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Summer dry spell possible as LCBO staff talks strike MARC MIQUEL HELSEN One of the most lucrative retailers in the province should be sharing a greater portion of its profits with all of its employees, say members of the union representing employees of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO). Last week, unionized workers at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario voted 93 per cent in favour of strike action if negotiations don’t prove fruitful. The collective agree-
ment between OPSEU and the LCBO expired Mar. 31. The union is demanding the LCBO hire more employees into permanent positions with higher pay, regular hours and benefits. OPSEU also objects to what it sees as an LCBO policy of replacing well paid, full-time jobs with temporary, part-time, low paying positions. “It is atrocious. The LCBO is so profitable when it comes to profit per worker,” said OPSEU spokesperson Randy Robinson in an interview this week.
“It’s about 30 times the profit per worker that would prevail at Wal-Mart. … There is so much money at this employer. They make $1.4 billion with a total of about 7,000 people including managers so, it’s $200,000 a year in profits per worker – the sales per worker are more like a million.” Currently, OPSEU represents some 6,000 members in the bargaining unit. These employees work in stores, warehouses and the LCBO head office in Toronto. Some 40 per cent of those workers
(about 2,400) are full-time, permanent staff, said Robinson. At least 60 per cent are casual year-round workers. Some 1,500 “fixed-term” temporary workers fill in during peak periods including the summer and Christmas seasons. The LCBO store in Elmira currently employs one fulltime worker (manager) and three casual employees. Casual workers’ hours can be cut back when business is slow or increased during peak business periods, said
Robinson, and the trend towards replacing full time jobs with part time ones is increasing. Fixed-term temporary (seasonal) employees earn $10 an hour; casual employees (parttime) start at a range of $13.84 per hour with increments of $15.22, $16.62 and a maximum of $18.77 (depending on the year hired) but their hours vary week to week and from location to location; bargaining unit managers’ wages range from $27.47 per hour to See LCBO »09
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“We know we’re not going to make the world a better place overnight, but ... we can make more people aware of the problem.”
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MAKING SMALL DIFFERENCES Grade 8 students at Wellesley PS have created a series of short videos outlining global injustices, trying to get the message out to a wider audience.
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Grade 8 pupils at Wellesley Public School spreading the message about economic inequalities
MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Give a man a fish and he will eat for one day. Give him the resources to fish, and he won’t go hungry. This variation of the old proverb is what the Grade 8 students at Wellesley Public School are taking to heart as they learn about the harsh economic realities of world trade and inequality. Throughout the year, in their geography class the students learned about how wealthy nations exploit their poorer counterparts and how the former play a major role in the perpetuation of poverty. As they delved further into the issues, they became more and more interested in the disproportionate relationship between the developed and developing countries of the
world. As part of a project, the students created several visual public service announcement commercials drawing attention to global economic imbalance and advocating for fair trade. Soon, the students became so passionate about the issues that they wanted to spread the word beyond their school walls. After some brainstorming, the students held a public viewing of their video clips and the documentary Flow: For the Love of Water, at Crosshill Mennonite Church on Wednesday. So moved were the students with Flow – a recent documentary that investigates the growing privatization of the world’s fresh water supply and the high human and environmental costs of this phenomenon – that they wanted to share it with a wider audience.
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“One of the students actually came up with the connection of, ‘well, that’s no different than when the commercials come on the television and we change the channel,’” Hergott recounted. “The way that they started connecting to it from their own lives was pretty remarkable.” After creating the videos, which include music, sound bites, footage of their peers and which last between 45 and 90 seconds, the students discussed how to expose the greatest number of people to their messages. They debated between focusing their energy on raising money and spreading awareness. The end result, however, was a combination of the two: though the students leaned in favour of spreading awareness, they also decided to include some fair trade products that were offered up for sale
at this week’s event. The students insisted that if people truly want to abolish poverty, residents of developed countries need to change their purchasing habits. “Instead of just giving charity, just giving money to countries, we have to let the country be self sustaining,” said Hergott. Buying fair trade products is a good start. The Grade 8 students of Wellesley PS are, in themselves, a good example that positive change is possible. “I can honestly say they weren’t [more worldly] when we started talking about it. In fact, there was a huge learning curve that they went through and it was pretty remarkable to see their ‘ah-ha’ moments, to see they contributed to this kind of thing; first of all, to know that this kind of thing See FAIR page »06
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Regional residents aren’t really up for this challenge I won’t be taking the Commuter Challenge next week. I’m pretty sure you won’t be either. Last year, only 0.45 per cent of Waterloo Region residents took part in the event, which aims to get people out of their cars in favour of walking, biking or using public transit to get to work. As low as that number was – 2,283 people from among a population of 508,000 – it was still good enough for top spot in Ontario and fourth in Canada. Winnipeg was number one, with a participation rate of 0.94 per cent. Calgary (0.59 was second), followed by Regina (0.48). Ottawa (0.41) rounded out the top five. Organizers of course hope for larger numbers at this year’s challenge, running May 31 to June 6, but even doubling the number would still put participation at less than one per cent of the population. I’d love to help. I really would. Leaving aside the fact that I often need my car for work purposes, commuting is just not feasible between my Waterloo home and Elmira office. While only a 15-minute drive, the distance is unmanageable by foot or even by bicycle. As most commuter traffic goes the other way – Elmira to K-W in the morning, reversed in the evening – carpooling really isn’t an option. As for transit, that became a possibility last month with the extension of the bus service, but would take a minimum of
three times as long as the drive – not practical for one day, let alone a week. Scott Young, who’s spearheading Waterloo Region’s Commuter Challenge efforts, hopes there aren’t too many people with my mindset. He remains optimistic last year’s participation numbers can be beaten, eyeing a firstplace finish nationally. Still, he knows there’s an uphill battle to be fought, not only to convince people to ditch their cars next week but in the larger context of changing our auto-centric way of life. “As Waterloo Region continues to grow, we’re obviously going to have more people driving. The idea is to have more alternatives for people – bike paths, trails and more solid transit systems – to give them the option, the incentive to keep the car at home,” says Young, a WLU student working this summer as a transportation demand planner for the regional government. The Commuter Challenge highlights the alternatives to the typical image of the lone driver taking the car to work. “We really want to reduce the amount of single drivers,” he notes. “People can use this week to take a look at the alternatives. Hopefully they’ll continue past this week.” Offering up an alternative to cars is one of the rationales behind the rapid transit initiatives now under debate in the region. The light rail transit, in particular, is supposed to entice us out from behind the wheel. That in turn should lead to intensification of homes and businesses along the transit lines, perhaps making walking and
biking more feasible as density rises and distances fall. Walking and cycling are much more ideal ways of getting around from an environmental standpoint. They also have the bonus of providing us with more exercise. In Woolwich Township, the many trails encourage people to hike recreationally. Pathways and connections to larger trail networks are increasingly common in subdivisions. It is indeed easy to get out and go for a walk in a comfortable and safe setting. That kind of infrastructure does make the area more walkable, and providing it is relatively easy. Where things get trickier is when it comes to seeing walking as an alternative to driving. We are hooked on the automobile. Getting us to give them up is going to take a lot more work than simply improving the trail system. For decades now, we’ve had a model of suburban sprawl – low-density living that relies on roads to connect our homes to shops and workplaces. In the region, it’s pretty difficult to get around without a car. The transit sys-
tem is not particularly robust, especially outside of the main transit corridors, which means pretty much the bulk of the area. The townships are beyond the pale. Changing how we get around will be difficult. Entrenched planning goals based on big roads and big, sprawling developments will have to be altered: That kind of growth is not pedestrian friendly. Living in a large suburb, kilometres away from a mall or massive power centre, we naturally get in our cars to get there. And, when it comes to work, many of us have to commute great distances. Changing that reality could take decades, even if we opt to do so. Clearly, the regional government wants us to do just that. Its growth model calling for higher densities hopes we will pass on cars in favour of public transit, pedal power and our own two feet. A great theory, but it’s not going to happen any time soon, if at all, despite billions of dollars in potential expenditures. That’s the real challenge.
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Region of Waterloo transportation staff this week released ridership numbers for the new Grand River Transit Route 21 to Elmira. In the first month, the route had a total of more than 4,500 boardings, more than double the peak monthly boardings achieved by the old Route 21 to St. Jacobs. Daily average boardings were 214 on weekdays and 175 on Saturdays. Transit planner Neil Malcolm said they wouldn’t be able to break down boardings by stop until more buses with automatic passenger counters are used on the route. Staff were encouraged to see ridership improved over the course of the month, and expect numbers will continue to increase over the summer. To operate on par with more established local routes, ridership will need to double.
Charges laid in biking death Charges have been laid in the fatal collision that claimed the life of Melvin Martin, 34, last December. Martin was riding his bicycle north on Arthur Street, heading to work in Floradale, when he was struck from behind. The father of four was pronounced dead at the scene. Police determined that Martin had a light and reflectors on his bicycle, but wasn’t wearing a helmet. The 33-year-old driver of the pickup truck that hit Martin was charged with ‘careless driving.’
MNR informed of pit decision Having not had enough time to respond to the license requests prior to the filing deadline, Woolwich Township has simply told the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) it opposes a gravel pit application filed by Hunder Developments Ltd. With last week’s council decision, however, the township merely wanted to get its foot in the door during the Aggregate Resource Act process now underway for a pit proposed near Conestogo. Acting on advice from director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley, councillors approved the preemptive measure against the application for what is known as the Hunsberger pit. The objections will be forwarded to the MNR. The move gives the township time to prepare its own response to the applications. The license request is also now going through a review by Woolwich under the Planning Act.
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Some of the funds from Elmira location of Rick Hansen event to benefit Doug Weber MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Walk, run, skate, cycle, wheel-chair, roller blade, skateboard – whatever the mode, the important thing is getting out there to support the Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion event, scheduled for June 14. For the seventh year in a row, residents from the Elmira area will converge on Woolwich Physiotherapy at the plaza on Industrial Drive to mobilize in support of people living with spinal cord injuries. It’s a unique event that brings together volunteers and recipients from the same community. “The funds actually come back to the community; a lot of fundraisers you don’t actually see where the money goes – it always goes to a good cause like research, but this is unique because the money comes back and we can see projects that we’ve done around the community,” said Wheels in Motion committee member Laurie Hollinger, noting that an accessible picnic table and a portable ramp are just some of the examples of local projects. Last year the Elmira branch of the national organization raised $26,500. Organizers are hoping for a similar amount this time around
MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT Doug Weber, his daughter Dana, 5, and his wife Carol have received a helping hand from Wheels in Motion members, including (from left) Barb Harnock, Scott Jantzi and Laurie Hollinger.
as the monies raised by the local branch go directly into the community, helping local individuals. This year’s target projects include providing some exercise equipment for area resident Doug Weber, who was injured in an on-farm accident; helping with the startup costs of a new sledge hockey program in Woolwich; and buying sledges for two local
sledge hockey athletes. Last year, Wheels in Motion helped cover the costs of installing in Weber’s home an elevator that he uses virtually every day. This year, the organization is looking to purchase a stander for Weber that will help reduce leg stiffness, the cause of spasms. “I think they’re a great organization. The community sure seems to
want to help out in these areas – a big thank you from us,” said Weber, a dairy farmer who lives north of Elmira. Weber was paralyzed in February 2008 when one of the wheels on the tractor he was operating fell through the barn floor and a bale of hay he was moving hit him in the head. The C6-7 spinal cord injury left him paralyzed from the chest
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down. With support from family and friends and through his faith, over the past year Weber has been working arduously to regain mobility in his arms and hands. “I couldn’t even move my arms after my accident, so I couldn’t scratch my face; now I run a manual chair and I wear gloves all the time to wheel.” The hard work has allowed him to come a long way. “I still get a lot of support from family and friends, and still feel that people are praying for me. I still feel God’s been good to me, even if I’ve had a loss. I have three kids and they’ve accepted the change very well, I have a good wife,” he said. Currently, Weber has little if any movement in his hands, and this makes it difficult for him to do his daily tasks. Unable to use his tricep muscles, he finds it difficult transferring from his wheelchair and must rely instead on his shoulder muscles. Over the course of the next year, Weber will undergo a number of surgeries to “switch some tendons in his hands” and regain some movement in his fingers. While he waits to get through his multiple operations, Weber will conSee WHEELS page »09
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Wellesley’s rec. wish list MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Christmas is still more than half a year away, but Wellesley Township staff has already prepared its wish list. Applying for the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program (RInC), Wellesley council this week approved staff ’s long list of requests. The project list, in order of top priority, includes roof refinishing for the St. Clements Arena and Community Centre (approximately $240,000), modifications to the Wellesley Community Centre kitchen and washrooms (approximately $300,000), the construction of a sports pad in Hawkesville (approximately $60,000), resurfacing a portion of the Wellesley Arena and Community Centre parking lot ($300,000), replacing lighting and fencing at the St. Clements ball diamond ($200,000), refurbishing washrooms and the kitchen at the St. Clements Community Centre ($100,000), completion of the Linwood Community Centre parking lot
($50,000) and the installation of lighting at the Linwood ball diamond ($50,000). “It’s big,” said Brad Voisin, director of recreation, of the township list. The RInC program – a new infrastructure fund that will invest $500 million in recreational facilities across Canada over a two-year period – is a joint venture between the federal and provincial governments and local municipalities. The national initiative strives to provide a temporary economic stimulus to help reduce the impacts of the economic recession as well as upgrade and expand ailing recreational infrastructure around the country. Projects approved under RInC can receive up to $1 million in federal funding. Each government agency must contribute a third of the total project cost. The total price tag of Wellesley’s wish list is $1.3 million. If the township were to receive funding for all the projects it desired, it would have to dip into its reserve accounts, Voisin said.
“It would be close; I’ve got reserves,” said Voisin, noting the township currently has in the area of $360,000 in its recreational reserves account. “We may have to eliminate maybe a couple of the smaller ones, but it would tap into our recreation reserves very well.” That said, the township would be happy if just a portion of the projects were approved, he noted. “I’d be very pleased if we would get six of the eight, even five of the eight projects – that would be a huge help.” Municipalities are not the only agencies that are eligible for RInC funding. Non-profit and charitable organizations as well as service and community groups, can also make applications. Other local projects that would be eligible for funding in this vein are the tennis courts and splash pad in Wellesley. Township staff hopes to hear back in June. The deadline for applications was May 29. “Anything we get is a benefit to the township,” said Voisin.
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All In 4 Jim raises more than $48K Jim McLeod’s family had no idea what to expect when they organized a fundraising walk in his memory, but they certainly weren’t expecting the turnout they got. The unofficial total for All In 4 Jim, held May 24, was $48,000, with a few more donations still to come in. “We were shocked,” said McLeod’s daughter Krista Sandelli. “We never thought it would be anywhere near that much.” McLeod lost a battle with cancer two years ago at age 58. He was involved in local sports for many years, as a minor hockey coach and equipment manager for the Elmira Sugar Kings and later the Canadian sledge hockey team. Members of both those teams were among the 250 people who walked 3.5 kilometres along the Lions Trail last Sunday. McLeod was also involved with plans for the new recreation facility in Elmira, and pushed for it to include a second ice surface. The money raised will go toward the Jim McLeod Memorial Arena in the Woolwich Memorial Centre now under construction.
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ALL TOGETHER Members of the Canadian national sledge hockey team wheel their way along the route shared by some 250 people who raised more than $48,000 during All In 4 Jim May 24.
THE NEXT GENERATION Krista (McLeod) Sandelli holds baby Luca, born four days earlier.
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$29.53 per hour. The OPSEU is concerned that too many full-time jobs are being slashed in favour of low-paying positions that offer significantly lower wages and no benefits. “The whole drive of the LCBO is to get rid of fulltime jobs and replace them with these casual, part-time and temporary jobs with no benefits, no ability to pay into a pension plan and no way to ever dream of retiring,” he said. Workers belonging to the lower tiers “really have no way to raise a family or ever dream of retiring.” LCBO spokesperson Chris Layton, however, refuted the idea that the retailer is actively eliminating full-time positions. “To suggest that we’re getting rid of full-time employees is just not true,” he said. “We’re not walking away whatsoever from full-time
positions.” Layton said that the LCBO continues to hire full-time employees as well as part-timers on an ongoing basis and that between 2005 and 2009, 476 casual employees moved into full time positions as a result of job vacancies and retirements. That said, Layton noted that the retailer is facing some added stresses in the current economic climate. “We have to operate efficiently as a business because if we don’t, it’s not going to be very long before somebody says, ‘well, somebody else should be running the liquor business and then you’d get calls for privatization,” Layton said. “It’s a different economic climate right now and even for us, alcohol is not recession proof.” Sales for the fiscal year of 2008-2009 were up 3.9 per cent higher than in the previous year. But the LCBO projects
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a “softening” of sales in 2009-2010 with a 2.5 per cent decline in total sales, said Layton. Robinson doesn’t buy that, however. “This notion that they are losing money or something like that is absolutely ridiculous – they’re not. “We just really think that if they want to have part-time workers – which we agree with, there can be part-time jobs – that they should be permanent part-time jobs with top rated benefits and decent wages so that at least that part of your life is under control for you. The way it is right now your hours go up and down like a yo-yo and you don’t have any benefits and you just can’t live,” said Robinson. “Just because somebody’s working parttime it doesn’t mean they should be poor.” Bargaining resumed this week.
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tinue to work towards strengthening his muscles and gaining more mobility through therapy. “I hope to obtain a grasp so that I can hopefully do some of my own care and a big thing maybe is to be able to get into some kind of office work, computer work,
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hold a pen and be able to hold papers,” he said, noting he has a hard time moving papers around. Currently, Weber manages his dairy farm and does some bookwork. He uses splints on his hands in order to type. “I hope to someday have some kind of a job, if I have hand movement that will help me, and the other thing is being able to drive again some day.”
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REGION OF WATERLOO PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING NOXIOUS WEEDS The main purpose of the Weed Control Act is to reduce the impact of noxious weeds on the industries of agriculture and horticulture. Primarily, this Act applies to agricultural and horticultural lands that generate income or other benefits to agriculture; this excludes lawns, gardens and private areas used for personal enjoyment and leisure. Under the Weed Control Act, you are required to destroy all noxious weeds on your property. The Weed Control Act can be viewed at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca In Urban Areas: The destruction requirements under the Weed Control Act do not apply to noxious weeds or weed seed that are far enough away from any land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes as they do not interfere with that use. However, individual city Property Standards By-laws or Lot Maintenance By-laws may apply to these situations. All properties within the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, including the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, are hereby requested to be in compliance with the Weed Control Act, by June 15, 2009 and throughout the season. Designated Noxious Weeds
Common barberry Goat’s Beard spp. Poison Ivy Cypress Spurge Russian Thistle
European buckthorn Poison Hemlock Ragweed spp. Leafy Spurge Scotch Thistle
Wild carrot Johnson Grass Black-seeded proso millet Bull Thistle Tuberous Vetching
Colt’s-foot Knapweed spp. Yellow Rocket Canada Thistle Velvetleaf
Dodder spp. Milkweed spp. Sow-thistle (annual & Perennial) Nodding Thistle Giant Hogweed
Noxious weeds may be destroyed by the following methods: a) Pulling or otherwise removing the plants from the soil; b) Cutting the roots or stalks of the plants before the seeds has developed sufficiently to open after cutting; c) Cultivating the soil in which the plants are growing; d) Treating with a herbicide that causes the plants to be destroyed or prevents the growth of the plants or ripening of their seeds. Except for Giant Hogweed and Poison Ivy, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo strongly encourage the methods of (a), (b), or (c) to control noxious weeds. Property owners should review and comply with the Pesticides Act, 2009.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING ADDITIONAL NOXIOUS WEED: GIANT HOGWEED The main purpose of the Weed Control Act is to reduce the impact of noxious weeds on the industries of agriculture and horticulture. Primarily, this Act applies to agricultural and horticultural lands that generate income or other benefits to agriculture; this excludes lawns, gardens and private areas used for personal enjoyment and leisure. Under the Weed Control Act, you are required to destroy all noxious weeds on your property. The Weed Control Act can be viewed at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca Additional Noxious Weed: The Region of Waterloo Council through By-law 08-024 approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on August 11th, 2008, has designated an additional Noxious Weed: Heracleum Mantegazzium, commonly known as Giant Hogweed, withing the Regional Muncipality of Waterloo. All properties within the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, including the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, are required to be in compliance with the Weed Control Act, forthwith and throughout the remainder of the season, regarding Giant Hogweed. Note: Giant Hogweed can cause severe dermatitis and great care should be taken in handling or eradicating it. Contact the Area inspector (below) or a certified land exterminator / pesticide applicator for advice. Enforcement of the Weed Control Act in the Townships of North Dumfries, Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich will be carried out by the Area Weed Inspector: Larry Martin, Area Weed Inspector
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MAY 21
2:00 PM | A 19-year-old man was stopped on Sawmill Road showing signs of possible impairment. The officer conducted a test on the roadside screening device and the individual registered a ‘warn.’ His license was subsequently suspended for three days. Under new legislation, motorists whose licenses are suspended must pay a reinstatement fee of $150 to the Ministry of
A 15-year-old Conestogo girl succumbed to her injuries after falling off a horse Monday while practicing at a Woolwich stable. The teen had been taking riding lessons at the location east of Elmira. The victim completed some jumps and then is believed to have lost her balance, falling to the ground. She was then struck on the left side of her head by the horse’s rear leg, causing lifethreatening injuries. She was subsequently transported to Grand River Hospital with a major head injury and then airlifted to McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, where she later succumbed to her injuries. The case has been treated as an accidental death; no suspicious circumstances arose during the investigation. Transportation. 3:15 PM | Police received a call from Park Manor School in Elmira reporting that two bikes had been stolen. A witness obtained a license plate from a vehicle apparently involved in the theft and a solid description of the perpetrators. Combined with a good description of the stolen bikes, police were able to locate, arrest and charge the suspects. Police recommend that cyclists record the serial number of their bikes (usually located on the bottom part of the frame, near the pedals) in a safe place. Also worthwhile is engraving a vehicle license plate (or that of one’s parents) in a visible area of the bicycle. This way, police will be able to run the plates to see if the person carrying the bike is legally connected to it. 4:00 PM | A Dirt Jumper mountain bike was stolen from a Mockingbird Drive, Elmira address. The dark green mountain bike is valued at approximately $400. 5:15 PM | A collision occurred in Conestogo at the Sawmill Road and Northfield Drive intersection. Two elderly women were
trapped in their vehicle after the airbags were deployed. They suffered only minor injuries, however. A 17-year-old woman was charged under the highway traffic act.
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hELPING hANDS Two elderly women were trapped in their car following a collision at the intersection of Sawmill road and northfield Drive in conestogo may 21. conestogo firefighters responded.
Department responded, dousing the flames. Some $5,000 worth of damage was caused to the shop and some tools.
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11:00 AM | Police received a report that a tractor trailer had cut a corner while making a right turn from Kressler Road onto Lobsinger Line in Heidelberg, clipping a building in the process. The driver, a 39-yearold Tavistock man, kept on going. A citizen followed the vehicle obtaining a license plate. There were no injuries.
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11:50 AM | A car window was broken some time overnight in the Water Street area of St. Jacobs. Unknown suspects made a small hole in the window but it appears nothing was taken. 3:38 PM | A report of Internet fraud was filed. It appears the complainant had answered an advertisement on Kijiji for an iPod and a PlayStation3. The individual then sent two transfers through CIBC, worth a combined $460, to an address in Kincardine. The individual did not receive any products. Police would like to remind shoppers to be careful when purchasing products online. 5:00 PM | A backhoe that had been stolen in the previous week from a construction site on Northfield Drive in Waterloo was found near Tilman Road in Woolwich Township, stuck in waist-deep mud. A 17-year-old was arrested and charged with theft and possession of stolen property. Police continue to seek two other youths. 11:45 PM | A hit-and-run occurred on Line 86 near Covered Bridge Road in West Montrose. A 28-year-old man was westbound on Line 86 when a deer ran into the path of his vehicle, was struck and then bounded off. The driver was not injured and his vehicle incurred just minor damages.
MAY 23
12:00 PM | Two bicycles were stolen from the back yard of a Cedar Waxwing Drive, Elmira home. The bikes were taken some time on May 22. Both are 21-speed mountain bikes; one is black with green flames, the other grey with black stripes. 8:48 PM | A fire was reported on Herrgott Road in Wellesley Township. A neighbour first witnessed some flames on the building and alerted the shop owner, who promptly shut off propane and electricity. Wellesley Township Fire
MAY 24
3:18 AM | A vehicle was stopped by police on Lobsinger Line east of Heidelberg during an investigation of property damage and assault. The complainant had phoned in from an address on Church Street in Heidelberg stating that the vehicle had driven by and discharged several paintballs from a semi-automatic paintball gun into a crowd of people attending a social gathering, injuring one person. As a result, one adult and two young offenders, all of whom were in the vehicle at the time of the offence, were arrested and charged with ‘mischief under $5,000,’ ‘weapons dangerous,’ and ‘assault with a weapon.’ The driver was additionally charged with ‘dangerous driving.’ 3:00 PM | A vehicle parked on Raising Mill Gate in Elmira was broken into overnight. A cigarette pack and some CDs were taken. 4:50 PM | No one was injured
in a collision involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Ament Line, near Hawkesville Road. It appears the driver of the motorcycle lost control while approaching a sharp bend in the road, his motorbike sliding into an eastbound pickup truck. The bike was run over by the truck. The motorcycle was demolished; there was no damage to the truck.
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MAY 25
7:40 AM | An industrial accident was reported at Lucky’s Tire on Howard Avenue in Elmira. A 25-year-old man inadvertently put his arm through a glass window while knocking on it to get the attention of someone inside. He suffered some lacerations and was taken to the hospital. The Ministry of Labour was notified. 1:00 PM | A report of a hit-andrun occurred on New Jerusalem Road. A vehicle hit a guy wire and pole. The pole was bent and some car parts remained at the scene. 4:00 PM | A bike was found at Park Manor School in Elmira. The woman’s 18-speed bicycle, purple in colour, may be claimed by its rightful owner
at the Elmira detachment.
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MAY 26
8:00 AM | Another bike was found in the rear of the Stone Crock Restaurant in St. Jacobs. The Tech Team stunt bike may be claimed by its rightful owner at the police station in Elmira. 1:50 PM | Another bicycle was found, this time on Arthur Street near Park Avenue in Elmira. The 15-speed, beige and purple SuperCycle mountain bike may now be claimed by its rightful owner at Division 3A. 8:48 PM | A chimney fire was reported in the area of Greenwood Hill Road near Lobsinger Line in Crosshill. A neighbour noticed the chimney smoking. The homeowners had started a stove fire a half hour before. Firefighters took the stove apart and quelled the fire. There was some smoke in the house and minor damage.
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MAY 27
1:45 PM | A dozen bikes are now being stored at the police detachment in Elmira. These bikes were found and turned into police. They may be claimed by their rightful owners.
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Deficit reveals a Tory pattern
There are plenty of reasons to pillory Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, but the Liberals are being a little too opportunistic with the call for his dismissal. Flaherty certainly should go, but it’s a little disingenuous to call for more stimulus spending then complain about a largerthan-expected deficit. All along, the opposition parties have been calling for more spending, saying the government hasn’t been doing enough to help Canadians cope with the recession. While one can argue Flaherty’s measures have been ineffective – stimulus funds have been flowing like molasses – increased spending of the type we’ve seen can only lead to larger deficits. Forecasting a deficit of about $34 billion only a few months ago, Flaherty this week said that number could hit $50 billion. He blamed the increase on falling tax revenues, higher employment insurance claims and an auto industry bailout that has soared beyond initial estimates. The growing deficit is alarming but not really surprising under the circumstances. In reality, it’s much smaller proportionally than the deficits in other industrialized countries, at about 3.2 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product. That compares fa-
vourably to the 14 per cent in the U.S. and 10 per cent in the likes of Japan and the U.K. While numerically higher than previous deficits, $50 billion is smaller as a percentage of the overall economy, which has grown considerably since the record deficits of the 1980s and early ’90s. Harkening back to those days, however, would give the opposition plenty of fodder to lambaste Flaherty and the man who pulls his strings, Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The last time Canadians saw record deficits was under a Conservative government, one that advanced trickle-down economics, cutting taxes to the wealthiest while boosting spending, often on pet projects and measures designed for political gain rather than the common good. Sound familiar? It’s precisely what has happened under Harper. This despite the fact that he’s championed the opposite course. Such ill-advised moves as cutting the GST by two percentage points – the economic impact was negligible – and ramping up spending in an attempt to buy a majority left the economy in poor position to deal with the downturn. The Liberals can certainly make hay of that. The same goes for Harper’s don’t-worry-be-happy approach to
» VERBATIM “We’re too far away from balance to get there just relying on the rebound in the economy.” BMO economist Douglas Porter predicts it will take years to reduce federal deficits
the economy last fall even as everyone else was bracing for a recession – both he and Flaherty claimed there would be no deficit under their watch. Clearly this government has no real handle on the situation. Yes, the recession goes well beyond any one country’s control, but that doesn’t excuse the fact Harper and company appear to be lurching from surprise to surprise, seemingly caught unawares at every turn. Canadians recalling the fiasco that was the last Conservative government will note that it took the policies of then- finance minister Paul Martin to set things straight. Years of surplus followed. With the election of Harper’s Tories, it didn’t take long to flush away the surpluses on the way to another record deficit. We can see a pattern developing here. Flaherty’s stock is tumbling faster than GM’s, but if sacked he would simply be replaced by another mouthpiece for Harper’s policies – his departure would not change the government’s direction. Instead of simply calling for Flaherty’s head over the surging deficit, the Liberals need to position themselves as the party capable of correcting Conservative mismanagement.
» THE MONITOR Net farm income (the difference between a farmer’s cash receipts and operating expenses minus depreciation, plus income in kind) amounted to $3.3 billion in 2008, up $1.3 billion (63.2%) from 2007. This was the second consecutive annual increase after declines in 2005 and 2006. Statistics Canada
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Media fell short in reporting Mulroney-Schreiber affair The media can be biased in two ways, by what they publish and what they don’t publish. What you will read and hear on a regular basis demonstrates how the Canadian media would feel quite at home in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Our media is not only reluctant to examine any government in Ottawa, they get frozen keyboards even when it comes to previous leaders. Like Brian Mulroney, for example. Back in the ‘90s there was a fuss about what became known as the “Airbus affair,” which included allegations of secret commissions paid to members of the government of Canada, during the term of then prime minister Brian Mulroney, in exchange for then-Crown Corporation Air Canada’s purchase of a large order of Airbus jets. In 1995, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wished to determine what role, if any, Mulroney, former Newfoundland premier Frank Moores and Karl-Heinz Schreiber, a professional go-between accused in the matter, played in the purchase. To complete their investigations, they felt it necessary to check in Switzerland banks for evidence. In order to do that, the Mounties set forth in a letter that they had “reasonable grounds to believe etc. …” (It should be noted that Schreiber’s name had previously been connected to Mulroney after Schreiber had earlier raised money
for Mulroney’s successful bid to win the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party.) Not only did Mulroney deny the charges, he sued the RCMP on the letter, claiming that it libelled him. Some people might have thought that an innocent Mulroney would have welcomed such a search and would have accepted the RCMP letter as a necessary preliminary to getting to the bottom of things. Instead, in 1995, Mulroney sued for libel demanding $50 million based on this seemingly routine RCMP letter. In what had to be the fastest legal genuflection of all time, the government paid him $2 million, one for himself and one for his lawyer. Considering the glacier-like pace Ottawa customarily displays this was not only a very interesting settlement, but also one achieved with incredible haste. This raises the question: why? It is a question that the government refused to answer. What was it about this matter that made it worth, immediately, $2 million? Has an RCMP letter of this sort ever been held libellous in the past? Why didn’t the national media ask these questions and stay with the matter until a satisfactory explanation was given? Did the Liberal government of the day have some skeletons in the closet that they wanted kept there? While there hasn’t been a soupcon of evidence to support that notion, one still must wonder why a Liberal government would behave so generously with Brian Mulroney. In all events, 14
years later there is no answer to an uncomplicated question: why did the government pay him $2 million? But the plot thickens. The Canadian television newsmagazine The Fifth Estate reported on Feb. 8, 2006, that a $300,000 payment came through a Swiss bank account code-named “BRITAN” from another named “Frankfurt,” linked with the Airbus affair. Indeed the $300,000 (Mulroney claimes $225,000) was given to Mulroney by Schreiber, in three lots of $100,000 ($75,000) in cash. Schreiber, in an interview with the CBC program, said that the money came at the request of a Mulroney aide who told Schreiber the former prime minister was short of funds. Schreiber mocked Mulroney’s claim that the money was a consulting fee for help given in a pasta business Schreiber had invested in. Indeed it would seem that Mr. Schreiber once asked Mulroney where to get a decent pizza in town and Mulroney sent him a brochure. But this story wasn’t a new one. In 2003, a Globe and Mail editorial told of this amazing transfer of all that loot to Mulroney. The only question was how much and how it was delivered. We know it was in a shopping bag but now the evidence seems to be three occasions of $100,000 in three shopping bags. One need hardly mention that lawyers don’t usually get their fees in bags of small bills, 100 grand at a time. Assuming this is indeed true, wouldn’t a prudent Mulroney assume that this was probably “tainted” money? And
how did Mulroney use this money? Banks are limited in the amount of cash they can deal with before being required by law to investigate. Indeed these two questions jump out at one: how the hell do you get $300,000 in bills? You can’t just sashay to your bank and withdraw such a sum. And, once you have it, how the hell do you spend it? But, it went further. Mulroney, upon hearing that the story was to be printed, begged Greenspon not to publish it and in exchange, he offered Greenspon an ever better story. One can only wonder what the better story could have been. At any rate, it didn’t seem to pique the Globe’s curiosity. Instead of investigating the hell out this incredible nest of unanswered questions, the Globe simply dropped the matter. On the front page of the Jan. 24, 2007 edition of The Globe and Mail is a story by Greg McArthur saying that the government had sought evidence that might permit them to overturn that $2 million settlement on the grounds that, contrary to Quebec law (the deal was done in Quebec) it was fraudulently obtained. When William Kaplan, a well known Canadian journalist, originally a defender of Mulroney and his government, heard of the $300,000 in the shopping bag, he was outraged but for some strange reason the media weren’t interested and the story had no “legs.” This, then, is your vigilant national media at work. Let’s roll back a few years to 1991 See MAIR »14
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Koreans and Israelis react differently to nuclear threats Why are Koreans so much braver than Israelis when faced with the threat of nuclear weapons? North Korea’s second underground nuclear test, much bigger than its first in October 2006, did not cause panic in South Korea. Even when North Korea conducted a shortrange missile test only hours after the explosion, to underline that all of South Korea lies open to nuclear attack, South Koreans went about their business as usual. Nobody fled the country to escape from the threat. How different from Israel, where a recent opinion poll conducted by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University revealed that almost a quarter of Israel’s seven million citizens would consider leaving the country if Iran gets nuclear weapons. Israeli leaders talk about an “existential threat” to the country’s survival, and warn almost daily that Iran is on the brink of developing the bomb. There are major differences between the North Korea-South Korea relationship and the Israel-Iran one, but they just deepen the puzzle. The two Koreas have actually fought a war in which millions died, and the two countries’ troops still face each other across a massively fortified ceasefire line. Almost every year there are violent incidents along
the border or on the seas around the Korean peninsula. Israel and Iran, by contrast, have never fought a war, and do not even have a common border. Iran has no nuclear weapons, and denies that it has any intention of making any. Nor has Iran ever threatened war with Israel. Iran’s current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said that the Israeli state should be “wiped from the pages of history,” which makes him about the twentieth leader of a Muslim country to voice that empty sentiment. However, he has never said that Iran should do that job, nor is he in any position to attack Israel. It is the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, who controls Iran’s foreign policy and armed forces. During his 20 years in office, Ali Khamenei has never been involved in a foreign war, nor has he ever echoed the remarks of the excitable Ahmadinejad. North Korea, on the other hand, finds some pretext to declare that war with the South is imminent almost every year. So why are Israelis almost hysterical about the Iranian threat, while South Koreans are phlegmatic about the North Korean threat? It gets even weirder. Both Israel and South Korea have a security guarantee from the United States, which ultimately includes the backing of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. But South Korea has no nuclear weapons of its own and no ambitions of acquiring them, whereas Israel has hundreds of the things. In
fact, it has enough nuclear weapons and delivery systems to destroy every Iranian city at the same time in a first strike. Israelis are just as intelligent as Koreans, so there must be more going on here than meets the eye. Indeed, Israeli leaders know that Muslim leaders are not homicidal and suicidal maniacs, even if the general public is encouraged to believe in the myth of “mad mullahs.” There has to be some genuine strategic distinction that explains the difference between the Israeli and the South Korean responses. There is. It lies precisely in the fact that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, while South Korea does not. South Koreans trust in the U.S. nuclear deterrent, having no alternative. Israelis trust in their own deterrent, and enjoy the luxury of having the U.S. deterrent as backup – but they also have other fish to fry. Israel’s nuclear weapons are not meant only to deter a nuclear attack on Israel. They would serve that purpose quite well, but they are also configured to give Israel “extended” deterrence; that is, the ability to stop a variety of other things from happening by threatening to use nuclear weapons. Those things would certainly include a conventional military attack on Israel, but they might extend to other political or technological developments in the Arab world as well. In conformity with deterrence doctrine, Israel has never published a list of the things that
it might seek to deter by the threat of nuclear weapons use, but all the Arab governments are keenly aware that such a list probably exists. All Israeli military and political leaders see the regional monopoly of nuclear weapons that their country has had for the past 40 years as a huge strategic asset. It would evaporate overnight if any Arab state could deliver even a single nuclear weapon onto Israeli soil. Israel would then be equally deterred from launching a nuclear first strike because of the certainty of devastating retaliation. Would an Iranian nuclear weapon, if such a thing existed, also negate Israel’s “extended” deterrence? Only if the Iranian regime were willing to risk the virtual annihilation of Iran for the sake of the Arabs, which most Arabs would doubt. But Israelis have always taken Islamic solidarity more seriously than most Muslims do. So the South Koreans stay cool about North Korean nuclear weapons despite the eccentricity of the North Korean regime, while the Israel security establishment worries about Iranian nuclear weapons for reasons quite different from those it mentions in public. And since Israelis are a people haunted by the Holocaust, the government’s rhetoric about an “existential threat” is taken literally by the population, some of whom respond with fantasies of flight. They are only fantasies. They aren’t actually leaving.
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Mair: Press poodles, not watchdogs » From page 13
when it was reported that then-premier Bill Vander Zalm of B.C. had accepted $20,000 in a bag, originating from a source to whom he was trying to sell his theme park. There was no suggestion that Vander Zalm was accepting a bribe but that in his dealings, he had been in a conflict of interest position. Here we have a former prime minister, known to have close relations with the Airbus deal fixer, Karl-Heinz Schreiber, first getting $2 million for a libel, then being revealed as receiving $300,000 in cash in shopping bags from Mr. Schreiber. The national media across the board breathed on their Orders of Canada, gave them a polish, then went about dealing with matters less embarrassing to their political friends. None of this is to assert, of course, that Brian Mulroney is guilty of any crime. Merely
that his dealings merit much closer journalistic scrutiny than they have been given. Unlike the national media, or any other I’m acquainted with, I have consistently raised these issues for a decade. I’ve been accused many times of being unfair to the national media, whether it was over Meech Lake, the Charlottetown “Accord,” or salmon farming here in B.C. I now rest my case. Those who accept the national media’s version of events or, more often, their refusal to deal with them, no doubt are also looking for a bridge to buy. This tawdry business doesn’t just involve the Mulroneys and Schreibers. It is the entire Canadian establishment, the system if you will, that sees, hears and speaks no evil. Is the national media the Canadian establishment’s poodle? What other conclusion can any intelligent Canadian come to?
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Funding recognizes importance of tech skills Federal and provincial programs provide $72 million for expansion at Conestoga College
Technical education in Waterloo Region got a huge boost this week as the federal and provincial governments announced funding for Conestoga College in excess of $72 million. “It’s by far the biggest announcement we’ve had in the history of the college,” said president John Tibbits. “It will provide tremendous opportunity for citizens of this area.” Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced a federal commitment of $38.1 million. Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast announced $10 million in new funding from the province, on top of $24.3 million previously announced. The funding comes out of the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, a two-year, $2-billion investment in infrastructure at post-secondary institutions. The federal and provincial commitments are in addition to $8.1 million recently set aside by the Region of Waterloo.
The money will be directed toward expanding programming at Conestoga’s campuses in Waterloo and Guelph and a new campus in Cambridge. Within seven years, Conestoga expects to have space for an additional 4,000 full-time students, 2,000 more apprenticeship students and more than 100 new programs of instruction. At the Waterloo campus, the college will establish a heating, ventiliation and air conditioning (HVAC) skills training centre in partnership with the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute. In another partnership with industry, the school will create a roofing skills training centre. In the works for the Cambridge site is a major enhancement to the School of Engineering and Information Technology and the establishment of an institute of food processing technologies. Tibbits said the food processing institute was the brainchild of the Alliance of Ontario Food Processors. Food
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New animal technologies bridge farm and consumers As society’s focus on agriculture sharpens, the sector needs to find new approaches to satisfy consumers’ demands for accountability and affordability. In livestock, researchers are continuing to develop and refine technologies that bridge the gap between keeping the public happy, making farming profitable and satisfying the world’s growing appetite for meat and fish. They need to. It’s a fact that as countries’ prosperity increases, so does their hunger for animal protein. The American Association for the Advancement of Science says developing countries’ demand for meat will
rise by almost three per cent a year through to 2020. The association notes that’s twice the rate of population growth. Increased meat consumption brings up issues and questions that are moral, medical, social and agronomic. And those are just the ones that come to mind quickly. You can likely think of more in a heartbeat. Dialogue about meat consumption is vital But so is action. The world wants more meat, and agriculture needs to find a way to provide it. To that end, researchers are trying to develop technologies that address the rising demand. Canada has been a global leader in animal reproduction technology for decades, especially in embryo transfer and artificial insemination. On farms in Woolwich Township and
Tech: Changing economic needs » From page 15
tive fuelled vehicles. The college’s president welcomed the investment in technological education after decades of federal money being poured into research. “It’s about time that happened,” he said, noting that the average age of skilled tradespeople is high, and many are approaching retirement. “Once this recession is over, there’s going to be a huge shortage of skilled people. There’s absolutely huge demand for these people now, and
there’ll be greater demand in the future.” Rapid changes in technology demand an educated workforce that is trained and literate, Tibbits said. Where it used to be possible to get a good job with a high school diploma, now 70 per cent of jobs in Waterloo Region require post-secondary education. “We really need to invest in getting people skilled at a higher level, otherwise we’re going to have people unemployed.”
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elsewhere, artificial insemination is a household word. It’s used by almost all of Canada’s dairy industry and about 70 per cent of the pork industry, to take advantage of top genetics. Consumers don’t readily recognize it, but those genetics help producers raise the best herds possible. That keeps costs down and production up, so food prices can stay as affordable (i.e. cheap) as possible. Now, other technologies are emerging, too. For example, researchers are developing environmentally oriented animal technologies, such as the University of Guelph Enviropig, the world’s first transgenic farm animal. Enviropigs, which excrete what’s been dubbed environmentally friendly manure, have been under review for more than five years by Canadian and U.S. authorities. If they’re approved for human consumption, it’s expected they’ll open the door for similar technologies, such as priondeficient cattle that may be less susceptible to BSE. Cloning is another technology researchers consider promising. Technically, the know-how to clone animals is in place, and the advantages to farmers are clear. Cloning pretty well guarantees predictable offspring. The U.S has said meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring is safe. Understandably, consumers are skittish. Like other new food-related technologies, cloned protein sources need to be carefully introduced to
avoid a consumer backlash similar to that caused by biotechnology crops. And finally, again with the U.S., President Barack Obama has taken a more liberal line on stem cell research by overturning the prohibition against federal support for human embryonic stem cell research. Guelph animal scientist Prof. W. Allan King, who holds a Canada Research Chair in animal reproductive biotechnology, predicts Obama’s decision could prove positive for livestock, too. King’s particularly hopeful that stem cell research could lead to a deeper understanding of animal embryos, whose intricacies – such as how they’re affected by nutrition and environment – are still not well known. King is part of a new Canadian research network for animal embryos called EmbryoGENE. The network, a world first, has a five-year, $7.9-million research budget, courtesy of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Council president Suzanne Fortier predicts the network researchers’ findings “will boost Canadians’ confidence in the security of their food supply and will help cattle producers choose the most effective reproduction methods for their herds.” Fortier rightly connects consumers and producers, via research. Good for her. It’s a position that needs to constantly resonate in Ottawa, Washington, and everywhere there’s a will to keep farming viable.
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Local basketball player making a name for herself Alex Klein, a Grade 9 student at SJK, wins an invitation to USA Junior Nationals International Sports Festival
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5’10”, she was recently invited to take part in the USA Junior Nationals International Sports Festival in Illinois this summer. Several hundred girls aged 14 to 17 – the best basketball players in the U.S. and Canada – will take part in a weeklong skills competition. Alex got the invitation to the international festival after a strong performance at the state competition in Michigan in March. The mystery is how the Junior Nationals organization heard of her in the first place; Klein still doesn’t know who put her name in. Klein hits the court between three and five days a week. She plays for the Waterloo Wildhawks rep team, and she qualified again this year for the tri-county team, made up of play-
ers from Brantford, Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo and area. The Grade 9 student also played for her school’s basketball team, playing point guard for the senior girls squad. She scored 32 points in the championship final, helping her school, St. John’s Kilmarnock, to its firstever basketball title. Both her parents, Michael and Mary Klein, played basketball on rep teams and they thought it was important to put their daughter in sports. “We … liked to expose her to everything, but when it came to exposure to dance and things like that, she wasn’t interested,” Mary said. Klein has played in tournaments in the U.S. before, so she knows See BASKETBALL »19
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There are interesting opportunities to be found outdoors There’s a great beer commercial being played right now where the main character is said to be the most interesting man in the world. Unless, however, he has been hit in the head by a fast-flying green-winged teal, I would have to say that he doesn’t even come close. A cousin of mine, on the other hand, had this happen to him and it made him very interesting to the rest of the guys at duck camp for at least a couple of years. Which, I should explain, was at least a year after he stopped quacking. I only mention that part so you understand that our interest was not just a flash in the pan. If it sounds like I’m a bit envious of my cousin, I guess I am. I mean sure,
watch from the relative safety of the truck. Sharing a sleeping bag with a snake or even a mouse also ups the interest factor. You wouldn’t think it would, but believe me it does. I have helped several ho-hum people become interesting in this way over the last 20 years, and though not one of them has ever thanked me for it, I suspect that deep down each will admit it was an interesting experience. On occasion, bats can quickly make a person a whole lot more interesting. The rule of thumb is, the more confined and acoustically conducive the space, the more interesting. We once had a bat in our house and just as I was stalking it with a tennis racket in the washroom, my wife decided to try to make me even more interesting by locking me in that small room with the bat. Needless to say, this was not nearly as
he thought he was Ethel Merman for a while, and sure he didn’t know which planet he was on for the next few weeks, but in the end, he provided his friends with a great story to tell about him, and in doing so that made him very interesting. Now, I’m not saying that it takes a teal in the head to make you the most interesting person in the world; I’m just saying that it doesn’t hurt you in that respect. In fact, that’s the only respect it doesn’t hurt you in. Of course, there are countless other common outdoors experiences that can make you interesting too. That’s what makes hunting, fishing, camping, canoeing, boating, and hiking such desirable pastimes. Being chased by a bear, or any animal, for that matter adds to your interest level. Getting treed makes you even more interesting to others, provided they can
interesting as she had hoped it would be. Sure, there was a moment or two when the poor defenseless creature realized it was trapped, and there was that instant when it clung pathetically to the window screen while making pitiful highpitched sounds. The bat, on the other hand, just flew a bunch of unpredictable circles around the room until it got tired. In any case, the point of it is, if you really want to be interesting, the outdoors provides you with countless options. Even something as simple as the lowly garden worm, when strategically applied, can make a person extremely fascinating. I know that when we were younger, they did a world of good for my sister. Who would have thought anyone could have jumped that high? Still, you’d have to go a long way before you surpassed my cousin in interest level. And if he ever stops singing show tunes, I think he’d agree.
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Jacks re-establish affiliation with Sugar Kings JONI MILTENBURG The Wellesley Applejacks have made another change to the organization, announcing the team will be affiliating with the Elmira Sugar Kings. The move comes after the Jacks made a number of changes to the coaching staff and executive, hoping to turn
around the team’s fortunes after several years of poor on-ice performance. Former president Kevin Fitzpatrick, who is now taking on the role of coach and general manager, finalized the affiliation with Sugar Kings general manager Keith Stewart last week. “It should work out well, they’ve got an excellent organization,”
Basketball: Looking ahead to the future » From page 17
what to expect; basketball operates on a higher level there than it does in Canada. “Any time you play American girls, it’s always up a notch,” Mary noted. “They’re so intense there that it’s almost a shock to your system.” Alex will be in the youngest bracket of players at the Junior Nationals competition. That’s a good thing, she said, because it gives scouts four years to study her and watch her progress. In addition to individual skills competitions,
Fitzpatrick said. “I’m confident that we’ll be able to help them out … give our guys some exposure to playing Junior B when they need players, and hopefully we’ll be able to recruit some players through their system.” The Jacks were affiliated with the Kings more than a decade ago, but most recently have been linked to the Waterloo
Siskins. That affiliation hasn’t worked well for the past two years, and the Siskins opted this year not to continue. Even while the Jacks were connected to the Siskins, they’ve always had more players from Woolwich Minor Hockey, Fitzpatrick said. “If it works out like I’m hoping it does, they’ll be able to place a couple of players that aren’t quite
ready for their program into our program and … the next year ideally they would make the Sugar Kings after playing for us. “[The affiliation] also gives some Woolwich Minor Hockey players the option to play Junior and still have that opportunity to play for their hometown as a call-up.” Fitzpatrick is hoping to have the coaching staff
and scouts finalized in the next two weeks. He’s also busy talking to players, and said the returning players have been some of his most enthusiastic recruiters, spreading the word to their friends. “There seems to be a lot of interest from kids so we’re confident we’re going to put a pretty good team on the ice next season.”
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there are scrimmages and matchups between teams. The girls will also get to experience different coaching styles as they play under various college coaches. It’s a little too early for Klein to say where she’d like to play after high school; some Canadian universities now offer athletic scholarships, but nothing compared to the full scholarships offered in the U.S. “We’re not aiming for scholarships in the states at this point, but…” Mary trailed off. “That’d be amazing,” Alex finished.
Below are the results from last week’s CWOSSA track and field competition, held at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School May 20 and 21. The following athletes qualified for the Ontario west meet May 29 and 30: Sarah Densmore, 6th, senior girls’ 3,000 metres. Jordan Moore, 4th, midget boys’ high jump. Sam Murray, 5th, midget girls’
800 metres; 3rd, midget girls’ 300-metre hurdles. Melissa Blake, 3rd, senior girls’ javelin. Nick Timmerman, 2nd, senior boys’ javelin. Lydia Frey, 5th, junior girls’ discus; 5th, junior girls’ long jump; 2nd, junior girls’ javelin. Madeline Charnuski, 4th, senior girls’ 400 metres; 4th, senior girls’ 100-metre hurdles; 2nd, senior girls’ 400-metre hurdles.
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Results posted by EDSS participants at CWOSSA
Owen Sound Greys fold, reducing Junior B ranks The Elmira Sugar Kings will face one fewer opponent next season, as the Owen Sound Greys have suspended hockey operations citing financial restructuring. The Greys had the worst record in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League last season, going 6-44-2 and missing
the playoffs for a third straight year. The club has been struggling for the past few seasons, winning just 17 games in the past three years. The Junior B club is planning to hit the ice again in 2010-11, but that depends on getting the team on more solid financial footing.
Dozens of high school students and staff from across Waterloo Region took part in the EDSS Tinman Triathlon, held in Elmira Tuesday. Competing individually or in teams of three, athletes swam 375 metres at the Elmira pool, biked 15 kilometres along the Kissing Bridge trail then ran five kilometres through the streets of Elmira. Top finishers were Derek Govier of Waterloo-Oxford in junior boys; Ryan Mann of Glenview Park in senior boys; Jessie Lupert of EDSS in junior girls; and Justine Horne of Southwood in senior girls.
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Wellesley arenas to get new energy efficient lighting
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MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
YER SAFE! Pete Moore (center) of South Woolwich Minor Baseball is flanked by Woolwich Township employees Brad Hergott and Shawn Johnson while displaying the newly installed magnetic bases at Riverside Meadows baseball diamond in St. Jacobs.
Optimists slide out new bases for St. Jacobs diamond New feature at Riverside Meadows makes sliding safer for kids; improvements welcomed by South Woolwich Minor baseball MARC MIQUEL HELSEN The crack of a bat. The soft thud of a ball as it glides into a leather glove. The scraping of earth as a player slides into second base. The sounds of baseball season are starting to fill the air. To make it safer for local children playing in South Woolwich Minor Baseball, the Optimist Club of St. Jacobs recently purchased four new permanent magnetic bases that will replace the older, moveable counterparts at the
Riverside Meadows diamond in St. Jacobs. The new magnetic bases have a component that is buried in the ground and which uses a strong magnet to keep the above surface base intact. It’s all about making the process safer for children, said Heather Minor, treasurer for the Optimist Club of St. Jacobs. “They’re actually safer for the kids because they don’t have those spikes that go into the ground,” said Minor, noting that with constant wear and tear, the
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“spikes” can become exposed, posing a hazard. “These have magnets that are buried in the ground and then the bag just stays in place – much, much safer for the kids.” Woolwich Township grounds crews spent the morning of May 26 installing the new bases, which cost in the neighbourhood of $700. For members of South Woolwich Minor Baseball, the recent development came as a boon. “When the Optimist Club decided, ‘OK, let’s help them out, I had a big grin on my face be-
cause we could have paid ourselves but then we’d be short money for buying equipment or whatever,” said organization president Pete Moore, noting that the St. Jacobs diamond is used at least four times a week by a total of 180 players enrolled in the local baseball association. As for the local service club, Minor noted that the project fit well with the organization’s philosophy. “The money that we’re putting out for the bases hits a lot of the kids in the area.”
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Grainy pictures of the Wellesley Applejacks in action at their home barn are not strictly a thing of the past. In fact, these days, any visitor to the Wellesley Arena will agree that the current, dim lighting in the facility makes it challenging to obtain clean and crisp images. Fortunately for local hockey fans that could all change starting next season, as the municipality considers replacing its lighting system with a brighter, more energy efficient counterpart. “We got funding through the Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program (ERIP),” said director of recreation Brad Voisin. The municipality will receive a $5,895 grant to upgrade the lighting system in Wellesley and $5,535 in St. Clements. The program encourages high-efficiency electricity retrofits to existing structures. It is a joint venture between the Ontario Power Authority and local distribution companies such as Waterloo North Hydro. Wellesley Township recently had energy audits conducted in the arenas
and community centres in both St. Clements and Wellesley. A contractor counted every light in the four facilities, including ice surface areas, lobbies, bathrooms, dressing rooms and community centres, and calculated current energy consumption. They predicted that with new, more energy efficient lighting, the township could cut back its energy costs by 40 per cent – that could save the township a combined $15,000 to $20,000 in annual electricity costs at the two arenas, Voisin told councillors meeting Tuesday night. The total cost of upgrading all those facilities – not including labour – could reach the $43,000 mark. The payback period is expected to be two years. If council approves the project costs, the lights could be installed and ready to go for the next ice season in September and October. The new lighting system is not only more energy efficient, it is also much brighter, said Voisin – something that should make hockey fans much happier. “Absolutely, it’s going to be a huge difference. Minto [Township] has done their rinks and I was very impressed.”
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It’s time again to get medieval Robin in the Hood Festival enters its ninth year; now a stand-alone non-profit organization In another week, Gibson Park in Elmira will be a scene of merriment, some mayhem and plenty of the medieval. The ninth annual Robin in the Hood festival will see the park transformed into Nottingham and Sherwood Forest, with knights in armour, maidens and jesters. The brainchild of DJ Carroll, the festival is a family-friendly event offering a glimpse of life in the Middle Ages. There will be games, stage shows, musicians, jugglers, tournaments with knights, birds of prey, siege machines, archery and merchants offering period wares. Now director of promotions and advertising, Sarah Heppler has been involved with the festival since the very beginning. She was recruited by Carroll because she was a community actor with experience doing interactive theatre. “At that time it seemed like a huge undertaking,” Heppler said. Back then, the festival
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READY TO ROLE PLAY Lindsay Palmateer, Ryan Beattie, Bethany Johnson and Emily Phillips are some of the actors who will be donning their best medieval garb for the Robin in the Hood festival June 6. involved 50 actors, compared to 125 today. Now they have a castle built with two-by-four boards and Masonite that has a rest area for the actors; back then, they used the
gym at John Mahood Public School and the actors had to run back and forth to eat and change. To put on the festival, Carroll recruits a veritable army of students,
community actors, former students and parent volunteers. One of the original actors, a lawyer who moved to a practice in Ottawa, returns every year to take part;
last-minute arrivals are dubbed “Barts” in his honour. Carroll said they haven’t made any major changes to the festival, but it continues its slow
expansion; there are more games in the arcadia and they’ve added a ballista to the siege machines. There have been bigger changes behind the scenes; the festival has separated from Elmira District Secondary School and this is its first year as an official not-forprofit organization. The festival is a two-day affair. The first day is an education day, with more than 1,000 Grade 4 students bused from across southwestern Ontario to take part in workshops about medieval life. The second day, June 6, the park is open to the public. Heppler said her favourite part of the day is after the gates have closed, when the actors are resting and rehashing and the last protesting children have been dragged home by their parents. “You just kind of look around and go wow, we pulled this off.” Robin in the Hood festival is open to the public June 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $4 per person or $12 for a family of five or fewer.
Conference to present Mennonite music of the world JONI MILTENBURG The organizers of an upcoming conference at Conrad Grebel College at the University of Waterloo are putting their music where their mouths are. Sound in the Lands is both a festival and academic conference, with dozens of papers on Mennonite music being presented and a series of concerts explor-
ing different styles of Mennonite music. The four-day conference will examine influences on Mennonite music and international worship styles in places as diverse as Mexico, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, Switzerland and South Africa. “We want to represent the world, because Mennonites are found throughout the world,” said Jennifer Konkle, communications co-
ordinator for Conrad Grebel. The first Sound in the Lands was held in 2004, the brainchild of music professor Carol Ann Weaver. She wanted to have a musical gathering of the kind Mennonite writers have been holding for many years. The objective of this year’s conference is to gather music from as many different cultural and geographic settings as possible. Musicians
from South Africa, the Congo and Cuba will be sharing their music, and North Americans who have spent time in non-Western settings will be lecturing on non-Western music and worship practices. “We felt that the strongest way for us to understand, say, Zulu township gospel singing was for a Zulu singer to come here from that background,” Weaver explained in an
email. “This will leave a much stronger impact on the gathered conference attendees than merely hearing a Caucasian Canadian giving a paper about township gospel singing.” Sound in the Lands kicks off June 4 with a free Mennofolk concert, featuring a number of local performers ranging from veteran singer-songwriter Dale Nikkel to blues band Chuckee and the Craw-
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Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca
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NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING Space (O-2). The property currently contains commercial operations and a trail.
Tuesday June 23, 2009 7:00 p.m. Township Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira Regarding Mercedes Corporation (Official Plan Amendment Application 1/2009 and Zone Change 7/2009) Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has received a complete application by Mercedes Corporation for the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments as detailed below. Please be advised that Notice of a Complete Application does not indicate whether the municipality is in support of, or in opposition to the proposal. That determination will be made at a later date. The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Sections 17 and 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change applications. No decisions will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them. Mercedes Corporation (Official Plan Amendment Application 1/2009 and Zone Change 7/2009) The Township has received Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change applications from Mercedes Corporation for the property located at 10 Front Street and 1441 King Street North, St Jacobs (see Map 1). The property is within the Settlement of St Jacobs and is designated Core Area, Residential and Ancillary Use, and Open Space in the Township’s Official Plan. The property is zoned Core Commercial – Urban (C-1), Residential – Medium Density (R-3), General Industrial – Dry (M-1) and Open
The Official Plan Amendment application proposes to redesignate an area being approximately 0.4 ha (4,280 square metres) from Core Area to Residential and Ancillary Use. The Zone Change application proposes to rezone a 0.7 hectare portion of the property from Core Commercial (C-1) and Residential (R-3) to Residential – Multiple (R-7). The effect of the applications is to permit a 14 unit townhouse development on the 0.7 hectares of land along Front Street. The commercial portion along King Street would remain in the C-1 zone. Please Note: APPEALS: Official Plan Amendment If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Official Plan Amendments, you must make a written request to Jeremy Vink, Senior Planner, Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services, Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6. If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in respect of the proposed Official Plan Amendment, does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before
OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACTOR EvEnings and WEEkEnds
The Township of Woolwich seeks an individual or team that is able to provide supplementary dog control services during evenings and weekends on a negotiable contract basis. While the Township will consider all submissions, the successful candidate(s) will be able to supply a vehicle appropriate for transporting caged dogs, and will have a cell phone number that residents can call during evenings and weekends for issues involving dogs that are of an emergency nature. The contractor will be insured and will be able to enforce the Township’s Animal Control By-law, issue fines for offences and investigate dog bite incidents. Some training and equipment will be provided by the Township, but the contractor should have the ability to handle and transport dogs to the K-W Humane Society when required. A copy of the Animal Control By-law can be
found on the Township’s website at www. woolwich.ca. The contractor will respond to calls from Township residents in rural areas as well as in settlement areas including Elmira, St. Jacobs, Breslau, Conestogo, Heidelberg, Maryhill, Bloomingdale, West Montrose, Floradale, and Winterbourne. The successful contractor will be paid at a per-call rate or stand-by rate to be negotiated with the Township. Interested persons are encouraged to submit their proposals, including anticipated rate of compensation, to: Township of Woolwich, Council and Information Services Division, P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 by June 12, 2009. For more information about the contract position (i.e. number of calls per month, etc), please call (519) 669-6005.
the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. Zoning Amendment If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-laws does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the proposed zoning by-law amendments are passed: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of additional Township public meetings or Township staff reports regarding these applications you must make a written request to Engineering and Planning Services at the Township of Woolwich at the address shown at the top of this page.
the applications, will also be considered. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-669-6005 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6005. MORE INFORMATION: The public may view planning documents and background material relating to this application at the Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services Department between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the Township website at www.woolwich.ca. Questions or written submissions may be directed to: Township of Woolwich Jeremy Vink, Senior Planner Engineering and Planning Services Department Box 158 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 Telephone: 519-669-1647 / 519-664-2613, extension 6028 or email: jvink@woolwich.ca Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 30th day of May, 2009
If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before June 16, 2009 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on
PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING OFFROAD VEHICLES
RECREATION SUMMER PROGRAMS
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.
All Programs start JUNE 18, 2009 BALLROOM DANCING - Thursdays (8 weeks) 8:15 – 9:15 pm at Emmanuel Missionary Church Hall BOOT CAMP - Thursdays (8 weeks) 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Emmanuel Missionary Church Hall Instructor: Charlotte Ferguson Registration at Recreation Office, 24 Church Street West, Elmira or Call 519-669-6025 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6025 for more details. The Township reserves the right to cancel classes if there is insufficient registration.
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Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca
TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 FAX: 519-669-1820
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY: 519-575-4504
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS LANDS NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers (2nd Floor), Township of Woolwich Offices 24 Church Street West, Elmira The Township of Woolwich is considering the disposal of certain lands located in Elmira, which are currently owned by the Township of Woolwich. The purpose of disposing these lands is to facilitate a residential development, immediately adjacent to the Victoria Glen Street unopened road allowance, between Snyder Avenue North and Dunke Street North. The purpose of holding this meeting is to seek public input of any concerns or issues in declaring these lands surplus and/or developing the lands for residential purposes. At the Public Meeting, the Township will identify the opportunities and constraints to dispose/ develop the lands, as well as present a number of development options. No decisions will be made at this Public Meeting.
A recommendation report will be brought forward for Council’s consideration at a later date on whether or not to declare the lands surplus. If it is recommended to dispose of all or part of the lands, a preferred option will also be recommended on the nature/form of the proposed residential development.
Parcel 2 – the entire 0.38 ha (0.93 acre) vacant property located on the south side of the Victoria Glen Street un-opened road allowance. The lands are designated Residential and Ancillary Use in the Township’s Official Plan, are zoned Residential – One Unit Medium Density (R-2A) and is part of a wooded area.
The lands proposed to be declared surplus are (see Map 1):
Parcel 3 – a 0.01 ha (0.025 acre) portion of a 1.82 ha (4.5 acre) vacant property located on the north side of Victoria Glen Street. The depth of the parcel is approximately 32 metres. The lands are designated Residential and Ancillary Use in the Township’s Official Plan, are zoned Residential – Mixed Medium Density (R-4) and partially contains a wooded area. The balance of the property (1.81 ha), north of this parcel is proposed to be retained by the Township for open space purposes.
Parcel 1 – a 0.64 ha (1.6 acre) portion of a vacant 2.8 ha (7 acre) property located on the north side of the Victoria Glen Street un-opened road allowance. The depth of the parcel is approximately 32 metres. The lands are designated Residential and Ancillary Use in the Township’s Official Plan, are zoned Residential – One Unit Medium Density (R-2A) and is part of a wooded area. The balance of property (2.16 ha), north of this parcel is proposed to be retained by the Township for open space purposes.
If you wish to be kept informed of this process please send a letter in writing to the Chief Administrative Officer’s Department at the address shown at the top of this page.
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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.
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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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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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NEW LISTINGS! 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.
$999,000 $299,900 MAPLETON TWP | Approx. 1/2 acre in the country backing to farmland. 3+1 bdrm, 2 bath bungalow in small rural hamlet. New kitchen & newly finished basement with stone fireplace. Walk out to deck, fenced yard, and inground pool. MLS. Call Len Frey.
MAPLETON | 100 acre farm with 35,000 sq. ft. single level barn set up for hogs and well-kept 14 yr. old, 2000 sq. ft. 3 bedrm, 3 bath home. 90 acres cultivated, 32x68 quonset style drive shed. Home features mainfloor laundry, separate diningrm, eat-in country kitchen, separately fenced inground pool and much more. MLS Call Len Frey.
OPEN HOUSE - SUNDAY MAY 31 | 2-4PM CLoSE To EvERYTHING! Beautiful, private yard! 4 bdrms, 2 bths. 2 f/p’s. Sunrm. Rec. room. Updated oak cupboards Lots of character! NEW MLS $289,900.
ESCAPE THE CITY! Beautiful lot. Shingles 5 yrs. old. Separate Bunkie. Storage shed. Great location on the lake! NEW MLS. $114,900.
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42 ROBERTA STREET, ELMIRA $320,000 | Paradigm Elmira Homes offers
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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this well planned home. Soaring ceiling in the sunken family room, cherry kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, fantastic recroom, backing onto farmland. MLS.
BACKING To PARKLAND - Huge BETTER THAN NEW! custom built bungalow! MLS $ 409,900. master bdrm! MLS. $289,900.
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$384,900 MAPLETON TWP | Quiet country property on over 5 acres of wooded area. Huge eat-in kitchen overlooking family room with heat stove. Deck to rear yard off kitchen. Detached workshop 30 x 30. Great for the handy man!! MLS. Call Mildred or Len Frey.
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CONESTOGO | 3300 Sq. ft. renovated older home in desired Town of Conestogo. Large lot with studio detached garage. Many updates. A must see! MLS. To view call Mildred Frey.
backing onto Creek, walkout from the dinette to stamped concrete patio; family rm. w/ gas fireplace, separate dining rm., whirlpool master ensuite, finished basement. A lot of house. MLS.
OPEN HOUSE - SATURDAY MAY 30 | 2-4PM
158 RIVER RUN RD., DRAYTON THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS $459,000 | This spacious 6 bedroom home
WHY RENT? - 3 bdrm semi, backs NEW HoME - to be built, open to green space. MLS $183,900. concept main flr! MLS $274,900. 13 WEIGEL AvE., ELMIRA
features a stunning view of the Conestoga River and surrounding countryside, about 4,000 sq. ft. of finished living space, an oversized dble garage, 3 fireplaces and a whole lot of WOW! MLS.
71 EDWARD ST. S., DRAYToN
$699,900 MAPLETON | 3 1/2 acres pride of ownership throughout. Backs on River. 3+1 bedrm. Basement finished. Large Storage shed with high doors. MLS. Call Mildred Frey. DRAYTON | Apartment short walk to downtown. 2 bedroom upscale apt. all in good shape with in unit laundry. $750.00 monthly + utilities. Available June 1/09. Call Mildred Frey at 519-741-6970.
WELLINGTON COUNTRY
$64,900 | 1.9 acre building lot on Country
Road 7, North West of Drayton. South facing frontage, zoning is home occupation/ hobby barn, with compliance. MLS.
GREAT LoCATIoN - immaculate 3 SPACIoUS back split/ large bdrm bungalow. MLS $258,900. kitchen! MLS. $224,900. 37 EvENINGSTAR LANE, CoNESToGo
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10 ERB ST., ELMIRA
$192,000 DRAYTON | This great family
home is close to the park and schools; includes Pergola, deck, fully fenced yard, shed, central air, open concept. MLS.
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LEON MARTIN
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extra features and details. MLS.
FLORADALE BUNGALOW
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BUILD YoUR DREAM HoME on 1 EXISTING CHURCH! Seating LOTS FOR SALE Country Lots with high speed internet access, 40 to 45 minutes capacity 175+. Ideal for office, lofts, acre site. Located on the edge of WEBSITE: www.royallepage.ca EMAIL: Elmira@royallepage.ca from K/W or Guelph. They are located in etc.C-1 Zoning. MLS $549,000. Goldstone. MLS. $110,000. the small hamlet of Carthage. Individual well and septic. Great opportunity www.thurrealestate.com to build your own house or get us to customize a home for you. For more information please call Leon MLS. Office: 519-570-4447
New three bedroom bungalow on half acre lot with highspeed internet access. Don’t miss this opportunity to own a little piece of country. $311,900. MLS. 4.3 acres with mature trees on the edge of a quiet village. 3+2 bedroom, rec. room, 2 baths, municipal water and sewer, only 22 years old. $289,000. MLS. ADDRESS: 4-B
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setting minutes from Waterloo featuring 3 bedrooms, country kitchen, spacious living/ dining room; finished basement and much more. NEW MLS.
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Victor Elgawly Jim Reitzel Sales Representative Broker of Record
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Sextillions of options for different sudoku puzzles Q. You Sudoku savants, could every person on Earth be given a different puzzle to work? A. There are 5,472,730,538 fundamentally distinct 9x9 Sudoku grids, less than the global population, says computer science professor Jean-Paul Delahaye. However, from each of these grids a vast number of others can be derived by various elementary operations, such as swapping two rows or columns or systematically replacing each number with some other (1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 7, and so on). The resulting number of different grids approaches 7 sextillion (7 followed by 21 zeros), enough for everyone everywhere to be given more than a trillion (12 zeros) personal puzzles! The first Sudoku appeared in the May 1979 edition of Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games, under the title
“Number Place.” The puzzle jumped to a magazine in Japan in 1984, where it was eventually named “Sudoku” (single numbers). By late 2004, the London Times began publishing the puzzles, and from there they spread like wildfire, possibly enveloping you too in the heat. Q. What was all the excitement about in monitoring the recent flight of the female bar-tailed godwit from the bird’s breeding ground in Alaska? A. As reported in the “Proceedings of the Royal Society B,” she flew 11,680 kilometres (7,258 miles) nonstop to reach her winter home in New Zealand, going more than eight days without food, water or rest, the longest direct flight of a bird ever documented, reported Laura Sanders in Science News. “It’s phenomenal that a bird can go that far,” said Geoffrey Geupel of PRBO Conservation Science in Bolinas, California. A research team in Anchorage also tracked the flight of eight other god-
wits, whose monitors fell silent along the way but who were identified upon reaching their final destination. Q. How long did it take for 1998 World Checkers Champion Ron “Suki” King of Barbados to play 385 games? A. This spatial-intelligence genius did it in only 3 hours and 44 minutes by playing all 385 games AT THE SAME TIME, moving briskly from board to board, devoting only about 35 seconds to each game while his opponents could take hours to plot their moves, says David G. Myers in Psychology: Ninth Edition. “Yet King still managed to win all 385 games!” Q. No doubt you’re already familiar with the “greenhouse effect” (warming of the Earth), the “butterfly effect” (small input, huge output), and the “Doppler effect” (changing pitch of a moving sound source). But how do these barely scratch the “effect” surface? A. Scientists and technologists today have mainstreamed the term for nam-
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Brittany Martin & Scott Hahn Saturday June 6, 2009 8:00pm — 1:00am St. Clements Community Center (1 Green Street, St. Clements)
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KRAEMER, Marie (June 1, 1999)
Ten Years have passed now, since we lost You You were a Loving Mother and Devoted Wife Most of all, You were “Our Best Friend”. We miss You
With Joy in our Hearts Raza and Shermin Shah are proud to announce the arrival of their son
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OBITUARY BERNY HAUT
“A GOOD JOB DONE EVERY TIME�
On May 23, 2009 Bernard Otto Haut of Big River, Saskatchewan (formally of Glen Allen, Ontario) was called home to be with his Lord. Son of the late Herbert & Meinhild Haut. Berny was 52 years young and had faith that his Lord would carry him through the last several months. He was at peace and content when he left our home. He wished to thank, from the bottom of his heart, the Big River community for supporting him and his family through his most vulnerable time. Holding him close to their hearts are his wife of 16 years, Donna and the legacy he was so proud of: Jason of Elmira, Jeremy (Kristine) of Calgary, Dustin, Kassy, and Luke of Big River, Saskatchewan. Beloved brother of Christiane, Birgit (Pete), Armin (Dorothee), Iris, Dave (Kim), and their children; mother-in-law Hilda and father-inlaw Lawrence and many inlaws. Berny had a kind and gentle spirit. He loved his family, his horses, and his farm, but his greatest joy came from watching and sharing in his children’s adventures. He was blessed with a quick wit, mischievous twinkle in his eye and an unending faith in God. Although he was not healed physically, we all watched as his spirit was healed and lifted up. A celebration of Berny’s life here with us will be held Saturday, May 30, at 3:00 p.m. at the Big River Bible Camp or Big River Multiple 4H club. E-mail condolences may be sent to www.beaulacfuneralhome.com. Beau “Lac� Funeral Home of Big River was entrusted with the arrangements (306)469-2277.
DEATH NOTICES – Our darling princess was tragically taken from us on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, doing something she loved. FranceAnne Sweeny in her 16th year of Conestogo.
- On Sunday, May 24, 2009, at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, Gerry Hilhorst, age 51 years of West Montrose. MARTIN, Amsey W.
THOMPSON, Dr. John E. “Jack�
– Peacefully on Friday, may 22, 2009, at his home RR1, Elmira. Amsey W. Martin, in his 68th year.
- Peacefully, on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at KW Health Centre. Jack Thompson, age 81 years, of Elmira.
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 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.  The WTHHS historical room visitation – Saturday, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., in the Old School on Henry Street in Wellesley. Come and share some of Wellesley Township’s Heritage. Free Admission. MAY 31
 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. JUNE 3
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 Robin In The Hood Medieval Festival, 10 a.m. Gibson Park, Elmira. Come join Robin Hood and his band of merry men for a day of fun in Sherwood Forest. Tickets are $4 per person or $12 per family (parents, children, 5 people or less) and can be purchased at the gate. For more information please visit www.robininthehood.com
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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.
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 Elmira Horticultural Bus Trip – 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (approximately). Trip to view two rural gardens north of Durham. Meet bus at back of Pentecostal church parking lot prior to 8 a.m. and bring a bagged lunch. For costs call Diane at 519-669-8217.
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 19th Annual Garden Party at St. Teresa of Avila Church, 19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira. A cold buffet will be served form 5-7:30 p.m. Dinner tickets are $15 for adults, $6 for children 6-12 yrs and free for children 5 and under. There will be a raffle, penny table, bingo, live music, horseshoes, face painting and much more. Come out and enjoy and evening of family fun and fellowship.
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 Crosshill Community Rhubarb Festival, 8-2 p.m. “All Things Rhubarbâ€? Tea Room, fresh baking & fresh rhubarb for sale, free kids games, including bouncy castles (9-1), and BBQ (11-1) at Crosshill Mennonite Church.
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 Alma Community Recreation Association Pancake Breakfast – 8-11a.m.; $4/ adult, $2/child.  Woolwich Cougars 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Park Manor Public School, Elmira. Free entry (register early, limited spots.) Grade 6: 9-11 a.m.; Grade 7: 12-2 p.m.; Grade 8: 2-4 p.m. Pre-register by e-mail at woolwichcougars@hotmail.com with players names, designated team captain’s e-mail address and phone number. Paul McGinley, program director, 519-894-6951. JUNE 14
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ore 3G productivity. Available at the following Bell store:
Waterloo Conestoga Mall 550 King St. N 519 888-9615
Offer ends June 13, 2009. Available with compatible devices within Bell Mobility high speed network. Other monthly fees, e.g., 911 (75¢) and system access ($6.95) (not government fees), and one-time device activation ($35) apply. $6.95 system access fee is available with new activations and to existing customers who agree to a new committed service period (excluding corporate accounts). Paper bill service charge ($2/mo) applies unless you register for e-bill and cancel your paper bill. Upon early termination, price adjustment charges apply. Subject to change without notice; not combinable with other offers. Taxes extra. Other conditions apply. (1) With new activation on a monthly data rate plan with a min. value of $30/mo. on a 1-yr term. (2)Based on total square kms of the 1xEV-DO network vs Rogers HSPA coverage as of April 6, 2009.