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Heritage protection sought for township halls

Victoria Glen development likely to be put on shelf Councillors scale back plan; staff to study alternatives

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families in need.

Petrosino was inspired by his nursery school teacher Susan O’Toole, who ran an unofficial community agency out of Conestogo Public School. Watching her collect and distribute items to more than 400 families in Woolwich, Petrosino wondered what he could do to help.

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They came expecting the development was a done deal. They left seeing there’s a good chance Victoria Glen Park will remain in its current state.

The impassioned pleas of residents who packed Woolwich council chambers Tuesday won the day, as the towns hip backed away from its original proposal for a residential subdivision in the park. The fallback plan all but ensures there will be no construction given the relatively small return on investment.

With the approval of Coun. Mark Bauman’s motion to remove the largest parcel of land from the development plans, councillors in essence reduced to $400,000 an expected return of $1.5 million. And even that scaledback concept is contingent on obtaining two pieces of land from the Region of Waterloo.

At the end of two and half hours of public input and debate, staff was sent away to come up with revenue numbers for a smaller development. They’ll also look at other ways to finance a shortfall in funding for the township’s extensive capital building campaign: the current budget counts on developing Victoria Glen.

A new report will be tabled Tuesday night.

Opponents of the development are expected back en masse to push for an end to any and all construction plans, which appears to be the likely outcome.

Even this week’s steps toward axing the project met with hearty applause from some 130 people in the audience. From the com-

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Woolwich’s former township halls – one in Elmira, the other in Conestogo – are on their way to be deemed heritage structures. The township this week gave official ‘notice of intention to designate’ under the Ontario Heritage Act. Both buildings were declared as surplus properties in September, the first step in Woolwich’s plan to sell them, but neither will go on the market until the heritage process is complete, likely by the end of the year.

Official designation will place restrictions on any future alterations to structures.

In the case of the Elmira facility, located at 69 Arthur St. S., exterior facades facing Arthur and Wyatt streets, as well as the interior of the clock tower dating back to 1914, will be protected, director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley told councillors meeting Tuesday night.

Showing influences of classical and Italianate styles, the structure is a replica of similar public buildings, mainly post offices, located in small Ontario towns. With its clock tower – still in use today – it’s the only building in the entire township built in the “Ontario Post Office Style.”

Although altered with additions over the years, much of the exterior facing Wyatt and Arthur streets

WARM-UP ACT Cody Petrosino, 13, was joined Saturday by kitchener-Conestoga mP Harold Albrecht as he launched another drive to collect winter clothing.

Teen’s efforts prove a real comfort to those in need JONI MILTENBURG The days are getting shorter and the mercury has dropped below zero, which means it’s the perfect time for Cody Petrosino to add a little warmth.

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ments, many opponents expected the worst after reading the staff report firmly in favour of clearing the trees on 2.5 acres of land in favour of a new road and residential building lots.

“There’s a general feeling here that we’re wasting our time,” Elmira resident Jeff Seddon told councillors, expressing a widely held view the township had already made up its mind to go ahead with development.

Snyder Avenue resident Elin Edwards said people felt manipulated by the process, as if a decision has already been made, with plan-

ning staff dismissive of the public’s input, which was entirely against the proposal.

Chief administrative officer David Brenneman argued, however, that public comments were taken into consideration, changing the scale of the proposed development. In the end, staff made a recommendation and the elected officials made a decision more to the public’s liking.

Both Ward 1 councillors, Ruby Weber and Sandy Shantz, took positions against the proposal.

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said Weber, drawing a large round of applause from the gallery.

Bauman’s stance, which included a call to rezone at least part of the land in question as open space from the current residential designation, puts him closer to the opposition side. While he called for some development in the southern portion of the studied lands, Mayor Bill Strauss supported the compromise approved this week.

The original proposal involves land bounded

by Victoria Glen Street, Snyder Avenue North and Dunke Street North.

The Kissing Bridge Trail runs to the north.

The parkland under discussion runs along a portion of the existing Victoria Glen Street, and would front on either side of that route’s extension on an unopened road allowance between Dunke Street and Snyder Avenue. The version tabled by Bauman removes 1.58 of the 2.55 acres, an area known as parcel 1 to the north of the unopened Victoria Glen Street road allowance.

The future of the proposal will be discussed when council meets again Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.

Warm-up: Looking for winter clothing » From cover

load of gently-used items, and he’s appealing for donations to Panthers Winter Warmth again this year.

Up until Nov. 27, gently-used toys, games and warm winter clothing can be dropped at St. Boniface School in Maryhill between 9 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. People with donations can contact the school at 519-648-2680 to arrange a drop-off time. The items will be distributed by St. Vincent de Paul in time for

Heritage: Exteriors protected » From cover

retains the original design and character, he explained.

The building has been in public use since its construction, as a post office, police station and township hall.

The old township hall in Conestogo, located at 1924 Sawmill Rd., was built in 1888 as a church for the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. The entire exterior, which represents a good example of

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the style of construction used by Mennonite builders at the time, will be protected under the heritage designation.

It was used as a church until it was sold to the township in 1939.

The building’s interior has been greatly modified over the years, and won’t be covered by the designation.

Coun. Murray Martin, citing the example of the structure’s stone foundation, asked how

much flexibility the owner of the building would have to do repairs.

“It wouldn’t have to be identical, but something similar – something sympathetic to the heritage designation,” Kennaley explained.

Designation would see the buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the same process assigned to the West Montrose Covered Bridge in 2007.

the Christmas season.

Now in Grade 8, Petrosino plans to turn the collection effort over to his younger sister, Becky, when he graduates, but he’ll continue helping out behind the scenes.

Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht has thrown his support behind Petrosino’s initiative, helping spread the word.

“I think it’s a great example of leadership,” Albrecht said. “Hopefully this will spur another person somewhere to say ‘what can I do?’”

CANS effort pays off The efforts of those involved with the CANS project (Citizens Always Need Supper) saw 4,902 pounds of food collected Oct. 31 in support of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region. The Halloween effort, now in its seventh year, also brought in cash donations.

Since it was launched by a small group of kids who’d outgrown trick-or-treating on Halloween, the collecting effort has become part of the day’s activities in Elmira, involving the work of more than 130 people, as the community has embraced the project.

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LEADING OFF

“ If we don’t continue to pay homage ... we just might find that mankind will go back and make the same mistakes.”

Clayton Ash

LINKS TO OUR PAST Clayton Ash, an associate member of the Royal Canadian Legion in Elmira, has been compiling and caring for the branch’s collection of war memorabilia for almost 16 years.

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The time to remember

For Clayton Ash, it’s important to work at staying mindful of the sacrifices made in wartime KATIE EDMONDS Clayton Ash long ago graduated from Listowel High School, but their motto, “finis coronat opus” or “The end crowns the work” has stuck with him to this day. As Ash guides a detailed tour through the Elmira branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in preparation for the Remembrance Day ceremonies tomorrow (Sunday), that sentiment is echoed tenfold.

Now working from his Elmira home as a tax specialist, Ash, 68, spends much of his time refinishing old photos, rearranging artifacts and polishing medals to proudly display in the Elmira branch.

Ash’s father served in the Second World War, joining the early part of the service in 1939, but his tour of duty was cut short after he discovered that he had a medical problem

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with his eardrum that made it impossible to deal with the explosions of gun and artillery shells: he was given an honorable discharge after about seven months of service.

Because of his father’s time served, Ash qualifies as an associate member of the Legion, one who has climbed the ranks and served for two years as the Elmira branch’s president.

Recognized as the Legionnaire of the Year in 2002, and awarded a lifetime membership in 2006, Ash’s participation in the organization began in 1994 with small steps.

“I wasn’t always a supporter of Remembrance Day festivities. Before I started at the Legion and really knew the importance of it all, I saw November 11 as a day off from work, a time when Evelyn (his wife) and I could get a start on Christmas shopping.”

After being asked by the branch president of the day to help with the fundraising and accounting, Ash slowly became more involved as he learned more about the role the organization plays in reminding the public about the sacrifices of those who served in the wars.

“That job was the trip of a lifetime, never to be forgotten.

It was a lot of work, but there is a lot of honour that comes with it as well.”

Upon ending his term as president, Ash decided to continue pursuing his passion for restoration and has been instrumental in creating the atmosphere that is present now at the Legion. Included in the displays are a listing of the 166 Woolwich Township residents enlisted in the Second World War, the names of Canadians killed in the Korean War, photos of the battalion whose re-

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cruitment caused enough of a stir to spark the change of name from Berlin to Kitchener, and Elmira’s World War I honour roll, to name a few.

The first item put up on display in the Legion was a painting of a fallen World War I soldier, by Elmira resident and Second World War veteran Cole Bauman. Bauman was a member of the Elmira branch of the Legion and had created the painting several years before it was restored and hung in its current place of honour.

When Ash came across the painting, it was yellowed from the constant haze of smoke, its frame was cracked, and the canvas itself had a small hole in it.

Ash recalls asking another member of the group, “Do you know who Cole Bauman is?

Do you know how important this is? His pictures are in embassies throughout the world,

they are sought after!”

So with the permission of the Legion executive, Ash set off and brought the canvas to Bauman himself to have the hole patched up and the painting restored. Then he cleaned the canvas and mounted it in the sturdy frame it stands in today. It was from that point that Ash became increasingly interested with collecting war memorabilia. Outfitting the Legion is a project that has been ongoing and has now been in the works for almost 16 years.

For the Legion, the most important day of the calendar year is November 11, Remembrance Day. It is a day in which every Legion member participates, starting with the poppy campaign that gets underway weeks prior.

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The more we grow, the less civil we become Organizers behind the second annual Random Act of Kindness Day hope Friday the 13th turns out to be a bit nicer than its reputation.

They’re urging us all to be a bit friendlier, to do something nice in a pay-it-forward kind of way.

The idea is to get us moving away from the ruder track we’re on as a society. We are, it seems, increasingly less civil to one another.

That’s not surprising given the changes in our society. As cities grow, they become less personal. There are more “others:” people we don’t know, people who aren’t like us – race, class, culture. That makes us more defensive, and more likely to spend less time in public situations. When we’re out, we try our best to pretend the others don’t exist. The larger the city and the more crowded the area, the more likely we are to assert our personal space.

Add to that a certain paranoia about crime and you’ve got the recipe for a more detached society. That’s the bane of initiatives such as the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation’s kindness day.

For one day, we might be prompted to exhibit our kinder tendencies: hold open a door, let someone merge into traffic or acknowledge others with a smile or ‘thank-you.’ But is it sustainable? Are we getting meaner, lowering the baseline for civility? Or are growth and shifting demographics making

us that way, simply our reaction to change?

Those who live in the smaller communities of Woolwich and Wellesley townships will tell you they’re friendlier places – people are nice. That feeling is less prevalent in the region’s cities, and mostly absent when you visit larger centers such as Toronto.

That anecdotal evidence points to the effects population has on civility, a reality borne out by research. The greater the feeling of anonymity, the more rude we are likely to become: you flip the bird to strangers, not to neighbours you’ve had over to your house for a cup of coffee.

Even as we become more crowded, we’re living more isolated lives. People used to socialize and communicate more often with people in their communities. We were more involved.

Today, however, we’re more likely to spend time alone in front of the television or, increasingly, in front of the computer, where online “social” networking has displaced real human interactions. Without strong social connections, we’re more likely to be rude to each other.

It doesn’t help that films and television present cruelty and meanness as entertainment. Kindness is depicted as a weakness, with aloofness seen as a strong trait. Even comedies show kids and adults tossing around wisecracks and insults with abandon.

It’s into this environment that the foundation is casting out a challenge to be nicer. Some of the organization’s suggestions are easily carried out: a

thank-you to the person serving up your morning coffee or a greeting to colleagues and coworkers is a fairly easy task. We tend, anyway, to be nicer to those people we know. If the sentiment behind Random Act of Kindness Day is to propagate, we have to extend goodwill to strangers. Let’s face it, if you see a friend trying to pull his car out of a parking lot and into traffic, you’re going to stop and wave him ahead. That’s much less likely with someone you don’t know, especially if you don’t like the look of him.

There are social norms about interacting with unknown people in public, unwritten rules that see us do our best to ignore the fact we’re surrounded by strangers when we’re away from the privacy and comfort of our homes.

You can easily test that theory by attempting to strike up a conversation with strangers out in public. Most often, they’ll be taken aback, and wary of your intentions. Even in the case of a shared experience – waiting in the same line, for instance – the personal boundaries are intact.

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Try striking up a conversation in an elevator, for instance. Accepted behaviour dictates you pretend there’s no one else there. Most people adhere to the rules. Curiously, our social nature takes over the minute there’s a shared experience: if the elevator stops unexpectedly, we’ll immediately begin talking to the people we were studiously ignoring just moments before.

Still, there’s no harm in being at least a little more polite. Saying “thank you” is just good manners – your mother should have taught you that – as is holding open a door, or at least making sure it’s not slamming into the next person’s face. That kind of thing should go without saying. That it doesn’t tells us we’ve got a long way to go.

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The new football scoreboard at EDSS should be in place in the next week or two – just in time for the end of the football season.

The signposts for the scoreboard are currently located at the north corner of the field, which is township property. The township has ordered the school and the board to move the sign onto school property.

Rob Seeley, sites foreperson for the board, said the sign will probably be moved next week. It will stay in the northwest corner of the field, but will be moved to an appropriate spot away from township land and neighbouring residences.

Seeley said the school and the board are still working out who will pay the costs of moving the posts.

The scoreboard will go up without the Lions Club sign that is currently mounted on the posts; that sign is prohibited by the township’s sign bylaw.

Bus service is now a GO

Last week, GO Transit and Waterloo region politicians announced that GO Transit service would be coming to the Region of Waterloo this fall, as part of a $250 million federal/provincial fund for a GO Transit improvement project. This funding will also include other similar GO Transit expansions outside of its existing service coverage area, such as in the Niagara Region and Peterborough. The schedule calls for 11 eastbound buses and 12 westbound on weekdays, to and from Mississauga’s Square One shopping centre.

In addition, two daily peak-time trips in each direction will stop at the Milton GO station, to connect with trains heading to and from Union Station in downtown Toronto. Limited weekend service will also be offered.

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Proceeds to help fund innovative accommodations for adults with development challenges JONI MILTENBURG A pioneering assisted living project launched

by Elmira District Community Living received a $65,000 boost from the proceeds of last weekend’s quilt auction.

More than 130 pieces, including quilts, wall hangings and hooked rugs were auctioned off, bringing in a total of $77,000. After expenses are deducted, the net profit should be about $5,000 more than last year’s total.

The money raised at this year’s auction will go toward the new apartment building EDCL is building on Snowgoose Crescent that will house four adults in separate apartments.

“What’s unique about this project is that some of the supports will be provided by live-in students,” said Greg Bechard, the organization’s executive director.

The association has partnered with the faculty of social work at Renison University College.

In exchange for live-in support for the agency’s clients, the students will receive scholarships,

free accommodation and summer employment.

“There is nothing else like it in the province of Ontario,” Bechard said.

The agency supports people with developmental disabilities, and helps more than 100 individuals and their families in Woolwich, Wellesley and Mapleton townships.

The Snowgoose Crescent project has been in

the works for four years, with shovels hitting the ground three weeks ago.

Residence selection will happen through the winter and spring, and the tenants and students will move in next September.

The $1.2-million cost of the building is being raised by the association, with $400,000 left to go. The building is not funded by the Ontario

Ministry of Community and Social Services.

“Not all the costs of the services we provide and supports we provide are funded, like vehicles, maintenance to our buildings and even some of the buildings we built,” Bechard said. “We have more than $3 million worth of properties that have been built with no government funding.”

A night out for the girls KATIE EDMONDS When the Loft Eatery and Pub in Wellesley hosts its first-ever ‘Girl’s Nite Out’ Nov. 14, there’ll be some pampering for participants, and the chance to do good for those in need of some much more basic services: all proceeds from the evening will go to Wilmot-Wellesley Violence

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PATTERNS DEVELOP Albert and Elaine Gostick of Guelph check out some of the hand-stitched quilts up for auction at the Elmira District Community Living annual quilt auction Oct. 31.

The quilt auction, now in its 36th year, is the association’s major fundraiser. Quilts are donated by the community, with strong support from Mennonites and local sewing groups. Many of them are hand sewn.

Elaine Gostick of Guelph was one of a number of people who commented on the quality of the pieces at the Oct. 31 auction.

“There are lots of beautiful quilts; it’s exceptional this year,” she said, adding she had her eye on several items to bid on.

“When you look at everybody that contributes, it’s in the hundreds of people that participate,” Bechard said, adding a special thanks to the staff at Riverdale Poultry Express, who have provided space for the auction for the past few years.

Attendance at the auction rebounded after a drop in last year’s numbers. Along with the quilts, people can bid on silent auction items including new and vintage furniture and gift certificates, and purchase baking, canning and garden produce.

Evening to raise funds for violence prevention in Wilmot-Wellesley

Woolwich council this week approved a zone change application to allow a three-year extension of temporary-use provisions at a gravel pit at 889 Bridge St. W., on the border with Waterloo.

Kuntz Topsoil, Sand and Gravel Ltd. will continue to bring in and process topsoil as part of its existing aggregate operation. Previously, in approving the extraction of gravel from a 22-acre portion of a 135-acre parcel, council permitted the topsoil processing operation as an ancillary use at the site.

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There will be entertainment starting at 5 p.m., including local band ADHD (Ainslie and Doug’s Hyper-Drive) who will be playing light music from the ’70s, ’80s

and ’90s, as well as an acoustic performance by Roger Joycey.

Faith Loft, one of the owners of The Loft Eatery, said the WilmotWellesley Violence Prevention Program does great work, making it an ideal candidate for a donation. The organization provides individual and group support, counselling, safety planning, court assistance,

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the only way we mark the holiday. Although there is a common belief that the poppy was chosen due to it’s colour and the resemblance to the blood shed during the wars, the flower was actually chosen as a symbol of new life and renewal, as poppies were the first plants to grow in the churned-up soil of soldiers’ graves in Belgium and northern France. Little else could grow in the blasted soil that became rich in lime from the rubble.

“Remembrance means a lot of different things to a lot of different people,” said Ash. “What it means to me is mostly education. It is important for our generation and younger generations to be aware of the sacrifices made by some people in the past – many of them are long since dead – so that we can live in a land of relative freedom.”

And those sacrifices were many. Ash said he believes most men who joined the war at the time might not have truly even known what the sacrifices and conse-

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CONSTANT VIGILANCE A ‘We Remember’ plaque sits outside the Elmira Legion building as a constant reminder of the sacrifices of past war heroes.

quences would be until it was too late.

“The guys who went and fought in the war – I don’t think they knew exactly what would come of it. I don’t know that they were trying to bring forth freedom to us. They wanted a job! There was wine and women and songs, and then they died.”

He also can remember attending Remembrance Day ceremonies in Listowel as a teenager, and being one of only a few

in attendance – a stark contrast from the nation-wide ceremonies which take place today.

It’s taken years for the significance to sink in.

“It was only years later that they began realizing what they had done, and what their purpose was. They slowly became heroes.”

Ash emphasizes most that it is the work of those in the past that has allowed Canadians to enjoy the freedoms we have today.

“We don’t live in Afghanistan, we don’t live in Somalia, and we don’t live in Zaire. We don’t have our freedom stifled – but we could. We have to be careful, and that’s what remembrance means.

That is so important.”

“If we don’t continue to pay homage to those sacrifices each year,” warned Ash, “we just might find that mankind will go back and make the same mistakes we have already made.”

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vember, which is Family Violence Prevention Month.

Violence against women is so widespread that the World Health Organization has called it a global pandemic, with one in three women affected around the world.

“Our community is no different than other communities – it does happen here,” said Dymond. “Everyone has a role to play in helping

to make our community inclusive and respectful and equal for all.”

And events like the Girls’ Nite Out only help the cause.

“We are thrilled that the Loft has chosen us as the beneficiary because it will really help our work in this area.

It is important for us to talk about this in small towns and urban communities – just as much as it is in an urban centre,” said Dymond.

“We just thought it would be a lot of fun to get some girls together … and it just rolled from there,” said Loft.

For a $25 donation, visitors get to try out all of the scheduled activities, as well as a threecourse meal that begins at 6 p.m. Except for the firemen and a couple of bartenders, the event will be an all-girls affair.

For information and support for victims of family violence, or

for those who know of someone who might be in need of help, visit www.neighboursfriendsandfamilies.on.ca or call one of the phone numbers below.

Wilmot Family Resource Centre: 519-6622731; Wellesley Community Health Centre: 519-656 9028, ext. 230; Woolwich Community Services: 519-669-5139; Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region: 1-877-419-1517.

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New parking spots, bus lane for EDSS

Elmira H1N1 flu clinics underway

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AWAITING THEIR SHOT Adults, kids and seniors alike filled the waiting room of the Elmira Medical Centre and spilled out onto Park Avenue while lining up for their H1N1 flu vaccine on Monday.

Province extends coverage to volunteer firefighters photo | katie edmonds

Construction underway at Elmira District Secondary School will expand the existing parking lot and get school buses off the surrounding streets.

Bus loading and unloading should be more efficient with the addition of a bus drop off zone and concrete sidewalk, said Rob Seeley, sites foreperson for the Waterloo Region District School Board.

About 25 more spaces will be added to the existing parking lot and a light standard installed.

The work is the second stage of a project that started with the installation of the football field and track across Snyder Avenue, adjacent to the Woolwich Memorial Centre.

“Once that (project) was finished, we could move ahead with this one. This way it didn’t disrupt them by not having a field,” Seeley said.

The old rutted track will be removed and the small field moved south, closer to Second Street.

Seeley said the expansion of the parking lot won’t cut into the size of the field.

“It was never a fullsized field anyway,” Seeley said. “Basically

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CARS TO FOLLOW Crews are busy at EDSS creating 25 new parking spaces and a bus lane at the rear of the high school.

you can’t have regulated games. It’s more for school use – practices, classes, intramurals – but you wouldn’t play other high school games there.”

Crews are also installing an irrigation system so the secondary field can be better-maintained.

The work is budgeted to cost in the neighbour-

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Volunteer firefighters will be compensated for workplace illnesses on the same terms as fulltime firefighters, following a new regulation announced this week by the provincial governent.

The changes presume that eight types of cancer – as well as heart injuries suffered within 24 hours of fighting a fire or a training exercise – are work-related unless proven otherwise.

The new regulation will make it easier for volunteer and part-time fire

fighters and fire investigators to qualify for benefits under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. Woolwich Coun. Mark Bauman, a longtime advocate for equal treatment for volunteer and full-time firefighters, gave the news “two thumbs up.”

“Fires don’t differentiate between who’s fighting them, so the threats and the dangers are as real for volunteers as they are for full-time,” he said.

“It’s great to see that there is that recognition

by the government that volunteer firefighters are just as valuable as full-time people.”

There are about 11,000 full-time firefighters in Ontario, 19,000 volunteer and 220 part-time firefighters.

The regulation will apply to volunteer and part-time firefighters and fire investigators from the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal who meet certain conditions and to diseases diagnosed or heart injuries sustained on or after Jan. 1, 1960.

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The Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) will host a series of information sessions to update residents on the draft findings and recommendations of the Rural Health Care Review. Through a collaborative planning approach, an overall vision for the provision of rural health care services in the WWLHIN is being developed.

The Rural Health Working Group that includes doctors and staff from local hospitals, long-term care homes, family health teams and other health service providers, along with community representatives has led the Rural Health Care Review process. The information sessions are a follow-up to the community sessions held from January – April, 2009.

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Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location: Harriston & Minto Community Complex 111 George Street South, Harriston

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» EDSS CLASS OF 2009

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SERVICE WITH A SMILE Victoria Lomax (left), Sarah Berg, Clinton Lichty, Tosha Snyder and Stacey Frey received leadership awards recognizing their community service and citizenship at EDSS. TOMORROW’S LEADERS Mark Hockley (left), Brianna Bearinger, Biye Chen, Dustin Martin, Tristan Neill and Caleb Redekop were among the students who received leadership awards at Elmira District Secondary School’s commencement ceremony Oct. 30. Bearinger also gave the valedictory address.

» LAW & ORDER

Smoky car may be sign of gasoline thieves »»

OCTOBER 28

11:12 PM | A 20-year-old Kitchener man was charged with possession of marijuana after his suspicious vehicle was stopped by police on Martin Creek Road, near Benjamin Road. The driver and his 19-year-old female passenger were in possession of more than 27 grams of the drug, as well as drug paraphernalia, all of which was in plain view as the officer approached the man’s car.

»»

OCTOBER 29

11:20 AM | Another batch of copper wire has been stolen this week – this time from the Hydro One station on Reid Woods Drive in Woolwich Township. Officials estimate that approximately 200 lbs of copper was taken, valued between $400 and $500. Entry was gained by cutting a hole in a chain-link fence.

Three homes are within view of the station, but when interviewed, none of the residents witnessed the theft or reported seeing any suspicious activity.

»»

OCTOBER 30

12:55 PM | A 17-year-old Elmira man driving a farm tractor was rear-ended while making a turn into a laneway on Floradale Road. A 26-year-old Listowel man had attempted to overtake the tractor, but failed to brake in time to avoid the collision. The driver of the tractor is being charged with making a turn in unsafe conditions. There was moderate damage to both vehicles, but neither driver was hurt in the accident.

8:58 PM | A deer was struck and killed by a 43-year-old Elmira man driving southbound near Reid Woods Drive

Several residents of Mockingbird Drive in Elmira were victims of theft Oct. 30, as more than 13 calls came in to police about lawnmower gasoline being stolen from garages and sheds.

There are no suspects currently under investigation, but two of the containers of gasoline were filled with two-stroke fuel, an oil-gasoline combination designed specifically for lawnmowers, and when used for automobiles creates a thick black smoke.

Police are asking anyone with information or who notices a ‘smoky car’ to report their information to the Elmira detachment. in Floradale. There was minor damage to the vehicle, but the man was unharmed.

»»

NOVEMBER 1

1:43 AM | A 17-year-old male driver lost control of his vehicle and drove into the guardrail on Lobsinger Line near Herrgott Road in St Clements.

The driver said he accidentally went onto the shoulder of the road, and then lost control of his 1997 Subaru after overcorrecting his mistake. The man was not injured but the vehicle sustained moderate damage.

6:45 PM | Police were called to the Woolwich Memorial Centre when a witness saw

a group of teenagers vandalizing and breaking the picnic tables outside. When police arrived, they arrested two youths, both 15 years old.

Upon further investigation, it was clear that the youths were both in possession of marijuana and they are now facing three counts of drug possession and two counts of mischief.

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NOVEMBER 2

8:30 PM | A deer was struck by a transport truck on Line 86 near Northfield Drive.

There was minor damage to the front of the vehicle, but the 56-year-old male driver was uninjured.

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» EDITORIAL

Remember to avoid repeating history

Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held tomorrow (Sunday) in Elmira and Linwood, activities that prompt us to take heed of the sacrifices of war. Ideally, we’ll remember not to go down that road again.

Remembrance Day goes beyond recalling the valour of those who served – many of whom made the supreme sacrifice – in Canada’s wars. As well, the observance should make us think about the consequences and horrors of war, which are being waged at this very moment.

To be sure, Remembrance Day is indelibly linked to the great wars, those epic struggles that engulfed the planet in the last century – for those of us fortunate enough to have avoided that experience, looking back on those times is an eyeopening revelation: it’s difficult to imagine the scale, so much more encompassing than the likes of the occupation of Afghanistan, which take place on the periphery.

Under those circumstances, it’s important to reflect on the consequences of war – the very thing Remembrance Day embodies.

The increased awareness of military issues may, in fact, account for greater attendance at events, and higher poppy

sales, reported across the country.

Some 628,000 Canadians took part in WWI. More than 10 per cent – 66,000 – never returned. In WWII, more than a million answered the call, and 45,000 paid the ultimate price.

The sad truth is there are fewer and fewer people around who can give us a first-

hand account of life during wartime – it has been 64 years since the end of WWII, and 91 years since Armistice Day ended the war to end all wars. That many of us have never experienced such horrors is a welcome relief, but it is then all the more important that we make the effort to remember.

Tackling deficit means sacrifices Premier Dalton McGuinty says he likes the sound of “Dalton Days,” the label applied to suggestions provincial workers could face unpaid days off work as Ontario grapples with a $25 billion deficit.

The name plays on the so-called “Rae Days,” 12 days of furlough rolled out by Bob Rae’s NDP government in 1993.

In commenting on the deficit this week, McGuinty noted that public sector workers have been insulated from the recession, and may have to make some sacrifices to help bring the budget back under control. These are encouraging words to most Ontarians, who’ve watched government employees enjoy pay raises, full benefits and job security even as the productive part of the economy – the part that

» VERBATIM “You might argue that we in government have been sheltered from the ravages of the global recession. That’s been a privileged position for us to occupy. People inherently want to do the right thing and sometimes the right thing is not the easy thing to do.”

Premier Dalton McGuinty suggests public employees may face cuts

pays for the public sector – has taken hit after hit.

There’s a certain amount of Schadenfreude involved, but cuts are long overdue at all levels of government. Wholesale layoffs would be ideal, but counterproductive given efforts to stimulate the economy. Instead, an across the board pay cut would be a good first step. That would be accompanied by a hiring freeze, letting attrition do away with a minimum of 10 per cent of the workforce, culminating in the elimination of whole departments and ministries.

Having become too cozy with government unions, the Liberals may not be eager to rock the boat, but the public good far outweighs any hard feelings. It’s time to push back.

» THE MONITOR The value of building permits increased 1.6% to $5.1 billion in September. This second consecutive monthly increase came from higher intentions in the residential sector, which more than offset a decline in the non-residential sector. The value of residential permits increased 9.4% to $3.2 billion, a level not seen since September 2008.

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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR

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Sockeye inquiry is needed, but don’t hold your breath The NDP tread where the Conservatives and Liberals fear to go as NDP Fisheries critic Peter Julian and MP hopeful Fin Donnelly call for an independent judicial inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye.

It should happen. It must happen. And it won’t happen.

One reason it won’t is that Fisheries Minister Gail Shea wouldn’t know a sockeye from a mud shark. Another is that the fish farmers contribute handsomely to Conservative and Liberal party funds. The third reason I’ll share in a moment.

The sockeye situation is ludicrous. We know they’re gone but we don’t know all the reasons. However, we do know one reason -- the migrating sockeye smolts (salmon babies) must run the gauntlet of the Broughton Archipelago fish farms, and the sea lice from those cages kill them. But fish farmers are contributors to the pockets of both gov-

ernments. And the claims of independent scientists are ignored.

We also know that some smolts are eaten by escaped Atlantic salmon.

What we don’t know is whether there are other causes when the smolts are maturing on the high seas. Indeed, in spite of what government lackeys and lickspittles are saying, we don’t even know if the high seas kill any appreciable amount. In blaming ocean predators and conditions, the lickspittles and company men reason that “because we don’t believe that lice from farms and escaped Atlantic salmon cause very many, if any deaths, we assume that these deaths are from causes unknown.” If police detectives reasoned like that, the jails would all be empty.

Moreover, the convenient “high seas” argument ignores the fact that pink, chum and sockeye from rivers not contaminated with fish farms, or in Alaska which bans fish farms, migrate to the same “high seas” and returned this year in abundant – and in some cases record – numbers.

It must be noted that the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), First Na-

» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER

tions Summit and the B.C. Assembly of First Nations resolutions all oppose fish farms. Moreover, in 2007 Marine Harvest’s largest shareholder, billionaire John Fredriksen, while fishing on the famous River Alta, told a reporter from the Altaposten Newspaper, “I’m concerned about the future of wild salmon. Move salmon farms out of the path of wild salmon.”

There are two related rules of science and law prevailing here. The science rule is the “precautionary principle,” which states that if a policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of a scientific consensus that the harm would not ensue, the burden of proof falls on those who advocate taking the action.

The legal rule is that he who alleges has the burden of proof.

In short, the onus of proving the lack of adverse environmental impact rests squarely on the fish farmers – but, with thanks to former Liberal ministers like John Van Dongen, they have passed this onus onto the public. As a result, the task has fallen to courageous citi-

zens like Alexandra Morton and a plethora of independent scientists who support her findings. The fish farmers have had a free ride throughout.

The media has been shamefully silent, with the occasional exception of Stephen Hume in the Vancouver Sun and the more frequent interventions of his brother Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail. The last electronic media person to take on this issue was me – and in 2005 I was fired. I believe it was because I fought against these environmental nightmares.

Here is the third reason nothing will be done.

When jurisdiction for fish farms was given back by the province to the feds by a recent court case, fish farmers were assured that it would be business as usual. In fact, Shea went to a huge conference of fish farmers in Norway and assured them that Canada wanted even more of them. The bottom line is that the federal government doesn’t give a damn about West Coast fisheries and hasn’t for decades. And there’s a reason.

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Botched election offers one last exit from Afghanistan There must be a better way to rig an election.

First the Western powers occupying Afghanistan let President Hamid Karzai stay in power for months after his term actually expired, on the grounds that an election in the late summer would be easier to arrange. They finally held the election in August and declared it a shining success: Karzai, Washington’s man in Kabul, had been re-elected, even though turnout nationally was only 30 per cent.

(In the Taliban-dominated south, it was only five per cent.)

President Barack Obama, who was already under great pressure to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, declared that, “This was an important step forward in the Afghan people’s effort to take control of their future.” And then it all fell apart.

As the evidence emerged that up to a third of the votes allegedly cast for Karzai had been fraudulent, the United States backed away from celebrating his “re-election.” Indeed, the fraud was so blatant and massive that even the Afghans began to choke on it, and various American emissaries threatened and bullied Karzai into accepting a run-off vote against his closest rival in the first

» LETTER TO THE EDITOR Conservatives playing politics with Canadians’ health To the Editor, Watching our Conservative government reminds me of a Laurel and Hardy movie. Ollie’s famous line, “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into,” has become the standard for Harper’s drifting government.

round of voting, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.

That vote would have been held today (Saturday) but Abdullah knew that he would lose again. He belongs to the Tajik ethnic group, and there are twice as many Pashtuns (Karzai’s ethnic group) in Afghanistan as there are Tajiks. So Abdullah complained that the election officials conducting this run-off would be exactly the same men who had rigged the first round – which was quite true – and demanded their resignation.

Karzai refused to remove them, Abdullah used that as an excuse to withdraw from the election, and last Sunday the run-off was cancelled. Karzai was proclaimed president once again on the basis of the discredited first-round vote, and the whole sorry mess was abandoned. But there is a silver lining: if Obama wants to bail out of Afghanistan, he now has an excellent excuse for doing so.

The pathetic shambles of the past few months has had relatively little impact on public opinion in Afghanistan, where Karzai’s democratic “legitimacy” was never much of an issue. His power, such as it is, has always depended on U.S. military support and access to Western aid, not on votes. But the fiasco has had a significant impact on public opinion in the Western countries whose troops are fighting in Afghanistan.

Actual Western military casualties in

Afghanistan have not been very high: just over 900 American soldiers have been killed there, together with 200 British, 140 Canadians, and much smaller numbers from other NATO countries.

But the loss rate has been mounting steadily, as has the sense of futility back home: a Washington Post-ABC News opinion poll late last month found only 47 per cent of Americans supporting a further build-up of American troops in Afghanistan, while 49 per cent opposed it.

The declining support for the war is driven largely by a growing perception that it is unwinnable. If the U.S. army is losing ground in Afghanistan after eight years in the country, and four previous invading armies from the industrialized world (three British and one Russian) have been forced to withdraw, why should we believe that this time is going to be any different? But the constantly repeated assertion that withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to a surge in terrorist attacks on the West is also losing credibility.

It was always nonsense: terrorists don’t need “bases” to plan their attacks.

Regular armies need bases, but all terrorists need is a couple of safe houses somewhere. Controlling Afghanistan is almost entirely irrelevant to Western security, and that reality is also beginning to seep out into the public discussion in the United States.

A dramatic recent example of this was the resignation late last month of Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain and Iraq veteran who had joined the State Department and was working as the top American official in Zabul province in eastern Afghanistan. “My resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing the war, but why and to what end?” he wrote in his resignation letter, which got considerable exposure in the U.S. media. “I fail to see the value or worth in continued U.S. casualties.”

If Obama can extricate himself from the tactical minutiae about whether to send 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, or 20,000, or none, and focus on the larger question of why the United States is occupying the country at all, he can still save himself. And now is his best-ever chance to pull out, because the political train-wreck in Kabul gives him an ideal opportunity to renege on his foolish promises to pursue the war in Afghanistan until victory.

If he misses this opportunity, he may never get another, for it will inevitably, inexorably become “his” war, and the Americans who are killed there from now on will have died on his orders.

Once that kind of burden descends on a politician, it becomes almost impossible for him to change course and admit that those deaths were futile. In that case, the Afghanistan war will eventually destroy him.

Thousands of Canadians with serious health concerns are without radio isotopes used as part of their diagnosis and treatment. In late 2007, the Chalk River reactor that produced these isotopes was ordered shut down by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). In an ensuing dispute, the Conservative government decided the reactor didn’t really need the required safety back-up generators and fired Linda Keen, president of the CNSC, for failing to show leadership. Harper said she was a Liberal

appointee, implying she was only following the safety rules for partisan reasons.

Now it is shut down again. If there’s been a failure in leadership, it surely rests with Prime Minister Harper and his ministers who failed to ensure the reactor could function effectively until a strategy for replacement was in place.

And now, Canadian families are dealing with the fear of contracting H1N1. Instead of reassuring citizens by planning and implementing a speedy vaccination program, it has been more important for

the Harper government to spend millions of taxpayers’ dollars on promoting itself.

This money could have assisted the provinces in the distribution of the vaccine.

By not moving on this issue in a timely manner, this same lack of leadership could have a devastating impact on the lives of Canadians. Still, the minister responsible is saying, “not to worry, all will be able to have their shots by Christmas,” which sadly, may be too late for some.

Joe Nowak Wellesley

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Mair: Politicians pay no mind to fish » From page 11

Since 1871, when B.C. joined Canada, the salmon fishery has been a gigantic political pain in the ass to the federal government. When I was the environment minister back at the beginning of the Christian era, I studied the issue and found that year after year there were problems, and year after year the government fumbled them. A good example was some years ago when the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) decided that there were too many boats chasing too few fish and started to buy back fish boats.

A child could have seen that the remaining boats would increase their capacity – they did – and the problem remained.

All the while, there has been salvation looming on the horizon rising from the mists of time – the proposed Moran Dam on the Fraser River.

Bruce Hutchison, in his otherwise marvelous book The Fraser, painted a paradise built with all that power. W.A.C. Bennett was all for the idea in 1967, but outdoors people made such a fuss about the concomitant loss of salmon that he backed off.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans was stripped of outspoken scientists back in 1986 when the two governments and Alcan agreed on the Kemano Completion project and DFO did what the politicians told them to do. That culture remains.

The only thing holding back this project is the migration of sockeye (mainly) that pass through the Fraser River past Lytton to northern spawning beds. A huge dam?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful?

Power galore and no more of those damned salmon, if through a happy combination of fish farms and lack of care about habitat we can wipe out those salmon runs! Indeed, if we play our cards right, the only salmon left will be in wilderness rivers, left to satisfy wealthy fishermen on expensive fishing safaris. When that happy day comes, the DFO and the federal government will be rid of this millstone and there will be oodles of power to sell to California so that swimming pools can be kept warm.

If the federal government cared at all about B.C. they would take on MP Peter Julian’s suggestion. But it doesn’t go far enough. There should be a judicial hearing into the Fraser sockeye collapse.

I would suggest that the enquiry should be wider. However, we’ve learned that the wider the mandate, the more paid days for lawyers, whose glacier-like pace when being paid per diem is notorious.

There are political considerations. If the NDP can combine the fish farm issue with the rape of rivers by the likes of General Electric, they could win seats that are usually Liberal or Conservative. The latter know that the NDP cannot form a government, but they could decide who holds power.

What a sad thing to contemplate.

Neither the Liberal nor Conservative parties give a damn about B.C.’s fish or our rivers.

Why should they? In this country, if it isn’t happening in Ontario or Quebec, it isn’t happening.

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“Thinking about all the veterans that died for our freedom.”

“I think this one is really important because it might be one of the last Remembrance Days where some of the veterans are still around to thank.”

“It makes me think of relatives, who are long gone, who sacrificed a lot for the future generations like my six yearold daughter.”

“I am very thankful for the sacrifices that were made for me and my children so that we can live in a free country.”

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» LETTER TO THE EDITOR There’s nothing sporting about going out to hunt animals To the Editor, I’m inclined to side with Steve Galea’s friend who found fault with hunting being termed a sport (Not So Great Outdoorsman, Observer Oct. 31/09). I have always thought of sport as a competitive activity as well and, quite frankly, have never thought of killing anything as “sport.”

Upon further investigation in the meaning of the word sport, I found more than 11 modern-day definitions. The first in a Webster’s edition was this: “That which amuses in general: diversion or pastime.” The examples given were baseball, football, track, tennis and swimming. No example of hunting was mentioned.

However, when I looked up the word “hunt,” the first definition was this: “To pursue (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of killing or catching.

“Sport” is also defined as, “A person character-

ized by his observance of the rules of fair play or, a good sport.” I can’t seem to equate the idea of killing something on one hand being a good sport about it on the other.

Several years ago, I stood at the window of my parents’ home and watched in horror as a deer with an arrow lodged in its left flank plunged into our pond in a desperate effort to escape its pursuers.

Running outside, I came face to face with two men, both with bows, who had shot the poor animal while out hunting; together with my agonized mother, we watched the stricken animal drown.

These men were “hunting” for “sport” on our land, which I might add did have “no trespassing” and “no hunting” signs clearly posted on every fence line. I saw no sport in the death of that animal, nor any demonstration of the rules of fair play.

Every year a friend who maintains a country property posts “no hunting” and “no trespassing” signs on every fence post, gate and tree around her property. While out walking there with her family, she encountered hunters in a tree stand. These men had built a stand in a grove of trees, then baited the deer by dumping a bushel of apples close by. Caught red-handed, still in the tree stand, on my friend’s property, they had the audacity to declare they had permission to hunt on her land. She argued with the men until the police were called.

After they left, she had to pull down the tree stand, post new signs (the men had pulled down all the existing signs) and repair a gate damaged by the men trespassing on private property.

Setting aside the trespassing and property damage, baiting deer with apples and hiding in a tree

not 20 feet away in order to kill them is sport? This is fair play?

What about the group of hunters that stands just outside the bush line in the early morning while one lone hunter and his dog are sent to flush out the deer? As the animals flee from the barking dog, the other hunters stand ready to fire on them.

I must take issue with Galea’s comment that, “They (the deer) win far more then they lose.” I’m not sure about that: with odds like these, how is that really possible?

I think Galea’s friend got it right. Hunting is not a sport. The words “hunt” and “sport” don’t go together. In fact, aren’t even on par.

The 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant said it best, “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”

Robyn C. Baechler Elmira

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Grants available to help rural businesses WWCFDC sees programs as especially timely as companies look for help coming out of the recession Rural businesses and non-profits looking to ride out the recession can get a valuable helping hand from the Wellington-Waterloo Community Futures Development Corporation.

Wellington-Waterloo is one of 61 CFDCs in Ontario charged with distributing funds from the federal government’s Southern Ontario Development Program. In total, $100 million has been announced for the program in 2009-2010; the Wellington Waterloo CFDC will distribute $450,000.

“The point is to help communities that are struggling with the market downturn,” said Jana Reichert, economic development officer for the WWCFDC. “It’s about job creation, it’s about adjusting to the new market, helping small businesses train their employees and get consulting advice, things like that.”

The funding is available to businesses, non-profits, post-secondary institutions and municipal governments in the Wellington Waterloo CFDC’s catchment area, which covers Wellington County and Waterloo Region, excluding the cities of Guelph, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo.

“In our area, we have a lot of businesses in manufacturing, agriculture and transportation, and those seem to be the three that have been heavy hit [by the recession],” Reichert said.

“We want to support them in getting back on their feet.”

Funding is available in five areas: business development, skills development, internships, local initiative and community capacity. The last two

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“The internship program is nice because it’s not restricted to any age or capacity or background,” Reichert said. “You can just hire somebody to basically learn new skills.”

The objective of the business development category is to help entrepreneurs find new business opportunities or strengthen existing ones, potentially through hiring a consultant to create business, product development or marketing plans. Nonprofits and commercial entities can receive 90 per cent cost recovery on up to $5,000.

Targeting skills development is designed to enhance the local labour force through training and courses.

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Today, scuba diving is accessible to almost anyone with only a modest investment in equipment and training. The courses offered at Tri-City Scuba Centre include world-class programs that are aimed at developing well-trained, safety-minded divers. Classroom theory combined with in-pool instruction, plus written and open water examinations, ensure competency and confidence. From entry level and advanced certifications to refresher courses for previously certified divers, they offer something for everyone. Tri-City is Kitchener’s only PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre.

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(off Erb St. W., between Seagram Lofts and Solé Restaurant) When it comes to satisfying a craving for fine foods from another country or culture, Casa Mia Deli & Cafe has taste sensations to fulfill your needs. If you are constantly trying to solve the weekly dilemma of coming up with new ideas for mealtime, they always have something that will bring your taste buds to life.

Owners Cindy & David Belluz and the friendly helpful staff at Casa Mia Deli & Cafe invite you to stop in regularly, browse the displays at their open-concept 4,100 square foot store, and indulge your passion for great food.

Casa Mia Deli & Cafe carries an unsurpassed selection of tasty cured and smoked cold cut meats and sausages. They also showcase a variety of domestic and imported cheeses for any taste, freshly prepared specialty salads, sushi, plus frozen homemade pastas. Their party platters are the perfect solution to feeding a large gathering at home or work.

The selection of fresh baked goods and tasty treats at Casa Mia Deli & Cafe includes fine pastries with no preservatives made by a Swiss pastry chef. Choose from tiramisu, tarts, cappuccino cups, decadent cakes, cookies, croissants and more.

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Add flavour and appeal to any meal by choosing from imported grocery items, spices, sauces, oils, biscuits, pastas, jams, olives, teas, and more. Pick up Reid chocolates and nuts for the Holidays and other great gift ideas including gourmet gift baskets!

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Homeowners are encouraged to buy products that are energy efficient, but often neglect to think about reducing the energy expelled in heating or cooling a home or business. Heating & cooling account for 50 to 70% of the energy used in the average home.

Inadequate insulation and air leakage are leading causes of energy waste in most homes.

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Whatever the application, Reitzel Insulation has the products, equipment and experienced teams to insulate your investment. They offer blown insulation, plus the increasingly popular spray foam insulation including new Soya Foam—an ecological insulation that is a zero ozone depletion substance. Spray foam insulation is a very efficient air barrier and vapour barrier, sealing even the smallest nooks and crannies, and raising your home to the Energy Star standard. Reitzel Insulation can remove old insulation, upgrade your existing insulation, provide acoustic sound reduction, and enhance ventilation.

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Do you love chicken wings, but are getting tired of the half dozen flavours most restaurants offer? What if you could find a place that specialized in chicken wings done right and offered so many choices that the hardest part was making your decision? You can, and the place we’re talking about is Wild Wing Restaurants which offers 101 Signature Sauces for any taste, mood or appetite.

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With the price of new vehicles steadily increasing, coupled with a high rate of depreciation, pre-owned vehicle sales are excelling right across North America, taking up a large percentage of the total vehicle sales market.

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Mailbox rentals at The UPS Store® are an inexpensive method of acquiring a business address with suite number for incoming mail.

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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS

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Beef farmers join pork producers’ rocky road Canadian pork producers illustrate their economic woes by saying there’s a $20 bill stuck on the back of every pig they send for processing. That’s how much money they say they’re losing right now when one of their animals goes to market. A federal program is in place to help them get out of farming, or get by until things change. But there’s still a long ways to go to profitability, which is what farmers need to survive.

Now, beef farmers say conditions are such that they’re following pork producers down the same road to ruin, and they need help.

As the Canadian loonie inched ever closer to parity with the U.S. dollar this week, representatives from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Ontario Cattlemen’s Association and National Farmers Union were in Ottawa asking the government for help.

Like pork producers, they say they too are facing a “perfect storm.” That’s when conditions are just right for disaster, which pretty well describes their plight.

Beef farmers have still not recovered from the BSE disaster of 2003, when the American government closed the bor-

der to Canadian exports. Canada is an exporting nation, with an estimated 45 per cent of everything we produce here going to consumers elsewhere.

In fact, our entire beef sector was based on a system which saw animals raised in Canada and shipped to the U.S. for finishing and processing. It wasn’t ideal, because processing is where the majority of the jobs and value are added to farm products. But it had become a comfortable norm for the sector, and for most farmers it was working.

That all changed when the border closed, and since then, beef production has seldom been profitable. It’s been exacerbated by opportunists, especially a radical faction in the U.S. called the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund. The motto of this Montana-based group, popularly known as R-CALF USA, is “Fighting for the U.S. cattle producer.” That means decimating beef imports, especially from Canada, the biggest animal exporter to the U.S. R-CALF USA takes particular and unwarranted pride in having put a pressure on the U.S. government – which was becoming increasingly protectionist anyway – to institute a cumbersome program called country-of-origin labeling. It requires Canadians and others to declare an agricultural product’s origin. From a consumer’s perspective,

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that’s not unreasonable. But when the program is purposefully mired in red tape, it’s another example of efforts to keep out imports.

All this contributes to beef farmers’ problems. Over the past six years they’ve watched debt rise while floundering with inadequate federal insurance programs. Meanwhile, market conditions have deteriorated. This year, exports have fallen 20 per cent for cattle destined to the U.S. for processing, and a whopping 50 per cent for those headed for feedlots.

Farmers are frustrated. Earlier this week in Ottawa, they called on the NDP for help, hoping whatever debt Prime Minister Stephen Harper owes NDP leader Jack Layton might work in their favour. They want Ottawa to sweeten

what they call a stingy insurance plan and stop a stipulation that makes them show profitability over the past few years. How, they ask, under these conditions, can they be expected to be profitable?

Beef farmers say supporting them is good for Canada, and they have a point.

They’re a significant part of the agricultural sector, Canada’s second biggest industry, and agriculture is hard to look at in isolation. Plants feed animals, animals feed humans, humans (supposedly) look after the environment, and plants and animals exist in the environment.

Canadians rallied behind beef farmers when the U.S. put up borders before.

How can Ottawa support pork farmers, and ignore beef farmers?

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Wellington Waterloo is the first CFDC to advertise the funding, Reichert said.

The office has received about 35 applications to date, with $100,000 worth of projects getting approval in the first round. Those include hiring extra help to do educational programs

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Kings end fourgame skid with win over Listowel

Season a mixed bag for EDSS football teams

JONI MILTENBURG

Diving into the A pool has yielded mixed results for Elmira District Secondary School’s football teams.

Both teams moved from the B pool up to A this season on the strength of the junior team’s performance.

The juniors made it all the way to the A championship last fall.

The move has worked out better for the juniors than the seniors; the senior team was 1-4 after an Oct. 30 loss to Bluevale Collegiate, and a spot in the quarterfinals rests on the results of Thursday’s matchup against Sir John A. MacDonald.

The juniors, meanwhile, have three wins and two losses to their credit, and those losses have both been by a single point. On Oct. 30 they lost 14-13 to undefeated Bluevale after missing the convert on a touchdown.

Regardless of the result of Thursday’s game, the juniors are guaranteed a spot in the A playoffs; the game will determine the ranking and who they face in the quarterfinals.

Coach John Swatridge said he’s impressed with his whole defensive line.

“We have the top defence in the whole league,” he said, pointing out that the Lancers have the fewest points scored against them.

Swatridge was hardpressed to single out any outstanding players, saying he’s impressed with the way all of them have handled playing at the A level.

“Every game we have different guys rise to the top,” he said. “It’s really been a whole team approach.”

Senior coach Steve Karn said his team had a breakthrough Oct. 23, downing Forest Heights 44-0 for their first win in the A pool.

“It was the best game we

OVER THE LINE Jacob Taylor celebrates after scoring a touchdown on a long run in senior boys’ football action Oct. 30. The senior Lancers lost 28-7 to Bluevale Collegiate, while the juniors lost a close match 14-13.

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Down 2-1 and outshot 30-12 over the first two periods, the Kings stormed back into the game in the third frame, scoring three unanswered goals to beat the Listowel Cyclones 4-2.

The win ended a four-game losing streak that included a 4-1 loss in Cambridge Oct. 31.

“I think the boys were starting to feel probably self-inflicted pressure,” said head coach Geoff Haddaway. “It’s been a while since they’ve won, we’ve gone through a tough schedule, and I think we put a little too much pressure on ourselves early. But good teams find a way to come back and to win in the third period, so I thought that was a real credit to our guys.”

On Halloween night, the power play was the trick that counted, as four of the game’s five goals were scored with the man advantage.

Elmira’s Ryan Johnston notched the first marker six minutes into the second period, only to see Cambridge tie it up nine minutes later.

In the third period, Cambridge took the lead with another pair of power play goals from Brett Priestap and Cody Hall. With 30 seconds to go, the Kings pulled goalie Brandon Gorecki to press for a tying goal, only to watch the Winter Hawks slide the puck into the empty net to make it 4-1.

Haddaway said the team competed hard on the road, keeping the score tied through two periods, and just fell short in the end.

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You can thank a hunter for leading the economic rebound There has been much news of late about the world economy finally taking a turn for the better. You’re welcome.

That’s right, it’s my firm belief that hunters such as myself have put the derailed economy back on track, almost single-handedly actually. Heck, if my spending prior to the hunting season is the norm, I’m positive that this is the case. That’s because I have personally infused an incredible amount of money into the local and global economy so that I can have a chance at tagging my free deer.

Not enough has been said about the positive effects of the deer season on economies throughout North America. But, believe me, there’s no doubt in my mind that this is all-important.

Even more so than the trout opener, if you can believe that.

After all, each season thousands of hunters buy licences, bullets, scopes, rifles, hunting clothing, tree stands, ground blinds, deer scents, cover scents, new dogs, dog food, radio collars, leads, deer apples, bows, crossbows, arrows, trail cameras, GPS units, compasses, new knives, knife sharpeners, boots, ATVs, food, rain gear, deer hunting videos, magazines, gas, propane for camp, walkie talkies, double-A batteries, electric socks, dumb T-shirts, whoopee cushions, and a thousand other little things.

Then, there’s the spinoff effect.

That’s because every hunter knows that you just don’t walk into the house and say, “Hey honey, I bought myself another expensive piece of gear.”

No, you have to bring something else to the table with you. In the case of my last rifle, it was a new fridge,

which of course, is a small price to pay for world peace.

Most times, the hunting season also means taking your wife to dinner before and after the season and then taking her along on your outdoor shopping sprees so she can do a bit of shopping of her own. This is what economists call the multiplier effect.

I figure the market began its rebound the last time my wife and I did this.

But the generosity of hunters doesn’t stop there. No sir, we even induce the anti-hunters to open up their hemp wallets. After all, they need to buy radio, newspaper, and television ads to voice their rabid opposition to the sport. Then, if they plan on illegal harassment they need air horns, flashlights, compasses, bells, trail tape, pots and pans, and enough money to pay the hunter harassment and trespassing fines. Add to that the high cost of granola, fair-trade coffee,

membership in their organizations, vegetarian dog food, hiking boots, Birkenstocks and good tree hugging clothing. Yes, even the antis are doing their part to bolster our economy.

All this, of course, happens each autumn. Having said that, I suppose that this event is particularly important this season in light of the sad developments earlier this year. Which is why I’ve made a great effort to do my part in supporting and adding to the economic growth of this great country.

That’s not to say that I wasn’t entirely unselfish though. I did buy my wife a stand mixer with grinder and sausage maker attachments. It was pure genius really.

All we can hope for now is that the deer also see the importance of their role in our economy and do their part. Heck, I’d like to spend money on butcher paper, sausage casings, barbecue sauce and spices too.

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UP AND OVER Scott Albrecht rises above his teammates to tip the ball over the net in senior boys’ volleyball action Tuesday. The seniors lost to Waterloo Collegiate in straight sets, 25-23, 25-21, 25-14.

Football: Playoffs on horizon » From page 16

played all season, that’s for sure. Everything worked that day: the defence, offence, special teams – everything clicked. And we had a good week of practice as well.”

Practice is the key to winning games, Karn said, but it’s hard to get a full team out for two

hours a night, three to four nights a week.

“We make more mistakes because we don’t practice as hard,” he said, adding that mistakes were behind the team’s 28-7 loss to Bluevale.

“It was 14-7 at halftime and we fumbled the ball three times on their 20yard line. … They were

beatable, but we made the most mistakes, and in football, the team that makes the most mistakes loses.”

A win Thursday wouldn’t guarantee the seniors a spot in the A final, but a loss will drop them to the B championship. Results of Thursday’s game weren’t available at press time.

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KATIE EDMONDS Kids in Woolwich and surrounding areas are sharpening their skates to get ready for the 34th annual Woolwich Weekend Hockey Tournament next weekend, an event that organizers expect to draw more than 600 players from around the province.

Visiting teams have expressed their excitement to play at the new Woolwich Memorial Centre, and many remember last years ‘dirt pile’ of the unfinished centre, said tournament organizer Karen Ziegler.

This is Ziegler’s fifth year of involvement with the tournament, getting her start when her son began playing in the minor peewee division, the youngest age group the tournament allows.

Players are set to come in from Waterloo, Toronto, London, Stouffville and Aurora among others, the farthest coming from Windsor.

As in past years, the Lions Club of St. Jacobs

will be hosting a breakfast at the Woolwich Community Centre in St. Jacobs on Nov. 12 from 7 a.m. At the arena itself, there will be a 50/50 draw and a raffle table. Included in the prizes to be won this year is a 32” TV, tickets for a Kitchener Rangers’ box as well as a food voucher, two tickets to a Toronto Maple Leaf ’s game, an IPod Touch and a jersey signed by Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane.

“My husband is a hockey card collector and so we just asked the person who he gets a lot of his cards from, and he came up with the Patrick Kane jersey,” said Ziegler.

The three day tournament was created in order to get kids together for a friendly tournament, and raise money for the Woolwich Minor Hockey Association; the community has been generous in the donation of items for prizes, she said.

“It’s a lot of fun. We have some repeat teams that come back and everybody seems to have a good time.”

A critical loss of focus Oct. 30 saw the Wellesley Appleejacks drop a 7-3 decision to the Hagersville Hawks. After driving hard through two periods, the wheels fell off the bus and Hagersville scored four unanswered goals in the third period.

It was the Jacks who found the net first, just past the midway point of the first period. Justin Milne carried the puck along the boards and fired a snap shot from the faceoff circle, blasting the rubber past keeper Rob Porter.

Hagersville’s Derek Medeiros tied the score less than two minutes later, notching the Hawks’ first marked on a feed from Kyle Abbott.

Eric Parr, with assists from Rob Bolger and Chris Armstrong, put Wellesley out in front again at 16:38. The lead was again short-lived, as Hagersville came back with a goal from Kyle Gardener to tie things at two apiece.

In the second frame, Hagersville pulled ahead with a power play goal by Nick Halliday

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OUTREACH PROGRAM Wellesley goaltender Kurt Martin lunges across the net to stymie Hagersville’s Jesse Sommers Oct. 30. Wellesley tied things at three in the second period but Hagersville scored four unanswered goals in the third to win 7-3. two minutes in. With two minutes left in the period, Parr notched an unassisted goal, driving down the ice and leaving a defenceman sprawling in his wake as he scored his second of the game.

Hagersville dominated the third period, with goals from Brock McEachern, Gardener, Hayden Baird and Jesse Sommers, leaving the final score 7-3.

“We basically lost our

focus in the third period.

We didn’t come to play and took six straight penalties and then the game was over,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick. “We really have to work on our mental focus. The least little thing can cost us three points.”

The Jacks were still struggling with a short bench last Friday. Most of the players who had been out with the flu

were back in the lineup, but three players were injured over the course of the game.

“By the third period we were down to 14 players,” Fitzpatrick said, adding that they should be back to close to a full roster by the weekend.

The Jacks will need a full, healthy squad as they host Bauer Conference-leading Ayr on Friday and then take on Mt. Brydges Saturday.

Kings: Lighter schedule this week provides a breather

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TWO-POINT NIGHT Elmira’s Michael Therrien stickhandles past a Listowel defender in the second period of the Sugar Kings’ game Nov. 1. Therrien notched a pair of assists in the Kings’ 4-2 comeback win.

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Returning home on Sunday, the Kings were in familiar territory in more ways than one, as the Listowel Cyclones took an early two-goal lead. In eight starts on home ice, the Kings have been first on the board only once.

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The Kings laboured through the first two periods, firing just three shots in the first frame and nine in the second. The home squad finally made it on the board with a minute and change left in the second. Tyson Leblanc snagged the puck on the power play, fired a shot which deflected up in the air, then batted it down and into the net with his stick.

In the third period, the Kings rebranded themselves as the Comeback Kids. Brad Kraus started the turnaround with a shorthanded goal four minutes in, tying things at two apiece. LeBlanc notched the game-winning goal, his second of the game, at 11:25 on a feed from Jon Jutzi and Michael Therrien.

Andrew Smith capped the win at 14:23, scoring another power play goal to make the final score 4-2.

“The first two periods, I

wouldn’t say it was lack of effort, it was just the execution wasn’t there and it seemed like we were a little bit lost,” Haddaway said. “It was nice for the guys to come back in the third period and get two points.”

After a busy few weeks, the Kings enjoyed a lighter schedule this week, with no game until tomorrow (Sunday’s) matchup against Stratford. Haddaway said the team would be using the break to concentrate on practicing and fine-tuning their game.

“I think we’re really going to take advantage of our practice time and continue to clean up areas of the game that we have to get better at. It’ll be nice just to have some practice time and concentrate a little bit more on some office conditioning.”

That practice will be put to the test Sunday when the Kings take on the third-place Cullitons.

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Nov. 2 Waterloo 10, Woolwich 5 Goals: Delaney Douglas x3, Abigail Burkholder, Hannah Carr (Abigail Burkholder, Holly Faries)

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Oct. 28 Waterloo 15, Woolwich 1 Goal: Cassidy Moser (Alison Schultz, Ava Henderson) Oct. 31 Woolwich 11, Elora Fergus 5 Goals: Dez Kirkey x3, Alison Schultz x4, Cassidy Moser x2, Ava Henderson, Hannah Gramlow (Dez Kirkey, Hannah Gramlow, Megan Scheuring, Caylee Gallant, Alison Shultz, Ava Henderson) Nov. 1 Hanover 8, Woolwich 1 Goal: Hilary Bauman (Alison Schultz, Kate Gramlow)

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WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#3 Oct. 31 Woolwich 4, Paris 1 Goals: Jackson Hale x2, Travis Weber, Brendan Gilles (Josh Kohlsmith, Brendan Grant)

WOOLWICH NOVICE BOYS LL#4 Oct. 31 Woolwich 8, Embro 0 Goals: Eli Baldin x3, Hunter Schmitt x2, Owen Harnock, Matthew Radler, Jesse Martin (Eli Baldin x2, Parker Merlihan, Colin Merlihan, Kieffer Beard) Shutout: Nate Maier Nov. 1 Woolwich 13, Plattsville 1 Goals: Kieffer Beard x3, Hunter Schmitt x3, Eli Baldin x3, Jesse Martin x2, Dawson Good, Owen Harnock (Colin Merlihan x2, Cameron Martin, Owen Harnock, Colton Schmitt)

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WOOLWICH ATOM BOYS LL#1 Oct. 31 St. George 2, Woolwich 1 Goal: Noah Rawlinson (Johnny Wang, Ryan Diemert)

WOOLWICH ATOM BOYS LL#2 Oct. 31 Woolwich 9, Ayr 2 Goals: Kyle Gingrich x2, Riley Shantz, Chad Hoffer x2, Devin Williams x2, Quinn Young x2 (Max Bender, Nicholas Ravelle, Bruce Martin, Kyle Gingrich x2, Bryce Sellers x2, Riley Shantz, Chad Hoffer, Luke Haugerud)

WOOLWICH RUSSELL ATOM AE BOYS Oct. 24 Woolwich 9, Centre Wellington 0 Goals: Mathew Uhrig x3, Connor Graham x2, Cameron Brown, Kyle Bruder, Nathan Horst x2 (James Cooper x2, Brett Henry x2, Ben Lenaers, Nathan Horst, Cameron Brown, Johnathan Martin, Zachary Pogue, Mathew Uhrig, Connor Graham) Shutout: Ryan Conrad Oct. 25 Woolwich 12, Erin-Hillsburgh 1

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WOOLWICH ATOM B GIRLS Oct. 31 Woolwich 3, Buffalo 3 Goals: Caitlin Pickard, Megan Chapman x2 (Nicole Merlihan, Leah Bauman, Meghan Mathieson)

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Oct. 30 Woolwich 7, New Hamburg 4 Goals: Dylan Bates x3, Aaron Hoffer, Shane Young x2, Scott Young (Scott Young x3, Shane Young, Josh Simpson x3, Aaron Burkhart, Aaron Hoffer x3, Dave Hahn)

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ENTERTAINMENT » ON STAGE

Friendships aren’t always what they seem STEVE KANNON Norm Foster specializes in sifting through relationships to find comedic nuggets, often the kind steeped in awkwardness.

His plays make us laugh while we relate with the characters, seeing parts of ourselves revealed on stage. It’s one of the reasons he’s the most produced of all Canadian playwrights.

The witty banter and verbal jousting for which he’s known will be on display starting next week, as the Elmira Theatre Company presents The Long Weekend, which explores the complications behind marriage and friendships.

The story introduces us to Wynn (Deb Deckert), a psychologist who’s married to Max (Joe Brenner), a lawyer.

Wynn’s longtime friend is Abby (Cath Judd), who runs a successful clothing store. Her husband Roger (Thom Smith) is a former math teacher who quit that job to write a screenplay.

The Long Weekend’s comic friction sparks from the fact Max and

Roger heartily dislike one another. But they pretend otherwise – at least to each other – because their wives are close friends. Even that relationship, however, isn’t as ideal as it seems at first.

Roger and Abby have gone to visit Max and Wynn for what purports to be a pleasurable weekend at their new house in the country. During the course of the visit, we find out that Max and Abby are having an affair. The couples’ 15-year friendship is about to be put to the test when the sparks fly, the result of truths and deceptions being revealed.

Because this is a Foster play, the revelations offer a chance for laughs, sometimes bitingly so, and a comedy of manners ensues.

“All of Norm Foster’s plays are about human nature and human relationships,” said Rita Huschka, the production’s director.

“He makes us laugh at ourselves.

“The Long Weekend is a captivating play about relationships, and how people treat each other.

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Elmira Theatre Company production of The Long Weekend explores the nature of relationships

MAKING FRIENDLY Cath Judd (Abby), Tom Smith (Roger), Joe Brenner (Max) and Deb Deckert (Wynn) are friends with a few secrets in the ETC production of The Long Weekend, which opens next week.

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Foster himself has said he prefers to write about real people with real issues. “I think for the most part, they’re about ordinary people just trying to get by in life. I never set out with a monumental purpose in mind.

I’m not trying to teach an audience a lesson or pass along some profound message, because I don’t think I’m qualified.

What I am trying to do is make them feel a little better about this world, and that’s not easy these days.”

The Elmira Theatre Company production of The Long Weekend runs Nov. 13-15, Nov. 19-22, and Nov. 26-29 at 76 Howard Ave. Show times are 7 p.m., except Sundays (5 p.m.) and Thursdays (8 p.m.). Tickets are $48 for dinner shows, $18 for the Thursday night performances, available at the Centre in the Square box office in Kitchener by calling 578-1570 or 1-800265-8977, online at www. centre-square.com.

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NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING Tuesday December 1, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

Township Council Chambers — 24 Church Street West, Elmira Regarding the following Zone Change Applications Harvey Martin – Zone Change 12/2008 • Ivan Martin and Grant Bauman – Zone Change 13/2008 • 2167534 Ontario Inc. – Zone Change 3/2009 Marlin and Virginia Bauman – Zone Change 13/2009 • 650207 Ontario Limited – Zone Change 14/2009 Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has received a complete application for the above noted proposed 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 proposals. That determination will be made at a later date.

The Martin property at 6225 Middlebrook Road comprises of 72.8 hectares and is designated Rural Land Use and Restricted Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A) and Extractive (C24). The property contains a single family dwelling, driveshed and livestock barn. The Extractive zoning applies to a 5 hectare portion of this property, which contains the existing mineral aggregate extraction operation.

The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting on December 1, 2009, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Zone Change applications. No decision 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.

The vacant Bauman property on Middlebrook Road comprises of 35.1 hectares, is designated Rural Land Use and Restricted Land Use Area in the Township Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A).

Any persons may attend the public meeting and make written and / or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed applications.

Harvey Martin – Zone Change 12/2008 The Township has received a Zone Change application from N.J. Excavating on behalf of Harvey Martin for the lands municipally known as German Company Tract, Lot 98 and located at 777 Sandy Hills Drive as shown on Map 1. The 46.8 hectare property is designated Rural Land Use and Restricted Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan, is zoned Agricultural (A) and Extractive (C13).

The property contains a single family dwelling, livestock barn and farm sheds. The Extractive zoning applies to an approximate 4 hectare portion of this property, which contains the existing mineral aggregate extraction operation.

The purpose of this application is to change the zoning from Agricultural to Extractive for an additional 29.96 hectare portion of the property.

This area will form the licensed area which will include an extraction area of 26.9 hectares.

The effect of this application will be to permit an expansion to the existing mineral aggregate extraction operation which will include extraction, processing and shipping of sand and gravel.

Ivan Martin and Grant Bauman – Zone Change 13/2008 The Township has received a Zone Change application from D & J Lockhart Excavators Ltd. on behalf of Ivan Martin and Grant Bauman for the lands municipally known as German Company Tract Part Lot 73 – 6225 Middlebrook Road and German Company Tract Part Lot 72 – Middlebrook Road as shown on Map 2.

The purpose of this application is to change the zoning from Agricultural to Extractive for an additional 9.73 hectares for a total of 14.73 hectares on the two properties. This area will form part of both the licensed and extraction areas.

The effect of this application will be to permit an expansion to the existing mineral aggregate extraction operation, which will include extraction, processing and shipping of sand and gravel.

2167534 Ontario Inc. – Zone Change 3/2009 The Township has received a Zone Change application from Kuntz Topsoil, Sand and Gravel on behalf of 2167534 Ontario Inc. for the property municipally known as Blk Chalmers, West of Grand River, Lots 3 and 5 and located at 125 Peel Street as shown on Map 3. The 36.2 hectare property is designated Rural Land Use and Restricted Land Use in the Township’s Official Plan, is zoned Agricultural (A) and contains a single family dwelling, livestock barn and drive sheds.

The purpose of this application is to change the zoning of the subject lands from Agricultural to Extractive. The entire lands are proposed to be within the licensed area, of which the proposed extraction area will comprise of 17.5 hectares of the property.

The western or upper portion of the property will be within the licensed area and will develop with associated aggregate uses, including a haul road, weigh scale, scale house and refuelling storage area. This upper portion of the property proposes no extraction of sand and gravel.

The eastern or lower portion of the property will form part of both the licensed and extraction areas and will permit the extraction of sand and gravel. In addition, the applicant is requesting that the lower portion of the property allow for the processing of recycling material, which

will be limited to concrete and asphalt, as an accessory use to the extraction operation, and to include a temporary zoning approval to permit the importation and processing of topsoil.

Marlin and Virginia Bauman – Zone Change 13/2009 The Township has received a Zone Change application from Selema Bauman on behalf of Marlin and Virginia Bauman for a 20.2 hectare property located at 2078 New Jerusalem Road as shown on Map 4. The property is designated Rural Land Use in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A) with site specific provisions permitting a mobile home as a Temporary Use until October 10, 2009.

The purpose of the application is to continue to allow the mobile home on the property as a Temporary Use for an additional three-year period.

This application was previously circulated for a November 3, 2009 Public Meeting, but was rescheduled to the December 1st meeting.

650207 Ontario Limited – Zone Change 14/2009 The Township has received a Zone Change application from Nelson Wideman on behalf of 650207 Ontario Limited for a 7.9 hectare property located at 51-55 Hawkesville Road, St. Jacobs as shown on Map 5. The property is designated Rural Land Use and Restricted Land Use Area in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A).

The applicant is proposing to amend the Agricultural (A) zoning with a site-specific provision to permit a food (produce) and flower wholesale operation as a temporary use on the site. The proposed operation will allow locally grown produce and flowers to be sold to wholesale buyers by direct marketing. The applicant intends to utilize the existing 1200 square metre (12,917 square foot) warehouse building for the wholesale operation.

The property contains a single family dwelling, warehouse building, barn and machine shed.

Please Note: 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 bylaws 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 Township of Woolwich 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.

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 November 24, 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 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 Engineering and Planning Services Department Box 158 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 Telephone: 519-669-1647 / 519-664-2613, extension 6038 or email: jvink@woolwich.ca Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 7th day of November, 2009

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Riding a hot streak is an irrational response Q. How exactly do boxing gloves make boxing safer?

Safer, yes, but...

A. In earlier bare-knuckle ays, injuries and deaths were more likely, says Jearl Walker in The Flying Circus of Physics. A glove not only softens the blow but serves to spread the force out over a larger area, making injury to both fighters less likely.

“Still, especially in heavyweight boxing, the force delivered by a powerful fighter can be severe, even lethal.”

A skilled fighter knows to “roll with a punch” by moving his head backward; moving into the punch of course only makes things worse. The most dangerous time in a fight comes during later rounds when both men are tired and unable to anticipate a punch and to respond to it effectively.

Most dangerous is a chin or forehead punch that rotates the head backward, compressing the brain stem and shear-

ing the brain (one part slides past another) as it undergoes damage by crashing into the skull. Blood flow is disrupted and the brain surface is abraded.

Additional damage occurs on the side opposite the punch as the skull pulls away and the fluid pressure in the space between the skull and brain drops, causing capillaries to rupture.

With repeated damage, the fighter has trouble thinking, remembering, speaking as he becomes irreversibly “punchdrunk.”

“The sport may be an adult’s game, but it can reduce the capabilities of a participant to those of an infant.”

Q. If there’s a winner of a way for testing a new medicine that humankind has already stumbled onto, just what might it be?

A. Randomized controlled trials form the basis of modern medicine, and for good reason: They are the only trustworthy way of evaluating whether interventions have worked or not, says New Scientist magazine. The randomization removes the potential for bias and tries to quash the ever-possible placebo effect.

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Double-blind drug studies, where neither patient nor researcher knows who’s taking the real medicine and who’s taking the “dummy,” are a scientific standard. Often interventions don’t work at all but the problem is getting the researchers to admit the failure.

In fact, policies of all sorts -- economic, social, political -- would benefit from random testing. For example, does teaching abstinence-only really reduce teen pregnancy? Does drivers education cut accident rates? There are two distinct issues here: Are these desirable goals and do the programs help?

“Science can never tell us what a society’s aims should be. But once we’ve decided on these aims, science is the best way to find out which policies will help achieve them.”

Q. At the casino, did you hit a “hot streak” or were you just “due” after so much betting?

A. Our ancient evolutionary environment has given us intuitions that can be useful in dealing with other people and social relationships but often fail us in probability environments, says Michael

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Let’s say you’re playing the roulette wheel and hit five reds in a row and now wonder whether to stay with red because you’re on a “hot streak” or to switch because black is “due.” Answer: It doesn’t matter because the roulette wheel has no memory of the past, whether hits or misses. Yet gamblers notoriously employ both the “hot streak fallacy” and the “dueness fallacy,” much to the enrichment of casino owners.

Another folk innumeracy to watch out for is the Sports Illustrated “jinx,” supposedly affecting athletes featured on the cover. But this is really just “regression to the average,” with a poorer performance naturally following a top one.

Then there’s the “law of large numbers,” where improbable events are bound to happen every once in a great while. Even extraordinary events do not require extraordinary causes: Given enough time and opportunity, they can happen by chance.

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Passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at Freeport Health Centre at the age of 86. Cherished husband of Patricia (Berst) for 54 years of Elmira. Lovingly remembered by his daughter Heather and her husband Ronald van de Merwe of Massachusetts.

Much loved Poppa of Ryan, Susan and Sarah.

Graham is survived by his last living sibling, his twin sister Marjorie Joseph of Kitchener. He was predeceased by his brothers and a sister: Neil, Donald, Murray and Jean Parkhill. Also remembered by several nieces and nephews. Graham was a salesman who loved his work and enjoyed the opportunity to make numerous friendships in his travels. In his retirement, he enjoyed gardening and puttering around the house. Graham was an elder and a faithful member of Gale Presbyterian Church, Elmira. At Graham’s request cremation has taken place. A memorial service will take place at Gale Presbyterian Church on Saturday, November 7th at 11:00 a.m. with The Rev. Dr. Linda J. Bell officiating.

Reception to follow immediately after the service.

Private family burial at Elmira Union Cemetery at a later date. In his memory, donations to either the Canadian Diabetes Association or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy and may be obtained by calling the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, 519669-2207.

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30+ vendors, no two the same, new vendors welcome. Door prizes, raffles, homemade food and refreshments. Admission $1. All proceeds to the St. Clements Rec. Services Board. Contact Brenda at 519-699-5746.  Cystinosis Awareness & Research Effort (CARE) Spaghetti supper with door prizes, raffle, 50/50 draw. Two seatings, 5 & 6:30 p.m. Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 29 Westmount Rd. S. (near Erb St.), Waterloo. Adults $10; children $5 (10 and under). For tickets call Joanne at 519-884-4716.  The Ladies Auxiliary to Branch 469 of the Royal Canadian Legion is hosting their annual Remembrance Day Tea and Bake Sale at 11 First St. E., Elmira. The festivities will be held from 1-3 p.m. There will be a bake and deli table, penny table, grocery hamper draw and raffle draw. Please join us for a spot of tea and some camaraderie!  Luther Village on the Park Charity Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 p.m., in the Great Hall at Luther Village on the Park, Assisted Living Centre, 141 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo. Proceeds will be going to support the Betty Thompson Youth Centre, numerous charities in our own community and some of the residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in-house activities.  Wellesley and District Lions Club presents 1980â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance. Doors open at 8 p.m. and close at 1 a.m. Tickets $12 (available at Pfeifferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery or We Grill n u Chill in Wellesley or by calling 519-588-7996. Proceeds to fund the new Wellesley Splash Park Project.

NOVEMBER 11

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NOVEMBER 14

 Waterloo Rod & Gun Club Christmas Craft & Bake Sale; 1075 Bo-De Lane, St. Jacobs; 519-664-2951. Nov. 14, 9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 p.m., Nov. 15, 11a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 p.m.

Admission $1; door prizes. Two days of food products and collectibles to tempt your appetite and answer your Christmas gift giving needs. Presented by the Waterloo Rod and Gun Ladies Auxiliary Committee.  Winterbourne Wonderland Christmas Tea and Marketplace from 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 p.m. at Foundation Christian School, 28 Katherine St. S. in Winterbourne.

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NOVEMBER 17

 Waterloo Rural Women hosting Ladies Night Out at the Wellesley Library, corner of William and Henry streets, Wellesley; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Learn to make a beaded necklace for yourself or as a gift! Supplies will cost $10 per necklace.

Refreshments will be served. For information call 519-664-3794, ext. 237.  Lunch at Gale Presbyterian Church, 11 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 p.m., 2 Cross St., Elmira; 519-669-2852. Menu: sweet-and-sour chicken with rice and a salad, pumpkin cheesecake, beverage $9 per person, also soup and roll to go $3. Takeouts available, wheelchairs accessible, everyone welcome.  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Read, Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Count with Jacob Two-Two: A Family Storytime. Join us at the St. Clements branch library for a special family storytime filled with number fun! Part of the Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Read program in Waterloo Region. Recommended for children ages 3 to 6 years old and their parents and/or caregivers. Drop in from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free! For more information call the St. Clements Branch Library at 519-699-4341 or email libhq@region.waterloo.on.ca.

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