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Wellesley seeks public training with defibrillators
Lifesaving devices deployed in arenas and community centres; goal to make residents able to use them MARC MIQUEL HELSEN Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) hang in four of Wellesley’s public facilities; now, the township wants members of the public to learn how to use them. To that end, staff is looking for people to take part in an information session scheduled for Nov. 15 at the Linwood Community Centre. “Every minute you can save by getting these pieces of
equipment in use can really up the chance of saving a life,” said recreation director Brad Voisin after Tuesday night’s council meeting. The free, 90-minute session encompasses both knowledge and practical components and will touch upon several issues including: how to care for a conscious choking victim; the use of CPR and AEDs; legalities associated with the units; and potentially lifesaving first-aid procedures (control of bleeding and the use of epi-
pens). Upon completion of the session, participants will have the basic knowledge to react to an emergency situation. While the program does not provide certification, participants will receive a discount coupon that can be applied to full training. “It’s an awareness program so that people, hopefully, aren’t afraid [to] maybe go for further training,” said Voisin. “The big thing is making people aware that these things
are in our facilities, and they’re going to become more and more common.” Such units are increasingly common in public areas, from arenas to airports. Wellesley currently has defibrillators at the St. Clements and Wellesley arenas, as well as at the Hawkesville and Linwood community centres. In the near future, it hopes to obtain units, which cost about $2,600 each, for the Wellesley and St. Clements community centres. The Wellesley Fire
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“A lot of the stuff, making it on your own makes it a lot more special.”
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THE RIGHT SETTING Elmira’s Yo Wang has been busy for weeks turning his family’s new home – the former Bristow’s Inn on Arthur Street – into a haunted house for Halloween.
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Having recently moved into the former Bristow Inn, Elmira family enters into the spirit of Halloween MARC MIQUEL HELSEN In 148 years Bristow’s Inn on Arthur Street in Elmira has served as a stately home, an apartment building and, most recently, a bed-and-breakfast. Now it’s a single-family home, albeit a family with nine kids – the space is certainly welcomed. On Halloween, the heritage building, bought recently by the Wang family, adds another use to its storied history: scare factory for local trick-or-treaters. The sinister master of ceremonies? Sixteen-year-old EDSS student Yo Wang. “I remember when I was eight or nine we were like, ‘oh, we have to go to this house, it looks so scary, so, we would probably end up trick-or-treating with half an hour of going to the scarier houses,” said a reminiscent Wang, surrounded by zombies, tombstones, and jack-o-lanterns strewn across his
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“Too many,” quipped his dad, David, noting that his son has already punched in anywhere from 40 to 50 hours. “As soon as it was October, he was on the go.” This year, Wang will have the added bonus of building his display on a property that, of itself, creates a special ambience. “For Halloween it’ll definitely have that haunted house look to it,” said Jodie, noting that the high, second floor balconies and windows are also part of the stage. “Having that Victorian-style house definitely enhances the mood of it.” Built in 1860, the property on which the home was built first belonged to Edward Bristow, the town’s first settler. The house was built by the following owner and in the 1960s was “chopped up” and converted into a series of small apartments. By 1989, a new owner had gutted the inside of the building and restored its “Victorian-era grandeur” converting it into a bed and breakfast,
Arthur Street home. Intrigued by those Halloween experiences as a youngster, five years ago Wang started creating his own – to the pleasure of his neighbours. “Where we lived in Kitchener, kids came from all over the neighbourhood to come see this display,” said Wang’s mom, Jodie. For the past five years, Wang, who on Halloween night enlists the services of his siblings, family and friends, has been converting his yard into an interactive display. With all that practice, this year’s venture – which will include plenty of props, ambient music, animation, fog, floodlights and an interactive haunted house – looks to be the best so far. “It’s something that you try to grow as you go, but also it’s fun trying to make things out of nothing. A lot of the stuff, making it on your own makes it a lot more special,” said Wang, who has spent many hours adding to and improving his annual project.
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What you do to others comes back in kind
“Buddy, can you spare a dime?” Instead of ignoring the plea, looking right through the questioner – who, frankly, will be looking for much more than a dime these days – maybe you could offer to buy him a coffee. If that’s not your cup of tea, perhaps you could offer some homemade muffins to a neighbour. Something that exhibits a bit of kindness to the people around you. On Nov. 14, the organizers of Waterloo Region’s first annual Random Act of Kindness Day would like you to pick something, anything, that shows a little recognition to the people around you. Even the basic courtesy of holding a door open for someone would be a good start. Initiated by The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation, the day aims to encourage us all to take note that we live in a community shared with others, where simple pleasantries would make life much more enjoyable. “It’s a day to promote some kindness in our community, says the foundation’s Tracy Van Kalsbeek. “People are so busy these days, too busy to acknowledge others – it’s a time to slow down, take it easy and do something kind.” Maybe you buy a coffee for someone standing in line at Tim Hortons on the
Friday morning in question. That person responds by letting someone into the line of traffic during the commute to work. With a smile and a wave, the recipient of that little bit of consideration shares a kind word with a coworker … It’s the pay-it-forward concept, she says, referring to the Kevin Spacey movie of the same name. Call it good karma, if you will. “What you put out into the universe comes back tenfold. There’s all kinds of negativity in the world right now – the economy, the stock market – so it’s a good time for something positive.” To help get the word out, the foundation is circulating 100,000 cards promoting the concept. The cards will encourage the cardholder to perform a simple act of kindness for someone – a neighbour, a friend, a co-worker, or someone they don’t even know – and hand the card over to that person, in turn encouraging him/her to do the same. I’m curious to see what kind of impact this idea will have here. It might be a bit optimistic to visit Starbucks awaiting someone’s offer to pay for my decaf grande non-fat, no foam latte, but perhaps a more subtle response will ensue. The fact that it’s Friday should help with the general mood of the day, of course. Doing something kind for a neighbour, friend or colleague is all well and good, but the real test will be extending that sentiment to a stranger. There are social norms about interacting with
unknown people in public – there are unwritten rules that see us do our best to ignore the fact we’re surrounded by strangers; the bigger the city, the stronger the need for this ersatz privacy. You can easily test that theory by attempting to strike up a conversation with strangers out in public. Most often, they’ll be taken aback, and wary of your intentions. Even in the case of a shared experience – waiting in the same line, for instance – the personal boundaries are intact. Most of us are very particular about our personal space. It’s interesting to watch how people attempt to distance themselves as much as possible from others in places such as waiting rooms or on public transit. We try to keep the maximum distance from everyone else – it’s a well-studied mathematical certainty. Want to rock the boat? Try sitting right next to someone in a sparsely occupied bus. Good manners may lead the other person to do no more than shoot you a dirty look, but
there will be an uncomfortable feeling in the air. That thought led me to the discussions about extending bus service to St. Jacobs and Elmira, and why public transit has a stigma in North America. Certainly the car is king, and it’s a symbol of independence and social status, but there’s a well-researched reluctance to share personal space with others, unavoidable when using transit. It’s one reason we try to avoid using it if at all possible. If you’re keen to take on the noble challenge of Random Act of Kindness Day, then, you’re best advised to choose wisely unless you’re not overly prone to bouts of public self-consciousness. That’s not to downplay the The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation’s attempt. If nothing else, it should make each of us think about our own public courtesies, or lack thereof. A more pleasant public face would be welcomed by all. What goes around, comes around.
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What do you do here? I do everything and anything. I help with the monthly outing to the mall, special events, the newsletter. I just walk in and I see stuff that needs to be done and I do it. If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it? I was going to say invest, but I’m not sure it’s good to invest right now. I certainly would save for my own personal needs, but I would also give to my special charities. And I would think of a few friends. Have you started Christmas shopping yet? Matter of fact, I did one. Are you a last-minute shopper? No, I don’t like doing that. I hate shopping, let’s put it that way.
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An Elmira man was sentenced Oct. 29 to six months in jail for crashing into another car while racing on the Conestoga Parkway. Kyle Klooster, 21, was 19 at the time of the incident in October 2006. He and his friend Brian Martin of Kitchener were racing each other through traffic at speeds of up to 180 km/h around 6 p.m. when he hit the back of another car, sending it spinning across the highway and into a concrete barrier. The women in the other car – Sara Pauls, 28, and Krysten Cameron, 29, read victim impact statements detailing how severe whiplash and emotional trauma have changed their lives. Crown prosecutor Mark Poland asked for a tough term of house arrest, with the condition Klooster speak to others about the dangers of street racing, in light of his age, clean record, and willingness to face up to his crime. But Justice James Ramsay questioned the sincerity of Klooster’s remorse, handing down a tougher sentence than the Crown asked for. Ramsay said the speed involved and the lasting impact of the crash on the other two women outweighed factors in Klooster’s favour. Klooster was also prohibited from driving for three and a half years on two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
GRCA to receive $524K The Grand River Conservation Authority will receive $524,000 from the province’s Water and Erosion Control Infrastructure Program, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast announced Tuesday. “This investment will help the conservation authority and the local municipalities in the watershed carry out important studies and repair projects to help maintain existing dams and flood control channels,” she said.
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WICC set to move into recently renovated building this month Renovations in the final stages at former St. Aidan’s Church; move set for Nov. 20 MARC MIQUEL HELSEN The people behind the Woolwich Counselling Centre (WICC) have come a long way since first launching a fundraising campaign more than a year ago to move to a new facility. Since proposing a move from its home-base of 30 years at St. James Lutheran Church to the former St. Aidan’s Church on Memorial Avenue, WICC has collected approximately $350,000 toward the $700,000 venture. Half of the total price tag, which will cover the purchase of the property, renovations, and operating costs, was cobbled together though private donations, fundraisers and government grants. The move-in date is set for Nov. 20, but much work still remains to be done. “We still need to do a lot of fundraising,” said executive director Gerlinde Petz. Indeed, half of the project’s overall funding is
still outstanding. WICC last year found three anonymous interim lenders that agreed to front money to cover the cost of the building. In December 2007, a group of anonymous lenders came forward to finance the purchase of the former St. Aidan’s Church in Elmira. The conditional offer for the property was firmed up and the deal closed in December 2007 after $300,000 in loans became available. A fundraising letter was sent to households in both Woolwich and Wellesley townships that same month, garnering $50,000 in individual donations. A variety of other fundraising activities – including concerts, pancake dinners and silent auctions – raised another $50,000. A number of local service groups stepped in to lend their fundraising muscle. The Kiwanis Club of Elmira committed to making the new centre wheelchair accessible by building a ramp, a project expected
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ALMOST THERE Kelly McLarnon-Sinclair, a marriage and family therapist, will be running a parent group meeting at WICC Nov. 27, shortly after the organization completes its move to the former St. Aidan’s Church in Elmira.
to hit the $8,500 mark. The Woolwich Lions, the Elmira Legion, Gale Presbyterian and Trinity United also joined the fray, collecting donations for WICC. An anonymous donor contributed $100,000,
and some $150,000 was obtained through numerous grants from: The Trillium Foundation, The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation, the Region of Waterloo, the Township of Woolwich and
the Woolwich Community Foundation. The move from the longstanding home was prompted by growth that was outstripping the space available at St. James. See MOVING page »08
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Allison Howorth, a Heidelberg resident and music student, has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Abner Martin music scholarship. The scholarship, worth $2,000, goes to a music student affiliated with the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada. Lewis Brubacher, a
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ship committee, said there are three criteria for the award: academic excellence, involvement in music in their home church, and involvement in music in the community. “She was high in all those three categories,” Brubacher said of Howorth. Howorth, a singer, provides special music at
often as she can, including some solo work. She has also sung in choirs at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo and taken part in several productions staged by The Singer’s Theatre. Most recently she played Rebecca in the musical Rags, and in January she’ll be playing Jo in the company’s production of Little Women.
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Davis has worked with Howorth during the theatre’s intensive summer workshops for five or six years. He’s enjoyed watching her develop as a performer and strengthen the acting side of her work. “She listens, she’s always willing to learn,” he said. “Wonderful talent and a lovely, lovely person.” Howorth graduated from Rockway Mennonite Collegiate in 2006, and enrolled in the University of Waterloo. Last year she took part in a music theatre workshop
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Getting ready for the Royal treatment Local exhibitors preparing for next week’s opening of the Royal Winter Fair, an agricultural staple JONI MILTENBURG The first time Melissa Albrecht showed a calf at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, she and her calf both had butterflies in their stomachs. “I was very nervous, the first time I went. The calves were all nervous too,” she said. “It’s such a big arena, with lots of people and distractions.” The Wellesley Township teen had shown at county competitions before, but that experience didn’t help her much. “[They’re] not nearly as nerve-wracking,” she laughed. Now a veteran in her third year of showing at the Royal, she’s learned the key is to get lots of sleep. She’ll head to Toronto with the Waterloo Region 4-H group next
Saturday. All the calves have to be fed, washed and clipped before the showmanship competition Sunday evening. Then it’s up again at 2 a.m. the next day to feed, wash and prep all over again for the conformation competition. “It’s definitely a lot of work.” The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair runs from Nov. 7 to 16 at Exhibition Place in Toronto. This year Albrecht will be leading Babe (her father’s choice of name, not hers, she noted) around the ring, hoping she’s one of the top seven picked out of each group of 30 parading past. Albrecht has never been picked out of the hundreds of competitors to advance past the first round. But last year Waterloo Region beat out dozens of counties from
from across the country. Stephanie Snyder, dairy entries clerk, said there are already 115 entries in the red and white class alone. Entries in the fair are up 20 per cent across the board. Snyder said a lot of that increase is in the beef shows, where three new categories have been added. There will also be American cattle exhibitors at this year’s fair, for the first time since the border was closed to live cattle after the BSE scare of 2002. “It’s very exciting to have them returning,” Snyder said. Overall, there are more than 1,000 dairy cattle entered and another 1,000 beef cattle. The youth competition, where Albrecht will be competing, has more than 1,500 entries.
across Canada and won best overall exhibit. “I just feel honoured to be representing Waterloo Region, showing at the Royal Winter Fair.” Lewis Weber agrees that getting an animal ready for showing is a lot of work. He’ll be a first-time exhibitor at the Royal in the red and white dairy class. Last December he and two partners bought Winterfield Adv Dharma Red in Michigan when she was just a few weeks old. He’s been busy the past few weeks training her for the show. The heifer finished second in the red and white summer show at Carson’s Sales Barn in Listowel. Weber said it would be nice to finish in the top five at the Royal. But the competition will be a lot tougher at a fair that draws exhibitors
Wellesley pond to be drained for dam repairs JONI MILTENBURG The Grand River Conservation Authority will be drawing down the water level in the Wellesley Pond next week in preparation for repairs to the dam. GRCA spokesman Dave Schultz said staff will make minor repairs to the concrete around the
dam’s gate structure “The concrete’s just getting a little worn.” The GRCA will start draining the water from the ponds on Nov. 3. The drawdown will be done gradually to minimize the amount of silt that is washed downstream and to give fish in the ponds time to swim to other parts of the creek.
floor of the pond. The work is expected to last a few weeks, depending on the weather. When the repairs are complete, the pond will be refilled for the winter. The GRCA has owned the dam since 1957. It’s believed to have been built early in the 1900s and was improved in the 1950s.
GRCA staff will be prepared to move any fish that become stranded. Schultz said the pond will be an interesting sight while the work is being carried out. The water level will drop between 2.5 and three metres, leaving large mud flats exposed. Water flow will be reduced to the old creek channel on the
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When it first opened its doors in 1976, the not-for profit organization had a part-time counsellor with a budget of $100; she counselled eight clients. Today, WICC houses nine counsellors and has a budget of $250,000; it sees some 1,000 clients. In addition to its regular counseling services, the centre also offers a range of workshops and group meetings. A parent-to-parent group
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WHAT AM I BID? Slightly smaller crowds lead to a drop in revenues at EDACL’s annual quilt auction, held Oct. 25 in Elmira.
the province. “We use the money from the auction to purchase items that the ministry doesn’t fund,” she explained. That includes such things as the EDACL and ARC Industries vans, for instance. Even large projects such as the assisted living centre and office building that opened a few years ago on Barnswallow Drive in Elmira were paid for with money raised by the organization rather than from government sources. While the auction is its largest single source of fundraising, EDACL receives significant support from the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival committee, as well as from smaller events throughout the year. The auction, held on the last Saturday of October
each year, is a major undertaking well supported by the community, said Bartlett. Along with the quilts, visitors can purchase furniture, new and used items, silent auction entries and baked goods. “We had a large selection of handmade furniture this year, larger than usual. Really nice stuff … and that’s all donated from the community.” Quilts, the centerpiece of the event, are donated by the community, with strong support from the Mennonites and local sewing groups. Most of them are hand sewn. Such community generosity helps to keep the organization working above and beyond what the Ministry of Community Family and Children’s Services provides in the way of operating funds, she noted.
PHOTOS | MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
The Elmira and District Association for Community Living has an additional $58,000 in its coffers this week following its 35th annual quilt auction, held Oct. 25 at Riverdale Poultry Express in Elmira. That’s down from last year, however, due to a lower-than-expected turnout. Gross revenues of about $75,000 should net perhaps as much as $60,000 after expenses, as proceeds continue to come in. Last year, those numbers were $85,000 and $68,000 respectively. “We didn’t have the attendance this year. There were a couple of competing events, and that may have drawn people away,” said EDACL finance officer Gail Bartlett. The event is the notfor-profit organization’s largest fundraiser of the year, backing its efforts to support people with developmental disabilities. It helps more than 100 individuals and their families in the townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Mapleton. Its fundraising efforts are necessary to pay for goods and services that fall outside the operating funds provided by
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Stolen car totaled in Elmira-area collision 
October 23
10:22 AM | A 15-speed mountain bike was found by a township worker in Gibson Park in Elmira. It may be claimed by its rightful owner at Division 3A. 1:51 PM | A license plate bearing the marker 3141 HY was reported missing. 7:43 PM | A routine police check resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old man. Police determined that the suspect vehicle had been reported stolen. Consequently, the individual was charged with a number of charges including: ‘possession of stolen property under $5,000,’ ‘using unauthorized plates,’ ‘driving without insurance,’ ‘driving without a license,’ and ‘removing plates without proper authorization.’ The driver must appear in court in December.
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October 24
12:45 AM | Police stopped a driver on Arthur Street South for speeding. Due to excessive speeds, the driver was charged with stunt driving and had their license suspended. 1:45 AM | An Elmira man was charged with speeding and issued a 12-hour driver’s license suspension. The vehicle was towed from the roadway, Arthur Street South. 9:38 AM | A trailer plate bearing the marker D5417T was reported lost somewhere in the Grand Bend area. 11:56 AM Another trailer plate was reported as lost. This time however, it was located and returned a few hours later. 5:43 PM | Police received a report of a stolen motorcycle.
gained access through a rear gate, cutting a chain. It appears that some electronic items were taken from a trailer on that property. Investigators estimated that some $1,000 worth of damage was caused. 12:24 PM | A van crashed and flipped onto its side at the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. The vehicle also struck the building. Minor injuries were reported. The investigation continues. 5:57 PM | A bike was reported stolen in Elmira. The blue, 18-speed mountain bike was taken from the rear of an apartment complex.
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PHOTOS | JOE MERLIHAN
WRECKED Police investigate the scene after the driver of car reported stolen crashed near Elmira Oct. 27. The driver fled on foot.
A late-model Honda Civic reported stolen Monday was involved in a single-vehicle collision that brought police to the area of Middlebrook Road in Elmira later that day. Police were told by a witness that an occupant of the vehicle was seen fleeing the scene on foot and is still at large. The car had been travelling northbound on Middlebrook at a high rate of speed when it crossed into the lane of oncoming traffic and veered to avoid a collision, subsequently flipping over several times. The investigation continues. A brand new 2008 Harley Davidson was taken from a residence near West Montrose. There are no suspects but the investigation continues. 7:08 PM | A two-vehicle collision occurred at Benjamin and Kressler roads, near Waterloo. It appears that icy road conditions were a factor
October 26
1:52 PM | Police received a report of a stolen pickup truck taken from the area of Katherine Street South and Hunsberger Road, east of Conestogo. The vehicle was found abandoned the following day; it was returned to its owner. The investigation continues.
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Now’s the time for cutting back
Regional Coun. Tom Galloway is in the right track when he talks about cutting expenditures in the 2009 budget, now under discussion. Galloway chairs council’s finance committee; he’s well placed to take the lead on austerity measures. Currently talking about a 3.84-per-cent jump in the base budget, he and his fellow councillors should be looking to get that closer to zero. That would show the region is serious about the economic downturn that is hitting ratepayers, who are in no position to watch governments of any level add to their expenses simply because we’re forced to pay taxes. Yes, the region is facing increased costs, especially on the energy front, but that’s true of everybody. Belts will be worn tighter this year, and governments should lead by example. That will mean cutting some programs, delaying some purchases and pushing back capital projects wherever possible. The same measures must be undertaken in Woolwich and Wellesley as the townships begin the process of planning their own 2009 budgets.
The municipal situation is even worse this year thanks to the skewed system of property assessment we’re saddled with. With both the federal and provincial governments facing deficits, neither is likely to have any new cash to help municipalities. Increases of any kind are generally unwanted. Increases above inflation demand some explanation, especially given that many ratepayers aren’t seeing commensurate pay increases – at the end of the day, factoring in all the government taxes, fees and charges, most of us are going to have less in our wallets. In some ways, however, we’re our own worst enemies. We’re placing an ever-increasing demand for services on our governments, particularly frontline governments at the township and regional levels. We can’t have it both ways: more services, lower taxes. It’s one or the other. Some will argue that they don’t want more services and that they are, in fact, getting precious little bang for their buck as it now stands. For these people, tax increases of any kind are particularly galling. If population growth is driving new
» VERBATIM
expenditures – for roads and sewers, for instance – then let the new arrivals foot the bill, some will argue. That reasoning leads us to the slippery slope of user fees, the favourite route of governments too cowardly to raise taxes or cut services. This is precisely the option being explored at the provincial level as the McGuinty government looks to tackle the deficit without breaking its promise to freeze taxes. However, those revenues come from one source: us. Whether income tax goes up by $10 or you pay an extra $10 when you renew your driver’s licence, you’re still out $10. Of course, if you don’t drive – that is, you’re not a “user” – then you’re ahead of the game … until you’re faced with a fee for something else. And you will be. In the face of growing expectations – we always want more – at some point our elected officials have to draw a line, to decide what’s essential and what’s not. There will never be enough money to meet every demand; it’s better to start applying the brakes slowly rather than jam them on when the inevitable wall appears.
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» HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR
Notes on privilege, luck and how nations pull apart This is, I warn you, a rambler done on board a cruise ship. As I take in the evening from our neat, little veranda, I ask myself, what the hell am I doing here? Literally billions in the world unable to feed themselves and I’m sitting beside the love of my life complaining because it’s a formal night and I have to wear a tux. At dinner, I get into a discussion about affirmative action and am forced to admit that no one got more out of affirmative action than I. Born into a well-off family, partially educated in a private school, permitted to get away with failing second year arts due to a preference for golf, bridge and women – not necessarily in that order – then out into a workplace in which my father knew everyone who was worth knowing. That I abandoned my “class” and the “establishment” (other than membership in the Vancouver Club) and that I earned my living fighting it, doesn’t derogate from the fact that my very future was due to the affirmative action and helpful network my birth gave me. While I’m not about to take a vow of poverty complete with sackcloth and ashes, I must ask who the hell am I, or any other fortunate people, to criticize universities and other en-
tities who make placements or jobs available to those industrious people focused on bettering themselves but who were not born as lucky as I was? As I worked out on my daily dose of the hated treadmill, I marveled at how healthy I am, considering the fact that my Amex card, in all probability, has a better expiry date than I do. This made me remember that I was doubly lucky because I always was, and still am, able to work, flat out, doing what I like the best: broadcasting and writing. In fact, for almost my entire lifetime, I have always looked forward to Monday. Not many can say that. A couple of months ago, I was told that I should retire, or at least take it a bit easier, and join a group which regularly meets for coffee at a local Starbucks, to solve the problems of the world. I found myself almost screaming no, no! That’s for old men! Next thing, I’ll be playing checkers in the mall! I can’t pass that Starbucks now without quickening my pace lest an arm reach out and yank me aboard. I finished an interesting book today called Four Nations by Frank Welsh. It’s the political history of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Not a bad book, but too short to do the job properly. Somehow, I was struck by the fact that if Pitt the Younger did not have an older brother, Pitt the elder, alive when his father, the great
Earl of Chatham, died he would have been in the House of Lords and thus very unlikely to have been prime minister during the critical early years of Napoleon. Likewise, if the Duke of Marlborough had not married Consuela Vanderbilt, who was forced into the match, and who presented him with a son, Winston Churchill would have become the duke and for all practical purposes denied the leadership which saved the world from Hitler and the Nazis. How often it is that upon such trivialities our salvation rests. As I read about how Southern Ireland slowly gained its independence from the UK, I thought of Quebec. It’s true that, the FLQ excepted, there has been little violence in Quebec, whereas it was endemic to Irish politics. But the part that interested me most was the negotiation process after World War I where England’s commitment was to grant more and more home rule to Ireland which would still be ruled by the British king. Here’s where it gets eerie. As matters progress, England begrudgingly yields power to Dublin which, after a short period, demands more. This continues to where Ireland is essentially independent, except it stays in the empire and owes its allegiance to George V. Sort of like “sovereignty-association.” These negotiations, led for the Irish by Arthur Griffith and Michael Col-
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Perfidious Albion continues to stymie Chagos Islanders For arrogance, hypocrisy and sheer nastiness, few organizations in the world rival the British Foreign Office. Exhibit A in the case against it, for the past decade, has been its marathon legal struggle to deny the former inhabitants of the Chagos Islands their rights. Last week, it cheated them again. The Chagos Islands, a group of seven atolls in the middle of the Indian Ocean, were settled in the late 18th century by slaves who were brought there by the French to work in copra plantations. Britain took the islands from France in 1814, but little changed for the descendants of the original African and South Indian settlers, by now a blended, French-speaking population, until 1967 – when Britain suddenly expelled them. All of them. The islands now have no permanent population. The islands have many thousands of temporary residents, though, all of them working for the U.S. armed forces except for a few British service personnel. The Chagossians were deported from their homeland to make room for a giant base from which the U.S. Air Force could dominate the entire Indian Ocean, and part of the deal was that there should be no local inhabitants to complicate matters. Most of the Chagossians were sim-
ply dumped in Mauritius, where they lived in poverty and squalor, but some eventually made their way to England. As they got some education, they started demanding to be sent home, but the British government stonewalled. So the long struggle in the British courts began – and it ended in the House of Lords last week with a triumph for injustice, cynicism and realpolitik. Nobody in Britain now defends what was done to the Chagossians, not even Foreign Secretary David Milliband. “It is appropriate on this day,” he said, “that I should repeat the government’s regret at the way the resettlement of the Chagossians was carried out in the 1960s and 1970s and at the hardship that followed for some of them. We do not seek to justify those actions and do not seek to excuse the conduct of an earlier generation.” Unfortunately, he does not seek to make restitution for it, either. On the contrary, the Foreign Office has waged a bitter struggle through the British courts to deny the Chagossians the right to go home. It lost the first round when the British High Court ruled in 2000 that they could return to the islands although not to the specific atoll, Diego Garcia, on which the Americans had their air base, and that ruling might have been allowed to stand if 9/11 hadn’t happened. It did happen, however, and the subsequent mania about security made
the British and American authorities determined to keep the islands uninhabited. So in 2004 the British government issued “Orders in Council” – essentially an exercise of the royal prerogative that sets aside court judgments – renewing the ban on anybody returning to the Chagos islands. The Chagossians went back to court, and in 2007 seven judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that the use of Orders in Council was invalid. This meant that the islanders could rely on the 2000 High Court judgment and demand to be returned to their homeland, so the Foreign Office appealed once again, this time to the highest court of all. And last week the House of Lords Appeal Committee decided, by a three-to-two majority, that the government did indeed have the right to ignore the islanders’ wishes. Lord Hoffman, who wrote the majority opinion, said that there were wider interests to be considered than those of the islanders, and that “Her Majesty in Council is therefore entitled to legislate for a colony in the interests of the United Kingdom.” He also said that the government was entitled to take into account the interest of its ally, the United States – which brings us to the heart of the matter. The U.S.-UK agreement that created the Diego Garcia base in 1966 gave each party a veto on who is allowed on the islands, and it is the United
States which has been exercising its veto behind the scenes throughout this whole ugly episode. Indeed, one of the dissenting judges, Lord Bingham, referred to “highly imaginative letters written by American officials” that had been placed before the court, although he personally doubted that Osama bin Laden was planning any attacks in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The French used to refer to Britain as “Perfidious Albion,” and the British Foreign Office is indeed steeped in perfidy. But of late it has also learned servility, and it is the latter attribute that is driving its current behaviour. Diego Garcia is an American base, and it is really the U.S. State Department that is denying the Chagossians the right to go home. The Chagossians can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, but no American administration would pay any attention to its rulings. They can wait for the U.S.-UK agreement to expire in 2016 (but it is renewable for another 20 years). So what can they do? The best hope for the Chagossians is a braver British foreign secretary than David Milliband, because the United States is hiding behind Britain in this affair. Washington would never use its veto against the Chagossians openly, and it probably wouldn’t punish Britain severely for defying it either. All it would take is some guts in London.
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Doesn’t the present policy guarantee that sooner or later we’ll see that about all Quebec and Canada have in common is the sovereign? And that after a little while, that will, like the ripe fruit, drop to the ground? On another note, it’s so sad to visit so many beautiful islands in the Caribbean where the tourist industry has moved with all the usual tacky trimmings. These islands, once occupied by Indians, became home of white planters, with black slaves from Africa, to produce the bananas and sugar. When these islands were set free, the sugar and banana industries came into the hands of large international companies who moved them into a couple of larger islands where the companies not only
control the business but also the politics. Those left behind on the smaller islands have seen their traditional way of life terminated by the rapacious clutches of big business whose policies led to the destruction of their uniqueness. The result, out of self defense, is that citizens have turned to tourism so that what were once lovely and largely unspoiled islands now seem and look like any other tropical resorts in the world. There is a deep-seated tristesse clearly visible in the citizens of many Caribbean islands who have sold their birthright, out of desperation, to the huge developers so that Wendy and Rafe – and others – will come to them to buy some trinkets. It is a melancholy scene to behold.
“Obama ‌ definitely. It’s time for a change. Definitely; we don’t need the other guy at all and neither do they need him – he’s old fashioned. They need somebody with a spark in their walk, and that’s Obama. He’s young, has got new ideas – that’s what we need.â€?
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» FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS
Obama takes page from Willie Nelson farm plan Americans vote in a general election Tuesday, and barring a last-minute scandal or some other such calamity, they’ll make Illinois Senator Barack Obama their next president. And that means American agriculture is in for one of the biggest showdowns it’s ever seen. Obama is convinced U.S. farming has become too corporate, governed by big business. He’s unwittingly borrowed “outlaw country” musician and familyfarm activist Willie Nelson’s guide to rural America survival, by supporting small farms. Nelson, famous for starting the annual Farm Aid benefit concerts that highlight family farmers’ struggles, has lately taken to promoting green energy, another of Obama’s platforms (Nelson even has his own brand of premium biodiesel, called BioWillie). Likewise, Obama spits at big farm business. He’s going to make sure that if American agriculture grows, it won’t be because of excessive government payments from him, that potentially make big farms even bigger. These payments have given the U.S. a black eye internationally. Billions of dollars of public money is regularly doled out to U.S. farmers to help them stay afloat. These subsidies make it possible for U.S. farmers to sell their harvests internationally for artificially low prices. And because Americans are the biggest commodity exporters on the world stage,
everyone else has to follow the price down too, in order to compete. Such payments are popularly blamed for agriculture’s chronic multi-decade depression, which just started to ease over the past year or so when biofuels sparked renewed interest in common crops such as corn and wheat. But Obama thinks there’s too much of a connection between flagging small farms and powerful U.S. agribusiness, which typically supports Republican candidates and values. He believes corporate seed, feed and agri-chemical giants such as Archer Daniels Midland, a regular target of his vile (and headquartered in his home state), are overly compensated with federal money meant for farmers. He thinks that evil corporate empire is feeding the growth of sprawling mega-farms, which are much more likely to have corporate ownership than small farms. So here’s his risky plan. He’s going to limit single-farm subsidy payments to $250,000 per farm. Obama says those subsidies must be capped “so that we don’t have continued concentration of agriculture in the hands of a few large agribusiness interests.” Besides keeping farms small, Obama says this move will save the federal treasury $1 billion over 10 years. Then, he’ll take this booty and another $300 million a year and plow it into conservation and what he calls “renewable energy advancements.” That means wind power, biodiesel and ethanol production, carried out in rural America and not by corporations. Another part of his plan calls for increased funding to help farmers comply
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Further, you may obtain a copy of the first draft and/or learn more about the ROP by contacting any of the following Regional staff: Kevin Curtis cukevin@region.waterloo.on.ca 519-575-4794 Cushla Matthews mcushla@region.waterloo.on.ca 519-575-4087 John Lubczynski lujohn@region.waterloo.on.ca 519-575-4532 Bridget Coady cbridget@region.waterloo.on.ca 519-575-4500 x.3112 Or write to us at: Region of Waterloo Planning, Housing and Community Services 150 Frederick Street, 8th Floor Kitchener ON N2G 4J3
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If Obama levels these stipulations on homegrown farmers, he’ll impose them on imports, too. The U.S. farm lobby will demand it in exchange for any modicum of support, and use it as a non-tariff barrier to reduce competition. Obama, who is cool on free trade to begin with, will go along, under the guise of fairness and environmentalism. This won’t happen for a while. There’ll be so much infighting in U.S. farm circles that they’ll forget about Canada and everyone else momentarily. But let’s not have a false sense of security. Things are going to change.
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tal. Rural areas such as Wellesley Township typically get away with using a much smaller amount of salt, even proportionately; in such areas where gravel roads are prevalent a sand-salt mix is the preferred de-icer. Last winter, for example, the municipality spread some 4,500 tonnes of sand and 1,059 tonnes of salt (compared to figures for 2006 of 2,500 tonnes of sand and 710 tones of salt). In addition to the emergence of new road salt alternatives that are less harmful to the environment, though perhaps more costly, are other measures that can be applied to make the administration of salt more efficient. These include the application of wet salt (which isn’t carried off road tops as easily), and the implementation of automatic
spreader controls on salt trucks. This season Wellesley is looking at employing a new salt mix that contains a wetting agent. “That allows it to stick to the road better and doesn’t bounce off into the ditch when the salter goes buy and it actually works quicker, reacts quicker and starts melting quicker than just plain rock salt,” said public works director Will McLaughlin. In parking lots and in other areas, effective measures might also include reducing or eliminating the sources creating ice, including leaky eavestroughs, or water draining onto walkways. “We’re not reducing the safety; in fact, we may be making them more safe because we’re eliminating the hazard in the first place instead of just having to treat the hazard,” said Lobe.
Notice under the Navigable Waters Protection Act Notice for approval of work on Firella Creek The Grand River Conservation Authority hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities pursuant to the Navigable Waters Protection Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans. Pursuant to section 9 of the said Act, the Grand River Conservation Authority has deposited with the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and in the office of the District Registrar of the Land Registry District of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo at 30 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario under deposit number 1583319. A description of the following work, its site and plans: a safety boom and an existing dam (Wellesley Dam) across Firella Creek, located off David Street in the Town of Wellesley. Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation may be directed to:
Manager Navigable Waters Protection Program Transport Canada 100 Front Street South Sarnia, Ontario N7T 2M4. However, comments will be considered only if they are in writing and are received not later than 30 days after the date of this notice. Although all comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent. Signed at Grand River Conservation Authority, Head Office, Cambridge, Ontario this 27th day of October, 2008.
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with a national organic certification program. It can take several years for conventionally tilled land to be rid of commercially produced fertilizers, for example, during which time farmers get no income from it. Enter Obama, chequebook open. And finally, he wants to police feedlots or “concentrated animal feeding operations” as he calls them, which produce 40 per cent of all U.S. livestock. He’ll send in the Environmental Protection Agency to limit the nitrogen, phosphorus, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia they produce . Canadian farmers should beware.
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Getting a jump on a riding career Fresh from a competition win, Maryhill teen eyes a bigger prize in the sport MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
RIDING HIGH Maryhill’s Carly Brohman hopes to one day represent Canada in dressage at the Olympics. Last week, the EDSS student won first place in her category at a Canadian Dressage and Riders Association competition.
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After being fired from the coaching position with the Wellesley Applejacks, Kevin Lobsinger has a new job with the Elora Rocks, a men’s senior AA team. Lobsinger ran practice on Wednesday and makes his coaching debut tonight (Saturday). He admitted to feeling a bit nervous about the job; this will be his first time coaching a men’s team. The Rocks were on the hunt for a new coach after losing John Lovell to an assistant-coaching position with the University of Guelph women’s hockey team. “The thought was, do we need a coach, can we go without a coach? After they dropped their first two games, the captain of the team came up to them … and he said, ‘We need a coach. Somebody has to be calling the shots.’” The team approached Lobsinger Oct. 22, a few days after he was fired. The following day, he got an offer See LOBSINGER »23
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Carly Brohman figures she has another 16 years – that’s four Olympic celebrations – to realize her dream. In the meantime, the 15-year-old equestrian from Maryhill is bent on working as hard as she can to steer her path towards a career in dressage. “It takes a lot of training,” she said, noting that many Olympians hit peak age in their forties. Brohman got her start at the age of nine. She and her siblings had started with dance, but she soon found the idea of horseback riding more appealing. Once her curiosity was piqued, she never looked back. “It was a lot of fun; I had no idea what it was all about. I just wanted to do it. And I had a really good time, so then my parents kept me going with it.” Brohman was quick to bunker down and get serious with her hobby and soon after started training with current riding coach Ute Busse at Sonnenhof Stables near Bloomingdale. When she graduates
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Âť THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA
Eventually, every hunter has to make a stand Over the eons, some primates have lost the need to climb trees. Others, like me, have taken up bowhunting. I’ve always thought that someone should do a study on this. In its simplest terms, bow hunting consists of a hunter finding a place where deer, moose, or bear frequent. Once there, the hunter sets up downwind and high in a tree. He or she then waits for those animals so that he can arrow them. It sounds easy, perhaps even clever. After all, being in a stand high up provides a vantage point, gets the hunter out of the animal’s line of sight, and disperses his or her scent so that the animal does not notice the intrusion. It also provides the hunter with a
newfound fear of gravity. In fact, if you have ever wondered why bowhunters seem so happy at the coffee shop after a hunt, it is because they are back on solid ground. And they got there of their own free will. Most of us try to place our tree stands at least 14 feet above the ground – higher, if the ground is softer. That doesn’t sound like a lot until you are up there, sitting on a chair no larger than a phone book with your big bulky boots confined to a platform that is hardly the size of a patio slab. Then, just to make things interesting, the wind picks up – it always picks up – and starts rocking the tree you are in. Okay, maybe rocking is too gentle a word. Last night I was up in my tree stand and it felt like King Kong had decided to play a little game of shake the hunter out of the tree. At times
eras. I figured Allen Funt would be stepping out from behind a rock at any moment. “Only a complete idiot would go up there,� I protested. “Okay, but a nice buck comes out in that field right there.� My ascent to the summit is something better handled by a movie of the week, what with the frostbite, precarious base camps, nose bleeds, me getting lost, and the times when I was hanging over bottomless chasms by the fingertips. I did make it to the stand, however. The last part – I kid you not – actually required me to do a chin up to get onto the platform. Once there, I promptly loosened several teeth with the ensuing chattering. But, 15 minutes later, I shot that buck. When I was younger, I would have told you it was worth it. Now I believe it was the height of idiocy.
like this, even being strapped in by a safety harness doesn’t really make you feel much better. It just assures you that when you finally fall out you will get a wedgie of biblical proportions. There comes a time, especially when the wind is really howling, when I wonder what I’m doing up in a tree that is swaying like an evangelical choir. After all, even if a deer did come along and stand perfectly still beneath me, I’m no good with moving targets. I once hunted with a fellow who made several homemade treestands – each some 30 to 40 feet up. The best part was his choice of trees. He seemed to like those on the verge of death, and, in hindsight, I guess that was appropriate. The first time he took me to the stand he had designated for me, I looked around for the hidden cam-
Lobsinger: Not idle long when Rocks came calling from another team, but decided to go to Elora. Lobsinger said he made the decision as soon as he learned his assistant coach, Cam Crawford, could come with him. “Cam’s not just an assistant coach, Cam is a good friend ‌ When Cam gave me the thumbs up, I phoned them and said, ‘we’ll be there Wednesday night for practice.’â€?
Crawford won’t be the only familiar face in Elora; former Jacks’ captain Wes Hauck is now playing for the Rocks, and Lobsinger has coached three other players on the team. There is also a handful of former Elmira Sugar Kings. “Although some of these guys have never met me before, at least they know who I am,� Lobsinger said. “It makes it a little bit easier for them for me to be the
coach, and a little bit easier for me because we kind of know about each other already.� Being asked to take over the Rocks’ coaching job eased some of the sting of being fired by the Jacks’ executive, Lobsinger said. “I wasn’t overly happy with the way things ended in Wellesley. Leaving Wellesley wasn’t my choice, so this makes it a little bit easier, getting back into
[coaching].â€? Despite being fired, Lobsinger said he has only good wishes for the players and general manager Dave Litt. “There are 23 kids out there that I would do anything for. I get fired and I’m watching on the Internet to see how they do the following weekend ‌ I don’t have any ill will [for] Dave or any player on that hockey team.â€?
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6-0 record good for jump to A division EDSS junior football team has excelled this season, coming together in short order to top the standings
The junior boys’ football squad at EDSS has gone from farm team to serious playoff contender this season. There’s a high turnover in the junior squad because many of them sign up in Grade 10, learn the skills of the game, and then move on to play senior. “I never go in with too high expectations, because junior changes so fast from year to year,” said coach John Swatridge. The team’s performance this season exceeded every expectation Swatridge had; the juniors kicked off against Preston High in the quarter-finals Oct. 30 with a 6-0 record. This junior team has tackled the steep learning curve with the same determination they tackle opponents on the field. Their playbook has expanded from eight or 10 offensive plays and two or three defensive plays at the start of the season to 15 different defensive plays and 30 or 35 plays on offense. “When they sign up, they put things down like, I want to be the hitter guy, I want to be the
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COMING THROUGH The offensive line throws up blocks for running back Emeka Agada during junior boys’ football practice Oct. 28. The team finished the regular season with a 6-0 record. running guy. They don’t even know the names of the positions,” Swatridge said. He and his coaching staff have only seven practices to get their team ready for a game.
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“They go from “where do I stand?” and “what’s my position?” to going out and playing a regular game,” Swatridge said. The coach said quarterback Cole Martin has
some.” On defence, Swatridge said he could name the whole line, but particularly Grade 9 students Patrick Stewart and Billy Miller and safety Brandon Seip, who makes almost half of the team’s tackles. The team has been playing strong, but the going will be tougher from this point on. The team’s record during the regular season was good enough to move them from the “B” division up to “A” for the playoffs. Swatridge said the coaching staff can’t do much to prepare the squad for the tougher teams they’ll face, except “try to stir a little fear into them.” The squad has handled a jump like this before; last year’s 5-0 showing moved them from “C” division up to “B”. “I think they’re going to be shocked at first and then I hope they’re going to rise to the occasion,” Swatridge said. “If they play the way they can, they’ve got every chance of winning in A too. “Cameron Heights is probably the team to beat in junior. But we can’t worry about them; we have to worry about Preston first.”
from high school in two years, Brohman, a student at Elmira District Secondary, hopes to take her education overseas. And that includes learning the language native to an area where dressage enjoys a long
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PHOTOS | MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
» SUGAR KINGS HOCKEY
ANATOMY OF A WIN At left, forward Josh Ranalli watches the puck sail past Listowel’s Josh Leis late in the third period of last Sunday’s battle against the Cyclones. The goal, courtesy of Kyle McNeil, turned out to be the game-winner as the Kings won 4-3. Right, forward Brent Freeman stormed through two defencemen to get to the Listowel net on this play, late in the game. Inset: Elmira defenceman Trent Brown steamrolls Listowel’s Tory Fisher.
Kings more confident after weekend split Bouncing back from loss in Waterloo, Elmira’s hard work pays off at home against Listowel MARC MIQUEL HELSEN It was a weekend of mixed results for the embattled Sugar Kings, but one that ended on a high note. After losing 6-3 to Waterloo Oct. 24, the Sugar Kings came home on Sunday to face the Listowel Cyclones in a nail-biter of a match that ended in a 4-3 win. It was the Kings’ sixth win of the season and one that couldn’t have come at a better time for a squad still struggling to find itself in this year’s campaign. “I thought it was by far our most complete effort of the season,” said coach Geoff Haddaway after Sunday’s game. “We were really close to having a lot of guys wondering if we were ever going to get a win despite us playing well, and that’s a dangerous thing. As coaches, we were certainly preaching patience to the players … as a coaching staff we were 100 per cent behind
these guys and believing in them, and it was nice to see them rewarded for their hard work.” The win places the Kings (6-10-2) in seventh place in the conference. From the drop of the puck, the Kings got off to a hurried start – it was evident they were hungry for a win. It took them no time at all to send the message they meant business. Josh Ranalli might have set a club, if not a league record, by potting a quick goal at the 10-second mark of the first frame. Newcomer Kyle McNeil and Trent Brown picked up the assists. The Cyclones retaliated shortly after, as Brett Catto, from Tory Fisher and Joel Bowman, evened things up after only 1:19 had ticked away on the score clock. Throughout the entire game the Kings exhibited stoic discipline, racking up just five penalties. Brown – who tripped an opponent and sent him flying in what, from one
angle, looked like an oldschool hip check – incurred the sole infraction of the first frame. In the second and third periods, the home side outplayed its opponents in both ends but was particularly effective in the neutral zone. Elmira’s forechecking forwards and its defence made sure the Cyclones had no room or time to move in noman’s land. “I like to think we practice all three zones equally. The neutral zone’s the one that often gets left out, but we have been preaching a lot of neutral zone defence over the last couple weeks and I thought that we did a pretty good job there,” said Haddaway, noting that getting the puck in deep, whether to create an offensive rush or to make a line change was key. “There was a much greater effort on committing to that part of the game plan last night than there probably has been all year.” The Cyclones were eager
to stake their claim on the middle frame and at 5:17, Braedon Rigney (Catto, Mitch Allen) gave the visitors a slim 2-1 lead. But the Kings answered back shortly thereafter. And while they scored just one goal in the period, courtesy of Kyle Blaney (Ranalli, Patrick Shantz), the second was dominated by the home side. The Kings mustered just two more shots (13) than Listowel, but kept their end air-tight: netminder Brandon Wysman made 10 saves but his defenders were quick to close in on the rebounds, depriving Listowel of any second chances. The teams went back to their dressing rooms tied 2-2. In the third, it was the Kings who broke the deadlock. Michael Therrien buried one on the power play at 3:48, assisted by Shantz and Tyler Kuntz. The plot thickened shortly after as Catto, from Kyle Goss and Tyler Egerdee, netted his sec-
ond of the night to make it a tie game once again. Realizing that they were courting disaster after having played such a solid game, the Kings battled for the remainder of the game. Finally, at 17:17, McNeil picked up his second point of the night, and gave his team the one-goal advantage after converting on a setup from Brent Freeman and Brown. The Cyclones then made a big push as the game was winding down, eventually pulling their goalie with about a minute left. With just 40 seconds to go the Kings took a risk and dumped the puck in an attempt to bank an empty-netter. Instead, the puck slid by the posts and prompted an icing call. After a face-off in Elmira’s end, the Cyclones showered the Elmira net with a deluge of desperate shots. But dropping repeatedly to block shots, the Kings weathered the storm. “By no means has this thing been turned around
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» SOJHL JUNIOR HOCKEY
Jacks extend winning streak to four After slow start to the season, Wellesley appears back on track, taking three games in as many nights After a busy weekend for the Wellesley Applejacks, it seems that the squad has finally turned the corner on its bad luck. Having lost seven straight games to start the season, the Jacks earned four consecutive wins, three of which came in three days last weekend. The wins (6-5 in Exeter on Oct. 24, 6-4 against Lambeth on Saturday, and 5-3 in Burford Sunday) put the Jacks in second-last place (4-7-0) in the league, four points ahead of Burford. The series of wins comes following the firing of coach Kevin Lobsinger, let go after earning the team’s first triumph. General manager Dave Litt and assistant coach John Tsai have stepped in behind the bench to fill the void until a replacement is found. “We’re talking to some people but it worked pretty well the way it was: if it isn’t broke don’t fix it,” said Litt, after the game. The weekend’s success
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WINNING WAYS Wellesley netminder Kent Stoltz redirects the puck after making a save in the Oct. 25 match against Lambeth. The Jacks won 6-4. can be attributed to a simplified game plan, he explained. On Oct. 25, the Jacks treated their home fans to a fast-paced energetic show, defeating the Lambeth Lancers 6-4. After going down 2-1 in the first period Wellesley
eventually came back in the second, evening things out at 3-3 before the second intermission. In the third period, the Jacks pummeled the Lancers, increasing their lead to 6-4 as Dan Berwick, Scott Litt and Brett VanGerwen scored
three successive goals. After an exasperatingly unlucky start to the season that saw the Jacks bang more pucks off the metalwork than the mesh of the net, Saturday’s high-scoring affair came as a boon. It looked as though the
Jacks had finally broken their hex, scoring six times on 40 shots. The count could have been even higher, Litt noted. “We hit four goalposts Saturday night. If luck had changed we could have blown them away. You can only make your breaks.” The Jacks rode that high into Sunday’s game against Burford, where they downed the home-side 5-3. Apparently unaffected by the rigorous schedule of three games in there nights, Wellesley opened the scoring on the power play. Berwick, from Chris Armstrong and VanGerwen made it 1-0 at 5:09. Matt Snyder put the Jacks up 2-0 at 11:36 on an unassisted goal. The Bulldogs got on the board just 10 seconds from the first-period buzzer when Kyle Mahon buried the rubber on a feed from Justin Zylstra. The Bulldogs continued in good form in the second period, tying things up at 1:49 courtesy of an Alex Maksynchuk tally; Zylstra
picked up the assist. At 15:06 of the second frame, however, Ben Jefferies, from Berwick and Litt, made it a 3-2 game. The Bulldogs evened the score at 5:50 of the third frame; Zylstra, from Maksynchuk and Dan Mitchell made it 3-3. But the Jacks battled hard to earn their win, and at 8:56 Scott Hanley sealed the deal, scoring the game-winner (43) off a pass from Rob Bolger. With three seconds to go on the clock, Pat Doyle added insult to injury by adding an empty-netter. “We had our highs and lows, we made some mistakes; we’re trying to correct our mistakes but work ethic was there,” said Litt. It appears the Jacks are finally starting to click. “They responded to a coaching change and that’s first and foremost the thing they have to worry about,” said Litt, adding that there is a positive atmosphere within the ranks. “It’s good. Of course it will be good: they won.”
Senior girls parlay stellar season into playoff run JONI MILTENBURG When the EDSS senior girls’ basketball team tipped off against visiting Huron Heights Oct. 28, it looked like the opposition had sent out their junior squad by mistake. Not only did EDSS tower over them – the squad’s height has been giving rivals trouble all season – but they outplayed them on the court, winning 57-24. To be fair, Huron Heights is a new school and has only had a senior team for two years. But EDSS has been rolling over tougher opponents too; the team is third in the standings and has a 10-1 record heading into the playoffs. That record earned them a bye in the first round, so their first playoff game will be on home court Nov. 6. Coach Brian Carter said he wasn’t expecting such a strong season, but he’s not really surprised.
“We knew we were going to have a competitive team. We had all five of our starters back from last year, and the junior team last year was very strong, so we knew we were going to have three or four very good juniors coming up as well.” Captain Katie Martin anchors the team, and twins Kristen and Steph Stypa – who have alternated the MVP title the past three years – are both forces under the net, with the fast hands and height to make rebounds and shots. Carter also has help from a quarter he wasn’t counting on; Lydia Frey agreed to forgo her second year of junior play to join the senior squad. Frey is one of the team’s scoring leaders, despite the fact she’s only in Grade 10. But it’s not just the starters who shine; Carter also pointed to players such as Amanda Poole, crediting her work ethic and hustle with helping
the team to success. Traditionally it’s the junior squad that’s had success, while the seniors have struggled. Carter said EDSS’ senior girls tend to lag behind girls from the bigger schools, who also play club basketball and are on the court five or six months of the year. “We’re a smaller school, so the basketball team is also the volleyball team, which is also the other teams. The girls can’t concentrate on basketball.” Last year the team posted a .500 record and won their first-round playoff game. But in the quarterfinals they came up against the top team in the league and lost. Carter said that playoff victory was a confidencebuilder for the team. “In past years, Elmira’s senior team’s always struggled in the playoffs. Winning a playoff game last year was actually a big first step in our rebuilding process.”
The squad has a good chance of advancing to CWOSSAA this year. EDSS is a triple-A school – one of the smaller schools – and the top two triple-A schools move on to CWOSSAA. “If we make it to the semi-finals, there’s a good chance that we’ll go on to CWOSSAA,” Carter said. At this point in the season, the team is working on fine-tuning their game. Carter would like to see them turn the ball over less and clean up their shots. Mostly he’s focused on making sure they don’t develop bad habits when playing against weaker teams. Carter said there’s no need to push his team harder now that they’re heading into the playoffs. “They’ve been working together for so long that they know what they have to do. If they just go and play their game, they’ll be very successful.”
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EDSS basketball team posts 10-1 record to earn bye in CWOSSAA tournament; coach optimistic
OFF TO CWOSSAA Mel Blake dribbles up the court as the EDSS senior girls’ basketball squad took on Huron Heights Oct. 28. EDSS won the match 57-24, earning a bye in first round of the playoffs.
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SCORECARD WOOLWICH NOVICE LL #4
Grimsby Tournament Oct. 24-26
Matt Macdonald, Luke Haugerud, Austin Cousineau x2)
Goals: Johnny Clifford x3, Cody Petrosino (Adrian Gilles, Alex MacLean, Adam Cook)
RUSSELL PEEWEE AE
Oct. 18
Woolwich 9 Wellesley 0 Goals: John Wang x3, Josh Martin x2, Mitchell Lee, Ben Lenaers x2, Joseph Boehm
Game 1
Oct. 27
Oct. 28
Welland 2, Woolwich 0
Brantford 2 Woolwich 1 Goals: Alicia Koebel (Shoena Hinsperger, Jennifer Norris)
Woolwich 8 Acton 1 Goals: Johnny Clifford x3, Bo Uridil x2, Timmy Shuh, Alex MacLean, Wes Martin (Wes Martin x3, Alex MacLean x2, Matt Lair x2, Adrian Gilles x2, Tristen White, Cody Petrosino, Jasper Bender)
Woolwich 5 Milton 3 Goals: Spencer Inglis x4, Bailey Nickel (Drew Hoffer, Joseph Dubue, Owen Griffiths, Andrew Stoltz, Jordan Shantz, Bradley Mathieson)
Oct. 25
Woolwich 3 Tavistock 1 Goals: Ryan Belanger, Chad Hoffer, Joseph Boehm (Joseph Boehm, Ben Lenaers, Kurtis Hoover)
WOOLWICH GIRLS ATOM HOUSE LEAGUE Oct. 25
Woolwich 2 Cambridge 2 Goals: Hannah Weber x2 (Nicole Merlihan)
WOOLWICH PEEWEE LL #3 ST. JACOBS LIONS Oct. 25
Woolwich 6 Beverly 5 Goals: Nick Berlet, Tanner Horst x2, Austin Horst x2, Colin Hartwick (Nick Berlet, Carson Kyte) Oct. 26
Plattsville 7 Woolwich 4 Goals: Tanner Horst x2, Carson Kyte, Austin Horst (Austin Horst x2, Colin Hartwick x2, Kyle Arsenault x2, Tanner Horst)
WOOLWICH PEEWEE LL #2 Oct. 25
Woolwich 3 St. George 1 Goals: Zach Goetz, Nathan Dowdall, Zeke Schneider (Mackenzie Turchan, Matthew Jessop, Zeke Schneider)
WOOLWICH BANTAM LL #2 Oct. 26
Woolwich 4 Ayr 4 Goals: Cole Martin, Brad Talbot, Lucas Nosal, Dan Faries (Brad Talbot, Lucas Nosal, Luke Yaeger)
WOOLWICH MIDGET LL #1 Oct. 24
St. George 6 Woolwich 1 Goals: Zach Bauman
GRAND RIVER MIDGET LL WOOLWICH #1 Oct. 17
Woolwich 4, Plattsville 1 Goals: Brett Shantz x2, Riley Doering, Zach Bauman (Zach Bauman x2, Nolan Beatty x2, Devin Church, Joey Primeau) Oct. 25
Woolwich 4 Ayr 4 Goals: Devin Church, Justin Weber, Jessie Summers, Brett Shantz (Darrin Brubacher, Brett Shantz, Oliver Beatty, Devin Church, Zach Bauman, Justin Martin)
WOOLWICH BOYS MIDGET A/E
Game 2
Woolwich 1 Grimsby 1 Goal: Mark Fackoury (Nick Pope, RJ Good) Game 3
Woolwich 4 Barrie 2 Goals: Matt Dumart x2, Andrew Moore, Nick Pope (Brant Kron x3, Kyle Uttley) Semi-Final
St. Catharines 3 Woolwich 2 Goals: Dylon Price, Brandon Brubacher (Mark Fackoury, Nick Pope)
WOOLWICH PEEWEE LL #1
Woolwich 5 New Hamburg 3 Goals: Matt Lalonde x3, Jeremy Hanley, Jake Bruder (Dylan Arndt, Matt Lalonde, Jake Bruder)
NOVICE LL #3 Oct. 26
Woolwich 5 Plattsville 2 Goals: Zac Pickard x2, Emmett Bartley, Nolan McLaughlin, Justin Taylor (Emmett Bartley, Nolan McLaughlin, Kyle Martin, Emma Pogue, Mackenzie Willms)
WOOLWICH MINOR ATOM A Oct. 25
Woolwich 6 Guelph 4 Goals: Jacob Uridil x3, Mitch Waters, Noah Zeller, Cameron Brown (Conner Martin x2, Noah Zeller x2, Jacob Uridil, Keegan Saunders, Mitchell Rempel, Daniel Gallant) Oct. 26
WOOLWICH MAJOR BANTAM A St. Thomas Tournament Game 1 – Oct. 24
Hespeler 3 Woolwich 1 Goal: Clinton Dechert (Justin Neeb, Weston Morlock) Game 2 – Oct. 25
N. London 4 Woolwich 3 Goals: Ryan Ament x2, Logan White (Weston Morlock x2, Dalton Taylor, Stephen Kardasz) Game 3
Woolwich 3 Riverside 3 Goals: Weston Morlock, Ryan Ament, Justin Neeb (Brayden Stevens, Jake Kernick, Alex David)
WOOLWICH RUSSELL ATOM AE Oct. 25
Arthur 6 Woolwich 3 Goals: Nathan Schwarz, Alex Taylor, Colby Bond (Gareth Rowland, Colby Bond, Nathan Schwarz, Cameron Rose) Oct. 26
Hespeler 4 Woolwich 3 Goals: Nathan Schwarz x2, Gareth Rowland (Brent McLaughlin)
WOOLWICH NOVICE LL #2
BEECHEY JUVENILE Oct. 25
Glanbrook 7 Woolwich 5 Goals: Brian Kron, Cody Bates x2, Shawn Reinhart, Nick Densmore (Zack Holle, Trevor Thompson, Shawn Reinhart, Trevor Brunkard x2, John Fackoury, Cody Bates, Scott Snyder) Oct. 26
Woolwich 2 Plattsville 0 Goals: Brian Kron, Nick Densmore (Zack Holle, Brian Martin, Blaire MacKenzie) Shutout: Andrew Grant
Woolwich 6 Burlington 2 Goals: Noah Zeller x3, Mitch Waters, Ryan Shantz, Mitchell Rempel (Isaac Frey x2, Owen Read, Cameron Brown x2, Connor Martin, Mitch Waters, Jacob Uridil, Ryan Shantz, Jordan Gamble)
WOOLWICH MINOR BANTAM A
WOOLWICH MAJOR ATOM A
Oct. 26
St. Thomas Tournament Game 1 – Oct. 24
Woolwich 2 Oakridge 1 Goals: Liam Dickson, Connor Goss (Greg Huber, Connor Goss) Game 2 – Oct. 25
Burlington 4 Woolwich 1 Goals: Greg Huber
Oct. 24
Woolwich 3 Guelph 0 Goals: Evan Buehler, McKinley Ceasar, Matt Schieck (Matt Schieck, Matt Townsend, Matt Bannon, Evan Buehler, Kaitlin Doering) Woolwich 7 Hespeler 2 Goals: Kyle Bauman x2, Mitch Kernick, McKinley Ceasar, Kaitlin Doering, Jake Moggy, Matt Townsend (Kaitlin Doering, Evan Buehler x2, Eric VanGerwen, Jake Moggy, Eric Hanley, Kyle Bauman, Adam Brubacher, Mitch Kernick, Matt Schieck, Eric Hanley)
Oct. 26
Woolwich 5 Flamborough 3 Goals: Spencer Inglis x2, Owen Griffiths x2, Calvin Cressman (Joseph Dubue x2, Bradley Mathieson x2, Andrew Stoltz, Alex White, Drew Hoffer, Bailey Nickel, Nigel Baldin) Oct. 28
Woolwich 3 Hespeler 2 Goals: Jordan Shantz x2, Bailey Nickel (Calvin Cressman x2, Bradley Mathieson)
RUSSELL PEEWEE AE Oct. 5
Woolwich 8 Dundas 5 Goals: Ryan Schinker x3), Jordan Shantz, Calvin Cressman, Joseph Dubue, Nigel Baldin, Owen Griffiths (Alex White, Spencer Inglis, Drew Hoffer, Joseph Dubue, Cameron Ferrante, Ryan Schinker) Oct. 7
Woolwich 18, Platsville 0 Goals: Matt MacDonald x2, Bryce Sellars x2, Austin Cousineau x7, Keiffer Beard, Travis Weber, Hunter Schmitt x3, Luke Haugerud, Devin Williams (Hunter Schmitt x2, Isiah Katsube x4, Kieffer Beard x2,
Oct. 26
Hespeler 3 Woolwich 2 Goals: Keanan Stewart, Cade Schaus (Matthew MacDonald)
TWIN CENTRE GIRLS ATOM C HERICANES Oct. 25
Grand River 4 Twin Centre 2 Goals: Erika Lebold, Lauren Quehl (Jessica Harnack, Erika Lebold)
WOOLWICH BOYS LL #2 Oct. 19
Woolwich 6 Plattsville 5 Goals: Jonathon Martin, Liam Catton, Chase Mooder, Tyler Martin, Jared Beacom, Nathon Horst (Chase Mooder, Jared Beacom) Oct. 25
Woolwich 7 Paris 0 Goals: Nathon Horst x2, Luke Charter, Alex Turchan, Tyler Martin x2, Jonathon Martin (Luke Charter x3, Max Bender, Nathon Horst Oct. 26
WOOLWICH MAJOR NOVICE
Oct. 25
Oct. 25
Woolwich 6 Guelph 0 Goals: Sam Davidson, Cade Schaus,
New Hamburg 2 Woolwich 1 Goals: Ryan Diemart (Dylan Smith, Nathon Horst)
WOOLWICH MINOR NOVICE LL #1 Woolwich 4 St. George 3
Goals: Brody Waters x3, Jacob Code (Ryan Elliott, Seth Morrison, Jacob Code)
Game 3
Woolwich 2 Kingsville 1 Goals: Greg Huber x2 (Connor Runstedler, Kelby Martin, Jayden Hipel)
Reason to celebrate SILVER SUNDAY The Woolwich Major Atom A team were finalists in a tournament in St. Thomas Oct. 26. Members of the team are Connor Duench, Evan Courtis, Blake Doerbecker, Danyal Rennie, Liam Dickson, Garrett Schultz, Mathieu Fife, Tyler Moser, Mason Buehler, Kelby Martin, Greg Huber, Connor Goss, Connor Bauman, Connor Runstedler and Jayden Hipel. Coaching staff are Darrell Martin, Kevin Schultz, Kevin Moser, Steve Dickson and Ross Courtis.
Semi-Final – Oct. 26
Woolwich 5 London 4 Goals: Connor Goss, Greg Huber, Connor Bauman, Kelby Martin, Garrett Schultz (Connor Runstedler, Garrett Schultz x2, Blake Doerbecker, Mathieu Fife, Tyler Moser, Kelby Martin, Greg Huber) Final: Kingsville 2 Woolwich 0 Oct. 25
Acton 4 Woolwich 1 Goals: Brady Erb (Johnny Clifford, Adam Cook) Oct. 26
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Community Information Page THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH "Proudly remembering our past; confidently embracing our future."
P.O. BOX 158, 69 ARTHUR ST. S. ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca
TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 PLAN/ENG: 519-669-8706 FAX: 519-669-1820
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY: 519-575-4504
COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING November 17, 2008
On Monday, November 17, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Offices, 24 Church Street West, Elmira to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson at 519-669-8706 (ext. 241) regarding meeting details. Email: nthompson@woolwich.ca. You may make written submissions in favour of or opposition to any application by mailing your comments to: Township of Woolwich, Attn: Jeremy Vink, P.O. Box 158, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 or Fax 519-669-4669 or Email jvink@woolwich.ca. MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A14/08 (Thomasfield Homes Limited) PROPERTY: Ravenswood Road, Breslau, GCT Parts Lots 107 and 108, Draft Plan of Subdivision Plan 30T-98701 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the side yard setback from 1.2 metres to 0.6 metres for lots 38, 39, 40, 53, 54, 55 and 56 in Stage 3A of their draft plan of subdivision. The side yard reduction will allow each lot to have a larger building envelope however a minimum 1.8 metres between dwellings will be maintained. The property is zoned Residential Mixed High Density (R-5) with site-specific provisions.
CONSENT APPLICATIONS B30/08, B31/08 and B32/08 (2144183 Ontario Limited) PROPERTY: 43 Howard Avenue, Elmira, Plan 1330 Lot 102, Part Lot 103 PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to sever three vacant industrial lots as follows: s 0ARCEL " BEING APPROXIMATELY HECTARES WITH A frontage of approximately 90 metres on Union Street; s 0ARCEL " BEING APPROXIMATELY HECTARES WITH A frontage of approximately 135 metres on Oriole Parkway; and s 0ARCEL " BEING APPROXIMATELY HECTARES WITH A frontage of approximately 75 metres on Howard Avenue and containing a 10 metre wide storm water easement (to be conveyed to the Township) along the west property line. The proposed retained lands (approximately 3.5 hectares) contain a building used as an industrial mall. The proposed severed and retained lands are zoned General Industrial – Urban (M-2). Further information about the applications may be obtained from Engineering and Planning Services at 519-669-8706 or 519-6642613 (Ext. 246). DATED this 1st day of November, 2008. Jeremy Vink, RPP, MCIP Senior Planner Engineering & Planning Services
NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A BY-LAW TO ADOPT OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 13 STUDY REQUIREMENTS FOR MINERAL AGGREGATE EXTRACTION APPLICATIONS TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN OF THE WOOLWICH PLANNING AREA TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Woolwich passed By-law Number 70-2008, on the 20th day of October, 2008, under Section 17 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13, to adopt Township of Woolwich Official Plan Amendment No. 13. Official Plan Amendment No. 13 has now been forwarded to the Clerk of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo for approval.
Woolwich, 69 Arthur Street South, Elmira, during regular office hours (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). A copy of all written submission and comments is also available for review at the Regional Planning office located at 150 Frederick Street in Kitchener.
AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or public body is entitled to receive notice of the proposed decision of the approval authority by filing a written request to receive notice of the proposed decision of the approval authority with the Clerk of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, at the address set out below:
Val Hummel Deputy Clerk Council and Information Services Township of Woolwich
to establish new or expanded mineral aggregate extraction operations in the Township of Woolwich. These requirements will include studies relating to: 1. Nature, extent and location of mineral aggregate resources located on site; 2. Traffic impacts; 3. Environmental impacts; 4. Visual impacts; 5. Impacts on cultural heritage resources; 6. Impacts on water resources; 7. Noise impacts; 8. Impacts on dust and air quality; and 9. Land use compatibility
DATED at the Township of Woolwich this 1st day of November, 2008.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Official Plan Amendment No. 13
Ms. Kris Fletcher, Director of Council and Administrative Services/Regional Clerk, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, 150 Frederick Street, 2nd Floor, Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3
Study Requirements For Mineral Aggregate Extraction Applications
c lini C On October 20, 2008, Woolwich Council passed By-law hicto 70at13 2008 to adopt Official Plan Amendment (OPA) oNo. the p r all properties u Township of Woolwich’s Official Plan affecting t a within the Township of Woolwich. bs N o Jac St. No. 13 is to add policies to The purpose and effect of OPA
An explanation of the purpose and effect of the Amendment and describing the lands to which the By-law applies is attached.
OPA No. 13 will also indicate what studies, information and materials are required for an application for mineral aggregate extraction operations to be considered complete in accordance with Section 34(10.2) of the Planning Act. OPA No. 13 applies to all of the lands in the Township of Woolwich, accordingly a key map is not being provided.
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Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated WEBSITE: www.remaxsolidgold.biz EMAIL: paul@remaxsolidgold.biz
BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record
SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.
DARREN ROMKEY Sales Rep.
LAURIE LANGDON Sales Rep.
DALE KELLER Sales Rep.
MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Rep.
BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record
JULIE HECKENDORN Broker MVA Residential Res: 519-669-1068 Res: 519-669-8629
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES 42 ROBERTA ST. ELMIRA
BILL NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-588-1348
TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627
SUN. NOV 2, 2-4 PM
30 Mockingbird Dr. Elmira
126 Killdeer Rd. Elmira
Custom built, 'Model Home'
OPEN HOUSE SAT, NOV 1 & SUN, NOV 2 | 2-4 PM 3 BRISTOW CREEK DRIVE, ELMIRA
ELMIRA $304,900 ELMIRA | Mature street, spacious 5 level side split, family room with wood burning fireplace, formal rooms, great potential for recroom. MLS.
BACKS TO GREEN SPACE. Tranquil backyard (fenced) w/patio & pond. Spacious 3 bdrm home (could be a 5 bdrm). Remodelled kitchen open to DA and LR w/laminate floors. 2 updated bathrooms. Rec. rm w/ gas stove. c/a & furnace (2005). Immediate possession. MLS REDUCED. $259,900.
BETTER THAN NEW!! ELMIRA | Only 3 years old, Master ensuite and walkin closet. Ceramic and hardwood on the main floor. Eat-in kitchen -walkout to a huge deck and fenced yard. Combination LR/DR with gas F.P. Finished rec room and play room. C/ Air. MLS REDUCED. $284,900.
BIRDLAND ELMIRA BACKSPLIT
$324,900 ELMIRA | Looking for space, 3+ bedroom, 3 bath, formal rooms, plus family room and finished 4th level. Located beside community park. MLS.
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!
$289,900 DRAYTON | This grand custom home features 2nd floor great room, tons of closet space, hardwood and ceramic flooring, an amazing open concept kitchen with stainless steel appliances and tons of upgrades. MLS.
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SUN. NOV 2, 2-4 PM
$320,000 Base price for the 1360 sq ft open concept bungalow. This home offers all the conveniences on the main floor and huge potential in the basement. Visit our model or call for your appointment.
$239,900 | Beautiful 1561 Sq. ft. semi detached home, large kitchen with breakfast bar & appliances included, bright dinette with walkout to deck w/canopy, fenced yd and garden shed, living rm. offers a gas fireplace & california shutters, 3 bdrms, 3 baths including ensuite, all bdrms have walk-in closets. MLS.
ADDRESS: 180 Weber St. S., Waterloo
OPEN HOUSE
OPEN HOUSE - SAT, NOV 1 | 2-4PM
ELMIRA RACEWAY ESTATES
ALLI NORRIS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-577-6248
by Verdone Homes. Quality construction throughout. Main floor master bedroom with luxurious ensuite, ceramic and hardwood flooring, 10' ceilings, open kitchen with island, pantry and breakfast bar. Great room offers 4 walkouts, backs onto greenspace. Immediate possession. MLS.
AAA builders home with many custom features backing onto new track and field. Beautiful Barzotti kitchen, Swedish walnut maple cabinets and ceramic. Hardwood floors, luxurious ensuite with glass shower, finished rec. room with built in cabinets, and separate office area, fruit cellar. A beautiful home. Close to schools. MLS.
NEW HOME (to be built) by quality builder. 1521 sq.ft. Open concept main flr., incl. kitchen, dinette and great rm. w/cathedral ceiling. 2-pce powder rm. 3 spacious bedrooms, incl. huge master with double closets. MLS. $269,900.
INVESTMENT PROPERTY - ELMIRA well maintained 5 plex, always fully occupied! Laundry in each unit. One 3 bdrm. unit. Original character. New roof in 2005. Lots of parking. Yearly inspections. Shows a good return on your investment! NEW MLS. $509,000.
Broker of Record Tel: 519-763-4500 Fax: 519-837-1442
490 Woolwhich St., Guelph, ON N1H 3X5
Delightful 3 bedroom back split, bright oversized eat-in kitchen, rec room with walk-up, numerous updates include: heating and air conditioning system, bathrooms, laminate flooring, some windows. Backing on to park. Available for quick closing.
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ENERGY STAR QUALITY! $650,000 | ELMIRA, Custom built all brick on a premium lot. Finished top to bottom. Excellent floor plan with No Waste of Space! Ceramic & hardwood throughout the home w/extra wide solid wood staircases. A Chef’s dream kitchen w/two double sinks & two dishwashers! Super size bedrooms, master w/ dressing room. Upper floor laumdry, second flr family room, gorgeous landscaping. IMPRESSIVE!
OPEN HOUSE | Sunday, Nov 2 | 2:00-4:00pm 13 South Parkwood Blvd., ELMIRA
$359,900 A portion of my commision from the sale of every home is donated to the new Dan Snyder Arena.
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ELMIRA RANCH BUNGALOW
Barry Kurtz
$509,900 | 40 Second St., Elmira
Helping to support the Community,
$549,900 ELMIRA | Desirable mature cul de sac location. 1883 sq. ft. ranch bungalow, plus finished basement. Triple interlock drive and 26 x 23.8 heat garage. MLS.
Further Information: WEBSITE: www.royallepage.ca EMAIL: Elmira@royallepage.ca
OPEN HOUSE - Sunday, Nov 2, 2-4pm
LEON MARTIN
Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage | Independently Owned and Operated
CENTURY HOME - ELMIRA | On large private lot! Completely renovated with custom cherry kitchen, restored original woodwork, flooring and pocket doors. 4 bdrms, 3 bthrms, Recrm with f/p. New roof (07), most windows replaced, Dble garage. MLS $349,900.
WELL MAINTAINED - ELMIRA One owner home! Roomy side split, with 3 bdrms, 2 bths, sunroom addition, kitchen with island, finished rec. rm with gas stove; workshop in basement, tons of storage; beautiful, large lot. NEW MLS. $253,500.
EXISTING CHURCH! Seating capacity 175+, Major addition at rear in 1986, incl. full basement. Ideal for office, lofts, etc. C-1 Zoning. MLS. $649,000.
INDUSTRIAL LOT - .49 Acre Lot Dimension: 107' x 196'. Zoned M1-Dry Industrial. Located on Floradale Road (west end of Elmira). MLS. $87,900
MILVERTON BIG TWO STORY HOUSE on a double corner lot. 4 bedroom, dining room, kitchen, 2 baths, mostly repainted. .39 acre $154,900 MLS
LOTS FOR SALE Country Lots with high speed internet access, 40 to 45 minutes from K/W or Guelph. They are located in the small hamlet of Carthage. Individual well and septic. Great opportunity to build your own house or get us to customize a home for you. For more information please call leon Excl.
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO BUILD YOUR OWN ESTATE on 36 acres of land, will make a great horse or hobby farm, only 35 min to Waterloo. Creek runs through property, surrounded by trees. Building permits available. MLS
Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage
OFFICE PHONE: 519.343.2124 *SALES REPRESENTATIVES:
159 William St., Palmerston (Across from Home Hardware)
Edith McArthur * 519.638.2509 Marg Sorensen * 519.343.4489 Kathy Robinson * 519.343.4816
OPEN HOUSE
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3 Bedrm home w/attached garage on deep treed lot 57x190. Exceptional deck on front of house, family kitchen, livingrm, main floor laundry, bathrm. This won’t last! MLS 0841928. Call Edith McArthur 519-638-2509
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Âť Glad Tidings Quartet concert of sacred and gospel favourites celebrating 50 years; 7 p.m. at Elmira Mennonite Church. A free-will offering will be taken for the Ontario Mennonite Youth trip to the 2009 Mennonite World Conference in Paraguay. For more information, contact Gord Davis 519-669-5895, or Ray Martin 519-669-5714. Âť Wellesley and District Lions Club present the Annual Lions Roast Beef Dinner; 4-7 p.m. at the Wellesley Community Centre. Adutls $14 in advance, $16 at the door, children under 12 $6. Proceeds of the dinner will be used to improve the community in which we live. For information call Chris Larochelle 519-656-2716. NOVEMBER 4
Âť Come hear Anne Campbell, a breast cancer survivor, tell the story of her journey with breast cancer, how her faith and a sense of humour helped her through it. Everyone welcome, refreshments will be served after. Gale Presbyterian Church, 2 Cross St., Elmira, 7 p.m.
 Preventing a PC Disaster – Region of Waterloo Library and Wilfrid Laurier Student Connections; 6:30-8:30 p.m. No experience required. Includes demonstration and workbook, $4 and pre-registration required. Elmira Branch Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira, 519-669-5477. NOVEMBER 8
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 Sing Joy, new Christmas CD release concert by Muriel Clemmer, Maryiln Reist and Steve Barabash – 7 p.m. at Woodside Bible Fellowship, 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. Free admission, light refreshments. Bring a friend.
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– Passed away, peacefully, at ST. Mary’s Hospital, Kitchener, on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at age 87. Local relative is brother, Orvie Brubacher of Floradale. MARTIN, David M.
– Peacefully passed, into the presence of his Lord on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Heritage House, St. Jacobs, in his 90th year. MARTIN, Elvina Onias G.)
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- Peacefully went home to be with the Lord, on Friday, October 24, 2008, at Seaforth Manor. Elvina (Martin) Martin in her 97th year, formerly of Elmira.
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– Passed away peacefully, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Kitchener, on Friday, October 24, 2008, age 82 years. Local relatives are son Ron Uhrig and his wife Darlene of Elmira.
MARTIN, Rebecca (Mrs. Noah W.)
– Peacefully, on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at her home. Rebecca (Martin) Martin, in her 93rd year of RR2, Elmira.
WEBER, Kathleen Marion (nee Woods)
– Of Elora, passed away on October 27, 2008 in her 77th year, with partner, Russell Giles by her side. Local relatives are daughter Karen Brunkard and her husband Lee of Elmira.
REID, Frances Isobel
– Passed away October 24, 2008 at the age of 81. Wonderful Wines She resided at Heritage House in St. Jacobs.
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 Euchre Card Party – 7:30 p.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church Hall, 19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira. Admission $5. Cash prizes, door prizes and lunch served. Everyone welcome! Sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League.
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Âť Annual Poinsettia Bazaar & Tea; 1-4 p.m., at Twin Oaks of Maryhill (nursing home), 1360 Maryhill Rd., Maryhill. Major raffle: queen size quilt, money tree, baby blue spruce tree, afghan and more. Tea room, crafts, bake table, penny table and more. Everyone welcome! All proceeds benefit the residents of our home. Hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of Twin Oaks of Maryhill. Âť Winterbourne Wonderland Christmas Tea & Marketplace; 10 a.m to 3 p.m., Foundation Christian School, 28 Katherine St., Winterbourne. Tea room with homemade soups, scones, pies and cookies. Bake table with homemade Christmas goodies. Handmade crafts, jewelry and Christmas items.
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 Annual Remembrance Day Tea & Bake Sale – 11 First St. E., Elmira. The festivities will be held from 1-3 p.m. There will be a bake and deli table, penny table, grocery hamper draw and a raffle. Hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary to Branch 469 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
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 St. Clements Craft Show and Sale – 30+ vendors, no two the same; crafts, baking, food & refreshments available. Door prizes, raffle table; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. St. Clements Community Centre. Admission $1, all proceeds to St. Clements Rec. Services Board. For information call Brenda at 519-699-5746.
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Âť Woolwich Trails Group Hike at 2 p.m. on the Mill Race Trail in St. Jacobs. Trail rating: easy walking stone dust trail; baby buggies and dogs on leashes are welcome. Call Paul Miller at 519-664-3643 to confirm meeting times and locations.
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Âť Lunch At Gale Presbyterian Church, 2 Cross St., Elmira; 519-669-2852. Ham, scalloped potatoes, salad, roll, beverage and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert, $9 per person. Soup and roll to go, $3. Wheelchair accessible, everyone welcome.
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 Ladies Night Out hosted by Waterloo Rural Women. Wellesley Library at the corner of William and Henry Streets, Wellesley. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Join us in our effort to promote friendship and support in our rural communities. Make a wooden snowman trio, cost $10. Refreshments will be served. Space is limited – registration is essential. RSVP Cindy 519-656-2778, Heidi 519-664-3794, ext. 237.
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