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VYING FOR THE JOB The four candidates in the riding of Kitchener-Conestoga went head-to-head in a debate in St. Agatha Tuesday night. From left, the NDP’s Rod McNeil, Liberal Orlando Da Silva, Conservative Harold Albrecht PHOTOS | JONI MILTENBURG and Jamie Kropf of the Green party.

Economy dominates candidates’ debate

Incumbent Tory draws the most fire as riding’s hopefuls try to capture public attention in open forum JONI MILTENBURG Conservative incumbent Harold Albrecht came under fire at the Kitchener-Conestoga all-candidates debate Sept. 30, but he also drew cheers and applause from vocal supporters in the audience.

About 200 people filled the St. Agatha Community Centre to hear the four candidates jab and parry over their parties’ policies. The candidates fielded questions about the gun registry, electoral reform and postsecondary education, but the economy – particularly the be-

leaguered auto manufacturing sector – was front and centre.

The riding includes part of southwest Kitchener where the Kitchener Frame plant, set to close in 2010, is located.

Several of the plant’s workers were at the meeting to ask the candidates what they would do to treat Ontario’s ailing auto industry.

Albrecht highlighted his party’s plan to invest in infrastructure, capital equipment and skills training for the auto industry. He also took a jab at the Liberals’ Green Shift policy, saying the manufacturing sector is energy dependent

and can’t afford higher costs.

“If you think the carbon tax is going to help the auto industry, you’re sadly mistaken,” Albrecht said.

Liberal candidate Orlando Da Silva countered, saying there are already excise taxes on gasoline and it wouldn’t be taxed more under the Green Shift. Da Silva said the Liberals would introduce a $1-billion advanced manufacturing prosperity fund to invest in manufacturing and research and development.

Blaming “big oil” for soaring fuel costs and the high Canadian dollar, NDP candidate Rod

McNeil said his party would support a shift to manufacturing more fuel-efficient cars that are in demand today.

Green party candidate Jamie Kropf pitched the need for an industrial strategy to shift manufacturing toward “green” technologies and create so-called green-collar jobs.

Albrecht made it clear he considers the Liberals his biggest threat, seizing opportunities to paint party leader Stéphane Dion and his Green Shift as “untested” and “risky.” But he was also forced to defend his own party leader. The other candidates criticized Stephen

Harper’s decision to dissolve Parliament early, after passing a bill to set fixed election dates.

McNeil said voters should take the election call as an opportunity to turf Harper from office.

“Stephen Harper had a hissy fit and quit his job. I think we should give him his separation papers and a T4 slip and call it done,” McNeil said, drawing laughter from the crowd.

Albrecht repeated Harper’s claim that Parliament was dysfunctional, and blamed Dion for repeatedly threatening to bring down the government.

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“Sometimes I think farmers are organic just for the money – they’re organic by default and not organic by design.”

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Wellesley’s Murray Bast and his son Lindsay held a screening of the documentary “The World According to Monsanto” in Waterloo Oct. 2. They argue it’s important for people to think about where their food photo | Marc Miquel HelSEN comes from and what goes into it.

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Wellesley father and son help to spread the word; sponsor screening of film about Monsanto JONI MILTENBURG A Wellesley father and son are hoping to get people thinking about their food supply and what goes into the food they’re eating.

Murray Bast and his son Lindsay sponsored a screening of the documentary “The World According to Monsanto” at the Princess Twin Cinema in Waterloo Oct. 2.

Bast is the founder of Bio-Ag Consultants and Distributors, which sells a range of products – including natural feed supplements, probiotics and soil amendments – for farmers who don’t want to use pesticides and chemical additives. His son Lindsay is a naturopathic doctor at Greenwood Wellness Clinic, located on the farm.

Bast said the documentary, by French journalist Monique-Marie Robin, examines the history of the chemical and biotech giant, including ethical and health controversies it’s been involved

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some stuff and said, quit feeding this child pasteurized milk. Feed him some raw milk. And, amazingly, his whole digestive system turned around.”

At that point, Bast turned his farm into an organic operation and started looking into other alternative ideas.

He also stresses that it’s important for consumers to get to know the farmers growing and raising their food, even if they’re buying food labeled as organic.

“Sometimes I think farmers are organic just for the money – they’re organic by default and not organic by design,” he said. “I think people have to develop relationships with the suppliers of their food and know where their food comes from and ask questions of what farmers are doing.”

He argues we won’t know the consequences of genetically-modified foods for perhaps decades.

“We’re going to see … a whole generation of children being born with a whole new set of diseases that we had no idea even existed, because we’re go-

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Monsanto started life as a chemical company, notoriously producing Agent Orange, used during the Vietnam War, and PCBs, used in industrial coolants and banned in the 1970s.

Although it is still one of America’s top chemical companies, it has shifted its research focus to biotechnology and genetic engineering. Monsanto is the world’s largest producer of genetically modified seeds, and holds patents on many strains.

The senior Bast said he first looked at alternative products and farming practices when his children were small. His wife had health problems after giving birth to his eldest son, and his second son, Lindsay, was constantly sick as a baby.

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It’s going to take probably a good 30 or 40 years until we see the effect of the GMO program.”

Lindsay Bast said the film was released in Europe about a year ago, but wasn’t publicly released in North America.

When one of the staff at the clinic told him it was possible to rent the Princess Theatre, he and his father saw a way to raise awareness.

“People in general are a little more aware of where their food comes from and what happens to it,” he said. [But] probably the majority of people aren’t aware of how much genetically modified food they’re eating.”

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No treat as MPAC gets back to tricks

They’re baaaaack.

It’s a little early for Halloween, but those scary folks from MPAC are up to their old tricks: doling out bad news to Ontario homeowners.

After a three-year freeze following a damning report by the provincial Ombudsman, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation is again distributing market-value notices, the basis of our property tax system.

As in the past, many of us are in for a rude awakening: If an individual property’s declared value has increased above the average, taxes are going up even before a bevy of greedy politicians – local, regional and provincial (school board hikes) – tell us how much more we’ll be paying in 2009. And make no mistake, they will be jacking the rates, and probably well above inflation.

The kinder, gentler MPAC, whipped soundly by the Ombudsman, now has a different take on assessments, carrying them out every four years instead of annually. This allows the increases to be split up over that period, essentially spreading out the pain.

That, however, is as much reform as we’ll see.

Ideally, the province would scrap property tax, removing from municipalities the right to tax their residents.

While local governments are in theory more accountable for their decisions to raise taxes, many have proven poor stewards, spending willy-nilly. Extend-

ing taxation power to Toronto, for instance, has seen council there jump on the money train.

More importantly, the property tax system is unfair, providing no link between the ability to pay and the size of the tax bill. Nor is there a connection between what you pay and the services you receive. This is most apparent when your MPAC assessment proves a financial windfall for the municipality without officials having to do anything in return.

The well-worn argument involves the little old lady who’s lived in the same home for 60 years. What was a modest home purchased for a few thousand dollars in a modest neighbourhood is now land situated in a hot location, valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The pensioner, eager to remain in her home, struggles to pay taxes that exceed what she and her husband paid for the house in the first place.

A flat property tax or, better still, a system based on provincial income taxes – removing municipalities from the equation – would be much fairer.

And not just to the hypothetical widow, but to most of us. I know I feel that way every time I receive a tax bill and realize massive increases have me paying several hundred dollars more than just a few years ago, and I’m getting no more in return.

We can expect local politicians to keep boosting taxes well above increases in income, even as the economy slows down and puts more private-sector workers in jeopardy. If that won’t change, we certainly shouldn’t hold

our breath for real reform – local politicians don’t want to lose the power, and there’s no political will at the provincial level to do what’s right.

When it comes to MPAC and property taxes, the best that we can hope for is to smooth out some of the worst effects, says Bob Topp, who heads the Coalition After Property Tax Reform.

“Realistically, they’re not going to scrap the system,” he says from his Toronto home. “We’re seeking some limits on assessment increases to remove some of the volatility.”

Not only do we face unreasonable tax increases, we have no idea what to expect from year to year, he argues.

The new four-year assessment system spaces out the big increases, but eventually the piper must be paid. And homeowners don’t know what to expect on the political side.

While praising some of the changes at MPAC, Topp’s group says what’s been done isn’t good enough.

“People have no means of knowing what to expect from one assessment period to the next.

“We don’t think they got to the root

of the problem – the volatility and the inaccuracies in the system.”

The volatility comes because MPAC’s assessment can be removed from the market values, and because a hot real estate market in one spot may single out one neighbourhood or area during any one assessment period. The fouryear cycle now underway has values based on assessments done in January 2008, perhaps at the peak of the real estate bubble.

More troubling for CAPTR, the corporation can and does get it wrong when assessing individual properties, says Topp.

Yes, with four million properties to judge, mistakes will happen – “but that’s the norm, not the exception.”

Sweeping changes are needed, but unlikely to happen. For now, the goal is to remove uncertainty and to limit the size of assessment increases and the resultant tax hikes, he says.

Ridding the system of its inherent inequity is a much larger job, the kind seen in some of the tax revolts in the U.S. Not a likely scenario in this part of the world. More’s the pity.

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$1.5 million for rec. projects Having topped the $5-million mark, the Fit for the Future campaign is in the homestretch of its fundraising goal of $5.5 million for Woolwich’s new recreational facilities.

On Monday night, Woolwich Recreation Facility Foundation chairman Paul Bossenberry presented the township with a cheque for $1.5 million, the latest installment in the community’s share of funds for the projects, including the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira.

The fundraising campaign is set to meet with a few more potentially major donors, and the seat sale continues to bring in money.

WCF gives $5K in grants At a presentation in Woolwich council chambers Monday night, the Woolwich Community Fund handed out more than $5,000 to three local groups.

The Elmira Theatre Company got $2,000 to help with outdoor parking lot lighting and with landscaping around the entrance to its Howard Avenue facility. The Woolwich Counselling Centre also got $2,000 for the purchase of a telephone system for their new building. Riverside Public School received $1,340 for their school grounds greening project to help with planting of 11 trees and 10 shrubs.

The projects benefit from the latest round of grants; since 2000, the Woolwich Community Fund has provided 31 grants totaling more than $40,000. As of this summer, the endowment fund’s portfolio amounted to about $160,000.

Bringing in the great outdoors Renovations at the Elmira Child Care Centre stress the importance of nature MARC MIQUEL HELSEN The playground at the Elmira Child Care Centre got a major face-lift this summer. Though the project has yet to be completed – more plants and benches are on the way – the daycare facility underwent a $25,000 retrofit, incorporating more naturalized and green space into its 6,000-square-foot area.

“What we wanted to do was to redesign the flow of the playground so that there were more spaces for children to explore nature,” said Nancy Dickieson, manager of children’s centres and quality initiatives for Waterloo Region’s social services department.

The building is operated by the region, and renovations were funded through children service’s renovation budget. Centre staff were involved with the layout design of the project, said Dickieson.

The revamped playspace now features a

bumping into one another,” she noted.

Among the additions: a bike path, sitting stones, a new climbing structure with slides, a storage building, a new sandbox, bamboo fencing, and some additional posts that, with a little

help from, say, blankets, can easily be turned into the foundations of a fort.

“We want to give the children an opportunity to do a whole variety of imaginary play.”

While climbing structures are quite common

St. Jacobs deemed the natural spot to focus tourism efforts; VIC to be expanded STEVE KANNON The numbers have been crunched, and the decision is in: Woolwich will concentrate its visitor services where the tourists are – St. Jacobs.

The Visitor Information Centre operating on First Street will be closed. The resultant savings will be directed toward the St. Jacobs facility, as well as enhancing the township’s tourism plan.

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IT’S PLAY TIME Joshua Chambers, Ethan Dodds, Brett Forester and Tanner McDonald join Nancy Dickieson at the Elmira Child Care Centre’s new playground. The daycare facility underwent a $25,000 “green” retrofit over the summer.

in playgrounds, green space isn’t; this newly revamped play-space, however, makes the latter a core value.

“It’s important because children don’t have as many opportunities now to be outside and explore nature. There are not as many opportunities as we might have had when we were young children to go explore in the woods or do those kinds of things,” said Dickieson.

As more and more parents worry about the safety of letting their children play outside alone, and videogames become more prevalent, children spend increasingly less time outdoors.

Not so at the centre.

For the people at the Elmira centre, the excitement of playing outside doesn’t seem to be waning, despite the cooler weather.

“We’re out all year ‘round, as long as it’s not raining or the windchill isn’t too low,” she explained.

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Consultations with current tourism staff, the Elmira Business Improvement Area group and other stakeholders indicate the transition should have minimal impact, he said.

The township intends to hire an economic development and tourism officer, who’ll be working from the new town hall on Church Street, expected to open later this year. Along with some of the frontline staff, the new hire will handle inquiries from

visitors who arrive in Elmira.

Those numbers have always been small in comparison to St. Jacobs, and have been dwindling in recent years.

In 2007, the Elmira VIC dealt with fewer than 3,000 visitors, down significantly from 4,800 five years earlier. A similar slide was recorded in phone/email inquiries and in the number of tours arranged through the office. In St. Jacobs, meanwhile, the number of visitors has been steady at about 4,800 in the two full years of operation.

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Coach Jeff Snyder of Elmira and defenceman Mark Noot will be among those profiled in a onehour documentary, Sledhead: Canada’s Sledge Hockey Team, which premieres tonight (Saturday) at 7 p.m. on CTV. Sledhead is a story about Canada’s national sledge hockey team that is set to defend its gold medal title, after winning it all at the 2006 Paralympics in Torino.

With the 2008 World Championships in Boston on the horizon, B.C. filmmakers David McIlvride and Alison Love tail Canada’s ice sledge hockey team throughout the previous season, uncovering the rivalries among players and teams that builds to an exciting climax in Canada’s final game against longtime rivals Norway.

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HELPING HANDS Thirteen students from Elmira District Secondary School’s “United Hands� club, including Tim Martin, Quinton Wideman and Chris Krisking, went to the Mennonite Central Committee warehouse Sept.

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The Grand River Conservation Authority will be digging up a section of the Woolwich Dam next week to find out why it’s settling more than usual.

Trails around the dam will be closed Oct. 6 and the reservoir will be drawn down to its winter holding level a month earlier than usual.

The concrete road along the top of the dam is cracked and sagging toward the reservoir, and the post and cable railing has tilted.

Chris Murray, superintendent of the Laurel Creek Conservation Area, inspects the dams and checks the water flow every day. He said the concrete has been patched so many times, it’s almost two feet thick.

GRCA spokesman Dave Schultz said the dam is measured four times a year to see whether it’s settling. In the past six months, it has slumped about two inches, which is more than normal. “This is one of those problems that can sometimes take a long time to show up. It may have been years in the making and it’s only become noticeable in the last couple of years,� he explained.

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IN A SLUMP Colin McCully, assistant park superintendant for the Laurel Creek Conservation Area, shows the cracking and sagging concrete on top of the Woolwich dam. Crews will start digging into the dam Oct. 7 to find out why it is slumping.

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Schultz said there has been no major work done on the dam since it was built in 1974. The 12-metre (40-foot) high dam protects Elmira from flooding and stores water for release to the creek during the summer.

Work on the dam will start Oct. 7 and last about a week. Part of the asphalt road and about a metre of soil will be removed.

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Schultz said. “You make sure there is a problem to be fixed before you start tearing it apart. Some settling is normal, so you have to get the sense that this is something more than normal.�

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The department last month successfully passed tests to gain the Fire Underwriters’ Superior Tanker Shuttle Accreditation, which determines whether a fire service can supply an uninterrupted flow of water to rural areas at rates comparable to those areas in which fire hydrants are prevalent.

The new standard essentially means reduced risk to insurers.

While firefighters in urban areas can rely on fire hydrants to draw water from the municipal supply, their rural counterparts must rely on other sources, such as reservoirs and tanker trucks shuttling water.

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Wellesley firefighters set up pumpers and portable tanks, hauling water from the Greenwood Hill pond to Crosshill Mennonite Church on Hutchinson Road and Lobsinger Line, and pumping roughly 940 litres (250 gallons) per minute.

Confident going into the test, township fire chief Dave Geil said he was pleased with the results, noting that the new accreditation should be a boon to taxpayers. “Basically what they’re saying ‌ is that any area that the Linwood station, the St Clements station and the Wellesley station takes care of is covered, so, I’m kind of thinking that’s the whole township,â€? said Geil.

Virtually the entire township – barring a small area at the top end of Wallenstein, near Floradale – fell within the eight-kilometre radius of at least one of the municipality’s three fire halls.

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Woolwich seeks ideas for potential surplus properties year’s end, making the old building at 69 Arthur Street in Elmira available for other uses.

Also on the list of potential surplus lands are the old Woolwich Township hall on Sawmill Road in Conestogo and a former gravel pit in Maryhill, as well as a few odds and sods such as old road allowances.

The township is currently seeking public input before deciding which, if any, of the properties should be declared surplus. Meeting Monday night, councillors heard a variety of suggestions and concerns.

STEVE KANNON It’s in with the new, out with the old as Woolwich looks at dumping some of its real estate holdings. The properties up for discussion include the old Floradale fire station on Ruggles Road – replaced by a much larger facility that opened last month – and the soon-tobe-vacated Elmira Pool and township hall.

The pool on Ernst Street will be mothballed when the Woolwich Memorial Centre opens next year.

Township staff expects to move to a larger home on Church Street before

Roseanne Toronchuk of Conestogo, for instance, said she is worried about potential for commercial use of the old township hall at 1924 Sawmill Rd., currently used for storage.

While that stretch of road is largely residential, a commercial use at a neighbouring property already causes parking issues, with cars regularly blocking her driveway or lining the roadway and blocking visibility, a complaint shared by others at the meeting.

Parking was also on the mind of Ernst Street resident Bert

A PIECE OF HISTORY Among the properties potentially up for grabs is the old Woolwich Township hall in Conestogo, currently used for storage.

Weber, who asked that the township makes sure it has plenty of spaces available for the new Woolwich Memorial

Centre before getting rid of the pool property. “It could be an overflow parking lot,� he suggest-

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List includes municipal building, Elmira pool, old fire station in Floradale and township hall in Conestogo ed, noting cars would line the street if the rec. facility’s lot proves inadequate.

For Roger Frey, however, the vacated pool could prove something of a boon. The builder has been approached by community groups looking to maintain a recreational use at the site. “We’re seeing what we can do with it to benefit the community.�

After receiving input from the public, township planners will come back to council at a later date with recommendations about the fate of each of the properties.

VIC: Visitors to Elmira will be served at new admin. building The Elmira location had been Woolwich’s sole tourist centre. Long operated by the former Elmira and Woolwich Chamber of Commerce, the site was taken over by the township when

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gasoline prices and the summer weather, VIC inquiries took a precipitous drop, Brenneman noted.

In the first six months, the First Street location saw just 840 visitors.

the organization merged with its Kitchener-Waterloo counterpart in 2001.

The St. Jacobs VIC was opened on a trial basis in 2005 and expanded in 2006. Last year, Woolwich renewed a lease

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The building is situated in the heart of the St. Jacobs tourist area: some

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parties in Parliament for the way they do business.

“Anyone who leads by looking at opinion polls is not really leading,” Kropf said. “Great leaders lead by example … I don’t see that in our current crop of political leaders.”

Albrecht defended Harper’s leadership style, comparing him to the coach of a football team. He allows dissension within the caucus, Albrecht explained, but the party governs with a united front.

“If Canada’s going to

move forward, it’s going to move forward as a united team,” he said, drawing loud applause.

The challengers also went on the attack over Afghanistan, decrying Harper’s announcement that troops would come home in 2011.

“If our troops can achieve their mission, they should stay there until they’re done. If they can’t achieve their mission, they should get out now,” Kropf said.

Albrecht was quick to remind the crowd that both the Liberals and Con-

servatives supported the mission, and the Liberals supported the motion to withdraw troops.

Both Albrecht and Da Silva appealed to voters based on their records. Albrecht told the crowd that the Conservatives have carried out the promises they made in the last campaign and have a record of proven leadership. Da Silva looked back to the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, saying the Conservatives had squandered the surpluses the Liberals left.

For their part, McNeil and Kropf tried to turn their inexperience to their advantage. McNeil told them that he’s not a professional politician, but the NDP will defend the interests of those around “the kitchen table, not the boardroom table.”

Kropf said he has no illusions about the Greens forming the next government, but the country needs their voices in Ottawa, and promised to put his constituents’ interests before those of his party.

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Having not had enough time to respond to the license requests prior to the filing deadline, the township wanted to get its foot in the door during the MNR review process now underway for pit proposals near West Montrose.

Councillors Monday night approved the preemptive measure against applications by Capital Paving and D&J Lockhart Excavators.

The move gives the township time to prepare its own response to the applications. Both will also have to go through a township review.

“We’re not necessarily fundamentally opposed … but we need time to study the applications,” director of engineering

and planning Dan Kennaley said.

The Capital Paving plan drew some scrutiny in the brief discussion because the company hopes to extract gravel from below the water table.

Given the proximity of the proposed new pits to existing operations, Coun.

Sandy Shantz asked whether staff will look at the cumulative impacts.

New review guidelines approved by council do in fact call for cumulative impacts to be studied, Kennaley responded.

The prospect of being surrounded by gravel pits is one of the main objections of West Montrose residents, including Tony Dowling, who is especially worried about Capital’s Letson Drive pit.

“I attended the Capital Paving information session last evening (Tuesday), and I was absolutely flabbergasted with the scale of this proposal,” he said in a request to councillors for answers about the project.

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»»

September 25

9:53 AM | A resident of Kressler Road in Heidelberg reported that a fuse box in their vehicle had been ripped out.

3:29 PM | Police received a report that a handicap decal was stolen from a vehicle parked at the No Frills parking lot in Elmira. The decal is believed to have been stolen on Sept.

23 at approximately 3 p.m.

5:48 PM | A red, Supercycle 10-speed bicycle was dumped on the front lawn of a William Street, Elmira, residence. The bike may be picked up by its rightful owner at the Division 3A.

»»

September 26

1:49 PM A vehicle left un-

Just before 9 p.m. on Sept. 28, a resident of Water Street came home to discover that someone had entered the house through a window.

The suspect rifled through the home and took some alcoholic beverages, over-thecounter drugs, two men’s watches, socks and a pair of men’s underwear. The police forensics branch processed the scene and the investigation continues. locked on Herrgott Road in St. Clements was the subject of an overnight theft. Taken were a number of CDs and a GPS holder.

2:23 PM | Another St. Clements resident reported to police that some time overnight, an iPod and some insurance papers were stolen from an unlocked vehicle.

9:53 AM | Yet another St. Clements resident was the victim of a vehicle theft. This time an iPod, CDs and a cell phone charger were removed from the vehicle. Police would like to remind drivers to lock their vehicles and to leave all valuables out of sight.

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September 27

8:58 AM | At some point overnight, suspects unknown broke into the garage of a residence on Second Street in Elmira, taking an undisclosed number of items. During that same time, an orange 2003 KTM 125cc motocross bike was stolen from the area.

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Street in Elmira reported to »» October 1 6:39 PM | An anonymous 10:47 AM | The driver of a police that at some point becomplainant informed police Smart car was travelling on tween 9:30 and 10 p.m. on 12:23 AM | A police officer on that several youths were at Line 86, following a gravel Sept. 27, a grey Norco Kat- preventative patrol in the Elmthe rear of Riverside School truck when some of the mandu mountain bike was ira area intercepted a vehicle and found six cans of Coors in Elmira “causing trouble.” gravel came loose and fell on stolen from the property.

Light in it. The officer arrestWhen police arrived they saw the trailing car, cracking the »» September 30 ed the driver, who was later several male youths loitering windshield in the process. on the school property. It ap- A message was left with the 9:22 AM | A business on released with the charges of pears they had just finished truck company and it is pos- Line 86 west of Elmira had a ‘speeding’ and ‘failing to have smoking some marijuana. sible that a civil agreement to 400-litre fuel storage tank sto- insurance card.’ The driver’s Some drug paraphernalia deal with the matter is in the len. At the time it contained license was also suspended some 200 litres of fuel. The in- for 12 hours. was destroyed by the youths works. themselves and a formal po- 2:09 PM | A company in the vestigation continues. Anyone 1:55 AM | An officer on patrol lice caution was given to the Elmira area notified police with relevant information is intercepted a vehicle travelling youth with the paraphernalia. that someone had paid for asked to notify police.

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It’s about the economy, stupid Maybe, just maybe, the leaders’ debates held this week might make this election about the issues. There are plenty, even if the government hopes to sweep them under the rug and the opposition parties look for scandals and other targets to snipe about.

The week opened with revelations Stephen Harper’s 2003 speech calling on Canada to take part in the invasion of Iraq was lifted from a speech given two days earlier by John Howard, then prime minister of Australia and an avid supporter of U.S. President George W. Bush.

A Conservative staff member later admitted to plagiarizing parts of Harper’s address, given when he was in opposition as the leader of the Canadian Alliance party.

The Conservatives then went on the offensive, calling the incident ancient history and accusing the Liberals of making mountains out of molehills. The Tories later came under opposition fire after it was revealed a Conservative candidate in a Vancouver riding got $600,000 in government money months after becoming the party’s nominee.

From Agricultural Minister Gerry Ritz’s

foot-in-mouth disease to Julie Couillard tell-all stories of former minister Maxime Bernier, the government has been on the defensive – at least when it comes to campaign-trail rhetoric. On the advertising side, it’s been the Conservatives leading the attack, mostly on Liberal leader Stéphane Dion. That is, of course, when they’re not wrapping Harper in a sweater vest and a shroud of misty reminiscences.

We’ve seen little beyond all of that usual campaign posturing, however.

The Conservatives have said little of the issues; they don’t even have a platform.

Their message appears to be “steady as she goes” … without telling us where she’s going.

The opposition parties have been talking up a storm, promising much in the usual run-up-to-the-election style. Much of it appears to be a hodgepodge, targeting segments of the voting public.

In the debates, there was some indication the parties have noticed the economy is a big issue, and a topic of growing concern for Canadians. We may find the U.S. presidential elections far more fascinating – the Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin presenting must-see TV – but our eyes are

» VERBATIM

also turned to the mushrooming financial crisis to the south, the effects of which are starting to wash over us.

Nowhere is that clearer than in the auto industry. Ontarians are already well aware of how troubles in the manufacturing sector wreak havoc with our economy.

Now we’re being told to brace for worse, much worse.

Eighty per cent of the cars built here and 60 per cent of the automotive parts are shipped to the U.S. Sales there are plummeting, down 13 per cent so far this year. And the trend is worsening: last month, car sales fell 27 per cent, representing 350,000 fewer vehicles sold. Ford’s sales were down 34 per cent in September, Chrysler’s 33 per cent, Toyota’s 32.3 per cent, Honda’s 24 per cent and GM’s sales dropped by 15.6 per cent.

Analysts predict layoff notices will begin rolling out shortly.

A shrinking U.S. economy will be battered further still by the credit crunch tied to the banking crisis, reducing demand from our largest trading partner Under those circumstances, pooping puffins and low-grade sniping just don’t cut it.

» THE MONITOR

“When there are no customers and no production, substantial layoffs have to come.”

Federal payments to political parties for the quarter ending Sept. 30 – Bloc Québécois: $758,000; Conservatives: $2.6 million; Green: $324,000; Liberals: $2.2 million; NDP $1.3 million. Funds are allocated based on votes tallied in the previous election.

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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR

Trusting in my gut to get out before the bubble popped I find I’m a proven expert in matters of high finance. This will come as much as a shock to you as it does to me and would, I’m sure, be to my old Econ 200 prof. Once I got to the part where the demand and supply curves met, setting the price, I was lost. Bewildered and dealing with esoterica I simply could not handle, I dropped out.

Over the years I’ve had to deal with public issues involving the economy and I must now confess I often faked it. I would get the words right – because they belonged to someone else – but I hadn’t the faintest idea what they meant.

Come to think of it, this isn’t entirely true because as a cabinet minister in the Bill Bennett government, I dealt with, amongst many things, the Vancouver Stock Exchange and I recognized organized theft when I saw it.

And I could recognize when the big boys got antsy. Prospectuses are the bullspit unscrupulous stock promoters use to lure, Lorelei like, the lambs to slaughter. The big boys got antsy when I proclaimed legislation that required new or altered prospectuses to pass through the securities department of my ministry as well as the VSE board of governors. The fact that the players went mad at the thought that someone other than themselves

would look at these prospectuses demonstrated to me that truth in prospectuses was not a priority item.

I also learned, in a matter involving a real estate bubble called Abacus, that when a company couldn’t make my deputy, Tex Enemark, and me understand what the hell they wanted to flog, that the public (who greedily often don’t want to understand) wouldn’t either. We refused the application and a few months later Abacus went broke, leaving a lot of people, not British Columbians though, holding worthless paper.

Now back to Rafe, the economic genius.

Wendy and I are far from rich, but we have a nest egg. It was invested with a salesman who, over the years, did very well for us. Then in early 2005 I got a tummy feeling – Dad always told me to trust my tummy – and I told my broker to sell everything and put it in treasury bills. He was aghast and, after pleading with us to come to our senses, reluctantly did what he was told. His superiors couldn’t understand why this nest egg was in TBs and put heat on our broker. To shorten the story, he talked us back into the market – the folly was ours not his. Shortly thereafter we took a heavy loss and I told him to sell again and that this was final. The result was that Wendy and I haven’t lost a moment’s sleep over the market from then until now.

I explained it to my ex-broker whose

eyes glazed over in disbelief as I enumerated my concerns.

This was the longest bull market in history and, as Isaac Newton discovered, what goes up must come down.

When told that all would be well in the “long run,” it cut no ice with me because then and more so now, I don’t have a “long” run left.

When advised that we would make very little, if any, profit out of secure investments, it was beyond the scope of our ex-broker’s belief that we put preserving capital above all else, even making money.

The president of the United States was and is a moron who had, amongst other things, got the U.S. into a war which had cost billions and would continue to do so.

The United States was carrying a trade deficit over $700 billion, with no end in sight, the largest part of that deficit being with China, not necessarily a friendly country.

The U.S. national debt was about $11 trillion. Using the usual 1-in-10 formula, this would give Canada a trillion-dollar debt and no Canadian would stand for that.

Enron demonstrated that no company was safe from gross mismanagement, and there was a lot of that going around. The savings and loans scandal showed the same thing.

Corporate executives were creaming the companies’ income (not necessarily their profits), which amounted to three-piece-suit theft. This was world-

wide – in Britain it was becoming common to see companies with substantial losses paying out huge bonuses to management and sales people.

The president of the United States was and remains an idiot – did I mention that already?

Taken all together, it seemed clear to me that there were no rules to speak of and those that existed didn’t get enforced. The United States – the elephant we, the mouse, live next to – was in serious trouble. NAFTA had the unintended consequence of sending huge numbers of jobs to Asia and in particular to China whose naked ambition is to replace the United States as the number-one economy in the world.

With a crash coming – I thought so then and was proved right this month – we wouldn’t have time to get our money back.

Finally, Wendy and I asked this question: If we had our savings in cash, would we invest it in this market? If the answer to that was no – and it emphatically was – what the hell were we doing in it now?

I flunked Econ 200. I read balance sheets and learned analyses of the world of commerce with about as much ease and comprehension I would summon if asked to read the hieroglyphics in the tomb of an ancient pharaoh.

All I have to bring to understanding economic matters is a tummy.

Thanks, Dad.

» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER

Risks of methane make it time to look at geoengineering Scientists have their own way of putting things.

This is how Dr Oerjan Gustafsson of Stockholm University announced the approach of a climate apocalypse in an e-mail sent last week from the Russian research ship “Jakob Smirnitskyi” in the Arctic Ocean.

“We had a hectic finishing of the sampling program yesterday and this past night. An extensive area of intense methane release was found.

At earlier sites we had found el-

evated levels of dissolved methane.

Yesterday, for the first time, we documented a field where the release was so intense that the methane did not have time to dissolve into the seawater but was rising as methane bubbles to the sea surface.”

Gustafsson’s preliminary report, published Sept. 23, is a development far more frightening than the current financial crisis, although it will get only one-thousandth of the coverage. The worst that the financial crisis can bring is some years of recession. The worst that massive methane releases in the Arctic can bring us is runaway, irreversible global warming.

Molecule for molecule, methane gas is 20 time more potent than carbon dioxide as a warming agent. However, since methane doesn’t stay in the atmosphere as long – around 12 years, on average, compared to a hundred years for CO2 – and human activities do not produce all that much of it, concerns about climate change have mostly been focused on carbon dioxide. The one big worry was that warmer temperatures might cause massive releases of methane from natural sources.

There are thousands of megatonnes of methane stored underground in the Arctic region, trapped there by the permafrost (permanently frozen

ground) that covers much of northern Russia, Alaska and Canada and extends far out under the seabed of the Arctic Ocean. If the permafrost melts and methane escapes into the atmosphere on a large scale, it would cause a rapid rise in temperature – which would melt more permafrost, releasing more methane, which would cause more warming, and so on.

Climate scientists call this a feedback mechanism. So long as it is our emissions that are causing the warming, we can stop it if we reduce the emissions fast enough. Once feedbacks like methane release start

sessment values are almost always far less than market value of the home. The real estate market was hot in the spring and early summer but has since fallen way off. My home may not have been worth the assessed value in January 2008, but I know it isn’t worth what MPAC says my assessed market value is, at least according to a bank appraisal. Either way, my taxes will be adjusted according to the assessed value.

I feel I am being ripped off by the tax coffers. According to this assessment, a potential buyer of my home would be getting a great deal because I wouldn’t be able to sell it for what MPAC assesses it at.

Election mailouts an ethical challenge

my friends received eight of these in two weeks, and then the glossy flyer mailed at the last minute.

Given that these nine pieces were all produced and mailed at taxpayers’ expense, sending them to 45,000 households in the riding has given Harold Albrecht an unfair advantage, with some reasonable estimates at the cost to taxpayers exceeding $65,000 – almost the limit for the entire campaign.

So much for campaign ethics.

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» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MPAC assessments not based on real world To the Editor, By now, many people have received their tax assessments; I am curious if they were as amazed as I was in the numbers.

My assessment showed an increase of $49,000 over 2005. My home was listed throughout the summer for slightly less than this year’s assessment value. We did not sell it.

Since then, we’ve had an appraisal of the property done. Interestingly enough my appraisal came in $15,000 less than this year’s assessed value.

It is common knowledge that as-

To the Editor, I am so glad that the election is well under way. Now the candidates in Kitchener-Conestoga are on equal footing.

What really annoyed me was the flood of pre-election flyers from our current MP Harold Albrecht that were so obviously a self-serving promotion in the faint disguise as reports from our Member of Parliament. Some of

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to drive the warming, it’s out of our hands: we might even cut our emissions to zero, only to find that the temperature is still rising.

Fear of this runaway feedback is why most climate scientists (and the European Union) have set a rise of 2 degrees C (3.5 degrees F) in the average global temperature as the limit which we must never exceed. Somewhere between 2 and 3 degrees C (3.5 and 5.2 degrees F), they fear, massive feedbacks like methane release would kick in and take the situation out of our hands.

Unfortunately, the heating is much more intense in the Arctic region. The average global temperate has only risen 0.6 degrees C (1.1 degrees F) so far, but the average temperature in the Arctic is up by 4 degrees C (7 degrees F). So the permafrost is starting to melt, and the trapped methane is escaping.

That is what the research ship “Jakob Smirnitskyi” has just found: Areas of the Arctic Ocean off the Russian coast where “chimneys” of methane gas are bubbling to the surface. What this may mean is that we have no time left if we hope to avoid runaway global warming – and yet it will obviously take many years to get our own greenhouse gas emissions down. So what can we do?

There is a way to cheat, for a while. Several techniques have been proposed for holding the global temperature down temporarily in order to avoid running into the feedbacks.

They do not release us from the duty of getting our emissions down, but they could win us some time to work on that task without run-

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The leading candidate, suggested by Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen in 2006, is to inject sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere in order to reflect some incoming sunlight.

(This mimics the action of large volcanic eruptions, which also lower the global temperature temporarily by putting huge amounts of sulphur dioxide into the upper atmosphere.)

Another, less intrusive approach, proposed by John Latham of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado and Prof. Stephen Salter of Edinburgh University, is to launch fleets of unmanned, windpowered vessels, controlled by satellite, that would spray seawater up into low-lying marine clouds in order to increase the amount of sunlight that they reflect. The great attraction of this technique is that if there are unwelcome side-effects, you can turn it off right away.

These techniques are known as “geo-engineering,” and discussing them has been taboo in most scientific circles because of the “moral hazard:” the fear that if the public knows you can hold the global temperature down by direct intervention, people will not do the harder job of cutting their emissions. But if largescale methane releases are getting underway, the time for such subtle calculations is past.

Starting now, we need a crash program to investigate the feasibility of these and other techniques for geo-engineering the climate.

Once the thawing starts, it is hard to stop, and we may need them very soon.

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Taxpayers back to assessing the situation With some changes, MPAC is on track and sending out evaluation notices to homeowners Your property taxes may go up.

Then again, they may go down.

Likely, it’ll be the former.

One thing’s for sure: MPAC is back in business, and their assessment notices are already landing in your mailbox.

After being put on hold for two years, the agency responsible for determining what your house is worth – not for the benefit of a potential resale, but to help tax you – is in play for the 2009 taxation year.

Since the last assessment was done in 2005, the value of the average home in Waterloo Region has shot up 21 per cent, according to figures released this week.

Under new rules that followed a scathing report from the provincial Ombudsman in 2006, the assessment increases – and any resultant tax increases – are being phased in over a four-year period. For 2009, that will mean an average increase of 5.6 per cent.

In Wellesley Township, property taxpayers will see an average assessment increase of 6.44 per cent in 2009. Woolwich will see an increase of 6.45 per cent, while the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, an increase of approximately 5.3 per cent.

The average value assessment for a property in the region in 2005 was $203,000. As of the as-

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BRACE YOURSELF Woolwich director of finance Richard Petherick displays a sample copy of the new MPAC assessment forms that began arriving in mailboxes this week. sessment carried out in January, it’s $245,000.

The significant rise in average property value, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that ratepayers will fork out more taxes next year. Those whose

property values grew at less than the average rate will see their tax levels drop, at least until the local municipality, the region and school boards start tacking on increases. “Tax rates are set by the mu-

nicipality based on budgetary requirements, so, just because your assessment has gone up doesn’t necessarily mean your taxes are going to go up as well,� said Jon Hebden, a spokesperson for the Municipal Prop-

erty Assessment Corporation (MPAC), which is responsible for providing Ontarians with property assessments. “It depends what the tax rate does; if you’re higher than the average, then there might be an increase in taxes. It depends on the tax rate as well and they haven’t set that yet,� he noted.

Municipalities establish tax rates that are applied to assessed values to pay for local services and the provincial government sets the rates for the education portion of the tax bill. In this area, about 20 per cent goes to the township, 50 to the region and 30 to the school board.

Although the 2009 budget process is in the early stages, Woolwich is already looking at a sixper-cent increase.

To determine a property’s value, MPAC analyzes property sales in the community to come up with a current value assessment. When assessing a residential home, factors that are considered include location, lot dimensions, the age of structures, the quality of construction and the number of renovations.

Outlining those figures, MPAC assessments will be sent out to 4.7 million homes across Ontario in the coming weeks.

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Easter rises above slur for bigger fight Federal agriculture critic Wayne Easter became a household name across Canada last month, as the butt of a tasteless joke about listeriosis by federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. When told during an internal conference call listeriosis had claimed a victim in Prince Edward Island, Easter’s home province, Ritz joked that he hoped the deceased was his political nemesis Easter.

Someone involved in the call wasn’t amused with this or another remark Ritz made about “death by a thousand cold cuts.� The offended party leaked it to the press, and calls for Ritz’s resignation ensued.   Turmoil followed. Ritz admitted uttering the remarks, and apologized to Easter and the families of listeriosis victims. But few were mollified. Scientists, union leaders, federal opposition leaders and the families continued to demand Ritz be fired. The Prime Minister refused, even though he called the remarks “completely insensitive and unacceptable.� Ritz’s saving grace, according to his boss, was that he had not intended to make the comments “publically.�

That smells. My students blog as part of their course work this semester, and Jocelyn Martin, who eyes a future in journalism, called Ritz’s quip “an international embarrassment� in her Sept. 20 entry. At the other end of the

spectrum, Ottawa farm journalist Alex Binkley, writing in the Ontario Farmer newspaper Sept. 23, chastised the bureaucrat who leaked the call rather than Ritz, claiming civil servants should be neutral and trustworthy.

For his part, Easter didn’t let it get to him. Nor did he capitalize on the opportunity to bring down the beleaguered Ritz. Easter did call for the minister’s resignation, explaining that it’s because he thinks the Harper government mishandled the listeriosis situation, and that Ritz is a lousy minister. “The media wants a fight between him and me, but it’s not going to get it over the slur,� said Easter last Sunday, when he was in town stumping for Guelph Liberal candidate Frank Valeriote. “It will take away from the real issue, which is the fact that Ritz is not doing his job as minister. That’s why I called for his resignation.� Indeed, he’d been after Ritz’s head for more than a week before the minister made the crack.

And that’s what kind of a September it’s been for Easter. He pushed hard to get Liberal policy makers to make the party’s Green Shift more farmer friendly. He and his party were not prepared for a snap election, hoping to float their carbon-tax/credit program far and wide before having to test it at the polls.

When I and another journalist met him at dinner time at Valeriote’s riding office in Guelph, he’d been campaigning at 13 events in 48 hours for the Guelph riding candidate and others. A national televised debate on ag-

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riculture was scheduled for noon the next day in Ottawa; Easter hadn’t time to think about it yet. “I suppose we’ll address that Monday morning,� he told me.

And while his pizza got cold, he gave me his take on the closed-shop mood in Ottawa these days, and how it’s affecting agriculture and food. “Canadians should be concerned about food inspection,� he said. “The

Canadian government was missing in action during listeriosis. It was Michael McCain who took the lead on the issue, not the Canadian government.â€?  Polls suggest that even the magnitude of that issue hasn’t won the Liberals the votes they want, or need. With election day in sight, Easter, Valeriote and the rest of the party have a lot of work ahead, locally and nationally, Thanksgiving or not.     Â

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sessing 4.7 million properties across Ontario for the same evaluation date, mistakes can be made. We’re aware of that and we want people to call us,â€? said Hebden. “We want people to look at the value on it (assessment) and ask themselves whether they could have sold their house for that amount of money as of Jan. 1, 2008. If they could have, the assessed value is correct. If not, they can call, or to question data, they can contact MPAC. We want to get the data correct and the values correct ‌ if people think that the value is incorrect, call us.â€?

That said, homeowners wishing to challenge their assessment will have much less time to submit their request for reconsideration, granted that dead-

lines have shifted from December 2009 to March of the same year. “They have a lot less time,� said Richard Petherick, Woolwich’s director of finance. “It’s going to be tough; especially considering this is the first time that we’re going to have a four year phase-in assessment, it’s going to be quite interesting.�

The shift in deadlines is among a number of changes to the assessment system that come after a two-year freeze on assessments mandated by the province. Changes include a more reader-friendly assessment notice as well as a website that will enable homeowners to verify the assessed values of their homes and those of their neighbours.

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Kings’ losing skid goes to five Coach sees no need to panic as fundamentals are strong in the early going; next test this weekend MARC MIQUEL HELSEN The going got tougher for the Elmira Sugar Kings last weekend.

After a shining start to the season, the Kings deepened their losing streak to five games by adding two blowout losses to their tally. The results move the Kings down to sixth place (3-4-2, 8 PTS) in the Mid-Western Junior B division, five points behind the leading Brantford Golden Eagles.

On Sept. 26, the Kings stepped into the Listowel arena for the first time this year, eager to take on the Cyclones – a team that finished in second place last season behind league-leading Elmira.

Though they were the first to get on the scoreboard, building a quick two-goal lead, the Kings ultimately took a 7-2 shellacking from the home side.

Sunday evening at home proved no kinder for the Elmira squad, as the Golden Eagles dished out their punishment in the form of a 6-2 final. “[We’re] obviously disappointed; the mandate is to win and we didn’t do that in either game,” said head coach Geoff Haddaway after Sunday’s game.

“I think the play was certainly a lot closer than the score-

TOUGH OUTING Elmira netminder Connor Lyons makes a save in Junior B action at the Elmira Arena Sept. 28. The Kings lost 6-2 to the visiting Brantford Golden Eagles. At right, newcomer Kyle Blaney saw some ice time.

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board, especially on Friday night, but at the end of the day, a loss is a loss whether it’s by one goal or five goals, or whatever it might be. We were really disappointed.”

Despite the eventual loss, the Kings drew first blood early in the opening period. A powerplay effort by Michael Therrien at 4:29 got things going.

Jeff Zippel and Brent Freeman picked up the assists.

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“We maybe got a little too individual because guys were trying to take the weight of the world off our team by being the player who scores the big goal and makes the big hit. But it’s got to be a cumulative team effort rather than an individual effort,” said Haddaway.

“You win as a team and you lose as a team.”

In the second frame, the Kings came out hard: they were quick, tireless and hungry, pressuring their opponents to make a mistake.

They hammered Brantford netminder Daniel Savelli with 13 shots, compared to Brantford’s offensive offering of nine. However, the Kings were unable to make things work, failing to capitalize on several power play chances.

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The Kings trudged their way though the period but were unable to slip one past Brantford’s Savelli.

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» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA

Nothing like some pressure to ruin a perfectly good hunt Last week, I was up north yet again, this time to sample some of the fine waterfowling opportunities in and around New Liskeard and western Quebec.

All in all, it was a remarkable trip; the field hunting for geese and mallards was nothing short of superb.

Only one incident marred that trip however. Even now it’s hard for me to recount without getting too emotional. Still, I’ll try.

It happened on the last hunt. Four of us were gunning for geese and mallards and we needed one duck to complete our limit. So, as a group of greenheads barreled past and swung around into the decoys, my host yelled out, “Steve, take one!”

Suddenly time slowed down and the conversation in my mind went something like this: “Steve? Did he say Steve? Dear Lord, he has singled me out to shoot in front of everyone! What if I miss?”

Three milliseconds pass and I’m breaking out into a cold sweat.

“I’ll tell you what will happen,” I reply. “You’ll be the laughing stock of the group. They’ll make fun of you throughout breakfast and perhaps even make an eye appointment for you. They’ll tell everyone about it for years. One of them might even write a ballad commemorating the event.”

The ducks approach even closer.

“Look at them; these birds are no-

brainers. Wings cupped, point-blank range, coming straight in – oh, that cruel jerk! If I miss this one, there are no excuses whatsoever.”

Two more milliseconds pass.

“What did I ever do to him? I was nice. I complimented him on his shooting. Said he had nice camouflage. Told him, he was an all right caller, too. And this is how he repays me?”

The birds are now rocking to lose altitude and just about on us...

“That’s it. He wants me to miss!

They all do! They planned this all along! And here I thought these guys were my friends! Friends, huh?

With friends like that, who needs enemies!”

One more wing beat.

“The angle is all wrong. I’m a lefthanded shooter for God’s sake!”

It’s time.

“Safety off ! Take the front bird. That way, if your lead isn’t right, you might still dump the second bird. Or third.

Maybe even the fifth. The point is you might dump one of them. … That’s all you need to do. Complete the limit.”

I sit up in the layout blind and raise my gun. Then I pick a bird and swing on it …

“Everybody is watching. Make sure you get it right. A miss will cost you dearly. They’ll never let you forget it.”

Another wing beat.

“What if the bird swerves? Or my gun jams? Did I mount the gun properly? Have I lowered my head to the right place on the stock? Dear Lord

don’t let a gale force wind come up and destroy my shot pattern. Don’t let me choke now!”

Another wing beat.

“Did I leave the oven on? Boy, these underwear are uncomfortable. They are bunching up at the back. If a tree falls in the forest, does anybody hear it? Yes, but only if they were within

earshot of where it fell. That’s an easy question…”

I swing ahead and pull the trigger.

The bird folds and just about drops in the layout blind of my host. Several critical parts of me relax immediately.

“Nice shot,” he says grudgingly.

“The secret is not to over-think,” I

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Jacks feel cursed in slow start to season Three hard losses on weekend drop Wellesley’s record to 0-4 skates – everything but the mesh at the back of the net.

“It’s not from lack of effort. We just don’t have that luck in front of the net.”

Lobsinger said his players were starting to make mistakes during last weekend’s games because they were trying so hard to put the puck in the net. The shooting drought is affecting the goalies too, as they pres-

JONI MILTENBURG After another three losses on the road, the Wellesley Applejacks have a record of 0-4 and the team’s spirits are starting to wear as low as their point total.

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Scott Litt, from Chris Armstrong, put the Jacks on the board two minutes later, tying the score at one apiece. But the Centennials drove another three into the net and held that 4-1 lead as the teams headed to the dressing room at end of the first period.

The Centennials widened their lead in the second period, scoring another at 3:20. At that point, Lobsinger pulled goalie Luke Zehr and sent in Kent Stoltz.

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In his first few seconds in net, Stoltz let one slip past, allowing Ayr to push their lead to 6-1.

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Playing Hagersville on Sept. 27, the Jacks didn’t even make it onto the board, despite out-shooting the Hawks 40 to 37.

Jesse Sommers scored first for the Hawks, and Sean Malone added three more, leaving the final score at 4-0.

In Lambeth on Sept. 28, it looked at first like the same story as the night before, as the Lancers put four unanswered goals in the net by the end of the second period.

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SOARING HIGH The St. Clements Hawks claimed the 2008 Men’s Premier Cup Sept. 28 in Stratford with a 4-2 overtime win against Listowel. Front row: Mike Mainland, Uriah Hergott, Ben Frey. Middle row: Zach Hergott, Dan Borderman, Johnny Herrington, Johnny Torres Vonsoupath, Andrew Habermehl, Jeff Cressman, Eric Black, Adam Surnoskie. Back row: Mike Prociw, Jeremie Raimbault, Andrew Nessner, Ryan Bain, Gordon Kerr, Jeff Horst, Brad Shantz, Derek Goetz, Chris Massel, Blaine Cressman, Daniel Johnson, Tim Dunn, Cory Lippert.

JONI MILTENBURG With a record of 6-1-2, the EDSS girls’ field hockey team is driving hard toward the playoffs.

Last year the team finished in the middle of the pack of 16, but this year, they’re tied for third place midway through the season.

Coach Laurie Murray said she’s counting on a core group of senior players to carry the team: Victoria Lomax, Brittany Nickel, Brittany Straus, Melanie Freeman and Katie Jamison.

“They help us both defensively and offensively,” Murray said.

The team is getting a boost this year from Yi

Wang, the new goalie between the posts. This is Wang’s first year of field hockey, but she already has several shutouts.

“I’m a hockey and soccer goalie,” she said.

“It’s a bit like playing road hockey in a big net on a soccer field.”

“She’s been great; she’s a very good goalie and has kept many goals out. Plus she’s our last line of defence, so it’s nice for our defensive players to know that she’s back there,” Murray noted.

Half the players on this year’s team are new recruits, and half are veterans. Murray said the experienced players are good at teaching and helping the younger

ones.

There’s a great deal of teaching on the field during practices, where the players are working on drives and scoring techniques. Many of the new players join the team having never played field hockey before.

“It takes a while to get the hang of it,” Murray said. “It’s not like soccer, where everybody comes knowing how to play.”

Murray has help with coaching duties: fellow teacher Janice Harper is her assistant coach and Amy Fischer, a former student who played field hockey while she was at EDSS, helps with practices.

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scored again at 7:21, and the Jacks replied two minutes later with a goal from Nathan Regier (Geoff Parr, Read Shantz.) But the Lancers had the last word, scoring at 10:56 and skating away with a 6-2 win.

Lobsinger said the bus ride back from Lambeth was a quiet, somber one, but he told his players they shouldn’t hang their heads because the team lost three games.

“We’re not being outworked, we’re not playing badly. We’re as good or better than every team we’ve played so far.

We’re out-shooting everybody.”

If the team had a few lucky breaks, he said, they would be 4-0, not the other way around.

“We’re going to get out

some voodoo dolls and try to break this curse on us, maybe do some dances and chants around the dressing room.”

Joking aside, the team practiced hard this week to patch up rough spots in their play. Lobsinger wants his players to concentrate on playing their positions and not leaving their opponents open on the ice. The Jacks are also working on creating more traffic in front of the net, so the opposition’s goalies can’t get a clear view of incoming shots.

Lobsinger said the team just needs a breakthrough goal to hit its stride.

“Eventually we’ll have a break go our way. We’ll have a shot bounce off someone’s head or someone’s butt and go in.”

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played ice hockey, which helps them pick up the sport but also makes them prone to one particular penalty: obstruction.

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Right now, the team is focused on making it through the second half of the season as strongly as they started it.

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“Fall is the perfect season for fixing up your lawn,” says Rob Rogan, turf expert for United Industries, manufacturer of Spectracide(R) and Sta-Green(R) products. “Many lawns have damage from the hot summer months, and you need to take steps to repair this summer damage and nourish the grass and root system for a long, cold winter.”

Rogan recommends five simple tasks to protect the lawn all winter long and create gorgeous, green grass when the weather warms up again. » Let the leaves be your guide. When the leaves start to turn, it’s time to fix up the lawn. Don’t wait to plan for the lawn’s winter care until the first frost hits or the temperature drops below 45 degrees. It will be too late to tackle bugs and weeds, and the problems can literally multiply for the coming spring. » Give the lawn a winter coat. Apply a winterizer such as Sta-Green(R) Phosphorus-Free Winterizer Lawn Fertilizer. Winterizing the yard will strengthen the root system and give the lawn the vital nutrients it needs to rejuvenate from the summer and to survive the winter months. » Eliminate weeds before winter. Apply a weed control such as Spectracide(R) Weed Stop(R) for Lawns plus Crabgrass Killer. Weeds not only germinate in the fall, but they also can leave behind seeds that will germinate in the spring. Applying a weed control in the fall will kill weeds in the lawn and reduce the number that pop up in the spring. » Ban the bugs. Apply an insect control such as Spectracide(R) Triazicide(R) Once and Done!(TM) Insect Killer granules or spray. Fall weather conditions are ideal for insect survival.

Once the temperatures get really cold, many of those insects will search for shelter in your home. Applying an insect control will keep your yard safe in the fall and your home protected in the winter. » Re-seed for a lush lawn. Fall is great time to patch up those bare spots or overseed the lawn.

Use quality, weed-free grass seed to sow the lawn or fill in bare spots to avoid planting weeds from the start, since some grass seeds inadvertently have weeds already in the mix.

With these five simple steps, homeowners can fix up their lawns this fall and be back enjoying the football game in record time. And when spring arrives, they’ll have lawns worthy of a college bowl game.

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» From page 16

period tally at 4:05, from Freeman and Zippel, gave his team a lifeline: the smell of a comeback was pungent.

But then a string of Brantford goals crushed those hopes: Mark Madarasz (from Will Metske, the sometime Wellesley Applejack, and Mike McKinley); Garbowsky (from Ogilvie and Szczechura); and Sam Milligan (from Mark Taylor and Szczechura) buried

one each to make it a 6-2 game.

Though frustrated with the weekend results, Haddaway reminded his players that they exhibited many positives.

“Our job as a coaching staff is to make sure that they remain focused and realize that there’s a larger picture here: we certainly weren’t upset with anyone’s effort,” he said.

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“Just keep going; it’s done with now. We’ve got to look forward. Look to the next game, don’t worry about those ones.”

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» VARIETY’S THE GOAL

A REAL RANGE Legendary Scottish singer-songwriter Archie Fisher (left) opens The Registry Theatre’s Folk series Oct. 16. Other performances on tap this season include violinist Linda Melsted, guitar player Kevin PHOTO | SUBMITTED Ramessar, famed singer Susan Aglukark and trumpeter Larry Larson.

A little something for everyone Intimate confines of The Registry Theatre home to a mix of entertainment for the 2008-2009 season STEVE KANNON The stage is currently home to a play exploring the impacts of terrorism. Within days of its run, the building will be filled with the music of a legendary Scottish folksinger. Eclectic, yes, but all in a day’s work for The Registry Theatre in Kitchener, which last week launched its 2008-09 season.

The Last 15 Seconds, presented by Majdi BouMatar’s MT Space Theatre, runs until Oct. 11.

The play examines the issue of terrorism by looking at the final moments in the lives of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustafa Akkad and his killer. Akkad was killed in the Jordan suicide bombings of 2005. It’s a story of a man who spent his life

promoting Islam to the West and was killed by a Muslim extremist.

On Oct. 16, singersongwriter Archie Fisher rolls into the theatre.

Since the early 1960s he has been a leading proponent of Scottish traditional music, influencing generations of musicians and taking his songs to stages around the world. He’s produced radio features and documentaries for BBC Radio and eventually launched the BBC show Traveling Folk, which he’s hosted for more than 25 years.

“We really do a wide range of shows. I want to push the envelope as much as we can – this is something of a boutique theatre,” said director of programming and development Lawrence McNaught of this season’s offerings.

That schedule includes the theatre’s own series, including four of music and one of dance, as well as many in collaboration with other arts groups, such as MT Space.

“We have a mandate to serve the community, and we’ve had a huge usage by the community.”

Along with the Folk series which Fisher kicks off, The Registry presents the Classics, Jazz and One Night Only music series. The latter really shows off the wide-open programming ethic.

“It’s an eclectic series that could program anything,” said McNaught, who launched the series five years ago.

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“I heard she was looking to play smaller, more intimate venues, and I thought ‘why not?’” he said of the decision to approach the singer’s management company.

It doesn’t get much more intimate than the confines of The Registry, with a maximum capacity of 150 – “I always say there’s not a bad seat in the house, it’s almost like being on the stage.”

Following Fisher’s gig, the popular Folk series presents Riverside Celtic College Faculty on Nov. 29, Girls With Glasses plus Darrell Grant on Jan. 31, Ron Hynes Mar. 14, Dave Gunning & Maria Dunn: East Meets West Double Feature Apr. 18, and the Merrick Jarrett Concert: Finest

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On the jazz front, the series will feature a fan favourite in the K-W Symphony’s principal trumpet and cool jazz player, Larry Larson, plus Stratford Festival diva Barbara Fulton, and Ukrainian pianist Andriy Tykhonov, who now makes Waterloo Region his home. Jazz at The Registry launches its third season with a tribute concert for renowned local musician and music educator Mike Bergauer.

“The jazz series was specifically designed to promote and support local and regional jazz players,” McNaught explained.

Looking to promote contemporary dance, The Registry will present the Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance

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“We’re trying to develop an audience for dance. It’s an acquired taste for some people, especially with contemporary dance, but there are many people who appreciate it.”

In programming music and dance acts, The Registry acts as a booster for those art forms with its own series. The plays there tend to be put on by theatre groups, which have flourished in the area.

“The theatrical side is well-represented by local groups, both professional and amateur.”

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A. Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milk provides a veritable cornucopia of different flavor compounds that may prime her child to try new foods later on -- such as infants of mothers who drank carrot juice during pregnancy or breastfeeding seeming to prefer carrot-flavored cereal, says New Scientist magazine. Other flavors that quickly get into the milk include banana, menthol, licorice and caraway compounds. Though most flavors will be gone within eight hours, they still leave their mark: Breastfeeding may prepare infants for flavor varieties and new experiences when they start to eat solid food. Nor do mothers of bottle-fed infants need to  Q. You certainly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be drivdespair: Since different brands of formula vary in ing around on roadways where there are taste, switching brands from time to time may be lots of blind drivers. But how about â&#x20AC;&#x153;inatjust the menu broadener that baby can use.

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ELMIRA REAL ESTATE Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage SERVICES

Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage TEL. 519-669-5431

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Paul Samis & David Samis PHONE..............519-745-7000

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DIRECT..............519-502-0547

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SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.

DARREN ROMKEY Sales Rep.

LAURIE LANGDON Sales Rep.

DALE KELLER Sales Rep.

MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.

THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES OPEN HOUSE -SUN OCT 5, 2-4PM 7319 Sideroad 15, Moorefield

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$309,900 MOOREFIELD | One acre property in a treed setting on paved road; great family home; recent renovations to doors, windows, well pump; deck, park like setting; fresh paint; NEW MLS

Come one come all to view this well maintained bungalow on quiet crescent near schools. Many updates: new carpet in rec. room (07) furnace, central air, gas fireplace, roof all in (05), patio & water softener (06), dishwasher (07).Main floor is carpet free with hardwood and laminate, side entrance from driveway, detached 14' x 22' garage w/opener, large private yard, plenty of parking in driveway. MLS.

ELMIRA RACEWAY ESTATES

$323,500. Paradigm (Elmira) Homes 1330 open concept bungalow, attractive kitchen, 2 bedroom, 2 full baths also 2 storey homes 1775 and 2000 sq ft homes w/ great layouts, now under construction, pick your choice. MLS.

$259,000 | 26 Tanager St., Elmira

Helping to support the Community,

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A portion of my commision from the sale of every home is donated to the new Dan Snyder Arena.

LOCATION, LOCATION $304,900 ELMIRA | sidesplit, 5 levels of family living space and a mature yard; main floor family room; formal living and dining rooms; partially finished rec room; spacious front foyer; MLS

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BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record

JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-1068 Res: 519-669-8629 MVA Residential

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BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SETTING

50 acre building site, 38 acres workable, high fertility,easy to rent, main tile drain, 12 acres bush/reforestation.

DRAYTON AREA ESTATE LOT - $119,000

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ALLI NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-577-6248

BILL NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-588-1348

$201,000 ELMIRA | Bungalow semi detached home in a great location; close to schools; circular wood stairway to rec room; all brick; new windows (06); new roof (07); natural gas hook-up for BBQ; new garden shed; laminate in bedroom; some new carpet; nicely landscaped; NEW MLS.

TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627

OPEN HOUSES

FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS/ RETIREMENT HOME

THIS S FOR R 30 Mockingbird Drive, Elmira Sun. Oct 5 2-4 pm

52 Memorial Avenue, Elmira Sun. Oct 5 2-4 pm

$220,000 ELMIRA | Perfect starter home for ideal retirement location with new windows; huge lot next to greenbelt; loads of charm. MLS.

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STUNNING HOME - 4 Bdrm, 2 bath home. Renovated kitchen w/ granite countertops, tin ceiling & skylight. Main flr laundry.

Renovated bthrms. Updated windows, wiring, hardwood on main flr, Gas F/P. MLS $274, 900

BACKS TO GREEN SPACE. Tranquil backyard (fenced) w/patio & pond.

Spacious 3 bdrm home (could be a 5 bdrm). Remodelled kitchen open to DA and LRw/laminatefloors. 2updatedbathrooms.

Rec rm w/ gas stove. c/a & furnace (2005).

MLS Reduced to $264,900

$292,500 DRAYTON | This grand custom home features 2nd floor great room, tons of closet space, hardwood and ceramic flooring, an amazing open concept kitchen with stainless steel appliances and tons of up grades. MLS

Marcia Further Information: WEBSITE: www.royallepage.ca EMAIL: Elmira@royallepage.ca

206 First Street W., Elmira Sun. Oct 5 2-4 pm

NEW HOME. 2164 sq.ft. Ready to move into! Upper family room AND living room. Open concept mn flr. 3 baths (ensuite) Walkin closet. W/O from large kitchen. Main flr. laundry. Dble. garage.

Wow! - a walkout basement. Quality constructed. MLS $355,000.

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NEW LISTING! Beautifully manicured lawn and gardens located central to schools and amenities featuring oak kitchen, two bathrooms, large living room w/fireplace, formal dining, hardwood floors, large deck and fenced yard. MLS.

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MILVERTON BIG TWO STORY HOUSE on a double corner lot. 4 bedroom, dining room, kitchen, 2 baths, mostly repainted. .39 acre $154,900 MLS

BUNGALOW! Recently renovated this centrally located home features two bathrooms, beautifully finished rec room, oak kitchen, walkout to new deck and large garden shed, fenced yard. MLS.

$134,900

GREAT STARTER! Good opportunity for first time buyers this home located on a large lot with mature trees offers mnfloor family and laundry rms, 3 bdrms, replaced windows, Hi/eff furnace 2003, new basement windows and ashpalt roof 2008. MLS.

$1,125 per month net

COMMERCIAL! For Lease approximately 2,000 s/f of office or warehouse space, ideal for mechanical contractor or multiple offices. Zoning allows multiple uses. Lots of parking. Only ten minutes to Waterloo. MLS.

Your referrals are appreciated!

NEW HOME (to be built) by quality builder. 1521 sq.ft. Open concept main flr., including kitchen, dinette and great rm. w/cathedral ceiling 2-pce powder rm. 3 spacious bedrooms, incl. huge master with double closets. MLS $269, 900.

BETTER THAN NEW!! Only 3 years old, Master ensuite and walkin closet.

Ceramic and hardwood on the main floor. Eat-in kitchen -walkout to a huge deck and fenced yard. Combination LR/ DR with gas F.P. Finished rec room and play room. C/Air. MLS $294,900.

GREAT LOCATION! Seating capacity 175+, Major addition to rear in 1986, incl. full basement. Ideal for office, lofts, etc. C-1 Zoning. MLS $649,000.

INDUSTRIAL LOT - .49 Acre Lot Dimension: 107' x 196'. Zoned M1-Dry Industrial. Located on Floradale Road (west end of Elmira). MLS $87,900

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to the right place to find a home.

LOTS FOR SALE Country Lots with high speed internet access, 40 to 45 minutes from K/W or Guelph. They are located in the small hamlet of Carthage. Individual well and septic. Great opportunity to build your own house or get us to customize a home for you. Excl.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SECURE PLACE FOR YOUR INVESTMENTS? HERE IS YOUR CHANCE to build your own estate on 36 acres of land, will make a great horse or hobby farm, only 35 min to Waterloo. Creek runs through property, surrounded by trees.

Building permits available. MLS ADDRESS: 4-B

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FAMILY ALBUM

MARRIAGE

BIRTHDAY

Rick and Doreen Shantz are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter

Danielle Christena to Timothy Paul Weber

ROBINSON

With Love from your family

Big brother Parker is excited to announce the birth of his baby brother, Cyrus Michael, born August 22, 2008, weighing 8lb 8ozs.

Proud parents are Richard and Amy Robinson.

Spoiling privilages go to grandparents, Mike and Lori Page and Mark and Sue Robinson. A special thank you to St. Jacobs Midwives, Julie Corey and Sheryl Cronk.

On Saturday, October 4th, 2008.

BIRTHDAY

ANNIVERSARY

To my best friend & Husband

THANK YOU

Happy 9th Birthday

Brianna

Happy 1st Year Anniversary ~Love Amy Amy & Jason Hill October 13, 2007

in memoriam

Hugh Thomson

Son of Paul and Shirley Weber of Drayton, ON The wedding will take place at the home of the bride @ 2:00PM

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Happy 90th Birthday

Love Mom, Dad & Josh

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THANKYOU I would like to thank everyone involved in the success of my recovery, including the volunteer Firefighters and also those who just stopped to help. I would also like to thank all family & friends, and also everyone that has sent cards & get well wishes and offered to assist in any way they can. It is all very much appreciated and makes a person wonder how someone could not appreciate small town living! The have obviously not lived in this community.

Once again Thank You Everyone.

SNYDER, Dan

Feb 23, 1978- Oct 5, 2003

Every day since you’ve been gone, we have missed you. We miss your toothless grin, your twinkling blue eyes, and the sound of your voice. For all the days to come, we will miss you and continue to honour your memory by living each and every day with the passion and grace that you always showed us.

You are forever in our hearts.

Mom, Dad, Jake, Dawn, Gus & Erika

in memoriam

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OCTOBER 8

 Intro to Digital Cameras â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Region of Waterloo Library and Wilfrid Laurier Student Connections; 6:30-8:30 p.m. No experience required. Includes demonstration and workbook, $4 and pre-registration required. Elmira Branch Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira, 519-669-5477.

OCTOBER 10

 H.U.G.S. Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Woolwich Community Health Centre. Topic: How a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body changes during pregnancy and after. For parents and their children (zero to five years); 9:15-11:30 a.m.; 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs, 519-664-3794.

OCTOBER 15

 Discover the Fresh Taste of Wellesley Township. Come out to meet and support local producers and sample/purchase their products. Guest speaker: Loral Derksen Heibert, doctor of naturopathic medicine. She will speak of her experience of eating a 100-mile diet. Music by Janet and Hank Sonnenberg; 4:30-7 p.m. at the Linwood Community Centre. This is a free event.

October 16

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 Caregiver Coffee Hour â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Woolwich Community Health Centre. Continuation series on the Alzheimer Journey. If you are a resident of Woolwich Township and acquainted with the struggles of family dealing with dementia, you are welcome to join us for support and education; 10-11:30 a.m. at Chateau Gardens Elmira.

Call Lorraine, 519-664-3794, ext. 229.

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 Woolwich Adult Health Fair. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Its more fun to be healthy.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Keynote speaker Walter Gretzky. Skits, speakers, displays, fitness breaks, pole walking demo, massage, reflexology, blood pressure and hearing screening; 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Woodside Bible Fellowship, 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. Everyone welcome, no admission fee. Call Joy at 519-664-3534, ext. 230.

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 Woolwich Caregiver Support Group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Woolwich Community Health Centre. Education and support in caring for the needs of an elderly or ill loved one; 10-11:15 a.m. at 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs, 519-664-3794, ext. 229 for more information.

OCTOBER 19

 Woolwich Trails Group hike at 2 p.m. Two-hour hike at Schneiders Woods. Trail rating: challenging due to steep hills. No baby buggies or dogs please. Bring your drinking water. Call Paul Miller at 519-664-3643 to confirm meeting times and locations.

OCTOBER 18

 Gospel Concert and Silent Auction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 p.m. Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award winning Southern Gospel Quartet, the Torchmen Quartet, will be performing. A silent auction featuring 100 items donated from local businesses and team members will be featured.

Free admission. Refreshments will be available. Free-will offering. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. All proceeds will go towards building materials to build two houses in Mexico this November. Calvary United Church, St. Jacobs.

New to the Community?

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OCTOBER 23

 Turkey Supper â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Drayton United Church. Tickets at the door, adults $12, children 10 and under $5, preschoolers free; 5-7p.m. at P.M.D. Community Centre, Drayton.

OCTOBER 25

SANYO CANADIAN

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 Hawaiian Luau Dinner and dessert bar â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Elmira Legion Ladies auxiliary. Two sittings, 5 and 7 p.m. Adults $12, six to 10 $5, five and under $2. Tickets available at Legion bar; 11 First St. E., Elmira or call 519-669-2932

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OCTOBER 26

 Hungry Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breakfast â&#x20AC;&#x201C; St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church. From 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. The breakfast is being hosted by the members of St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church, Elmira. Proceeds go towards the lift recently installed at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.  St. Jacobs Reptile Expo. Featuring a wide variety of reptile breeders, dealers, retail stores, rescues and educational groups from all over southern Ontario with many unique animals. Fun for the whole family; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission $4 adults and $2 for children under 12. Woolwich Community Centre, 31 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs, 519-884-0246.

NOVEMBER 5

 Preventing a PC Disaster â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Region of Waterloo Library and Wilfrid Laurier Student Connections; 6:30-8:30 p.m. No experience required. Includes demonstration and workbook, $4 and pre-registration required. Elmira Branch Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira, 519-669-5477.

RENTALS

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Room for rent in spaIn-Law suite for rent. Pri- cious older home locatvate, kitchen, livingroom ed near downtown Elmand washroom. Includes ira. Parking and launheat, hydro, satellite and dry available. $500/per all appliances, $650/per month. Please call month. Call Willis 519-635-7025.

519-638-2699.

For Lease Attractive One bed- inSpace Wellesley. Daily or room Apartment for rent, weekly. Rates start at available now. Appliances included, no pets, no smok- $35/day. Great for yoga classes, meetings, any ing. 519-669-5657. business function etc. Bright, Spacious, 1&2 Call 519-656-9491 or bedroom apartments in 519-505-0971 to book quiet building. Ideal for your space. non-smoking mature tenWOOLWICH ant. Close to downtown.

MEMORIAL CENTRE Laundry, parking.

ICE TIME 519-669-3423.

Recreation OfDrayton, Semi de- Call tached, 3 bedroom, 2 fice 519-669-1647 ext. bath. Large yard, detached 259 to request ice at garage. $775 + utilities per the NEW COMPLEX month. First and last. 519- starting in September 2009.

291-1765. Elmira - One bedroom, COMING EVENTS $495 + utilities, no pets.

Downtown location, im- Âť ÂťBreslauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 19th Anmediate. 519-669-5431 or nual Arts and Craft 519-669-8074.

Sale. Saturday, Octo36 Memorial Ave., Elm- ber 18th, 2008, 9a.m.ira. 2 BR apt. available 3p.m. Breslau Public Nov. 1st., only $750 + util. School, Joseph Street.

100 vendors with excelPlease call 519-744-3711. lent gift ideas. AdmisWonderful Wines Living accommoda- sion $2 - Door Prizes! tions in Elmira for mature, Raffles! All Proceeds single, christian girl. Non- go to the school. Orsmoker, no pets. Shared ganizer kitchen, private bath, rec- 519-648-2522. room. 519-669-3996 after GARAGE SALES 5p.m. One Or Two person Hunting and Fishapartment in St. Jacobs ing Garage Sale, Ocon quiet street. Large kitch- tober 4, 8a.m. Three en and living room. Two Jr. Browning LH Combedrooms, balcony and pound Bows, fishing porch. Parking for one line, plastic baits, game car. Available immediately. calls and more. Bargain $1000/mth, includes heat prices. All new items. and hydro. Call 519-8977947 8th line Mapleton, 1345. between Wellington Rd. One Or Two person 11 and 12. apartment in St. Jacobs on quiet street. Large kitchen Âť ÂťOctober 4, 8a.m. and living room. Two bed- 1 2 0 4 G e d d e s S t . rooms, balcony and porch. Hawkesville. Building Parking for one car. Avail- supplies, housewares, able January 1. $1000/mth, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s items, appliincludes heat and hydro. ances, furniture, home decor, and more.

Call 519-897-1345.

DEATH NOTICES KLAWITTER, Henry Otto

VOLL, Herbert E.

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Born January 25, 1918. Passed away at Pinehaven Nursing Home, Waterloo, on Monday September 29, 2008, at age 90.

Local relatives are daughter Karen Helwig and her husband Bud of Elmira.

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Herb passed away peacefully, at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Hospital, on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at the age of 81. He was born and raised in Linwood.

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away, but also those pesky starlings and black birds. Martha is proud of the quality of seeds and feeders that you see in our store and assures you that her goal is to satisfy you as a customer. We have a large selection of bird feeders, squirrel feeders, bird houses, feeder stands, mounting poles and various accessories including bird books. Enjoy your stay in our store and please feel free to ask any questions that you may have.

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Bird feeding has become a very popular pastime. More and more people are discovering the joys of attracting songbirds to their backyards. As with all beginner hobbyists, these new bird enthusiasts have many questions. This column is dedicated to answering some of the most frequently asked questions.

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I FOUND A BABY BIRD OUT OF ITS NEST. WHAT SHOULD I DO? The best care baby birds can receive is from their actual parents. So if at all possible, the best thing to do is to return the baby to the nest it came from. If the original nest has been destroyed, you can make a nest out of a berry basket lined with grasses, twigs, pine needles etc. and secure it to the tree branches with wire. Replace the baby in the nest and watch from a distance to see if the parents return. If they are not back in 30 minutes, the baby needs to be brought to a registered rehabilitator.

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The fledgling stage of a bird is the most vulnerable stage. The fledgling can flutter and fly short distances, but does not have the same strength to fly as that of its parents. Often the parents are watching nearby to help teach the fledglings how to search for and obtain food. This is a normal cycle of nature and should not be interfered with by humans with good intentions.

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This question is related to West Nile Virus. West Nile Virus is an illness that is contracted by mosquitoes when they bite infected birds. West Nile Virus is not spread from one person to another through direct contact.

As far as birdbaths being breeding grounds for mosquitoes, one simply has to do the math. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water, and the larvae needs two to three days to hatch. So if you replace your water in your birdbath at least every two days during their breeding season, no mosquitoes will reproduce. This also reduces harmful bacteria that grows in dirty water and can harm birds.

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