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Gladwell brings David and Goliath home
Special levy adds on extra 1% to Woolwich tax bills
Bestselling author discusses the ideas found in his latest book to a welcoming audience in Floradale ELENA MAYSTRUK
STEVE KANNON Reversing course from last week, Woolwich council will hit residents for a one per cent infrastructure levy in 2014, bringing the projected tax increase to 2.5 per cent. Meeting Tuesday night, councillors scrapped the idea of drawing the equivalent of a 1.5 per cent levy from an investment windfall. Instead, the township will continue a plan adopted last year to extract more money to upgrade crumbling roads and bridges. The motion put forward by Coun. Mark Bauman calls for the expected $320,000 windfall from the township’s stake in Waterloo North Hydro to be allocated during upcoming budget discussions He was quickly supported by Coun. Julie-Anne Herteis, who argued in favour of maintaining the levy rather than leaving a more difficult situation for the next council. TAXES | 2
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Author Malcolm Gladwell was at Floradale Mennonite Church on Wednesday night to discuss his latest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits: and the Art of Battling Giants. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Citing lemons-tolemonade stories of how adversity can lead to triumph, author Malcolm Gladwell entertained a full house at Floradale Mennonite Church Wednesday night with excerpts from his latest book, David And Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art Of Battling Giants. More than 600 people attended the homecomingof-sorts for the former Elmira resident, a long-time staff writer at The New Yorker. He’s also the author of four New York Times bestsellers. As the slender biblical character fought and defeated his giant, so too is the new book meant to challenge our perceptions of real-life shortcomings and disadvantages, both in individuals and in businesses. Substantiated by numerous case studies such as Northern Ireland’s
“Troubles,” the book posits a new take on what it means to be disabled, experience the death of a parent or have educational setbacks, among other disadvantages. It’s precisely this example that he brought to audiences on Wednesday in explaining legitimacy, a concept prevalent in his book focusing on a congregation of women who unblinkingly marched on the police forces during the conflict in Belfast as sectarian violence flared up in 1969. “Women with children at home and husbands do not march on armed men, but they do when they’ve been denied legitimacy, because what happens to people when they are denied legitimacy? They get angry. And one of the mistakes that those in power make again and again in our world is that they forget what an extraordinary and unstoppable and incredible force that kind of anger can be,” said Gladwell GLADWELL | 2
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About 600 people came out to hear Gladwell speak about history’s underdogs and the power of anger and legitimacy. The $10-a-head event raised money for the Woolwich Counselling Centre. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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of the Catholic resistance to the British Army. When people do not feel that laws are legitimate – a concept he defines by fairness, trustworthiness and respect as it pertains to individuals – they rise up. Gladwell continued the same stream of thought in an anecdote on women’s suffrage through the eyes of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, who defied her humble beginnings in Mobile, Alabama to become a New York socialite. In later years, she became a radical and one of the leading forces behind the city’s suffrage movement. “To deny someone respect and trust and fairness is a serious blow to their views about the legitimacy of the system,” he said. In its application of what reviewers have called a “counterintuitive” definition of the David-Goliath metaphor, Galdwell’s book looks at the dynamics such as those found in comparing successful and unsuccessful classrooms, the kids reared in good schools versus mediocre ones. He goes on to identify the seldomrecognized advantages an underdog company can have over its big-box competitors. The book garnered two unfavourable reviews from the New York Times, but
received a warmer welcome north of the border from the likes of the Toronto Star which called it “counterintuitive and absorbing” and The Globe and Mail: “The populist theme of Gladwell’s recent book couldn’t come at a more fitting time, an era in which corporate giants rule the Earth, stagnant economic mobility and the hovering towers of the Ivy League ever more distant,” a review by Craig Offman reads. Four of Gladwell’s previous books were New York Times bestsellers, including his first, “The Tipping Point,” which was expanded from a 1996 article that popularized the phrase. After attending Elmira District Secondary School, Gladwell received a history degree from the University of Toronto and got his start at the Washington Post as a staff writer in 1987 to become the paper’s New York City bureau chief a decade later. He’s been a staff writer with The New Yorker since 1996. He’s won prestigious awards for his journalistic and literary works including the National Magazine Award for Profiles in 2001 and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2011. Proceeds from Wednesday night’s event will be donated to the Woolwich Counselling Centre, founded in part by Gladwell’s mother, Joyce.
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Addressing councillors earlier in the meeting, West Montrose resident Tony Dowling called for the reinstatement of the levy rather than providing a tax holiday in 2014. “The reason we’re in this situation is that taxpayers have had a vacation in infrastructure for 20 or 30 years,” he said, noting even the hydro windfall amounts to a “drop in the bucket” with an infrastructure deficit of more than $60 million. The one per cent levy adds another $6.29 to the to the township portion of the tax bill, based on a home at the average assessed value of $269,000. That would bring in an extra $82,000. The alreadyagreed on 1.5 per cent tax increase amounts to $9.44 per year, a total of $123,000 for township coffers. Bauman said he wants to see the hydro windfall money assigned to infra-
structure or special projects such as a skateboard park, not simply rolled into normal spending. On the operations side, the 1.5 per cent tax hike would cover the basic cost increases, including a 1.5 per cent boost in payroll costs, making up about half the budget. While changing course on the infrastructure levy, council maintained the framework approved last week that aims to use all of this year’s services as the baseline for 2014, with no discussion of evaluating programs for efficacy or reducing unnecessary spending to provide year-over-year funding for infrastructure. Where the township has benefited financially from strong assessment growth in recent years, slower development is expected to drop that increase to 1.5 per cent, or about $123,000 in additional revenue. By comparison, growth this year hit 4.5 per cent, bringing in another $350,000.
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Midwives launch legal action for equal pay WILL SLOAN Equal pay for equal work is the principle cited by the Association of Ontario Midwives, who have filed a lawsuit through the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario against the provincial government. Since midwives were introduced to the Ontario health care system 20 years ago, the provincial government has not implemented
recommendations for pay equity. More than 500 registered midwives from across Ontario, including women from St. Jacobs Midwives, have signed on to the complaint, which alleges that the femaledominated midwifery profession is paid less than other, male-dominated medical disciplines. At the announcement Wednesday in Toronto, Lisa Weston, president of
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the association, described the structure for midwives as discriminatory towards women. The association cited recent pay equity reports suggesting midwives are currently paid as little as 52 per cent of what their work is worth. Nicole Roach, who has been providing care at St. Jacobs Midwives since 1998, gave a statement regarding injury to dignity for the lawsuit.
“Yes, I do feel this discrimination firsthand,” said Roach. “For 20 years, midwives have faced this gender inequity because it is an exclusively femaledominated profession. It’s work by women, for women, relating to a uniquely women’s experience.” She added, “The compensation that midwives receive has been inadequate. I’m the only earner in my home. My husband
Nicole Roach from St. Jacobs Midwives has joined the Association of Ontario Midwives lawsuit. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
stays home to take care of my children so we have consistent childcare, because I’m on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That’s a heavy burden to have to carry when you know you’re not being paid fairly.” The midwives hope the lawsuit will lead to the human rights tribunal ordering the Ministry of Health MIDWIVES | 5
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Open house allows residents to voice their opinions, with staff still aiming for all-in-one venue in Wellesley WILL SLOAN Wellesley needs a skate park, it needs a splash pad, and it needs facilities for its youth – on this everyone agrees. Where should these facilities be located? That’s a trickier question, one that Wellesley Township staff hoped to address at an open house on Wednesday aimed at justifying its decision to build a multi-use sports pad at the Wellesley Community Centre. But the plan has proven controversial, with representatives from the Wellesley ABC Festival and the Wellesley-North Easthope Agricultural Society suggesting the proposed sports pad has grown too big. Displays and diagrams at Wednesday’s open house at the Wellesley Community Centre outlined the history of the project, dating back to December 2008, as well as reasons that other areas were ruled out. Still, director of facilities Brad Voisin found himself hearing the same complaints. “I’ve heard positive
things. I’ve heard negative things. I’ve heard people say, ‘Can we gear it down? Can we make it smaller? Can we have a separate sports pad and separate skateboard park?’ I’ve heard suggestions of every other location that we’ve looked at, over and over and over,” said Voisin during the open house. But Wellesley ABC Festival chair Bob Reid, who spoke out against the project at a recent township council meeting, remained unconvinced. “You’re going to have little kids playing in the splash park, and you’re going to have teenagers playing on the skate park and the other facilities, and we all know the language that teenagers have nowadays.” Reid added that the proposed design would create a visual eyesore, with the skate park and the splash pad taking up too much space, too close. “It’s going to infringe on the look of the splash park. You won’t be able to see it.”
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Concerns had been raised that the sports pad would eliminate 54 parking spaces, but the township’s current design will restore 52 of them in different areas. However, Wellesley resident Dereck Brick feared that new spaces beside the parking lot’s west entrance, and alongside the south side of the building, would create a dangerously narrow thoroughfare for two lanes of traffic. “That will never work according to code – that’s what worries me. This will never work, because you need your minimum turn radius for fire trucks,” said Brick. The cultural differences between children at the splash pad and teenagers in the skate park also remained a persistent concern. “It’s very realistic to assume that there is swearing,” said one concerned mother. “Toddlers and young children are very impressionable. … Beyond anything negative, even [skate] stunts that the kids are doing. I can see [my kids] jumping off the couch at home trying to do it.” But Mayor Ross Kelter-
Director of facilities Brad Voisin at Wednesday’s open house in Wellesley. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
born was not so concerned about a culture clash. “There’s all kinds of different people, and that’s the way society is. It wouldn’t matter when you did something. If you had a conflict with something that little wee kids use and something that people of a higher age group use, there’s always that differential.” Since its inception nearly four years ago, the skate park has come close to landing at several different locations. The Steckly property on Gerber Road and site of the new fire station on Queen’s Bush Road were ruled out for being too far from the centre of town. The Wellesley Li-
brary was also considered, but deemed too close to a residential area. In 2012, the sports pad was nearly built on Grand River Conservation Area land next to Wellesley pond, but this plan proved unpopular with nearby residents. Construction at the Wellesley Community Centre looked good to go until October 29, when representatives of the WellesleyNorth Easthope Fall Fair told council that they disapproved of the plan. Committee member Peter Brennan told council that the terms of the 1962 deed to the property, donated by the ag. society, specified that grantor and grantee must mutually agree on land use. Wellesley councillors voted to take in suggestions via an open house, after which township staff would meet with stakeholders to hash out an agreement on where and when a sports pad can be implemented. No date for this meeting had been set. For Brad Voisin, the community centre remains the most feasible choice. “It won’t bother neighbours, the space is there, and we can get the size we were looking for.”
Contract renewal, raise for Wellesley archivist WILL SLOAN The curator of the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society room will get her first raise since taking the part-time position more than three years ago. In a presentation delivered at council chambers on Tuesday night, Maitland outlined her accomplishments in 2013 and plans for the future, while WTHHS chairman Ron Hackett made a case for a $2 per hour wage increase. The increase will total $30 per month and $360 per year. “Nancy has worked many hours on our behalf, over and above the 15 hours required each month, and she’s never had an increase in pay while she’s been with us,” said Ron Hackett. In her presentation to council, Maitland outlined the society’s 17 acquisitions for 2013, including an egg timer from Stahle Bakery; light and power commission minutes from 1917 to 1965; 69 issues of Wellesley on the Pond from 1993 to 1999; items from the 1982
Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society curator Nancy Maitland’s contract was extended through 2014. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
Founders Day celebration; framed reproductions of postcards offering vintage views of Wellesley Village; and scrapbooks of Wellesley-related articles from the Milverton Sun. Maitland also highlighted increased activity on the Heritage Society’s website (www.wellesleyhistory.org), with 190 unique visitors and 850 page views per month. Using information from the Ontario Genealogical So-
ciety, the WTHHS created a webpage on the topic of churches in the township before 1900. In addition, the WTHHS’ Historical Room has been open on 11 Saturdays in 2013 and by appointment. Maitland told councilors that between 2 and 8 visitors come to the room on a typical Saturday, and she has responded to 20 research requests. “People come to me from other towns and cities in the area, and they’ve printed stuff off from our website so that they know how to get there. It’s people that have made a real conscious effort during that time,” said Maitland. For 2014, Maitland suggested several projects that fall outside the scope of her 15 hours per month. These include increasing the WTHHS’ social media presence (with items from the collection available on the photo-sharing sites Flickr and Instagram). The contract renewal and wage increase passed unanimously, with no debate from councillors.
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Woolwich sticks with Ward 3 plan Some last-minute misgivings notwithstanding, Woolwich will push ahead with plans to add a fifth councillor on the ballot in next year’s municipal election. At Tuesday night’s meeting, council at one point appeared ready to reverse past decisions to add another representative for Ward 3 after presentations from two residents opposed to the extra expenditure, about $17,000 a year. In the end, two councillors – Mark
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in Elmira. Traffic was heavy when a black Chevy S10 pickup and a fullsized pickup were travelling towards Listowel Road. Traffic came to a stop, the driver of the black truck stopped for traffic and the driver of the yellow pickup truck was unable to stop in time, rear-ending the pickup ahead. The driver of the trailing vehicle was charged with ‘careless driving.’ No one was injured.
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regional council the amendments will remove parking on the south side of Lobsinger 11 metres west and east of Herrgott, to improve visibility. Limited 15-minute parking will be added to the south side of Lobsinger 21m and 40m east of Hergott from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Saturday. The intersection will remain a two-way stop, despite earlier requests from residents to have a traffic light installed. The region’s study of the intersection showed that traffic is not high enough at peak periods to justify a traffic light or four-way stop. Council also recommended that the region consult with business owners at
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Move will save $1 million as fewer buses needed to get kids to and from school ELENA MAYSTRUK Changes to next year’s regional school bell times next September will mean about $1 million in savings for the public school board. For the school bus company that serves the townships, this means more efficiency but fewer buses on the roads. The proposal was officially approved at a school board meeting last week. The scheduling shuffle, which will have certain schools start up to 20 minutes earlier or later in the morning, effectively limiting the number of buses needed to transport students. In 2014, one school bus will be able to service multiple schools. Currently about 25 per cent of buses can be used for only one route per day. It’s too soon to tell what
effect this will have on for Elliott Coach Lines, which operates a depot in Elmira. “Buses that will be on the road will be on the road longer. We’re all for efficiency. If we can make the buses more efficient, that’s great, but it’s probably too soon to tell the full impact of the decision. Taking buses off the road is never good from a company standpoint,” said Elliott president Angus McKay. He hopes to minimize any disruptions to his drivers as much as possible. The rerouting will save the Waterloo Region District School Board almost $1 million per year as it works towards a total savings of $4.6 million to deal with its current deficit. The varied time changes will affect 73 of the public school board’s 118 schools. Nick Landry, business
services manager at the WRDSB, said this week it’s an efficient move for the schools. “Without the changes to bell times, we were unable to reroute the buses because we were restricted by the time available between schools. That time, or window, has been opened up as a result of the changes, which will allow us to reroute and save money.” All affected schools will see no more than a 20-minute difference in bell times, and then only 14 schools will see a full 20-minute change, while other schools will see none. On the local front, most schools will see some changes to bell times and only Wellesley Public School will open a full 20 minutes later than normal at 8:55 a.m. (until 3:15 p.m.). Conestogo and Three
Bridges public schools will get a later start time at 9:20 a.m. with the last bell ringing ten minutes later that usual at 3:40 p.m. for both schools. Elmira District Secondary School wills start 10 minutes earlier 9:20 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Park Manor will run 8:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., (starting 10 minutes earlier as well). Floradale PS students can sleep in for an extra 15 minutes, with bells time shifting to 9:30 a.m. and 3:50 p.m., John Mahood will run 8:55 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. (10 minutes earlier) and St. Jacobs PS will start at 9:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (ten minutes later). Breslau, Linwood and Riverside schools will see no change come September 2014. More information and September 2014 schedules for each school can be found at www.wrdsb.ca.
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laws to protect people, and we expect the government will protect midwives. … They have not done that, and it’s not just recently: There is a 20-year history of this.” For Roach, this week’s legal action is a last resort. “This isn’t what we wanted to do. We came into midwifery because
we wanted to take care of women, attend birth, do postpartum care – this is really what we want to do. We don’t want to have to take the government to the Human Rights Tribunal.” She added, “It’s not just the day-to-day things we have to pay for: We should be putting some money away for our retirement. I
can’t work 24 hours a day until I’m 65 or 70 – physically, I probably can’t do that.” The midwives are represented by Mary Cornish of Cavalluzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre and Cornish LLP. There are currently more than 700 registered midwives in Ontario in 100 clinics.
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Warnings abound about potential housing bubble REAL ESTATE HAVING BECOME something of a sport – buying, selling, trend-watching – and the basis of excessive consumer borrowing, it’s no surprise that the sector is under a constant state of analysis. The big issue, of course, is whether we’ve got a housing bubble ... and will it pop. The latest study comes from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that puts Canada at the top of the list for overvalued housing prices among OECD countries. The IMF estimates that on average across the country, Canada’s housing market is overvalued by about five to 10 per cent. That’s actually an improvement over the five to 15 per cent range it estimated last year. Rather than the bubble bursting, the IMF sees a gradual decrease in house prices over the next few years, rather than a sudden pop and drop. For now, prices continue to rise, both here and in many other countries. Among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development members, increases and declines are more evenly balanced. But in many OECD countries, the ratio of house prices to rents – a typical measure of house price valuation – remains above historical averages, leaving room for price corrections down the road. In Canada, the ratio is 85 percent above the average. To help cool the market here, the federal government has been tightening up borrowing rules that reduce the risk of people defaulting on their mortgages and help ease the unsustainable upward pressure on home prices. A series of reports has raised doubts about the sustainability of a decade-long upward trend that slowed only marginally during the worst of the 2008 recession. Even with some easing in Vancouver and Toronto, average home prices remain far out of reach of many residents. None of that sounds sustainable. Some economists and market watchers are waiting on a correction. Still, there are plenty of us who see housing as a safe investment, unlike, for instance, the stock market, which remains volatile. Both markets are a gamble, however, and both were and continue to be heavily manipulated by the financial sector, the very industry responsible for the systemic corruption at the root of our economic woes. Speculation, of course, is another word for gambling. When you buy stocks, you’re betting they’ll go up in price (or down, if you’re shorting). Other than securities, there are a host of speculative investments for those willing to take the risk. Speculation also extends to the housing market. This applies not only to people who buy homes to flip them, or farmland in the hope of a future subdivision, but to many who’ve entered the housing market in recent years. There’s a simple reality, however: housing prices do not always go up. Price decreases could help those looking to get into the market down the road, but that upside could be offset by the fact credit is harder to come by. Lenders are hanging on to their money, and tightening requirements when they do part with it. If there is a take-away lesson to be learned when it comes to real estate, it’s don’t take any undue risks. And gambling, which is how we’ve been viewing the housing market, is risky to the core. If we keep betting on ever-increasing prices – with equity loans to match – and allowing too many people to over-leverage themselves, there’s going to be a great deal of pain if the market sees a correction or if interest rates start rising to historical levels. Don’t wager the farm on the boom times to last forever.
Priorities and the proper allocation of spending, easily identified by everyone else, just keep eluding elected officials and the bureaucrats. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Iran and the U.S.: neither blind nor stupid WORLD AFFAIRS “We are not blind, and I don’t think we are stupid,” said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in response to fierce Israeli criticism after the first round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program earlier this month failed to reach a deal. Now the deal is done, and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is even harsher in his condemnation of Kerry’s handiwork. “Israel has many friends and allies,” said Netanyahu, “but when they’re mistaken, it’s my duty to speak out. ... What was achieved last night in Geneva (November 24) is not a historic agreement, it was a historic mistake. Today the world has become a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world took a significant step towards obtaining the world’s most dangerous weapon.” What he meant was that the interim agreement implicitly recognizes Iran’s right to enrich uranium
for peaceful uses. But that right is already enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Iran has signed, and nobody ever thought that Iran was really going to renounce it. What was at issue was whether it would enrich its uranium to “weapons grade” – 90 per cent pure – and make nuclear bombs. The “Plan of Action” signed by Iran, the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Germany and the European Union ensures that it will not, at least for the next six months. All uranium enrichment above five per cent is to be halted, and Iran’s entire stockpile of 20 per cent enriched material – the potential feedstock for a “dash” to weapons-grade material – is to be diluted or converted to a form not suitable for further enrichment. Iran is not to install any more centrifuges (the machines used to enrich material), and large numbers of the existing banks of centrifuges are to be left inoperable. Even Iran’s stockpile of 3.5 per cent enriched uranium (for use in nuclear power reactors) is to remain the same be-
tween now and the end of the six-month period. And there will be no further work done on the Arak reactor, which might give Iran plutonium, and thus a second route to a nuclear bomb. Iran will also allow more intrusive inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency officials, including daily access to the key enrichment sites at Natanz and Fordow. All it gets in return is $7 billion worth of relief (about $100 per Iranian) on the sanctions that are crippling its economy. All the main sanctions will stay in place until a final agreement has been signed – if it is – six months from now. Iran can therefore make no further progress towards nuclear weapons while the detailed negotiations continue, if that is actually what Tehran ever had in mind. Yet Israeli officials are talking as if the United States has been both blind and stupid. On Sunday, Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said that “Israel cannot participate in the international celebration, which is based on Iranian
deception and the world’s self-delusion.” And Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of trade and industry, warned: “If in five years a nuclear suitcase explodes in New York or Madrid, it will be because of the agreement that was signed this morning.” This is so far over the top that you wonder whether the speakers even believe it themselves. Israel has talked itself into this obsession with Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons project – Israeli sources have been warning that Iran is two years away from a bomb at regular intervals for the past 20 years – but the constant talk about it has also served to draw attention away from Israel’s settlement policy in the Palestinian territories. Israel’s basic position is that the Iranian regime is entirely composed of evil terrorist fanatics who should never be allowed to have refined uranium of any sort. The only recourse is therefore to tighten the sanctions more and more until Iran’s entire economy and government crumble and a completely different DYER | 8
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Would you travel to the United States for Black Friday shopping?
»»Barbara Lichty
»»Karen Warkentin
»»Maureen McDonnell
»»Tim Benson
Absolutely not!
I’m tempted by the sales, but I don’t like the masses of crowds, and I want to shop local.
No. I prefer to shop Canadian.
I’d rather support the local economy. Canadian We would go, but our passports need businesses do Black Friday sales. updating. And we have a new baby who doesn’t have one.
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"This is so far over the top that you wonder whether the speakers even believe it themselves." Gwynne Dyer | 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
Making a case for more voices around the council table EDITOR'S NOTES After some hemming and hawing and a split vote Tuesday night, Woolwich council stuck with its plan to add another body to its ranks at the 2014 municipal election. The waffling was prompted by a few contrary speakers appearing before councillors, two this week and one at last week’s committee-ofthe-whole meeting. This week’s speakers included Tony Dowling and Hans Pottkamper, neither strangers to the council process given their longtime involvement in the aggregate-extraction debates in the township. The speakers argued the extra expense of another councillor for Ward 3 – estimated at $17,000 a year – isn’t warranted, especially given the still-weak post-recession economy. By comparison to other municipalities, Woolwich is already well-represented with four councillors for a
population of some 24,000, they noted. Using the current population figure of 24,124 residents, each of the four councillors would optimally represent 6,031 people. As it stands, each of the two Ward 1 councillors represents 5,235 residents (10,470 divided by two), while Ward 2 has 6,351 people and Ward 3 had 7,305. Given growth forecast in Elmira, St. Jacobs and Breslau, the numbers will change over the next decade, with the township’s population expected to hit almost 29,000 by 2021. Growth in Breslau, which has already overtaken St. Jacobs as the second largest settlement area in the township, will be the most dramatic. In adding another councillor from Ward 3, the hope is to provide Breslau with greater representation, if only to help counter feelings of alienation in that community. (The fact that there’s no guarantee a new councillor would come from Breslau rather than, say, Bloomingdale or Conestogo, is another matter, one that will have to be
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been little more than a rubber stamp for proposals brought forward by bureaucrats, often not in the public interest. That’s especially true with the expansion of unnecessary staff positions and overinflated wages and benefits. There’s simply been no pushback and, in more than a few occasions, outright compliance with counterproductive recommendations. All too often there is little debate. Some councillors will claim consensus-building is more constructive than the type of antics we’ve come to expect of politicians at the upper levels of government, but like the legal system, governance works better when it's adversarial. Councillors should disagree with one another from time to time: it’s very unlikely the first recommendation rolled out will be the best one ... or even a good one. More importantly, councillors should always stake a contrary position from that of staff. That doesn’t mean there will never be agreement or common ground, only
that every report outside of the workaday items should be viewed with a critical, even skeptical eye. There’s been precious little of that for years. We’ve long decried the lack of oversight in Woolwich council, which has been far too compliant with staff proposals. New councillors have had their moments, but there is typically little debate. Fostering a more confrontational spirit is a good reason to expand the size of council, as there would be much less chance of conformity with more voices. Once the addition is finalized, the crucial part will see motivated candidates step up to run for a place on council. The key is a vision for what a municipal government should do. It’s not just about cutting taxes, or even simply cutting spending. No, the idea is to recognize that resources are limited and that taxes can’t keep going up. Good governance means spending money where it does the most good for the
most people. Would money spent on departments providing no benefit to the public, for instance, be better spent on more pressing needs such as infrastructure? Staffing eats up half the operating budget, so it’s the logical spot to start. And the money spent unproductively continues year after year, compounding the waste. And that doesn’t include the make-work spending unneeded staffers suggest to help justify their positions, busywork council is all too often willing to go along with. Add to that the years of future liabilities attached to pensions and benefits, and the fiscal irresponsibility grows. That’s why we need more vigilance – and more councillors willing to say no. There’s more than a little irony to suggesting the township deal with overstaffing by adding another person to the payroll, but if the next council can rein in unnecessary expenditures, the cost of another person at the table will be money well spent.
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addressed with the redrawing of ward boundaries at a later date.) The numbers aired this week by critics make sense, but they’re outweighed by the need for more voices around the council table. Specifically, dissenting voices, which voters need to keep in mind when they go to the polls next fall. Before the provincial government of Mike Harris mandated a reduction in the size of municipal councils in time for the 2000 elections, Woolwich had nine councillors. There have been five since that time. Far from saving money – that wasn’t the case anywhere – the move served only to diminish public representation and reduce the dynamics of the elected body. Adding one more voice would be a step in the right direction. Prior to the downsizing, there was more debate around the council chamber – one can argue about just how effective it was – and the public would be better served with more dissent. In the ensuing years, council has often
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $918 in September, little changed from $915 the previous month. On a year-over-year basis, weekly earnings increased 1.9%. Growth in average weekly earnings outpaced the national average in three of the largest sectors, led by construction, followed by professional and technical work, and retail trade.
“The Prime Minister wants to set himself up as an accountability bubble boy. He’s trying to ensure that any mess in the apparatus of government, if there is no clear evidence that he himself directed the misdeeds, he can simply wash his hands of it.”
A small subdivision was first proposed for a long-vacant orchard site opposite the former Nurtrite fertilizer plant on Elmira's Union Street. The development by Hawk Ridge Homes was ultimately denied by the township.
»»Statistics Canada
»»Federal Liberal House Leader Dominic LeBlanc reacts to reports the Harper
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sort of people emerge from somewhere to take over the country. No deal can be a good deal. Israel’s leaders are dismayed that they can no longer keep their allies and friends pinned in this extreme position, but endlessly quoting the ravings of former Iranian prime minister Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is not enough. They would have to demonstrate that Iran actually intends to attack Israel, and they cannot. So eventually their allies just moved without them. As Israel’s Finance Minister Yair Lapid told “Time” magazine, “We’ve lost the world’s ear. We have six months, at the end of which we need to
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be in a situation in which the Americans listen to us the way they used to listen to us in the past.” But the game is not over yet. Israel’s influence in the U.S. Congress is still immense, and its Congressional allies are already talking about heaping more sanctions on Iran (in order to kill the deal, though they don’t admit that). President Obama could veto those new sanctions, of course, but he will find it a lot harder to get Congress to revoke the existing sanctions if the final deal is done six months from now. That’s why Iran gets so little relief from sanctions now in return for its concessions: Obama needs more time to work on Congress. But Israel may still win this tug-of-war. ing her in it. My heart has been deeply touched by how people have come together to support one another in times of need. All the little things that people have stepped up to do for this family are just amazing. We live in a great community. I just want to say thank you for all the things you do that others may not notice. It may be miniscule to you but means a great deal to someone else. Together we will be the change.
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They’ll get the chance to face off in the Land of the Rising Sun Two Woolwich players among Waterloo Wolves team that will head to Japan during March Break ELENA MAYSTRUK It was a long anticipated match, one that puts the pre-game jitters into even the most competitive young hockey players every year. But as the Waterloo Wolves stepped onto the ice last Sunday – two Woolwich boys among them – the hockey gods were on their side. After a 1-0 victory against Kitchener in the Toyota Cup Challenge, the AAA Minor Bantam Wolves will head to northern Japan for an exhibition game abroad during the March break. St. Jacobs’ Keanan Stewart is looking forward to the camaraderie on the long trip. He’s no stranger to playing the game abroad after a previous hockey trip to Italy, but is looking forward to the experience that’s still a ways off. “We get to bond with our team, it’s going to be fun,” Keanan said. “Probably meeting the Japanese people and getting to know their country,” said Tyler McBay of Elmira of what he’s looking forward to. This will be a first big out-of-country trip for the youth. It was an exceptional game for the boys, one that
saw a full arena of supporters at the Kitchener Auditorium, adding to the pressure of the event, said Wolves president Greg Best. The exhibition series run by Toyota uses the season’s regular games to decide a champion among the league’s Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo teams, culminating in last weekend’s face-off between Kitchener and Waterloo after the latter beat Cambridge 4-1 November 1. It’s a game the kids look forward to every year, he added. “The win on Sunday is definitely a compliment to the boys – it was a tight 1-0 game. The cross-town rivalry was in full swing on Sunday night. Both sides had their chances to win, coming right down to the last minute: Waterloo took a penalty and were short handed and managed to kill that off and hang on to the 1-0,” said Best. “We were nervous at the start but then we got our nerves out after we laid our first hit; just a regular game after that,” said McBay. The two boys have been playing with the team for JAPAN | 11
NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA
Being a manly man is not dead OPEN COUNTRY
Tyler McBay and Keanan Stewart hold up the ceremonial boarding pass awarded to their Waterloo AAA Bantam team after wining this year’s Toyota Cup Challenge last Sunday. As a reward, they head to Japan for an exhibition game over March Break. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
I was reading a column the other morning that asked a simple but interesting question. Basically, the female author asked where all the masculine men have gone. The short answer, I believe, is Emerg. But I think she was probably thinking more longterm. She, in fact, lamented that masculinity seems to be going the way of the dinosaur. She said that John Wayne and his contemporaries would hardly recognize what passed for masculinity these days. And she said that, in her opinion, this was not a good thing. God bless her. I mean, friggin’ right. As an outdoorsman, I have always considered myself a masculine man. Then again, after finishing her column, it occurred to me that the fact I read it at all might cast grave doubts on that assertion. So, after I removed my shawl, flexed my overworked typing muscles and poured myself another hazelnut latte, I pondered the question just a little bit GALEA | 13
Another up-and-down weekend for the Jacks Hammering Woodstock one night, then falling to Burford the next indicative of Wellesley’s play this season ELENA MAYSTRUK How does a team work hard and win one night – sometimes convincingly, as was the case last Saturday – only to come up short the next time out? The Wellesley Applejacks’ lack of consistency through the first half of the season continues to baffle the coaching staff.
“We’ve been inconsistent. We go out and have a very good game, which we did against Woodstock, and we go out the next night and we don’t compete at the same level,” said head coach Rob Way. A pair of games played Saturday and Sunday saw the Jacks dominate the Woodstock Navy Vets 13-3 only to see the celebrations
short-lived thanks to a hard-fought 5-4 loss to the Burford Bulldogs the following night. It’s a frustrating development in the last six games that has left staff scratching their heads for a solution: the skills are there but the follow-through seems to be lacking as the team plays through the middle of the season.
The weekend did start off on a high note, however, as Cody Tapsell got things rolling early, making it 1-0 at 1:30, with assists from Troy Williams and Reid Denstedt, beginning what would be a score-fest for the Jacks. At first the Vets kept up, replying at 2:24, then seeing Wellesley’s Luke Rose (Blake Hetherington, Felix
Lantaigne) at 10:37. Woodstock potted a goal at 18:18, but Jacks were on their tails again with a third goal at 19:56. It was still a close game at 3-2 after 20 minutes. Coming out of the room, the Jacks made it 4-2 at 3:58 courtesy of Denstedt (Tapsell, Williams). The Vets were in for a while longer, making it a one-goal
game at 6:09. After that, the wheels came off fully and completely, with the home team potting seven goals through the middle frame, adding three more in the third. The slaughter began at 6:41 on a goal by by Justin Lebold (Williams, Denstedt). In the next 12 minJACKS | 13
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CONVINCING WIN AS LANCERS OPEN THE SEASON
In their first game of the season, the EDSS girls’ hockey team stuck it to Grand River Collegiate on home ice November 27, winning 10-0. Goals were scored by Jocelyn Lubert (2), Emily Wilms (2), Kayla Lee, Megan Chapman, Emma Davidson, Rachel Weber, Cory Hinsperger and Taylor Rempel. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Shutout for Kings in latest win over Stratford Team continues to dominate rivals; follows game with educational visit to Cornell University ELENA MAYSTRUK The Elmira Sugar Kings continued their mastery of the Stratford Cullitons November 22, posting a 2-0 shutout win on the road. Netminder Hayden Neuman paced the team, stopping all 35 shots he faced. Special teams were also a factor, as Elmira scored on the power play and killed off all nine shorthanded sequences in a penalty-filled match that saw three game misconducts, including
those dished out to Kings Justin Cooke and Austin Fischer. The victory was the third of the season versus the Cullitons, the Kings having posted 9-3 and 2-1 wins on September 22 and September 27 respectively. The rivalry between the two teams has become somewhat legendary, said coach Jeff Flanagan. It’s a relationship that has never failed to bring fans from both sides out to the arena. “It was a very good game, an exciting game. It was
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certainly a goaltending battle. We got lucky: we got a power play goal. It was a hard-fought battle and it could have gone either way,” he said this week. It was indeed a tight match last Friday, which helped explain the rough action. Both teams were held scoreless through two periods before Brennon Pearce got the visitors on the board with a power play marker assisted by Craig Johnson and Adam Brubacher at 4:23 of the third. Jaden Goetz, assisted by
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points six back of conference-leading Kitchener and five points clear of third-place Waterloo. After the game, the squad travelled to Ithaca, New York to meet the Cornell University hockey team, which includes former Sugar King Jake Weidner, who’s playing there on a scholarship. “We took our players down to watch a Division 1 NCAA hockey game to give them the experience and show them what the next level is like ... and then we
practiced on Cornell’s ice Sunday morning. We got to watch them practice as well, so that was exciting for the guys. [The trip] really put it in perspective for our players as to how hard they have to work in order to get to that level,” Flanagan said. On hiatus for the week following the Stratford game, the Elmira Sugar Kings are back on the ice Sunday night to face the Guelph Hurricanes. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Woolwich Memorial Centre.
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In their second game of the season Thursday, the EDSS boys fought St. Mary’s High School at the WMC. The Lancers fell 7-1 to Resurrection Secondary on November 27.
and David Savery, rounded out the scoring at 14:29, making it 2-0. The first period saw a rather slow start, though the rough play started late in the frame. Stratford outshot Elmira 10-7. Things picked up in the second, with the teams trading 31 shots (15 for Elmira, 16 for Stratford) to no avail. Shots for the night were 35-34 in favour of the home team, indicative of a close match. The win put the Kings’ record at 18-4-2, their 38
five years. Both were looking for a high level of competition when they joined the Wolves AAA program. The Waterloo AAA teams have a long history of including Woolwich players, for the competitive division, Best added. Players will be joined by coaches, league representatives and two Toyota representatives on the March Break trip; the promise of watchful eyes is keeping the parents calm about the long trip and excited for the kids. “I’m extremely happy for my son and the rest of the boys. It will be a once-in-alifetime experience,” said mom Tammy McBay. “It’s time for them to grow up, get away from the nest,” joked dad Art Stewart. The Wolves take off for Hokkaido, Japan, the country’s second largest and northern-most island for some sightseeing and an exhibition match against the Tomakomai All Stars.
Keanan looks forward to time with his team while Tyler hopes to see some of the Japanese culture on their trip to Hokkaido, Japan with Waterloo Wolves. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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more. Then, after minutes of thought, I came up with a test that every man can take. Here’s what I’ve come up with. Check one masculinity point for each time you have field-dressed a deer in the last month. Subtract one point if you dressed them all in floral patterns. Subtract one point if you have a cell phone. Add one
point if you have no idea how to use it. Take a point if you use antlers and taxidermy in your home decorating. Subtract a point, if they are outnumbered by prints of Judy Garland. There are other questions that apply to specific professions too. For instance, on the minus side, I am a writer. On the plus side, I write primarily about farts. By
the way, the true mark of a manly writer is that he is not afraid to use the word fart at least three times in any one column. Manly writers also never write about their feelings, unless those feeling are prompted by an old car, old dog, old T-shirt or old shotgun – each of which I have written about in the last year or two. So I’ll take points for that. By the way, I also happen
to think masculinity is also alive and well in most of rural Ontario. All you need to do is look at the number of chainsaws, tractors, snowplows, deer rifles and four-wheel-drive trucks per household versus the number of spa memberships. Another thing I’m certain of is that masculinity’s definitely alive and well around my office – and not just because I routinely draw moustaches and eye patches on
my kitten calendar either. No, it probably has just as much to do with the fact that it is cluttered with manly things. After all, my lifestyle is based around the manly toys I always wanted but couldn’t afford as a kid. That’s right. I am surrounded by all sorts of power tools and boats, long bows, GPS units, duck calls, decoys, deer rifles, fishing rods, shotguns and several hatchets and hunt-
ing knives. And, as if that’s not enough, I’ve got a collectible Harley-Davidson Ken doll too. It’s fabulous. Actually, I don’t have one. Furthermore, I’m proud to say that I have never even owned a doll. But, you know what? In researching that joke I did find a website called “Collecting Ken dolls – It’s a guy thing.” Oh fart, maybe that woman is right.
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utes, the Jacks reeled off four more thanks to Mitch Carter (Sean McEwan, Parker Wood), Devon Wagner, Alex Stoody (Wagner, Brett MacDonald), Carter (McEwan) and Stoody again (Wagner) at 18:50. In the final period, MacDonald (Wagner) followed up at 9:54, then Wagner at 14:49 and Stoody (MacDonald, Taylor Doering) at 15:24 for the big win. The energy continued on the ice on Sunday, as the Jacks didn’t lose for lack of trying. They outshot the Bulldogs 42-35, but couldn’t make too many of the attempts stick. Stoody was first up on the board with a 1:36 goal and assists from Wagner and MacDonald in the opening period. The Bulldogs countered fast at 4:45. The frame ended 2-1 for the Jacks after Stoody (MacDonlad, Chris Beauchesne) scored at 10:55. Burford scored first after the break, 4:45 followed by a pair for Wellesley from Tapsell (Rose) at 11:11 and McEwan (Carter,
Mackenzie Shantz) at 12:55. That’s where it ended for the home team. While most Jacks saw little of the puck, goalie Josh Heer saw plenty of it as it zoomed past him three more times. Burford scored uninterrupted at 14:30 in the second then at 8:56 in the third before the final goal at 16:48. Way said this happens at every level of hockey. “You see it in the NHL: sometimes teams go out and play really well one night, next night they don’t play well. The good teams are the ones that do it every night like the Pittsburg Penguins. They compete at a high level every night. “What we are talking to the kids about is to be a championship team you have to bring the same compete level every night. We just have to figure out how to get consistent. We firmly believe that we’ve got a team – when everybody’s healthy – that can compete for the championships. Our whole message is you have to compete every night.”
Devon Wagner and Brett MacDonald shoot on Woodstock’s net during last Saturday’s game while Felix Langtaigne and Cal Jeffries battle for the buck with two Vets and Cody Tapsell tries for a shot on net in the first period. The Jacks beat Woodstock 13-3. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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WOOLWICH WILDCATS
Novice: TYKE SELECT Nov 21 vs. Milton Woolwich: 2 Milton: 3 Goals: Tyson Roth x2 Assists: Aiden Warne, Stuart Sinclair
Novice: AE Nov 23 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 4 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Daniel Kochut, Parker Alles x2, Sam Hacock Assists: Austin Schnarr Nov 24 vs. Halton Hills Woolwich: 1 Halton Hills: 7 Goals: Ben Moyer
Novice: LL #1 Nov 23 vs. Beverly Woolwich: 1 Beverly: 1 Goals: Riley Snider Assists: Tyson Bauman,Tyler Morrison
Nov 24 vs. LL #4 LL1: 2 LL4: 2 Goals: Joshua Gibson, Tyler Morrison Assists: Tyson Bauman
Novice: LL #3 Nov 23 vs. Paris Woolwich: 4 Paris: 1 Goals: Owen Brown, Ethan Burkholder, Nathan Lipp, Emmett Wiessenboeck Assists: Cody Dawson, Evan Gruhl, Nathan Lipp, Ethan Martin Nov 24 vs. LL #2 LL3: 13 LL2: 1 Goals: Owen Brown x6, Nathan Lipp x2, Luke Schmalz, Hunter Brown, Ethan Burkholder, Emmett Wiessenboeck Assists: Luke Schmalz, Owen Brown, Nathan Lipp Nov 25 vs. Paris Woolwich: 5 Paris: 1
Goals: Nathan Lipp x3, Owen Brown, Ethan Burkholder Assists: Owen Brown, Ethan Martin
Assists: Ethan Birmingham, Owen Lee x2, AJ Mitchell, Evan Roth, Gavin Roemer, Kyler Austin x2
Novice: LL #4
Atom: MAJOR AA
Nov 24 vs. LL #1 LL4: 2 LL1: 2 Goals: Cameron Beisel, Mason Spark Assists: Calum Heimbecker x2
Nov 25 vs. Caledon Woolwich: 3 Caledon: 3 Goals: Owen Lee x2, Kyler Austin Assists: Kyler Austin x2, Owen Lee, Cameron Leonard, AJ Mitchell
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Atom: LL #1 Nov 22 vs. Twin Centre Woolwich: 3 Twin Centre: 3 Goals: Turner Duldhardt, Braxten Breen, Mac Benham Assists: Mac Benham, Nolan Williamson, Ryan Shantz
Atom: MAJOR AA Nov 22 vs. Flamborough Woolwich: 6 Flamborough: 2 Goals: Owen Lee x2, Nate Snyder, Andrew Weber, Kyler Austin, Cameron Leonard Assists: Alex Hutton, Tyler Martin, Cameron Leonard, Evan Roth, Colton Schmitt, Cole Slade, Owen Lee x2 Nov 24 vs. Ancaster Woolwich: 6 Ancaster: 1 Goals: Kyler Austin x2, Cameron Leonard, Owen Lee, AJ Mitchell, Nate Snyder
Atom: MINOR A Nov 20 vs. Milton Woolwich: 4 Milton: 1 Goals: Ian Speiran, A.J. Shaw-McMahon, Brett Moser, Lucas Carson Assists: Carter Rollins, Nolan Bridge
Atom: LL #2 Nov 23 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 4 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Ryan Curtin, Corbin Schmidt x2, Will McDougall Assists: James Reichard, Rowan Spencer, Michael Wang, Jackson Dumart, Gavin Wright, Jonathan Horst
Atom: BB Nov 24 vs. Buffalo Woolwich: 3 Buffalo: 3 Goals: Maddy, Haylee x2 Assists: Carly, Jocelyn, Larissa
Nov 26 vs. Flamborough Woolwich: 4 Flamborough: 1 Goals: Haylee x3, Maddy Assists: Haylee, Larissa x2, Jocey, Delaney K, Carly
The Twin Centre Hericanes Novice B rep team captured the Kitchener Fallfest Tournament over the weekend. The won all five games they played and defeated the West Northumberland Wild 5-3 in the finals. Front Erinn Zyat. Second row: Megan Haid, Chloe Hislop, Sonya Yusim, Halle Murray. Third row: Brianne Barker, Mia Thompson, Kate Rudy, Taylor Storey, Claire Schoenherr, Morgan Schott. Back row: coaches Shawn Thompson, Scott Storey, Kerry Schott, Brent Murray. [SUBMITTED]
Atom: LL #3 Nov 18 vs. Paris Woolwich: 5 Paris: 4 Goals: Kieran Oberholzer, Thomas Hill-Ring, Nolan
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Atom: LL #4 Nov 23 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 11 Ayr: 2 Goals: Ben Fretz x4, Josh Moore x3, Adam Pauls x2, Patrick Perry, Matthew Yorke Assists: Adam Pauls x3, Patrick Perry x3, Josh Moore x2, Malcolm Sager, Cole Brubacher, James McCormick, Andrew Buehler Nov 24 vs. LL #2 LL4: 7 LL2: 1 Goals: Ben Fretz x3, Josh Moore x2, Matthew Yorke, Patrick Perry Assists: Josh Sager, Andrew Buehler, Matthew Yorke, Zach McMurray, Cole Brubacher
PeeWee: MAJOR AA Nov 20 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 1 Oakville: 8 Goals: Owen Harnock Assists: Josh Martin, Lukas Shantz
PeeWee: MINOR A Nov 25 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 5 Oakville: 4 Goals: Nathan Taylor x2, Keaton McLaughlin, Brett Allen, Jesse Martin Assists: Brett Allen x2, Nathan Taylor, Cameron Martin, Eric Martin, Cole Chipman
PeeWee: AE Nov 21 vs. Erin Woolwich: 8 Erin: 3 Goals: Travis Weber x2, Hunter Schmitt x2, Jake Good, Zac Pockard, Ryan Parrott, Ryan Belanger Assists: Brendan Gilles, Travis Weber, Jackson Hale, Hunter Schmitt, Ben Weigel, Tyler Horst, Kyle Deyell, Ryan Parrott Nov 23 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 7 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Jackson Hale, Zac Pickard, Ben Weigel, Mackenzie Willms, Travis Weber, Ryan Belanger, Hunter Weigel Assists: Ben Weigel x2, Ryan Belanger x2, Hunter Schmitt x2, Jackson Hale Nov 24 vs. Erin Woolwich: 10 Erin: 1 Goals: Travis Weber x3, Ben Weigel x2, Jackson Hale x2, Mackenzie Willms x2, Zac Pickard Assists: Tyler Horst x2, Travis Weber x2, Ryan Parrott x2, Kyle Deyell x2, Hunter Schmitt x2, Ben Weigel, Jackson Hale, Ryan Belanger, Zac Pickard, Corbin Kaufman
PeeWee: LL #2 Nov 16 vs. Paris Woolwich: 3 Paris: 3 Goals: Tim Brunkard, Matt Thaler, Matt Brubacher Assists: Tim Brunkard x2, Matt Brubacher x2, Matt Thaler, Sam Nitsche
PeeWee: LL #3
BANTAMS GOLDEN AT KITCHENER TOURNEY
Nov 23 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 3 New Hamburg: 1 Goals: Turner Willoughby x2, Blake Richardson Assists: Turner Willoughby, Blake Richardson, Seth Horst
Midget: LL #2 Woolwich Weekend Tournament – Nov 10 Game 5 vs. Tillsonburg Woolwich: 10 Tillsonburg: 4 MVP: Jacob Dubue
Bantam: MAJOR A Nov 15 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 7 Dundas: 2 Goals: Noah Zeller, Jacob Uridil, Ryan Shantz, Mitch Waters x2, Owen Read x2 Assists: Mitch Waters x2, Sheldon Metzger, Mitch Newsom x2, Noah Zeller x2, Owen Read x2, Ryan Gangl, Jacob Uridil Nov 20 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 3 Oakville: 3 Goals: Noah Zeller, Sheldon Metzger, Jonah Boehm Assists: Cameron Rose, Aaron Logan, Jacob Uridil x2, Brett Henry Nov 21 vs. Caledon Woolwich: 3 Caledon: 7 Goals: Noah Zeller x2, Jacob Uridil Assists: Mitch Newsom, Sheldon Metzger, Aaron Logan, Mitch Waters
Bantam: MINOR A Nov 23 vs. Oakville Woolwich: 2 Oakville: 2 Goals: Riley Runstedler, Jesse Sterling Assists: Jesse Sterling, Daniel Carr, Riley Runstedler Nov 24 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 12 Guelph: 5 Goals: Cade Schaus x2, Evan Gowing x2, Riley Runstedler x3, Chase Mooder, Jesse Sterling x2, Daniel Carr, Sammy Huber Assists: Jesse Sterling x2, Cole Altman x2, Sammy Huber x2, Daniel Carr x2, Nolan Mclaughlin, Austin Flaherty, Nick Ravelle, Riley Runstedler
Bantam: B Nov 24 vs. Mitchell Woolwich: 4 Mitchell: 1 Goals: Mikayla Weber, Caitlin Pickard, Abi Martin, Dana Schaffner
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Novice: LL #1 The Twin Centre Hericanes Bantam BB team won the Kitchener Fallfest championship on November 24, with Laura Weber scoring the only goal of the fifth game in the shootout. Back row: Delanie Kidnie, asst. coach Tim Weber, Emma Banbury, Lauren Quehl, Leah Sebben, Brooke Hepditch, asst. coach Nick Banbury, Deana Mainland, head coach Andy Oja. Middle row: Nicole Snyder, Laura Weber, Maddy Jantzi, Laura Ridge, Meghan Schnarr, Sophie Jantzi, Jocelyn Oja, trainer Jody MacDonald, trainer Christine Ridge. Front row: Nicole Hendershot. [SUBMITTED]
HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS
Novice: REP B Stratford Aces Tournament – Nov 22-24 Game 1 vs. Brampton Woolwich: 7 Brampton: 0 Goals: Avery Grundy, Taylor Schmitt x3, Amy Dueck x2, Madi Martin Assists: Amy Dueck, Emma Wiseman, Madi Martin, Emily Sargent, Kayla Shantz, Brooke Rempel, Taylor Schmitt Shutout: Gwyneth Martin Game 2 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 3 Guelph: 0 Goals: Taylor Schmitt x2, Amy Dueck Assists: Paige Woods, Kyla Bloch, Tia Zettel, Taya Diefenbacher, Amy Dueck, Avery Grundy Shutout: Gwyneth Martin Game 3 vs. St. Mary’s Woolwich: 1 St. Mary’s: 2 Goals: Amy Dueck Assists: Brooke Rempel, Ayla Brubacher Game 4 vs. Stoney Creek Woolwich: 1 Stoney Creek: 4
Goals: Brooke Rempel Assists: Emily Sargent, Ayla Brubacher
Atom: LL #3 Mason Berube, Dresden – Nov 22-24 Game 1 vs. Dresden White Woolwich: 5 Dresden White: 2 Goals: Danny Soehner x4, Kieren Oberholzer Assists: Griffin Boerner, Jonathan Staken, Ashton Weber, Tanis Uhrig, Logan Beard, Mitchell Brubacher Game 2 vs. Dresden Maroon Woolwich: 1 Dresden Maroon: 2 Goals: Kieren Oberholzer Assists: Griffin Boerner, Daniel Kelly Game 3 vs. Mt. Brydges Woolwich: 3 Mt. Brydges: 2 Goals: Griffin Boerner, Thomas Hill-Ring Assists: Cole Sellars, Danny Soehner Game 4 vs. Dresden Maroon Woolwich: 1 Dresden Maroon: 2 Goals: Thomas Hill-Ring Assists: Kieran Oberholzer, Logan Beard
PeeWee: MAJOR AA Guelph Powerplay Tournament – Nov 22-24 Game 1 vs. Waterloo Woolwich: 2 Waterloo: 2 Goals: Josh Martin, Nolan Hislop Assists: Ethan Young, Kurtis Hoover, Griffen Rollins, Seth Morrison Game 2 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 1 Guelph: 4 Goals: Ryan Biggs Assists: Lukas Shantz, Bart Sherrer Game 3 vs. Waterloo Woolwich: 3 Waterloo: 2 Goals: Nolan Hislop, Josh Martin x2 Assists: Griffen Rollins, Owen Harnock, Lukas Shantz, Bart Sherrer Game 4 vs. Kitchener Woolwich: 2 Kitchener: 0 Goals: Bart Sherrer, Griffen Rollins Assists: Ryan Biggs, Lukas Shantz, Josh Martin Shutout: Bryce Dettweiler
Game 4 vs. Waterloo Woolwich: 0 Waterloo: 1
PeeWee: MINOR A Dan Pulham Memorial Tournament, Argyle – Nov 22-24 Game 1 vs. London Woolwich: 5 London: 1 Goals: Jake Clemmer, Keaton McLaughlin, Brett Allen, Nathan Taylor, Blake Roemer Assists: Brett Allen x2, Jesse Martin x2, Trevor Ferretti, Nathan Curtis Game 2 vs. Amherstburg Woolwich: 2 Amherstburg: 2 Goals: Matt Fleischmann, Jesse Martin Assists: Nathan Curtis, Brett Allen, Cameron Martin Game 3 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 7 Hespeler: 0 Goals: Brett Allen, Cole Chipman, Trevor Ferretti, Nathan Curtis, Jesse Martin, Blake Roemer Assists: Trevor Ferretti x3, Matt Fleischmann, Cameron Martin, Cole Chipman Shutout: Simon Huber
PEEWEES WIN TOURNEY IN LONDON
Bantam: LL #1
Nov 24 vs. Beverly Woolwich: 2 Beverly: 6 Goals: William Carter x2 Assists: Ian McGregor
Nov 23 vs. Wilmot Woolwich: 1 Wilmot: 1 Goals: Claire Jacklin Assists: Emily Martin
PeeWee: LL Nov 22 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 2 Ayr: 1 Goals: Lietta Fife, Maddy Cruickshank Assists: Melyssa MacDonald, Olivia Martin Nov 23 vs. Cambridge Woolwich: 1 Cambridge: 4 Goals: Olivia Martin
HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS
Midget: B Kitchener Fallfest Tournament – Nov 22-24 Game 1 vs. Petrolia Woolwich: 0 St. Clair: 2 Game 2 vs. St. Clair Woolwich: 0 St. Clair: 2 Game 3 vs. Georgina Woolwich: 4 Georgina: 1 Goals: Michelle Bauman x2, Brooks Mulder, Ciara Hea Assists: Taylor Deunch, Hannah Weber x3, Erika Morrison, Maddie Wang, Michelle Bauman Game 4 vs. Kitchener Woolwich: 1 Kitchener: 0 Goals: Michelle Bauman Assists: Randi Paul, Brooke Mulder Game 5 vs. Petrolia Woolwich: 0 Petrolia: 1
TWIN CENTRE STARS
Nov 24 vs. LL #2 LL1: 4 LL2: 2 Goals: Connor Graham x2, Trent Brunkard, Jon Martin Assists: Daniel Gallant, Walker Schott x2, Kyle Gingrich x2, Alex Metzger
Atom: LL #1
Midget: BB
Nov 23 vs. Beverly Twin Centre: 1 Beverly: 0 Goals: Christian Assists: Thomas TWIN CENTRE HERICANES
Nov 21 vs. Woolwich Twin Centre: 2 Woolwich: 1 Goals: Christian, Thomas Assists: Barett, Thomas, Nolan
Nov 24 vs. Windsor Woolwich: 4 Windsor: 0 Goals: Rachel Weber x2, Cora Kieswetter, Meghan Martin Assists: Emily Willms, Jen McDonald, Amber MacPherson, Marlee Kernick Shutout: Corinne Roesink
Novice: REP B Nov 3 vs. Stoney Creek Twin Centre: 2 Stoney Creek: 0
Midget: LL #2 Nov 23 vs. Ayr Woolwich: 0 Ayr: 0 Shutout: Matthew Deyell
Game 4 vs. Amherstburg Woolwich: 5 Amherstburg: 1 Goals: Keaton McLaughlin x2, Ben Witmer x2, Brett Allen Assists: Keaton McLaughlin, Nathan Curtis, Jake Clemmer, Matt Fleischmann
Nov 22 vs. Paris Woolwich: 4 Paris: 4 Goals: Blake Doerbecker, Dan Rennie, Luke Charter, Connor Runstedler Assists: Luke Charter x3, Connor Runstedler x3, Blake Doerbecker, Joe Dubue
Intermediate: LL The Woolwich Wildcats Minor A Pee Wee team went on to win the Dan Pulham Memorial Tournament in London on Sunday. They pulled off a 5-1 win against the Amhertburg Stars in the finals after tying them in the round-robin. Back row: Brendan Dasilva, Jake Radcliffe, Zack Barriage (head coach), Brett Barriage, Jim Radcliffe, Middle row: Matt Fleischmann, Ben Witmer, Jesse Martin, Cameron Martin, Jake Clemmer, Eric Martin, Keaton McLaughlin, Trevor Ferretti. Front row: Brett Allen, Blake Roemer, Nathan Taylor, Nathan Curtis, Cole Chipman. Goalies: Zach Verwey, Simon Huber. [SUBMITTED]
Nov 17 vs. Stratford Twin Centre: 0 Stratford: 1 Nov 17 vs. Waterloo Twin Centre: 1 Waterloo: 3
Goals: Holly Lorentz Assists: Natasha Runstedler, Jessica Dunbar
Atom: LL 7546 Nov 20 vs. Twin Centre Twin Centre: 5 Wilmot: 1 Goals: Reece Looser, Rachel Jantzi, Paige Tucker, MaKenna Krulicki, Lauren Skanes Assists: Lauren Skanes, Hanna Kieswetter x2, Makenna Krulicki x2, Rachel Jantzi x2
Bantam: LL Nov 23 vs. Stratford Twin Centre: 3 Stratford: 1 Goals: Janessa Pretorius, Natalee Dietz x2 Assists: Elena McKee x2
HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS
Novice: REP B Kitchener Fallfest Tournament – Nov 24 Game 5 vs. West Northumberland Twin Centre: 5 West Northumberland: 3 Goals: Chjloe Hislop x2, Brianne Barker x2, Mia Thompson
Bantam: BB Kitchener Fallfest – Nov 22-24 Game 1 vs. Cambridge Twin Centre: 3 Cambridge: 1 Goals: Laura Weber, Emma Banbury, Lauren Quehl Game 2 vs. Hamilton Twin Centre: 0 Hamilton: 1 Game 3 vs. Sarnia Twin Centre: 3 Sarnia: 1 Goals: Laura Ridge, Leah Sebben, Nicole Snyder Assists: Maddy Jantzi x2, Nicole Snyder, Emma Banbury, Laura Weber Game 4 vs. Kensington Twin Centre: 1 Kensington: 1 Goals: Maddy Jantzi Assists: Lauren Quehl, Laura Ridge Game 5 vs. Kensington Twin Centre: 1 Kensington: 0 Goals: Laura Weber Shutout: Nicole Hendershot
Midget: BB Stratford Tournament – Nov 22-24 Game 1 vs. West Huron Twin Centre: 1 West Huron: 2 Goals: Carly Bender Assists: Roslyn Mainland Game 2 vs. Cazanovia Twin Centre: 1 Cazanovia: 0 Goals: Lauren Brick Assists: Roslyn Mainland Game 3 vs. Mount Forest Twin Centre: 2 Mount Forest: 1 Goals: Erika Lebold, Kayla Lee Assists: Baylie Parnell, Carly Bender Game 4 vs. Manitoulin Twin Centre: 0 Manitoulin: 3
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Mennonite Economic Development Associates celebrates 60 years of putting business practices to work overseas ELENA MAYSTRUK “It was a group of businessmen – all men, no women involved at that point – who went to Paraguay. They knew of the plight of some refugees. These were Mennonite people that had come out of Russia and Ukraine after the revolution and after World War II and settled in Paraguay. They had been given land and they were basically carving out a living with their bare hands from an area I’ve heard some refer to as the Green Hell.” It was a meaningful beginning for the Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), the start of a continuous and steady trend towards perpetuating peace and economic prosperity. This month, MEDA celebrated 60 years in the business of helping entrepreneurship around the world, said Allan Sauder, the organization’s president. That first dairy business operation set up with a Mennonite population in South America led to current projects in 17 countries in South America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Ukraine. MEDA has worked in a total of 25 countries to date helping families to fight their way out of poverty using their business skills.
“The unique feature of MEDA was that those first business people that went down to visit said, ‘These people have farming skills and they have business skills, how can we unleash those skills?’ And that’s when they set us on a course.” During the anniversary celebrations in Wichita, Kansas, the group raised $86,000 to benefit women soybean farmers in Ghana through MEDA’s Greater Rural Opportunities for Women project (GROW). It’s a newer strand of the organization’s efforts that has allowed it to penetrate more male-dominated societies to help the women who in many cases were heads of their families, but had little access to resources. “We’re much more focused on that now. We have a whole area that is devoted to women’s economic opportunities, that’s particularly in places where women don’t have access to markets. Across the board, I would estimate that approximately two thirds of the families that we work with would be womenheaded house holds. It takes a different approach,” said Sauder. Every family helped is different but the pattern of concerns among the poor remains constant: a need MEDA | 18
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MEDA’s office is filled with knickknacks from the organization’s worldwide travels and projects to develop entrepreneurship and business success for the poor. President Allan Sauder and staff are celebrating the organization’s 60th anniversary this month. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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for food, education, comfort and stability for children and growing responsibility to local communities. “People always talk about, ‘Well, I have more income now.’ Oftentimes they’ll say [they] have more assets in their business, or in the family; more land, more productive assets. But what they always talk about is ‘Now my children are get-
ting a better education, they can go to college or university. I have a daughter that’s a doctor; I have a son who’s an engineer.’ I hear that story over and over again, so every time I visit a family they talk about education for their children, better nutrition in the household, better housing, putting money into their local business. They even talk about wanting to pay taxes
because they know if they don’t pay taxes roads and other things won’t be built. And they talk about caring for the needy in their own community.” Looking back just 10 years ago, Sauder notes a substantial growth in MEDA, which reached 250,000 clients in 25 countries, with 50 partners. Since that time, the $6 million operating budget grew
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to the tune of $41 million in contributions from governments, charities, and private donors. Since getting involved with that small community in Paraguay six decades ago, the organization has grown to a network helping 42 million families around the world. From its more patriarchal beginnings in 1953, MEDA has grown in size and extreme cultural diversity of partnerships, clients, employees and programs. Still, the numbers tell only one story, Sauder observed. “It’s been very exciting –
a lot of growth. And yet, as I reminded people, really the groundwork was set 60 years ago for what we still do today: the way we go about serving the poor, using the best of the business world to create solutions for the poor. That hasn’t changed in 60 years.” The international development organization has operated from several cities and found a new home in Waterloo about 11 years ago when Sauder, who’s been involved for 25 years, became president. In addition, MEDA has offices in Winnipeg, Washington,
Pennsylvania, and a small location in Germany to facilitate a growing presence in Europe, part of the group’s future plans to expand operations with the help of partners and the European Union. Looking to the future, the mountain tops are within reach for the organization, literally, as Sauder hopes to enter the new year with a goal of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2014 in order to raise $250,000 for MEDA. Volunteers looking to join for the trek can visit www.meda.org and selecting the ‘Get Involved’ tab.
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of seeds in modern agriculture created a program called Seed of the Year. The effort, led by SeCan and the University of Guelph, was designed to recognize exceptional Canadian plant varieties developed through public breeding efforts, such as those supported mainly at Guelph by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. SeCan helps the university get new plant varieties in the hands of farmers, by licensing them and making them available to seed companies. This system has been instrumental in making Guelph the country’s most efficient and inventive university – Guelph leads the country in invention disclosures per faculty member, and spends a fraction of what most universities spend on invention disclosures. Since the early 1970s, royalties generated from plant variety development supported by the province at the University of Guelph
have reached $10 million. “It’s a milestone,” says Mike Toombs, director of research and innovation for the province’s agriculture ministry, which turns around and channels those royalties right back into plant research. It’s certainly an excellent system. One of the top plant varieties ever developed at the University Guelph, or anywhere in Canada for that matter, is called OAC (for Ontario Agricultural College) Bayfield. It came onto the scene 20 years ago, the brainchild of plant scientists Wally Beversdorf and the late Jack Tanner. It was a standout in areas such as high yield, dependability and consistency – so much so, that while most plant varieties have a longevity of just a few years before they’re replaced by a superior variety, Bayfield endured for a full decade, and then some. Even today OAC Bayfield is still grown in limited quantities, but its main legacy is that its genetic base has been used to develop several more new varieties that have become standards
in Ontario soybean fields. Those include OAC Wallace, which is expected to go on to even surpass the contributions of OAC Bayfield. That performance remains to be seen. But one thing’s for sure – OAC Bayfield significantly helped soybean production in Ontario grow to more than 2.5 million acres, making soybeans Ontario’s biggest field crop. On Wednesday night, in recognition of its 20th anniversary, OAC Bayfield was named Seed of the Year. Those who developed it (including Beversdorf), marketed it and planted it gathered at the Cutten Club in Guelph Wednesday night to sing its praises. Plant breeders are vital to the agriculture and food sector. Efforts are underway to recruit students into plant breeding programs at Guelph, as well as to establish a wheat breeding chair, with the help of Grain Farmers of Ontario, to develop more top crops. No seeds mean no plants. And in an increasingly hungry world, that’s just not an option.
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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas On the first day of December, Larry Mercey and co. will kick the festive season into gear at the Commercial Tavern WILL SLOAN Larry Mercey has been performing his annual Christmas show as part of the Larry Mercey Trio for seven years, and the Maryhill Commercial Tavern will be one of three stops on his current Christmas tour. Given that the holiday season has become such a big part of the veteran country singer’s annual calendar, one wonders: What does Christmas mean to Larry Mercey? “Well, it means a lot of hard work putting the show together,” laughed Mercey. “I think it’s harder. But anything that’s hard, if you do it good, it gives you a little more pleasure. “Christmas songs, you do them maybe for just a few weeks and that’s all, and as you get a little older your memory isn’t as good. So, it’s almost like you have to re-learn them every year. But I enjoy doing them. They’re different songs and different material than normal.” Mercey became a Canadian country legend when he worked with his siblings as The Mercey Brothers, garnering a Juno nomination and a charting single (“If I’m Only Good for One Thing”) in the progress. Since 2004, Mercey has collaborated with George Lonsbury and Al Alderson as The Larry Mercey Trio, and have fine-tuned a Christmas set sure to bring the holiday spirit to any Ebenezer Scrooge. Original Mercey compositions like “The Day
Country music veteran Larry Mercey (centre), along with George Lonsbury, Al Alderson, and special guests, will have themselves a merry little Christmas as they bring their annual holiday concert to Maryhill tomorrow afternoon (Sunday). [SUBMITTED] of Love” and “Lone Star Christmas” will alternate with seasonal standards like “Blue Christmas,” “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” plus highlights like “Pretty Paper” (a Willie Nelson number), “Santa Looks Like Daddy,” and Dolly Parton’s
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“I’ll Be Home With Bells On.” The show will conclude with another much-loved perennial. At the risk of spoiling the surprise, it’s about a red-nosed reindeer that saved the day one foggy Christmas Eve. “I think people have just heard it so much, it’s been
around so long, everybody knows it,” said Mercey. “They sing it to their little kids, and then they get older and they sing it to theirs. It’s one of those songs.” It won’t just be Mercey and his compadres at the Commercial Tavern. The trio will be joined by Naomi Bristow, a 16-year-old
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Bristow will be on hand to perform “The Christmas Letter,” in which Santa Claus himself writes a letter describing everything he wants for Christmas. “She started to yodel when she was eight years old – she taught herself,” said Mercey. “She’s a great little entertainer, and she goes to work in the States quite a bit. … I’m very fortunate to have her.” Also on the bill is Randy Satchell, who Mercey describes as one of his favourite country singers. Satchell has performed traditional country music on two CDs, Memories and This is My Life, and has opened for such performers as David Lee Murphy, John Landry, and Blackhawk. That’s plenty of Yuletide cheer for one show, but surely the holiday season must mean more for Larry Mercey than just a long list of songs to memorize? “I think it’s being together with the people you love,” said Mercey. “My brothers, and our wives, we try to get together around Christmas. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it’s usually with my immediate family. That’s really it.” He paused. “And for people who work, it’s a holiday.” Now that’s something worth raising a glass of eggnog to. The Larry Mercey Show will hit the Maryhill Commercial Tavern (1303 Maryhill Rd.) on Sunday, December 1 at 3 p.m. For more information, contact 519-648-3644.
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LOCAL POULTRY FARM looking for part time employee. Afternoons and alternating weekends. Fax resume to: 519-669-4072 or call 519-669-3423. SHADE TREE ST. Jacobs seeking part time employee for retail position. Every Wed., Fri., and second weekend. Send resume to: shadetree.stjacobs@rogers. com WANTED F OR C Class Drivers: Country Mile Bus Lines looking for 24 & 15 Passenger Van drivers starting 1-2 days per week or weekends. F or C Class licence required. Email resume to anweber@ mwpol.ca or call Amos at 519-669-5557 for appointment.
Applicants should be able to work with minimal supervision and have good customer relation skills. Applicants are invited to submit a letter of application or resume by fax to 519-638-3342, or by email to jobs@trimech.ca
HILLCREST HOME BAKING 519-669-1381 December Sale. Dec. 2 31. Closed Sun & Mon. We will be open Mon.. Dec. 23. 5% off groceries excluding eggs, butter & baking. 10% off candy, 15% off all clocks, 15% off polyester prints, 10% off rest of merchandise in store while supplies last - excluding coats - a large variety of Dolls with or without hair. Also: Depot for ink cartridges & toner refills; approx. half price. Free COFFEE or HOT CHOCOLATE and LONG JOHNS Dec. 17 & 18.
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WED. DEC 4 at 5:00 PM Auction sale of approx. 300 toys including tractors; machinery; precision; tractor trailers; cars; banks; farm literature; and other toys to be held at the St. Jacobs Community Centre in St. Jacobs for an area collector. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. Jantziauctions.com
WED. DEC 11 at 10:00 AM Large auction of antiques; collectables; household effects; lawn and garden equipment and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-6563555. www.Jantziauctions.com
SAT. DEC 7 at 10:00 AM - Property auction of a 3 bedroom yellow brick bungalow with many updates situated in a private residential area of Kitchener to be held at 21 Cambridge Ave in Kitchener for Ryan Vandyk. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com
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PERSONALS DO YOU HAVE a little time for me? Do you have time for us to talk? I have so much I’d like to say. I would love to see you or hear from you again. I cannot contact your or call you by your name as I do not know it. I only know that you live in the town of Winterbourne and that we met once at the Thanksgiving day Parade in Kitchener at the Victoria and King Street crossing. If you are interested, I would love to hear from you. Please write to: Box 305, Breslau, On. N0B 1M0.
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Parking By law 23/2010: The Parking By-law is being enforced in the Township of Wellesley by the Municipal Law Enforcement Officer and by the Waterloo Regional Police services. • Parking is prohibited on all highways within the Township of Wellesley between 2:30 am-6:00 am. • Parking overhanging any boulevard, sidewalk or multi use trail is prohibited within the Township of Wellesley. Heavy trucks are prohibited from parking on all highways within the Township of Wellesley except while loading and unloading. A Highway includes all roads, shoulders, boulevards and sidewalks. For more information on this and other Township By Laws please view them at http://www.township.wellesley.on.ca/index.php?file=by-law/by-law.html or contact the Township of Wellesley Municipal Law Enforcement Officer at:
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The Township of Woolwich is committed to providing safe roads for the traveling public during the winter season. Winter maintenance of Woolwich roadways are completed in accordance with the Ontario Minimum Maintenance Standards for Ontario Highways. Road are patrolled and logged daily during the winter months. During extreme snowfall events, main roads and transit routes will take priority over residential and low traffic volume streets. To help ensure safety during the winter months, please adhere to the following:
East Side Lands (Stage 1) Master Environmental Servicing Plan and Community Plan Please join the Region of Waterloo, City of Cambridge and GRCA at Public Information Centre #4 to learn about and provide your input on the preferred servicing and transportation option for the development of the Prime Industrial Strategic Reserve Lands for employment uses. When: Where:
Thursday Dec 12, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Open House format with Presentation at 7 p.m. École secondaire Père-René-de-Galinée (Cafeteria) 450 Maple Grove Rd., Cambridge, ON
• Please ensure that children do not play on the road side snow banks. Although this area seems like a good place to build forts, etc. this area can be a very dangerous location during snow clearing operations.
A map of the study area is shown to the right.
• Please ensure that portable basketball nets are placed well away from the edge of the roadway to allow for safe and efficient plowing.
BACKGROUND The Region of Waterloo, the City of Cambridge and the Grand River Conservation Authority, in cooperation with the City of Kitchener and the Township of Woolwich, are working together to complete the background work needed to develop about 300 hectares of land in the City of Cambridge for future employment uses. The outcome of this work will be a Master Environmental Servicing Plan and a Community Plan.
• Please be patient, when plowing operations begin trucks follow a pre-determined route to minimize duplication and maximize the efficiency of snow clearing operations. Plowing operations can take several hours or longer depending on the amount of snow. • When travelling behind a snow plow, please keep in mind that in many cases plow drivers will turn their plows around after turning a corner. Be cautious as they will frequently stop and back up. • We understand your frustration when you clear your driveway and then a plow comes by and leaves a windrow of snow. Unfortunately it’s impossible to plow without leaving one. • If you have a fire hydrant near your property please clear the snow from around it to ensure it is visible and accessible to the Fire Department. • Turn off the water supply to your outside tap to prevent it from freezing and breaking. • If at all possible avoid parking vehicles on the street until after it has been plowed. Parked cars make it much more difficult and time consuming for the plows to clear the street effectively. • An Overnight Parking Ban is in effect from December 1st until April 1st. During this time parking is prohibited on all Township roads and streets from 2:30 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. Vehicles found parked overnight on Township roads during the parking ban or on Regional roads at anytime will be ticketed. For further information please call 519-669-1647 ext. 6106 • Property owners are required to clear the sidewalks in front or beside their homes or businesses of snow within twenty-four (24) hours after the end of a snow fall that results in an accumulation of 38mm or more, in all Settlements, except Elmira in the Township of Woolwich. The Township of Woolwich contracts the removal of snow on sidewalks in the town of Elmira, this service is added to the benefitted property’s tax bill. In Elmira the contractor has twenty-four (24) hours after the end of the snowfall to clear the sidewalks. Please do not pile the snow from your walkway on the road. It adds to the curbside buildup and further narrows the road and causes visibility issues.
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TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Township of Woolwich intends to discuss the 2014 Draft Water and Wastewater Budgets and changes to the water and wastewater rates at the Committee of the Whole meeting on December 10, 2013 commencing at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Municipal Office, 24 Church Street West, Elmira. ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Township of Woolwich intends to discuss a by-law to amend fees or charges for planning, fire, and general services on December 10, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers situated at 24 Church Street West in Elmira. Richard Petherick, CMA Director of Finance & Treasurer
Work will be completed to meet the requirements of the Planning Act and the Environmental Assessment Act as outlined by the Municipal Engineer’s Association Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000 as amended in 2007) process. The study findings will result in amendments to the Grand River Conservation Authority’s regulated area mapping of Ontario Regulation 150/06 made under the Conservation Authorities Act. Starting on December 5, 2013 copies of the Master Environmental Servicing Plan, Community Plan, Freeport Creek and Tributary to the Grand River Subwatershed Study, Master Drainage Plan and Financial Impact Analysis will be posted on the Region of Waterloo’s website at: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/aboutTheEnvironment/eastsidearea.asp PUBLIC COMMENTS INVITED If you have any questions or comments about this study or wish to be added to the study mailing list, please contact: Brenna MacKinnon, MES, MCIP, RPP Manager, Greenfield Planning Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick St. Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 Tel: (519) 575-4060 Fax: (519) 575-4449 Email: BMacKinnon@regionofwaterloo.ca
Until Dec 2nd April Souwand, MA, AICP, MCIP, RPP, EP Senior Environmental Planner City of Cambridge 50 Dickson St., 3rd Floor PO Box 669 Tel: (519) 740-4650 ext. 4601 Fax: (519) 622-6184 TTY: (519) 623-6691 Email: SouwandA@cambridge.ca
After Dec 2nd Elaine Brunn Shaw, MCIP, RPP Director of Development Planning City of Cambridge Tel: (519) 740-4650 x 4571 Fax: (519) 622-6184 TTY: (519) 623-6691 Email: brunnshawe@cambridge.ca
All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record.
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Elmira – As soon as you walk in the door you will see for yourself a mix of modern & classics. From French door walkout to side deck to concrete countertops this home has been renovated extensively! Convenient mudrm off garage & completely renovated & updated kit. Open concept MF w/LR, Sep DR & kit. Partly fin’d basement w/RR. MLS 1341452 Call Alli or Paul direct.
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Waterloo - This well cared for bungalow with detached garage is close to expressway, walking trail, schools, transit and amenities. Enjoy the bright gourmet style kitchen with skylight and French door walkout to patio, perfect for having a backyard bbq. Or when the weather gets cold bring it inside to the roomy separate dining room. Enjoy the finished basement with 3pc bathroom and recroom featuring gas fireplace. MLS 1341566 Call Alli or Paul direct.
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Elmira - This Unique Elmira home is fully restored and updated. Gardens featuring: Court yard, peaceful sitting areas, waterfall and pond, walkways of stone and brick, stunning landscaping throughout. Expect the unexpected in this beautiful century home. Kitchen with island and the conservatory bring a modern touch to the old world charm of the fabulous home. MLS 1334983 Call Alli or Paul direct.
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The Woolwich Wild Midget B team took home the silver medal at the Kitchener Fallfest tournament on November 24. Back row: Al Morrison, Maddie Wang, Jessica Bitton, Brooke Mulder, Rebecca Luis, Hanna Weber, Greg Kaufman, Erica Morrison, Dave Weber, Randi Paul, Jodi Bitton. Middle row: Michelle Wang, Taylor Duench, Michelle Bauman, Ciara Hea, Stephanie Benninger, Jaycee Kaufman. Front row: Autumn Campbell, Aliya McNeil. [SUBMITTED]
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The Juvenile Woolwich Wildcats brought home gold in the Greg Dietz Memorial Tournament in Mildmay on November 10. The final was a hard-fought game, with Woolwich edging out their archrival Glanbrook by a score of 3-1. This tournament also had a skills competition consisting of the fastest skaters chosen by the coaching staff of each team in the tournament; Jordan Moore and Clinton Dechert made the finals, in which Clinton narrowly beat Jordan by fractions of a second. Travis Bauman was named goaltender of the tournament, and Jordan Moore was named player of the tournament. Back row: Brent Kron, Clinton Dechert, Shane Young, Ted Sebben, Ben Martin, Dalton Taylor, Brian Kron. Middle row: Mark Fackoury, Drew Jansen, Daulton Wagner, Ryan Ament, Connor Jansen, Wil Frank, Nolan Turnbull. Front row: Travis Bauman, Logan White, Andrew Moser, Jordan Moore, Alex Albrecht, Tommy Bearinger, Nick Bauman. [SUBMITTED]
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FAMILY ALBUM BIRTHDAY
BIRTH NOTICE
Happy 70th Birthday Gerry Bechtel
Joel Emerson Boose
Nick & Heidi Boose of Elmira are thrilled to announce the birth of their fourth child, Joel Emerson. He was born on October 21, 2013 weighing 9lbs 10oz.
From the Family
Joel is welcomed with love by big brothers Max and Clark and big sister Norah, as well as proud grandparents Ken & Grace Bott, Wendy Boose and Tim & Dani Boose, all of Elmira. Thank you so much to all of our family and friends for your love and support (and all the wonderful gifts and meals!)
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The family of the late Betty Schaefer wishes to express our sincere gratitude to all for your kind words, thoughts, prayers and other expressions of sympathy in the recent passing of our beloved Mom/Grandma. Your kindness will never be forgotten.
The family of the late Beatrice Walter wishes to express their sincere thanks and appreciation for your kind expressions of sympathy, prayers and support. Also to Dreisinger Funeral Home for their guidance & compassion.
Sincerely, The Schaefer Family
Sincerely, Frank Walter & Family
Best wishes to a loving husband, dad & popa.
When grief is fresh, the celebration of any holiday is difficult. This is a special invitation to you and your family to share with others who sorrow. Together we put this loss into the context of the Christmas season.
A SERVICE OF HEALING Sunday, December 8, 2013 7:30 p.m. held at Trinity United Church 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira
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Passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the age of 95 years, at the home of Joseph and Rebecca Martin.
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Years of dabbling in poetry lead Elmira man to finally publish a collection of his pieces WILL SLOAN Elmira resident Fred Karpala has been writing children’s poetry ever since his niece was born during his twenties. But this month’s release of his self-published collection, Shabalaba Zoo Diaries, marks the first time any of Karpala’s poetry has gone outside his immediate family. “I’ve probably lost more poems than I’ve kept,” laughed Karpala. “You scribble them on a piece of paper, and somehow the paper gets lost. It’s probably the good ones that are the ones that I’ve saved.” While he never pursued it professionally, poetry always offered Karpala an enjoyable way to scratch the creative itch. “I thought I wanted to be a fiction writer,” he remembered. “I tried to write things, but it would always get to a stage where I would tire of it. It would get to a certain point where I’d say, ‘It’s going to take forever to do this!’ “I started writing a few poems for my niece, and I thought this is great, because I could do a complete thing in one page, and it’s finished. I don’t have to slave over it for a very long time – that’s how I got into it.” Karpala’s poems stayed in drawers and boxes in his house until 2013. “Last year I took cooking classes, I took dancing lessons,
I took up cycling, and various other things as… I dunno, a late-life crisis. One of them was to do something with poetry.” Shabalaba Zoo Diaries is the fruit of his labour: a collection of 15 poems chronicling such unusual subjects as a giraffe who lives in a tree (“I had to laugh when I did see / Jeffrey’s giraffe sitting in a tree”); a crocodile who is vulnerable to tickles (“If you dare to tickle him / Then say a prayer or hum a hymn”); and a rooster who has no qualms about waking folks up at the crack of dawn (“It’s not easy being a rooster / So won’t you be a rooster booster?”). But it’s not all barnyard antics: Karpala’s book also includes an ode to birthdays, a space adventure (“I’m a little spaceman in my spaceman suit / I’m on my way to a spaceman shoot”), and a consideration of the dancing habits of the King and Queen of France (“Now the King of France still loves to dance but only with the Queen…”). Each poem is accompanied by a full-page illustration by Kitchener artist Sanela Dizdar, who pulled double-duty as the book’s layout designer. “The illustrations, I felt, were good enough to take up a whole page,” said Karpala. “We already have almost enough poems for a POETRY | 31
RECIPE NOTES Looking for a fun and easy way to spice up your lunches? We have got you covered. If you’re anything like me, you like just the right mix of spice and savoury flavours alongside a nice crunchy texture. This salad combines all these things and is a great, proteinfilled, light lunch option. Gado means ‘mixed.’ This traditional Indonesian specialty is a combination of raw and lightly cooked vegetables served with a spicy peanut sauce. We like to add boiled potatoes and hard-boiled eggs to make it a well-balanced meal. You can be as creative as you wish with regards to what you put in this salad. What really makes it special is the peanut sauce, which you can make as spicy as you wish. Try it with tofu or leftover chicken breast or fish and with any vegetable you have kicking around in the fridge. Enjoy.
Local poet Fred Karpala gives us a peek at one of the residents of the Shabalaba Zoo. He’ll be signing copies of his poetry collection at the Robin’s Nest in Elmira on December 4. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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MEATLOAF DINNER, $7. ROYAL Canadian Legion, 11 First St. W., Elmira; 6 p.m. Takeouts available - call 519-669-2932 to place your order for pick up Friday.
RESCUE JUNCTION BLUEGRASS BAND, 8 p.m. at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church. Admission by donation. Proceeds to MCC relief.
BREAKFAST WITH ST. NICHOLAS at Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira, 8-9:30 a.m. Enjoy a pancake & sausage breakfast before the Christmas parade. Kids can meet St. Nicolas, $6, kids under 5 free. Tickets at Trinity Office Mon. to Fri 9:30 a.m. - 12 noon, 519-669-5560 or Brad Fisher at 519-6699067.
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THE TWIN CITY HARMONIZERS presents “Christmas with Family and Friends” at Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. Two performances, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets $12.50 (by calling Ralph Dekker 648-3358, Calvary Church 519-6641211) or at $15 at the door. Children under 12 free. Refreshments will be served after performances.
THE LIONS CLUB OF Elmira Bingo – 7 p.m. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira. For more information call 519-572-2669.
VISIT THE WTHHS HISTORICAL Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry Street, Wellesley between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy displays and interesting historical facts about Wellesley Township. The Historical Room will not be open in December. Free admission.
DECEMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AT Trinity United Church in Elmira, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Chili lunch, items from Africa, Peru, baking, crafts and many more vendors. Pick up a unique gift proceeds towards our outreach project in Peru. LOCAL CHURCHES IN ELMIRA will be hosting a Christmas concert at the St. James Lutheran Church starting at 7 p.m. A free-will offering will be collected towards the Woolwich Counselling Centre.
DECEMBER 6 STROKE SUPPORT GROUP – 2nd Tuesday of the month 10 a.m. – 12 noon at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. A support group comprised of stroke survivors, their caregivers and peer facilitators. Topics covered include: nutrition, exercise and medications. For more information, call Tiffany Krahn, RD. at 519664-3794, ext. 241. ST. TERESA’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS Dinner at St. Teresa of Avila Church hall, 19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira. Meal will begin at 6 p.m. Those who have purchased take out tickets can pick up at 5:30 p.m. Limited number of tickets available, and can be ordered through the parish office Mon - Fri, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. or by calling 519-669-3387. Adults $16; children 6-12 yrs $8; children 5 & under free. Door prizes. Last chance for tickets is Dec. 4. All are welcome.
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DECEMBER 8 THREE CHOIRS AT CHRISTMAS Concert with Menno Singers, Inter-Mennonite Children’s Choir and Menno Youth Singers. This “Navigating North” concert will feature music from Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia and Canada, including a newly commissioned work, “Ring out, Wild Bells” by Stephanie Martin, composed in memory of Menno Singers member Mary Martin. Held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener. Tickets ($15 adult, $35 family, $5 student) available at Mennonite Savings & Credit Union branches, Music Plus and at the door.
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The Salad 1 small head iceberg lettuce, leaves separated 1 large potato, boiled and sliced 1/2 cup green beans, sliced, blanched 3⁄4 cup bean sprouts, blanched 1 cucumber, thinly sliced 1 cup shredded Chinese cabbage, blanched 1 medium tomato, cut into wedges 3 spring onions, cut in short lengths 1 medium red onion, sliced 1cup fresh chopped pineapple 1 cup fried tofu, cut into cubes 1 fresh red chilies, seeded and thinly sliced 3 medium hard–boiled eggs, sliced 1/4 bunch fresh cilantro
Peanut Sauce 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil 1-1⁄4 cups raw unsalted peanuts 2 cloves garlic, chopped 4 spring onions, chopped Pinch of salt and pepper 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon soft brown sugar 2 teaspoon fish sauce 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce 2-1/4 cups water Juice of 1 lime
Heat oil in a pan over high heat. Stir-fry peanuts until light golden brown, about 4 minutes; Remove with a slotted spoon and place on paper towel to cool. Pound or process peanuts until finely ground; Discard oil from pan, reserving 1 tablespoon; Crush garlic and spring onions in a mortar and
pestle with a little salt. Fry in reserved oil, about 1 minute; Add chili powder, coriander, sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce and water. Bring to a boil; add ground peanuts. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thick, about 10 minutes; Add lime juice and more salt, if needed. Cool. (Sauce can be made ahead and stored in a jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.) Arrange lettuce leaves on a large plate. Add all the remaining salad ingredients to lettuce and toss finish with fresh cilantro; Serve peanut sauce separately or drizzle with sauce so the salad is not completely covered – do not toss.
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Lighting it up for Christmas in St. Clements and Wellesley WILL SLOAN The frosty weather and sudden abundance of coloured lights can only mean one thing: the holiday season is upon us. With Christmas comes the smell of pine, and two of Wellesley Township’s most beloved tree-lighting events will once again offer a bit of that holiday spirit in December. On December 7, the Paradise and District Lions Club will be lighting its 46-foot tree behind the St. Clements library at 6 p.m. Santa and Mrs. Claus will also be on hand to meet children at 5:45, and proceeds from the event will go towards the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation and the Cystinosis Awareness and Research Effort. Annette Kuhn, who started the event in 2008, has received support from the Lions since 2009. “I had started it in memory of my sister-inlaw – I wasn’t actually a Lions member,” said Kuhn. “I just wanted to do it in
tribute to her because she had done it for many, many years in New Hamburg. After she passed away, I approached the Lions.” She added, “The Lions have been so wonderful in embracing this Tree of Light every year. I joined the Lions after the first year I did it, and I’ve been a Lion ever since.” This year’s charities are chosen because of their Wellesley connections: 11-year-old St. Clements resident Derek Beam suffers from juvenile arthritis, while Hawkesville’s Freida Beilstein has been a prominent fundraiser for cystinosis charities. Six-year-old Gabbie Strauss from Waterloo, also afflicted with cystinosis, will be there too. “We try to keep the money in our community,” noted Kuhn. “Each year we seem to do a little better financially.” The following weekend, on December 13, the Wellesley and District Lions Club will get in on
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Daughter of Lord Byron is seen as the author of first computer program WEIRD NOTES
Q. Who was “Ms. Soft-
ware,� credited with writing the first computer program, and who was the “Mr. Hardware� in her life?
A. She was Ada Byron,
daughter of the famous poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, and later by marriage the Countess of Lovelace, says Randy Alfred, author and editor of the book “Mad Science.� Though Ada never knew her “poetically wild father,� this didn’t stop her from becoming “an opium addict who had numerous affairs and gambled away
much of the family fortune, dying at age 36.� At age 15, Countess Ada met Cambridge University math professor Charles Babbage, who was working on a “difference engine� that could do automatic mathematical calculations. After Ada translated an article about the engine, Babbage asked her to expand it and, drawing on his notes, she tripled its length, predicting that a “computing machine could compose music, draw graphics and find applications, so to speak, in business and science.�  She also wrote a plan for the analytical engine that is “now considered the first computer program,� originating the notion of a program loop that she likened
to “a snake biting its tail.� Concludes Alfred, “Later, the U.S. Department of Defense named a computer language Ada in her honor.� Q. What’s the very human story behind the development of the “Xerox machine�?
A. Make that a “xero-
graphic copier,� developed by American inventor Chester Carlson (19061968) and using a process that is “basically our old friend static electricity doing something useful,� says Louis A. Bloomfield in “How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life.� The image printed on a sheet of paper begins as a pattern of tiny black particles or “toner� on a smooth light-sensitive
surface. “The copier uses static electricity and light reflected from the original document to arrange this toner on the surface and then transfers the toner carefully to the paper.� As an impoverished youth, Carlson supported his family by washing windows and cleaning offices after school; later, working in a print shop, he started thinking about copying and began experimenting with electrophotography. After attending Caltech, Carlson worked for Bell Laboratory but was laid off during the Depression. In 1938, while in law school, he invented the xerographic copying process, yet it wasn’t until 1960 that Haloid Xerox Corporation produced its first suc-
cessful copier, Model 914. Gone finally were the days of carbon paper and mimeograph machines.  “What modern office could operate without a xerographic copier?� End of story: “Carlson became extremely wealthy but he gave most of his money away anonymously.� Q. What term do you use for a “sweetened carbonated beverage�? How about for the thing kids drink water from at school?
A. It depends on where
you live, answers Joshua Katz of North Carolina State University in “Science News� magazine. In the continental U.S., “the most prominent linguistic divide marking differences
in pronunciation and word choice runs diagonally northeast from Texas.� For the beverage, if you live in Texas or much of the South, you’d say “coke�; in the Northeast and California, it’s “soda�; and in much of the Midwest and middle states, it’s “pop.� The school water dispenser is a “water fountain� in the Southeast and up through Pennsylvania, a “drinking fountain� in Michigan and the far West, and a “bubbler� in parts of Wisconsin. For more examples, see bit.ly/SNdialect.
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OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. “Dear� one 4. Sue Grafton’s “___ for Lawless� 7. Jumper 11. Virus that causes AIDS 14. “___ Ng� (They Might Be Giants song) 15. Bypass 17. Almond 18. Barbecue offering 20. Also called Japanese arrowroot 22. Col. Sanders feature 24. Mother ___ 25. Got into 27. Put out 28. Comparatively cockamamie 29. Durable fabric 30. Introduces an alternative 31. Bell sound 32. Hallow ending 33. Bakery selections 35. Can of worms? 37. Big, fat mouth 39. A colourful ornamental carp 41. Expressing a rate
42. ___ Bowl 44. “___ me?� 45. Attaching 48. “My boy� 49. Organic compound 51. Be inclined 52. Newspaper div. 53. Deep down 54. “Well, ___-di-dah!� 55. Gingersnap, e.g. 57. “Fantasy Island� prop 58. ___ fruit 60. Egg cells 61. US navel officer who led expeditions to explore Antartica 62. Taxi 64. Symbol 66. “Seinfeld� uncle 68. Undoing 70. Release 74. Enzyme released by the kidneys in response to exercise and stress. 75. Atlanta-based station 76. Drained 77. Propel, in a way 78. The Beatles’ “___ Leaving Home�
79. Mythical place 81. Adaptable truck, for short 82. Backside 83. Athletic supporter? 84. J.F.K. postings 85. Deception 86. United States of America 87. Founder of modern communism 88. ___ mortals 89. Old PC platform DOWN 1. Hindu deity 2. Bury 3. Syndrome from exposure to ionizing radiation 4. To increase in volume 5. Contraction of I am 6. Communicate silently 8. Change one’s mind 9. Arctic ___ 10. Solar calendar 12. “Pumping ___� 13. Visual communication 16. In the direction of 19. Dilapidated 21. Highest point 23. Advil target
24. Direct 26. Wild party 29. Cranial index 34. Awkward 35. So-called “royal herb� 36. “Home ___� 38. Amazement 40. “The loneliest number� 43. American ornithologist and artist 46. Altar avowal 47. Black, as la nuit 50. “Andy Capp� cartoonist Smythe 51. Underpants 56. Cousin of a bassoon 59. Smaller 63. Biscotti flavoring 65. “I’m ___ you!� 67. Smoke out 68. “Major� animal 69. 1940’s-60’s world leader 71. Form 72. Place for a barbecue 73. Found in the woods 76. Airport terminal 79. Capt.’s prediction 80. “Losing My Religion� rock group
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After a hiatus last year due to repairs on structure, the Kiwanis carol sing will return to the covered bridge in West Montrose. [FILE PHOTO / THE OBSERVER]
Covered bridge to be filled with song again this Christmas season STEVE KANNON A sure sign of the season, the annual Elmira Kiwanis Club carol singing event takes place December 2. Meeting this week, council approved the closure of Covered Bridge Drive in West Montrose from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to accommodate the popular annual event. The singing gets underway at 7 p.m., with more than 100 carolers expected. With council endorsement in place, all that remains is securing a picture-perfect snowfall for the event at the historic West Montrose covered bridge. Unlike last year, when the bridge was closed for repairs, carolers will
have the actual bridge as a backdrop to the festivities rather than the scale model put to use last time out. Taking note of load concerns on the 132-yearold span, organizers will be limiting the number of people on the bridge, said Kiwanis member and event coordinator Tony Dowling. “We’ll probably have the choir on the bridge with most people out on the road, perhaps under the cover of the overhang on the north end of the bridge.” Given the new arrangement, it’s more important than ever to dress for the day’s weather conditions, he added, keeping his fingers crossed for a clear night or idyllic snowfall.
The Kiwanis Covered Bridge Carol Sing was started in the late-eighties, and has consistently drawn a crowd to the historic settlement of West Montrose. In the spirit of the season, guests are asked to bring donations of non-perishable food to be contributed to the Kiwanis Christmas Goodwill Food Drive. Caroling begins at 7 p.m. and lasts for about an hour. Hot cider, cookies and song sheets are provided. “It’s always a fun time,” said Dowling, noting the early-December timing should help people get into the Christmas spirit. “I think everybody’s starting to get the message that Christmas isn’t that far away,” he laughed.
POETRY: Book signing set for Dec. 4 in Elmira FROM | 27
second book. I didn’t want to put them all in one book because we didn’t want to cram them into 32 pages. … The drawings looked great.” In fact, it was Dizdar’s children, Neo and Len, who came up with the book’s unique name. “She has two sons, one is seven and one is 14, and they liked the illustrations,” said Karpala. “One day she asked them, ‘What
do you think would be a good title for the book?’ They were trying different things, and one of them said, ‘Shabalaba Zoo,’ and they were just killing each other – they wouldn’t stop. She said, ‘That’s it, that’s what we’re going to call it!’” And yet one question remains unanswered: how could it be possible that Fred Karpala only began writing poetry in his twenties? Isn’t poetry a right-ofpassage for any high school
student? “I did poetry when I was a teenager,” he admitted. “But those were… angst, and all that stuff.” He laughed, “Not very many survived.” Karpala will be signing copies of Shabalaba Zoo Diaries on December 4, 5-7 p.m. at the Robin’s Nest in Elmira (29 Church St. W.). For more information on how to get a copy, contact Karpala at 519-669-0694 or fred@poetryplayground.ca.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Koinonia is proud to present our 5th annual Christmas in Concert! Don’t miss what thousands have already enjoyed - the wonder of a large choir, orchestra, vocalists, and band. This live experience highlights the best of Christmas music and features original arrangements and all-time classics.
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