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Kitchener-conestoga too close to call STEVE KANNON Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. When the polls close and the counting’s done Tuesday night, we can expect to be back where we started when the writ was dropped last month: a Conservative minority government. Projections made Thursday by Wilfrid Laurier political scientist Barry Kay see the Conservatives capturing 138 seats on Oct. 14, up from the 124 they won in the last election but still short of the 155 needed to win a majority. But even those numbers could change, as the Tory fortunes continue to sink this week. “The world’s changed in the last three days. There’s been a swing to the Liberals from the Conservatives. That’s all happened since the
debates, since the weekend,” he said. Quebeckers began moving away from the Conservatives a couple of weeks ago, but the recent shift has been most dramatic in Ontario. Where the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy had been projecting a Tory win here in Kitchener-Conestoga, the race is now “too close to call,” said Kay. “Kitchener-Conestoga is probably the least safe of the Conservative seats in the area.” While Ontario and Quebec are seeing some swings, the polling results show little change elsewhere in the country. Stephen Harper’s government, looking at a possible majority when the election was called, now appears headed for another minority, albeit slightly enlarged. See RIDING »07
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Poll numbers show another minority government for Harper; predict tough battle for local seat
MaKING THE POINT the four candidates running in Kitchener-Conestoga – jamie Kropf, rod mcneil, harold Albrecht and orlando Da Silva – took part in a debate held at eDSS oct. 7. the debate was organized by the Student Vote committee.
Candidates make their pitch to high school students EDSS hears from Kitchener-Conestoga hopefuls looking for youth segment prior to holding Student Vote JONI MILTENBURG As the election race nears the finish line, the candidates running in Kitchener-Conestoga took time away from knocking on doors to appeal to a non-voting
crowd. The four candidates took part in a debate at Elmira District Secondary School on Oct. 7, convened by the organizers of Student Vote. The candidates told the crowd gathered in the EDSS cafeteria that the
election affects them even if they can’t vote. “This is going determine the direction we’re going in for the next four years,” said NDP candidate Rod McNeil. “What we want to do is make sure each one of you has a decent future – clean
air, clean water to drink, a home you can afford, a decent job with a decent wage, not being crippled with student debt.” Incumbent Harold Albrecht thanked the students for electing him in the last Student Vote election.
“I know that the students of EDSS take elections seriously and I know they make intelligent, well-considered decisions. I know this because in the last election here at EDSS you elected me as the MP for this riding.”
When asked about the most important issue of the election, all four candidates agreed the economy has eclipsed all others. Green party candidate Jamie Kropf told the students that economic
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“If you want to live in a democratic country, then you have responsibilities too. It doesn’t run itself.”
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HITTING THE BOOKS Poll clerk Barb Detweiler-Bowman, left, and deputy returning officer Mary Haight go over election materials ahead of the federal election Oct. 14.
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An army of helpers makes sure the polls are open so those who do show up can cast a ballot JONI MILTENBURG Mary Haight is going back to school this week, hitting the books and filling out quizzes. Next week is the final exam: election day. Haight will be working as a deputy returning officer at a polling station in Elmira this year. It’s a job she’s done several times before – for federal, provincial and municipal elections – but the rules of engagement change each time out. “Every election changes. Just when you think you have a really good handle on procedures, new procedures are introduced. And federal is different from provincial, which is also different from municipal.” Haight completed a three-hour training session last week, and is busying studying the 200-page handbook from Elections Canada. It’s not as much reading as it sounds: half the book is
in French. For Haight, working at a polling station grew out of a general interest in how the system functions. “I’ve always been interested in politics, and I’ve always been interested in how it works,” she said. “I’ve been fortunate to be a stay-at-home mom for the past number of years, so it was just kind of a good fit.” Art Martin is another Elmira resident who’s getting ready for the election on Oct. 14. A retired elementary teacher, he said the election makes for a nice break in the week and a chance to get out and talk to people. This election will be a longer break than most; the polls are open for 12 hours. The workers will be there early to open them in the morning, and stay late to count the ballots after the polls have closed. By the time the votes are recorded and the ballots delivered to the central polling stations, many of the workers will have
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been at their polling station for 14 or 15 hours. Martin said they do get paid – how much, he’s not sure – but he’s not doing it for the money. “I think I’d find something else for a 14-hour day,” he laughed. “I didn’t realize the polls were going to be open 12 hours. This is going to be a bit of a marathon. But that’s OK.” He agreed to do it, he said, because it’s his civic duty. “If you want to live in a democratic country, then you have responsibilities too. It doesn’t run itself. You need people to do it and you want people who will do it properly.” This election will be a little more complicated because of new rules requiring voters to provide identification. There is a whole new group of election workers – information officers – who will greet people at the door and check they have the required ID. Carolyn Hertzberger, returning of-
ficer for the riding of Kitchener-Conestoga, said she’s hiring more people to run polling stations because it’s a fast-growing riding. In total, there will be 625 people manning 215 polls across the riding on election day. “People think that there’s nothing to this job,” she laughed. “When they get through three hours of training, it’s like, ‘ugh.’ That’s the concern we have.” Despite the new rules and the long hours, Haight said she’s looking forward to the big day. “I always do, it’s really fun. I read the paper and I listen to the news at night, so I feel I have a comfortable working knowledge of what’s going on.” She said there’s more to the job than just handing ballots to voters and counting them at the end of the day. “Not enough people do vote, so it’s really important that those who come know how much it’s appreciated.”
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Crisis? What crisis? A defining moment in the election
I have a friend who has the kind of stomach that doesn’t take to a variety of foods, including dairy. Every once in a while, she’ll eat something she knows probably won’t sit well, figuring maybe this time that milkshake won’t be so bad. Experiencing an unfavourable reaction, she’ll get back on her usual diet. This, in a nutshell, is how federal politics play out in Canada. Every once in a while we vote for the Conservatives. Feeling sick to our stomachs, we go back to the Liberals. After some time has passed – and figuring maybe this time it won’t be so bad – we try electing another Conservative government. The Joe Clark experiment was shortlived, sandwiched by the presence of Pierre Trudeau. As with the inexplicable two terms for George W. Bush, we twice voted for Brian Mulroney, before regretting it and reducing the party to a pair of seats in the election that brought Jean Chrétien to power. After 13 years of Liberal rule, we voted Conservative in large enough numbers to make Stephen Harper the head of a minority government. In that abbreviated summation of the past four decades, a pattern emerges. I find it useful in trying to put the current campaign in perspective. And it’s why we should avoid a Harper majority: It’s a good idea to avoid the pain that would follow. Our problem with Conservative gov-
ernments boils down to ideology: Deep down, we don’t like what they’re selling. It’s the same reason most of us, if we had a vote, would support Democrats and not Republicans in U.S. elections. Again, there’s a simple pattern to be found. Right-wing governments tend to cut spending on things we benefit from, spend on things we don’t, run deficits, privatize assets to the benefit of a few supporters and deregulate where a watchful eye is needed. And that doesn’t even address the distasteful fundamentalist positions and social conservatism, which have crept into Canadian politics courtesy of the Reform movement. Let’s just stick with the basics. Mulroney’s governments ran up massive deficits during good times, introduced the GST and free trade despite public opposition and spent money like sailors on shore leave, all the while widening the gap between rich and poor. The same scenario played out with other so-called fiscal conservatives at the time, most notably Ronald Reagan in the U.S. and Margaret Thatcher in the U.K. It was only successive centre-left parties – the “tax and spend” crowd – that balanced the budget and restored economic health to their countries: Chrétien’s Liberals here, Democratic president Bill Clinton and Labour’s Tony Blair. It’s no coincidence that the current economic turmoil originated from the U.S. under Bush: The massive deficits, debt spiraling past $11 trillion and de-
regulation frenzy combined to bring us where we are today. Harper supporters decry the comparisons to Bush. Frankly, there are too many similarities for our comfort level, this being Canada. Even in the absence of the worst fundamentalist abuses and the attack on civil liberties, the economic crisis has clearly revealed the right’s greatest weakness: laissez fair economics. You can accuse Bush of being a nottoo-bright puppet, with Cheney and his ilk running things in the U.S. Here, however, Harper is a one-man show. An economist by training, he should know exactly what can, and does happen under the kind of market system he’s advocated for years. Is anyone surprised the largest and deadliest outbreak of listeriosis occurred after the Harper government cut funding for inspectors, boosting self-regulation in the industry? Or that the inspection agency had quietly removed the requirement to report occurrences of listeria? Deregulation is a mantra on the right. That may change in the wake
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of the financial sector meltdown, as some analysts are calling it the end of the cowboy capitalism that’s thrived under the Bush administration. Unfettered by bothersome rules, the industry spun evermore intricate financial instruments, greed making everyone ignore that the system had become a house of cards. Banks are folding, not just in the U.S. but overseas as well, under a mountain of bad debt. Canada’s banking system can weather the storm largely because the mergers and deregulation demanded by the industry were disallowed by previous Liberal governments. The situation here might have been much grimmer today if a Conservative government had been at the helm a decade ago. In an election that was called for no other reason than Harper hoping the time was right for a shot at a majority, the financial crisis comes in time to shine a spotlight on his party’s economic shortcomings. He argues we need a steady hand on the tiller in turbulent times. Problem is, he’s steering us the wrong way.
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How long have you had this business? Eight years. Why did you become an optician? I had to get glasses one day when I was a teenager. The shop owner showed me how it was done and it seemed interesting. Why did you pick Elmira to start a business? I wanted a community that wasn’t big on Sunday shopping nor evening shopping. When you have a family and a business, these kinds of hours are a little better to do both. And it’s a
growing community.
How many kids do you have? Three kids. Favourite thing to do with your kids? Play in the backyard. What are your hobbies? Fishing, hunting and hockey. Totally un-Canadian. What’s your best fishing spot? There’s a river in Markdale that I fish, the Rocky Saugeen. What’s your best catch? A 19.5-inch brook trout in Algonquin Park.
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Region dumps septic services Starting in April 2009, local residents looking to install private septic treatment systems at their homes will be able to do so from within their own municipality. they will no longer have to make the trip to the Waterloo region’s public health office to obtain septic system permits. “they’ll be going to a one-stop shop, to the one municipality for their building permit and for their septic system permit,� said henry garcia, director of environmental health. As of April, responsibility for the inspection and approval of on-site private sewage disposal systems in north Dumfries, Wellesley and Woolwich will be transferred from the region to each municipality respectively. the region’s public health department has had sewage disposal system agreements with local municipalities for the past 40 years. in 1998, legislation changes required this responsibility to be transferred to municipalities unless a separate agreement was established. the region reached agreements with the three affected townships but will discontinue the contracts, effective Apr. 5, 2009. meant to streamline the building approval process, the move will also make it more convenient for applicants, said garcia.
Kudos for Wellington Wellington County was named one of Canada’s top 100 employers by Maclean’s magazine in a special feature last week. the county will also be featured in the 2009 edition of the Canada’s top 100 employers book. it was also selected as top 10 employer for Waterloo and area.
A day for Josh Floradale Public School event serves as memorial for 10-year-old drowning victim MARC MIQUEL HELSEN It was just the way Joshua Weber would have wanted it: lots of sports, fun activities, good times, and ice cream sundaes. Lots of them. And so that’s what was on tap at Floradale Public School Tuesday as family, friends, students, and staff gathered at the school to honour the memory of the vivacious 10-year-old boy who died in July at a Hawkesville pond. Described as a jovial boy with a “sweet tooth� by those present at Tuesday’s event, Josh would most certainly have approved of the day’s festivities. “He’d be in the middle of everything; he’d go through the ice cream line twice,� said Josh’s father, Colin Weber, with a smile. Those festivities included hula-hooping, soccer, a bouncy castle, treats, his favourite music, and a slide show featuring pictures of Josh, as he was known to friends. “I think just seeing them (peers), happy, remembering him, is the way he would have wanted it. He would
a KID’S WaY Dustin Kraemer digs into a sundae at Floradale public School tuesday. Students, parents, teachers and family came together to remember josh Weber the way he would have liked it. At right, george Wiebe blows some bubbles. inset: josh Weber.
have wanted everyone to be happy, having a good time and that’s what they were doing today,� said Josh’s mother, Rhonda, her voice wavering. “It’s the type of day he would have loved. It’s actually healing being here.� Josh, like his siblings, was a fan of the Ottawa Senators – even if his dad preferred the Leafs. This was his day, and so his friends wore the team’s colours – red, black and gold – to hon-
the pond,� said McNabb. “It has been a really big loss for our community; he was a pretty special boy. We miss him very much.� The day for Josh was the fruit of many people’s efforts, said his parents. McNabb and school staff wanted to organize a memorial in Josh’s name for those kids who had not been able to attend the funeral service. They called a meeting with some parents and teachers, spoke with Co-
our his club. Even Principal Leslie McNabb got in on the hockey fun, donning a bright and shiny Sens’ jersey. “Josh was a wonderful, wonderful person; he was very caring, very kind and always very supportive of his friends and always strived to be the best he could be. On the day he died that’s exactly what he was doing; he was trying to swing farther and higher than he had swung before on
lin and Rhonda Weber and planned something that the kids “would look forward to.â€? Parents, teachers and members of the community came together to organize the event and a couple from the family’s church donated the use of their bouncy castle for the day. “The community gave so much to us through the time of the accident, and the funeral and everything, so this was a See JOSH page Âť06
A Halloween treat for those in need CANS project has target of 6,000 pounds of food for sixth annual outing MARC MIQUEL HELSEN For the sixth year in a row, Elmira’s Dustin Martin and a growing contingent of area residents will hit the streets on Halloween night to collect non-perishables for the region’s food bank. Last year saw some 80 philanthropic trick-or-treaters beat the pavement, gathering more than 5,000 pounds of food. The goal this
year is even bigger. “We’re hoping for 100 (volunteers) and my goal is to break 6,000 lbs (2,268 kilograms),� said Martin, a 17-year-old EDSS student who, together with two friends no longer involved with the project, started the CANS (originally an acronym for Citizens Always Need Supper) food drive six years ago. CANS was born out of the founders’ desire to continue trick-or-
treating despite the fact that they had outgrown the practice of going around to get candy. The movement gained new recruits as more kids out-grew the trick-ortreating age and looked to continue the yearly tradition while doing something positive for See CANS page Âť11
caNNED GOOD Dustin martin will be leading volunteers through the streets of elmira on halloween trick-or-treating for the food bank.
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the gross domestic product (gDp) for Waterloo region is an estimated $21.5 billion, an increase of almost 41 per cent for the decade between 1997 and 2006. that represents the highest growth rate among Canada’s 27 metropolitan areas, according to the Waterloo Region’s Vital Signs report released this week. Also of note, the median family income in Waterloo region is $74,040 – higher than seen across the province and country. the region’s median family income has increased by almost 17% since 2001. the second annual report, released by the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation, provides a snapshot of several key indicators about quality of life issues in the region. Full details can be found at www.wrvitalsigns.ca.
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IN WORDS AND IN DEEDS Mikayla Weber (Josh’s Sister), Abigael Martin, Emily Brown, and Ryan Wideman wrote messages for Josh on the school ground asphalt.
Josh: Remembering a friend » From page 05
little way we could give back to the school and to the kids in memory of Josh,” said Rhonda. Colin echoed that sentiment. “We’ve been kind of overwhelmed by the support of this community, it’s been pretty awesome,” said Weber. “We
feel extremely blessed to live in a community like this.” It was a bittersweet day for the friends and family of Josh as they celebrated his life and shared their memories. Indeed, on more than one occasion, they were reminded by someone else of the fun-loving
boy. “We stamped each of the kids’ hands so they’d come through once (for a sundae), and there was one little kid that came back, he still had ice cream on his face and a stamp on his hand, and he took another bowl – that’s what Josh would have done,” said Rhonda.
boards – objected. Pools are not permitted in this type area as result of historical servicing issues. Part of a subdivision that was approved in the early 1990s when knowledge of the hydrogeologic impacts from septic tank installations was not what it is today, the area was subjected to a set of standards established by the region’s public health department. With no sanitary sewers in the area, the township decided each property should provide enough room for: an existing tile field, an additional redundant tile field in event that the first one failed; and a septic system. Pools were eliminated from the list of permitted uses in an effort to ensure space for all three components. Despite the abundance of tertiary treatment systems, council revisited the matter in 2006 and chose to continue with the status quo so as to provide a double-check mechanism, leaving the health unit to make evaluations based on hydrological requirements. Bruns’ request came as the township reviewed its policies about pools, particularly enforcement of building permits and its pool fence bylaw. A report dealing with these issues, relating to building permits, fees, the payment of fees and penalties will be presented to council in the near future.
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Riding: Initially considered a safe seat, it’s now up for grabs » From cover
Most of the Tory gains in Kay’s model would come at the expense of the Liberals, who would drop to 88 seats from 103. The NDP gain a pair of seats to 31, while the Bloc
drops one to 50. One seat stays in the hands of an independent, bringing the total to 308. Last week’s French language debate boosted Liberal leader Stéphane Dion in Quebec, where
Candidates: Making their cases to the voters of tomorrow » From cover
issues affect them as well. “It is a concern for students like you – students who have to go to university, who have to fund their education. And who are concerned about what kind of jobs will be available when they graduate.” Not surprisingly, postsecondary education was a recurring topic. Albrecht highlighted the Conservatives’ record, telling the students they increased postsecondary funding by 40 per cent, made changes to RESPs allowing more generous payments, and helped students from low-income families. Liberal Orlando Da Silva outlined three measures to help students: a quarterly education grant that would replace tax credits; 200,000 new spaces for students from low-income backgrounds; and $5,000 in loans for every student, regardless of their parents’ income. Kropf outlined his party’s plan to forgive half of a student’s debt upon graduation and transfer payments to help students with financial difficulties. McNeil told them the NDP would reduce the interest rate on student loans, lower tuition and create the office of a national ombudsman to oversee predatory loan companies. One student asked the candidates what they could do to more effectively get their message out to Canadians.
“Unfortunately I’m not old enough to vote, but if I was, I would probably vote for Obama,” she joked. Da Silva told the students that the candidates have to try to elevate the level of the debate when they talk to voters and the media. “The problem we’ve had too often, I think, is the discourse in the media is about the strategy of the election and not so much of the substance.” McNeil said Canadian election campaigns are too short for challengers to get their message out, and short campaigns favour the incumbent. However, he said he doesn’t favour election campaigns as long as those in the United States. “The campaign down there takes too long. … I know more about the candidates than I know about Britney Spears at this point.” A few of the students at EDSS are old enough to vote, but the rest took part in the Student Vote election Thursday. Tristan Neill, head of the Student Vote team, said the student elections are run almost the same as regular elections. “The students come and they register and they show us ID and then we give them the ballot, they go behind the screen, cross their ballot – very similar to the way it’s run in real life,” Neill said. “We feel it’s important not only that people come out and vote, but also that they are informed voters.”
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the Tories have been seen as self-sabotaging. The English debate was also favourable for the opposition leaders. But it’s the mounting financial crisis in the U.S., now sending shockwaves through the global economy, that’s taken a toll on the incumbents. Harper initially downplayed the problem, only to see it emerge as the front-andcenter issue for voters. “When I was talking in class earlier today about the Great Depression, I was hopefully talking about the ‘30s and not the first decade of this century,” University of Waterloo political scientist Peter Woolstencroft joked on Wednesday. “Harper’s campaign is suffering from the great economic shock.”
The government has misjudged the financial crisis, and the public’s reaction. “The Conservatives have not run a very great campaign.” Where once he saw the chance of a Harper majority, he now predicts another minority. To the government’s advantage on that front, Woolstencroft also sees little public interest in this election – “it’s low on the horizon for the public.” The lower the voter turnout – he predicts about 60 per cent – the better it is for the incumbents. As a rule, Canadians go to the polls in larger numbers to vote governments out of power. While there has been a great deal of talk about
strategic voting – the socalled ABC or anything but Conservative vote – Woolstencroft sees little coming of it, save perhaps in Newfoundland and Labrador, where Conservative Premier Danny Williams is campaigning hard against Harper. “There’s nothing that shows that strategic voting actually works. You have to be really informed – and most people aren’t that knowledgeable,” he said. Still, there are groups attempting to organize a strategic vote to derail the Conservatives. At voteforenvironment. ca, for instance, they’re backing Liberal Orlando Da Silva as the candidate best able to unseat incumbent Tory Harold
Albrecht in KitchenerConestoga. Woolstencroft, however, expects that when it comes time to actually cast a ballot, most people will “vote sincerely.” In this riding, where the urban segment in the southwest part of Kitchener plays a growing role, the tendency may be away from the Conservative vote more prevalent in the rural areas. The real dynamic, he suggests, is how many potentially Liberal votes will slip to the NDP or Greens. For Kay, given how close poll results are in this riding, party efforts to get voters out on Tuesday could have an influence on the outcome – “it’s just that close.”
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FEDERAL ELECTION 2008 Harold Albrecht
Orlando Da Silva
Age | 58 Occupation | Incumbent MP; former dentist and pastor
Age | 40 Occupation | Litigation lawyer, Ministry of the Attorney General
Even in this relatively short campaign – a little over a month – Conservative Harold Albrecht has seen a change in voters’ concerns. The economy has taken center-stage. As he knocks on doors in the riding, he’s hearing that people are worried about problems in the manufacturing sector and the resultant job losses. “The economy certainly eclipses the other issues right now,” he said as the campaign entered its final week. Energy prices, and the potential impact of the Liberals’ Green Shift policy, were also top of mind, he adds, noting energy usage is a key component in Ontario’s industrial heartland. “This is not a time to have plans that will increase any tax burden.” Rather, the Conservative government’s bid to reduce taxes for individuals and small- and medium-sized businesses are just the recipe needed to keep the economy on track. Keeping spending under control and tackling the debt – $37 billion has been shaved off since the Harper government took over in early 2006, he notes – will do the
most to help. “I think people get it. This government is trying to operate as an individual family would operate,” said Albrecht, adding now is not the time to take on additional expenses. Rather, the government, like individual households, must keep its finances in order. His own focus is on policies that benefit families. That’s the issue that keeps him driven as he visits households in the riding, looking to be re-elected. “The big one for me is young families. I have seven grandchildren, and I know the cost of raising children.” He points to the childcare allowance of $100 a month and other credits that have helped young families as evidence of his government’s commitment to that goal. Also close to his heart is the party’s law-and-order agenda, toughening up the laws, pushing for more and longer jail terms and putting more emphasis on justice for victims. “I’m committed to work hard at bringing a better balance to the criminal justice system – victims’ rights versus criminals’ rights.”
What started out as an election about nothing has become focused on the financial meltdown in the United States, and the economic impact on Canada. For opposition candidates looking to unseat the Conservative incumbent in Kitchener-Conestoga, it presents an opportunity to take on the government where analysts have identified a weakness. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has argued the country’s economic fundamentals are strong, saying the worst would have already happened if Canada was due for a hit. That was his line until this week, when global markets took big dives, even after the U.S. Congress approved a $700-billion bailout of financial institutions. “The fundamentals are about to experience the full effect of the U.S. economic downturn,” says Liberal candidate Orlando Da Silva, dismissing Harper’s assertions the economy here is on course. Campaigning door-to-door, he’s heard many worries about what lies ahead. “The economy has crowded out a lot of other issues. They have concerns about the growing economic storm in the U.S.”
While the Conservatives have frittered away budget surpluses – flirting with deficits – and badmouthed Ontario’s manufacturing sector, a Liberal government would restore a contingency fund and promote industrial innovation, he said. It’s on that front that the economy and concerns about the environment can be addressed simultaneously. “It’s not an either/or choice. That’s a false dichotomy. There’s money to be made in green.” The faltering manufacturing sector, for instance, could be helped by making Canada a world leader in innovative new green technologies. The ability to work on such improvements is precisely what prompted Da Silva to seek political office. A lawyer, he left private practice to work for the Ministry of the Attorney General. He’s also involved in a number of volunteer endeavours. “Politics were the logical next step. Part of what drew me into politics is the abiding drive to do something in the public good, to do a public service,” said the Kitchener native.
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KITCHENER-CONESTOGA Rod McNeil
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Age | 48 Occupation | Owner of Karaoke Kommotion
Age | 55 Occupation | IT Consultant
Ever since he can remember, Rod McNeil has voted for the NDP. This month, however, will mark the first time that the Kitchener native runs for the federal party. He notes his resolve to run in the KitchenerConestoga riding was galvanized when he considered the prospect of a second Conservative mandate. “I’m getting tired of Stephen Harper messing with the country and am really, really frightened of the prospects of a Harper majority – so, I threw my hat in the ring.” McNeil says he’s heard plenty about what many Canadians want. And that is a different Canada than the one the Conservatives are building. “I am contacted constantly with people from all walks of life: rich, poor, young, old, and … what I’ve been hearing in the last few years is people are not happy with the way things are going; they want a different plan, a different vision of Canada and I think I’ve heard enough from the grassroots people that I can help them solve their problems.” Given the current climate of economic uncertainty, the protection of local jobs is of paramount importance, he argues.
Aside from voting, Jamie Kropf didn’t get involved in politics until two years ago. The Green candidate in KitchenerConestoga voted Green for the first time in the last federal election in 2006. Impressed with the party’s platform and values, he helped set up the party’s riding association in Kitchener-Conestoga. Soon after that, he was asked to become the party’s candidate. Kropf was born and raised in the region and has worked in information technology for more than 30 years. He views his political inexperience as an asset, saying he brings no baggage to the election campaign. Kropf says the birth of his first grandchild a month ago gave him extra motivation to run for the Greens. “I really felt that the world that we’re leaving to our children and grandchildren I could not be proud of. I really needed to look at myself and say, ‘what have I done to try to solve this problem?’” The candidate identifies the top issues this campaign as the economy and the environment. He thinks it’s
“The jobs are just vapourizing around here, literally,” he said, noting that unemployment is the root cause of many other social problems, including the inability of many families to buy homes, secure benefits, or even pay for prescription drugs. “We have to invest in technologies here; we want to reward companies that keep jobs in Canada, not ship them overseas,” he explained, noting he wants to focus on investing in companies that have an environmental focus. “The new energy platform is what’s really going to create the jobs … I understand that the oil patch is providing jobs, creating jobs. I’m not antioil industry – it’s a necessary evil. There’s no world at the current time without an oil industry. That being said, there’s better ways to go about it, things that we can do that will not impact the earth as much.” Also on his priority list are health care and daycare. The NDP wants to have more doctors trained to service the 75,000 people in the region who do not have a family doctor, and to make it easier for foreign doctors to get accreditation.
likely there will be a recession in the United States and the cracks in the financial system will stretch under the Canadian and global economy as well. If elected, Kropf said one of his priorities will be to move Canada away from traditional manufacturing toward a green-centered economy. “We know with the rise in oil prices that energy is going to become much more expensive over time. There’s going to be huge worldwide demand for technologies that are energy-efficient, technologies that reduce the cost of energy.” The Greens are running as serious challengers in this election, he notes. “We’re running a different kind of campaign than we’ve ever run in Kitchener-Conestoga before. We’ve got as many signs out as any of the parties and that’s never been said before. We’ve got canvassing happening all over the riding. We will have a mailer going out this week that articulates some of our policies. “We’re running to win in Kitchener-Conestoga, and I think we’ve got a reasonable shot at doing that.”
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Rumblings of a fight send police to EDSS »»
October 1
6:00 AM | A collision involving a vehicle and a deer took place at Katherine Street North and Line 86, near West Montrose. The animal was not recovered. 10:50 AM | A mountain bike was found in the area of Princess and Water streets in St. Jacobs. The rightful owner of this bike may claim it at the Elmira detachment. 5:32 PM | A passerby and an On-Star agent notified police that a collision had taken place at the roundabout near St. Jacobs. One vehicle had rear-ended another, causing damage estimated at $5,000. There were no injuries and no charges because the roads at the time of the collision were slick as a result of rain. It appears the drivers involved in the collision were brothers. 5:34 PM | Another road collision brought police to the roundabout in St. Jacobs. One vehicle had been stopped for traffic when it was struck from behind by another vehicle, the driver of which was charged with ‘careless driving.’ The rear-ended vehicle incurred minor damage; the second vehicle is likely a write-off. 5:40 PM | An elderly driver drove into the rear of another vehicle while travelling northbound on Arthur Street. There were no injuries. Weather conditions were a factor, as it was rainy and roads were slippery. The lead vehicle that was rear-ended had been hauling a small trailer, which was also damaged in the collision. There were no charges. 9:57 PM | Police received a report of a break-and enter at a Pintail Drive, Elmira location that took place some time during the day. Camera equipment, jewelry and other items with a total value of $6,000 were taken. Police ID branch processed the scene and the investigation continues.
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October 2
12:29 AM | Two trees on the lawn of a Church Street West residence were hit by a darkcoloured, older model vehicle. After hitting the trees the vehicle continued through the yard, kicking up dirt and plants. Two vehicles had been parked in the driveway at the time of the incident. The vehicle was last seen on Church Street heading towards Arthur Street. The investigation continues. 2:42 AM | Someone near Park Street and Anita Drive in St. Clements reported to police that a suspicious vehicle had followed them home. The vehicle then stopped at the end of the driveway when the complainant pulled in. The other car waited there for some time. The complainant did not leave the car until the other vehicle left. The suspect vehicle was blue and was possibly occupied by one male. It
Shortly after noon on Oct. 3, police received notification of some rumours of an impending fight at EDSS. All of the youths supposedly implicated in the rumble were located and spoken to by officers. Any potential altercation was averted. It appears that the supposed tiff stemmed from an Internet conversation. Police would like to remind parents to keep household computers in a public area of the house where they can monitor their children’s online activities. had tinted windows. Police searched the area but were unable to locate the vehicle. 10:30 AM | A house under construction on First Street West in Elmira was the site of a break-and-enter. A generator, a Jacuzzi, and approximately $6,500 worth of tools and supplies were stolen. Entry was gained through an unsecured garage door. The investigation continues. 12:59 PM | School officials from Riverside Public School in Elmira contacted police to report that graffiti had been found on windows, and that two burn holes had been made on picnic tables in the playground. Vandalism appears to be an ongoing problem in the area, and is likely related to some suspicious youths hanging around after school hours. Police encourage neighbours to report suspicious activities. Complainants may remain anonymous.
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October 3
9:50 AM | Police received a report from an employee opening up the Short Stop store on Church Street West in Elmira that a bonfire had been held behind the store; several smashed bottles littered the ground and someone had defecated. There was also graffiti on one of the back walls. Damage was pegged at $100. The investigation continues. 10:11 AM | Police conducting speed enforcement on William Hastings Line near Crosshill intercepted a driver with a suspended license. The driver was arrested and then later released. It appears that the driver had been on his way to have his license reinstated. 12:58 PM | An attempted breakand-enter that took place the previous Sunday in the area of Water Street in St. Jacobs was reported. The complainant was inspecting the home for winter when they discovered that a screen of a rear window had been detached and damaged. Entry was not gained. There have been a number of
incidents as of late in this area and police are reminding residents to report any suspicious activity. 1:24 PM | A resident of Elmira taking a walk in the Snyder’s Flats area returned home to find that their truck had been broken into. A wallet and some credit cards were stolen and used afterwards. As soon as the complainant realized the wallet was stolen, the cards were cancelled. 3:10 PM | The gas bar at Wagner’s Corner was the site of a drive-off. A white male in his 20s, with black hair and wearing prescription glasses, driving a Hyundai Accent, left without paying a $20 gas bill. Police contacted the registered owner who claimed that a family member had used the car at the time. The registered owner then attended the gas bar and settled the outstanding payment. The driver was given instructions to contact police to discuss the matter further. 5:56 PM | An Elmira resident reported an internal theft of more than $6,000 at a local business. The investigation continues. 8:24 PM | Numerous items, including a jewelry box and liquor, were stolen from a residence on Pintail Drive in Elmira. The investigation continues. 7:10 PM | There were no human injuries as a result of a collision with a deer in the area of Seiling and Noah roads. The animal, however, was not found. The vehicle suffered minor damage.
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October 4
12:56 PM | An Elmira resident called police after locating a handgun in the basement of a family member’s residence as they were cleaning up. Not knowing whether the firearm was loaded, the individual then took it to their residence and notified police. Police came to the residence and the weapon was sent for destruction. Police strongly urge the public to treat firearms as loaded even if they are not and to call police immediately to avoid dangerous circumstances. 4:59 PM | A mountain bike was found in the area of Snyder Avenue in Elmira. The bike may now be claimed by its rightful owner at 3A. 8:21 PM | A vehicle was pulled over after being clocked travelling 124 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. After a roadside screening device was administered it was determined that the G2 driver had a blood alcohol reading of 0.045, in contravention of a zero reading requirement for all G2 drivers. The driver was subsequently charged with ‘speeding’ and received a ticket for a blood alcohol reading above 0. If convicted, the driver’s license could be suspended for 30 days.
»» October 5 ing driven eastbound. There 9:05 AM | Emergency per- were no charges due to the sonnel were called out to the fact that the sun was low on scene of an industrial accident the horizon, affecting visibilat a business in the 200 area ity. of Arthur Street North, near 12:28 PM | A wallet containing Elmira. An employee was on ID was lost near the Northfield top of a transport truck full of Medical Centre. food product for animal feed, tarping the trailer when he fell 3:08 PM | Two vehicles collidoff about 12 feet to the ground. ed in the area of King and AlA co-worker found the man bert streets in St. Jacobs. One unconscious and administered vehicle had been pulling into first aid. Police and firefighters a parking space near the Scoarrived on scene and the man tiabank while another vehicle was taken to the hospital. He was pulling from a parking was listed in critical but stable spot when they collided. There were no injuries. The driver of condition. one vehicle was charged with 9:26 AM | Two pickup trucks ‘start from stopped position were stolen from an Industrial Drive, St. Clements business on October 4. A couple of license plates were also stolen. They were recovered on October 5 in Brant County. The investigation continues. 4:30 PM | A leaf blower was » From page 05 stolen from a pickup truck on the community. Cedar Street in St. Jacobs. Now, it’s a growing ven6:34 PM | A 21-speed mountain ture that shows no signs bike was stolen some time of slowing: in 2006, the overnight after being left, un- group collected approxisecured, beside a garage door mately 3,500 pounds on Centre Street in Elmira. (1,600 kgs) of non-per8:35 PM | A Buick Regal was ishable food items; the eastbound on Lobsinger Line following year it brought approximately 250 metres that number up to over west of Martin Grove Road 5,000. In fact, so much when it hit a deer. The driver food was brought in, that was not injured, but the ani- it had to be dropped off mal was killed. The vehicle, at the Food Bank of Wathough driveable, suffered terloo Region because some $2,000 worth of dam- the local operation at age. Woolwich Community 9:34 PM | A Blackberry was Services could not hanfound and turned into police. dle the large load. It may be claimed by its rightKey to scoring a sucful owner.
not in safety.’ 3:13 PM | A Niagara resident had her wallet stolen while shopping in St. Jacobs. By the time the credit cards were cancelled some purchases had already been made in Waterloo and Woodstock. 3:30 PM | Another bike was found on Queen Street in Elmira. The red mini-chopper may be claimed by its rightful owner at the Elmira station. 7:40 PM | A 14-year-old boy was reported missing. He was last seen in the area of Wagner’s’ Corners. He was found some two hours later.
CANS: Taking it to the streets again
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October 6
8:18 AM | A business near Farmers’ Market Road in St. Jacobs had $850 worth of tools stolen and incurred some $350 worth of damage. The investigation continues. 1:40 PM | A license plate was reported taken from a residence on Second Street in Elmira. The plate bears the marker AYZA324. 4:43 PM | Police received a report that a hit-and-run had occurred on Sept. 28 in the parking lot at Benjamin’s Restaurant in St. Jacobs. The complainant discovered that their vehicle, which had been parked at the lot, had suffered damages to the rear passenger quarter panel. A note was left by a possible witness on the windshield of the car indicating the make, model and license plate number of the vehicle driven by the perpetrator. The investigation continues. 4:51 PM | A black, 21-speed bicycle was picked up and may be claimed bit its rightful owner at Division 3A. It was found in a ditch on Sunset Drive in St. Clements.
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October 7
8:39 AM | A black Chevy parked on the side of First Street West in Elmira was struck by another vehicle be-
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Tories flounder as vote draws near Voting in next week’s federal election is as simple as ABC – anyone but Conservative. Well, the idea is simple, but executing it will prove a little trickier in much of the country. If the goal is to prevent a Conservative majority, residents of each riding will have to assess which of the other parties has the best chance of winning – in some, it will be the Liberal candidate, in others the NDP (or the Bloc, in most Quebec ridings). The Greens, while surging, still remain on the outside, though they run the risk of splitting the centreleft vote. Here in Kitchener-Conestoga, currently held by Tory Harold Albrecht, voting patterns are such that only Liberal flag-bearer Orlando Da Silva has a realistic shot of unseating the incumbent. The riding had been Liberal prior to the 2006 election. The fading fortunes of the Conservatives have been particularly pronounced in Ontario, where voters polled this week seem to be flocking back to the Liberals. The race in this riding was deemed too close to call with just days to go in the campaign. Given the slate of party leaders, this tru-
ly is a hold-your-nose-and-vote election. Harper has proven himself unworthy of the top job. Dion has been underwhelming. Layton a little too shrill, and his only real aspiration is lodging in Stornaway. Elizabeth May is the sole bright spot, taking aim at the status quo and daring to speak the truth on a range of issues – from oil wars to neo-liberal economics – on which others repeat the same tired lies. That said, she too has no chance of becoming prime minister. The battle really comes down to Harper versus Dion. Here, the devil we know is certainly more worrisome than the scholarly devil we don’t. True, the Liberals could use some more time in the wilderness, having become fat and complacent in the Chrétien years. However, the unsettling prospect of a Harper majority means voting strategically to avoid that outcome. Another minority government, Liberal or Conservative, is not a bad idea – the checks and balances of that arrangement typically keep the worst excesses under wraps. Ironically, after flirting with majority numbers, the Conservatives appear on track for a minority government – exactly
» VERBATIM
the situation that Harper called dysfunctional, prompting him to call an election despite promising a fixed date for the fall of 2009. We will have spent $300 million to get back right where we started. The election was called because Harper deemed the timing was as good as it could get to claim his ultimate prize, a majority government. There were no issues driving the election call. In fact, there were no real issues at all. But just as the Tories had no platform until the week before, an in-your-face issue has emerged: the economy. And it’s not one to Harper’s liking. After adopting a don’t-worry-be-happy stance to the financial meltdown in the U.S., Harper has finally been forced to admit the economic downturn will hit Canadians. No, our banking system isn’t at risk to the extent seen in the U.S., Europe and Asia, but we’re not immune. More to the point, a recession looms on the horizon. As a trading nation, Canada will feel the pain as first the American and then the global economy slows down. Economic policies of the type supported by Harper got us into this mess. Now clearly discredited, they certainly won’t help get us out of it.
» THE MONITOR
“Laissez-faire, it’s finished. The all-powerful market that is always right, it’s finished.”
North York councillors this week sent a message to the Ontario Municipal Board, naming a street OMB Folly after the body overruled elected officials and allowed a development to proceed at the location.
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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
Pick your Middle East myth: no one in the region is innocent I hope I’m not going to surrender my limp-wristed liberal card here, but I’m getting damned sick and tired of, “It’s not all or even most of the Muslims, of course. The vast majority of Muslims are peace loving.” I’m also fed up with listening to Bush and his cohorts pretend they’re in Iraq to bring democracy and that they might soon have to confer the same benefits on Iran. I’ve also had quite enough of hearing that Israel is the only democracy in the region. Let’s ask some harsh but pertinent questions. Do the U.S., U.K., Australia and sometimes Canada honestly believe that we’re in the Middle East to bring democracy, rights for women and that sort of stuff ? Did the Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld bunch cast their eyes around the world, see who might be great pals to have, and decide, “What the hell, let’s pick Saudi Arabia?” Is the current American interest in Iran related to a deeply held view that it could use some Anglo-American democracy and civil rights? Let’s narrow the question down. Why hasn’t this democratic idealism manifested itself in U.S. and U.K. policy towards, say, China, where they could sure as hell use some help? Or North Korea, now succeeding Albania as the worst dictatorship in the
world? How about the second worst, Burma or Myanmar? Or could this be all about protecting supplies of a certain product? Wash your mouth out with oil, Rafe! Of course it is about oil and that’s the only answer. This bit about democracy and rights is barnyard droppings right up there with, “This will hurt me more than it hurts you,” as dad takes you to the woodshed for a licking. Since the Royal Navy converted to oil just before World War I, the western interest in the entire region has been to safeguard its oil supplies. Britain was already in the area, of course, protecting the Suez Canal, which was essential to their control of India and Burma. One could go on at great length, but surely to God we can all agree on this: the western countries don’t care a fiddler’s damn about the well-being of the good people of the Middle East who, as it turns out, aren’t all that good either. For on the other side of this grossly hypocritical propaganda, accepted with child-like belief by so many in the West, is the nauseating crap that follows the latest atrocities by, yes, Muslims. It rings in your ears as the mindless oh-so-liberal voices all say, “Of course it isn’t the ordinary Muslim who’s doing all this blah, blah, blah.” And I’m as guilty as any, but my epiphany came in August 2005 when I saw an interview on BBC Hard
Talk with Muslim cleric Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammad, who openly supported Osama bin Laden, constantly praised as heroes and martyrs the 19 who did 9/11, and refused to criticize the London bombings. He said, amongst other things, that if Europe failed to heed Bin Laden’s offer of a truce, namely that terrorism would end provided that all foreign troops were withdrawn from Iraq in three months, terrorism would continue and increase. Now this wasn’t Bin Laden speaking, nor was it simply some spokesman for the other side of the divide. This was a senior Muslim cleric who lapsed into English just long enough to make his point, which is usually made in Arabic in front of a packed mosque. What is this crap about no general responsibility amongst Muslims when so many teach their children to hate Jews and Christians? In this interview we heard the same holy man describe how, in London, there’s a waiting list of young Muslims pining for the right to strap on the bombs and head to the nearest Underground station or bus stop. We’re talking about kids here who have their lives before them, wanting to kill and be killed. When was the last time you heard of Anglican or Catholic kids, or Jews and United Church youngsters lining up to commit suicide? And what would happen if a priest, minister or rabbi urged such conduct as the short way to heaven and 40 virgins?
And what would happen to those clerics from their own flocks if they did such a thing? We’re told that Islam is a peaceful religion. Yeah, like the Old Testament is. This is small “l” liberal crap dutifully intoned by pious higherpurpose persons – in Denny Boyd’s timeless phrase – because that’s what the higher-purpose person sees, correctly, as his badge of membership in the country’s oh so nice and cozy establishment. In truth, the only real argument is which side is worse. Take your pick, I say. Moreover, when you narrow it down, let’s throw the Israelis into this mix because they belong there. It’s true that the Palestinian authority has hardly been nor is now the flower of peaceful democratic thought and action. But neither is Israel, though it does better in the trappings department. Read The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide by Susan Nathan, a Jew who went from her native U.K. to live in Israel and chose a town of 25,000 where she was the only Jew. This is not about Palestinians, but Israeli Palestinians – citizens of Israel. Read that book and then render your judgment about the state of democracy in what bills itself as the only democracy in the region. So, Rafe, what’s your point? Simple. There is no good in this multi-faceted, multi-national war See MAIR »14
» INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER
U.S. financial bailout: the second time as farce This is not the Crash of 1929 revisited, and we are not heading into a second Great Depression. No developed country this time round is going to face the 25 per cent unemployment rate that the United States experienced in the 1930s. “Capitalists can buy themselves out of any crisis, so long as they make the workers pay,” Lenin said, but it’s more complicated than that. The capitalists didn’t manage to buy themselves out of the Depression, mainly because they didn’t know how to use the government (i.e. the taxpayers) to restore credit and confidence. They know now, however, and they can still buy themselves out of this crisis. With a little help from the government, of course. President George W. Bush’s radio talk just after the crisis broke in midSeptember was all about getting the workers to pay: “When the government asks you to pay for mistakes on Wall Street, it does not seem fair, and I understand that. And if it were possible to let every irresponsible firm on Wall Street fail without affecting you and your family, I would do it. But that is not possible.” So we’re going to bail Wall Street out with $700 billion of your money. All right, it’s not “real money.” It is credit that the U.S. government will
create by the electronic equivalent of printing money, and it doesn’t come out of current taxes. It is debt that will eventually come out of the next generation’s taxes, so not to worry. Members of the boomer generation have spent their whole lives loading debt onto the following generation, so why stop now? But perceptions are everything, and for a moment there the taxpayers thought it was real money. They didn’t like that. It was the deluge of e-mails, letters and calls from outraged voters that caused the bailout legislation to be thrown out the first time it went to the House of Representatives on Sept29. Some Republicans argued that they could not support “socialistic” measures like nationalizing banks and capping executive salaries, but what really drove the House’s rejection of the bill was the fact that every member faced re-election in five weeks’ time. All 435 Representatives had their jobs on the line in the elections on Nov. 4, and those in marginal constituencies knew that they would be severely punished at the polls if they used “the taxpayers’ money” to bail out Wall Street now. But the Senate (only a third of whose members face re-election this year) passed the bill easily on Oct. 1, once some crowd-pleasing sweeteners had been added. By the time the members of the House were herded back into the chamber to vote again on Oct. 3, the fix was in. A majority of Republicans, still hoping to cling to their
seats in an anticipated Democratic landslide, still voted no, but enough Democrats had been persuaded to vote yes (by that same perception of an impending landslide) that the legislation slid through. The workers have been persuaded to save the capitalists (“because it’s not about Wall Street; it’s about Main Street”) once again. It’s not all over yet. There will probably be further bank failures and piecemeal government bailouts in many countries, for the “toxic” financial instruments based on subprime mortgages are widely held by banks and other financial institutions around the world. This does not add up to an economic Armageddon, however, although strenuous efforts are being made in the media to portray it as exactly that. The stock market can crash (as it did in 1987) without having much effect on the real economy. Bank failures are more serious, but they do not have to entail wider economic disaster either. The business cycle was overdue for a recession anyway, and there is certainly going to be one now, but despite all the apocalyptic talk it hasn’t arrived yet. Even the countries where the housing bubble was biggest and the mortgage lending most reckless, the United States and Great Britain, are not yet technically in a recession. When it does arrive, it will probably be worse than the mild recession of the early 2000s, but maybe not as bad as the recessions of the early 1980s and the
early 1990s. It will almost certainly not be as bad as the economic stagnation and runaway inflation of the 1970s, and it may be less bad in the big developing economies than in the developed ones. As for a rerun of the Dirty Thirties, that is not on the table even in the United States, where deregulation was most extreme and the creation of impenetrably complex financial “derivatives” of doubtful value was most enthusiastic. So you might as well take what entertainment you can from this spectacle of mass folly among the high and the mighty. The Masters of the Universe have been revealed as naive speculators who believed that property values could only go up. The journalists who preached the blessings of unregulated free markets have been unveiled as blind ideologues at best, and at worst paid propagandists. The response of American politicians at all levels has been pathetic. This mass folly will go largely unpunished, of course: these people are not going to lose their homes and end up poor. Most won’t even lose their jobs. It takes another old Commie (a pre-Commie, actually) to sum it up. In 1852 Karl Marx wrote: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” Not the Great Depression, but the Reign of Folly.
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Mair: Struggle with Islam no time for political correctness » From page 13
which in at least one country, Iraq, is a threecornered civil war. The U.S./U.K. and their cronies couldn’t care less about democracy, civil rights and the horrible discrimination against women. They need a secure supply of oil and are prepared to do anything, including hold the safety of the entire world hostage to their policy, to achieve that goal. I might be a bit more sympathetic (after all it’s my supply of oil too in the sense that it’s a worldwide market) if the U.S. & Co. would confess their motives and be done with it. Islam is not a peaceloving religion. If it were, imams around the world would be preaching peace to their flocks and speaking out publicly against the atroci-
ties committed in the name of Allah by Muslims. Israel, which despite its pullout from the place, continues to bombard the Gaza daily, killing innocent women and children, continues its plan to annex disputed land, and treats its Palestinian citizens as if they were serfs to be handled as in the days of feudalism, or worse. There are sides to be picked. It’s hard not to when every day may be our last because of the situation that exists in this region. All I say is, when you pick your side, for the love of God, Allah or Jehovah, don’t do so because you see any virtue in your selection – for virtue can only be seen through the eyes of a hypocrite or a fool … or both.
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» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Conservatives release platform too late in the election process To the Editor, We have less than one week in the election and only now does Stephen Harper present his full platform. I find this action insulting and condescending to the electorate. What is a campaign but a chance for us, the citizens, to read, analyze and debate the pros and cons of the various party platforms? Six days is not enough time to fully analyze and de-
bate the issues. Presenting a platform so late in the election seems like an afterthought, a disregard to the electorate, as though we are not important. Stephen Harper has, in my mind, been very reserved in this election as though he is hiding something and that is a great worry for me in a potential prime minster.
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Woolwich can’t afford measures outlined in master fire plan To the Editor, After reading our fire chief ’s master fire plan for Woolwich Township, I felt compelled to respond. Firstly, I should qualify myself in this area. I have worked in Queen’s Park over the past nine years. From working in strategic research for Dalton McGuinty, to chief-of -staff to MPP Liz Sandals and policy advisor to the Minister of Government Services, Education and Community Safety and Correctional Services. During my tenure with Community Safety and Correctional Services, I advised the minister on issues relating to
the Office of the Fire Marshall and, specifically, the issue of fulltime and volunteer fire fighters (double hatters) in Ontario. I would be interested to see the terms of reference set out by the Woolwich council in the direction this plan was drafted. This plan is heavy on spending, but light on workable ideas to address fire safety within our limited financial means. This report recommends building new facilities, expanding and relocating some and moving away from our mostly volunteer force to incorporate some full-timers. All this will come with a hefty price
tag, and we, the taxpayers, will get to bear the burden. Looking at the statistics in the report, structural fires have decreased from a high of 216 in 2004 to 43 in 2007. This would indicate that fire prevention activities are paying off. The statistics also show the high number of false alarms that occur each year. Nowhere in the plan does it address this problem and how to deal with it. The numbers also show more than 50 per cent of the fire calls are medically related. Shouldn’t council be reviewing our ambulance service for the township and request-
ing greater coverage? This cost would fall on our region of 500,000 residents instead of the 20,000 in the township. Here in Elmira we have just recognized 100 years of exceptional fire services that has been delivered for the most part by our dedicated volunteers. Now as a gesture of sincere thanks we will move to replace them with full-time firefighters? As our township continues to grow, our fire service needs will also increase, but let’s not get the cart before the horse.
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» NEW CAREER PATH
Just what the doctor ordered JONI MILTENBURG There’s a world of difference between a prison and a pedicure chair, but at one point in Barb Knowles’ life, they were on an equal footing. In the mid-1990s, Knowles was laid off from her job as an office manager at a sheet metal company. She decided to retrain for a new career and enrolled in a government course to research jobs. She considered becoming a prison guard, but the other people taking the course told her that she wasn’t cut out for it. “They said ‘you’re too nice for that,’” Knowles laughed. At the suggestion of one of the people in the course, Knowles opted for esthetics instead. Thirteen years later, she’s launched her own business in Elmira. Opening a salon here has brought her full circle; her first job after graduating from Gina’s College of Advanced Esthetics in Toronto was at Classic Hair Design in Elmira. When Classic Hair Design closed its doors permanently, Knowles found work at a pair of salons in Cambridge. But the high-pressure, competitive environment there took a toll on her health and sent her blood pressure skyrocketing. “It’s very competitive, people don’t realize it, but it gets
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to be very competitive after a while. “It is [relaxing] for the clients, it’s not when you work there.” Her doctor finally told Knowles she either had to quit or make some serious changes at work. Knowles had been toying with the idea of starting her own business and that was the push she needed. “A couple of people from Elmira asked if I would come back and I thought, 'why not, I started here.’” She spent several months looking at locations, renovating the space, and buying equipment and product lines. On Oct. 1, the new salon opened its doors. Knowles is offering facials, manicures, pedicures, massage, makeup application, eyelash and eyebrow tinting, waxing, ear piercing and ear candling. She’s hoping to expand to include sabi ball massage, which is massage with what looks like a maraca made of fabric and filled with herbs and essential oils. Knowles said she’s going to miss some of the clients she had in Cambridge, but she’s reconnecting with clients from her first job in Elmira. And she’s already enjoying being her own boss. This week, she was able to schedule Tuesday afternoon off to volunteer with the Look Good, Feel Better program
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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
Farmers see red in Tuesday’s election Every so often a reminder crops up that Canadian farmers are definitely not the same wherever you go, at least not politically. They’re all in the business of raising livestock and growing crops, but when it comes to regional characteristics, they’re about as similar as the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Calgary Flames. Sure, they both play hockey. But that’s about where it ends. And in agriculture, that’s the way it is heading into Tuesday’s federal election. In Western Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his federal Tories can do no wrong, to the point of absurdity. Despite one of the most di-
visive feuds in recent memory among western farmers over the Tories’ plan to emasculate the Canadian Wheat Board, with Alberta way on one side and Saskatchewan far on the other, farmers say they like the Tories. Really like them, in fact…or at least, they did. An Ipsos Western Canadian online poll in late August and early September showed almost 60 per cent of the 850-plus farmers who responded said they’d vote Conservative. “Tories on the road to winning farm vote,” said a front-page headline in the Oct. 2, 2008 edition of The Western Producer, the prairies’ leading farm weekly. It’s hard to explain, even in the normally Liberal-unfriendly west. Perhaps it’s a result of the general economic jubilance in western Canada, because otherwise, western farmers have been split on the Tories. The
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Canadian Wheat Board and the Harper government are at each others’ throats, pitting farmer against farmer, and still, the Liberals managed just 17 per cent of western Canadian farmers’ support, with the NDP at 10 per cent and the Greens at seven per cent. Shift your focus now to eastern Canada , and witness the table pounding last week by a group called the Ontario-Quebec Grain Farmers Coalition. They heap praise on the Liberals and the Bloc Quebécois for speaking directly to farmers during 2008 election campaign. They say both parties back the all-important matter of regional flexibility – that is, allowing the provinces to use federal support in ways that meet their producers’ needs, rather than having to adhere to a script from Ottawa. It’s a tipping point for farmers. Federal Agriculture and Agri-food Minister Gerry Ritz supported regional flexibility when a federal program called AgriFlex was revealed in September. As well, flexibility is mentioned in the Conservative platform document, The True North Strong and Free. But lately, Ritz annoyed farmers when he balked at confirming the provinces could act independently. “The devil is
in the details,” he said. That was a red flag to farmers. And there’s more. The coalition says it’s disappointed the Prime Minister didn’t mention any measures to protect family farms in his speech that explained the Conservative platform. The farmers claim they’re once again feeling financial pressure as crop prices start to slide. Indeed, returns from lofty grains and oilseeds have fallen 40 per cent. “Harper is sending mixed messages to farmers,” said says coalition vicepresident Walt Charbonneau. “We are facing an economic crisis and price collapse that could devastate the family farm. We deserve a clear, direct message from the Prime Minister that he intends to put his word behind regional flexibility.” He better hurry. Thanksgiving weekend is and was a perfect time for politicians to sing farmers’ praises. We’ll find out shortly whether these holiday messages were weighty enough to placate eastern grain farmers and their powerful lobby. The Prime Minister needs to be exceptionally clear, collegial and persuasive. Even then, given the climate surrounding these farmers, convincing them he should be their choice will not be easy.
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Kings make change between the pipes Sub-par start to the season prompts team to bring in new goalkeeper; weekend nets a split JONI MILTENBURG After going 4-5-2 in their first 11 starts, the Elmira Sugar Kings have cut goalie Connor Lyons and recruited a new goaltender, Cam Jager, from the Ayr Centennials. Coach Geoff Haddaway said Jager will be taking the backup spot and Brandon Wysman will be stepping into the lead role. “Whenever you release a player, you don’t feel good about it. It’s like I told the guys, it’s almost like Connor’s getting blamed for the way we’re playing, and he’s not. “We just feel that Brandon is capable of taking over right now.” Lyons is now playing with the Lasalle Vipers. Logging a win and a loss in last weekend’s play, the Kings are stalled in sixth place in the Mid-Western Junior B conference. On Oct. 4, Brent Freeman snapped the Kings’ five-game losing streak almost single-handedly, scoring four of the team’s five goals against Lambton Shores. Aaron Smith logged the other point, scoring on an empty net in the last minute of the game. The final score was 5-2 as the Kings outshot the Predators 52 to 22. On Oct. 5, the Kings played host to Niagara
Falls, currently in second place in the Golden Horseshoe Conference. As they have in the past eight games, the Kings put the puck in the net first. Tyler Kuntz scored at 4:29 in the opening period on a pass from Brent Freeman. Niagara Falls fired back at 8:53, snagging the puck on an Elmira rush and scoring shorthanded. Joel Scott, from Kyle Jukosky and Matt Edwards, logged the point. At the end of the first period, Niagara Falls took advantage of Elmira’s penalties, scoring a pair of goals on separate power plays. Scott (Shawn Connors, Mike Kusy) knocked the first one in at 15:41, and Shawn Kavanaugh (John Ennis, Antony Candeloro) scored at 17:11 to give the Canucks a two-goal lead. The Kings came out hard in the second period and Trent Brown (Jon Jutzi, Kuntz) scored a quick goal for Elmira just 1:21 into the period. The Kings put the pressure on the Centennials’ net, outshooting their opponents 17 to 10, but they weren’t able to get anything else past Canucks netminder Matthew Szostak. The Canucks edged their lead wider at 7:59, as Shane Koabel (Cam McLean, Taylor Sexton)
FLYING FISTS Aaron Smith of Elmira and Niagara Falls’ Brandon Keays racked up five minutes in penalties each after dropping the gloves at the start of the third period. PHOTO | JONI MILTENBURG
found the mesh to bring the score to 4-2. The Canucks scored a fast goal just 1:32 into the third period, with Riley Steeves (Kusy, Tyler Mc-
Fadden) giving Niagara Falls a three-goal lead. But the Kings came back hungry and looking to tie the game up. Nic MacEachern (Josh
Ranalli, Kyle Blaney) scored on a power play at 5:47, reviving the hometown crowd. That goal whetted their appetites for more, and a min-
ute later Michael Therrien (Freeman, Kuntz) brought the Kings within one goal. With a minute left in
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» THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
Evolution is conspiring against frugal bow hunters Nowadays, it seems that few archers would even consider buying a bow or crossbow unless it hurled arrows across the sky at speeds Stone-Age man could only dream about. If your bow isn’t shooting at 300 feet per second or better, people wonder how seriously you take your deer hunting. Obviously, arrow speed is important, but let me just point out that when I started bowhunting, some 25 years ago, deer were routinely killed by bows that shot 200 feet per second or less. And, if your bow was shooting 240 feet per second, we considered that very fast. Now you’d hardly even consider such a bow because – God forbid – it would be one-twentieth of a second slower over the span of 20 yards (the average distance most bow-hunted
deer are shot at). So, why is there all the hype about speed? Is it just slick marketing? Or have the deer evolved into a superfast, lightning-reflexed animal in the last quarter century? I tell my wife the latter – otherwise, she’ll begin to question the need for me to purchase yet another new bow. Here’s how I do it. In the old days, I explain, native archers were lucky to have bows that shot in the neighborhood of 150 feet per second (a historical fact). And, yes, they killed a lot of deer – in fact they killed all the slow ones, (we’ll call them the 150 fps gene pool.) Natural selection, being what it is, caused all the faster, surviving deer to produce faster offspring. This meant succeeding generations of hunters have needed faster bows. And this trend has continued right up until modern times. Right now, I tell her, the 299 fps deer is rare indeed, but don’t lament that; there
are literally millions of 300 fps deer out there yet. Hence the very real need for a bow that shoots 300 fps or better, especially if it has 80 per cent let-off, fibreoptic sight, a state-of-the-art arrow rest, and the latest camo pattern. Sooner or later, she’ll note that StoneAge hunters survived on deer they arrowed. Don’t worry; I’m ready. I’ll explain that hunters in the Stone Age had it made. They used bows that were much slower because their deer were much slower too. Typically, they’d be able to stalk within 30 yards of an animal, shoot, have a power nap, and wake up in time to see if the arrow hit the mark. If it missed, they’d shoot again, but only if they had no other pressing appointments. Sometimes, if the deer was particularly far away, they might even have time to skin a woolly mammoth or paint murals on the cave wall. I’ll then remind her that modern deer
are not nearly so considerate. No, they are far faster than the animals of last year – hence the need for a new and faster bow. The downside of this, I’ll lament, is that soon, deer will become so fast that arrows will have to be able to produce a sonic boom to remain effective. New innovations will be required. Perhaps we’ll have to launch arrows by means of a propellant. But hold it! To do that, you’ll need to contain the explosion while still allowing the projectile to shoot forward. You’d have to place the projectile in a tube of some sort. Of course, you’d need to mount the tube on a stock to control it, and have something that would set off the propellant; some sort of primer. And you’d need to strike the primer to set it off … It’s complicated but I’m sure we can come up with the technology. I’ll give it some more thought it when I’m sighting in my rifle and get back to you. I’m sure the answer will come to me.
Rebuilding mode for EDSS senior volleyball squad Team off to a 2-2 start, and expects to challenge competitors all season MARC MIQUEL HELSEN The EDSS senior boys’ volleyball squad is in rebuilding mode. Having lost some key players last year as they graduated out of high school, the team is looking to groom younger players to fill those vacancies. But that doesn’t mean that the burgeoning team is ready to let its opponents off so easily. “WCSSAA (Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association) is definitely a really strong league, so we
have a lot of competition out there with kids that play club all year round,” said head coach Mel Austin. “Definitely, we have some talent and we’re going to give a lot of teams a run for their money.” Indeed, if the team, which currently boasts a 2-2 record, is to repeat last season’s success (a record of 5-5) it will have to find some worthy replacements. “We’ve lost three starters, but we have lots of new guys sort of fighting for positions,” said Austin, noting that the
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Jacks seek good-luck charm at home
After dropping first five games on the road, team returns to Wellesley looking for reversal of fortune MARC MIQUEL HELSEN If the Wellesley Applejacks are having any trouble sleeping lately, it likely has to do with the sound of pucks drilling off goal-posts and crossbars haunting their dreams. After a weekend of action that saw the Jacks go down 5-2 to the Travellers in Delhi Oct. 3, pushing the Wellesley
squad to last place in the league with a record of 0-5, everyone on the team is wondering when their luck will change. “Even the players are asking, ‘what’s going on?’ and there’s no answer,” said Wellesley coach Kevin Lobsinger, after a game that kept him tossing and turning in bed that night as he pondered his team’s current conundrum.
“We just can’t buy a goal.” That scoring trouble saw the Jacks get off to a slow start last weekend, going down 2-0 to Delhi in the first period. Dan Ruffo from Carson Jenkin and Kyle Jansen, opened the account for the home side on the power play at 10:57; Scott Stefan followed suit, again on the power play, from John Brady and Mike
Decarolis, at 12:07. The second period saw the Travellers increase their lead to 3-0, off a Nathan Moyaert (Anthony Gomes, Mark Bessagato) tally. The Kings were down, but certainly not out. At 4:34 of the second frame, the Jacks’ Mike Moggy, from Dan Shackleton and Kurt Atchinson, buried the rubber to make it 3-1. Shortly after, Shackle-
ton combined with Ben Jefferies and Geoff Parr to make it a 3-2 game. The Jacks were closing in on the Travellers, hungrily firing what they could on the Delhi net. But it wasn’t to be. Throughout the remainder of the game the Jacks unloaded a barrage of shots – 41 to Delhi’s 42, marking the first time this season that the team was
outshot – but were unable to trigger the goal light. At least three shots found a post or a crossbar: the Jacks agonized as they watched a breakaway develop after a blocked shot on the penalty-kill only to see the puck bounce off a post; in the third period, a puck rang off the crossbar after a threeon-one rush. Needless See JACKS »22
Takin’ it to the paint at EDSS
KEEP MOVING Cassey Brubacher carries the ball up the court as the EDSS junior girls took on Galt Collegiate Oct. 7. Below, Jessica Reichard lunges past a Galt defender. Galt won the game 32-25. The senior girls fared better in their matchup, winning 4239 and extending their winning streak to five games.
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Don’t give strokes a sporting chance From personal experience, Walter Gretzky knows it’s important not to ignore warning signs MARC MIQUEL HELSEN It isn’t the sport that will bring hockey’s most famous dad to Elmira. Rather, it’s his first-hand advice about stroke prevention. Walter Gretzky, the Great One’s father, will be at Elmira’s Woodside Bible Fellowship on Oct. 16 to talk about his harrowing experience with a brain aneurysm 17 years ago. His account will be a key part of the 18th annual health fair sponsored by the Woolwich Community Health Centre. “His story about his stroke and how he recovered is very, very inspiring,” said Marilyn Voisin, chair of the organizing committee. Gretzky’s story fits in perfectly with the fair’s theme of prevention, particularly of major health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and asthma – and with coping in the aftermath, she explained. “The more you know about your health, the better you will be able to manage or prevent serious illness.” At the event, which will also feature talks and demonstrations by health workers and medical specialists, Gretzky, now a spokesperson for The Heart and Stroke Foundation, will talk about his own terrifying stroke, his challenging recovery, and about prevention through early
detection. Gretzky suffered an aneurysm in October 1991 at the age of 53 while whitewashing a cellar on his farm near Paris, Ontario. Fortunately, a family friend found Gretzky as he staggered up the stairs, complaining of a horrible headache. “I was just screaming; I was in such agony,” he said in an interview this week. Suffering the worst headache he had ever experienced, Gretzky was seeing double. He was taken to the hospital where the doctor looked at him and quickly sent him via ambulance to Hamilton. Three days later, after the swelling subsided, he underwent an operation. He then spent more than 10 months in the hospital but the trying times did not end when he returned home: Gretzky had survived the stroke but had lost his cognitive abilities. “I didn’t even know shoes went on your feet. I had to relearn life. I was just like a zombie,” he recounted, noting that a physical therapist spent two years with him, assisting with and teaching him the basics – from dressing and shaving to remembering. “I didn’t even know that you opened a door to walk out of a house. I didn’t even know you opened a door to enter a house. I didn’t know why you went out or you went in.” Gretzky didn’t even rec-
WALTER GRETZKY ognize his own children and his memory, from the early 1970s until the early ‘90s, was largely wiped out. There are few things, however – the important ones – that he does remember. He remembers funeral services for his father and mother, his son’s wedding and, not surprisingly for a hockey fan, a defining moment in Canadian hockey history. “The other thing that I remember is a Canada Cup in 1987 in Hamilton where Wayne passed the puck to Mario Lemieux and Mario Lemieux one-timed it over Tretiak’s left shoulder and they won: 1987 at Copps Coliseum, I remember that. Everything else, I don’t,” said Gretzky of Canada’s famous win in game three against the Soviet Union. A focal point of Gretzky’s presentation on Thursday will be that of early detection: He learned that he could have averted the major
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the game, the Kings pulled their goalie and turned up the heat on Niagara’s net. But as the clock counted down to the 40-second mark, Cam McLean of Niagara Falls slipped an easy shot past the defence. There was a collective cringe in the hometown crowd as the puck slid into the empty net, dashing the Kings’ hopes for a comeback win. The game finished 6-4. Haddaway said he’s not overly upset about the team’s loss on Sunday. “You look up and down the Niagara Falls roster, they had 10 or 11 20-yearolds and five 19-yearolds. That team is signifi-
cantly more experienced than we are,” he said. “I thought we showed well against them and I’m not afraid to play those guys, especially down the road.” This is a big weekend for the Kings, with a game Friday in Owen Sound and a pair of games in a showcase tournament in St. Catharines. A small showcase tournament was held in the Mid-Western league last year, but this is the first time it involves all three conferences. Haddaway said he’s glad that the points from this tournament count in the standings. “Last year we had some teams who took it a bit
too lightly and didn’t dress a lot of their regulars. There were a lot of scouts in the stands and they were watching inferior players.” Haddaway said Jager will likely see some ice time this weekend. Jager played two years of Junior D in Ayr, after playing minor hockey with the Cambridge Hawks. Haddaway said he isn’t entirely new to the Kings; he was called up to play a game for them last year, helping the team tie Listowel 2-2. “Three games in three nights is going to be a big test for us. Hopefully we’ll be able to win all three.”
stroke had he checked in with a doctor earlier on. “All my life I had headaches.” Essentially, prior to his 1991 aneurysm, Gretzky suffered numerous ministrokes. At the time, however, he thought little of them, noting that he had learned to deal with them since a young age. “I would get headaches, violent ones, if I had breakfast and didn’t have lunch or supper until 8 or 9 at night,” said Gretzky. If he skipped a meal, or had a poor sleep and rose early the following morning, his head would start pounding. Eventually, he learned the pattern and chalked every headache up to a skipped meal or a poor sleep, and sought solace in his armchair, where he waited for the headache to subside. When the incident occurred in 1991, the doctor told him he “was a walking timebomb.” “I thought it was my way of life that was cre-
ating these headaches, but he (the doctor) said it was a warning sign, that I should have gone [to see a doctor] – most people never go to see about them,” said Gretzky, adding that he has had just one headache in the last 17 years. “Go to the doctor, these headaches – it’s a warning. … It’s so sad, instead of people going to the doctor when there’s something wrong, they say, ‘oh, I’m going to go lay down and I’ll be better when I wake up in the morning,’ well, when they wake up, they may never wake up.” It wasn’t until around 1995 that Gretzky was able to get “re-involved” in society. He then became a spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and wrote the book On Family, Hockey and Healing. Gretzky’s family and his loyal rehabilitation therapist, Ian Kohler – who would later marry his daughter, Kim – were
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everything every night; they’re out playing teams, they’re working their butts off; it is not in any way, shape or form from lack of effort from any player on our team right now: It is just 21 skaters and two goalies that are completely snake-bitten right now,” said the coach. Frustration was running high during last week’s game, as the Jacks racked up 38 penalties, and the Travellers 34. All seven of the game’s goals were scored on the power play. Understanding his players’ frustration, Lobsinger noted the weighty penalty count was an aberration, not the norm, this season. “Our guys have done a really good job staying out of the box.” That said, Lobsinger noted the team finds itself in rough waters; getting through will require leadership and he’s convinced his players have the requisite moxie. “If I had a time machine and I could go back six weeks ago, I would pick the exact same 23 players we have now: I would not change a player: I have that much confidence in the team we have.” Now he’s hoping for a little luck too. “Like that blues singer said, ‘If it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all,’ well, even he had good luck sometimes, and it’s eventually got to turn for us,” said the coach. “Eventually that goalpost isn’t going to look like it’s four-feet wide, it’s going to look like it’s one inch wide and pucks are going to go in, and hopefully this is the weekend that it’s going to start,” said Lobsinger, noting that many players feel like they are “carrying the weight of the world” on their shoulders and that is affecting their game. A healthy contingent of fans at the team’s home opener against Tavistock today (Saturday), combined with a good work ethic, and a little luck, should help the players loosen up. Good things should follow.
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HELP WANTED
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HELP WANTED Bio-Ag Consultants & Distributors Inc. We are currently seeking a safety minded, motivated, part-time DZ Driver.
Preferred candidates will meet the following requirements: • Secondary School Graduation Diploma or Equivalency Certificate • DZ license • Clean driving abstract • Willingness to work 3-4 days/week or as needed • Ability to repeatedly lift 25 kg bags to chest height • Ability to interact positively with co-workers and customers • Ability to read maps and co-ordinate logistics of loads • Be a reliable team player, with a professional and positive attitude
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variety of jobs from furniture building to house renovations. Must have experience and transportation. Call 519-669-4296. »»Experienced MIG and TIG welder to work in Elmira area. Also willing to work in fab and general laborer. 519-669-8102.
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Hiring Immediately for Customer Service, full time and part time days. Apply in person with resume to: Stemmler Meats & Cheese, 3031 Lobsinger Line, Heidelberg. »»Part time Receptionist / bookkeeper with good computer skills and Simply accounting experience. Fax resume to: 519-669-2987 »»R o o f i n g / S h i n gling Crew required. $1000.000 signing bonus for the right crew! Well established roofing company requires a top-notch shingling crew. Must have experience and take pride in workmanship. Own tools and truck required (possible company truck). No layoffs - work all yearround) Call AM Roofing Ltd. 519-787-0926, or fax resume 519-787-7804.
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required for farrowing unit west of Wellesley. Experience an asset but willing to train the right person. Please phone 519-595-8502. »»Subway In Elmira is now hiring part time for days, nights and weekends. Please drop off resume in store.
109ftx32ft, hand made truss, double wide, original 2x4, 6, 8, ect. Tobacco scaffold complete, Conklin lumber, bottom to top and 1946 plus WW2 galvanized steel needs only paint. 1pc. move possible, to move to new foundation or disassemble. Must see to appreciate strength. Also 40x60ft barn, 1934, barn Board, beams, 1963 galvanized roof. Phone 519-984-2604 Kingsville. »»Older Wooden Windows, various sizes, some with screens and with storms. Make and offer, 519-669-1270.
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Call 519-699-4184.
PETS
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HORSES
»»New Boarding Facility
with indoor arena, lighted outdoor ring and 25 acre bush trails. Nov. 1. Lloyd 519-669-1978, 2654 Floradale Rd. (north of Elmira).
WANTED
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AUTOMOTIVE
»»1992 Ford Grand Mar-
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condition, runs well, 201,000kms, as is $800 o.b.o. 519-664-0123 after 6p.m. »»2001 Dodge Caravan Sport. 3.3L V6 auto, fully loaded, finished in bright silver/blue int. 156,000 k m s . $ 6 9 0 0 . Vo i s i n Chrysler 519-669-2831. »»2004 Dodge Dakota Quad Sport 4X4. 4.7L V8 auto, fully equipped including trailer tow, box liner, folding tonneau cover. 1 owner, finished in graphite/gray int. Only 51,000 kms. $17,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831. »»2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad SLT 4X4. 5.7L Hemi, auto. Nicely equipped, finished in Atlantic Blue/gray int. Low mileage of only 61,387 kms. $19,900. Voisin Chrysler, 519-669-2831. »»2005 Dodge Caravan SE. 3.3L V6 auto. Fully loaded seven passenger van finished in black/ gray int. Only 42,420 kms. $12,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831. »»2007 Chrysler 300. 3.5L V6 auto, full load including sunroof. Finished in silver/gray int. 34,000 kms. $18,900. Voisin Chrysler 519-669-2831. »»Will pick up your unwanted or scrap car or truck. I will pay you up to $150 for your full-size scrapper. Call Brad @ 519-572-0987 for quick and free removal.
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bedroom apartments in quiet building. Ideal for non-smoking mature tenant. Close to downtown. Laundry, parking. 519-669-3423. »»Drayton, Semi detached, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Large yard, detached garage. $775 + utilities per month. First and last. 519-291-1765. »»Elmira - One bedroom, $495 + utilities, no pets. Downtown location, immediate. 519-669-5431 or 519-669-8074. »»Elmira area, country, 3 bedroom plus. Non smoking, no pets. Available now, $1685 plus utilities. Call 519-574-1489. »»House For Rent - Available Dec. 1/08 (negotiable), $1100.00 monthly plus utilities. Snyder Ave. in Elmira. Large lot, newly decorated, new furnace, a/c. Please call Steve or Tracey at 519-846-8959 if you are interested in seeing it.
accommodations in Elmira for mature, single, christian girl. Nonsmoker, no pets. Shared kitchen, private bath, recroom. 519-669-3996 after 5p.m. »»One Or Two person apartment in St. Jacobs on quiet street. Large kitchen and living room. Two bedrooms, balcony and porch. Parking for one car. Available immediately. $1000/mth, includes heat and hydro. Call 519-897-1345. »»One Or Two person apartment in St. Jacobs on quiet street. Large kitchen and living room. Two bedrooms, balcony and porch. Parking for one car. Available January 1. $1000/mth, includes heat and hydro. Call 519897-1345.
WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE ICE TIME
Public AUCTION For
Waterloo Regional Police to be held at
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Sat. Oct 25th 9:00am 250 + Bikes Tools * Golf Clubs * Mower * BBQ Jewelry * Coin * Electronics * Computers No Buyer’s Premium!! VIEWING: Friday, October 24th, 2008 - 1pm to 4pm, Sat 8am to sale TERMS: CASH & CARRY => Cash, Interact, Master Card & Visa.
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Sale, Saturday October 11th, 7a.m.1p.m., 6 Queen St. Elmira. Household items, books, toys, shelves, furniture, homeschool curriculum, outdoor items. Everything must go! »»Garage Sale. Something for everyone. Lots of children’s items, estate items. Saturday October 11, 8a.m., 1911 Sawmill Rd. Conestogo. »»Huge Garage Sale. October 16, 17 and 18. 51 Young Street, St. Jacobs, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. »»Multi Family. 26 Hampton St. Elmira, Friday October 17, 10a.m.-6p.m. Saturday 18, 8a.m.11a.m. Jewelery,, crown jars, early Tupperware,, girl’s jeans, many household items.
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Breslau Airport Road Auction Complex 5100 Fountain St., North, Breslau (Kitchener)
Sat. Oct 18th 9:30am 2005 CARAVAN SE Wgn 6- 03/05 CROWN VICTORIA’s 2003 Honda ODYSSEY Wgn 2003 Toyota ECHO 4dr 3- 00/02 Chev IMPALA’s 2- 00/01 Ford FOCUS’s 2001 GRAND MARQUIS LS 4dr 2000 Honda ACCORD EXL 2 dr 2- 98 Cadillac & GRAND PRIX’s
2003 Hyundai SANTA FE 2002 Chev ASTRO Cargo Van 2- 2002 Ford E250 Cargo Van’s 2- 00/01 Chev SILVERADO P/up’s 3- 98/01 GMC SAVANA Cargo Van’s 6- 95-98 GMC Diesel Crews/ Pickup’s 97 Ford E250 Cargo Van 97 Ford F350XL Diesel Van 93 Ford E350 Cube Van
2006 YAMAHA V-STAR 650 Motorcycle (6,000km)
PARTIAL LIST ONLY!! No Buyer’s Premium!! VIEWING: Friday, October 17th, 2008 - 1pm to 5pm TERMS: $500 Cash Deposit on Each Vehicle, or as announced.
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Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Tuesday November 4, 2008 7:00 p.m. Township Council Chambers 69 Arthur Street South, Elmira Regarding
Official Plan Amendment Application 3/2007, Zone Change Application 8/2007, and Draft Plans of Subdivision 30T-07701, 30T-07702, 30T-07703 Lunor Group Inc. – 90 Church Street West, Elmira 229249 Ontario Limited – 122 Church Street West, Elmira Oak Leaf Farms Limited – 128 Church Street West, Elmira The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Sections 17, 34 and 51 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Official Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications. No decisions will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them. The Township of Woolwich has received Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change applications for the abovenoted properties and the Region of Waterloo has received and circulated Subdivision application information for the three parcels located on the north side of Church Street, west of Ann Street and east of the Elmira Golf Club, in Elmira (see Map 1). Below please find a description of these applications. Official Plan (Application 3/2007) The applicants are proposing an amendment to the Woolwich Official Plan: s TO INCREASE THE GROSS DENSITY FROM UNITS PER GROSS RESIDENTIAL HECTARE APPROXIMATELY UNITS PER GROSS RESIDENTIAL ACRE TO UNITS PER GROSS RESIDENTIAL HECTARE APPROXIMATELY UNITS PER GROSS ACRE AND s TO DESIGNATE APPROXIMATELY HECTARES BLOCKS along Church Street West within the draft plans of subDIVISION AND HECTARES PORTION OF THE LAND OWNED BY /NTARIO ,TD OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE SUBDIVISION to Service Commercial. Zoning (Application 8/2007) The applicants are proposing an amendment to the Zoning "Y LAW TO REZONE THE LANDS FROM !GRICULTURAL TO s 2ESIDENTIAL n -IXED (IGH $ENSITY WITH $ESIGN 'UIDELINES (R-5A) with a site specific amendment to: ADD ,INK (OMES AS A PERMITTED USE INCREASE THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO METRES FROM metres to the dwelling and 3.5 metres to the front porch); REDUCE THE SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM METRES TO metres; INCREASE THE GARAGE COVERAGE TO OF THE WIDTH OF THE residential unit (including the garage) so long as the garage DOES NOT EXTEND MORE THAN METRE IN FRONT OF THE PORCH and IF THE GARAGE PROTRUDES MORE THAN METRE FROM THE PORCH THE GARAGE WIDTH SHALL BE NO MORE THAN OF THE width of the residential unit (including the garage). ADD LOT REGULATIONS FOR 3EMI DETACHED OR ,INK (OMES AS follows: a. Minimum lot area 224 square metres b. Minimum lot width 7 metres C -INIMUM LOT FRONTAGE METRES METRES FOR CORNER lots) s 2ESIDENTIAL n -ULTIPLE WITH $ESIGN 'UIDELINES 2 ! WITH a site specific amendment to: ADD 2ESIDENTIAL "UILDING n /NE 5NIT AND 2ESIDENTIAL "UILDING n 3EMI $ETACHED AS PERMITTED USES ALONG WITH the proposed changes in the R-5A site specific amendment (items 2 through 5 above);
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TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 PLAN/ENG: 519-669-8706 FAX: 519-669-1820
ADD LOT REGULATIONS FOR 2ESIDENTIAL "UILDING n /NE 5NIT as follows: A -INIMUM LOT AREA SQUARE METRES B -INIMUM LOT WIDTH METRES C -INIMUM LOT FRONTAGE METRES METRES FOR CORNER lots) 3. add lot regulations for Semi-detached units as follows: a. Minimum lot area 244 square metre b. Minimum lot width 7 metres C -INIMUM LOT FRONTAGE METRES METRES FOR CORNER lots)
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY: 519-575-4504
)F A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY DOES NOT MAKE ORAL SUBMISSIONS AT A PUBLIC MEETING OR MAKE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE #OUNCIL OF THE 4OWNSHIP OF 7OOLWICH BEFORE THE BY LAW IS PASSED THE PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY MAY NOT BE ADDED AS A PARTY TO THE HEARING OF AN APPEAL BEFORE THE /NTARIO -Unicipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
Subdivision )F A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY THAT FILES AN APPEAL OF A DECISION OF THE #OUNCIL OF THE 2EGIONAL -UNICIPALITY OF 7ATERLOO IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED PLANS OF SUBDIVISION DOES NOT MAKE s 3ERVICE #OMMERCIAL # FOR THREE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL oral submissions at the public meeting, if one is held, or BLOCKS WITHIN THE DRAFT PLANS OF SUBDIVISION MAKE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE #OUNCIL OF THE 2EGIONAL -UNICIPALITY OF 7ATERLOO BEFORE THE PROPOSED PLAN OF SUBs 3ERVICE #OMMERCIAL # FOR THE PORTION OF LAND OWNED division is approved or refused, the Ontario Municipal Board BY /NTARIO ,TD WHICH IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE LIMITS MAY DISMISS THE APPEAL of the subdivision and will permit the existing use (Elmira )F YOU WISH TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE DECISION OF THE #OUNCIL OF THE &ARM 3ERVICE TO BE MAINTAINED ON THE PROPERTY 2EGIONAL -UNICIPALITY OF 7ATERLOO IN RESPECT OF THIS PROPOSED s !PPLICABLE /PEN 3PACE / / FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN OF SUBDIVISION YOU MUST MAKE A WRITTEN REQUEST TO A PARK STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PONDS AND A TRAIL AND 3YLVIA 2AFALSKI -ISCH 0LANNER 2EGIONAL -UNICIPALITY OF 7ATERLOO &REDERICK 3TREET +ITCHENER /NTARIO . ' * s )NSTITUTIONAL 0 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELEMENTARY school site. Expressing Your Concerns and Requesting Further Notification Subdivision (Applications 30T-07701, 30T-07702 and 30T-07703) #HURCH 3TREET 7EST !PPLICATION 4 n 'REEN !CRES 9OU CAN EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS COMMENTS ABOUT THE PRO4HIS PARCEL OF LAND IS APPROXIMATELY HECTARES ACRES POSED CHANGES IN WRITING TO THE 4OWNSHIP OF 7OOLWICH !NY IN AREA AND IS PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED WITH APPROXIMATELY comments received on or before Tuesday, October 28th, to 47 single detached residential units. 2008 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) WILL BE INCLUDED IN A REPORT PREPARED BY %NGINEERING AND #HURCH 3TREET 7EST !PPLICATION 4 2IVERBEND Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. 4HIS PARCEL OF LAND IS APPROXIMATELY HECTARES !NY COMMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THE 0UBLIC -EETING BUT PRIOR acres) in area and is proposed to be developed with ap- TO #OUNCIL MAKING A DECISION ON THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROXIMATELY TO SINGLE DETACHED AND SEMI DETACHED considered. RESIDENTIAL UNITS APPROXIMATELY MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND A SERVICE COMMERCIAL BLOCK 3HOULD YOU WISH TO BE NOTIFIED OF FUTURE MEETINGS AND REPORTS regarding these applications, please: #HURCH 3TREET 7EST !PPLICATION 4 .ORTH- s SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST NOTING THAT YOU WISH TO BE view) KEPT INFORMED TO *EREMY 6INK 3ENIOR 0LANNER 4OWNSHIP OF 4HIS PARCEL OF LAND IS APPROXIMATELY HECTARES 7OOLWICH !RTHUR 3TREET 3OUTH "OX %LMIRA /NTARIO acres) in area and is proposed to be developed with ap- . " : OR PROXIMATELY TO SINGLE DETACHED AND SEMI DETACHED s EMAIL YOUR REQUEST NOTING THAT YOU WISH TO BE KEPT INRESIDENTIAL UNITS APPROXIMATELY MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL UNITS FORMED TO *EREMY 6INK AT JVINK WOOLWICH CA; or AND TWO SERVICE COMMERCIAL BLOCKS s REGISTER YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE SIGN UP SHEET available at the Public Meeting. No decisions will be made at the Public Meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to present the applications in more detail Additional information pertaining to these planning applicaand to solicit comments from the public. tions is available for review at the Township of Woolwich -UNICIPAL /FFICE BETWEEN A M AND P M -ONDAY Please Note: TO &RIDAY OR BY CONTACTING %NGINEERING AND 0LANNING STAFF AT 4HE 0LANNING !CT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INFORmation must be included in this notice, just as it appears in the Planning Act document itself: Official Plan Amendment )F YOU WISH TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED /FFICIAL 0LAN !MENDMENT YOU MUST MAKE A WRITTEN REQUEST TO *EREMY 6INK 3ENIOR 0LANNER 4OWNSHIP OF 7OOLWICH %NGINEERING AND 0LANNING 3ERVICES "OX !RTHUR 3TREET 3OUTH %LMIRA /NTARIO . " : )F A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY THAT FILES A NOTICE OF APPEAL OF A DECISION OF THE #OUNCIL OF THE 2EGIONAL -UNICIPALITY OF Waterloo in respect of the proposed Official Plan AmendMENT DOES NOT MAKE ORAL SUBMISSIONS AT A PUBLIC MEETING OR MAKE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE #OUNCIL OF THE 4OWNSHIP of Woolwich before the proposed Official Plan Amendment IS ADOPTED THE /NTARIO -UNICIPAL "OARD MAY DISMISS ALL OR part of the appeal. Zoning Amendment )F A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY DOES NOT MAKE ORAL SUBMISSIONS AT A PUBLIC MEETING OR MAKE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE #OUNCIL OF THE 4OWNSHIP OF 7OOLWICH BEFORE THE BY LAW IS PASSED THE PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY IS NOT ENTITLED TO APPEAL THE DECISION of the Council of the Township of Woolwich to the Ontario Municipal Board.
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ELMIRA REAL ESTATE Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage SERVICES Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage BERT MARTIN BROKER
EMAIL: paul@remaxsolidgold.biz
ADDRESS: 180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
NEW LISTING! Beautifully manicured lawn and gardens located central to schools and amenities featuring oak kitchen, two bathrooms, large living room w/fireplace, formal dining, hardwood floors, large deck and fenced yard. MLS. BUNGALOW! Recently renovated this centrally located home features two bathrooms, beautifully finished rec room, oak kitchen, walkout to new deck and large garden shed, fenced yard. MLS.
$254,900
$134,900
GREAT STARTER! Good opportunity for first time buyers this home located on a large lot with mature trees offers mnfloor family and laundry rms, 3 bdrms, replaced windows, Hi/eff furnace 2003, new basement windows and ashpalt roof 2008. MLS.
$1,125 per month net
COMMERCIAL! For Lease approximately 2,000 s/f of office or warehouse space, ideal for mechanical contractor or multiple offices. Zoning allows multiple uses. Lots of parking. Only ten minutes to Waterloo. MLS.
Your referrals are appreciated!
DIRECT................519-503-9533 OFFICE ................519-888-7110 HOME .................519-669-3074
WOW, come and view this quaint bungalow on quiet crescent near schools. Many updates include new rec. room carpet (‘07), furnace, central air, gas fireplace, roof in (‘05), patio & water softener, dishwasher (06). All appliances included, main floor is carpet free with hardwood & vinyl. Side entrance from driveway, detached 14' x 22' garage with opener. Large private yard, plenty of parking in driveway. MLS.
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Better than New! Approx 1,414 sq. ft. Newly fin. Basement, Basement, eat-in kit, maple cabinets, main floor hardwood& ceramics. Ceramic backsplash, updated light fixtures, master bdrm ens., 3 bths & rough in basement. Walkout from gr. rm. to deck w/pergola shed and privacy fence. MLS CALL WENDY** TO VIEW. 13 ASPEN CRESCENT , ELMIRA $229,900 - 3+1
bdrm home w/eat-in kit, and sep. dining room, laminate flrs on main level. Huge 18’x27’ tiered deck at rear w/walkout from TV room. Fully furnished basement. House has good street appeal. This is not a drive by. MLS CALL MILDRED FREY** TO VIEW. ELMIRA - $274,900 Beautiful remodelled century home. Fireplaces, c/ air, kitchen updated, french & pocket doors. Gorgeous private lot. Studio in garage. 2 gas fireplaces, 1 wood heat stove. New fm/rm add. w/patio doors. Lots of wood and wide baseboards. Liv/ rm has pine. Porcelin tile w/mosaic border in dinrm. Cedar deck at rear. Air tight cook stove in diningroom heats home as back up. MLS CALL MILDRED FREY** TO VIEW.
PARADIGM HOMES BUNGALOW
$304,900 ELMIRA | Great yard, spacious home includes formal dining and living room, eat-in kitchen, familyroom & recroom. MLS
A portion of my commision from the sale of every home is donated to the new Dan Snyder Arena.
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$39,500 WATERLOO | Great opportunity for the handyman in an area of other fine mobile homes in well known Martin's Trailer Park, Waterloo MLS.
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!
$292,500 DRAYTON | This grand custom home features 2nd floor great room, tons of closet space, hardwood and ceramic flooring, an amazing open concept kitchen with stainless steel appliances and tons of up grades. MLS
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ALL BRICK SUPERBUNGALOW STARTER ELMIRA-$232,900 Surprisingly spacious! You’re off to Cute & cozy 2 bedroom on huge ravine lot. New fur-
Cute a & cozy 2 bedroom on huge lot. New furgreat start2006. withravinethis well nace, nace, electrical electrical & & roof roof in in 2006. Features Features include include natunatumaintained 3 bedroom solidfloors, homeopen on ral throughout, hardwood ral woodwork woodwork throughout, hardwood floors, open concept kitchen island, garage with beautiful deep lot.attached Features concept kitchenwith with island, attached garageinclude withnew new opener, fenced yard. room be opener, fenced newer yard. Dining Dining room could could be used used as as mostly windows, refinished 3rd bedroom. Walk-up attic access for 3rd bedroom. Walk-up attic accessbathroom, for storage. storage. hardwood floors, updated Located Located on on picturesque, picturesque, quiet quiet street street steps steps to to school school and trails. well!! new berber upstairs, newer central and walking walking trails. Shows Shows well!! MLS. MLS.
FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS
$201,000 ELMIRA | Bungalow semi detached home in a great location; close to schools; circular wood stairway to rec room; all brick; new windows (06); new roof (07); natural gas hook-up for BBQ; new garden shed; laminate in bedroom; some new carpet; nicely landscaped; MLS.
vac., main floor laundry/office and SUPER IN SUPER STARTER INhot bonus cedarSTARTER panelled den with DRAYTON-$199,800 DRAYTON-$199,800 tub. Huge detached garage & Surprisingly spacious! You’re off to a great start with
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gleaming h/wRENOVATED floors, formal dinrm, TOTALLY TOTALLY RENOVATED kitchen w/ island, breakfast bar, CAMBRIDGE-$194,900 CAMBRIDGE-$194,900 b/i appl. Lux ensuite, m/f laundry, Super starter! 1 1/2 storey in East Galt. Newer
Super 1 1/2 storey in East Galt. Newer 2 starter! gas fireplaces, finished walkout furnace and air, all flooring, furnace and central central air,inlaw all newer newer flooring, basement with or Features home updated bathroom, nicely decorated. updated bathroom, nicely decorated. Features business potential. great include main floor laundry, hugeAworkshop, include main floor laundry, workshop, opportunity to ownhuge aused beautiful main floor den or office could be as aa 3rd main floor den or office could be used as 3rd home eat-in priced well amazing!! under bedroom, kitchen. Shows bedroom, eat-in kitchen. Shows amazing!! You will be impressed! MLS. value! You replacement will be impressed! MLS.
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ELMIRA, NEW LEASE PRICE $7.50/SQ. FT. - Ideal downtown location; Approx. 1,500 sq.ft. Unit was previously used as a hair salon w/8 stations, mirrors and 3 washing stations. Lots of electrical outlets. Sep. storage room & additional small room that would make a great tanning area. Front desk reception area. MLS CALL MILDRED FREY*** TO VIEW.
519-578-7300 apoffenroth@royallepage.ca
WOLLE REALTY, BROKERAGE
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED
13 Riverside E., Elmira
WHY RENT?
REDUCED TO $199,000
ID# 117888
You’ve come to the right place to find a home.
MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.
$320,000 ELMIRA | Base price on 1360 sq. ft. open concept design. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, mainfloor convenience, call for your visit today. MLS.
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SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.
$259,000 | 26 Tanager St., Elmira
ONE SEAT AT A TIME.
519-669-1544 24hrs
Len Frey
BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record
5-LEVEL SIDESPLIT
Helping to support the Community,
17 Church St. W., Elmira
frey@golden.net
90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 1, Elmira N3B 3L4
WEBSITE: www.remaxsolidgold.biz
OFFICE: 519-669-5426 DIRECT: 519-572-2669 EMAIL: bert@remaxsolidgold.biz
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519-669-3192
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$299,900 Hawkesville, ON
(519) 575-6314
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday Oct 12, 2-4pm
1 ½ story Elmira home backing onto parkland, with fenced rear yard and 3 year old above ground pool. New vinyl siding and insulation on main section of house in 2007, newer windows throughout, and 5 year old hi efficiency furnace! MLS
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HOME FAMILY ALBUM HUNTING BIRTHDAY
HAPPY 60th Birthday Pops!
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. 45 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA
519-669-2772
BROKERAGE
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-1068 Res: 519-669-8629 MVA Residential
ALLI NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-577-6248
NEW HOME. 2164 sq.ft. Ready to move into! Upper family room AND living room. Open concept mn flr. 3 baths (ensuite) Walkin closet. W/O from large kitchen. Main flr. laundry. Dble. garage. Wow! - a walkout basement. Quality constructed. MLS $355,000.
BILL NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-588-1348
BIRTHDAY
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627
BETTER THAN NEW!! Only 3 years old, Master ensuite and walkin closet. Ceramic and hardwood on the main floor. Eat-in kitchen -walkout to a huge deck and fenced yard. Combination LR/ DR with gas F.P. Finished rec room and play room. C/Air. MLS $294,900.
Love you bunches and bunches! Joe, Pete, Vicky & Marty, Calvin, Cory, Claire and Carter xoxo
NEW HOME (to be built) by quality builder. 1521 sq.ft. Open concept main flr., including kitchen, dinette and great rm. w/cathedral ceiling 2-pce powder rm. 3 spacious bedrooms, incl. huge master with double closets. MLS $269, 900.
BACKS TO GREEN SPACE. Tranquil backyard (fenced) w/patio & pond. Spacious 3 bdrm home (could be a 5 bdrm). Remodelled kitchen open to DA and LRw/laminatefloors. 2updatedbathrooms. Rec rm w/ gas stove. c/a & furnace (2005). MLS Reduced to $264,900
EXISTING CHURCH! Seating capacity 175+, Major addition to rear in 1986, incl. full basement. Ideal for office, lofts, etc. C-1 Zoning. MLS $649,000.
INDUSTRIAL LOT - .49 Acre Lot Dimension: 107' x 196'. Zoned M1-Dry Industrial. Located on Floradale Road (west end of Elmira). MLS $87,900
THIS THISSPACE SPACE FOR FORRENT RENT
Grundy, Kyle, Patricia and big sister Avery are pleased to announce the arrival of a second little angel into their family, on September 28, 2008. Alexa Dorothy Cronin Grundy, 9lb. 1 oz. Thank you to Sheryl and Evelyn from the St. Jacobs Midwives and the fourth floor Grand River nurses.
Roxanne ~Love Brad & Molson
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– Of Drayton, a loving father and opa, was taken home to be with his Lord in Heaven, suddenly on Wednesday, October 1, 2008, in his 83rd year.
– Peacefully, on Thursday, October 2, 2008, at his residence, Milferd Snyder, age 83 years, of St. Jacobs.
HARKNESS, Nora Isobelle (nee Dunn)
– of Kitchener at The Westmount Long Term Centre, peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at the age of 85. Beloved wife of the late Hugh Harkness and dearest mother of Dianne Baker and her husband Peter of Waterloo and the late Joanne Norman. Cherished grandmother of Hugh James Lambert, Peter James Baker, Joanne N. Cowan and loving great grandmother of Taylor, Clay, Brittany, Lucas and Cassandra. Fondly remembered by her brother Ambrose Dunn and his wife Lou of Kingston, and her sisters Kaye Murphy of Kingston, Agnes Fedyk of Calgary and Jo Anne Finnell of Florida. Predeceased by her parents Commander Joseph and Agnes Dunn and her sisters Margaret Dunn and Mary McKegney. The family received friends at David MacLeod Funeral Home, 617 King St. N., Waterloo on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and Committal service were held in the funeral home chapel on Friday, October 10, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Father Malcolm Katzenberger officiating. Cremation followed. A reception was held at the funeral home following the service. As Expressions of Sympathy donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated by the family and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at 519-888-7700.
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Inspired by what they heard JONI MILTENBURG Globally, we spend more than $33 billion on pet food every year. Less than half of that amount would supply clean drinking water to every person in the world. That was one of the eyeopening facts that impressed three Elmira District Secondary School students who took part in a national leadership conference last week in Summerside, PEI. Caleb Redekop, Brianne Bearinger, and Caelen Rank spent the week listening to speakers, taking part in workshops and exchanging ideas with other students. Now they’re back at EDSS and hoping to spread that inspiration within their school walls. “It was just to inspire kids to go back to their school and make change … and to give ideas on what you could do to make the school a better environment,” Redekop said of the conference. Bearinger said her favourite part of the conference was speaker Marc Kielburger, who recited the fact about pet food. Kielburger is chief executive director of Free the Children, a youth-driven charity that assists people in developing regions. “He was saying that
there’s no difference between those kids over there and us, we just happened to be born in the right country. And it’s so true,” Bearinger said. Kielburger stressed that the students can make a difference beyond raising money, Bearinger said. “We always think that the only way to do something is to raise money, but a lot of it needs to be raising awareness and making active differences in our lifestyles.” More than 950 students from across Canada took part in the week-long conference. Redekop said Waterloo Region was well-represented, with 42 students at the conference. “One thing that we’re really fortunate here in Elmira – we don’t know it and it’s not nearly enough acknowledged, but we are really fortunate that we have had a really creative program here.” Rank said the conference highlighted the strength of the community at EDSS and how much support they have in Elmira and the township. “With Waterloo and Kitchener, it’s like there’s so many schools you can’t get people to rally around. But Elmira and St. Jacobs, Linwood, the whole township just ral-
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