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Funds launched to help vendors displaced by fire Owners of the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market are working to find temporary workarounds to get operational again WILL SLOAN
The midway was hopping as the Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair celebrated its 160th anniversary on Tuesday and Wednesday. This year’s theme, “160 Years of History – Make It Yours,” celebrated the role the fair has played in the township for generations. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
More than a fair turnout WILL SLOAN Addressing attendees of the Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair on Tuesday night, Waterloo Region Chair Ken Seiling noted that the fair’s 160th anniversary made it nearly as old as the region itself. “It was a very active farming community that saw the need to get to-
gether agriculturally,” said Seiling. History was present at the venerable end-ofsummer gathering, as the Wellesley Community Centre was decorated with vintage photographs, quilts, clothing, and paintings that documented the rich past of both fair and township. This year’s official theme was “160 Years
of History – Make It Yours,” and Wellesley and District Horticultural Society president Murray Schlueter noted, “It looks, by the crowd we have here tonight, that there are quite a number of people who plan to make the Wellesley Agricultural Society fair a tradition.” “One hundred and sixty years is amazing, considering the fact that Canada is
only 150 years old in 2017,” said Robert Hargrave, president of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies. Generations of Wellesley residents have made the fair a perennial date on their calendars, and several of the local dignitaries who spoke at the opening 160 YEARS | 4
Nearly two weeks after the Labour Day fire that destroyed the main building at the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market, the businesses are still the top priority. With 67 vendors displaced, some of whom have made their livelihood at the market for generations, charitable initiatives are forming to provide relief, while Mercedes Corp., the company that owns the market, looks for ways to provide accommodation. “We’re trying to get as many of the food vendors into new facilities as possible, even if it’s on a smaller scale,” said Mercedes Corp. president Marcus Shantz in an interview this week. “We would like to get some kind of temporary structure up as soon as possible, because a permanent building is a longer-term proposition and we need to keep the market running now.” Since reopening on September 5, five of the mar-
ket’s upstairs businesses and 11 of the food vendors have been temporarily relocated to the outdoor market or Peddler’s Village. Mercedes Corp. is also working with the Woolwich Fire Department and Region of Waterloo Public Health to accommodate businesses that plan to open food trucks. Shantz said an announcement for a temporary structure should come within weeks. “The details of that haven’t been formalized, but it’s the number-one priority right now.” Damage from the fire is estimated as high as $4 million. While Mercedes will not be seeking direct government aid for reconstruction, Shantz added, “If there’s a way to adjust levels of government into projects that may be of more general benefit, that may improve things for vendors or improve things MARKET | 17
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WILL SLOAN “Heavy is the head that wears the crown?” Shakespeare never lived to see the Wellesley-North Easthope Fall Fair, where Kelsey Bisch was named the 2013’s fall fair ambassador on Tuesday night. The 17-year-old Wellesley Village resident will represent the township at events throughout the year, including Wellesley’s Santa Claus Parade and the All-Ontario Youth Convention in Toronto. What goes through one’s mind when one is named the fair ambassador? “Well, a lot of thoughts,” said Bisch after the ceremony. “I was just really honoured to have the opportunity.” She added praise for her longtime friends Cassandra Lynn Rice and Taylor Blackwell, who also competed for the crown. “I would not have been able to judge this competition, because I was going against two amazing other girls, and it would have just been so hard to choose.” Bisch, who has coached gymnastics and volunteered at an orphanage in Mexico, was determined a strong choice by a panel of three judges after delivering a speech on Tuesday on the theme of small-town living. “Where else can an elementary school go under lockdown because a cow found its way on the premise?” she asked the audience. “I remember looking out the class window and thinking it was so funny to see a cow on the playground. AMBASSADOR | 31
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Kelsey Bisch, a 17-year-old Wellesley resident, praised small-town living in her speech before the judges. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
Event to launch public phase of WCS funding drive Agency to announce new Elmira location at family fun day Oct. 6 STEVE KANNON Sometimes ... you just need a little bit of a party to kick off the public portion of your fundraising campaign. Woolwich Community Services will be doing just that on October 6 at Lions Hall in Elmira. The campaign, under the banner “Sometimes ...”, got underway in July when the agency began approaching businesses, organizations and certain individuals on a one-on-one basis. Now, WCS is ready to turn to the
public as it looks to raise $1 million towards its move to a new home, says the chair of the campaign. “A number of initial leadership level gifts have come in,” said Sandy Shantz. “The support shown so far has been promising, and we are now ready to invite the entire community to participate in this important campaign.” With the launch event, WCS is “looking to put a public face to the fundraising campaign,” she said, noting it’s important to
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remind people in Woolwich and Wellesley just how many services the agency provides to the community. “We are a generous community that believes in helping each other. WCS has been helping us to help each other for over 30 years and the new facility will provide a home for them to continue to serve us for the next 30 years. This is an opportunity to show support for WCS and the wide-reaching programs they offer.” Through the likes of its
information centre, employment services, youth programs, family violence prevention initiatives and the more visible food bank and Christmas hampers, WCS provided services to some 6,000 people last year, or about one-in-six residents of the townships, Shantz said. Getting the world out is essential, agrees Don Harloff, the agency’s executive director. “People know Woolwich SMOKING | 4
The possibility of smoke-free play areas was on the agenda Tuesday as representatives from Waterloo Region and all of its member municipalities met in Elmira. The preliminary effort was aimed at determining if there’s a consensus, allowing for the possible adoption of a regionwide bylaw to restrict smoking around soccer pitches, baseball diamonds, playgrounds and similar recreation areas. The ball got rolling in the spring of 2012 when the president of Woolwich Youth Soccer approached township council about banning smoking from around play areas. The goal was to prevent participants, often children, from exposure to secondhand smoke. Since that time, Woolwich has been exploring options, including gauging interest among the other municipalities in the region, director of recreation and facilities Karen Makela said this week. She noted the meeting of her counterparts brought no commitments, but a willingness to investigate the options, as the process is still in the early stages. Makela is to help prepare a report that those at the meeting can take back to their respective councils for consideration. If there’s some consensus to move forward, she added, then the process
could become more involved, including public consultations. Among the details to be considered is whether restrictions would include a setback distance from play areas or a blanket ban on municipal property, for example. For Jonathan Mall, the region’s manager of tobacco and cancer prevention, the fact similar restrictions are already in place in other municipalities will be helpful in coming up with a bylaw here. “We see positive outcomes from a health perspective,” he said of smokefree play spaces. Mall, who represented the Public Health department at Tuesday’s meeting, said the region or individual municipalities have the ability to create a local bylaw that is stronger than the provincial legislation that restricts smoking around schools and hospitals, for instance. A ban on smoking around play areas benefits not only kids – “there is no safe level of secondhand smoke” – but is also helpful for those adults trying to kick the habit, as it removes smoking from the immediate vicinity of where parents gather to watch their children play. There are also environmental benefits, as cigarette butts strewn all over the ground are full of chemicals that can leech into the ground, he said. Public Health is available to provide information and SMOKING | 4
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ceremony described how much the fair meant to them growing up. “I grew up just outside the fairgrounds,” said Seiling. “Many of my fond memories as a child growing up were going over to the fair, seeing the chickens, seeing the displays. As we grew older, we took vegetables over, and I actually won the baking contest when I was 13 for my cherry pie.” “About 44 years ago, I was here,” remembered Bob McMillan, deputy Mayor of Perth East. “My mother has a ribbon that says I won a baby contest, apparently.” “I’ve been an attendee of this fair for about 70 years, so I know pretty well how it works,” said Mayor Ross Kelterborn. “The fair, in my opinion, is a big part of education – education that holds our community together, and it is very important to agriculture and industry.” Kelterborn took a moment to recount the history of the fair – how, 160 years ago, the event began in a shed in Crosshill where the 29th battalion did drill exercises. In 1880, the early
Stephanie Hergott and Gillian Nagy show off the quilt made from contributions by 44 people in the community. agricultural society first held the fair in the Village of Wellesley on the second Tuesday and Wednesday of September, where it has remained ever since. Kelterborn praised volunteers from the society for their contributions to the township. “The agriculture society donated the land in which the fair takes place to the Township of Wellesley,” he said. Claire Milton, CNE fair ambassador for 2013,
congratulated fair organizers for “160 years of the rural and urban coming together, and 160 years of everybody showing true community spirit.” “Without volunteers, this great country would not be what it is today, and agricultural societies are no different,” said Hargrave. While he noted that many charitable societies struggle to find volunteers, he added that in his travels across Ontario, “the volunteers in agricultural
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societies are amazing. We are part of the heart of every community across this province." The opening night presentation continued with performances from the six semi-finalists for the Wellesley Idol competition, with Makayla Patey, Amy Rola, and Paige Warner advancing to the finals at the Apple Butter & Cheese Festival. Judges also saw the nominees for the ambassador, with 17-year-old Kelsey Bisch winning the crown. Activities continued on Wednesday, beginning with a horse show and baby show in the morning and continuing with the annual parade in the afternoon. Continuing the historical theme, the parade was led by former agricultural society presidents Erwin Hoffmann (1962-63) and Earl Coxon (1984-85).
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guidance to the municipalities as they consider a smoking ban, which the department certainly endorses, said Mall. “We’re able to provide the knowledge of the positive health aspect for a smoke-free outdoor environment.” If a ban does happen, it’s not likely to be overnight, however. Both Makela and Mall note that it’s not uncommon for the process to take a year or two given the meetings, public input and the number of drafts needed to get the wording right, especially with sever-
al municipal governments involved. Careful attention is needed, Makela added, to ensure the bylaw is enforceable. That’s likely to be a key issue in any discussions. And it’s also a good reason for having a ban that extends regionwide, sending a consistent message to smokers using outdoor recreation facilities throughout the area. Many Woolwich parents find themselves at sports fields in neighbouring municipalities, for instance, she noted. With a blanket policy, there would be no confusion from one location to the next.
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Community Services. They know the little building. They’re not sure of what we do inside,” he said, adding the people don’t always make the link between WCS and the Kids and I program at the Birdland Plaza in Elmira or the St. Jacobs Family Support Centre. “The interesting thing that we do is that once you come through the door, there are all kinds of avenues opened up to you,” he said of those who enter the office on Arthur Street in downtown Elmira. That little building, home to WCS since 1984, has long been overcrowded. Now, with the building having been sold along with the former township hall next door, the agency needs a new home. The fundraising campaign will allow for a new, larger facil-
ity under which WCS can consolidate its services, including its thrift store operation. The site WCS will eventually call home is to be announced at the October 6 event. Until then, Harloff is keeping that information under wraps. That’s partly due, he said, to the fact not all of the details have been worked out – he estimates they’re about 85 per cent sure of the location. Harloff predicts the purchase of the site, construction and furnishings will come in at about $1.35 million, of which the public is being asked for $1 million. “We are hoping that the community will support us to that goal.” Shantz said that support so far has been good, as people recognize the value of a WCS to the townships, where social services
groups are in short supply by comparison to the cities. “People have been very generous – we’re really pleased with the support.” WCS has been there for the community, now there’s a chance for the community to be there for WCS, she said of the public campaign. WCS has been around in some capacity since 1974, incorporating 33 years ago. It has long depended on public support to run its many programs, said Harloff. The goal is to get the capital campaign out of the way quickly so that support turns back to the programs, he added. The launch on October 6, running from 2-4 p.m at Lions Hall, will be a free community event at includes refreshments, snacks, music and family activities to go along with the news expected to be announced that day.
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$1.3-million grant to Elmira Pet Products Elmira Pet Products is receiving a boost from the provincial government, as the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund has pledged to provide $1.3 million towards expansion at the local company. The fund, which promotes regional economic development, will support the acquisition of new equipment and technology, including milling equipment, with an eye towards broadening the company’s overseas reach. Some
25 new jobs are expected in addition to the 146 already employed. “Right now, we’re currently at the limits of our capacity for production,” said Craig Sifton, vice-president of finance for the company, in an interview. “It allows us to expand our facility by approximately 50 per cent of its current size. That expansion will be taking place over the next four to five years. “It allows us to expand our capacity to seek new customers, particularly in offshore markets where we see great potential for Canadian-made products.” Currently, 10 per cent of sales from Elmira Pet Foods are exported to
Europe and Asia. Sifton added that the money will be used for “the growth of Elmira Pet Products beyond what the grant allows us to do.” “Elmira Pet Products is an important employer in this community and a key contributor to the regional economy. We’re happy our partnership will help bring quality pet foods produced here in Ontario to customers around the world,” said Eric Hoskins, minister of economic development, in a statement that accompanied the announcement on September 6.
More support for Harris’ Bill 73
Add Waterloo Region’s finance committee to the list of those backing Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris’ bill to stop “back-door unionization.” His Bill 73, the Fair and Open Tendering Act, would exempt municipalities from the constructionsector rules under Ontario’s Labour Relations Act. This week, the bill won the committee’s endorsement, with the issue going to regional council September 18. Last December, two regional workers building a garden shed in Wilmot Township on a Saturday
applied to join the Carpenters’ Union. Because there isn’t a definition for public-sector employers in the Labour Relations Act, it is feared that the labour board will subject the Region of Waterloo to the same collectivebargaining rules used for construction companies operating in the private sector, driving up costs and reducing competition, Harris argues.
residence on Huron Road in Baden became aware that some jewelry, electronics and alcohol had been stolen from their home. The owners are not sure when this occurred, but stated that the door were occasionally left open when no one was home. Police are investigating.
near Ebycrest Road in Breslau. Two vehicles were southbound on Victoria Street when a Dodge Caravan being driven by a 28-yearold Guelph woman swerved into the back of a grey Ford. She was subsequently charged with 'change lane not in safety.'
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8:30 AM | Sometime overnight, unknown suspects entered a residential property in the 3100 block of Chalmers-Forrest Road in Wellesley Township. Attempts were made to enter a gun cabinet, but the suspects were not successful. The investigation continues.
7:36 PM | A collision occurred when a 43-year-old Wellesley man driving a 2000 Volkswagen westbound on Lobsinger Line braked for traffic and was rear-ended by a St. Clements man. Police attributed the cause to the bright sunset. There were no injuries and damage was minor. No charges were laid.
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5:12 PM | Two vehicles travelling eastbound on Crowsfoot Road, just west of Maryhill Road in Woolwich Township, collided with each other as they attempted to pass slow-moving traffic. Both drivers were charged with 'passing improperly on a highway.'
7:55 AM | Two vehicles northbound on Notre Dame Drive in Wilmot Township collided when the lead vehicle stopped to turn into the gas station at Snyders Road and was rear-ended by the second car. There were no injuries, but the driver of the trailing vehicle was charged with careless driving.
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The investigation continues on the suspicious death of Erin Howlett, the 28-yearold Elmira resident who Erin Howlett was found in the Grand River on July 5. Investigators from the Waterloo Regional Police homicide branch are trying to locate items belonging to Howlett, including a green Coach-brand purse. Howlett had this purse on June 27 when she was last seen alive. Police are also trying to identify and locate the man seen in the previouslyreleased surveillance
pictures, who may be a witness. Cause of death is not being released at this time to ensure the integrity of the investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to call homicide detectives at 519-653-7700, ext. 8642 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.
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driver had left the scene by the time police arrived. The investigation is ongoing.
11:37 AM | A 22-year-old Kitchener man faces charges after his Volkswagen collided with a Dodge pickup truck on Puddicombe Road at Bridge Street in New Hamburg. Police report that the driver of the pickup truck had the right of way. The driver of the Volkswagen was subsequently charged with 'fail to yield to traffic on a through road' and with 'driving without a validated permit.'
11:45 AM | A dump truck damaged hydro lines on private
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Quebec charter causes unease on both sides OPENING ITSELF TO PUBLIC ridicule yet again, the Quebec government is testing the limits of our tolerance for immigrants and the rightly-maligned policy of multiculturalism. This is not, however, the guffaws caused by the language police taking exception with the names of Italian foods. Instead, the secularism charter rolled out in greater detail this week – a week that included ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks – expresses an unease with Muslims, concerns that aren’t limited to Quebec, but where identity, language and culture are much more pressing issues. The charter ham-handedly promoted by Premier Pauline Marois is a natural extension of the recent flap over wearing a headdress while playing soccer and the decision to send home a woman writing an exam for failing to remove her face covering. This is also the province that has launched reviews of accommodation measures, signaling that people there want some clear lines drawn about just how much license will be given to newcomers. Nowhere is the issue of immigration and accommodation more volatile than with Muslims and Islam. It’s that group of immigrants that has prompted the government to consider banning overtly religious symbols from the ranks of the public sector. Not able to simply banish burkas and niqabs, the Parti Quebecois must also include turbans, kippas and even crosses as a way of seeming to apply the rules to everyone. Clearly, the proposed charter has struck a nerve in there, where polls show a large majority of Quebeckers support the restrictions. That list includes public sector unions. The charter has rightly been derided by critics inside the province and, much more vocally, in the rest of Canada. Such overt intolerance makes us uncomfortable, despite our unease with the number and nature of immigrants. Outside of Quebec, we’ve been slow to tackle a growing problem. Political correctness has stifled debate. Simply put, Quebec is not alone in its distrust of Islam – the movement, not necessarily the religion, though the public often makes no such distinction. There’s been little talk of defending Canadian culture, unlike what’s going on in Quebec. It’s no coincidence that Quebec is the flashpoint for the issue. French Quebeckers have long felt under siege as a minority in Canada and in a wider North American context. Since the sovereignty movement picked up steam in the 1970s, successive governments have attempted to strengthen the French language and culture by imposing restrictions on others, notably the English population to begin with. With immigrants more likely to favour English and federalism, PQ governments in particular have tried to counter those tendencies. More aware of their culture, and more likely to feel it threatened, Quebeckers are prone to take exception to the creeping multiculturalism and growing immigration-related problems seen elsewhere in the country. The awkward, heavy-handed approach is easy to mock, but there’s a part of what’s happening that resonates outside the province. Of course, it’s more than a coincidence that targeting “them” is seen as a way to boost the fortunes of a minority government. The charter has garnered kudos from much of the electorate, particularly outside of Montreal. The potential benefits at election time have not been lost on the PQ. Even if the charter is passed, it’s sure to generate some legal wrangling and open up a constitutional can of worms. And it will keep in the limelight an issue that makes many Canadians squirm due to mixed emotions.
Possessing neither cruise missiles nor armed drones, Canada is forced to do some recruiting among hobbyists if it wants to get involved in Syria. WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER
It's not romantic, but infanticide is what led to monogamy WORLD AFFAIRS Science writer Matt Ridley once described the human mating system as “monogamy plagued by adultery,” which sounds a little judgmental. Perhaps we should just agree that we are an imperfectly pairbonding species. Quite imperfectly – I am on my second marriage, and so is my wife – but the point is that we do form pairs: 89 per cent of the world’s people get married before the age of 49. Elsewhere in the animal world, monogamy is definitely a minority taste. Only three per cent of mammals are monogamous. Even among our closest relatives, the primates, only a quarter of the species form pair bonds. Moreover, the very fragility of the pair bond in human beings suggests that it is a behaviour we only adopted fairly recently in our evolutionary history. So when did we acquire it, and why? There is a new explanation on the table. In a study
published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists argue that the main reason why human beings – more precisely, male human beings – became monogamous was to keep their babies from being killed by other men. There are many species where an incoming male will kill a female’s offspring by a previous male in order to make room for his own. It’s especially common in mammals, where a female remains infertile while she is still producing milk for an existing baby. The new male is in a hurry to get on with fathering the bearers of his own genes, and if he kills her existing offspring she will become fertile again. This may have been a particularly big problem in our own species, because human females may nurse a child for as long as two or three years. Infanticide is ugly, but unfortunately it makes sense as a male reproductive strategy. So it also makes sense for the father of the existing children to stick around and protect them from that fate.
This was the hypothesis of the scientists from University College London and Oxford, Manchester and Auckland Universities who published the article in Proceedings. “You do not get monogamy unless you already have infanticide, and you do not get a switch to paternal care (by males) if you don’t already have monogamy,” wrote Dr. Christopher Opie of UCL. This flies in the face of the previously dominant explanation, which was based on the remarkably long childhood of human offspring. As our brains got bigger and the amount of cultural learning that had to be imparted to our children grew greater, the portion of their lives that they spent as dependent children grew longer and longer. Male help was therefore needed to raise them successfully. Given the relatively short lifespans of hunter-gatherers, human children ended up as dependents for about a third of their lives. Most mammals depend on their mothers to feed, teach and protect them for less than a tenth of their lives, so hu-
man mothers had to cope with a far greater burden than that of most other species (including most other primate species). In the conventional wisdom, that was why human beings became (imperfectly) monogamous. Couples that stayed together could provide far more support for the children than ones who had only a mother to care for them, and so more of the children of those unions would survive to pass on their genes to the next generation. True enough, but why would the males commit in the first place? They were unlikely to be able to make that kind of statistical calculation, and the normal male reproductive strategy in mammals is to impregnate as many females as possible and leave the mothers to raise them. Maybe they just stayed with the females to keep their children from being killed by other males. So the researchers decided to test the rival hypotheses: did males commit to monogamy to prevent infanticide, or to DYER | 8
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Should the west intervene in Syria?
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I’d advise them to stop killing each other!
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Working to live, or living to work? We're on the wrong path EDITOR'S NOTES Last week I wrote about how students are being admonished to pursue the money, not their bliss in choosing a career path. A growing skills gap demands a certain kind of training, not simply education for education’s sake ... and certainly not the “do what you love” mantra. That advice, while perhaps leading to greater chances of employment in a system that is broken (but that’s another story), isn’t likely to provide greater job satisfaction. In fact, more of us hate our jobs. A comprehensive Gallup survey of the U.S. market, the 2013 State of the American Workplace, determined that essentially 70 per cent of workers are dissatisfied, with only 30 per cent feeling engaged at work. That 30 per cent figure is roughly equal to how many Canadian workers are very satisfied with their current employers. But even that low figure puts Canadi-
ans at the top of the list among 14 non-European countries surveyed by the Netherlands-based human resources firm Randstad. Overall, at 31 per cent, our job satisfaction was fifth among the 32 countries in the survey. Only Denmark (35 per cent), Luxembourg (33) and Norway (33) and Switzerland (32) reported higher levels. While there are things employers can do to boost job satisfaction, chances are slim we’ll see any real changes by fiddling at the margins. The real culprit is our live-to-work mentality, under which we define ourselves by what we do, period. Meeting someone for the first time, we immediately transition from “How are you?” and “Nice to meet you” to “What do you do?” By that, we mean to determine what the other person’s job is, and how to classify them in our social hierarchy. We define others by the work they do. Worse still, we define ourselves that way. Many of us were raised to believe that what we accomplished defines
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in politics. They don’t have time to be informed citizens. They don’t have time for personal development. They don’t have time for social or spiritual development. We are all just so focused on work that the important things in life are being neglected,” she posits in an aptly named essay, Digging Your Own Grave. Our place in the social hierarchy and our selfesteem is most-closely tied to work. Our sense of selfworth rises with our ascension up the occupational ladder and our incomes. Work defines our status in society. It’s how other people judge us. It’s how we judge other people, she says. Work also, in many respects, defines our relationships because, apart from family, it is where we spend most of our time and where we interact with other people. For many people their closest relationships are formed at work. Work provides meaning and purpose in a work-dominated society. Work dominates every aspect of who we are, what we are and why we
are here, she says. “In a work-dominated society happiness has to be earned through work and we tolerate the trials and tribulations of work in order to become happy. It’s supposed to be the pathway to happiness.” We’ve bought into the myth of the work ethic to such an extent that not only do we sacrifice time, relationships and our health, but even our principles: we’ll do things we may not be comfortable with in order to keep our jobs or to get ahead – it’s all about status, after all. In the bigger picture, the jobcreation argument is often trotted out in support of projects with environmental or social downsides – jobs trump all. “The consequences of all this are pretty obvious. There are some people who don’t have enough work and are stigmatized for that and other people who have too much work, are working long hours and often don’t get paid for overtime. They are stressed and suffering mental problems. All the production is causing pollution, species
decline and environmental degradation. All this busyness is distracting us from the real problems in the world so nobody has time to think about society, the future, power structures, what’s going on in the world or why we are doing these things.” It’s hard to argue with her conclusion that the stress and exhaustion created by the pace of our lives, largely related to work, ends up driving us to distractions – TV, videogames and the internet, to name the electronic surrogates for life. We’re losing the time to think, losing perspective. The outcome is unlikely to be good, no matter how much we acquire through working. “There is just no time to think about the things that we need people to be thinking about. “What this world needs is not more work - it needs more wisdom. To have a culture of wisdom, we need a society in which people have time to contemplate, time to think about the problems and time to talk about the solutions.”
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us and gives us our selfworth – early in life we are already being identified by what we did and in our minds our self-worth often came from our accomplishments. It’s a phenomenon identified in the research by Sharon Beder, a professor in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication at the University of Wollongong in Australia. She argues that the way work has evolved essentially detaches us from our other roles in society, not the least of which is our ability to function as engaged citizens. That’s certainly not by accident, as it’s important to some that the bulk of us remain cogs in the machine: debt-laden consumers who work ever-harder – often with unpaid overtime – for fear of losing our jobs. “The situation we have today is that everyone is getting busier. Have you noticed this? That everyone is really busy. They don’t have time to see you. They don’t have adequate time for their families, for relationships. They don’t have time to get involved
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Canadian full-time students in undergraduate programs paid 3.3% more on average in tuition fees for the 2013/2014 academic year this fall than they did a year earlier. This follows a 4.2% increase in 2012/2013. In comparison, inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index was 1.3% between July 2012 and July 2013. On average, undergraduate students paid $5,772 in tuition fees in 2013/2014 compared with $5,586 a year earlier.
"Students have been sounding the alarm about how high fees are pricing them out of a university education in Ontario. This report confirms that even when the Ontario Tuition Grant is taken into account, the Liberal government's policy of year over year tuition fee increases has eroded the affordability of university education in Ontario."
The trials and tribulations that it took to get the Woolwich Memorial Centre constructed were forgotten September 12 as a large crowd gathered to celebrate the official opening of the $23 million multi-use facility.
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ease the burden on females and thus improve the children’s survival chances in a different way? The cynics among you will already know the answer to this, but scientists actually have to prove things. What they did was to take a family tree of 230 mammals, including most of the primate species, and put in the details of their mating behaviour, rates of infanticide, and amount of paternal care (i.e. monogamy). Then they simulated the evolution of those species over a period of 75 million years, running the program millions of times to see how monogamy rose or fell for each species under
different circumstances. The conclusion was clear: among primates, monogamy was always preceded by one thing and one thing only: infanticide by males. Once you have monogamy, there is usually a rise in the male commitment to caring for the offspring as well, but infanticide has to come first. It’s not exactly romantic, but evolution isn’t. So here we are, living in couples and raising our offspring together as if we were birds. (90 per cent of birds are monogamous.) It doesn’t really matter how we got here, but it’s definitely a better place to be. In the end, we even figured out how to love each other.
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Many questions remain about boulevard plantings To the Editor, Re: “No action needed on weedy boulevards, council decides” (Observer, Sept. 7/13), a number of important issues and questions remain. Why is it deemed fair and appropriate to force residents to care for adjacent township property? Why were these new boulevards put in? If the intention was to decrease impermeable surfaces and replace them with more permeable areas to absorb rainfall, this is a step in the right direction, but the concept needs to be more thoroughly planned and developed. However, if the intention was to essentially beautify the curbside, then the plan has failed.
If residents are required to care for township property, why do they not have any choice in regard to what is installed? Why does it have to be grass? When the boulevard was added in front of our property, we asked that sod not be put down. We feel that grass is a poor choice from an environmental standpoint, as a lawn requires heavy usage of water, weed killers and mechanical devices that generate toxic fumes in order to keep it in good shape. We were told that we had to have the grass. Instead of grass, we would have preferred to plant ground covers. They are drought resistant, do not require mowing and grow into thick mats that prevent weeds from developing. In addition to extremely low maintenance, ground covers offer a huge range of forms, textures, colours and flowers. Why, then, would anyone choose to plant grass?
The township needs to start thinking more innovatively and responsibly about the planning and maintenance of public plantings.
JANE BUYERS, ELMIRA
Not the cure for declining business To the Editor, I am puzzled. Canada Post has a problem because we are using their services less than we used to. So why have they cut the hours of the Elmira Canada Post office? Imagine my surprise when I arrived this morning at 8:00 to take care of a few things before dashing off to work in Waterloo to find the door firmly locked. I will no longer be able to use the outlet in Elmira – I leave for work before 9:00 and don’t get back before the office closes at 5:15. Bad decision, Canada Post.
SARAH BRADSHAW, ELMIRA
First an idea, the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market started out with small steps To the Editor,
I was deeply saddened with the loss of the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. It prompted me to call my sister, who I knew was involved with the beginning of its existence. My sister informed me that she and her husband were the very first vendors at the market. Her husband decided all of a sudden there should be a farmers’ market at the time the livestock market was going on. They never discussed it with anyone, they just went to see what might happen. The first week was almost hopeless: they went home with less than $10. People came out of the livestock building and briefly looked over their produce wagon, smiled at them and walked away. The second
week, their income doubled: they went home with $20. The third week they went home with $30. For the first three weeks they were the only vendor, then some neighbours said, ‘if it works for you, it should work for us.’ The fourth week, several more wagons were there, and gradually more wagons came. Then, finally, trucks and vans added to the number of vendors. When the number of vendors was as high as it ever was, there was a circle of vendors as big as they building they built. The ground was the floor, the sky was the roof, the sun
was the light. No cost was involved. The first years it was only on Thursdays, and was known as the stockyard market. There was no money spent on hours planning all of this. While the farmer was doing his farm chores, he lifted his chore cap to scratch his head a bit, wondering if it would be a wise plan to have a farmers’ market on livestock market day, immediately deciding that, if they didn’t try it, they wouldn’t know. They went, and were followed by great success.
SARAH W. MARTIN, ELMIRA
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Kings post pair of convincing wins to start season After posting 5-1 victory in Cambridge, team puts up the same numbers in home-opener against Brampton WILL SLOAN As it blared from the Dan Snyder Arena’s sound system whenever the Elmira Sugar Kings scored on Sunday afternoon, Thin Lizzy’s immortal declaration set the tone for the team’s home-opener: “The Boys are Back in Town.” Following an up-anddown preseason that saw the embryonic team split six games, the finalized Kings lineup took a pair of 5-1 victories last weekend to start the official season on a strong note. On the road for the season opener on September 7, the Kings thumped the Cambridge Winter Hawks, and enjoyed another strong win against the Brampton Bombers the next day at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. “We’ve had a good weekend,” said head coach Jeff Flanagan after Sunday’s game. “All the guys have been playing a lot of minutes, so we haven’t had any one line logging more than another line. Everybody’s contributing, and being put in situations where they can be successful.” He continued, “They’re battling hard, they’re supporting each other, and
we’ve got points out of it. It’s a great way to start the season.” Against the Winter Hawks, the Kings were unstoppable from the beginning, scoring three goals in the first period: Mitch Wright (assisted by Michael Wilkins and Adam Brubacher) scored at 7:24, followed by Patrick McKelvie at 14:36 and Steven Jakiela (Brett Parsons, McKelvie) at 14:50. Their lead grew stronger in the second period, as Cass Frey (Austin Fischer, Matt Harding) landed a goal at 1:49 and Jakiela (Parsons, Craig Johnson) landed a point at 16:15. The Winter Hawks managed a goal of their own at 12:59 in the third period, but by then it was too late to overcome the Kings’ lead. The stats were strikingly similar at Sunday’s game against the Brampton Bombers. Rob Kohli (Zac Coulter, Frey) scored the first goal at 3:30, followed by Adam Campagnolo (Fischer) at 18:48 and Wright (Fischer) at 19:05. In the second frame, Brennon Pearce (Wright) scored a fourth goal at 19:09. The Bombers scored their only goal at 9:37 in the third. KINGS | 10
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The do-ityourself path to big savings OPEN COUNTRY I figured it should have cost about 30 bucks. Then again, I figure a full tank of gas, weekly groceries and dinner for six at a fancy restaurant should cost about $30 too. In this case, however, I just needed a few 1-inch PVC pipes, six connector tees, and some screws for a simple do-it-yourself project. I should have known better. After the fourth return trip to the hardware store to get dowels, a first aid kit and a lawn chair and umbrella for break time, my material costs had soared way over budget – somewhere in the neighbourhood of $1.4 million, I’m guessing. But that was mostly because of incidentals like the submarine sandwich, bottle of wine,
Sugar King Jaden Goetz outmaneuvered the Brampton Bombers at the Kings’ home-opener on Sunday afternoon at the WMC. The Elmira team won 5-1. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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Jacks open their season Friday night Speed the focus as Wellesley finalizes its roster after quick
development camp, preseason schedule ber 5, and lost again 4-3 at the St. Clements arena on September 7. Way said that the games provided a learning opportunity. “There’s no doubt in my mind we have the skill level to be a first-place team. What we have to learn as a team – and we saw it up and down during the two exhibition games – is the competition level has to be there every time,” he explained. “We can’t teach these kids that when you
WILL SLOAN The roster has been finalized for the Wellesley Applejacks’ 2013-14 season, and head coach Rob Way says that fans can expect two things above all: “A fair number of additions, and lots of speed.” “Speed” is the word for the Wellesley OHA team as it enters its 27th season, and as Way described the new recruits of the lineup finalized on Monday, it was a concept that kept coming up. Defenceman Alex Stoody from Kitchener is “really fast;” Felix Lantaigne, a native of New Liskeard, is “very fast;” Cal Jeffries, formerly of Cambridge AAA, will bring “lots of speed.” “We’re going to be a faster team than last year,” he said. “We’ve got some really good, young kids who are going to be fast. … We’ve got a nice mix of young and old, and I think it’s going to be a good season.” The new recruits will be part of a lineup that Way says will have “a lot of speed upfront,” along with Waterloo midget AAA vets Sean McEwan, McKenzie Carter, Mackenzie Shantz, and defenceman Chris Beauchene; Cambridge minor midget alum Parker Wood; and Brayden Bruce from New Hamburg Minor Hockey. Finalizing the lineup of newbies and veterans proved a challenge, with
Wellesley Applejacks hopefuls shook off the summer cobwebs at a preseason game on September 7. The Jacks open the season Friday in New Hamburg. league rules allowing only four players born before 1992. Luke Rose, Cody Tapsell, Devon Wagner and league MVP goalie Josh Heer were the four over-age players selected from last year’s lineup. “We had more over-agers than we could carry,” Way
said. “We had to end up releasing kids who could have played on our team, who had the skills to play on our team. But we could only keep four over-age players.” Heer will be playing a key role, said the coach. “Josh was an MVP goalie
in the league last year, so he gives us a lot of stability and a very important position – he’s one of our key over-agers. “Cody and Devon and Luke all in their own ways bring experience and leadership and a certain calmness to the game, and those
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are important things that leaders can bring.” The roster was finalized after a recruitment camp on August 17 and 18, as well as two preseason games against the Paris Mounties that brought disappointing results. The makeshift squad lost 6-3 on Septem-
go into the corner for the puck, you’ve got to come out first. Some of that is inherent. When you look at the NHL, the winning teams are the ones that have that every time they’re on the ice. We can move towards building that consistently.” The Jacks start the season away from home, facing the New Hamburg Firebirds on September 13, followed by the Norwich Merchants (September 20) and the Ayr Centennials (September 26), a trio of teams that Way predicts will be the top three teams in the league. The Jacks will not play on home ice at the Wellesley arena until they face the Centennials on October 5.
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Near the end of the third period, a short but brutal fight briefly derailed the game, leaving player Mitch Wright with four separate penalties and a bloody nose. Flanagan suggested that such incidents are a reality of the game. “It shows the players are sticking up for each other and aren’t afraid,” said Flanagan. “We’re not planning, as a team, to be doing that kind of thing all the time, and we don’t promote it. But sometimes it happens in hockey, and the guys did a good job on the ice, and kept their cool after the fact.” As if adding insult to injury, the Kings scored their final goal of the evening within one minute of the fight, with Coulter (Pearce) sinking the puck at 18:43 to bring the score to 5-1. Much of the Kings’ suc-
cess last weekend can be room for improvement as attributed to the team’s pre- the 2013-14 season continseason training, including ues. the recruitment camp on “We worked hard, which August 20, and the six preis the first step. We’ve got season games, which “give lots we need to work on. an opporThere are tunity to lots of desee who ficiencies plays well we’ll take together care of in from a line practice,” perspecsaid Flanative,” noted gan. Flanagan. “There “We are little had some things, like players our defenlike Jaden sive zone, Jaden Goetz takes a shot at net. Goetz who we can be [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] came to the better, our camp and made our team forecheck can be better … – he wasn’t somebody who pretty well all areas of our was highly touted coming game.” in, and he proved he deThe Kings are in Listowel served an opportunity and on Friday before returning a spot in our lineup.” home to face the Kitchener These early results are Dutchmen on Sunday at encouraging, but Flanagan the WMC, where the puck believes there is plenty of drops at 7 p.m.
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sunscreen and a fill up at the gas station. It couldn’t be helped. After all, I was building a duck blind for my 12-foot aluminum boat. In theory this was supposed to save me nearly $200. And, as any do-it-yourselfer knows, sometimes to save $200, you have to spend well over a million. The problem started when I decided to do this project government-style. I got that part right too – my first cost overrun occurred almost immediate-
ly, when I realized I needed one more length of pipe to provide more horizontal stability to the structure. That, and the fact that my friend, who served as chief consultant on the project, hit me up for $20. During the second trip to the hardware store, Doug, the friendly sales associate, greeted me again. “You’re back,” he said. “Yup,” I replied. “I’ll need just one more length of that pipe to finish my boat blind.” “You’re doing this project all by yourself aren’t
you?” he said. “I am,” I said with more than a hint of pride. I’d like to think giggling uncontrollably is the way hardware professionals the world over pay tribute to the indomitable spirit of the home handyman – but I could be wrong. Still, I trust Doug. He had been there for my fateful attempt at buying a rake last fall and for the homemade bird feeder fiasco of ’09. In any case, by the time I got home again, it struck me that I needed a couple
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of brackets to hold the uprights into place. When I returned, Doug looked at his co-worker Angus and, for some reason collected 10 bucks. “Steve,” he said, “what a surprise! You’re back!” “I sure am,” I said. “After considerable thought and more expensive consultation, I came to the conclusion that this thing would work a lot better if it was attached to the boat somehow.” Doug led me to the appropriate brackets and when we were around the
corner took me aside and whispered, “Steve, this is against the Hardware Store Clerk’s Creed, but maybe you should quit while you’re ahead. Remember the birdhouse? I can’t have something like that on my conscience again!” Like all handymen, I scoffed at the idea of quitting. After all, I had come too far, surpassed too many obstacles, overcome incredible technical difficulties. “Doug,” I replied, “contrary to what you and several others think, I know
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what I’m doing. Now, how about packing up that tool for me and taking it to the front counter?” “No!” he snapped. “That’s our paint mixer! There is no conceivable way this could do anything but harm in your hands!” I only returned to the hardware store two more times that afternoon. But, if past history is any indication, I’ll be back several times throughout the week. Hopefully, they’ll reconsider their stance on the paint mixer.
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FARM SAFETY The Fall Farm Safety Checklist As you drive around the countryside, you’ll notice school buses full of children off to school, spider webs flying, corn and beans plants turning brown, and farmers readying their equipment for the fall harvest season. Every year farmers deal with many dangers around the farms and fields of
Canada. Slow moving vehicles, moving parts on equipment, and electrical hazards are all a part of their daily routines as they go through their busy routines. Farm safety should be an ongoing practice on the farm and now that the harvest season is upon us, now is as good a time as any to check for potential safety problems.
1. Electrical Inspections Electrical safety is a must around the farm. Walk around the farm and examine the wiring associated with electrical panels, lighting, equipment, disconnects, and outlets. Bugs, mice, spider webs, and dust get into electrical boxes and connections should be inspected. Harvest season is a good a time to readying the farm for safety. If these areas are dirty or filled with obstructions, turn off power and blow them out with an air hose. Check the wires to see if mice have chewed the insulation off before you energize anything. These wires could cause electrical shorts and are
potentially fatal electrical hazards waiting to happen if someone would come in contact them. All electrical equipment should be grounded before running it.
2. Safety Checklist When the fall harvest gets into full swing around the farm, electrical safety around the farm during the harvest season should be on your safety checklist. Every year, accidents around the farm happen because of faulty cords, equipment, electrical panels, and electrical devices. Before you get caught up in the season harvest, walk around the farm and find the problem areas. Correcting them now will provide for a safe and trouble-free harvest.
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Tractors, combines, and trucks pulling wagon loads of grain are all part of the scenery on the roads when the harvest is in full gear. In order to be safe, be sure to have your flashers on and a slow-moving vehicle sign mounted to your farm implement. Check the electrical connections for defects at both the battery and light connections. Be sure that the lights all work before heading out on the road and this includes the headlights. Although the sun may be shining when you head off to the field, storms and the darkness of nightfall will require the use of these lights for your safety and
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drive a shaft with u-joints along the side of the auger that turn sprockets on top of the auger. These areas should all have guards to prevet clothing, fingers, and other body parts from coming into contact with them. Loose fiuiting clothes can become tangled in moving parts
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7. Animal Safety Keep all electrical connections out of reach from your animals. Keep all extension cords, connections, and light far enough away from animals so they cannot chew on them or come in contact with them. They are curious creatures and are unaware of the dangers of electrocution. Besides that, you have a huge investment in them and they need your help to survive. Any electrical cords attached to water tanks should be checked for fraying or cracking. Only use extension cords for a short period of time to feed farm related equip-
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Aiming for a formula to set increases in the minimum wage Groups at odds over advice to Ontario panel reviewing mechanisms for raising the rate STEVE KANNON For those working for minimum wage, the rate is the most important thing: the higher, the better. But how and when the rate does increase has always been something of a mystery, and a polarizing issue. Earlier this summer, the province appointed a panel to fashion a more transparent and predictable process for adjusting the minimum wage. The move is supported by a variety of stakeholders – business and labour groups, workers, anti-poverty advocates and academics – but even the mechanism, not just the rates themselves, makes for a difference of opinion. That was apparent in the differing submissions to the Minimum Wage Advisory Panel in the past week by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the newly formed union Unifor, for instance. The business group would prefer to see any adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index, while the union advocates increases be tied to productivity or average wages in the market, which would have the effect of allowing workers to get ahead rather than simply matching inflation. Both groups, however, see advantages to a predictable system, rather than occasional spikes followed
by long periods of dormancy. Ontario’s current minimum wage of $10.25 an hour has been in place for three years, though the rate has increased by 50 per cent over the last decade, from $6.85 in 2003. “How we set the minimum wage has not been transparent to this point. That is probably not workable going forward,” said Art Sinclair, vice-president, public policy & advocacy, with the Great Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. Sinclair, who was involved in the Ontario Chamber’s collection of data for its submission to the panel, said businesses want to see a consistent formula that would allow them to budget for expected increases to the minimum wage. As it stands, there can be sudden spikes, which is especially hard on smaller operations. “Small businesses can’t absorb those large increases,” he said, noting gradual increases are preferable to sudden changes. But even phased-in increases are problematic to many employers, he added, especially those in the retail and hospitality industries. In its report to the panel, the Ontario Chamber said its research found convincing evidence that major hikes in the minimum wage will have adverse
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We define seasons here by local fruit and vegetables, as much as we do by the calendar, or the distance from the sun. In the late spring, it starts with asparagus season, followed by strawberry season, sweet corn season, peach season and eventually tomato season, which thankfully is upon us now. But at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus, it’s always tomato season for researcher Steve Loewen. For the past 25 years he’s been dedicated to breeding and improving Ontario tomatoes – making them higher yielding, more resistant to plant disease, hardier for processing and better tasting, sweeter, juicier and meatier. During the growing season, you’ll find him at work in tomato field test plots, mainly in southwest Ontario’s tomato-growing region near Chatham. Most of the time, his focus is on domesticated tomatoes for processing. At other times, his focus is directed toward the wild tomato species that originate in South America, and the seed collection of these
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ily taken up by the human body (a trait called being more bioavailable) through processing. Specifically, it’s the cooking process that changes lycopene into a form that is more easily absorbed. Given how consumers are trying to find added value in already-popular foods, tomato products such as ketchup and sauce with enhanced lycopene could be huge – and in the process, reach a lot of people in Ontario and beyond who are searching for ways to stave off disease. Human disease isn’t the only pursuit of Loewen’s. Tomatoes will never get to consumers if the plant on which they grow is not able to tolerate difficult growing conditions – which seem to just keep getting tougher all the time, with
climate change either upon us or knocking on our door. Loewen says this year has been very difficult in Ontario’s tomato belt, with buckets and buckets of rain flooding some tomato fields, and fairly cool temperatures. Tomatoes like it hot and relatively dry. When conditions are opposite, they simply don’t respond as well. But even a bad year gives researchers more information than they had before, particularly about how certain lines react under stress. This year, they’ll get loads of new data. And in some way this additional knowledge will contribute to whatever tomato line Loewen comes up with next, in his neverending tomato season and his quest for constant improvement.
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estimated the living wage in Ontario to be around $18 per hour, and so increasing the statutory minimum to $14 must be only the first step of a broader strategy required to ensure all Ontario work-
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As it stands, the debate is over the mechanism for setting the rate, not the next increase that could serve as the benchmark for future adjustments. Both Sinclair and Sanford expect more transparency, but couldn’t predict what
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for the public, we’re open to that.” The chief concern remains the impacted vendors, and Wednesday saw the announcement of the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market Vendor Relief Fund, a charitable initiative from the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation in collaboration with Woolwich Township, Home Hardware and Mercedes Corp. The fund, orchestrated by volunteers Dan Herman and Helen Kaluzny, will channel money from the community towards the affected businesses that meet certain criteria (to be determined by community leaders). “We were very concerned for the vendors, but getting involved in a relief effort, for a number of reasons, isn’t something that we’re set up to do as the owners,” said Shantz of the collaboration with the township. Another new initiative is Woolwich Community Services’ “Text-to-Give,” which raises money for vendors with support from United Way K-W and Libro Financial Group. The program allows donors to text “UCARE” to 45678 and to
Joanne Stewart and Oliver Nedeljkovich of Charles Quality Meats, one of several businesses relocated to Peddler’s Village. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] add a $5 gift to their monthly phone bill. “We were sensing in the community that a lot of people were wanting to do something,” said Don Harloff, executive director of WCS. “The market has been a source of pride, and also something that’s been part of the roots of this area for many, many years. We were hearing people saying, ‘What can we do? How can we help?’” Harloff is quick to preempt skepticism. “Insurance doesn’t cover everything,” he said. “There have been comments: ‘Well, it’s a business, and everybody’s insured, so why should anyone worry?’ Well, they are businesses, but many
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It’s still all about the singing Folk Night at the Registry concert series set for eighth season opening Oct. 5 with Gathering Sparks WILL SLOAN As Jack Cole prepares for the eighth season of his Folk Night at the Registry concert series, he looked back on the beloved series’ evolution. It has been a long journey from humble beginnings in his Kitchener living room to becoming a staple in the Registry Theatre’s lineup. “I’m a folk music nut,” he laughed. “The music meant so much to me, and in those days it was pretty much: Go to Toronto, or don’t hear it at all.” This was the dilemma that Cole has made his mission to solve, and in the 18 years since founding the Old Chestnuts Song Circle with his wife Lori, he has programmed local and international performers and gathered likeminded fans to celebrate all things folk in the Waterloo Region. For years the Song Circle met in neighbourhood homes to join in singing the country music standards, and Cole saw an opportunity to broaden the group’s scope. “It’s nice to get together and sing with each other, but it’s also nice to get an opportunity to learn with people who are world-class singers themselves,” he said. “The original idea was to bring in a few people who would just come into our living rooms and give us a chance to sing along with them. It grew from the house concerts into church halls and eventually into this pretty stable series at the Registry. But always it
was all about the singing.” The Registry Theatre series started small, with mostly local acts filling the bills, but over the years the series has become enough of a “brand name” to bring in performers from across Ontario, as well as national touring acts and some musicians from south of the border. “One of the promoters who represents a number of musicians has told me that this is an anchor stop on any tour they put together,” said Cole. “That has helped – people are willing to come book us first, and then work out a tour around that date.” Though its ambitions have evolved, the series’ mandate remains the same: a mixture of contemporary folk music, interspersed with more traditional fare (this year represented by Eileen McGann and Maria Dunn) that aficionados are unlikely to see anywhere else. This year’s series will begin on October 5 with a performance by Gathering Sparks, a “graceful collision” of local musicians. Cole first met Eve Goldberg when she ran an annual dance camp in Muskoka, and she performed in Folk Night’s debut season “When I first met Eve, she was a young, beginning songwriter,” said Cole. “She’d recorded a few of other people’s songs but none of her own, so she’s just blossomed.” He added, “The wonderful thing about Eve’s music for me is, it’s very singable
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Folk Night regulars Eve Goldberg, Jane Lewis, and Sam Turton are teaming up as Gathering Sparks for the first performance of the series’ eighth season. music. She writes songs that are meant to be sung, because she comes from that background of song circles and music camps.” Joining Goldberg are Sam Turton and Jane Lewis, two fixtures of the Folk Night series who regularly organize workshops and sing-alongs in Guelph. Cole has high hopes for the collaboration. “I’ve got three people who really love the group singing experience,” he said. “I’m expecting them to come in and sing multiple harmonies, multiple instruments, and get the whole audience involved in their show.” Audience interactivity has proven to be one of the series’ most important elements, Cole said. “I try to bring in people that can interact well with the audience – people who have a lot of sing-along material; people who are good
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thanks for the music Thank you to all the musicians who filled downtown Elmira with song and good vibes Sunday Nights throughout the summer. A special thanks to Lynn Russwurm who made it all happen.
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¤Based on 2013 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption estimates. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on powertrain, driving habits and other factors. See retailer for additional EnerGuide details. 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package – Hwy: 7.9 L/100 km (36 MPG) and City: 12.2 L/100 km (23 MPG). 2013 Dodge Journey 2.4 L with 4-speed automatic – Hwy: 7.7 L/100 km (37 MPG) and City: 11.2 L/100 km (25 MPG). Wise customers read the fine print: €, •, *, ≤, ♦, ◊, § The All Out Clearout Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating retailers on or after September 4, 2013. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,595 – $1,695), air tax (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. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may sell for less. €$10,750 in Cash Discounts are available on new 2013 Ram 1500 models (excluding Reg Cab) and consist of $9,250 in Consumer Cash Discounts and $1,500 in Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. See your retailer for complete details. •$19,995 Purchase Price applies to the new 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package (29E) and includes $8,100 Consumer Cash Discount. $19,995 Purchase Price applies to the new 2013 Dodge Journey Canada Value Package (22F) only and includes $2,000 Consumer Cash Discount. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select 2013 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. ≤Ultimate Family Package Discounts available at participating retailers on the purchase/lease of a new 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT with Ultimate Family Package (RTKH5329G). Discount consists of: (i) $2,500 in Bonus Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes; and (ii) $775 in no-cost options that will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. ♦4.99% lease financing of up to 60 months available on approved credit through WS Leasing Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Westminster Savings Credit Union) to qualified customers on applicable new 2012, 2013 and 2014 models at participating retailers in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may lease for less. See your retailer for complete details. Examples: 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package (29E)/2013 Dodge Journey Canada Value Package (22F) with a Purchase Price of $19,995/$19,995 leased at 4.99% over 60 months with $3,669/$4,649 down payment, equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $99/$99 with a cost of borrowing of $3,518.80/$3,245.60 and a total obligation of $14,610.70/$14,589.90. 22,000 kilometre/year allowance. Charge of $0.18 per excess kilometre. Some conditions apply. ◊Ultimate Journey Package Discounts available at participating retailers on the purchase/lease of a new 2013 Dodge Journey R/T with Ultimate Journey Package (JCES49 28X with AGV, AV1, AS4, GWG). Discount consists of: $2,500 in Bonus Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes; and (ii) $1,125 in no-cost options that will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. §2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew Plus shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $31,940. 2013 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Longhorn 4x2 shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash and Bonus Cash Discounts: $43,675. 2013 Dodge Journey R/T AWD shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $31,640. The Best Buy Seal is a registered trademark of Consumers Digest Communications LLC, used under license. ≠Based on Automotive News classification and 2013 Ram 1500 3.6 L V6 4x2 and 8-speed transmission. 11.4 L/100 km (25 MPG) City and 7.8 L/100 km (36 MPG) Highway. Based on 2013 EnerGuide fuel consumption guide ratings published by Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on powertrain, driving habits and other factors. Ask your retailer for complete EnerGuide information. ^Based on 2013 Ward’s Middle Cross Utility segmentation. ❖Real Deals. Real Time. Use your mobile device to build and price any model. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.
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308A or 308R Sheet Metal Installer Tri-Mech Inc. is a mechanical company specializing in Gas Fitting, Hydronic Heating, Geothermal, Furnaces, Air Conditioning and High Pressure Cleaning Systems. We service Agricultural, light commercial and residential systems. Applicants should be able to work with minimal supervision and have good customer relation skills.
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As a fast growing business and market leader in post-consumer plastic recycling, EFS-plastics Inc. (located in Listowel), is offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated Supervisor to join our Production Team.
Apply in person between 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. OR fax or e-mail resume to:
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Cooks, Wait Staff & Dishwashers needed. Experience preferred. Apply in person with resumé to 39 Arthur St. S., Elmira HOW TO REACH US
Your tasks as an ambitious individual will include production planning, quality and control, Health and Safety, employee training, shift scheduling, conflict management etc. You will be reporting directly to Management and assisting the Management Team in making decisions related to the daily production. REQUIREMENTS: • 5 years Supervisor Experience • Conflict Management • Trouble shooting capabilities • Production experience in a fast-paced environment • Decision Making skills • Ability to take responsibility • MS-Office applications
Qualified candidates are encouraged to send their resume to: jobs@efs-plastics.ca
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CARPENTERS NEEDED. AN established and fast growing construction company requires conscientious, energetic and highly motivated individuals who are also team players. These individuals will be joining our Construction Crew. Core responsibilities include constructing dairy and other agricultural buildings. These candidates will provide our customers with work and service that meets or exceeds our company’s standards in a professional manner that properly represents the values of our company. Experience in the construction field is a must. Experience in agricultural construction is a definite asset! Please email resume to tess@hfhinc.ca or mail at HFH Inc., 5833 Baseline Road, RR#5, Guelph, ON, N1H 6J2. Check out our website at www.hfhinc.ca CLEANING HELP WANTED. 4 hour per week for a 2 adult household. $20 per hour. References required. Beginning October. Mennonite women encouraged to apply. Call 519-669-5296. GENERAL LABOUR WANTED for apple orchard near Elmira for approximately 2 months. Ability to operate equipment and asset, but not required. 519-5901297 or shuhfarm@golden.net MK MARTIN ENTERPRISELooking to hire full-time production welders. Must be able to read & write in English. Call 519-664-2752 or drop in Resume.
WORK WANTED MAN LOOKING FOR work. Drywall taping, sprayed ceiling California. Call Don 519-669-5866.
TRAINING & LESSONS BOB WILHLEM’S GUITAR Studio now accepting fall students. Qualified, professional instruction in Acoustic, Electric, Classical and Bass. Phone 519-669-5371.
CHILD CARE FULL & PART time positions available. Structured program, healthy meals & snacks. Lots of outdoor time. Please call Carey at 519-2100080. References available.
HEALTH CARE SHIATSU FOOT MASSAGE. Machine relaxing deep tissue massage for feet and legs. 4 auto programs $199.00. GO Portables the next generation in whole body. Vibration, tone and firm, improve flexibility $699.00. Call for free in home demonstration. St. Jacobs 519-276-2423.
FOR SALE FROCKS N FABRICS Annual Fall Sale. Tues. Sept. 24 - Sat. Oct. 5. Come see our new arrivals! 519-846-9250. MATTRESS AND BOX Spring, new, never used, still in sealed bag. Sacrifice $195. Delivery available. Temperpedic Memory Foam Mattress, new, never used, in sealed bag. Like sleeping on a cloud. No pressure points. Bankruptcy sale $595, box spring $200 extra. Delivery available. 519-635-8737.
#1 IN THE REGION AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Household effects, antiques, antique snowmobiles, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 441 Albert St. (near Philip), in Waterloo (parking on site), for Fred Pfisterer, on Saturday, September 21st @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. SAT. SEPT 21 at 9:30 AM Clearing auction sale of Harley Davidson Motorcycle; forklift; concrete forming; concrete tools and equipment; trailer; and miscellaneous items to be held at 2236 Victoria St. (Highway #7) in Kitchener (near Breslau) for P. Dansma. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com
AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Antiques, household effects, and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley or 2 miles north of Philipsburg, on Friday, September 13th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519699-4451. SAT SEPT 14 at 10:00 AM -Large antique and collectable auction of pottery; redware; jugs; old jars; milk bottles; and other collectables to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s exclusively for Gloria and the late Wayne Bowman of Listowel. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www. Jantziauctions.com FRI. SEPT 20 at 7:00 PM Property auction of a 5000 sq ft building of offices; conference rooms; multi purpose rooms; vault; etc; (formerly the Mapleton Municipal Buildings) situated on approx 1.5 acres; to be held at 3 Hillwood Drive in Moorefield for Alma Poultry Ltd. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com
AUCTIONS WED. SEPT 25 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of household effects; furniture; antiques; tools; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for a Waterloo area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com FRI. SEPT 27 at 4:30 PM -Auction sale of approx 300 toys including farm; precision; air plane collection; cars; banks; and other collectables to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area collector with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com CONTINUED ON PG. 21
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Of forklift; concrete forming; concrete tools and equipment; trailer; and miscellaneous items to be held at 2236 Victoria St. (Highway #7) in Kitchener (near Breslau) for P. Dansma on: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 | 9:30 AM CONSISTING OF: 12ft tandem flat bed trailer; 2001 Harley Davidson motor cycle with 2300 kms; 84 cages of 6 bar duraforms; 9ft form cages; lifting table; Clark 10000 pound propane fork lift; walk behind concrete floor saw; steamer and tank with Honda motor; Stihl cement saws; Dewalt and other generators; Powerfist drill press; Lincoln wirematic 255 welder and accessories; Cango jack hammers; cut off saws; drill press; band saw; 2 Delta industrial table saws; cordless saws; grinding abrasive kits; motors; drills; drill bits; Mastercraft tool chest of wheels and other tool chests; quantity of air sockets and tools; truck parts; bracket forming; quantity of steel racking and shelving; track lighting; floor jacks; hydraulic hoses; nylon strapping; hydraulic jacks; quantity of hand tools; wrenches; sockets; pipe wrenches; welding clamps; wash station; paints; grease; oil; tube molds; grinders; quantity of chains; rope; drafting table; tarps; vise; nut and bolt bins; gear puller; 42” remote control helicopter; quantity of scrap iron including angle plate; tubing; piping; electrical wire; etc. NOTE: EXCEPTIONAL auction full of quality equipment. Pete is downsizing and relocating.
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Clearing Farm Auction Sat. Sept. 21st @ 10 AM Consisting of Household ContentsTractors- Equipment- Woodworking ToolsHorse Tack & Miscellaneous For: Gerry & Barb Kurtz of Ariss LOCATION: 8th Line E Centre Wellington twp, fire # 6043 – Approx 5 km N of Hwy #86 or 3 km S of Grand River HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS & GARDEN EQUIPMENT & LAWN TRACTORS: Antique washing machine, Assorted tables, Benches, Water beds, Lawn furniture, Garden tools & Ornaments Lawn Tractors- 2008 Kubota GR2100 4x4 diesel c/w 54” mower (408 hrs), Huskee 12 ½ HP 43” deck Riding Mower, Broyhill 30 gal Lawn Sprayer, 12 cu ft Dump Trailer, 19” Lawn Boy Push Mower TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT & MISC: 2005 Kubota M6800 cab 4x4 shuttle shift c/w loader M720 self level 6 ft quick attach bucket 62 hp – only 1300 hrs purchased new, MF # 265 – 15.5 x 38” rears 3140 hrs, 12’ 3 point hitch Konsklide cultivator, 16’ tube bale elevator/motor, New Holand 750 manure spreader, 7’ Walco rotary chopper, 7’ B&E grader blade, 18’ flat rack, Hydraulic dump trailer, Bear cat 3” chipper shredder, 3 PH PTO circular buzz saw, Hydraulic cylinders, 6 hp Evinrude outboard c/w tank, Reese trailer hitch, Farm gates, Quantity of cedar rails & railway ties, Quantity of new brick WOODWORKING- TOOLS & HORSE TACK: Rockwell/Beaver wood lathe, Beaver 10” table saw, 10” Black & Decker mitro saw, Craftsman 150 router & bits, Chain saw, Battery charger, Ladders, Shelving, Chains, Tools, Chain hoist, Horse tack & supplies: due to an on farm horse training facility there will be a variety of harness/ supplies not listed at time of advertising. NOTE: This will be an interesting sale with good useful midsize equipment well cared for with lots not mentioned.
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CONTINUED FROM PG. 20 AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Farmall 200, 4 wheeler, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1510 Line 33 Perth East Twp. 2 miles southwest of New Hamburg or 4 miles northeast of Tavistock, (off Perth Oxford Rd.) for Dan & Audrey Wagler, on Saturday, September 28th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. AUCTION SALE OF Quilts, comforters, and crafts, to be held on Queen’s Bush Rd. in Wellesley, for the Apple Butter & Cheese Festival (in case if rain this will be held in the Wellesley Community Centre), on Saturday, September 28th @ 12:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519699-4451. SAT. SEPT 28 at 3:00 PM - Property auction of a 3 bedroom 2 storey house situated in a desirable area of Kitchener to be held at 441 Franklin St. north in Kitchener for Donald Kaufman. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com SAT. SEPT. 28 at 9:30 AM Clearing auction sale of 3 bedroom redbrick home; household effects’ furniture; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at 78 Pinehurst Cres in Kitchener off McGarry Dr for the estate of the late Leonard Hinschberger. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com AUCTION SALE OF MF 135 tractor, Cub Cadet 25hp mower, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 64 Hill field Dr. (Highway 7&8, north on Walker Rd.) in New Hamburg, for Lyle Roth, on Saturday, October 5th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451. 1005 PROPERTY AUCTION Of Custom built brick home to be held at 396 Lexington Rd. (between Bridge St West & University, minutes from RIM Park), in Waterloo, for Doug and Christina Lehmann, on Saturday, October 5th @ 4:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.
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FARM EQUIPMENT CIH 5100 GRAIN Drill, 16 run, fertilizer and grass. $3500. Call 519-861-1651.
AUTOMOTIVE 2005 DODGE CARAVAN Gold, 186,000 kms. One driver, automatic, A/C, power windows & locks, trailer hitch. As is. Call 519-2799842.
RENTALS 3 BEDROOM MAIN floor apartment in Elmira. Available October 1st. Central A/C, in unit laundry, parking incl. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. $1050 + utilities. Please call 519998-2220 or 519-998-0463. 3 BEDROOM SEMI for rent in Elmira. Available any time. References required. Call 519-577-4020. 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE. Completely repainted and all flooring replaces. 1.5 baths, garage, deck off dining area, fenced yard, air conditioned, dishwasher, No pets, No smoking. $1200 + utilities. Call 613-332-4324 and 519-669-0592. HOUSE FOR RENT in north Waterloo. 2 bedroom. Main floor living. Large yard. Washer and dryer. $1250 per month inclusive. Available October. 519-746-1557. NEWLY RENOVATED 2 bedroom basement walkout apartment in Elmira. Available Oct. 1st. In unit laundry, parking incl. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. $850 + utilities. Please call 519-998-2220 or 519-998-0463. NEWLY RENOVATED ROOMS For Rent in St. Jacobs. Close to bus stop, parking available. Contact Matt Bauman at 519-669-2128, email matthewbauman@trentu.ca
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FARM FOR SALE By Tender. Just north of Mount Forest (West Grey). 104 acres with approx. 75 workable and 16 acres of hardwood bush, located on highway 6 for easy access all year long. Double brick house, barn and out buildings. Spring fed pond and creek. To arrange inspection of property, please contact Rick Pinder at 519-323-4147. For information contact Lori Solomon at 519-664-3039. Tenders must be received by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2013. For tender package please contact: Richard Lemaich, Deverell & Lemaich LLP, 166 Main St., Mount Forest, On. Ph: 519-323-1600; Fx: 519-323-3877.
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO PASS A BY-LAW TO REMOVE A HOLDING PROVISION FROM THOSE LANDS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOPEWELL HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT, BRESLAU Committee of the Whole Meeting Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. and Council Meeting Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. To be held in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor Township Offices, 24 Church Street West, Elmira The Township is considering removing the Holding Provisions (H1 and H2) applied to the zoning of five commercial blocks within the Hopewell Heights Development subdivision plan in Breslau (see Map 1). The lands are located on Townsend Drive, Beacon Point Court, Woolwich Street North and Horseshoe Crescent and are described as Blocks 125, 130 and 131 Plan 58M-356, Block 1 Plan 58M-377 and Block 70 Plan 58M-529.
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The subject lands are zoned Buffer Commercial with Holding Provision (C-2 (H1)), Neighbourhood Commercial with Holding Provision (C-4 (H1)) and Settlement Commercial with Holding Provision (C-3 (H2)). The Holding Provisions (H1 and H2) prohibit development of the properties on municipal sanitary services until such time as additional sewage capacity is available.
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In March of 2013, the Township and the City of Kitchener amended the Cross Border Servicing Agreement to modify the method of determining Woolwich’s share of the total wastewater capacity at the Victoria Street North Pumping Station in the City Kitchener. In light of this new approach the Township will no longer have to allocate capacity to new non-residential developments or connections (unless it is a significant water user) because the flows are incorporated in the residential flow calculation. Thomasfield Homes and Denison Print have requested the Township to consider removing the Holding Provisions (H1 and H2) that are applied to the zoning of the above-noted commercial blocks. The effect of removing the Holding Provisions will be to allow Thomasfield Homes and Denison Print to proceed with commercial development of the subject lands.
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Make Your Next Home Your Dream Home! THIS WEEKS OPEN HOUSE Sun. Sept. 15th, 2-4pm 13 THRUSH CT. ELMIRA
NEW LISTING
$389,000
LOCATED ON QUIET COURT
Elmira - Searching for that perfect family home in a great neighbourhood? This is it! Situated on a large beautifully landscaped pie shaped lot with mature trees. Complete with living room, very large family room addition and recroom. This spacious home has room for you to grow. Updates include: Newer flooring throughout main floor, New roof 2009, All windows in original house have been replaced. MLS 1337564. Call Alli or Paul direct.
THIS WEEKS OPEN HOUSE Sun. Sept. 15th, 2-4pm 14 ANNA ST. ELMIRA
NEW PRICE
$309,900
DOWNSIZING?
Elmira - Don’t miss this beautiful bungalow townhouse. Complete with partly finished basement and large country style kitchen this open concept home is spacious and elegant. Attractive master suite Featuring walk-in closet and 3 pc. ensuite bath. Second bedroom in basement. Bright open living room area or use as an at home office. 1 1/2 car garage with door to back yard. MLS 1334841 Call Alli or Paul direct.
NEW PRICE
$500.00 DONATION will be made with every home bought or sold by Paul or Alli in Woolwich.
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$439,000
$349,900 COUNTRY LIVING AT ITS BEST! Drayton - Outstanding family Bungalow with 3+1 bdrms. Don't wait to see this sizable bungalow on mature lot backing onto green space, open concept kit & family rm which features wkout to 11 x 24 partially covered deck. Your out of town family & friends will enjoy this Basement equipped w/kitchenette, lg bedrm, full bath, finished recrm & exercise rm. This area allows guests their own home away from home. New roof & floors in 2008, all main fl windows except laundry replaced in 2010. MLS 1334266 Call Alli or Paul Direct.
EDGE OF TOWN
Linwood - Located beside farmland at the Edge of Linwood this 2400sqft home is the great spot for you and your family. The large kitchen overlooks the sunken in living room with gas fireplace. Walk out to large deck overlooking yard and green space. Convenient Side and garage entrance to mudroom/main floor laundry. The Separate dining room is overlooking sunken living room. A great entertaining spot for dinner parties or family gatherings. The sprawling basement is equipped with large hobby room and Huge 24ft x 22ft workshop with access to garage. MLS 1334761 Call Alli or Paul Direct.
NEW PRICE
D L SO -
$349,000
$459,000 POOL!
Waterloo - Crisp kitchen featuring island & breakfast bar, walk-out to relaxing deck overlooking in-ground heated kidney shaped pool w/stamped concrete patio. Vaulted ceiling in family room w/gas fireplace. Master bedroom w/double walk-in closets & sunk-in ensuite complete w/whirlpool tub and separate shower. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms & Main floor laundry. Finished rec room w/separate entrance. Close to schools, Conestoga Mall & expressway. MLS 1325108 Call Paul or Alli direct.
$699,000
SENIOR'S PERFECT SPOT
HIDDEN TREASURE RESTORED TO FORMER BEAUTY
Harriston - This beautiful open concept cathedral ceiling bungalow is ideal for family to visit & boasts a partially wooded lot nestled in a small community only 2 min from Harriston. Main floor master bedrm is complete with ensuite. The basement is equipped with a finished recroom, & additional bedrm and bathrm are framed & waiting to be finished to your taste. Come and see this BEAUTY! MLS 1334961 Call Paul or Alli direct.
Elmira - This Unique Elmira home is fully restored and updated. Gardens featuring: Court yard, peaceful sitting areas, waterfall and pond, walkways of stone and brick, stunning landscaping throughout. Expect the unexpected in this beautiful century home. Kitchen with island and the conservatory bring a modern touch to the old world charm of the fabulous home. MLS 1334983 Call Alli or Paul direct.
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated
$409,000
LOCATION! LOCATION!
Elmira - Sought after quiet Southfield subdivision located on the edge of town and backing onto park. This 4 bdrm, 2100sqft family home is complete with spacious bright kitchen, separate dining room open to living room with gas f/p, convenient main floor laundry, side and garage entrance into mudroom, and upper family room. Large foyer with ceramic tile and 12x10ft deck overlooking attractive landscaped yard. Master ensuite equipped with whirlpool bath. MLS 1334004 Call Paul or Alli direct.
3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426
YOUR DREAM HOME WAS JUST LISTED IN CANADA’S BEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS We support Woolwich Community Services through
100 YEARS
Marg Sorensen, Broker of Record
SINCE 1913
Elmira Real Estate Services Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage
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90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 4, Elmira N3B 3L4
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Bonnie Brubacher Broker of Record / Owner
OPEN HOUSE | 150 Brookmead St., Elmira Saturday 12-2pm & Wednesday 5-7pm
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“Helping you is what we do”
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OPEN HOUSE | 38 Knapp Rd., Elmira Saturday 12-2pm & Wednesday 5-7pm
OPEN HOUSE | Sun., Sept. 15, 2 – 4 pm. 8588 Wellington Rd. 7, Mapleton
$479,000
OPEN HOUSE | 16 Davenrich Way, New Hamburg Saturday September 14 | 1-3pm
Moorefield Meet in the country! Opportunity awaits – family-oriented restaurant available for purchase. Building (includes apartment) and business for sale in charming village of Moorefield. Chattel list available from listing office. Call today for price and further details.
STONECROFT COMMUNITY! $429,900. NEW HAMBURG Adult living at its PARADIGM BUILT SIDESPLIT! $374,900. ELMIRA Immediate possession avail! 4
stainless steel appl included. Maple kitchen, hardwood & ceramic, lower level family rm w/gas f/p & walk-up to yard. MLS
PARADIGM BUILT BUNGALOW! $346,000. ELMIRA Immediate possession avail! 4 stainless steel appl included. Custom cherry kitchen (antique stain), hardwood, ceramic flrs, gas f/p, master ensuite. MLS
finest in a beautiful setting offering all the executive amenities one would want including an amazing rec center, billiards & lovely walking trails. Attractive detached open concept brick bungalow with dbl garage & driveway, 2 bdrms, 2 baths, main floor amenities, walkout to covered back deck. MLS
PHASE 1 CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN DRAYTON!
$126,500
DRAYTON RIDGE - EXECUTIVE TOWN HOMES - LOFTS
PRICED FROM $349,900
IMPRESSIVE BUNGALOW $339,000. This 3 bdrm, 2 bath bungalow offers a
list of updates incl. ceramic & hardwood flrs, modernized kitchen w/appliances, remodelled baths, trim, flooring, recreation room, roof, windows, furnace, central air conditions… just move in and enjoy! Relax on the private flagstone patio, property is bordered by hedging, ample space to build a shop. MLS
$429,900. A must see home on beautiful treed lined street. Well maintained and updated 2 storey family home, renovated kitchen with ceramic flrs, hardwood in the living room, walkout off family room to the patio & private yard w/pond, 3 drms, 2 baths, double car garage & driveways, newer roof, a/c, windows, stamped concrete walkway, windows. Close to schools, parks & amenities. MLS
Mapleton Beautiful 10 ac. ppty with 4 br. brick bungalow and 20’ x 60’ det. steel shop with cement floor and 100 amp service. Great location 30 min. from K-W, Guelph, Fergus. Living space is open concept, featuring large kitchen, hardwood floors, strategically placed French pocket doors, patio doors to deck, master ensuite. Grounds are divided between 5 acres cleared and 5 acres bush with small spring-fed pond. This property has all the “I wants”.
FROM $234,500 Exceptionally appointed, 1286 SQ.FT– 2046 SQ.FT (most with lofts), offering fully finished basements, 2+ bdrms, 3+ bathrooms, double car garage & deck on all units, gorgeous custom kitchens, hardwood, ceramic plus many other features. CALL FOR DETAILS. EXCLUSIVE
Call for your FREE Market Evaluation.
Gorrie Commercial Building on Large Lot Approx. 5500 square foot building, suitable for commercial enterprise / fabrication / manufacture (usage by-law available at Howick Township). Site includes 1 outbuilding (small garage.) 200 amp hydro with 3 phase a the road. Large lot (132’x 132’) is zoned VC1. Building has front office, lunch room and 2 piece washroom. Lots of parking, shared well with agreement. Palmerston Attenton singles, couples & retirees! 2 Units Available For Sale or for Lease* to Qualified Renters. Pricing starting from $234,500. These townhouse bungalows are beautifully built and the well-designed living space provides style, quality and value. Open concept main floor – custom kitchen cabinets, breakfast bar, coffered ceiling in living room area, walkout to rear deck. Beautiful ceramic and laminate flooring. Master bedroom ensuite and walk-in closet. 4 appliances incl. (*Please note rental arrangements exclusive to Rite Trak Realty Ltd.)
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BROKERAGE
R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.
45 Arthur St. S., Elmira Office:
519-669-2772
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record, MVA Residential Res: 519.669.1068
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker
Res: 519.669.8629
TRACEY WILLIAMS
Sales Rep. Cell: 519.505.0627
NEW PRICE
$294,900
CENTRAL LOCATION – Close to schools, downtown & WMC. Spacious LR/DR. Eat-in kitchen. Main flr. washroom. 3 good sized bdrms. Walkup attic. Newer furnace. Metal roof. Lots of potential in unfin. bsmt. Single garage. MLS.
$289,900
LOADED WITH CHARACTER! Backs to a wooded area. Lovely hdwd. floors. Spacious dining room PLUS eat-in kitchen. Main floor den. Fireplace in living room. W/O from fam. rm. to elevated deck. 2 bathrms. Gas furnace (2011). Appliances incl. Lots of living space. Walkout basement. MLS.
$419,900
HAWKESVILLLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY – Operate your own business & live in the spacious, well maintained, 3 bdrm. dwelling. Presently a catering business (seats 54) but this property has endless opportunities! 1400 sq.ft. of commercial space. Single garage + lots of pkg. A unique opportunity. MLS.
Wilfrid Laurier University frosh students hit the streets of Elmira on September 7 to raise money for cystic fibrosis research as part of their orientation week. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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PUBLIC NOTICE dale@kellersellsrealestate.com
ÂŽ Mildred Cell: 519-741-6970 | Len Cell: 519-741-6368
www.thefreyteam.com 701-24 MARILYN DR., GUELPH 3 bdrom condo, end unit w/lg windows overlooking park, 3 bdroms w/master-ensuite and triple closet.Great kitchen & in suite laundry. Well maintained bldg with under ground parking, library, sauna, exercise rm, storage, party rm w/kitch Close to all amenities. Call Mildred Frey to view.
Price $269,900 LOT 637 CONESTOGO LAKE
Price $274,900 LOT 234 CONESTOGO LAKE This 1000 sq ft cottage has a finished walk-out basement, renovated in 2010. Open concept with large living rom has a master bedroom & en-suite. Deck has a see through plexi glass railing. All around a move in cottage. Out building 2 car garage with automatic openers. Also a self contained Bunkie with 2 bedrooms and deck.New septic & drilled well. Easy access for year round enjoyment. Call Len Frey 519-741-6368. MLS #1337241
Price $439,000
Hidden Tranquility – Price $709,900 Thinking of Buying or Selling call or email today! Free, no obligation, Opinions of value
519.500.1865 (Direct)
17 Church St. W., Elmira • 519.669.1544 (Business)
Dale R. Keller Sales Representative
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NEW COUNTRY LISTING
Karen Makela Director of Recreation & Facilities Services Township of Woolwich
$469,000. Park-like setting on 3.24 acres with evergreen and hardwood trees, walking trails, a cleared area for a garden, expansive lawns, fish pond, and outbuildings. This raised bungalow features bright and spacious rooms, 3+2 bedrooms, finished basement, attached double garage, large bright cheery eat-in kitchen, walk out to deck. All this just a few minutes from Drayton/Moorefield. Don’t delay. MLS. Call Dale.
OBSERVER PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
1 ACRE COUNTRY! $319,000. 3 + 1 bedroom sidesplit on a park-like treed setting a few
minutes from Drayton on a paved road. This is a desired location. Roof was done in 2010. MLS. Call Dale.
MUST SEE! $444,900. Drayton. Stunning custom bungalow with numerous features;
vaulted and boxed ceilings, 3 gas fireplaces, arches and pillars, speakers wired for most rooms, gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, hardwoods and ceramics, amazing ensuite, large fenced lot. Call Dale. MLS 1331348
NEW PRICE! $450,000. Drayton. Custom built all stone exterior. Extensively landscaped
with walkways, deck, gazebo. patio. larger trees, and a relaxing front porch for those warm summer evenings. Hanover custom kitchen cabinets on both levels. 2 gas fireplaces. Walkdown from oversized garage. Exceptional value! Call Dale. MLS 1327519
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$424,900. 19 acre parcel backing onto Maitland river with beautiful
building site, 500 apple tree orchard with 4000 sq ft store front and cold storage, cider press, implement shed, dry storage building big enough to hold up to 25 cars/vehicles for extra income. Good solid brick house. Lots of potential. 13 acres cultivated. Market gardening? Call Dale. MLS 1327067
QUALITY INVESTMENT | MILVERTON $525,000. This purpose built 8 plex boasts a $37,000 net profit. Do the math. Most of the baths have been redone, some kitchens and windows have been replaced. Has a good rental history. Appliances and coin laundry included. Separate hydro meters installed 6 years ago. Roof 2 yrs old. Worth a look. Call Dale. MLS 1321715
FAMILY RETREAT | BRUCE PENINSULA $1,250,000. 2000 Ft waterfront on quiet Gilles Lake about 1 hr north of
Wiarton. Set on 25 acres of bush, this property boasts 2 cottages and 2 bunkies, SAND BEACH, panoramic views out 3 sides, amazing sunsets, quality fishing, star filled night skies, campfire outings. This property has only been owned by 2 families since 1917. Make your own memories. Call Dale. MLS 1327059
WOOLWICH LIONS’ SHOW AND SHINE GOES RAIN OR SHINE
A little rain didn’t keep Randy Koebel from showing off his 1968 Buick at the Woolwich Community Lions’ classic car show, held in the Foodland parking lot in Elmira on September 7. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
THE CHALLENGE
7414 WELLINGTON RD 10 This is truly a sought after property. Few available most people desire. The Bungalow has a sunroom on the rear of the kitchen and eat-in area overlooking the well manicured back yard, which leads to a water way at back with an extra bunky or cottage at the river. Shop with 3 Bays for the hobbyist. Very reasonably priced. This is a must see. MLS1337117 Call Mildred Frey to view.
Elmira Union & St. Teresa Cemeteries The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich has submitted by-laws to the Registrar under the Funeral, Burial, and Cremation Services Act 2002. Any interested parties may contact the Administrative Assistant at Tel: 519-669-6026 for information, or to make copies. By-laws or amendments may be reviewed or copied at the Township of Woolwich administration offices at 24 Church St. W in Elmira. These by-laws are subject to the approval of the Registrar, Funeral, Burial, and Cremation Services Act 2002. Telephone: Cemeteries Regulation Unit (416) 326-8393
CROSSWORD PUZZLER
Great Panoramic view of Lake, this 3 Bedroom cottage is in an excellent location, with southern exposure.Has a full deck. Open kitchen and family room & stairs to the partly finished walkout basement . Has a septic system & tile bed. Concrete slab & rails into the lake for boat launching. The outside is freshly painted including deck. To view call Len Frey 519-741-6368. MLS #1334927
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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY
BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY
Cliff and Geraldine Schill
Happy 75th Birthday Earl
Happy 65th Karen
Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary
BIRTH NOTICE
Richard & Ashley Shantz are thrilled to announce the safe arrival of
The Children and Grandchildren invite relatives and friends to join in celebration with them at an OPEN HOUSE on Sunday, September 29, from 2 to 5pm at the Linwood Recreation Centre.
Connor Richard Shantz on July 17, 2013 weighing 8lbs 3oz.
Love from your family
Best wishes only, please
GRADUATION
DEATH NOTICES
Love, Your Family
Proud grandparent’s are Robert & Nancy Shantz and Mark & Karen Schieck of Elmira and Bob & Tracy McDougall of Listowel.
PUBLIC NOTICE
KRON, LARRY | Passed
June 2013
Char and Murray Weber are pleased to announce the graduation of their daughter Christina from the University of Toronto with her Master of Social Work Degree.
MARTIN, VIOLA | Peace-
fully passed away in her sleep on Friday, September 6, 2013 at KW Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, at the age of 87 years. Viola was born in Floradale on December 8, 1925 and lived in the Elmira area for most of her life.
THANK YOU
Thank You KEEP YOUR CUSTOMERS
Special Thank You to Bea. and Linda B. for helping to organize before and working so hard during the party. And to all the ladies that brought all that amazing food, Thank You so much.
IN-THE KNOW.
Thank You All So much for all the cards and gifts, we are truly blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives.
It was a special day that we forever remember.
Tuesday October 8, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Township Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira Regarding 1357308 Ontario Ltd. / Global Egg Corporation – Zone Change 8/2013 Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has received a complete application for the above noted proposed Zoning By-law amendment as detailed below. Please be advised that Notice of a Complete Application does not indicate whether the municipality is in support of, or in opposition to the proposal. That determination will be made at a later date. The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following zone change application. No decision will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them. Any persons may attend the public meeting and make written and / or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed application.
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We would like to thank our wonderful daughter Sherri, family, friends and neighbours for holding a 50th wedding anniversary party for us at the Legion.
To our surprise guests, Bud’s sister Peg, who came from Australia, Cindy’s four fantastic friends from Burlington and Jack and his wife who we haven’t seen in over forty years, we were thrilled to have you there.
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING
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We are proud of you Christina! Congratulations and love from – Mom & Dad, Trevor, Kim & Steve, Zoie, Priya and the extended Weber/Lichty families.
away peacefully at Twin Oaks of Maryhill on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at the age of 76.
UNION ST
Christina Weber
ADVERTISE IN THE OBSERVER.
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The Township has received a Zone Change application from Robert McNeil on behalf of 1357308 Ontario Ltd. for the 0.6 ha property located at 109-115 Bonnie Crescent, Elmira (see Map 1). The property is designated Industrial Area in the Township’s Official Plan and is zoned General Industrial – Urban (M-2). The property contains an egg processing operation. The purpose of the application is to amend the General Industrial – Urban (M-2) zoning on the property with a site specific amendment to permit an expansion to the existing operation as follows: • to reduce the required side yard requirement from 7.5 metres (both sides) with not less than 4.5 metres on one side to approximately 1 metre on each side; • to increase the maximum lot coverage of all buildings from 50% to 60% of the lot area; • to allow trucks to back into loading areas by using Oriole Parkway East and Bonnie Crescent; and • to allow required off street parking to be located on a lot (90 Union Street) other than the same lot where the business is operating. Please Note: APPEALS: If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-laws does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the proposed zoning by-law amendments are passed: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of Woolwich to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of additional Township public meetings or Township staff reports regarding these applications you must make a written request to Engineering and Planning Services at the Township of Woolwich at the address shown at the top of this page. If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before October 1, 2013 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Engineering and Planning Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will also be considered. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519-669-6005 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6005. MORE INFORMATION: The public may view planning documents and background material relating to this application at the Township of Woolwich, Engineering and Planning Services Department between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the Township website at www.woolwich.ca. Questions or written submissions may be directed to: Township of Woolwich Engineering and Planning Services Department Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 14th day of September, 2013
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Family’s makeshift adventure on the Conestogo River leads to an ongoing series of stories in St. Jacobs WILL SLOAN As a mode of transportation, the raft is more commonly associated with Huck Finn and other 19th century rascals than with the kids of today. In St. Jacobs, however, rafts are making a comeback. A local family was surprised to find that the raft they built and left on the Conestogo River, just north of the fire station, has become a popular prop for adventureseekers. “Kids spend enough time in the house on their videogames and whatnot,” said Liz Shantz, grandmother of six. “We like to see them out and enjoying nature. This was the greatest idea my husband came up with.” Keith Shantz, Liz’s husband, conceived the raft as an activity for their grandchildren (ages 5 to 10) during the summer months. “We’ve been doing some canoeing in the past, but we didn’t have a canoe available this year, and I said to my husband, ‘What are we going to do?’ He goes, ‘I dunno. I always liked making a raft when I was little, so maybe that’s what we should do.’” She laughed. “Anyway, later that day I said, ‘I like
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birthday ever.” The family left a guestbook, which quickly filled up with appreciative comments. “We’ve kept it here to see who’s using the raft,” Shantz said. “We never thought it would come to this, that so many people would write in this journal here.” All of the guests have tied the raft up when they were through, and it has never become a target for vandalism. In fact, when the original oar went missing, visitors left replacements. “You don’t get that
At this time of year, we are adjusting to new schedules, people and situations, which can be overwhelming and exciting for all involved. It is these crazy times of change that bring us back to the comfort and familiarity of home and food, though that can be hard to accomplish after a busy day. For me, I need a backup plan. Quick-and-easy is not only a necessity, but a way for us to keep things simple and healthy. Keeping the menu seasonal can be a challenge, as there are so many ingredients to choose from at the market – overstimulation comes to mind. Supporting our local markets has never been more important than now. The loss of our iconic farmers’ market leaves many vendors with no source of income or place to sell their wares: Not an easy place to be during the height of the season. Having spent many hours at the market, getting to know the people and working with different teams, I know there is an understanding and support within a culture. There is no doubt for me that the
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Liz and Keith Shantz’s six grandchildren channel their inner Huck Finns on the Conestogo River. Their raft has become a popular destination for adventure-seekers in St. Jacobs. [SUBMITTED] that idea, can we make it happen?’” And thus, the family gathered some wood and fence posts. “The morning after the kids slept over, Keith told them, ‘We’re going to make a raft.’ They said, ‘Sweet!’ – not really knowing what this involves.” After a little bit of labour, the raft was sturdy
enough to accommodate six kids and drift along the Conestogo River. “They spent the day out here just having a blast – they said it was ‘the coolest thing ever,’” said Shantz. “At the end of the weekend, the kids said, ‘What are we going to do with this thing? Where are we going to keep it?’ “My husband said, ‘We’ll keep it down here!’ ‘Well, won’t it get stolen? Won’t somebody take it?’ He says, ‘Oh, do you think?’” And thus, an honour system was born when one of the kids came up with the idea to leave a box with a
note saying, ‘You may use the raft, but please return.’ The next time they visited the raft, the family was surprised to find greetings in the box. “People started putting notes in here,” said Shantz, reading from the letters. “‘Thank you for sharing your raft with us, it’s been great.’ We’ve got over 40 people who have left notes. We’ve got people from Trinidad, the Netherlands and Germany, all saying, ‘What a great idea,’ ‘Thanks for the adventure.’ … A boy who is 13 said he used it for his birthday, and he said it was the best
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TIPS AND TOOLS TO control your high blood pressure, 10 a.m. – 12 noon. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Join this class with registered dietitian Tiffany Krahn and explore how salt intake, portion size, and weight management can impact your blood pressure. For more information call 519-664-3794, ext. 0 TUESDAY LUNCHEON, 11:30 A.M. – 1 p.m. Gale Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. Menu: lasagna and vegetarian lasagna, caesar salad, rolls, peach cobbler, beverage $10. WOOLWICH SENIORS +55 ASSOCIATION have fitness classes at the WMC. Starting Sept. 17, Gentle Yoga 4
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More of us are near-sighted, and the debate rolls on about why that is WEIRD NOTES
Q. Why are so many peo-
ple these days developing “myopia,� or nearsightedness? For this one, there are theories stretching practically as far as the eye can see.
A. Nearsightedness has
increased steadily in North America and Europe in recent decades, with one-third of adults in the U.S. now nearsighted, says Nathan Seppa in “Science News� magazine. From the early 1970s to the turn of the century, myopia prevalence in the U.S. rose from 25% to nearly 42% among those aged 12 to 34, a substantial
shift in a single generation. Among young adults, the rate was 28% in the 1970s and is now 38%. For some reason, such increases have not shown up in older generations nor in people living in rural areas. Studies linking myopia to limited time spent outdoors during childhood first surfaced a few years ago, taking many researchers aback: “The notion that child’s play might promote normal eye growth seemed almost magical.� Still, the evidence is far from clear: Some scientists say the benefit could come from exposure to natural light, or a relaxation of the eye gained from viewing things at a distance, or the visual tableaux that the eye encounters outdoors. Or it could be a mix of all three.
Or is it because of a whole generation raised on computers, video games, and excessive “near work� in school? The “maybe� debate goes on. Q. Most of us love food, many of us love it just a little too much. So, what’s wrong with that?
A. In a word, “globe-
sity,� or dangerous rates of morbid obesity in the U.S. and elsewhere, says Paul McFedries in “The Jargon of Junk Food� in “IEEE Spectrum� magazine. The excess pounds often come from overconsumption of soft drinks, snack foods, fast foods -- branded “junk foods� in 1973 -- which are a testament to the food industry’s talent for creating “feel-good fare.� Step up your eating of the “pillar
ingredients� of salt, sugar and fat and you’ll have more to savour, so long as you don’t push things past the “bliss point.� The holy grail of junk food science is when the stuff melts in your mouth so fast the brain hardly registers that you’re consuming food at all, meaning the big, bold flavours get through but not the signal to stop eating. This makes you ripe for “passive overeating� or “auto-eating,� i.e., eating without thinking or without even being hungry. The opposite is being “overhungry,� where you’re so ravenous you’ll basically eat anything set in front of you. Either way, says McFedries, you may wind up with a “food baby,� or distended stomach from ex-
cessive overeating, making numerous fast-food executives very happy. Q. Do animals ever get so desperate that they commit suicide?
A. Not exactly, but there
are plenty of cases of self-destructive behavior, such as rhesus monkeys in captivity biting themselves, reports “Science Illustrated� magazine. This sort of behaviour is usually restricted to certain individuals that have suffered early trauma, as when separated from their mother. Scientists believe this self-biting may be a way for the monkeys to relieve negative emotions. Q. Best not to ask your friends to pronounce or spell neodymium, terbium and yttrium, which have a rare, even
ELEMENTal look to them. So what would you guess they are?
A. They’re names for “rare
earth� elements, essential in the field of advanced electronics, including displays, cell phones, solar panels and high-performance electric motors, reports “Science� magazine. The ores were recently found in high concentrations in seafloor sediments near the island of Minami Torishima, southeast of Tokyo, but they lie in water 5000 meters deep (over 3 miles), so the challenge is in recovering them economically.
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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37. High quality food 38. Kennel sound 39. Sounds like “sew� 42. Elliptical 44. Oil well 48. Cuba, e.g. 52. “___ to Joy� 53. Deliberately concealed 55. Discordant 57. Loud deep sound 58. ___ dark space (region in a vacuum tube) 59. Brought into play 61. Male pronoun 62. Don’t believe it 64. I (plr) 65. Introduces a conditional clause 66. Emcee 68. Deuce topper DOWN
1. Prosthesis 2. “Is that ___?� 3. Helen Roper dress 5. I am 6. Flair, e.g. 7. Banana oil, e.g. 8. Salutation 9. Action film staple 10. Geological formation 11. Music genre 12. A Swiss army knife has lots of them 13. ___ seul (dance solo) 15. Floral necklace 17. Cast 20. Noisy gaited people 24. Nancy, in Nancy 26. “Concentration� pronoun 29. Before noon 31. Big shot 33. Radioactive element
sym 34. Pinpoint 36. Assert without proof 40. Convex molding 41. 100 kurus 43. Public promotion 44. Expert 45. Shrewd resourcefulness 46. Attention 47. “Flying Down to ___� 49. Anita Brookner’s “Hotel du ___� 50. Refusal 51. Genetic information 54. Off (opposite) 56. Associate Nursing degree 60. Diffident 62. Strength 63. Substantial 67. State NW on the Pacific
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too much these days, and that’s just wonderful to see,� said Shantz. “I think it’s just important that kids get back to being outside, and we’re thrilled that other people are enjoying it.� And if the raft goes missing? “If it were to disappear, we had our summer, we had our fun. But obviously, people enjoy using it and are tying it back up.�
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rebuilding of this special place will happen quickly, and it will be stronger than ever. In the meantime, visit the outdoor vendors and create this recipe that has all my favourite produce. Prepare the vegetables and chicken the night before to make dinner preparation easier. Make a plan and cook what speaks to you. Happy cooking!
5 sprigs of thyme, leaves removed 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar Sea salt and cracked pepper Local spinach
Place all ingredients on pan, and drizzle with olive oil, balsamic, then season with salt and pepper; Roast in oven for 20 minutes at 400 F. Allow the roasted fruit to cool slightly and toss with washed spinach.
Roasted Fruit Goat cheese and Spinach and Basil Stuffed Salad 1 sweet potato, cut into Chicken matchsticks Half a thumb of ginger, Breast chopped 2 tbsp maple syrup Marinade 2 ginger crisp apples, cut into 8 wedges 1/4 red onion, sliced 1/4 cup pecans
4 chicken breasts Goat cheese, broken into large pieces
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“One of the many arguments people use for moving to the city involves the convenience factor,” she continued. “But I ask, what’s more convenient than stepping out my front door to gain access to almost everything I need? If I walk a block or two in one direction, I can go to the library, order pizza, and buy fresh peaches at a local stand. If I go the other way, I can buy ice cream, and buy treats for my puppy.” She also acknowledged the warm sense of community in the township. “Walking down the street, you’ll be acknowledged by many pleasant greetings, and even mere acquaintances will offer a warm
smile as you pass by.” When asked by the judges how her experience with overseas charity work would help her as ambassador, Bisch said, “It would help me to be able to connect with people of all different backgrounds. … I think that I would be able to accept them and get along with them because of the experience I’ve had.” Fair organizer Wendy Richardson had plenty of praise for Bisch following the crowning. “Kelsey’s a wonderful girl,” she said. “We thought she did a wonderful speech. She’s been very proactive through this program – she’s taken advantage of the workshops we’ve offered – and all three girls are wonderful friends, which is really
nice.” Bisch will join a list of 45 other women who have served as fair ambassador. Also speaking at the ceremony was Susan CookScheerer, former ambassador and co-host of Rogers TV’s Daytime, who helped organize a reception of 18 former ambassadors at Schmidtsville Restaurant earlier in the day. “It was a wonderful evening, we heard lots of stories,” said Cook-Scheerer. “I heard one of the ambassadors telling us the night she was crowned was her and her now-husband’s very first date. No pressure to this year’s contestants!” Bisch served her first duties on Wednesday by hosting the fair’s baby show and participating in the parade.
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Condominium living gives you a freedom most other homeowners do not have, as you can travel for extended periods of time without having to worry about maintaining your home. The Allan Suites Condominiums offer additional amenities, as well, including an exercise room, guest suite, indoor bicycle storage and a spacious common room ideal for large parties or family functions. What’s more, the Allan Suites Condominiums are very eco-friendly as heating and cooling is provided through geothermal energy by means of a ground-source heat pump that also provides substantial savings on utility bills. Suite sizes range from just over 1,000 sq. ft. to well over 1,800 sq. ft. with professionally designed gourmet kitchens, covered verandas and huge windows for lots of natural light. Best of all, the Allan Suites Condominiums are developed and built by award-winning James Keating Construction, a trusted name in new home construction for nearly six decades! Be among the first to tour the model suite currently under construction and slated for completion in November by calling or registering on line.