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Woolwich moves ahead with plans to sell parkland

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Re-elected Albrecht faces first term as an opposition MP

STEVE KANNON A LARGE GROUP OF Breslau residents hoping council would do right by their community left township hall disappointed Tuesday night.

With Woolwich moving to declare as surplus a four-acre portion of Breslau Memorial Park – the land is to be sold to the Catholic school board – residents opposed to the project made an impassioned, reasoned bid to get councillors to reconsider their stance.

To no avail, however, as the split remained 4-2 in favour of the selloff, Couns. Patrick Merlihan and Larry Shantz opposed to the sale.

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board will pay the township $1.75-million in a deal that would allow for upgrades to the park and community centre, as well as community access to new facilities, including a 5,000-square-foot library operated by the Region of Waterloo.

The plan calls for the construction of a new building that would provide washrooms, a concession stand and house the mechanical plant for a community-built splash pad.

Originally rejecting the deal Sept.

29, council turned around the following week and reversed course, approving the sale of community parkland.

On Tuesday night, however, the vote remained the same, sending resident streaming out of council chambers

WHITNEY NEILSON AS A SEA OF red swathed Canada in a Liberal majority government on Monday night, Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht held onto his Conservative seat – the only blue riding left in Waterloo Region.

Albrecht waited until 1:30 a.m. to give his victory speech surrounded by family and supporters, as the votes between him and Liberal candidate Tim Louis were tight all night. Voters chose Albrecht over Louis by just 351 votes, the closest election race Albrecht’s ever faced.

In a post-speech interview, Albrecht explained what this win means for him.

“It’s a huge honour to be re-elected in a time where

All eyes were on Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht and MPP Michael Harris, the only Conservatives left in Waterloo Region, as they chatted prior to Albrecht’s win on Monday night. The incumbent held onto his seat by 351 votes as the Liberals swept back to power nationally.

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St. Clement students challenged to find waste-free lunches WHITNEY NEILSON STUDENTS AT ST. CLEMENT Catholic School are learning from an early age the importance of going “green” with this week’s Waste-Free Lunch Challenge.

Part of a province-wide initiative through the Recycling Council of Ontario, students were encouraged to use reusable containers and recycle items like milk and juice boxes from Oct. 19-23.

The Eco Club at the school conducted a lunch waste audit last Thursday, sorting it into garbage, recyclables, and compost before weighing the three categories. They had 0.6 kg of garbage, 0.6 kg of

recyclables, and 1.2 kg of compost.

They’ll compare those numbers to their second waste audit being done this Thursday.

Lisa Gheorghe, one of the Eco Club organizers, said their goal for this Thursday is to see no garbage, indicating that all students packed a wastefree lunch with reusable containers and snacks with their own biodegradable packaging, like fruits and vegetables.

“Our ultimate goal is to become a school that engages in waste-free or boomerang lunches as part of our standard everyday practice in an effort to reduce the amount of garbage in the landfill. This

St. Clement Catholic School students joined together this week for the Waste-Free Lunch Challenge, aiming to reduce their waste by bringing lunch in reusable containers and snacks like fruit that don’t require plastic wrappers.

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Woolwich council wants more time with costly fire master plan proposal STEVE KANNON A FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING spree costing upwards of $4.5 million and the possible mothballing of the Floradale station require more than a cursory discussion, Woolwich councillors concluded Tuesday night, deferring a decision on a new fire master plan for a few weeks.

Pushed for by Coun.

Patrick Merlihan, the delay allows for more review of a document that’s long on spending but fairly thin in justifying its recommendations.

Looking principally at stations in Elmira, Maryhill and Breslau, the plan drafted by Emergency Management & Training Inc. of Barrie lists some 22 recommendations for the Woolwich Fire Department.

Most notably, it recommends building a new fire hall in Breslau, replacing the existing Maryhill station with a small detachment that would serve as a satellite station from

Breslau, and moving the Elmira hall onto a site in the Lunor subdivision on Church Street West.

If the Elmira station moves, the report suggests monitoring the Floradale hall, where calls have been falling, with an eye towards closing it and serving the area from the new Elmira facility, which would be a stone’s throw away.

The Floradale hall, however, was just opened in 2008 at a cost of $1.3 million.

Picking through the report, Merlihan noted “there’s some really weak arguments here” for some of the recommendations, particularly moving the Elmira station.

Among the rationales for that change is the fact the existing Howard Avenue building is in the industrial area, close to some of the chemical plants that might be trouble spots. As well, relocating the hall to a residential area could make it FIRE PLAN | 5

Brady Wilson, Dianna Brubacher and Nolan Cortes will be acting in Halloween Haunt this Saturday, an interactive tour for kids throughout Elmira’s downtown complete with treats and storybook characters.

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Haunting downtown Elmira to get people into the Halloween spirit WHITNEY NEILSON HALLOWEEN’S COMING EARLY FOR kids in Elmira.

EDSS Drama teacher DJ Carroll, the Elmira BIA, and high school drama students have joined forces to create Halloween Haunt, a tour of downtown Elmira where kids will stop at different businesses for treats while the drama students put on an interactive story along the way.

“Our theme is Once Upon a Time, so basically the storybooks have all ex-

ploded and the characters are out in the town,” Carroll said. “The heroes are trying to get the villains back inside the books.

The kids will help them at all the different stations where they’re going to get a prize and they bring it back to the band stand [gazebo at Gore Park], that’s our headquarters. And if all the prizes get brought back then all the villains are going to get put back in the book.”

The idea came from FB and Me owner Tami Runstedler. She approached

Carroll about putting together an event because she knew how fond Carroll is of the holiday. He said she also wanted to get as many young kids involved as possible, so they started brainstorming in the spring and this weekend the hard work will come to fruition.

“There are about 13 or 14 businesses so we’re going to do this big loop. It will probably take kids about half an hour to do which is pretty cool,” Carroll said.

Kids can expect all kinds of storybook creatures

like trolls and princesses to make an appearance.

There’s no maximum number of kids who can participate. They’ll be divided into groups of eight to 10 for the tour, Carroll says, but he’s not sure how many to expect since it’s the inaugural year.

About 25 students from EDSS are helping out.

“We are starting to do some costuming this week and then they’re assigned their characters and roles.

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Grand Harmony Chorus celebrates 20 years with show in St. Jacobs STEVE KANNON THE HOUSE LIGHTS GO down, the music starts and the singing begins. The Grand Harmony Chorus has a little something special planned for their 20th anniversary this weekend, and everyone is invited to join.

Susan St. John is just one of the members that has been part of the singing and dancing group, and she can’t wait to share the special performance the ensemble has

been working on for the past few weeks in celebration of a milestone year. In St. Jacobs on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., the ladies will be sharing something different with family, friends and newcomers.

“We are great singers, but we are amateur theatrical people,” she said ahead of the show. “We are really putting the ladies through their paces. There are lines to deliver and comedic timing and they are just do-

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They have responded magnificently with talents they didn’t know they had.”

For both matinee and evening shows, which will be held at Calvary United Church, the chorus will be performing “Fairytale Land Accidental Musical EggStravaganza” – the story of Humpty Dumpty’s quest for a spot in a better fairytale.

“Humpty Dumpty, with her story, it has no morals, no happy ending and is

repetitively disastrous. So, she searches the world and all the characters that come her way offer advice,” said St. John. “Generally, not all (the advice is) that helpful.

The witches come along and say, ‘you need to get on your broom and get to a party.’

The seven dwarves come along and say, ‘you need to work harder, so you better get a job.’”

St. John doesn’t want to reveal the ending, but guarantees the story comes to a

happy conclusion.

The women in The Grand Harmony Chorus have also invited some guests to join them in the celebration of 20 years on stage – Supertonic, a Toronto-based, awardwinning barbershop quartet.

The ladies know the group well, with bass Chris Arnold as their director.

The Grand Harmony Chorus will also be paying tribute to other directors that have lent their time and expertise to the group over

the last 20 years, but only at the 7:30 p.m. show.

“We have invited all of our past directors to attend and if people are there for the evening show, they will be there for a presentation and our gratitude,” said St. John.

For tickets to the “Fairytale Land Accidental Musical Egg-Stravaganza, email grandharmonytickets@ gmail.com. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for students and seniors; free for kids udder five.

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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

2015 FEDERAL ELECTION RESULTS / KITCHENER-CONESTOGA

Albrecht survives as Liberals sweep to majority After winning handily in 2011, Conservative MP found himself in a tight battle decided by 350 votes LIZ BEVAN ALTHOUGH THE REST OF Canada voted overwhelmingly for the Liberals, locally voters decided to re-elect a familiar face to be their voice in Ottawa.

After what was the closest electoral race in the riding in a decade, KitchenerConestoga Conservative candidate Harold Albrecht will spend another four

years as a Member of Parliament.

Coming in a close second was Liberal candidate Tim Louis. Only 351 votes separated the two candidates and results weren’t made official by Elections Canada until well into the wee hours of the morning after election day.

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cast their ballots, putting Louis and Albrecht in a neck-and-neck race as polls started reporting results.

Albrecht never lost confidence while waiting for the polls to report their tallies, saying he always thought the result would be the same.

“It was a long, tough road, but I always believed that I could win this election, I really did,” he said from his campaign results party at the Williamsburg Arms in Kitchener. “And that’s proven true tonight.”

Louis had a tougher fight ahead of him. In the last federal election, Liberal candidate Robert Rosehart lost the election by over 18,000 ballots. This time, Louis gave Albrecht a run for his money, narrowing the gap to less than 400 votes.

He says it is all about the hard work of volunteers and voters wanting to see something different from their government.

Liberal Tim Louis finished second by just 351 votes. He thanked volunteers at his campaign wrap-up party in Petersburg Monday night.

[LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] “They (were) pulling for me. They want change,” he said from his election celebration at the Blue Moon in Petersburg. “It means that our message is working and that we have what people wanted.”

Even with such a small margin of difference between the two leading parties, Louis says there isn’t anything he would change about his campaign.

“There is not one thing I would have changed. I am so proud of everyone, the positive message, the positive campaign, so many volunteers investing so much,” he said the day after the election. “There is nothing else I would do.”

James Villeneuve ran under the orange banner for the New Democrat Party. He came in third once all the results were in, with

4,653 votes – nearly 10 per cent of the ballots cast.

He says the result is all determined by the constituents.

“I think we did everything we could,” he said.

“When it all boils down to it, it was up to the voters.”

As for the federal Liberal majority?

“They made a lot of promises and I am sure that everybody is going to be watching to make sure that they hold them to the fire and make sure that they come through with what they said,” he said.

Louis has a more positive outlook on his party leader winning the highest government seat in the country. “(People) realize that we shouldn’t be dividing Canadians, we should be uniting Canadians,” he said. “It feels fantastic. You can see polls from coast to coast to coast and Canadians want change and we’re just happy to bring that to them.”

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there was an incredible red wave across the country. I am very indebted to these supporters that have stood with me through thick and thin and obviously to the voters of Kitchener-Conestoga. I will do everything I can to earn the trust and retain that trust,” Albrecht said.

He won the riding with 43.4 per cent of the vote.

Louis was less than a percentage point behind at 42.6 per cent. With the Conservatives picking up 99 seats across Canada, they’ll be the official opposition – a first for Albrecht.

“Working as an opposition member I have no idea what that will be like, I haven’t done it before so I can’t comment on that,” Albrecht said.

The Liberals earned a majority government with 184 seats, or 54 per cent of the 338 available. The NDPs will have 44 seats, followed by the Bloc Quebecois with 10, and Elizabeth May holding on to the lone Green seat.

It was a much closer race this time around for Albrecht who was re-elected in 2011 with 54.12 per cent of the Kitchener-Conestoga votes, largely overtaking the NDP candidate who had 21.84 per cent, and the Liberals with 19.95 per cent.

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Conservative Harold Albrecht 20,648 Liberal Tim Louis 20,297 NDP James Villeneuve 4,653 Green Party Bob Jonkman 1,314 Libertarian Richard Hodgson 685 Total number of valid votes: 47,597

43.4 % 42.6 % 9.8 % 2.8 % 1.4 %

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“It’s not as strong as I would have liked but like I said the red wave rolled through and there’s not a lot that an individual candidate can do when that happens. And we saw that in Quebec last time with the NDP, candidates being elected not have even been in their riding. But it is a real honour to serve,” Albrecht said.

A Member of Parliament since 2006, Albrecht participates in the auto caucus, energy caucus, rural caucus, and the pro-life caucus.

In 2014 he brought forward Bill C-300, An Act Respecting a Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention. That’s one of the causes he plans to keep on championing during this term in office.

“For me I would like to continue working on some of the initiatives that I’ve worked on over the last eight years, work on issues like better palliative care, mental health initiatives, suicide prevention, things

that will give people the tools that they need to get through some very difficult challenges in their life,” Albrecht said.

And he’s no stranger to adversity. On the night of the 2011 federal election, his wife of nearly 40 years, Betty, suffered a brain hemorrhage and died two days later. He has since remarried, and his wife Darlene McLean was on hand watching the results come in with him.

“Four and a half years ago our victory party took a very tragic turn, as Betty’s sudden illness made it impossible for us to be here, or there. The sum loss and the dark days following Betty’s death were a huge blow to me and my family.

You stood with me through some dark days and I have seen the sunrise,” Albrecht said to the crowd.

In his victory speech, he thanked his volunteers for staying into the wee hours of the night to celebrate

with him. As can be expected from the former pastor, he thanked God for giving him the health to continue his parliamentary duties.

“It’s been a strange, long journey friends. And all I can say to all of you is thank you. I cannot believe that so many of you have stuck with us tonight in waiting so long, but most importantly many of you have given so much over these last 11 weeks, and indeed these last years,” Albrecht said.

This will be Albrecht’s fourth term in office. He resides on his Wilmot Township farm and operated a dentistry practice for 27 years before spending six years as a pastor. He joined politics in 2005 and was first elected in 2006 with 41.22 per cent of the vote.

Despite a disappointing Liberal majority for the Conservative supporters in the room, Albrecht says he’s excited for the next four years, and beyond.

“The Liberals have earned the right to form government. Let me be absolutely clear, I stand in opposition to their policies of taxes and debt that will kill jobs and take money out of your pockets. I have always been willing to work across party lines and that will not change in this new scenario.”

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Council rejects Getting a jump splashed ice

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vised because we can’t really rehearse a full town thing,” Carroll said.

Carroll will also be hosting a haunted house on Halloween as he’s done in previous years. As for the Halloween Haunt, he’s hoping it will connect the community in a new way.

“Number one I think it’s important for young kids to see that the town is alive. I think it’s important for people in general to see the businesses in our town are involved in the community. I think it’s great for people to see that teenagers are willing to give back with their time and energy. And I think most importantly it’s about having fun,” Carroll said.

The event runs from 10-2 on Oct. 24 (Saturday).

Participation is free and everyone is asked to meet at the gazebo in Gore Park.

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waste-free lunch for the week and some continue the whole way through the school year.

Throughout the week students will be updated on how much waste they’ve cut down. Students who bring waste-free lunches have their pictures taken and are recognized for their efforts.

“It’s important because they can really be leaders in terms of bringing that information back to their family and encouraging their families to make green choices at home, as well as being the next generation they can continue to make those choices themselves,” Gheorghe said.

Splash pad yes. Refrigerated rink no.

Worried about operating costs, Woolwich council this week turned down a bid to build a so-called splashed ice facility in Elmira, a project pitched by the non-profit Kate’s Kause organization and the Woolwich Recreational Facilities Foundation.

The plan calls for a splash pad that includes features that can be removed in the winter to allow the concrete surface to become a skating rink. The dual-use piping supplies water for the

splash pad and can be refrigerated in the winter to keep the ice surface intact when temperatures get above freezing.

Facing estimated annual operating costs of up to $50,000, however, councillors balked at the potential refrigeration costs, turning down the proposal. Immediately thereafter, they voted in favour of a simple splash pad, acknowledging the groups that would actually provide the money for the project might not be satisfied.

WRFF representative Ruby Weber noted the foundation had collected a number of pledges for the splashed ice project that council shot down.

Though no location has been determined, initial talks have the facility going in adjacent to the Kate’s Place playground in Gibson Park.

Family violence prevention month The statistics that show 50 per cent of women will be physically or sexually abused in their lifetimes pay no mind to geography – such assaults can and do occur in small communities such as those found in the townships.

The family violence prevention program offered through Woolwich Community Services in Elmira takes aim

at breaking the cycle of violence as the key to prevention.

Along with helping those in immediate need with support services, the WCS program focuses on prevention and education. Councillors quickly endorsed the resolution making November family violence prevention month.

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Getting prepped for Halloween ON OCT. 24, BETWEEN 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., the Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village will be hosting its Annual ‘Halloween in the Village’ event.

Open to the public, the village will provide Halloween safety training to the children who attend.

Participants will have an opportunity to participate in a variety of games, activities and crafts, all with the Halloween flair. Children will then trick or treat through the 27 miniature buildings that make up the Village. Refreshments will be provided.

Admission is $5 per child. Each child will receive a Halloween bag for trick or treating. All proceeds from the event will go to support the Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village.

OCTOBER 13

9:50 AM | Emergency services responded to the Ontario Livestock Exchange in St. Jacobs for a report of a workplace injury.

A 22-year-old male from Lucknow was loading cattle from the facility onto a transport trailer when he was knocked to the floor of the trailer by one of the animals and sustained minor injuries. He was transported to hospital. The male was treated and released. The Ministry of Labor Responded to the scene and is investigating.

1.4 cents to $0.175, while off-peak rates rise 0.3 cents to $0.083. The changes are expected to add $4.42 a month to the average household bill, applied to the “electricity” line. Other parts of the bill are subject to increases, too.

The increases were approved last week by the Ontario Energy Board. Increased costs from Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) nuclear and hydro-electric power plants make up about 40% of this increase. Costs from renewable generation sources are another driver, representing about one-third of the increase, the board reports.

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On the morning of Oct. 20, a vehicle with a single occupant ended up in the ditch on Listowel Road. Floradale firefighters responded to the scene.

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5:00 AM | Sometime between 1 and 5 a.m., unknown culprits entered unlocked cars, garages, and sheds on Shade Street in New Hamburg. The culprits stole various items such as tools, hunting accessories, and money.

Police remind the public not to keep any valuables such as wallets, identification, or electronics in your vehicles and to lock your vehicles, sheds, and homes. If anyone has information in regards to the thefts they are asked to contact the Waterloo Regional Police at 519-653-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. 2:50 PM | Members of the Wellington County OPP traffic management unit investigated

the driver of a 2000 Ford pick-up truck that entered into a RIDE spot check on the Second Line near Side Road 14 in Centre Wellington Township. While speaking with the driver police detected the odour of alcohol on his breath and a roadside screening device test was conducted which resulted in a fail. A 47-year-old Kitchener man was subsequently charged with ‘over 80 mgs.’ The driver’s licence has been suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days as per statute.

He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on Nov. 13 to answer to the charge.

OCTOBER 18

5:00 AM | Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to

the Milverton Mini Mart, where an intrusion alarm had been activated. Officers attended at the Main Street South business and were able to determine that two males had smashed the front door of the variety store and removed cartons of cigarettes and some lottery tickets. The males were inside the store for a very short period of time and after running out of the store may have left the area in a small white car. The males were both slim built, wearing grey hoodies with ball caps. They both wore dark coloured coats. One of the males had dark pants while the other had light coloured pants. Anyone with information about this break-in and theft is asked to contact police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

closer to where firefighters live.

Merlihan pointed to the new site’s proximity to the Floradale station, and the potential value of the land in the Lunor subdivision, township property that could be sold and the money used for more pressing needs.

Coun. Larry Shantz also questioned the move to Church Street, while Coun.

Murray Martin asked if the township would really look at closing the Floradale station.

“Is that really in the cards?” he asked, arguing that dispatching trucks from Elmira would slow response in the north part of the township. “Are [people] up there not any more important than they are here?”

Township fire chief Rick Pedersen said the report is meant to be a working document for the next 10 years, with nothing set in stone.

He noted the township does not have enough money set aside at this point to fund any of the projects, though the time line has been tentatively set as 2018 for a new Breslau station and Maryhill satellite facility, and 2019 for a new Elmira fire hall.

Councillors are expected to revisit the fire master plan Dec. 1.

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No good case for Woolwich to rush into new fire plan WOOLWICH WILL HAVE TO tread lightly in coming up with a new fire master plan.

The document rolled out this week contains plenty of ideas for spending more money, but very little in the way of justification for it. Most notably, it suggests investing millions in new fire halls at a time when the township is dealing with failing infrastructure far more important to the public.

Most ominously, it makes mention of a so-called composite department, which would see full-time firefighters added to what is now an entirely volunteer operation. Actually that’s not strictly true, as the township has seen a massive increase in operating costs in the last decade, going from one part-time chief to four full-time employees on the administrative side, with no real change to service received by the public.

A decision on some $4.5 million for the construction of new buildings can’t be made lightly, though some councillors this week seemed ready to sign off on the poorly documented request. Ultimately, a vote was deferred, and now council must demand that a better case be made before considering approval of many of the measures, particularly relocating the Elmira station to land in the new Lunor subdivision.

The arguments for such a move – getting away from the chemical plants in the industrial area and being close to a residential area where firefighters might live – appear rather simplistic. Any emergency at Chemtura, for instance, that engulfed that much of the town would mean we’re facing a disaster well beyond the scope of one fire station. Likewise, relocating to the new area would see slower response times to some parts of town, perhaps those older areas more vulnerable to fire than brand new homes built to higher standards.

Of course, the majority of calls aren’t actual fires. As with fire departments, paid and volunteer, across North America, the number of fires is down. Many departments, particularly in the cities, have taken to expanding the range of other calls in order to keep their numbers up, often putting them at odds with ambulance/paramedic and police services.

This is especially problematic where full-time firefighters are used, as costs have risen exorbitantly, typically beyond reason and beyond municipalities’ ability to pay – a much larger problem in the U.S., for example, where the number of firefighters has grown in inverse proportion to the number of actual fire calls, down about 40 per cent over the last three decades even as there are a third more firefighters on the payroll.

The stats mirror what’s happening with policing costs here, too, constantly increasing as crime figures drop.

Therein lies a warning for Woolwich to avoid any notion of hiring full-time firefighters.

When it comes to wage and benefit increases, police and fire are in a class of their own ... and it is not sustainable.

Much of the blame for out of control costs can be laid at the feet of the arbitration system.

Unable to strike, workers in what are deemed essential services have the right to arbitration hearings if a contract can’t be negotiated with their government employer. Such settlements are typically generous, often outstripping inflation and growth, and failing to consider the ability to pay.

That’s how we get municipalities with shrinking revenues and stuttering economies – think Windsor, for instance – saddled with increases nonetheless.

Perniciously, there’s a ratcheting effect that sees each subsequent arbitration settlement being based on the previous rulings, leading to a never-ending spiral upward regardless of value, need or productivity.

The four other Waterloo Region ridings having gone Liberal, Kitchener-Conestoga’s Harold Albrecht survives a close race to become the last one standing.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Burkina Faso’s eighth coup fails, with democracy in sight WORLD AFFAIRS THE DUST HAS SETTLED in Ouagadougou, Africa’s capital of military coups (seven in 65 years), and the elections in Burkina Faso have been rescheduled for the end of next month.

Don’t be cynical about it; that is real progress.

Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, competes with Somalia for the honour of being Africa’s poorest country. You might wonder why anybody would want the thankless job of running such a place, but political power means access to scarce resources (like money) even in the poorest countries. Especially if you are in the army.

What would have been the country’s eighth coup (if it had succeeded) began in mid-September when General Gilbert Diendere, the head of the Presidential Guard, seized and imprisoned the interim president and prime minister. He was doing it, he said, because the party of the last presi-

dent, Blaise Compaore, had been banned from running in the election.

Compaore, a former soldier who first came to power in a coup himself, was ousted by popular demonstrations last year when he tried to run for the presidency yet again after 27 years in power. Diendere had been his closest associate for all of that time, and everybody assumed that his coup was really a bid

by Compaore to return to power.

Everybody was right, although if the coup succeeded Diedere might have decided to stay in power himself. When the demonstrators who had forced Compaore out of power last year came out on the streets again, Diendere’s troops hosed them down with automatic weapons fire, killing 14 and wounding hundreds. It was not the mob but the institutions that thwarted his ambitions.

The coup was instantly condemned by the African Union. “The AU considers the announcement by the military of the ‘dismissal’ of (interim) President Michel Kafando and the at-

tempt of substituting him with ‘new authorities’ as null and void,” said the AU chairperson, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

The regional organization, the Economic Community for West African States (Ecowas), took a softer line, putting together a mediation team and offering the coup leaders amnesty despite the killings. But when civil society groups in Burkina Faso protested at the amnesty offer, the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, took the lead for West Africa.

Buhari, who was a military dictator 30 years ago, coming to power in one coup and losing it in another, now describes himself as a “converted democrat.”

He called Diendere’s coup a “brazen contravention” of Burkina Faso’s constitution and demanded that he withdraw. And Burkina Faso’s army, which had always resented the special privileges of the Presidential Guard, moved into the capital and told Diendere to surrender.

So he did, although there was a bit of shooting first.

Now Diendere is under

arrest facing 11 charges including “crimes against humanity,” the Presidential Guard has been disarmed and formally disbanded, and the election is back on again for Nov. 29.

The election will not solve all of Burkina Faso’s problems, but democracy might do it eventually. The country still has the lowest literacy rate in the world, it is still dirt poor, and the population (now 17 million) is still doubling every 25 years. But one thing is definitely changed for the better.

Most Burkinabes may be illiterate, but they have become aware of their rights and no longer accept the dictates of armed thugs in uniform without question.

African institutions have changed too, and no longer turn a blind eye when a member country faces a military coup. They intervene promptly and decisively, and they generally succeed.

They are less good at dealing with countries where dictators hold regular elections whose outcomes they control through DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

How do you feel about the federal election results?

» Herb Neher

» Joe Nowak

I’m glad to see we have a stable government. Personally I’m very happy about it.

That should make a lot of people feel secure.

I’m happy to see a government that recognizes the importance of investing in infrastructure, something this township could benefit from.

» Peter van der Maas

» Carl Smit

» Shelley Wagner

I’m pleased, but I’m disappointed the Greens didn’t get more votes.

I was surprised it ended up a majority government, but pleased because otherwise we’d have another election in two years.

Change is good and it’s a big change. People made it loud and clear what they wanted.

“The lack of communication between council and Breslau is nothing new.” Bob and Iva Mader | 8 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Electoral reform, including handling of Senate, to be a real test for Trudeau EDITOR'S NOTES HAVING PROMISED ELECTORAL REFORM within 18 months of taking office, Justin Trudeau must now be held to account. Well, on more than just that issue, but it is a visible issue that he may be sorely tempted to avoid now that he’s got a majority government.

Conventional wisdom holds that mainstream political parties won’t push for electoral reform because the current system serves them just fine. The Liberals, and occasionally the Conservatives, have formed majority governments while capturing less than 50 per cent of the popular vote – at times much less (39.5 per cent this time).

Critics argue a proportional system would fragment the House, leading the way to more minority governments. Neglecting the fact that we recently had three successive minorities under the existing system, the fragmentation

is already underway due to the increase in the number of parties. Where the Reform and Progressive Conservatives formerly split the vote on the right, the Liberals, NDP and Greens all seem to be vying for a similar audience. The presence of the BQ in Quebec muddies the water still more in Canada’s secondlargest province.

It was this fragmentation that the unlamented Stephen Harper was juggling with. On the one hand, the split on the left allowed him to form three governments. On the other, he recognized that his party was doomed to obscurity and that a two-party state would ultimately increase the odds of Conservatives having a shot at regaining power when they were inevitably turfed. If the left was to coalesce into one party, as did the right, a two-party system would set up a situation whereby the only alternative when throwing out the bums would be to vote for the Conservative party.

Harper recognized that the party’s base of some 30 per cent of the popula-

HOW TO REACH US

upper chamber that Harper crammed with Conservative hacks, bagmen and toadies ... despite Harper’s promise to do otherwise.

Today, there are 22 vacancies to deal with, and Trudeau, too, has promised to do things differently.

One of the options is to appoint an independent body that would recommend a list of worthy Canadians without any partisan attachments as potential candidates for the Senate.

That would be a good start for Trudeau to show he’s serious about reform, not just some window dressing before getting back to business as normal in Ottawa whereby lobbyists, grafters and corporate interests override the public good.

Beyond the Senate and some form of proportional representation, real accountable government would involve tough rules with real penalties – firings, seizure of assets and jail time – for politicians and bureaucrats who break the public trust, from lack of transparency to the kind of outright theft and corruption we’ve come to see

as standard operating procedure.

Politicians have exempted themselves from rules that apply to others. For instance, if a corporation lies in its advertising, it can be taken to the Competition Bureau. If corporate executives mislead their shareholders, the shareholders have the right to go to court and seek compensation.

Likewise, there are laws requiring taxpayers, welfare applicants, immigrants and most professionals to tell the truth when they fill out government forms. But still there are no such rules for politicians.

Other changes, such as tighter controls on election funding and fixed election dates, would inject additional credibility into a system that has fallen into disrepute. Removing lobbyists from the mix – making the process illegal for professional shills – would be ideal.

We all know most politicians are in it for themselves, to get all they can take – all the talk about serving the people is so much smoke up our collective backsides. Maybe they

should just admit that reality: Call the system bloated, self-serving and ill-suited to the needs of most citizens. Tell us you’re in it for yourself. Tell us that money greases the re-election skids, that once in office the only priority is staying there. We know it. You know it. Then put in place a process to minimize the most blatant abuses – yes that would mean handcuffing yourself and putting the cookie jar out in plain view.

Perhaps we should give up the illusion. Maybe this is the crux of recent talk about democratic reforms: devolve the central powers, give voters more options (referenda, proportional voting) so that there’s less focus on the top. We don’t have any real leaders, so we don’t need a system that gives them too much power, the rationale for reforms suggested by Conservative MP Michael Chong, who was re-elected in nearby Wellington-Halton Hills.

(Perhaps he’ll find Trudeau more receptive than his unmoving former boss.)

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tion had nowhere to go but down due to shifting demographics. As a bonus, he could try to kill off the Liberals, for whom he had a visceral hatred.

For strategists of his ill, there is an upside to the divisive U.S. system rather than an electoral environment that permits what happened in Ontario, for instance. Here, we had a corrupt and bankrupt Liberal government under Kathleen Wynne, but it was re-elected in part because there was more than one place to park a protest vote (well, vote of disgust, actually). Not, of course, that the Ontario Tories didn’t shoot themselves in the foot – the election was Tim Hudak’s to lose, and he did just that. In spectacular fashion.

The first test of Trudeau’s promises of changing how business is done in Ottawa is likely to involve the Senate, that poorly regarded body of purportedly sober second thought. Trudeau removed senators from the Liberal caucus, but the partisan connection may remain.

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

A new study reveals that consumers likely overpaid by $1.5 billion in the last two years alone. This includes overpayments of $700 million (or about $100 for each insurance policy) in 2014 on top of the $840 million ($120 per policy) in 2013. The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association concludes that Ontario’s auto insurance system – where drivers pay too much, insurers reap excessive profits and victims get shortchanged – is fundamentally broken.

“Given the distortion of the popular vote, Trudeau must ensure Canadians will have equal and effective votes in future elections.

Never again should we face a one-party, one-man government elected by a minority of voters. We urge you to work with all parties and enact voting rules for a true and modern representative democracy in time for the next election.”

The completed bronze soldier was placed back in the the Elmira cenotaph this week. The statue, completed by Elmira native Timothy Schmalz, is a replica of the original marble soldier which was unveiled in 1923. Twice vandalized and repaired, the marble statue had also suffered from exposure to the elements after almost nine decades of watching over the war memorial.

» Ontario Trial Lawyers Association

» Fair Vote Canada executive director Kelly Carmichael pushes for the electoral

» From the Oct. 23, 2010 edition of The Observer

reforms Justin Trudeau promised in his campaign to become prime minister

DYER: Rule of law is a key part

NATIONAL VIEW

of fostering real democracy

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bribery, a monopoly of the mass media, or just plain police-state terror, like Sudan, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. But more than half of the continent’s fifty countries are now more or less functional (though still quite corrupt) democracies.

The real value of democracy is that it requires the rule of law, which is the most important thing you need in order for economic growth to benefit people outside the political and business elite. People just won’t bother to invest and work hard if they know the proceeds are likely to be stolen.

The rule of law is never complete – even in the most developed countries, there is often one law for the rich and another for the poor – but the closer you get to the ideal the better your growth will be. People often miss this, thinking only in terms of human rights, and arguing that the economy, not democracy, must be the first priority for poor countries.

They are wrong. It is the rule of law that gradually shrinks corruption and gives people a reason to invest in their future, and you can’t have the rule of law without democracy.

Burkina Faso is heading in the right direction, and so is Africa.

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Left to their own devices, today’s crop of politicians will not make changes to benefit the public – oh, they’ll pay lip service to that, but that’s all.

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Clearly, reform is needed.

Politicians and bureaucrats won’t move away from their culture of entitlement without public pressure, the kind we’ll need to apply to Trudeau so that he sticks to his pledge.

Council out of touch with people in Breslau To the Editor, OUR FAMILY WAS INVOLVED when the Breslau park was bought by the residents 70 years ago.

We helped to raise money for the community centre.

Since learning of plans to build a Catholic school in the park, we have attended every local meeting and council meetings. We were soon aware that nothing was going to change the direction council was going to obtain the $1.7 million for the property.

On Sept. 29, after presentations (nine against the school, two for) to our surprise council voted 3-2

against a school. On Oct. 6, we found out that Breslau Memorial Park was on the agenda again that night. Twelve people for the school had registered to speak so we’re well aware it was on the agenda, although many of them had not been to any of the other meetings.

Council reversed its vote, though there is a site in Breslau two blocks from the park that is zoned for a school.

With more than 1,000 homes built in the last few years in Breslau, it is difficult to keep the feeling of community of which our park and community centre were the focal point.

The lack of communication between council and Breslau is nothing new.

BOB AND IVA MADER | BRESLAU

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SPORTS HOCKEY / JUNIOR B

NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA

Sugar Kings finding wins hard to come by in early season play

Life of the outdoors: things can be worse

Even with some good bounces, team ultimately winds up on the losing end of double OT vs Brampton WHITNEY NEILSON

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they have 13 healthy players right now. Rob Kohli, Klayton Hoelscher, Ethan Skinner, Ty Jackson, Mitch Montgomery, Ryan Maksymyk are all out injured.

They used four call ups from the Wellesley Applejacks last weekend.

“When you don’t have your full team it makes it difficult to do the things that we planned in practice so far. I think we’re working hard and we’ve been in every game and very close with every team we’ve played, including Kitchener. There’s no panic,”

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN every outdoors enthusiast feels a little sorry for themselves and maybe even a little embarrassed.

This typically happens to me during hunting season when I miss an easy shot on a bird in front of credible witnesses. It also happens in fishing season when I lose the best fish of the year at the side of the boat.

Today, however, I was reminded in no uncertain terms that things could always be worse.

This revelation took place after I went online and saw a photo that’s been making the rounds. The image shows a vulture with its head stuck up a pig’s ass. Yes, firmly lodged.

Before you start worrying about me, let me just clarify that I didn’t do an Internet search using any of those key words. No, this photo was right out there alongside the mainstream news for all to see.

By the way, the last time I saw anything remotely resembling this was when I worked at a real job and I watched one of my coworkers ask for a raise.

Now back to the situation at hand.

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Connor Hall celebrates after scoring at the last second of play to take the Elmira Sugar Kings into overtime on Sunday. They’d eventually fall 4-3 in double overtime to the Brampton Bombers.

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the net, unassisted, and after the Kings had pulled goalie Mike Black to add an attacker.

The game deciding goal for Brampton came from Goodman, assisted by Nick Kiriakos.

“We had at least 45 shots and we carried the pace of the game a lot of the time in their zone and I think again our defensive zone wasn’t stellar. When they got a chance to score they did. We played pretty well but with the number of injuries that we have right now it’s been making it difficult,” Flanagan said.

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We turned over a bunch of pucks that turned into goals and we lost numerous battles down in the corners and in around the net. That was really the difference and we thought we scored four goals and they got an empty netter so we were right there. We’d like some of the battles back that gave them an opportunity to get into a scoring position,” Flanagan said.

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Rangers at any time, but Flanagan says they’re happy to have him playing for them as long as they can.

It was a tight game all the way through, as they finished the first period locked 2-2. Elmira goals came from Ryan Walsh and Ethan Skinner. Ryley Cribbin, Ty Biles, and Zac Coulter picked up assists. Bombers goals were scored by Lucas Goodman and Mitch Shennette, assisted by Carmine Vietri, Ramon Lopez, and Yianni Liarakos.

“We felt that we played a pretty high intensity game.

Our issue we thought was in our defensive zone.

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CONNOR HALL STOLE THE show on Sunday night.

As the seconds wound down in the third period between the Elmira Sugar Kings and the Brampton Bombers it looked like Brampton was going to take the game. But at the last second of play Hall flicked the puck in to take the game into overtime.

The first period of overtime solved nothing, so they went into 3-on-3 play for the second overtime period. A missed shot bounced off Hall’s chest and went into the Bombers’ net, and the game seemed to be done.

Kings players poured onto the ice in celebration, but it was short-lived as the refs called back the goal.

Brampton would eventually score to take the game 4-3.

“Connor Hall put it in with his chest and he made a forward motion with his chest and you’re not allowed to do that. It’s essentially the same if you kicked it with your foot.

You can let pucks hit you and if they hit you and go in that’s fine. But if you make a motion to try to move the puck into the net then it’s disallowed. And he had done that for sure,” head coach Jeff Flanagan explained.

Hall was reassigned to the Kings after playing for the Kitchener Rangers in the OHL earlier this season.

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EDSS senior football squad finds plenty of positives in loss to Jacob Hespeler LIZ BEVAN MATCHED UP AGAINST A team that hasn’t lost in two years, Elmira District Secondary School (EDSS) seniors boys’ football team held their own, even with a loss.

The Lancers fell to league leaders Jacob Hespeler Secondary School (JHSS) 44-14 on Oct. 14 in Elmira, but EDSS head coach Steve Karn, says the game was still a really positive one for the boys.

“They are pretty tough,” said Karn about the JHSS

team. “We did cause them to fumble the ball several times, and you know, we scored 14 points, and I think that only one team has put up a field goal on them, and we were the first team to score two touchdowns (against them).”

Karn says the game was a chance for the Lancers to see where they stand against the undefeated Hawks.

“It is good to see where you are in terms of the best team in the league,” he said, mentioning that playing the Hawks is just a

matter of keeping errors to a minimum. “At the end of the day, you just keep going and hope, that if you meet them again, things will go in your favour. The boys did a lot of good stuff. (The Hawks) are the cream of the crop. All we can work on really is just better execution and things like that.

In order to beat a team like that, you can’t make any mistakes.”

This year’s Lancers are young and moldable, says Karn, giving him plenty to work with in practices and on the field up against other schools.

“The good thing about our team is that they are young,” he said. “If we had last year’s team, we would have given (the Hawks) a go. We had a great team last year, and we lost a lot of those guys, so a lot of (younger) guys had to step

The EDSS Lancers fell to the Jacob Hespeler Secondary School Hawks on Oct. 14 by a score of 44-14, but coach Steve Karn says it was a well fought game, and gives the team some techniques to learn during practices.

[LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] in and they have done very well. We are a young team, but moving in the right direction.”

The Lancers’ next game is at Cameron Heights Col-

legiate Institute tonight, and Karn says this game should be a little less stressful for the boys on the team.

“We should have no

problems with it, but you never know,” he said. “Anything is possible and you don’t want to be over confident, but it should be an easier game anyways.”

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HOCKEY TOURNEY Bradford Blue and Gold Tournament Alliston Oct. 16-18 Oct. 16 vs London Home: 1 Visitor: 3 Goals: Mitchell Brubacher Assists: Sam Siopiolosz Oct. 16 vs Kitchener Home: 5 Visitor: 2 Goals: Sebastian Garrett, Griffin Boerner, William McDougall, Sam Siopiolosz, Adam Pauls Assists:Shelby Rempel, Sam Siopiolosz, Mitchell Hartman, Griffin Boerner, Sam Goebel Oct. 17 vs Mimico Home: 4 Visitor: 2 Goals: Griffin Boerner, William McDougall, Tristan Kraemer, Shelby Rempel Assists: Sam Goebel, Tristan Kraemer, Sam Siopiolosz, Griffin Boerner, Lucas Radler Oct. 17 vs Waterloo Home: 1 Visitor: 3 Goals: William McDougall Assists: Mitchell Hartman

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Peewee: MINOR AE

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PeeWee: MAJOR AA Oct.16 vs London Home: 0 Visitor: 2 Oct. 16 vs Ottawa Valley S7 Home: 1 Visitor: 4 Goals: Spencer Young Assists: AJ Mitchell Oct. 16 vs Nepean Home: 0 Visitor: 5 Oct. 17 vs North York Home: 5 Visitor: 3 Goals: Spencer Young (2), Cameron Leonard

Assists: Kyler Austin (2), Owen Lee, Easton Gowing (2) Adam Keunen Memorial Classic Grimsby Oct. 16-18 PeeWee: Major AE Oct. 16 vs St. Thomas Home: 4 Visitor: 1 Goals:Danny Soehner, Kieren Oberholzer, Tyler Brubacher, Mac Benham Assists:Gavin Wilson, Connor Waters, Andrew Chumley, Keith Mikel, Danny

PeeWee: LL#2 Oct. 17 vs Hespeler Home: 5 Visitor: 1 Goals: Ryan Shantz (3), Matt Henry, Ashton Weber Assists: Dominic Roth, Michael Wang, Emmett Weisenboeck, Ashton Weber, Jon Staken, Thomas Hill-Ring, Patrick Perry

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Oct. 1 vs Milton Home: 4 Visitor: 2 Goals: Evan Gowing (2), Cole Altman, Nolan McLaughlin Assists: Riley Runstedler (2), Devin Williams, Cad Schaus, Isaiah Thornback, Brad Hale

Midget: MINOR A Oct. 3 vs Oakville Home: 4 Visitor: 3 Goals: Brad Hale, Cade Schaus (2), Chase Mooder Assists: Cole Altman, Nick Ravelle, Daniel Carr, Rily Runstedler (2), Isaiah Thornback, Nolan McLaughlin, Cade Schaus

Midget: MINOR A Oct. 17 vs Owen Sound Home: 3 Visitor: 2 Goals: Riley Runstedler (2)

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GALEA: Probably a good idea to keep awake and aware if you see vultures circling overhead FROM | 9

Depending how you view the world, the good or bad news was that the pig was dead.

It’s certainly good news for the pig. I mean how would you explain this to the other pigs or the veteri-

narian?

For the vulture, however, I’m not so sure which it is.

On one hand, vultures are not exactly turned off by the smell of rotting, dead, putrid things, and here this one is at ground zero. He’s living the dream.

On the other hand, it’s got to be embarrassing on a whole other level. For one thing, no one likes an overachiever.

I only mention this incident because a) I believe this image will haunt me for the rest of my days and

Goals abound as Jacks drop a pair over weekend Losses even out Wellesley’s record at 5-5 after first 10 games of the Midwestern Junior C Hockey League WHITNEY NEILSON FACING SOME STIFF COMPETITION, the Wellesley Applejacks went winless over last weekend, dropping a 7-3 decision to Ayr Oct. 15 before coming up short 6-4 against Paris on Saturday.

In Ayr on Oct. 15, the Jacks couldn’t come back from a three-goal deficit in the first, falling 7-3. The Centennials put five goals away before Wellesley’s Brenden Goran managed to get them on the scoreboard six minutes into the second. Assists came from Tyson Bender and Garrett Schultz.

Ayr goals were scored

by Felix Lantaigne, Ben Roelofson, Tyler Harrison, Mitch Klie, and Connor MacLean. They were helped

by Mackenzie Kemp (2), Harrison (2), Jake Whibbs (2), Quinn Diamond, Jackson White, Cash Seraphim, and Carver Ormiston.

“I think we played alright. I think we showed Ayr too much respect. They are a good team. They’ve got a lot of senior guys on their team. We fell behind and that was ultimately the game,” said head coach Brad Gerber.

The Jacks added a second goal shortly after with a power play marker by Nicholas Breault (Cal Jefferies, Sean McEwan). Ayr’s Lantaigne (Austin Kovrig) followed up with a shorthanded goal to finish the second frame 6-2 in Ayr’s favor.

“We played much better in the second and the third.

We actually played with them, so I think we proved to ourselves that we can play with them but we just have to play 60 minutes,” Gerber said.

With less than five minutes to go in the game Seraphim (Klie, Coleton Madge), and Jefferies (McEwan) found the back of the net for their respec-

tive teams, ending the game 7-3.

Both teams kept the referees busy with Wellesley racking up 41 minutes of penalties, and Ayr spending a whopping 59 minutes in the box.

“I think it was just one of those games where you fall behind a little early and then you get a little frustrated. Ayr is a physical team and that’s all part of hockey. It’s expected. It wasn’t a chippy game. It didn’t get out of hand by any means,” Gerber said.

Wellesley headed to Paris two nights later, where the Mounties were quick out the gate, scoring two goals in the first 10 minutes.

Goal scorers were Brodie Smith (Steven Goeree, Joshua Schafer), and Tyler Arsenault (Brady Wheelans, Garrett Kirby).

Veteran Applejack Cal Jefferies lessened the gap with a shorthanded goal late in the first period.

McEwan provided the assist.

“We were quite pleased with how the boys played that night. We played three good periods of hockey.

Obviously Paris is a good team as well. There are no easy games in this league.

They’re in first place right now and they’re in first place for a reason. They play a solid game both ends of the rink,” Gerber said.

Wellesley evened the score less than a minute into the second frame with a goal from Goran (Brady Gerber, Matthew Lantz).

Paris’ Keegan Alvestad took advantage of a power play opportunity to take the lead, helped by Mikael Ruffini and Austin Sine.

Jefferies scored his second of the night, also on a power play to tie it up once again. Assists came from Joe Heath and Spencer Brick.

“We battled all night long and except for a few little breaks here and there we

could have won that game just as easily, I thought. I think out of that game we saw a lot of positives and we started doing a lot of things we’ve been talking about,” Gerber said.

Paris finished the second with a goal from Smith (Wheelans) to go into the final frame 4-3.

They continued their lead in the third with two more pucks in the net from Sine (Wheelans, Smith) and Ruffini (Goeree).

Wellesley’s Jefferies earned himself a hat trick late in the third with a power play marker, assisted

by Breault, but it wasn’t enough to turn the game around, losing 6-4.

“If someone would have asked to be 5-5 in 10 games with eight of those being on the road, back in the beginning of September I would have definitely taken that. I think we are pleased to be five and five with so many games being played on the road. But at the same time we were four and one at one time,” Gerber said.

He said they started the season playing some of the weaker teams in the league, and the players may have got a bit complacent because of their 4-1 record.

The games versus Ayr and Paris were a wakeup call.

To get the wins rolling again, Gerber says they need to work on their specialty teams.

“I think if your power play’s clicking you’re going to win hockey games in this league. That’s how other teams seem to beat us some nights. They’re getting two, three power play goals. We need to do the same thing,” Gerber said.

The Jacks head south to take on the New Hamburg Firebirds on Friday at 7:30 p.m. They return to home ice on Saturday at 7 p.m. versus the Tavistock Braves.

b) every time I get into an embarrassing situation, I’ll draw on this memory to help me get through it.

As I previously mentioned, however, the main reason is that this is a stark reminder that there are more embarrassing things that could happen in the outdoors than missing a duck that is cupping over the decoys at point blank range – not that this has ever happened to me. In fact, this is even more embarrassing than falling asleep in your deer stand while your trail camera

records the biggest buck in the area meandering by.

I also think that it should give us all a whole new appreciation for the hard work that vultures and other carrion eaters do.

Every time a creature dies, these specialized birds step forward and do their best to return the dead back into the ecosystem in the most natural way possible – this incident notwithstanding.

It can’t be easy to be entrusted with the role of Mother Nature’s caretakers.

And, frankly, it makes you

wonder how many muffled vulture cries for help go unheeded every day.

All this is to say next time I see a group of vultures gathered around a road kill I will look at them with a whole new level of respect. These hard working creatures do the dirty work that’s required to keep our outdoors world a better place.

At the same time, because of this, I’ll never fall asleep in my deer stand again – especially when vultures are soaring overhead.

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HOCKEY TOURNEY Best of the Best Thanksgiving Tournament Georgetown, Ontario Oct. 9-12

Midget: MINOR A Oct. 10 vs Credit Valley Home: 5 Visitor: 1 Goals: Cade Schaus, Cole Altman (2), Evan Gowing, Riley Runstedler Assists: Nick Ravelle, Evan Gowing, Isaiah Thornback (2), Nolan McLaughlin, Daniel Carr Oct. 11 vs Applewood Home: 4 Visitor: 5 Goals: Riley Runstedler, Isaiah Thornback, Devin Williams, Evan Gowing Assists: Isaiah Thornback,

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Bantam: MINOR A Oct. 18 vs Ancaster Home: 9 Visitor: 0 Goals:Jesse Martin (2), Brett Allen (2), Jarrett Lavigne (2), Keaton McLaughlin, Matt Fleischmann, Ben Witmer

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Bantam: MINOR A Oct. 16 vs Owen Sound Home: 3 Visitor: 5 Goals: Jarrett Lavigne (2), Brett Allen Assists: Trevor Ferretti, Matt Fleischmann, Ben Witmer, Keaton McLaughlin, Payton McIsaac

Bantam: LL#1 Oct. 18 vs Hespeler LL#2 Home: 4 Visitor: 1 Goals: Adam Schill, Turner Willoughby, Sullivan Keen, Nick Lunz Assists: Nathan Taylor (2), Cole Bauman, Sullivan Keen, Adam Anstett, Turner Willoughby, Noah Bauman

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PeeWee: B Oct. 15 vs Waterloo Home: 2 Visitor: 1 Goals: Sydney Dettweiler, Delaney Keen

PeeWee: B Oct. 17 vs Mississauga Home: 9 Visitor: 0 Goals: Delaney Keen (3), Delaney Jacklin, Maddy Goss, Julia Doerbecker (2), Ella Campbell, Sydney Dettweiler Assists: Sydney Dettweiler, Jocelyn Pickard, Charlise Roth (2), Payton Ravelle, Ella Campbell, Julia Doerbecker, Delaney Keen, Maddy Goss (2) Shutout: Mackenzie Koenig

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Flanagan said.

Sunday’s game was a hard loss for the Kings who are on a five-game losing streak. They lost in Stratford 6-4 on Oct. 18 and haven’t added to their win column since their 8-1 win over Listowel on Oct. 4. Things got no better Tuesday night, as Elmira dropped a 4-1 decision to the Kitchener Dutchmen.

Elmira ranks sixth in the Midwestern Conference with a 4-6-1 record, something they’d like to improve on this weekend.

“We’re hoping to be able to put in a good effort that we have in the last few games and then be able to make sure that we get in a position that we can play good defense and hopefully we can sneak some goals in and get a win,” Flanagan said.

They play two home games this weekend, the first on Saturday versus the Stratford Cullitons, and the second on Sunday against the Guelph Hurricanes. The puck drops at 7 p.m. for both games.

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Junior Achievement recognizes local trailblazers Manfred Conrad, Walter Hachborn among those headed for Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame LIZ BEVAN JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WATERLOO Region (JAWR) is honouring the local entrepreneurs that blazed a trail for those who came after them.

After a three-year hiatus, the organization formed to aid business-minded youth, along with Communitech, a group that supports budding technology business, has brought back the Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.

There are a few famous faces being honoured.

Herrle’s Country Farm Market, a staple along Erb’s Road in Wilmot Township, began as a corn stand in Howard and Elsie Herrle’s garage. More than 50 years later, the couple, along with their extended family, run the market all summer long and into the fall. After many years and plenty of expansions, they are being inducted into the hall of fame, and Elsie couldn’t believe it. “(We are) honoured, obviously, but mostly surprised,” she told the Observer, adding that recognition for the family’s business acumen was never at the front of her mind.

“When you work at something for over 50 years, it is sort of a day-at-a-time. One thing leads to another and it evolves. I started doing

this as a bride and I am still doing it as a grandmother.”

Manfred Conrad, a Wellesley resident and successful real estate developer who founded The Cora Group, is also an inductee, and will be honoured at the JAWR Hall of Fame event on Nov. 5 at Bingemans Conference Centre in Kitchener. He says he doesn’t know why they picked him for a place in the hall of fame, but credits his persistence and support system for his success.

“I had a great family behind me,” he said. “My wife supported me 100 per cent. She was my sounding board every time I made a deal or some business venture. We worked as a team.”

Conrad has a bit of advice for any young people who want to start their own business from the ground up: don’t do it for the money.

“The main thing is that you got to follow your dreams if you have something in mind that you want to pursue,” he shared.

“Don’t just go into a business because you think there is a lot of money to be made. Just go into it because you really feel your heart is in it.”

Herrle has a bit of a different take on her family’s success, crediting being in the right place at the right time. She says she had no

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THOSE WHO OPPOSE AGRICULTURAL subsidies have long held New Zealand out as the ultimate success story. According to their line of reasoning, if the Kiwis can farm without subsidies, so can we.

In fact, before and during the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, New Zealand’s status with its admirers was so elevated that to some, it was getting a little out of hand ... almost to the point where the Kiwis were being regarded with contempt.

Who knows what will happen with the agreement now that we have a new federal government?

But whatever the way forward, I suggest we look at New Zealand differently. I say we regard it as a teacher and maybe even an ally, and not as a conniving thief stealing our heritage and our way of life.

Here’s why.

1. It’s not their fault.

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of theirs.

2.New Zealand is not a disproportionate threat.

Indeed, the Kiwis are formidable producers of some products we hold dear, including milk and wine. And, like many others, they would like some access to our domestic market. But looking in the mirror, they don’t see themselves as even David, let alone Goliath.

For example, although 95 per cent of their dairy is exported, it represents just three per cent of the world market. So even if they grew appreciably, they’re hardly making a dent.

3. Born in the USA. One reason New Zealand pushed for us to open our domestic dairy market was to court the USA, which needed some allies to break down our borders and chip away at our supply management system.

Realistically, the Kiwis know there’s minimal interest in Canada in their dried milk powder, which has traditionally been a big

export item for them. And while they’re focused on increasing the proportion of lucrative liquid milk versus powder that they export, their sights are firmly set on China, not us.

4. They understand a nation’s need to preserve its culture. Everywhere you look in New Zealand, there’s a nod to the Maori people. Many of the farms, stores, cafes, shops and streets have Maori names.

If we were as good as they are at connecting heritage with agriculture, and selling it globally, maybe we’d have more credibility abroad with those who think our supply-managed farmers are only in it for the money.

5. We share similar challenges and opportunities. Like Canadians, New Zealanders are struggling mightily with lifestyle-related diseases, such as obesity. They can’t get their citizens to eat enough fruit and vegetables, even though they know they should. They’re trying hard to maintain the biosecu-

rity of their nation, while acknowledging they must increasingly open their borders to trade, imports and demographic changes that may put the sanctity of their food system at risk. And they’re trying to figure out how to deal with climate change, especially ozone layer depletion.

Sound familiar?

New Zealand farmers have addressed some of their challenges with research. A gleaming example of their research advancements is in livestock productivity. Their national sheep herd is about half of what it used to be, yet it yields a similar amount of meat. Through research, farmers have found more efficient ways to raise animals. The general feeling is they have to rely on research and their own git’er done attitude, because no one else has their backs.

It’s a new era, a time to work together, and a time to move on. We can learn from each other, and should.

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given the honour of a place in the Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame, recognizing the years of work he put into building what is now a national chain of home improvement retailers. He turned 94 years old in July, with health issues seeing him keep a lower profile these days. However, Jessica Kuepfer at Home Hardware headquarters in St. Jacobs says the company is pleased to see Hachborn honoured by the group.

“Home Hardware is extremely honoured to have our founder recognized for his business acumen by the local community that he dedicated his career to support,” she said, adding that Hachborn always treated his customers like family, a large factor in his success.

“Walter always said that we were not just a home improvement retailer, we were in the people business. To start an independent business requires ambition, drive and knowledge to be successful but it is important to always remember the people that you are serving.”

Junior Achievement is always happy to have their mentors and role models recognized for their hard work and dedication. Karen Gallant is president of the Waterloo Region group and says the inductees are there to inspire.

“Waterloo Region is fortunate to have experienced business leaders who are willing to coach and mentor the next generation. This is very important for our Achievers; they are

inspired by the successes they hear about locally,” she said. “It demonstrates to them that entrepreneurship is a viable career option, that they can achieve their dreams in that area, and that they have a support system around them to help them be successful.”

Other inductees into the Waterloo Entrepreneurs Halls of Fame include the Bingeman family who started Bingemans Grand Experiences, Michael Litt of Vidyard Marketing Agency and Stephanie Soulis, a JA alumni who started Little Mushroom Catering.

The induction ceremony takes place on Nov. 5 at Bingemans. For information on tickets or the other inductees, visit www.jawaterlooregion.com/events.

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RURAL CONNECTIONS INNOVATIONS / AT THE GENETIC LEVEL

Research looks at ways to avoid odours in cooked pork

New bins aim to extend shelf life of fruits and veggies

Developing methods to allow for detection of the two compounds known to be the cause A NEW TOOL BEING developed at Carleton University will be able to quickly and easily identify the presence of two compounds in pork that can give the meat an unpleasant odour when it’s cooked.

In the pig business, this smell is called “boar taint,” and stems from two compounds, skatole and androstenone, found in uncastrated or intact male pigs.

Currently, to avoid the potential of boar taint, most farmers castrate male piglets at a very young age.

It’s labour intensive for farmers and stressful for the animals, so the industry has long been searching for options to keep bacon and other pork products tasting great.

Dr. Maria DeRosa, in the university’s chemistry department, is developing a tool similar to a pregnancy test used in women that allows for detection of the two compounds either in live animals or in a carcass at processing.

“We need to know what the levels of the compounds in pigs are that will cause boar taint. The current way of having people sniff for boar taint is both subjective and expensive,” she explains. “So is there a way to measure these compounds cheaply and easily?

Can we detect them in fat, for example?”

One current alternative to conventional castra-

Carleton University Prof. Maria DeRosa is using DNA information to help prevent the formation of odour-causing compounds. tion is immunocastration, which means vaccinating the animals to try to keep the two compounds from developing as the pigs hit puberty.

And a team of Canadian researchers is working on identifying the appropriate genetic markers in hopes of breeding pigs where boar taint won’t be an issue.

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They’re the “keys” to identifying which DNA sequences will bind to target molecules.

She and her research team are identifying the aptamers that will bind to skatole and androstenone, and are working to have them packaged into a small test kit that can provide results very quickly and without needing to send

samples to a lab for testing.

“Our pregnancy teststyle kit changes colour if either of these compounds is present in the meat. For example, we can biopsy a small bit of fat from a live animal, and if skatole is found, the aptamer will “grab” it and the test will indicate its presence,” she says.

This could help farmers with breeding, allowing them to select animals that naturally have low enough

levels of these compounds so they won’t result in boar taint when pork is cooked.

It could also help identify animals at processing whose meat may develop the smell.

DeRosa’s work has received support from Growing Forward 2, a federalprovincial-territorial initiative, through the AgriInnovation Program, and from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

NEW STORAGE BINS ARE currently being tested that could extend the shelf life of fresh Ontario produce.

It can be a real challenge for farmers to match their supply of fresh fruits and vegetables with consumer demand – especially at the height of the harvest when there is often an excess of fresh produce on the market, which can lower prices to growers.

The new bins, designed for use in cold storage facilities, may help solve that problem by extending the shelf life of perishable crops to give farmers more flexibility with their marketing decisions.

“Reducing oxygen levels slows down the ripening process of fruits and vegetables, and our module is an airtight container that can store fresh produce in a low oxygen environment,” explains Vincent Nicoletis, general manager of Janny MTCA, the Canadian subsidiary of the product’s French manufacturer, Janny MT. The storage bin lids contain semi-permeable membranes that release carbon dioxide from the bin while maintaining a small concentration of oxygen inside, and can achieve concentration levels of BINS | 19

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three per cent for both oxygen and carbon dioxide.

The normal concentration in the atmosphere or in a cold storage room is approximately 20.9 per cent for oxygen and 0.1 per cent for carbon dioxide.

Dr. Jennifer DeEll, fresh market quality program lead with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, is leading a two-year project to test the effectiveness of the modified atmosphere storage bin on Ontario crops.

In 2014, her team worked with asparagus, cherries, plums, apples, and pears, and this year trials are being conducted on blueberries at Blueberry Hill Estates near St. Williams, Ont. “Overall, we’re finding that the bins do extend the storage life. Blueberries also generally respond well to modified atmosphere storage, so we’re hoping to find the same thing this year with the blueberries as well,” she explains.

For this year’s trial, four of the new bins were filled with blueberries and placed into cold storage.

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This bin is then opened and the fruit is removed and weighed before it is taken to a lab to be analyzed for acidity, colour, sugar, juice, firmness and overall quality.

The technology lends itself particularly well to smaller operations with onfarm markets or who sell to farmers’ markets.

For example, Nicoletis says the storage bin will give apple and pear growers more time to sell their crops on the higher value fresh market instead of having to look for wholesale or processing markets.

Growers of crops with a short shelf life, like asparagus, blueberries and

cherries, can hold back part of their production to sell at a later date when the price might be higher, but without affecting product quality.

“The main benefit for consumers is fresh, local produce available for longer,” he adds.

The Janny MT module evaluation project has received funding from Ontario Agri-Food Technologies’ (OAFT) Rapid Response to Research Needs program.

OAFT is supported by Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.

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THE ARTS RECORDING / PUTTING IT ON CD

The music’s something to howl about Elmira’s Dan Bossenberry getting good feedback from the first album release by the Dan Howler Band WHITNEY NEILSON THE DAN HOWLER BAND’S first album must have struck a chord with local music supporters as their inaugural CD release at The Boathouse in Kitchener last month had to be extended for an additional night to meet the demand.

Elmira’s Dan Bossenberry fronts the band on vocals and guitar, using the alias Dan Howler, along with brothers Ian McLennan (bass, backing vocals, guitar, mandolin) and Duncan McLennan (drums, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion).

“We got a huge response that I don’t think we were all really expecting. But we were really thrilled with the support we were given.

I don’t think we could have picked a better place.

The staff was incredible, the Boathouse has really stepped it up and we really saw that when we were there. It was a two-night show. It was a really great time. We were really happy with that,” Howler said.

Their first full-length studio album, Mayfair Hotel, was recorded at the Sound Distillery in Kitchener and mastered by Will Muir. They were able to afford it through a Waterloo Arts Fund grant, which they received in April of 2014. They’ve been working on it ever since.

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what we do with music.

We’d go in after work and work until as late as we possibly could, so I think that’s what took it a long time. But it was a great experience because it kind of gave us time to reflect on the music every time we’d leave the studio. It was a cool experience being able to work on it for that long of a time. I feel like we definitely picked it apart a lot more than we would have if we tried to rush it.”

While at EDSS, Howler took a position at Maxwell’s Music House in Waterloo as part of the high school’s coop program. He met Duncan there, who was working as a sound technician and bartender. Duncan’s also a classically trained drummer. They started playing together, and eventually became a wedding band two years ago. From there they decided to write original music and put together the album.

As for what genre to put it in, he says it’s being described as a “smorgasbord of sounds.”

The variety of music on the album is reflective of the different musicians that played on the album.

“There’s a guy named Ryan Cassidy that’s a top jazz player in KitchenerWaterloo. He played sax as well as the horn parts for the album. We also got to work with one of the top blues bands, Daddy Long

Dan Bossenberry, aka Dan Howler, is joined by brothers Ian and Duncan McLennan in the Dan Howler Band.

Legs, a guy named Mike Elliott, he played on a couple songs for us.”

Howler says he leans toward folk in his songwriting, but a variety of influences, such as pop, folk, country, jazz, and R&B, pushed the album to where it is.

As someone who’s been playing music since he was a child, Howler never saw it as more than a hobby. He decided it was time to go for it.

“I felt that it was just time to get the songs out.

There are songs that I wrote in high school all the way to now, so it’s just

been sitting on my back for a long time and it was time to get rid of them and put them out in the world and stop being so judgmental of my own music,” Howler said.

The nickname Howler came during his time at London’s Fanshawe College. People in his class kept calling him the Howler when he’d perform and it grew from there to the band name and an alias. He says Dan is who he is but Howler is the performer.

“Before the Dan Howler Band started we were playing a lot of bar shows. We

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were going under the name Wolf Party and it was kind of just as a gimmick where people would come out and howl. We had wolf masks.

So we tried to incorporate that into the new album, tie it into the howler image.

When you come out to one of the shows you can see it.

It’s definitely a party and we try to keep it like a wolf pack,” Howler explained.

For the Elmira folks, they might see the Dan Howler Band perform in their hometown next year. He’s hoping to get some people together for the ElmiraMaple Syrup Festival for a show called Sap Fest. They

did it two years ago and he says it was a success.

“Growing up in Elmira and playing music, it seems like ‘how do I get into the music scene in the city and how do I get in the industry?’ I feel like I was really lucky meeting a guy like Will Muir, who runs The Sound Distillery. It’s people like him who are really pushing and helping young artists get off their feet and start. There are people out there who can help you.”

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HILLTOP FABRICS ANNUAL Fall Sale. Oct. 26 - 31st. 10% off storewide. Refreshments provided. 4785 Perth Line 67, Milverton. 519-595-4344.

MCCLARY DUCHESS WOODSTOVE, warming cabinet, water tank, good shape $375.00. Old Timer Stove Co. airtight, Model OTX, good condition $400.00.

Call 519-725-0123.

SNOW TIRE MOUNTED on 17” rim for GM Pickup, $150. Tool box - fit any pickup box $65.

Call 519-699-5701.

SOFTNER SALT - 20kg bags, minimum 25 bags, skid lots of 56. Delivered in St. Jacobs, St. Clements, Elmira & Linwood areas. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

TURNTABLE AND VINYL records; old hand tools saws etc. Small work bench, small hand power sander; patio table with umbrella; two living room chairs; solid maple coffee and two end tables. Call 519-699-4831.

SALE CONSISTS OF: Furniture Pcs; T. V. Stands; Fridge; Dishwasher; Keyboards, Skid Lots of Misc, Household Items; Bikes; 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.

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:

Elmira Charity Quilt Auction & Country Market At Elmira Produce Auction Cooperation (EPAC) 7400 Reid Woods Drive, Elmira QUILTS • SOLID WOOD FURNITURE • FOOD • GIANT BAKE TABLE • LIVE & SILENT AUCTION

Family Night – Friday, October 30th 5:30-9pm Everyone Welcome!

BBQ Beef Brisket Dinner served from 5:30pm-7pm or until sold out Preview the quilts and new furniture to be auctioned on Saturday Friday Night Auction: Kids Wagon, Children’s table w/ 4 – chairs, 3 Station bike rack, Toy tractors & Equipment, Etc., Used toy barn & much more

Auction Day - Saturday, October 31st Opens at: 8:00 am – with Country Market and Silent Auction 9:00 am - Live General Auction 11:00 am Auction of Handcrafted Wood Furniture 12:00 Noon – Quilt Auction

Auction Sale Listing QUILTS: This Year’s Collection Features Beautiful Quilt Patterns including: Trip around the World, Broken Star, Scrappy Log Cabin, Shadow Star, Disappearing Nine Patch, Blooming Nine Patch, Color Bridge, Giant Dahlia, All Around Stars, Star Lit Pathway, Variable Star, Twinkling Diamond, Blue Irish Chain, Sedona, Heartstrings, Winnies Star, Kismet, Harvest, Star Spin, Sailboats. Plus: Many More Quilts, Wall Hangings, Afghans and Hooked Rugs not listed.

NEW FARM EQUIPMENT: 42’ Slant bar head rail ( no locking), 5’ Pulsar ( M-K ) Rotary Cutter ( Green ), 4 – 305 X 22.5 used Truck Tires on 8 bolt rims , 8 - 11L X 15 8 ply on 6 bolt rims, 6 - 12 Ply 14L X 16.1 on 8 bolt rims, Assortment of Plywood & Lumber, Assortment of Trees & shrubs NEW FURNITURE: 1 – Pair 5” X 5” X 9’ Vinyl Colonial porch posts, 4-Folding Chairs, 2 – Cherry Coffee tables, 2 - Cedar Chests, 2 - dryer racks, Solid Oak Extension table ( seats 22 ), Double pedestal table in dark finish, Replica of West Montrose Covered Bridge SILENT AUCTION: Extensive Selection of Gift Certificates, Corn seed, Grass seed, Feed, Sugar Kings Tickets, Mulch, Lube & service, alignments for vehicles, Gift cards & baskets, & many more: New: Work Boots, Dairy Boots, Toy Tractors & Equipment, Dog Feed, Roaster, Cordless Drill, Booster Cables, Anti-Freeze, SAE Combination Wrench Set, Crokinole Board, Stihl BG55 Leaf Blower, 42 - 4’ X 5’ Round Bales Oat Straw

Partial List Only. Many more items arriving at publishing time.

GRAY’S AUCTION SERVICE INC., HARRISTON

TERMS:

BARRY | (519) 338-3722 | LICENSED & BONDED

AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF 100 acre farm, machinery, butcher equipment, feed, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 966484 Oxford Waterloo Rd. Blandford Blenhein Twp. (approx. 4 miles south of New Hamburg. South on Walter Rd, then east), for Owen and Carol Cook, on Saturday, October 24th at 9:00 a.m.

WED. OCT 28 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; household effects; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd, 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

INTERAC, VISA, MASTERCARD Not responsible for accidents or loss.

AUCTIONS

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EMPLOYEE NEEDED: Need a person with driving experience to drive truck, assemble furniture and deliver furniture to customers. Only valid G licence is needed.

Apply with resume at Millbank Family Furniture Ltd. 4082 Waterloo St., Millbank, ON Phone: 519-595-7105 • 519-595-7107 www.millbankfamilyfurniture.ca

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FRI. OCT 30 at 5:00 PM - Farm Toy auction of approx 350 toys including; Cockshutt collection; JD collection; precision; farm show collectors; and other collectables to be held at the St. Jacobs Community Centre in St. Jacobs for 2 local collectors. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com SAT. OCT 31 at 9:00 AM Annual Charity auction of quilts; donated new furniture; household goods; farm miscellaneous; and other items to be held at 7400 Reid Woods drive in Elmira approx 3 kms north of Elmira for the Elmira and District Association for Community Living. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

CHARITY AUCTION OF quilts, household items and miscellaneous items (donated articles), to be held 7400 Reid Woods Dr. (north of Elmira), for The Elmira & District Association for Community Living, on Saturday, October 31st, at 8:30 a.m.

Gerber Auctions Ltd, 519699-4451.

AUCTION SALE OF household effects, antiques, oil memorabilia, Royal Doultons, Goebels & miscellaneous items, to be held at K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. for Don & Ruth Leiskau, New Hamburg and additions on Thursday, November 5th at 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Country property, car, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1366 Wilby Rd. Wilmot Twp. 2 miles northeast of St. Agatha (between Notre Dame & Wilmot Line), for the Robert Moser Estate on Saturday, November 7th at 11 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

AUCTION SALE OF antiques, household goods, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at 540 Katherine St. South, Woolwich Twp. (corner of Katherine & Sawmill Rd - 1 mile ease of Conestogo), for Doris Ritter, on Saturday, November 14, at 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd, 519-699-4451.

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED MILL OPERATOR

PFI farms require a self-motivated individual for a full-time position making livestock feed. This position includes mixing and pelleting of feed with accurate record keeping. Some experience would be an asset but we are willing to train. Must be flexible for shiftwork, with some overtime and weekends if required.

Competitive wages and benefits are provided.

Forward resumé to: Attention: Godfrey Steinke PFI Farms 1580 Listowel Road Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z3 Email: godfreys@pfi-farms.com Fax: 519-669-4363

Full-time

Pallet Repair person required.

Includes benefits.

Call Cheryl at 519-741-6274 or email: info@willowbraepallets.com

Willow Brae Pallets

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PUBLIC NOTICE

“PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAST; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.”

Community Information Page Annual Grants Now Accepting Applications

The Township of Woolwich Annual Grant process is now open.

Non-profit organizations may apply for an annual operating grant to be used for the delivery of programs and services.

Applications must be received no later than Friday, November 6, 2015. Additional details regarding the Township’s annual grants and special assistance programs may be found on the Township’s website: http://www.woolwich.ca/en/townshipservices/Grants.asp Completed applications and questions may be directed to Kiera Schlueter at kschlueter@woolwich.ca or 519-6691647 ex. 6115.

Public Notice Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee Meeting

The Township has received an application under Section 81(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 for the Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee to review the supplementary financial statements submitted by Mayor Sandy Shantz.

The public meeting will be held on Monday, October 26th at 9:30 a.m. in Council Chambers at 24 Church St. W., Elmira. A copy of the agenda can be viewed on the Township’s website.

If you would like to register as a delegation or provide written comments, email Amanda Fusco at afusco@woolwich.ca no later than Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 at 4 p.m.

If you have any questions about the process please contact Val Hummel, Director of Council and Information Services/

Clerk at 519-669-6005 or 877-969-0094 or via email at vhummel@woolwich.ca.

TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH LEAF DISPOSAL

P.O. Box 158

24 Church St. W. Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

Phone:

519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820

After Hours Emergency:

519-575-4504 www.woolwich.ca

CURBSIDE LEAF COLLECTION PROGRAM Bagged Leaf Collection • Bag leaves using only paper yard waste bags or returnable containers marked with a Region of Waterloo Yard Waste sticker.

• Place out with yard waste materials on yard waste collection days separately from your garbage containers.

• For more information call the Region of Waterloo at 519-

Please do not rake your leaves onto the road.

883-5100.

This practice has been prohibited by bylaw in the Tip: Mulching your leaves with a lawn mower or other Township of Woolwich since 1994. There is a fine mulching device prior to bagging can reduce leaf of $125 for depositing any debris or refuse, which volumes. (10 bags of loose leaves = 1 bag includes leaves, on Township Roads. of mulched leaves) These piles of leaves are a safety hazard as they encourage children to play on the road. They can also result in flooding issues when the leaves block storm drains.

LEAF DISPOSAL ALTERNATIVES NATURAL CHOICES Mulching and composting are the most economical and environmentally beneficial ways to deal with your leaves.

• Instead of disposing of your leaves, save them, mulch them with your lawnmower and gradually add them to your home composter. They will break down into a useful organic material that can be added to flower and vegetable gardens.

• Rather than raking your leaves, why not mulch them on your lawn or into your garden? When the leaves are dry, mow your lawn more frequently. The mulched leaves will soon disappear into your lawn or garden as fertilizer.

If you have too many leaves for your composter to handle, you may bring your leaves to either the Regional Landfill Site or Elmira Transfer Station (see location information below).

Regional Landfill Site Gate 2, 925 Erb Street West, Waterloo Monday to Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Elmira Transfer Station End of Howard Avenue, Elmira Alternate Saturday’s 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/aboutTheEnvironment/ Landfill_Operations.asp

NEW – TOLL FREE NUMBER!

You can now reach the Township of Woolwich TOLL FREE at

1-877-969-0094

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CLASSIFIED ADS CONTINUED | AUCTIONS | PUBLIC NOTICES AUCTIONS

HELP WANTED

AUCTION SALE OF 5 acre country property, riding lawn mower, antiques, collectibles, household goods & miscellaneous items, to be held at 5342 Ament Line, at the west end of Linwood, for Mark Moore, on Wednesday, November 18th at 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045.

KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

TRADES & SERVICES CUSTOM APPLE JUICE pressing. Also, juice sales.

Place order early for best availability. Cedar Ridge Pressing, Wesley Martin, 3175 Northfield Dr., Elmira.

519-669-3541.

HELP WANTED

EXPERIENCED Framers Needed

HELP WANTED

Pro-Mar Construction is looking to hire experienced framers in residential framing to join our crews. Full time. Mon-Fri. Good pay for experienced workers. Benefits.

Most work is in Guelph or Tri-cities.

Reliable transportation required.

One of Waterloo Region’s leading renovation contractors is seeking skilled labourers with experience in general construction and framing.

Submit resumes to Way-Mar Inc by email to admin@waymar.ca or call 519-699-4236

Please email resume to promar04@gmail.com or call Wayne at 519-240-1363 TRADES & SERVICES

RENTALS

TRADES & SERVICES

GARDEN SERVICES TILLING and plowing available for residential gardens. Call (cell) 519-503-5641 or 519669-2043 for details.

NEED YOUR LEAVES and Fall Clean Up Done? For a free quote call John’s Quality Home Services 519-669-4955.

HELP WANTED

TRAVELLING SOUTH THIS Winter? Do you need someone reliable, insured and bondable to watch over your home for insurance purposes? Call John’s Quality Home Services 519669-4955.

FULL TIME NIGHT LOADER We are looking for a Night Loader to work full time with us on the night shift. This position loads our feed trucks while maintaining a focus on safety, quality and accuracy. When workload allows, this position also assists with other duties in and around the mills. Applicants must be able to safely handle large trucks, be physically capable of repeated lifting and climbing and be able to work with computers. Attention to detail, good record keeping and strong math skills are important.

HELP WANTED

WANTED TO RENT: Senior looking to rent single room or studio apartment, Elmira area. Call Jim, 519-669-5981, leave message.

GARAGE SALES MULTI FAMILY GARAGE Sale Sat. Oct. 24th, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

83 Jane St. St.Clements.

LOOKING FOR A CHANGE OF PACE? YOUR NEW JOB IS IN THE OBSERVER

To apply, drop your resume off at our office, send via mail to P.O. Box 22, 7307 Hwy 86, Wallenstein, ON N0B 2S0 or via email to recruiting@wfs.ca no later than October 30, 2015.

WANTED

Repair pallets on your farm.

For more information call Rob at 519-664-3688 or 519-575-5128.

No agencies please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

AUCTIONS

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

RESULTS THAT MOVE YOU

Saturday, October 24 | 1-3pm HOME GREAT PRICE OPENFAMILY HOUSE 8 Walker Street, Elmira

Elmira - This 4 bedroom home is perfect for a growing family as well as a retired couple due to the convenience of the main floor master bedroom with ensuite and walk in closet. Enjoy a morning coffee in the East facing sun room, and family time in the large living room. Walking distance to downtown and Rec Centre. Much larger than it looks! MLS 30500120.

$225,000

Donating back to the community we call home.

$464,000

BRAND NEW!

Elmira - Character and charm are evident throughout this Century home! This spacious 2 storey is elegantly decorated throughout with large principal rooms Including a study on the main floor. Beautifully landscaped with a detached double garage. Located in the friendly town of Elmira 10 minutes from Waterloo and close to downtown and the Elmira rec center. MLS 30500671.

STUNNING LOG HOME Drayton - This beautiful bungalow with loft is currently being built, located in the town of Drayton just a scenic drive from KW, quality at every turn, 1800 sq ft with hardwood and ceramic, 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. large master bedroom ensuite and walkin closet. MLS 1537660.

$422,500

Alli Bauman Paul Martin Sue Wideman SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT

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519-577-6248 519-503-9533 226-750-9332

BREATHTAKING SUNSETS

$309,900

BEAUTIFUL CENTURY HOME

Conestogo Lake - Enjoy the beautiful views overlooking the lake right from the back deck.

Tastefully updated, this open concept cottage provides sleeping for up to 10. Concrete boat launch with electric winch, dock, tiered deck and garage.

Located only 40 minutes from KW, or Guelph, this makes the perfect weekend getaway.

MLS 1534798.

$624,900

Near Hawkesville - Stunning custom built log home on a mature 2 acre lot just 10 minutes from Waterloo. Character is evident everywhere, from the exposed logs to the open banister over the front door.

With 4 +1 bedrooms, there is tons of room for your growing family. This could be your forever home! MLS 30501159.

SPACIOUS CONDO WITH WALKOUT

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated

3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426

$334,900

Waterloo - Immaculate end unit bungalow condo has everything you need on one level. Two bedrooms with a private ensuite plus a spacious open concept kitchen, dining room living room combo that backs onto a nice deck and green space as well as a double car garage. MLS 1531346.

Call today Thinking About Selling? and book a FREE HOME EVALUATION

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS LET OUR 50+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU!

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R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. | 519-669-2772 45 Arthur St. S., Elmira | www.thurrealestate.com

JULIE

TRACEY

LUKE

WILLIAMS Broker of Record, HECKENDORN SHANTZ Broker Sales Rep. MVA Residential Sales Rep. Res: 519.669.1068 Res: 519.669.8629 Cell: 519.505.0627 Cell: 519.584.4400

NEW LISTING IN GOLDSTONE

$889,950 Quality purpose built two unit home By “Dimark Homes” in 1998 ideal for extended families offering 2 separate and spacious living areas with 1976 sq ft main house and 1334 sq ft 2 bedroom above grade apartment. Located on a nicely landscaped treed private 3.22 acres offering a large screened gazebo and a detached workshop. Very convenient location between West Montrose and Elora. MLS 152932.

BRAD MARTIN

A GREAT COUNTRY PROPERTY, north of Elmira and backing to farmland. Private lot is 100’ x 179’ and well treed. Lge. country kitchen w/walkout to deck. Lots of bsmt w/large windows! – rec. room, games room & office. Garage & lots of parking! NEW MLS

$379,000 GEDDES ST., HAWKESVILLE

VOISIN CR.

Matthew LaFontaine

Broker

(519) 837-0900

matthew@planetrealty.ca

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Bert Be Martin Re/max Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., R BROKER

Brokerage

Independently Owned and Operated

“CHARACTER” GALORE in this quaint home backing to Mill Race in Hawkesville. 3+ bdrms. Formal LR/DR and eat-in kitchen. Main flr. family room w/walkout to a deck. Office in lower level w/separate entry. Zoning will allow for some commercial uses. MLS.

ST CLEMENTS – Outstanding 3 bdrm. bungalow, only 3 yrs. old. Open concept from lovely kit. to great room, dinette & dining rm. Vaulted ceilings, lots of windows. Spacious ensuite. Huge rec. rm. & 3pc. in bsmt. PLUS 1 bdrm. in-law suite w/separate entrance. Huge lot – 401’ deep (partially fenced). Quiet court location. Detached shed 20’x20’ w/bsmt, gas, hydro & water. MLS.

LINE 86, ELMIRA

HIGH ST., DRAYTON

COUNTRY LIVING – 1.89 acres, close to Elmira, K-W & Guelph. Scenic back yard with a trout stream & concr bridge. Lovely ‘Chervin’ kitchen w/built-ins, quartz and fireplace. Newer windows. Hdwd. in LR/DR. Huge deck w/hot tub. Fin. bsmt. w/2 bdrms. rec. rm. games rm. kitchenette & 2 walkouts (Great income potential!). 27’x16’ shed. A MUST SEE! MLS.

DRAYTON – Custom built one owner bungalow w/walkout bsmt. 98’wide lot. 3 bdrms.

Main flr. laundry & family roo. Fin. bsmt w/games room, rec. rm, exercise rm & storage rms.

INGROUND pool & hot tub – great place to entertain! MLS.

DIRECT: 519-572-2669 3 Arthur St. S. Elmira DIREC DIRE OFFICE: 519-669-5426

$789,999

$279,900

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EMAIL: bert@remaxsolidgold.biz

FREE Market Evaluation !

EW E N RIC P

$499,900 NEW PRICE! Enjoy the 3,400 s/f of finished living space in this 1,900 s/f beautifully detailed bungalow offering dream kitchen w/granite, cherry cabinets and quality appliances, main floor great room w/fireplace, superb master w/ensuite plus 4 spacious bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, large rec/games room, walkup to large double garage. Mature trees in fenced yard surrounding salt water pool and large deck. Great in-law suite in basement. MLS. Call Bert to view.

Your referrals are appreciated!

$695,000

$454,900

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STRUTTIN’ THEIR STUFF IN WELLESLEY

Fashionistas gathered at the Wellesley Community Centre Oct. 16 for a charity fashion show. Local models wore dresses out of Wellesley residents’ own closets. Here, Mavis Kerr wears a dress from her own collection. The evening raised approximately $1,800 for children and youth initiatives in the Wellesley area. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

YES, IT’S GETTING CLOSER TO THAT TIME

Courtney Mills, one of 100 vendors at the Breslau Craft Show on Oct. 17 at the community centre, shows off her custom chalkboards.

[WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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FAMILY ALBUM IN MEMORIAM

DEATH NOTICES

BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

DIEBOLT, EDWARD DAVID | Peacefully on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at the Village at University Gates in Waterloo.

Edward was born in Bamberg 95 years ago.

Happy 65th Birthday Sharon Both

Happy 60th Birthday Grant

Join us for a Birthday Open House Sunday, November 1, 2-4 p.m. at the Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E.

Join us for an Open House Saturday, November 7th, 1 - 5 p.m.

19 Raising Mill Gate, Elmira

Best Wishes only please

Drop in and say Hi!

would like to thank all of the family, friends, neighbours and co-workers for their generous offerings of condolences, donations, flowers and goodwill since George’s passing and extending over the past year. Your kind words and deeds have helped to ease our loss and shown us just how many lives he touched. A special thank you, as well, to the Village of Riverside Glen in Guelph, the Village at University Gates in Waterloo and Dreisinger Funeral Home for their excellent care.

Betty, Paul, Deana Pfanner and families

IN MEMORIAM

NEW DEADLINE FOR FAMILY ALBUM

MARTON, ELIZABETH (NEE) HORVATH | 1924 - 2015

Passed away at her home at Barnswallow Place Care Community in Elmira, Ontario, on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at the age of 91 years.

George Pfanner (Feb. 27, 1950 – Sept. 16, 2015)

HORST, PAUL RICHARD

| 1948 - 2015 After a courageous battle with cancer, Paul, of Eby Village, Kitchener, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, at age 67. Local relatives are his sister Lauretta Martin of Elmira and brother Howard and his wife Alice Horst of Hawkesville.

The family of the late

Shawn Del Dechert Jan. 30 1965 - Oct. 26, 2009

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

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Sadly the leaves of memory fall Gently we gather and treasure them all It’s been 6 years without your call We miss you dearly as memories we recall Mom, Dad, Pamela & Paul

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OPEN HOUSE | SATURDAY & SUNDAY • 1-3PM MODEL HOME 162 Ridgeview Dr., Drayton 2nd Phase

40%

2ND PHASE PRICED FROM $322,900

SOLD OUT

3 Bungalow units left with $12,000 Builder Bonus*

INTRODUCING THE LAST PHASE

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Bungalow lofts with $8000 Builder Bonus*

PRICED FROM

$354,900

NEW LISTING! BUNGALOW LOFT $499,000 ELMIRA Stunning and uniquely designed with main floor 9-10’ ceilings,

hardwood and ceramics, bright white kitchen w/granite counters, master and dining walkouts, beautifully finished lower level offers generous rooms, plus a walk up. NEW MLS.

OPEN HOUSE

NEW LISTING! BUNGALOW .45 ACRE $276,000 LINWOOD Spacious 3+ bedroom, 2 bath brick home. TLC and improvements will make for a wonderful family home. Main floor laundry, huge oak kitchen.

2nd floor bedroom/study and walk-in attic area. NEW MLS.

BUILDING LOT 8006 CONCESSION 12, DRAYTON

$98,500 Build your dream home on this 1.06 acre

parcel just outside of Drayton, situated one paved road, permits required, development charges apply, water & sewer required. MLS.

WEDNESDAY, OCT 28TH • 11AM-2PM 138 WATER STREET, ST. JACOBS

QUIET VILLAGE SETTING $453,900 ST. JACOBS Pride of ownership in this brick traditionally styled centre

hall plan home. Attractive dark oak/white staircase welcomes you in the front foyer.

Open concept kitchen/dinette family room. Finished basement. Spacious double car garage. MLS.

INDUSTRIAL LOT $568,000 EARL MARTIN DRIVE, ELMIRA

2.43 acre South end business park location! Easy highway access, M-5 ZONING, some restrictive covenants apply, buyer to satisfy specific use approval with township. NEW MLS.

CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE FALL MARKET ANALYSIS!

Marathon runner Welsey Korir visited EDSS on Oct. 20 with his wife, EDSS alumna Tarah Korir, to discuss their work with their charity organization, Kenyan Kids Foundation Canada.

The pair spoke with the school’s Youth in Action club, encouraging the students to avoid taking items such as pencils for granted while children in Kenya are struggling to earn an education. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

THOMPSON’S

TIRE

WHERE TIRES

Complete Collision Service

Auto Tech Inc.

ARE A

SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE.

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LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE/ DIERRE ACHESON

COMMUNITY SPIRIT / GETTING INVOLVED EARLY

Local youths gearing up food drive that’s become a Halloween staple Group behind Citizens Always Need Supper (CANS) aims to collect 4,500 lbs for the food bank

Taking a little extra time to savour good food RECIPE NOTES

Jaron Bowman, 15, is organizing the 13th annual Citizens Always Need Supper (CANS) in Elmira this Halloween. Volunteers from the Woodside Bible Fellowship will be going around on Oct. 31 during trick-or-treating hours collecting cans for the local food bank instead of candy. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

LIZ BEVAN GHOULISH MASKS, HAUNTED HOUSES, bags of candy and helping the needy.

The Halloween season is here, and in Elmira, it is also the season of giving.

Jaron Bowman, 15, is organizing this year’s Citizens Always Need Supper (CANS) fundraiser, and he is hoping to beat the amount of food collected in the 2014 drive.

“Last year, we collected

Travis

about 4,300 lbs of food, so this year, we are shooting for 4,500 lbs,” he said.

The CANS food drive has been running for 13 years, and is showing no signs of slowing down. Teenage volunteers, some from Woodside Bible Fellowship and some just from around the neighbourhood, spread out over Elmira collecting cans of food instead of candy, to donate to the local food bank.

Hunter

Last year’s drive saw 60 volunteers taking the time to collect food, and this year, Bowman is hoping for more. Providing a meal or two for those who don’t have the money to make regular trips to the grocery store is something Bowman takes seriously.

“I think it is important to support the less fortunate because we have so much in our community,” he said. “I think it is very important to

give back to the people who maybe aren’t as fortunate as we are.”

The main food collection will coincide with trick-ortreating hours on Oct. 31, but those who have canned goods to give, but aren’t going to be around on Halloween can contact Bowman for alternative donation options.

“The food will be picked up from the church to go to the food bank on the Tues-

day after (Halloween) so there will be the Sunday and the Monday to drop off at the church if they want, or they could leave some cans on their porch with a note and we’ll pick those up,” he said.

For more information on the CANS drive, how to donate, or to sign up to volunteer, contact Bowman at bowmanjaron@gmail.com, or call Woodside Bible Fellowship at 519-669-1296.

BREAKFAST IS ONE OF the best meals of the day, but most often forgotten – we rush through our routines to get out of the house on time. We dare not to miss a moment at work or risk being late for that meeting. We save our yummy breakfast for the weekend, a slower time to savour the extra work it takes to get breakie on the table.

Every once in awhile we get a kick in the pants or a warning that life is going too fast. It could be the health of a loved one or unforeseen situations that give you the reality check that this as you know it now will never be the same.

What would you do differently?

We talk about balance in life between work and play and moderation in food, yet everything must be quick and at a price. Sadly the price seems to be not money as much as restful time with our family and the joy shared around the table. Our family eats together every night but my mind has already headed to packing lunches and having the homework done on time.

Always trying to be one step ahead or multitasking CHEF’S TABLE | 31

Welcome Back Travis and Hunter!

Travis and Hunter are back to work at Leroy’s after successfully completing their first term of trade school. Both are a valuable part of our team and we are excited to see them excel further.

Congratulations on a job well done!

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OCTOBER 24

HUGS AT BRESLAU COMMUNITY Centre, 100 Andover Dr., 9:30-11 a.m. Topic: Car seat safety and proper installation. Parents and children age 0-5 are welcome to attend. Call Heidi 519-664-3794, ext. 237 for more information.

FALL BAZAAR FROM 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Beechwood Manor, 305 Erb St. W., Waterloo. Handmade crafts, knitting, treats, lots of vendors with a variety of wares, fresh bake sale, used book sale and more! $1 admission, door prizes, coffee, tea and muffins available. Everyone welcome.

ELMIRA LIONS BINGO - Doors open at 6 p.m., starts 7 p.m. sharp. Lions Hall Elmira. For more information call 519-500-1434. Proceeds to Woolwich Wild Bantam Girls.

OCTOBER 23 HUGS AT WOOLWICH COMMUNITY Health Centre, St. Jacobs, 9:30-11 a.m. Topic: Kids and pets, tips for parents to help decide! Parents and children age 0-5 are welcome to attend. Call Heidi 519-664-3794, ext 237 for more information.

13TH ANNUAL KISSING BRIDGE Trail Studio Tour on Sat. Oct 24 and Sun. Oct. 25, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Visit local artists at their studios in Woolwich, Elmira, St. Jacobs. Free. Draw for a gift certificate towards purchase of a piece or work. Look for our brochure at local businesses. 519-669-3244 or online: www. kbtstudiotour.ca.

COFFEE TIME AND MORE! Join Woolwich Community Health Centre counselor Marinela and low German health worker Anna for some coffee, tea and cookies.

This group will discuss everyday struggles that everyone faces; 9:45-11:30 a.m. at Gale Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. For more information call 519-664-3794, ext. 0. Free child care is provided for participants.

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ST. BONIFACE SCHOOL ANNUAL pasta dinner & silent auction fundraiser at the Breslau Community Centre, 100 Andover Dr., Breslau. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., dinner served at 5:30 p.m. Cost $10 adults; children $5; 3 years and under free. Games, door prizes, silent auction and family entertainment. Everyone welcome.

OCTOBER 25 HUNGRYMAN BREAKFAST WITH SLEDGE Hockey. Join us for breakfast anytime between 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., all you can eat. Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira.

Adults $6; 6-10 yrs $3, 5 and under free.

OCTOBER 26 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira (community room). Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 for more information.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS 101 - Boot camp for patients.

Learn how to become a confident, empowered patient. Join the discussion and learn how to prepare for your upcoming appointments, how to communicate with your health care team and more;

1-3:30 p.m. at the Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. For information call 1-866-337-3318 or go to www.wwselfmanagement. ca. This course is facilitated by the Self-Management Program for Health Care Providers, Region of Waterloo.

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OCTOBER 27 WEEKLY BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. Wheelchair accessible. For more information contact Joe Brick at 519-699-4022.

OCTOBER 28 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 for more information.

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OCTOBER 30 END OF LIFE CHOICES: Who will speak for you? This education session presented by Jessica Hutchison, the community engagement director from the Advance Care Planning Education Program, and Tracey Cronin, lawyer, from Woods, Clemens, Fletcher and Cronin Law Office; 10:15-11:15 a.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs.

For more information call Joy at 519-664-3794, ext.

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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.

When it comes to scary animals, forget about sharks ... humans top the list after that.â&#x20AC;?

Q. From a â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scien-

tistâ&#x20AC;? magazine reader: Are there flock-hunting birds of prey comparable to land mammals like wolves and lions hunting in packs?

WEIRD NOTES

Q. If you went looking

A. Actually, yes. Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

A. It was the 1970s when Southwest Airlines began serving only peanuts instead of in-flight meals, but they wanted customers to feel thrifty â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not deprived, says â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mental Flossâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

So they became the â&#x20AC;&#x153;peanuts airline,â&#x20AC;? since literally youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be flying for peanuts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Southwest was not the first to serve peanuts but the first to serve only peanuts. The snack became â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;de rigueurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

hawks typically hunt in family groups of five or six, ambushing prey by chasing it into a group of waiting birds, answers magazine reader David Ridpath of Gloucestershire, UK. Being gregarious, the hawks are used in falconry, breeding relatively easily in captivity and learning to attack a variety of game.

Now another perspective: On her farm in Western Australia, Anna Butcher witnessed wedge-tailed eagles working in pairs to stalk wild ducklings, and

for a marketing ploy that really got â&#x20AC;&#x153;off the ground,â&#x20AC;? so to speak, what might it be?

especially at lambing time, she observed crows standing apart from a ewe and young lamb and quickly attacking if the two became separated. Also, dozens of crows â&#x20AC;&#x153;chased small mobs of ewes and young lambs in open paddocks, trying to separate them and attacking any lambs that lag behind.â&#x20AC;? As Butcher wonders, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is this why a group is called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a murder of crowsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;??

Q. Of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadly creatures, which should you fear the most?

A. Contrary to popular belief, sharks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; though scary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; killed only three people worldwide in 2014. Dogs, on the other hand, kill more than 60,000 people a year, with rabid dogs being especial killers in Asia and Africa, according to the

World Health Organization and others, as reported in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timeâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Deer can be fatal when they run in front of motor vehicles, which they do at a rate of 100 a year. Elephants take a human toll of nearly 300 annually; crocodiles, 1,000; snakes, 94,000.

Also making the list are mosquitoes, whose diseases kill an estimated 755,000 every year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hoping to stop the spread of deadly diseases, scientists in Florida plan to release millions of genetically modified male mosquitoes engineered to keep their partners from producing offspring,â&#x20AC;? says the magazine. But â&#x20AC;&#x153;from car accidents to murder, humans kill more humans each year than any animal does â&#x20AC;&#x201C; approximately 1.6 million.â&#x20AC;?

Q. Trying to get your kids more interested in math, you grab a bag of carrots from the refrigerator and serve them up some â&#x20AC;&#x153;food for thought.â&#x20AC;? Like what?

A. Have them slice up individual carrots in as many geometric shapes as they can, says Penelope Dunham in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Food for (Mathematical) Thought,â&#x20AC;? as reprinted in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Best Writing on Mathematics, 2014,â&#x20AC;? edited by Mircea Pitici. They begin by cutting straight across the diameter of one nice round carrot to reveal a carrot circle, then turning it lengthwise, they cut it in half to yield a carrot rectangle, or a carrot parallelogram, or even a carrot triangle as it tapers into a tip. Ask them to cut more at an angle to create a carrot

ellipse or conic section.

Now back to the refrigerator. Do they want a piece of pi (pie)? How big?

Pi times the radius of the pie squared gives its area, which can be divided by 2, 3, 4... to yield different degrees of pie sizes and eating volume (multiply by the pieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thickness).

Finally, making sure to include a sweet reward, have them take a bag of M&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and count to see if the colors are uniformly distributed, or rather randomly varied, or perhaps according to some specific color profile.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.

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22. Renewable fuel on some farms 23. Be a go-between 25. Glossily 27. Inclination 29. Toward dawn 30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back in the ___â&#x20AC;?

31. Baby grand, e.g.

33. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ___?â&#x20AC;?

36. Advantage 39. Mosque V.I.P. 41. Soon, to a bard 42. Pastureland 43. Zoning 47. Old Chevy 49. Biology class abbr.

50. Neighbor of Brazil

51. Perfect 53. Two-year-old sheep 54. Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g.

55. Abominable Snowman 56. Plexus 57. Alter, in a way 58. Bake, as eggs 61. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Minimumâ&#x20AC;? amount 64. Airy 65. One thousand tons 69. Baku is on it 74. Drum 75. JFKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assassin 76. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Days of ___ Livesâ&#x20AC;?

77. Adaptable truck, for short 78. That man 79. Begin 80. Halo, e.g.

81. Insufficient 83. Satisfying 84. Begin DOWN 1. Artificial leg?

2. Adorable one 3. ___ or about

4. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left 5. Oculi 6. Poplars 7. In a fitting way 8. By way of, briefly 9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Airplane!â&#x20AC;? actor Robert 10. Word before large 11. Melodic 12. Holler 13. Butts 14. Uptight 15. Like a busybody 22. Breakfast staple 24. Used before a vowel 26. Oolong, for one 28. Baby holder 31. Wicker basket 32. Influence 33. Eastern Christian 34. Shakespearean verse 35. Captivate 36. Biblical miracle worker 37. Reserved 38. Alabaster 40. Sufferer 41. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ takers?â&#x20AC;?

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62. LPs, e.g.

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Home from a vacation in Cayo Santa Maria, Scott & Melanie, Scott & Colleen and Brian & Caterina of Elmira enjoyed a week in paradise at the Royalton.

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CHEF’S TABLE: Putting local

ingredients to very good use

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has cost us the ability to be present in the moment.

What’s the point in making a meal if you aren’t present to enjoy it? I suppose this is why takeout is so popular.

Mediocre is okay for fast food, it seems ... but if you actually considered what you were feeding yourself, the extra time saved is not worth the consequences to your health and taste buds.

There is amazing food all around us waiting to be enjoyed with the people you love. Local apples and maple syrup, for instance, bring smiles to many. It doesn’t have to be timeconsuming or complicated, and a meal is always better with people you treasure.

Happy cooking.

Crepes With Apples and Pecans Garnish for the crepes: 1 medium sweet potato cut into matchsticks 3 honey crisp or red prince apples 1/4 cup pecans 5 sprigs of thyme, leaves removed 2 Tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp. balsamic vinegar 3 Tbsp. maple syrup Sea salt and cracked pepper to taste 4oz brie, sliced

Peel apples, cut into 4 wedges and remove the core. Each apple should be cut into 8-12 wedges depending on size.

Place on parchmentlined baking tray with sweet potato and pecans.

Drizzle with maple syrup and olive oil, then season with salt and pepper.

Bake in preheated oven at 375 F until tender.

To assemble the dish, fold crepe in half and then in half again, to create a cone or triangle shape, do

this for 3 crepes, place on an oven safe plate. Add apple and vegetable garnish to the top with sliced brie cheese. Divide the crepes into 4 plates with apple mix and brie, bake in oven for 4 minutes, until cheese has melted.

Crepe batter: 2 cups milk 6 large eggs 4 Tbsp. butter, melted 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp. of sugar 2 tsp. of vanilla Vegetable oil

Whisk eggs and milk, add melted butter. Put in sugar, vanilla and finally flour. Avoid over mixing, allow to rest and strain out lumps with fine strainer.

Place in refrigerator overnight and allow to come to room temperature or leave at room temperature for approximately 30 minutes to rest.

Preheat pan, place vegetable oil in pan and ladle crepe batter into pan.

Spread the batter thinly with the bottom of the ladle – this will make a very thin pancake. Once golden on one side flip to cook other side.

Fold into a fan shape.

Place 3 on a plate, garnish with roasted apple and brie, bake in oven and serve with maple syrup.

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SELLOFF: Chagrined councillors stick with plan uttering condemnations of the township, council and a process many voices called rigged from the beginning.

In fact, the residents pulled no punches as speaker after speaker told councillors why the parkland should be preserved, urging them to think of the long-term good of the community rather than the short-term cash grab.

Matthew VanderMeer, for instance, warned that by going ahead with the deal, the township would be jeopardizing the volunteer base in Breslau, as many of

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Rich Mader, noting halfjokingly that he’d like to get back the money he donated to the community centre build, was more blunt about council’s stance.

“This is wrong. Everybody knows it’s wrong.

Please do something about it,” he said.

Many speakers pointed out the township has allowed existing infrastructure in the park to fall apart, questioning who’ll look after all the shiny new toys to be installed after the $1.75 million has been spent. Councillors who voted in favour had no answers, however.

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those most actively involved took part in fundraising for the community centre and making it work.

“This is a deathblow to the rekindled volunteer spirit in Breslau.”

Fellow Breslau resident Bill Smith, who is organizing a pledge drive to show residents are serious about fundraising, noted that many of those most involved in the community are opposed to the selloff, while those in favour have been mostly removed from volunteer activities. He noted that approval of the land sale will be seen as further proof the township doesn’t

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