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Ryley Cribbin misses the shot in a 5-4 loss to the Brampton Bombers on Nov. 1 at the WMC. The Elmira Sugar Kings have now lost nine games in a row, and subsequently fired head coach Jeff Flanagan just hours before Sunday’s game. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] “We scored five on Saturday you should win games,” said Following loss in Brampton, team makes night and four [on Sunday]. You general manager Jeff Snyder. should win a lot of games when In Brampton, it took nearly coaching change prior to Sunday’s game, you score four or five goals and the full first period before but drop another match back on home ice we didn’t win either of them. So anyone got on the scoreboard. we feel our issue is more with Brampton’s Ramon Lopez on Sunday. Elmira’s executives defending and getting our goals earned the goal on a power play, WHITNEY NEILSON also made the decision to let against down,” Snyder said. assisted by Mitch Shennette and A HOME-AND-HOME SERIES head coach Jeff Flanagan go on Eager to pull ahead, the Kings Yianni Liarakos. VERSUS the Brampton Bombers Sunday prior to the game, maknotched two goals in less than The Kings took the lead in ended with two more losses for ing assistant coach Ty Canal the four minutes of play in the third the second frame as Jeff Jordan the Elmira Sugar Kings, bringnew head coach. to take a 4-2 lead. Jordan and (Ethan Skinner) and David Elfing them to a nine-game losing “We’re giving up a lot of shots, Zac Coulter scored, with assists ord (Ryan Walsh) tallied a goal streak this weekend. a lot of scoring chances. We need apiece. coming from Harlen VanWynBoth games were tight, with to be better defensively and we sberghe, Jake Moggy, Skinner, Bomber Brad Bollert tied Brampton winning 6-5 on home need to get better goaltending. and Mackenzie MacSorley. things up in the last 10 seconds. ice on Friday, and then 5-4 at We scored five goals. We always He was helped by Joseph Spina KINGS | 11 the Woolwich Memorial Centre feel if you can score five goals and Liarakos.
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MennoHomes turns to the public in fundraising push Group needs another $1.7 million to finance affordable housing project adjacent to WCS building in Elmira WHITNEY NEILSON MENNOHOMES IS RAMPING UP fundraising efforts this fall with the launch of its capital campaign to gather the additional $1.7 million needed to build an affordable housing project in Elmira in conjunction with Woolwich Community Services. The 25-unit apartment building will be built in the spring of 2016 on the same land as WCS’ new building at the corner of Church Street and Memorial Avenue. MennoHomes executive director Dan Dreidger said while they’ve been historically rooted in the Mennonite population, this is not a Mennonite project. Rather, it’s an Elmira project. “We’ve got a group of people from town who are excited about the project and want to make it happen because they’re from Elmira and they have an interest in making the community better, recognize the importance of what we want to do. So they’ve agreed to help as volunteers on a capital fundraising committee to assist me in either identifying people that might be supportive or going out and
making requests themselves for funds,” Driedger said. They’ll be rolling out promotional material over the next couple weeks including a video on their website highlighting someone who lives in downtown Elmira with mobility issues, yet has to climb flights of stairs to reach his apartment. Elmira residents can also expect to see the MennoHomes newsletter in more locations than just churches to help spread the word. Waterloo Region council pledged $1,703,850 last month for the building as part of their affordable housing strategy. Another $1.4 million has already been raised of pledges. They’ve been working at fundraising for a year and a half on what’s typically called a quiet campaign, where you approach people that you know are going to be supportive. When asked where he thinks they’ll find that additional $1.7 million, he says Elmira is a very generous community. “We’re certainly expecting that there are people who can make pledges even over multiple amounts of years. It’s the typical $2 or $3 a day isn’t a lot of money.
MennoHomes is launching their capital campaign this fall, looking to raise the additional $1.7 million needed for the affordable housing project in Elmira, in conjunction with Woolwich Community Services. [SUBMITTED] who have helped build our a lot of funds up front in And yet at $2.75 a day for community, who are our order to have a mortgage three years, that’s a $3,000 neighbors, our friends, low enough that the lower donation. It’s tax deductour relatives. This is a very rents are sufficient to carry ible and we are a registered concrete way of doing that,” the mortgage, the operatcharity. If enough people ing, and the reserve. He says Driedger said. even do that we can make it The building will be three this is why there’s no private happen,” Driedger said. stories high with one-, two-, development happening for Of course they’re looking and three-bedroom units. lower income households for corporate large donaApplicants will be assessed with mobility issues, betions because they need by an income test, dependcause there’s no money in it those too, but no donation ing on the size of apartment for them. is too small. He says part they request. A certain “As a community we have of the reason the cost of percentage of those names to decide how are we going the building is so high is have to come off the region’s to respond to help people because they have to invest
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Wellesley eyes changes to rules governing on-farm businesses LIZ BEVAN REVIEWING GUIDELINES GOVERNING ON-FARM businesses, Wellesley council is still feeling its way around possible restrictions on the number of employees. The township this week looked at a zoning amendment proposed to limit the number of employees on a farm-based secondary business to five, changing the bylaw which currently allows two non-farm workers to be employed at any given time. At the Nov. 2 council meeting, planner Geoff Vanderbaaren, presented changes made to zoning bylaws surrounding secondary buildings on farm properties in the township. “The township now allows for farmers to have supplemental businesses, so we were changing some of the rules in the zoning bylaw,” said Vanderbaaren. “I am now preparing a bylaw for council to adopt at the next meeting.” One of those changes to be added to the bylaw for a vote next meeting is how many employees a farm is
allowed to have at one time. The current bylaw allows for a maximum of two offfarm employees, and after some discussion, council asked Vanderbaaren about changing the wording to allow for five employees at any given time, regardless of whether the employee is a member of the family or an outside hire. During his presentation to council, Vanderbaaren shared his recommendations taken from discussion with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). “What they are saying is that they don’t think a municipality can regulate the number of employees,” he said at the meeting. “It is similar to how we can’t regulate the number of non-related people living in a house.” Coun. Carl Smit didn’t understand why OMAFRA wouldn’t allow the limitation of employees on a farm. If regulations can cover one aspect of a farming operation, why not the other? “I don’t get why we can’t ZONING | 4
Bill Strauss, poppy campaign chair and former Woolwich mayor, organizes some of the 37,000 poppies circulating around the township for Remembrance Day 2015. To honour veterans, the local Legion will be holding a parade and ceremony on Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m. in Elmira. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]
Remembrance Day to be marked in Elmira with parade, ceremony on Sunday LIZ BEVAN WITH NOVEMBER’S ARRIVAL COME poppies and community events to honour the men and women who served in the armed forces in a variety of conflicts. On Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m., The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 469 is inviting every resident of Elmira and the surrounding area to join them in a parade and commemoration service for Remembrance Day 2015.
It’s been 70 years since the end of the Second World War, while the Great War was in its second year a century ago. The sacrifices of those who served then and the contributions of veterans since make each year’s Remembrance Day ceremonies equally important, says Rae Ann Bauman of the Elmira Legion. “(Veterans) are the reason we have the freedoms we have today,” she said from an office overflowing with bright red felt pop-
pies. “This area sent a lot of men and women overseas. Our honour roll is one of the largest in this area. The men and women that served are the ones that helped bring us to where we are today, so (they) shouldn’t be forgotten.” Bauman says it is also important to remember that the day set aside to honour veterans isn’t just about those who served in the World Wars. “We actually have a member who sits on our
executive that served in Afghanistan,” she said. “He is a veteran. They are going through the exact same thing that men and women went through back then.” The Sunday afternoon ceremony begins at Branch 469 on First Street in Elmira at 2:30 p.m. sharp. Legion members, guests, cadets, Girl Guides, Scouts, police services, fire services, the mayor, and more will parade towards Arthur CEREMONY | 4
EQAO test scores for Grade 9 students may lead to some program tweaks LIZ BEVAN STANDARDIZED TESTING RESULTS ARE in for Grade 9 students in the Waterloo Region District School Board, and high level passing rates are down. Both academic and applied mathematics scores have dropped for students who took the EQAO test in the 2014-2015 school year. For academic students, the rate went from 83 per cent
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One of those approaches is what the board calls the Innovative Practices project. According to the board’s annual report from 2014, the program has, “Teachers ... learning to create conditions for student collaboration, including explicit instruction on collaboration, multiple opportunities for student collaboration, and providing students with feedback on their collaboration skills.”
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Two students receive scholarships from Elmira District Horticultural Society CEREMONY: WHITNEY NEILSON A GREEN THUMB HAS paid off for this year’s recipients of grants from the Elmira District Horticultural Society Youth Fund. Sophia Martin and Marlowe Schott were selected by the group to receive $250 and $500, respectively. Martin took care of the Elmira District Secondary School gardens out front for the duration of the summer, receiving a stipend at the end of the summer, while Schott received the scholarship to help her in her studies at the University of Guelph where she’s studying molecular biology and genetics. Horticultural board member Karen Smart says they decided to change the program to include a scholarship, but also a stipend for a student to take care of the EDSS gardens. “We were starting to realize that applicants were drying up, something that a lot of scholarships are
Sophia Martin received a stipend at the end of the summer for taking care of the EDSS gardens as part of the Elmira District Horticultural Society’s Youth Fund. [SUBMITTED] running into at the moment. In 2014 we had not had an applicant since 2011 and so we thought if we don’t get anybody this year we’re going to see what we can think of that might be youth oriented that we could repurpose that money to,” Smart said. They didn’t get any applications that year for the scholarship and it was just about that time that
EDSS had installed the new landscaping out front. Barb Finn suggested they invest in having someone from the high school maintain the gardens during the summer because they can get damaged without proper care in the heat. “The horticultural society does have quite a few volunteers who look after various flower beds throughout the town, but
the supply of volunteers is not forever,” Smart said. Smart contacted Barb Gaudet at the school, who passed it on to the viceprincipal, and within two hours it was set up. Last year she found two students to split the duties since one was going away on holidays, and from then on it was renamed the youth fund instead of the scholarship fund.
Schott is the first applicant since 2011 for the scholarship portion of the fund, and Smart says she fits the bill quite well. “She is studying plant biology and had a special interest in GMOs. She fit the criteria quite admirably,” Smart said. Schott says it’s an honour to have won the scholarship, which she’s putting toward her education at U of G where she’s in her first year. “Living in this area, naturally I grew up with gardening around me. My grandpa was a farm boy and playing in his country garden was always a highlight of summer vacation for my brother and I. We probably damaged his tomatoes more than we helped them, but he always enjoyed having us out there,” Schott said. Smart says having a student take care of the high school gardens over the summer has worked out SCHOLARSHIP | 32
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limit the number of employees,” he said. “(The secondary business) is only supposed to supplement their income. If we can limit the size of the property, or limit the size of the footprint of the buildings, why can’t we limit the number of employees?” Vanderbaaren likened it to municipalities regulating the physical use of a property, but not being able
to regulate activity on that property. “A situation where we allow for a manufacturing business, but we don’t specifically say you can’t do welding in your property,” he answered. “We can only regulate certain things within the bylaw. It becomes a Charter of Rights and Freedoms Issue. If we get any kind of appeal or anything on that, then we would be on shaky ground
to defend it.” Coun. Shelley Wagner echoed Smit. “I agree with Carl. I think the original intent was to supplement their farming business and if they need that many more employees, that is no longer a business that is meant to supplement, it is now the primary,” she said. Township chief administrative officer Rik Louwagie wanted to make it clear to
councillors that limiting the number of employees could end up a legal matter. “What it really comes down to, is council really willing to defend this in court if it ever goes there. It kind of goes somewhat against a provincial policy,” he said. “One thing that we did get from our solicitors is that we can’t regulate between family and non-family employees. That portion definitely needs to come
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out, but you can still put a number in, as long as council is ready to defend it.” Smit suggested that was the best option. “I would be willing to go up to five employees that would take into account family and non-family,” he said. When it came to the vote, the amendment was defeated, with changes to the draft bylaw expected at the next council meeting.
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Street and make their way to the cenotaph. There, the ceremony will include a prayer from a chaplain, laying of the wreaths, and the reading of the honour roll. Bill Strauss, former Woolwich mayor and chair of Branch 469’s Poppy Campaign, will call the names aloud. In preparation for the ceremony on Nov. 8, Strauss and his team have been working hard to get 37,000 poppies attached to as many jackets, coats and sweaters as possible, spreading veteran awareness. This year, as well as the usual red felt poppies on pins, the legion is also handing out rubber bracelets with Lest We Forget written on them – something new for this year. Last year’s poppy campaign raised more than $20,000 in donations and memorial wreath purchases, with money going to different community groups and to support veterans at the Legion. “We had a great year last year,” he said. “We had a fabulous year.” Boxes of poppies can be found at local businesses around Elmira and from volunteers with poppy carriers around town until they run out. The Remembrance Day parade starts at 2:30 p.m. with the public ceremony at the cenotaph at Arthur Street and Memorial Avenue at 3 p.m.
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Regehr named research fellow Longtime peace advocate Ernie Regehr has been named the inaugural research fellow at the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement. On Oct. 29, some 70 people gathered in the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement (CPA) to join Project Ploughshares (an affiliate member of the CPA) in celebrating the launch of Regehr’s new book, Disarming Conflict: Why Peace Cannot Be Won on the Battlefield. Regehr is the co-founder of Project Ploughshares and recipient of numerous honours including the Order
of Canada and Pearson Peace Medal. Regehr’s brief overview of his book’s origins and content emphasized that the overwhelming majority of wars fought over the past quarter-century ended in military stalemate; thus the international community’s response to conflict should focus on the one place where success has consistently been achieved: the negotiating table. In addition to Disarming Conflict, Regehr regularly publishes briefing papers and reports that explore the roles and limits of military forces in supporting human security in his capacity as Senior Fellow in Arctic Security at the Simons Foundation. The MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement is located at Conrad Grebel
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Chemtura moves on control order Longstanding concerns about the progress of Chemtura Canada’s treatment of Elmira’s contaminated aquifer saw the Ministry of the Environment request new steps from the chemical producer. Earlier this year, Chemtura drilled new offsite wells to boost the extraction rate of toxins in the water below the town. A new MoE control order instructs the company to connect the new wells to a treatment plant at the Erb Street property. The order also calls
for the installation of “new activated carbon treatment vessels, new UV treatment equipment, and associated piping, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation work” at Chemtura’s water treatment works, the company reported last week. The increased flows are designed to help Chemtura meet its requirement to return the water to drinking standards by 2028. Work on the system expansion is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016. More information on Chemtura Canada’s Groundwater Collection Expansion Project and other current remediation efforts, can be found at www.ElmiraEnvironmentalProgress.ca.
Raising the profile of adoption November has been earmarked as adoption awareness month. Family and Children’s Services of Waterloo Region is taking part in an awareness campaign about adoption as an option for kids in permanent care in Ontario, encouraging families to consider adopting older children, sibling groups and children and youth with special needs. More than 90 per cent of the work done by Family and Children’s Services is supporting families to care safely for their children. When parents or caregivers are unable to provide a safe
living environment for their children, the agencies try to provide them with support so children may remain safely in their family home. For the small number of children and youth who are unable to return home or be cared for by kin, adoption is one option to provide a permanent family. Locally, Family and Children’s Services of the Waterloo Region places an average of 65 children and youth with adoptive families each year. At this moment, there are children and youth waiting to be adopted. For more information, the agency can be contacted at (519) 576-0540 or online at www.facswaterloo.org.
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In the early morning of Nov. 4, police and firefighters were called to 11 Eldale Rd. in Elmira for a house fire. Around 3:40 a.m., the occupants were alerted to the burn, originating in the basement of the home. There was both fire and smoke damage to the home, one of the original buildings on the street. [JOE MERLIHAN / THE OBSERVER]
3:40 PM | Police conducted a traffic stop on Woolwich Street North in Breslau, where a driver was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Upon investigation, police located approximately $1,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine, a large quantity of cash and a can of mace. A 30-year-old woman and a 50-year-old woman, both of no fixed address, were charged with ‘possession for the purpose of trafficking’ and ‘possession of dangerous weapon to public peace.’ The investigation continues. 4:00 PM | Two people died following a two-vehicle collision at Listowel Road and Floradale
Road in Woolwich Township. One vehicle with two occupants travelling eastbound on Listowel Road attempted to turn left on to Floradale Road and was struck by a westbound vehicle with three occupants. As a result of this collision, a 75-year-old Elmira resident died at the scene, and an 81-yearold Elmira resident was airlifted to Hamilton General Hospital where he later died from his injuries. A 23-year-old Brussels resident was transported to local hospital with minor injuries. Listowel Road was closed for several hours while police investigated the collision. Police are not releasing names at the request of family. No charges are pending.
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at minimum wage and one’s part-time at minimum wage, that’s not a lot of money. It doesn’t buy you much and I think it adds up to $34,000 a year or something like that. It works out to almost $600 a month for rent. $34,000 sounds like a nice number, but $600 a month in rent is not affordable. You can’t get much for $600,” Driedger said. Construction will start in the spring regardless if they’ve raised the final $1.7 million. He says they’ve got enough to get started and
once people see shovels in the ground, they might be more inclined to donate. While this building won’t solve the need for affordable housing in Elmira, it’s better to do something than nothing, he noted. “We’re certainly thrilled we were able to partner with Woolwich Community Services in the purchase of the land because that was key to this project to have a good, local community partner like that,” Driedger said. “Neither of us could have done the project without the other.”
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Hydro plan shows Wynne’s contempt for Ontarians GIVEN THAT EVERY TIME we switch on a light we’re reminded about the shortcomings of the provincial government, you’d think people would be up in arms about the latest Wynne boondoggle, the privatization of Hydro One. Despite overwhelming condemnation and numbers showing the ill-conceived plan will actually cost the province far more than the deal could ever provide, the Liberals intend to push ahead, the well-being of Ontarians be damned. The deal has been universally panned, supported only by the profligate government and those on Bay Street set to rake in billions. Just how detrimental the plan is was revealed last week by the province’s Financial Accountability Officer, Stephen LeClair, who released a damning report saying the sell-off will actually increase the province’s debt woes, stripping up to $500 million from the province’s revenues in the near term and potentially much more in years to come. LeClair’s report said it would be cheaper for the province to borrow the money needed under historically low interest rates – something the federal Liberals, with their commitment to invest in infrastructure, have already figured out. Still, Wynne is pushing ahead to sell off 15 per cent immediately, ramping up to 60 per cent. The total sale is supposed to net $9 billion, but some reports have downgraded that closer to $7 billion. Of that, LeClair estimates as little as $3.8 billion could make it to Wynne’s overhyped infrastructure plans – a drop in the bucket in the government’s unrealistic $130 billion target. In the end, the province will be out an asset that pays some $750 million a year, the public will lose out on infrastructure it has paid for over decades, and already out of control rates are likely to climb even higher. So, a project Wynne has no good rationale for and zero credibility to defend will go ahead despite all the negatives. Well, there is an upside if you’re an already overcompensated Hydro One worker – a large part of why your electricity prices have skyrocketed in recent years, 12.9 per cent this year alone – who’ll share in the proceeds of the sale, unlike you. That fits with Wynne, who is all about buying public sector union votes, not matter how much damage it does to the province, its economy and your wallet. Those behind the deal will get their cut, and private owners can count on guaranteed profits – Hydro One has posted a seven to nine per cent return on equity – i.e. profit – each year. With no competition and rates set by agency fiat, the money will roll in ... at our expense. The short-term cash infusion – the sole reason for which is the government’s hope to present a balanced budget in time for the next election – will be quickly squandered by a government that’s proven time and again it can’t be trusted to spend money wisely, justly or even legally. To pave the way for this sellout of Ontarians, the Liberals have changed laws that would have made the sale illegal and that would put any sale proceeds towards the company’s massive debt rather than frittered away on pet projects of Wynne’s choosing. In short, the only thing that would stop Wynne from another boondoggle would be acknowledging the idea is short-sighted, dim-witted and of no redeeming virtue while coming at a tremendous cost to the people she’s supposed to represent rather than a minority of favoured interests. That would require the kind of smart, ethical decision making that Wynne is incapable of delivering.
Many decades removed from the wars most associated with Remembrance Day, the globe is still caught up in too many conflicts and struggles. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Erdogan undoing rule of law, setting stage for civil war WORLD AFFAIRS “YOU MAY DECEIVE ALL the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time ...,” begins Abraham Lincoln’s famous aphorism about democracy – but in a multi-party democratic system, that is usually enough. In a parliamentary system like Turkey’s, 49 per cent of the popular vote gives you a comfortable majority of seats, and so Recep Tayyib Erdogan will rule Turkey for another four years. If it lasts that long. There will still be a Turkey of some sort in four years’ time, of course, but it may no longer be a democracy, and it may not even have its present borders. In last Sunday’s vote Erdogan won back the majority he lost in the June election, but the tactics he employed have totally alienated an important section of the population. Kurds make up a fifth of Turkey’s 78 million people. Most Kurds are pious, socially conservative
Sunni Muslims, so they usually voted for Erdogan’s Justice and Development (AK) Party – which consequently won three successive elections (2003, 2007, 2011) with increasing majorities. Then the Kurds stopped voting for Erdogan, which is why he lost last June’s election. In this month’s election he managed to replace those lost votes with nationalist voters who are frightened of a Kurdish secession and simple souls who just want stability and peace – but he had to start a war to win them over. Erdogan threw Turkey’s support firmly behind the rebels when the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, mainly because as a devout Sunni Muslim he detested Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite-dominated regime. He kept Turkey’s border with Syria open to facilitate the flow of volunteers, weapons and money to the Islamist groups fighting Assad, including the Nusra Front and ISIS (which eventually became Islamic State). He even backed Islamic State when it attacked the
territory that had been liberated by the Kurds of northern Syria. That territory extends along the whole eastern half of Turkey’s border with Syria, and in the end, despite Erdogan’s best efforts, the Syrian Kurds managed to repel ISIS’s attacks. But this was the issue that cost Erdogan the support of Turkish Kurds. His solution was to restart the war against the PKK, the armed separatist movement that is based in the Kurdish-speaking northern provinces of Iraq. A ceasefire had stopped the fighting between the Turkish government and the PKK for the past four years, but Erdogan now needed a patriotic war against wicked Kurdish separatists in order to lure the nationalists and the naive into backing his party. He duped the United States into supporting this war by allowing U.S. bombers to use Turkish airbases and promising that Turkish planes would start bombing Islamic State too. (In fact, Turkey has dropped only a few token
bombs on IS; the vast majority of its bombs are falling on Kurds.) The pay-off came on Sunday, when the votes of Turks who fear Kurdish separatism replaced the Kurdish votes that the AK Party lost last June. The problem is that the election is now over but the war will continue. Indeed it will get worse. The Turkish army is already shelling the Syrian Kurds, and warning that it may invade if the Syrian Kurdish proto-state (known as Rojava) tries to push further west and shut down the last bordercrossing point that links Turkey to Islamic State. At home, the independent institutions of a normal democratic state have been subverted one after another: the media, the police, and the judiciary now generally serve Erdogan. State television, for example, gave 59 hours of coverage to Erdogan’s campaign in the past month. All the other parties combined got 6 hours and 28 minutes. So Erdogan’s AK won the DYER | 8
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
How are you handling the time change for Daylight Savings?
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“It was fine until the evening hours. I don’t like “Confusing” how it gets dark so early.”
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» Christina Lashbrook
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“It’s good. You wake up and it is light outside.”
“We would like to challenge the decision of Woolwich Township council to declare land in the centre of our park as surplus.” Jean Slater | 8 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
Attempts to counter democracy’s decline shift perception of Guy Fawkes Day EDITOR'S NOTES CHANCES ARE YOU WON’T be building a bonfire or setting off fireworks today. Common in the UK, Guy Fawkes Day is not a custom that made the jump to the colonies. Now more than four centuries old, the Nov. 5 tradition dates back to that date in 1605 when the so-called Gunpowder Plot was uncovered. A group of Catholics had planned to blow up the House of Lords while the Protestant King James I was overseeing its opening session, hoping to clear the way for a more religiously tolerant monarch. The plan was foiled when the group member with the munitions expertise was found standing guard over the stash of gunpowder barrels in the basement – thus Guy Fawkes became the first arrested and his name was forever linked to the celebration of the king’s survival. The events of that night 410 years ago remain in an
old nursery rhyme. Remember, remember, The Fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot; For I see no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Historically, Fawkes and his co-conspirators were cast as the villains. He continues to be burned in effigy as part of the Nov. 5 festivities, but in recent years has been joined by effigies of more contemporary political figures. Still more recently, his name and image have become associated with the fight against the creeping police state and fascist tendencies in the leadership of Western countries. Guy Fawkes is now the good guy. For that, his legacy can thank writer Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd for their V for Vendetta graphic novel and the movie of the same name that appeared two decades later (the film was supposed to be released on Nov. 5, 2005, the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, but was delayed to the following spring). In the story, a character sporting a Guy Fawkes
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bizarre and it would give Guy Fawkes the image he’s deserved all these years. We shouldn’t burn the chap every Nov. 5th but celebrate his attempt to blow up Parliament!’ “The moment I read these words, two things occurred to me. Firstly, Dave was obviously a lot less sane than I hitherto believed him to be, and secondly, this was the best idea I’d ever heard in my entire life. All of the various fragments in my head suddenly fell into place, united behind the single image of a Guy Fawkes mask.” The success of both the graphic novel and movie have transformed that mask into a symbol of opposition to injustice, particularly as it relates to corporatism and its political wing, fascist and totalitarian governments. In that light, the mask’s adoption by the likes of Anonymous and the Occupy movement are a clear statement. Those for whom the Guy Fawkes mask has become a symbol can be said to favour change – perhaps a revolutionary change, in some cases – in the current
form of government. Most are part of the growing anti-globalization (more correctly anti-neoliberalism) movement. A small minority, supporting those goals, is responsible for the violence that defenders of the status quo point to in an attempt to discredit the movements. But that’s really a small part of what the protests are about: More and more of us see the intertwined political and financial systems across the globe, coupled with intrusive security measures – monitoring, suppression of civil liberties, militarism – and don’t like where that road leads. Perhaps the kind of “anarchy” gaining vogue these days has less to do with overthrowing governments than it does with exposing how the current system is failing the majority. The goal is the reinvention of democracy. Well, really, restoring democracy to its original intent: widespread and decentralized decisionmaking in the public good rather than the top down, hierarchical structure prevalent today. In a piece marking the
death of political theorist Sheldon Wolin, who passed away Oct. 21 at the age of 93, writer Chris Hedges notes Wolin was one of the first to explain to the public how our capitalist democracy was being transformed into a new species of totalitarianism. “If the main purpose of elections is to serve up pliant legislators for lobbyists to shape, such a system deserves to be called ‘misrepresentative or clientry government,’” Wolin writes of what our democracy has become. “It is, at one and the same time, a powerful contributing factor to the depoliticization of the citizenry, as well as reason for characterizing the system as one of anti-democracy.” Hedges has long cited Wolin’s works as a warning about the road we’re on. “Wolin lays bare the realities of our bankrupt democracy, the causes behind the decline of American empire and the rise of a new and terrifying configuration of corporate power he calls ‘inverted totalitarianism.’” The struggle against that decline has reinvented Guy Fawkes – well, his likeness – into a heroic symbol.
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mask – a popular item now associated with the online group Anonymous – looks to lead an anarchistic revolt against a fascist government in the UK (the graphic novel was written in the 1980s, picturing a future based while writing at a time of the much-reviled Margaret Thatcher, while the movie uses a more contemporary, post-9/11 police state). The decision to portray the updated bid to blow up the parliament buildings as heroic was intentional, as Moore wrote in an essay explaining the story’s origins, Behind the Painted Smile. “The big breakthrough [regarding what the character of V should look and act like] was all Dave’s, much as it sickens me to admit it. More remarkable still, it was all contained in one single letter that he’d dashed off the top of his head ... I transcribe the relevant portions beneath: “‘Re. The script: While I was writing this, I had this idea about the hero ... I was thinking, why don’t we portray him as a resurrected Guy Fawkes, complete with one of those papier mache masks, in a cape and conical hat? He’d look really
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Most industries pay nothing to take water. This means the province recovers only 1.2% of the $16.2 million it spends on water quality management programs. Those who are required to pay for water are only charged $3.71 per million litres.
“When you look closely, it’s easy to see that employee compensation is the root of the municipal spending problem. City spending on wages and benefits is out of touch with what’s fair and reasonable, and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. It’s not surprising to find that two-thirds of taxpayers don’t feel they’re getting their money’s worth from government.”
They came expecting the development was a done deal. They left seeing there’s a good chance Victoria Glen Park will remain in its current state. The impassioned pleas of residents who packed Woolwich council chambers won the day, as the township backed away from its original proposal for a residential subdivision in the park. The fallback plan all but ensures there will be no construction given the relatively small return on investment.
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NATIONAL VIEW
DYER: Turkey is regressing,
becoming a Mid-East country
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election, but Turkey is no longer a real democracy. And since the half of the population that didn’t vote for Erdogan utterly loathes him, it won’t be a very stable authoritarian state either. In fact, it is probably teetering on the brink of civil war. The people who loathe Erdogan because he is destroying Turkey’s free media, perverting its criminal justice system and robbing the state blind – he and his AK colleagues have been enthusiastically feathering their nests – will not turn to violence. The poor will not turn to violence either, even though the economic boom is over and jobs are disappearing. But some of the Turkish Kurds will fight, and they will have the support of the Syrian Kurds just across the border. That will probably draw
the Turkish army into invading northern Syria to crush the Kurds there – and once Turkey is fully involved in the Syrian civil war, all of southeastern Turkey (where Kurds are the majority) also becomes part of the combat zone. When Mustafa Kemal Ataturk rescued a Turkish republic from the wreckage of the Ottoman empire after the First World War, he was determined to make it a European state. It was a fairly oppressive state at first, but over the decades it gradually turned into a democracy that operated under the rule of law. That’s over now. It took Erdogan a dozen years in power to demolish that European-style democracy, but the job is done. As one despairing Turk put it recently, Turkey is becoming a Middle Eastern country.
YOUR VIEW / LETTER
Breslau park sale a bad deal To the Editor, AS A GROUP OF concerned citizens living in Breslau and supporting our village and local park, we would like to challenge the decision of Woolwich Township council to declare land in the centre of our park as surplus. The park has two ball fields, two soccer fields, a tennis court, two playgrounds, space to rebuild the comfort station, planned splash pad and some parking. The parkland is to be sold to the Catholic school board to build a grade school for approximately 250 children, possibly more. It will be attached to the community centre that all of us were
involved with fundraising for and then building to be used by the whole community. As a result of this deal, there will be no access from the community centre to the park. Our village is the fastest growing area in the township. We need to keep what space we have for future growth such as a skate park, maybe an arena or space to play pick-up football or ball hockey. If this deal does actually continue, there will be no room for expansion to include above-mentioned items. We would like the support of all the settlements in the township to weigh in to make sure that this will never happen to any other parkland.
JEAN SLATER & BRESLAU WALKERS AND COFFEE GROUP | BRESLAU
Record shows ability to work with other parties, says MP To the Editor, IT’S TOO BAD JAN Jagiellowicz misses the fact that one can reject bad ideas but still embrace those who propagate them. (Response to his letter to the editor, “MP needs to learn the meaning of cooperation,” Observer, Oct. 29/15.) Both Mr. Jagiellowicz and his wife have had enough experience in political discourse to know that one need not always agree with others in order to maintain positive working relationships, and yes, even deep friendships across party lines. Over the past 10 years I
have had meaningful dialogue with members of all political parties. And while we have fundamental differences in our political views, we have come together to affect positive change for Canada. Yes, I have clear positions on matters of family, economics, infrastructure, security and many others which may differ from my colleagues in other political parties. But pointing out those differences in no way diminishes my ability to work across party lines. My private member’s motion 288 received unanimous consent in the House of Commons. My private member’s bill C300 received near-unanimous consent (with only Bloc Quebecois members dissenting because they did not like the idea of a
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federal framework being imposed upon them, not because of the substance of the bill). I have had the honour of serving as cochair of the Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care, a cross-party group of MPs that produced the report “Not to be Forgotten;” a study that made key recommendations on issues of palliative care, suicide prevention, disabilities and elder abuse. So, yes, I do think my track record gives substance to my claim that I have always been willing to work across party lines. Jerome Lejuene (19261994), a leading French geneticist who identified the genetic cause of Down’s Syndrome, addressed the United Nations conference on health; pointing
out that rather than being an agent of health the UN had adopted an ideological agenda opposed to life. He went on to say, “I am not fighting people; I am fighting false ideas.” I will continue to reach out across party lines for the betterment of Canada and Kitchener-Conestoga, but in so doing, will not be afraid to reject bad ideas even if they come from well-meaning people. As for “next time ... sending me back to the farm,” I continue to be very thankful for my agricultural roots and ties to the land. And I know I am in very good company with some of Canada’s best farmers, right here in KitchenerConestoga.
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GYMNASTICS / ON THE WORLD STAGE
Conestogo gymnast has a shot at Olympic berth Canadian team qualified for 2016 Games with sixth-place showing at competition in Scotland
WHITNEY NEILSON CONESTOGO GYMNAST SYDNEY TOWNSEND helped the Canadian women’s gymnastic team earn a sixth-place finish at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Scotland last week. This qualifies Canada to send a women’s gymnastics team to the 2016 Olympics in Rio. But the 15-year-old will still have to compete for a spot on that squad. Sydney’s dad, Todd Townsend explains how Sydney, who’s been part of Team Canada for a number of years, was chosen to attend the world championships. “They pulled together six weeks ago the girls on the national team, they take them to Montreal for a week and they have a selection camp in terms of picking that team for the world championships. They picked their seven kids they’re going to take and they go from there,” he said. Leading up to the trip to Scotland they went to a training camp a week before in Sarnia. All the girls from across the country practiced together for a week, and then they hopped on a plane to Glasgow, Scotland for two weeks. “She was over the moon excited. There are four events. They only asked her to do in the qualification round, the floor and the vault, which are two of her stronger events. They really tried to make the most for Team Canada. The goal was to qualify a team for the Olympics.” He said she was a bit disappointed with her floor score because it wasn’t the best she could do, but she excelled in her vault event. In that competition they dressed six of the seven gymnasts for the event and then five kids did each apparatus and four scores counted towards the overall score, he explained. They finished seventh in the qualification round, and the top eight teams give their countries berth to the Olympics. The same top eight teams then came back to do the team finals. Three gymnasts per country per apparatus competed. Team Canada asked her to do the vault in the team final and she upped her score just slightly, as one of the three Canadian gymnasts who competed in the vault for the team final score. “The national team over the next eight months, they’ll come back, they’ll try to upgrade their GYMNASTICS | 10
Leave it to beavers ... and some parachutes OPEN COUNTRY ONE OF THE STRANGEST wildlife projects of all time was carried out in Idaho in the 1950s. This came to light recently when an old film was found. Basically, it recounted a little-known project in which nuisance beavers were live trapped, placed in boxes and parachuted into remote mountain meadows. Once there they could live out the rest of their lives in relative peace – and have a great story to tell the grand-kits. The short-lived but interesting experiment was actually deemed successful. And why not? It placed beavers in far-flung areas of the state where they could improve habitat by creating ponds and beaver meadows. Better still, it removed beavers from areas where they were causing flooding. This shows great appreciation of how beavers can improve habitat. It was also perhaps the most creative approach ever. No one actually can say why the experiment ended, but I’d suggest it probably had something to do with posttraumatic stress disorder. I’m not referring to the beavers, either. No, I mean for any human living in the GALEA | 10
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drop zone. Imagine, if you will, being a modern day mountain man living in some isolated Idaho alpine meadow at that time. You’re walking along one day, having a fairly normal conversation with a grizzly bear or your mule about your coon skin cap and the mice nesting in your beard, when suddenly two or more beavers parachute from the sky,
land at your feet, and casually walk out of the specially designed boxes and head towards the nearest water. Suddenly, things just got weird. I think you might agree, this is the kind of incident that would cause a mountain man to drink some of the medicinal moonshine that he’s been saving for a rainy day. OK, all of it. Mountain men, let’s re-
member, took to the mountains to get away from the crowds. I think it’s also fair to say that many mountain men suffer from a wee bit of paranoia that the world is crowding in on them. Having an airborne detachment of beavers fall from the sky could not have helped. Then there is the fact that any mountain man worth his powder horn is completely out of touch. Therefore, seeing a beaver
parachute in could only lead him to one conclusion – beavers, one of nature’s smartest and most industrious animals, have finally taken over the world. Moreover, it would only be logical to assume the pilot of that plane was a beaver too. If you were to look at this through the suspicious eyes of a reclusive mountain man, this would not be good news. In fact, this is a moun-
tain man’s worst nightmare. Mountain men, after all, were predominantly trappers. And beavers were one of their main targeted species. Now, here they are, dropping in the first wave of reinforcements. And, apparently, they have an air force too. Yes, this is not good at all. I suspect, in fact that an incident like this would cause a mountain man to
pack up his mule and head further into the mountains, far away from any potential beaver habitat. And maybe that’s why the project was terminated. That’s probably a good thing, too, because, unlike humans, beavers were not meant to fly or be ejected out of perfectly good airplanes. On another level, it made perfect sense, however. At least, they’d never get hung up in trees for long.
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skills on each of the apparatuses. The national team will come together again probably 12 weeks before the Olympics, and they’ll pick the team that goes to the Olympics. So she’s going to ramp up now over the next eight months her skills to try to get onto that Olympic team,” he said. And just because she was part of the team that qualified Canada for a spot at the Olympics it doesn’t mean she’s automatically going. It will depend on who’s healthy and who’s at the top of their game when they do trials a few months before the Olympics to choose the team. Sydney trains at Revolution Gymnastics in Waterloo. And what would it mean for her to make it to the Olympics? “That’s what she’s been
gunning for her whole life. She trains upwards of 30 hours a week. It’s been a goal ever since she really started into this competitively. It’s day by day but the end goal has always been be the best she can possibly be,” Townsend said. The United States placed first in the championships, followed by China in second, and Great Britain in third. This was the highest the Canadian team had placed since 1989. Sydney is also looking forward to 2017 when she’ll head to the University of Michigan on a scholarship, but it’s hard to compare to competing on the Olympic stage. “The ultimate goal for a gymnast is to get in the Olympics and now she’s got herself at least in the conversation to try to make that team,” Townsend said.
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Alex Uttley (left) celebrates after the Wellesley Applejacks score in a 6-2 loss to the Ayr Centennials on Halloween night.
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Another tough loss for the Jacks After staying with Ayr through 40 minutes, the team couldn’t handle onslaught that led to a 6-2 final score; Wellesley’s record drops to 5-8 WHITNEY NEILSON THE WELLESLEY APPLEJACKS HELD on for two periods versus the Ayr Centennials on Saturday night, seeing the score tied twice, but Ayr pulled ahead in the final 20 minutes to take the game 6-2. It was truly a back-andforth game as Wellesley’s David Elford put away a power play marker two minutes into the game, assisted by Nicholas Breault and Sean McEwan. This was followed by a goal from Centennial Riley Clipper (Tyler Harrison, Mackenzie Kemp) just 35 seconds later. “Ayr’s a strong team. They’re one of the strongest teams in the league for many reasons. I thought we played well. We played well for 40 minutes. The guys worked hard and that’s what our goal was, was to match their work ethic and outwork them and I thought we did. Unfortunately it’s a 60 minute game and we just couldn’t play 60 minutes with that team for that night,” said head coach Brad Gerber. Ayr didn’t take the lead until 13:48 when Jordan Pettitt put one past Welles-
ley netminder Ryan Porter, assisted by Sean Mitchell. Wellesley tied the game up again halfway through the second period on a goal by McEwan. He was helped by Alex Uttley and Breault. But that was the last goal for the Jacks as Ayr’s Austin Kovrig scored to take them to a 3-2 lead less than a minute later. “I just think it’s Ayr’s experience. They’re a veteran team. But I give our guys credit, I really do. I thought we played, I’m not going to say as good as we can, but I thought we played a good game. We’re young and we competed for most of the night,” Gerber said. The Jacks couldn’t turn things around in the third frame as Ayr scored three more times before the game ended. Goal scorers were Tyler Harrison (2), and Brendan Schaefer, assisted by Sean Mitchell, Clipper, Quinn Diamond, Jackson White, and Jake Whibbs. “I think it’s a good learning experience for the guys too. We know where we need to get to, to compete against the better teams in the league. We just keep working towards that,” Ger-
ber said. It’s worth noting how well the Jacks’ penalty kill worked. They allowed no goals while shorthanded one, and even two players. “We killed a 5-on-3 there in the second period, which was huge. And I thought that might change the game a little bit, but obviously again Ayr’s a good team. They know how to bounce back from stuff like that. But you know what, our penalty kill was good,” Gerber said. Former Sugar Kings Mitch Klie and Cash Seraphim who play for Ayr now didn’t tally up any points this game, although Seraphim received four penalties worth a total of eight minutes in the last period including slashing, cross checking, roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct, and he left the game. Cal Jeffries is expected to return for Wellesley this weekend. He cut open his arm about a month ago playing hockey and it didn’t heal properly initially. “We definitely miss Cal Jeffries. He is definitely one of our leaders. When
he’s in the lineup it just seems everything goes a little smoother, that’s for sure,” Gerber said. He commends their goalie, Ryan Porter, for facing nearly 50 shots. If Porter continues to play strong games like that one, they’ll win some hockey games, said Gerber. “We just have to stay focused and stay positive. It is a very tough league and it’s a long season. If we get efforts like that most nights we should be able to win, I would think. Even the third period when they scored their three goals to put the game away I thought our compete level was still there,” Gerber said. Wellesley is sixth out of nine teams in the league with a 5-8 record. “I think if we come out with the same work ethic and intensity I think we have a good shot of winning two games this weekend, but obviously every team in this league is tough.” The Jacks are off to Tavistock to play the Braves on Friday. They’ll play at home at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night against the Delhi Travellers.
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Kings fire head coach, name assistant as replacement Team will be looking to tighten up defensively after promoting Ty Canal to take the place of Jeff Flanagan WHITNEY NEILSON JUST HOURS BEFORE THE Elmira Sugar Kings suffered their ninth straight loss on Sunday night, they gave head coach Jeff Flanagan the boot. Assistant coach Ty Canal has taken over as head coach for the remainder of the season. General manager Jeff Snyder says it’s not something they take lightly, but a change was necessary. “It was a very difficult decision to make. But we just felt we were in a position where we had to do something. We had lost eight games in a row, and probably more so than that, we just didn’t like the way we were playing and we thought we weren’t improving,” Snyder said. He said they had talked at the beginning of the year about how it was going to take some time for the new players to gel, but they didn’t expect it to take so long. From last year’s Cherrey Cup team, five aged out and another
six left for other teams and other leagues, including both goalies. They thought as players got more experience they’d improve from month to month, but that hasn’t exactly happened. “I would probably say that we’re playing worse in the last five or six games than we did in the first five or six games of the year. It was a trend that we saw that we didn’t like and we thought we were playing better hockey at the beginning of the year than now, and that was an issue for us, for sure,” Snyder said. Flanagan served as head coach for the Sugar Kings for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 season, leading the team to a Cherrey Cup championship just last season. He previously coached fellow junior B teams the Listowel Cyclones and Guelph Hurricanes, as well as the University of Guelph’s men’s hockey team. He was selected as the head coach of the GOJHL All-Star Team for 2014-15 and the head coach of the
GOJHL Top Prospects Team for 2013-14. For 10 months from 2014 to 2015 he worked as an OHL scout for the Peterborough Petes. Flanagan started his coaching career as an assistant coach for the U of G men’s hockey team in 2001. He held assistant and associate coach positions for the Basingstoke Bisons in the EIHL in 2004, the Powell River Kings in the BCHL in 2005, the Reading Royals in the ECHL in 2006, and the U of G men’s hockey team again in 2007 as an associate coach. His first stint as a head coach came in 2008 for HC Gardena. He spent five months as the head coach and director of hockey operations for the Johnstown Chiefs in the ECHL from 2009-10, before heading up the Guelph Hurricanes from 2009-10. “We were hoping for a better result [on Sunday], but I think we saw some things that we liked as far as enthusiasm. And now we’ll have a chance to have three good practices with
Jeff Flanagan was fired after the Kings’ losing streak hit eight games. Ty at the helm this week, so he can put his kind of stamp on the team and how he wants us to play. I think those three practices will really help clear up any confusion there might have been on what people’s responsibilities were. I hope we’ll gain some confidence from some good practices and carry that forward into
the weekend,” Snyder said. Canal previously worked as an assistant coach and then interim head coach for the Stratford Cullitons from 2011 to 2015. He joined the Sugar Kings this season. He also used to play for the Cullitons. A Lakeforest College graduate, he and fellow Kings assistant coach Trent Brown
played together while in college. Canal says his main concern in his new position is ensuring the players are always improving individually and as a team. “A lot of it just comes from hard work and believing in one other, communicating with everyone as well. The more you believe in the team and individually and in what your goals and achievements you want are I think that becomes easier for the players to work harder and strive for the same goal, making sure everyone’s on the same page,” Canal said. The Kings have a 4-10-1 record and haven’t won since Oct. 4. They have the second worst goals against record in the league of 71. Canal remains optimistic. “I think we have a very good hockey team. We have very good players, good leaders in the room, and I do think that once the guys are able to believe in one another I think we can be successful. The sky will be the limit for them,” Canal said.
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Brampton’s Jordan Oshowy (Tayler Woolcott, Adel Zivojevic) shortened the gap with a goal less than 90 seconds later. The Kings returned the favor as Ty Jackson scored with help from Skinner and Coulter. The Bombers weren’t ready to lose though and made a huge comeback as Oshowy, Christian Mariconda, and Liarakos scored three goals to win the game. Assists came from Liarakos, Bollert (2), Spina, Chris Arsenault, and Jordan Kreller. Liam Conway saved 21 of 27 shots for the Kings, while Jason Rhynold stopped 37 of 42 shots for Brampton. It was much of the same back and forth play in Elmira on Sunday where Brampton scored first on a shot from Patrick Zilak, as-
sisted by Woolcott and Mike Rehding. “We had some of the same issues,” Snyder said of their home game on Sunday. “We gave up five goals, which is a lot again. On the positive side, we really liked how we battled. We found ourselves down and come back, down again and came back. We kept coming back and tying it up. We just couldn’t get that goal to get the lead or we couldn’t stop them from getting that goal to put them back in the lead.” Elmira’s Alex Peterson evened the score late in the first, helped by Coulter and Quinten Bruce. A goal from Shennette (Zivojevic, Lopez) in the second gave Brampton the lead again, but Elmira fired
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Brampton to answer back. Zivojevic scored the fourth goal for the Bombers, helped by Justin Coles and Wyatt Weppler. A power play goal from the Kings’ Ryley Cribbin (Ryan Walsh, Jordan) at 12:31 gave fans hope the Kings could finally add another game to their win column. But within four minutes Liarakos (Shennette, Lopez) scored for Brampton and the Kings couldn’t make another goal happen. “Obviously one thing we did was make the coaching change,” Snyder said, of how they’re working to improve on their record. “I think part of it on the defensive side, we only have one returning defenseman from last year and he’s been out for the last three weeks.
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We’ve really missed him. We are young on defense. We’ve got two young guys in goal. We’ve got to find a way to play better as a group defensively, forwards and defensemen included and just find a way to get our goals against down.” The Kings are eighth of nine in the league with just four wins this season. They haven’t won a game since Oct. 4 in a blowout 8-1 victory over Listowel. Head coach Ty Canal says the players were working hard and communicating better on and off the ice. Speaking to them after the game, they were clearly disappointed and thought they should have won. Unfortunately Brampton capitalized on a couple lapses. Elmira goalie Mike Black kept 32 of 37 shots out of the
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Novice: LL #2
Novice: LL #3
Oct. 31 vs Milton Home: 3 Visitor: 1 Goals: Tristan Hill, Caleb Paquet, Mitchell Krasovec Assists: Wade McKenzie, Mitchell Krasovec
Oct. 28 vs Milton Home: 5 Visitor: 1 Goals: Sam Radcliffe, Riley Dettweiler, Matthew Darrigan, Connor Goebel, Owen Weppler Assists: Josh Carson (2), Matthew Darrigan, Danny Schaefer, Josh Frey
Oct. 24 vs Tavistock Home: 4 Visitor: 1 Goals: Ben Lowther (2), Hunter Lance, Reid Deyell Assists: Kelly Grant, Bryce Brubacher, Brody Schaefer, Sebastian Abate, Connor Haley, Ben Lipp
Oct. 31 vs Ayr Home: 3 Visitor: 6 Goals: Haiden Wagner, Taylor Weber (2) Assists: Adam Lavigne
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Novice: MAJOR
Oct. 31 vs Ayr Home: 3 Visitor: 2 Goals: Reid Deyell (2), Ben Lowther Assists: Carter Lipp (3), Reid Deyell, Sebastian Abate
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Nov. 2 vs Milton Home: 4 Visitor: 2 Goals: Spencer Hume, Michell Krasovec (3) Assists: Cameron Dawson, Caleb Paquet (2), Luke Wood (2)
Nov. 1 vs Guelph Home: 4 Visitor: 2 Goals: Sam Radcliffe (3), Riley Dettweiler Assists: Danny Schaefer (3), Riley Dettweiler (2), Sam Radcliffe, Jacob Noot
Novice: LL #2
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Atom: MAJOR A Oct. 26 vs Brampton Home: 4 Visitor: 1 Goals: Ethan Martin (2), Joe Martin, Mason Spark Assists: Keenan Martin (2), Joe Martin, Isaiah Reitzel, Ryan Brubacher, Cade Beacom
Atom: MAJOR A Oct. 31 vs Hespeler Home: 6 Visitor: 1 Goals: Ethan Martin (3), Joe Martin, Cade Beacom, Ryan Brubacher Assists: Cade Beacom (3), Ethan Bickerton (3), Ryan Brubacher, Drew Birmingham, Jordan Chang
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Nov. 2 vs Milton Home: 1 Visitor: 1 Goals: Joe Martin Assists: Jordan Chang, Ryan Brubacher
Atom: MINOR A Oct. 21 vs Burlington Home: 2 Visitor: 1 Goals: Brady Martin, Mitchell Walker Assists: Brady Martin, Elijah Weiss, Isacc Lopers Atom: Minor A
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Atom: MINOR AE Nov.1 vs Orangeville Home: 6 Visitor: 0 Goals: Owen Weber, Preston Hackert, Tyson Roth, Josh Uhrig, Cale Waechter, Tyson Bauman Assists: Tyson Bauman, Josh Gibson, Cale Waechter, Keegan Martin, Owen Tettman, Jake Patterson, Owen Weber, Daniel Kochut
Atom: LL #1 Oct. 31 vs Paris Home: 3 Visitor: 2 Goals: Tucker Armstrong, Tanner Armstrong, Dawson Brubacker Assists: Myles Hunter, Zach Snider, Jack Rozema (2), Brody Downs, Adam Short
PeeWee: MINOR AE Oct. 31 vs Halton Hills Home: 5 Visitor: 4 Goals: Sam Siopiolosz, William McDougall, Sebastian Garrett, Joshua Moore, Griffin Boerner Assists: Lucas Radler, Mitchell Hartman, Sam Goebel, Shelby Rempel, Sebastian Garrett, Tristan Kraemer
PeeWee: MINOR AE
Nov. 1 vs Oakville Home: 0 Visitor: 3
Home: 7 Visitor: 0 Goals: Nathan Martin (3), Ian Leech (2), Brady Martin, Evan Passmore Assists: Evan Passmore (2), Michael Gear (2), Liam Wood (2), Andrew Chumley (2), Mitchell Walker, Isaac Lopers, Pacey Camm Shutout: Justin Strohoff
PeeWee: MAJOR AE
Atom: MINOR A
PeeWee: MAJOR AE
Nov. 1 vs Burlington Home: 2 Visitor: 1 Goals: Eric Kane, Mitchell Walker Assists: Pacey Camm, Nathan Martin
Oct. 26 vs Caledon Home: 5 Visitor: 2 Goals: Ben Fretz (2), Logan Frey, Simon Shantz, Kieren Oberholzer Assists: Ben Fretz (2), Kieren Oberholzer, Brett Strohoff, Logan Frey, Cody Kroetsch, Danny Soehner, Keith Mikel, Mac Benham
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Oct. 31 vs Centre Wellington Home: 6 Visitor: 2 Goals: Kane Kruschat (2),
Oct. 24 vs Flamborough Home: 4 Visitor: 4 Goals: Cody Kroetsch, Ben Fretz, Kieren Oberholzer, Kolin Weigel Assists: Andrew Weber (2), Tyler Brubacher (2), Simon Shantz, Gavin Wilson, Ben Fretz
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PeeWee: MAJOR AE Oct. 29 vs Centre Wellington Home: 4 Visitor: 3 Goals: Mac Benham (2), Ben Fretz (2) Assists: Danny Soehner, Kieren Oberholzer, Cody Kroetsch, Logan Frey
Bantam: MINOR A Oct. 30 vs Milton Home: 9 Visitor: 1 Goals: Jesse Martin (2), Keaton McLaughlin (2), Jarrett Lavigne (2), Ben Witmer, Nathan Curtis, Matt Fleischmann Assists: Trevor Ferretti (2), Cameron Martin (2), Brett Allen (2), Jarrett Lavigne, Jesse Martin, Payton McIsaac, Jake Clemmer
PeeWee: MAJOR AE Oct. 31 vs Erin Hillsburgh Home: 3 Visitor: 0 Goals: Mac Benham, Ben Fretz, Danny Soehner Shutout: Brett Strohoff
Bantam: MINOR A Nov. 1 vs New Hamburg Home: 5 Visitor: 0 Goals: Jarrett Anderson (2), Matt Fleischmann, Payton McIsaac, Brett Allen Assists: Brett Allen (3), Matt Fleischmann (2), Jarrett Anderson (2), Hunter Weigel, Trevor Ferretti, Ben Witmer Shutout: Simon Huber
PeeWee: MAJOR AA Oct. 31 vs Brampton Home: 3 Visitor: 1 Goals: Spencer Young, Kyler Austin, Easton Gowing Assists: Gavin Roemer, Kyler Austin, Spencer Young
PeeWee: MAJOR AA Nov. 1 vs Centre Wellington Home: 6 Visitor: 0 Goals: Owen Lee, Nate Snyder, Evan Roth, Kyler Austin (2), Cameron Leonard Assists: Cole Slade, Colton Schmitt, Spencer Young, Owen Troyer, Kyler Austin, Gavin Roemer
PeeWee: LL #1 Oct. 31 vs St. George Home: 5 Visitor: 5 Goals: Turner Duldhardt, Liam Moyer, Ryan Curtis, Ethan Murr (2) Assists: Ethan Murr, Turner Duldhardt, Daniel Kelly, Owen Battler, Logan Beard, Jackson Dumart, James McCormick
PeeWee: LL #3
Bantam: LL #1 Oct. 31 vs Embro Home: 2 Visitor: 1 Goals: Cole Bauman, Turner Willoughby Assists: Nathan Taylor
Bantam: AE Oct. 18 vs New Hamburg Home: 6 Visitor: 6 Goals: Tyler Horst, Matthew Brubacher, Mackenzie Willms, Kyle Deyell (2), Jackson Hale Assists: Jack Short (2), Hunter Schmitt (2)
Bantam: AE Oct. 25 vs Guelph Home: 2 Visitor: 2 Goals: Ryan Parrott, Jackson Hale Assists: Hunter Schmitt
Oct. 31 vs Woolwich LL#2 Home: 2 Visitor: 5 Goals: Matthew Yorke, Coleton Benham Assists: Owen Hackert, Gavin Wright, Malcolm Sager
Bantam: AE
Bantam: MINOR A
Midget: MINOR A
Oct. 28 vs Burlington Home: 4 Visitor: 2 Goals: Nathan Curtis, Brett Allen, Matt Fleischmann, Jarrett Anderson Assists: Brett Allen (2), Jake Clemmer, Trevor
Oct. 24 vs Dundas Home: 3 Visitor: 3 Goals: Riley Runstedler (2), Nick Ravelle Assists: Cole Altman, Daniel Carr
Oct. 30 vs Halton Hills Home: 2 Visitor: 1 Goals: Ryan Belanger, Ryan Parrott Assists: Hunter Schmitt, Tyler Horst
Midget: MINOR A Oct. 25 vs New Hamburg Home: 1 Visitor: 3 Goals: Jordan Lee Assists: Isaiah Thornback Midget: Minor A Oct. 28 vs Caledon Home: 3 Visitor: 3 Goals: Chase Mooder (2), Cole Altman Assists: Austin Cousineau, Brent Mulder (2), Austin Flaherty, Isaiah Thornback Midget: LL #2 Oct. 16 vs Hespeler Home: 8 Visitor: 1 Goals: Luke Decorte (2), Hayden Fretz (2), Nick Kieswetter (2), Luke Charter , Joe Hanley Assists: Ben Lenaers (2), Bruce Martin, Nick Kieswetter (2), Joe Hanley (3), Hayden Fretz (2), Matt Greene, Luke Decorte, Kyle Gingrich Midget: LL #2 Oct. 30 vs Twin Centre Home: 10 Visitor: 2 Goals: Blake Doerbecker (2), Sammy Huber, Joe Hanley, Luke Decorte, Jordan Luis, Bruce Martin, Nick Kieswetter, Kyle Gingrich (2) Assists: Ben Lenears (2), Nick Kieswetter (2), Jordan Luis, Luke Decorte, Blake Doerbecker (2), Chase McCallum, Joe Hanley, Hayden Fretz, Dawson Inglis, Sammy Huber (2)
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Midget: MAJOR A Oct. 28 vs Halton Hills Home: 6 Visitor: 3 Goals: Connor Bauman (2), Cameron Brown, Ryan Shantz, Mitch Waters, Jake Lewis Assists: Noah Zeller (2), Aaron Weigel (2), Mitch Waters, Jake Lewis Oct. 29 vs Caledon Home: 1 Visitor: 3 Goals: Kelby Martin Assists: Noah Zeller, Connor Bauman
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Atom: MAJOR AA Oct. 31 vs Cambridge
Home: 4 Visitor: 2 Goals: Dimitri Eleftheriadis (2), Jackson Heron, Brandon Kong Assists: Zach Arnold, Nolan Reesor, Damon Radley, Tyler O’Hearn
Atom: MAJOR AA Nov. 1 vs Brantford Home: 4 Visitor: 1 Goals: Josh Diereckse, Jackson Heron, Dimitri Eleftheriadis, Liam Witmer Assists: Tyler O’Hearn (2), Brandon Kong (2), Matt Anderson, Carson Bernhardt
Atom: MAJOR AA Oct. 30 vs Hamilton Home: 3 Visitor: 1 Goals: Brandon Kong, Galin Moir, Nolan Reesor Assists: Matt Anderson, Dimitri Eleftheriadis, Brandon Kong
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Novice: B Nov. 1 vs Centre Wellington Home: 3 Visitor: 2 Goals: Claire Catton, Sara Forwell (2) Assists: Kayla Sargent
PeeWee: B Oct. 31 vs Ayr Home: 3 Visitor: 1 Goals: Jane Hinsperger (2), Julia Doerbecker Assists: Ella Campbell
PeeWee: C 7105 Oct. 22 vs Grand River Home: 2 Visitor: 1 Goals: Avery Durrer, Lexi Runstedler Assists: Jill McIntyre (2), Lexi Runstedler
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Cross-country season was a good learning experience for EDSS team WHITNEY NEILSON A DEDICATED GROUP OF runners at Elmira District Secondary School may not have set any records this year, but they certainly had fun hitting the trails together. The EDSS cross-country team just finished up their season last week after competing in five different meets, with a number of runners placing in the top 10 of their heat. “Even if they’re not running in the top of their heats they’re definitely enjoying it and they’re still having personal bests and good finishes,” said coach Brandon Hempel. Made up of 21 runners, the team competed at Shades Mills Conservation, Laurel Creek Conservation, the Waterloo District In-
vitational meet, WCSSAA, and CWOSAA. To qualify for CWOSSA they had to have gone to 16 practices and at least one meet prior. “It’s been a good year. Everyone’s been coming out to our meets. We haven’t had too much in the way of bad attendance going on. It’s been nice for us in that regard to have a whole team with us when we got to the meets. They’ve been a really good group in terms of their camaraderie and their sportsmanship, whether it’s them interacting with one another or they’re interacting with members of other teams. They’re always really pleasant, they’re always really positive, they’re always very encouraging,” Hempel said. They had a bunch of
new students join the team this year, with about three quarters of them girls, and a quarter boys. They had runners in every grade except Grade 12 girls. “The season’s gone really well. Most of them coming in they were either a returning athlete or they had been coaxed into by a friend who had done it last year, a couple people coming out on their own just out of interest,” Hempel said. He said some students joined because they were looking for an independent activity to challenge themselves, or for the sake of general fitness. Many of their runners consistently finished in the top 50 per cent of their heats, with a couple notable runners. None of the runners placed high
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WHITNEY NEILSON ST. JACOBS BUSINESS OWNERS in the downtown core are hopeful approval from Woolwich council next week will give them the go ahead to create their own business improvement area (BIA). The idea was brought to council back in March and letters were sent to property owners, who were given 60 days to respond in writing with their thoughts on the proposal. If approved, businesses included in the outlined boundary will pay a levy based on their property assessment. The funds would go toward things like beautification, signage and the like to improve the main drag of St. Jacobs – King Street. Craig Miller, owner of Xclusive Elements and a member of the BIA steering committee, says some industrial businesses at the north end of King Street were opposed to the idea, so they’ve redrawn the boundary to exclude them from being included in the BIA. The Home Hardware headquarters also will not be within the zone. “Most people I’ve talked to it’s been a very positive response. I think from my end a lot of the business owners are excited about the fact it gives us a little bit of unity amongst us businesses. There’s no vehicle right now for us businesses
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Rob Boulianne, owner of Toy Soup on King Street, calls the creation of a Business Improvement Area a win-win situation for those in St. Jacobs. to get together and share ideas and to have community events, beautification projects. It’s kind of like a very grassroots approach to it,” Miller said. He said while Mercedes Corp. – owner of the farmer’s market, outlet mall and many downtown properties – has done a great job organizing events in the village, it was time for businesses to have a little bit of control in what happens there. Miller notes they’ve
reached out to numerous BIAs in Ontario to get their perspective, and the committee believes the BIA will benefit the whole community. As for what they’d like to do, they’d like to start with some general beautification. “I think in the interim we want to keep it relatively quantifiable, for instance, the flowers, making sure that the village looks presentable to the community
and to visitors. At the end of the day I think we can all admit St. Jacobs is a good place to live and to do business and visit, but we want to take it from good and make it great.” Mercedes Corp. president Marcus Shantz says while he’s used to being the face of the market, the BIA will be a project for the local businesses to take charge of. He says from the letters they sent out about the proposed BIA the township
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received a number of positive responses. “The Municipal Act only asks if people object. I believe there were actually 21 businesses that wrote in favour of doing it. I think that’s a good sign. I think there’s a recognition among a lot of people that we maybe need to be more formally organized in order to maintain what we have, be competitive and get noBIA | 17
SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT DO something about food prices? Canadians might be leaning that way. In polls taken prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election, people in this country rated rising food costs the second biggest problem facing our nation, trailing only the cost of living. That creates an interesting situation. If Canadians rate rising food costs so highly in their list of woes, politicians are pretty well obliged to give the topic extra attention. They can’t, or shouldn’t, ignore something so important to their constituents. Here’s my question, though, for Observer readers: What do people want governments to do? Governments aren’t supposed to interfere with natural market forces, such as supply and demand (even though they do it all the time). So what can they do that would be considered acceptable to our global trading partners? That’s something that must be considered, maybe more now than ever. Trade negotiators used to worry about how the U.S. would react to actions taken in Canada to support farmers. Americans jumped at the chance to blame us for giving money ROBERTS | 18
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ticed by local government,” Shantz said. For example, they’ll now have a formal entity to speak to regional government about the reconstruction of King Street that’s happening in the next two years. They’ll also be able to apply for grants like other small towns do through their BIA. “I hope that it actually starts to get the various businesses working together more on common areas of interest and that we actually start to take responsibility for what’s happening in the town and that it helps us to think ahead and plan events and do other kinds of things that help all of the businesses together,” Shantz said. Rob Boulianne, owner
of Toy Soup in St. Jacobs, says this is a win-win situation for the businesses and residents of St. Jacobs. The businesses will take the brunt of the fees, and there will be indirect positive effects for residents. “If you look around the town, if you look around St. Jacobs, it’s a little dowdy. That happens over time, and that’s because there isn’t a unified presence. Everyone assumes the township [is] going to do things like the signage and pretty up the town. In reality they don’t,” Boulianne said. While some people think a BIA only helps the retailers, he believes it will be nice for everyone who works, lives, and visits St. Jacobs. There’s the potential to make the downtown look a little more chipper
with things like hanging flower baskets, bike racks or new signage. The best example he can think of is a place called Columbus, Indiana, where a company called Cummins Diesel got on board to participate in the BIA. “What they did was to beautify the town, whenever there was a building being built, whether it was a fire station or a library, they would actually donate the architect fees. So you’d get these world class architects designing your fire station or whatever in town and it’s gorgeous. You’re looking at every other building, it’s like wow,” Boulianne said. “They see the benefit of having a nice town.” Woolwich council will hear from the steering committee again on Nov. 10.
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LIZ BEVAN WHETHER YOU PREFER A mojito, a margarita or a martini, you will enjoy taking a sip of Theatre Wellesley’s latest show, Cocktails with Mimi, a tale of drinks, family and pranks. The creation of playwright Mary Chase, the story combines the slapstick of stunt waiters and spilled soup with the classic laughs of mistaken identities and deciding what to do with the stand-ins when the real in-laws show up. Born in Denver in 1906, Chase wrote 14 plays over a 45-year period between 1936 and her death in 1981. Her fourth play, Harvey (1944), was her most successful, both popularly and critically, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945. Cocktails with Mimi came some three decades later, reflecting the changing times of the 1960s and ‘70s. Producer Rhonda Caldwell says after two months of rehearsals, the cast is coming into their characters and can’t wait to share the dinner party comedy with audiences from all over the townships on opening night on Nov. 19. “Watching the characters come alive is abso-
lutely amazing,” she said. “They are just having a lot of fun.” This season’s pick for the stage is a tale of practical jokes, hidden identities and of course, cocktails. Mimi is a mother who is hosting a party for her daughter’s fiancé and his parents, but has a few tricks up her sleeve, says Caldwell. “She has hired a stunt waiter who is going to be playing tricks on her at her party,” she said, adding that Mimi isn’t the only character with a few tactics. “Meanwhile, she doesn’t realize her daughter, who is a young woman who doesn’t see eye to eye with her mom, has a few tricks up her sleeve also for this party.” Mimi’s daughter hires actors to play her fiancé’s parents, and from there “things just get out of hand. It is just major chaos,” shared Caldwell. Theatre Wellesley is discerning about their selection of play, and Caldwell says they always want to choose something with a few laughs and plenty of roles. “We are always looking for something that has an element of comedy, that we feel would appeal to our Wellesley [audience] and larger community,” she said. “We want [a play that] is an ensemble
Playing it for laughs in Wellesley Confusion and double-dealing fuel the comedy in Theatre Wellesley’s production of Cocktails with Mimi
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piece. We always want something of a large cast. We are always looking for something that has 12 to 18 people so that we can grow in terms of our actors.” This production, says Caldwell, will appeal to everyone in the audience and is part of the reason the theatre company chose to perform it. “Everyone can relate to the fact that family can be difficult. In terms of relationships, you don’t always see eye to eye,” she explained. “I think the relationship around the mother and daughter, some of the myths, misunderstandings, miscommunication and that pressure, I think that most of us can relate to that. Watching the development of that relationship as they start to learn that maybe they should trust each other and to watch all the relationships develop is really fun.” The Theatre Wellesley production of Cocktails with Mimi runs at 8 p.m. on Nov. 19 and 20. Tickets are $17 for evening shows and $12 for matinee showings on Nov. 21 and 22. For tickets to a comedy of errors and mistaken identities, visit Pym’s Village Market, email contact@ theatrewellesley.ca or call 519-897-1737.
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Brock. That’s when the second arrest warrant was issued. Brock had asked to be taken off the case as counsel and was granted that, but as of this week is back on as Cowan’s lawyer. “I can now go back on record for Mr. Cowan before you,” Brock said in court. “I was removed on prior attendance due to some difficulties I was experiencing. Those difficulties now seem to be resolved.” Judge Paddy Hardman added an amendment to the charges in the case to reflect they allegedly occurred not on a specific date, but sometime between Jan. 1, 2012 and
After two failures to appear and two arrest warrants, Todd Cowan finally showed up for his trial confirmation hearing on Nov. 4. His trial for the charges of fraud and breach of trust [FILE PHOTO] begins Nov. 23. Feb. 28, 2014. The trial will run Nov. 23, Nov. 25, and Nov. 26. They cancelled the Nov. 24 trial day for Brock to be with his
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AUCTION SALE Of 5 acre country property, riding lawn mower, antiques, collectibles, household goods & miscellaneous items, to be held at 5342 Ament Line, at the west end of Linwood, for Mark & The Late Lillian Moore, on
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WED., NOVEMBER 18TH @ 10:00 A.M.
HOUSEHOLD: Inglis fridge – good. Large chest freezer. Danby washer/ spin dryer – good. Bedroom furniture. Wardrobe. China cabinet. Upholstered furniture. Oak desk. Coffee & end tables. Odd chairs & tables. Hammond organ. Silverware in chest, plus all the usual china, glass, cookware & other household goods.
PROPERTY: brick & frame bungalow with attached garage and adjoining patio, nicely located on a 5.5 acre lot adjoining Linwood (510ft. frontage). House has 2 bedrooms, bathroom, washroom, large sitting room with brick fireplace and finished basement with large rec-room/ games room. Heat – Gas furnace. Water supplied municipally. Paved driveway.
ANTIQUES: 2 & 3 tier stacking barrister bookcases. Drop front desk with bookcase. 2 dr. storage cupboard. Matching dresser & highboy. Oak buffet (1/4 cut). Oak ext. table & 6 chairs. Dressing table. Pail stand. Highchair. Fainting couch. Early stenciled rocker. Wicker chair & rocker. Drop leaf table. Small liquor cabinet. Various fancy small tables. Captains & other chairs. Royal Doulton’s (Victoria, Blithe Morning, Top O The Hill). Crocks & jugs. Goebel figurines. Chamber set. Approx. 20 pieced quilts (most never used). Fancy linen. Copper boiler. Kitchen collectibles. Cast iron pots, pans, etc. Sad irons. Tiffany style lamp. Older electric lamps. Collector dolls. Bracket & other oil lamps. McCoy planters. Old ring toss game. Variety of pictures & prints (including 6 Ross Butler horse prints). Eaton’s/Sear catalogues. Staffordshire 12pl. setting china. Selection of china & glass (carnival bowl with peacock, other carnival pieces, 3 flute epergne, hobnail, sugar shaker, etc. MISC. ITEMS: 10in. table saw. 12in. radial arm saw. Delta 12in. band saw. Older scroll saw. Beaver 6in. jointer. Bench model drill press. Preston 36in. wood lathe. Bench grinder. Vice. Routers. Hand & power tools. Marples chisel set. Wooden parts cabinets. Few antique woodworking tools. Hardware. Garden tools, etc. NOTE – Plan to attend. Many interesting
items. See www.auctionsfind.com/gerber for photos. Lunch booth. Proprietress and auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Terms – Cash or cheque with I.D.
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519-699-4451 or 698-0138 2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)
NOTE – An interesting property providing
numerous opportunities. Those looking for a few acres in the country should plan to view. See www.auctionsfind.com/ gerber for photos & terms. To view – Call 519-885-3499 or 698-2150.
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519-699-4451 or 698-0138 2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)
RENTALS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in Elmira. Quiet building, newly renovated, close to downtown. Call 519-669-5798. MOOREFIELD - ONE bedroom apartment, furnished, laundry facilities, parking, patio, electric heat, cable TV, no pets, adult building. References. $775.00 inclusive. First and last. Nov. 1, 2015. 519-638-3013. ONE B/R MAIN floor apartment located in Elmira, quiet older home, separate entrance, includes gas heating, parking, washer/ dryer, A/C, hydro extra. ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKING, NO PETS. $807.00 per month. Call 519-741-7405. ELMIRA - LARGE 3 bedroom semi, hardwood floors, walk out to deck, rec-room, close to schools. $1250/month plus. Call 519-616-0585
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Township of Woolwich Downtown Elmira Business Improvement Area (BIA) Applications for the BIA Board of Management 519-575-4400 www.woolwich.ca are now being accepted!
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In 1980, the Township of Woolwich established the Elmira Business Improvement Area to oversee the improvement, beautification and maintenance with the Downtown Elmira BIA boundaries. The BIA Board of Management also promotes the Downtown area as a business and shopping district. Get involved in decisions that affect your business and Downtown Elmira. The BIA Board wants your help in continuing to improve the Downtown for everyone. The BIA Board of Management follows the same term of Council, with six (6) BIA General Members and one (1) member of Township Council. The BIA currently has three (3) vacant positions and is accepting applications. To become a BIA Board Member, you must meet at least one of the following criteria: • property owner within the BIA boundaries; • business owner/tenant within the BIA boundaries, or • an employee of a business within the BIA boundaries. A map of the BIA Boundaries can be found on the Township’s website, www.woolwich.ca. Application forms may be obtained by contacting the Downtown Elmira BIA at (519) 669-1647 ext.6113 or by visiting the Township’s Career/Volunteer Opportunities Webpage. The final date for submitting completed applications is Wednesday, November 11th, 2015. “PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAS T; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.” Join the Downtown Business Improvement Area Board of Management and make a difference.
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
LEST WE FORGET BACKING ON GREEN SPACE Elmira - Unique layout. Large living room open to the dining and kitchen area with an over sized pantry off the kitchen. The upper family room gives added living space for all of your family’s needs. Enjoy entertaining on your large back deck under the gazebo overlooking the yard which is open to a walking trail and creek beyond. MLS.
$350,000
BEAUTIFUL CENTURY HOME
Donating back to the community we call home.
$464,000
CURRENTLY BEING BUILT
STUNNING LOG HOME
Drayton - This beautiful bungalow with loft is currently being built, located in the town of Drayton just a scenic drive from KW, quality at every turn, 1800 sq ft with hardwood and ceramic, 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. large master bedroom ensuite and walkin closet. MLS 1537660.
$422,500
BREATHTAKING SUNSETS
$309,900
Conestogo Lake - Enjoy the beautiful views overlooking the lake right from the back deck. Tastefully updated, this open concept cottage provides sleeping for up to 10. Concrete boat launch with electric winch, dock, tiered deck and garage. Located only 40 minutes from KW, or Guelph, this makes the perfect weekend getaway. MLS 1534798.
Near Hawkesville - Stunning custom built log home on a mature 2 acre lot just 10 minutes from Waterloo. Character is evident everywhere, from the exposed logs to the open banister over the front door. With 4 +1 bedrooms, tons of room for your growing family. This could be your forever home! MLS 30501159.
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$624,900
FAMILY HOME GREAT PRICE Elmira - This 4 bedroom home is perfect for a growing family as well as a retired couple due to the convenience of the main floor master bedroom with ensuite and walk in closet. Enjoy a morning coffee in the East facing sun room, and family time in the large living room. Walking distance to downtown and Rec Centre. Much larger than it looks! MLS 30500120.
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November 5th, 1945
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Avery, Alexa, and Stella are proud to introduce their little brother Logan! Logan Patrick Cronin Grundy was born August 16th at Grand River Hospital. Logan’s surprised parents, Kyle and Tricia, would like to thank the St. Jacobs Midwives, the Grand River 4th floor nurses and all the family and friends who have supported and encouraged them while growing their little family.
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$499,900 NEW PRICE! Enjoy the 3,400 s/f of finished living space in this 1,900 s/f beautifully detailed bungalow offering dream kitchen w/granite, cherry cabinets and quality appliances, main floor great room w/fireplace, superb master w/ensuite plus 4 spacious bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, large rec/games room, walkup to large double garage. Mature trees in fenced yard surrounding salt water pool and large deck. Great in-law suite in basement. MLS. Call Bert to view.
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ELMIRA A must see! Impressive bungalow loft, uniquely designed layout, 9’ & 10’ ceilings, white kitchen offer granite counters, breakfast bar/island, stainless steel appliances, ceramic & hardwood flrs, main floor master w/ensuite & private walkout, fenced yd, bonus loft, finished basement w/walk-up. NEW MLS.
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NEW PRICE! $539,000 ELMIRA Eye-catching brick & stucco two storey on a 48’ lot, professionalGlen Henry Lorene (Clemmer) Schreiber Schreiber 1934 - 2015 1934 - 2015 Passed away as a result of a motor vehicle accident on Sunday, November 1, 2015. Glen and Lorene Schreiber lived at Chartwell Elmira Retirement Residence and were formerly longtime residents of Hawkesville. They will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by their families: Glen’s siblings Don (Margo) Schreiber, Marianne (Walter) Hengartner, and their families; and Lorene’s siblings Ermina (the late Earl) Frey, Lloyd (the late Minerva) Clemmer, Vera (Wilfred) Martin, sisters-in-law Mary and Elsie Clemmer, and many nieces and nephews in the Clemmer family. They were predeceased by: Glen’s parents Henry and Mae (Becker) Schreiber; Lorene’s parents Leander and Lovina (Martin) Clemmer, and her siblings Vernon, Cleason (Susannah), Abner, and Viola (Norman) Bauman. Visitation for family and friends was held on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Hawkesville Mennonite Church, 15 Martha St., Hawkesville. Interment will take place in Hawkesville Mennonite Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to Hawkesville Mennonite Church or Mennonite Central Committee.
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ly landscaped ground, interlock walkways, arbour stone, concrete/slate driveway, oversized dbl car garage. Open maple staircase to upper & lower finished level, maple kitchen, stainless steel appl.’s., ceramic & hardwood, master ensuite. NEW MLS.
BUILDING LOT 8006 CONCESSION 12, DRAYTON
$98,500 Build your dream home on this 1.06 acre
parcel just outside of Drayton, situated one paved road, permits required, development charges apply, water & sewer required. MLS.
centre hall plan with hardwood staircase to 2nd floor, large eat-in kitchen overlooks the backyard, separate dining area, walkout off mudroom, finished recreation room with gas fireplace, double garage, oversized dbl driveway. NEW MLS.
INDUSTRIAL LOT $568,000 EARL MARTIN DRIVE, ELMIRA
2.43 acre South end business park location! Easy highway access, M-5 ZONING, some restrictive covenants apply, buyer to satisfy specific use approval with township. NEW MLS.
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For Sale Elmira | $329,000
28 Mill Street, Elmira A great home to raise children, just steps from Bolender Park and directly across the street from a church parking lot. Professionally landscaped yard, rear is fully fenced, has multi-level decks, pergolas, hot tub, 12’ x 16‘ shed and a two story playhouse with slide/swing set. Brand-new concrete driveway fits four trucks, plus double car garage and a 12’ x 20’ front porch.
Commercial building, great exposure from 2 main streets, Arthur and Church, retail on main floor and large 2 bdrm upstairs. Upgraded and renovated 2011. Both up and down currently rented. MLS Call Dale.
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Renovated top to bottom, inside & out, this 2400 sq/ft (excluding basement) home has four plus spacious bedrooms, including the 12’ x 24’ master with ensuite and walk in closet, a large eat in kitchen, two and a half baths, a living room and a family room with gas fireplace on the main floor, as well as main floor laundry, finished basement with gas fireplace, 5th bedroom and a large exercise room.
Asking $475,000 – Call to view – 519-669-4372 FAMILY ALBUM CONTINUED ON PG. 24
WELCOMING FAMILY HOME $449,000 ST. JACOBS Absolutely move in ready! Beautifully maintained throughout,
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PRICE, Gladys Jean (nee Hachborn) Peacefully and surrounded by her family on Sunday, November 1, 2015 at the age of 84. Much loved wife of the late John “Jack” Price (2000). Loving mother of Diann Lutz, Deby Price Rank and Cameron (Lynda). Loving nana of Kyle (Roxanne), Garrett (Nancy), Caelen (Jamie) Rebecca, Katie (Jim), Brittany and Braeden (Christina). Proud great nana of Taylon, Coraline, McKenzie and Charlotte. Sister in-law of Honor Hachborn. Aunt of Andrew (Karen), Malcolm (Frances) and great aunt of five nieces. She will be fondly remembered by her nieces, nephews, cousins here and in Britain and by the Klingspon family. Predeceased by her parents Henry “Harry” and Margaret Hachborn (nee Anderson), son in laws Robin Lutz and Richard Rank and by brother Ernest Hachborn. Gladys was born in Conestogo, Ontario, October 6, 1931. She enjoyed her work at Canada Trust, many trips and the excitement of watching her grandchildren participate in dance, hockey and golf. She loved life and friendships, laughing often. Family and friends will be received at Robert Ruggle Funeral Home, 617 King St. N., Waterloo on Sunday, November 8, 2015 from 230-530pm for a memorial reception. Cremation has taken place. Private interment in St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conestogo. As expressions of sympathy and in lieu of flowers, donations to Grand River Hospital Foundation-Cancer Centre or to the Jack Price Memorial Fund would be appreciated by the family and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at 519 888-7700. Condolences may be made online at: www.robertrugglefuneralhome.com “Do not weep for me. Look into the eyes of my grandchildren and you will see me there”.
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DEATH NOTICES
Atkinson, Ruby (nee Stahlbaum)
Martin, Leander R.
Peacefully passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Chartwell Elmira LTC Residence, at the age of 91 years. Beloved wife of the late Russell Atkinson (1991). Loved mother of the late Donna Schneider (2011), Connie and Wayne Maher of Elmira, Bruce and Debbie of Monck, the late Terry (1999), and David and Brooke of Wasaga Beach. Loving grandmother of Todd (Bridget), Kimberly (Stefan), Corey; John; Brenda (Tim), Rob (Charity), Katelyn (Tyler), Gordon (Cassidy); Jennifer (Trevor), Ashley (Scott), Rebecca (Darren); Adam (Hannah), Shanelle; and 14 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Wilma Lackner. Predeceased by her parents John and Amelia (Hass) Stahlbaum, eight brothers and three sisters. The family received their relatives and friends on Monday, November 2, 2015 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 2 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, 60 Arthur St. S., Elmira. Interment took place in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira. In Ruby’s memory, donations to Chateau Gardens Auxiliary, Autism Canada or St. James Lutheran Church would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. A special thank you to Dr. Winfield, the nurses and staff at Chartwell for their special care and attention to Ruby and her family.
Passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, October 31, 2015, in his 91st year. Leander R. Martin, of RR 2, Elmira, was the father of Elias W. and Esther Martin of RR 2, Wallenstein, Malinda and Amos W. Martin of RR 5, Mount Forest, Susannah and Sidney M. Brubacher of RR 1, West Montrose, Salome and Joseph F. Weber of St. Jacobs, Lizzie and Nelson S. Reist of RR 1, Elmira, Edward W. and Salema Martin of RR 2, Elmira, Clayton W. and Miriam Martin of RR 1, Gowanstown. He is also survived by 50 grandchildren, 105 great-grandchildren, three brothers and one sister. Step-father of Harvey E. and Annie Martin, Martha and Isaac Martin, Erla and Elmer R. Sauder, Amsey E. and Martha Martin, and Henry E. Martin, 26 step-grandchildren and 28 step-great-grandchildren. Predeceased by his first wife Minerva (Weber) Martin (Oct. 31, 1981) and his second wife Elvina (Eby) Martin (Oct. 19, 2014), three brothers (one in infancy), one sister in infancy, and one granddaughter. Viewing was at the home of Edward W. Martin, 144 South Field Dr., Elmira on Monday, November 2 from 2–4 and 6–8 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 3 from 1-5 p.m. A family service was held at the home on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 9 a.m., then to Elmira Mennonite Meeting House for interment and public service. Arrangements entrusted to the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.
BRUBACHER, OLIVE LEONA | Passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, in her 100th year, of Elmira.
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FLEMING, ERMA (NEE SCHNEIDER) | Of Listowel and formerly of Moorefield, passed away at the Listowel Memorial Hospital on Monday, October 26, 2015, in her 88th year. Local relatives are her daughter Kathryn and Donald Dowling and her son Kevin and Tori Fleming all of Elmira. FREEMAN, MINERVA | Passed away peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus at her home in Floradale on Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 82 years of age. HAGEN, BRUCE DAVID | Passed away peacefully at Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at the age of 67. Local relatives are his sisters-in- law Margaret Neeb (Elmer) of Conestogo, Ruth Thibideau (Terry) of Inverhaugh and brother-in-law Ross Lackner (Joan) of Elmira. ROSS, BERYL | Passed away peacefully on Friday, October
30, 2015 at Twin Oaks of Maryhill, at the age of 90. SCHEERINGA, HILDA | At Livingstone Manor, Listowel,
on Thursday, October 29, 2015, Mrs. Hilligje “Hilda” Scheeringa, of Listowel, in her 98th year. Local relatives are her son John and Kathy Scheeringa of Elmira.
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CALDER, HAROLD ROSS | Ross passed away peacefully at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Sunday, November 1, 2015, at the remarkable age of 90 years. Ross was born March 21, 1925 in Linwood,
$379,000 A GREAT COUNTRY PROPERTY, north of Elmira and backing to farmland. Private lot is 100’ x 179’ and well treed. Lge. country kitchen w/walkout to deck. Lots of bsmt w/large windows! – rec. room, games room & office. Garage & lots of parking! MLS.
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$789,999 $279,900 “CHARACTER” GALORE IN THIS QUAINT HOME backing to Mill Race in Hawkesville. 3+ bdrms. Formal LR/DR and eat-in kitchen. Main flr. family room w/walkout to a deck. Office in lower level w/separate entry. Zoning will allow for some commercial uses. MLS.
ST. CLEMENTS – Outstanding 3 bdrm. bungalow, only 3 yrs. old. Open concept from lovely kit. to great room, dinette & dining rm. Vaulted ceilings, lots of windows. Spacious ensuite. Huge rec. rm. & 3pc. in bsmt. PLUS 1 bdrm. in-law suite w/separate entrance. Huge lot – 401’ deep (partially fenced). Quiet court location. Detached shed 20’x20’ w/bsmt, gas, hydro & water. MLS.
$454,900 DRAYTON – Custom built one owner bungalow w/walkout bsmt. 98’ wide lot. 3 bdrms. Main flr. laundry & family roo. Fin. bsmt w/games room, rec. rm, exercise rm & storage rms. INGROUND pool & hot tub – great place to entertain! MLS.
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Four decades after it set a legal precedent, the Elmira Case is now a documentary with an international reach
In a still from The Elmira Case, Russ Kelly tells the story of a drunken night in 1974 and his reconciliation with victims. The film premieres in Kitchener on Nov. 19.
LIZ BEVAN WHEN RUSS KELLY WAS meeting the victims of his alcohol-fuelled vandalism spree in 1974, he had no idea the impact his actions, prompted by his probation officer, would have on laws all over the world. Nor that, decades later, the events would get made into a short film shown internationally. The film premieres in Kitchener on Nov. 19, but has already been shown in film festivals across North America. Twenty-eight years after he committed the crimes, Kelly was sitting in class at Conestoga College and a guest speaker started telling his story. “It was a surreal moment,” he said from his home in Fergus. “I was sitting there in the second row and then it hit me. I thought, ‘oh my goodness,
they are talking about me.’ I was floored. I was almost speechless.” That guest speaker was Julie Friesen from Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) in Kitchener, and she was telling his story. In 1974, Kelly and a friend had a bit too much to drink, and made their way through Elmira’s residential areas, leaving a path of destruction with smashed windows and slashed tires in their wake. When they were caught, Mark Yantzi, a local probation officer at the time, had the idea to have the two young men meet their victims and repair the damage they caused. The case, known as The Elmira Case, set the precedent for restorative justice on an international scale. After Freisen made her presentation, Kelly approached her. CJI and Kelly teamed up to tell his
story, and when the idea for an educational film was brought up, they both jumped at the chance. “When you Google ‘Elmira and restorative justice,’ you get pages and pages from all over the world,” said Julie Thompson, director of programs with CJI. “Every publication or course or conference that talks about restorative justice usually has a little part that is dedicated to the Elmira story. Most people who live in the community don’t even know the story.” Thompson and Friesen attempted to make the film themselves, but found the process overwhelming. “We had already started the interviewing process, and especially when you are amateur like we are, there is often a difference between your vision of the project and your actual abilities to deliver on that,” said Thompson with
St. Jacobs to create their final product, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the case. The end result is a sixand-a-half minute documentary telling Kelly and Yantzi’s story, along with four accompanying smaller films – one that talks about justice, a longer discussion piece about the case, and two case studies surrounding restorative justice. The films interview Kelly, Yantzi and some of the original victims of the crimes in 1974. Roscoe Films, the production company that put the film together, submitted the film to festivals and from there, the movie’s reach grew. “It was accepted to the Peace on Earth Film Festival in Chicago and there was lots of amazing response to that,” said
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Thompson, adding that she has been contacted by international conferences to show the film as well. “Here I am, on the phone with South Korea, and they were telling me how excited they were to finally have a film to talk about The Elmira Case, because frankly, they were tired of telling the story. They got in touch with us and want to show the film this year in Mon-
golia (at the Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute’s restorative justice conference).” Kelly is happy to see that his experiences are being used to help others all over the world, and to educate law enforcement and restorative justice groups on the benefit of reconciliation over incarceration. In his personal experiences in 1974, he says he found that facing his crime was more difficult than spending a
few months behind bars. “Something really turned out to be good from (the crimes) when it comes to closure, and healing and offenders are being, at times, forgiven for their wrongdoings and moving forward,” he said. “The victims are also experiencing closure and healing and having their say in things. I feel honoured to have done something that is really helping a lot of people in
society, but at the time, I had no idea. “(Going to jail) would be the easier thing to do. You go to court, you get your sentence, you do your six months and you are gone. (Meeting the victims) brings the humanity part into it. You are two feet in front of people on their front doorstep. Now we are seeing anger in their eyes, disgust on their faces and the hurt.” The film is being shown
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2 (another even number); then divide by 2 again, giving 1. Or start with the number 20 instead: 20/2 = 10; 10/2 = 5; but 5 is odd, so multiply it by 3 then add 1, giving 16; then 16/2 = 8; 8/2 = 4; 4/2 = 2; finally, 2/2 = 1. Mathematicians conjecture that every starting number will eventually lead to 1, since after 70 years of searching, no counterexample has been found. But a proof for this seemingly simple problem has eluded them. Indeed, Chamberland concludes, “mathematicians have hardly dented the problem.�
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