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PAGE TWO Inside Wellington - Second Section of the Wellington Advertiser, Friday, October 14, 2011

Turkey Supper

Wed. Nov. 2, 2011 St. John’s United Church Belwood

Four sittings from 4:30 to 7:30pm Adults $14; 12 & under $6; Preschool free with ticket Tickets: Belwood Country Market & Ron Wilkin Jewellers Info: Betty 519-787-1096

Belwood Craft Sale

Saturday October 15th 9am-1:30pm Belwood Hall Baking, Crafts, Jewellery, Preserves etc.

Lunch booth available.

Hosted by Belwood Women’s Institute

St. John Ambulance Saint-Jean

Training Schedule Level First Aid & Level C CPR/AED

Babysitter Course

November 18, 19 & 20

For 11-15 year olds Held Saturday November 12

All Courses held at St. John Ambulance Training Facility 66 County Rd. 7 (lower level) Elora

For Info call 519-846-8704

OCTOBER IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH It takes one call to help a child or youth

The purple ribbon is the symbol of child abuse prevention

Public Service Announcements

Family & Children’s Services of Guelph & Wellington needs Volunteer Drivers in the County of Wellington to provide transportation services to and from appointments for children and families.

Especially needed are drivers available before school and/or immediately after school for court-mandated or medical/clinical appointments. Mileage reimbursed and orientation and training provided.

For more information about this and other volunteer opportunities, contact Eva Marmurek at 519-824-2410, ext. 509. *** The Victoria Park Seniors Centre in Fergus has a wide variety of programs for all including bus trips, fitness, computer, dance, health and wellness, arts and music, general interest and everyday drop in programs. Registered programs may be taken by anyone over 18 years old. Call 519-787-1814

Fri. Oct 14

Moorefield United Church Pork Dinner. Seatings from 5-7 pm.

At the Community Centre in Moorefield. No advance tickets necessary. Adults $12; Children 5 - 11 $5; Under 5 free. *** Fish Fry- St. Mary’s Family Centre Mount Forest 5-6:30pm.

Adults $13, children 10 and under $6. Pre-schoolers free. Tickets at the door only. Delivery call 519-323-3967 or 519-323-4690. *** Until Oct. 29- Guelph Little Theatre production of Frozen Dreams -176 Morris St. Guelph. Evenings at 8pm, matinees at 2pm.

Tickets $17 or 4 play series still available for $50. Please call for dates and details 519-821-0270. *** Wellington County Plowman’s Association Annual Award’s Night and Banquet. Alma Community Hall, 7pm. Tickets $15 per person, children 12 and under $7.50. Please call R. Darrington at 519-846-9210 for tickets. *** Until Oct. 30 -Tim Murton’s twilight zoo 2-10pm. Elora centre for the arts. Join in the Elora Monster March parade. A nonmotorized march down the main street of Elora. Join us at the scare fair afterward for a hauntingly good time. Parade on October 22, 6:30pm, McDonald Square. We need floats, musicians and performers, please contact us halloweenelora@cogeco.ca. *** St. John’s United Church Belwood Euchre 7:30pm *** Come to Elora Cork (146 Metcalfe Street, Elora) for an evening of cool jazz with versatile Guelph jazz duo: vocalist Brenda Lewis and pianist John Zadro. 6:30 -9:30pm. For reservations phone the restaurant at 519-846-8880. *** Oct 14-15 Aberfoyle Junction Model Railway Fall Show. 10am4:30pm, Adults $8, children $5. Snack bar, gift shop. Barrier free access. From Hwy 401, Exit #299 ( N. to Guelph) Old Hwy 6.

1km north of #401. South of Aberfoyle. Watch for signs. Call 519-836-2720.

Sat. Oct 15

Help protect children and youth in your community.

GET INVOLVED! Go to www.fcsgw.org

519.824.2410 1.800.265.8300

Sunday OCTOBER 23, 2011 Games start at 1pm - Doors open at 11am

share the wealth package $15 - main program package $25 (both packages are required - extra strips available)

“Proceeds to local Community projects” Held at Grand River Raceway

7445 Wellington County Rd. 21, Elora

www.ferguselorarotary.com Held under lottery license #M634122.

FERGUS ELORA ROTARY FOUNDATION Staffed by: Centre Wellington Rotary Club and Fergus Elora Rotary Club

“Rockin to Rid Poverty” show at E.L. Fox Auditorium (John F. Ross Hall), Guelph. Featuring Hotel California (the original Eagles Tribute Band) along with local country band Corduroy Road. Doors open at 6pm. Admission $20. Tickets available at River Run Centre, and at the door. For further information, contact Exhibition Park NG at 519-767-5750. *** Beef BBQ. Fergus Legion 5-7pm. $12. All welcome. For tickets call 519-843-2345. *** 5k Family Run/Walk for the Children of Haiti. 9:30am Start. Free brunch, great prizes. Registration forms at St. Andrew’s Church office, 325 St. George St. W. Fergus. 519-843-3565. *** Craft Sale Belwood Hall. 9am-1:30pm. Baking, crafts, jewelry, preserves etc. Lunch booth. Something for everyone. Hosted by Belwood W.I. *** Ontario Public Library Week contest for Kids: My Favourite Book. We told you ours, now you tell us yours. Tell us your favourite book and enter the draw to win a selection from our “prize book” collection. Ages 6 – 12. Submit entry WCL Fergus. *** Biodynamics with Greg 1-4pm at Irvine Creek Organics, 6759 Wellington Rd 16, RR1 Belwood. Come prepared to walk out to our fields and make sure to pack an extra sweater. Questions?

Call Lauren at: 519-787-2356. Admission by donation. *** Arthur Legion Jamboree, 2-5pm. *** Ham Supper, Alma Community Hall 5-7pm. Adults $10, Children $4. *** Holstein Drama Group presents “Clothes Encounter: A Farce in Two Acts” by Roger Karshner at the Holstein Optimists Hall (dinner theatre at 6pm) and Sun. Oct. 16 matinee, 2pm. Tickets $12/ play, and $20/roast beef dinner & theatre on 15th. For info. call 519-334-3490. *** Country dance in the Alma Community Hall. Dance to “Bill Beattie Band.” Admission $10. *** Maryhill KofC and CWL Comedy Night with Simon Rakoff at Maryhill Community Centre. Doors open 6pm, supper 6:30pm.

Advance tickets only $30. Call Mike Runstedler 519-648-3394. *** 1943 Norwell Army Cadets Support Committee Fundraising

BBQ. 11am – 2pm. L & M Foodland parking lot, Palmerston. *** Electronics Recycling Event Day - 9am-3pm. Rockmosa Community Centre, 74 Christie St., Rockwood. Open to all Wellington County ratepayers. Free. Food bank donations accepted. Questions? 1-866-899-0248. *** Sunrise “Little Breeches” Club Fun, safe introduction to horses for children ages 4 to 7 with or without special needs. Set of 5 Saturdays: Oct. 15 to Nov. 12: 9:30-11:30 or 12:30 - 2:30pm.

Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning Centre, Puslinch. To register call 519-837-0558 x21 or info@sunrise-therapeutic.ca.

Sun, Oct 16

Geo-Dashing. Please call the Guelph Lake Nature Centre at 519836-7860 to register. This program is designed for people who are new to geo-caching or geo-dashing. You will learn how to operate the basic functions on a GPS unit before heading out on a high tech treasure hunt. GPS units are available, so there is no need to bring your own. 2- 4pm, $5/person. *** A Special 150th anniversary service at Knox-Calvin Presbyterian Church Sunday, 10:30am. Special Guest Speaker - Rev. Scott McAllister and also, at 7:30pm a Celebration Concert featuring The Men of Praise. All Are Welcome. Free will offering. *** Jamboree at Harriston Legion Branch 296. Admission $5. Doors open at 12pm. Supper $10, served at 4:30pm. For more information call 519-338-2843. *** Euchre party at Sacred Heart Church, Kenilworth 8pm. Admission$2.50. Penny table, 50/50 draw and light lunch. All welcome. *** 174th anniversary service for Knox-Elora Presbyterian Church, 11am. Guest speaker Rev. Bill Sparling. Lunch and fellowship following. Everyone welcome. *** Fergus Legion Sunday Morning Community Breakfast, 9am -11:30am. Adults $6, Kids $3. *** St. Paul’s United Church, Metz, Anniversary Service, 11am.

Guest Speaker - Karen MacDougall “A Journey of Faith”. Lunch and fellowship to follow. All are welcome to join us for our 106th anniversary celebration.

Mon. Oct 17

Stone United Church Beef Dinner. Rockmosa Centre, Rockwood, 5-7pm. Adults $15, Children 12 and under $7, Pre-school - free.

Take out available. For tickets: 5pm - Earl 519-856-4052, 6pm Eileen 519-856-9648, 7pm - Jack 519-856-4765. *** Elmira & District Horticultural Society presents Christine Aberle: “Working With Fresh Flowers” 7:30pm, Trinity United Church, Elmira. Members: free, visitors: $2. *** Discussion group for The Art of Spiritual Peace Making is looking for participants to join us. Meetings are held in Fergus. For more information call 519-843-5636. *** The Harriston District Horticultural Society meeting, 7:30pm.

Speaker Terry Rothwell, Kenilworth Road Apple Orchards, apples and apple butter. Lunch, Everyone welcome.

Tue. Oct 18

Cancer Support Group / third Tuesday each month, 10am -12pm.

Upper Grand, 753 Tower, St. Fergus. First Wednesday of the month-lunch out. Contact Joyce B. 519-843-3213 or Judy D. 519843-3947 Ext: 100. *** Pepper Cards. Harriston Legion #296. Start at 1:30pm sharp.

Come out and have some fun. *** IODE Bridge & dessert party. 1pm. Heritage River retirement Community . 25 Wellington Dr. Elora. $12 per person, door prize.

For ticket call 519-787-4135. *** Guelph Township Horticultural Society Fall flower, Vegetable and Photograph Show. Entries in by 7:30pm. All invited to hear Bob Smith on making a Garden Box, followed by game show Garden Jeopardy. Door prizes, refreshments. Marden Community Centre/Library building, 7368 Wellington Rd. 30. Info: Secretary519-822-5289. Prize money for the year will be paid at the November 15 meeting. *** IEP (Individual Education Plan) workshop 7pm. Sean Cameron, Ph.D, a Development Psychologist and certified teacher from Guelph will be the presenter. He works in special education at the elementary level. $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. We do offer subsidy so that everyone can attend. *** Come experience the rich colours of Fall during the Brighton Chapter #201 O.E.S. Fall Fashion Show at the Fergus Legion.

Doors open at 7pm. Door prizes, refreshments. Tickets $10 each.

Call Betty Knapton for tickets and info. 519-787-8250.

Wed. Oct 19

Oct. 19 and 20- Warm clothing sale to be held at Mount Forest United Church on Wednesday evening October 19, from 5pm.

Till 8pm and Thursday, October 20, 8am - 12 noon. *** St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Arthur annual Turkey Supper, Continued on page 15

Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, October 14, 2011 PAGE THREE

Breakaway sports: Offering a chance for fun, family and friendship

by Mike Robinson

CENTRE WELLINGTON - For Mark and Julie Katerberg, it is all about giving back.

For the past 11 years, they have operated the Breakaway program, offering sports and social time for young people.

Mark said the idea originated almost 18 years ago in discussion with some of his buddies. They talked about kids on the street loitering - in part because there was nothing to do.

“We thought ... We could do something about it,” Mark said. At that time, they decided to think about it some more and get back with each other.

But nothing happened.

“Later, the same guy, a buddy of mine, and a few others got together to move the idea forward. We decided we had to do something. At that point, we formed the Breakaway program. For the first couple of years, we had so many kids, it was just overwhelming.”

Mark said in the first year the program operated only from one school. He estimated 80 to 100 kids were taking part - “if not more.”

Julie remembered “thanking everyone for coming, but [adding] we were trying to accommodate the numbers.”

Then they came up with the idea of splitting the two hours they were offering in half, with one dedicated to a group of young people and the second hour to another group.

“But it was very hectic and busy. At times it felt like crowd control,” Mark said. But they still wanted to be able to promote positive messages to the kids.

“So we had the sports and a high impact talk with different guest speakers,” he said.

Julie said the topics included managing time better, putting others first, respect and bullying.

Mark said eventually the program developed a written curriculum. “One of the group members did an amazing job of putting it together. It is a Biblically-based program that covered so many really good issues.”

Julie said it was an option for the kids, “to take a homework sheet, story, challenge or some type of activity to complete each week on a specific topic.”

When the child returned the following week, it would form the basis of that week’s discussion. “It would expand on what they’d been going over.” That part began about four years in, Julie added.

“It’s an incentive program, which is optional,” she said.

“The kids can show up, play the sports, listen and go home again, but if, as an extra, they can participate in this challenge

each week, we encourage them to participate with the prizes.”

Mark estimated 70% of those in the program take part in the extra activities.

“They’re learning lots of good stuff. That’s basically where we’re at with it,” he said.

Volunteers are also a big part of the program since it operates out of the Elora Public School and St. Joseph School in Fergus.

“In each gym, we probably have 12 volunteers each Wednesday night,” Mark said.

The program was originally offered at St. Joseph’s in Fergus.

“They love us coming in, and they love the program.

When we branched to Elora, the program first started at St. Mary’s School, but eventually moved to Elora Public because of its size. We were finally able to get in, and now that we are in on Wednesday nights, we’ve solidified our position there.”

Mark said, “It is nice that the community has recognized we’ve been around for 11 years. The community realizes we’ve been around for a while and are not going to go away anywhere. When we first started we went out to all the businesses, explained what we were doing and asked if they wanted to contribute.”

At that time, there were complaints about kids skateboarding in parking lots after hours.

“We went to local businesses saying we were there to help in a minor way - one night each week,” said Mark. “It’s a free program because there are so many kids out there who cannot join a hockey club because it costs a lot of money.”

Julie said she did not want to stereotype, but often it is kids who cannot afford to be in other programs who have nothing to do.

Mark said businesses were quick to help.

July added, “Canadian Tire especially,” referring to big hockey nets, goalie equipment, basketballs and other gear.

Mark said the program is now affiliated with the Elora Road Christian Church. “When we first started, we weren’t at all affiliated with the church. It was our own thing.”

Although members of that church, they had not approached it for financial assistance.

“And, at that time the program was less Biblicallybased,” Julie added. “We wanted the community support, but if we threw in the Christian aspect, they’ll back off if they’re not in agreement.”

Then, six or seven years ago, the church still wanted to offer its support and around that time, Breakaway was look-

Fun prize - Earlier this year, in co-operation with One Axe Pursuits, the Breakaway sports program offered a day at the Irvine Gorge in Elora as a prize for participants. photos by Mike Robinson (Cover photo: Sophia Battaglia, Max Katerberg and Anna Katerberg with Breakaway founders Julie and Mark Katerberg).

ing for a way to be affordable and covered under insurance.

“We could have purchased our own insurance, but the operation costs would have skyrocketed,” said Julie.

Affiliation with the church allowed the program to be covered under the church policy.

“Without insurance, we wouldn’t be able to have the program,” she added.

And the program has had lasting effects in the community.

“It’s been 11 years, and the kids who were in the program

courses in Elora’s Irvine Gorge as a prize. As well, participants have attended Guelph Storm games as a prize.

Julie said there are numerous other activities. Around Christmas, “We take them out of the gym, and have movie and pizza parties just to mix things up for the fun, social aspect of it. Or they’ve all skated here on our rink, as something special. We serve them doughnuts and hot chocolate and have a skating night.”

The intent is to keep the activities fun and varied.

“The community realizes we’ve been around for a while and are not going to go away anywhere.”

- Co-founder Mark Katerberg on the Breakaway sports program

when we first started, are now young adults in the community,” Mark said. “It’s neat to see them. A lot of them do stay in the program for the full four years and then move on.”

Julie remembered some of them being so involved in dance and hockey, and other things, “But they preferred Breakaway ... because it’s the most fun.

“I never knew why they said that or what brought them out, but it’s non competitive, their friends are involved ...”

Mark added, “It’s not just sports; it’s a social thing too.

It’s not like (organized) hockey where you’re there to play hockey and learn how to play hockey - it’s so focused on that.”

Julie added, “This is more we help them out in their skill levels. We encourage them.”

Added Mark, “But it’s not the main thing.”

Living where they do, between Salem and Elora, the Katerbergs see many kids who have been or still are involved in the program.

“They’re always so happy to see us and say hi, how they love the program and ask when it is starting up again. It makes it exciting for us. We’re making a difference.” Julie said.

Breakaway also offers a number of special events as well.

Once a year, the Katerbergs host a hockey or street hockey tournament.

And, through One Axe Pursuits, it has held zipline

direct them in the right way.”

Julie added, “While it is a Christian program, it’s for anyone who likes sports and likes to socialize and hang out once a week at the local school.”

Mark said “The program is unique because a lot of people don’t want to step through the doors into a church. To them, that’s a little too much. With us coming to the community, which I think is important, it’s very non-threatening and a personal choice to attend.

“We have something to share, and if they want to listen, they can. The kids do listen and want that kind of thing.

We’re planting little tidbits into their lives, and information into their lives.”

Julie said both programs run at the same time on Wednesday nights, from 7pm to 8pm, and volunteers often get together afterwards to discuss how things went, or deal with housekeeping issues.

She said, “We’re not two different programs, even though there are two separate locations. We try to run them the same.”

Mark said, “It feels like we’ve been involved in this for a very long time.”

One of the things Julie looks forward to now is, her own kids can get involved.

“After years and years of leaving them behind for this project, it’s turning into more of a family project. They invited their friends out,” she said.

She noted the program runs from the first Wednesday in October to the last Wednesday of March, with breaks for Christmas and March break when the schools are closed.

“We used to go into April, but when the weather turned nice and the days lasted longer, they went outside to play,”said Julie.

When the kids register they are divided equally into teams, with four teams at each school.

“We’ll also assign team leaders. Mark and I would be team leaders for roughly 10 kids, and would be leaders of the same group throughout the season,” she said. “That way we get to know them, their families, how the relationships work if brothers or sisters are also taking part.”

That bond helps in other areas as well.

“After six months of seeing them every Wednesday night, we can easily chat about what’s going on at home or at school.

We can be a support network in a way.”

She added if kids register the following year, they try to have the same team leaders for them. For the past years, they have been able to have the same group of girls and boys in the same group - until they are too old.

“So we really get to know them.”

For more information about times, locations or to register, contact Julie Katerberg at 519846-9013.

“We’re not just a sports program, we’re a youth program. But sports is a venue to get kids out,” Mark said.

“Ultimately, we want to see them make good decisions as they move from their teens to young adults.”

Julie added, “We had one little baby when we started this.

Now we have five kids and the older two can be involved already. Times have changed.”

Julie said one of the biggest impacts she has seen is the desire for young people to come back.

“When they get too old, they beg us to change the age limit so they can stay one more year,” she said.

The program is for children from 10 years old to the end of grade 8.

They tried increasing to age 15, but often the young people are in high school by then, and attendance is low for that age group. There was an attitude change.

“Generally, it covers grades 5 to 8, those formative years where they’re figuring things out, like who they are and what life is about,” Julie said.

Mark noted, “Basically we feel we have something as volunteers. We feel we have something to give to the community and the kids are going to look up to us because we are older. It’s Taking aim - So ph an influential age, and if we practice a bit of ia Battaglia and Max and Anna Katerberg basketball. can, even with one night a week, just saying a few words into their lives,

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Rural Life

Agricultural Information Contact Centre | 1-877-424-1300 | www.ontario.ca/omafra

A weekly press release prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. If you require further information, regarding this press release, please call the Elora Resource Centre at 519-846-0941. Office hours: 8:30am to 5pm. For technical information, call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877424-1300 or visit the OMAFRA Website: www.omafra.gov.on.ca.

SOYBEAN HARVEST UNDERWAY Horst Bohner in the OMAFRA Field Crop Report Soybean harvest has now started in the province. Most fields still need at least another week or two to dry down but leaf drop is progressing quickly. Yield reports so far have been variable ranging from 25 bu/ac to 55 bu/ac. Moisture has ranged from 10 to 13% and no seed quality issues have been reported. Harvest losses and mechanical damage may be high when moisture drops below 12%. A loss of just four beans per square foot represents a loss of one bu/ac. The vast majority of fields are now mature enough that a frost will not impact yield.

MOST CORN STILL NEEDS 20 DAYS TO MATURITY Greg Stewart, OMAFRA Cold fronts moved through the province on September 15th and caused some isolated ground frost but damage to the corn crop was negligible. Some areas experienced low temperatures that dipped below 4 C for at least three consecutive nights. Even without frost, these cold temperatures will disrupt photosynthesis and grain filling. However, the expectation is that this cold spell was not long or severe enough, in most areas, to cause any permanent disconnect in the grain filling process. Later planted corn still needs 15 to 20 days to reach maturity.

CURRENT RESEARCH IN CORN MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON PLANT-TO-PLANT VARIABILITY Grain Farmers of Ontario - Bottom Line Newsletter Here is a report on a Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) funded research project from Aric Bos, a crop science Masters student

The OMAFRA Report

working on the project. For more information, contact Aric at abos@uoguelph.ca.

Plant-to-plant variability (PPV) within corn stands has drawn attention in recent years because of its potentially adverse effect on grain yield. PPV is defined as differences among corn plants in rate of growth and/or stage of development (i.e. leaf number). At the plant level, PPV can reduce kernel number and/or increase the incidence of barren plants due to the competition response that corn shows towards plants of different sizes within the canopy.

Preliminary results from research at the University of Guelph suggests that growers may influence PPV in their corn crop by their choice of tillage method and crop rotation, both of which are factors that impact early-season establishment. Variability in emergence and early season leaf numbers, for example, can manifest into yield loss later in the season as competition for resources increases.

The role that nitrogen rates might play on PPV is less clear.

A GFO-funded project was conducted this season comparing a high (180-190 kg N/ha) and low nitrogen (20-30 kg N/ha) rate at four locations (Woodstock (2) London, and Kirkton) to find if the competition for nutrient resources might be a cause of PPV. Plant heights and leaf numbers were recorded at regular intervals throughout the season. Pre-harvest results suggest that although average plant heights of the low N-rate were consistently lower at most locations, the actual variability within the plots did not differ between low and high nitrogen rates for both leaf number and plant heights.

COMING EVENTS: Oct. 14 -Wellington County Plowmen’s Banquet and Awards Night, Alma Hall at 7:00 p.m. Advance ticket sales, tickets available from any Director or call 519-846-0137.

Oct. 18-19 - Leading Edge Summit – How to Make Change Happen in Your Community: Innovative Tools and Techniques

That Work; Hockley Valley Resort, Orangeville. For information, visit www.stepstoleadership.ca.

Oct. 20 - Waterloo Federation of Agriculture Banquet and Annual General Meeting – 7 p.m. Dinner at the New Dundee Community Centre, $10 tickets available from any director. The featured speaker will be Steve Martin of Martin’s Family Fruit Farm. For information, call Richard Cressman at 519-662-2790.

Oct. 22 - Take a Bite Out of Climate Change Bus Tour.

Join Canadian Organic Growers on a biodiesel-powered tour of Ignatius Farm, Everdale Organic Farm, and Mapleton’s Organic.

See organic farming in practice and learn about its climatechange mitigating potential. $10/person from 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. Meet at Ignatius Farm Workshop. Fuel from: Everpure Biodiesel Coop, transportation by Sharp Bus Lines. More info: www.cogwaterloo.ca/events.php.

Oct. 25 - Wellington County Farm Safety regular meeting at Husky Farm Equipment, Alma at 8:00 p.m. sharp. For more information, call Walter Grose at 519-846-5329.

Nov. 1 - Wellington Federation of Agriculture, Monthly Board Meeting at OMAFRA Boardroom, 6484 Wellington Rd., #7, Elora. For information, contact Lisa Hern at 519-848-3774, or email: jplh@golden.net.

Nov. 1-5 - 2011 International Goat Symposium, will be held in conjunction with the 2011 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

Watch for details at http://www.ogba.ca.

Nov. 4-13 - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Exhibition Place, Toronto. Visit http://www.royalfair.org/ for details.

Nov. 13 - Exploring Your New Farm Dream Course. Time: 6:30 p.m. Place - London Training Centre, 317 Adelaide Street South, Unit #110, London. Website - http://www.farmstart.ca/ explorer/up-coming-courses/.

Nov. 15 - OMAFRA Sheep Seminar, Atwood - Elma Memorial Community Centre, 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, call toll free: 1-877-424-1300.

Farmers Feed Cities finds Ontario youths least aware of their food source younger generation (age 18 to 34) claim to be aware of where their food is grown while 62 per cent of adults (35 to 54) and 68 per cent of adults (55 and older) are aware of their food’s origin.

Farmers Feed Cities is working to bridge that gap through education.

“With Ontario Agriculture Week underway, there’s no better time to understand your food’s journey from farm to fork,” said Jenny Van Rooy, campaign coordinator for Farmers Feed Cities. “The province’s older generation has a strong understanding of farming and the food process.

It’s time to share the knowledge by bringing the farm story to the entire family.”

With fewer than 2 per cent of Canadians directly involved in farming, there is a significant misunderstanding among the Canadian public of farm-

ing and how food is produced.

This school year, Farmers Feed Cities is taking action, launching the Friend a Farmer program in partnership with Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC), AGCare, and Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE).

The program provides an interactive opportunity for school children to learn about why farming in Ontario is important through building relationships with real farmers.

“Farmers Feed Cities wants to foster a generation of informed consumers,” said Van Rooy. “Children are filled with constant curiosity and we want to be there with the right answers to help revitalize the public attitude and perception towards Ontario’s farming community.”

The survey reveals Ontarians are ready to focus on the farm, finding respon-

dents were overwhelmingly (93 per cent) interested in supporting Farmers Feed Cities - a campaign committed to increasing the understanding of the value that farmers contribute to Ontario’s economic, physical and social health; and to ensure a sustainable future for farmers in Ontario.

Farmers Feed Cities highlights how farmers grow food.

The Farmers Feed Cities campaign was developed in 2005, and is an initiative of Ontario Grains & Oilseeds a coalition of Grain Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Bean Producers’ Marketing Board, Ontario Canola Growers’ Association, Ontario Coloured Bean Growers’ Association and Seed Corn Growers of Ontario. Collectively those groups represent more than 28,000 farmers.

For more information, visit www.FarmersFeedCities.com.

Government regains export opportunities

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While Ontarians are taking strides in understanding the relevance of farming and its impact on the province, the results illustrate a clear gap between generations. On average, only 41 per cent of the

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relatively unaware of where their food is grown.

According to a recent survey, 97 per cent of Ontarians agree that farming is important to the province’s economic strength, health and wellbeing and sustainable environmental

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GUELPH - To celebrate Ontario Agriculture Week (Oct. 3 to 9), Farmers Feed Cities surveyed people in Ontario and discovered consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of farming - yet younger generations are

OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz welcomed news recently that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a Canadian petition that will expand opportunities for Canadian canola exports there for biodiesel production - a market the Canadian canola industry estimates is worth up to $450 million a year.

The agency’s approval of the petition will ensure that all approved Canadian biofuel and biofuel feedstock, including canola, meet the requirements of the U.S. renewable fuels standard program (RFS2).

“This is great news for Canada’s canola industry, and will level the playing field for canola exporters to the U.S.,” said Ritz. “Our government has worked closely on this issue with Canadian industry, as well as with the U.S. and we’re very pleased with this positive outcome.”

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Rural Life

Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame inductees recognized at local museum

by Mike Robinson ABOYNE - There’s a new place of honour for Wellington County residents who have made significant contributions to agriculture.

Nestled between the Wellington County Museum and the Wellington County Archives in Aboyne, is a new Wall of Fame honouring those who had a significant impact on agriculture and rural communities in the county, at the provincial level and beyond.

On Oct. 2, an official unveiling was held as part of the museum’s Harvest Home Festival, which recognizes the importance of agriculture in the community.

The exhibit, made possible through a collaboration between the Wellington County Historical Society, the Wellington Federation of Agriculture (WFA) and the museum, includes the likenesses of 15 locals inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame.

Those honorees are John Benham, James Bowman, Alexander Peden Connell, Terry Daynard, Adam Fergusson, Donald N. Huntley, Ross Weston Irwin, C.C. James, Gintarius (Ginty) Jocius, George Edwin Jones, Ernest Andrew Kerr, Frederick William Stone, Clayton Macfie Switzer, William Attwood Young and William Stanley Young.

Rob Black, past president of the Wellington County Historical Society, recognized the efforts of all those involved to bring the Ontario Hall of Fame inductees to Wellington County.

“Congratulations to those folks who have been recognized for the significant work you’ve done for agriculture and rural communities across Wellington County, across Ontario and across the world,” Black said.

He was pleased to see a big turnout to recognize the 15 people who live or once lived in the county.

“These people have been

recognized provincially for their visionary leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship in the advancement of agriculture in Ontario,” Black said.

He added that about a year ago, the historical society welcomed as guest speaker Paulette Samson, a past president of the Ontario agricultural Hall of Fame, who spoke of an outreach program where communities are encouraged to bring inductees home.

The historical society approached the WFA and the County of Wellington with the idea of developing an exhibit at the museum.

Black said federation secretary Lisa Hern, new museum administrator Janice Hindley and Wellington County Warden Chris White were excited about the idea and took up the cause with the society.

The result is an exhibit of plaques featuring the sketched likenesses of the Hall of Fame members, along with a description of their contributions. Similar displays are at the Ontario Heritage Park in Milton.

Black said the idea was presented to Hindley during her second day on the job this spring and her immediate response was, “Yes, we’ll find a way to do it.”

Black said, “We felt this was a wonderful tribute to the innovation and leaders in Wellington County who have done so much for agriculture and rural communities across the province and beyond.”

Added White, “I want to thank Rob and his group for spearheading this wonderful idea. It really is an incredible community we live in ...

I couldn’t be more proud to be warden of this community.”

He hoped the current wall would be “just the beginning, as we continue to recognize people in our community as we move forward.”

WFA president David Parker said, “We’re proud of the federation for helping out.

It’s a worthy cause ... per-

haps long overdue. The farmers have put a lot into this. There’s a lot more names that could go onto this wall in the future and we look forward to it.”

Representing the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame was vice-president Debra Whale.

“This is an exciting event for Wellington County,” she said.

There are two similar walls of fame - one at Kemptville College, near Ottawa, and the other in Stratford at the Perth County Museum and Archives.

“Now Wellington County is the third one, and we hope to see many more,” Whale said.

She noted the first induction ceremony for the Agricultural Hall of Fame in Milton was in 1980.

“Since then, 188 exceptional individuals have been inducted into the hall of fame.”

She added, “The objective is to record, acknowledge and preserve the amazing things they have done for the agriculture and food industry.”

Whale said in many instances those individuals not only had an impact on Ontario agriculture, but throughout Canada and internationally.

“All of them worked extremely hard to leave a legacy for each and everyone of us now and in the future,” Whale said.

She added her own father is one of the inductees and, “I always admired his drive, his determination and his ability to see the big picture.”

Whale said each of the Wellington County inductees has made a unique contribution and she looks forward to seeing the exhibit grow.

Black introduced one of the inductees, John Benham, to speak on behalf of those being honoured.

Benham offered thanks to all those who made the event happen. He did not believe there was a better location for the exhibit - the hallway joining the museum and the archives.

“I’m pleased to see that Warden Chris White and

Wall of Famers - John Benham, Ross Irwin, and Terry Daynard are all members of the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame and are now also recognized on a wall of fame at the Wellington County Museum and Archives. photo by Mike Robinson [museum] administrator Janice Hindley are re-emphasizing the important role of agriculture in Wellington through activities at the museum. I really appreciate that.”

Benham added, “This is a special occasion for the families of the inductees and especially for the three inductees able to attend.”

Benham noted that inductee Clayton Switzer was absent for medical reasons.

“Of special interest, three of the inductees are classmates who graduated with a degree in agriculture from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1951,” Benham said before sharing a few of his personal memories.

“This event is especially poignant for me because this is the hall that I walked to meetings in Aboyne Hall since OMAF moved to Fergus.”

For 20 years, he used that

4-H club learns recipes for some chocolate treats PUSLINCH TWP. - The third meeting of the township 4-H club was held on, Sept. 30 at the home of Joan Law. Only five members were able to attend because two were home sick.

Members welcomed guest leader Audrey Gunson, who taught the group how to make individual chocolates. Her flavouring expertise was appreciated.

Each member chose to make a different type of chocolate.

The flavours were: mint

patty, cherry almond, strawberry, skor bits and maple pecan. The recipe (by Audrey Gunson) was found in the book Marvelous Munching From the Musical Chefs and is included below: 8 oz. Sweetened condensed milk 3 lb. (a little more than 1 kg.) icing sugar ½ lb. Butter 2 Tbsp corn syrup Mix all together. Divide mixture into smaller amounts.

Centers Mint: add green food colouring and mint fla-

vouring; Cherry: maraschino cherries, add a small amount of cherry juice plus almond flavouring; Orange: concentrated orange juice, 1 tbsp orange flavouring to taste; and Strawberry: strawberry jam plus red food colouring; Chocolate: melted chocolate wafers. Maple: maple flavouring plus walnuts or pecans.

Leave centres a day to harden. Melt in double boiler chocolate wafers. Dip centres and set on waxed paper to cool.

In order to identify the various flavours, each type was

done in a different shapes that it could be recognized later.

For example, the skor bit was in the shape of a triangle, and the maple pecans were in the shape of a half crescent moon.

This was a lot of “fun labour,” especially when we sampled tastes during the process.

The group looks forward to tasting the different varieties of each other’s chocolates at a future meeting once they are hardened.

That meeting was held on Oct. 7.

same hall to get to his office.

“To be a permanent part of this hall is a bit gratifying and a bit emotional,” Benham said.

He explained each of the inductees on the wall has his own story and association with Wellington County.

He said his own family history in Wellington goes back to 1827, the year Guelph was founded - when James and Lucy Benham and their family arrived in Guelph.

“History states that James helped clear the stumps from what is now Wyndham Street,” he said.

The family farmed on a property now located within the city. The family moved to

Eramosa, in 1832.

“James played a role in the Mackenzie Rebellion to the point of being arrested and jailed in Hamilton ... so you know his politics.”

His son, and John’s great grandfather, was a leading farmer in Wellington.

“I have proudly represented Wellington farmers on many committees, and as many of you know, I wear a cap with the Wellington crest on the front of it,” he said.

He encouraged the group who worked so hard to induct the individuals being honoured to also include those inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.

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Canada spending on new bovine TB screening tests OTTAWA – The federal government is working with industry to identify a new diagnostic test for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle that will be simpler and more cost-effective for regulatory agencies to administer.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Sept. 27 that about $320,000 would be presented to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association at its annual fall picnic on Parliament Hill that day.

“We continue to invest in finding new and cost-effective screening tests to detect animal diseases,” Ritz told the annual gathering of beef producers from across the country.

“The faster we can pinpoint disease, the shorter the down time for our hardworking cattle producers and the sooner they can get their businesses back up and running.”

The money is provided through the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation

Program is designed to help the cattlemen’s group evaluate alternative bovine TB tests that is better than the current tuberculin skin test.

The association will work with regulatory agencies such as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to design and provide details for the evaluation study.

If successful, it will identify one or a combination of tests that will be less cumbersome

and less expensive for regulatory agencies to administer.

“Having a rapid, simple and inexpensive blood test that can detect bovine TB in cattle will help to achieve the final eradication of this insidious disease sooner than is possible with existing tools,” said CCA president Travis Toews.

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ENTERTAINMENT Lion in Winter will run this fall at area theatre ACTON - Imagine the results if Neil Simon had written MacBeth.

Take the savage streak the best of families reserve for their most heated battles and place it into a witty, historical, romantic comedy.

That is the effect sought

by Georgetown Little Theatre Productions Inc.’s opening show, The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman, directed by Andrew Humeniuk and produced by Patricia Ball.

It is Christmas in 1183.

Henry II (Ken Smith) has released his wily wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Anthea Hoare), and has summoned his rebellious sons: the warring, eldest, Richard the Lionhearted (Ian O’Brien); the overlooked, scheming, middle son, Geoffrey (Stuart Bell); and the whiney, spoiled youngest, John (Jeremy Lunn) to his castle for the alleged purpose of cementing the succession in order that his kingdom not be torn apart by his three sons after his death.

Place into the mix, Richard’s betrothed, Henry’s mistress of many years, the French Princess Alais (Hannah Manierka) and her brother, the French King, Philip Capet (Nevin Ameli) and fireworks follow.

Watch this royal family duke it out.

The Lion in Winter opens at 8pm on Oct. 28 at the Acton Town Hall Centre, 19 Willow St. N. It will run for three weekends with Sunday matinees at 2pm, on Oct. 30 and Nov. 6.

Seating is limited to 120.

Thursday and Sunday general seating tickets are $16.75 and Friday and Saturday are $19.75.

People may still buy the three show subscription tickets for under $50. For tickets, call the John Elliott box office at 905-877-3700 or pick-up at Acton Home Hardware and Halton Hills Furniture and Appliances. Or visit http:// www.haltonhills.ca/theatre/.

Dysfunctional family? - When royalty begins to intrigue over who will succeed the king, the British and French put the fun in dysfunctional.

The Lion in Winter is playing in Acton and opens Oct. 28.

Steppin’ out - Elora, Fergus contra dances are for everyone

by Janice Ferri C. WELLINGTON TWP. - Like many people here, I had never heard of contra dancing when a friend invited me to attend a dance in Guelph with her and some others.

She assured me I would have a great time and it didn’t matter if I didn’t know the steps - or didn’t have a partner. I was skeptical but excited about dancing so I took the plunge.

I was surprised to find a live band playing jigs and reels in the church hall. The musicians and the caller,

known as Relative Harmony, energized the room. The next surprise was the number of men there. Experienced dancers sought newcomers as a partner to help us learn the dances.

Caller Judy Greenhill walked us through each dance, sometimes more than once until we got the hang of it.

No one was left sitting on the sidelines.

When we had a break, Greenhill explained where the name “contra” comes from. It may be a form of “country” as the steps are sometimes called “country dances.” It also may

refer to the way the dances start, with men forming a long line down the hall and the women forming another line facing them so dancers are opposite or “contra” their partners. Contra dancing has been popular in New England since the 1800s. In Ontario, they are held in Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph, and Owen Sound.

Contra dancers tend to dress informally in loose light-weight clothing. Some like to wear a twirly skirt.

Comfortable low heeled shoes are a must.

What I discovered that first night was exciting live music that made me want to move, a style of dance easy to learn, and a place where the whole community dancing together is more important than any one person or couple looking good. It really didn’t matter that I came without a partner - I danced every dance.

After dancing in Guelph for almost a year, I want to bring contra dance to Elora and my home town of Fergus.

Along with friends from the Elora Fergus Unitarian Church and support

from Relative Harmony, we held dances in July and August. Encouraged by the good turnout and enthusiastic response, we have planned dances for the last Friday of the month in October and November. Dances are held at the Highland Rugby Club Field House, 150 Albert St. W. in Fergus.

Admission is $10 per person and dancing starts at 8pm.

All are welcome.

For more information contact Ferri at 519-843-9971 or visit www. efuuc.org and click on contra dance.

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The show is on Oct. 20 at Centre 2000 in Erin (14 Boland Ave.) and the doors open at 6pm.

The event features new and gently-used fashions that have been donated to East Wellington Community

Services’s New to You thrift stores. What makes the event stand out from other fashion shows is everything seen on stage (and more) is available for sale that evening.

This year the audience will be entertained by David Clemmer, from Style By Jury.

In addition to his regular TV role, Clemmer is often seen on day-time TV such as Steve & Chris, Devine Design and

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There will be a variety of vendors selling jewelry, fashions, and other treats. There will be raffle and auction prizes, “with a few special surprises lined up”, said Sandra Paolucci, retail coordinator at EWCS. This year’s racks are full of Calvin Klein, Danier Leather, London Fog, Anne Klein,

Mexx, as well as George and Joe items. There are shoes, including high fashion brands from Italy and Spain.

Tickets are on sale at the New to You Stores in Erin, Hillsburgh and Rockwood, as well as at What’s Cookin’ in Erin.

Tickets are $15 in advance ($12 for seniors and students) and $20 at the door if available.

For tickets or more information contact: info@ew-cs.com or 519-833-9696.

Library holding contest for teens who want to write GUELPH - From now until Nov. 19, the Guelph public library is encouraging teens in grades 7 to 12 to enter the 2011 teen short story contest, A Picture is worth a 1000 Words.

Write a story inspired by photography in a thousand words or fewer. Official contest guidelines and entry forms are available at every city library

branch and online. Gift certificates to The Bookshelf will be awarded to top prize winners in three grade categories.

The contest is open to any library card holder in the correct age bracket.

For more information, email teens@library.guelph. on.ca or visit www.library. guelph.on.ca.

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ENTERTAINMENT MacDonald Stewart Arts Centre finds Culture Days were a big success GUELPH - Culture Days at the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre was a success, with over 250 people attending events throughout the day.

Some highlights included the Guelph Tapestry that reached its completion after over 25 hours of sewing by staff, volunteers, and contributors on Oct. 1st as part of the Culture Days activities.

The tapestry features everything from family photos to house keys to a skate lace donated by Paramount Sports Hockey shop on Carden Street.

The tapestry was started in downtown Guelph on Sept. 30 and was a community collaboration.

For the community portrait event, many people brought symbolic objects with them, including a letter, a notebook, a camera, a shoe, flowers, a book, a hat, and a woven tapestry portrait. The picture was taken by Dean Palmer, one of Guelph’s best known portrait photographers.

The unveiling of the bear statue attracted a huge crowd on Gordon Street with cars pulling over to watch as city councillor Leanne Piper and director and curator Judith Nasby unveiled the bear to enthusiasm.

The bear was the victim of vandalism on March 18.

Guelph Police found it lying

on the ground by the bus stop.

The statue is the Begging Bear, by Carl Skelton, and it was in the Donald Forster Sculpture Park.

Officers learned that a number of males jumped on the bear and broke it off its cement footing. The vandals even took photos of themselves wit the damaged statue.

Police estimated the damage to be in the thousands of dollars providing there was no extensive damage to the sculpture itself.

Upon being reinstated at the centre, children and adults rushed to reach out and to embrace the much-loved bear sculpture.

Bearing up - The statue of a bear was unveiled as part of the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre’s Culture Days and people were enthusiastic about the addition to the grounds. It was damaged by vandals in March but is now reinstated.

Sinclair to be highlight for tornado fundraiser

HANOVER - St. James Anglican Church in Hanover is hosting Angus Sinclair and Friends, on Oct.. 28 at 7:30pm to raise funds for the Goderich tornado relief fund.

Everyone is invited to hear Sinclair, who along with other local musicians, will entertain and showcase the new organ.

A free will offering will be

taken to support the town of Goderich in their efforts to rebuild.

Sinclair is regarded as the cement that holds the Three Cantors’ together. Regardless of musical genre, he is at home, on grand piano, digital keyboard, or four-manual pipe organ. He has been the “fourth Cantor” since the first concert

in 1997.

Sinclair has been the Saturday night piano entertainer at the Villa Cornelia Restaurant in London since 1999.

Currently, he is chairman of the Diocese of Huron organ committee, and, with Andrew Keegan Mackriell and Canon William Cliff, conducts church

music workshops in the Diocese of Huron. He is a member of the founding council, and a Fellow of the Honourable Company of Organists.

In 1999, he was granted the Order of Huron by Archbishop Percy O’Driscoll.

The fundraiser is at St. James Anglican Church, 210 8th St. in Hanover.

Grandmothers hold vintage glassware sale The Grandmothers of the Grand are pleased to be part of a Vintage Glassware Sale on Oct. 15.

Jeanette Dunke a member of the group has collected 300 pieces of vintage pieces from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s.

Thirty of the pieces came

from her recent trip to England.

Those pieces are in perfect condition and will be a nostalgic reminder of yesterday.

Organizers said it will be a wonderful opportunity to purchase a unique piece.

While doing so, buyers will be supporting the Stephen

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The event will be held at

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Dessert and coffee will be available.

Song proceeds to cancer society Centre Wellington native Paul Cook is hoping to help battle cancer through song.

He has co-written the lyrics and music for Slow Dance, performed by Blind Colour.

And for every online sale of the downloadable song, his company, C&C Vocal/Music Services, will be donating $0.50 to the Canadian Cancer Society.

“I believe if you listen to this song, and read briefly about the true story behind it, you will be moved in some way, touched in some way, and might agree with spreading this song around the world,” Cook said in an email to promote the song and cause.

“I have put my full efforts, heart, and soul into this work, and believe with passion that we can make a difference. We need your help though ... to listen, share, download and forward this song - especially to people directly or indirectly affected by cancer.”

The original words to the song were written by poet David Weatherford, who passed away from cancer two years ago.

To listen to the song visit youtube.com and search “Slow Dance by Blind Colour.” To download the song and help the Canadian Cancer Society visit http://www.apple.com/itunes.

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Health & Wellness Tackling tough issues: Erin Radio offers mental health series until Nov. 20

ERIN - What do three National Hockey League players and five Pikangikum band members have in common?

Suicide, which is the second leading cause of death amongst young people (second only to car accidents).

And mental illness costs the Canadian economy $51 billion

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No one is immune to mental illness. Anyone and everyone is susceptible, no matter the race, colour, culture, religion, gender and socio-economic level.

Hockey players Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak, as well as five

unnamed young people from the Pikangikum band in northwest Ontario (four teenaged girls aged 15 to 19 and a 26-year-old male) all recently took their own lives.

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Stopping bullying can prevent suicides Recently stories of youth suicides due to bullying, or “bullycide” have been flooding the headlines in Canadian media.

It’s a sad reality for BullyingCanada executive directors Katie Neu of Kitchener and Rob Frenette of Fredericton.

Neu said the phone calls are something she never gets used to.

“It’s heartbreaking to see the stories about young lives being taken from us due to bullying,” said Neu. “It’s even more heartbreaking that there are even more stories like those you’ve heard and seen that never make the headlines.”

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Neu said suicide is a sad reality for countless youth each year who face bullying, and something can be done to prevent these kinds of stories.

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“We know what it’s like to be bullied and how horrible you can feel about yourself.

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Health & Wellness A healthy, seasonal treat: Pumpkins are not just for pies and decorations FERGUS - With the holiday season and fall in full swing, pumpkins are starting to turn up everywhere.

While many believe their only true uses are making pies and biodegradable candle holders, pumpkins can bring a lot more to the table.

Rich in vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, healthy fats and known to balance blood sugar and significantly reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and infections, pumpkins are an under appreciated super-food.

Pumpkins and their fellow winter squash are members of the Curcubitacea family, which was first cultivated some 10,000 years ago in Central America.

Pumpkins are well known to be one of the most significant plant sources of the carotenoids, including betacarotene, which are precursors to Vitamin A. These high-fibre vegetables also contain significant amounts of Vitamin C, the B-complex vitamins (which include B1, B6, folic acid, pantothenic acid and niacin), as well as minerals such as copper, potassium, zinc and manganese.

Cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors - high cholesterol, hypoglycaemia and Type 2 diabetes - are becoming epidemics in today’s society.

Diets high in dietary fibre, omega-3 fatty acids, B-complex vitamins and antioxidants have been well documented to treat and reduce the risk of these diseases.

The high dietary fibre found in pumpkin reduces the amount of cholesterol absorbed by the body and balances blood sugar by reducing the speed at which sugars are digested and absorbed.

Pumpkin also has the rare ability to block cholesterol formation through inhibiting the cholesterol forming enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.

The unusually high content of B vitamins and antioxidant carotenoids, as well as the B vitamin-like molecule inositol, in pumpkin and pumpkin seeds

Group: Ban tanning for youths The Melanoma Network of Canada (MNC) is calling on the new provincial government to implement legislation banning individuals under the age of 18 from using tanning beds.

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have been widely shown to greatly affect not only blood sugar and insulin levels in the blood, but also the regeneration and repair of faulty pancreatic cells associated with Type 2 diabetes.

Zinc and vitamin A are critical components of the immune system. They play an important role as both antioxidants and immune boosters. These critical roles have been linked to not only reducing the risk of infection, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, but also

many cancers, including prostate cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer.

The health benefits of pumpkin are obvious. What isn’t so obvious in is how to get more pumpkin into one’s diet.

While pie is a common treat at this time of year, the added sugar and cream doesn’t allow us to get the full benefits from pumpkin. Here are a few tasty ideas to increase the amount of pumpkin in your diet; - bake a small pumpkin whole in the oven or slow

cooker by placing it in a shallow dish of water and piercing the skin to allow steam to escape. When a knife can easily be inserted near the stem, cut it in half, remove the seeds and scrape the flesh out; - cube pumpkin into oneinch pieces and steam for seven minutes, or until a fork can easily be inserted; - top cooked pumpkin with a combination of any of the following: butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey and/or cinnamon. This tasty treat can be eaten as a side dish at dinner, in oatmeal at breakfast or mixed with apple sauce for a healthy pudding for dessert; - add cooked or raw pumpkin to soups and stews to add

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not only body and flavour, but vitamins, minerals and fibre as well; - bake rinsed, raw seeds from jack-o-lantern pumpkins in the oven at 160°F for 15 to 20 minutes. The seeds contain the highest amount of omega-3 fats, which are critical for optimal health; and - substitute cooked pumpkin for oil, butter and eggs in cakes, muffins and breads.

This year make pumpkins more than just dessert and decorations - make them a regular part of one’s diet.

This article was submitted by Katie McKeown, naturopathic doctor at Optimum Integrative Health Centre in Fergus.

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PAGE TWELVE Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, October 14, 2011

Health & Wellness Group urges Canadians to get annual flu shot

by December at latest OTTAWA - Influenza, commonly called the flu, is a highly contagious infection of the airways caused by the influenza virus.

The Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness and Promotion (CCIAP) urges all Canadians to protect themselves and those around them against influenza by getting this season’s influenza vaccine.

Each year, influenza causes illness among millions of Canadians.

“Some people think milder illnesses such as colds or even ‘stomach flu’ are influenza, but they are not,” said Dr. Bonnie Henry, chair of CCIAP. “Influenza is a serious viral infection with symptoms of cough, fever, fatigue and weakness, headache, general aches and pains, and respiratory congestion. It can take several weeks to recover.”

Influenza can lead to serious complications and even death in the most vulnerable

people, including those with chronic health conditions, pregnant women, children between six and 23 months of age, people who are morbidly obese, Aboriginal peoples, residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities and people 65 years of age and older.

Between 2,000 and 8,000 Canadians can die of influenza and its complications annually, depending on the season.

“The most effective way to protect yourself from getting influenza is to get vaccinated,” said Henry. “Immunization is a safe and effective way to prevent getting sick and spreading the virus to those around you - where you live, work and play.”

The best time to get immunized against influenza is October through to December.

Talk to the local public health department or a health care provider about this year’s influenza vaccine.

An apple a day ... decreases the risk of stroke New study, local expert confirm positive health effects of apples but also stress a proper diet includes fruits, vegetables of all colours FERGUS - The old adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” has some new evidence strengthening its claim when it comes to strokes.

But the evidence does not single out apples alone; it also includes other white fruits and vegetables such as pears and bananas.

Since it is widely understood that pigmented components of fruits and vegetables are nutritionally beneficial, further research was needed to better understand if a clinically-relevant difference existed between each color.

So a Danish group looked at the correlation in a new study entitled Colors of Fruit and Vegetables and a 10-Year Incidence of Stroke.

They classified them as green, yellow/orange, red/purple or white, and monitored how stroke prevalence changed in comparison to changes in consumption of the different

classes of fruits and vegetables.

The study found only fruits and vegetables white in color were associated with a decreased stroke risk.

In fact, for every 25 grams consumed per day, a 9% decrease in stroke risk was observed.

On average, there was a 52% decrease in stroke risk in those with high versus low intake.

These findings build upon the growing volume of information on the health benefits from fruits and vegetables of all color.

Despite these interesting findings, the study should not misinterpreted as stating one color of fruit or vegetable is more beneficial than another.

In reality, they are all extremely good for overall health, just for different reasons.

The ideal diet consists of a wide variety of brightly colored fruits and vegetables.

The Canadian Food Guide recommends eating five to 10 servings of fruits and seven to 10 servings of vegetables.

But naturopathic doctor Michael Long thinks that “drastically low.”

He recommends at least eight to 12 servings of fruit, and 10 to 15 servings of vegetables daily to maximize nutrition.

To improve overall health through nutrition, Long suggests eating foods with the following bioactive constituents: - anthocyanidins: these are found in blue and purple pigments, are highly antioxidant, increase vitamin C in cells, protect skin and connective tissue and protect blood vessels.

They are found in high levels in blueberries and grapes; - glutathione: this is small protein, composed of three amino acids. It is heavily involved in reducing free radicals in the body and promoting detoxification in the liver.

In fact, it is among the most important conjugating substances in the body, necessary for eliminating fat soluble toxins from the body. It is found

in high levels in raw apples, carrots, grapefruit, spinach, and tomatoes. Since it is a protein, cooking readily causes denaturation (breaks it down), so it is only found in substantial levels in raw foods; - carotenes: these are found in foods with red and violet pigments. In general, the brighter the intensity for color, the higher the carotene level.

This constituent is highly antioxidant, and is converted to vitamin A in the body. Many believe it plays a beneficial role in heart disease, macular degeneration, cataracts, and the prevention of many types of cancer (lung, skin, uterine, and cervical); and - quercitin: this flavonoid is found in high concentrations in white colored fruits and vegetables, namely onions. It serves to reduce inflammation in the body, promotes insulin activity, and reduces allergies by stabilizing mast cells. It is often used to treat heart disease and asthma.

This article was submitted

by Michael Long, naturopathic doctor at Optimum Integrative Health Centre in Fergus.

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Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, October 14, 2011 PAGE THIRTEEN

Bank offers advice on how to buy or start a business enterprise

If a business is inside the owner’s head, it is hard to convince lenders, investors and shareholders there is a credible company.

That’s where a business plan comes in. This highly recognized management tool is a written document that describes the entrepreneur, what is planned to achieve, how to overcome risks involved and provide the returns anticipated.

Often people think business plans are limited to starting up new companies or applying for business loans. But they are also essential to running a business with a clear, welldocumented plan.

Make it thorough but keep it simple.

Many entrepreneurs may see a business plan as a daunting task involving hundreds of pages. In reality, it should be a concise document that gives readers everything they need to assess for a company’s project.

There is no guaranteed formula

for writing an effective business plan. In general, show commitment to a venture and the skills and self-confidence necessary to make it all happen.

Here’s the core content.

The business proposal includes a description of exactly what is proposed. Who is the customer, what is the business exactly, what does it sell and what are the plans for growth?

Address how goods or services will appeal to customers.

How will the company or product or service make a difference in the lives of customers?

Market analysis. Make sure to show a lender the homework is done. Market research helps understand customers’ needs in order to offer a product or service that precisely fits those needs. Provide information such as the target market, customer demographics, competition and distribution methods.

Provide information on competitor weaknesses and

what dividend they can expect.

Generally lenders, shareholders and investors want facts and figures that back up the plan.

Show personal and business net worth (assets minus liabilities) so the lender can judge one’s ability to repay the debt A banker will also look at past credit history to gauge reliability. Know what credit agencies have on file.

Include assets such as collateral to secure a loan. Bankers invariably ask for some investment as proof of commitment.

That may have been raised privately.

The rule of thumb is that money attracts money; the more backers, the easier it is to attract new ones.

Be sure you include a cash flow forecast, the amount of cash needed to run the business.

Present financial projections for at least two years and do an analysis of market size

strengths and show how to improve on what they are doing.

Use organization charts to clearly spell out the roles of key management people and the proposed size of the organization.

Include information on the plan to recruit and maintain employees or handle outsourced work.

Do an assessment of the company’s needs with regard to premises and capital goods (such as machinery and technological equipment).

Be sure to modify information depending on the target audience. For example, a bank will be interested in how one will repay a loan or overdraft, what the owner intends to do with the money and how it will help the business grow.

Potential investors will also want to see the expected return and sources of funding, while shareholders are looking at the prospect of the share price and

and potential Show exactly what will make all of that happen. Assign clear responsibilities, set real dates and realistic budgets.

Include financial control systems, such as stock planning and managing debtors and creditors.

Address issues such as taxes, liability concerns, information on proprietorships, partnerships, limited or incorporated companies. If buying an existing business, be sure to clarify buy-and-sell agreements. Keep in mind a lawyer should look over all contracts and legal issues.

It helps to write an executive summary last; a page or two of highlights is sufficient.

Be sure to clarify if this is a new business venture, an expansion of an existing business, or the purchase of a new business.

Also include: - the type of business activity;

- a unique selling point; - the market to be served; - the main objectives of the company; - personal management background; and - project time frames involved.

Avoid: - being overly ambitious – be able to justify assumptions or projections; and - masking financial difficulties (inform the lender if sales fluctuate, for example, and consider a flexible payment schedule). A transparent business plan is one of the best assets in gaining the trust of bankers and investors, whether one’s own associates or people outside the company; and - providing inadequate information on the management team, flawed marketing plans, unrealistic forecasts or incomplete presentations.

Source: the Business Development Bank of Canada.

A guide to better sales performance A business is halfway through the quarter and one of its sales representatives is not delivering.

The goal is to correct the situation if there is nothing on paper setting out the person’s targets. Many entrepreneurs may make a common error trying to run a business without a sales plan. “You can’t manage results.

You can only manage the activities that lead to those results,â€? said AndrĂŠ Goyette, senior manager of BDC Consulting. “A sales plan is focused on how you’re going to specifically reach your sales goals, whether it’s by acquiring new business or by growing existing business.â€?

He added, “A sales plan is a practical tool that you can use to pro-actively manage your sales team and document what is expected of them,� he said. “If it’s not written down, it’s not going to happen.�

Goyette provides these tips to put together a winning sales plan: - Make sure the plan is sim-

ple, concise and easily revised.

Keep in mind that it’s a document to revisit on a regular basis in order to track ongoing performance.

- Stick to what is measurable, to easily monitor progress, such as the number of calls, prospects, account reviews, client referrals and leads.

- Along with a companywide sales strategy, be sure that every sales team member has an individual sales plan.

Consider key factors such as the nature of the territory and sales representative experience. Adjust goals accordingly.

- Ask sales team members to devise their individual sales plans; that ensures they are accountable for their commitments and helps them set realistic and attainable goals.

- Ensure each sales team member develops specific tactics, such as “I will hold 12 seminars in order to attract 136 potential clients,� or, “I will send 35 letters a month to existing clients to offer them our new product.�

- Ensure sales people have

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- The plan should have the right balance of “hunting,� acquiring new business, and “farming,� which is developing existing business with current clients. Farming can be a more cost-effective use of a sales team’s time because the client relationship has already been established.

Don’t forget the skills development component of the plan. Document what skills sales people need to improve in order to bring the company more business. For example, a team member might need stronger presentation or negotiation skills. They can then seek out seminars or other learning opportunities to develop those skills. Take advantage of sales plan templates on the web to get started.

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RBC donates $1.5 million across southwestern Ontario to support children’s mental health TORONTO - To acknowledge the importance of Mental Illness Awareness Week, which ran Oct. 2 to 8, RBC announced that over $1.5 million has been committed to children’s mental health programs across southwestern Ontario.

The donations will support a number of organizations across the region and are part of 108 organizations from across the country to receive an RBC children’s mental health grant.

The RBC children’s mental health project is the cornerstone of RBC’s Health and Wellness donations program The is a multi-year philanthropic commitment to programs that reduce stigma, provide early intervention and increase public awareness about children’s mental health issues. One in five Canadians will experience mental illness during their lifetime and many of those disorders begin in childhood or adolescence.

“At RBC, we are passionate about helping our communities and one of our key focuses is supporting children’s mental health causes,” said Laura Gainey, RBC’s regional president for Ontario southwest.

“We want to give youngsters a great start so that they are able to cope and live productive lives. We are thrilled to be partnering with leading organizations that do so much for our youth in southwestern Ontario and this donation will help us achieve that goal.”

Through the project, RBC will create a network of organizations and experts in the children’s mental health field that are trusted sources of information for parents and caregivers who may not know where to turn to for help.

The network will include the RBC children’s mental health advisory panel, made up of nine mental health experts, as well as the grant recipients, which currently includes over 100 hospitals and health care organizations across the country that are specialists in mental health issues, related to children.

BUS NESS

Decades of service - Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants and Consultants of Elora celebrated its 20th anniversary at its present location. The company has operated in Elora for the past 34 years. There are seven partners, with 25 full-time and five seasonal employees. From left are partners Tom Blonde, Tony Campagnolo, Ed Mitukiewicz, Todd Campbell, Dennis Zinger, Keith McIntosh and Helen Orok. photo by Sherry Clarke

Car wash cash - Edge Realty Solutions held a charity car wash on Aug. 21 at Reliable Ford in Fergus. Proceeds from the car wash were donated to the Centre Wellington Community Recreation Fund, which supports youths who want to play sports.

Accepting the cheque on behalf of the fund is Doug Jack and Kathy Fitzpatrick. The cheque was presented by Paul Martin, Malcolm Crooks and some of the sales representatives at Edge Realty Solutions. submitted photo

Grand opening - Local delegates recently helped celebrate the official grand opening in Elora of Crazy Carole’s restaurant, located at 6488 County Road 7. From left are: Donna Visser, councillor Kirk McElwain, restaurant owner Dean Darrah, councillor Walt Visser, Crazy Carole’s manager Maureen Corbett, Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce secretary and treasurer Paul Walker and patron Emma Taylor. photo by Kelly Waterhouse

Milestones

About the RBC children’s mental health project The project is a multi-year philanthropic commitment to support community-based and hospital programs that reduce stigma, provide early intervention and increase public awareness about children’s mental health issues.

Since 2009, the project has donated more than $6.5 million to more than 125 organizations across Canada.

Grant applications are accepted yearround from eligible organizations.

For more information, visit www.rbc. com/childrensmentalhealth.

On the web

Use local online directories

2011 Southwestern Ontario donation recipients · Oakville Hospital Foundation · St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation, Hamilton · Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation · Trellis Mental Health, Guelph & Fergus · Lutherwood, Waterloo · Vanier Children’s Services, London · Pathstone, St. Catharines · St. Leonard’s Society, Brantford · Woodstock and District Developmental Services · Maryvale Adolescent and Family Services, Windsor · Pathways Health Centre for Children, Sarnia

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Name Change John W. Bott, CGA, Professional Corporation, has a new name - Bott & Company, Certified General Accountants, Professional Corporation. The company, address and phone number remain the same. Phone number is 519-846-2278.

New Business Shoe Villa has opened at unit 1 54 Wellington Road 7, Elora. The mother-daughter owners Jane and Kaylan Lillie look forward to welcoming you. They may be reached at 519846-7463.

Crazy Carole’s Fresh Burgers & Wings has opened at 6488 Wellington Road 7, Elora. Dean Darrah and staff welcome you to the new restaurant.

They may be contacted at 226.-3842799.

New Location The Source, new corporate store, is now open at 878 Tower Street South, Fergus, 519-843-2982. Jason Vanhove looks forward to welcoming you.

The Community News has moved to 24 Wood St., Drayton inside the Studio Factor building.

Anniversary Collins Barrow, Chartered Accountants & Consultants, recently celebrated it 20th anniversary at the Fergus Elora Road/Gerrie Road, Elora location.

Harriston Home Hardware owners John & Patty Mock are celebrating 5 years in business. Stop by 18 Elora St., Harristion 519-338-2313.

BCR8iv Country Spa, owner Sharon Smith and staff are celebrating 10 great years at 334 Wellington Rd., Elora. Congratulations. Call 519-8468103 for an appointment.

The search engine world keeps changing and changing.

Compare a Google search results page from a few years ago with what we see today. Gone are the days of a simple and rigidly organized results page.

A Google search results page today shows things like videos, press releases, topical Twitter streams and a map with local search results.

All those changes were made by the search engines in order to provide Internet users with more relevant search results.

And the behaviour of these Internet users keeps changing over time. Web 2.0 sites like Twitter became the news besides reporting it (remember Egypt or Iran?) and have become an on-line barometer of what’s happening in the world.

So the search engines started to inject Twitter feeds and other web 2.0 properties into the search results.

Another trend worth mentioning (again) is local search.

People are searching for anything online these days - I read somewhere that 20 to 30% of all searches have local content.

Google is reporting that 33% of mobile searches (on a cell phone) have local intent, and Bing even reports a 53% local mobile search share.

Local is the new global. And “local” these days can be found online.

So what does that mean for you?

Well, you probably want to be found where people are searching.

Apart from making your own website found, you will want to make sure people can find you in other on-line hot spots.

Examples include local on-line directories (do a search to locate the ones relevant in your area) and the online directory of your Chamber of Commerce.

Those chamber directory sites get a lot of direct traffic (not search engine related) because people know they are filled to the brim with local business information.

I am a director for the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce, so I’ll use their website (www.cwchamber.ca) as an example. Look for the Business Directory link in the orange navigation bar.

The Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce website allows you to enter your own elevator speech - or more. Just click on the Member Login link on the chamber website (top right corner), enter your user name and password (ask chamber staff for your login information if you have misplaced it) and you can start writing your online brochure.

You can also upload your logo.

Chamber staff will be more than happy to assist you with this.

The listing in this directory is a privilege for chamber members only, of course, but with local search exploding, the listing on the chamber’s website alone will be worth the admission.

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FROM PAGE TWO Arthur Community Centre. 5–7pm. Adults $ 12, 6-12 $5, 5 and under free. Take-outs available. Please call by October 18. 519848-2839 for delivery. *** Palmerston United Church Turkey Supper. Buffet style service with sittings at 5 and 6:30pm. ADVANCE SALES ONLY. Adults $12, Children 7 – 12 $6. For tickets call 343-3620. For advance takeout dinner tickets call 343-2836. .*** Fergus & District Horticultural Society Meeting 7:30pm.

Fergus. Victoria Park Centre. Topic: “Pollinators, Plants & People” Speaker: Chris Earley. Our monthly meetings (every 3rd Wednesday) feature informative topics and speakers. Everyone welcome. Please call Helen for info. 519-843-3131.

Thurs. Oct 20

Drayton United Church Turkey Supper, 5-7pm. P.M.D. Community Centre, Drayton, Ontario. Tickets at the door. Adults $12, Children 10 & under $5, Preschoolers free. *** Jamboree St. John Parish Centre 160 Georgina St. Arthur, Ontario. (Next to St. John Church) Start time is 7pm. For cancellation info. due to weather call 519-848-6723. *** The Librarian-Witch Connection. Join us for a Genealogical Halloween event at WCL Fergus Branch as staff member Sarah Fisher discusses her own family connection to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Please register. 6:30–7:30pm. *** Rummage Sale- St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Mount Forest.

Drop off Oct 19, 9am-4pm. Sale 4 -7pm and Oct 20 9am-noon. *** Community Scare Night at the Drayton fairgrounds. The haunted house - nightmare on elm will be accepting either a non perishable food item for entry or a $2 donation per person to the local kinsmen club. Starts at 6pm, haunted house opens at 7:30pm.

Fri. Oct 21

Roast Beef Dinner & Anniversary Quilt Draw, at Knox-Calvin Presbyterian Church Harriston. Two Sittings at 5pm & 7pm.

Takeouts available. For tickets please call 519-338-2624. If no answer please leave a message. *** All You Can Eat Wings/Pub Night Harriston Legion #296.

Starting at 6pm till we run out. $12 per person. Entertainment by Lindsay Morgan. For more information call 519-338-2843. *** Holstein Drama Group presents “Clothes Encounter: A Farce in Two Acts” by Roger Karshner at the Holstein Optimists Hall, Sat. Oct. 22, 7:30pm. Tickets $12/play, and $20/dinner theatre on 15th.

For info. call 519-334-3490. *** Arthur Legion Wing Night. 6-8pm. All you can eat. $12. No take outs. Entertainment by “The Collection”. *** Nightmare on Daly St. Haunted House at the Palmerston Legion,

260 Daly St. Tamer Version from 2-4 pm. Lights on Walkthrough Oct 23, 7-9pm. Scary Version Oct 21 & 22, 7-9:30 pm, Oct 27 from 7-9pm, Oct 28 & 29 from 7-9:30pm. *** Until Oct 23- The Elora Halloween scare fair 12noon – 10pm.

Featuring the twilight zoo, main street players, fight like a pirate, bizarre bazaar and more Halloween & medieval performers, games and vendors - face painting and costumes for the parade available. Ceremony: Friday 6 -10pm. Elora Centre for the arts at 75 Melville St. *** Brighton Chapter #201 O.E.S. invites you to play Euchre in the Masonic Hall, 310 St. Andrew St. E. Fergus. 7:30pm. Lunch will be served. Come and enjoy the evening for $3. For more information call Betty at 519-787-8250.

SAT. Oct 22

Elora Legion Saturday Night Dance 8pm. Join Bill Beattie upstairs in the Maple Leaf Room for an evening of dancing. 519846-9611. *** Fall Festival, Melville United Church, Fergus. Free admission.

10am-5pm. Community event. Meals, snacks all day. Baking, attic treasures, books, silent auction, vendors, crafts. Homemade frozen meat pies. Kids’ area. 519-787-0570, 843-1781. *** ‘Justus’ Concert, Melville United Church, Fergus. 7pm. Band and large choral group from Streetsville performs with energy and enthusiasm a diverse repertoire. (Inspirational to Gospel, Rock to Pop.) Freewill offering. Elevator. 519-843-3274. *** Cribbage Tournament, Fergus Legion. Registration 12:30. Play starts 1pm sharp. *** Community Christian School in Drayton is hosting “Country Harvest” Bazaar and Auction in the PMD Arena (Drayton) 9:30 -3, skating 2-4, Lasagna dinner 5-7, live auction 7-11. Everyone welcome. 519-638-2935. *** Country Cupboard and Bake Sale St. Paul’s Anglican Church Mount Forest, 11:30 -1:30. Soup, sandwich, pie, beverage etc. $8.

Hope to see you there. *** Community dinner and history tour. Celebrate 150 years with Everton Church. Dinner at 6:30pm. *** Mystery Bus Tour $30 per person/Food Provided. Gather at Legion at 10:30am, arriving back at 8:30pm. For more information call 519-338-2843. *** Turkey Supper at Knox-Elora Presbyterian Church. Sittings 4:45 & 6:15pm. Tickets - Adults $13, 8 & under $6. Call 519-8460680. *** Duff’s Church Bazaar 10am-1:30pm. Country store, bakery, deli, flowers, stitchery and candy tables. Stay for lunch.

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Wednesday Evenings 6:30-8:00 pm Bethel Baptist Church 675 Victoria Terrace, Fergus (519) 843-2890 The program will run from October 12th to November 23

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FALL FESTIVAL Melville United Church, Fergus Community Event - FREE Admission Sat. Oct. 22nd, 10am-5pm Meals & Snacks all day ‘til 7pm • Baking • Crafts • Christmas Corner • Silent Auction • Treasures • Ice Cream Parlour • Books • Children’s Area • Frozen Meat Pies ‘Justus’ Concert at 7:00pm Fun, lively concert by the large choir and band, “Ambassadors of Mississauga” Favourite musical memories through the decades.

Creation Musical by Melville Children’s Choir 1:15pm Freewill offering at concerts

Corner of St. Andrew’s and Tower, Fergus 519-843-1781/3274

Here’s How it Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! Find the answer below.

Horoscopes - For the third week of October -

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 There’s really no time for procrastination, Aries. If you want to be the early bird getting the worm, then you have to act quickly this week. Buckle down.

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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, sometimes the inexplicable is just meant to be a mystery. Don’t beat yourself up over not having all of the answers. New opportunities arrive Tuesday.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you can’t help but feel giddy over what is to come. Others will soon be caught up in this infectious feeling. Money matters take priority later in the week.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Hold on to your horses, Cancer, because it is going to be a bumpy ride the next few days. When you think everything will smooth over, it starts up all over again.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, a moment of inspiration comes when you weren’t even looking for it. Take the opportunity to do something fun with your ideas rather than focus energy on work.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you are back on track and the feeling is exhilarating. Right now you feel like your life has purpose and you’re shooting through goals left and right. Tackle romance next.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Indecision only leads to inactivity, Libra. Stop talking about all the things you want to do and just do it already. You may be pleasantly surprised with the results.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 You are in dire need of a break, Scorpio. So relinquish the reins for a little while at work and take an extended vacation so you can recharge and regain your productivity.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you may want to make a resolution to change a few things about yourself that seem irksome to others. The same old strategy isn’t working so give a new one a try.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, a battle of wills leaves you licking your wounds. Now you may need to regroup and find a new way to mend fences. Put finances on the side for a while.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you may have been stepping aside and letting others take a leadership role in important decisions.

But you have missed out on essential information. Get involved once more.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Others may not know just how capable you are at handling things, Pisces. Show them just how effective you can be.

PAGE SIXTEEN Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, October 14, 2011

CELEBRATE ONTARIO PUBLIC LIBRARY WEEK OCTOBER 16 TO 22

FLU CLINICS Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health offers free flu clinics for residents.

For a list of flu clinics available, visit: wdgpublichealth.ca.

Residents may also drop into any public health office in Wellington, Dufferin, or Guelph. No appointment is needed.

Join us to raise awareness of the valuable role libraries play in the lives of Canadians.

Evergreen Award Voting Vote for your favourite Evergreen book during Ontario Public Library Week. The Evergreen Award, one of the Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading programmes, gives adult library patrons the opportunity to pick a winner from a shortlist of Canadian titles.

Food for Fines During Ontario Public Library Week, all branches will be accepting donations for their local food banks, in lieu of fine money. Each item donated is worth $2 in fines. Thanks to local food banks for partnering with us on this project.

Poetry Reading with Charles Mountford Tuesday, October 18, 11:00 am at the Palmerston Branch Charles Hugh Mountford is an award-winning Stratford poet and humorist who has been Poet-in-Residence at both the Stratford Public Library and the St. Marys Public Library. Copies of his books will be available for purchase and signing.

Clinic dates and locations are also available by calling: 1.800.265.7293 x 4161.

POLICE SERVICES BOARD TOURS OPP HEADQUARTERS Recently, members of the Wellington County Police Services Board met with officials at the Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters in Orillia and attended seminars on the various OPP units and operations.

NEW FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAMME Strengthening Families for Parents and Youth (SFPY) is an evidence based programme involving entire families. SFPY is geared towards families with children aged 12 to 16.

The financial assistance of The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers’ Union of Canada is gratefully acknowledged.

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Research has shown that this programme helps: • Increase children and youth resilience and life skills • Increase positive and effective parenting • Increase family communication

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Check www.wclib.ca for details, or ask staff at your nearest branch.

Beginning October 18, a nine-week session of SFPY will be held in Arthur at the Youth Options School, 5:30-8:30 pm.

TAX RELIEF PROVISIONS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS AND LOW INCOME PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

This session includes: • A free meal • Educational and fun activities for parents and their children • Free on-site child care

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The County of Wellington offers a property tax relief programme for low income seniors or low income persons with disabilities. This programme allows for property tax increases up to a maximum of $500 to be rebated to eligible property owners.

Assistance with transportation can also be arranged.

There is no cost to attend, and all families are welcome.

Space is limited, so sign up today!

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: • A low-income senior must be 65 years+, and be in receipt of benefits under the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) programme.

• A low-income disabled person must be in receipt of benefits under the Ontario Disability Support Programme (ODSP).

Application forms are available at local municipal offices, the County Administration Centre, or online at: www.wellington.ca.

For more information, or further provisions of this programme, please contact Emma Reddish: T 519.837.2600 x 2940* E emmar@wellington.ca.

Applications must be made annually, and filed by November 1.

ALTERNATE FORMATS OF THIS PUBLICATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. For more information, contact: Jennifer Cowan, Accessibility Clerk, at: 519.837.2600, ext. 2373* or Jenniferc@wellington.ca

For more information, or to register, contact: Gillian McCallum 519.821.6638 x 408 .

RETIREMENT Recently, two long serving employees at Wellington Terrace retired.

• Karen Merrick, Personal Support Worker, 25 years of service • Kim Kabbes, Nutritional Services Worker, 37 years of service County Council and staff thank Karen and Kim for their dedicated service at Wellington Terrace.

FEEDBACK - HOW ARE WE DOING? Do you have an idea for an upcoming issue?

Andrea Ravensdale, Communications Manager 519.837.2600, ext. 2320* or andrear@wellington.ca *ALL CALLS CAN BE MADE TOLL FREE TO 1.800.663.0750