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DOGGY TREATS Three-year-old black lab Yuri, a resident of the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society and trainer nancy Cressman paid a visit to grade 1 student james berti and grade 2 student Addison Dinkel at Conestogo Public School on Thursday. The visit was to educate students about proper pet care, and to thank the school for their annual donation of pet food, treats and toys, collected by the students and staff.
Woolwich favours hard divide between urban, rural Changes in regional official plan not likely to favour CRA proposal, but Breslau to see more development STEVE KANNON Waterloo Region’s determination to maintain a hard divide between rural and urban areas – a sentiment shared by Woolwich – likely bodes ill for a development plan near St. Jacobs. The boundaries in the new regional plan do favour future development proposed for the Breslau area, however. The separation of urban and rural areas – known as the countryside line – is part of the new regional official plan (ROP) adopted by council in the sum-
mer. But the issue is now a topic of discussion in a series of public meetings in the four townships, wrapping up in Elmira next Thursday evening. Although the region sees no reason to change its protected countryside policies, when voting for the new ROP councillors did ask staff to seek public input, explained Kevin Curtis, the region’s manager of strategic policy development. The policies are intended to protect farmland, wooded areas and watercourses from development by prohibiting the expansion of existing urban areas
into the protected countryside. Like the region, Woolwich Township is happy to keep those boundaries in place. “We support the concept of a hard countryside line, a strong divide between urban and rural areas,” Dan Kennaley, director of engineering and planning, said in an interview. That policy is likely to have the most significant impact on a proposal by engineering consultants Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA) to build a business park on 107 acres near the intersection of King and Bridge streets, encompassing what is
now much of the Kuntz gravel pit. In order to proceed, the development would overstep the hard boundary between the City of Waterloo’s urban space on one side of Bridge Street and the protected rural area that is Woolwich’s territory on the other. In Breslau, meanwhile, the extension of the countryside line slightly north of Hwy. 7 to a point that includes what will be the new highway makes way for potential development. That includes future plans by Smart Centres for retail stores on some 50 acres of land north of
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“If you’re a dog person and you spent a day with them, you’d notice the difference.” Chris Pepper
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WARM AND FUZZY Ula and Chris Pepper hold Madzia and Chmurnik, two of their four barbet dogs. The Peppers have dedicated themselves to raising awareness of the rare breed and starting a breeding program. More informaPHOTO | joni miltenburg tion on the breed and their dogs can be found on their website, www.thefriendlybarbet.com.
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Elmira couple go from casual pet owners to determined potential saviours of barbet water dogs
JONI MILTENBURG When Elmira’s Chris and Ula Pepper got their first dog six years ago, they went to a Mennonite farmer in Wellesley Township and picked out a puppy from the litter tumbling around the barn. Their second dog involved making contact with a local breeder and asking a lot of questions. Their next three dogs involved flights to Poland, the Netherlands and Finland, reams of paperwork, microchips and vet inspections. For the Peppers, it’s all been worth it. Four of their five dogs are barbet, or French water dogs. They’re very rare – there are only 1,000 of them worldwide – and the Peppers have dedicated themselves to promoting and increasing the breed. The barbet is a common an-
cestor to the poodle, Newfoundland and Portuguese water dog. It’s a medium-sized dog that looks bigger than it is, thanks to a thick, curly coat. The dogs are energetic and playful, and webbed feet make them great swimmers and hunters. With five dogs romping around the living room, a visitor might wonder what the Peppers have got themselves into. But barbet aren’t hyper; once playtime is over, they quickly settle down. That energy level is what the Peppers were looking for when they started talking about getting a second dog. Qbert, their border collie/beagle cross, has a lot of energy and loves to swim, and they wanted a dog that could match him stroke for stroke across a lake. They learned about Paula Ballak from a newspaper article. The first barbet breeder in Ontario, Ballak has become
their mentor in all things to do with the breed. And when Ballak’s dog Alma had a litter, the Peppers got Madzia, their first barbet. With a little curly-haired bundle of energy of their own, the Peppers decided they would do more than just raise a pet: they would start a breeding program of their own. “We just realized that for how few there are, we might as well step up to the plate and help the breed out,” Chris said. Other breeders in Europe have supported them, happy to see another breeding program on this side of the Atlantic. That was partly why Polish breeder Piotr Piotrowski saved the best male from one of his litters for them; the other reason is that he was delighted that a Polish girl in Canada (Ula was born in Krakow) wanted one of his dogs. The next dog, Chmurnik, flew
to Canada with Ula in March, and the Peppers had their first experience bringing a dog into this country. There’s considerable work involved in importing a dog for breeding: an import permit, a microchip, all shots up to date, an official stamp from the country of origin, figuring out what requirements the airline has, arranging for a vet inspector to meet the dog at the airport … “If you miss one thing, they’ll send the dog back,” Chris said. “And it’s sent back at your expense.” The flights and fees aren’t even the most expensive part; the pups themselves, because of their rarity, sell for about $2,000. In July, Ula brought home Banditt from the Netherlands. Many barbet have a patch of white on their chests, but Banditt is a rare piebald, with a white collar, legs and tail.
Two weeks later, she flew home from Finland with Daphné, their second female. Banditt and Daphné are both fostered out; until they get a kennel licence, the township’s bylaws prevent them from keeping more than three adult dogs on their property. When they get their licence, the Peppers are hoping to add two more females. Eventually they’d like to have two litters a year. The breeding program will begin in earnest when Madzia has her first litter of puppies next year. The Peppers have already made contact with several prospective owners, including a family from Florida who flew to Canada to meet the dogs. While they’d prefer to have the puppies stay close to home, Ula and Chris are willing to let them go to the U.S. to boost the status See DOGS »06
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Like a wayward child, capitalism needs a firm hand Perhaps it’s the floundering economy that’s made a rock star of Paul Krugman. An economist who teaches at Princeton University, Krugman and his prescriptions for dealing with the recession have taken center stage in the discussion about extricating ourselves from this mess. He was certainly the center of attention in Waterloo last weekend as The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) hosted its annual conference, bringing together a range of policy experts to discuss the global economy. Krugman delivered the keynote address, meeting with the media beforehand to field questions. Krugman, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics, has in fact enjoyed celebrity status for some time for his prolific writing and his ability to explain sometimes arcane economic theory in language accessible to the public – he’s written a popular op-ed piece for the New York Times since 1999. His star ascended even higher as the George W. Bush formula continued to tank and Barack Obama came to power. Krugman’s take on economics is essentially Keynesian, refuting the Milton Friedman philosophies embraced by the U.S. Republican party and its most ardent right-wing supporters. He welcomed the massive stimulus spending in the U.S. In fact, he thinks more is needed, perhaps as much as three per cent of that country’s GDP, or
some $900 billion. Even with that, he’s not overly optimistic there’ll be a turnaround in the near future. “I worry that this thing can go on for a long time,” he says. While we might be at the technical end of the recession, with some measure of growth and a rebounding stock market, the indicators that matter most to average people, particularly employment figures, continue to worsen, he notes. Stimulus spending helped pull some parts of the economy back from the brink, but won’t help employment numbers until late next year; if the last two recessions are any indication, the job market will lag the technical recovery by 18 months. He admits to being surprised by the fragility of the financial system, which experienced a meltdown akin to the bank runs of 1930-31. “I thought that was impossible. But there have been a lot of surprises, most of them nasty.” Given the level of personal debt, the consumer spending orgy that fueled the last boom is unlikely to be repeated as we look to recover this time. Those excesses, especially the unprecedented borrowing to buy homes, led to the bubble bursting and the eventual collapse. Now, the near-zero levels of savings are likely to increase – we’re saving more for a rainy day – but not likely to rebound to the eight or nine per cent seen in the past: we’ll spend, but will likely do so more wisely, he suggests. Americans lost $11 trillion in wealth in this downturn. They’ll be looking to get some of that back. In the absence of a consumer-led recovery, more stimulus
will be needed. Ideally, he says, we need a source of demand, something on the scale of the invention of the Internet or the railroad to drive major business investment. Even with that kind of investment, the U.S. system, which has such a profound influence on the rest of the world, needs an overhaul, particularly in the rules governing financial institutions, Krugman argues. In his latest book, The Return of Depression Economics and The Crisis of 2008, he notes that regulations were loosened, allowing the rise of what he calls the shadow banking system. These were the real culprits, largely unregulated parts of the financial system that passed out loans like candy and then, eschewing risk, rolled high risk mortgages into what were touted as safe investments. “As long as housing prices kept rising, everything looked fine and the Ponzi scheme kept rolling,” he writes. Homeowners thought the good times would continue, with rising prices covering off the fact they’d overextended themselves on their mortgages. Lenders paid no heed to the loans, “because they didn’t hold on to them. Instead, they
sold them to investors, who didn’t understand what they were buying.” This “securitization” of home mortgages involved “assembling large pools of mortgages, then selling investors shares in the payments received from borrowers.” Many of these lenders were organizations such as investment banks which fell outside the regulatory system, having been minor players in years past. By the time Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, the top five investment banks had $4 trillion on the books. The deregulation frenzy didn’t even come into play, though “malign neglect” saw many oversights by the overseers, Krugman says. What’s needed now is tighter regulation. There used to be such controls, but over the past three decades or so, governments “threw away the rulebook.” A liberal in the American sense of the word, he likens his political position to the social democrats of Europe. He still favours a market system over any other. Referencing Michael Moore’s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, Krugman says the capitalist system is here to stay, but requires ground rules – “capitalism with adult supervision.”
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Wellesley township council this week approved paying each of the township’s three fire stations a flat fee of $175 for Halloween night. Each station will have firefighters on duty to respond to Halloweenrelated mischief calls between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m., eliminating the need to page all firefighters in the event of a call. The fee does not cover incidents unrelated to Halloween such as medical, fire or accident calls, where firefighters would still be paged.
GRCA award for bird work Wellesley resident Murray Schlueter’s longstanding work with bluebirds saw him pick up a Watershed Award from the Grand River Conservation Authority Oct. 3. He was cited for being a guardian of bluebirds. This year alone he ensured that 42 baby birds took to the skies from bluebird boxes he builds and oversees. Schlueter has played a role in bringing these shy birds back from the brink of extinction by installing the boxes throughout the area over many years. Watershed Awards are presented to groups and individuals who have undertaken projects to enhance the natural environment in the Grand River watershed.
Time to roll out the barrel Along with eating too much turkey, the Oktoberfest parade is a Thanksgiving staple in Waterloo Region. On Monday, the parade will be led by Grand Marshal Walter Ostanek, the polka king who is at the heart of this year’s effort to “Save the Polka.” The petition drive follows this summer’s announcement by the Recording Academy that the Grammy Awards had eliminated the Best Polka Album category. Ostanek, who has been performing since 1963, has received three Grammy Awards and 13 nominations. The nine-day extravaganza that is Oktoberfest gets its official kickoff Friday with the tapping of the keg in Kitchener. After that, the action heats up at 13 accredited festhallen, including Oberkrainer Haus in Breslau. Founded in 1969, Oktoberfest is touted as Canada’s Greatest Bavarian Festival, celebrating German heritage, food, music and festivities while supporting some 50 not-for-profit organizations; more than $1.5 million is raised each year.
Students pumped to make a difference globally Participants in Me to We conference inspired by work of young activist Craig Kielburger KATIE EDMONDS The work of children’s rights activist Craig Kielburger proved to be an inspiration for a group of EDSS students who attended the Me to We conference Monday in Toronto. Kielburger, the 26-yearold founder of Free the Children, was joined by celebrities such as Robert Kennedy Jr., pop star Justin Bieber, Toronto Argonauts CEO Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemens and former prime minister Paul Martin at the Air Canada Centre. Free the Children, started in 1995 by a 12-year-old Kielburger, aims to save children from poverty and exploitation through training local students with domestic empowerment programs and leadership training. On Monday, student adviser David VandenBerg and his EDSS troupe cheered alongside 16,000 student leaders who got pumped up to make changes in their community. Hundreds of thousands more tuned in online. The event, called ‘a rock concert for social change,’ was a field trip for the EDSS students who are part of the “O Ambassadors” team,
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BRAINSTORMING EDSS students Nick Timmerman (top left), Madeline Charnuski, Robyn Beckett, Kurtis Rempel and Caelen Rank put their heads together to come up with ways that they can make a difference within their school and community after arriving home from Monday’s Me to We conference in Toronto. an initiative started by youth leadership pro- realizing that Craig [KielFree The Children and gram, discussing topics burger] is just an everyOprah’s Angel Network. such as getting fresh wa- day guy. He just read a stoThe students, who after ter for areas which are ry in the newspaper one high school want to pur- lacking, building schools morning when he was sue careers in teaching, in poverty stricken places 12 and decided to start global studies, medicine and creating job opportu- a small project that is a and nursing, are now nities for women. It’s an huge thing now. It is very ready to take what they opportunity which has encouraging because we learned at the conference led EDSS student Made- can do that.” By participating in Free and bring it back to their line Charnuski to consider pursuing global studies The Children’s Adoptown schools. In the months following as her major in university. a-Village program, stu“The most inspiring dents learn about social the event, students will participate in a year-long part of the day for me was issues and discover how
they can be part of the solution to both local and global challenges. They also raise awareness and funds to build schools and support clean water, health and alternative income projects for communities in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, India, Sierra Leone and China. O Ambassador Kurtis Rempel said that although the rock-concert aspect of the day was fun, what he will remember most about the event is the shared enthusiasm of all the students in the room, and the passion that the event organizers have for their cause. “One of the coolest things I noticed was that when both of them were onstage talking about the opportunities we have, they would pump their fists at every point. He (Keilburger) was so into it. He gives his whole life to it. It’s pretty amazing to see how much he puts his whole heart into it.” Robyn Beckett, one of the younger students on the trip, was glad that conference organizers really emphasized the importance of doing good things rather than simply talking about it. “People always say they are going to do big things, make big changes, but See ME TO WE »06
Wellesley looks to streamline purchasing policy Move would increase threshold for staff to handle items already in township budget JONI MILTENBURG The Township of Wellesley is set to review its purchasing bylaw, with an eye to cutting down the number of small-budget items that are brought to council for approval. Coun. Jim Olender called for the review at the Oct. 5 council meeting, questioning why lowcost purchases that are included in the budget
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EDSS students take part in national leadership conference KATIE EDMONDS Among student leaders gathered last week in Alberta, the Waterloo Region contingent, including EDSS, took a leadership role. “The Waterloo Region was just awesome – the best by far. Our students seemed to be the most energetic, the most fun, the funniest. It was great,” said James Toronchuk, one of Elmira District Secondary School’s council co-presidents. For four days last week more than 800 students and advisors from across Canada attended the 25th anniversary Canadian Student Leadership conference in Olds, Alberta. During the five day event, the delegates were able to meet with other school leadership groups from all 10 provinces and the Northwest Territories. Students who attended the Alberta conference had the opportunity to
learn how they could enhance the successful leadership programs already running in their schools. In addition, they made connections across the country with other young people interested in the same types of projects as themselves. EDSS student council co-president Caelen Rank said that some of the best connections made, however, were with those students from right here in Waterloo Region. “This was an awesome opportunity to talk to leaders of other schools in our neighbourhood. By the time we arrived home, we were like a little family.” The conference was successful in bringing youth people together, said conference spokesperson Tara Sly. “This truly is a national youth event. It brings together youth leaders in a place where they can share their passions for both leadership and
helping people positively every day in their local and global communities.” When the conference was in its early planning stages, one of its goals was to be one of the greenest Canadian Student Leadership Conferences held to date. With the support of Bullfrog Power Inc., a company who injects carbon-free green power onto the Alberta energy grid to match the amount of electricity used by this event, this seems to have become a reality. The conference was a jam-packed event with a mixture of student workshops, keynote speakers, an opportunity to see Western landscapes, and a chance to experience a little “cowboy culture” at its best during a Heritage Day event at the Calgary Stampede. Next year’s CSLC will be hosted by Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School in Montreal.
Me to We: Every action counts » From page 05
then they get caught up in the things happening in their life and so they don’t actually act. You really need to push yourself to make any difference. Everyone has a passion, and something they are good at so it is important to really try and bring out the best in the people around you.” Although the EDSS students are pumped up and ready to work for their community, they realize that others at the school,
for a variety of reasons, may not feel as enthusiastic. Rempel said EDSS is a very “involved” school in many ways, but that there is always room for improvement. “It is not that they don’t want to get involved – it’s simply that they don’t think it’s the ‘cool’ thing to do, or maybe they just don’t know how. People need to open up and say, ‘I want to do something’ because the opportunity is there.”
Student council co-president Caelen Rank says that her mind has been changed about the impact that the EDSS students might be able to have. “People always say, ‘I am just one person, I can’t do anything to make change’ … but look at Craig: he is one person, but then he got his class behind him and look where he is today. Don’t think that you can’t do good things because no matter how small something is, it is making a difference.”
Policy: More staff discretion » From page 05
expressed some reservations about giving staff the go-ahead to make purchases that are included in the budget. “Just because it’s in the budget, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a done
deal,” he said. Olender also noted that even some items that are under the limits outlined in the bylaw are being brought to council for approval, and perhaps staff isn’t aware of what’s in the bylaw.
Olender is aiming to have any changes to the policy in place before next year’s budget is passed, to streamline purchasing next year. Staff is set to report back at the next council meeting Oct. 20.
Dogs: Boosting their numbers » From page 03
of the breed there. The barbet isn’t recognized by the American Kennel Club; they has to be 300 dogs for the breed to be recognized, and there are only 40 now.
Even though they’re starting a breeding program, the dogs are still pets. The Peppers moved from Waterloo to a house outside Elmira so they’d have a few acres for the dogs to run and a back-
yard pool for them to splash in. “They’re really a different dog,” Chris said. “If you’re a dog person and you spent a day with them, you’d notice the difference.”
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Countryside: Cap on development for part of Thomasfield Homes’ holdings. The Guelph-based company, which is developing the Hopewell Heights subdivision, has extensive holdings in and around Breslau. President Tom Krizsan sees potential in the land between Victoria Street and what will be the new Hwy. 7. In the nearer-term, the company is looking to develop a mixed-use project on part of its 560 acres immediately east of the village. The developer is currently working with regional and township staff on a proposal that would see a mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses on that site. The municipalities had been holding out for only industrial development, but there appears to be some movement on that front. “Our goal is to have a concept plan and a complete application by December or January,” said Krizsan of the latest compromise.
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CHECKIN’ THE LOAD Waterloo regional Police conducting a routine safety check flagged trucks into the parking lot at the elmira Foodland store Tuesday afternoon.
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Safety blitz
Kids encouraged to walk to school KATIE EDMONDS Walk, walk, walk to school. Happily down the street. Walk with neighbours, walk with friends. Walking to school is sweet. Sung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” that song was heard this week over the morning announcements at Riverside Public School, promoting International Walk to School Day Oct. 7. The day kicked off a month that focuses on increasing everyday walking, both to school and at school. Students at schools
across Waterloo Region joined more than three million children from some 40 countries – India to Italy to South Africa – who participated in Walk to School Day. The Active and Safe Routes to School Committee has organized many of the events happening in schools around the region. Committee member Marion Kelterborn said that walking at this time of year is especially important as it establishes a routine for children to follow throughout the year. There’s no reason for kids not to walk to school if they are able, she added.
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“There is a lot of positive benefit to walking, not only from the safety aspect but also from the health aspect. It’s good for our bodies, it’s good for our lungs, and it’s good for our heart.” Since the event began at a school in Great Britain in 1994, its popularity has grown and it is now recognized as a monthlong initiative around the world. Its goals include encouraging physical activity by teaching kids how to identify safe routes to school, promoting the benefits of walking and raising awareness about the need for walkable communities.
It also touts other benefits, including a reduction in crime by taking back neighborhoods for people on foot, reducing traffic congestion, pollution, and speeding near schools. “We talk a lot about our environment these days and by being green and reducing the amount of pollution we put in the air, walking can keep our environment a little bit healthier too,” explained Kelterborn. Barb Finn, a teacher at Riverside Public School, has had her students create posters to hang around the school telling other kids the benefits of
walking to school and being more active. An idea presented by the Safe Routes Committee, and now being adopted by many schools in the Waterloo Region, is a program called the walking school bus, in which families in a neighbourhood agree to walk to school together, perhaps with parents taking turns, a similar arrangement to a carpool. Trained student volunteers or adults lead students on a planned route that has designated “bus stops.” If just nine families participate regularly in a walking school bus over the course of a school
year, they could collectively prevent almost 1,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. Finn said this program, and any which encourages kids to use active transportation – their own power –rather than fossil fuels is worth encouraging and promoting. “One of the most important things we can do is to make a link from the school to the kids’ homes. The school can encourage walking, but it’s the families at home who make the decisions about how their kids are getting to school.”
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Pink spray paint links three acts of vandalism September 30
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October 1
8:30 AM | Police received a report of a break-and-enter that occurred sometime over the past month. Unknown suspects broke into a residence on Meadowlark Road, through unlocked doors, and made off with a number of jewelry items. 9:10 PM | A minor collision occurred when two vehicles were attempting to turn right from Northfield Drive on to Sawmill Road. The first vehicle, driven by a 51-year-old woman, began to turn and then stopped. The trailing vehicle, driven by a 19-year-old woman, was unable to stop quickly enough and rearended the first. The driver of the second vehicle has been charged with ‘following too closely.’ There were no injuries.
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1:23 PM | A 41-year-old Wallenstein man driving a tractor trailer cut off and severely damaged a Buick driven by
Overnight vandalism had police busy Tuesday morning, starting with a 9 a.m. report from an employee of Josslin Insurance who found graffiti on the back door of their building: swastikas in fluorescent pink, as well as the exterior lights being painted red sometime overnight. St. James Lutheran Church in Elmira fell victim to similar vandalism, with a swastika and profanity having been spray-painted in fluorescent pink on the back door to the church some time overnight. A third report of vandalism came from a Bristow Creek Drive address in Elmira. The complainant reported that for several weeks someone has been knocking on their front door and then running away before anyone answers. This time, when they opened the door they found someone had spray painted a fluorescent pink stripe on it. The witness reported seeing two boys, approximately 15 years of age, around the time of the incident; one was seen riding a small aluminum scooter.
a 66-year-old Kitchener man while turning left from Floradale Road onto Reid Woods Drive. The driver of the tractor trailer has been charged with making an unsafe turn.
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11:37 AM | A men’s 12-speed Venture mountain bike, red in colour, was found overnight on a residential lawn. The bike may be claimed by its rightful owner at the Elmira detachment.
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11:02 PM | A 45-year-old Paisley man hit a deer while driving on Arthur Street approaching the Sawmill Road roundabout. The animal was killed.
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9:00 PM | The hardtop of a Jeep was stolen off of the vehicle while it was parked at a Manser Road address. The hardtop is black, with tinted windows and a broken wind-
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Ontario’s eHealth scandal continues to unfold, not becoming yesterday’s news fast enough to help Premier Dalton McGuinty save face. A damning report by Auditor-General Jim McCarter paints a picture of favouritism run amok in the agency, which blew through $1 billion with little to show for it as the province tries to implement an electronic system for its health records. In a report released this week, McCarter confirmed allegations made earlier this year that eHealth Ontario awarded contracts to certain companies without giving other firms a chance to compete were “largely true,” as were allegations of favouritism in the awarding of such contracts. For example, one firm that bid 500 per cent more than the next qualified bidder was invited to bid again, the only company offered such an opportunity, and, after lowering its bid significantly, won the contract. Another firm that was awarded untendered contracts on the first phase of several projects was awarded many subsequent contracts worth about $7 million to work on successive phases of those projects. McCarter’s findings were enough to
prompt the resignation of Health Minister David Caplan, who had been rocked by successive eHealth scandals. Those involved in the agency have tried to justify the practices by citing the need for speed and continuity. Tendering every facet of the project, they claimed, would slow down the process that was already well behind what other provinces have accomplished on the electronic records front. As well, given how few experts exist in the field, tendering would not be the panacea critics claimed, they argued. The former argument – speed – was debunked by McCarter, who noted the recent replacements of the eHealth Ontario board chair and CEO mark “the fourth such overhaul of leadership at eHealth Ontario and its predecessor” and each of these overhauls brought with it its own period of transition where progress on the initiative’s objectives was slowed or, at times, virtually halted. That lack of progress, coupled with massive cost overruns, puts to rest the second argument that specialized experts were necessary and hard to come by, thus justifying the huge payouts they received. The agency was rife with consultants pulling in large payments for work that of-
» VERBATIM “Ontario taxpayers have not received value for money for this $1-billion investment.” Auditor-General Jim McCarter on the eHealth Ontario finanical mess
ten went unchallenged and unsupervised. While eHealth had fewer than 30 full-time employees, the number of consultants ballooned to more than 300, some of them holding senior management positions. The agency ignored even its own lax policies in handing out plum contracts. McCarter laid most of the blame on former eHealth Ontario CEO Sarah Kramer, who resigned under pressure in June, but not before taking a $317,000 severance package. The Auditor-General found she routinely issued untendered contracts, with favouritism at play. And even the outrageous fees paid to those consultants went unmonitored. This week’s report cites the case of one consultant hired at the bloated rate of $1,300 per day who actually received $1,500 daily. Although the overpayments amounted to $45,720 by the end of the contract, managers opted not to recover the difference. McGuinty has vowed to put new rules in place to prevent a repeat of the eHealth scenario, also pledging to have an electronic health records system in place by 2015. Ontarians will be looking for action.
» THE MONITOR Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 74,300 in July, up 0.5% from June. This was the first increase since payroll employment peaked in October 2008. The proportion of industries experiencing job gains rose for the third consecutive month in July to 57%, up from 47% in June. Statistics Canada
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Vancouver makes crushing freedoms a new Olympic event Security, and the cost thereof, is already a big issue months ahead of the Olympics in Vancouver. Officials have raised the specter of the violent clashes that rocked World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle and Quebec City. To combat these forecasted dangers, the taxpayer is spending one billion dollars, at last count, and using 16,000 police and armed forces personnel. To support this gross overkill, Bud Mercer, head of the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit, has said, “locally, provincially, nationally and internationally, there are groups that are considering or planning to engage in criminal protests during the 2010 Games. North America and Canada are not strangers to criminal protests during major events -- the 1999 Seattle WTO, 2001 in Quebec City or the Stanley Cup riot. There are things that will happen during a major event that we have a responsibility to plan and prepare for ...” Mercer added that such precautions include more than 900 cameras to guard the perimeters of Olympic
venues, the creation of “free speech” zones where protesters can legally demonstrate, and a 2010 security force of 7,000 police, 5,000 private security officers and 4,500 members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Mercer didn’t define just what a “criminal protest,” was but one suspects it is much different than my definition and that of many readers. Mercer and authorities ought to know, but evidently don’t know, that protesters waving banners and shouting insults don’t assassinate people. They annoy the hell out of the establishment, which some might say is an excellent reason for encouraging them, but they don’t assassinate. (I’m not talking here of the huge riots we’ve seen, alas, in other lands. But Mr. Mercer clearly isn’t thinking of them either.) The Americans have had four presidential assassinations: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. All these men were killed by a single fanatic. Indeed, Lincoln, in the midst of a civil war, moved easily in large crowds, as did Kennedy in his day at the height of the Cold War. Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were killed by individual assassins and not by picketers. Robert Kennedy was assassinated by a single mad man, and Archduke Ferdinand,
whose assassination in July 1914 triggered the First World War, was killed by an anarchist. Mohandas Gandhi, and the unrelated sharers on his surname, Indira and Raj, were killed not by protesters but by individual terrorists; in the case of Mohandas and Raj Gandhi, by Hindu fanatics; and in Mrs. Gandhi’s case, it was two of her bodyguards. Lord Louis Mountbatten died when IRA members planted a bomb on his yacht. There have been at least three unsuccessful attempts on the lives of U.S. presidents: Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan. None were by protesters. Mr. Mercer and others of his persuasion would do well to read the law which both here and in the United States is in clear, unadorned English. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states in section two: “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d) freedom of association.” The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exer-
cise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Thomas Jefferson said, “Those who would sacrifice liberty for security are deserving of neither.” Yes, these are perilous times but the truth remains. Large crowds waving banners and shouting slogans do not kill people. What they do is make it embarrassing because, in the words of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, they offend “those set in authority over us.” It’s interesting to note that policeman Mercer talks about special places for protesters just as they have third amendment sites for free speech in America. What the hell point is there in making people protest in places where the objects of their attention are out of earshot and thus invisible to the media? Does it take 16,500 cops and soldiers to ferret out potential assassins and locate them? That, plus denying honest citizens their right to associate and protest? Of course not. This is 1997 APEC revisited, where one radical youth was put in jail severSee MAIR »12
» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER
A how-to primer on getting out of Afghanistan President Barack Obama has just promised not to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan or pull them out entirely as part of the current review of U.S. strategy there, but he has not promised to increase them. Could he privately be having second thoughts about the whole war? “The maximum estimate is less than a hundred (al-Qaida members) operating in (Afghanistan), no bases, no ability to launch attacks on us or our allies,” said President Obama’s national security adviser, General James Jones, in an interview on CNN last week. In that case, why does the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, want another 40,000 troops? The Washington orthodoxy insists that there is essentially no difference between al-Qaeda, the mostly Arab organization that ordered the 9/11 attacks on the United States, and the Taliban, the local Islamist extremists who controlled most of Afghanistan before the U.S. invasion in 2001 and allowed alQaeda to have camps there. If the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan, al-Qaeda would be back like a shot. But hang on. For all practical purposes, the Taliban already do control at least a third of Afghanistan’s territory. Yet General Jones says that there are fewer than a hundred al-Qaeda operatives in the country. Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, and several other countries each have more al-Qaeda members than that on their territory. They don’t seem to be accomplishing much from those countries,
either. So tell me again: why is controlling political outcomes in Afghanistan crucial to American security? That question may finally be getting posed by the Obama administration. After the shameless rigging of the recent Afghan election by President Hamid Karzai, the U.S. no longer has a credible partner in Kabul. So the current review of U.S. strategy, which until recently was mainly a debate about how much to escalate, is taking on a broader focus. Last week, General McChrystal again tried to pre-empt Obama’s decision, insisting that more troops are needed in Afghanistan in a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and in an interview on the TV current affairs show 60 Minutes. But this time Defence Secretary Robert Gates rebuked him, saying that “all of us taking part in these deliberations, civilians and military alike,” should “provide our best advice to the President candidly but privately.” (My emphasis). Most of the European NATO countries, who still provide almost half the troops in Afghanistan, have grown disenchanted with the mission. Canada, which has lost a higher proportion of troops committed there than anybody else, is bringing its army home in less than two years. Only 26 per cent of Americans believe that more troops should be sent to Afghanistan, and Congressional support for the war is fading fast. This is Obama’s last and best opportunity to escape from the futile war he inherited on taking office. In practical terms, how could he go about it without suffering too great a level of political damage domestically? And how can he avoid what happened in Vietnam,
where two-thirds of American casualties were incurred during the five-year search for a way to leave without losing face, after the U.S. had already decided to leave? The first steps are to reject Gen. McChrystal’s demand for more troops, and to make U.S. displeasure at Karzai’s theft of the Afghan election public. Rather than being embarrassed by the revelations of Peter Galbraith, the American deputy head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, who was fired last week for protesting against UN complicity in the electoral fraud, the Obama administration should defend him. Indeed, Washington ought to attack the head of the UN mission in Kabul, Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon himself for their cynical attempt to suppress the truth. Attacking the UN is always popular in the United States, and it would totally wrong-foot the Republicans. (Yes, I know that the Obama administration probably gave its blessing to the removal of Galbraith a few weeks ago, when it was still trying to whitewash the Afghan election. But when a government changes course, it of-
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ten has to deny its past policies – and though the UN officials would be very resentful, they wouldn’t spill the beans on what really happened.) Those are just the first steps, of course. The longer-term strategy must focus on dismantling the misleading narrative that is used to justify the war in Afghanistan, and indeed the whole “global war on terror.” Washington is full of senior intelligence officials, and senior military officers whose careers have not become indissolubly linked to the GWOT, who would be delighted to assist Obama in that task. Turn them loose. Meanwhile, start putting together an alliance of non-Pashtun warlords who can make a deal with the Taliban on the division of power in Afghanistan. The Taliban will end up controlling the Pashtun-majority south and east, of course – but for most practical purposes they already do. It doesn’t mean that al-Qaeda gets its training camps back, or becomes any more dangerous to the U.S. than it is now. Go down that road, and with a little luck all the U.S. troops could be out of Afghanistan before Obama has to face the voters again. But first he has to choose the right road.
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al days before the parade and only released if he promised not to go to the scene; where a young law school student was jailed for carrying a cloth banner saying “Democracy” and “Free Speech” and where protesters were hit with pepper spray for no greater sin than saying nasty things about the nasty heads of state and heads of government that our authorities didn’t want embarrassed. It was pepper spray then. Will it be Taser guns this time? This billion dollar extravagance has, I suspect, a lot less to do with perceived terror than giving off to the international media the image of sweetness and light in a place where never is heard a discouraging word. This is akin to the Potemkin villages, which were shacks with beautiful façades created so that the visiting Tsarina, Catherine II, would believe that this village she was visiting was a prosperous one, with loyal and happy subjects. VANOC, under consid-
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erable pressure from governments, doesn’t want the image of Canada, Vancouver or Whistler tarnished with evidence that not everyone wanted the Olympics and that a great many people see them as bad for society for one reason or another. The classic reason to protest is to ask others, especially those in charge, to see and hear the messages portrayed. Whether these protests are against a war in Vietnam, against separate facilities for blacks, or against heads of countries whose stated commitment to freedom is not matched by reality, they are perfectly legal and, in fact, the quintessential expression of the freedom which connotes a free society. If, god forbid, there is an attack on anyone, you can be sure that it would have happened with or without demonstrations. VANOC’s position is untenable in a free society, expensive out of all proportion to the risk of serious harm and a huge waste of our money to boot.
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A caring approach to servicing cars Honesty and fairness the underlying motives for owners of newly opened Wellesley Auto Care Some people have called Corey Shantz a brave man. First Shantz went into business with his mother Rebecca, opening Shantz Country Treasures. Now he’s started a second business with his mother-in-law, Carmen Ferber. “In all reality, it’s very easy,” Shantz laughed. Wellesley Auto Care opened its doors on Nafziger Road about a month ago, and so far it’s been a smooth ride. Starting a garage was Ferber’s idea. She’s a counsellor with Morningstar Family Ministries, which offers residential care for troubled youth. The agency has a school in Wellesley, and most of the six boys aren’t academically inclined. She thought a repair shop would give them the chance to learn hands-on skills, doing job shadowing and small jobs like oil changes. The idea didn’t come completely out of left field: Ferber’s father owned a service station, so she grew up with car talk. Shantz’s father worked at Parkway Ford for 33 years, and Shantz himself worked there for six. While they were still talking it over, they were approached by Howard Fierling, who offered to sell them his building on Nafziger Road, just north of Queen’s Bush. Fierling didn’t know they’d been thinking of starting a business, but he had decided to move to Stratford and knew they were entrepreneurial people. “We really felt God was leading us to this opportunity,” Shantz said. All they were missing was a me-
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Buying a new vehicle is an exciting time in anyone’s life. It also comes with its share of difficult decisions, chief among them being what to buy and from whom to buy. The goal of General Manager Jason Stainton and the management and staff at Forbes Waterloo Mazda is to provide 13,000 square feet of facilities, plus the dedicated people and Mazda products to fulfill all your automotive needs. This site has operated as a Mazda dealer since 1977. In November 2007, it came under the new ownership of the Forbes family of dealerships, a locally owned company with a 60+ year history of automotive excellence. During your visit and test drive, courteous sales consultants take the time to educate the customer about their choice of new MAZDA vehicle or certified pre-owned vehicle. Over 100 Mazda vehicles are usually on-site. Whether it’s a family, recent college/university graduate, or business, ask Forbes Waterloo Mazda about flexible leasing, financing and fleet plans that are right for you. The parts department carries a large in-stock inventory of tires and genuine MAZDA parts designed to meet your vehicle’s original performance standards. Factory trained service technicians at the 10 bay service department can meet your service, warranty and maintenance requirements. On-going training allows them to remain current with the evolving technology and service equipment. A shuttle service is available. The exceptional Forbes body shop at 165 Weber Street South, Waterloo, can restore your vehicle to its pre-accident condition, with expert colour matching using environmentally friendly “waterborne” finishes. Insurance claims are a specialty.
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More and more Canadians are fulfilling their dream of buying a motorcycle. Whether it’s the idea of getting away and exploring Ontario’s back roads and trails, or saving on the price of gas by commuting to work and school, motorcycles offer a sense of freedom and adventure that is hard to beat. As the area’s premier dealer for KTM and DUCATI motorcycles, Apex Cycle Sports has worked hard over the past months to exceed the customer’s expectation for sales and service satisfaction. Their knowledgeable sales staff can help you find the perfect bike to meet your needs and lifestyle, from supersports, naked bikes and motards for the street to dirt bikes, dual purpose bikes and adventure bikes. The KTM and DUCATI brands bring world-class technology and European style to Waterloo Region. They have a great in-stock selection from which to choose. A selection of previously enjoyed used models is available, and trade-ins or consignments are welcome. If you need new tires, batteries, filters and lubricants or genuine repair parts for the right fit and performance, the parts counter is dedicated to getting you what you need. When you have a bike that needs service, safety inspections, scheduled maintenance or performance upgrades, look to their factory trained service technicians to do it right. They service all makes and models. General Manager Colin Lobsinger invites you stop by Apex Cycle Sports soon, enjoy the reception area with flat screen TV, and get more from your motorcycle dealer experience. They are open weekdays until 8pm, Saturdays 9-5 and Sundays 12-5.
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When it’s time for a meal that surpasses the ordinary and you are ready for the best in traditional meals blended with healthy, new fresh food ideas, Cora Breakfast & Lunch is the logical choice. Cora Breakfast & Lunch offers today’s discriminating diner over 100 menu items, all with a unique imaginative twist. Most of their one-of-a-kind creations are presented tastefully with heaping portions of freshly cut fruit. Choose from incredible waffles, creative crepes, tasty pancakes, outstanding omelettes, French toast, plus egg combo dishes, oatmeal and more. The full colour photos in the menu showcase the many taste-temping selections to help guide your choice. Complement your meal with a healthy and delicious fruit smoothy, juice or European style coffee such as a cappuccino or latte. The lunch menu, served on weekdays from 11am, includes crisp salads, sandwiches, their signature fresh fruit plates, and stuffed crepes. Lunches are accompanied by a hearty soup. A separate Kid’s Menu section makes Cora Breakfast & Lunch a family favourite. Cora Breakfast & Lunch is a Canadian success story, founded in 1987 in Montreal. The Kitchener location was launched on July 6, 2009, as Cora’s 105th location across Canada. Operating franchisee Chuck Stratton and the staff at the new Cora Kitchener location invite you to stop by soon and enjoy the bright, colourful atmosphere. Early risers can enjoy breakfast starting at 6am Monday-Saturday, 7am on Sundays and the restaurant closes by 3pm daily. Gift cards from Cora Breakfast & Lunch are ideal for the Holidays!
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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
For the sake of our health, doctors and farmers need to talk One of the dilemmas in our health care system is the chasm between medical doctors and farmers. Doctors, dietitians and others in the medical and health fields say Canadians need to eat more fruit and vegetables. Now, fruit and vegetables are grown right here in Ontario – and almost everywhere else across the country, in fact. And farmers are looking for markets. So, it seems obvious: doctors and farmers need to talk. The potential’s there for a beautiful, symbiotic relationship. Doctors want people to eat more fruit and vegetables; farmers can provide them. But there’s a lot of static on the line between medicine and agriculture. Only within the past couple of decades has the health-food relationship become more widely legitimized through research at the University
of Guelph and elsewhere. Before that, the two disciplines had little in common. As a result, exchanges were few. That’s led to missed opportunities for farmers, not to mention for preventative health care, the kind that’s embodied by eating healthy and designed to keep you out of the hospital. Dr. Dyno Keatinge, director-general of the Taiwan-based World Vegetable Center, says the silence is a shame. “Health and agriculture haven’t spoken in years,” he told a group of University of Guelph plant and rural researchers at a presentation Wednesday. Keatinge was en route to Ottawa to deliver a message to policy makers: That is, put more resources into helping nutrition become a priority, particularly for underdeveloped countries, starting with vegetables and fruit. He believes too much attention is put on rice, wheat and corn (or maize), crops he calls the big three. Actually, pretty good reasons exist
to continue a strong focus on rice, wheat and corn – they feed billions of people. And they’re grown by most farmers. So naturally, that’s where the lion’s share of research is bound to take place. But Keatinge wants to make sure fruits and vegetables get their just desserts too. So he’s appealing to governments to loosen up public funds for nutrition via smaller crops – starting, predictably, with vegetables. Keatinge, an Irish native who has studied at the University of Manitoba among other places, says now is the time for a more diversified approach. Climate change has introduced a new production variable and we can’t predict how it will affect global agriculture. He believes we’re exposed and vulnerable if we’re relying on a limited number of crops for nutrition. In the Western world, there’s usually a fallback. If one crop fails, there’s another to take its place, at least at grocery stores. But Keatinge says it’s not that way in areas of sub-Saharan
Africa and south Asia, where more than a billion people are already malnourished or hungry. Even now they frequently experience periods in the year when they consume much less than half of their vitamin needs from fruit and vegetables, he says. Warmer temperatures could make matters even worse, and the toughtalking Keatinge wants international development efforts to pay attention. “Diversifying diets and agricultural enterprises with fruit and vegetables is a potent weapon in the global battle against malnutrition and poverty,” he says. Over the years, ever since the Trudeau era in fact, Canada has fallen way behind on its international commitments. Ottawa should certainly be called on to do more to fight starvation and malnutrition. But let’s not make this a bureaucratic shell game where money is redirected from grains. A war such as the one Keatinge describes needs many weapons. Diminishing the strength and contributions of grains won’t win battles.
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through typical growing pains, and there is great potential for a strong, tight team, Carter noted. “We have pretty good individual skills, but we are just learning how to play together.” More than half of the players this season are students in Grade 11, making this year’s team one which is fairly young in comparison other schools, or even in relation to past EDSS squads. Already having played three games and two tournaments together, the girls seemed to be comfortable cheering each other’s successes and supporting each other in their not-so-successful moments. Carter has coached the girls’ basketball team for seven years and the boys’ team for a decade, and has already developed a fondness for this group. “They are a good bunch of girls – very spirited and a lot of fun to coach.”
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Duck hunting and the unbearable lightness of seeing Last week I had one of those near-death experiences that you sometimes hear folks speak of. It was exactly as they describe it too: I saw a bright light. Unfortunately, it was caused by my uncle’s new million-candle headlamp flashlight, which he turned on me, as we were setting mallard decoys out in the pre-dawn darkness. The ensuing loss of my night vision caused me to bang my head sharply on the cross member of the duck blind that I had to step into, hence the near-death part. Suddenly, I understood why they were called duck blinds. Maybe I’m a dinosaur, but I miss the flashlights we used in the old days. No one ever needed a seeing-eye dog after
using one of those – unless, of course, the mutt was trained to find things in abject darkness. Reliable, they were not. Typically, they’d only work at the store and in broad daylight, lulling you into a false sense of security. Then they’d let you down when you needed them the most – as your duck boat was hurdling headlong into the pitch of night towards a shallow, stump-filled back bay where your duck blind was situated. They’d work intermittently until then. One minute, a shining beacon of comfort and assurance; the next it would be a big plastic unit that emitted nothing but darkness. And somehow – don’t ask me to explain it – that darkness was even blacker than the surrounding night. Worse still, just as you had forsaken all hope of it ever working again and were about to hurl that cursed flashlight deep into the cattails, it would light up brief-
ly – usually as you were swearing, shaking it and staring straight down into its lens. The only other inanimate object that had half as much of a sense of humour was the plug in your boat. Which you’d need your flashlight to find … Perhaps this explains why buying a new flashlight continues to be one of the annual rituals practiced by every duck hunter I know. You look for one that can light up the marsh, is waterproof, and reasonable on battery use. Then you settle for something that possesses none of those qualities but has cool camouflage. These days, they are more powerful, however. The idea, I suppose, is to create the sort of artificial daylight frequently found in NFL stadiums and police interrogation rooms. Worse still, some sadist invented the headlamp configuration, which essentially means that the minute you talk
to a person wearing one, they turn to respond and blind you. Observing two hunters, wearing these things, converse is sort of like watching Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker duel with light sabres, though not nearly as graceful. Despite all this, flashlights continue to be an integral part of any duck hunting experience. Without them, you’d have no idea what just destroyed your propeller or how many decoys lines are caught up in it. For they generally choose to work again shortly after a situation like this. That’s why I bought my son his own genuine duck-hunting flashlight this season. Of course, I did something that no one ever did for me. I cautioned him on the pros and cons of relying on one. And I even mentioned the dangers. As I told him, when it comes to flashlights, it’s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.
Kings roar back against Winter Hawks JONI MILTENBURG The Cambridge Winter Hawks broke fast and took an early lead last Sunday, scoring twice on the Elmira Sugar Kings in the first five
minutes. The rest of the game was all about the Kings, however, as the home side went on to win 7-2. Knowing that Cambridge was playing their third game in as many nights, the Kings used
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Woolwich 20, Guelph 4 Goals: Brody Waters x6, Jake Code x4, Lucas Shantz x3, Mackenzie Willms x2, Sam Davidson x2, Mitch Lee x2, Austin Cousineau (Austin Cousineau x4, Brody Waters x4, Lucas Shantz x3, Sam Davidson x3, Mackenzie Willms x2, Mitch Lee x2, Jake Code x2, Griffen Rollins x2, Seth Morrison)
Oakville 7, Woolwich 2 Goals: Bo Uridil, Johnny Clifford (Timmy Shuh)
Woolwich 5, Brampton 0 Goals: Evan Martin, Harrison Clifford, Grant Kernick, Jason Gamble, Adam Jokic (Cole Conlin, Nicholas Pavanel, Jason Gamble, Nathan Schlupp, Alex Uttley, Scott Martin x2)
Sept. 29
Woolwich 7, Burlington 3 Goals: Sam Davidson x2, Brody Waters x2, Griffen Rollins, Austin Cousineau, Josh Martin (Austin Cousineau x2, Justin Taylor, Brody Waters, Lucas Shantz, Jake Code, Josh Martin, Kurtis Hoover) Oct. 4
Woolwich 4, Centre Wellington 3 Goals: Josh Martin, Seth Morrison, Brody Waters, Austin Cousineau (Jake Code, Mitch Lee, Ethan Young, Sam Davidson, Griffen Rollins)
Oct. 4
Woolwich 2, Brampton 0 Goals: Timmy Shuh, Owen Griffiths (Alex White, Jasper Bender)
WOOLWICH BANTAM AE BOYS Oct. 3
Dundas 7, Woolwich 2 Goals: Blake Cabeldu, Ryan Schinker (William Frank, Tyler Fulcher, Ryan Schinker) Oct. 4
Arthur 3, Woolwich 1 Goal: Ryan Schinker
WOOLWICH MINOR PEEWEE BOYS Oct. 2
WOOLWICH MINOR ATOM BOYS
Centre Wellington 4, Woolwich 2 Goals: Kelby Martin, Connor Runstedler (Blake Doebecker, Liam Dickson x2, Connor Bauman)
Sept. 25
Oct. 4
Woolwich 3, Caledon 0 Goals: Riley Runstedler, Sammy Huber, Cole Altman (Nolan McLaughlin, Riley Runstedler, Tegan Schaus, Cade Schaus) Sept. 27
Brampton 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Connor Runstedler x2 (Connor Goss, Brant McLaughlin, Greg Huber, Liam Dickson)
Woolwich 6, Guelph 3 Goals: Riley Runstedler x2, Jordan Lee, Chase Mooder, Daniel Carr, Cade Schaus (Cole Altman, Austin Whittom x2, Riley Runstedler x2, Sammy Huber x2, Brad Hale)
WOOLWICH RUSSELL PEEWEE AE BOYS
WOOLWICH RUSSELL ATOM AE BOYS
Oct. 3
Oct. 2
Centre Wellington 4, Woolwich 1 Goal: Nick Campagnolo (Mathew Uhrig) Oct. 4
Flamborough 4, Woolwich 2 Goals: Mathew Uhrig x2 (Nick Campagnolo x2, Kyle Bruder x2)
Oct. 4
Woolwich 2, Centre Wellington 2 Goals: Mason Buehler, Aaron Weigel (Jake Lewis, Gareth Rowland x2)
WOOLWICH PEEWEE C GIRLS Woolwich 4, North Halton 0 Goals: Emily Schuurmans, Megan Martin, Jessica Townsend, Sydney Meunier (Megan Thoman x2, Cassidy Bauman, Rachel Weber, Emily Schuurmans, Jessica Townsend, Megan Martin) Shutout: Alyssa McMurray
Oct. 5
Oakville 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Grant Kernick, Matthew Leger (Matthew Leger, Nathan Schlupp, Cole Conlin, Bailey Nickel)
WOOLWICH MINOR MIDGET BOYS Oct. 3
Woolwich 2, Burlington 2 Goals: Logan White, Jordan Moore (Jordan Moore, Brayden Stevens) Oct. 4
Woolwich 6, Brampton 4 Goals: Alex David, Weston Morlock x2, Ryan Ament x2, Dalton Taylor (Justin Neeb x2, Dalton Taylor, Weston Morlock, Blake Zeigler, Brayden Stevens, Kadison Hipel) Oct. 6
Woolwich 3, Oakville 2 Goals: Weston Morlock, Dalton Taylor, Jordan Moore (Alex David, Ryan Ament x2, Justin Schlupp, Weston Morlock)
WOOLWICH MAJOR MIDGET A Sept. 28
Woolwich 2, Oakville 2 Goals: Josh Wade, Alex Albrecht (RJ Good, Ted Sebben, Taylor Doering) Oct. 3
Woolwich 5, Caledon 3 Goals: Jake Radcliffe, Andrew Brubacher, Taylor Doering, Matt Dumart, RJ Good (Andrew Moore, Kyle Uttley, Alex Albrecht x2, Matt Dumart, Ryan Bauman, RJ Good, Josh Wade, Jake Radcliffe) Oct. 5
Hespeler 4, Woolwich 2 Goals: Jonathon Weber, Alex Albrecht (Ted Sebben, Jonathon Weber)
them in terms of making them have to work a little harder.” It was the third home game in a row where the Kings have come from behind to win the game. Cambridge’s John Kavanagh put the visitors on the board first, finding an opening at 3:35. A minute and a half later, Tyler Zeggil blasted in a slap shot to make it 2-0. The Winter Hawks pressed hard for the next few minutes, trying to keep goalie Brandon Gorecki off balance, but Gorecki stoned them on every attempt. “They were up 2-0 and he got tested right away on a couple of shots and made a couple great saves,” Haddaway said. “I think that probably gave the rest of us a little confidence.” The Kings made their move onto the scoreboard at 12:38, as Andrew Smith scored on a feed from Riley Sonnenburg and Nic MacEachern. Brad Kraus (Andrew Smith, Shane Smith) tied things up with a wrist shot into the back of the net four minutes later. The Kings pulled ahead midway through the second period with a power play goal from Spencer MacCormack (Lukas Baleshta, Jeff Zippel). With five minutes to go in the second frame, Cambridge keeper Jeff Flagler stopped a shot from Tyler Kuntz but gave up a rebound that went straight to the stick of Michael Therrien, who flicked it in. A mere 18 seconds later,
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With 7-2 win, OT loss to Cyclones, Elmira picks up three of four points in weekend play
THE CHASE IS ON Elmira’s Zach Salomon chases the puck behind Cambridge’s net with a pair of Winter Hawks in hot pursuit. Salomon picked up an assist as the Kings downed Cambridge 7-2 on Oct. 4. Jarred Parent shoveled in another rebound to make it 5-2. Kuntz notched a marker of his own eight seconds before the end of the second period, scoring a power play goal on a feed from Zippel. Sonnenburg capped the win for the Kings at 3:21 in the third, making the final score 7-2. Haddaway was pleased to see rookies like MacCormack and Kraus picking up points, not-
ing that in the first few games, all the Kings’ goals were coming from just a handful of players. “We have so many new players and young guys, as they get a little bit more established in what Junior hockey’s all about, their names will start to show up on the game sheet a little more frequently.” The Kings picked up three of a possible four See KINGS »18
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points over the weekend, falling to the Listowel Cyclones in overtime on Oct. 3. After a scoreless first period, Listowel took a 1-0 lead five minutes into the second frame. Jon Jutzi tied things up with a power play goal, but the Cyclones came back and made it 2-1. Sonnenburg notched an unassisted goal and Therrien added one on the power play to make it 3-2 Elmira. Listowel
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SWEEPING MOTION Kurt Martin lunges across the net to stop a shot from Tavistock’s Reis Bender Oct. 3. Martin made 41 saves as the Wellesley Applejacks lost 3-2 to the Braves in their home opener.
Tavistock wins 3-2, reversing results of previous loss in home-opener against Wellesley JONI MILTENBURG The rivalry between Tavistock and Wellesley heated up Oct. 3, after the Braves defeated the Applejacks 3-2 in their home opener. It was payback for the Braves, who suffered the same humiliation when Wellesley downed them by the same score in their own home opener. In net for the Jacks, rookie Kurt Martin put up an outstanding performance, scrambling and sprawling across the crease to stop 41 shots. Martin made his first big save less than a minute in, kicking out a pad to block a shot, then dropping into the splits to stop the rebound shot. Head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick said the rest of the team was lacking some of Martin’s intensity. “We played not bad, but we didn’t play with the intensity we need to play with for the first two periods,” he said. “We need to play with more of a purpose, more intensity. I thought without the puck we were a little bit lazy.” After a scoreless first period, the Jacks broke the deadlock with a power play goal 5:23 into the second. Rob Hinschberger picked up a feed from Nathan Regier, wheeled past a Tavistock defender and fired the puck in. Wellesley’s lead lasted for most of the period, until Reis Bender notched an unassisted power play goal to make it 1-1 as the teams headed to the dressing rooms. After a long delay between periods, while a stray screw from the boards was extracted from the Olympia ice resurfacer, the teams hit the ice looking to
clinch the win. Three minutes into the third frame, the teams took a faceoff in Wellesley’s end and Tavistock turned it into a shot on goal. Martin made the save but Sean Leslie hammered in the rebound. Hinschberger (assisted by Chris Armstrong) tied things up midway through the period with his second of the game, shovelling a rebound over the line. The Jacks picked up back-to-back penalties, handing the Braves a five-on-three opportunity. Tavistock was quick to capitalize, with Kyle Alyea putting away the game-winning goal. Fitzpatrick said he thought the team controlled the play when playing five-on-five, but penalties were what hurt them. “I think some of the penalties were a little bit on the lazy side,” Fitzpatrick said. “What it really came down to, on each of the five on threes, our players really didn’t expect a penalty to be called so they took a little bit of a liberty and they got called. There’s not one of those penalties that I thought was even questionable.” Although the Jacks managed to kill nine of Tavistock’s 11 power play chances, it wore them down, Fitzpatrick said. “It’s one right after another right after another. And then when we needed people to produce some offence, they were exhausted because they’d killed penalties for 12, 14 minutes.” Overall, the team played well, he said, although they can still do better. They’ll have the chance to show it this weekend in a home and home series against Port Stanley. The Jacks head south on Friday, then return home on Sunday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
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Singer-songwriter and storyteller Pat Braden paints a musical image of life in his Yellowknife home
TELL IT LIKE IT IS There’s more to the North than the snippets of news most Canadians get, says singer-songwriter Pat Braden, whose personal stories of life there are part of his show, A Place to Call Home
STEVE KANNON Think of the North and you’re likely to picture documentary footage of polar bears running over vast expanses of windswept snow and ice. That’s certainly part of it, but the country’s northern regions are also home to many more layers, each with a human story behind them, says singer-songwriter Pat Braden. Noting that most Canadians only get sound bites about the North, he’s travelling south to tell the other stories. He’ll bring his one-man show, A Place to Call Home, to The Registry Theatre in Kitchener next Thursday night. Today, news of the North features pieces about polar bears and global warming, H1N1 flu in remote villages and military exercises asserting Canada’s sovereignty. The reality is much more complex. The Northwest Territories, in particular, is almost a colony of Ottawa, with a mix of aboriginal groups, pioneers, developers and multinational companies extracting resources, he explained. His goal is to put a human face on those sound bites that appear
PAT BRADEN in the media, to tell personal stories. “This really is a dynamic place to be,” he said this week in a phone interview from his Yellowknife home, where the days are already short and snow on the horizon. “What I’m try-
ing to do with the show is to introduce you to some of the characters who live here.” Drawing together songs from his catalogue and stories from his lifetime of experience in the region, Braden has woven together a portrait of the North most of us never get to see. He grew up in a cabin on the edge of the old town of Yellowknife, at a time when there were two goldmines operating there. Although the place was small and isolated, the mines brought in workers from all over the world – “there were guys here from Scandinavia, from Italy, from China … it had a very cosmopolitan feel.” With A Place to Call Home, Braden guides you to the family cabin where he grew up, to “the shacks and shanties of the Woodyard” in the old town of Yellowknife, describing them within the context of the northern lights, the bitter cold, the endless days of summer and the migrations marking the passing of the seasons. “These are stories and songs from a personal experience of growing up and playing music here,” he said. He sings of the people in his community, the eccentric characters,
musicians and old timers who lived in those old town shacks, and of friends, family and loves, celebrating their influence on his life. He weaves story into song, song into story, sometimes the spoken word resonating over a textural bed of music, a rolling chord pattern or a shimmering soundscape. “I’ve had a lot of good reaction from these stories. I was doing a show in B.C. and a man came up to me afterward and said, ‘I’ve never been north, but I feel like I’ve had a visit up there.’” Musically, Braden’s is a bluesyfolksy sound. A bass player, he also plays the Chapman Stick, a 10-string instrument akin to a guitar, but meant to be tapped something like striking piano keys rather than strummed. The layered, textural sound that it produces goes well with the storytelling – think about the music of Daniel Lanois and Robbie Robertson. Pat Braden performs at The Registry Theatre Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 (or $10 with the purchase of a ticket to any other Registry Theatre event), available at the Centre In The Square box office by calling 519-578-1570 or online at www.centre-square.com.
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»»2006 Ford Freestar - 4.2L »»Country
auto, fully loaded including pwr. doors, alum. road wheels. 1 owner. $13,796. Bustard Chrysler Listowel, 519-2911900. »»2006 Grand Caravan Great condition, Stow and Go seating, 3 zone temperature control with rear air and heat, cruise, tilt, keyless, 7 passenger seating with driver power seat. AM/FM, single disc. 84,265 kms. Finished in black pearl coat. $13,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831. »»2008 Jeep Gr. Cherokee 4X4. 3.0L, diesel, loaded, excellent condition, hard to find vehicle. 43,000 kms., $36,998. Bustard Chrysler Listowel, 519-291-1900. »»2009 Sebring Touring 2.7L V6 Automatic. Leather interior, Power Sun roof, Aluminum 18” wheels,Tilt, Cruise, Side impact airbags, Sirius sat radio, traction control, Power win/locks with keyless entry, power driver seat. 30,868km’s finished in Inferno Red. $18,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831.
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»»2 bedroom unit available Sept 1st - 14 Spring Street, Drayton. Unit in great condition. 1st floor unit in good condition. Call 519-669-1544 Mildred or Len Frey.
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Home - 3 bedroom, 2 baths, double car garage,large eat in kitchen, finished basement, outside the village of Conestogo. $1200/ mth + utilities. Available November. Call 519574-5262.
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For Sale - 99 Mill St., Milverton. 3 Bedroom close to public school, large family room with propane fireplace, walkout basement to deck with stamped concrete patio, hottub, new carpet, some new floors, windows & doors. Serious inquiries. By appointment only. 519595-8339
COMING EVENTS
»»Master’s International Ministries invites you to an Informational Meeting on God’s work in Ukraine to be held Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 7:45 p.m., Perth East Recreational Complex, Milverton, On. and Friday, October 16, at 7:45 p.m., Elmira Lions Hall, Elmira, On. Speaker: David Miller (Kiev, Ukraine) Everyone welcome! For more information call Stephen Ropp 519-595-4087 or Delmar Erb 519-656-2330.
Antiques, Crafts, Novelties, Jewelery, Bakery & Sweets; even your fresh produce! Saturdays 8-1pm For info call Laura: 519-669-0334 | First week free with a 4 week contract
SHOPPING VILLAGE | 10 Church st. West
Auction Government, Police, Repo, Bankruptcy, Fleets & Others
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BRESLAU AIRPORT AUCTION COMPLEX
5100 FOUNTAIN ST, North, BRESLAU (Kitchener)
Sat Oct 17th 9:30am
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1- 06 Ford F150XL Pickup 1- 04 Ranger Pickup 4- 02 GMC/Dodge 1500 PU 1- 02 Dodge 2500 4x4/Plow 2- 00 Ranger S/C P/up 1- 00 Ford 550 Crew Dump 2- 97 GMC 2500 4x4’s/ Plows 4- 94/98 GMC/Ford Vans 1- 98 GMC 2500 SL Pickup 1- 97 Dodge Pickup
2000 Stirling 9500 TA Dump, Sander, Plow 97 Ford LTS9000 TA Dump, Sander, Plow 94 GMC TOPKICK SA Stake ULTRA Conveyor Dump Trailer (New) Brush Bandit Wood Chipper *2004 Prowler REGAL 295 5th Wheel Travel Trailer*
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VIEWING: Friday October 16th, 2009 - 1pm to 5pm TERMS: $500 Cash Deposit Required on Each Vehicle Balance in 48 hours by Cash, Bank Draft or Debit Card, or as announced.
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»»Breslau’s 20th Annual Arts & Craft Sale. Saturday, October 17, 2009, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Breslau Public School, Joseph St. 100 vendors with excellent gift ideas. Admission $2. Door prizes, raffles. All proceeds to school. Organizer 519648-2522.
»»CLE Workshop: Christian Light Education will conduct an inspirational inservice, Oct. 17th, at Crystalview Mennonite Church, in Floradale from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Applicable to Christian Schools and home schools. For more info call Glenn at 519-669-0114.
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Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca
TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 FAX: 519-669-1820
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY: 519-575-4504
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING
NOTICE OF WATErMAIN FLUshING OPErATION
Tuesday November 3, 2009 7:00 p.m. Township Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira Regarding
The Township of Woolwich will be engaging in a watermain flushing program from Monday, October 19th, 2009 to Friday, October 23rd, 2009 between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Marlin and Virginia Bauman – Zone Change 13/2009 Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has received a complete application for the above noted proposed Zoning By-law amendment as detailed below. Please be advised that Notice of a Complete Application does not indicate whether the municipality is in support of, or in opposition to the proposals. That determination will be made at a later date. The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting on November 3, 2009, under Sections 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following zone change application. No decision will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them. Any persons may attend the public meeting and make written and / or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed applications. The Township has received a Zone Change application from Selema Bauman on behalf of Marlin and Virginia Bauman for a 20.2 hectare property located at 2078 New Jerusalem Road (see Map 1). The property is designated Rural Land Use in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned Agricultural (A) with site specific provisions permitting a mobile home as a Temporary Use until October 10, 2009. The purpose of the application is to continue to allow the mobile home as a Temporary Use for an additional three-year period. Please Note: APPEALS: If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-laws does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the proposed zoning by-law amendments are passed: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of Woolwich to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of additional Township public meetings or Township staff reports regarding these applications you must make a written request to Engineering and Planning Services at the Township of Woolwich at the address shown at the top of this page. If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before October 27, 2009 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will also be considered. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-669-6005 or 519664-2613 ext. 6005. MORE INFORMATION: The public may view planning documents and background material relating to this application at the Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services Department between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the Township website at www.woolwich.ca. Questions or written submissions may be directed to: Township of Woolwich Nancy Thompson, Planning Assistant Engineering and Planning Services Department Box 158, 24 Church Street West Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Telephone: 519-669-1647 / 519-664-2613, extension 6040 or email: nthompson@ woolwich.ca
Watermain flushing is performed at this time of low water usage to minimize its impact on water service. Please refrain from using excessive amounts of water during this time period (i.e. doing laundry, using the dishwasher, etc.) The flushing process may cause discoloured water and a reduction in pressure. It should be noted that both of these conditions are temporary and not harmful. If discolouration occurs, open a cold, hard water tap in the basement until the water runs clear before resuming regular consumption. In some situations this may take 5 to 10 minutes. If, however, either of these conditions persist, please contact Roy Garbotz, Water and Wastewater Supervisor at 519-669-6045 or 519-664-2613 Ext. 6045 or Cynthia Lean-Martin at 519-669-6041 or 519-664-2613 Ext. 6041 The Township of Woolwich appreciates your patience as we work to improve the quality of drinking water throughout the Township.
NOTICE OF WATErMAIN sWABBING OPErATION - ELMIrA The Township of Woolwich will be engaging in a watermain swabbing program on Wednesday October 14th and Thursday October 15th Between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The following streets will be swabbed on Wednesday October 14th: • George Street • High Street • Charles Street • Martin’s Lane • Arthur Street North
The following streets will be swabbed on Thursday October 15th: • Duke Street • Wyatt Street • Park Avenue East • Bauman Street • College Street
There will be water pressure on the lines most of the time; however, it is imperative that the following procedures be implemented by each resident to prevent the passage of dirty water from the cleaning operation into your home, which could lead to the plugging of your plumbing system. During the time period within which your watermains are being swabbed, it is extremely important that you adhere to the following: 1. DO NOT USE ANY WATER, open any taps or flush toilets during the above noted hours 2. As soon as the watermain is back in service, open a cold, hard water tap in the basement until the water runs clear, before resuming regular consumption. 3. Keep a sufficient supply of water on hand for personal use during the time that the watermain is out of service. 4. The toilet may be used, provided the water valve at the toilet is shut off and water from the supply referred to in (2) above is used. 5. If there is a main supply valve in your basement (usually located at the point where the water service enters your basement), it should be shut off. Hot water tanks and water softener units should be shut off or water softeners put on by-pass. NOTE: Should no one be at home during the cleaning operations, only procedures (2) & (5) above are relevant. We thank you for your co-operation during this inconvenience. If you require additional information please contact Roy Garbotz, Water and Wastewater Supervisor at 519-669-6045 or Cynthia Lean-Martin, Engineering & Planning Services at 519-669-6041
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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, October 10, 2009
Old schoolhouses have their own mythology KATIE EDMONDS Driving along the rural routes of Woolwich and Wellesley townships, the little red schoolhouse is a fairly familiar sight. Well, sort of.
Old one-room and similar parochial schools still exist. Some have been repurposed, but still stand today. That said, there’s something of a myth attached to the little red schoolhouse: many of
them were built from logs or stone quarried from local pits instead of the red brick often associated with this end of Waterloo Region. Still, there’s a rich history to the old school
buildings in the townships, says a heritage specialist who spoke this week to members of the Waterloo Historical Society. In a presentation entitled The Myth of the Little Red Schoolhouse,
Dr. John Carter, who works for the Museum Outreach Program at the Ministry of Heritage, showed an audience gathered Tuesday night at Conestogo Public School some 200 slides as he examined
the rapid growth of education in the 19th century. His talk highlighted the architectural changes within school facilities throughout the province. The proverbial little See MYTH »30
Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca
TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 FAX: 519-669-1820
Township of Woolwich Notice of Public Open House No. 2 Township of Woolwich Servicing Study WOOLWICH Breslau nOTICE Of Notice of Public Open House No. 2
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY: 519-575-4504
TOWnSHIp Of Breslau Servicing Study pUBLIC OpEn HOUSE nO. 2 BRESLAU SERvICInG STUDy
Township of Woolwich Notice of Public Open House No. 2 Breslau Servicing Study
The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich is completing a
The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich is Servicing Study to identify and completing a Servicing Study to identify andpropose propose alternative servicing alternative servicing strategieswater, for extending water, and general stormwater strategies for extending wastewater, wastewater, and general stormwater needs for the needscommunity for the existing community existing of Breslau (Study Area).of Breslau (Study Area). The study has identified existing servicing constraints/ deficiencies, preparedexisting alternative solutions.constraints/deficiencies, The studyand hashas identified servicing The information obtained from this study will be used and has prepared alternative solutions. The information obtained by Council to determine a preferred water, wastewater, general servicing strategy from thisand study willstormwater be used by Council to determine a preferred for the extension of services in Breslau, including water, wastewater, and general stormwater estimates of probable costs and the available funding servicing strategy for mechanisms. To date, the following activities have the extension of services in Breslau, including estimates of probable been completed: background data collection and costs and the available funding mechanisms. review; assessment of existing servicing; development To date, the following of preliminary servicing strategies; costing; activities have been completed: background data collection assessment of phasing and funding, and consultation with An integral component of this andTownship review;staff. assessment of existing servicing; development of study is public consultation, and the first Public Open preliminary strategies; House was held servicing on September 16, 2009. costing; assessment of phasing
and funding, and consultation with Township staff. An integral
The purpose of the second Public Open House is to clarify the The Corporation ofThe the Township of Woolwich is Corporation of the Township of Woolwich is objectives and findings of the project, and to provide answers completing a Servicing Study to identify andtopropose completing a Servicing Study identify and propose to questions received following the first Public Open House. water, alternative servicing strategies for extending alternative servicing strategies for extending water, wastewater, and general stormwater andavailable general for stormwater needs for theneeds Displaywastewater, Boards will be viewing at the Public Openfor the existing community of Breslau (Study Area). existing community of Breslau (Study Area). House, and staff from the Township of Woolwich and Stantec study identified existing regarding servicing constraints/ Consulting Ltd. will be onThe hand to has answer questions deficiencies, and has prepared alternative solutions. The study has identified existing servicing constraints/ the project. Following the The Open House, aobtained Public from Meeting will be information this study will be used deficiencies, and has prepared alternative solutions. bytime Council to determine a preferred water, held with Council at which interested parties will have the The information obtained from this study will be used and general stormwater servicing strategy opportunity to comment onwastewater, the In of addition, by Council to determine a preferred water,ainnon-binding for theproject. extension services Breslau, including estimates of probable and to the available funding survey wastewater, will be mailedand to general Study Area property owners receive stormwater costs servicing strategy mechanisms. To date, the following activities have specificfor public opinion onofthe preferred course of action. Council the extension services in Breslau, including been completed: background data collection and estimates of probable costs and themeeting funding will make a decision at areview; future council to be assessment ofavailable existing(date servicing; development of preliminary servicing strategies; costing; mechanisms. To date, the following activities have determined) based on the assessment informationofpresented in a final report phasing and funding, and consultation background data collection and by and thebeen publiccompleted: survey, abiding by the procedures defined the of this with Township staff. An integral component review; assessment of existing servicing; development study is public consultation, and the first Public Open Municipal Act, 2001. of preliminary servicing strategies; costing;
A second Public Open House and Public Meeting House was held on September 16, 2009. component this study is public consultation, and the first Public Mr. Randyassessment will be held on of October 21, 2009, at the Breslau and consultation Ms.funding, Barbara Robinson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. Miller, C.Tech. of phasing and Mennonite Church located at 226 Woolwich 16, Street A second Public Open House and Public Meeting Open House was held on September 2009. with Township An integral component of this Project Manager Township Project Manager staff. South in Breslau. The Public Open House will start at 5:00PM and the Public Meeting at 7:00PM. will be held on October 21, 2009, at the Breslau
Stantec Ltd. Townshipstudy of Woolwich is public consultation, andConsulting thelocated first Public Mennonite Church at 226Open Woolwich Street
The purpose of the second Public Open House is to clarify the objectives and findings24 the project, Frederick Street Street West, 158 House was P.O. heldBox onSouth September 16,The 2009. in49 Breslau. Public Open House will start at 5:00PM and the Public Meeting at 7:00PM. A second Public Open House and Public Meeting will be held of Church and to provide answers to questions received following the first Public Open House. Display Boards Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6M7 Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 will be available for viewing at the Public Open House, and staff from the Township of Woolwich and onOctober21,2009,attheBreslauMennoniteChurchlocated Phone: (519) 664-2613 ext. 6030 purpose of (519) the second Public Open House is to clarify the objectives and findings of the project, Phone: Stantec Consulting Ltd. will be on hand to answer questions regarding the project. Following the A Open second Public The Open House and585-7379 Public Meeting and to provide answers to questions received following the first Public Open House. Display Boards at 226 Woolwich Street South in Breslau. Public Open House, a Public Meeting will be held with Council at which The time interested parties will have the 669-4669 Fax: (519) 579-8806 Fax: (519) will be held on October 21, 2009, at the will be available for viewing atBreslau the Public Open House, and staff from the Township of Woolwich and opportunity to comment on the project. In addition, a non-binding survey will be mailed to Study Area House will start at 5:00PM and the Public Meeting at 7:00PM. Email: rmiller@woolwich.ca Email:atbarbara.robinson@stantec.com Stantec Consulting will be on hand to answer questions regarding the project. Following the Open Mennonite Church located 226Ltd. Woolwich Street property owners to receive specific public opinion on the preferred course of action. Council will make House, a PublicOpen Meeting will be held Council at whichand timethe interested parties will have the a decision at a future council meeting (date to be determined) based on the information presented in a South in Breslau. The Public House will with start at 5:00PM Public Meeting at 7:00PM. final report and the public survey, abiding by the procedures defined by the Municipal Act, 2001. opportunity to comment on the project. In addition, a non-binding survey will be mailed to Study Area
RECREATIOn fALL pROGRAMS
Mr. Randy Miller, C.Tech. Ms. Barbara Robinson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. Township Project Manager Project Manager Township of Woolwich Stantec Consulting Ltd. 24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158 49 Frederick Street Elmira, N3B 2Z6 WOOLWICH ADULTKitchener, Ontario, N2H 6M7 NEWOntario, PROGRAM: BASKETBALL Phone: (519) 664-2613 ext. 6030 Phone: (519) 585-7379 Thursdays from 8:15 – 10:15 pm (10 weeks) Fax: (519) 669-4669 Fax: (519) 579-8806 Email: Email: barbara.robinson@stantec.com Parkrmiller@woolwich.ca Manor Public School
Cost: $75.00
REGISTER AT THE WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE BETWEEN 6:30 AM AND 10:00 PM OR CALL 669-1647 OR 664-2613 ext. 7001 OR 7025 OR EMAIL customer service @woolwich.ca FOR MORE DETAILS.
GLASGOW STREET SOUTH BRIDGE CLOSURE Please be advised that the Township of Woolwich has closed the bridge on Glasgow Street South in Conestogo for repairs. The Council of the Township of Woolwich has approved a Staff recommendation on September 29, 2009 to complete temporary repairs to the Glasgow Street South bridge in 2009 and continue with the engineering design investigations for a longer term rehabilitation in 2010. Please note that this bridge will be reopened to traffic mid-November 2009 subject to favourable weather and Contractor availability. Refer to the Township’s website at www.woolwich.ca for updates. The Township of Woolwich would like to thank you for your patience and understanding during this bridge closure.
property owners to receive specific public opinion on the preferred course of action. Council will make
COMMITTEE Of ADJUSTMEnT nOTICE Of HEARInG
The purpose of thea second Public Open House is to clarify objectives and of thepresented project, in a decision at a future council meeting (date to bethe determined) based onfindings the information final report and the public survey,following abiding by the the procedures the Municipal Act,Boards 2001. and to provide answers to questions received first Publicdefined Openby House. Display will be available forMr.viewing at the Public Open House, and staff from the Township of Woolwich and Randy Miller, C.Tech. Ms. Barbara Robinson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. Stantec ConsultingTownship Ltd. willProject be onManager hand to answer questions regarding the project. Following the Open Project Manager Township of Woolwich Stantec Consulting Ltd. will have the House, a Public Meeting will be held with Council at which time interested parties October 26, 2009 24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158 a non-binding 49 Frederick opportunity to comment on the project. In addition, survey Street will be mailed to Study Area Elmira, Ontario, N3B at 2Z65:30 p.m. the Kitchener, N2His 6M7 TheOntario, applicant proposing to make construct On Monday, 26specific 2009, property ownersOctober toPhone: receive public opinion on thePROPOSAL: preferred course of action. Council will (519) 664-2613 ext. 6030 Phone: (519) 585-7379 a two storey, four unit apartment building Committee will meet in the Council Chambers a decision at a future meeting (date to be determined) Fax: based on579-8806 the information presented in a on Fax:council (519) 669-4669 (519) both defined of the barbara.robinson@stantec.com properties and requires the following ofreport the Municipal Offices, 24 Church rmiller@woolwich.ca Email: final and theEmail: public survey, abidingStreet by theWest, procedures by the Municipal Act, 2001.
Elmira to consider the following applications.
variances for each property:
submissions for or against the applications if submitted to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Submissions can be forwarded by mail or hand delivery to: Township of Woolwich, Attn: Jeremy Vink, P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 or Fax 519-669-4669 or Email jvink@ woolwich.ca.
of the residential unit. The properties are zoned Residential Multiple (R7) with site-specific provisions. Both parcels are currently vacant.
MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A14/09 (Birdland Developments Ltd.) PROPERTY: 51-57 and 61-67 Snow Goose Crescent, Elmira Plan 58M-333 Block 23 and 24
DATED this 10th day of October, 2009 Jeremy Vink, RPP, MCIP Senior Planner Engineering & Planning Services
Mr.All Randy Miller,interested C.Tech. in the applications mayMs. •Barbara Robinson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. to reduce the internal side yard setback between persons Township Manager Manager Blocks 23 and 24 from 3 metres to approximately attend Project and may contact Nancy Thompson atProject Township of Woolwich Consulting 1.8 metres; andLtd. 519-669-6040 or 519-664-2613 (ext. 6040)Stantec 24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158 49 Frederick Street • to allow each apartment building to have a regarding meeting details. Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6M7 useable porch ahead of the dwelling which Email: nthompson@woolwich.ca. Phone: (519) 664-2613 ext. 6030 Phone: (519)front 585-7379 be attached Fax: (519) 669-4669 Fax:will (519) 579-8806to the garage whereas, the By-law requires the porch to be attached to the front wall The rmiller@woolwich.ca Committee will also consider signed, writtenEmail: Email: barbara.robinson@stantec.com
Further information about the applications may be obtained from Engineering and Planning Services at 519-669-6038 or 519-664-2613 (Ext. 6038).
THE OBSERVER | Saturday, October 10, 2009
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At a fancy restaurant, opt for what sounds worst someone with a bad heart. Bill has a bad heart and needs a heart transplant. When Joe’s heart and lungs are removed, his heart can then be transplanted into Bill, whose own heart can then be removed and discarded. Recap: That’s two living patients, one deceased organ donor, and skillful surgeons versed in this medical legerdemain known as “domino transplant.” Amazing! Q. What’s some pain relief you must really believe in? A. Researchers have begun exploring what might be termed “faithbased analgesia,” where striking a religious state of mind in devout Catholics triggered brain processes associated with substantial relief from physical pain, says Bruce Bower in Science News magazine. While viewing classic religious images, the Catholics who were subjected to uncomfortable hand shocks reported feeling less pain than did atheists or agnostics under similar circumstances. Functional MRI (brain imaging) showed a change in the brain activ-
ity of these volunteers only while they looked at the religious icons. “What’s exciting is that this new study shows a neural mechanism by which religious belief affects pain perception,” says Duke University psychiatrist Harold Koenig. Relief was accompanied by vigorous activity in a part of the brain associated with emotional detachment and control over pain, much as for placebo treatments. Q. In an unfamiliar restaurant, could an understanding of economics help you decide which menu items to order? A. Despite the daunting plentitude of choices, you need not feel completely lost, says Tyler Cowen in Discover Your Inner Economist. At a fancy restaurant ($50 and up for a dinner), ask yourself: “Which item am I least likely to want to order? Which sounds least appetizing?” Then order that item. The logic here is simple: No item will be on the menu long without good reason. If it sounds bad, it probably tastes especially good.
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Take the case of “monkfish.” It’s hard to make good monkfish: Most people and most restaurants shouldn’t even try. “I don’t try. But when it is paraded with pride on the menu, it is usually an excellent entree. The dense and sweet flesh does very well in the hands of an expert chef.” Other good bets include game, anything you’ve never heard of, and most organ meats, especially the nasty-sounding ones. Watch out for the popular-sounding items like roast chicken, since too often they’re just OK. Many dining wimps will order roast chicken to experience the familiar. The same with fried calamari: Many people love this, so it will be on many menus no matter what. In general, popularity suffices but it doesn’t hit the highest peaks of taste. So, “in plain language, order the ugly and order the unknown. In a fancy restaurant, order the item you are least likely to think you want.”
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Perhaps you sent a lovely card, Or sat quietly in a chair, Perhaps you sent a funeral spray If so, we saw it there Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, As any friend should say. Perhaps, you were note there at all, Just thought of us today, Whatever you did to console our hearts, We thank you so much, whatever the part.
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Big sister, Allison, excitedly announces the arrival of her little sister,
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Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary Oliver and Elsie Shantz October 21, 1959 - October 21, 2009
With love and best wishes from all of your family brothers and sisters, in-laws, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren An open house will be held in their honour on Oct 18, 2009 2-5pm at Wallenstein Bible Chapel
Thank you to our family and friends for all the cards and best wishes we received for our 50th anniversary.
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REV. GEORGE SIM Happy 90th Birthday October 18, 2009 Happy 90th birthday Dad and Grandpa. Please join us on Sunday, October 18, 2009 for a celebration at Calvary United Church, St. Jacobs at 10am (George speaking). Reception following until 3pm. Best wishes only please. Thank you
Thank you! To the Mooder Gardens for making our day special!
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Thank you to all On behalf of the Heidelberg Parks and Recreation Association we would like to extend a sincere thank you to all the businesses and community members who contributed to and participated in our Fun Day. Your participation made this event a success. A special thank you to the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation for their support.
Park Manor girls perfect so far this season
We would like to thank everyone who sent cards, flowers, donations to the Poppy Fund and Heart & Stroke and also all the food to our home. A special thank you to Grace and the staff of Dreisinger’s Funeral Home and to Pastor Hans for his comforting service and the Ladies Auxiliary for the lovely lunch. Your kindness, support, guidance and understanding was most appreciated. Shirley Wilken and Family
We wish to express our gratitude to family and friends for their recognition of our 61st wedding anniversary. Thank you for the cards, flowers and gifts generously given, of which the greatest gift was your presence and kind words at the Open House on September 27, 2009.
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PANTHER POWER Members of the girls’ field hockey team at Elmira’s Park Manor Public School have every reason to smile after winning their fourth game of the season. The team has yet to be defeated.
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red schoolhouse was actually quite rare in this region. Carter explained that in rural areas, it usually made more sense at the time to build the schools from local materials. Many still stand, but have now been converted into private residences, senior’s centres, museums and even a local bar. Author Rych Mills, a member of the Waterloo Historical Society who attended Tuesday’s event, has spent more than 25 years collecting, research-
ing and analyzing his hometown’s history. Mills was impressed by Carter’s ability to reshape beliefs about items in history that have previously been commonplace. “He made us look at old things that we are so used to in a different way. And he got a lot of people enthusiastic about the history. We have been challenged to go out into the community and take pictures of all the old schoolhouses in the region we can find, to learn a bit more about them and their background.”
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Shoemaker, William (Bill) Peacefully with his family by his side at the K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital on Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the age of 83. Beloved husband for 57 years of Eva (nee Sivill) of Elmira. Loved father of Yvonne and her husband George Taliotis of Waterloo. Loving grandfather to Roger, and his wife Helen, and Althea. Dear brother of Evelyn Shoemaker. He was predeceased by his sisters Laura Shoemaker and Betty Warden and his brother Albert. Mr. Shoemaker farmed in the West Montrose area for 22 years. Friends were received at Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment to follow in Union Cemetery, Elmira. Donations to a charity of your choice would be appreciated as an expression of sympathy. The family wishes to express sincere appreciation to the nurses and staff of Grand River Hospital.
DEATH NOTICES FIDLER, Mary
WILKEN, Ken
– At St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener, on Saturday, September 19, 2009 aged 76 years.
– Peacefully on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Heritage House, St. Jacobs with his family by his side. Ken Wilken, age 80 years, of Elmira.
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 Join Gloria on Thanksgiving Monday at 2 p.m. for a fall hike at Sandy Hills Pinery Trail. Take Arthur Street north from Elmira and turn right onto Sandy Hills Drive. Travel approx. one km and look for municipal number #390 on the south side of the road. Please contact Paul Miller at 519-664-3643 to confirm meeting times and locations. Maps with meeting locations are posted at: www.healthywoolwich.org. OCTOBER 15
 Woolwich/Wellesley Adult Health Fair. Do you have a safety net? Runs 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Keynote speaker: Janine Grespan, CTV. Skits, speakers and displays focusing on creating your health safety net. Gentle fitness breaks, massage, reflexology, blood pressure and hearing screening. Everyone welcome. No admission fee. Lunch $10 (space limited, pay at door). Calvary United Church, 38 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. For more information call Joy at 519-664-3534, ext. 230  St. Jacobs Lions Club Prospective Members dinner and Information meeting, welcome new members; 7 p.m., Woolwich Community Centre. For more information please contact membership chair Dennis Lougheed at 519-6643941.
OCTOBER 19
 The Waterloo Region Committee on Elder Abuse. Free Workshop – Older Adults, Abuse and The Law; 10-11:45 a.m. Free workshop on how and when seniors should set their legal affairs in order so they can safeguard themselves from future potential abuse. Presenter Professor R Solomon, LL.B, LL.M, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario. Kitchener Memorial Auditorium – Subscribers Lounge, 400 East Avenue, Kitchener. Free parking, refreshments provided. Space is limited. For more information contact Marie Kaal at 519-772-8787 or email mariek@communitysupportconnections.org.
Bus.:519.669.2632 Fax: 519.669.4282
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29 Church St. W., Elmira
519.669.0799
OCTOBER 20
 Lunch at Gale Presbyterian, 2 Cross St., Elmira, 11 a.m – 1 p.m. Baked spaghetti and meatballs, caeser salad, rolls, chocolate truffle squares, beverage; $9 per person. Also, soup and roll to go $3. Takeout available, wheelchair accessible, everyone welcome. OCTOBER 22
 Drayton United Church Turkey Supper from 5-7 p.m. P.M.D. Community Centre, Drayton. Tickets at the door. Adults $12; children 10 & under $5; preschoolers free.  Woolwich Caregiver Group, 10-11:15 a.m. at the WCHC for a discussion on “Decision-making in Caregiving.â€? Call Lorraine at 519-664-3794 for more information. If you are caring for someone who is chronically or terminally ill this group may be of interest to you. Note change of date.
New to the Community? Do you have a new Baby? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess. Elmira & Surrounding Area
SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763
elmirawelcomewagon@sympatico.ca
 Cholesterol Solutions, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Find easy ways to improve your cholesterol level. Call 519-664-3794 for more information.
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MACHINE WORKS INCORPORATED
33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591
RETAIL STORE STORE RETAIL HARD
Allen Morrison Insurance Inc.
Investments
OCTOBER 23 MEDIUM EASY
Allen Morrison, Agent/Owner
Life
 Liver & onions dinner, $6, 6 p.m. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira.
MILLWRIGHTS LTD.
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OCTOBER 16
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• Electrical Supplies • New Vacuums • All Vacuum Repairs • Parts & Accessories • All makes and models • Hand Vacs to Central Vacs 9 CHURCH STREET EAST, ELMIRA
519.669.8362
 Howell’s Fish Fry Dinner at Floradale Mennonite Church, 22 Florapine Rd., Floradale 4:30-7:30 p.m. (alternate chicken dinner available). Tickets $14/ adults; $7/children (10 and under) can be purchased by calling the church office at 519-669-2861. Takeouts available. Proceeds to the Canadian FoodGrains Bank and the church building fund.  Going For The Goal Fundraising Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Calvary United Church. Speaker to follow: Neil Atchison; $30 advance tickets only, available from Barb Bowman 519-669-2912, Sheila Schmidt 519-664-2874. Honoured guests Luanne and Graham Snyder. Sponsored by the three churches of St. Jacobs. Proceeds to Woolwich Recreational Facility Foundation.  Euchre Card Party, 7:30 p.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church hall, 19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira. Admission $5. Cash prizes, door prizes and lunch served. Everyone welcome! Sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League. OCTOBER 24
 Hawaiian Dinner. Two sittings – 5 & 7 p.m. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. Adults $12/person, children 6-10 yrs $5; 5 and under $2. Entertainment with Al Steel to follow the 7 p.m. sitting; $2 cover charge without dinner ticket. Submit calendar listings to info@observerxtra.com
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Friday Oct 9 | 5am-9am Saturday Oct 10 9am-1pm
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No Payments No Interest No Fees Every Day. See Owner for details.
While supplies last • May not be exactly as shown • Sale ends October 24, 2009
Visit our ce applian dept. HOURS Mon.-Thurs. 8-6 | Fridays 8-9 | Saturdays 8-5 | Sundays 12-5 Closed on Monday, October 12, 2009 1421 King St. N, Downtown St. Jacobs | 519-664-3301 | www.homefurniture.ca
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