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Traffic lights were finally turned on May 10 at the Crowsfoot Corner. The intersection of Crowsfoot Road, Katherine Street South and Sawmill Road between Conestogo and Bloomingdale has long been a trouble spot, the scene of many collisions, some of them fatal. Mike Jones from the Region of Waterloo says based on their assessment the new traffic lights should function well, and it was a bit of a challenge to determine how best to install them because the intersection is not typical. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

Co-ordinated movements

Local groups quick to help Fort MacService clubs, NGOs get right into fundraising mode as residents of Fort McMurray continue to deal with wildfi res

DEVASTATING WILD-FIRES IN FORT McMurray have prompted support from agencies across the country, with local groups pitching in.

Lions Club International jumped on board right away.

“Right now we have a tremendous fundraiser going on for the fire in Fort McMurray,” said Art Woods of the Elmira Lions Club. “Everybody’s help-ing across Canada, it’s wonderful. Lions are right there for sure leading the way. In our international

foundation we have a grant of $15,000 per club within 12 hours of when the trag-edy occurs. We get some money right out there to help the people with boots on the ground. So obvious-ly that’s happened already and we’re raising money.”

The Elmira Lions Club is in the process of develop-ing their plan to help. They were going to decide on the donation at Wednes-day night’s meeting. Their counterparts at the Wool-wich Community Lions Club approved a donation on Monday.

“Our experience is when there is a disaster like an

earthquake or a tornado or a fire, there’s a need right away and govern-ments take days, weeks, or months to get on board and then even for us here locally as Lions it takes awhile to get it approved. I’m pretty proud of the fact that our international or-ganization provides some money immediately within the first day,” Woods said.

Some 2,400 buildings were lost to the fire, and 90,000 residents aren’t expected to be able to re-turn home for weeks. The fire had grown to 229,000 hectares on Tuesday, but was moving away from

Fort McMurray.A fire of this size is

where Mennonite Disas-ter Service – Mennonite Central Committee’s sister organization – comes into play.

“When there’s interna-tional work that needs to be done in terms of disas-ter relief, that goes to MCC. And then North America, we partner directly with MDS. MCC is encouraging people to donate to MDS directly. There’s a dona-tion link that’s live on our main website or people can call MDS directly,” said Josh Hissa, communica-tions for MCC Ontario.

They’re not accepting donations of clothing and house wares. Instead, MDS is asking for financial sup-port so they can respond quickly when the area is open to the response team.

“Right now they’re work-ing in collaboration with the Red Cross and with municipalities that have been impacted so once the area’s opened up past just first responders, they’ll work very closely with those other groups to find out the best way they can be supportive,” Hissa said.

MDS is part of the cleanup portion of disas-ter relief, but they’re also

involved in long-term rebuilding. When floods hit High River, Alberta in 2013, MDS stayed for two years, just wrapping up in September of last year.

“They’re there for the long term, and that’ll be the case here in Fort McMurray as well,” Hissa said.

He notes Ontarians have responded strongly, the same way they did with the Syrian refugee crisis and the earthquakes in Nepal, with people coming into the office to donate, calling, and making online

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Creative Play, by providing accessible & inclusive opportunities for kids in Woolwich.

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Introducing children to new fun and creative games! (Registration required) Cost: $2.50/child/day

Elmira: Gibson ParkMay 7, 1 - 3 pm May 21, 1 - 3 pmJune 4, 1 - 3 pm June 25, 1 - 3 pm

Heidelberg Community ParkMay 7, 10 am - noon May 21, 10 am - noon

Conestogo Community ParkMay 28, 1 - 3 pm June 18, 1 - 3 pm

St. Jacobs: Riverside MeadowsJune 11, 10 am - noon June 18, 10 am - noon

Breslau: Breslau Memorial ParkMay 14, 1 - 3 pm May 28, 1 - 3 pmJune 11, 1 - 3 pm June 30, 1 - 3 pm

Maryhill: Maryhill Heritage ParkJune 18, 10 am - noon June 25, 10 am - noon

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HeidelbergMay 14, 10 am - noon

ConestogoMay 24, 6 - 8 pm

ElmiraJune 11, 10 am - noon

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St. JacobsJune 12, Time TBA

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contributions.The Royal Canadian Le-

gion has also issued a call to action to all of its Legion members across Canada, encouraging them to do-nate to relief efforts.

“Legionnaires answered the call and gave generous-ly to relief efforts during the floods in Badger, NL in 2003 and again during the floods in Calgary in 2013,” said Dominion president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Tom Eagles. “I am confident that our nearly 300,000 members will be as generous as possible in keeping with our service to Canada and its communi-ties.”

Friday, May 13, 2016 has been designated “Friends of Fort McMurray Day” in

Waterloo Region’s Catho-lic schools and WCDSB administrative sites. All WCDSB staff and students are encouraged to bring a loonie to school on Friday to assist the people of Fort McMurray and area in re-building their lives.

From May 10 to June 15 students, staff, parents and community members who wish to donate to the Fort McMurray Disaster Relief effort may do so by visit-ing the Waterloo Region Education Foundation Inc website, www.wrdsb.ca/wefi, or through individual school-run fundraising campaigns that will be starting soon.

Both school boards will be giving donated dollars to the Canadian Red Cross.

The Canadian Red Cross

had received more than $54 million from people across the country as of Monday to support those affected by the wildfire. It’s likely helped in part by the fact the federal govern-ment announced last week they’ll match all dollars donated to the Red Cross to help those displaced. Alberta is also matching Red Cross donations up to $2 million.

Donations in support of the Fort McMurray disaster can be made to the Cana-dian Red Cross at any TD Bank to account #80689-004-5237800/Alberta-NWT Command.

Or to support the resi-dents of Fort McMurray through MDS, call 1-866-261-1274 or visit www.mds.mennonite.net.

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MPP Harris launches Slow Down, Move Over campaign

KITCHENER-CONESTOGA MPP MICHAEL HARRIS is proposing new legislation and it is all about safety.

With the Slow Down, Move Over campaign, Harris hopes to expand the current safety laws surrounding vehicles with flashing lights, to include snowplows and waste management vehicles.

Currently, provincial law states that drivers have to slow down and move over when there are emergency vehicles with their lights flashing on the roads. The law was rewritten a few years ago to include road-side assistance vehicles, like tow trucks, and now, Harris wants to include a

few extra vehicles in there. He was in Waterloo late

last month along with members of the Ontario Waste Management Asso-ciation, the Ontario Road Building Association and the Bluewater Recycling Association to launch the initiative. The announce-ment fell on the National Day of Mourning, honour-ing the deaths and inju-ries sustained by workers while they were on the job. Harris wants to limit the number of names that get added to that list.

“While stats are not available on injuries and fatalities, there have been many high profile inci-dents across North Amer-ica and we feel that if this is put in place, it is just

another thing we can do to make sure that people going to work are going to come home at the end of the day,” he said, add-ing that similar laws are already in place in other locations. “In fact, this is already done in British Columbia and many of the U.S. states, so we feel that it is high time. It is about catching up.”

Harris said he doesn’t want to hear any more sto-ries about near-misses, or injuries in the waste man-agement field, or in the winter when snowplows hit the streets.

“It is something that both industries have seen an unfortunate increase in whether it be near-misses, or incidents on our road-ways, including our high-ways, when it comes to

winter and the snow plow vehicles, down to through the week, when those guys head out into our resi-dential neighbourhoods to pick up our recycling and garbage,” he said. “There are more and more close calls and I think, especially with vehicles that have a flashing light on them, most will slow down and move over, but I often see on our highways when police have a car pulled over, many vehicles still not moving over and slowing down. It is scary. When vehicles are out there plowing snow, there are other vehicles that are trying to pass them and I have heard some pretty scary stories, which led me to agree to table this legislation and see where it goes.”

While the proposed leg-islation isn’t up for debate yet, Harris said the legisla-ture has set precedent by adding amendments gov-erning cars on the road.

“I just debated the rare disease bill, so my slot isn’t going to come up for a bit, but that doesn’t mean that the government can’t adopt this as they have done in the past. My col-league, Garfield Dunlop, brought forward the same initiative extending the provisions to roadside as-sistance vehicles and the government adopted that in the most recent high-way traffic act bill. We are hopeful that even though my bill slot isn’t coming for a little bit, that the government would agree that this is a good idea and implement it.”

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EDSS students put their Skills to the test at provincial competition

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HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WERE at RIM Park in Wa-terloo last week for the provincial Skills Canada competition, putting their hands on knowledge to the test.

Among the competitors in categories like carpen-try, hair styling, refrigera-tion, food preparation and many more, were Elmira District Secondary School students Ally McMurray and Quinn Young in the horticulture and landscap-ing competition and Walk-er Schott in the plumbing build competition.

In both competitions, the students placed third – a big accomplishment when going up against the best from around Ontario.

The competition ran from May 2 to 4, with the main competition day on May 3.

McMurray worked with Young to build a landscap-ing display with gravel, a stone wall and the like in a predetermined arrange-ment. The twosome came third out of 11 teams in the

SINCE 1967, NEW HAM-BURG has played host to the Mennonite Relief Sale, with quilts, food and homemade goods on the selling block for a good cause.

For the past 50 years, the proceeds from the sale go to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for their work in relief, development and peace building around

Mennonite Relief Sale has become an institution in and of itselfLIZ BEVAN the world, and this year is

no different.MCC executive director

Rick Cober Bauman says the sale is a perfect com-bination of traditions and fresh ideas – the driving force behind keeping the sale in business for so long.

“It is a deep, deep tradi-tion that is continuing this year. Lots of the same things that have been carrying us through for 50 years, but a lot of new

things as well,” he said ahead of the May 27 to 28 event.

Some of those traditions include the famed quilt sale, with quilts made by members of the commu-nity and donated. This year will actually mark the end of a five-decade tradition at the quilt sale.

“There was a dear woman who just died a few weeks ago who has made a quilt for every sale from

the very first one, her name was Myrtle Horscht, and she is from the Elmira area. She in fact has two quilts in this year, even though she has passed away. She had made them ahead of time. There is that kind of deep dedication and devotion over the years that has re-ally endured,” said Cober Bauman.

Some of the new addi-tions to the sale come from different cultural commu-

nities in the Waterloo Re-gion. Cober Bauman says the popularity of different ethnic foods at the two-day event rivals that of the tra-ditional fare.

“Really, this is about a broad range of people, not only the Mennonites that have been in Waterloo Re-gion for hundreds of years, but also about the churches who represent Asian com-munities who have come to Canada and Latin Ameri-

can communities that have come to Canada,” he said. “So, they are selling papusa and spring rolls, so the types of food available that day has grown quite dra-matically and that is in part because of the diversity of the Mennonite community has grown over the last 50 years as well. It has been exciting to see the new communities, even though

Robotic performance a good thing for Woodland team

THE CYBERCAVS HAVE JUST returned from St. Louis, Missouri with one of the best robots in the world.

At the FIRST Robotics World Championships, the Woodland Christian High School robotics team, made up of 30 students, competed against 600 of the best robots in the world and winners of various re-gional competitions.

The teams and their ro-bots were divided into divi-sions, and each charged with completing a series of tasks and overcoming ob-stacles. Each action earns the team points.

The team won their division – Newton – and finished with a score that ranked them as the 32nd best robot in the world.

Nat Stroobosscher, se-nior build team member and operator, says he is proud of the team for placing so high and the culmination of almost five months of work.

“We ended up winning our division, which got us on to the Einstein field, which was the world finals

Breslau students put together a strong entry at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in St. Louis

LIZ BEVAN field,” he said. “We got these special pins, and since we were on the Ein-stein field we were theo-retically one of the top 32 robots in the world.

It is pretty cool. Starting this project in January, and being in May, it is so cool to see it come together.”

To make their success taste even sweeter, they were up against the best robots in the world. The competition was stiff.

“It is the same tasks as the regionals we were at, but now we are competing against higher tier robots and higher caliber teams,” said Stroobosscher.

Matthias Mostert is one of the team’s scouts and safety captain. He observes other teams’ robots and compiles data, which is used to come up with ideas for strategy and mechan-ics.

“It was a lot higher cali-ber of play. At the regional level there would be a few really solid robots. Here, there were tens of really good robots,” he said. “It was more difficult and more exciting watching

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EDSS student Walker Schott placed third of seven competitors in the plumbing contest at Skills Canada, held last week at RIM Park in Waterloo. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

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GRCA rolls out safety measures at its damsBooms and buoys installed in stages at various dams along the Grand River system

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THIS MONTH, THE GRAND River Conservation Author-ity has reinstalled equip-ment and safety measures at the dams they manage, including at Conestoga Lake and Floradale last week.

The project involved the installation of booms and buoys at dams across the region as a safety precau-tion, warning swimmers, boaters and recreational users to steer clear of the dam and their intakes.

The GRCA’s Lisa Stocco says after two deaths at a dam and the following in-quest into the incident, the annual project was imple-mented.

“The GRCA has been in-stalling these buoys/booms for approximately 15 years. This safety initiative is the result of recommenda-tions that were made in the Parkhill inquest in the spring of 2000,” she said in an email interview. “The inquest was held following an incident that occurred at Parkhill Dam in 1998, where a child tragically died as a result of becom-ing trapped in an under-water opening in the dam. Later that day, a police officer died while trying to recover the child’s trapped body.”

There are over 100 dams in the GRCA scope, of which the agency owns 28. To decide which dams were slated for the boom-and-buoy installation, the GRCA teamed with Transportation Canada. The safety measures are installed in the spring, and removed in the fall when the recreation season is over. She says the project is money well spent.

“This public safety ini-tiative costs approximately $25,000 annually, primar-ily in staff time,” she said. “The buoys and booms outline the hazardous ar-eas around the dam. The

intention is to make recre-ational river users aware of the dam and the risk, so that they can avoid the danger. A number of staff spend two weeks in the spring installing the buoys and booms, and then an-other two weeks in the fall removing them before the winter.”

She says the project is all about safety and the GRCA has a message for those that use the waterways around all the dams, not just the 28 the organization runs.

“The GRCA always en-courages those that use the waterways to exercise

caution. With respect to the safety buoys/booms and signage near dams, the GRCA encourages the pub-lic to be aware and to take the warnings seriously,” she said, adding that there is information out there on how to avoid danger in the vicinity of a dam. “The GRCA reminds recreational river users to stay upstream of any navigation marker buoys, and to never boat or canoe near dams where there can be undertows and extreme currents. There are underwater openings in dams that can’t be seen from the sur-face, and the current near

a dam can be very strong, creating an undertow where someone could eas-ily become trapped under the water. The GRCA has produced the River Safety Rules booklet, geared to kids. It will help them stay safe when they are near water, particularly near a dam.”

Installations around the region began in April, but since the beginning of May, the GRCA has had crews making the rounds from Brantford to Cambridge to Elora and this week, were in Guelph, Belwood, Breslau, New Dundee and Baden.

WHITNEY NEILSON

A TOPIC OF CONVERSA-TION for Wellesley village residents for many years, the Wellesley Pond will finally see the beginning of improvements this year.

Coun. Peter van der Maas reported to council on Tuesday night that he and mayor Joe Nowak had met with Grand River Conser-vation Authority’s super-visor of natural heritage, Crystal Allan, last month for a walkabout around the pond and discussed the idea of doing some restora-tion and naturalization to the pond.

“She has sent a proposal that the pond be enhanced in two phases. The one would be a naturalization of just one corner of the pond, filling in with a few native plants and the intro-duction of water cleaning, and a couple of shrubs to maybe keep the geese away

Officials eyeing changes to Wellesley Pond in multi-year stages

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POLICE BLOTTER

M AY 5

4:15 AM | Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to Road 152 south of Palmerston where two pickup trucks had just been stolen from the yard of a rural residence. The investigation revealed that two unlocked pickup trucks were parked at the residence while the keys were left inside the vehicles.  The home-owners heard the pickup trucks start up and observed them leave the property. The owner immedi-ately followed them southbound on Road 152. The owner lost sight of the trucks as they appeared to head eastbound on Line 86.  At approximately 6 a.m. one of the pickup trucks, a black 2006 GMC, was observed driving east bound

Waterloo Regional Police host open house event Saturday at HQWATERLOO REGIONAL POLICE ARE hosting an open house event Satur-day at the headquarters building in Cambridge as part of their “Police Week” celebrations.

The Police Week theme for this year is Discover Policing for Safer Com-munities. Everyone is wel-come to attend the event, which runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 200 Maple Grove Road, Cambridge. 

Along with a barbeque and live music, the day will feature demonstra-tions and displays from the Emergency Response

Unit, Canine Unit, Traf-fic Motorcycle Unit, and Forensic Identification branches, tours of head-quarters and the Chil-dren’s Safety Village, and family activities such as a climbing wall, pony rides, face painting, tat-toos, puppet show, and the Kitchener Rangers Street Team.

Admission is free, however, donations of non-perishable foods are always accepted towards the Police to Foodbank partnership program ben-efitting the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

on Road 178 towards Palmerston.  The second vehicle is a red 2003 Chevy Silverado extended cab pickup truck. Anyone with information about the theft or whereabouts of these vehicles is asked to contact police at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), and you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000

7:15 AM | Wellington County OPP officers went to the scene of a collision on Wellington Road 86 near Lavery Road, Mapleton Township.  A man was driving northbound in a 2010 Chevrolet when he lost control of the

vehicle, which entered a ditch and struck a mailbox. Police spoke with the man and believed that he was impaired by alcohol. An arrest was made and he was transported to a local OPP Operations Centre for further testing. An 80-year-old Listowel man was charged with ‘impaired driving’ and ‘over 80 mgs.’ His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for a period of seven days. He is to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on June 21.

M AY 7

9:05 PM | A serious colli-sion occurred at the intersection of Katherine Street North at Weisenberg Road in Woolwich Township. A minivan collided with the rear of a southbound transport truck, causing severe damage to the front of the mini-van. The driver of the minivan, a 63-year-old Elmira man, was transported by ambulance to Hamilton General Hospital with serious injuries. The force of the

COLLISION WITH BARRIER CLOSES GLASGOW STREET BRIDGE

The Glasgow Street bridge in Conestogo was closed for a short time on Apr. 28 when a rental truck that was too tall for the bridge’s limits proceeded ahead, striking the height-restriction railing. Crews and police were on scene to repair the damage before the bridge was reopened to traffic. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

Woolwich OKs sewer plan

Looking to extend the life of its underground pipes, Woolwich will spend $620,000 this year to launch a sewer-lining program.

Meeting Tuesday night, township councillors awarded a contract to Insituform Technologies Ltd., which submitted the lowest of five bids received.

The company will apply what are known as cured in place pipe (CIPP) products to sewer lines in Elmira and Breslau.

CIPP treatment allows existing

sewer pipes to remain in place while rehabilitation of the existing sewer networks is carried out. That could extend the life of current underground infrastructure up to 100 years.

Director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley noted the process could help Woolwich with its longstanding program to curb inflow and infiltration (I&I) problems that see storm water get into the sanitary sewer lines, overburdening the wastewater treatment plant and increasing costs dramatically.

As well, he noted, the process is much less costly and inconvenient than the previous I&I remediation work that required digging to reach trouble

spots.Among the locations slated for

work this year are Centre, Erb, Wyatt and Hampton streets, and Howard, Memorial and Park avenues in Elmira. Also on the list is the Breslau trunk sewer along Victoria Street North.

While the process is new to Wool-wich, CIPP installations have been used for more than 40 years to become an established, proven technology Kennaley noted.

From train to tractor to town

The tourist train stops in Elmira, but it’s a long way from the makeshift

station to the downtown. Thanks to the effort of a local merchant, visitors will soon have a shuttle service – one with a rural flavour – to bring them to and from the core.

Having purchased an old tractor, Elmeda Weber of Kitchen Kuttings arranged to rent a covered wagon, with the two pieces coming together to offer up transportation from the Waterloo Central Railway stop at the base of Oriole Parkway in the Union Street industrial area.

The shuttle will meet the train that runs three times daily between St. Jacobs and Elmira on market days.

The idea was quickly supported by councillors, who passed a motion

freeing up money in the Elmira BIA’s budget to cover the $12,000 cost to operate the service this year.

Coun. Scott Hahn, who serves as the township representative on the BIA, said the concept won unanimous support from the business group’s executive.

“The BIA is excited to move people downtown in Elmira.”

June is big deal for seniors, rec.

Doubling up, Woolwich councillors this week declared June to be both Seniors’ Month and Recreation and Parks Month in the township.

Seniors’ Month is a province-wide initiative to encourage citizens to recognize the accomplishments of seniors. The nod to local recreation is part of an Ontario initiative launched in 2005 through auspices of a group known as June is Recreation & Parks Month.

Trail meeting date change

Wellesley Township is holding a public meeting regarding the future of trails in the township on May 30 at 7 p.m. at the Wellesley Community Centre. It was originally planned for May 31.

impact caused the large steel rear impact guard to become detached from the rear of the trailer of the transport truck. The transport truck failed to remain at the scene of the collision. Waterloo Regional Police Traffic Services Branch is investigating and are looking to speak with the witnesses who assisted at the scene prior to police arrival. Anyone with information is asked to call 519-653-7700. ext. 8856 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

M AY 9

5:45 PM | A 19-year-old Elmira man was charged with ‘careless driv-ing’ after the piece of farm machinery he was driving struck a bridge on Blackridge Drive in Cambridge. The driver was travelling between two farms when he struck the bridge near Townline Road. City of Cambridge staff attended the scene and has temporarily closed Blackridge Drive until the structure could be inspected. Any witnesses are asked to call Traffic Services at (519) 650-8500, ext. 8856.

A JIGS HOLLOW ROAD resident’s bid to make a small residential cluster a firearms discharge-free zone failed to make a bang in Woolwich this week. Peter Hoffman’s plan was rejected by councillors meeting Tues-day night.

He had asked for an amendment to the town-ship’s firearms bylaw to include a group of seven

Woolwich rejects Jigs Hollow resident’s bid for change to firearms bylawSTEVE KANNON homes – from 1475 to 1557

Jigs Hollow Rd. – among the settlements where discharging a gun is not permitted. The area in-volves some 600 metres of frontage on the east side of the road, bounded by the Canagagigue Creek to the south and the me-andering Grand River to the east.

At the suggestion of township clerk Val Hum-mel, the scope of the area was reduced to exclude

properties at the south and north ends of the area proposed by Hoff-man. But in the absence of much support from neighbours, some of whom opposed the move, councillors opted to take no action. The properties, however, remain subject to a township-wide direc-tive that hunters require written permission from individual owners to hunt on the private land.

Hoffman argued the

changes were needed to increase public safety, protect children walk-ing to a nearby parochial school, and to give the area equal footing with the prohibition offered in other small settlements in the township.

Neighbour David Ya-worski, 1475 Jigs Hollow Rd., argued against the proposed changes, stress-ing that there have been no problems in the area to warrant amending the

bylaw.He dismissed Hoff-

man’s safety argument, noting the prohibition would encompass such a small area as to have no impact on, for instance, children walking along the roadway. In that vein, Yaworski suggested a bet-ter safety measure would be to reduce traffic speed along the gravel roadway.

Having visited the site, Coun. Scott Hahn said he had no concerns about

safety, even with an ar-chery range on the other side of the street.

“I’d be very safe walk-ing up and down that road at any time of day. I don’t support any bylaw in that area.”

Suggesting the situation seemed to be something of a “neighbourhood dispute,” Coun. Murray Martin said the township should take no action. “I don’t see a big reason to change anything.”

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Traffic-calming measures approved for St. JacobsCouncil also backs plans to extend municipal services during King Street reconstruction, bill benefiting residents

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STEVE KANNON

WELLESLEY IDOL IS ONCE again searching for their next star.

Auditions start on May 29, with registration clos-ing on May 22, and judges want to hear young singers in the township belt it out.

Last year’s winner, Paige Warner, wants to tell those who are thinking about signing up to sing to just go for it.

“Just don’t worry about it. For me, what I had to re-member was that it wasn’t about winning because my first time doing it, I hadn’t really sung in public be-fore, so just the fact that I did it was a huge step al-ready. I think just be happy with how you do, despite whether you make it to the finals or the semi finals, or

THE KING STREET RECON-STRUCTION project now underway in St. Jacobs, township council moved quickly this week to ap-prove new traffic-calming and parking control mea-sures.

All-way stop signs are slated for Water Street and Abner’s Lane, Water Street at the park and the intersection of Queensway Drive and Princess Street near St. Jacobs Public School. The township

wherever,” she said, add-ing that it took her three tries to win the competi-tion. “Four years ago, I auditioned and didn’t even make it past the first round, which was quite emotional on my part. I had actually told myself that I was never going back and that I couldn’t do it, but when it came time again the next year, to do the auditions again, I told myself that I didn’t want to do it, but that is why I had to. So I auditioned again and made it to the finals and got the fan favourite and third place.”

The contest has been running for 11 years, with the winners announced with a performance at the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival. Christine Bender, one of the organiz-

will also prohibit parking along one side of Water Street while it’s being used as a detour route during the construction project. Likewise, temporary no-parking signs will line both sides of Cedar Street between King and Water streets to provide trucks access to local businesses as needed during work on the project.

Concerned residents who addressed councillors last month were out again Tuesday night to push for the safety measures.

ers, says in previous years, the singing competition has been fiercely popular.

“We usually are full. We actually had to put a deadline and a limit on it. We had a cutoff. Hopefully we still get some more this

“Please consider some kind of traffic-calming at the bottom of Water Street before something hap-pens,” said Nicola Bywa-ter, pointing to speeding concerns as vehicles come down the hill.

While monitoring traffic in that area and near the school, Ward 2 Coun. Mark Bauman said he hasn’t seen many speeding cars, an observation backed by the increased police pres-ence he requested.

However, he did notice that children on bicycles

year. We had a waiting list last year,” she said.

Only nine singers have signed up so far this year, so there is plenty of room for those who want to test their pipes. Bender com-mends the singers for even

and scooters – some of them not wearing helmets – often weave onto the road without looking around. Likewise for pedestrians not looking before walking across the street, a practice that parents should be ad-dressing, especially with increased traffic just now.

“Those are things par-ents can impress upon [them]. The onus has to fall on the parents,” he said.

Along with those unsafe practices, his monitoring of traffic around the school revealed parents using no-

getting up on the stage. “We’ve got a huge range

of contestants. Some of them, they are beginners, but you have to give them the credit for getting up there to try. Just go for it,” she said, adding that even

stopping zones to drop off their kids, creating a safety hazard by blocking sight-lines.

“I’m wondering if public shaming is an option,” said Bauman, suggesting some mention in the school newsletter of specific-enough information to get the attention of repeat of-fenders.

In a related matter, councillors voted in favour of extending municipal water and sanitary sewer pipes to the south end of St. Jacobs while the Region

if a singer doesn’t win, they will get some valu-able advice on how to do better the following year. “The judges also give a lot of feedback, and it is all positive and ways they can improve. You don’t need to think you are the best.”

Youth aged 10 to 18 can enter the competition and must live in Wilmot, Wellesley, Woolwich or Perth East townships. There are some big prizes for those that make it to the top three spots in the contest, and a smaller prize for fan favourite.

First place takes home $500, second place gets a prize of $300, third place wins $200 and People’s Choice winner will take home $125.

For the registration form, contact Bender at stevechrisbender@hot-mail.com, or call 519-656-2034.

of Waterloo has the road and underground services dug up. Some 15 property owners along King Street currently on private wells and septic systems will have the option to tap in, though they’ll have no choice about paying: each will be responsible for paying about $30,000 to cover the per-property cost. Residents would also have to cover the cost of a line from the roadway into their homes should they decide to hook up to the services.

they don’t make apple pie or quilts, but say, ‘we could get into this. We do other things that are part of our culture.’ It has really taken off. The lineups at the spring rolls and the papu-sas are just as daunting as they are for the fritters.”

He also has good memo-ries of the relief sale dating back these 50 years.

“I wasn’t at the first sale, but I was at the second one and then as a very young boy, probably around 1970, I was asked to sell milk like the kid sells peanuts at a baseball game,” he shared

with a laugh. “I got some cartons of white or choco-late milk for people who didn’t want to leave their seats, even as the arena got warmer during the day because they didn’t want to miss buying their quilt or bidding on their quilts. I have very fond memories, and I am sure others have very fond memories as well.”

To mark the 50th Men-nonite Relief Sale, the MCC has added an extra initiative to raise a bit of side money, specifically for Syria.

“We want to raise an ex-tra $50,000 exclusively for response in Syria, not for the refugees coming here – that has been well sup-ported – what about those millions of people that are still there?” he asked. “This

will make it more likely that people who have been displaced, would be able to return home. We are very excited. A local restaura-teur has agreed to provide baklava, and people will be invited to make a donation, and come and have a piece of baklava, to go towards this $50,000.”

The sale runs on May 27 and 28, starting with a seat sale and quilt preview on the 27th at 5 p.m., a barbe-cue dinner at 6 p.m. and a silent auction starting at 7 p.m. Food vendors will be on hand.

The next day has a pan-cake breakfast, children’s activities, the quilt sale itself, outdoor auctions and a Run 4 Relief.

For more information on the sale, visit www.nhmrs.com.

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Paige Warner was the winner of last year’s Wellesley Idol competition. Organizers are now seeking prospects for 2016. [FILE PHOTO]

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matches. There is a bit more of a competition going on. There were no matches where it was just dead.”

The 30-member team has a few changes to the ro-bot since the regional com-petition last month. Along with programmers adding some extra code to improve functions, Stroobosscher says they also made struc-tural changes.

“We reinforced it. We found that we were tak-ing hits, and bending out of shape, so we basi-cally threw some gussets in there and stopped that from happening,” he de-scribed.

The CyberCavs’ robot was also unique in a sta-dium of 600 robots, and in

from that area of the pond. Phase two will include a proposal to dredge the pond and to make it deep-er, although that would probably make it a little bit narrower. Those are things that are going to be dis-cussed,” van der Maas said.

She suggests they iden-tify what the riparian areas are for naturalization in the first phase. Riparian areas, otherwise known as shore-lines, that have a variety of vegetation provide spawn-ing, nursery, and food ar-eas for fish and wildlife.

“Much of the existing park’s shoreline is mowed and minimally productive from an ecological perspec-tive – areas could be identi-fied where a buffer of more natural vegetation (i.e. native grasses, wildflow-ers, shrubs, trees) could become established,” Allan says in the proposal.

The GRCA is looking into similar projects where they’ve dredged a body of water, such as Victoria Park

a very important way.“There was a defense

in this game where there were two doors, one that opened to the side and one that opened downwards. We went into the cham-pionships expecting that other teams could do those fairly well, but we ended up being the only robot in the world that could do both of those defenses au-tomatically. We would run up to it, get through it no problem,” said Strooboss-cher. “We would then see other robots go up to it and struggling to get it open, lumbering through them. We have an arm that auto-matically comes out, opens the door and comes back.”

Stroobosscher and Mo-stert will be graduating this year, but operator Josh Van

Lake in Kitchener and Clair Lake in Waterloo to see if there are any design points they could apply to Welles-ley’s pond.

Pond sediment will also need to be collected and tested this summer.

Now they’re looking into forming a committee of five to 10 residents, a Pond Enhancement Advisory Committee, to give council some resident input. The GRCA will also be staffing a booth at Art Round the Pond, on the third Saturday in June to hopefully solicit a little interest.

“It was one of the more frequently requested en-hancements to the village that was listed in the com-munity forum in Wellesley. Several people mentioned enhancing the pond, both young and old,” van der Maas said.

He added now that the GRCA seems to be enthu-siastic about it, it may be a good time for them to work with the GRCA and hopefully get some grants

Pelt and scout and strate-gist Nathanael Willms will be back next year. They have very high hopes.

“We want to win the entire World Champion-ships,” laughed Van Pelt.

Willms shared that winning it all might not be completely out of the realm of possibility for the Breslau team.

“The world champion-ships is going to be divided in half next year, so we will only be competing against half as many teams. So we actually have a better chance,” he said.

To learn more about the robotics team, visit their website at www.cybercavs.com. To see full results from the competition in St. Louis, visit www.firstin-spires.org.

to help fund the enhance-ments.

Nowak says this will more than likely be a multi-year project and it won’t happen overnight. Although, they’d like to get started on the northwest side of the pond this year to naturalize it. They’ve already spoken to someone who knows indigenous plants about that.

The timeline suggested by Allan includes assessing the pond’s condition and considering conceptual designs this summer. That would be followed by the draft design in the fall and possibly dredging the pond in 2017, if funding and per-mits allow.

“So we’re moving for-ward with that idea. We may run a little bit of a walkway down in through there and have a natural area and a learning area where people can identify these plants and enjoy them. It’s something that we’d like to do this year,” Nowak said.

ROBOTICS: Team has its sights on bigger things

POND: Work will be carried out in stages

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The CyberCavs robotics team explains their machine to the judges at the World Championship contest in St. Louis, Missouri at the end of last month. [SUBMITTED]

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THIS WEEK’S COUNCIL DISCUSSION about the township’s firearms bylaw clearly illus-trates the rural-urban divide in Woolwich.

In neighbouring Kitchener and Waterloo, rules govern-ing the discharge of firearms are fairly straightforward. In the townships, there is a gray area where the rural characteristics are in conflict with the settlement areas – it’s clear that you can’t fire a gun in, say, downtown Elmira, but on the outskirts of our communities, one is likely to hear shots going off throughout the assorted hunting seasons.

While Jigs Hollow Road resident Peter Hoffman pro-posed prohibiting the discharge of firearms in the resi-dential cluster where he lives, not all of his neighbours were in agreement. Council’s decision not to act wouldn’t be an option in the cities ... or even the larger settlements in Woolwich.

As our population grows and our communities expand, residents are apt to come in contact with hunters – at least via the sound of gunshots in the distance. Such con-flicts have already surfaced on the Woolwich-Waterloo border, where hikers on the RIM Park side have at times complained about shots being fired down by the river. More such incidents are in store at such points as Benja-min Road and in the rapidly developing Breslau area.

Growth here is already something of an issue, with many worried about the urban sprawl of our urban neighbours; council moves that would further restrict hunting may serve as fodder to those unhappy with the changes that accompany development.

That said, council’s first priority is to the safety of residents, on both sides of the township’s borders. Even where there is no direct physical threat, the perception of danger is a real concern – few people are comfortable with living, working or playing within earshot of guns firing.

With its abundant open spaces and woodlots so near to the cities, Woolwich has been a prime candidate for hunters. Unfortunately, some hunters have been slog-ging through private property despite a township bylaw that demands they have written permission from the landowner.

For some property owners, having trespassers on their land is annoying enough. Others like to see their proper-ties as something of a wildlife preserve, where they can enjoy an up-close view of nature. And some are simply not comfortable with firearms being discharged in their vicinity. Whatever the reason, landowners are well with-in their rights to expect others to obey the law.

Simmering below the surface as well is a widespread public wariness when it comes to guns. Opinions about weapons and gun control measures, always contentious issues, are one of those quintessential topics when Cana-dians differentiate themselves from our U.S. neighbours. Woolwich’s stance lends one more thing to think about in the spirit of public awareness.

There was no specific incident that sparked the resi-dent to propose changes to the bylaw. Instead, he saw the potential for future conflict in an area that might be seen by some as prime for hunting. Hoffman argued for the residential cluster to be given the same protections as other small residential areas such as North Woolwich, though such areas are deemed official settlement areas by the township, whereas the Jigs Hollow spot is not.

As growth continues, the township will undoubtedly be revisiting its bylaw before too much longer.

Firearms control isn’t an easy issue even in Woolwich

RODRIGO DUTERTE, WHO HAS just been elected pres-ident of the Philippines, comes across as Donald Trump on stilts. He talks dirtier (last week he called the outgoing president a “son of a whore”), and he can barely open his mouth without threatening to kill somebody (he recently promised to fill Manila Bay with the bodies of 100,000 criminals if he won). But the resemblance is only superficial.

For one thing, Duterte is not a fake tough guy. In Davao City, where he has been mayor for the past 22 years, a local priest es-timates that death squads linked to him have killed more than 1,400 people, mostly petty criminals and street kids. Sometimes “Duterte Harry” denies the death squads exist, some-times he condones them, occasionally he hints that he does some of the killing himself.

Maybe so, maybe not, but what matters to the

Filipino version of Trump or not, new president a questionpeople who voted for him is that Davao City, once the most violent city in the Philippines and possibly in all of Asia, is now so safe that naked virgins carry-ing bags of gold regularly pass through its streets at midnight unmolested. The man is a miracle-worker, or so it seems, and now he is going to work miracles for the whole country.

The miracle he is now expected to produce, how-ever, is not just law and or-der. It is a more equal shar-ing of the prosperity that some in the Philippines are now beginning to enjoy, and that is a considerably taller order.

For many years the Phil-ippines lagged behind the other countries of South-East Asia – Malaysia, Thai-land, Vietnam, Indonesia – as they turned into “tiger” economies and local in-comes soared. The wealth was not very evenly shared in any of them, but at least as their economies grew even their poorest citizens enjoyed some “trickle-down” effect. Whereas this process had scarcely begun in the Philippines.

For the past decade the economy of the Philippines

has finally been growing fast: an average of six per cent annually. Foreign in-vestment has quadrupled, the budget deficit is down, more money is being spent on infrastructure – but in ten years there has been no trickle-down beyond the middle class. The poor are just as numerous and just as poor as always. So they voted for Duterte.

The establishment tried its best to stop this sinister populist. Outgoing presi-dent Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino (who is constitu-tionally forbidden to seek a second term), tried to get the other presidential can-didates to unite behind one candidate against Duterte. He warned that Duterte would turn into a dictator. At a closing rally on Satur-day, he told voters: “I need your help to stop the return of terror in our land. I can-not do it alone.”

They didn’t listen. Duterte not only won; he got almost twice as many votes as the candidate who came second, and he is going to be the president of the Philippines for the next six years. So what will he actually do with his mandate? Nobody knows,

because he hasn’t been very forthcoming about his intentions.

When the presidential hopefuls were asked what they would do about their country’s bitter dispute with China over islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by both of them, for example, the other candidates offered detailed strategies for as-serting the Filipino claim. Duterte said he would go out on a jet-ski and plant the Filipino flag on one of them.

So, then: impulsive, headline-grabbing, not best known for his joined-up thinking. ... Starting to sound like Trump again, isn’t he? But there are things about Duterte that suggest a more complex person behind the facade.

He has been a prominent supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups in Davao, which is definitely not a vote-winning position in the deeply Catholic Philip-pines. He has been trying to restart the stalled peace process with the Muslim minority in his home is-

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Critiques of globalization provides latest scrutiny of trade with China

SAY WHAT YOU WANT about Donald Trump and his pronouncements – and plenty of people have plen-ty to say – he’s certainly struck a chord with his decidedly un-Republican bashing of globalization and trade deals, scoring particularly well with his indictment of trade with China.

Where most politicians, including Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama, are shilling for quality-of-life-destroying trade deals, Trump is speaking out in favour of local jobs and the economy. In that, and pretty much only that, he’s drumming to a beat championed by fellow presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.

Military posturing aside, his talk about the economic impacts of Chinese trade policies – lots of cheap crap, currency manipula-tion and trade barriers – is something to which we can all relate.

If you gathered up all of the Chinese-made prod-ucts in your home, dragged them out to the backyard and had a giant bonfire, chances are your house would seem much emp-tier. It’s also a pretty good guess your home would be safer. On the downside, the fire would release huge amounts of toxins into the environment, and earn you a not-so-friendly visit from the fire department and other officials.

There has been plenty of talk about offshore job losses as many companies set up shop in China. Add to that the environmen-tal concerns due to that country’s lack of controls and the issue of buying items manufactured there becomes more than just the price tag. The question, then, is how much are you willing to pay to buy from other sources?

Those of you who’ve been around long enough will remember when the label “Made in Japan” was both common and the sign of some low-cost, low-quality goods. Later, Tai-wan was a frequent source. Today, of course, “Made in

China” appears on a wide variety of products.

With a frequency that wasn’t seen from past im-ports, those Chinese-made goods are the subjects of health scares and product recalls. There’s a long list of unsafe toys (lead paint and other toxins, swal-lowing hazards) and even more dangerous foods (melamine, heavy metals, toxins). There have been scares involving tooth-paste, pet food and unsafe tires.

Consumers are at risk both in China and in coun-tries where Chinese food products end up, including Canada.

With food products, beyond poor handling practices the threat ex-tends to environmental pollutants and the use of chemicals deemed unsafe here. Farmed fish, for in-stance, has been found to contain chemicals Canada has banned – such seafood can’t be sold here, but there have been cases where such products have slipped by the Canadian Food In-spection Agency.

Lax environmental stan-dards and business practic-

es in China have consum-ers increasingly worried.

Consumer groups have long advocated for govern-ments to take a closer look at the rules governing the importation of Chinese-made goods. Right now, there are few real assur-ances that goods are safe.

The government often depends on the manufac-turers to provide test data on their products, which is fine for reputable compa-nies, but consumers don’t know who to trust. What’s more, federal officials have no power to order goods off the shelves, relying on the companies to issue the recalls.

A change in legislation may be needed to ensure proper testing and to al-low officials to take action where necessary.

Some 60 per cent of toys imported into Canada come from China. And Chinese-made products account for almost nine in 10 toy recalls.

While the government is unlikely to place a ban on Chinese-made products, or even the most risky catego-ries of goods, Canadians can vote for change with

their wallets. Stop buying Chinese

products and maybe they’ll change the way they do things.

That’s easier said than done, of course. We’re hap-py with the low prices that come from China’s lack of labour, environmental and safety regulations, even if manufacturers and retail-ers are passing on the full savings they enjoy by doing business there.

Worse still, finding al-ternatives can be difficult. Certainly, much of the cheap plastic stuff you can find in dollar stores isn’t available from other sourc-es. But even with larger items such as household goods, the Made-in-China label is hard to avoid. It’s a conundrum even for those looking at the larger implications of trade with a country known for its poor human rights record, lax environmental laws and unfair labour practices even as the now-slowing economy boomed.

There’s no question that Chinese economic growth is causing the Chinese to pollute their environment, but supporters of yet more

trade hope that a richer economy will stir calls for better controls. Likewise, social inequality could be less pronounced as stan-dards rise.

Still, it’s too early to tell which direction the Chi-nese will follow, whether it may someday follow the model of Asian neighbours South Korea, or the more egalitarian Japanese exam-ple. Perhaps the economy could end up more like Bra-zil’s, featuring a wealthy elite, a small middle class and a larger underclass – not a desirable outcome.

Equally unknown is how China’s military aspirations will play into its future, including its economic relationship with trading partners such as Canada.

All of these factors may come into play for pundits, but it’s unlikely the average consumer in this area pon-ders them before picking something off a store shelf.

Some unions and their supporters make talk about buying Canadian, but where a product is made is usually secondary to other consumer concerns. How

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land of Mindanao, and insists that it must address the injustices that have been committed against Muslims.

Not really your run-of-the-mill populist after all, then, but it still feels like the Filipinos have made a serious mistake in voting for Duterte. There’s just too much macho bluster, like this gem from his final campaign rally in Manila on Saturday: “Forget the laws on human rights. If I

make it to the presidential palace, I will do just what I did as mayor. You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out. Because I’ll kill you.”

He’s also prone to say that if the country’s demo-cratic institutions get in the way of his anti-crime crusade than he’ll abolish the Congress and rule as a “revolutionary govern-ment.” His entertainment value is undeniable, but Filipinos may come to re-gret giving him the keys to the presidential palace.

In the span of a single year, $40 billion flowed to the top 10 tax havens – an all time high. Tax havens now hold at least $270 billion of Canadian corporate money, mostly untaxed. In 2015, $13 billion was funneled to Cayman Islands, $9 billion to Barbados, nearly $8 billion to Bahamas. Money sent to Switzerland increased by 58%.

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MUCH LIKE AN ’80S rap-per, I stood there with a stupid grin on my face, sunglasses on and a sturdy hoe beside me – and in the 5-gallon pail beside that was a rake, shovel, trowel and, in the right hands, other weapons of grass de-struction.

It was Sunday though I should have been fish-ing or turkey hunting and Jenn and I were in farming mode.

So I bent down, looked over our back forty, picked up some soil and rolled it in my hands and took a deep breath.

“This is fine earth,” I said. “It will take some toil, a bit of rain and sun, but we’ll grow a good crop here that will help us get through winter. Of course, we’ll need to buy a tractor first.”

Jenn looked at me as said, “Tractor? Are you crazy? This garden plot is only 4 feet by 8!”

“It doesn’t have to be a big tractor,” I added.

An uncomfortable si-lence followed.

I’ll admit my plans were a bit grandiose. Heck, even calling this strip of land “our back 40” was techni-cally wrong –for it was ac-tually 48 inches wide. And 96 inches long.

You see Jenn and I have

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THE GUELPH TO GOD-ERICH Rail Trail will see three new bike repair stands installed this spring, contributed by Elmira’s Colleen and Dave Brown, who hope others will be inspired by their generosity to help fund the completion of the trail.

As avid cyclists, they’d also like to see their do-nations and subsequent improvements to the trail encourage more people to get out and enjoy the 127-kilometre long multi-use trail.

“We think the more people that support it and promote it the more likely it is to be finished. And what a lovely thing to be

able to get on the trail here and not have to get on the road to go to Goderich, it would just be awesome,” Colleen said.

They use the trail rough-ly five days a week, either walking or biking. They estimate they’ve been bik-ing it for the past 15 to 20 years.

“We use it a lot and we just think that if you make it more usable more people will be out cycling – it’s a healthier lifestyle for ev-erybody. Everybody needs an opportunity to do that,” Colleen said.

The new bike repair stands are in Elora, where the trail starts in Guelph, and the third will be going in at Millbank.

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Dave and Colleen Brown are enthusiastic cyclists in Elmira who hope their contributions to the G2G Rail Trail will encourage more people to take advantage of the trail. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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in Florida and thought it was a good idea to bring here. They also purchased the bike repair stand lo-cated at the trail head on Arthur Street in Elmira and the Lions Club paid for the base and for it to be installed.

“It’s just something we just decided that we’d like to support, that’s what it boils down to,” Dave said.

And for somebody who maintains his or her own bike they see it as a good option to encourage them to use the trails. They can pump up their tires and use the tools to tighten bits. If you have a smartphone you can even scan a code on the bike repair stand and find out how to repair your bike with what’s included

in the bike repair stand.“You could be living in

Elmira and just not have bicycle tools but be able to come down here with your bicycle and repair it your-self,” Colleen noted.

The trail has seen major improvements since it was created where the old rail-way tracks ran, with bridg-es and stairs now installed in different places. Colleen and Dave even remember walking on the tracks with their kids after trains had stopped running.

It’s hard to believe that was some 30 years ago.

Over the years they’ve seen more people using the trails for walking, running, and biking.

“I just think it would be neat to see it go all the

way to Goderich. I’d like to see it completed. I rode to Millbank today actually at lunch with another couple. There’s about two kilome-tres that are iffy, it’s really soft, and other than that it’s not bad, really,” Dave said.

He adds that trails are also a great place for kids to learn how to bike, where they don’t have to worry about cars.

The couple has biked in countries in Europe where there’s always a path for bicycles, and usually a ded-icated sidewalk for them. They’d like to see that be-come the norm in Canada as well, and they think that creating an accessible trail

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The team pulled off two wins in their first double-header of the season on May 4. They defeated Southwood Secondary School 16-4, followed by a 22-5 win over Jacob Hes-peler Secondary School.

The Elmira group has been successful for the past few years, playing without a single loss last season and defeating St. David’s Catholic Secondary School in the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association (WCSSAA) championship.

“We had a really nice start. We did better than expected for sure. Because we had new players we weren’t sure how the sea-son was going to go, but once we saw the girls out on the diamond and play-ing together, we think we have lots of potential,” said coach Brian Carter.

About half of last year’s championship team re-turned this year, with a good core of players to build from.

“There’s a couple girls who have a lot of raw talent, but haven’t re-ally played a lot of ball, so they’re learning as we go. As the season progresses we think there’s a few girls on the team that will really contribute more so than they can now,” he said.

He says their pitcher, Lauren Quehl, will be inte-gral to the team this year. She’s pitched for EDSS for three years.

“It’s just so nice to have

Slo-pitch, fast start for Lady Lancers squadEDSS slo-pitch open the season by taking both ends of a doubleheader

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a reliable pitcher in slo-pitch. It makes the games go faster. It makes the girls defensively ready to go because you’re not sitting around waiting. She’s just a reliable pitcher, it’s great to have. And she’s a good hitter as well. She’ll be im-portant.”

He notes they’ll depend on third-year Leah Sebben who’s one of the team’s better hitters and a good second baseman.

“Jacqueline Wideman is going to be very important this year because she’s going to play shortshop. A girl who graduated last year had played shortshop for the last five years for us which is really rare. Jac-queline’s replacing a really good player and we think

she’s got the ability to do a really good job in that role,” he said.

It’s hard to know year to year which teams will be good, but Carter says Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School, the only other township high school, always seems to have a pretty strong team.

EDSS and WODSS were tied for first place in the league heading into this Wednesday’s games.

As for what appeals EDSS girls to slo-pitch, he says it’s less demanding than many of the other high school sports.

“We’re only out on the diamond twice a week in-stead of four, five practices a week. It’s more of a re-laxed attitude. And a lot of

them that are on the team play fastball or slo-pitch at their churches or in the community. It’s a way to get together at school and do the same thing,” he said.

Aside from the basics - hitting, throwing and catching - they’ve been practicing the details of the game to hopefully continue their winning streak this season.

“We’re still basically working on some subtle-ties to the game, like situ-ational stuff, like where to throw the ball when there’s runners on this base and if there’s that many outs, do this, just some intricacies of the game because a lot of them haven’t played a ton of baseball... We try to work on their base running and their defensive skill and situational play the best we can and then of course we just have as much batting practice as we can,” he said.

He expects the team to be very competitive in their playoff tournament next month.

“We feel like we should be competitive for sure. In early June we’ll have our playoff tournament and we certainly hope we will qual-ify for the playoff tourna-ment and then go as far as we can within it,” he said.

The team faced Huron Heights Secondary School and Preston High School on Wednesday. Scores were not available before press time. They play again on May 18 versus Eastwood Collegiate Institute and Waterloo Oxford District Secondary School. Their only home game is June 1 at 3:30 p.m. against Sir John A. Mac-Donald Secondary School at Elmira Lions Park.

Jacqueline Wideman has taken over as shortstop for the EDSS girls’ slo-pitch team. The team won both double header games to open the season last week. [FILE PHOTO]

Maddie MacLean tackles a Waterloo-Oxford player in Elmira District Secondary School’s close 17-14 to loss to Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School’s rugby team on May 9. [ WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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wanted to grow a vegetable garden for quite a while – the problem was, so too have the deer that roam around our house. So we settled on a small plot with a deer-proof fence. Well, almost deer proof. That’s not an issue, though. You see, I plan to grow veg-etables that attract rabbits, which should bring in brush wolves and coyotes,

which will hopefully deter the deer.

When I mentioned that to Jenn, however, another uncomfortable silence fol-lowed.

Jenn then handed me the hoe and said, “OK. Let’s dig up all these weeds.”

Wanting to impress her, I toiled until my back ached, my hands felt sore and sweat was freely dripping down my brow. Then, on

the second minute of work, I realized I was not cut out to be a crop farmer. So I pro-posed another idea to Jenn.

She merely looked at me and said, “Don’t be an idiot. You can’t run a herd of beef cattle on a 4-by-8 piece of ground.”

“How about sheep?” I asked.

Yet another uncomfort-able silence followed, but she did direct me to two

bags of sheep byproduct, so I took this as a sign she was softening.

In the next 15 minutes, we tilled and weeded the rest of our field, and worked the manure into the land too. Soon the whole area smelled like a porta-potty at Sheep-a-palooza.

It was good honest work – the kind that made a man feel thankful to be a writer.

Jenn looked at me and

said, “Now we’ll just let this sit for another couple of weeks and then come back to plant after there’s no chance of frost.”

I nodded and quietly prayed for an Arctic cold front.

Later, a friend who is knowledgeable about grow-ing crops in this area told me the old-timers used to say when the ground is warm enough to sit on it

with your bare butt, it’s OK to start planting.

It made a lot of sense to me. Even so, I haven’t men-tioned it to Jenn yet.

It’s not that I have any doubt the old-timers were right. It’s more like I’m try-ing to figure out how I’d explain manure inside my underwear on laundry day.

I doubt I could take any more uncomfortable si-lences.

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“I only took up biking 20 years ago, well, biking with him. First he biked with our son and our son went off to university and Dave said ‘I’ve got to buy you a bike, you have to bike with me.’ So I didn’t have any choice,” Colleen laughs as she explains how she got into biking.

Cyclists, walkers, and runners will be all over the trails this Saturday for the Spring on the Trail event. The annual outing raises

funds to improve the G2G Rail Trail and increase awareness. All donations to the trail are matched by the federal government.

“We think it’s a really good community builder and it’s a place that we en-joy, so we just think that by supporting it and keeping it in good condition and de-veloping it we’re encourag-ing other people to support it and use it,” Colleen said.

Checking one more loca-tion off their list, the duo is heading to Nova Scotia this summer for their next bike trip.

“Hopefully there are a few more bicycle trips left in us,” Colleen said.

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The Woolwich Sun Rays revved their engines last Saturday at their fundraising car show at Thompson’s Auto Tech in Elmira. Ashton Musselman and Kyle Halsband sell raffle tickets, while Will Jamieson mans the prize table. Brandon Girling, 9, looked in on a classic car on display at the show. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

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AN UPROAR HAS ARISEN over what constitutes humane livestock produc-tion. About a month ago, in western Canada, a popular restaurant chain called Earl’s Restaurants an-nounced with great pride and fanfare that it was go-ing to feature only beef that was raised according to cer-tified humane standards. That’s an affront to many livestock producers who al-ready believe their animals are humanely raised, and don’t need certification to prove it. It got worse. Earl’s then rubbed salt in the wound by saying it would only source this beef from the U.S. It tried, it said, but couldn’t get enough sup-ply from Canada. That sent a lot of western Canadian beef producers and their supporters off the deep end. A flurry of social me-dia protests followed. Earl’s ultimately declared it had made a mistake, and would work harder with western Canadian producers to de-velop a supply.

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Wellesley-based Living Assistance Services provides care for those who need help staying in their homes

Living Assisted Services recently expanded their in-home care services to Kitchener, Waterloo, and Wellesley, with the option for families to interview and choose their caregiver. [SUBMITTED]

RECOGNIZING THE EVER GROWING senior popula-tion in Waterloo Region, Living Assistance Ser-vices has now expanded to Kitchener, Waterloo, and Wellesley township, pro-viding services to those in need of in-home care.

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WHITNEY NEILSON her Wellesley office. She switched careers to join this home care company because she was wanting to focus her efforts on se-niors.

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ing their own meals or keeping up on housework or adult children are find-ing it hard to escort mom and dad to doctor’s offices and other things they need to have done. Seniors just really have a place in my heart and I thought this was a good way to do it,” Rakowski said.

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Woolwich Township has to become

“a little more realistic” with its

wage offerings if it hopes to

reach a new contract with its

unionized workers, says the Canadian Union

of Public Employees representative handling

negotiations.

Frustration over the lack of progress in

contract talks prompted the union to go public

with their demands this week, CUPE’s Mark

Charboneau told the Observer Mar. 27.

Wages are the major stumbling block.

Workers are looking for wage parity with their

counterparts in the region’s other townships.

CUPE local 1542 represents 15 unionized

workers in the township’s public works and

parks and recreation departments. The

existing three-year contract expired Dec. 31,

2001.“The guys who work in Woolwich Township

are concerned that, of all the things that are

expected of them, their wages have fallen

considerably behind Wellesley and the other

townships. We’re not trying to make the

comparison with the big guys down in the big

cities, we’re just saying ‘let’s look at the

townships.’

Facility workers in Woolwich are paid $0.71

per hour less than such workers in Wellesley

Township and $0.52 less than those in North

Dumfries Township, he said.

For public works operators, the gap is

between $0.89 and $1.19 per hour in

comparison to their counterparts in Wellesley

and $0.55 to $1.04 in North Dumfries.

Workers here are looking for increases to

match those levels, said Charboneau. Those

workers are also represented by CUPE –

Wellesley employees share the same local.

“We’re hopeful that we can get it resolved

BACKTO BACKCHAMPS

The Cherrey Cup will remain in Elmira this year as

the Sugar Kings downed the Stratford Cullitons 5-4

at the Lair on Mar. 27, wrapping up their best-of-

seven-series in just five games.

The victory saw a large and noisy crowd of exuberant fans

watch triumphant Sugar King captain Adam Hogg hoist the

Cherrey Cup and lead his team in a victory lap around the

Lair, celebrating the team’s fourth Mid-Western Jr. B title in

six years.

“It’s wonderful,” said Hogg of the back-to-back success.

“The second year’s even better. Things have gone really well

so far and we’re looking forward to the bigger one – the

Sutherland Cup. It’s going to be tough but I think we’re ready

for it. We have the talent here on the team to do it and we’re

ready to go.”

Assistant captain Andrew Lackner agreed it was

magnificent to repeat as champs.

“I knew we had the team this year to battle and come back

and win. I thought we had the intensity and heart to win it.

It was just a lot of hard work and the desire to want to come

back from all the veterans and we just carried it over to the

rookies and let them now what it was like to win.”

“I’m just so proud of these guys,” said Kings coach Dave

Officer. “They’re just a group of fine young men, I don’t now

any other way to say it. They’re exceptional, every one of

them.“Written up in the top right hand corner of our board in

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The financial picture

for a new twin-pad

recreation complex in

Elmira got clearer this

week as the province

chipped in $2 million.

Money from the On-

tario Infrastructure

Projects Corporation’s

Rural Infrastructure

Investment Initiative

will help reduce the

gap between Woolwich

Township’s $20-million

budget and the $24-mil-

lion price tag for the fa-

cility.“This will be very

important in terms of

advancing the overall

project,” chief admin-

istrative officer Da-

vid Brenneman said

at Tuesday’s council

meeting in relaying the

news.Woolwich had original-

ly applied for $4 million.

Informed by ministry

staff the province had

received $400 million in

requests for the $70 mil-

lion fund, councillors

opted to cut its request

in half.The challenge now,

said Coun. Ruby We-

ber, is to find money

from other government

sources.The township is look-

ing into separate pro-

vincial funds and try-

ing to make inroads at

the federal level.

“We know there’s a

pot of money there – we

just need to find a way

to approach it.”

Current plans for the

multi-purpose com-

plex have two arenas

as an integral part of

the design. The more

money that can be

found from upper-tier

governments, the less

to be borrowed when

it comes time to build,

she added.

At least $18 million

has been earmarked for

a plan that includes an

NHL-sized ice pad and

seating for 1,560 spec-

tators, a six-lane pool,

warm water therapy

pool, seniors’ centre,

youth centre, indoor

walking track, meeting

rooms, café and conces-

sion area and parking

for 600 vehicles.

The Woolwich Recre-

ational Facilities Foun-

dations, which oversees

the Fit for the Future

fundraising campaign,

DESIREE FINHERT

Wellesley residents will be doling out

three per cent more for their property

taxes this year under a budget now in

the draft stage. The increase would

mean an additional payout of approxi-

mately $19.41 per year on an average

home assessed at $203,000.

Councillors meeting Tuesday night

tentatively approved the increase to

support a proposed operating budget

of $5.2 million, said treasurer Diana

Lorbetski.

The increase parallels cost-of-living

increases in spending across the town-

ship’s departments.

Funds generated from the tax in-

crease will be added to a growth in

Wellesley’s assessment base to allow

a 7.1-per-cent jump in spending. Given

the township’s small budget, the in-

crease doesn’t amount to a whole lot

of extra dollars.

“Little bits here and there. There’s

nothing specific, [no] huge amount

in the operating side,” said Lorbetski

“The 7.1 per cent in the levy increase

only brings us in $182,000. That doesn’t

do us a whole lot on a $5-million bud-

get.” At council’s request, the property tax

increase was whittled down to three

per cent from a staff proposal of 5.7

per cent.“We found a different way to fund one

of the projects, which alleviated the

necessity to increase taxes by almost

three per cent, $81,000,” said chief ad-

ministrative officer Susan Duke.

To make the change, $155,000 was

drawn from township’s ownership

stake in Waterloo North Hydro.

“By funding that budget from that

particular reserve, you actually don’t

have to collect the funds from tax dol-

lars,” explained Duke.

The $155,000 will be added to the

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Saturday in search of all things maple.

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MARC MIQUEL HELSEN

Do the trees that line the Grand River

at the West Montrose Covered Bridge

and the rolling hills adjacent to it add

to the overall experience of visiting

the regional gem? Should, then, the

physical landscape and the historical

buildings in the area be protected by

the same heritage designation poli-

cies?Those issues will be the focus of

the West Montrose Cultural Heritage

Project, an initiative by the planning

department at the University of Wa-

terloo as it surveys the public for its

opinions. Through maps, pictures and

a 15-minute survey available on the

project website, researchers are hop-

ing to ascertain exactly what makes

the area unique.

The online survey wraps up Apr. 23.

“We’ve had a series of focus groups

with local people to determine what

they think is important about the

landscape; the whole effort is trig-

gered because these kinds of areas

that are considered signifi cant under

the Planning Act, they are supposed

to be identifi ed and conserved,” said

project researcher Robert Shipley, a

professor of planning at UW.

“Our project has been aimed at trying

to understand exactly what it means

for these areas to be signifi cant, and

what sort of measures there might

be to make sure that what’s valuable

about them is protected,” he explained,

suggesting that protecting the actual

covered bridge and its surroundings

are, currently, two different tasks.

Kissing bridge

UW heritage

project seeks

public input

See BUDGET page »02

A sure sign of spring, even if the weather isn’t

MARC MIQUEL HELSEN

Modest economic stimulus is the fo-

cus of the Ontario budget announced

Tuesday. The McGuinty government

emphasizes job training, the poor and

the health care system in a middle-of-

the-road package.

The budget provides for a $1.5-billion,

three-year Skills to Jobs Action Plan

meant to get more Ontarians into

well-paying jobs and help 20,000 unem-

ployed workers make the transition to

new careers and well-paying jobs in

Province unveils modest budget

Minor economic stimulus package included as Ontario faces uncertain times

growing areas of the economy.

The government will inject another

$1 billion this year into municipal in-

frastructure programs, with the goal

of supporting construction jobs.

Also on tap is a new property tax

grant for seniors that will help about

550,000 senior homeowners deal with

property taxes; a boost in the health-

care budget to hire 9,000 more nurses,

and establish 50 more family health

teams; $135 million over three years

for a free dental care program for poor

families, $32 million over the same pe-

riod for student nutrition programs in

schools and community centres; and

$190 million in new funding for early

identifi cation of chronic diseases be-

ginning with diabetes.

There are no new taxes, and some

modest cuts.

With a recession looming south of the

border, rising oil prices and a booming

Canadian dollar, there had been calls

for the McGuinty government to lower

business taxes. Federal Finance Min-

ister Jim Flaherty has been leading

the charge.

The kind of radical cuts proposed

AND THEY’RE OFF Danya Bowman was among the throng of children hunting for treats at the First Annual Easter Egg Hunt held Mar. 22 by the Elmira Optimists at Bolender

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»A RETURN TO ORDER

MARC MIQUEL HELSEN

After several acts of vandal-

ism on his business property

the owner of The Gardens in

Elmira is working with anoth-

er local company to make the

scenic space more secure.

Last week the garden portion

behind Mooder Horticultural

Inc., the design and project

management fi rm on Dunke

Street, was broken into by

unknown suspects. The per-

petrators broke into a storage

shed housing plants and sup-

plies and threw them outside

the building.

Though this is not the fi rst

break-in to occur at The Gar-

dens, owner Doug Mooder is

now looking to add video sur-

veillance equipment to the

site.“I have to. I’ve got two kids at

home: I can’t be sitting down

here babysitting the place all

the time,” said Mooder.

The Gardens is a plot of land-

scaped land featuring stone-

work, ponds, trees, shrubbery

and creeks located behind the

company’s offi ce. An interac-

tive outdoor space that offers

potential customers a virtual

display of the fi rm’s services,

it also offers local residents a

quiet and scenic space to enjoy

from dawn until dusk. Though

The Gardens are private prop-

erty, Mooder allows the public

to use the space free of cost

Latest act of vandalism has The

Gardens eyeing surveillance

Owner wants to keep area open to public, but tired of repeated cleanups

MARC MIQUEL HELSEN

His wife having succumbed

to colon cancer, Darryl Sit-

tler knows fi rsthand the im-

portance of early detection

in fi ghting the disease. That

experience made the hockey

hall of famer an eager recruit

for Colon Cancer Canada’s

public education campaign,

which features other celebri-

ties such as Anne Murray and

Pamela Wallin.

The advocacy role is a good

fi t for the St. Jacobs native,

who has supported the cause

since losing his wife Wendy in

2002.“Wendy, her message was

that if she could prevent one

person from not having to

go through what she went

through, then it would be

worthwhile,” said Sittler in an

interview.

When Wendy was diagnosed

at 50 with colon cancer nei-

ther she nor Darryl knew

much about the disease. They

were both, however, startled

by information that depicted

the colon cancer as both po-

tentially fatal and highly cur-

able. “We found out quite quickly

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fl yers that fi ll up mailboxes and

recycling bins, but Kitchener-

Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht

believes they serve a valuable

purpose.

MPs can send out four news-

letters per year, called “house-

holders,” to every household in

the riding. Additional mailings

can only be sent to 10 per cent

of households in the riding,

and are dubbed “ten-percent-

ers.” MPs are also allowed to

send leafl ets into other ridings

in numbers equal to 10 per cent

of the households in their own

ridings. The cost of printing

and mailing the fl yers is cov-

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The Liberal party estimates

that “ten-percenters” cost tax-

payers approximately $30 mil-

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they see as abuse of privilegelion per year, including $10

million for printing costs, $19

million for postage and $1 mil-

lion for mail preparation. The

party put forward a motion

that later passed in the House

of Commons, calling for an end

to the practice of mailing leaf-

lets into other ridings.

Albrecht contended that the

fl yers allow MPs to communi-

cate directly with their constit-

uents, and allow the party to

reach people in ridings where

it doesn't have any representa-

tion.“I feel they’re a very good

tool to get direct information

right to the constituents, and

it allows them a mechanism

for feedback too,” he said. “It’s

important people have the op-

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could generate additional

revenue for Woolwich’s rec-

reation department, but not

anywhere near enough to

cover the half-a-million-dol-

lar shortfall seen in 2010.

A consultant’s report

tabled at council Tuesday

night shows the township

has some wiggle room to in-

crease fees, but councillors

took no action as they con-

tinue to discuss the recrea-

tion and facilities budget,

which saw $550,000 in over-

spending last year.

Much of the excess spend-

ing in the 2010 budget was

due to higher-than-expected

costs at the Woolwich Memo-

rial Centre.

Overall in 2010, the recre-

ation and facilities depart-

ment overspent by 14.6 per

cent, or $553,976, on an origi-

nal budget of $3.78 million.

The largest factor in that was

the WMC, where expenses

were up $384,965, 20.2 per cent

higher than budgeted for.

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worked for an hour Thursday morning to extract a man

from his SUV after a two-vehicle collision on Arthur

Street, near Tilman Road, north of Elmira. Firefi ghters

were required to dismantle pieces of the truck, includ-

ing the door and windshield, to get the driver out. See

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KINGS BOW OUT

OF THEIR QUEST

FOR THE CUP

STEVE KANNON

IN APPROVING A BIOGAS plant

for Elmira, the province is “spit-

ting in the face” of residents, says

the head of the citizens’ group

fighting the project.

This week’s decision came as a

shock to Dr. Dan Holt of Elmira

Woolwich ponders appeal of biogas plant approvalBreslau Public School held a World Awareness Day on Mar. 23 encouraging students to learn and become tolerant of other cultures. Nii Addico (left) taught students about African drumming while other students

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Council, Elmira citizens’ group disappointed with province’s decision to give project the green light

Bio Fuel Citizens’ Committee, who

felt the government had heard

the public’s message and was pre-

pared to see the plant moved to a

site elsewhere in the township.

Instead, Bio-En Power Inc. has

been cleared to build the facility

on Martin’s Lane, just north of

downtown Elmira.

“It flies in the face of everything

that’s been done – we made a case

against the location and found a

better place, where they actually

want it (the plant),” he said of the

provincial decision. “It’s kind of

like spitting in the face of every-

body who lives here.”

Notified that the project had

been cleared to go ahead – receiv-

ing what’s known as a Renewable

Energy Approval – Woolwich offi-

cials are now looking at the town-

ship’s legal options to appeal the

decision.

Addressing the issue in council

session Tuesday night, Mayor

Todd Cowan said he was “ex-

tremely disappointed” with the

outcome, calling for quick action

on the appeal front.

“We’re not giving up. We’re

going to continue the fight,” he

said in an interview Wednesday,

expressing frustration that the

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Firefighters from three Woolwich stations battle a barn fire that started around 6:30 p.m. on Mar. 25 along Cox Creek Road near Winterbourne. Damage was estimated at $300,000. [JOE MERLIHAN / THE OBSERVER]

TWO BARNS AND A workshop

were destroyed in a fire on Cox

Creek Road near Winterbourne

Monday evening, causing hun-

dreds of thousands of dollars

worth of damage.

The blaze was reported around

6:30 p.m.

and saw ap-

proximately

$300,000

worth of

overall prop-

erty damage

($200,000 in

buildings and

$100,000 in

contents) ac-

cording to Woolwich Township

deputy fire chief Dale Martin.

“It pretty much destroyed the

whole thing,” he said Tuesday.

About 40 firefighters from the

Conestogo, St. Jacobs and Mary-

hill fire stations battled the blaze

that’s believed to have started in

a chimney. The property owners

were boiling a small amount of

maple syrup in a workshop on

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ELMIRA’S NO FRILLS

STORE is on the chopping

block. The chain’s 232 Ar-

thur St. S. location is one

of three No Frills stores

in Canada that Loblaws

Companies Ltd. will be di-

vesting after its acquisition

of the Shoppers Drug Mart

Corporation at the end of

the month.

The $12.4 billion pur-

chase, approved by the fed-

Competition Bureau orders sale of No Frills store

As part of deal for Loblaws to purchase Shoppers Drug Mart, Elmira is one of two Ontario locations that has to go

WILL SLOANeral Competition Bureau,

will lead to the closure of

either Shoppers or No Frills

outlets in communities

that have both. Fourteen

Shoppers locations will be

sold across Canada, but

only three No Frills.

“We’re expecting the di-

vestment process will take

several months,” said Kev-

in Groh, vice-president of

corporate affairs and com-

munication for Loblaws.

“We’ll begin the process of

finding a purchaser once

the deal is closed, which

we expect will be March 28.

But the process we expect

to take several months."

Paul and Adele Hender-

son, owners of the Elmira

No Frills store, declined to

comment.

In response to the im-

pending loss of the store,

Woolwich council will send

a letter to the Competition

Bureau asking the agency

to reverse its decision. The

letter will focus on the

already-limited number

of grocery markets in the

township, the unique travel

limitations on those using

horse-drawn buggies as

transportation, and the po-

tential economic impacts.

The United Food and

Commercial Workers

Union estimates that the

decision will affect more

than 120 unionized No

One last saluteThe Elmira Sugar Kings bade farewell to their fans on Sunday after losing to the Waterloo Siskins in the second round of playoffs. The Kings battled the Siskins to seven games in the semi-finals, falling 3-1 in the last match. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

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THERE’S NO QUICK SOLUTION for a

made-in-Woolwich problem at the

intersection of Glasgow Street and

Millennium Drive in Waterloo, say

township officials.

A median that prohibits left-hand

turns onto Glasgow Street is incon-

venient and a longstanding source of

grievance for residents of Conestogo,

the township acknowledges. Reduc-

ing traffic on the Glasgow Street

bridge, an old single-lane span that

underwent rehabilitation in 2010,

takes precedence, says director of

engineering and planning Dan Ken-

naley.He argues that a solution for the

bridge, already subject to height and

weight restrictions, must be found be-

fore the intersection at the other end

of Glasgow Street can be addressed.

“There’s a load limit on the bridge.

Something has to be done about

that,” he told councillors meeting

March 24.

The township continues to receive

complaints about the Waterloo-

side intersection, as the prohibition

against left-hand turns forces traffic

to make a long detour before dou-

bling back to make a right-hand turn.

Concerns about

Glasgow Street

bridge hinder

efforts to remove

unpopular

left-turn median

STEVE KANNON

MEDIAN | 27

AS THE SNOW MELTS we

find things we haven’t seen

in months, like flowers,

sidewalks and…graffiti?

The Elmira Skate Park

received some spring clean-

ing last week to erase the

vandalism that appeared in

the bowl portion of the park

recently.

Hans Nuys, co-owner

of APP All Remove, had

his crew out working last

Friday.

WHITNEY NEILSON“It’s not a victimless

crime,” Nuys said. “Look at

the equipment, look at the

guys working. If you don’t

stay on top of it then people

think it’s alright to do it. Be-

fore you know it, this place

will be closed.”

And they’re starting to

get busy now because aero-

sol spray paint can work

again, due to the milder

temperatures. After clean-

ing off the graffiti they put

GRAFFITI | 2

Elmira skate

park sees first

bit of graffitiQuick action taken to remove the

vandals’ work; special coatings put in

place to make surfaces easier to clean

Vandals took advantage of the milder temperatures this

month by spray painting graffiti on the Elmira Skate Park,

forcing the township to bring in a cleanup crew.

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Cleanup efforts

underway

following last

week’s ice stormWoolwich and region plan special pickup days,

while transfer station to waive fees for storm debris

LIZ BEVANaway as efficiently as possible.

The damage is no worse

than previous storms,

says township CAO David

Brenneman, with downed

power lines and broken trees

all around Woolwich. He even

predicts the cleanup job to be

a bit smaller than previous

years.“We are expecting slightly

less than previous ice storms,

because it doesn’t look as

significant, but still, it will

be a big program that we are

undertaking. We want to give

people as many options as

possible,” he said, adding the

full extent of the damage and

cost to the township is still

unknown. “We will probably

know better in a month’s

time.”Township cleanup efforts

will start right away, focusing

on areas that are prominent

for this weekend’s Elmira

Maple Syrup Festival.

“Tree branch collection is a

priority in certain areas of El-

mira,” he said. “Up and down

Arthur Street and connecting

roadways.”

Starting next week, the

region’s regular yard waste

pickup schedule starts, giv-

MOTHER NATURE HIT WOOL-

WICH with what is hopefully

the last blast of winter weath-

er heading into the long week-

end, leaving every surface

covered in a layer of ice, a few

power outages from downed

power lines and, most notice-

ably, a littering of tree branch-

es both large and small.

The cleanup is still under-

way. Woolwich Township and

the Region of Waterloo are

teaming up to make sure the

mess caused by last week-

end’s ice storm is cleared

The Zach family on Arthur Street in Elmira had a big cleanup job on their hands on Friday after the ice storm hit the area last week. The front yard had three large trees downed, with one landing on a powerline. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

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Woolwich Township has to become

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wage offerings if it hopes to

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Wreach a new contract with itsWreach a new contract with itsWunionized workers, says the Canadian Union

of Public Employees representative handling

negotiations.

Frustration over the lack of progress in

contract talks prompted the union to go public

with their demands this week, CUPE’s Mark

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Wages are the major stumbling block.

Workers are looking for wage parity with their

counterparts in the region’s other townships.

CUPE local 1542 represents 15 unionized

workers in the township’s public works and

parks and recreation departments. The

existing three-year contract expired Dec. 31,

2001.“The guys who work in Woolwich Township

are concerned that, of all the things that are

expected of them, their wages have fallen

considerably behind Wellesley and the other

townships. We’re not trying to make the

comparison with the big guys down in the big

cities, we’re just saying ‘let’s look at the

townships.’

Facility workers in Woolwich are paid $0.71

per hour less than such workers in Wellesley

Township and $0.52 less than those in North

Dumfries Township, he said.

For public works operators, the gap is

between $0.89 and $1.19 per hour in

comparison to their counterparts in Wellesley

and $0.55 to $1.04 in North Dumfries.

Workers here are looking for increases to

match those levels, said Charboneau. Those

workers are also represented by CUPE –

Wellesley employees share the same local.

“We’re hopeful that we can get it resolved

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TThe Cherrey Cup will remain in Elmira this year as

he Cherrey Cup will remain in Elmira this year as

the Sugar Kings downed the Stratford Cullitons 5-4

the Sugar Kings downed the Stratford Cullitons 5-4

TTthe Sugar Kings downed the Stratford Cullitons 5-4

TTat the Lair on Mar. 27, wrapping up their best-of-

at the Lair on Mar. 27, wrapping up their best-of-

TTat the Lair on Mar. 27, wrapping up their best-of-

TTseven-series in just five games.

seven-series in just five games.TTseven-series in just five games.TTThe victory saw a large and noisy crowd of exuberant fans

The victory saw a large and noisy crowd of exuberant fans

watch triumphant Sugar King captain Adam Hogg hoist the

watch triumphant Sugar King captain Adam Hogg hoist the

Cherrey Cup and lead his team in a victory lap around the

Cherrey Cup and lead his team in a victory lap around the

Lair, celebrating the team’s fourth Mid-Western Jr. B title in

Lair, celebrating the team’s fourth Mid-Western Jr. B title in

six years.six years.

“It’s wonderful,” said Hogg of the back-to-back success.

“It’s wonderful,” said Hogg of the back-to-back success.

“The second year’s even better. Things have gone really well

“The second year’s even better. Things have gone really well

so far and we’re looking forward to the bigger one – the

so far and we’re looking forward to the bigger one – the

Sutherland Cup. It’s going to be tough but I think we’re ready

Sutherland Cup. It’s going to be tough but I think we’re ready

for it. We have the talent here on the team to do it and we’re

for it. We have the talent here on the team to do it and we’re

ready to go.”ready to go.”

Assistant captain Andrew Lackner agreed it was

Assistant captain Andrew Lackner agreed it was

magnificent to repeat as champs.

magnificent to repeat as champs.

“I knew we had the team this year to battle and come back

“I knew we had the team this year to battle and come back

and win. I thought we had the intensity and heart to win it.

and win. I thought we had the intensity and heart to win it.

It was just a lot of hard work and the desire to want to come

It was just a lot of hard work and the desire to want to come

back from all the veterans and we just carried it over to the

back from all the veterans and we just carried it over to the

rookies and let them now what it was like to win.”

rookies and let them now what it was like to win.”

“I’m just so proud of these guys,” said Kings coach Dave

“I’m just so proud of these guys,” said Kings coach Dave

Officer. “They’re just a group of fine young men, I don’t now

Officer. “They’re just a group of fine young men, I don’t now

any other way to say it. They’re exceptional, every one of

any other way to say it. They’re exceptional, every one of

them.them.“Written up in the top right hand corner of our board in

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New money will help offset cost

of expanded twin-pad design

Wellesley looks

at a 3% tax hike

from other government

The township is look-

ing into separate pro-

vincial funds and try-

ing to make inroads at

the federal level.

“We know there’s a

pot of money there – we

just need to find a way

DESIREE FINHERT

Wellesley residents will be doling out

three per cent more for their property

taxes this year under a budget now in

the draft stage. The increase would

mean an additional payout of approxi-

mately $19.41 per year on an average

home assessed at $203,000.

Councillors meeting Tuesday night

tentatively approved the increase to

support a proposed operating budget

of $5.2 million, said treasurer Diana

Lorbetski.

The increase parallels cost-of-living

increases in spending across the town-

ship’s departments.

Funds generated from the tax in-

crease will be added to a growth in

Wellesley’s assessment base to allow

a 7.1-per-cent jump in spending. Given

the township’s small budget, the in-

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Do the trees that line the Grand River

at the West Montrose Covered Bridge

and the rolling hills adjacent to it add

to the overall experience of visiting

the regional gem? Should, then, the

physical landscape and the historical

buildings in the area be protected by

the same heritage designation poli-

cies?Those issues will be the focus of

the West Montrose Cultural Heritage

Project, an initiative by the planning

department at the University of Wa-

terloo as it surveys the public for its

opinions. Through maps, pictures and

a 15-minute survey available on the

project website, researchers are hop-

ing to ascertain exactly what makes

Kissing bridge

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Province unveils modest budget

Minor economic stimulus package included as Ontario faces uncertain times

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MARC MIQUEL HELSEN

After several acts of vandal-

ism on his business property

the owner of The Gardens in

Elmira is working with anoth-

er local company to make the

scenic space more secure.

Last week the garden portion

behind Mooder Horticultural

Inc., the design and project

management fi rm on Dunke

Street, was broken into by

unknown suspects. The per-

petrators broke into a storage

shed housing plants and sup-

plies and threw them outside

the building.

Though this is not the fi rst

break-in to occur at The Gar-

dens, owner Doug Mooder is

now looking to add video sur-

veillance equipment to the

site.“I have to. I’ve got two kids at

home: I can’t be sitting down

here babysitting the place all

the time,” said Mooder.

The Gardens is a plot of land-

scaped land featuring stone-

work, ponds, trees, shrubbery

Latest act of vandalism has The

Gardens eyeing surveillance

Owner wants to keep area open to public, but tired of repeated cleanups

MARC MIQUEL HELSEN

His wife having succumbed

to colon cancer, Darryl Sit-

tler knows fi rsthand the im-

portance of early detection

in fi ghting the disease. That

experience made the hockey

hall of famer an eager recruit

for Colon Cancer Canada’s

public education campaign,

which features other celebri-

ties such as Anne Murray and

Pamela Wallin.

The advocacy role is a good

fi t for the St. Jacobs native,

who has supported the cause

since losing his wife Wendy in

2002.“Wendy, her message was

that if she could prevent one

person from not having to

go through what she went

through, then it would be

worthwhile,” said Sittler in an

interview.

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at 50 with colon cancer nei-

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much about the disease. They

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by information that depicted

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believes they serve a valuable

purpose.

MPs can send out four news-

letters per year, called “house-

holders,” to every household in

the riding. Additional mailings

can only be sent to 10 per cent

of households in the riding,

and are dubbed “ten-percent-

ers.” MPs are also allowed to

send leafl ets into other ridings

in numbers equal to 10 per cent

of the households in their own

ridings. The cost of printing

and mailing the fl yers is cov-

ered by taxpayers.

The Liberal party estimates

that “ten-percenters” cost tax-

payers approximately $30 mil-

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they see as abuse of privilegelion per year, including $10

million for printing costs, $19

million for postage and $1 mil-

lion for mail preparation. The

party put forward a motion

that later passed in the House

of Commons, calling for an end

to the practice of mailing leaf-

lets into other ridings.

Albrecht contended that the

fl yers allow MPs to communi-

cate directly with their constit-

uents, and allow the party to

reach people in ridings where

it doesn't have any representa-

tion.“I feel they’re a very good

tool to get direct information

right to the constituents, and

it allows them a mechanism

for feedback too,” he said. “It’s

important people have the op-

portunity to hear what their

government is up to.”

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visited the historic site to learn

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Raising some of its rates

could generate additional

revenue for Woolwich’s rec-

reation department, but not

anywhere near enough to

cover the half-a-million-dol-

lar shortfall seen in 2010.

A consultant’s report

tabled at council Tuesday

night shows the township

has some wiggle room to in-

crease fees, but councillors

took no action as they con-

tinue to discuss the recrea-

tion and facilities budget,

which saw $550,000 in over-

spending last year.

Much of the excess spend-

ing in the 2010 budget was

due to higher-than-expected

costs at the Woolwich Memo-

rial Centre.

Overall in 2010, the recre-

ation and facilities depart-

ment overspent by 14.6 per

cent, or $553,976, on an origi-

nal budget of $3.78 million.

The largest factor in that was

the WMC, where expenses

were up $384,965, 20.2 per cent

EXTRICATION EFFORT Emergency crews

worked for an hour Thursday morning to extract a man

from his SUV after a two-vehicle collision on Arthur

from his SUV after a two-vehicle collision on Arthur

from his SUV after a two-vehicle collision on Arthur

Street, near Tilman Road, north of Elmira. Firefi ghters

Street, near Tilman Road, north of Elmira. Firefi ghters

Street, near Tilman Road, north of Elmira. Firefi ghters

were required to dismantle pieces of the truck, includ-

were required to dismantle pieces of the truck, includ-

were required to dismantle pieces of the truck, includ-

ing the door and windshield, to get the driver out. See

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was much more concerned about its public appearance and the opportunity to seize on consumers’ growing confusion over safe food, than it was supporting western Canadian farmers whose products helped it get off the ground in the first place.

Farmers must pay atten-tion to this development. Food companies are now competing on measures such as animal welfare, as-sociating it directly with quality and consumer consciousness. This will

draw into question farmers’ existing humane standards – which, by implication, are inadequate.

Surely the first inclina-tion will be anger and frustration. How can people think farmers can stay in business if they don’t treat their livestock (as well as their land) right?

The question is, “right” by whose standards?

Pork producer Vincent Breton has wrestled with this question. He’s a Ca-nadian pioneer in certified humane production, the third generation of a very

successful pork producing family. His duBreton brand operation (of which he is now president) has grown to include 550 employees and a network of 200 pro-ducer farms across Quebec and Ontario.

Breton says survival was behind family members’ de-cision to stick together and differentiate their product. They started moving in this direction decades ago, when margins began shrinking and pig farms were getting bigger. To prevent from getting swallowed up or stomped on, they needed a

new way to compete. Ul-timately, that led them to organic production and cer-tified humane production. It was as much a business de-cision as anything. Like all producers, Breton likes ani-mals, and wants to see his livestock be as comfortable as possible. And indeed, if you check out the before-and-after video on the du-Breton website, you’ll see what humane housing and production looks like to his company. It’s not only hu-mane, it’s downright Uto-pian. Any consumer who thinks duBreton hasn’t gone

far enough to make those pigs content is wrong.

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currently raise livestock is humane, there are some people who don’t share your views, and you will be working to satisfy those with a new set of standards. Ultimately, says Breton, look to consumers. “That’s been the thing that worked for us,” he says. Consum-ers want safe, nutritious, wholesome food. On its website, Breton says the “instruction manual” for certified humane production is “nature.” What consumer wouldn’t want that?

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Unlike other companies that send whichever care-giver is free, Living Assis-tance Services gives clients the ability to choose who goes into their home.

“We come out and we meet with them and then we find out what their needs are, what their pref-erences are, what they’re looking for. And then we go back and we find caregiv-ers that we feel would be a good match skill-wise, but also personality-wise. And then what we do is we go back to the family with two or three caregivers and we say here are the caregivers and then the families inter-view,” Rakowski said.

She says families are lik-ing that they have owner-ship and get to know more about a caregiver before they hire them.

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The firm employs 14 certi-fied personal support work-ers and healthcare aides, and that number’s growing. She notes families can feel safe knowing they check

their references, do police background checks, and ensure they’re up to date on all their certifications.

“We don’t take every-body that we receive résu-més from. I’m very particu-lar. When I do an interview I want to make sure that each one of our caregivers, it’s somebody that I would want in my home looking after my parents,” Rakows-ki said.

So far she’s finding the families they’re helping just need a little bit of ex-tra help with their loved ones. She’s hopeful they’ll become known as the local agency to go to for home care assistance, helping more people stay in their own homes.

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A CAST OF 12 students is putting on their very own musical next week, sharing an updated musical ver-sion of the classic tale of The Ugly Duckling.

In Honk! Jr., Arts Abound students will be telling the story of Ugly, a young bird that is having trouble accepting that he is different from his brothers and sisters. He is bullied, then lured away from the farmyard by a cat, and on the subsequent adventure, comes to terms with the fact that he looks different. He meets a swan named Penny, who lends a hand, and upon returning to the farmyard, realizes that he has been missed by his family, regardless of how he looks.

“It is just a really nice story about being different, and celebrating those dif-ferences,” said director and Arts Abound founder Shel-ley Martin.

The students have been working on the play since September, and are in-volved in all aspects of the production, including set design and script work. The eight month program is called Studio to Stage.

“We have been working on strategies to learn and remember your lines, do-ing vocal coaching, dance coaching, as well as learn-ing the production. They

have also been involved in imagining and designing, then creating the sets that we are using,” said Martin. “Every week when they come, we are working on the music, or the sets, or blocking a scene – they have been involved in all aspects of the production. It has really given them an appreciation. When they go see a performance, they understand everything that goes into making that pro-

duction come to life. It is a really neat learning experi-ence.”

All of that hard work is about to pay off with three performances of Honk! Jr. on May 18 and 19 at the Elmira Theatre Company. There is room for 200 au-dience members at each performance, and Martin says there are a few stu-dents that stand out. It is the theatre school’s first performance after opening

their doors in St. Jacobs last year.

“The role of Ugly is being played by Brooklyn Hiller, and she is 10. She goes to Floradale Public School. All of the kids are local. Ugly’s mom is being played by Emilya Hillwood. She is 12 years old,” she said. “Ev-eryone in the production has been working super hard, but these two girls have really worked hard embracing their characters

and they have both done a phenomenal job, but we are super excited to see them all on stage. That is the re-ally fun thing about our group. Because it is a small group, we have a couple of key lead parts, but every-one else, they are playing two or three roles in the production. So everyone is on stage for a lot of the time.”

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IT’S ALL HANDS ON deck for Drayton Entertain-ment’s latest production, Anything Goes, which hit the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse stage this week.

Debuting on Broadway in 1934, the nautical musi-cal has been revived three times since then, in 1962, 1987, and 2011 and has won three Tony Awards.

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“I think older peo-ple will appreciate it for the nostalgia, I think younger people will appreciate it for the funny. It’s a very funny piece and younger people probably don’t know the Cole Porter score. The lyr-ics are so clever and so witty that I think young people are going to dis-cover it for the first time, which is exciting. It’s kind of great to expose younger people to old time music that they don’t particularly know,” Lichtefeld said.

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Wodehouse’s book Any-thing Goes, which was later revised by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

It follows the misadven-tures of an unlikely group all aboard an ocean liner from New York to London. Wall Street broker Billy Crocker is determined to win over Hope Harcourt, who’s engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Crocker enlists the help of Evan-gelist turned nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and a second-rate gangster Moonface Martin, who’s also known as Public En-emy #13, although he’d like to be Public Enemy #1.

Lichtefeld says the show has stood the test of time largely because of Ameri-can composer and song-writer Cole Porter’s score.

“It’s Cole Porter at his finest. I mean every song in the show, practically, is a hit. You’ve got ‘It’s De-Lovely, ‘You’re the Top,’ ‘Friendship,’ ‘Anything Goes,’ ‘I Get A Kick Out of You,’ ‘You’d be So Easy to Love.’ It’s just chockfull of incredible lyrics and melo-dies. You don’t get that too often these days,” Lich-tefeld said.

Jayme Armstrong leads the cast as Reno Sweeney and was most recently seen in Drayton’s Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago, The Music Man, and White Christmas.

“It’s a full Canadian cast and they’re phenomenal, led by the absolutely bril-liant Jayme Armstrong. I think she’s going to knock everyone’s socks off. She’s brilliant, as is the entire cast. Patrick Cook, Sheldon Davis, they’re all amazing,” he said.

Patrick Cook plays Billy Crocker, while Sheldon Da-vis is Moonface Martin and Tim Funnell is Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.

Lichtefeld has choreo-graphed the show four times before, but this will

be his first time in the di-rector’s chair for it. He says so far so good. And the set has some surprises in store.

“The crew at Drayton is phenomenal. They never say no to me. And even things when I go ‘oh yeah, they’re going to say no,’ they don’t say no. They understand that everything is for the good of the piece and to make it the best audience experience that they can have,” he said.

The show will also appeal to those with a love of dance. There’s everything from tan-go to the Charleston to tap dancing. And who doesn’t like tap dancing?

“The dance ensemble, they’re the best that Canada has to offer, and I’ve worked a lot up here. They’re phenomenal danc-ers in that they can do any style I throw at them, whether it’s blues, whether it’s jazz, whether it’s tap, whether it’s ballroom, whether it’s tango. Their dance vocabulary is so strong that it makes my job actually easier because I don’t have to edit where my mind is going choreo-graphically because they can do whatever I want

them to,” he said.In a show that he de-

scribes as “pure escapism at its best,” Lichtefeld tells audiences that if they’re looking for a blast at the theatre and to leave hum-ming every song, then this is the ticket.

“I think that if you know the show you’re going to love it because the production’s going to be gorgeous, the cos-tumes are gorgeous and the set is gorgeous and the actors are phenomenal. If you don’t know the show you’re going to discover a gem that you may not have known even existed,” he said.

Anything Goes runs at the St. Jacobs Country Play-house from May 11 to May 29. Regular performance tickets are $44 for adults; and $26 for youth under 20 years of age. Tickets for preview performances scheduled before the of-ficial opening and groups of 20 or more are $36.00. Tickets are available in per-son at the St. Jacobs Coun-try Playhouse, online at www.stjacobscountryplay-house.com or by calling the box office at (519) 747-7788 or toll free at 1-855-DRAY-TON (372-9866).

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Jayme Armstrong stars in Anything Goes, now playing in St. Jacobs. [SUBMITTED]

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It isn’t just the final prod-uct the students have to be proud of, however. Martin says she has been amazed at how far the students have come in their stage presence and confidence.

“We have seen, since September, so many of these kids come out of their shell. There were kids that were really shy when we first started and didn’t want to even sing alone in front of Robin Warwick, the co-director, and I,” says Martin. “Now, they are all excited to sing in front of an audience of 200. It is just really excit-ing to see from September to the May, these kids have just become so much more confident in their ability to perform. It is a huge benefit to just building that confidence to just go up in front of a group. Something like public speaking isn’t that intimidating when you have been up on a stage in front of a large audience.”

Honk! Jr. is a modified version of a musical from the stages of Broadway in the 1980s, and was written by Anthony Drewe with music by George Stiles. Musical Theatre Interna-tional takes full length productions and cuts them down for youth, and this is just one example of that.

To get tickets to Honk! Jr., you can either call Arts Abound at 519-206-2787, or email Martin at info@arts-abound.ca.

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Marty Allen and the Memphis Three bring the songs of Johnny Cash to the Elmira Legion Saturday night

Burning it up with Ring of FireELMIRA MUSIC LOVERS SHOULD be getting ready to “Walk the Line” on Sat-urday night at the Elmira Legion.

Marty Allen and the Memphis Three will be in town performing their Johnny Cash tribute show, Ring of Fire, and Allen says the show has a personal aspect to it.

“I sing at his range, so it fits,” he said. “I was always a fan and I was never big on tributes, but his songs always meant a lot to me. I think I would have a hard time doing a tribute if I wasn’t right into it.”

The show starts at 8 p.m. on May 14, and will feature a lot of Cash’s biggest hits including “Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison” and “Man in Black.” The three piece band backing up Allen will be playing their parts as close to Cash’s original band as possible.

“Kenny Lee, he is on the upright bass. The drummer is Mike McDowell. They play with me in my regular band as a three piece, but we have another guitar player, Jeff Brown, who does all of the parts that Luther Perkins used to do for Johnny Cash,” says Al-len. “He is what propelled

the music. Cash just kind of beat the rhythm guitar and held a good rhythm, and Perkins does the boom chicka boom part of the songs.”

The show isn’t just for Cash fans, he says. He also tries to cater the set list to who is in the audience.

“I think we cover a lot of the bigger hits, and some stuff from early Sun Re-cords when he just started like ‘Folsom Prison’ and ‘Walk the Line,’” he said. “Especially if there are younger people in the au-dience, he had that later part in his life when he worked with Rick Rubin as a producer and he did ‘Hurt.’ That always seems to go over well. I was kind of hesitant at first in play-ing it, but you generally get a good reaction. Some-times it is just one reaction, but it is very strong. They seem somehow emotion-ally tied to the song.”

Allen says the band wants to do Cash justice, playing his tunes as he would have.

“I think the audience is going to get a good replica-tion of the music,” he said. “We have the standup bass, and we try to deliver an en-ergetic show as well. Some of the songs aren’t always fast and dynamic, but the

dynamic comes from the delivery as well, even if it is at mid tempo. It is kind of a bit of a force. We try to replicate how he was on stage with the music being really pronounced, and it is moving. It was simple music. When they recorded it, it was very basic, but there was that power of his voice, and the simplicity of the backing. Sometimes,

simple worked so well, if it is done well. We just rep-licate the show in a pretty authentic way, I believe, with the upright bass, and try to get every member in their part in replicating

who they are performing as.”

The show starts up at 8 p.m. on May 14 at the Elmira Legion. Tickets are $20, and can be purchased by calling 519-669-3932

or 905-325-5704. They are also available for purchase in person at the Legion building on Thursday from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., Friday from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m., and Saturday starting at 12 p.m.

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HORSES

NIPPING AWAY FARRIER Service. Trims, resets and cold shoeing. Call 519-994-9110.

HELP WANTED

ELMIRA BASED FURNITURE finishing company now hiring for a mature full time day shift positions. Hours are Monday - Thursday 6 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Starting wage $12.50/hr. Email to: sff.elmira@gmail.com or fax to: 519-669-8820.

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AGRI BASED BUSINESS has immediate, full time posi-tions available in Linwood area. Experience with farm equipment preferred. Call 519-272-5348.

EXPERIENCED, MATURE CLEANING woman. Refer-ences, in Heidelberg. Call 519-699-6145.

HEALTH CARE

BOWEN THERAPY YOUR choice for effective treat-ment of specific health con-ditions or wellness main-tenance. KEVIN BARTLEY, Professional Bowenwork Practitioner, Clock Tower Wellness Centre, 69 Arthur St. S., Elmira. 519-669-0112. Every Body is Better with Bowen!

CALL GRANT BRUBACHER for 1 hour deep muscle therapy treatments at your home. 519-577-3251. Excellent for all ages. Serving Mt. Forest, Harriston, Milverton, Mill-bank, Elmira and surround-ing communities.

FOR SALE

COMPOST. GREAT FOR use as mulch and fertilizer. Avail-able to pick up in 1.5 yd totes or bulk. Call Mapleton Compost, Eli or Marlin Bru-bacher. 519-669-2186.

LAWN FERTILIZER AND LAWN SEED - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

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BUILDING MANAGERAn organized and enthusiastic couple is required to live-in and manage a 30 unit senior’s apartment complex in St. Jacobs. Skills in rent collecting, rentals, cleaning, repairs and light maintenance are needed. Computer skills, good communication and interpersonal skills are important in dealing with tenants and trades people, contractors and service providers.

Please send your application by June 18 to sprucelawnsearch@gmail.com or Sprucelawn Apartments for Seniors Inc., 33 Front St., Box 721, St. Jacobs, ON N0B2N0, Attention: Search Committee.

The Township of Woolwich Requires aJunior Municipal Law Enforcement Officer

14 Month Full-Time Contract Starting On or About July 4, 2016

The Enforcement Division within our Council and Information Services Department requires a Junior Municipal Law Enforcement Officer on an interim basis. Please visit our Employment Opportunities page at www.woolwich.ca for full details.

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Full-timeGeneral Laborer

We are seeking a mature individual with excellent attention to detail to

join our dynamic TEAM! If you are mature minded and able to lift 50lbs. please forward your resume with employment

references to barb@elmirastoveworks.com

Day ShiftMonday-Friday

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

To apply:In person: 25 Industrial Drive

f. (519) 669-1505e-mail: nop.elmira@gmail.com

New Orleans Pizza has a Part Timehourly position available at its Elmira

location. Must be mature, well organizedand possess good communication

skills. Experience preferred, but willingto train, evenings and weekends.

Duties include: product preparation,customer service, inventory control

and other general duties.

EmploymentOpportunities

Community Care Concepts is a non-profit volunteer based organization that provides high quality support services throughout the Townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot that enable seniors and adults with disabilities to remain as independent as possible in their own homes. We are searching for qualified individuals who have a passion for working with seniors and adults with disabilities for several positions:• Summer Student Employment Opportunities – Responsible for supporting service delivery in community based and adult day programs - Full-time from June to September for full-time students who are returning to school in the fall of 2016• Care Coordinator – Responsible for intake and coordination of care for clients - 12 month full-time contract• Program Assistant, Adult Day Program – Responsible for program development and delivery in adult day program (New Hamburg location) - 12 month part-time contract • Receptionist/Administrative Assistant – Responsible for telephone and walk in reception/customer service as well as general administrative duties (Elmira location) - 6 month part-time contract – 22.5 hours per week The ideal candidates will possess directly related education and experience. Computer proficiency as well as strong oral and written communication skills, an ability to work independently and knowledge of the needs of the client base are essential. A valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle are required for the Care Coordinator role and an asset for all other positions. Qualified candidates are invited to submit a resume and cover letter, specifying positon(s) no later than 4 pm on Friday May 20, 2016 to:

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Community Care Concepts of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot929 Arthur Street South

Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z2cathyh@communitycareconcepts.ca

Retail Sales AssociateLooking for a mature person with good retailing qualities and communication skills, friendly customer service and motivated; must be able to work Saturdays.

Job description: Sales, writing orders, pricing stock, some computer skills and general duties. This position is for a mature adult and student looking for flexible full-time and part-time hours.

Apply in person with resume to: W.C. Brown and Sons – Men’s Clothier

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LAW CLERK REQUIREDPart-time position with prospects for full-time required for general practitioner in Elmira. Emphasis on Family, Litigation and Estates, but prefer candidates also be familiar with Real Estate and Corporate. Knowledge of PCLaw and Divorcemate required. Salary commensurate with experience, and health benefits available. Please forward your resumé, and references to rudavsky.law@sentex.net

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AUCTIONSAUCTIONS

AUCTIONEER:Jantzi Auctions Ltd. Wellesley | 519-656-3555

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CLEARING AUCTION SALE Of farm property of 100 acres more or less;

tractors; small machinery; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at 669

Concession 4 Eastnor Township (2kms SW of Lion’s Head in the Bruce Penninsula) for

Joanne and Larry Schmidt on:

SATURDAY JUNE 11 AT 11:00 AMPROPERTY: APPROX. 100 acres more or less of tiled; productive sandy loam; approx. 12 acres of bush; and the remaining being workable land currently in wheat and hay. Land is rented already for the year 2016. Newer steel bank barn 41’ x 61’ with 26’ x 61’ addition with concrete silo; large all steel drive shed; new drilled well; new hydro service; pioneer house that needs work but has tons of potential. Viewing by appointment 519 656 3555; an exceptional farm with quality land; located close to Lions Head in the beautiful Bruce Penninsula. Property will be sold at 12:00 noon subject to a reasonable reserve bid with a down payment of $30,000.00 by certified cheque made payable to Jantzi Auctions Ltd. and the balance in 60 days.

AUCTIONS

AUCTIONEERS: GRAY’S AUCTION SERVICE INC., HARRISTON

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

AUCTION SALE OF TOOLS & CABINET HARDWARE

FOR ROYAL OAK KITCHENS 5509 HWY 9, BETWEEN

CLIFFORD & HARRISTON

SAT. MAY 21 AT 10:30 A.M.DOORS OPEN AT 8:00 A.M. DAY OF SALE

SALE CONSISTS OF: Ravmond 3000 Lb. Stand Up Battery Operated Forklift; Vitap Contour Bander w/45 Degree Table; 20” King Planer; (2) Delta Chop Saws w/Stands; 6” Delta Jointer; Shaper w/Feeder; Chop Saw; Drawer Assembly Clamp on Table; Rousseau Vertical Case Clamp; Brush Sander; Routers & Other Hand Tools; Ass’t. Wood Clamps; Tub Roller for Painting Edging; Lot of Stain w/2 Metal Shelves; 2 Door Paint Cabinet; Painting Equipment; 10 Drying Racks; Large Lot Cabinet & Door Hardware Displays; Selection Moldings; Ass’t. Sinks, Faucets, Plus Other Plumbing Hardware; Large Lot Drawer Hardware; Cabinet Hinges; Cabinet Lighting; Large Lot Door Cabinets; 24 Sheets 5x8x3/4” Maple Veneer, Good 2 Sides; Plus Melamine, oak & Oak Veneer; 30 HP Dust Collector for Loading Truck; Plus Other Misc. Items.

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TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. day of sale. Owner or auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Any verbal announcements day of sale take precedence over written ads.

PROP: GLEN SMALL (519)327-8957

AUCTIONMonthly PUBLIC Vehicle

Sat May 14th 9:30 am

M.R. Jutzi & Co

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Breslau Airport Road Auction Complex5100 Fountain St., North, Breslau (Kitchener)

VIEWING: Friday May 13th, 2016, 1 pm to 4 pmTERMS: $500.00 Cash Deposit on Each Vehicle, or as announced.

PROFESSIONALS IN THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION AND APPRAISALS OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, CONSTRUCTION, MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES

5100 FOUNTAIN ST. NORTH, BRESLAU, ONTARIO, N0B 1M0

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No Buyer’s Premium or Penalty!!!

Police, Municipal, Repo, Fleets & Others

2 - 2013 Taurus AWD 2 - 2012 Jeep Liberty 4x4’s 2013 Lancer 2011 Escape XLT 4x42013 Maxima 2009 Expedition XLT 4x43-11/12 Charger’s 2-03/08 Jeep Liberty 4x4’s 6-08/11 Crown Victoria’s 3 - 05/10 Caravan C/V’s 2009 Allure CXL 3-06/07 Ford E150 C/V’s2008 Impala LT 2-08/10 Ford F150 Crew 4x4’s 2008 Chev Uplander 2005 Ford F150 Lariat 4x42007 Fusion SE 2000 Ford F450 4x4 Dump2007 Suzuki SX4 8-98/05 Chev/GMC-PU/Vans2006 Chev HHR LT 84 Taylor Coach Travel Trailer2005 Mazda 3 2-TA Equipment Trailers

AUCTIONS

AUCTION

Wed. May 18th 5:00 p.m.

Breslau Airport Road Auction Complex5100 Fountain St., North, Breslau (Kitchener)

to be held at

* Fabricating, Shop & Woodworking Equipment *

M.R. Jutzi & Co

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VIEWING: Day of Sale Wed May 18th 2016, 2 pm to Sale TimeTERMS: $500 Deposit Major Units, Balance in 24 hours, or as announced

PROFESSIONALS IN THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION AND APPRAISALS OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, CONSTRUCTION, MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES

5100 FOUNTAIN ST. NORTH, BRESLAU, ONTARIO, N0B 1M0

More Equipment Arriving Daily!!!PARTIAL LIST ONLY! No BUYER’S Premium!!!

Clark Hard Surface Counters,Upper Grand School Board & Others

Shop/Fab => 2 - Miller Welders*3/4” Socket Sets Victoria & AREX Milling Machines*2-Makita Chop Saws

Norton 14” Stone Saw*20 Boxes- Welding Rod*Job Boxes 7.5HP (1ph) Air Compressor*Ped Grinder*Shop Vacs*

Plate Tamper*Concrete Saw*Material Utility Trailer

Woodworking=> 14-P-C/Makita HD Routers & Trimmers3-10” Tablesaws*6+ Belt/Orb Sanders*Makita Mitre SawBiscuit Saw*Grinders*Buffer*Jig Saws*20+ Pipe Clamps

Spindle Sander*3-Dewalt Power Saws*200+ Spring ClampsSurecare Finish Sander*Air Sanders*Multi Head Drill Press First LC25 Drill Press*Dust Collector*3-Scroll Saws*Sinks2-36” Wood Lathes*Hard Counter Material*Hardware*etc

PINSKE Special tools (Vacuum Seaming Sets, Squares, Stand, Templates, Heat Tunnel, Etc)

FOR SALE

LIFETIME COOKWARE SET. Seven piece plus electric frying pan. 519-669-2109.

MOVING AND MUST sell locally made, solid maple dining room set. Harvest table with 8 leaves. 6 chairs and highchair. Hutch and buffet. All in nearly new condition. Call 519-669-5051.

NEW COMPACT PORCH or garden swing. Toy barns - stable is pull out drawer. Call 519-669-2462.

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

THOUSANDS OF ITEMS for sale. Store closing. Many bargains. Must come to see. The Store Wow, 20 Waterloo St. Kitchener. 226-606-0710.

WOOD BEDDING ATTENTION Dairy farmers. Kiln dry virgin wood bedding. No sticks, slivers, MDF or particle board. Your dairy cattle deserve better. Low summer prices. Year round supply. Serving the dairy industry for over 50 years. Call 416-435-8166.

AUCTIONS

SAT. MAY 14 at 10:00 AM - Property auction of a com-mercial lot in the small hamlet of Bellmore. Property has lots of potential and is located on a busy road, to be held at 1606 Huron Bruce Rd Wroxeter. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

AUCTIONS

WED. MAY 18 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; tools; collectables; lawn and garden; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

AUCTION SALE OF antiques, collectibles, household effects, & miscellaneous items, to be held at the Drayton Agricultural Fairgrounds, 51 Elm St. in Drayton, for Leonard and the Late Pat Dietrich, on Monday, May 23rd @ 9:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

MON MAY 23 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of high end quality furniture; Royal Daulton figurines; glass-ware; antiques; household effects; and miscellaneous items to be held at 1183 Rattcliff Drive in Cambridge (Hespler, off Beaverdale Rd) for Renee Maince. Janzti Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

SAT. MAY 28 at 2:00 PM -Property auction of a 27.63 acre country lot with airplane landing strip and hanger; 12 acre pond, storage sheds and more to be held at 1606 Region Road 86 4 kms west of Elmira for Donald Hoffer. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Pesticide UsePlease be advised of the application of larvicide to the following locations for the control of West Nile Virus Vectors;

• Sewage Lagoons• Ditches and Depressions• Catch Basins

Between May 10, 2016 and October 31, 2016, municipalities within the Region of Waterloo will be conducting a larviciding program under the authority of the Region of Waterloo Medical Officer of Health to prevent the development of mosquito larvae into vectors of West Nile Virus. Altosid pellets (methoprene, PCP   #21809) or Vectolex WSP pouches (Bacillus sphaericus, PCP  #28009) will be placed into catch basins of storm drains within the Region. The granular formulation of the larvicide Vectolex CG (Bacillus sphaericus, PCP # 28008), will be applied to sewage lagoons, where larvae are present. The liquid formulation of the larvicide VectoBac 1200L (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, PCP #21062) or Vecto-Bac 200G (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, PCP #18158, granular) will be applied to stand-ing water throughout the Region, where larvae are present. All larvicide will be applied by trained technicians employed by GDG Environnement Ltée following Ministry of the Environ-ment and Climate Change guidelines.

For additional details on exact locations and dates of treatments, please call Region of Waterloo Public Health at 519-575-4400 ext 5147 or GDG Environnement at 1-888-567-8567. You can also visit our website at: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/fightthebite

AUCTIONS

SAT. MAY 28 at 8:30 AM - Annual charity auction sale of quilts; new furniture; and miscellaneous items to be held at the New Hamburg Fair Grounds on Jacob St. in New Hamburg for the Men-nonite Relief Sale. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

WED. JUNE 1 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; collect-ables; household effects; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

AUCTION SALE OF Brick bun-galow on large lot, house-hold effects, antiques, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1317 Queens Bush Rd. in Wellesley, for Mary Cook, on Saturday, June 4th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auc-tions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

SAT. JUNE 4 at 9:00 AM - Annual consignment auction of horse drawn machinery; woodworking machinery; metal working equipment; miscellaneous items and much more to be held at the farm of Enos Bauman at 2620 Moser Young Rd St. Clement. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

SAT. JUNE 4 at 9:00 AM - Annual consignment auction of horse drawn machinery; woodworking machinery; metal working equipment; miscellaneous items and much more to be held at the farm of Enos Bauman at 2620 Moser Young Rd St. Clement. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

AUCTIONS

SAT. JUNE 11 at 11:00 AM - Auction sale of 100 acre farm property; tractors; small machinery; antiques and miscellaneous items to be held at 669 Concession 4 Lion’s Head for Joanne and Larry Schmidt. Jantzi Auctions Ltd, 519-656-3555. jantziauctions.com

AUCTION SALE OF MH 50 tractor, riding lawn mower, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1558 Erb’s Rd. in St. Agatha, for Kevin & Traci Nowak, and for Shirley Nowak, on Saturday, June 18th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

FARM EQUIPMENT

JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and bobcat S300 for rent. 45 - 150 hp. Rent by day, week or mos. Great rates. 519-591-1274.

OWATTANA 9’ HAY Bine good condition $1800. Sam Mulky 30’ bale eleva-tor on wheels complete with motor $650. Massey Ferguson #12 baler $400. John Deere plow 5x16 semi mount - all hydraulic resets $1800. Massey Ferguson 4x14 semi mount plow $350. Call 519-699-4072.

FARM SERVICES

BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

FARM SERVICES

BIG SQUARE BALING with acid and roto cut. Now also custom cultivating. Den-Dor Farms. Call Brandon 519-897-2648 or Dennis 519-503-3980.

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

FIREWOOD

GERBER’S FIREWOOD YOUR source of quality slabwood and seasoned bodywood. All prices include delivery. No Sunday calls please. 519-656-2057.

WANTED

CASH FOR OLD watches, jewellery, all gold and silver, coins, military, toys, records. Call Terry 519-242-6900. gallamore@golden.net 40 years experience, fair honest prices. Will travel.

WANTED

WE NEED - Primitives, benches, crates, boxes, crocks, cast iron, cupboards, old farm tools, hand tools, cast iron & old metal, stands, picture frames, paintings, sap buckets, small multi pane windows, apple ladders. Not charity store stuff. Iron Bucket 519-787-8287, leave message. St. Andrew St. W., Fergus.

WANTED

LOOKING TO RENT Senior couple looking to rent in the Millbank. Linwood or Elmira area. Call Abram at 519-807-5088 or Maria at 226-929-8584.

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3 Arthur St. S., Elmira519-669-5426

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Waterloo - Found on a friendly quiet Court this home was designed for the growing family, this home has 4 bedrooms upstairs, and a possible 2 in the basement. With large principle rooms, family can spread out in the separate dining room open to the family room, or go down one level to the living room with lovely gas fireplace and walkout to the huge back yard. Enjoy entertaining on the 12x23 ft deck as well as abundant room for play in the partially fenced yard. The basement features 2 rooms currently used as a music room and exercise room with new paint and carpet as well as the generous laundry room and 4 piece bath. You must see it to believe all that this home has to offer! MLS 30516889.

$429,900$429,900$429,900

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$229,900$229,900$229,900

Waterloo - Found on a friendly quiet Court this home was designed for the growing family, this home has 4 bedrooms upstairs, and a possible 2 in the basement. With large principle rooms, family can spread out in the separate dining room open to the family room, or go down one level to the living room with lovely gas fireplace and walkout to the huge back yard. Enjoy entertaining on the 12x23 ft deck as well as abundant room for play in the partially fenced yard. The basement features 2 rooms currently used as a music room and exercise room with new

$429,900$429,900$429,900$429,900$429,900 SOLD

Conestogo Lake - This south west facing 3 bedroom cottage on Conestogo lake is the perfect starter cottage. Including forced air oil heating, fully equipped kitchen, fully furnished rooms, a 3 piece bathroom, 100 amp service and wrap around deck. The detached garage has washer and dryer included. With full extendable dock with electric reversible winch and rails running into the lake, it is ready for your family to start enjoying summer! MLS 30518137.

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Elmira - FIRST TIME BUYERS! Welcome to this beautiful spacious end unit townhouse, all appliances are included. This property is a first time buyers dream come true. Over 1600 sq ft plus a finished basement. 3 large bedrooms, ensuite, walkin closet,  luxurious kitchen with loads of cabinets and counter space. Deeper lot with fenced yard. This is a must see  so book your appointment today. MLS- 30518956

$314,900$314,900

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35 Stillwater St., Elmira

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RENTALS

ELMIRA - MODERN, clean 1 bedroom in newer 6-plex. Bottom unit, stairs involved. Ideal for single person. Non smoker, no pets - definite. $680 + utilities. Available by July 1. Call 519-669-2212.

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BRICK LAYING CO. required for a six week unit town home block ready in six weeks. Brick and stone also single family homes in Kitchener ready now. Please contact Dave Brum at 519-578-7771 ext. 19.

GARAGE SALES

CLEANED OUT DAD’S House. May 20th, 1p.m. 8 p.m. May 21st, 7 a.m. 2 p.m. 2215 Floradale Road. Lots of treasures. Dishes, books - old and new and so much more!

FRI AND SAT. May 20 & 21, 8:30 a.m. 3672 Manser Rd., Linwood. Furniture, linens, yarn, Tupperware and lots more! Weather permitting.

FRI. MAY 13, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sat. May 14, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. 18 Tanager St. Elmira. Bicycles, kitchen items, 2 dehumidifi-ers, golf & base balls, 6 chair patio set, 20 ft extension ladder and much more.

GARAGE SALE - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 and Saturday 7:00 - noon. 20 Grey Owl Drive, Elmira. Bikes, dishes, country craft items, lots of kids toys/clothes and much, much more!

GIANT YARD SALE. Fri. May 20, 10 a.m. and Sat. May 21, 9 a.m. - 12 noon, 2016. Alma United Church. Books, toys, tools, household items. Bake table - BBQ food all day, table with new or almost new items, many treasures. PLANT SALE: 4” pot or smaller plants $1.00. Larger pot plants and up $2.00 & up. Donation of plants appreciated. Prizes. Proceeds of flowers to beautify Alma.

HEIDELBERG TOWN-WIDE GARAGE Sale. Saturday, May 14. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Rain or shine. Over 80 homes.

MULTI FAMILY - Village of Floradale in support of Fort McMurray. Sat. May 14, 7 a.m. Some antique furniture. Rain or shine.

MULTI FAMILY SALE. Sat. May 14, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 5 Tanager St. Elmira. Lots to choose from, something for everyone.

MULTI FAMILY, MAY 14, 8 a.m. - noon. 175 Water St., St. Jacobs. Furniture, decor, kitchen, golf clubs, puzzles, games, books, toys, baby items, purses, adult and kids clothing.

SATURDAY MAY 14TH 8am-2pm Com-munity garage sale in Martin Grove Village (at King st. & Martin Grove Rd.). Stove, Filing cabinet, Kids items, sewing machine, rocking chairs, antiques, push lawnmower, adult 18 speed bicycle, furniture and more.

WEST MONTROSE COMMUNITY Garage Sale. Saturday, May 14th, 7 a.m. Big

ORCHESTRATING A GOOD TIME AT THE WMC

Members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony stopped by the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira on Saturday morning to play some tunes, sings some songs and tell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as part of their Kinderconcerts series. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

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$459,900

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LINWOOD – backs to acres of farmland! Main fl r. laundry & 2pc. Spacious kitchen/dining area with walkout to deck with a lovely view. Hdwd. fl oor in liv. room. Main fl r. fam. room w/woodstove. FOUR bedrooms, 3pc. ensuite bath. Large, open rec. room w/several windows is great for entertaining. Newer gas furnace & central air. Dble. driveway with lots of parking. MLS.

$499,000

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Just Listed | $329,000 | DraytonThis bright, spacious, raised bungalow offers plenty of room for a family with 3 plus 1 bedrooms, large finished rec. room with wood stove, attached garage, nice deck overlooking a large backyard hedged in for privacy, Brand new furnace and A/C, newer hot water heater, and freshly painted, you can move right in! MLS.

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4.45 ACRE COUNTRY PROPERTY$649,000 NEAR DORKING Large 2700 sq.ft home, wrap around porch, surrounded by mixed bush, detached barn w/hydro & water, inground salt water pool. Plenty of space. MLS.

1 BEDROOM CONDO$207,000 NORTH WATERLOO Large 2700 sq.ft home, wrap around porch, surrounded by mixed bush, detached barn w/hydro & water, inground salt water pool. Plenty of space. MLS.

LOCATION LOCATION!$559,900 ELMIRA Sought after mature area, steps to downtown. Attractive Cape Cod, large principle rooms, 3+ bedrooms, 4 baths, finished basement, great yard. MLS.

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$329,900 PALMERSTON – Great 3 bedroom, 3 bath home with large, fenced, parklike rear yard. Ready to move in. Features spacious, finished recroom, year old steel roof, mostly carpet free. This is a nicely decorated, well kept home. If you have any questions or would like to view, email wendy@wendytaylor1.com. MLS

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DEATH NOTICES

Ray, Virginia Gladys (Ertel)Knowing she was deeply loved, it is with great sadness the family an-nounces the peaceful passing of Jean on Sunday, May 8, 2016, at the age of 90 years. Jean resided at Knollcrest Lodge in Milverton for the last ten years. Beloved wife of the late John E. Ray (1982). Dear mother of Gloria Orr of Puslinch, the late Doug (March 3, 2015), Gary and Elaine of Kenilworth, Terry of Guelph, Darlene and Charlie Koebel of Crosshill. Loving Granny of 17 grandchildren and 26 great-grand-children. Jean was the last surviving member of her family having been predeceased by her parents William and Elwina (Graff) Ertel, sister Marga-ret (Lloyd) Gowing, and brothers Jack and Arthur Keyes. She farmed her whole life on the 3rd of Peel. She also worked at the Heidelberg Restaurant for 18 years, making the best mashed potatoes. She loved going on different bus trips and especially enjoyed the ones to the casinos. She was a dedicat-ed bingo player and was fondly known at Knollcrest as the “Bingo Queen”. The family received their relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. with parish prayers offered at 6:45 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 11 a.m. at St. Clement RC Church, 3619 Lobsinger Line, St. Clements. Inter-ment in St. Joseph’s RC Cemetery, Macton. In Jean’s memory, donations to the Regional Cancer Centre, Heart and Stroke Foundation or Knollcrest Lodge would be appreciated as expres-sions of sympathy. Thank you to Dr. Anderson and the entire staff at Knoll-crest for their compassionate care.

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Rau, Wallace “Bimbo”Passed away suddenly in Elmira on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at the age of 62 years. Bimbo Rau was the beloved hus-band of Vicky (Schmaus) Rau. Loving father of Jessica and her fiancé Curtis. Proud grandfather of Claire. Loved son of Arlene Rau. Dear brother of Ron Jr. “Butch”, Tracy (Doug) Winslade, Brad, Chris (Steve) McCullough, and brother-in-law of Bill Wright. He was predeceased by his father Ron Rau, and sisters Cheryl and Bonnie. At his request cremation has taken place. A private family gathering will be held. In honour of his love of animals, do-nations to the K-W Humane Society would be appreciated.

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Shoemaker, ErmaPassed away peacefully at Caressant Care in Arthur on Sunday, May 8, 2016, in her 91st year. Beloved sister of Marie Shoemaker and Alice (Walter) Free-man, all of Elmira, and Orlan (Elsie) of RR 1, Elora. Dear sister-in-law of Edna Shoemaker and MaryAnn (George) Bowman, all of Elmira. Fondly re-membered by her nieces, nephews, and their families. Predeceased by her parents Alvin and Minerva (Lichty) Shoemaker, brothers Vernon (2015) and Delton (1999). Viewing for fam-ily and friends took place at the Dreis-inger Funeral Home, Elmira. A family service was held in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 9 a.m. then to North Woolwich Men-nonite Meeting House for burial and public service. The family wishes to thank the nurses and staff at Caressant Care and those from CCAC for the loving and compassionate care Erma received in her last several months.

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Start your long weekend with us!

Join us in celebrating the upcoming marriage of Carolyn Roy and Erik Polzin on Friday, May 20th at the St. Jacobs’ Community Centre. 29

Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. 8PM til 1AM. Start your weekend with dancing, games and tons of

raffle prizes. Compete to win the tackiest $20 thrift store outfit competition!

Happy 90th BirthdayWilma Lackner

Chartwell Retirement Residence8 Snyder Ave., N., Elmira

BEST WISHES ONLY

Open House - May 28, 1-4pm

Love your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren

In Memory of Vernon Clemmer

My life goes on without youBut nothing is the same

I do not hide my heartacheWhen someone speaks your name

My heart will always love youMy tears will always fall

Because living my days without you,is the hardest part of all

You did so many things for meYour heart was kind and trueAnd when I needed someoneI could always count on you

Those special years will not returnWhen our family was together

But the precious memories that I holdWill keep you with me forever

May 12, 2015

Your wife Mary of almost 72 years

A big thank you

Sincerely, Gary Schaefer

is extended to all of my family, friends, neighbors, co workers and everybody

else who helped my wife pull off my surprise 70th birthday party on

Saturday night and to those who helped in any way before, during and after the party. I was completely surprised and

had such a good and enjoyable evening.

Thank you also for all of your generous donations to the Woolwich Community Services Food Bank as well as for all of my birthday cards and gifts. I’m very

lucky to have so many amazing people in my life and will remember that night

always. Thank you again.

THANK YOU

BLEIZEFFER, AMELIA (NEE HIRZER)  | Peacefully passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Barnswallow Place, Elmira at the age of 90.

COSBY, WILLIAM GEORGE  | In memory of William George Cosby of Linwood. His wish was to die at home, which he did peacefully on Monday, May 2, 2016.

DONKERS, HENRY J.  | Passed peacefully in his sleep at his home in Elmira on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 3 a.m., beside his loving wife Annie, and surrounded by his nine children, at the age of 88 years.

GENTLE, RUTH (NEE BECHTEL) | Ruth passed away suddenly but peacefully with family at her side, at Barnswallow Place in Elmira on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at the age of 91.

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LIVING HEREFETED / COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

AFTERNOON TEA IS A de-lightful way to host an ele-gant party for your friends. Pretty china, lace, flowers and dainty food ... it is a special social occasion for ladies.

When I plan a tea I like to stray a little from the traditional. This past weekend I served chicken salad on mini croissants, kielbasa tortilla rollups, and ham, egg and cheese sandwiches. Served on a three tier plate and gar-nished with pea sprouts they made the table look spectacular!

I always serve scones at my teas. I make them just before the guests arrive so the house smells wonder-ful and the best time to eat them is immediately after they come out of the oven. I’m going to share a recipe with you that I like to use for scones be-cause it is light and flaky. You might call it a biscuit recipe and that’s okay – the debate about the differ-ence between a scone and a biscuit rages on. I served these with three kinds of preserves and my version of clotted cream.

No tea is complete with-out a sweet tray or two. For this tea I made mini

Scones always an ideal part of a formal teatime

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A TEACHER, A FIREFIGHT-ER, a writer, a photogra-pher, a singer and avid churchgoer.

For all of his community involvement and constant presence around Woolwich Township, Allen D. Martin has received the Ontario Long-Term Care Associa-tion’s Lifetime Achieve-ment Award.

On May 6, Martin’s fam-ily members, friends and more, gathered at his home at the Barnswallow Place Care Community to hon-our his contribution to the betterment of the Elmira area.

His wife, Pauline, says the day was a bit over-whelming for her and for Allen, seeing the large crowd of people who at-tended the award presenta-tion. Martin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 20 years ago, and Pauline spoke for him.

“Some of his family is here. A couple of broth-ers, my sisters and my brother are here. It is great. He deserves it, that’s for sure,” she said ahead of the presentation. “He spent a lot of years. It is very touching. It is emotional. The thing is, for him, he remembers these people better than some he saw yesterday. He hasn’t seen some of these people for years. It is hard for him to say, but he is pretty excited and he was excited the day

Allen D. Martin receives Ontario Long-Term Care Association award for his many contributions

before when he found out.”Barnswallow’s recreation

manager, Paula Osborne, gave a quick summary of the many different initia-tives he has been involved in over the past 50 years.

“Allen’s interests, as everyone knows, includes music. He has been a lifelong singer; he sang with a couple of groups: The Gospel Tones as well as his brothers as The Martin Brothers, and the Gospel Crusaders. His

photography side busi-ness, too, he went to 78 weddings – that’s a lot of weekends. Allen has an eye for a variety of subjects including landscapes,” she said. “Allen was also, I un-derstand, very talented in the Scrabble department, attending the All-Ontario competition. He was also a fisherman and he liked to go with his friends on the French River, where he once caught a 24-inch pickerel.

“He also liked wood-working, and taught wood-working as well. It should also be mentioned that Allen was very community minded, volunteering with the Floradale fire depart-ment for 27 years. He has also been very involved in his church serving as choir director, elder and boy’s club leader.”

Martin also lent his time writing the My Side of the Dam column for the Woolwich Observer for

some eight years after the paper’s 1996 launch. He served on the Doon Pio-neer Village board and has worked with the Waterloo Heritage Society for many years. He worked as a teacher in Linwood, Elora and Elmira over his 33-year career, and was involved in too many community groups and organizations to list.

“Clearly, folks, this is

Pauline and Allen Martin pose with his Lifetime Achievement Award last Friday. The longtime teacher was recognized for his contribution to numerous community groups including the fire department and heritage society. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

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HUGS (HEALTH, UNDERSTANDING, GROWTH, Sharing) at the Woolwich Community Health Centre (10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs). For parents and children (0-5 yrs of age) living in the catchment area of WCHC; 9:30-11 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month. Discuss parenting and child health issues. Upcoming sessions: May 13, Children’s Eye Health; May 27, Children’s Mental Health. For more information, call Heidi at 519-664-3794, ext. 237.

COMMUNITY CAN DINE, WHERE the entire community comes together to meet and eat. Please join us at Trinity United Church. Dinner is served from 6-7:30 p.m. Pay what you can. Menu for this month is sloppy Joes and salads.

MAY 14

RING OF FIRE 8 p.m. at the Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. Marty Allen and the Memphis Three perform a tribute to Johnny Cash. Tickets $20 and available at the Legion. 519-669-3932.

MAY 16

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

MAY 18

SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Maple Leaf St., Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll Free: 1-855-664-1900 for more information.

MAY 24

THE ANNUAL ST. JACOBS Fish Fry takes place Tuesday, May 24, 5- 6:30 p.m. A full and delicious meal including dessert and coffee. Adults $17/ticket; Children 6-12 $10/ticket. Call/email Tracey to purchase or reserve tickets: 519.568.7766/fishfry@stjacobslions.org. See www.stjacobslions.org for details.

MAY 25

SENIORS COMMUNITY DINING AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Linwood Community Centre, 5279 Ament Line, Linwood. Cost $11. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment. Call 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-664-1900 for more information.

MAY 29

LIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA Purina Walk for Dog Guides hosted by Woolwich Community Lions Club on May 29 on the Kissing Bridge Trail - Arthur Street entrance, Elmira. Registration: 8:30 a.m. Walk: 9 a.m. All proceeds help fund six dog guide programs. All ages, fitness levels with or without a dog are welcome to participate. Refreshments. For more info., call 519 669-3645.

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International President’s Recognition Award the latest honour for Art Woods of the Elmira Lions Club

Scooping up the Lion’s share of accolades

WHITNEY NEILSON

NOT UNFAMILIAR TO RECOGNITION for his ef-forts through the Elmira Lions Club, Art Woods was awarded the International President’s Recognition Award at the District A-15 convention in Elmira last weekend.

He was one of only three members in Canada to receive the honour, and he says there are many Lions members who have helped make the local club such a success.

“I would like to empha-size it’s easy to generate ideas and get things done when you’ve got great people like the Elmira Li-ons Club to back you and support you. I couldn’t do it alone. It should be an award for the whole club, really,” Woods said.

There are three main ar-eas of involvement that Li-ons can have been involved in to qualify for the award. A Lions member recom-mends someone to the international president, gives them the background information on the nomi-

nated member’s contribu-tion and the international president decides by his or herself.

“This year our interna-tional president is from Japan, so it’s quite special in my world to have re-ceived it based on the judg-ment from someone from Japan,” Woods said.

He says the award is given out to members who have provided services beyond the usual expecta-tions of a Lions member, as deemed appropriate by the international president.

Woods previously was the director of The Interna-tional Association of Lions Clubs from 2001-2003 and has been a member of the Elmira Lions Club since 1972.

Some of his past awards include the 100% Club President’s Award, Mem-bership Key Award, the 100% District Governor’s Award, three International President’s Awards, the International Leadership Award and the Ambassador of Good Will Award.

It came as a total surprise when he was given this

award.“I thought I was over my

award receiving days. I’ve been around for a long time and have received most of the awards available in the world of Lion-ism, and hadn’t even thought of this coming up, for sure. Obviously I can thank a few people for making it hap-

pen,” Woods said.One of the reasons he

was given the award is through the years he’s given a lot of pro-bono services to Lions clubs and other not for profit organi-zations. Woods is a retired lawyer.

“One thing that was mentioned is I’ve incorpo-

rated close to 100 of these organizations around On-tario primarily, and offered my services to a variety of projects, and I’m happy to do it,” Woods said.

Some of the Elmira Lions Club work he’s proud of includes the trails, Lions Park, and Lions Hall. He started the first Lions trail

in Elmira and has been involved with the trails for the past 35 years. Now, he looks after Lions Hall.

“The main Kissing Bridge Trail on a nice, warm Saturday or Sunday afternoon is almost becom-ing like the 401,” Woods says with a laugh. “And that’s wonderful, that’s what they’re for.”

Lions Club International is focused on helping with the wildfires in Fort Mc-Murray right now. Locally, they’re getting ready to do spring work on the trails, roadside cleanup this Thursday, and their memo-rial forest dedication on June 12.

“I joined because I wanted to be involved in something to help the com-munity and beyond but I had no idea when I joined what all Lions were doing. We are the biggest service club in the world, 1.4 mil-lion members roughly, a huge amount of work being done worldwide... If you’re interested and any good and want to continue, you can have things to do for the rest of your life.”

Art Woods received the International President’s Recognition Award for his contributions through the Elmira Lions Club, which he says has been possible through the hard work of the rest of the members. [FILE PHOTO]

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Resistance is futile: technology has been steadily turning us all into cyborgs

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.” Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.

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Q. Are you a “cyborg” yet? And if so, so what?

A. That’s a human who’s becoming more machine-like, maybe not half and half but in that direction, argues Amber Case, as reported by Kalee Thompson in “Time” magazine’s special edition of “Great Scientists.” We’re all cyborgs these days, she stresses, as our laptops and smartphones add “exog-enous” features to enable us to adapt to new environ-ments.

Does personal technol-ogy expand or inhibit the mental self? Answers Case

in her book “The Illustrated Dictionary of Cyborg An-thropology”: “Because of technology, space and time are compressing. Com-munities are forming more efficiently than in the past.” Not only can we access and store more knowledge to meet our goals, but also with social media we can create a “second self” to meet the world anew.

On the other hand, tech-nology makes it easier to consume rather than create. “People are engorging their brains on information junk-food … forgetting how to be at peace in technological sit-uations.” As Case says, “The best technology should be there when needed but dis-appear entirely when un-necessary.” Though we may all be cyborgs, the human

part has to stay in charge.Q. “Backward,” “back-sliding,” “backtracking,” “having some backbone,” “backcracking,” “watch your back,” “get off our backs” … Let’s get back to basics here on this cen-tral body part. Can you cite a few of them?

A. The human back is a marvel of load-bearing sup-port and flexibility, though it is given to much pain, as you may know all too well from first-hand experience. Back problems have been “the scourge of our species,” says Gemma Tarlach of “Discover” magazine. From top to tail, the standard 33 vertebrae include seven cervical, 12 thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral and four coccygeal, though this number can vary between

32 and 35, with the pelvic area accounting for the big-gest range of difference.

“Back-cracking was widespread throughout the ancient world — for bet-ter or worse. Hippocrates, for example, advocated strapping someone with an abnormally curved spine to a ladder, and then dropping the ladder (and patient) from a height. Don’t try this at home, kids.”

And though the saying “watch your back” is com-monly believed to derive from military tactics, ac-cording to the Oxford Eng-lish Dictionary, it first ap-peared in Lee Floren’s 1949 Western novel “Milk River Range.” Disagree? Tarlach’s answer: “Hey, we’re just tell-ing you what’s in the OED so, you know, get off our

backs (a saying with roots in the 17th century).”Q. One week each year for the past 14 years, German astrophysicist and science historian Mathieu Ossendrijver trekked to London’s British Museum to study ancient Babylonian cuneiform tablets (dating from 350 to 50 B.C.E.) describing the motion of the planet Jupiter. Why, he wondered, is a trap-ezoid — a rectangle with a slanted top–referenced among the arithmetical calculations? A. When the answer dawned on him, it rewrote a chapter of the history of mathematics, reports Ron Cowen in “Science” magazine. The trapezoid proved to represent a plot of Jupiter’s speed versus

time, showing that the Babylonians understood that the area was the distance Jupiter traveled. This concept of the area beneath a speed-time curve equaling distance is part of the branch of mathemat-ics called calculus, which historians had long thought was invented in 14th-cen-tury Europe. As New York University historian Alex-ander Jones puts it, the new findings “testify to the revo-lutionary brilliance of the unknown Mesopotamian scholars who constructed Babylonian mathematical astronomy.”

ACROSS1. Some Revlon products9. Hose hue13. Gumshoe16. Stimulative17. Indian bread18. Chicken ___ king19. 100 kurus20. Jefferson _______22. Barbie’s beau23. Bleat24. Drunken25. “The loneliest number”26. Kind of trip27. Beginning29. Bout ender31. Magical wish granter33. Creole vegetable35. Ordinal suffix37. Extinct flightless bird38. “Golden” song41. Puddinglike dessert44. Carve in stone46. Birdcage47. “My bad!”48. “We ___ Family”49. Astir

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DOWN1. Kind of toast2. Kind of skeleton3. Deep-six4. It has moles: Abbr.5. Word before large6. Level, in London7. Initial stake8. Utter9. “Star Trek” rank: Abbr.10. Partnership11. Game delayer12. Open, in a way13. Observe14. Melancholy15. Camp craft21. Scandinavian rug24. Sit in the sun28. Common people30. “Absolutely!”32. Hand brake34. Crazily36. That man38. Eyes39. Chop (off)40. Coif42. Harvest goddess43. ‘People’ counterpart

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a lifetime that we are celebrating here: full of accomplishments and ex-periences. After hearing all of this, I think what every-one really wants to know is: when did you have the time? Did you ever sleep?” Osborne asked Martin, prompting laughs from around the room.

Many of Martin’s friends

In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients.

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and family spoke to the crowd, sharing stories, usually funny stories, of Martin’s time in Elmira and beyond.

The award has been giv-en to a deserving resident in Ontario’s long term care homes since 1986, and only one resident is selected from each member home.

“It was really hard for us to pick just one,” said Osborne.

Just one of the albums Allen martin recorded over the years was with the Gospel Crusaders. It was recorded with his future wife, and other family members. Here, the group on the cover gets together for one more band picture. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

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Ally McMurray and Quinn Young build their horticulture and landscaping project during the Skills Canada provincial competition at RIM Park last week. They came in third out of 11 teams. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER]

build contest. She says there were a

few challenges to tackle on build day.

“In the competition, we had to spread out gravel on just the bottom layer (of the display) and we had never really done that before, so that was a first, which made it a little bit tricky,” she said after the competition, adding that part of the excitement was seeing what other teams were capable of. “A lot of them were really talented. All of the areas were really well done. I knew it was go-ing to be a really tight race. There wasn’t any team that was really far behind or anything. They all did a really good job.”

The two-person EDSS team received a bit of feed-back on their work before the judges made their deci-sions.

“They talked to us a little bit about the stones – some of them were placed up-side down. They told us to be careful of that for future reference,” she said. “But, I am really proud of me and Quinn.”

Walker Schott came third of seven competing in the plumbing contest, requiring him to put to-

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gether a plumbing system in a time limit. He says he didn’t think he did as well as he ended up doing.

“I wasn’t really sure how well I did. It is mixed with secondary and post sec-ondary, so it is hard to see how you are doing while you are working. You just do your best and hope it works out,” he said.

The Grade 11 student has been at Skills Canada before, competing in the four-person team carpen-try category, but decided on a change this year. He

says he loves the environ-ment at the province-wide contest, and wants to go back.

“It was great. It is always fun and it is really well or-ganized. It is always a chal-lenge, but it is always fun to compete against other people and see that they are doing,” he said.

The Skills Canada pro-vincials are held at RIM Park every year.

For a full list of results in every category, visit their website at www.skillson-tario.com.