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EVERY RIGHT TO BE WARY OF PROPOSED WASTE UTILITY
Homeowners wary of WNH plan for digging up their property
Premier pledges $400M transitional funding for horseracing industry Five-year plan announced in Elora would provide $80 million a year, down from $345 million provided by discontinued slots revenue program
ELENA MAYSTRUK With plans in motion to install underground hydro systems in some of Elmira’s residential areas, Waterloo North Hydro (WNH) representatives met with a few homeowners Wednesday morning to assuage concerns on the future work slated for their properties. What the utility heard from those gathered at Joe Brearley’s home on Thrush Court is that the residents are wary of assurances there will be no inconveniences or property damage. Existing hydro poles in back yards will be taken down in favour of an underground system that would weather extreme conditions better than the current poles, and reduce the frequency of power outages. Damage as a result of the directional boring (about a metre deep) from the boulevard to the base of every home’s electrical meter, seems to be a main concern for the residents, though WNH has sent letters to homeowners last year guaranteeing to leave lawns and driveways in good shape. “With the rear-yard pole lines, we really want to get rid of them. You can’t get trucks back there; it’s a big hassle for everyone,” engineering technologist Brandon Colvin told the four residents present. The neighbours wanted WNH’s promise to take care of their homes put in writing. GUARANTEE | 2
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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne beams at general manager Ted Clarke after a ride around Grand River Raceway's track on October 11. She was there to unvei a five-year plan to direct $400 million into the province's horseracing industry. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
The provincial government will spend up to $400 million to help maintain Ontario’s horseracing industry, Premier Kathleen Wynne said while unveiling a five-year plan for the industry at the Grand River Raceway in Elora October 11. “The jobs that are associated with racing are incredibly important to rural and Northern Ontario and, I would suggest, the whole province,” Wynne said. The money would help ease the loss of much larger revenues the industry received under the province’s Slots at Racetracks Program (SARP) – 10 per cent to the track operator and 10 per cent to the industry – which fed large purses, which encouraged growth in the horse breeding industry and its spinoff businesses. Fed by slots revenue, Ontario purses have become among the largest in North America. The transition plan was developed by a three-
Premier Kathleen Wynne climbed aboard a sulky for some firsthand experience. member panel appointed to find ways to sustain the horseracing industry after the Liberals cancelled SARP, a loss of about $345 million in slots revenue per year for racetracks in the province. Wynne argued that the previous slots system was not sustainable long term. Starting next April, the Horseracing Partnership Plan will inject $80 million per year into the sector supporting standardbred, thoroughbred and quarter-horse racing. Wynne promises it will sustain all members of the industry and continue to provide investments and support after the initial fiveyear period is complete. RACETRACK | 2
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From toy helmets to the real heavy duty gear and safety tips, Chelsea and Jorga Smith (left photo) and Maxwell and Thomas Metzger (right) enjoyed the St. Clements fire station open house October 12, as did Avery and dad Richard Hurren (middle). [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
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“We have to make some changes. Integrating the horseracing industry with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s modernization plan is one of those changes – there needs to be that integration of the horseracing industry and the gaming industry across the province,” she said. Part of the plan is to grow the horseracing fan base using OLG’s marketing and gambling expertise as well as restructuring the Ontario Racing Commission to create both a regulatory division and an industry development division which will work with OLG on marketing initiatives. Another change for the commission comes with the retirement of commission chair Rod Seiling (raised in Elmira) after his appointment in 2006, with Horse Racing Transition Panel member Elmer Buchanan taking his place. Purse distributions for next year amount to an estimated $130 million across the industry, near half of what it used to enjoy. Centre
Wellington Mayor Joanne Ross-Zuj said the new plan does provide a cushion for the future. “We know we have an excellent model of how things should operate, how you can work effectively in a community and [have] it be a win-win for everyone involved. We’re delighted with the news today to get into our strategic planning because we’ve got some security for five years,” she said. Wynne said future efforts will look at different revenue streams available for the horseracing sector. OLG president and CEO Rod Phillips promises to commit OLG’s resources “to implement and execute the government’s plan” while promising to help create thousands of jobs and “drive more than $3 billion in capital investments across Ontario” with the commission’s future initiatives. “[Premier Wynne] has taken a huge interest in horse racing in rural Ontario and making sure we find a sustainable future for the horseracing industry,” said Guelph MPP Liz Sandals.
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“If you can’t put something in writing to guarantee me that my driveway is going to be as it is now, then I am going to be searching for compensation,” said Brearley. Any damage due to boring into driveways and lawns will be looked at during the detailed design stage of the process for each street. Individual homeowners will be contacted during this stage if issues arise, according to Dorothy Moryc, manager of distribution engineering. Bethlehem WM Trenching Ltd. is the contractor for the project, with each street involved getting a new system. Areas slated for the project set to begin in the late fall include Pheasant Drive from Barnswallow Drive to Cedar Waxwing Drive, Chickadee Court, Ca-
nary Court, Cedar Waxwing Drive from Barnswallow Drive to Flamingo Drive, Flamingo Drive from First Street to Oriole Parkway West, Grosbeak Road from Cedar Waxwing Drive to Oriole Parkway West, Kingfisher Drive from Barnswallow Drive to Grosbeak Road, Thrush Court, Phoebe Crescent, and Oriole Parkway West from Grosbeak Road to Flamingo Drive. Two letters informing all homeowners were sent last October and November, the first in regards to plans for the project and the second addressing subsequent concerns brought forth by residents. “I appreciate you coming out and addressing the concerns,” said Brearley on Wednesday morning. “Sometimes we don’t even get that opportunity with some other people; it’s just stuffed down our throats.”
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St. Clements residents push for traffic light Region's presentation to council, however, calls for the status quo WILL SLOAN Citing greater than expected collision records, the Region of Waterloo is recommending improvements to the intersection of Lobsinger Line and Hergott Road in St. Clements, including alterations to the curb and elimination of parking spaces for visibility. But that wasn’t enough for a group of St. Clements residents who appeared at Wellesley council chambers on Tuesday night demanding a new traffic light for the troubled intersection. In a presentation to councillors, Bob Henderson, manager of transportation engineering for the region, noted that the intersection saw eight collisions between 2007 and 2011, twice the expected number. A study by the region found that eastbound trucks had difficulty turning left when a southbound vehicle is stopped, and half the collisions came from eastbound truck drivers waiving southbound drivers through. Despite these numbers, Henderson made the case for retaining the current two-way stop, noting that traffic volume is not high enough at peak periods to justify either a four-way stop or a traffic signal (6,900 vehicles enter the
intersection per day on average). The region has also ruled out an overhead flashing beacon. Instead, the region is recommending removing seven parking spaces from near the intersection, while also re-aligning the sidewalk curbs on the north side of Hergott Road to allow a wider approach for vehicles turning north. The proposal met with skepticism from councillors, including Coun. Paul Hergott, who worried what a lack of traffic lights could mean for preschool children at the intersection (Henderson offered that other measures, including crossing guards, could be investigated). Hergott added that Heidelberg has a traffic light despite comparable traffic levels. Coun. Herb Neher objected to the tentative proposal to make curb realignments in 2022, as part of a preexisting regional construction project planned for Hergott Road. “I just have a problem with that – that’s a long time for a solution,” said Neher. “Statistics can change drastically over that period of time.” Henderson replied the region would account for changes over time. Even stronger objections TRAFFIC | 4
Kevin Fielding, Breanna Maier, Noah Steinmann, Sonya Martin, Danielle Johnson, Will Allen and Jedrek Martin are some of the CANS volunteers trick-or-treating for canned goods in Elmira this Halloween with donations going to the Region of Waterloo Food Bank. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
CANS volunteers will be up to their old tricks Always Need Supper (CANS). The effort is in its ninth year of collecting canned goods instead of candy for the Region of Waterloo Food Bank. “Halloween is sort of a self-centred holiday – it’s all about yourself, collecting candy for yourself. But this was a way we could sort of give back to our community and this is all for the food bank. It’s just a way we can help people in need,” said participant Will Allen.
ELENA MAYSTRUK “No costume, no treats!” might be the unwritten rule for most trick-or-treaters out this All Hallow’s Eve, but how many of them can say they are doing a good deed on this most wicked of nights? This year it may be prudent to keep a few nonperishables in the candy basket by the stairs for a number of Elmira youths participating in Citizens
Citizens Always Need Supper began as a chance for five or six kids who felt as though they were a bit too old to be trick-ortreating to still go out into the community and do something fun. Today, the initiative enjoys the participation of about 100 youths from local churches. Last year, the effort raked in 4,800 pounds of foods for charity. “We’d like to get over 5,000 [this year]. That’s a little bit optimistic, it
depends on the weather,” Allen said. Most years the volunteers break up into small groups to cover all Elmira neighbourhoods, but instead of saying the magic words at the door they ask for canned goods. Their long-time presence in the community has made most residents familiar with the procedure. CANS volunteers will be out on the streets starting around 6:30 p.m. on October 31.
Woolwich to draft resolution to address rail safety concerns STEVE KANNON Building on a resolution from their counterparts in Cambridge, Woolwich councillors want to develop a rail-safety message of their own. The Cambridge resolution endorses the guiding principles adopted by the national municipal rail
safety working group of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which represents some 2,000 municipal governments. Agreeing with the FCM stance, councillors meeting this week asked township fire chief Rick Pedersen to draft a resolution for Woolwich. The three principles adopted by the group are: ensur-
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Coun. Mark Bauman said the principles are “a good starting point,” but noted the township has its own concerns with rail safety. Unlike some other communities, Woolwich didn’t join in the call for greater transparency by railroad companies following the train derailment and explosion in Lac-Mégantic,
Quebec, and rail bridge collapse and derailment during the flooding in Calgary. On the Goderich-Exeter line running through St. Jacobs and Elmira, the two chemical companies in Elmira that use the rail service – Chemtura Co. and Canada Colors and Chemicals (CCC, formerly Sulco Chemicals) – have been
disclosing what they ship. “I really don’t have a lot of concern,” said Bauman at Tuesday night’s meeting, adding the issue in the township is the line that runs through the Breslau area, which carries unknown hazards. “We need prompt, accurate information in the event of an emergency.”
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Group proposes revenue-generating solarpanel project for Wellesley buildings WILL SLOAN The Community Energy Development Co-operative has its eye on four township buildings as locations for solar panels to generate electricity. Representatives pitched the idea to Wellesley council Tuesday night. The cooperative, which develops solar energy projects in Ontario under the Ontario Power Authority Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) Program, is looking at the Wellesley Township office, Linwood Community Centre, St. Clements arena, and Wellesley arena for solar systems ranging from 100 kW to 200 kW and 250 kW. These locations were determined in partnership with township staff. The organization proposed taking a 20-year lease on the four systems, at a total cost of $21,500 per year, generating a total income targeted at $430,000. A secondary proposal would allow the township to purchase and install all four rooftop systems at a cost of $1,978,225, and a return of 8.5 per cent. Director Jerry Enns cited
high public support for solar projects, and a potential to offset the carbon-dioxide (CO2) footprint for each facility by 2,900 tonnes, as benefits of the project. He added that the township would be able to own the system at the end of the lease, and continue to produce energy to offset electrical bills through net metering. “What happens if the coop can’t pay their lease?” said Enns, addressing risks. “This is unlikely due to the diversification of sites. All that income is generated into one pocket and used to pay lease rates.” Coun. Jim Olender asked about the life expectancy of solar panel projects. While past solar panels typically lasted 35 years, president Brian Unrau said that advancements in technology mean that current models could operate as long as 50 years. Mayor Ross Kelterborn asked how much money the township would be put out during the leasing process. “Basically zero,” replied Unrau. “There would be some of your staff time … but we wouldn’t be looking for any
financial commitment.” Unrau added that the co-op would pay for roof inspection, and repairs would be discussed with council. When asked, Unrau confirmed that the township would be able to exit the lease if one of the buildings was condemned or reconstructed. Kelterborn suggested that township staff make a recommendation on the project, with an eye towards council’s November 4 meeting. The new Petersburgbased co-operative is developing solar energy projects in Waterloo Region, Guelph, Greater Sudbury, and Blind River, with a 50-member minimum from each area. Members are eligible to invest in the project and receive revenue from green energy. The group hopes to accomplish 30 solar projects over the next three years. The co-operative’s nearby customers include the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union, Elmira Mennonite Church, and the County of Wellington. Partners in the co-op have generated more than 4.5 million kWh of green energy.
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came from St. Clements residents, who cited instances of traffic rerouting to backstreets to avoid the busy intersection. “I personally believe [traffic lights] are the only answer,” said Jerry Herrgott, who praised the traffic light in Heidelberg. “I travel it frequently, and people use it very well. I feel so safe there. Prior to the lights, if we were coming out … that was a bad, bad intersection as well.” Terry Koudys added, “While the numbers on pa-
per may not meet the criteria, I would venture to say that every single resident entering that intersection enters it tentatively, and with a sense of fear.” Henderson replied, “Sometimes that’s not a bad thing. When you make people complacent, and let the electronics do the thinking for them, unfortunately electronics don’t make people safer. They can make them feel more safe, which has the opposite effect.” He added later, “When it comes to my gut feeling and engineering judgment, I’ve
seen plenty of intersections where we install traffic lights and accident/collision experience gets worse.” The question period closed when Mayor Ross Kelterborn asked Henderson to write a formal recommendation in time for the next council meeting on October 29, including a comparison between the traffic in St. Clements and Heidelberg. The township’s community services department will then make a recommendation to Wellesley council, which will then be taken to regional council.
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Woolwich calls on region for smoking bylaw Recognizing the advantages to a region-wide policy on smoke-free play areas, Woolwich council this week passed a motion calling on the upper-tier government to take the lead on a new bylaw. Councillors were acting on a recommendation from recreation director Karen Makela that came out of a recent meeting of her counterparts from the eight member-municipalities in Wa-
terloo Region. The preliminary effort was aimed at determining if there’s a consensus, allowing for the possible adoption of a region-wide bylaw to restrict smoking around soccer pitches, baseball diamonds, playgrounds and similar recreation areas. If the majority of the municipalities ask for it, the region will take on the task, Makela told councillors meeting October 15. The process got underway in the spring of 2012 when the president of Woolwich Youth Soccer approached township council about banning smoking from around play areas. The goal was to prevent participants,
often children, from exposure to second-hand smoke.
Board to look at Elmira school boundaries The Waterloo Region District School Board has scheduled a public meeting to solicit feedback for its boundary study of Elmira elementary schools. The meeting, to take place October 22 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Park Manor PS, will address plans for an elementary school in the new subdivision on Church Street West, replacing Riverside PS.
Discussion will involve timing and implementation of changes, and preferred boundary options. No changes are scheduled to occur before September 2014.
No changes for Nafziger intersection The Region of Waterloo is not recommending any changes to Nafziger Road and Queen’s Bush Road in Wellesley Village. The intersection, which experienced four collisions between 2007 and 2011 (compared
to the three projected), is “operating about as normally as it could,” regional manager of transportation engineering Bob Henderson told township councillors meeting Tuesday night. Despite complaints from residents about heavy traffic, the region plans to continue monitoring the intersection without installing a four-way stop or traffic lights.
Tractors on a roll to end hunger A convoy of tractors will be making its way through parts of Ontario, including a stretch between Guelph
and Listowel, on October 17 as part of the Farm Credit Canada Drive Away Hunger tour. Stops at schools in Alma, Salem and Elora are on the agenda between 10 a.m. and noon. The Drive Away Hunger food drive that involves driving a tractor and trailer through communities to collect food and cash donations for food banks across the country. The coast-tocoast effort sees FCC looking to collect a record five million pounds of food for Canada’s food banks this year to mark the 10th anniversary of the program. One hundred per cent of donations go to Canadian food banks.
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Police drop man from list of parties sought in Howlett investigation
A firefighter inspects a mangled van while, off to the side, crews attend to its female driver. The woman was pronounced dead on-scene after colliding with a transport truck at the intersection of Line 86 and Manser Road on October 11. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
Woman dies in Line 86 collision ELENA MAYSTRUK
A woman is dead after a crash near Wallenstein at the intersection of Manser Road and Line 86 on October 11. Forty-six-year-old Michele Magennis was travelling southbound on Manser
Road (Wellington Road 12) when she failed to stop her 2004 grey Pontiac Montana van at the Line 86 stop sign. She entered the intersection and struck a westbound transport truck on the broadside of her vehicle. The Hepworth woman was pronounced dead at
the scene as a result of injuries after firefighters and ambulance crews attempted to revive her. A passenger in the van, a 38-year-old man from Oliphant, was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the transport
truck was not injured. The investigation into the crash continues, and alcohol is considered a possible factor in the collision. Witnesses to this incident are asked to contact the traffic services branch at 519-653-7700, ext. 8856 or email traffic@wrps.on.ca.
A man identified by Waterloo Regional Police investigators as a potential witness in the suspicious death of Elmira’s Erin Howlett has been determined to have no involvement in the case. Police released images of a man and woman believed to be potential witnesses shortly after the body of Howlett, 28, was found in the Grand River near Riverbend Drive in Kitchener on July 5. Investigators were pursuing a lead that the male and female pictured could have some important information to assist the ongoing investigation.
The woman was identified and cleared of any involvement. The still unidentified man was also taken off the list of potential witnesses this week. The circumstances surrounding Howlett’s suspicious death remain under investigation and investigators are still appealing for any information about a green Coach-brand purse belonging to the victim. Anyone with information can contact the homicide branch at 519-650-8500. ext. 8642 or leave anonymous information with Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).
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4:42 PM | A three-vehicle collision resulted in minor injuries after a male driver rear-ended two vehicles with his Honda on King Street in St. Jacobs. He was charged with ‘careless driving.’
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Skepticism the right reaction to waste utility RESIDENTS HAVE EVERY REASON to be wary of Waterloo Region Chair Ken Seiling’s proposal to create a new utility to handle waste management. If the past is any indication, we can expect nothing but higher costs. Theoretically, the cost of collecting trash, recyclables and organics, currently paid for by general taxation, would be split from the coffers, financed directly by users – taxes would be reduced by what it costs to deal with waste, then we’d be billed separately like we are now for water and wastewater. This year, the average homeowner will pay about $125 for waste management, with the department expected to post a $4.3-million deficit. A spinoff utility would see users pay more in order to cover the deficit and to attempt to make the system selfsustaining, again just as we’ve seen with water, where costs have been soaring for years. And there’s every reason to believe officials would attempt a shell game, creating yet another bill while passing on little if any of the tax savings on the general revenues side. We’d have to trust them to do so, but the public has zero trust in the bureaucracy or their elected officials when it comes to financial matters (see the history of the LRT budget and the election pledges of many regional councillors as a prime example). Furthermore, if a new utility was created, officials would have a way to third-party increases, arguing they’re only passing on actual costs, making residents pay for the services they use. In theory, each of us could lower costs by reducing the amount of waste we generate – a good idea – but we’d still be at the mercy of deals arranged by the region, particularly for recyclables, where the track record has not been good of late (see the costly contract signed for the underused green bin program, for instance). As well, the just-passing-on-costs argument slides into disingenuous territory quickly when you consider that the region, like most governments, has repeatedly failed to constrain costs, particularly wages and benefits. Without the political hit of tax hikes even higher than the unsustainable levels of recent years, regional councillors would be less inclined to control runaway spending. We could easily see waste management fee increases well above inflation as the norm. A separate utility in effect lets politicians off the hook for poor decisions. That’s compounded when provincial regulations come into play, as we witness time and again with the large fee increases for water and wastewater. Municipal officials can and do point to provincially-mandated costs for excessive monitoring, testing and upgrades that drive up costs. While the rules aren’t as stringent for waste management – there’s not yet been the waste equivalent of Walkerton – there are plenty of regulations, including targets for diversion that have driven some poorly executed recycling programs and add-on fees. In short, if it can be overpriced and inefficient, it will be. To be sure, we should be more aware of the costs associated with the waste we throw away. Those costs echo through the entire production and lifecycle of the products we buy, along with the health implications of the often-toxic materials involved. We’re starting to think in those terms, but haven’t fully embraced the concept. We are rather wedded to our North American consumption patterns. We know we have to make changes. We just don’t trust government initiatives such as the one floated by Seiling to help us get there.
Oktoberfest has its beer, but for politicians and bureaucrats, when it comes to increasing taxes and profligate spending, there’s nothing like drinking the Kool-Aid. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
African dictators fool no one in attempt to avoid prosecution WORLD AFFAIRS Surprise of the week: the club of African presidents (aka the African Union) has held a special meeting and declared that African presidents should be immune from prosecution for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes while they are in office. They are taking this step, they say, because the International Criminal Court is unfairly targeting Africans: all eight cases currently under investigation are about crimes committed in African countries. “We would love nothing more than to have an international forum for justice and accountability, but what choice do we have when we get only bias and race-hunting at the ICC?” said President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya (who by a strange coincidence is currently under indictment by the ICC). “The ICC ... stopped being the home of justice the day it became the toy of declining impe-
rial powers.” The AU is not demanding perpetual immunity for its presidents. It only wants to reject the evil meddling of Western imperialists, and to keep African heads of state free from prosecution while they are still in office. What could be more reasonable than that? So Uganda’s Idi Amin, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Sekou Toure of Guinea and other African mass murderers who actually died in office would have been liable for prosecution as soon as they retired, if they ever had retired and if the ICC had existed at that time. Their victims would have had justice at last, if only posthumously. If the AU gets its way now, the victims of current African leaders who commit crimes against humanity will only have to wait until they retire to see justice done. True, some African leaders stay in power for a long time – e.g. Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea (32 years), Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola (32 years), Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (31 years), and Paul Biya of Cameroon (29
years) – but Africans are patient people. Except that they may not be that patient any more. Twenty years ago the accusation that the ICC is just an instrument of imperialist oppression and Western racism would still have played well in Africa, but the audience has got a lot more sophisticated. The AU’s modest proposal has been greeted with an outcry all over the continent, from Africans who know that their leaders can be just as cynical and self-serving as leaders anywhere else. The most eloquent protest came from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the 82-year-old hero of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. “Those leaders seeking to skirt the (ICC) are effectively looking for a license to kill, maim and oppress their own people without consequence,” he said. “They simply vilify the institution as racist and unjust, as Hermann Goering and his fellow Nazi defendants vilified the Nuremberg tribunals following World War II.” So is the ICC really a rac-
ist organization that unfairly targets African states? The fact that all eight cases currently being prosecuted involve African countries certainly sounds suspicious. So does the fact that three of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, which has the right to refer cases to the ICC, have not accepted the court’s jurisdiction themselves. But things are more complicated than they seem. One hundred and twenty-two countries have already ratified the Treaty of Rome that created the ICC in 1998, including twothirds of the countries in Africa and all the countries in Latin America except Cuba and Nicaragua. The chief prosecutor of the ICC is an African (Fatou Bensouda of Gambia), as are five of its 18 judges. The anomaly of Security Council members that have not ratified the treaty themselves (China, Russia and the United States) voting to initiate prosecutions before the ICC is definitely a problem. But only two of the eight current cases, DYER | 8
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»»John Smits
Absolutely. The Liberals have had enough opportunity to screw things up.
Yes. It’s time for somebody else.
We’ll never get done paying for this Liberal screw-up. Our grandchildren will be paying.
No. It’s a dead issue. People wanted the plants Oh, don’t get me started. There was a lot of cancelled, and they got it. mismanagement of a lot of money for just a few seats.
"This is not a conspiracy against Africa, nor is the AU defending African rights. "
»»Robert Huzij
Gwynne Dyer | page 6
HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
Don't be quick to dismiss a child's choice of reading material EDITOR'S NOTES We have more books to read than ever before, and more ways to read them thanks to computers, tablets, e-readers and even cellphones. But fewer of us are actually picking one up, paper version or otherwise. That’s especially true of young people. Beyond the risk to writers and publishers, there are longer-term implications for literacy skills, job prospects and even our very democracy given we live in an information age. With that in mind, a new non-profit group called the National Reading Campaign this week launched a public engagement campaign to help make Canada a nation of readers. The group cites recent surveys showing more than half of Canadian households spent no money on books and that the number of respondents who’ve read a Canadian book has decreased to 24 per cent in 2012 from 41 per cent in
2002. With kids, the percentage of Ontario students in Grade 3 who report they “like to read” dropped from 76 per cent in 1998/99 to 50 per cent in 2010/11. With so many electronic distractions available to kids, it’s hardly surprising that books have fallen by the wayside in some cases. If that’s the case, encouraging kids to take up any kind of reading is a plus – we certainly shouldn’t put a damper on it. Yet, for a variety of reason, not all of them well-intentioned, parents and teachers discourage certain books while promoting others that serve only to push kids away from reading. It’s a reality that was recognized by celebrated author Neil Gaiman, who gave a lecture in the U.K. this week promoting the ties between reading, literacy and a better future. Adults should let kids make their own choices when it comes to reading, rather than just what the adults think is good for them. “Do not discourage children from reading because you feel they are reading the wrong thing. Fiction
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he or she discovers the joys of reading from any source than not at all. Then there are those who would ban certain books and even types of literature. Think particularly of some on the religious right who would keep the likes of Harry Potter out of our schools. The controversy stems from the subject matter – wizards, witches and magic. Although these are common enough topics in children’s literature – all literature, for that matter – Harry Potter’s popularity seemingly makes him a worse offender. If Harry Potter is offensive – apparently the books are the gateway to devil worship, pursuit of witchcraft, civil unrest, and a refusal to honour bedtime curfews – then what are we to make of centuries of fairytales? Fairies, of course, are fantasy beings and tales themselves are often based on the mystical. What, too, are would-be censors to do with classic childhood works by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis? The lion and the wardrobe are probably safe, but the witch has got to go. Both
authors, incidentally, were devout Christians who saw no incongruities between their tales of fantasy and their religious beliefs. As parents and educators decry the declining interest in reading, books having been displaced by a plethora of electronic entertainment, it is more than a little ironic that a small group of “concerned” parents want to ban books that have brought the joy of reading to millions of kids. In that vein, Gaiman points out in his lecture just how important fantasy and daydreaming really are. “Albert Einstein was asked once how we could make our children intelligent. His reply was both simple and wise. ‘If you want your children to be intelligent,’ he said, ‘read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.’ He understood the value of reading, and of imagining. I hope we can give our children a world in which they will read, and be read to, and imagine, and understand.” Reading – exploring new ideas, concepts and even
new worlds – is the pre-eminent way to foster literacy, not only in words but in understanding the world around us. Any kind of book or other written material that sends us down that road is a good thing. Literacy is a strong determinant of future success. Given the changing job market and the increasing demands on employees in an information age, we need better skills. Still, a shocking 42 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 16 and 65 have low literacy skills, according to the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network. Fewer than 20 per cent of people with the lowest literacy skills are employed, but impoverished adults often do not have the literacy skills required to get into job training programs. They may need literacy skills upgrading before they can succeed in training programs, but only about five to 10 per cent of eligible adults enroll in programs. Clearly, the best time to instil reading and comprehension skills is at a young age. That’s why Gaiman’s advice resonates so strongly.
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you do not like is a route to other books you may prefer. And not everyone has the same taste as you. "Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading: stop them reading what they enjoy, or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like, the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian ‘improving’ literature. You’ll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and worse, unpleasant,” he notes. “The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity. And that means, at its simplest, finding books that they enjoy, giving them access to those books, and letting them read them,” he says, adding “I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.” That opinion is not shared by everyone, however. Some parents object to the likes of comic books, graphic novels and pulp fiction on the grounds that there are better books out there. Perhaps, but a great work of literature gathering dust on a shelf does a child no good. Better
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THE MONITOR
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Province-wide, fuel taxes and other fees cover between 70 and 90 per cent of annual road construction, maintenance and policing costs. In the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), road users paid more in taxes and fees than it cost to operate the road network.
“You don’t get away with just saying one thing that’s the opposite of the truth in the House of Commons and expect to have no consequences. There are legal, technical, procedural and honour consequences here in the House of Commons for Stephen Harper for having done that. And we’re calling him to account.”
It was a full house at Woolwich council chambers Oct. 16, 2001 as St. Jacobs residents got their first look at a proposed new subdivision for the village, the first in more than a decade. The project involved more than 200 new housing units east of King Street off of Printery Road. Impacts on wells, drainage and density issues highlighted the list of concerns raised.
»»Conference Board of Canada
»»Evasion, proroguing Parliament and cutting-and-running after the Throne Speech
»»From the Oct. 20, 2001 edition of the Observer
won't save Stephen Harper from having to account for the Senate scandals, says NDP leader Tom Mulcair
DYER: Dictators no longer fool
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Africans with their rhetoric FROM | 6
in Libya and Sudan, were started by a vote of the Security Council, where Western influence is relatively large. Four of the eight cases now before the court (Uganda, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic) were referred to the International Criminal Court by the African countries themselves. Two were begun by the ICC’s chief prosecutor (Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire). And only two of the seven new cases now under consideration (Afghanistan, Georgia, Guinea, Colombia, Honduras, Korea and Nigeria) are in African countries.
This is not a conspiracy against Africa, nor is the AU defending African rights. It is an exclusive club of African presidents that is attempting to get its own members, the leaders of Sudan and Kenya, off the hook, and to protect the rest of the membership from any future legal proceedings. As former UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan said, it would be a “badge of shame” for Africa if they get away with it, but they may not. They can easily dismiss the opinions of the “international community” (whatever that is), but they may find it harder to ignore the indignation they are arousing among their own citizens.
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SPORTS HOCKEY / JUNIOR C
NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA
Jacks fall in overtime to New Hamburg
The real reason to fear flying
Penalty-filled match meant special teams played a big role in determining the outcome of 5-4 decision ELENA MAYSTRUK Special teams were the deciding factor in a penalty-filled match that saw the Wellesley Applejacks fall 5-4 in overtime to the New Hamburg Firebirds last Saturday. Even the deciding goal came with a man-advantage, power plays accounting for six of the evening’s nine goals. What looked like a good start to the home game, with the Jacks scoring the first goal (after failing to do so in the past two games against Ayr and Woodstock), turned into a mess of penalties that proved to be Wellesley’s undoing in second period. A surge in the third brought the Jacks back even, as they scored an impressive two goals in the last minute of the game for a 4-4 tie. Their hopes were dashed again in OT when the team was smacked with a penalty for high sticking, clearing the way for a New Hamburg victory. “The kids got off to a good start which is what we wanted. They worked hard at the end, but we still have a problem of lack of discipline, and until we figure that one out it’s something that’s going to come back to hurt us,” said head coach Rob Way.
Evenly matched, the teams were also the league leaders on the power play going into the game, skills that were put to use early and often last Saturday. Playing shorthanded for a good chunk of the night did the visiting Jacks no favours. “If you don’t stay out of the box in that game you are going to lose,” he said. Mckenzie Carter got the Jacks going with the first goal at 5:32, with an assist from Blake Hetherington. At that point, the Jacks began a parade to the penalty box that would carry on through the match. Wellesley managed to keep the Firebirds at bay until the second period, when a fighting major to Mark Detzler at 2:43 kicked open the floodgates: New Hamburg scored three times, at 2:09, 3:28 and 7:17. A late surge by Taylor Doering (Parker Wood, Mackenzie Shantz) gave the Jacks their second goal, the last of the period at 19:42, before returning to the room. There was no scoring in the third period until later on when, no coincidence, both teams got into penalty trouble yet again. The Firebirds used the man-advantage to score at JACKS | 11
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Applejack Cal Jefferies battles for the puck with a Firebird during last Saturday’s game at the Wellesley arena. The New Hamburg squad won 5-4 in overtime. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
One of the great reasons that I book flights to destinations is to save time. In a nutshell, flying is quicker than walking, but, as I found out on a flight to Florida last week, that’s probably only because I have short legs. My flight out of Toronto was scheduled to board at 7:55 a.m. So having travelled a bit before, I got there at 4:30 a.m. I did this because I had a vague notion that parking at the airport would be slightly more complicated than parking at the donut shop. Actually, it was slightly more complicated than docking a space shuttle. By 5:15, I had cleared Customs and was well on my way to visiting the U.S. And that’s when it happened. Now, I don’t want to take credit for crashing the U.S. Customs computer system GALEA | 10
Two more wins give a boost to surging Sugar Kings Team continues to score plenty of goals in the early going, but coach likes the defensive improvements he’s seen WILL SLOAN Another week, another pair of wins for the Sugar Kings. But while the Elmira team took a pair of easy victories last week, beating the Brantford 99ers 6-0 on October 10 and the Strathroy Rockets 4-1 on October 12, head coach Jeff Flanagan still sees plenty of room for improvement.
“I think on Thursday we really played just OK,” Flanagan admitted. “We didn’t bring a full effort. Brantford’s a young team, and we probably didn’t stick to the systems as we should. I don’t think we were as strong as we should have been in winning battles or finishing on chances in front of the net.” Still, a shutout victory
is nothing to sneeze at. The Kings set the tone 86 seconds into the game as Cash Seraphim (assisted by Mitch Wright and David Savery) scored the first goal. There would be no more scoring until the second period, when Brad Kobryn (Zac Coulter, Rob Kohli) buried the biscut at 3:33, Savery (Brett Parsons, Matt Harding) scored at 6:09,
and Seraphim (Parsons, Adam Brubacher) landed a goal at 17:36. Another pair of goals in the third period – by Brennon Pearce (Kohli) at 13:21 and Coulter (Austin Fischer, Cass Frey) at 14:42 – brought the score to 6-0. Elmira also outshot their rivals 49-27. “Hayden Neuman, our goaltender, played excel-
lently,” said Flanagan. “We gave up some pretty good opportunities in the defensive zone for Brantford to get a chance to score. Hayden was there to keep the puck out of the net.” If the team was “kind of up and down” against the 99ers, then the October 12 match against the Rockets was “our most complete game of the season, from a
perspective of work ethic and sticking to our plan,” said Flanagan. Elmira scored two goals in quick succession at the end of the first period: Seraphim (Brubacher, Coulter) at 18:59, and Brubacher at 19:53. The momentum continued at the start of the second, with Wright (CamKINGS | 11
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GALEA: My idea was to save some time by flying, but I might have to rethink that plan next time FROM | 9
– but the evidence certainly points that way. I was apparently the last person through before the system went down. I suspect this was due to the discrepancy between my passport photo and the way I actually look at 5:00 a.m. The end result: I was the only one available to board my flight. So, for reasons beyond me, they delayed it. Worse still, my flight changed boarding gates so many times that I believed I could have got halfway to Florida had I utilized all
those footsteps in a southerly direction. Luckily, by 9:30 all passengers on my flight had cleared Customs, so we were only running one hour and five minutes late. Not bad considering I had one hour and 20 minutes between connecting flights out of Atlanta. Still, I thought, “We’re about to board. If I can run 15 minutes with my luggage through the airport in Atlanta without being tackled by the multitude of TSA security staff, I can make my connection to Jacksonville.”
And that’s when our plane broke down. I missed my connecting flight. Luckily Air Canada staff in Atlanta were helpful and they hooked me up with a Delta flight to Jacksonville leaving in two hours. This gave me enough time to sample the fine southern dining. And, as I sat in that Burger King, I thought, “Everything is going to be all right.” The customer service attendant at the Delta counter had other ideas, however. “Can I see your passport, sir?” she asked.
“Sure, but I’ve already cleared Customs in Toronto,” I said. “Sit down sir,” she said. And then murmured, “Something doesn’t look right here,” to a fellow employee. Two minutes before boarding time, just as I finally accepted the fact that a body cavity search was inevitable, she phoned someone who knew what they were doing and was told she should have processed me on another screen. I boarded in the nick of time.
The flight to Jacksonville was relatively uneventful if you discount enough turbulence to shake paint throughout. When we arrived, I was immediately greeted by my people from Remington Arms who gathered me and three others (two of whom had their luggage lost) in a big black SUV for the one hour and 45 minute ride to the plantation where we would test their new products and firearms for 2014. The first thing the driver asked was, “Have any of you ever been there before?”
Since we were all from out of state, we said, “No.” And with that we found a common bond. The next two and a half hours were spent driving the back roads of the FloridaGeorgia border looking for our destination and hoping not to hear banjo music. On a whim, I suggested that we stop at a gas station and ask – a revolutionary idea given that we had no cell service for the phone GPS units. By nightfall, we finally arrived. Next time, I’m walking.
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THE SCORE
SILVER MEDAL WINNERS
WOOLWICH WIDCATS
Novice: TYKE SELECT Oct 11 vs. Erin-Hillsburgh Woolwich: 5 Erin-Hillsburgh: 2 Goals: Tyler Fisher, Stuart Sinclair, Tyson Roth, Aiden Warne, Michael Gear Assists: Cale Waechter x2, Sam Ratcliffe, Liam Wood, Evan Passmore, Tyler Fisher
Novice: TYKE SELECT Oct 12 vs. Dundas Woolwich: 2 Dundas: 4 Goals: Tyler Fisher, Sam Ratcliffe Assists: Michael Gear, Stuart Sinclair
Novice: AE Oct 10 vs. Milton Woolwich: 1 Milton: 2 Goals: Haiden Idzik Oct 12 vs. Arthur Woolwich: 6 Arthur: 0 Goals: Parker Alles x2, Haiden Idzik x2, Austin Schnarr, Eric Kane Assists: Ian Leech x3, Eric Kane x2, Austin Schnarr x2, Jackson Smith, Daniel Grant, Haiden Idzik, Parker Alles Shutout: Evan Catton Oct 13 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 0 New Hamburg: 1
Novice: LL#2 Oct 12 vs. LL#4 LL2: 3 LL4:4 Goals: Easton Kruger, Jon Enns, Adrian Kocan Assists: Adrian Kocan
Atom: AE Oct 11 vs. Arthur Woolwich: 2 Arthur: 6 Goals: Kolin Weigel, Sam Siopiolosz Assists: Gavin Wilson, Carter Cousineau, Cole Seabrook Oct 13 vs. Erin Woolwich: 3 Erin: 0 Goals: Sam Siopiolosz x2, Kolin Weigel Assists: Tyler Brubacher, Seb Garrett x2, Gavin Wilson, Cole Seabrook, Mitch Hartman Shutout: Quinn Brown
The Woolwich Major Novice A team competed in the Halton Hills Best of the Best Tournament October 11-13. The boys won the silver medal, posting a 7-5 loss in the finals. Front row: Ian Darroch, Nathan Whittom. Second row: Cade Beacom, Pacey Camm, Drew Birmingham, Joey Martin, Will Lavigne, Ethan Bickerton, Eric Hutton. Back row: Kordic Weigel (goalie coach), Jason Camm (coach), Sean Beacom (manager), Jordan Chang, Denver Martin, Keenan Martin, Isaiah Reitzel, Ryan Brubacher, Mike Birmingham (coach), Dustin Good, Todd Hutton (coach), Darrell Martin (coach). [SUBMITTED]
Atom: MAJOR AA
Atom: LL#4
Oct 9 vs. Stoney Creek Woolwich: 6 Stoney Creek: 6 Goals: Cole Slade, Cameron Leonard x2, Owen Lee x2, Ethan Birmingham Assists: Alex Hutton x2, Owen Lee, Cameron Leonard, Kyler Austin Oct 11 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 3 Guelph: 1 Goals: Andrew Weber, Kyler Austin x2 Assists: Nate Snyder, Ethan Birmingham, Gavin Roemer, AJ Mitchell, Owen Lee, Cameron Leonard Oct 12 vs. Ancaster Woolwich: 6 Ancaster: 2 Goals: Cameron Leonard, Alex Hutton, Nate Snyder, Owen Lee, Kyler Austin x2 Assists: Owen Lee, Kyler Austin, Tyler Martin, Gavin Roemer, Cole Slade
Oct 12 vs. LL#2 LL4: 9 LL2: 1 Goals: Patrick Perry x3, Matthew York x3, Ben Fretz x2, Josh Moore Assists: Ben Fretz x3, Cole Brubacher x2, Adam Pauls x2, Matthew Yorke, Andrew Buehler, Josh Sager, Josh Moore, Tristan Kraemer
Atom: LL#2 Oct 12 vs. LL#4 LL2: 1 LL4: 9 Goals: Oscar Fitch
Atom: LL#3 Oct 12 vs. LL#1 LL3: 2 LL1: 2 Goals: Kieran Obelholzer, Nolan Karger Assists: Nolan Karger, Owen Hackart
PeeWee: MINOR A Oct 9 vs. Guelph Woolwich: 9 Guelph: 1 Goals: Ben Witmer x2, Nathan Taylor x2, Brett Allen, Blake Roemer, Cameron Martin, Cole Chipman, Matt Fleischmann Assists: Jake Clemmer x3, Keaton McLaughlin x2, Nathan Taylor, Ben Witmer, Cameron Martin, Cole Chipman, Blake Roemer, Nathan Curtin, Brett Allen Oct 15 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 4 New Hamburg: 1 Goals: Cole Chipman, Keaton McLaughlin, Nathan Curtis, Matt Fleischmann Assists: Cameron Martin x2, Matt Fleischmann, Jesse Martin, Cole Chipman, Brett Allen, Trevor Ferretti, Blake Roemer
PeeWee: LL#3 Oct 12 vs. LL#1 LL3: 9 LL1: 0 Goals: Andrew Kieswetter x4, Tyson Kraemer x2, Blake Richardson x2, Jonathon Dingelstad Assists: Andrew Kieswetter, Tyson Kraemer, Jonathon Dingelstad, Clay Martin x2 Shutout: James Ormson Oct 12 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 1 Hespeler: 1 Goals: Ben Witmer Assists: Blake Roemer, Nathan Taylor
Bantam: MAJOR PeeWee: AE Oct 6 vs. New Hamburg Woolwich: 2 New Hamburg: 2 Goals: Travis Weber x2 Assists: Kyle Deyell, Corbin Kaufman Oct 9 vs. Orangeville Woolwich: 5 Orangeville: 0 Goals: Mackenzie Willms, Tyler Horst x2, Jackson Hale, Ryan Parrott Assists: Mackenzie Willms, Hunter Weigel, Ryan Belanger, Hunter Schmitt, Jake Good, Zac Pickard, Ben Weigel Shutout: Nickolas Lee Oct 12 vs. Hespeler Woolwich: 4 Hespeler: 1 Goals: Travis Weber x2, Mackenzie Willms x2 Assists: Travis Weber, Jackson Hale x3, Ben Weigel
PeeWee: MAJOR AA Oct 16 vs. Stoney Creek Woolwich: 0 Stoney Creek: 2
Oct 11 vs. Caledon Woolwich: 2 Caledon: 3 Goals: Ryan Shantz, Mitch Waters Assists: Owen Read x2, Mitch Waters Oct 15 vs. Brampton Woolwich: 4 Brampton: 5 Goals: Mitch Waters x2, Cameron Rose, Aaron Logan, Noah Zeller Assists: Owen Read x2, Cameron Brown, Ryan Gangl, Noah Zeller, Mitch Waters
pagnolo, Savery) scoring at 1:30. Wright also scored Elmira’s last goal of the night, at 17:03 in the second. Strathroy managed their only goal 29 seconds into the third, but were unable to match Elmira’s effort, with the score resting at 4-1. “On Saturday, we just brought a better effort,” said Flanagan. “The guys were sticking to their jobs, which we talked about with some players – how they
can improve their game before. So I think it’s just a natural part of the growth of our team as we learn to play with each other and learn what it takes to be a good hockey team.” Where are the areas for improvement? “The systems can always be worked on – in one situation, the players should be in this position, or in another situation, they should be in this position. The main thing probably
is learning how to contain in the defensive zone: how to go in for a check and contain the player, and then come out with the puck on our stick, get out of the zone, and attack offensively.” He added that the team’s defensive play has improved of late. “Over the last couple of months, we’ve been giving up too many shots, and it’s due to a number of things: not winning the battles
Oct 10 vs. Arthur Woolwich: 7 Arthur: 4 Goals: Kyle Bruder, Matthew MacDonald, Matthew Uhrig, Justin Uhrug x2, Bruce Martin, Earl Schwartz Assists: Garrett Reitzel, Mitch Rempel x2, Matthew Uhrig x2, Bruce Martin, John Wang, Earl Schwartz x2, Tim Mayberry, Nick
where we should, and just not being quite in the right position a lot of the time. In the last couple of weeks we’ve been working a lot on it, and we’ve gotten better. “By no means are we close to where we should be, but we’ve certainly improved.” The Kings (11-2) are back on home ice at the Woolwich Memorial Centre for a matinee on Sunday against the Waterloo Siskins. The puck drops at 2 p.m.
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14:25 to go up 4-2. But the Jacks were able to capitalize on some New Hamburg infractions, pulling the goaltender and overwhelming the home team with a list-minute flurry to score a pair and draw even at 4-4. Reid Denstedt (Wood, Doer-
ing) got the Jacks within one at 18:59 before tallying another (from Coleton Madge, Chris Beauchesne) at 19:26 and forcing overtime. Penalties were a factor again in the extra frame, as New Hamburg killed the comeback with a power play
goal at 1:48. On the road Sunday in Burford, then in Ayr on October 24, the Jacks next game at home is October 26 against longtime rivals the Tavistock Braves. Due to scheduling, Wellesley will have a much busier time of it in the sec-
HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS
Assists: Keenan Martin, Ethan Bickerton x2, Dustin Good, Jordan Chang, Ryan Brubacher Game 5 vs. Amherstburg Woolwich: 5 Amherstburg: 7 Goals: Dustin Good x2, Jordan Chang, Joey Martin, Ethan Bickerton Assists: Ryan Brubacher x3, Dustin Good x2, Isaiah Reitzel
WOOLWICH WILD
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Co-operative’s business model now features proportional vote Use of single transferable vote earns Community CarShare kudos from groups pushing for changes to the country’s electoral system ELENA MAYSTRUK It’s not at the scale of a federal or provincial election some people would like to see – sooner rather than later – but an alternative voting method has been embraced as part of a local business model. The single transferable vote (STV) was adopted by southwestern Ontario’s non-profit car-sharing co-operative Community CarShare (formerly Grand River CarShare, which has locations in Elmira and Kitchener) and put to use this week. “Our members come from different geographic areas of Ontario, have different reasons for choosing to reduce their dependence on private vehicles and genuinely reflect the diversity of the six municipalities across the province that we serve. We want our elected board to reflect that and to represent the voices of all of our members,” said president of Community CarShare Jason Hammond this week. The STV in countries like Northern Ireland and Ice-
land (as an example, for local elections), allows voters to elect five, six, or seven representatives for their local district by ranking individual local politicians from all parties on the ballot in order of preference. If a voter’s top choice doesn’t have enough votes to get elected, the vote is transferred to the voter’s second choice. “The truly great thing about STV (and the thing that sets it apart from the alternative vote, which is not proportional) is that if your favourite candidate has more votes than he or she needs, your vote is similarly transferred to your next-favourite candidate, and so on, until it ends up where it’s most needed to get you the group of representatives you want,” states Fair Vote Canada on its website. The citizens’ campaign founded in 2000 vies for vote reform in Canada, which essentially supports any voting system akin to STV designed to allow voters to elect representatives in proportion to their votes. CARSHARE | 15
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For its 15th anniversary, Community CarShare changes gears with the adoption of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) for future election of their board. Member services coordinator Matthew Piggott holds the celebratory cake. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
When it comes to dairy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has certainly stirred the pot by negotiating European access to the Canadian market. Dairy is one of the carefully managed and controlled commodities in Canada, one which the federal government has traditionally guarded from cheap imports. Not everyone agrees that’s such a good policy. Some say keeping exports out while protecting the price received by dairy farmers for milk results in consumers paying more than they should. Trading nations with big dairy sectors don’t like it either; they say it’s unfair to deny them access, and they limit Canadian imports of other commodities in retaliation. For their part, though, dairy farmers note how the current system has become a solid part of the farm scene. For example, the annual farm gate value of milk is $2 billion. The ROBERTS | 14
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Dairy Farmers of Ontario say that alone contributes 20 per cent of gross farm revenue in the province. And with Ontario continuing to count on agriculture for leadership and economic stability – as evidenced by the premier’s recent challenge to the sector to double its growth and exports and create 120,00 jobs – does anyone really want to mess with 20 per cent of the sector? Dairy is built around family farms, as are all other commodities in Canada. Anyone who tells you
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CARSHARE: Alternative form of voting a good fit for co-op that offers alternative to car ownership sivity and democracy.” A poll conducted by Environics in spring of 2013 showed broad public support for systems of proportional representation. Out of self-identified Liberal voters polled, 77 per cent would support the change, while 61 per cent of Conservative voters, 82 per cent of NDP voters, and 93 per cent of Green Party voters agreed with a change. In total only 18 per cent of those polled disagreed. “This is not a left or right issue. Regardless of which party they support, voters understand that proportional representation would benefit our democracy. Under our cur-
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Something members claim is lacking in Canadian Parliament’s first-past-thepost system where only one candidate per riding can be chosen by voters. Fair Vote Canada executive director Kelly Carmichael praised the car share’s move to STV. “Co-operative comes from the word ‘cooperation.’ Co-operatives model how diverse communities can create solutions together that work for everyone,” Carmichael said. “Making every vote count for their members is a natural fit for an organization which really values equality, inclu-
rent voting system about half the votes cast do not help elect any candidate,” said Doug Bailie, president of Fair Vote Canada in reaction to the poll. Last June saw Fair Vote Canada take the fight to Queen’s Park as activists convinced Toronto city council to make a non-binding resolution to request the power to use a more representative voting system from the Ontario Legislature, a major move for supporters of Instant Runoff Voting and STV, the organization states on its website. In countries using proportional representation it is possible to have more
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HEALTH CARE WEIGHT LOSS. EXPERIENCE the Scandinavian Secret to weight loss. 100% all natural ingredients, suppresses appetite, metabolizes stored fat, manage stress and mood. Call Don or Barb, St. Jacobs 519-276-2423. Free sample. WHOLE BODY VIBE. Fitness oscillating platform, remote control, variable speeds, retractable handles and roller build in for easy transport. The “10 minute no work workout” now on sale at $599.00. Call Don or Barb, St. Jacobs. 519-276-2423 for in home demo.
FOR SALE CASIO USED CASH Registers (2) in good condition, $250.00 each. 8 - recessed Florescent lights, $35.00 each. Fire rated ceiling tiles, 4’x2’ will cover approx. 430 sq ft $3.00 each. Wooden door 32”, $50.00. Kitchen Kuttings Inc. 519-669-8225.
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FOR SALE FALL SALE ENDS Nov 1 At Countryside Fabrics & Books. 10% off on fabrics & 5% off on books. Location - 7418 Rd. 116, RR#1 LINWOOD. Open: Mon., Wed., & Fri. 8:00 5:00. FRESH ROASTER CHICKENS for sale. 10LB average. $2.25/ LB. Ready Oct. 16th. Call 519638-5037. HILLCREST HOME BAKING Fall Sale - Oct. 15 - 26. 519669-1381, closed Sun & Mon. 10% off Fabrics, Table cloth, Hosiery, Underwear, Quilt Batts, Dishes. Up to 50% off selected fabrics. Flat folds - $4.99/yd, selected Glitter Knits etc. $3.99. Selected mufflers $5.00; selected sweaters $10.00; selected mens hats half price. Navy Biltmor flat caps XLG $5.00. Coats - size 11/2 age 6-10 $10.00. Black Flat adjustable caps $4.75. Bargain Table items - up to 1/2 price. New Biltmor Boys Hats 15/8 rim. HILLTOP FABRICS ANNUAL Fall Sale. Oct. 21 - 26. 10% off storewide. Refreshments provided. 4785 Perth Line 67, Milverton. 519-595-4344. MRS2000+ DESIGNO MED. Like new. Call 519-595-4569. SNOW TIRES - Michelin 225/70 R16 Latitude X-Ice on 5 bolt rims $650.00. Will sell tires separately. 519-6643606 or 519-588-8562. SOLID MAPLE WOOD bunk beds, white paint on headboard and footboard. Can be separated. Asking $500. 519-699-4655.
AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Helen Fields, Kitchener and additions, on Thursday, October 24th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. FRI OCT 25 at 9:00 PM Annual charity auction sale of gift certificates; new donated furniture; and miscellaneous items to be held at the Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener for the KW Pregnancy Resource Centre. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com
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AUCTION SALE OF CONSUMER GOODS
AUCTIONS FRI. OCT 25 at 6:00 PM Property auction of a 3 bedroom brick bungalow with brand new eat in kitchen; newer bath; living; hardwood flooring throughout; many new updates. Single attached garage, located on a nice sized corner lot, to be held at 218 Dick St. in Waterloo for Mark Duke. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-2555. www. Jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF 4 wheeler, Antique Allis tractor, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1055 Concession Rd. Wilmot Twp. 1 mile southwest of New Hamburg (Highway 7&8, south on Walker Rd, west on Concession Rd.) for The Rudy Held Estate, on Saturday, October 26th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. PROPERTY AUCTION OF 1000 square ft. restaurant on 65 X 160ft. lot to be held at 255 Water St. North (Highway 24 and Dundas St.) In Cambridge, for Arizona Pizza & Sub Restaurant, on Saturday, October 26th @ 3:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451. SAT. OCT 26 at 10:00 AM Property auction of a spacious 3 bedroom, one and a half story red brick home with kitchen; living room; hardwood flooring; 4 pc bath; workshop in basement; paved driveway; located in a highly sought after area to be held at 156 Binscarth Ave in Kitchener for Jean Ermal.Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com SAT. OCT 26 at 9:00 AM Annual Charity Auction of quilts; furniture; farm miscellaneous; household items to be held at Riverdale Poultry Express 2 kms west of Elmira for the Elmira and District Association of Community Living. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com
CONTINUED ON PG. 22
AT GRAY’S AUCTION & LIQUIDATION CENTRE,
5737 Hwy 23, 1 MI.W. OF HARRISTON
MONDAY OCTOBER 28, AT 5:30 P.M. SALE CONSISTS OF: Furniture Pcs; T. V. Stands; Electric Piano; Dishwashers, OTR Microwaves, Dryers; Large Skid Lots of Misc, Skid Lots of Clothing; Household Items; T.V.’s & Ass’t. Electronics; Vaccumes; Watches; Pcs of Swar; Kid’s & Adult Clothing; Bedding; Books; Consumer Goods; Plus a Very Large Selection of Other Misc. Items. Note: This is a very large offering and There will be 2 auctioneers selling. LUNCH BOOTH TERMS: Cash, Interac, Visa, M.C. NOTE: Clothes will be sold in large lots, list subject to additions & deletions. Viewing from 4:00 P.M. day of sale. Owner or auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale. AUCTIONEERS:
GRAY’S AUCTION SERVICE INC., HARRISTON | (519) 338-3722 LICENSED & BONDED
AUCTION LISTINGS Stolen, Recovered, Lost & Found
FALL POLICE AUCTION For
Waterloo Regional Police To be held at
5100 FOUNTAIN ST, NORTH, BRESLAU (Kitchener)
Sat. Oct. 26th 9:00 am
200+ Bikes - Mountain, Racing, Hybrid => Plus Vintage Bicycles
Sat. Oct. 26th 9:30 am
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No Buyer’s Premium or Penalty! VIEWING: Friday October 25th 2013, 1 pm to 4 pm TERMS: CASH & CARRY => Cash, Interac/Debit, MasterCard & Visa
M.R. Jutzi & Co
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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES
TIRE Complete Collision Service
WHERE TIRES
THOMPSON’S
Auto Tech Inc.
ARE A
SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE. 101 Bonnie Crescent, Elmira, ON N3B 3G2
519.669.8330
Farm • Auto • Truck Industrial On-The-Farm Service
FAX: 519.669.3210
35 Howard Ave., Elmira
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519.669.8917
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CARSTAR COLLISION CENTRE
AUTO CLINIC
519-669-4400 30 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA www.thompsonsauto.ca
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21 Industrial Dr. Elmira
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33 First Street, East Elmira, ON
33 First Street, East Elmira, ON
GENERAL SERVICES “25 years in business”
• Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location
CONSTRUCTION INC. (519) 569-0772
• Janitorial
trappconstruction@bell.blackberry.net
• Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off / Pick up Service • Carpet Repair & Re-Installation • Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair
• Commercial & Industrial General Contracting • Specializing in Concrete Work & Excavation • Retaining Walls
• Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping
www.completecarpetcare.ca
ROB McNALL 519-669-7607 LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-866-669-7607
• • • •
Stamped Coloured Concrete Demolition Bin Service Machine Bases
Concrete Breaking & Removal
GENERAL SERVICES PC TUNE UPS | REPAIRS : IN-HOME | ON SITE OR FREE PICK UP / DELIVERY ELMIRA AREA
MUSIC-LOVER GIFT ALERT!
COMPUTER RUNNING SLOW? From
COUNTR Y
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669-3332
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STORE HOURS: M-W: 8-6, TH-F 8-8, SAT, 8-6, SUN 12-5
The Sharp Shop | 112-D Bonnie Cres., Elmira
ST. JACOBS
519.669.5313
24 Hour Service (Emergencies only) 7 Days A Week
Open 7 days a week
MON-THURS 3PM TO 6PM | FRI 12PM TO 6PM SAT 9AM TO 5PM | SUN 12PM TO 3PM
Various sizes & rates
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Boat Covers | Air Conditioner Covers | Small Tarps Storage Covers | BBQ Covers | Awnings & Canopies Replacement Gazebo Tops | Golf Cart Enclosures & Covers •Ratches, Hooks, Straps, Webbing etc. •Canvas, Vinyl, Polyester, Acrylic Fabrics
519-669-4964
General Repairs
519.595.4830 6376 Perth Rd. 121 Poole, ON
100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA
HOME IMPROVEMENTS SERVICES
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• 40 ton Mobile Crane
NEW CLIENTS
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ORTLIEB CRANE & Equipment Ltd.
For all your Plumbing Needs. 24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi
ELMIRA
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John Schaefer Painting FREE ESTIMATES Interior/exterior Painting, Wallpapering & Plaster | drywall Repairs
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FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATIONS
Call Brian at 519-746-3498 www.BudgetBlinds.com/Waterloo
Sew Special Custom Sewing for Your Home
• Residential • Commercial • Industrial
Custom Drapery Custom Blinds
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WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED
CALL JAYME FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE.
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Elmira
18 Kingfisher Dr., Elmira
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
IRA HOME COMFORT M L E (519) 669-4600
COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL
ST. JACOBS GLASS SYSTEMS INC.
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WINDOWS & DOORS
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Call Lawrence Metzger
(226) 789-7301
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7302 Sideroad 19 RR#2., Alma, ON, N0B 1A0
HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
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180 St. Andrew St. W.
1871 Sawmill Road
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519-648-3004
or
800-232-6396
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OUTDOOR SERVICES
KENJI ORITA
Specializing in Paint & Wall coverings
27 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA
pump
100% SUPERIOR QUALITY CUSTOM WOODWORKING
SINCE 1961
FOR ALL YOUR HOME DECORATING NEEDS.
$225.00/OUT
• Custom Kitchens • Custom Furniture • Libraries • Exotic Woods
TEL: +1 (519) 574-6734 oritakenji@gmail.com 20B ARTHUR ST. N., ELMIRA
Since
1998 •Final grading •Lawn repair & complete seeding •Well equipped for large stoney areas •Spike Aerator/Overseeding •Site prep for Garden sheds, sidewalks etc. •Natural & Interlocking Stone •Retaining Walls, Walks & Patios •Help for Top Water & Drainage issues •Rain Water collection systems
Outdoor
Services
Lawn Maintenance Programs | Spring Clean-up Flower Bed Maintenance Programs Leaf Clean-up and Removal | Soil & Mulch Delivery & Installation | Snow Clearing & Removal | Ice Control 27 Brookemead, St, Elmira P: 519-669-1188 | F: 519-669-9369
Murray & Daniel Shantz
ALMA, ONTARIO | PHONE: 519.846.5427
> Commercial & Residential > Fully Insured > WSIB Clearance > Senior Discount
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KEVIN DETWEILER
OWNER-OPERATOR
OUTDOOR SERVICES
COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
YOUR SOURCE FOR YEAR-ROUND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE • Lawn Mowing Packages • Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping • Top Dressing/Overseeding • Mulch Delivery & Installation • Commercial & Residential Full Flower Bed Maintenance • Snow Plowing & Ice Control • Tractor Snowblowing
Call Jeff Basler, Owner/Operator, today 519.669.9081 mobile: 519.505.0985 fax: 519.669.9819 | ever-green@sympatico.ca
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE & CONSTRUCTION
OFFERING A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO RECLAIM UNUSED LAND
Got long grass? Our tracked skid steer equipped with a forestry brush mower can handle ANY long grass!
- Trail Maintenance and Development - Wooded Lot Thinning - Pasture Reclaimation All other - Orchard Maintenance tracked skid - Industrial Lots steer services are available - Real Estate Lots
Maintenance Full lawn maintenance programs | Spring & fall clean up Cutting, trimming & fertilizer | Lawn rolling, aeration, dethatching | Garden creations | Seeding Weeding & Mulching
Construction Interlocking Stone | Concrete work | Retaining walls | Patios Flagstone | Garden construction | Natural stone placement Decks | Fences | Pergolas | Landscape lighting
For a FREE Quote
Call Trevor at
519-669-4161
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226.476.2039
Cell | 519.504.5934
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Make Your Next Home Your Dream Home! THIS WEEKS OPEN HOUSE
THIS WEEKS OPEN HOUSE
Sat. Oct. 19 $199,900 2-4pm
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DRAYTON
30 MAIN ST., DRAYTON
Sat. Oct. 19 $424,000 1-3pm
$424,000
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Drayton - This well maintained home is equipped with separate garage and/or workshop. Spacious eat in kitchen with sliders to deck featuring a hot tub over looking back yard. Convenient main floor laundry and Mudroom off kitchen. Zoned C1. MLS 1337694. Call Alli or Paul Direct.
65 ADELAIDE ST., LINWOOD
SPACIOUS 2 STOREY ON LARGE LOT
Linwood - Located beside farmland at the Edge of Linwood this 2400sqft home is the great spot for you and your family. The large kitchen overlooks the sunken in living room with gas fireplace. Walk out to large deck overlooking yard and green space. Convenient Side and garage entrance to mudroom/main floor laundry. The Separate dining room is overlooking sunken living room. A great entertaining spot for dinner parties or family gatherings. The sprawling basement is equipped with large hobby room and Huge 24ft x 22ft workshop with access to garage. MLS 1334761 Call Alli or Paul Direct.
$500.00 DONATION will be made with every home bought or sold by Paul or Alli in Woolwich.
Paul Martin
Alli Bauman
CALL DIRECT
CALL CALL DIRECT DIRECT
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
519-503-9533 www.homeswithpaul.ca
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
519-577-6248
www.elmiraandareahomes.com
D L O S
$384,900
$324,000 PREPARE TO BE IMPRESSED!
Elmira – As soon as you walk in the door you will see for yourself the mix of modern and classics. From French door walkout to side deck to concrete countertops this home has been renovated extensively! Convenient mudroom off garage and completely renovated and updated kitchen. Open concept main floor with Living room Separate dining room and kitchen. Partly finished basement with recroom. MLS 1341452 Call Alli or Paul direct.
LOCATED ON QUIET COURT
Elmira - Searching for that perfect family home in a great neighbourhood? This is it! Situated on a large beautifully landscaped pie shaped lot with mature trees. Complete with living room, very large family room addition and recroom. This spacious home has room for you to grow. Updates include: Newer flooring throughout main floor, New roof 2009, All windows in original house have been replaced. MLS 1337564. Call Alli or Paul direct.
NEW LISTING
-
Home Evaluation!
$349,000
$289,900 DOWNSIZING?
Elmira - Don’t miss this beautiful bungalow townhouse. Complete with partly finished basement and large country style kitchen this open concept home is spacious and elegant. Attractive master suite Featuring walk-in closet and 3 pc. ensuite bath. Second bedroom in basement. Bright open living room area or use as an at home office. 1 1/2 car garage with door to back yard. MLS 1334841 Call Alli or Paul direct.
LOCATED ON MATURE CRES.
Waterloo - This well cared for bungalow with detached garage is close to expressway, walking trail, schools, transit and amenities. Enjoy the bright gourmet style kitchen with skylight and French door walkout to patio, perfect for having a backyard bbq. Or when the weather gets cold bring it inside to the roomy separate dining room. Enjoy the finished basement with 3pc bathroom and recroom featuring gas fireplace. MLS 1341566 Call Alli or Paul direct.
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
$349,000 BEAUTIFUL OPEN CONCEPT BUNGALOW
Harriston - This beautiful open concept cathedral ceiling bungalow is ideal for family to visit & boasts a partially wooded lot nestled in a small community only 2 min from Harriston. Main floor master bedrm is complete with ensuite. The basement is equipped with a finished recroom, & additional bedrm and bathrm are framed & waiting to be finished to your taste. Come and see this BEAUTY! MLS 1334961 Call Paul or Alli direct.
$699,000
HIDDEN TREASURE RESTORED TO FORMER BEAUTY
Elmira - This Unique Elmira home is fully restored and updated. Gardens featuring: Court yard, peaceful sitting areas, waterfall and pond, walkways of stone and brick, stunning landscaping throughout. Expect the unexpected in this beautiful century home. Kitchen with island and the conservatory bring a modern touch to the old world charm of the fabulous home. MLS 1334983 Call Alli or Paul direct.
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426
ST. CLEMENTS FIREFIGHTERS PUT ON DEMONSTRATIONS FOR FIRE SAFETY WEEK
Fun ensued at the St. Clements fire station open house on October 12 for Charlie Balatoni (left) and Reese Smith who checked out a fire pump while volunteer firefighters put on a car extrication demonstration.
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We support Woolwich Community Services through
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SINCE 1913
Elmira Real Estate Services Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage
REALTY LTD., BROKERAGE
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50+ years of combined service to HELP you!
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Bonnie Brubacher
www.elmirahomes.ca
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Monique Roes
Sales Representative / Owner
OPEN HOUSE | Sat & Sun 2-4 pm 150 Brookmead & 38 Knapp Road, Elmira
17 Church St. W., Elmira • 519.669.1544 (Business)
Shanna Rozema Jason Shantz Broker /Owner
Dale R. Keller Sales Representative
www.KellerSellsRealEstate.com | dale@kellersellsrealestate.com
Broker
OPEN HOUSE | Sat Oct. 19 | 2-4 4 Carriage Hill Trail, Elmira
3.24 ACRE $469,000. Park-like setting with evergreen and hardwood trees, walking
$369,900.
Immediate possession available. Brand new 4 level sidesplit with maple kitchen including 4 stainless steel appl., hardwood & ceramic flrs, lower level offers a family rm. with walk-up to the backyard, bdrm and bathroom, upper level has 2 bdrms, 2 baths including an ensuite, double driveway/single garage. MLS
$339,900.
Immediate possesion available. Barnd new bungalow with gorgeous cherry kitchen (antique satin) offers large island, built-in wall unit & 4 stainless steel appl., bright living room offers hardwood flrs, gas fireplace & garden door to rear yard, main flr master with ensuite, main floor laundry/mudroom, spacious lower level, dbl paved drive /single garage. MLS
trails, a cleared area for a garden, expansive lawns, fish pond, and outbuildings. This raised bungalow features bright and spacious rooms, 3+2 bedrooms, finished basement, attached double garage, large bright cheery eat-in kitchen, walk out to deck. All this just a few minutes from Drayton/Moorefield. Don’t delay. MLS. Call Dale.
$414,900. HESSON $254,900.
ELMIRA Modern “link” home (only attached by the garage). 1435 sqft plus partially finished basement, large foyer w/laminate floors, neutral eat-in kitchen has walkout to deck & fenced yd., living room offers a gas fireplace, 3 bdrms, 3 bathrooms including a master ensuite! Roof/12, gas furnace/11. NEW MLS
Situated 25 mins N.West of KW. Private 1/2 acre lot backing onto farm land, sprawling 4 bdrm, 3 bath bungalow, country kitchen, family room offers wood burning insert, newly finished basement, amazing recreation room, games room offering a pool table, GEO thermal heating/cooling, 12’x20’ heated shop. MLS
$307,000. 3+1 bedroom sidesplit on beautiful treed 1 acre setting a few minutes from Drayton on a paved road. This is a desired location. Roof was done in 2010. This property has natural gas service, rare to find in rural properties.MLS. Call Dale.
MUST SEE! $444,900. Drayton. Stunning custom bungalow with numerous features;
PHASE 1 CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN DRAYTON!
GREAT VALUE
YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE COUNTRY
DRAYTON RIDGE - EXECUTIVE TOWN HOMES - LOFTS
RANGING FROM $349,900
vaulted and boxed ceilings, 3 gas fireplaces, arches and pillars, speakers wired for most rooms, gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, hardwoods and ceramics, amazing ensuite, large fenced lot. Call Dale. MLS 1331348
TAKE A LOOK INSIDE $450,000. Drayton. Custom built all stone exterior. Extensively landscaped with walkways, deck, gazebo. patio. larger trees, and a relaxing front. Hanover custom kitchen cabinets on both levels. 2 gas fireplaces. Walkdown from oversized garage. Possible in law suite. Exceptional value! Call Dale. MLS 1327519
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OWNER RETIRING | GREAT OPPORTUNITY | BRUSSELS PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP $329,000. ELMIRA! Well maintained &
updated bungalow situated on mature tree lined street, large private yard with room to build a shed/shop. Relax on the patio or covered front porch, bright home w/ceramic & hardwood floors, maple kitchen, 3 bdrms, 2 bathrooms, finished recreation room. MLS
OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE $9.00 SQ.FT. ELMIRA 2550 sq.ft 2
storey office space located in south end business section. Situated just off Arthur St/Hwy 85, 2 storey entrance/reception area, neutrally decorated, 2 board rooms, private offices, kitchenette, plenty of storage, 2 bathrooms. Call for details. MLS
Visit Us At Our Open House at 38 Knapp Rd., Elmira Exceptionally appointed Executive town homes CALL FOR DETAILS TODAY! ranges from 1286 sq.ft to 2046 sq.ft, some with CURRENTLY UNDER lofts, walkouts, partial privacy fence, 2+ bdrms, CONSTRUCTION WITH WINTER 2+ bathrooms, gorgeous custom kitchens, CLOSINGS AVAILABLE! hardwood & ceramic floors, double car garage EXCLUSIVE & driveway plus much more.
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$424,900. 19 acre parcel backing onto Maitland river with beautiful building site, 500 apple tree orchard with 4000 sq ft store front and cold storage, cider press, implement shed, dry storage building big enough to hold up to 25 cars/vehicles for extra income. Good solid brick house. Lots of potential. 13 acres cultivated. Market gardening? Call Dale. MLS 1327067
QUALITY INVESTMENT | MILVERTON $525,000. This purpose built 8 plex boasts a $37,000 net profit. Do the math. Most of the baths have been redone, some kitchens and windows have been replaced. Has a good rental history. Appliances and coin laundry included. Separate hydro meters installed 6 years ago. Roof 2 yrs old. Worth a look. Call Dale. MLS 1321715
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Lovely 2 bedroom BUNGALOW – open concept with kitchen island, pantry & ensuite bathroom. HOBBY FARM NEAR ELMIRA $1,250,000 Hobby farm 6 km north of Elmira! Beautiful 40 acre country estate with stunning views. 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2-storey stone home with an attached 2 car garage.Basement fully finished. 2 large insulated outbuildings, one with 21 horse stalls and a heated tack room, the other is currently a large runin. Outbuildings are separately serviced and a great opportunity for a home based boarding business. Bunk house has a 2 piece bath, full basement and its own septic, would make a great pool house! Property is fully fenced and on a paved road just off of HWY 86. MLS.
Come see Martin Grove Village — lovely quiet adult living area. Minutes from St. Jacobs Market, Hwy 85 & Waterloo Shopping!
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40th Annual Charity Quilt Auction Sale
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THE HOME YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR! Nestled in the trees on a quiet crescent. FOUR bdrms. 3 updated baths (3pc. ensuite). Main flr. family rm. w/ fireplace & walkout to a HUGE 2 tiered deck with 8 person hot tub. Fenced yard. Open concept to kit./D.A. Formal D.R. and liv. rm. Central air This home is carpet-free. Tastefully decorated. Extra-long dble. driveway & dble. garage w/newer door. Call for an app’t. NEW MLS.
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AUCTION SALE LISTINGS QUILTS: This year’s collection features beautiful quilt patterns such as Lovers knot, Log cabin broken star, Bow tie, Multiple stars, Double wedding ring, Puzzlin’ nine patch, Log cabin six star, Timberline log cabin, Dutch Girl, Yellow Brick Road.
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NEW FARM EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES: 10’ Cattle Gate, Wheelbarrow, 5’ Pulser ( M-K ) Rotary Cutter, 4 – Tire &wheel Assys. 9.5” - 15” ( 6 bolt ), 8 - Tire & Wheel Assys. 11L – 15 ( 6 bolt ), 6 - Tire & Wheel Assys. 12 Ply 12.5 – 15 ( 8 bolt ), 4 – 39” bale spear tines w/ sleeves, Assortment of Plywood & Lumber, Assortment of Trees.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION! Central location – close to schools, downtown & WMC. Spacious LR/DR. Eat-in kitchen. Main floor washroom. 3 good sized bdrooms. Newer furnace. Metal roof. Lots of potential in unfinished basement. Single garage. MLS REDUCED.
NEW FURNITURE: Hutch & Buffet, Computer Desk, Wooden Chairs, Folding Chairs, Hall Tree, Cedar Chest, Folding Dryer Rack, Children’s table w/ 4 – chairs ( solid ash ), Flower stand ( solid ash ), Solid Oak Extension table ( seats 22 ), Queen bed ( Pine, unfinished ), Double Bed ( Pine, unfinished ) and more.
SMALL TOWN LIVING in the Village of Hawkesville. Backs on to a wooded area. Lovely hardwood floors. Main floor den. Fireplace in living room. W/O to elevated deck. 2 bathrooms. Gas furnace (2011). Appliances incl. Lots of living space. Walkout basement. Immediate Possession! MLS.
HAWKESVILLLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY – Operate your own business & live in the spacious, well maintained, 3 bdrm. dwelling. Presently a catering business (seats 54) but this property has endless opportunities! 1400 sq.ft. of commercial space. Single garage + lots of parking. MLS.
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MISC ITEMS (USED): Zamboni Floor Cleaner, Chervin kitchen cabinets with sink & taps (in great shape!), composting toilet (great for cottage!), central vacuum. SILENT AUCTION: Good selection of gift certificates. 16’ Magic Circle Trampoline, Children’s toys, kitchen gift package, toaster oven, Bird Seed, Workboots, Stihl MS170 Chain Saw, 40 - 7’ Big Square Bales Straw, Corn & Grass Seed, exciting items for everyone, including Kitchener Rangers tickets, bowling passes, housewares, automotive, hand tools and home decor. NEW MISC. HOUSEHOLD: Stainless Steel Cooker, Propane Barbeque, Toy Tractors & Equipment, Whirlpool Microwave ( above stove mount ).
Partial List Only. Many more items arriving at publishing time. NOTE: Plan to attend for a great country day with 7 Auctioneers. Two sale rings selling at the same time. Quality merchandise, great food, hundreds of pies, rosettes, bread and tasty baked goods. Community Night: Preview the auction Friday October 25th – 6:00 to 8:30pm. Food, entertainment, a children’s auction and silent auction. Fun for the whole family! TERMS: Visa, Mastercard, Cash or cheque with proper ID. Not responsible for accidents or loss.
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CONTINUED FROM PG. 17 AUCTIONS WED. OCT 30 at 10:00 AM Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; tools; household effects; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for a Kitchener area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. jantziauctions.com WED. OCT 23 at 5:00 PM Auction sale of approx 400 pieces including pedal tractors; pedal cars; precision; Schneiders; farm toys; banks; literature; farming memorabilia; to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for the remaining collection of Delford Kropf of New Hamburg with a few additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. Jantziauctions.com SAT. NOV 2 at 9:00 AM Annual Charity auction of quilts; new and used items; gift certificates; household items; baking; and much much more to be held at Stratford Rotary Complex, 353 McCarthy Rd., Stratford for the Gospel Echoes Team. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com
WANTED LOOKING FOR FARM to repair pallets. Please contact Rob at 519-664-3688.
RENTALS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in quiet building. Newly renovated, close to downtown, laundry available. Call 519669-5798. BRIGHT, SPACIOUS, 1-BEDROOM apartment in quiet building. Ideal for non-smoking mature tenant. Close to downtown. Phone 519-669-3423. HOUSE FOR RENT in St. Clements. 3 bedroom, central A/C and large yard. $1200 + utilities. Available NOW! Call after 6 p.m. 519-580-5704 or 519-699-4389. MOOREFIELD - ONE bedroom apartment, furnished, laundry facilities, parking, electric heat, cable tv, no pets, adult building. Refernces. $695 inclusive. First & last 519-638-3013. WINTER STORAGE FOR cars, campers etc. available. $150 until April 30. Please call 519669-3740.
GARAGE SALES SATURDAY, OCT 19 - 9am to 4pm. Elmira, 11 Coral Gables Cr. Toys, clothes, household items etc.
Kevin Martin, president of Martin’s Family Fruit Farm, showed Premier Kathleen Wynne the bumper crop during her tour of the operation on Wednesday afternoon. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY
BIRTHDAY
IN MEMORIAM
DEATH NOTICES
Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary
Happy 70th to the best Dad!
Shawn Del Dechert
BAUMAN, ALMA |
Evan & Brenda Woods
Passed away peacefully into the presence of the Lord on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Grand River Hospital’s K.W. Health Centre, Kitchener, aged 83 years.
January 30, 1965 - October 26, 2009
Here’s to many, many more years of good health and much happiness
DITNER, LORETTA
October 25, 1963 marked the beginning of our journey together. We are celebrating this milestone with a family dinner. We are the proud parents of John, Sandra, Nancy and thier wonderful families.
Love, Jocely and Gary, Cait and Gord plus the rest of your family and friends from near and far!
Where has the time gone?
A family dinner will be held for dad Sunday evening.
October 27, 1943
| With saddened hearts, we would like to announce the passing of our mother, Loretta Ditner (nee Rumig), into the arms of her beloved Saviour, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Palmerston Hospital, at the age of 93 years. Local relatives are her daughter Karen and Murray Hallock of Elmira.
If remembering brings you closer, than you never went away, for the thoughts of you are with us, each and every day. Love, Mom, Dad, Pamela & Paul
LANTZ, MILDRED EMMA | Passed away
peacefully on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Lanark Heights Long Term Care Residence, Kitchener. She was born on August 5, 1926 in Wellesley Township.
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SCHAEFER, KEN |
Peacefully on Monday, October 14, 2013 at Caressant Care, Fergus, at the age of 75 years.
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• Parking is prohibited on all highways within the Township of Wellesley between 2:30 am-6:00 am.
The Region of Waterloo will beRegion holding a-public information centre to introduce Walk Cycle Waterloo Active Transportation Mastera draft Plan Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses Date: October 24, signs 2013 on Regional roads including election signs, business accessory all types of unofficial signs, farm accessory Time: 7:30 p.m. signs, mailbox accessory signs, open house signs and poster signs. The proposed Sign Council By-law establishes Place: Regional Chamber requirements for unofficial signs including:
150 Frederick Street, 2nd Floor, Kitchener • Location and placement; • Size, shape, construction and content; The• Region of to Waterloo has developed an active transportation master plan to make Impacts the function of the road; it easier to walk cycle our community. This proposed • Number of and signs andintiming of placement; and plan is called Walk Cycle Waterloo • Sign Region. removal.
• Parking overhanging any boulevard, sidewalk or multi use trail is prohibited within the Township of Wellesley. Heavy trucks are prohibited from parking on all highways within the Township of Wellesley except while loading and unloading. A Highway includes all roads, shoulders, boulevards and sidewalks. For more information on this and other Township By Laws please view them at http://www.township.wellesley.on.ca/index.php?file=by-law/by-law.html or contact the Township of Wellesley Municipal Law Enforcement Officer at:
Staff are Council also proposing an amendment the Region’s Tourism Services Regional would like to invite all to community members to and comeEssential and share their Signing Policy to allow tourism signage on Regional roads for agri-toursim activities. thoughts on the draft Walk Cycle Waterloo Region at a Public Input Meeting on October When: June 17, 2008, dropChambers. in 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. 24, 2013 Tuesday, at 7:30 p.m. in Regional Council Place:
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The very model of dedication Expansive recreation of 1950s community and its railroad a labour of love for more than four decades WILL SLOAN As Chuck Bard looked over the St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway at its new home at 1440-3 King St. N., the memories of its decades-long construction came flowing back. “It was month after month after month,” said Bard. “I got a job in Windsor at a hospital [as a construction engineer], so I was down there four days a week. I’d drive down Monday morning, drive home Thursday night, and Gwen and I would go out to work on the railway in Aberfoyle Friday, Saturday, Sunday, usually about twelve, and then Monday morning drive back to Windsor.” His wife, Gwen Bard, laughed. “I joined him because I’d never see him again!” Chuck and Gwen Bard were part of the original six-member team that built the enormous model railway in Aberfoyle beginning in 1972. “The Aberfoyle Junction,” which depicts an idealized southwest Ontario town in 1957, was the brainchild of Frank Dubery, a model train enthusiast who founded the attraction at the Aberfoyle Antique Market. In 1982, it was disassembled and moved down the street to a quonset hut, which offered Bard and his crew three times as much
Chuck Bard was one of the original six builders of the St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway, which reopened in St. Jacobs on Friday [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
space to operate. Through the ‘80s, the six main builders (Frank and his wife Gay Dubery, Chuck and Gwen Bard, Craig Webb, and Wayne Pfeiffer) continued to add to the structure, and the sprawling townscape spanned the entire length of the room. “I was an electrician all my life,” said Chuck Bard. “You’d go into a hospital and take a lot of stuff out because you’re adding another wing. Well, all that junk that was left over,
instead of taking it to the dump, I brought it here, and used the relays out of fire alarm systems and things like that. We hardly bought anything.” Key to the attraction’s appeal is its vivid recreation of a long-gone southwestern Ontario. “The year we’re trying to go for is ’57,” said Mike Craig, Frank Dubery’s grandson (Dubery died in 2005). “It’s right about that time when steam engines were being phased out and firstgeneration diesels were taking over. On our layout you’ll see early-generation diesels and late steam engines. You get the best of both worlds.”
The Aberfoyle Junction was open several weekends each year as a tourist attraction until 2012, when the group’s lease expired and the landowner decided to develop the land. “We searched for a lot of ideas and had no luck,” said Craig. “For a while it looked like this display was going to the garbage, which was a tragedy.” Good luck prevailed when the group came into contact with Mercedes Corp., which offered a new space in St. Jacobs that turned out to be a perfect fit. This display was cut into 54 sections and transported to St. Jacobs, where it had its grand opening on
October 18. “We’ve pulled through 40,000 feet of wiring just to get it operational again,” said Craig. “For me, it’s kind of my grandfather’s legacy,” he continued. “It’s something that I grew up with and has been part of my life. With the skill and time that’s gone into this display, it would be such a tragedy for people not to enjoy it like it has been over the years.” So how, exactly, does one become a voracious model train enthusiast? “I think it’s something that somebody is born with,” Craig laughed. “I mean, I don’t have the skill for this hobby. I’ve tried before and I’ve failed miserably. But I think it’s something that someone’s born with, or something happens early on in their life, and it gives them a bug for the rest of their life.” He added, “It shows you the amount of skill and talent that’s within the region. All the people who put this together over the years are within an hour’s distance of Waterloo Region, so it just showcases what people can do when they put their mind to it. This is 40 years in the making.” The St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway opens October 18 at 11 a.m. It is open October 19-20, 26-27, and November 2-3, 16-17, 30, and December 1, 7-8, 1415, 28-29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $5 for children, $8 for adults, and $7 for seniors. More information can be found at www. stjacobsmodelrailway.com.
Squash a tasty part of fall’s bounty RECIPE NOTES As the leaves change colours on the trees and begin to fall to the ground, we are always reminded of all of the incredible vegetables that become available locally. Squash is one of the most common, versatile and economical veggies to cook with. You will notice that we are always serving up some variety of butternut squash soup in the café these days, all of which we get from our local farmers. The butternut squash tends to steal the spotlight from the other squash varieties because of the sweetness that is brought out of it once it has been roasted. I want to share an amazing recipe with you that uses acorn squash which I’m sure you will find easy to prepare and will thoroughly enjoy. You can be creative with the stuffing and herbs that you use, but this recipe is failsafe. I like to serve it along-
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HUNGRYMAN BREAKFAST WITH MINOR Bantam A; 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. East, Elmira. All you can eat Ham, sausage, fried or scrambled eggs, pancakes, home fries, baked beans, toast and jam, coffee, tea & juice. Adults $6; 6-10 years $3; 5 & under no charge. Come out and support this hockey team fundraiser for a tournament in Lake Placid.
SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.) Linwood Community Centre, 5279 Ament Line, Linwood. Cost: $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-664-1900 or Toll Free: 1-855-664-1900 by Oct 21 to sign up.
FOOD FOR FINES – Oct. 20 to 26, at all Region of Waterloo Library branches. Use food to erase overdue fines during Ontario Public Library Week. One non-perishable food item is worth up to $2 in overdue fines. Items will be donated to local food banks. Call your local library branch or Library Headquarters at 519-575-4590 or e-mail libhq@ regionofwaterloo.ca for more details.
THE LIONS CLUB OF Elmira Bingo – 7 p.m. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira. For more information call 519-572-2669.
OCTOBER 21 ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society presents “Beautiful Orchids: From Buying to Growing” with Gerhard Kompter. Trinity United Church, 7:30 p.m.
AGING GRACEFULLY. PRESENTED BY Susan Henderson, NP, and Anna Hemmendinger, counsellor, along with a panel of seniors including Robert Mader, Carol Shantz, Eleanore Snyder-Mckee, Maryanne Szuck and Richard Weiland; 10:3011:30 a.m. Health education series at the Breslau Mennonite Church, 226 Woolwich St. S, Breslau. Everyone welcome! No fee. No registration. For more information call 519-664-3794.
ELECTRONIC BINGO - 7 p.m. - St. Clements Community Centre, sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For more information, contact Joe Brick at 519-699-4022.
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ST. TERESA OF AVILA Church, 19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira is presenting their fifth dinner theatre production, “The Bus Stop.” Runs Oct. 25, 26, 27, Nov. 1, 2 & 3. A catered roast beef meal is supplied along with the play in the church hall. Cost $35 per ticket. Call 519669-3387 for tickets. H.U.G.S. PROGRAM – 9:15-11:15 a.m. Woolwich
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Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. Topic: childhood illnesses presented by Chris Tofflemire, nurse practitioner.
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OCTOBER 26 ELMIRA QUILT AUCTION. DOORS open at 8 a.m. with the country auction. Extensive silent auction available. Live general auction begins at 9 a.m. Local handcrafted solid wood furniture auctioned at 11 a.m. Quilt auction begins at noon. Food available throughout the day. Come out and help celebrate our 40th auction. Quilts, solid wood furniture, giant bake table. THE WOOLWICH COMMUNITY LIONS club presents Halloween Monster Bash; 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. at Lions Hall Elmira. DJ - Bullfrog Entertainment - prizes for best costumes. Tickets $15 (19+ years). Tickets available at Brown’s Menswear, The Window Box and Woolwich Lions Club members. All proceeds to Elmira District Community Living van project (for the purchase of a Ford wheelchair van).
OCTOBER 28 ELMIRA NEEDLE SISTERS QUILT Guild meets at 7 p.m. at Elmira Mennonite Church, 58 Church St. W, Elmira. Meet our guild’s multi-talented quilters. Guests welcome $5. For more information 519-669-2115.
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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.
Store owner found the bigger the shopping cart, the bigger the grocery bill WEIRD NOTES
Q. You start out with a
standard folding chair and put wheels on the bottom, then remove the seat and affix a metal basket instead. “It’s new -it’s sensational. No more baskets to carry,� your newspaper ad proclaims. Now what do you have?
A. If you’re Sylvan Gold-
man, 1937, owner of the Humpty Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma City, you’ve got a colossal flop on your hands, as you watch your new shopping cart go unused, reports Kerstin Sjoden in “Mad Science,� edited by Randy Alfred. Gold-
man was looking for a way to increase store purchases by freeing his customers from weighty handheld baskets, but unfortunately men feared that using the carts would make them look weak, and women deemed them as unfashionable, looking too much like baby carriages. So Goldman hired male and female models to push the carts around in his store as they pretended to be shopping. The gambit worked, with the carts so in demand that buyers soon faced a seven-year waiting list. Goldman continued modifying his design, making the baskets bigger as stores realized customers purchased more when cart size increased. “Today,
warehouse stores have warehouse-sized carts.� Q. “Synonyms,� “antonyms� and “homonyms� you probably know. Can you say the same for “contranyms�?
A. They’re words or phrases with a set of opposite meanings, says Anu Garg on his A.Word.A.Day website, and most languages have them. For example, in English, to “second-guess� means both “to guess or predict� and “to criticize an event with the benefit of hindsight,� with context providing the critical clue. It probably derives from “second-guesser� (in baseball, one who criticizes a play after the fact). Other examples include “discursive,� from Latin “dis� (apart) and “currere� (to run), meaning jump-
ing from topic to topic, or proceeding logically, using reason rather than emotion; and “secrete,� from “secernere� (to separate), meaning both “to release� and also “to conceal, to keep secret.� Two different derivations form the basis of the contradictory “impregnable�: from Old French “im� (not) and “prenable� (vulnerable to capture) meaning “incapable of being taken by force�; and from Latin “impraegnaere� (to fertilize) meaning “capable of being impregnated.� Finally, with its earliest documented use in 1475, “peruse� can mean “to read or examine with great care� or “to read in a casual manner,� again depending on context. Intrigued? Want more? Then try perusing Rich-
ard Lederer’s book “Crazy English,� for his list of 37 contranyms (aka, “antagonyms�), reports Dictionary. com. Here are a few to get you going: bolt, buckle, certain, cleave, clip, commencement, critical, dress, dust ... Q. Picture a “zoo� housing 100,000 chickens, 2,500 pigs, 1,000 sheep, 800 goats, 1,600 cows, plus many ducks, horses, turkeys and rabbits, along with three camels and one singularly unfortunate mule. Whatever could be the point of such an unlikely aggregation?
Zorpette in “IEEE Spectrum� magazine. “Add it all up,� says the organization, “and every week well over a billion animals are slaughtered for food.� Whether the deaths of so many animals is unsettling or not, it’s hard to ignore their environmental and health impacts: higher rates of greenhouse-gas emissions, water pollution, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity. As Zorpette argues, “No rational person can doubt that the world would be a better place if a significant fraction of carnivores simply gave up meat.�
A. It’s the minute-by-
minute death toll of Earth’s animals needed to feed the human carnivore, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, as reported by Glenn
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.� Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.
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5. Cheat, slangily 6. World heavyweight champ X 3 7. Pickup truck 8. Old gold coin 9. Hex 10. Not acknowledged 11. What__ 12. Attract 13. Do-over 15. Inborn traits 16. German-spelling of beer 19. Sounds like “two� 23. Change colour in fall 25. Decade 26. “Back in the ___� 27. Capital of Morocco 28. Military trainee 29. Animal skins 30. Toyota hatchback 32. Husks of cereal grains 33. Comes after www 34. Native New Zealander 35. Not impressed 36. Boneless steak 39. Crush (2wrds) 40. State famous for
potatoes 41. Offspring of tiger 42. Maple genus 44. Lieu 46. Business designation 49. Advantage 51. Appearance 52. Big Apple attraction, with “the� 53. Whence the line “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet� 54. Sleep disorder 55. Hodgepodge 56. Heir 60. Secret clique 61. Women’s fashion: fitted top + flared skirt 62. Homosexual people 63. The day before 65. Neutered horse 66. Conical tent 67. Ages 13-19 68. Female sheep 71. Biochemistry abbr. 72. Fails to detonate 73. Stamped Addressed Envelop (Accro)
Stuffed Acorn Squash (serves 2) 1 medium acorn squash 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp fresh-ground black pepper 6 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced 1 large portabella mushroom, chopped 1 small onion, chopped 1 cup baby spinach, chopped 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted 2 tsp fresh sage, finely chopped 1/4 cup white wine
Preheat oven to 425F; Trim off each end of the squash. Stand the squash upright and halve lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp and seeds, discard; Brush each squash half with olive oil, and then sprinkle with salt and the black pepper. Arrange cut
sides down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper; Roast the squash until the flesh is tender and the edges are golden brown, approximately 25-35 minutes. Remove from the oven, flip the squash halves over and set aside; While the squash roasts, heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Add the onions and garlic and sautĂŠ 2 minutes, or until the onions begin to turn translucent; Add the mushrooms, sage, salt and sautĂŠ until the mushrooms begin to
Chef Ryan Terry owns FLOW Cafe & Catering in Elmira. More information can be found at his website www.flowcatering.ca
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soften, about 5 minutes. Add wine and sautĂŠ for 1-2 minutes; Remove from heat, add spinach and almonds and mix into mushrooms, allowing spinach to wilt; Fill the roasted squash halves with the mushroom mixture and bake again for another 10 minutes; Serve with your favourite salad.
SUDOKU CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE
side a mixed green salad topped with dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, avocado and drizzled with balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. Enjoy!
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VOISIN CHRYSLER LTD. SALE PRICed $117
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2012 FIAT 500 Sport
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2009 Dodge Journey SXT
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2010 Dodge Grand Caravan
v6, auto. trans., power driver seat, heated seats, keyless entry with auto-start, alloy wheels, bluetooth with uconnect and much more. One owner local trade-in. Only 64,200 km. finished in blue. $14,995. D#1594
2.7L Auto Trany, Keyless Entry, Power Windows/ Locks/Mirrors, A/C, Cruise/Tilt, ABS Brakes, 17 Aluminum Rims, Rear 60/40 folding seats. Front and Side Air Bags, Finished in Silver, 45,256km’s, $11,995 D#11906
2nd and 3rd row stow-n-go seating, climate group front and rear air, power driver seat, 3.3L V6, power windows/locks/mirrors, cruise control and much more. Bright silver, 59,517km. Previous Rental $16,995 D#11976
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2008 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad cab 4x4
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5.7L Auto Trany, Leather Heated and Cooled Bucket Seats, Chrome Side Steps, 20' Chrome Rims, U Connect with Voice Command, Remote Start, Heated Steering Wheel, Dual Temp Control, Anti Spin Diff, Sport Premium Group, And Much More. $34,995, 54,125km D#11828
Economical 1.4L 16V engine, 6 speed auto, power sunroof, hands-free communication, sport bucket seats, sport suspension, aluminum wheels, keyless entry, a/c, fog lamps, power windows/locks and more. Finished in blue, 22,994km Previous Rental $16,995 D#11975
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3.8LV6,auto trans.,Navigation with 6.5 inch touchscreen media center,uconnect with bluetooth,freedom hardtop and softtop,keyless entry ,auto-start,18" aluminum wheels,air cond.,power windows/locks/mirrors,and more. Finished in black. 74,900 km., $26,995. D#11942
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DON’T MIND THE MESS OUT FRONT OF THE STORE!
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ASSORTED VARIETIES 900 GR.
LB.
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LOU’S BONELESS CURED PORK LOIN
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OPEN 24 HRS Items may not be exactly as shown. Subject to availability. We reserve the right to limit quantities.
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