBY, WILLIAM GEORGEÂ | In memory of William George Cosby of Linwood. His wish was to die at home, which he did peacefully on Monday, May 2, 2016.

DONKERS, HENRY J. | Passed peacefully in his sleep at his

home in Elmira on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 3 a.m., beside his loving wife Annie, and surrounded by his nine children, at the age of 88 years.

GENTLE, RUTH (NEE BECHTEL)Â | Ruth passed away suddenly but peacefully with family at her side, at Barnswallow Place in Elmira on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at the age of 91.

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Knowing she was deeply loved, it is with great sadness the family announces the peaceful passing of Jean on Sunday, May 8, 2016, at the age of 90 years. Jean resided at Knollcrest Lodge in Milverton for the last ten years. Beloved wife of the late John E. Ray (1982). Dear mother of Gloria Orr of Puslinch, the late Doug (March 3, 2015), Gary and Elaine of Kenilworth, Terry of Guelph, Darlene and Charlie Koebel of Crosshill. Loving Granny of 17 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Jean was the last surviving member of her family having been predeceased by her parents William and Elwina (Graff) Ertel, sister Margaret (Lloyd) Gowing, and brothers Jack and Arthur Keyes. She farmed her whole life on the 3rd of Peel. She also worked at the Heidelberg Restaurant for 18 years, making the best mashed potatoes. She loved going on different bus trips and especially enjoyed the ones to the casinos. She was a dedicated bingo player and was fondly known at Knollcrest as the “Bingo Queen�.

The family received their relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. with parish prayers offered at 6:45 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 11 a.m. at St. Clement RC Church, 3619 Lobsinger Line, St. Clements. Interment in St. Joseph’s RC Cemetery, Macton. In Jean’s memory, donations to the Regional Cancer Centre, Heart and Stroke Foundation or Knollcrest Lodge would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Thank you to Dr. Anderson and the entire staff at Knollcrest for their compassionate care.

Passed away suddenly in Elmira on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at the age of 62 years. Bimbo Rau was the beloved husband of Vicky (Schmaus) Rau. Loving father of Jessica and her fiancĂŠ Curtis.

Proud grandfather of Claire. Loved son of Arlene Rau. Dear brother of Ron Jr. “Butch�, Tracy (Doug) Winslade, Brad, Chris (Steve) McCullough, and brother-in-law of Bill Wright. He was predeceased by his father Ron Rau, and sisters Cheryl and Bonnie. At his request cremation has taken place. A private family gathering will be held.

In honour of his love of animals, donations to the K-W Humane Society would be appreciated.

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www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com OBITUARY Shoemaker, Erma Passed away peacefully at Caressant Care in Arthur on Sunday, May 8, 2016, in her 91st year. Beloved sister of Marie Shoemaker and Alice (Walter) Freeman, all of Elmira, and Orlan (Elsie) of RR 1, Elora. Dear sister-in-law of Edna Shoemaker and MaryAnn (George) Bowman, all of Elmira. Fondly remembered by her nieces, nephews, and their families. Predeceased by her parents Alvin and Minerva (Lichty) Shoemaker, brothers Vernon (2015) and Delton (1999). Viewing for family and friends took place at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira. A family service was held in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 9 a.m. then to North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House for burial and public service. The family wishes to thank the nurses and staff at Caressant Care and those from CCAC for the loving and compassionate care Erma received in her last several months.

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A day to be lauded for a lifetime of achievements Allen D. Martin receives Ontario Long-Term Care Association award for his many contributions

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LIZ BEVAN A TEACHER, A FIREFIGHTER, a writer, a photographer, a singer and avid churchgoer.

For all of his community involvement and constant presence around Woolwich Township, Allen D. Martin has received the Ontario Long-Term Care Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

On May 6, Martin’s family members, friends and more, gathered at his home at the Barnswallow Place Care Community to honour his contribution to the betterment of the Elmira area.

His wife, Pauline, says the day was a bit overwhelming for her and for Allen, seeing the large crowd of people who attended the award presentation. Martin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 20 years ago, and Pauline spoke for him.

“Some of his family is here. A couple of brothers, my sisters and my brother are here. It is great.

He deserves it, that’s for sure,” she said ahead of the presentation. “He spent a lot of years. It is very touching. It is emotional.

The thing is, for him, he remembers these people better than some he saw yesterday. He hasn’t seen some of these people for years. It is hard for him to say, but he is pretty excited and he was excited the day

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some eight years after the paper’s 1996 launch. He served on the Doon Pioneer Village board and has worked with the Waterloo Heritage Society for many years. He worked as a teacher in Linwood, Elora and Elmira over his 33-year career, and was involved in too many community groups and organizations to list.

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I always serve scones at my teas. I make them just before the guests arrive so the house smells wonderful and the best time to eat them is immediately after they come out of the oven. I’m going to share a recipe with you that I like to use for scones because it is light and flaky.

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Pauline and Allen Martin pose with his Lifetime Achievement Award last Friday. The longtime teacher was recognized for his contribution to numerous community groups including the fire department and heritage society.

[LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] before when he found out.”

Barnswallow’s recreation manager, Paula Osborne, gave a quick summary of the many different initiatives he has been involved in over the past 50 years.

“Allen’s interests, as everyone knows, includes music. He has been a lifelong singer; he sang with a couple of groups: The Gospel Tones as well as his brothers as The Martin Brothers, and the Gospel Crusaders. His

photography side business, too, he went to 78 weddings – that’s a lot of weekends. Allen has an eye for a variety of subjects including landscapes,” she said. “Allen was also, I understand, very talented in the Scrabble department, attending the All-Ontario competition. He was also a fisherman and he liked to go with his friends on the French River, where he once caught a 24-inch pickerel.

“He also liked woodworking, and taught woodworking as well. It should also be mentioned that Allen was very community minded, volunteering with the Floradale fire department for 27 years. He has also been very involved in his church serving as choir director, elder and boy’s club leader.”

Martin also lent his time writing the My Side of the Dam column for the Woolwich Observer for

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SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Maple Leaf St., Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll Free: 1-855-664-1900 for more information.

HUGS (HEALTH, UNDERSTANDING, GROWTH, Sharing) at the Woolwich Community Health Centre (10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs). For parents and children (0-5 yrs of age) living in the catchment area of WCHC; 9:30-11 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month. Discuss parenting and child health issues. Upcoming sessions: May 13, Children’s Eye Health; May 27, Children’s Mental Health.

For more information, call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237.

COMMUNITY CAN DINE, WHERE the entire community comes together to meet and eat. Please join us at Trinity United Church. Dinner is served from 6-7:30 p.m. Pay what you can. Menu for this month is sloppy Joes and salads.

MAY 14 RING OF FIRE 8 p.m. at the Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. Marty Allen and the Memphis Three perform a tribute to Johnny Cash. Tickets $20 and available at the Legion. 519-669-3932.

MAY 16 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.).

Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira. cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship.

Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 for more information.

MAY 24 THE ANNUAL ST. JACOBS Fish Fry takes place Tuesday, May 24, 5- 6:30 p.m. A full and delicious meal including dessert and coffee. Adults $17/ticket; Children 6-12 $10/ ticket. Call/email Tracey to purchase or reserve tickets: 519.568.7766/fishfry@stjacobslions.org. See www. stjacobslions.org for details.

MAY 25 SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Linwood Community Centre, 5279 Ament Line, Linwood. Cost $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-664-1900 for more information.

MAY 29 LIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA Purina Walk for Dog Guides hosted by Woolwich Community Lions Club on May 29 on the Kissing Bridge Trail - Arthur Street entrance, Elmira. Registration: 8:30 a.m. Walk: 9 a.m. All proceeds help fund six dog guide programs.

All ages, fitness levels with or without a dog are welcome to participate. Refreshments. For more info., call 519 669-3645.

WELLESLEY & DISTRICT LIONS Club hosting the Lions Foundation of Canada Purina Walk for Dog Guides. Wellesley Picnic Pavillion, Catherine Street, Wellesley. Registration 12:30 p.m.; walk 1 p.m. For more information call 519-656-9879.

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Scooping up the Lion’s share of accolades International President’s Recognition Award the latest honour for Art Woods of the Elmira Lions Club WHITNEY NEILSON NOT UNFAMILIAR TO RECOGNITION for his efforts through the Elmira Lions Club, Art Woods was awarded the International President’s Recognition Award at the District A-15 convention in Elmira last weekend.

He was one of only three members in Canada to receive the honour, and he says there are many Lions members who have helped make the local club such a success.

“I would like to emphasize it’s easy to generate ideas and get things done when you’ve got great people like the Elmira Lions Club to back you and support you. I couldn’t do it alone. It should be an award for the whole club, really,” Woods said.

There are three main areas of involvement that Lions can have been involved in to qualify for the award.

A Lions member recommends someone to the international president, gives them the background information on the nomi-

nated member’s contribution and the international president decides by his or herself.

“This year our international president is from Japan, so it’s quite special in my world to have received it based on the judgment from someone from Japan,” Woods said.

He says the award is given out to members who have provided services beyond the usual expectations of a Lions member, as deemed appropriate by the international president.

Woods previously was the director of The International Association of Lions Clubs from 2001-2003 and has been a member of the Elmira Lions Club since 1972.

Some of his past awards include the 100% Club President’s Award, Membership Key Award, the 100% District Governor’s Award, three International President’s Awards, the International Leadership Award and the Ambassador of Good Will Award.

It came as a total surprise when he was given this

Art Woods received the International President’s Recognition Award for his contributions through the Elmira Lions Club, which he says has been possible through the hard work of the rest of the members. [FILE PHOTO] rated close to 100 of these pen,” Woods said. award. organizations around OnOne of the reasons he “I thought I was over my tario primarily, and offered was given the award is award receiving days. I’ve my services to a variety of been around for a long time through the years he’s projects, and I’m happy to given a lot of pro-bono and have received most do it,” Woods said. services to Lions clubs and of the awards available in Some of the Elmira Lions other not for profit organithe world of Lion-ism, and Club work he’s proud of zations. Woods is a retired hadn’t even thought of includes the trails, Lions lawyer. this coming up, for sure.

Park, and Lions Hall. He “One thing that was Obviously I can thank a few started the first Lions trail mentioned is I’ve incorpopeople for making it hap-

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“The main Kissing Bridge Trail on a nice, warm Saturday or Sunday afternoon is almost becoming like the 401,” Woods says with a laugh. “And that’s wonderful, that’s what they’re for.”

Lions Club International is focused on helping with the wildfires in Fort McMurray right now. Locally, they’re getting ready to do spring work on the trails, roadside cleanup this Thursday, and their memorial forest dedication on June 12.

“I joined because I wanted to be involved in something to help the community and beyond but I had no idea when I joined what all Lions were doing.

We are the biggest service club in the world, 1.4 million members roughly, a huge amount of work being done worldwide... If you’re interested and any good and want to continue, you can have things to do for the rest of your life.”

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Resistance is futile: technology has been steadily turning us all into cyborgs WEIRD NOTES

Q. Are you a â&#x20AC;&#x153;cyborgâ&#x20AC;? yet? And if so, so what?

A. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a human whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming more machinelike, maybe not half and half but in that direction, argues Amber Case, as reported by Kalee Thompson in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timeâ&#x20AC;? magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special edition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great Scientists.â&#x20AC;? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all cyborgs these days, she stresses, as our laptops and smartphones add â&#x20AC;&#x153;exogenousâ&#x20AC;? features to enable us to adapt to new environments.

Does personal technology expand or inhibit the mental self? Answers Case

in her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Illustrated Dictionary of Cyborg Anthropologyâ&#x20AC;?: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of technology, space and time are compressing. Communities are forming more efficiently than in the past.â&#x20AC;?

Not only can we access and store more knowledge to meet our goals, but also with social media we can create a â&#x20AC;&#x153;second selfâ&#x20AC;? to meet the world anew.

On the other hand, technology makes it easier to consume rather than create. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are engorging their brains on information junkfood â&#x20AC;Ś forgetting how to be at peace in technological situations.â&#x20AC;? As Case says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best technology should be there when needed but disappear entirely when unnecessary.â&#x20AC;? Though we may all be cyborgs, the human

part has to stay in charge.

Q. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Backward,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;back-

sliding,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;backtracking,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;having some backbone,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;backcracking,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;watch your back,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;get off our backsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;Ś Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get back to basics here on this central body part. Can you cite a few of them?

A. The human back is a marvel of load-bearing support and flexibility, though it is given to much pain, as you may know all too well from first-hand experience.

Back problems have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;the scourge of our species,â&#x20AC;? says Gemma Tarlach of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discoverâ&#x20AC;? magazine. From top to tail, the standard 33 vertebrae include seven cervical, 12 thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral and four coccygeal, though this number can vary between

backs (a saying with roots in the 17th century).â&#x20AC;?

Q. One week each year for the past 14 years, German astrophysicist and science historian Mathieu Ossendrijver trekked to Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s British Museum to study ancient Babylonian cuneiform tablets (dating from 350 to 50 B.C.E.) describing the motion of the planet Jupiter. Why, he wondered, is a trapezoid â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a rectangle with a slanted topâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;referenced among the arithmetical calculations?

32 and 35, with the pelvic area accounting for the biggest range of difference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back-cracking was widespread throughout the ancient world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for better or worse. Hippocrates, for example, advocated strapping someone with an abnormally curved spine to a ladder, and then dropping the ladder (and patient) from a height. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try this at home, kids.â&#x20AC;?

And though the saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;watch your backâ&#x20AC;? is commonly believed to derive from military tactics, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, it first appeared in Lee Florenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1949 Western novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Milk River Range.â&#x20AC;? Disagree? Tarlachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answer: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just telling you whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the OED so, you know, get off our

A. When the answer dawned on him, it rewrote a chapter of the history of mathematics, reports Ron Cowen in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scienceâ&#x20AC;? magazine. The trapezoid proved to represent a plot of Jupiterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speed versus

time, showing that the Babylonians understood that the area was the distance Jupiter traveled.

This concept of the area beneath a speed-time curve equaling distance is part of the branch of mathematics called calculus, which historians had long thought was invented in 14th-century Europe. As New York University historian Alexander Jones puts it, the new findings â&#x20AC;&#x153;testify to the revolutionary brilliance of the unknown Mesopotamian scholars who constructed Babylonian mathematical astronomy.â&#x20AC;?

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shortbread tarts with lemon cream filling and garnished with strawberries, blackberries and pansies.

Also on the menu were squares and a new kind of molasses raisin crinkle cookies that I love! I always serve coffee in addition to a variety of teas because there are people like me who prefer it – I really think tea is for grannies!

Scones for Afternoon Tea 2 cups all purpose flour 2 Tbsp. white sugar 1 tsp. salt 4 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. cream of tarter 1/2 cup butter, slightly softened 1 cup milk

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In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients.

Cut in butter until crumbly. Small lumps of butter can remain, that is what makes it flaky.

Add milk, stir quickly to combine. Dough will be soft.

Turn out on a lightly floured surface, knead gently 8-10 times.

Pat dough to 3/4” thickness and cut with a round cookie cutter.

Place rounds on greased baking sheet.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR into a circle about 3/4” thick directly on greased baking sheet. These scones can be cut into wedges af-

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3 Just one of the albums Allen martin recorded over the years was with the Gospel Crusaders.

It was recorded with his future wife, and other family members. Here, the group on the cover gets together for one more band picture.

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a lifetime that we are celebrating here: full of accomplishments and experiences. After hearing all of this, I think what everyone really wants to know is: when did you have the time? Did you ever sleep?”

Osborne asked Martin, prompting laughs from around the room.

Many of Martin’s friends

and family spoke to the crowd, sharing stories, usually funny stories, of Martin’s time in Elmira and beyond.

The award has been given to a deserving resident in Ontario’s long term care homes since 1986, and only one resident is selected from each member home.

“It was really hard for us to pick just one,” said Osborne.

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build contest.

She says there were a few challenges to tackle on build day.

“In the competition, we had to spread out gravel on just the bottom layer (of the display) and we had never really done that before, so that was a first, which made it a little bit tricky,” she said after the competition, adding that part of the excitement was seeing what other teams were capable of. “A lot of them were really talented.

All of the areas were really well done. I knew it was going to be a really tight race.

There wasn’t any team that was really far behind or anything. They all did a really good job.”

The two-person EDSS team received a bit of feedback on their work before the judges made their decisions.

“They talked to us a little bit about the stones – some of them were placed upside down. They told us to be careful of that for future reference,” she said. “But, I am really proud of me and Quinn.”

Walker Schott came third of seven competing in the plumbing contest, requiring him to put to-

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Ally McMurray and Quinn Young build their horticulture and landscaping project during the Skills Canada provincial competition at RIM Park last week. They came in third out of 11 teams.

[LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] gether a plumbing system in a time limit. He says he didn’t think he did as well as he ended up doing.

“I wasn’t really sure how well I did. It is mixed with secondary and post secondary, so it is hard to see how you are doing while you are working. You just do your best and hope it works out,” he said.

The Grade 11 student has been at Skills Canada before, competing in the four-person team carpentry category, but decided on a change this year. He

says he loves the environment at the province-wide contest, and wants to go back.

“It was great. It is always fun and it is really well organized. It is always a challenge, but it is always fun to compete against other people and see that they are doing,” he said.

The Skills Canada provincials are held at RIM Park every year.

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