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A 76-year-old Guelph man was killed Tuesday after a rear-end collision sent his vehicle into oncoming traffic on Northfield Drive just south of Conestogo around 5:30 p.m. The drivers of the other two vehicles involved in the collision sustained minor injuries. Speed and alcohol are not believed to have been factors in the accident, Waterloo Regional Police said. Charges are pending. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]
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Taskforce split on Breslau school proposal Group leans towards backing sale of land, park redevelopment, but council seeking more information before voting STEVE KANNON The bulk of the community either opposed or indifferent to the project, a taskforce looking into selling Breslau parkland to house a new Catholic elementary school is recommending Woolwich go ahead with it. The split was apparent in the committee itself, with only three of seven
voting members in favour, while two are opposed and two undecided even after months of study. Mulling over a report Tuesday night, councillors said they needed more information before making a final decision. Presenting a pair of options – essentially yes or no – to council, the taskforce’s “yes” recommendation in-
cludes a list of caveats, including limits on expansion to the school site, mitigating traffic concerns by staggering the bell times between the new Catholic school and the existing public school, and the addition of a second playground on school property accessible to the community. The township needs to know if the Waterloo Catho-
lic District School Board will go along with the committee’s recommendations before voting on the issue, councillors decided, expecting to come back to the issue on September 29. The plan to sell parkland to the school board has been a divisive issue since it was first made public earlier this year. Even after township efforts to get the word out,
the community remains divided. Informal canvassing of households in Breslau by taskforce members netted 312 responses. Of those, 36.5 per cent were in favour, 34.6 per cent opposed and 21.5 per cent undecided. The remaining 7.4 per cent didn’t answer or register an opinion. The group also held a public consultation meet-
ing attended by some 60 people. All told, about 400 residents participated in the feedback process. Taskforce chair Sandra Hanmer said the group had hoped for a clear message from residents, but even its members remained split despite all the meetings and information available to PROPOSAL | 2
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them. “I was hoping that there would be more definitive – over 50 per cent,” she said. The proposal under consideration would see Woolwich Township sell a portion of land in Breslau Memorial Park to the WCDSB. The deal will provide for $1.75 million in upgrades to the park and community centre, as well as community access to new facilities, including a 5,000-squarefoot library operated by the Region of Waterloo. If the school project goes ahead, the plan is to construct a new building that would provide washrooms, a concession stand and house the mechanical plant for a community-built splash pad. Other upgrades to the park should the larger project proceed include relocating the lower baseball diamond to provide a buffer between the home run fence and neighbouring homes, new lighting, resurfacing the tennis courts and installing new fencing, upgrades to the soccer field, improvements to the parking lot and creating a multi-use trail system. In addition, the school board would pay for upgrades to the community centre in order to accommodate a shared-use agreement with the township. While some residents say they’d be happy with the upgrades to the park – many of which the township budget won’t allow for in the same timeframe – others are worried about the loss of green space and the potential conflict between school and public use of the facilities. Among the concerns is the loss of parkland and the potential to lose more should the board need to expand the school, Hanmer noted. That’s why the taskforce would like to see limits on the school site, and assurances the building is a suitable size to begin with rather than relying on portables in short order. Picking up on that thread,
Lindsay Ford, WCDSB’s manager of planning, told councillors the board has no problem with limits built into site plans, noting that is the case at other schools in the region. As for the size of the building, schools are typically constructed to accommodate the expected longterm population rather than peak enrolment – predicting the future becomes difficult, she said. Ford added that the school will be designed for 250 students, replacing St. Boniface school in Maryhill which has a current enrolment of 130. “We believe there’s lots of wiggle room,” she said. “We never look to expand outward,” Ford added of fears the school would eventually request more parkland, noting that formal restrictions on expansion, say no more than four portables, for instance, could be built into the deal. “We can live with that. If you need to put a limit on it, put a limit on it.” Along with the school board’s commitments, councillors will have to weigh a considerable amount of community scepticism about the project. The deal has met with much opposition and ambivalence. “Much of the community is still not in favour of this proposal,” argued Breslau resident Elizabeth Siddorn in addressing council Tuesday night, expressing “disappointment” with the amount of public consultation. Like many residents surveyed, she said she’s worried about the loss of green space and the plan to share amenities in the park which runs the risk of losing use of the facilities during the day when school is in session. Questions around those concerns, along with worries about traffic and safety, remain largely unanswered. “It’s the unknown that people have trouble with,” said Coun. Murray Martin, who sat on the taskforce but didn’t vote on any of the recommendations.
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TIME FLIES / MUSICAL EXPERIMENTATION
Still making noise after all these years The Nihilist Spasm Band’s Bill Exley ponders the highs and lows of the group’s 50 years of performing
The Nihilist Spasm Band in 1968 outside the York Hotel, the pub in which they played every Monday night for many years in the 1960s and ‘70s. From left, Hugh McIntyre (bass), Art Pratten (Pratt-A-Various), Archie Leitch (slide clarinet), Murray Favro (guitar, drums), John Clement (guitar), Bill Exley (vocals, theremin), John Boyle (kazoo), Greg Curnoe (kazoo, drums). [IAN MACEACHERN] WHITNEY NEILSON Joining the likes of the Rolling Stones, London’s own Nihilist Spasm Band turns 50 this year. And in celebration of their halfcentury milestone they’re putting together three shows in Toronto, London, and Guelph. Former EDSS English teacher and department head Bill Exley performs vocals for the band whose music tends to defy categorization. The most common way it’s been described is noise music or anti-music. “We don’t play normal
music,” Exley said. “We don’t fit into any of the categories. But I’m not sure we’re really noise music either. I don’t know what we are, but we’ve been doing it for years so we’re definitely unique.” He’s joined by John Boyle (drums, kazoo), John Clement (drums, bass, guitar), Murray Favro (guitar), Aya Onishi (drums, kazoo), and Art Pratten (Pratt-a-various, water pipe). Guest musician Joe McPhee will also take the stage with them. “Back in the 1960s in London there was a real artistic movement going
Former EDSS English teacher Bill Exley mans the mic with the Nihilist Spasm Band – which has played across North America, Europe and Japan – in the current incarnation now set to celebrate 50 years of music next week with three shows in London, Toronto and Guelph. [TARA FILLON]
on and it was really one of the most vital places in all of Canada, some would argue it was the most vital I think,” Exley said. “A number of the people in the band are artists. One of the guys who died in a bike accident some years ago, Greg Curnoe, he was a very well known Canadian artist. It came out of this art scene. We played and then it just kept going. It was very funny because we had regular jobs and I was, of course, a teacher.” Exley’s role in the band is BAND | 6
Local Terry Fox run set for Sept. 20 in Elmira; national event marks 35th anniversary STEVE KANNON Now marking 35 years since Terry Fox set out to run across Canada during his Marathon of Hope to raise awareness and money for cancer research, the event held annually in his name is set to roll September 20 in communities across the country, including Elmira. There are courses of one, two, five, and 10 kilometres which participants can
walk, bike, run, blade or wheel through. The Terry Fox Run is the longest running charity fun run in Canada and there’s no minimum donation required to participate. The first Terry Fox Run was held on Sept. 13 1981, and has become an international event which sees more than three million people in some 60 countries taking part. It’s the world’s largest one-day fundraiser for
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cancer research, and has raised more than $600 million in Fox’s name. In its first 25 years, the Elmira event has raised some $260,000. When first setting out to run across the country, Fox was looking for just $1 from each Canadian. For the event that encompasses Woolwich and Wellesley townships, that would add up to $36,000 if that target was met during this year’s outing, suggested orga-
nizer Kathy Bowman. The local run has been a longtime labour of love for Bowman, who’s dealt with family members battling cancer. Just two months ago, her father-in-law was diagnosed with the disease. “We thought we’d be too busy to do it this year, but my father-in-law said ‘you have to do this,’” she explained. “Then I thought, ‘of course we have to do it.’”
She’s seen firsthand just what research dollars can do. “When you look at how far we’ve come in terms of treatment options, we’ve come incredibly far. The findings from Terry Fox research has given my father-in-law more options.” The local run averages about 77 participants each year. With her fingers crossed for good weather – perhaps not as hot as last weekend, but no rain
– she’s hoping for a strong turnout. “It would be nice to see everybody out,” said Bowman. Now in its 26th year, Elmira’s Terry Fox run takes place next Sunday at 49 Industrial Dr. on the front lawn of the Programmed Insurance Brokers building. Registration begins at noon, followed by a 1 p.m. start. More information can be found on the event’s Facebook page.
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On the cusp of fall, the fair rolls into Wellesley next week SCOTT BARBER The leaves are starting to turn and fall, students are back in the classroom and the nights are getting a little cooler. Yes, fall is just around the corner, and that means it’s time for the annual Wellesley-North Easthope Fair, which runs September 15 and 16. This year, the event is celebrating 100 years of 4-H in Ontario with a number of events involving livestock and agriculture for patrons young and old to enjoy. “I think it’s something that for people who have grown up in an agricultural environment, 4-H has taught us all many things that we probably didn’t know about,” fair past president and long-time committee member Murray Schlueter explained. “And right in Elmira was where the first 4-H meeting was held 100 years ago. And it’s grown from there and it’s throughout the province. There are many
Some 40 scarecrows can be seen across Wellesley Township, advertising the Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair, which runs Sept. 15-16. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]
clubs today, from the dairy, beef, sheep, swine and even the horse clubs and the maple syrup club and it has opened up to where it’s not just the rural kids but there are now plenty of urban kids involved, too.” It’s a theme that fits well within the tradition of the fair, which for many years featured horse shows as well as a variety of live-
lady who will be doing the milking for us so that the kids will actually get to see the milk coming into the pail. We also have a veterinarian who will talk about animal health and we also have a dairy nutritionist who will talk about what a cow consumes each day as far as food and water goes. And then the kids will walkthrough a model barn
stock competitions. This year all of the fan favourite activities are back on the docket, beginning with the dairy day for school kids on Tuesday. “We bring in two live cows and we start with the heffer, which of course is the one that gets pregnant and after it gives birth produces milk,” Schlueter said. “And we have a young
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Woolwich backs Blue Dot Woolwich this week became the latest municipality to join the Blue Dot Movement, passing a motion calling for the right of all citizens to live in a healthy environment to be enshrined in appropriate federal legislation and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Blue Dot movement was launched by the David Suzuki Foundation to encourage governments to follow the lead of numerous other countries by enshrining the right
of citizens to a clean and healthy environment in their constitutions. In adopting the resolution, Woolwich councillors join most of their counterparts in Waterloo Region. Some 80 municipalities in Canada have passed some form of the Blue Dot declaration. The name “blue dot” comes from the way the Earth looks to astronauts in space.
Pesticide use at Snyder’s Flats Portions of the Snyder’s Flats Conservation Area near Bloomingdale
will be temporarily closed to the public for a period of two or three days while an herbicide is used to control an outbreak of phragmites, an invasive plant species. The work will be completed sometime between September 14 and 25, the Grand River Conservation Authority reports. Signs will be posted at the parking lot at the end of Snyder’s Flats Road. The affected sections of the trail network within the conservation area will be marked as closed. The affected areas will be posted one day prior and for two days after the herbicide is applied. There is a potential that the work could be
delayed if there is heavy rain or high winds. Phragmites is a species that came to North America from Eurasia. According to Ontario’s Invading Species Awareness Program, the plant spreads quickly and out-competes native species for water and nutrients. It releases toxins from its roots into the soil to hinder the growth of and kill surrounding plants.
MCC supports Syrian refugees The Mennonite Central Committee has been actively responding to the
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The Canadian government has promised to welcome up to 10,000 Syrian and 3,000 Iraqi refugees over the next three years. MCC, which is a Sponsorship Agreement Holder, has sponsored more than 70,000 refugees since 1979. Syria is entering its fifth year of violence. Throughout the conflict, more than 240,000 people have been killed, 12.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance, and more than half of the nation’s population has been displaced. Donations can be made at mcccanada.ca/refugeeresponse or by calling MCC Ontario at 1-800-313-6226.
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Charges up as OPP patrolled the roads over the Labour Day weekend Ontario Provincial Police laid four per cent more charges during the final long weekend of the summer versus the same time last year. The OPP’s long weekend focus on reducing the number of distracted driving-related charges may have made a difference, the department reports. The number of distracted driving charges was down by 38 per cent over the same time last year, but still police report laying 407 charges against inattentive drivers. From the beginning of the year until Sept. 6, 2015, the number of collisions caused by distracted drivers is up 20 per cent over the same period last year. Police are also reporting
that there were two fatal collisions this weekend that resulted in four deaths on OPP-patrolled roadways. Alcohol was a factor in both collisions.
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4:28 PM | Wellington County OPP investigated the driver of a 2009 Infinity on Wellington 18 near the Third Line in Centre Wellington Township for a driving offence. While speaking with the driver, police detected the strong odour of alcohol on her breath and noted obvious signs of impairment. The driver was placed under arrest and transported to a local OPP Operation Centre for further testing. A 55-year-old woman was charged with ‘impaired driving’ and ‘over 80 mgs.’ Her driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and her vehicle impounded for a period of seven days. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on September 26 to answer the charges.
9:47 AM | Wellington County OPP, Centre Wellington Fire and Rescue along with GuelphWellington Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attended Sideroad 15, Centre Wellington Township for an incident involving an aircraft that crashed in a private field. A 64-year-old Centre Wellington Township man was the lone occupant operating an ultralight Quicksilver dual-seat aircraft and was attempting to takeoff from a private grass strip. During the course of the takeoff, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and crashed into a cornfield adjacent to the strip. The pilot sustained nonlife-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for
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The OPP are reporting an increase in the number of charges in four categories: Speeding in 2015 there were 5,494 charges, compared to 4,974 in 2014 Racing in 2015 there were 77 charges, compared to 67 in 2014 Seatbelts in 2015 there were 464 charges, compared to 459 in 2014 Impaired in 2015 there were 96 charges, compared to 91 in 2014
The 76-year-old Guelph man driving the Nissan Sentra was stopped in the northbound lane of Northfield Drive just north of New Jerusalem Road due to heavy traffic. He was struck from behind by a 33-year-old Elmira woman, and sent into the southbound lane where he collided with a 55-year-old Elmira man driving a BMW sedan. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]
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5:30 PM | A fatal collision occurred on Northfield Drive just north of New Jerusalem Road in Woolwich Township. A 76-year-old Guelph man was northbound on Northfield Drive in his 2004 Nissan Sentra when he stopped for heavy traffic. A 32-year-old Elmira woman was also northbound on Northfield Drive and drove into the back of the Nissan. The impact sent the Nissan into the southbound lane of Northfield Drive where it was struck a second time by a BMW 325 being operated by a 55-year-old Elmira man. The Guelph man died at the scene of the collision. The other drivers sustained minor injuries in the collision while a passenger in the BMW was not injured at all. The investigation is continuing. Speed and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the collision. Charges are pending.
The collision sent the third vehicle involved, a BMW driven by a 55-year-old Elmira man, some 60 feet off the road into the bush on the west side of Northfield Drive. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]
Emergency crews shut down Northfield Drive for most of the evening Sept. 8 to investigate and clear debris. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]
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Heidelberg makes funding push for new rec. facility in park SCOTT BARBER For nearly a decade, members of the Heidelberg recreation committee have been pushing for a new field house at the community park on Lobsinger Line. Now, with approval from the Township of Woolwich and applications pending for a pair of lucrative grants from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, members of the committee are optimistic the facility will be built in 2016. “We’ve got a big push on now to try to get this done,” Scott McGregor said. “We’ve got the approval from council and now we
Scott McGregor and the Heidelberg Recreation Committee are working hard to build a better field house at the community park on Lobsinger Line. of the new facility, with the the community park and just need to collect the (refinal third coming from the site of the new field quired funds) and get the committee fundraising and house are in Woolwich, approval from Wellesley the two large grants that much of the community’s council.” they are hoping will come population – and property Heidelberg is in the through this fall. tax base – live in Wellesley. unique position of being But the recreation comTo bridge the gap, the split between both Wellesmittee has seen grant monrecreation committee is ley and Woolwich towney pass them by, including looking to each township to ships, with Kressler Road last year’s Trillium funds. cover one third of the cost marking the border. While
So this time around, they have made sure to do everything they can to make sure their pitch is compelling. “The efforts of the people before me on this committee and the efforts of the people now are pretty outstanding,” McGregor said, noting the group has raised some $40,000-50,000 for the project through numerous fundraising campaigns. “Nobody is being paid for any of this. This is 100 per cent volunteering your time and they’re not doing it for themselves, they are doing it for the community as well as their own kids who enjoy the park. It’s really just about making a difference.” Last month, McGregor and the recreation committee got a number of families
together at the park to make a video explaining why a new facility is important. Geared towards the KWCF, the committee has already seen donations and support come in from people across the townships. The existing booth in the park is a total disaster, McGregor said. The back half of the building, including the washrooms, has been condemned because the roof is caving in. The only use for the structure right now is to store some basic maintenance equipment and to provide shelter for the well line. But it is not a safe facility. Drawings have been procured for the new field FIELD HOUSE | 23
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to do announcements and the vocals, which is more like oration, with irony and satire. He says the biggest show they ever did was opening for Sonic Youth at the Kool Haus in Toronto in 2002. They’ve played in New York, Chicago, Germany, the Czech Republic, along with six European tours and two Japanese tours. He says Tokyo was his
favourite concert location. “When we started, one guy described us as a bad joke taken too far,” Exley said. “We got started and we were sort of despised. People saw us as some kind of representative of total chaos. We went into hard times for awhile there. Nobody really cared much about us, and then the guy in Japan, the head of the record company, discovered us and bottled our
record, and then sponsored us.” People lined up down the street to see their first performance in Tokyo. They hadn’t seen such a positive reaction to their music in a long time. Another band member went out and took a photo, saying “they’ll never believe it back home.” Their debut album, 1968’s No Record, has been reissued three times – in
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1996, 2000 and 2014. Since Exley’s retirement from teaching in 1996 he’s kept busy with the band. They played the Meaford Eclectic Electric Festival last month for the third time, for instance. “It was a really successful concert. I was quite pleased. We were the oldest band by far, but they received us very well. We played with a guy from Berlin, a bass player from Berlin, but it was really good,” Exley said. They’ve also participated in the No Music Festival. One was in New York City, and four others were held in London. Noise musicians from all over the world came and even recorded together. Exley’s involvement with the band as a vocalist came from his love of talking to groups. “I always used to say humorously that I talk in a very formal matter, being a teacher I thought that my formal method of speech
could seem pretentious if you talk in that manner. I said this joke a few years ago, I said I think the only place where I can talk that way now is in the Nihilist Spasm Band. And then lately I told myself, I started to wonder if I could do it here anymore,” Exley said with a laugh. He hopes audiences enjoy their eclectic performance, full of homemade instruments, and leave with a sense of fun. “We played at the Kazoo! Festival in Guelph last year and it was great fun,” Exley said. “Some concerts work and some don’t. Greg Curnoe used to say that when we were bad we were just terrible, but when we were good we were really good. I think it’s true that somehow it works.” He says their free-styling music is an experiment in adventure. With the band members now in their 70s, and two founding members having died since their humble beginning in 1965,
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Pest responsible for latest clearance of trees in downtown Elmira WHITNEY NEILSON The emerald ash borer wins again. The trees, on the other hand ... Downtown Elmira bid adieu to 32 ash trees this week as the township hired All Green Tree to remove the ruined trees. The emerald ash borer wrecks havoc on ash trees, giving it its rightful title, a pest. Richard Sigurdson, Woolwich township manager of engineering, said it was inevitable. “I think we removed a few trees last year. And then first thing this spring there were a few more that were not in good shape. Over the course of the summer a few more have deteriorated,” Sigurdson said. Trees were removed on Arthur Street from William to Park, and on Church Street from Memorial to Maple. Originally six ash trees were supposed to remain standing in the downtown, but on Wednesday they made the decision to remove them too, due to deterioration. This is costing the township roughly $6,000, he said. The ash trees were planted in the 1990s when the roads were rebuilt. Sigurdson said the ash tree was selected as part of the streetscape plan. But as in most places across North America, the trees haven’t fared well, being largely wiped out by the emerald ash borer. “I think at some point we want to revisit the idea of putting new trees in, however we don’t have that sorted out yet, what types of species and also the construction of that tree and for the root system. And for right now all we’re going to do is remove the trees and grind the stump, put in some granular and pour
concrete in that void for now to get rid of any sort of trip hazard,” Sugurdson said. They also plan to review the decorative lighting on both streets. He says they want to ensure the below grade wiring is still in good shape, and decide if they should be converting to something more modern in the near future. They’ll have to decide on that before they come up with a definitive plan on the trees because it would require some excavation. “Part of the challenge with the downtown trees is I think what’s happening in cities right now is they’re putting in these Silva Cells and they’re very expensive, in the neighborhood of $15,000 each expensive. Of course right now we don’t have anything like
that at all, but that seems to be the current standard in an urban area. So perhaps there’s something in between a compromised design standard to plant trees in an urban area. That’s something we need to research further.” Silva Cells are suspended pavement systems which allow for tree growth and stormwater management, due to their ability to hold lots of soil and support traffic. It’s unclear when the downtown’s lost trees will be replaced with new greenery. “I’m hopeful over the course of the next year we’ll have a better plan of what a good design standard is and how much it would cost to plant the vegetation in the downtown again,” Sigurdson said.
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Woolwich in nowin situation over Breslau park plan WOOLWICH COUNCIL IS IN a no-win situation over the township’s proposed Breslau deal with the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. The community appears far too split on the issue for any decision to be the right one. Findings from a taskforce looking at the proposal are anything but conclusive. In roughly equal measures, residents support the concept, reject it or remain indifferent. Even the group looking into the options was split along similar lines, able to come up with a definitive stance. The lack of consensus doesn’t help the taskforce, which some residents – particularly project opponents – see as so much window dressing en route to a deal to sell part of Breslau Memorial Park to the school board. A pet project more than a year in the making is likely to be rubber stamped, say critics of the process. Given the results and the lacklustre feedback from the community, council’s safe answer is “no.” There simply isn’t enough support to justify going all in. Blame for any and all problems – and there will be problems – will immediately fall on councillors and staff, the ones responsible for gambling away the public’s money, wellbeing and green space. Gambling is an applicable word for it. Councillors could also choose to roll the dice in hopes the project delivers benefits well beyond the expectations of the ambivalent residents. In that case, they’d be the ones with the foresight to see the potential. Of course, turning down the idea also comes with risks. The school will be built somewhere else nearby, and any problems will spill over on the township, even if the fault lies completely with the board. More to the point, in foregoing the $1.7 million deal, the township won’t have the money to upgrade the park – those opposed to the deal today may be those decrying the lack of amenities tomorrow. Which, then, is the bigger gamble? Yes or no? The easy answer – no – provides the least risk in the short term. It commits the township to nothing, and the park remains as it is right now. Yes, on the other hand, commits the township to selling off parkland and initiating a large number of improvements to the park. There’s also the issue of a school where green space used to be, and potential conflicts in shared use of the facilities. But there would be new amenities the township couldn’t justify otherwise. Compounding the problem is the fact this is a nowor-never deal. If the new school doesn’t go into a spot adjacent to the community centre, it will be built without any money or facilities for the township. Breslau residents will, however, still want to see improvements to the park, with all future work – and it may be a while – financed solely from township coffers. The prospect of losing out on that cash might be what tips the scales in favour of selling the land, throwing in with the board and letting the chips fall where they may after the school opens and the residents react to the new reality, good, bad or indifferent. Not everyone is happy now. Not everyone is going to be happy when council makes a decision. And the lack of happiness will continue in, say, two years from now if there is or isn’t a new school on what is now township land. Just which group of people will be the most unhappy is now up to council and its no-win decision.
Like the community’s reaction to the park project, a certain amount of ambivalence seems to be at play for those involved in the process. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
Will it be Russia coming to the rescue in Syria? WORLD AFFAIRS U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has just phoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warning him not to “escalate the conflict” by increasing Moscow’s military support for the beleaguered Syrian regime. He stamped his foot quite hard, telling Lavrov that his government’s actions could “lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL coalition operating in Syria.” What the Russians have actually done, so far, is to send an advance military team to Damascus of the sort that is normally deployed to prepare for the arrival of a much larger military force. They have also sent an air traffic control centre and housing units for its personnel to a Syrian airbase. It suggests that Moscow is getting ready to go in to save President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. It has given Assad diplomatic
support, financial aid and some weapons over the course of the four-yearold Syrian civil war, but it will take more than that to save him now. That would include at least an airlift of heavy weapons, but maybe also direct Russian air support for Assad’s exhausted troops. They need it. Since the fanatical fighters of “Islamic State” (or ISIL, as the U.S. State Department calls it) captured Palmyra in central Syria in May, they have advanced steadily westward from their new base. One month ago they captured the mostly Christian town of al-Qaratayn, northeast of Damascus. (The inhabitants fled, of course). And now IS forces are within 30 km. of the M5, the key highway that links Damascus with the other parts of Syria that remain under government control. The jihadis captured Palmyra, by the way, because the “anti-ISIL coalition” – the U.S. Air Force, in practice – did not drop a single bomb in its defence. It made at least a thousand air strikes to save Kobani, the Kurdish city on the bor-
der with Turkey that was besieged by IS fighters, because the Kurds were U.S. allies. Whereas Palmyra was defended by Assad’s soldiers, so the U.S. let Islamic State have it. One can imagine Kerry’s (and Obama’s) horror at the idea that by defending Palmyra they would be seen as protecting Assad’s brutal regime, but if Islamic State troops manage to cut the M5 it will be seen as a sign of the regime’s impending defeat. At that point, up to half the people who still live in governmentcontrolled areas – around 17 million – may panic and start trying to get out of Syria. They would obviously include the religious minorities (Christians, Alawites, Druze), some five million people who have good reason to fear slavery, rape and murder at the hands of Islamic State. The millions of Sunni Muslims who have served the Syrian government and its army would also be at risk. So let’s say four or five million more refugees pouring out across Syria’s borders, to join the four million who have already fled.
What they left behind would be a Syria entirely controlled by the extremists. The only remaining question would be whether the jihadis roll on through behind the refugees, overrunning Lebanon and Jordan as well, or whether they fall to fighting among themselves. All three major Islamist groups – Islamic State (which Turkey and Saudi Arabia no longer support), and the al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham (which they still do) – are virtually identical in their ideology and their ultimate goals. However, they have some tactical differences, and Islamic State and al-Nusra fought a quite serious turf war last year, so maybe they will get distracted again. But even if they do, Syria will be gone. This is what the Russians see coming, and they may be willing to try to stop it. When asked last week if Moscow intended to get involved directly in the Syrian fighting, Russian President Vladimir Putin would only say that the question was “premature.” Nobody, DYER | 10
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Should Canada take a more active role in the Syrian refugee crisis?
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“We should do more to help the women and children.”
“It’s a difficult issue; No matter what the government does, some people will be disappointed.”
“I would need to learn more about the situation to determine an opinion.”
“Canada needs to do more. People don’t understand how dire the situation is in Syria; people are dying.”
“It is a very complicated situation. I think Canadians need to understand how the role we play in the global economy impacts situations like the crisis in Syria.”
“The only way Russia can avert disaster this time, however, is to put its own air force into the fight ...” Gwynne Dyer | 8 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON
In election campaign, Canadians aren’t immune to perils of corporate capitalism EDITOR'S NOTES There’s been much talk of the middle class in the federal election campaign. Indeed, that was a hot topic leading up to it. Both Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau talk about restoring the fortunes of the middle class, while Stephen Harper attempts to deflect to avoid discussing his government’s abysmal handling of the economy that has weakened the prospects of working Canadians. The decline of the middle class has been decades in the making, so not all of the blame can be left at Harper’s door. That said, he has governed over some of the worst declines of any Canadian government. Ever. Moreover, the decline is global in scale, attributable to one factor – corporate capitalism – that’s been fostered by governments of Harper’s ilk at the expense of the vast majority here and, most noticeably, in
the U.S. Though not in an election mode officially, the U.S. is seeing far livelier debates as presidential hopefuls from both parties jockey for position. Led by Donald Trump, the Republican slate provides little in the way of credibility, especially on the economic front – the Tea Party contingent continues the fantasyland created by Ronald Reagan and embraced ever since. The Democrats offer a smidge more sanity – and more than a smidge in the case of Bernie Sanders – but both parties have long been bought by a handful of oligarchs and corporate interests. It’s this very corporatism that has eroded the middle class, subverted democracy, fostered inequality, stolen billions of dollars and led to an unproductive economy where money and power is increasingly held by a small minority. That richest 10 per cent of Canadian families are getting richer. They enjoyed a 30-per-cent earnings increase compared to a generation ago, the only group to experience
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The last three have seen that steadily eroded by the rise of corporatism, including its wholesale purchase of the political system, particularly in the U.S., an undemocratic trend that is being reflected here by Harper government policies. That’s an issue raised this week by economist Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration and now an outspoken advocate for change. In particular, he calls for measures to rein in Wall Street – particularly the application of the Dodd-Frank bill and the controls of the GlassSteagall Act – tax increases on the wealthy and the removal of money’s influence in the electoral process. “There has to be a limit on the size of big banks. The current big banks have to be broken up using antitrust laws, as we broke up the oil cartels in the early years of the 20th century,” he writes this week in his popular blog. “We’ve got to put limits on executive pay and have a much more progressive income tax so that people who are earning
tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars a year are paying at a rate that they paid before 1981, which is at least 70 per cent at the highest marginal level. “These changes can’t come about unless we have campaign finance reform that provides public financing in general elections and a constitutional amendment that reverses the grotesque decision of the Supreme Court at the start of 2010, in a case called ‘Citizens United versus the Federal Election Commission.’ “None of this is possible without an upsurge in the public at large – a movement that rescues our democracy and takes back our economy. One can’t be done without the other. Our economy and democracy are intertwined. Much the same challenge exists in Europe and Japan and elsewhere around the world, where systems profess to combine capitalism and democracy.” He notes that democracy is at risk under the massive inequities we see today. In the U.S., that’s led to the top 1% making 20 per cent
of the total income and owning 38 per cent of the total wealth. The richest 400 people in the country are wealthier than the bottom 150 million Americans. The situation isn’t as pronounced here, but we’re on the same path. We need both the economic and democratic reform Reich and a host of others advocate, though we’re not hearing much of that in our election. Those who argue that regulation only hinders capitalism – often the same people who wrongly equate capitalism with democracy – miss the point of a so-called free market. The idea of a free-market economy is to let the market decide what will be made and in what quantity, rather than the central planning of the communist system, for instance. It doesn’t, however, mean free from regulation. How many people would argue that business should be “free” to use slaves or child labour? That was once the case in the West, but has been regulated out of the KANNON | 10
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such gains. This is creating a new phenomenon in income distribution in Canada: the rich are breaking away from the rest of society, in a way not seen since such information began to be collected four decades ago. Essentially, we’re spending more time at work, but 80 per cent of us are getting a smaller share of Canada’s economy, in good times and in bad. Only the richest 20 per cent are experiencing gains, and most of those gains are concentrated in the top 10 per cent. For many of the rest of us, personal debt grows as we try to maintain our standard of living. The burgeoning middle class, equitable society and philosophy of the common good that developed in the postwar years were a testament to the values of those who came through war, financial excess, Depression and another great war: they were eager to do away with the scourges of the past and to create a better society for themselves and, more pressingly for their children. The next three decades saw that happen.
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Compensation costs – including salaries, benefits and pensions – consume almost three quarters of all increases in spending on public schools. Between 2003-04 and 2012-13, compensation costs rose from $30.9 billion to $44.6 billion – an increase of $13.8 billion, which represents 72.2% of the overall $19.1 billion increase in education spending during the 10-year period. Enrolment dropped by 4.9% in the same period.
“The company responsible for this and the bureaucrats who are supposed to get them to clean it push paper around on desks every day and then they get to go home to some place that is safe. Our lives are on hold and it seems that if this ever is cleaned up it will be taxpayers who foot the bill.”
Woolwich Township continues to prepare for a hearing into the Walmart-anchored King/86 big box development despite the withdrawal this week of its two main opponents. The City of Waterloo and the Uptown Waterloo BIA announced Sept. 10 they had reached a deal with developer – in return for concessions and $1.5 million in cash, the parties agreed to drop their appeals at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).
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including the Russians, likes Assad’s regime, but it is the least bad remaining option. Indeed, it is the only alternative left to a jihadi victory. Most of the “moderate” anti-regime rebels went home or fled abroad years ago, unable to match the jihadis in firepower, in money or in frightfulness. The notion that the U.S. can now create a moderate “third force” able to defeat both the jihadis and the Assad regime is a shameful face-saving fantasy Moscow used diplomacy to save the Obama administration from itself two years ago, when Washington was getting ready to bomb Assad’s forces in response to a (possibly
spurious) allegation that they had used poison gas on civilians. The only way Russia can avert disaster this time, however, is to put its own air force into the fight – and maybe its own ground troops, too. If it does, the key question will then be whether the United States lets Russia do the job that it is too fastidious to do itself, or whether it gives in to the clamour of its Turkish and Saudi allies – and they would be clamouring – to “stand up” to the Russian intervention. Since the United States doesn’t actually have a coherent strategy of its own, it’s impossible to predict how it will respond. For all Kerry’s bluster, they don’t know yet in Washington either.
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mix. Once we’ve established that the market is an artificial construct that we’ve devised, we’re free to shape it in such a way that it provides only benefits to society, not harms. The deregulation that fuelled the corporatism of the last few decades – think of the rise of globalization, monopolies and oligarchies and the resultant decline in our quality of life – fol-
lowed a postwar boom that was shaped by a market system that was devised with the broad public in mind. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but far more equitable than is the case today. Deregulation killed that. New regulations controlling the excesses of the financial sector are needed to put us back on track. The same goes for removing corporate influence in the political system. That’s what we need to be voting for.
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Don’t Learn Safety Rules by Accident Make Safety a Habit. Be prepared.
Safety first when visiting a farm The nursery rhyme does not state, “Old MacDonald had a farm and on this farm there was a bunch of dangerous things.” But maybe it should? Farmers perform an essential service, providing food and other products that consumers commonly take for granted. The inner workings of a farm are something to treat with respect. Most of the families who live and work on a farm understand the potential hazards of such an environment. However, individuals visiting a farm may be unaware of these dangers. Understanding farm safety helps keep everyone safe.
According to the organization Kids Health, the age groups at greatest risk for injury on farms are children ages 3 to 4 and teenagers ages 13 to 14. Most injuries can be prevented, though, with a little education and precautionary measures.
Machinery There are many different forms of machinery on a farm to help keep it working efficiently. These items can pose serious safety risks. Although tractors are the type of farm equipment that causes the most injuries, some adults still think it is safe to allow children to ride along.
Injuries that may result from farm machinery include pinching of clothing or parts of the body, where a person may become trapped in the gears or components of equipment; cuts from equipment that shears crops; bruising or cuts from projectiles thrown by mowers or other field equipment; and crushing or trapping injuries from machinery that falls or tips over.
that are startled by yelling or loud noises also may become restless and dangerous.
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Children should understand that animals may unintentionally cause injuries. It may be in a horse’s defense mechanism to kick when it is scared. To avoid such injuries, never approach animals from behind. Also, when baby animals are present, a female may be protective of her brood and go on the defensive.
Part of the excitement of visiting a farm is seeing and petting the animals. Although many animals may be docile and domesticated, they can still be unpredictable. Animals
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Traffic-related tractor incidents account for 13% fatalities According to the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR) program, 13 per cent of farm-related fatalities across Canada are traffic-related, and most involved tractors. During the busy fall harvest season, farmers often travel long distances between fields, and this requires transporting equipment on public roads. Farm equipment is oversized and slow compared to other vehicles using the roads, and when certain procedures are not met, this can lead to collisions and other incidents. Make it safe Maintenance is a contributing factor to the safety of transporting farm
equipment. Poor maintenance of equipment such as brakes or tires can lead to loss of control of the vehicle. Check all tires for air pressure, cuts, bumps and tread wear. Always lock brake pedals together for highway travel as sudden braking at high speeds on only one wheel could put the tractor into a dangerous skid. Equip heavy wagons with their own independent brakes. The number one cause of farm-related fatalities in Canada is machinery roll overs. To minimize the risk of severe injury or death to the operator, all tractors need roll-over protective structures (ROPS). In ad-
dition, operators should always wear a seatbelt as ROPS are ineffective in a roll over without this restraining device.
Make it visible To avoid traffic collisions between motorists and farm equipment, farmers should ensure their equipment is clearly visible and follow all regulated requirements for lighting and signage. This will ensure approaching traffic has time to react to a slow-moving vehicle. Use reflective tape and reflectors in the event that large equipment is required to travel in dim lighting conditions. In Canada, reflective material should be red
and orange strips. You can purchase reflective tape in kits or by the foot at local farm or hardware stores.
Dust-covered signage and lights make farm machinery less visible to motorists and dust-covered machinery causes poor visibility for the operator, who may not see oncoming traffic. Be sure to clean farm equipment prior to transportation to minimize the risk of collision due to poor visibility. It is important to note that regulated requirements for lighting and signage on public roadways include the use of a slow-moving vehicle (SMV) sign.
The SMV sign must be properly mounted, clean and not faded. It must be positioned on the rear of the tractor or towed implement and clearly visible. SMV signs must only be used on equipment travelling less than 40 km/hr.
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puck and a kid would be set up wrong and he’d say ‘move over,’ or ‘hold your stick this way.’” Friends of Hockey was busy covering kids’ hockey registration fees and equipping them for the hockey season this week. Parents in need of assistance with hockey equipment can contact Jim at jim.radcliffe@friendsofhockey.ca, if they weren’t able to come out to the swaps this week. “This is our really busy
Across the province right now, where bears are legal to hunt, there is a season open for them. One of the ways to hunt bear is by calling them in. Needless to say, it’s not a very popular way. The way I see it, if you are going to call a wild animal in, you should be reasonably certain that you don’t actually mind spending time very close to the animal. I’ve never really been sure of that with bears. In general, when it comes to calling, my rule is, I’ll call it if I can take it in a fair fight. That’s why I have no problem calling in ducks, geese, turkeys and squirrels. I have also called in a few deer and moose in my time, but I was fully prepared to sucker punch them. Bears are different, however. When a bear comes into a call, he’s actually hunting you. The reason is you are pretending to be an animal in distress that it would like to eat. The bear, therefore, thinks it has stumbled across easy pickings to rip apart with its teeth and fangs. That’s why, if I’m going to use a bear call at all, I generally use a call that
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bring their old or too small hockey gear, and get some gently-used gear with a better fit. Friends of Hockey formed in 2009 to help families who need assistance paying for the cost of keeping their kids in hockey in Woolwich. Richard, or Richie, was a big supporter of the organization, and when he passed last year, his family asked that donations be made to the organization in his name. “I know for the young refs, they all looked up
ceremony. They’re waiting until the night of the game to unveil the dedication, a fitting tribute to the dedicated referee. “There’s going to be a plaque going on the outside of the door, with a write-up and a picture,” Kyle said. The three Rank kids were also on hand this week at the WMC helping out at the Friends of Hockey equipment swap. Held at the rink for the first time, players were encouraged to
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Local runner, Kenyan husband return to St. Clements for Harvest Half-Marathon WHITNEY NEILSON Distance runners can test their endurance again this month as the second annual Harvest HalfMarathon returns to St. Clements. Organized as a fundraiser for the Kenyan Kids Foundation, the event helps support dairy farmers in the Cherangany region of Kenya. It’s also the only Waterloo Running Series race held in Wellesley. “We’ve got a couple extra things happening this year. The Thursday night we’re having a screening of the Transcend movie and then
Friday we’re doing a pasta dinner. And then Saturday is the race day,” Blair McKay said. More than 400 people ran last year, with three quarters of them completing the half marathon. Runners can choose to do the quarter marathon race instead. Kids can also participate in a half mile fun run. The foundation was founded by McKay, his daughter Tarah Korir and his son-in-law Wesley Korir, who’s from Kenya. Tarah and Wesley both live in Kenya now but will be returning to Wellesley for a visit, and some running,
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time of year. The big thing with us is getting the word out. It is here. We want to get as many kids on the ice as we can. If they’re on the ice they’re not hanging out getting in trouble,” Radcliffe said. Woolwich announced last fall that they’d be naming the referee room at the WMC and a road in the Birdland subdivision after Rank, who was a longtime township employee. “The township approached the family, and wanted to do something.
This is where he spent a lot of time,” Kyle said. He’s remembered for always showing up to referee a game, regardless if he was scheduled to or not. Kyle laughs as he recalls his dad jumping up from Sunday dinner to go ref a game when another referee couldn’t make it. “Obviously he gave a lot of time to reffing,” Kyle said. “Young refs coming up will ask who he was.” The dedication ceremony and Sugar Kings homeopener will be September 20 at 2 p.m. at the WMC, playing host to the Guelph Hurricanes.
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this fall. Ben Kaplan, editor of the magazine iRun, will be the guest speaker at the pasta dinner this year. Last year’s speaker was marathoner Krista DuChene. They raised just under $15,000 last year through the race, pasta dinner, and auction. “We have just under 300 people registered. A lot of people procrastinate so we’re expecting a bunch more to register. I guess it’s like the election call. It’s hard to know how many people are going to register at the last minute,” McKay said. Tarah and Wesley will return in October. Tarah will be running the Toronto Half-Marathon, while Wesley will be running the Chicago Marathon. Tarah ran her first competitive half-marathon in Prague this spring, finishing in 73 minutes and 39 seconds – in the all-time top-10 for a Canadian female halfmarathon runner. She’s planning to use that half-marathon as a way to help fundraise for her work in Kenya. “We’re really trying to work with people in Kenya to improve their lives where they are and frankly there’s a lot more bang for the buck in doing that. It costs a lot of money to bring somebody to Canada,” McKay said.
He continued, “We’ve been really successful at raising funds for our dairy project in Kenya. Our dairy project is supporting probably close to 1,000 different families through milk production.” Runners can sign up at www.raceroster.com, or buy tickets for the dinner or film screening at www. kenyankidsfoundation.ca. Race kits and chip pickup will be available at Runners’ Choice in Waterloo on Sept. 18 from 5-7:30 p.m., and at the St. Clements Arena on Sept. 19 from 7-8:30 a.m. The pasta dinner is Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Calvary United Church in St. Jacobs. Tickets are $15 or two for $25. Transcend, a documentary on Wesley’s rise from poverty in Kenya to winning the 2012 Boston Marathon, will be shown at the Princess Twin Cinema at 7 p.m. on September 17. The quarter- and halfmarathons start at the St. Clements arena on September 19 at 9 a.m. The quarter marathon will start at the halfway point of the half marathon, so runners must be at the arena by 8 a.m. to catch the shuttle there. The kids’ half mile starts at 12:15 p.m. at the arena.
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imitates a donut. At least it’s quiet. I won’t imitate a honeyglazed donut, however – that’s just asking for it. Thus far, a bear has not responded to this call, which is fine by me. The problem is, as an outdoors writer, I am, on rare occasion, asked to
hunt with people who try oddball tactics like this. That explains why I have developed a contingency plan should I ever be asked to go on a hunt where everyone is trying to call in a bear. My plan is to be the worst caller in the group – by far. I will do this in two ways. First, the quality of my
calls will be suspect. If I have to imitate an animal in distress, it will be one in intestinal distress. Hopefully, the predatory bear in question will not find this too appetizing. The way to do this is to use a very loud whoopee cushion between actual bear calls. Then, I will scream out, “Oh god! I shouldn’t
have had those fajitas!” Still, bears are curious creatures who routinely eat garbage, so I can’t rely on that alone. Which is why I will also not call as loudly as the next guy. The way I figure it, if I call quietly I’ll probably attract a bear I can handle. My theory on this is that, as in all species, the young
have the best hearing and the big, mean, old creatures suffer from hearing loss accumulated over the years. I’m not saying I would ever do harm to a cub with excellent hearing. I’m just saying if a bear sneaks in on me, I’d rather have one that would look cute wearing a tee-shirt. I’m hoping this overall
strategy will keep me from ever being in a situation where I have to run quicker than the next guy. When you get to be my age, that becomes a hard thing to do with full shorts. No, if I’m going to bear hunt this year – and I probably am – I’ll go very easy on the calling. Or I’ll take my duck call.
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Kings making final tweaks as season set to begin With most of the pieces in place, the team posts its first victory of the preseason in convincing style over Winter Hawks SCOTT BARBER The Elmira Sugar Kings closed out the exhibition schedule with a dominant 9-3 victory over the Cambridge Winter Hawks on the road Saturday evening. “It was our first game with almost our full lineup for the season, so that was a positive for us,” Kings head coach Jeff Flanagan said. “We tried some lines that we’re hoping might work out for the regular season and they did. We had scoring from some of our veterans, from our rookies and our defense, the young core back there, played really
well. The guys were giving a great effort in all areas and while we made some mistakes, we felt like our guys, for what we’ve practiced so far, did a good job.” Zac Coulter led the way with a hat trick, while Ethan Skinner, Quinten Bruce, Klayton Hoelscher, Jeff Jordan, Alex Uttley and Ryan Maksymyk all added goals. Ty Jackson and Skinner each notched three assists, Mitch Montgomery, Riley Cribbin and Ty Biles all had two helpers and Kevin Gergeley picked up one of his own. It wasn’t all smooth sailing during the pre-season
though, as the Kings finished with a 1-3 record. But now that their roster is set and a number of key players have returned from Ontario Hockey League training camps, the defending Cherrey Cup champions will look to get off to a strong start in the games that actually count. “For this time in the season, we are where we’re going to be,” said Flanagan. “In goal, we have had some injuries and some illness, but Mike Black is pretty well healthy. He had mono earlier in the summer and was just cleared to play last week so now it’s just about
getting his fitness level back, and as you know, that isn’t something that happens over night. And Liam Conway, our other goaltender has an injury at the moment, but we’re hoping that by next week he’s going to be skating full-time and will be back at it but it’s hard to say. Other than that, we are where we’re going to be for now, and of course there is always the potential of adding someone but that goes for every team. So otherwise, this is going to be our roster as we head into the season.” Now, the club is set to open up the regular season
this weekend with a pair of contests at the Western Fair in London. “It’s going to be a challenge,” Flanagan said of the showcase event, which will see the Kings take on St. Catharines at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, followed by a 10:30 a.m. matchup against Lambton Shores on Sunday, both at the Western Fair Community Centre. “St. Catharines historically, is always a strong team, and (Lambton Shores) by all accounts is building and should have a good team. And the schedule isn’t great, playing in the afternoon on Saturday
and then we’re back on the ice first thing on Sunday morning. It’s going to be a quick turnaround for our guys so hopefully our fitness levels that we work so hard on over the summer are going to carry us through. But we’re going to have to be on our top game.” After the showcase, the Kings will begin their Midwestern Conference title defense on the road against Listowel September 18, before returning to Elmira for the home-opener against Guelph September 20, where the puck drops at 2 p.m. at the WMC.
Preseason ends on high note for Jacks with 3-2 win Junior C squad dealing with compressed preparation time, with play to begin in earnest next week in Woodstock SCOTT BARBER The Wellesley Applejacks finished out their short preseason schedule strong with a 3-2 victory over the Mitchell Hawks September 3, and now the coaching staff is looking towards finalizing their 22-man roster before the season opener September 18 in Woodstock. “We were much better than the first game, mostly because we had a lot more guys that are already signed
in the lineup,” head coach Brad Gerber said. “We had a little more experience in terms of veteran players, which makes a big difference in junior hockey.” With 18 players signed heading into the final two practices, there are still some tough decisions for management to make, Gerber added. But overall, they are pleased with the way their players, rookies and veterans alike, have been playing throughout training camp and the pair of exhibi-
tion games against Mitchell. “We’ve still got lots to work on, but I thought we were fast,” Gerber said. “We really started to show our speed and when we did, that’s when we scored our goals. Obviously there is still lots to work on in terms of playing in their end, playing without the puck and of course, playing in our own end, so we will be working hard on all of those things.” The regular season begins with the annual Wellesley Fair road trip,
which will see the squad play the first six contests away from their home rink. It’s going to be a challenge, Gerber said, but he is confident the team can get off to a strong start. “Obviously the team is used to it,” he said. “It’s a tough way to start the season, but if we can play decent hockey and come away with a good record, it’ll be a great way to start off the year.” The Jacks’ preseason schedule was cut a bit short
this year, with many other teams in their conference starting their regular season a week early. That just means Gerber and his staff will have to use their last remaining practices to get the guys in game shape. “The biggest thing we’re going to be working on is playing without the puck, and making sure that everyone is accountable on the ice,” Gerber said. “The guys without the puck are going to have to finish all of their checks and also work
towards creating turnovers. Forechecking smart and teaching the guys when to go and when not to go on the forecheck is very important. And also, we’re always going to be stressing the importance of taking care of our own end. Everybody always has a job to do and we need to play as a team.” The Jacks’ regular season begins September 18 in Woodstock against the Braves. The home opener is set for October 10 against New Hamburg.
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The prospect of nine billion people being on the earth in 2050 is pretty scary. Scarier yet, though, is the challenge of feeding them. But even scarier still is looking into the future and knowing that a scant 35 years from now, the person in the mirror is the one who’ll be trying to feed everyone. That’s the reality facing today’s young farmers and agricultural business professionals. Not only will they inherit a world increasingly turned upside down by politics, religion, economics, technology and climate change, but they also have to pull together to figure out how to keep that world fed … so it doesn’t get even more volatile than it’s poised to be. They have a huge responsibility, one that requires exemplary leadership skills, and not just when 2050 arrives. In fact, the decades leading up to 2050 are likely the
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Groups representing postsecondary students say governments need to do more to lower the burden on graduates; Ontario now has the highest tuition fees among Canadian universities WHITNEY NEILSON Ah, frosh week. A time for university students to let loose, find their bearings on campus, and hopefully plan a way to graduate in four years better off than how they started. Rising student debt and less than encouraging job prospects make the idea of finishing postsecondary education feel like a dark cloud on the horizon. The average student graduating with debt owes $27,000, according to the National Graduates Survey. It’s not surprising considering the results released on Wednesday from a recent poll conducted for
the Canadian Federation of Students, which shows average undergrad tuition fees at more than $6,000 – a 3.2 per cent annual increase. “What we have seen is a little bit more than half of students do graduate with debt. So 53 per cent is the data we have from 2010. So that’s something definitely that is a concern,” says Stephane Hamade, the University of Waterloo Federation of Students vicepresident of education. He says students at UW benefit from the cooperative education program. Students who go through the co-op program have three to four per cent high-
er employment rates, with higher salaries than their non-co-op counterparts. But not every student has that option. “We’re always working on making sure affordability of post-secondary education is an important issue,” Hamade said. “We do meet regularly with MPPs and MPs around student loan programs, OSAP, tuition and issues such as those to really make sure that students are going to be able to afford their education and aren’t going to have too much debt after they graduate. The real important key for us is students can access this education.”
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most important for food security. The way farmers and society harmonize their interests between now and then has everything to do with how well the global population gets fed. Can there be a bigger impetus for cooperation? Has there ever been a more important time for farmers to acquire the skills that help them connect with the public? These questions underline the important role of
organizations that assist with leadership development, those such as 4-H and Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture, and those that support youth development. One such effort, the global Youth-Ag Summit, has its origins in Canada. The first summit was held just two years ago in Calgary, thanks to the efforts of Bayer CropScience and 4-H Canada. It brings together 100 young people 18-25 years old from more than 30 countries, with a goal of
sharing perspectives and creating a dialogue on how science and agriculture have a role in feeding the world as the population grows. Participants are selected by how well their 1,500-word essays on global food security impress judges. This year’s summit just concluded, in Canberra, Australia. One of the four Canadian delegates was University of Guelph graduate Courtney O’Neill, one of my former agricultural communications students
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who now works in nutrition and marketing for Agribrands Purina. While the rest of us were chowing down on Christmas dinner, she was laboriously poring over each word of her essay. It paid off when she was selected to participate, early in the New Year. The main point of her submission was the need for education. People her age, she says, don’t really understand the formidable feed-the-world task in front of them, and how it will take good planning, good technology and good will to get the job done. She brought back a determination from the summit to change that. Each dele-
gate was charged with vowing to do what organizers called “three little things” to inch the world towards a sustainable future in agriculture. Hers were reducing food waste, joining an agricultural women’s network to connect with others who have similar concerns, and starting a blog to keep education and sustainability in the public eye. “After the summit, you feel empowered to change the world,” she says. And that may indeed be on the horizon. This year, the summit participants crafted a declaration to the United Nations, which will be presented by two delegates, from Australia and
Kenya, in Rome to the UN Committee on World Food Security next month. Among other things, it calls for developing a multichannel platform for educators in the agricultural industry, to build greater skills through ongoing education. As well, the declaration calls for developing a global youth platform to build a movement and develop youth leaders through mentorship and education by youth groups. Kudos to Bayer CropScience for its commitment to this program, and to delegates like Courtney who are not only helping shape the future of food production, but will actually be the ones doing it.
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ey management skills. “The tuition levels in Ontario are the highest and that is something that we are ensuring that if there are increases, they are manageable. And if tuition does stay at the level it is, we keep on seeing improvements to the financial student aid system,” Hamade said. National executive representative of the Canadian Federation of Students, Gabrielle Ross-Marquette, isn’t as optimistic about the struggles facing students in Ontario. “We know the situation is pretty bleak right now,” Ross-Marquette said. “They’re graduating to a job market that has very little prospects for hopeful students and new graduates, a job market that is overrun with unpaid internships, that won’t help them pay off the substantial amounts of debt that they owe.” She says it comes from the post-secondary education sector not being prioritized at a provincial or federal level. With a federal election happening next month, now is better than any to put those student concerns to good use.
Stephane Hamade “What students can do is talk about it because the more that people are aware that this is a situation, that this is a crisis, the more we can ask decision-makers to make change,” RossMarquette said. “And with the upcoming federal election it’s the perfect time to be talking about what candidates and what MPs can do for students, what the government can do for students, developing a plan for post-secondary education in the province, so that the fees are regulated.” The Canadian Federation of Students is advocating for Ontario to adopt a similar model to Newfoundland, where they recently turned provincial loans into grants. She advises students to
get organized and talk to their student unions about lobbying the provincial government to turn provincial loans into grants, which would substantially reduce the amount of debt that students graduate with. They’ve been on campuses this week talking to students about the importance of voting and helping them get registered with Elections Canada, so that when October 19 rolls around there’s a strong showing of students. “I’ve had lots of students tell me the reason why they don’t vote is because nobody’s talking to them or talking about their issues. That’s why we’re trying to tell them that the more we talk about it, the more we’re present on social media, the more we’re present in traditional forms of medial the more they’ll listen to us,” Ross-Marquette said.” She notes the Green party just announced by 2020 they want to eliminate tuition fees. “That tells me we’re doing something right, as one of the parties has finally decided to talk about students,” Ross-Marquette said.
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Checking in to a place where murder is actually a laughing matter Elmira Theatre Company starts a new season with some lighthearted hijinks courtesy of Murder at the Howard Johnson’s WHITNEY NEILSON Murder and a love triangle appear to be the ideal match for the Elmira Theatre Company’s season opener, Murder at the Howard Johnson’s. A husband, a wife, and a lover find themselves in quite a predicament at the local Howard Johnson Hotel. Murder is expected to ensue. Director Michelle Kreitzer says they like to kick off their season with a funny, lighthearted play whenever possible. “That’s really what this show is all about,” Kreitzer said. “It’s full of punny, corny jokes and if it’s done right then people can laugh non-stop through it. It’s a really good play to start the season because it’s going to get everybody off on the right foot.” Written by playwrights Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick in 1979, the play originally takes place in the ’70s, but ETC has set it in the present day, including current music. “There are a couple references that are a little old, but it kind of goes with the characters, so it’s not as big a deal. It’s kind of timeless, so it works out okay,” Kreitzer said. The entire play happens in a Howard Johnson Hotel. Arlene and Paul Miller are having some difficulties in their marriage, not helped by Arlene’s lover
Mitchell Lovell. Lovell, Elmira’s own Andy Wasylycia, is their dentist, and a man of wild fashion. He believes he’s what every dentist should be, Kreitzer explains. And Arlene, played by Sandra Stewart, just can’t resist him. “She wants to grow. She’s a housewife, but she wants to grow and learn. So she starts getting into some personal, self-growth and that’s what carries her through the play. She grows as a person,” Kreitzer said. Steve Whetstone, as Paul Miller, is a used car salesman who always seems to get the short end of the stick in life. Kreitzer says there are a lot of lines in the play audiences will recognize as things they’d like to say, but never would. “It’s a lovely story and I think people will connect with the characters and who they are because in spite of the comedy, and in spite of the over-the-topness, they are real people. So I think they will connect with the emotions of the characters,” Kreitzer said. With only three speaking roles, the play requires lots of prompt work. Each actor has to learn a slew of lines, but still be right on each others’ words, not letting the dialogue drag. Timing is crucial and as with any comedy, they have to know how to play the jokes, without going too far. “Because it is a show
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about murder, there are different methods of murder. So they have different things that they have to deal with. They don’t kill anyone in the audience, I’ll tell you that,” she laughs. The cast has been rehearsing since July and with only seven shows, she encourages people to come out and see it. She hopes people will take away a night of laughter. The first time she read the script she laughed out loud. She gave it to a friend and they laughed out loud. They gave it to another friend and the play publisher and they laughed out loud. Clearly, this show will leave you with a tummy ache. “We’ve had a blast rehearsing it,” Kreitzer said. “We spend so much time laughing, it’s unbelievable. I think it’s very funny. Laughter’s the best medicine right? If you’re feeling a little sad or you’re feeling a little happy, it’s the best thing you can do is come out and enjoy and laugh.” The Elmira Theatre Company production of Murder at the Howard Johnson’s runs September 17-26 at the group’s 76 Howard Ave. venue. Show times are 8 p.m., except for a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the Centre in the Square box office in Kitchener by calling 519-578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977, online at www.centre-square.com or www.elmiratheatre.com.
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Dairy Equipment Installation & Service Technician Advanced Dairy Systems Ltd. serves the needs of the dairy industry by providing Boumatic/Boumatic Robotics dairy equipment sales, service, and sanitation supplies. As well, the sales and installation of cow comfort beds, ventilation, stabling, and sprinkler systems. We are currently looking for reliable full-time employees with experience in HVAC systems and equipment, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, welding, construction, or dairy equipment. Candidates must be able to provide a driver’s abstract.
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FOR SALE HONEY, NEW CROP. From the hills and dales of Woolwich, Wellesley and Perth. Call Bauman Apiaries 519-5954885.
FOR SALE LAWN FERTILIZER AND LAWN SEED - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045. OAT STRAW - 30 small squares, $3 each. Must move. Firewood, hard cherry, dry and split $85/ face cord. 519-824-0608. PRESSURE TREATED WOOD decking 14’ x 23’ deck. You remove. Best offer. Call 519664-3463. SOFTNER SALT - 20kg bags, minimum 25 bags, skid lots of 56. Delivered in St. Jacobs, St. Clements, Elmira & Linwood areas. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045. TURKEYS FOR SALE. Ready September 15th or December 1st. Also roaster chickens, ready October 13th. Please call 519-638-5037.
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Shop Helper Or 1st or 2nd Year Apprentice Truck and Coach Technician (310T) To be considered for this position you will be a team player, and have a great attitude. Duties will include all aspects of preventive maintenance and all regular upkeep on our fleet supervised by a licensed technician. Familiarity with computer diagnostics and electrical troubleshooting are beneficial. The schedule is Monday to Friday – day shift. We offer a competitive compensation plan, with a clean, modern, safety-focused working environment. Applicants require a non-probationary drivers license, and a clean abstract, and willing to obtain a criminal record check. Please submit your resume and cover letter, with salary expectation by Tuesday, September 15th to pcarriere@ridestc.com We thank all applicants, however only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview. We are an equal opportunity employer.
WED. SEPT 23 at 6:00 PM - property auction of a 14 acre hobby farm with 6 bedroom house; new heated shop; barn; and other buildings to be held at 4435 Line 67 Newton. Jantzi Auctions, 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF tools, lawn & garden equipment, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Gerald & Margaret Martin, Waterloo, The Les & Ruth Darrington Estate, Elora & additions on Thursday, Sept. 24th at 10 a.m. Gerber Auctions, 519699-4451. SAT. SEPT 26 at 10:00 AM Auction sale of a 3 bedroom brick bungalow; household effects; furniture; tools and miscellaneous items to be held at 28 Harlew Cres New Hamburg for Paul and Nancy Gingrich. Jantzi Auctions, 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
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Responsible for repair, maintenance, overhaul, and service of various types of small engine equipment, heavy equipment, and trucks. This job description is not limited to mechanic work. Your responsibilities also may include helping field workers, doing deliveries, etc.
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AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Tractor, JD riding lawn mowers, tools, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 2154 Three Bridges Rd., Woolwich Twp. (2 miles northwest of St. Jacobs - north off Hawkesville Rd.), for Agnes & the late Ivan Kraemer, and Wayne & Joanne Freeman, on Saturday, September 12th at 9 a.m. Gerber Auctions, 519-699-4451. SAT. SEPT. 12 at 10:00 a.m. Clearing auction sale of forklift; generator; mig welder; tools; miscellaneous items to be held at 37 Mill St. East Unit 5, in Elmira for OSCM Inc. Jantzi Auctions 519-656-3555, www.jantziauctions.com WED. SEPT 16 at 10:00 AM Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; tools; antiques; 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, 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
AUCTIONS FRIDAY SEPT 18 at 5:00 PM - Auction sale of property; household effects; furniture; woodworking equipment to be held at 109 White Oak Place in Waterloo for Peter Sommerfield. Jantzi Auctions, 519-656-3555. www. jantziauctions.com SAT. SEPT 19 at 10:00 AM - clearing auction sale of tools; household effects; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at 3339 Huron Rd Haysville (approx 3 kms south of New Hamburg) for Bernd Wascke. Janzti Auctions, 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com WED. SEPT 23 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; household effects; antiques; tools; 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, 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com
BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-6692045. KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-5744141 or 519-669-2045. SEED WHEAT AND FERTILIZER competitive pricing. Rye seed, winter barley. Hard red wheats, Callus, Princeton and Sampson. Soft red wheats, Emmit, CM614, Wave, Emperor and more. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.
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Making a Difference – Every Day. The Region of Waterloo serves a growing, diverse population of over 560,000 residents. Our focus is on inspiring community trust by delivering quality services while creating a positive, inclusive work environment where our employees are valued and respected for the difference they make.
LIBRARY ASSISTANT This part-time position at the Region of Waterloo Elmira Library is a great opportunity to use your knowledge of the local community and experience working with adults, children and books. Working approximately 12 hours per week (days, evenings and Saturdays plus standby hours as needed), you will provide public library services in the children’s and adult areas. We seek an individual who can use programs such as MS Office, library automation software (e.g., SirsiDynix Workflows), the internet, social media, mobile devices and digital resources, as well as troubleshoot hardware and software issues. These technical skills are combined with the interpersonal ability to assist the public and library members, and promote library programs and services in person and over the phone. Your familiarity with library resources and operations will normally have been acquired through the attainment of a Grade 12 diploma and 1 year of related experience as described above, OR Grade 12 plus an EXCEL Certificate in Small Library Management (or equivalent) and 6 months’ related experience. You must be able to travel within the Region.
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To be held at ST. JACOB’S COMMUNITY CENTRE in St. Jacobs for area estate with additions:
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 AT 10:00 AM HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Danby apartment size freezer; forest green leather couch and chair; double iron bed; Ikea dresser; office chair; Ikea TV stand; cuckoo clock; trunk; folding table; poker table; folding chairs; dehumidifier; oak chair; privacy screen; clocks; artwork; French provincial single bed, dresser, 2 night tables; file cabinet; small cupboard; bench; glass top table and chairs; coffee and end tables; round extension table; side tables; quantity of good glass and china; bedding; linens; Tupperware; cookware etc.
ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES: parlour
table; hoosier top; old bench; bust; jewelry box and jewelry; Peter Etril Snyder prints; quilts; Duncan Phyfe table; pie crust pedestal table; Singer treadle base with table top and wrought iron chairs unique; Royal daultons; Debbie figurines; buffet; cedar chests; trunks; old boxes; Kist box; magazine stand; old clocks; older jars; lanterns; Gingerale box; planters; sausage grinder; wooden boxes; cigar box; oak dresser; old fish rods; old mirror; fishing basket; old fishing reels; fishing lures; insulators; crocks; jugs; oil lamps; old flags; wood bayonet; quantity of older glass and china; cups and saucers; depression; crystal; fancy plates etc.
Please visit our website for a detailed position description, and to apply online by September 18, 2015. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and thank all applicants in advance; however, we will be corresponding only with those selected for an interview. We will accommodate the needs of qualified applicants under the Human Rights Code in all parts of the hiring process.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: workbench;
aluminum step ladder; electric weed trimmer; patio table and chairs; outdoor lawn ornaments; gazing ball; gun rack; bait box; live traps; wrenches; sockets; jig saw; tools boxes; fertilizer spreader; microscope; electric snow blower; lawn roller; bushel baskets; tool box on wheels; quantity of hand power and garden tools.
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You are physically able to walk and stand for long periods and lift heavy objects. You have excellent reading, writing, and number skills, and demonstrate high-quality accuracy, and attention to detail. Availability to work Saturdays, and public holidays as needed, is required.
2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in Elmira. Quiet building, newly renovated, close to downtown. Call 519-669-5798.
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2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in Elmira. Available Oct. 1. $900/mth, everything included. 519-505-2463.
Hours: 11p.m. - 7a.m. Sunday through Friday Responsible to the Assistant Manager, Central Distribution for contributing to a safe and clean work environment, you will perform various custodial functions including maintaining washrooms, offices and meeting rooms, and collect garbage conforming to recycling guidelines. Operation of various lifting devices, market tear down and cleanup will also be required.
We offer a competitive salary and great working conditions. If you are interested in becoming part of Home Hardware, please forward your resume, quoting the position of interest in the subject line, to: Stacey Heckendorn, Recruitment, Human Resources, Home Hardware Stores Limited, 34 Henry St. W., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0 E-mail: hr@homehardware.ca Fax: 519-664-4711 (Microsoft Products Only)
FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE - New Holland 782 Harvester with two heads. New Holland 28 Forage blower, two right hand delivery Dion forage wagons. Call 519-496-2725.
WANTED TEAMS WANTED: WOOLWICH Area Mens’ 30 Plus Slow Pitch League is inviting teams for 2016. For more info call 519-669-2115.
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Able to work with minimal supervision, you are physically fit, have good attention to detail, and awareness of a safe, clean workplace. Experience in a custodial role an asset.
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RENTALS FOR RENT - 2 story house in downtown St. Clements. 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, appliances included. Parking for 1 vehicle. References required. $1100. plus utilities. Call Dave 519-505-4720.
INDUSTRIAL UNIT - For lease or rent. M-2 zoning, 2640 ft2, 16’x16’ electric OH door. 600V, 600 Amp service, gas radiant heat, natural and energy efficient lighting. Please call 519-669-8776 for details.
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Sat Sept 19 9:00 a.m. 3-2008 IHC7600 TA Dumps, Sander, Plow, Wing, Wet 2007 Volvo VHD TA Dump, Sander, Plow, Wing, Wet 2003 MACK RB TA U-Dump Plow & Wing 2003 MACK RB TRI-A U-Dump c/w Plow & Wing 2-2002 Freightliner FL80 SA Dump, Plow & Wing & EPOKE Sander 2002 Volvo VHD TA Dump Sander Plow & Wing 2002 Volvo G740 VHP Road Grader 2012 RMA 2500 Diesel 4X4 Pickup 4-2008 GMC 2500HD 4x4 Pickup 2005 GMC 2500 4x4 Pickup Plow & Sander 2-08/09 Ford E350 Diesel Ambulance 2000 Ford E350 7.3L Diesel Ambulance MF 50EX 4wd Tractor Loader
GARAGE SALES DOWNSIZED, HUGE GARAGE sale. Sat. Sept. 12, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 47 Limera Ave., Elmira. (nhew subdivision north of Church St). Indoor and outdoor furniture, soccer referee equipment, sports equipment, even the kitchen sink and more! JUST MOVED YARD sale Sept 12 (raindate Sept 19). 4 Ernst St Elmira. 8 a.m.
Snow Plow Blades * Slide-In Sanders * 4+ Generators * Mig Welders Mustang Skid Steer & accessories * Mowers * Weed Trimmers Compressor * HD Plate Tamper * HD Hyd Log Splitter 40+ Office Chairs * Hand Tools
Prelminary List ONLY!!! NO Buyer’s Premium or Penalty!!! VIEWING: Friday September 18th, 2015, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm TERMS: $500.00 Deposit on Each Vehicle, Balance in 48 Hours; or as announced.
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PORCH/GARAGE SALE - Sat. Sept. 19th, 8 a.m., 871 Northfield Dr. E. Cleaning out the corner including furniture and more! ST. CLEMENTS COMMUNITY Wide Garage Sale & BBQ at the Pavilion. Saturday September 12, 2015 8:00am. For information contact Jen Connolly 519-699-9277 or Melanie Martin 519-699-5116 Find us on Facebook! Search St. Clements Recreation Service Board
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3339 Huron Road in Haysville approx. 3 kms south of New Hamburg for Bernd Wascke
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT 10:00 AM MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Mastercraft belt sander; construction ladder;
router; router table; Craftsman radial arm saw; Ryobi cordless saw; skill saw; gas cans; table; desk; floor jack; Champion 50ft air hose; jack stands; scroll saw; old milk can; pressure tank; tool boxes; small generator; grinder; Craftsman spindle sander; dremel set; socket sets; pipe cutters; nut and bolt bins; chrome stacking chairs; power drills; shelving; aluminum extension ladder; wire; files; trunks; air tools; Troybilt super Bronco tiller; Craftsman snowblower; bike; Ridgio shop vac; Craftsman 15 hp riding lawnmower as is; woodworking stands; Craftsman lawnmower; craftsman riding lawnmower; Yardwork electric front tine tiller; Champion 6500 generator; shop vac; metal cutting chop saw; Craftsman vertical air compressor; Lincoln 225 G/M welder; Delta drill press; router; work table; vise; woodworking clamps; drill bits; grease guns; large drill press; Skilsaw table saw; Delta bandsaw; gas weed trimmer; Workmate bench; dolly cart; nuts and bolts; metal signs; Penzoil; creeper; tool chest; Delta 12” planer HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AND antiques: credenza; bookshelf; book shelves; organ; microwave; Kenmore frige; metal desk; file cabinets; desk; sectional couch; 3 pc bookshelf; china cabinet; needle point pieces; curio cabinet; dresser; queen anne dresser and chest; dresser; desk; Singer leather sewing machine; steel locker; antique wooden sleigh; table on wheels;
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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.
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GARDEN SERVICES TILLING and plowing \cs0 available for residential gardens. Call (cell) 519-503-5641 or 519669-2043 for details.
September 15, 2015 6:00 pm in Council Chambers, 24 Church St. W. Elmira. Agenda will be posted on the Township website by 1:00 pm on Friday. www.woolwich.ca Phone: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hours Emergency: 519-575-4504 www.woolwich.ca
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. SELL WITH SUCCESS. DO NOT WAIT! Elmira - Affordable town house with large master bedroom featuring a walk in closet. Main floor is finished with ceramic and hardwood, deck area off of the kitchen. Enjoy entertaining in your basement complete with a finished rec room and bathroom. Located 2 blocks from the public school and within walking distance of the rec center, pool and downtown area. MLS 1535058.
$249,000
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$324,900
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Elmira - Charming family home!! Located on a sought after street, lots of space inside with the family room addition and an attic with potential. Sit on your large 2-tired deck while enjoying the stunning gardens and fish pond in the private yard. Convenient setting near public school and short walk to down town shops. MLS 1528168.
Elmira - Located just outside of town, this bungalow has been redone inside and out! Enjoy the convenience of the back entrance into the mud room and main floor laundry. This home also boasts a separate garage on the 200 ft deep lot, with decking straight through from the side to the back yard. MLS 1532036.
$325,000
BREATHTAKING SUNSETS 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.
ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED 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.
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Sod-turning makes it official at site of new Riverside PS SCOTT BARBER The ground was ceremoniously broken this week for the new Riverside Public School in Elmira, though construction has been underway since July. School board officials, architects from Toronto’s Kingsland Plus group and local politicians were on hand Wednesday afternoon for the official turning of the sod. “We will be giving a full update on the project’s progress on September 21, but as of now, there is no reason to believe there will be any delays or issues,” Waterloo Region District School Board superintendent of business and treasurer Matthew Gerard said. Scheduled to open for classes in September 2016, the $15.5-million project – $4 million for the Region of Waterloo child care centre, $11.5 million for the school – will replace the existing school on William Street with a location in the centre of the new Lunor subdivision on the northwest
Waterloo Region District School Board officials, local politicians, as well as representatives from Kingsland + Architects and Tambro Construction gathered for the official groundbreaking ceremony of the new Riverside Public School in Elmira’s Lunor subdivision Sept. 9. Left to right, Nancy Dickinson, Melissa Hilton, Ellen McGaghey, Sandy Shantz, Kari Feldman, Ken Seiling, Robert MacNaughton, Brent Hatcher, Kathleen Woodcock, Colin Kingsland, John Bryant, Nathan Tami, Mel Lavoie, Matthew Gerard, Linda Bird and Maria Lugosi. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER] side of town. The WRDSB facility will host junior kindergarten through Grade 6 students, along with a daycare run by the region. Plans for the new school took off last year after a WRDSB boundary study conducted in 2012-13 showed that Elmira’s pub-
lic elementary schools were over capacity. “The new Riverside PS attendance area was determined as part of the Elmira elementary schools boundary study that concluded November 25, 2013,” a statement from the board read. “The boundary will include all of the current
Riverside PS boundary, as well as the Country Club Estates (Finoro Homes) subdivision.” According to the board, Elmira public elementary schools were an average of 136 per cent over capacity in 2013, with Riverside PS at 318 per cent over its recommended enrollment
limit. Together with renovations at John Mahood PS, grade organizational changes and the new Riverside facility, the WRDSB decided to maintain existing boundaries. But with two major developments on the books for Elmira (Lunor and Bird-
land), questions remain regarding whether the WRDSB will be able to service the influx of families to the community in the coming years. According to board projections, the new Riverside PS will be roughly at its capacity of 557 students by 2018. While those estimates show that enrollment level remaining flat through 2023, the use of portables could come into play early into the facility’s lifecycle. “We are prepared for that possibility and we always prepare for that because sometimes students don’t always come in the grades you might want them to and with class size requirements, sometimes it doesn’t break out nicely in terms of the number of classrooms that are needed,” said Nathan Hercanuck, a senior planner with the WRDSB. With 24 classrooms, two elevators, a double gym and a traditional stage, the school will sit on a 6.82acre lot.
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Welcoming foyer/mudroom, eat in kitchen, laundry/pantry off kitchen, large livingroom w/gas fireplace & laminate floors, 3 bedrms, 4 pc. bath. $176,000 Deck, cement driveway, detached insulated heated shop. Updated electrical, gas furnace, direct hook-up for BBQ, plumbing, basement windows. MLS 1528086. 20 Moore St., Moorefield
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3 bedrm brick home on treed lot. Family room with entrance to newer covered deck. Large eat-in kitchen / diningroom, spacious livingroom with open staircase, 1 & 1/2 baths. $235,900 Updated furnace, electrical, laminate floors, detached shed/garage w/ cement floor & hydro. Includes appliances. MLS 1514732
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BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED $489,000 ST. JACOBS Attractive colonial style two storey home on a pie shaped
lot. Beautifully maintained inside and out!. Three generously sized bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (master ensuite), neutrally decorated, spacious finished basement, walkout to private patio, over sized double car garage & driveway. MLS.
GORGEOUS RAISED BUNGALOW $449,900 ELMIRA 2000 sq.ft of living space in this stunning home, 3 bedrooms,
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FROM | 6
$532,999
$799,999
STUNNING BUNGALOW WITH UNIQUE STUCCO EXTERIOR. Aggregate concrete driveway. 2 bdrms./2 baths (ensuite) on the main level. Open concept from great rm/kit/din. area (great for entertaining). Spacious rec. rm., games rm, bdrm, exercise rm & bathrm. In lower level. Hot tub, fenced yard. Flagstone patio. You won’t be disappointed! MLS.
WEST MONTROSE
$725,000 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.
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. Huge rec. rm. & 3pc. in bsmt. PLUS 1 bdrm. in-law suite w/separate entrance. Detached Shed 20’x20’ w/bsmt, gas, hydro & water. Iron fence. MLS.
PINTAIL DR.
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$619,900 IMPRESSIVE STONE BUNGALOW NESTLED IN TREES. Backs to parkland. Open concept from oversized great room w/ fireplace. Spacious kit/dining area w/walkin pantry. You’ll enjoy entertaining in the fin. bsmt. – rec. room, games rm, office, den, bathroom & exercise room. Both levels are carpet free. A must see! MLS Reduced.
$454,900 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.
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house, which features a community room, a kitchenette and handicap accessible washrooms. The recreation committee isn’t looking for frills, McGregor said, rather, just a basic facility that can really enhance a well used and appreciated park. “I got into this because I would play ball at the diamond and my kids were playing at the park and skating at the rink in the winter,” McGregor said. “The goal of this is to make a building that is ascetically pleasing, that kind of reflects the country aspect of the community and something that is going to meet the needs of everybody, so accessible washrooms is a big thing; and even just
having washrooms will be great. And the community room will be great because it will give seniors, for example, a place where they can meet and play cards. Or even kids’ parties.” The budget for the field house is expected to be between $300,000-400,000, McGregor said. “The existing booth should’ve been replaced years ago,” he noted. “Now, we want to put in place a facility that will last for generations. It’s a little thing, but it’s the little things that really make a difference. If we can build a place where the kids and seniors and the whole community can go and have some fellowship with the people that they live with, that’s really what it’s all about.”
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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY
ANNIVERSARY
ANNIVERSARY
Marie & Lorne Weppler
Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary
September 18, 1965
65th Wedding Anniversary Open House
Much love from your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Well wishers welcome. Light refreshments & snacks.
ANNIVERSARY
BIRTHDAY
Happy 50th Anniversary Diane & Oscar Bloch
Happy 1st Birthday
September 11, 1965
Cal and Janice Cressman
Floyd and Irma Buehler
Your love and compassion has meant the world to all of us. We cherish our childhood of working and playing together, beach trips, gardening, and amazing food.
Chartwell Elmira, Activity Room Sunday, September 13, 2015 4 to 6 pm
50 Years
Kandis Rose Heckendorn
Celebrating Our Children, Grandchildren, Family and Friends.
IN MEMORIAM
Thanks be to God
OBITUARY
Lorne Weber
October 14, 1950-September 14, 2005
Loved, Remembered, & Missed It’s been 10 years since you left us so suddenly, and the day of that tragic accident is still etched on our minds. But, the good memories of our years together with you, remain in our hearts. In our grief, we have experienced that God is faithful; His Word is true; He never leaves or forsakes us. Because of Jesus, there is peace, even in the midst of sorrow. And for those things, we are thankful. We still miss you deeply!
We Love you to Pieces!
Love Mommy, Daddy, Rachel & Blake xo
BIRTHDAY
Marie Tim, Heather, Ben & Charlie Dan, Tracey, Abby & Ethan David, Esther, Olivia & Ella Tara, Josh, Mikayla, Emily & Julia
OBITUARY
Happy 1st Birthday to our little sweetheart Aliya! We love you Aliya Bliya,
Edgar, Donald E.
Mommy, Daddy & Big Brother Nolan xoxoxo
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DEATH NOTICES SCHMIDT, ANNA MARGARET (NEE MOYER) | November
Arthur COOPER
1918 – 2015
Peacefully at the age of 97 surrounded by his family, on September 2, 2015. Survived by Mabel, his loving wife of 73 years. Dear father and Poppie to 4 children, 10 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren Also survived by his sisters Marion Mills and Isabel Groh. Art was born on the family farm near Wallenstein, Ontario and began his career in aircraft maintenance with the Flying Club in London, Ontario. Art was a loyal Air Canada employee at Dorval Airport for 33 years, retiring in 1978. The pride and joy of Art’s retirement years was his 1932 Chev, the “twin” of the first car he and Mabel ever owned! A celebration of Art’s life took place on September 5, 2015 in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC
5, 1928-September 8, 2015 Peacefully on September 8 at Twin Oaks of Maryhill.
DEADLINE FOR FAMILY ALBUM IS WEDNESDAYS BY 5PM
Passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Freeport Health Centre, at the age of 69 years. Beloved husband of Anne (Striegel) of Elmira. Father of Kelly Edgar, and Rob Edgar and his wife Adriana McLauchlin. Stepfather of Justin Zieschang, and Amanda Zieschang-Moffatt and her husband Robert Moffatt. Remembered by his grandchildren Benjamin Edgar, Allison Edgar, and Avery Lynn KellyZieschang. Loved brother of Mont and his wife Brenda, Dale and his wife Linda, and Diane and her husband Jack Carleton. Predeceased by his parents Earl and Eileen (Hardy) Edgar. Don was a police officer with the Waterloo Regional Police until he retired on May 31, 2003. At Don’s request cremation has taken place. There will be no funeral home visitation or funeral service. Donations to Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy, and may be obtained by calling the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira (519-669-2207).
www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com
Mary M. Groshaw (Snelling) formerly of Drayton passed away peacefully at Barnswallow Place, Elmira on Monday, September 7, 2015 in her 90th year. Beloved wife of the late Carl Groshaw (1995). Cherished mother of Larry Groshaw of Drayton, Barbara Logel of Elmira, Shirley and Ray Ellis of Drayton and Marj and Barry Reed of Elmira. Dear grandmother of Shelley and Shawn; Jeremy, Dana and Becky; Deanne, Kirk and Mark; Chad, Stacy and Chris. Great grandmother of fourteen. Sister-in-law of Kathleen Snelling of Goderich, Harold Kells of Chatham and Marie Snelling of Elmira. Fondly Remembered by her nieces, nephews and friends. Mary was the last member of her family. Predeceased by her parents J. Morris and Lavina (Kocher) Snelling, brothers Wilfred, Harold and Vincent Snelling, sisters Pearl Whale and Blanche Kells and son-in-law Dan Logel. Mary and Carl farmed in the Drayton area, afterwards they moved to Elmira where Mary worked for a number of years at R.A. Hartmans Jewellers and later retired in Drayton. Mary loved baking and her favourite among family and friends were her buttertarts. The family would like to thank the caretakers at Barnswallow Place for taking such good care of Mary over the past year. To honour Mary’s wishes there will be a private family funeral service followed by interment in Bethesda Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy donations to the Kidney Foundation would be appreciated by the family. “My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest” Exodus 33:14. Arrangements entrusted to the Heritage Funeral Home, Drayton.
www.heritagefuneralhomes.ca
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LIVING HERE CHEF’S TABLE/ DIERRE ACHESON
PASSIONS / VINTAGE MOTORCYCLES
In this particular case, being an airhead is a good thing
Preserves a big part of celebrating fall’s bounty
Small group of classic BMW motorcycle enthusiasts will converge on St. Jacobs this weekend RECIPE NOTES
Mike Boileau is ready to share his knowledge and passion for BMW “airhead” motorcycles during a tech day at his home Saturday (Sept. 12) at 31 Front St. in St. Jacobs.
SCOTT BARBER From the time Mike Boileau was a young boy, he was fascinated by motorcycles. And ever since the St. Jacobs resident bought his first bike as a teen, through a three-and-half-month trek down to the bottom of South America five years ago, to his daily commute to Breslau, Boileau has always treated riding with the respect it deserves. Skilled in bike maintenance and repairs and
carrying the experience of countless miles over 25 years of riding, Boileau loves to talk shop. This weekend, he’ll get a chance to share that knowledge and passion for motorcycles, and more specifically, the airhead era of BMWs he has adopted as his favourite, to fellow enthusiasts as the host of a “tech day” event. “The airheads club has been around since the (1980s), I think, and it was created to share the knowl-
edge for the particular type of BMW motorcycle,” Boileau said. “They made this type of engine, more or less since the 1920s. The club is based out of California and every state and province has what’s called an air marshal, which is like the go-to person for information. So the guy from Ontario is from Eganville, up near Ottawa, and he’s coming. ... They try to do a tech day every year. And they’ve done them in Sarnia they’ve done them in Toronto, up
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in Eganville, because one of the things about BMW riders is they tend to be long distance tourers. And the BMW bike was designed to be a touring bike, and if it was aesthetically pleasing, well, that was secondary.” Boileau is expecting roughly a dozen airhead riders to stop by his Front Street home on Saturday. “It is a chance for fellow and newbie airheads to get together to learn how to perform various maintenance tasks as well
as to just chew the fat with like-minded enthusiasts,” he said. “My bike will be undergoing some surgery (and) I look forward to gleaning some expertise as I perform my ‘cam-chain-ectomy.’ There will be about 12 to 15 (people) in attendance, with a special guest. Gunther Schwarz from Waterloo races an airhead in the Vintage Road Racing Association and will be on hand AIRHEADS | 29
The kids are back to school and we are seeing lots of familiar faces in the shop! Back to a sense of reality and loving the local produce. For those of you who have known me for a long time you know I love to preserve fruit and veggies. We have been making jams, chutneys and pickled vegetables. Our favourite so far has been the Green Tea and Peach Chutney. We then played with a fruit basket – pears, plums, peaches and apples are amazing on fish, chicken and pork. My love for preserves came from my Mom and Grandma Henry. Preserving was a necessity for family functions and raising a large family. I always looked forward to the selection of preserves she’d have on the table. As we move forward to fall and a very busy time, the phone calls for Thanksgiving and beyond are already coming in – so many people to look forward to seeing. Enjoy your autumn and
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Did you know? Now is a great time of year to get your vehicle undercoated/rust protected. It is best to get this done BEFORE the weather gets too cold as the oil is thinner and can get into the finer cracks and crevices providing better coverage. It also has more time to soak in before the winter comes and there is salt on the road. Book your appointment at Leroy’s today! – Gavin
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SEPTEMBER 12 WOOLWICH COMMUNITY LIONS CLUB presents: Drive one 4 UR Community. Come out to Foodland parking lot between 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For every person who comes and test drives a vehicle, Ford will donate $20 to the Woolwich Community Lions Club, up to a maximum of $6,000. Food and entertainment all day. Show and shine car show 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. All proceeds go to support the Elmira District Community Living van project. WELLESLEY MENNONITE CHURCH INVITES you to a free community BBQ to be held rain or shine, 5-7 p.m. at 157 David St., Wellesley. Join us as we celebrate our 40th anniversary. For more information email: office@wellesleymennonite.ca.
SEPTEMBER 13 THE WALK TO REMEMBER and Butterfly Release, 1-3 p.m. in the Dedication Centre at Williamsburg Cemetery, 1541 Fischer-Hallman Rd., Kitchener, to release a butterfly in memory of your loved ones. For more information and to purchase your butterfly or memorial sign visit www.bfomidwest. org, call the office at 519-603-0196 or email events@bfomidwest.org. Presented by Bereaved Families of Ontario Midwestern Region. HUNGRYMAN BREAKFAST WITH WOOLWICH Minor Midgets. Join us for an all-you-can-eat breakfast between 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Adults $6; 6-10 years $3; 5 and under free. Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira.
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HOT HAM SUPPER 4-7 p.m. at St. Clements Community Centre - 1 Green St., St. Clements. Tickets: Adults: $12; children 5-12 $6 and children 4 and under are free. Please call Marilyn at 519-2050151 for tickets or get them at the door.
SEPTEMBER 14 WOMEN’S INSTITUTE - 7:30 p.m. at Bloomingdale United Church (back door). Discussing waste management, an educational event. Everyone welcome!
SEPTEMBER 15 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. TUESDAY LUNCHEON, GALE PRESBYTERIAN Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. Meat or vegetarian lasagna, caesar salad, roll, peach dessert with ice cream , beverage; 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., $12. Takeouts can be ordered by calling 519-669-2852 (must pick up).
SEPTEMBER 16 SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Wellesley Mennonite Church, 157 David St., Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-664-1900 for more information.
WOOLWICH SENIORS ASSOCIATION CHICKEN Chops Dinner. Woolwich Seniors Association members, 5 p.m. For more information call Woolwich Seniors Centre at 519-669-5044.
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SEPTEMBER 18 COMMUNITY CARE ACCESS CENTRE (CCAC) and Community Care Concepts (CCC): Who does what, where, and when? Representatives from both CCAC and CCC will present an overview of the services they provide. 10:15-11:15 a.m., at the Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. No registration required. Everyone welcome. For more information on this free event, call Joy at 519-6643534.
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Old tires repurposed as Minion stolen from Conestogo home WHITNEY NEILSON The theft of their beloved Minion has left some Conestogo kids pretty upset. Three tires painted and stacked together to look like the popular Minion character from the Despicable Me and Minions movies vanished from outside a Northfield Drive home last Thursday. “My daughter would say goodbye to it every morning,” David Hofbauer said. “She’d wave at it and she called it my Mini. So that day was pretty bad. She cried herself to sleep. And it happened again a couple days ago, she started freaking about ‘where’s my Mini, where’s my Mini,’ as we were driving out one day.” They received the Minion from a friend through a free recycling type program. The friend originally got them from someone in St. Jacobs. They planned to throw them out, but gave them to the Hofbauers instead. They planned to use the Minion as part of a beanbag toss for his son’s birthday party that weekend. It only lasted a week before it was stolen. “I was pretty surprised because they were by the house. It’s not like they were out by the curb where they could be mistaken
with his race bike to hang out and discuss all things airhead.” Airheads were built from 1923-1995 and get their name from their distinctive air-cooled flat twin engines, which are easily recognizable since their cylinder heads stick out at a 180-degree angle. It’s a design that lasted for decades because it was
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Josephine Hofbauer is pictured with her beloved Minion, which was stolen from her family’s Conestogo home last week. [SUBMITTED] for garbage,” Hofbauer said. “They were 30 to 40 feet back at the back of our driveway, sitting right beside our deck. Daytime was kind of weird too, but I guess it’s safer in the daytime if there’s no one around.” The tires were old, so he doesn’t think the thief was after them for their value. He reported it to the police, but because the Minion isn’t very big he knows it will be hard to find. Also, since it was stolen on a day that the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market was open, it could be long gone from this area if it was taken by someone passing through. “They were interested in pictures to see three tires painted as a Minion, I think is what the dispatcher asked me,” Hofbauer said,
in reference to filing a police report. A friend of his who’s also a police officer suggested they reach out to the community to see if there were any leads because he remembered when a child’s wagon was stolen, it was soon returned once more people were aware. He says they probably won’t bother getting another one. They’ve actually removed some stuff from their front yard because of the theft. Hofbauer hopes getting the word out will see the Minion returned. “Hopefully somewhere there’s some husband who told his wife he bought this and she’ll read the paper and she’ll ask him again where he got it,” Hofbauer said.
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simple and practical, Boileau said. And the airhead club is hoping to keep the tradition going for many years – and road trips – going forward. “Really, I’m just looking forward to sharing some information and tips with people who also love these motorcycles,” Boileau said, noting airhead club members share a bond that includes a provincial directory that members
can call upon if they’re out on the road and run into a maintenance issue. “I hope people here in the region that are into these bikes feel welcome to come out and meet with us. It’ll be a good time.” The airhead tech day is open to anyone interested in learning more about vintage BMW motorcycles, and will be run all day on Saturday at 31 Front St. in St. Jacobs.
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2 cinnamon sticks 1 Tbsp. diced ginger 2 bay leaves 5 black peppercorns 1 tsp. crushed chili 500ml of cider vinegar 2 cups of sugar
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You can thank toponyms for the charlatans and spaniels in this podunk town WEIRD NOTES
Q. Its motto is “25 by 25.� Whose motto is this, and what are its goals? Are you affected by them? A. It’s the 2012 stated goal of the World Health Organization, aiming to “change behaviors in such a way as to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs),� thereby reducing annual global mortality 25% in 2025, say Dave Chokshi and Thomas Farley in “Science� magazine. The targeted population is adults 30-70 years old; the targeted NCDs are cardiovascular and chronic pulmonary diseases, cancer and diabetes; and the targeted risk factors
are tobacco use, unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and misuse of alcohol. Various studies have indicated that NCD prevention is particularly effective through population-based approaches, using “public policies such as taxes, worksite bans, and counter-advertising to shape the environment.� In Turkey and Uruguay, for example, tobacco use has declined sharply, and Finland has seen a reduction in cardiovascular disease based on improvements in diet. Plus, these “populationbased approaches to change behaviors are often more cost-effective than individual interventions... since it can be far less expensive to alter an environmental element to which many people are exposed.�
More work on strategies for reducing overweight and obesity is still needed on the world’s way to “25 by 25.� Q. “Toponyms� combine “topos� (place) and “onoma� (name) to signify words derived from place names, such as “antimacassar,� “charlatan,� “podunk� and “spaniel.� Can you define these terms and identify their place of origin? Think Indonesia, Italy, USA and Spain.
A. “Antimacassar� is a cov-
ering on the back of a seat used as protection from hair oil, dirt, etc, says Anu Garg on his “A.Word.A.Day� website. It comes from “anti,� or “against,� and “Macassar oil,� a hair oil made with ingredients from Macassar, a city in Indonesia.
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream�: “Helena: I am your spaniel. And Demetrius, The more you beat me, I will fawn on you.� Q. Polar bears and dolphins are two of the world’s most loved animals. How do they feel about each other?
Look to Italy for the source of “charlatan,� from “ciarlatana,� or “cerretano,� an inhabitant of the Umbrian village known for its quacks. Add in the Italian “ciarlare� (to chatter) and the word suggests someone claiming false expertise who’s prone to chattering. “Podunk,� a river and a native tribe in Connecticut, gives its name to “a small and unimportant town,� earliest documented use in 1657. Finally, “spaniel,� combining Old French “espaignol� (for Spanish dog) and “Hispana� (Spain), refers to a breed of dogs with long drooping ears and a silky coat but also to “a submissive or fawning person.� Credit Shakespeare for incorporating both meanings into these lines from
A. Evidence is that it’s a bear-eat-dolphin world when the opportunity presents itself, as the bears have been spotted eating dolphins probably trapped below the sea ice and caught when they surfaced for air, reports “New Scientist� magazine. It was April 2014 that Jon Aars of the Norwegian Polar Institute and his team “stumbled across a bear with two dead whitebeaked dolphins, a species
no one had ever seen the bears preying upon before.� Probably the predator used a similar technique as for killing seals. Though most of one dolphin had already been eaten, the second one was largely intact, so the bear utilized the natural freezer of snow, storing the rest of its catch. Yet “hiding leftovers is rare in polar bears,� Aars says. Later in the same area, the team observed five other polar bears feeding on dead dolphins, “probably from the same pod, which became trapped among the ice by strong northerly winds.�
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.� Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.
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4. Tree resin 5. “Get a move on!� 6. Life stories 7. Dadaism founder 8. Flew alone 9. Allow 10. Recurring theme 11. “___ we having fun yet?� 12. Homer’s TV neighbor 13. Delicate 14. Onion relative 15. Unreadable 20. Drifts 24. Bird ___ 25. Mozart’s “L’___ del Cairo� 26. Coke’s partner 27. Catherine the Great, e.g. 28. Character 29. Parlour 30. Bizarre 31. Hold back 33. Engines 37. Marketplace 38. Supercontinent 39. Gray, in a way 40. Pistol, slangily 42. Favor
46. Sun, e.g. 47. Fold, spindle or mutilate 48. Poets’ feet 49. Item with a ladder 50. Pharaoh’s land 58. Cursed 60. Head, for short 61. Barely get, with “out� 62. 1999 Pulitzer Prizewinning play 63. Aware 64. Charge 65. Skins 66. Snobs 67. Alpine call 68. Spacious 69. Fiats 73. “... happily ___ after� 75. More, in Madrid 76. ___ welder 77. A pint, maybe 78. “Fantasy Island� prop 79. Setting for TV’s “Newhart� 80. Trick taker, often 81. Green, in a way
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Wise customers read the fine print: †, €, ◊, », ‡, ≈, *, § The All Out Clearout Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected in-stock new and unused models purchased/leased from participating retailers on or after September 1, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended or changed without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695), air-conditioning charge (if applicable), tire levy and OMVIC fee. Pricing excludes licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Financing and lease offers available to qualified customers on approved credit. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may sell for less. †0% purchase financing for up to 72 months available on select new 2015 models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Examples: 2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4 (25A+AGR+XFH)/2015 Ram 1500 Crew Cab SXT 4x4 (25A+AGR+XFH)/2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT (29E)/2015 Dodge Journey SXT (29E) with a Purchase Price of $28,385/$30,414/$26,268/$27,795 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 72/72/48/48 months equals 156/156/104/104 bi-weekly payments of $182/$195/$243/$267 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $28,385/$30,414/$26,268/$27,795. €$11,350 in Package Value available on the new 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Ultimate Family Package model based on the following: $8,000 Consumer Cash, $850 No Charge Uconnect Hands-Free Group and $2,500 Ultimate Family Package Savings. ◊$10,000 in Total Discounts is available on new 2015 Ram 1500 models (excluding Reg Cab) and consists of $8,500 in Consumer Cash Discounts and $1,500 in Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. See your retailer for complete details. »$1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest/Skilled Trades Bonus Cash is available on the retail purchase/lease of 2015 Ram 1500 (excludes Regular Cab), 2014/2015 Ram 2500/3500, 2014/2015 Ram Cab & Chassis trucks, or 2015 Ram Cargo Van and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include: 1. Current owners/lessees of a Dodge or Ram Pickup Truck or Large Van or any other manufacturer’s Pickup Truck or Large Van. The vehicle must have been owned/leased by the eligible customer and registered in their name on or before September 1, 2015. Proof of ownership/lease agreement will be required. 2. Customers who are skilled tradesmen or are acquiring a skilled trade. This includes Licensed Tradesmen, Certified Journeymen or customers who have completed an Apprenticeship Certification. A copy of the Trade Licence/Certification required. 3. Customers who are Baeumler Approved service providers. Proof of membership is required. Limit one $1,500 bonus cash offer per eligible truck transaction. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. ‡3.49% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on new select models through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Examples: 2015 Chrysler 200 LX/2015 Dodge Journey Canada Value Package with a Purchase Price of $20,495/$19,995, with a $0/$0 down payment, financed at 3.49% for 96 months equals 208 bi-weekly payments of $113/$110 with a cost of borrowing of $3,024/$2,950 and a total obligation of $23,518.66/$22,944.90. ≈Non-prime financing available on select models on approved credit. 4.99% financing available on 2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4/2015 Chrysler 200 LX. 6.99% financing available on select 2015 models. Financing examples: 2015 Chrysler 200 LX/2015 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package with a Purchase Price of $20,495/$19,995, with $0 down payment, financed at 4.99%/6.99% over 84 months, equals 182 bi-weekly payments of $134/$139 with a cost of borrowing of $3,830/$5,346 and a total obligation of $24,324.57/$25,341.15. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. *Consumer Cash Discounts are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. §Starting From Prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g., paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. ♦Based on IHS Automotive: Polk Canadian Total New Vehicle Registrations data comparing calendar year-end market share and volume for 2014 versus 2010 for all large pickups sold in the province of Ontario. Ram large pickup segment as defined by FCA Canada Inc. ±Based on 2014 Ward’s Lower Middle Sedan segmentation. Excludes other vehicles designed and manufactured by FCA US LLC. ^Based on IHS Automotive: Polk Canadian Vehicles in Operation data available as of July, 2014 for Crossover Segments as defined by FCA Canada Inc. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of FCA US LLC used under license by FCA Canada Inc. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.
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THE OBSERVER | SEPTEMBER 12, 2015
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CLEARANCE EVENT! S AT U R D AY S E P T E M B E R 1 2 • 9 - 6 S U N D AY S E P T E M B E R 1 3 • 1 1 - 5 M O N D AY S E P T E M B E R 1 4 • 9 - 9
LAMINATE CLICK LAMINATE
IN STOCK
77
CARPET CARPET TILES
IN STOCK
1
$ 37 swiss made
IN STOCK
$
PER SQ FT
REG 3.99
IN STOCK
2 NEW COLOURS!
IN STOCK
$
2
REG 4.99
VINYL LUXURY VINYL PLANKS
1
$ 37
PER SQ FT
REG 2.99
TILE PORCELAIN TILE 16” X 16”
67
¢
PER SQ FT
REG 2.99
W W W.
PLUS 2MM PAD ATTACHED
97
PER LIN FT
REG 9.99
IN STOCK
1
$ 77
12.3MM THICK!
REMNANTS PLUS 12x9
$
IN STOCK
5MM THICK!
WOW!
2
97
PER SQ FT
REG 4.99
VINYL CLICK VINYL LUXURY PLANKS
1
$ 97
PER SQ FT
REG 3.99
DOOR HANDLES IN STOCK DOOR HANDLES
IN STOCK
12x15
$ 97 EACH
HANDSCRAPED
HICKORY
3/4” THICK X 5” SOLID
HARDWOOD
IN STOCK
$
3
97
PER SQ FT
REG 9.99
VINYL GROUTABLE VINYL 16” X 16”
3 NEW COLOURS!
1
$ 97
PER SQ FT
REG 4.99
BASEBOARDS IN STOCK 3-7/8” X 12’ BASEBOARDS
MODERN STYLES
1
12x12
6 7 $7 7 $9 7
7 MODERN STAINS
canadian made
NO TAX!
HARDWOOD
OAK OR MAPLE
$
PER SQ FT
REG 3.99
CARPET
HARDWOOD
97
PER SQ FT
4
FROM
25YR WARRANTY
WAX SEALED!
REG 2.99
26” WIDE
$ 49
HARDWOOD ENGINEERED CLICK MAPLE
PER SQ FT
CARPET CARPET RUNNERS
IN STOCK
2 COLOURS
1
LAMINATE LAMINATE
AC4 COMMERCIAL GRADE!
PER SQ FT
¢
/SF
IN STOCK
¢
REG 2.99
PLUS FREE UNDERPAD!
LAMINATE
25YR WARRANTY
swiss made
97
BERBER OR FRIEZE
IN STOCK
DAYS ONLY!
HOT BUY!
MORE SIZES IN STOCK!!
59
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PER LIN FT
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