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DOinG GOOD(iES) grades 1 and 2 students at Floradale Public School held a cupcake sale on May 15 to raise funds for Together for Autism. From left, juanita Sauder, lucinda Martin, Susan Bearinger, Elvina Martin, Hannah Martin, Eva guenther, Timothy Martin, Courtney Martin and josh Pomerleau display the colourful and tasty creations.
Breslau Community Centre start pushed back Construction delayed until July as Woolwich waits to hear about grant request, seeks cost efficiencies STEVE KANNON Woolwich hopes a one-month delay will translate into a pile of cash for a new community centre in Breslau. Expecting to hear by the end of June if the township will receive federal and provincial funding for the project, councillors this week pushed back the start of construction to July 2. Work had been expected to get underway June 1.
Woolwich has applied for money from the Building Canada Fund. If approved, the municipality would see the senior governments each kick in one-third of the cost of the $2.2 million project, explained director of recreation and facilities Larry Devitt. The delay would also give the township and contractor Gateman-Milloy Inc. time to find more efficiencies to hold down costs on the project, he added.
While supportive of the move Tuesday night, Ward 3 Coun. Murray Martin warned against further setbacks for the long-delayed development. “We haven’t done one thing on time with this project,” he said, noting delays throughout the process and eventually gaining reassurances construction would begin in July no matter what happens with the Building Canada grant. “I think the community will understand – there’s an awful
lot of money at stake here,” noted Coun. Ruby Weber. Once construction begins, the contractor expects the work to take about 22 weeks to complete. A July 2 start would take the project into mid-December. The 10,000-square-foot structure will be joined to the existing Empire Communities Ltd. sales office, which is to be turned over to the township when the 475-home subdivision is built out.
The Ventin Group Architects’ final design came after a long process of consultation with residents and the Breslau Recreation Association. While the final price tag, the lowest of 12 bids, was some $460,000 higher than budgeted for, the financing was deemed workable. Changes to the development charges formula, plus community fundraising in excess of the original See DELAYS »09
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Jones feed mill EDSS event fetes technical programs looking to expand You’d expect to find a pop machine in a cafeteria, but perhaps not a miniature ice rink, a dozen mannequins sporting different hairstyles and a solar-powered car. The cafeteria at Elmira District Secondary School was host to all of those things and more Wednesday evening as students from 10 schools in Waterloo Region displayed technological education projects for the Building Futures Together program. The event, organized by the Waterloo Region District School Board and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, brought together educators, students, and employers from across the region. OYAP spokesperson Jill Nothstein said the purpose of the event was to showcase technical education programs and thank employers for their support. “It’s a celebration of industry and education
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innOVaTinG Nick Kelba, a grade 12 student at EDSS, displays his miniature ice rink at the Building Futures Together event held Wednesday in celebration of technological education in Waterloo Region.
working together,” she said. “Because without industry taking our students on co-ops, giving us equipment donations, without them coming and doing workshops for our students, we wouldn’t have as much. We really rely on them for support of our programs.”
Nothstein said Elmira was chosen to host because of the strong support for technical education in the community and the school. EDSS had the most competitors and brought home the most medals from the regional skills competition earlier this
spring. Nick Kelba, a Grade 12 student at EDSS, agreed the school has an excellent technological program. “It really focuses on the hands-on part,” he said. “I’d say it’s one of the best ones around.” Kelba was at the school on Wednesday displaying the miniature ice rink he built for the school’s HVAC – heating, ventilation, air conditioning – course. He has signed up for the apprenticeship program and is hoping to find a summer job that will lead into that apprenticeship. During the event, 12 students were presented with certificates of apprenticeship registration, allowing them to start their apprenticeship while in high school. Two of the 12 students were from EDSS; Christian Huber was accepted as a millwright apprentice by Pillar Sausages and Deli, and Charles Bauman is apprenticing with Charcoal Steakhouse as a cook.
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Linwood operation seeking zone change to allow 40,000 sq. ft.; plans to hire more employees JONI MILTENBURG About 35 people showed up to Wellesley council Tuesday night for an information meeting on the proposed expansion of Jones Feed Mill in Linwood. Owner Jeff Jones has applied for a zoning change amendment to add a premix plant behind the existing mill. The zoning change amendment is for 20 acres of the 71-acre lot at the southeast corner of Manser Road and Alfred Street. Jones plans to construct a 40,000-squarefoot blending, packaging and distribution centre with warehouse space and an adjacent parking lot. The mill currently trucks in mixed feed; with the new plant, they would be making premix for hogs, beef and dairy on site. The premix plant would employ an additional 25 people. “Our intention now is just to make those products at the mill,” Jones
told the assembled crowd. Township planner Steve Jefferson told the crowd that there would likely be no increase in truck traffic, as there are currently trucks coming to drop off feed. The mill produces 60,000 tonnes of feed per year and sells another 2,000 tonnes of premix. The premix plant would produce an additional 4,000 tonnes, Jones intends to install a silencer on the exhaust system to lower noise levels and build a berm between the plant and the houses along Manser Road, with the height of the berm to be determined by an acoustical engineer. None of the people at the meeting opposed the plan, but a few had questions for Jones. A small section of the property abuts Manser Road, and one resident wanted to know if Jones planned to use it for an entrance to the new plant. Jones told her he intends to use the existing entrance from AlSee JONES »09
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“The stress of poverty … trying to make extra money to feed extra mouths is just very unbearable” Crystal Jedrzejewski
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a DiFFErEnT pErSpECTiVE Crystal jedrzejewski (right) volunteered at the Salem Orphanage Home in Kisumu last year. Now, jedrzejewski is raising money to help support the orphanage and its community outreach programs.
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Local dancers eager to raise funds for Kenyan orphanage that has seen downturn in fortunes
MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Music and dance are a universal language. So too is volunteerism. For Listowel’s Crystal Jedrzejewski, all three have the power to bring together the residents of two very distant continents. On June 13 at Listowel District Secondary School, Jedrzejewski, with the help of several local dance studios, will celebrate that sense of global community by raising funds for the Salem Orphanage Home in Kisumu, Kenya. “It’s basically a way for our community to get together and inspire each other so that we can make a difference. … It’s a way for those in our community to help those in another community,” she said, noting that dance and volun-
teerism are both personal passions of hers: Combining the two came naturally. Jedrzejewski first learned about the project in Kisumu after doing some research about potential locations where she and a friend might offer their services. The two ultimately decided on Salem Orphanage Home and spent May 2008 volunteering with the organization. Supporting and aiding the community of the largest city of Nyanza Province through its orphanage, primary and secondary school, church and community outreach program, the non-profit organization is grassroots defined. It was established by Pheobe and John Onyango, who grew up in poverty in the same community, in 1992. The Onyangos formed the organization in an effort to provide the
community’s youth, many of whom were orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS, with better futures. The facility helps both children and other members of the Kisumu community through schooling and outreach and by providing a home for those children who don’t have one. The orphanage usually houses some 100 youths, sponsors children from the slums to go to school, and aids community members with medicine, treatment and awareness of HIV/AIDS. Battling through economic difficulties in a country where government funding is scarce, and where available cash often goes toward the upkeep of roads crucial to the tourist industry (an invaluable source of national income) before supporting much needed
social programs, the Oyangos cast their nets further, searching for help from beyond their own community. But in recent years, the already strained cash flow coming from abroad took an even harder hit and many supporting charities
cut short their contributions. As a result, the orphanage downsized, and now houses just 65 children and sponsors just 100 to go to school; the community clinic has been closed completely. “The stress of poverty … trying to make extra money to feed extra mouths is just very unbearable. Whereas here in Canada we have different social services that we’re able to go to, to get at least some help, where over there the government doesn’t have enough money to be spending on social services,” said Jedrzejewski. Still in contact with the Onyangos, Jedrzejewski this year raised some $4,000 through garage sales, hot dog vending and selling “Be The Change” T-shirts (by Me to We – Free the Children). Those monies See ORPHANAGE page »06
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» FROM THE EDITOR | STEVE KANNON
Best to consult the public on government contracting trends When Woolwich councillors this week voted to spend more than $89,000 to hire a consultant for the Breslau servicing study they did so with no debate or hesitation. Such expenditures, cumulatively amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, have become a matter of course. In the township’s case, the rationale for such hires is that the planning and engineering staffs lack the manpower to review and oversee every project. Sometimes staff lacks a certain expertise deemed essential to the process. Governments of all stripes, however, are more readily turning to consultants, often to the detriment of coffers and, more alarmingly, to the notion of accountability. You can see government staffs’ attraction to the idea: the work is offloaded and so too is the liability if something goes wrong, increasingly likely as the size of a particular project grows. More disturbing is the use of consultants, and sometimes special committees, to third-party decisions, particularly lucrative pay raises and job reclassifications, often involving subjective comparisons with other municipalities. That’s the kind of thing that came back to bite councillors’ behinds in Windsor, for instance, where recently a bitter dispute broke out when the city asked its unionized workers to take a four-year wage freeze and reduced
benefits for new hires; just a year earlier, council approved a consultant’s report calling for some 400 managers and non-union staff members to receive significant pay increases ranging up to 15 per cent, and averaging 4.6 per cent. That hike was on top of the three per cent non-union employees received in conjunction with raises given to unionized workers. Woolwich has made similar adjustments in recent years. An attempt by the City of Waterloo to do likewise this year met with massive opposition because of the economic conditions, though residents of all municipalities should resist such measures on principle. Likewise, politicians and bureaucrats should be blocked from employing such processes rife with conflict. The problem is endemic, from the federal government on down. In their first two years after forming a government in 2006, the Conservatives issued $917 million in contracts to consultants, an increase of 42 per cent over the $534 million in such contracts issued by the Liberal government in the two years prior. Consultants were hired for varied roles, from overseeing the student loan program to promoting the stripping of public assets for private gain. In this case, critics have attached an ideological motive to go along with some of the other dubious claims for the hiring of consultants: the Conservatives are said to want to diminish the public service in favour of private profit. In such instances, the use of consultants can become a form of out-
sourcing, though typically causing less friction with professional staff than equivalent measures taken with unionized staff – hiring a consultant to do a study appears much less invasive than axing the cleaning staff in favour of a private firm. As with hiring additional managers and similar employees – we’ve seen staff numbers creep up across the board with local government, even here in Woolwich, though not to the extent seen at the regional level – the use of consultants can help insulate senior bureaucrats from the public and council and the accountability that comes with such scrutiny. Of course, such steps are often condoned by politicians who are unable or unwilling to make decisions themselves, essentially deferring to outside sources. There is also reason to question the independence of consultants. Those hired for technical expertise can be seen as impartial, but the waters can get murky with management consultants and hires made to study strategies, program spending and other
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The Elmira Arena’s days are numbered. Woolwich council this week awarded a contract to JMX Environmental Inc. of Gormley, Ontario to demolish the Snyder Avenue building at a cost of $112,600. The company expects to complete the job within 30 days of receiving final approval to go ahead with the work. Its tender price, along with some $40,000 in other expenses such as soil testing, is significantly lower than the $400,000 budgeted for the demolition. That won’t leave any additional money in township coffers, however, but will simply reduce the amount of money it will have to borrow as part of its aggressive capital spending blitz, noted Larry Devitt, director of recreation and facilities.
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The chickens are coming home to roost as a result of Woolwich’s aggressive building spree: taking on tens of millions in spending, the township is now forced to redeem $6.9 million in senior debt owed to it by Waterloo North Hydro. Upon taking the money, the township will lose $413,000 a year in interest income, a significant loss that will have to be addressed in 2010 budget deliberations. Woolwich will need the approval of either the City of Waterloo or Wellesley Township to proceed. The three municipalities jointly own the utility. Previously, the township monetized $1.5 million from WNH to help pay for the new administration building.
Maryhill Playgroup gets township grant Tongue in cheek, Coun. Mark Bauman suggested it would cost more to request more information and reschedule the item on the agenda than to simply waive $351 in rental fees for the new Maryhill Heritage Park Community Centre. Fellow councillors quickly approved the request from the Maryhill Playgroup, an informal organization that hosts activities for preschoolers on Thursday mornings. The cost of renting the facility once a week from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. for a period of 35 weeks is $875. Having received a $300 donation from the Optimist Club and raised $274 through a bake sale, the group asked the township to waive the remainder of the rental fee.
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Starting a ride as an end to cancer Elmira man seeking pledges as he plans to bike 200-kilometre route JONI MILTENBURG It’s not the biking that scares Alex Geisel about the Ride to Conquer Cancer. For most people, biking more than 200 kilometres from Toronto to Niagara Falls would be a daunting prospect. But the Elmira man is an avid cyclist and expects to have no trouble covering the distance. “It’s the donation amount that actually scares me more,” Geisel said. The minimum fundraising amount is $2,500 per participant. Geisel has about $400 pledged, and just a few weeks to raise the remaining amount before the ride June 13. The Ride to Conquer Cancer just started last year. In its inaugural year, 3,000 riders raised $14 million for the Campbell Family Institute at the Princess Margaret
Hospital in Toronto. When Geisel learned about it, he was eager to take part; not only does he love bike riding, but he’s a cancer survivor himself. When he was six, Geisel was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma that causes rapid growth of abdominal tumours. For the next year, he went through chemotherapy at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto until the disease was in remission. Geisel also has a personal connection with Princess Margaret; after turning 18, he started going there for his checkups. Last fall was his 20th year of being cancer-free. Geisel got serious about mountain biking when he was 21 and does some racing and competing for fun. This weekend, he’ll be biking in an eight-hour en-
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PEDAL POWER Alex Geisel is putting his love of biking to good use in the Ride to Conquer Cancer to benefit the Princess Margaret Hospital in June.
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Students continue greening at Linwood PS Kids have fun helping the environment, and earning accolades in the process MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
HERE’S THE SCOOP Students and teachers at Linwood Public School took advantage of the warm weather May 15 to get some good work done in the nature area. Among the participants were Nick McKee, Clayton Bowman, George Costisor, who all dug in to lend a hand.
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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, May 23, 2009
Township hires consultant for Breslau servicing study Process will look at extending water and sewer lines to older parts of the village, examining potential of sanitary sewers for Elroy Acres STEVE KANNON Replenished groundwater levels have taken the urgency out of the equation, but Woolwich continues to move ahead with plans to bring municipal services to the core of Breslau. This week, council agreed to pay $89,000 to Stantec Consulting Ltd. to undertake a servicing study. The issue surfaced in the fall of 2007 when shallow wells began running dry. Homeowners quickly blamed development at the Riverland subdivision, saying
grading work had disrupted groundwater flows. Some homes were temporarily linked to neighbours with deep wells and the municipality brought in large storage tanks in some cases. Wet weather in 2008 has restored well water to historic levels, making the problem less pressing. So far this year, conditions have been ideal for recharging groundwater levels. The township, however, continues to look at a range of long-term solutions, including the extension of full municipal services to the older areas where residents
are still using wells and septic systems. Initial estimates put the cost of full water and sewer services at $30,000 for each of about 100 homeowners in the old core of the village. For just water, the price tag would be $15,000. At public meetings that followed the initial crisis, residents appeared split on the need for municipal services, in some cases put off by the cost. If water and sewer pipes are installed, every benefitting homeowner will be compelled to pay a share of the cost even if he or she chooses not to hook up to the system.
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will go to the orphanage, as well as helping to pay for teachers and other education costs. Jedrzejewski, with the help of the Rotary Club of St. Catharines, hopes to beef up that contribution by hosting the dance performance next month. Studios from Listowel, Wingham and Elmira (Encore Dance Studios), along with a few vocalists from Elmira, Listowel and St. Catharines, will be performing. Jedrzejewski plans on attending teacher’s college in September and won’t be heading back
to Kenya for some time. However, impressed and impacted by the resilient people she met and having learned some valuable life lessons in Kisumu, Jedrzejewski is eager to return in the future. “I realized how many
luxuries I’ve grown up with, simple things like deodorant, being able to open a fridge, realizing something’s going to be in there, running water,” she said. “To actually experience what people actually go through instead of
just reading about it is a whole different story.” The dance performance takes place on June 13 at Listowel High School. The first of two will run from 2 to 4 p.m.; the second from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 and can be obtained at Keil and Dadson Insurance in Listowel or by calling Jedrzejewski at (519) 2915702. Once they purchase their tickets, spectators can enter a free door prize. Information tables collecting donations, individual sponsorships, and Be the Change Tshirts for sale will also be on hand.
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Greening: Students have been stepping up participation
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SOME HOLIDAY FUN Scores of people came out Monday for the Victoria Day celebrations in Conestogo. Dragana Lapcevic is all smiles as she flies by on a swing.
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exploits this week, the students put into action the money they received through the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation this winter. This is the second grant the group has received in some two years, as last season, under the guidance of teachers Ed Piva and Kathy Puskas, the students – a group of some 27 known as the Green Team – accepted a $2,000 Toyota grant to beautify the green space in front of the school building. This year, the group expanded that project with the $5,000 they received from TD Friends of the Environment. They also applied for EcoSchools certification (Ontario EcoSchools was created in 2002 by a consortium of education stakeholders to address environmental issues in the formal education system) and hope to hear back by June 5 whether they were granted the gold standard certification. It’s all part of a greater plan to inculcate in the students a knowledge of environmental issues and a sense of global responsibility. “It’s important for teachers to educate students about the importance of making efforts to conserve for future generations because all the evidence points right now to a tipping point and we’re kind of on the crest of that and we need to make changes in our behaviour before it’s too late,” said Grade 7 and 8 teacher Ed Piva, who was recently recognized by the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario for his efforts and dedication toward fostering environmental action.
A HOLE-HEARTED EFFORT Marissa Kurtz, Jana Wagler, Alex Hildebrand and Kelsey Barker were all smiles as they worked away at Linwood PS.
“Everyone has the ability to choose if they want to positively impact the environment that we all share. Clearly, the students of Linwood Public School care enough about our environment to be the change. They have created a place that will foster respect for the natural world and responsibility for the creatures that live in it for many years to come.” Environmental awareness and participation are growing, now that the new science curriculum requires environmental education up to Grade 8. “We’re expected to teach about it now, not just casually talk about it; it’s a teaching expectation, which is great,” said Piva.
Linwood PS is going beyond the curriculum, however, and recently applied for gold standard certification through the Ecoschools program. Piva, Puskas and a handful of Green Team members are hoping to learn about their application at a day-long event scheduled for June 5 at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo. To become certified, a school must demonstrate achievement in a number of areas, including teamwork and leadership, energy conservation, waste minimization, school ground greening, curriculum (environmental education) and environmental stewardship and school community.
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Foodlink releases new Buy Local! Buy Fresh! map summer when they think of local food, the map is a guide to eating locally It’s spring, and local through four seasons. “The whole idea is to food producers want to you to get fresh with promote local foods year them … and they’re even round,” said Foodlink prepared to show you project coordinator Anna just how to do it. In this Contini. “Some people case, via the Buy Local! are under the impresBuy Fresh! map that’s sion it’s just produce, being launched today but it isn’t. It’s all locally (Saturday) at the Elmira produced food – meats, cheeses, preserves, syrFarmer’s Market. The map, produced by up, you name it.” Foodlink is a non-profit Foodlink, lists 75 farms in Waterloo Region as collaboration between well as farmer’s mar- farms, food processors, kets, local food proces- distributors, retailers, restaurants and other sors and restaurants. Although most people community stakeholdObserver_garden_3.3"w x 5.1"h:Stoneers Lanin Waterloo Region. tend to think of spring and
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Last year Foodlink distributed nearly 40,000 maps and they went quickly, Contini said. Along with the map of their locations, each farm has a listing with its contact info, hours, items for sale and any additional features, such as u-pick, certified organic, farm tours or community shared agriculture. Of the 75 farms on the map, 33 are in Woolwich Township and another 13 are in Wellesley. A number of those vendors will be at the Elmira Farmer’s Market, which Contini said is a See MAP page »09
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Police urge parents to review safety plans with children Police are on the lookout for a suspicious male who approached two young girls near Floradale Public School Monday morning. At approximately 10:25 a.m., two nine-year-old girls were playing outside the school, when they were approached by an unknown male who had showed up in a van. The male verbally requested that the girls come with him and the girls ran to a place of safety. They then reported the incident to an adult. Police attended but were unable to locate the suspect or van. The suspect is described as a white male in his 40s, with a moustache, wearing a plain black shirt and red jogging pants. The vehicle is described as a dark blue or black minivan. Parents are encouraged to review public safety plans with their children.
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May 15
5:00 PM | A bike was found in the area of Fransiscus and Susan streets in Martin Grove. The bike, a red, 18-speed Supercycle, had been there for a few weeks. It may be claimed by its rightful owner at the Elmira detachment.
Map: Guide to local sources » From page 08
true local market. “We like to refer to it as the 10-mile market, because everything is locally produced, grown or made, without exception,” she said. “We’re inviting people to come out to the market, get the map and at the same time discover a wonderful source for local food.” Earlier this week, Foodlink also launched its
updated website, www. foodlink.ca. The new site offers an interactive version of the map, where people can search for local farms by distance or food item. There are profiles of different foods, a recipe database and a full event calendar. Local Food 101 has answers to frequently asked questions on topics like grassfed beef, omega-3 eggs, free-run hens and more.
The launch takes place at the Elmira Farmer’s Market, in the parking lot of the Home Hardware, 10 Church St. W., from 10 a.m. to noon May 23. The map, which is free, is also available at Kitchen Kuttings, the township office, the Elmira Produce Auction and a number of other sites listed on the Foodlink website at www. foodlink.ca.
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$330,000 target will reduce the gap to $106,000. Community fundraising efforts continue. The new building, a gymnasium/community centre, will be built to
complement the existing sales pavilion erected by Empire Communities. That structure is 3,600 sq. ft.; with the basement included, it provides about 7,000 sq. ft. Under a deal made with
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May 14
9:10 PM | A deer hit a car on Northfield Drive near Reid Woods Drive in Woolwich Township. The deer was last seen heading into a field. The young driver was not injured, but the vehicle suffered significant damage to the front-end and side. The driver did, however, manage to drive to the police station to file a report.
the township in 2006, the company located the facility at Breslau Memorial Park with the intention of selling it to the municipality for $2 when the subdivision is built out.
May 16
2:00 PM | Police received a report of some vandalism in the area of Snyder Avenue in Elmira. An arbor and six metal stands for dedication placards at a private property in the area were damaged. Some liquor bottles and garbage from a fast food restaurant were left behind.
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May 17
5:09 PM | Police received a report that a deer had run out from the side of the road and into the path of vehicle as it travelled down Burning Bush Road, near the Benjamin Road boundary with Waterloo. 2:00 PM | The front license plate on a vehicle parked at the Farmers’ Market in St.
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bert Street to keep the site secure. Another resident wanted to know what type of materials Jones would be bringing on the site to make the premix. Jones told him that 90 per cent of the material would be salt, dicalcium phosphate and lime, with no chemicals being brought on to the site. Council was advised to defer discussion of the matter until after the formal public meeting is held.
Jacobs snagged on some section rope when the driver of the vehicle pulled away. The plate snapped off, and caused two other posts to fall on two other vehicles parked beside the culprit. The driver left the scene but a plate remained. There were light damages to the other vehicles. 5:20 PM | A dog was hit by a car while in the area of Arthur Street South, near the No Frills store in Elmira. The older, female golden retriever suffered injuries to its hindquarters and was brought to a vet clinic in Elmira. The animal was sheltered there and looked after and the owner was located. The dog did not suffer any major injuries.
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May 18
12:30 PM | A burned out Toyota Corolla was found on Letson Drive, near Buggy Lane in West Montrose. The vehicle was burned to a crisp and was taken to the police impound yard. The investigation continues.
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May 19
2:00 PM | A 25-year-old man was hit in the temple with a metal clamp while at a Wallenstein-area business. It appears that the individual had been working with a pulley system when a clamp broke and hit him in the head. He did not lose consciousness and was not injured beyond requiring some stitches. The Ministry of Labour was notified.
Region plans $3.6M project in Linwood Waterloo Region council this week approved spending $3.6 million to make improvements to Manser Road and Ament Line in Linwood. The main roads are being reconstructed to address various issues, including deteriorating road conditions, pedestrian, cycling and buggy needs, and issues with curbs/gutters and storm sewers.
Public input (including participation from the Mennonite community) was incorporated into the region’s preferred design alternative. The Township of Wellesley will fund sidewalk repairs and replacements. Construction is scheduled to begin in August 2009 and be completed by late summer 2010.
Council has snow on its mind We may have finally moved firmly into spring, but Woolwich council had the bitterest season in mind this week as it approved spending $232,000 for a new snowplow and sander.
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Weighing the costs of accessibility Left unspoken this week in Woolwich council’s discussion of yet another report on the unwieldy Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA) was the fact the township stands to gain little for the large amount of money it will be forced to spend. Simply put, very few people are likely to ever use the costly services – having documents available in different formats and making sign language interpreters available, for instance – that are being bandied about at this stage. There are also expenses related to physical accessibility, including entrances to municipal buildings. In a survey released in 2006, Elmira’s public buildings got a failing grade. The township office building, Elmira Arena, Elmira Pool and library were all singled out for presenting barriers to people with disabilities. The township was also cited for inaccessible sidewalk curbs, sidewalk conditions and its handicap parking spaces, among others. Since that time, the township has acquired a new administration building, added an elevator and other amenities at the library and is in the process of building a new multi-purpose recreation facility to replace both the arena and the pool. It
has also stepped up repairs to sidewalks, as well as constructing new ones. None of these projects were undertaken simply because of ODA requirements – although that was a major consideration in moving to a new administration building – but the legislation did come into play. Designing new buildings to accommodate people with disabilities simply makes sense: The costs are relatively small and makes the facilities open to all residents. But the issue goes beyond ramps and door openers under provisions of the ODA now under discussion. The term disability cuts a wide swath, as do measures to ensure accessibility. Municipalities are facing huge costs if broad standards are adopted. For small townships like Woolwich and Wellesley, the expenses will be relatively more burdensome. That’s why the province must not only be realistic in the demands placed by the legislation now in draft form, but it must also be prepared to make money available to help municipalities deal with the extra costs. As Coun. Mark Bauman noted, the provisions of the ODA are akin to downloading of services and expenses, even if it’s a new program. In that light, Woolwich and other municipalities should be demand-
» VERBATIM “Canadians should be outraged at the prospect ... of having to pay for Mulroney’s defence at an inquiry that he himself demanded take place. This is wrong on so many levels.” NDP MP Pat Martin on spending $2 million for Brian Mulroney’s legal bills
ing increased funding to cover the costs, he noted. Chief administrative officer David Brenneman said the provisions of the ODA, like other government legislation that establishes requirements but provides no funding, are good in theory but leave municipalities scrambling to comply. “We’ll be looking for the appropriate level of funding … to implement these ideas.” Demands for more money from the province are commonplace, but with the ODA criticisms are muted by political correctness: no one wants to be seen as opposing services for the disabled. Nor should they, though there must be careful cost-benefit analyses done. That said, demographics alone dictate that more of us will fall under the auspices of the ODA. According the Canadian Medical Association, one in eight Canadians – in excess of 3.5 million people – lives with a disability. Advances in health care and an aging population mean that the number of people with disabilities will continue to grow. Health care costs, especially pharmaceuticals, continue to skyrocket as it is. This legislation will add to the costs. We need to plan now for the future we know is coming.
» THE MONITOR The current recession is seeing Canadians return to a thriftier mode. The personal savings rate is expected to average around 6-7% over the next five years, double the rate of the last five years, reflecting less willingness to count on capital gains to provide for future savings and a slower trend rate of consumer spending. TD Economics
COMMENT & OPINION |
THE OBSERVER | Saturday, May 23, 2009
» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
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Media failing the public with lack of environmental coverage As the provincial election unfolded out here in B.C., we saw serious rifts exposed in the environmental movement. Where does it go now after the massive Gordon Campbell win, ratifying his plans to ravage our seas and rivers? In the vacuum created by that rift, the news media utterly failed in its duty to inform the voters about critical environmental issues. As a result, Campbell will assume a mandate to bring in more fish farms, increase the capacity of those in existence and continue a massive destruction of our rivers. Premier Campbell was able to campaign without having to meet these issues head on and this strategy was clear to me as I taunted his ministers to debate with me. Where was the energy minister? There is no doubt in my mind that an integral part of Campbell’s strategy was to get rid of Richard Neufeld, the former energy minister, so that he would not be seen to be avoiding debate. Instead, a new minister could duck a fight because he was so recent an appointment.
If there is an environmental movement it was sent asunder by the defection of Tzeporah Berman and David Suzuki, who seemed to tell us that destruction of rivers for power was helpful to the cause of lowering carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Indeed there seemed to be an inference, if not a direct statement, that they alone represented environmental legitimacy, an arrogant assumption of leadership. They were accredited by the media as the environmental aristocracy before whom the rest of us should cringe in fear and humility. There were exceptions. The talk shows at CKNW and CFUN did permit contrary views, as did some community papers. But you would have looked in vain in the mainstream news media to see what we were on about. And what was our message? That so-called “run of river projects” permanently and seriously impact our rivers and streams to make electricity which we, through our crown corporation, BC Hydro, must buy at double or more the “spot” market price? That this power, because most of it can only be produced when the spring runoff occurs, is of almost no use domestically and must be exported? This was confirmed by the CEO of the Plutonic/General Electric partner-
ship who said a person “would have had to be in a coma” not to know that this power was for export. And that Hydro now owes $31 billion to those private power companies who now have a contract – a sum that will hugely increase as more and more private projects get approved. With so much at stake, you would think this would be an issue that public affairs shows would want to explore at some point during the election. Yet, to offer one example of the frustrations I faced as I travelled around the province speaking on this issue, I was consistently denied the opportunity to appear on the Fanny Kiefer Show on Shaw Cable. I began to wonder if this was because Shaw Cable is the major shareholder of Corus Entertainment, the owners of CKNW, who fired me in 2003 and have airbrushed me from their history and to this date deny me access to the 20th and 21st floor of the TD building. When I shared my thinking with Fanny, it was not she but Shaw Cable who, in a letter one might send to an uneducated bumpkin, stated that this wasn’t so. As they considered this issue and it became clear, in the fullness of time and at the end of the day... they might well ask me to appear. Like much of
the media in general, Shaw Cable simply refused to deal with the serious allegations Save Our Rivers Society was raising throughout the province. I do a regular political panel on Monday mornings on CBC radio and I begged for a year to have this issue and the fish farms debacle on the agenda. They never were unless I crammed it into an answer to an entirely different question. I was told that last week they did an entire program on it, but despite the fact that I’m a CBC “regular,” as official spokesperson for Save Our Rivers Society, I was not invited. (I expect after saying this I will be let go as part of their budget cuts.) Again and again I asked political columnists Vaughn Palmer of the Sun and Mike Smyth of the Province to deal with this issue but not a peep. If what I said was wrong, surely the media would have said so and why. Last fall I went to Terrace to speak on this issue and, before I left, was interviewed by a reporter for the local radio station. When I got to the public meeting the woman who interviewed me told me (and she was prepared to be identified) that the interview had not been used because the manager of the station thought it might offend Alcan. A few weeks ago I was in Castlegar See MAIR »12
» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER
Factory farms provide the right environment for pandemics We seem to have got away with it this time. The swine flu turned out not to be a global killer, at least not in this first go-round. But we have had a fright, and maybe we should learn some-
thing from it. In 1994, only 10 per cent of American pigs lived out their brief lives in vast factory farms. Only seven years later, in 2001, 72 per cent did. The percentage is even higher today – and it’s now known that the virus that caused the outbreak in Mexico is a direct descendant of one that was first identified on an industrial-scale pig-raising facility in North Carolina in 1998. It’s not just pigs. Fewer than 300 people have died from the “bird flu” virus since it emerged in Asia in 2003, but if it became transmissible directly between human beings it could cause a pandemic that killed tens of millions. Did the bird flu virus also evolve on a factory farm where hundreds of thousands of chickens are crowded together? Nobody knows, but the fact that most chickens everywhere now live in battery farms certainly enhances the chance of a further mutation that makes the virus transmissible human-to-human. Industrial-scale livestock raising, a relatively recent development, is making lethal pandemics ten times more likely than they used to be. Ten times? Okay, I’m just guessing, and you won’t find scientists going out on a limb like that because they can’t prove it. Scientists who go farther than the evidence will take them end
up being pilloried by their colleagues: in academe, anybody who exposes a flank is attacked mercilessly by his peers, so the prudent researcher doesn’t give voice to his hunches. There has only been one major pandemic in the last hundred years, in 1918, and we won’t have the hard numbers to show that pandemics have become ten times more likely until and unless there are ten major pandemics in the next hundred years. But when I was interviewing experts about pandemics five years ago, just after avian flu first emerged, several of them told me off the record that that was precisely what they expected. They wouldn’t go on the record, of course, so it’s left to journalists like me to say what’s on their minds. That is, the way we are getting most of our meat now is probably going to kill quite a lot of us. Just one more hazard of living in a mass society obsessed with getting maximum output at the lowest cost. Human beings were hardly prey to quick-killer epidemic diseases at all until they started domesticating animals nine or ten thousand years ago. Living in our original hunter-andgatherer groups of a hundred or less, we were a poor target for diseases that killed their hosts fast, for they would quickly run out of potential hosts and die off themselves. However, almost all the animals that human beings domesticated for food – pigs, sheep, goats, cattle and poultry – lived in large herds or flocks. They were targets for epidemic diseases, because they had enough individuals to keep passing the disease on. As the number of people in human societies grew larger – thousands,
then hundreds of thousands, then tens of millions – they became potentially vulnerable to similar epidemic diseases. But even though the farmers often lived under the same roof with their animals, passing viruses back and forth, it generally took a long time before some minor mutation enabled the virus to cross the species barrier and thrive in human beings. During the past several thousand years, major quick-killer epidemic diseases that affect human beings have emerged, on average, only once every few hundred years. But now that we keep most of our livestock in crowded cages for their entire lives, generally living above a cesspool of their own excrement and exchanging disease pathogens at blinding speed, the speed of evolution of the pathogens has accelerated dramatically. “With massive concentrations of farm animals within which to mutate, these new swine flu viruses in North America seem to be on an evolutionary fast track, jumping and reassorting between species at an unprecedented rate,” explained Michael Greger, director of public health at the U.S. Humane Society. The same is true of bird flu viruses, and not just in
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North America. The giant corporations that drove most small hog-breeders out of business in the United States – from more than a million farms raising 53 million hogs in 1965 to only 65,000 facilities growing 65 million hogs today – are now active all over the world. In Romania, for example, the number of hog farmers fell from 477,000 to just 52,000 in only four years after the agribusiness giants arrived on the scene in 2003. The new diseases, and new strains of old diseases to which we have no immunity, will surely come, and not just one, either. We have created the ideal environment to maximize new mutations among the diseases that kill large numbers of people, and we will pay a high price. Unless we get out of factory farming, which does not seem very likely. But then, pork prices in the United States dropped by one-fifth between 1970 and 2004, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That means that factory farming is saving the average American consumer $29 a year, or about $2.40 a month. What’s the risk of a lethal global pandemic compared to savings like that?
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Mair: Media part of the problem here » From page 11
to give a speech at an NDP fundraiser and the Black Press newspaper failed to cover my speech or interview me. The only senior member of the print media (apart from a few courageous community papers) to deal with this issue at all was Mark Hume of the Globe and Mail. Indeed, the Globe, in its B.C. section, covers B.C. issues better than the two local Canwest papers combined. During the 14 months I was traveling the province, speaking to full houses, nary one “journalist” from the two main Vancouver dailies and Global-BCTV, ever asked me a single question. Save Our Rivers Society, who hired me in part because I’m a broadcaster with a Michener Award, the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Award winner and member of the Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame, might just as well hired a fencepost with hair for all the attention the media paid this issue. Perhaps I flatter myself in thinking that the media should report what I say. But the charges I made were serious. If I was right, they should have reported that. If I was wrong, then so were scientists like Alexandra Morton, Dr. Craig Orr, John Calvert, Dr Marvin Schaffer, Dr Marvin Rosenau, Mark Angelo, Dr Neil Frazer
and Otto Langer. Think on it again – Save Our Rivers Society maintained that the Campbell government: 1) Encourages large corporations to ruin our rivers to produce electricity; 2) Under long-term contracts, forces BC Hydro to pay two or three times the export value with the price indexed to the market; 3) The electricity, because of the time of year it’s produced, is of virtually no value for our own needs and thus must be exported by BC Hydro at a crippling loss. None of this adds up to an important public issue at election time? The environmental questions raised by myself and much of the scientific community are so serious that only a media utterly derelict in their duty could fail to challenge them or give them full and fair coverage. In fact, on the day of the election the Vancouver Sun printed an op-ed piece extolling the virtues of private power by an executive of a private power producer. The fundamental moral duty of journalism to inform the public was all but utterly overlooked by the mainstream media in this province, denying to the public the information they needed to make an informed election decision.
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» THE VIEW FROM HERE | SCOTT ARNOLD
THREE MILD CASES IN THE REGION AND A WORLDWIDE FIZZLE PUT A BOY-WHO-CRIED-WOLF SPIN ON THE H1N1 FLU.
Crossing guard goes above and Media becoming hindrance, crossing the line in to propaganda beyond during construction eventually rorize – or, worse still, ill wife blames “the bombings, To the Editor, To the Editor, As everyone was aware, Church Street was closed for the week of May 11-15 at the corner of Dunke Street while construction crews installed new sewer and water lines. I work at an office at this corner and viewed the progress as the week went on. One unsung hero that I would like to say thank you to is Laura, the crossing guard that helps children cross the busy Church Street on their way to Riverside School. I would look out my window and see her make eye contact with a big loader coming up the street or a dump truck that was backing
up and each side would give an “OK, I see you” nod before Laura would walk the children across the street to safety. Laura was constantly directing the children as far away from the construction as possible to keep them safe. So next time you drive by the corner of Church Street and Dunke Street give a big thank-you wave to Laura for keeping your children safe during the construction. This goes for all the crossing guards in the township. You are the true unsung heroes of Woolwich Township. Doug Martin Elmira
The media is a drunken sailor reeling from one extreme to another under the influence of selling itself. It informs that the baring of Janet Jackson’s breast at the 2004 Super Bowl lasted for all of 9/16ths of a second and that Bo, the White House canine, was named after Bo Diddley, a blues singer who gave his surname to Michelle Obama’s father as a nickname. On a more serious note, there’s the tabloid side where the misdeeds of the rich and famous are paraded for our delight. John and Elizabeth Edwards appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show, where the terminally
other woman” for her husband’s fall, no more the man who would be president. The names echo down newsroom corridors: O.J., Clinton, Spitzer, Swaggart and Haggard, boosting ratings as we relish whereare-they-now? updates just as we relished their stumbling, patting ourselves on the back for being otherwise. But where the media really go off the rails is in scaring us, believing that our fear will rivet our attention. The problem is that psychologists tell us that fear is finite, lasting from three to four months, as evidenced in Baghdad where the populace, despite ongoing suicide
went on with day-to-day living. This meant that the recession – even depression maybe, just maybe, but who knows? – soon ran out of steam, requiring another calamity to keep us reading and watching. Enter the swine flu epidemic – pandemic maybe, just maybe – that took up the slack. A collective sigh rises from you know who as we don our masks and wash our hands, realizing we might have more to lose than our life’s savings and even our jobs. Yes, the flu and recession are potholes that must be covered, but in a measured, balanced way to inform, not ter-
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enjoying it so much that we decided, ‘hey, let’s start researching this,” Sweeney explained. After numerous trips down south where at “every gas station or restaurant there’s always some old guy with a smoker there cooking ribs or whatever,” Jason and his brother thought of producing the same type of meat back home. The two started researching online, interacting with other people belonging to BBQ associations, and started gleaning information for their own venture. Sweeney, who is a machinist by trade, and his brother designed their own slow cooker out of 55-gallon drums. Soon they started entering competitions and by their second year competing in national barbecue championships, were winning accolades and awards. As they plugged more time and money into their venture, they upgraded their equipment for commercial purposes and started catering to family events such as birthdays and weddings and to corporate gigs. But as they took on more and more events, the Sweeneys soon realized that the market was ripe for a more permanent venture. “We didn’t have a store or
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Farmers threatening protests if concerns go unheard With world hunger continuing to grow, you’d think we’d be doing all we could to help farmers produce food. Almost every sixth person in the world is hungry, and we’re trending the wrong way: Last year, globally the legions of hungry people increased by more than the entire population of Canada. Without farmers’ help (and some international development policy changes, to help farmers in underdeveloped countries help themselves), addressing this tragedy is impossible. Yet although we need farmers, we’re sending them mixed signals about their importance. And they’re getting frustrated. For example, we say we value farmers and we want safe, abundant food. Yet sometimes we treat them like enemies and adversaries. First, we pay them as little as we can to grow food, expecting them to achieve excellence on a shoestring, and hoping they make a living on volume, I suppose. However, when they expand to try to meet our needs, we criticize them, decrying the rise of what we call “cor-
porate” farms, like they’re something farmers created to make us uneasy, rather than to feed us. Second, we make it hard for farmers to respond to trends. We want roadside stands and on-farm boutiques, but we slap retail taxes on them. We want farmers to harbour wildlife, but we inadequately compensate them for damage. We want them to grow more local food, but they find it hard to get affordable insurance for unique crops. And finally, we fail to see how hidden agendas and implications in legislation affect farmers and research-based technology. Consider the patchwork of municipal pesticide laws and Ontario’s provincial cosmetic pesticide ban. If we ever have a hope of feeding one billion hungry people, we’re going to need all the forward-thinking science and research we can muster to support responsible crop protection. The kind of large-scale farming it takes to feed the world can’t exist alongside unbridled weed growth. If you want to see what that would look like, have a look around at almost anywhere the municipal grass has been cut sparingly. Check out this year’s crop of weeds. Corn or soybeans or wheat can’t grow through that mess in the quantities required.
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who have since graduated and who hold six records between them. Blake was the top seed in her event heading into this week’s CWOSSA competition. EDSS sent nine athletes to the regional meet, held Wednesday and Thursday at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School. The top six finishers in each event will advance to the provincial championships. After the first day of competition, several students had placed well enough to move on: Nick Timmerman was second in senior boys javelin; Lydia Frey fifth in junior girls discus; Mel Blake third in javelin; Jordan Moore fourth in midget boys high jump; and Madeline Charnuski finished fourth in both 100 metre and 400 metre hurdles.
JONI MILTENBURG Elmira athletes broke two records at the Waterloo County track and field championships last week, and vied for medals in 16 events at the regional meet this week. In the senior girls’ 400-metre hurdles, Madeline Charnuski shaved more than two seconds off the previous record, with a time of 1:08.06. And in senior girls’ javelin, Mel Blake bested her own record toss of 33.51 metres, set last year, with a 36.09-metre throw. EDSS holds records in 10 girls’ events at the WCSSAA level, tied with Bluevale Collegiate. Several of those are courtesy of Charnuski’s older sister Olivia and distance runner Tarah McKay,
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Mel Blake, 1st, sr girls’ javelin.
Sam Murray, 1st, midget girls’ 300 m hurdles; 2nd, midget girls’ 400 m hurdles; 3rd, midget girls’ 800 m hurdles.
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GREAT LEAP FORWARD Lydia Frey flies through the air into the long jump pit at the CWOSSA track and field meet Thursday.
After a dismal season and a firstround exit from the playoffs, the Wellesley Applejacks are making changes behind the bench, with team president Kevin Fitzpatrick taking on the coach and general manager’s duties. This is the fifth coaching change the team has made in three years in response to poor on-ice performance. After a decade in which they played for the championship nearly every year, the Jacks’ fortunes have fallen steadily: This was the third season in a row the team was put out in the first round. “Last year was an extremely difficult year, on the ice and off the ice, and our bankbook shows that,” Fitzpatrick said. “We need to do a lot of restructuring.” Fitzpatrick coached the team in the late 1990s, including its championship season in 1997/98, and will be joined behind the bench by his former assistants, Murray Henrich and Rob Burr. Assistant coach Lee Zacharczuk is returning, and goalie coach Jim Olender will be taking on some of the See JACKS »19
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Getting the guys together in celebration of deer Just when I thought I had my friends in the city pegged, they come up with this truly brilliant idea. It’s so brilliant, in fact that I’m actually kind of jealous that I didn’t think of it first. What is even more surprising to me is that half of the guys who dreamt this up don’t even hunt or leave the city that much. And yet, they must have some special appreciation for whitetail deer – otherwise why would they even think of throwing a stag party? When you think about it, it really is a pretty good concept – one that probably ought to catch on like wild fire. I’m not exactly sure what they plan to do at this event, since this will be the first one I’ve ever been invited to, but I’m guessing that we’ll all sit in a circle, have a coffee or two and talk about bucks and buck behaviour in the
pre-rut, rut, and post rut to start. And certainly no celebration of big bucks would be complete without a seminar on food sources, home ranges, and antler development; so I suspect they’ll have a portion of the festivities devoted to these things too. The timing is actually perfect, since my brother is getting married on the following weekend. This isn’t any coincidence either – they actually said that they were throwing the party just for him. No doubt, they thought it would be good if we took his mind off of his impending marriage by talking about other things. Plus, they know how he loves to deer hunt. Boy, am I excited! Any time I can see a couple of nice racks, I’m happy. And that’s exactly what I told the guy who invited me too. He laughed, but said I shouldn’t set my hopes too high since he wasn’t in charge of the entertainment. He then reminded me that we were all getting a bit too old for that kind of thing any-
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Jacks: Team expects changes to be reflected on ice as well » From page 16
general manager’s duties. There will be new faces on the executive too, including Terry Brick and Keith Kuepfer, who will also help out on the ice. General manager Dave Litt stepped down at the end of last season, despite a unanimous endorsement from the executive. Fitzpatrick hoped Litt would change his mind and return, and said they would still welcome him back in any capacity. “When you have a losing year like we did, you’re
bound to have on-ice problems and off-ice problems, and Dave had to shoulder the brunt of those as general manager,” Fitzpatrick said. “All the frustrations fell on his shoulders – unfairly, but that’s the way it happens. Fitzpatrick is in the process of meeting with new and returning players. The other item on the agenda for the coming weeks is to organize a fundraiser to boost the team’s coffers. The organization isn’t in terrible shape financially, Fitzpatrick said, but gate
revenues did take a hit last year. “When you’re a last-place team, [people] don’t want to come and watch. The on-ice product has to be a lot better for us to be successful.” Olender, who has worked with Fitzpatrick before, described him as a no-nonsense coach and a disciplinarian. “There’ll be rules and if you don’t want to live by the rules, you don’t play. He coaches by a team concept, and nobody’s above the team. “Some of the over-agers that want to come back will find a
big difference from what they had to what they see now. Kevin will be expecting these guys to be the leaders and the mentors of the team.” Fitzpatrick said the players will be expected to conduct themselves in a mature manner, getting involved with the community and not taking bad penalties on the ice. “We expect to win, we expect to be successful. Everybody wants to win [but] I really believe there’s a difference between wanting to win and expecting to win.” Training camp opens Aug.
31, and the season starts around the third week of September. Olender said the team isn’t going into the process looking for instant results, but they’re not going to rule out a run at the top either. “We’re probably looking at a really good start to this year and a really solid team next year, but we’re not going into this thinking we’re not going to win,” he said. “If we do our scouting right, we should have a pretty decent camp and we should have a pretty good product.”
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FISHERMEN’S FRIENDS The Friends of the Grand and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) last week teamed up to restock the Grand River Tailwater Fishery with some 24,000 fish. Scores of school students and volunteers, such as those on the right, came out to lend a hand. Above left, Dean McFadden, superintendent of Conestogo Lake Conservation Area, Grand River Conservation Authority; Larry McGratton, president of Friends of the Grand River; Silvia D’Amelio, Ontario biologist for Trout Unlimited Canada; and Ian Hagman, MNR Guelph district manager add to the fish population in the river.
Restocking efforts look to boost fishing During program’s 20 years, more than 500,000 fish have been released into the Grand River system
Cast your line in the Conestogo and Grand Rivers after this week and you’re more likely to make a big catch. The Friends of the Grand and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) last week teamed up to restock the Grand River Tailwater Fishery with some 24,000 fish; the Conestogo River saw another 17,000 added to its system this week in a program celebrating its 20th year. The brown trout, which weigh an average of 70 grams each, are from the MNR Chatsworth Fish Culture Station and the genetic strain originates from wild fish taken from the Ganaraska River. “The longer they survive in the river, they can get quite large,” said MNR management biologist Art Timmerman. “We do this in the Grand River as well, and there are fish over 20 inches.” The restocking program began in 1989 and MHFlu03-002:. 5/12/09 the river is stocked over a distance of approxi-
mately 28 kilometres, from the Shand Dam at Lake Belwood through the communities of Fergus and Elora, to the Line 86 bridge at West Montrose. The stocking program has averaged approximately 24,000 fish per year, totaling more than half a million fish over 20 years. “That was a real success story and also it really brought more value to the river. Once you have trout in there and people come to fish, there’s more respect and more care given to the river, so there’s a lot more stewardship of that resource going on,” said Timmerman, noting that anglers from the U.S. and even Europe have come to fish the rivers. When people have a personal interest in the river, they are more inclined to protect it, he stressed. This raises its profile and results in improvements to water quality, and the protection of the river and its ecosystems. 3:37 PM Page 1 “It really increased the value of it. It seems to
be more than just fish – it sort of enhances the value of it.” With a successful restocking program in the Grand River, the MNR sought to duplicate the initiative in the Conestogo River. Pike and bass are natu-
rally occurring species in the rivers and are able to sustain their own populations. The program’s long-term goal is for trout to attain that level of sustainability. A five-year review of the program, looking into the progress thus
far, is in the works. Anglers are asked to refer to the 2008-2009 Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary available from fishing licence issuers for the regulations and other information covering fishing in fisheries management
zone 16. Much of this Tailwater Fishery is covered by special fishing regulations, requiring artificial lures, one barbless hook, and catch and release. This year’s brown trout season runs from Apr. 25 to Sept. 30.
A clean sweep as U14 girls claim Orangeville tourney
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MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
THE CUP IS THEIRS The Woolwich Whitehawks U14 girls’ soccer team won the Orangeville Stormfront Tournament May 16-18, going undefeated while posting six wins, including a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Pickering in the finals. Front row: Dana Moyer, Morgan Renkema, Meghan Hovey. Middle row: Victoria Kampijan, Michelle Thompson, Emma Leger, Melissa Eggleston, Paige Howard, Jessica Lang. Back row: Tim Dunn (coach), Rebecca Riley, Cailin Greenan, Isabelle Hughes, Kira Scheffelmeir, Sarah Reed, Melanie Schwartzentruber, Julianna Yeung, Maggie Alpaugh, Richard Hughes (manager). Absent: Krista Weins.
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New venture by Grand River Country looks to combine popularity of hiking and birdwatching MARC MIQUEL HELSEN The Grand River watershed has a large variety of hiking and cycling trails that go overlooked by many residents. To counter that, Grand River Country, an alliance of several local municipal and government agencies, recently launched a new website and published a brochure highlighting the 20 top birding trails in the area. “There are all kinds of gorgeous trails that no one has heard of, and there are no maps [showing] how to get to them or what there is to see there,” explained Ralph Beaumont, manager of environmental education and marketing for the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA). “This was a way of sort of combining birding with hiking. A lot of people are really interested in birding, so we combined the two activities and came out with this website.” The new resource is geared to making more
people aware of the network of trails, highlighting some 20 routes where birders can observe more than 290 species of birds that either nest along the Grand or pass through during spring and fall migration periods. From the Luther Marsh “Bootlegger Trail” in the north, to Ruthven Park National Historic Site’s “Riverside Trail” in the south, the Grand’s trails and birding opportunities cover a lot of different ground offering birders a chance to see many different species. “We tried to pick a variety of habitats and then we had good geographical representation,” he said, noting that the birds found at the north end of the watershed differ greatly from their southern counterparts. Many of the trails were formally built
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with the intention that they would serve for human use, so GRCA officials are not worried about possible disturbances to flora and fauna. Beaumont noted that the GRCA already has “hundreds of acres of land reserved for wildlife.” Information on the trails and bird species to be seen were scouted by the Guelph Field Naturalists, and the website was developed with a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion. The website features interactive trail maps, and includes descriptive text and photos about each trail and the birds you may see there. For more information visit www.grand r i v e r c o u n t r y. c o m / trails. Brochures are now available at the Mennonite Story in St. Jacobs and from Woolwich visitor centres.
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A SPRING THING EDSS held its spring music concert May 12, with dozens of performers led by music teacher Murray Showers (right). At left, Mariah Martin and Kayla Bearinger coax beautiful sounds from their clarinets. Middle, Meaghan Weber, Jamie Thiessen and Scott Shea put their lungs into a piece.
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PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING OFF-ROAD VEHICLES TAKE NOTICE THAT the use of off-road vehicles such as ATVs, 4x4s and motorbikes is not permitted on any property without written permission of the property owner, including Township of Woolwich property or park area. Permission of a tenant of the property is not sufficient. Charges under the Trespass to Property Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER T.21 may be laid against persons found trespassing. Breslau is an area of significant concern with respect to people using off-road vehicles on property without permission. The lands bordered by Fountain Street, Menno Street, Greenhouse Road and Kramp Road are being monitored for trespassing by the Waterloo Regional Police and the Township of Woolwich. Questions about the use of off-road vehicles in the Township of Woolwich may be directed to the Enforcement Action Line at Extension 6106.
SEASONAL PART TIME RECREATION ATTENDANTS To assist Full time staff with the overall operation of Township Facilities and Parks. Must be willing to work evenings, weekends and statutory holidays . Job description can be viewed on Township web site: www.woolwich.ca under Job Opportunities. Send resume to: Annette Levean, Human Resources Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street W., Elmira N3B 2Z6 We thank all who apply. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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NOTICE OF PROCLAMATION Council has declared May 2009 as Missing Children's Month in the Township of Woolwich. National Missing Children's Day is May 25, 2009. The information and tip line for missing children is 1-800387-7962. Visit www. ontario.childfind.ca for more information
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ARTHUR ST., BRUBACHER ST. AND SECOND ST.
May 19, 2009 S. will be closed on June 1, 2009 until apThe Township of Woolwich has contracted proximately August 28, 2009. with Sousa Concrete for the Arthur St., Brubacher St. from Snyder Ave. to Arthur Brubacher St. and Second St. Reconstruc- St. S. will be closed on June 1, 2009 until approximately August 28, 2009. tion Project. Project Description
The project includes the replacement of sanitary sewers, cellar drain sewers, storm sewers, watermain, road, sidewalks and curb and gutter reconstruction. Furthermore, Waterloo North Hydro will be upgrading the street lighting. Business operation in the downtown core during the construction During the construction, downtown businesses are open as usual. Information signage will be provided to guide consumers commuting to the downtown core. Schedule of Road Closures North bound lane on Arthur St. S., from Memorial Avenue intersection to South Street will be closed starting on May 25 – 29, 2009. Local detour will be on Memorial Avenue for North bound traffic. Arthur St. S., from South St. to First St. will be closed on June 1, 2009 until approximately July 17, 2009. Second St. from Snyder Ave. to Arthur St.
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The roads mentioned above will be closed as indicated but access for local traffic will be maintained as much as possible. For more detailed information regarding detour please visit the Township website at www.woolwich.ca . Grand River Transit Route 21 During the construction, Grand River Transit Route 21 will be temporarily rerouted from Arthur St. S. to east onto First St., followed by north onto Duke St. and west to Church St. Temporary Bus Stop locations will be established and communicated to commuters by Grand River Transit. For further inquiries please contact the Grand River Transit at 519.585.7555 or visit their website at www. grt.ca. Engineering & Planning Services: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 www.woolwich.ca
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“Making Faith Live” Sunday Worship 9:30 am - 10:30am
Faithsteps 10:45am - 11:50am
2 First St., Elmira • 519-669-5030
St. Teresa Catholic Church
No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope! Celebrate Eucharist with us Mass times are:
Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am
19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387
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HOME HUNTERS NEW WEBSITE www.homeswithpaul.ca
$500 donation to Riverside & John Mahood Public School when you buy or sell in Woolwich Township
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ELMIRA Completely finished, waiting for you to move in! 6 Bedroom plus office, hardwood & ceramic on mainfloor, kitchen with peninsula, gas fireplace, patio/deck with BBQ gasline, insulated & painted garage. MLS.
$439,000
ELMIRA Quality at every corner throughout this beautiful home, 4 bedrm, 3 bathrm. Maple kitchen, extra height ceilings, cozy family rm with gas fireplace, mstr bdrm w/ deluxe ensuite, double garage. MLS.
$549,000
ELMIRA Open concept, rec rm, exercise rm, master bdrm ensuite, ceramic in foyer, kitch. & bathrooms, hardwood livrm & dinrm, pantry & cherry cabinets w/ glass doors in kitch., separate dinrm, familyrm. MLS.
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45’ and 50’ lots available in Elmira. Several plans available in bungalow or 2 storey models, or will build to suit.
Paul Martin SALES REPRESENTATIVE
EMAIL: paul@remaxsolidgold.biz
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated ADDRESS: 180 Weber St. S., Waterloo DIRECT....519-503-9533
HOME ....519-669-3074
OFFICE ...519-888-7110
What’s your Home worth? Call Paul for your Free Market Evaluation TEAM
McNeil
CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR HOME’S VALUE IN THIS CURRENT MARKET?
CALL US TODAY FOR A FREE CURRENT MARKET EVALUATION
TWIN CITY REALTY INC. BROKERAGE
519-579-4110 OFFICE
www.elmirarealestate.ca
sold@clickthathouse.com
Warren McNeil - Sales Representative
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SAT & SUN, 1-4 PM
OR BY APPOINTMENT, 51 Ridgeview Drive, DRAYTON
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ELMIRA Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 storey, separate dining room, fenced yard, garden shed on an extra wide corner lot, sit on your front porch and look across the open field, double driveway. MLS.
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ELMIRA Spacious backsplit made for family living, cathedral cell. in kitch., w/o to deck, open concept, gas fireplace in family room, 14’ wide garage with side entrance, 4+ bedrooms and office, fenced yard, backs onto park. MLS.
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Melanie McNeil - Sales Representative
OPEN HOUSE MODEL HOME for sale! Priced well below replacement! Gorgeous 3 bedroom, 2 bath bungalow featuring c/air, c vac, gas fireplace, luxury ensuite, m/f laundry, sep. dining room, stunning kitchen w/pantry, hardwood & tile floors, Partly finished basement. Unbelievable value 30 mins to K-W. A must see. MLS.
WHY RENT? When you can own this
lovely 2 bedrm, 2 bath condo in move-in condition. Updated main bath, newer carpet, ceramic tile in kitchen with built in diswasher. Finished basement with rec rm and laundry/storage area. W/o to private patio, backing onto common backyard. Well maintained complex with recently updated common areas and low condo fees. A must see!
NEARLY NEW, with top notch finishes! Approx. 2200 sq. ft, 4 bedroom, 4 bath home backing football field and facing greenspace. Featuring abundant oak flooring, doors, stairs & eat-in kit w/island. Heated tile floors, 2 gas fireplaces, quality finished recroom with dricore flooring, master suite with 5 pc. lux ensuite. Shows amazing!
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BRESLAU 2100 sq. ft. almost brand new beauty! Open concept mnflr, large kitch. (upgraded cabinets), extra large patio dr, 3 large bdrms, loft area on second flr, master ensuite boasts large windows, whirlpool tub and walkin closet.
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ELMIRA 3 bedroom, 200 sq. ft. family room addition, newer laminate flooring, rec. room. with fireplace, built in cabnetry in dining room & rec. room, cedar deck, hot tub & custom built shed. MLS.
$499,000
ST. CLEMENTS Prime location, 4 bedroom bungalow, oak kitchen cabinets, cedar lined cath ceiling family room, mainfloor laundry & master bedroom, Patio, deck, 616 sq. ft. heated workshop w/ extra circuts. MLS.
$234,000
ELMIRA - Great starter home for first time buyers, numerous upgrades to see, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, newer flooring on main floor, hallway & main bath. Patio/ deck, double drive with carport, side entrance, 8 x 12 shed. MLS.
$279,000
ELMIRA 3 bdrm bungalow, features hardwood in hallway & mstr bdr, basement offers 4th bdrm/ office, workroom plus rec room with bar, all original windows replaced, access to garage from home, new furnace 2006, MLS.
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8 Arthur Street South, Elmira
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ELMIRA OPEN HOUSE Sunday 2-4 25 Church St. E., Elmira
$186,900. 1 ½ storey near
downtown, private rear yard, long lasting steel roof, interlocking driveway, deck, country kitchen, 2+ bedrooms MLS.
Peri Moyer - Client Care Manager EXTENSIVELY RENOVATED Updated
century home on double lot! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, main floor laundry, spacious principle rooms, new garage addition with future bonus room (unfinished), wrap around porch. Mature area with big yard, trees and lots of parking. Updated windows, doors, flooring, bathrooms, insulation, wiring, plumbing, roof & furnace. A must see!!
Allan Poffenroth, Broker of Record Coach House Realty Inc., Brokerage
519-669-5431 or 519-669-8074
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
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YEAR ROUND LIVING Totally renovated in 2004 with all new windows, roof, furnace, appliances, water heater and flooring. Newer wooden shed in back included. Freshly painted and well maintained. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath with laundry. Conveniently located close to the expressway, St Jacobs Farmer’s Market and Conestogo Mall. Shows well!
Build Your Dream
LARGE LOTS
30 MINUTES from $299,900 FROM WATERLOO. ONLY 4 LOTS LEFT! • 4 lots available • Model Home Available For Sale • 10 Plans to Choose from • Quality Standard Features include: 9’ ceilings on main floor, 200 amp service, Fruit Cellar, MODEL HOUSE OPEN HOUSE Ceramics, Ensuite & Main or Upper Laundry SAT & SUN 1-4PM or BY APPT.
4B Arthur St. S. Elmira • www.remaxsolidgold.biz OFFICE: 519-669-5426
DIRECT: 519-572-2669 EMAIL: bert@remaxsolidgold.biz
BERT MARTIN, BROKER
$1,450,000
FARM! Located in the Moorefield/Palmerston area this 100acre (90 workable) cash crop and hog operation offers modern finishing and nursery barns and an older livestock barn, a 1500 s/f bungalow with a new kitchen, 4 bedrooms, and attached double garage. MLS.
COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE! Approximately 2,000 s/f with offices and warehouse located in a busy plaza with lots of parking. Zoning allows many uses. Only 10 minutes to Waterloo. MLS. Call Bert for details.
Your referrals are appreciated!
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HOME HUNTERS BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record
SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.
DARREN ROMKEY Sales Rep.
LAURIE LANGDON Sales Rep.
519-669-3192
90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 1, Elmira N3B 3L4
DALE KELLER Sales Rep.
MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES OPEn HOUSE - SATURDAY MAY 23 | 2-4PM
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-1068 Res: 519-669-8629 MVA Residential
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. 45 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA
519-669-2772
BROKERAGE
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record
ALLI NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-577-6248
BILL NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-588-1348
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627
OPEN HOUSES SUN. MAY 24th, 2-4 pM 37 EvENINGSTAR LANE, CONESTOGO
71 EDWARD ST. S., DRAYTON
91 SUGAR KING DRIVE, ELMIRA $349,900 | A pleasure to show. The spacious kitchen, vaulted family room,
patio, finished basement, 4 baths and tasteful decor are just a few wonderful features. MLS.
OPEn HOUSE - SUNDAY MAY 24 | 2-4PM
42 ROBERTA STREET, ELMIRA $320,000 | Paradigm Elmira Homes offers
Skills Canada competition
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE! 3 bdrm, 2 bth on quiet street in Conestogo! Eat-in kitchen. Heated garage/workshop. Fully fenced yard. MLS $297,500.
SpACIOUS 4-level back split in the quiet village of DRAYTON. Large kitchen, covered deck overlooking deep lot. 3+1 bedrooms. MLS. $224,900.
new bungalow plans w/three remaining lots backing onto Senior freehold town homes. Also available 2 storey plans, many choices. Close to downtown.
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JUST THE RIGHT TOUCH Rebecca Grose of Alma was awarded bronze medal for floral arranging at Skills Ontario. During eight hours of competition students were required to complete five arrangements: a table centrepiece, church symmetrical arrangement, large vase arrangement, cascading bridal bouquet and hand tied bouquet to demonstrate their technical and creative skills and prepare a verbal description and presentation. Ontario Skills Competition is the largest trades competition in Canada with more than 1,500 competitors from across the province competing in some 60 skilled trade contests for secondary and post secondary students.
Fun comes with a side of garlic butter JONI MILTENBURG
LOADS OF UPGRADES
$192,000 DRAYTON | This great family
home is close to the park and schools; including Pergola, deck, fully fenced yard, shed, central air, open concept. MLS.
DRAYTON 2-STOREY - backing to parkland! Eat-in kitchen w/island & w/o. Great rm w/ extra high ceiling. Finished bsmt w/gas fp. Huge master bdrm and ensuite. C/A and vac. Shows well! MLS. $289,900.
AFFORDABLE TOWNHOUSE - tastefully finished from top to bottom! Spacious rec. rm. w/ fireplace. All flooring replaced in last 3 yrs. Ens. Priv. (whirlpool). 2 tiered deck, fenced yard. MLS $227,900.
WHY RENT? - 3 bdrm semi w/ mature trees, backs to green space. Hardwood flrs in bdrms and L/R. Most windows and doors replaced. MLS $183,900.
NEW HOME - to be built, open concept main flr, Great room w/cathedral ceiling. Ceramic in entry, kitchen & baths. MLS $274,900.
BETTER THAN NEW! custom built bungalow less than 1 yr. old. Open concept. Great rm w/walkout to partially covered patio. 3rd bdrm & bthrm finished in bsmt. NEW MLS $ 409,900.
EXISTING CHURCH! Seating capacity 175+. Major addition at rear in 1986, incl. full basement. Ideal for office, lofts, etc.C-1 Zoning. MLS REDUCED TO $549,000.
GREAT FAMILY HOME
$203,000 WELLESLEY | Great yard with
trees; wired garden shed; large carport; deck; open concept kitchen/dining room; family room; many updates; MLS.
FOR THE InVESTOR
$120,900 MOOREFIELD | Spacious 2050 sq. ft. semi in the Village of Moorefield. Large yard, 3 bedroom, 3 baths. Quick closing available. NEW MLS.
ELMIRA BEAUTY
$299,000 | Beauty all around, huge fenced mature back yard, natural wood work, newer cherry kitchen and updated baths, walk up attic for future development. NEW PRICE. MLS.
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$318,900 ELMIRA | Priced below
replacement, vaulted great room, spacious kitchen/dining, hardwood and ceramic flooring. Dry walled and r.i. electrical completed in basement, 6 appliances. NEW PRICE. MLS.
BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME on 1 acre site, sloping to the south (ideal for w/o bsmt). Located on the edge of Goldstone. MLS. $110,000.
www.thurrealestate.com
BEAUTIFUL LARGE BUnGALOW $379,000 MOOREFIELD | 1/2 acre lot finished top to bottom; loads of features. MLS.
THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS
$459,000 DRAYTON | This spacious 6
bedroom home features a stunning view of the Conestoga River, about 4,000 sq. ft. of finished living space, an oversized dble garage, 3 fireplaces and a whole lot of WOW! MLS.
STUnnInG FAMILY HOME
$534,900 ELMIRA | Custom features
through out this well planned home. Soaring ceiling in the sunken family room, cherry kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, fantastic recroom, backing onto farmland. MLS.
Further Information: WEBSITE: www.royallepage.ca EMAIL: Elmira@royallepage.ca
It’s a given that lobster will be front and centre at the Elmira Kiwanis Lobsterfest, but these aren’t just any old storebought lobsters. Hundreds of fresh lobsters will be flown in from Shediac, New Brunswick the morning of May 30, ready to be cooked to perfection and served up with salad, potatoes, baked beans and dessert. There will also be prime rib on the menu for the ‘lobster challenged.’ “It’s great value for the kind of meal that it is,” said Kiwanis Club president Tony Dowling. Dowling noted that other lobster dinners in the region are more expensive and serve small canners instead of the pound-and-a-half crustaceans the Kiwanis club dishes up. The Kiwanis Club has served more than 20,000 lobsters over the 28 years the event has been running, and members
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expect to serve about 700 people again this year. “We get an awful lot of repeat customers year after year after year,” Dowling said. “I think it’s a chance for people to get out in a group they only see once a year.” The fundraiser usually nets the club between $6,000 and $9,000, which Dowling said is a nice return for a one-day event. The money raised at Lobsterfest will support a number of Kiwanis projects and causes, including the Kiwanis Music Festival, Santa Claus Parade and food drive, Meals on Wheels, Kiwanis Transit and the Woolwich Memorial Centre. There is an early bird seating at 5 p.m. with no entertainment, or a 7 p.m. seating with live East Coast music, a silent auction and door prizes, followed by a DJ and dancing. Tickets are $48 per person, or $38 for the early seating. For tickets visit Read’s Decorating or call Dowling at 519-669-1281.
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519-669-4400 (Behind the old Trylon Building)
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BICYCLE SALES & REPAIRS GET YOUR BICYCLES READY With an expert spring tune up parts extra
$5 from each tune up goes to “Fit for the Future� fundraiser campaign.
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Money may not buy happiness, but it really helps Q. Why doesn’t money buy happiness? Isn’t it because happiness comes from within,” making it pretty much an “individual matter”? A. That’s what many pundits claim and even many psychologists subscribe to, but they’re forgetting that money means much more than purchasing power, say Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener in Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth. Maybe many of us would like to believe that people from all walks of life have an equal chance of fulfillment. But in fact, money and happiness bear a rather strong correlation worldwide. When self-report surveys are taken, affluent nations such as Denmark, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden show the greatest percentages of people rating their lives as very satisfying.
In one study of millionaires, 47 out of 49 who reported put themselves in the high-happiness bracket. Lottery winners too have given themselves higher ratings. When Richard Lucas and Ulrich Schimark studied a large German sampling, life-satisfaction followed money in step-by-step fashion from below 6.5 for those earning below $10,000 (U.S.), to 7.0 for $60,000-70,000, to 8.0 for those above $200,000. And it all makes sense considering that people with money have greater status, more control over their lives, better health insurance and security and have unique opportunities to make a lasting contribution to society. The worst cases are people around the world who have moved to cities and joined the market economy but have extremely low incomes to meet their needs and aspirations. Poor or rich, materialists are generally less satisfied with their lives than folks who value love, friendship, and other worthwhile pursuits. Conclude the authors: “It is good for a person’s happiness to HAVE money but toxic to WANT money too much.”
Q. What was perhaps the smallest BIG thing in your life, measuring barely the size of a period at the end of a sentence? A. That’s roughly the size of your mom’s egg that got fertilized to eventually become YOU, says David Myers in Psychology in Everyday Life. Small as it was, it was about 85,000 times larger than the cell from your dad that completed this miraculous duo. That cell was only 1 out of 200 million or more that began the race upstream, with only a tiny fraction making it all the way to the egg and only the luckiest one able to penetrate the protective coating and effect a fusion of the two nuclei. Happy you-tobe! Q. What’s the mathematical curiosity behind the survival of those pesky household cockroaches, despite humans’ efforts to swat them out of existence? A. Roaches are survivors, going back some 300 million years, reports the journal Current Biology in Sci-
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We did not know which day that week God would call your name. In life we loved you dearly; In death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you. You did not go alone; For part of us went with you the day God called you home. You left us peaceful memories; Your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you, You are always at our side. Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.
If roses grow in heaven Lord please pick a bunch for me. Place them in my Mother’s arms And tell her they’re from me. Tell her how much I love her and miss her And when she turns to smile, Place a kiss upon her cheek And hold her for a while Because remembering her is easy; I do it every day, But missing her is heartache That never goes away. With God’s grace, I know “we’ll meet again some sunny day”. Until we do, you continue to live in my heart and the circle of life and love continues.
~With love from Wendy, Al and Kate McCabe in memory of our cherished Mom, Mother-in-law and Grandma.
Betty (Mary) O’Connell December 24, 1925 - May 22, 2008
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A silent thought, a secret tear, Keeps your memory ever dear, Good took you home, it was His will, But in our hearts, you live still. God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So He put his arms around you and whispered “Come to Me”. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands now rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best
With treasured memories and all my love, Wendy You are ever loved and forever missed
With love from Jen (McCabe), Jamie and Joshua Crager in memory of a wonderful Grandma and Great Grandma.
Betty (Mary) O’Connell December 24, 1925 - May 22, 2008
Betty (Mary) O’Connell December 24, 1925 - May 22, 2008
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DEATH NOTICES DERBECKER, Eby
– Passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at KW Health Centre at the age of 84. Local relative is son Wayne Lamb of Heidelberg.
– Passed away peacefully, on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the Heritage House in St. Jacobs, age 86 years. KIENAPPLE, (Betty)
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 Leap of Faith Contemporary Christian Group will be performing at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Linwood at 3 p.m. Refreshments follow, tickets $5 each will be available at the door (children under 12 free). Everyone welcome.  Woolwich Cougars Basketball presents second annual 3-On-3 tournament: Junior division at Park Manor Public School, Elmira. Age groups Novice – Grades 2&3, 9 a.m. – 12 noon. Atom, Grades 4&5, 1-4 p.m. Free event. For tournament requirements and more information, e-mail woolwichcougars@hotmail.com. Limited number of teams. MAY 25
 Let’s Talk Osteoporosis, 7-9 p.m. Learn about osteoporosis from our panel of professionals at Woolwich Community Health Centre. Please call 519-669-3794 for more information. MAY 26
 Quilt and Fibre Art Festival Waterloo Region & Beyond until May 30. Be inspired by a variety of exceptional quilting and fibre art events with more than 18 venues to explore. Visit www.stjacobs.com and click the quilt logo on the home page for more information or call 1-800-265-3353.
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 Knights Of Columbus Spring Ham Roll, Bridgeport Rod and Gun Club, 1229 Beitz Rd. R.R. 1 Breslau, 8 p.m. Evening of chances for quilts, grocery hampers, hams, money, etc. Penny table, door prizes. Fast food available; free admission. For information, call Robert Lehman 519-836-8271; Gerry Brohman 519-745-0188.  28th Annual Kiwanis Lobsterfest at Lions Hall in Elmira, 7 p.m., $48 per person. There is also an early-bird seating at 5 p.m. with no entertainment for $38. For tickets, visit Read’s Decorarting or call 519-669-1281. Visa and Mastercard are accepted on phone orders.
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 Lions Foundation of Canada Purina Walk for Dog Guides hosted by the Woolwich Community Lions Club. Kissing Bridge Trail, Arthur Street entrance, Elmira; 9 a.m. All proceeds will help fund dog guide programs-canine vision,hearing ear, special skills and seizure response. All ages, fitness levels with or without a dog are welcome to participate. For more information call 519-669-5084.  Brad White (formerly of the James Blackwood Quartet) will be bringing his vocal, saxophone and piano artistry to Elmira Pentecostal Church, 290 Arthur St. S., Elmira at 10:30 a.m., featuring a wide array of Christian music from hymns to southern gospel quartet to praise & worship.
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 St. Jacobs Reptile Expo, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Woolwich County Community Centre, 31 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Featuring a wide variety of reptile breeders, dealers, retail stores, rescues and educational groups from all over southern Ontario with many unique animals for sale and display. Fun for the whole family; $4 for adults; $2 for children under 12. Submit calendar listings to info@observerxtra.com
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