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BY CARRIE DEBRONE

If Diane Bonfonte has her way, in about three months everyone in Waterloo Region,

and perhaps everyone across Canada, will be thinking about what the Maple Leaf fl ag means to them personally and to our country.

The Maple Leaf will celebrate its 50th an-niversary on February 15th, 2015.

Bonfonte and her friends Gloria Rudney and Muriel Soehner have launched an ener-getic campaign to mark the fl ag’s coming mile-stone and to showcase the Canadian symbol’s interesting history. The idea is expanding rap-idly, and she is looking for support.

Bonfonte, who lives in Waterloo, came up with the idea after the three women hosted a display of photos and information about the Canadian fl ag at last year’s Waterloo Region Heritage Showcase- which was ironically held on February 15th – fl ag day.

“We were constantly amazed at how little people knew about its history and especially how long our fl ag has existed,” Bonfonte said.

“It sparked us to organize the group ‘Flag Wavers of Waterloo Region’ and to make plans to recognize this signifi cant date in Canadian history. We just want people to be aware of the anniversary. So much in Canada is tied to our fl ag,” she said.

“Most people don’t know that the fl ag was originally designed with 13 points on the leaf. After wind tunnel tests to see how it looked when it was fl ying, the leaf was changed to have only 11 points.”

The three women are working on several fl ag projects, which they have so far funded

themselves.They commissioned Kitchener resident

and songwriter, Stephen Bergen, to write a commemorative song about the fl ag, which he recorded two weeks ago at Small Dog Studio in Kitchener with the help of sound engineer Ian Graham.

The song titled, ‘Canadian Flag Waver!’ features Bergen singing with a 29-mem-ber children’s choir from Smithson Pub-lic School in Kitchener, where Bergen is a teacher. The recording of the children’s voices was completed in the school’s library on Oct. 22 with the help of assistant choir director Sharon Scott.

Bergen has been composing music for about 30 years creating, among others, songs for World Vision’s 30-hour Famine commer-cials, children’s folk music, choral music for the Kodaly Festival and music for television and radio.

“I really appreciated the opportunity to cre-ate this song. It was a fun project, I tapped into the love I have of this country. Kids need the opportunity to celebrate their country in a pos-itive way and I just tried to make it a song that would instill a sense of gratitude and respon-sibility and make it a celebration of Canadian citizenship and identity,” Bergen said.

Bergen sings as well as plays all the instru-ments on the recording except the bass and the electric guitar.

CDs of the recording, which is now in the fi nal stages of production, will be available in a few months.

Film footage taken during the recording of

SMITHSON SCHOOL TEACHER COMPOSES SONG FEATURING CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Local group organizes projects, celebrations to mark Canadian fl ag’s 50th year

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2 • NOVEMBER 6, 2014 • KITCHENER CITIZEN (EAST EDITION)

VRBANOVIC IS NEW MAYOR All incumbents returned in Kitchener wards

BY HELEN HALL

Kitchener voters preferred to return incumbents to their seats rather than put new fac-es at Kitchener council.

In the October 27 election, incumbants ran in eight of the 10 wards and were all re-turned. In the remaining two wards, the incumbents had left their ward to run for mayor.

Former Ward 2 councillor Berry Vrbanovic will be Kitch-ener’s new mayor, earning 26,946 votes. His closest rival was former Ward 10 council-lor Dan Glenn-Graham who received 11,921 votes.

“I was truly honoured and humbled by the strong support Kitchener residents gave to me Monday night to serve as our community’s next mayor,” Vrbanovic said in an interview. “I will work tirelessly over the

next four years together with our entire community to build a better Kitchener.”

“The job may not offi cially start until December 1, but for me it started at 8am Tuesday morning, with the fi rst day fi lled with media interviews and my fi rst sit-downs with outgoing Mayor Zehr and our CAO, Jeff Willmer to be-gin planning the transition. I plan to use November to bet-ter understand key issues from members of council, senior management and key commu-nity stakeholders, so that as a council, we can hit the ground running come December 1,” he explained.

Glenn-Graham said he will take some time to consider his options following the election.

“I remain committed to public service, whether this is in politics or other forms of

leadership,” he said.Scott Davey won Ward 1

over three challengers. He re-ceived 2,822 votes, more than doubling those of his closest rival Niki Allerton.

Newcomer, but well-known radio personality, Dave Schnider, will take over for Vrbanovic in Ward 2. He re-ceived 1,994 votes, beating fi ve other candidates.

John Gazzola was acclaimed in Ward 3.

In Ward 4, Yvonne Fer-nandes won with 2,423 votes, more than doubling her clos-est competitor Wayne Buch-holtz.

Kelly Galloway-Sealock had a convincing win in Ward 5 with 1,502 votes. The three other candidates in that ward received about 300 or less votes each.

Paul Singh was returned in Ward 6, facing four other candidates. He received 2,761 votes.

The race was closer in Ward 7 with Bil Ioannidis winning with 2,899 votes over challeng-ers Harald Drewitz with 1,627 votes, and Fauzia Mazhar with 1,066 votes.

In Ward 8 Zyg Janecki got 2,147 votes to beat his closest competitor Margaret John-ston who received 1,840.

In Ward 9 Frank Ethering-ton enjoyed a much larger

lead over his nearest com-petitor in this election beating second place candidate Tessa Jennison by over 1,000 votes. In 2010, Etherington won by 1 vote.

Sarah Marsh is taking over for Dan Glenn-Graham in Ward 10. Marsh received 3,194 votes over closest rival James Howe who had 1,665.

REGIONAL COUNCILKen Seiling remains the

chair of Region of Waterloo council. This is his 10th term

of offi ce.Kitchener voters elected

four councillors to the region-al table. Incumbents Tom Gal-loway and Geoff Lorentz were re-elected.

Former Member of Par-liament Karen Redman and former Member of Provincial Parliament Wayne Wettlaufer were elected to replace Jean Haalboom and Jim Wideman who retired.

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Thank you Kitchener!I am humbled and excited by the support from fellow citizens. I look forward to working in common cause on Regional Council in the best interest of our community. Sincere gratitude to my family, the amazing volunteers and all the people who supported my candidacy.As always, I’m happy to discuss any concerns, ideas or questions your may have.

Mayor elect Berry Vrbanovic with his mom, Nada, at his election night gathering at Bobby O’Brien’s in downtown Kitchener.

KITCHENER CITIZEN (EAST EDITION) • NOVEMBER 6, 2014 • 3

Popular live outdoor Christmas pageant at Kitchener church cancelled

BY CARRIE DEBRONE

For the fi rst time in 18 years, there will be no live Out-

door Christmas Pageant at Bethany Evangelical Mission-ary Church in Kitchener this December,

The popular pageant, held in the parking lot of the 160 Lancaster St. E. church drew about 12,000 people every year.

It told the Biblical Christ-mas story of the birth of Christ through a 20-minute outdoor narrated play presented three shows a night during the fi rst weekend in December.

Hundreds of church mem-bers volunteered their time to the event becoming part of the period-costumed cast, and, to the delight of most children and many adults, live animals including horses, a camel, sheep, goats donkeys, chickens and rabbits were used exten-sively in the presentation with an opportunity to pet some of them after the show.

Hundreds of church mem-bers worked behind the scenes to set up the outdoor bleacher seating, make sets, direct light-ing and sound, arrange bus transports, seat people, direct traffi c and serve hot chocolate and cookies after the show – to name just a few of the tasks.

The event was so popular it was televised and drew peo-ple from all parts of Ontario. It had become a part of many local family’s Christmas tradi-tion.

The decision to no longer present the pageant was made by the church’s Ministry Coun-cil in June.

“It’s had a great run for 18 years and it’s become more than what was ever conceived of, “ said Dan Reese, Chair of the Ministry Council.

“It was not a quick or easy decision.We’d been talking about it for the better part of two years,” he said.

Reese said a number of fac-tors contributed to the deci-sion.

“It’s not any one thing that caused it to be cancelled.”

“We feel the Lord is lead-ing us in a new direction,” he said, explaining that the pag-eant was the brainchild of the church’s former lead pastor, who retired in 2010.

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“If we were going to contin-ue we wanted to do it well and in a way that we could honour its legacy and we felt that we just didn’t have anyone that could give the amount of time it would take,” he said.

Reese also said that while the pageant provided the church with the unique opportunity for broad outreach, the church wants to develop a more per-sonal relationship with its neighbours and tackle more grass roots outreach projects.

“Bethany is not closing our doors or running away any-where. We’re just renewing our mission to reach into the neighbourhood,” he said.

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the children’s choir and at a planned Smithson School assembly later this month will become part of another one of the Flag Wavers projects– a half-hour video.

The video is being created with the help of Ben Wong, a former Rockway Mennonite High School student who is currently studying audio-visual scienc-es at Ryerson University in Toronto. Most of it was shot last August in Ot-tawa and includes an interview with the woman who sewed the prototype of the fi rst Canadian Maple Leaf fl ag.

On a cold, snowy evening on Novem-ber 6, 1964, Joan O’Malley, a 20-year-old Ottawa woman, sat at her sewing machine putting the fi nishing touches on three different prototype fl ag de-signs—one of which would become the Canadian Maple Leaf.

Her stitches were needed to fi n-ish the edges of the prototypes, which were each about 6-feet wide by 4-feet high, so they could be hoisted up a pole at Prime Minster Lester B. Pearson’s Harrington Lake residence. He wanted to compare how each one looked while fl ying in the wind.

It was late in the day when Prime Minister Pearson requested that Brockville MP John Matheson, who was chair of the committee formed to choose the design for the new fl ag, have prototypes made and brought to him by morning.

Matheson, called O’Malley’s father, Ken Donovan, who was then the As-sistant Purchasing Director for the Ca-nadian Department of Trade and Com-merce’s Exhibition Commission and a personal friend. When Donovan was unable to fi nd a seamstress, he called his daughter Joan.

“My dad quickly purchased the bun-ting (a thick cotton material used for the prototypes) and then had the de-signs silk screened onto it. We did six fl ags, two of each of the three fi nal de-signs. I remember that it was a pretty cold and snowy night and I didn’t re-ally want to go out, but I packed up my sewing machine and went.”

“I didn’t know the history we were making. I imagine that any Canadian would just love to have this memory in their life now,” O’Malley said in an in-terview from her home in Ottawa.

O’Malley started sewing about 7:30pm fi nishing just after midnight.

The committee in charge of choos-ing the design for the new fl ag received 3,600 submissions, including one from Group of Seven artist A.Y. Jackson. Most contained images of the maple leaf. They were narrowed to three choices including one highly favoured by Pearson with blue sidebars and three joined long-stemmed maple leafs in the centre on a white background.

“When I was sewing them, I saw the red and white maple leaf and I knew that’s the one I would have picked,” she said of the design that eventually became the Canadian fl ag.

It is not known what happened to the prototypes she sewed. They have never been seen again.

“The last time I saw them they were wrapped in brown paper and delivered in the middle of the night to 24 Sussex Drive,” O’Malley said.

“I was asked not to say anything about sewing the fl ags. I kept it a secret for many years,” she said.

Although no one can say for sure, the request for secrecy was likely made be-cause the development of the new fl ag became a contentious, hostile and divi-sive issue in Canada.

In 1965, Canada had been a nation for 96 years but still did not have a fl ag of its own. Many people wanted to keep the Royal Union Flag (British Union Jack), which was Canada’s offi cial fl ag until 1946, while others favoured the Canadian Red Ensign that had been unoffi cially used since the 1890s. With the looming pressure of Canada host-ing Expo ’67, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson pitched his idea for a new fl ag in his speech to the Canadian Legion in Winnipeg in 1963.

O’Malley kept the secret about her part in the fl ag’s creation – not even telling her children, until ten years later when a reporter from the Toronto Star called to ask her about it.

“I called my Dad and he said, “Go ahead, tell your story.” In 1974, the newspaper printed a large story about her important role in Canadian history.

Along with her scrapbooks and news articles, O’Malley still has the sewing machine stored in her basement.

“I fi nd it sad that the Canadian gov-ernment doesn’t treasure our history like the Americans do theirs,” she said, adding that she believes her sewing machine should be displayed with oth-er historical fl ag items, perhaps at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa or at Queen’s University in Kingston where a drawing of one of the prototype fl ags is displayed.

Bonfonte has also approached the 2015 Oktoberfest organizing com-mittee with a suggestion to include O’Malley in the 2015 Oktoberfest Pa-rade with her sewing machine and pro-posed that she be accompanied by 50 fl ag bearers -- perhaps some or all of them born on Feb. 15, 1965.

O’Malley has requested that she be given the fl ag that is fl own at Parlia-ment Hill on November 6th (today), as a reminder of the day she sewed the fi rst one.

“If I could have that fl ag, that would be the highlight of my life,” O’Malley said.

O’Malley’s story, one of many sur-rounding the creation of the Canadian fl ag, is presented in the Flag Waver’s video as a poignant interview with her in front of the warehouse where, 50 years ago, she helped make the proto-type. It was the fi rst time she had re-turned to the location and the fi rst time she had been allowed to tell the story in her own words.

The video, which Bonfonte is cur-rently negotiating to have narrated by a Waterloo Region celebrity, also includes interviews with Robert La-bonte, current Flag Master at Parlia-ment Hill and Robert Harper, author of “The Brockville Connection-Cana-da’s Flag.” Harper became friends with former MP of Brockville John Mathe-son, chair of the federal committee that chose the Maple Leaf fl ag design, who passed away recently.

Because of Matheson’s work, Harper has initiated a campaign to have Brock-ville recognized as the birthplace of the Canadian fl ag.

The video also contains a look at unique National Archives documents such as Prime Minister Pearson’s di-ary notes about meeting with Queen Elizabeth II to sign the document pro-claiming the Maple Leaf as Canada’s national fl ag. The documents were sourced with the help of Glenn Wright a prominent Canadian history expert.

Seven women from St. Mark’s Lu-theran Church in Kitchener have vol-unteered to hand-sew a banner-sized quilt featuring 12 panels with Canadian fl ags that represent Canada’s diverse landscape, seasons, heritage and cul-tures. The quilt will be displayed when the Flag Wavers speak at schools or vis-it community groups and will become a part of its growing collection of fl ag memorabilia.

The song, video and quilt will all be unveiled at the project launch at Queen’s Park on February 18, 2015 (co-inciding with Canadian Heritage Week Feb. 14 – 18) that the group hopes will include Waterloo region supporters, lo-cal and national media, sponsors, local school students and MPPs and govern-ment staff.

To help educate students about the history of our fl ag, two retired Waterloo Region District School Board teachers, Marg Dickson and Helen Koepke have recently completed a series of activi-ties and games around the theme of the Canadian fl ag to be used by teachers of students in JK to grade 8.

Flag Wavers has also developed a PowerPoint presentation that can be used by groups, schools or anyone wanting information about the fl ag’s history and is developing a website that should be completed by mid-January 2015 to help communicate celebrations and projects.

“It’s amazing that they came up with a fl ag that can be embraced by all cul-tures. One that’s so acceptable to ev-eryone. You come to realize how pro-gressive the design is. The maple leaf is

just something that seems to represent us all so well,” Bonfonte said.

* * *To raise funds to help with the costs

of producing the song CDs, quilt, Pow-erPoint presentation and video, the group plans to distribute 3,000 Canada pins with red and white ribbons at-tached. It is hoped that the pins will be requested by local businesses, schools, service clubs and the larger community in return for a donation. If anyone is interested in having the pins, helping to create them or can help distribute them, has unique mementos of the fl ag or its history that they want to share, or would like to request the Flag Wavers of Waterloo Region as guest speakers please contact Bonfonte at 519-578-1369 or email [email protected]

Lyrics to the song:

CANADIAN FLAG WAVER!

It was 1867, a story beganWhen the Father’s of Confederation

united this great landThe dawn of a nation

The True North strong and freeThat’s why I want to be….

A Canadian Flag WaverHold it high, Fly it free!

Side by side with my neighboursfrom sea to shining sea!

We will raise it togetherand share this history

A Canadian Flag WaverIt’s the red and white for me!

Fly it high above the RockiesOver Prairies stretching wide

From the cliffs along our coastlinessoaring far beyond earth’s skies

a land of many culturesmakes one great family

That’s why I want to be...

A Canadian Flag WaverHold it high, Fly it free

side by side with my neighboursfrom sea to shining sea

We will raise it togetherand share this history

A Canadian Flag WaverIt’s the red and white for me!

So let the Red and White fl y free!(Canadian Flag Waver)

And celebrate the Maple Leaf! (Canadian Flag Waver)

Written and composed by Stephen Bergen

Canadian Flag...from cover

On October 22, a children’s choir from Smithson Public School in Kitchener recorded the song Canadian Flag Waver in the school library.The commemorative song was written by composer Stephen Bergen, who is also a teacher at the school. It is one of several large projectsthe local group Flag Wavers of Waterloo Region is planning to mark the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Maple Leaf on February 15, 2015.

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Regional councillor Jim Wideman retires after 25 years in municipal politicsBY HELEN HALL

Kitchener regional

c o u n c i l l o r Jim Wideman retired from m u n i c i p a l politics this year, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be sitting on his hands.

At 73, Wideman is still working full-time as a fi nancial consultant, and is a golfer, a downhill skier, a tennis player, and an avid reader.

“I always have a book on the go,” Wideman said.

But, with spending 25 to 30 hours a week working as a re-gional councillor in addition to his full-time job, many books at his cottage have gone un-read and he hopes to do some catching up.

“It’s a lot more time con-suming than people realize,” Wideman said of municipal politics.

Wideman has spent 25 years serving his community, the last 14 representing Kitchener at the Region of Waterloo coun-cil table. Prior to that, he spent six years as a Waterloo Region District School Board trustee (including one year as chair) and fi ve years as a councillor in Wellesley Township.

“Time slips by when you’re having fun,” he laughs.

Wideman’s father repre-sented Wellesley Township on the school board when he was younger, and taught him the importance of giving back.

“I recall him saying that we are fortunate to live in a won-derful community and it is a way of saying thank you to the community,” he said. “That has been my mantra.”

Wideman said it was a “re-

ally tough decision” to retire from municipal politics, but that he wanted to have more free time while he is still healthy to continue to work, do the activities he enjoys, and travel with his wife, Christine.

“I remember having a con-versation with (retiring Kitch-ener mayor) Carl Zehr and saying ‘Guys like you and me, we can’t do something half way.’ I couldn’t have stayed on council and just warmed a seat,” Wideman said.

Wideman spent 12 years as the Chair of the Region’s Plan-ning and Works Committee, which has been guiding the ION Light Rail Transit (LRT) project.

He said he is proud of the work he did on the LRT, which he describes as a “transforma-tional” project in the region.

“Some things you do ful-fi ll the immediate needs of people. The LRT is for future

generations.”Wideman also described his

work on the region’s Environ-mental Sensitive Landscapes (ESL) policy, which protects about 15,000 hectares of en-vironmentally sensitive lands, as a “high moment” in his career. The ESL policy was one of the fi rst of its kind in Canada. It protects signifi cant

environmental features such as wetlands, rivers and creeks, groundwater recharge areas, and the habitats of endan-gered and threatened species.

But for this municipal elec-tion, there were no signs to put out or debates to attend.

“It was interesting watching it from the other side of the fence,” he said.

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Margaret Avenue bridge has begun.

Access to all local businesses will be maintained throughout the construction, which is esti-mated to be complete by July 2015.

In June 2013, a structural en-gineers’ report recommended

the bridge be closed due to safety concerns and was subse-quently removed after further structural analysis.

In June 2014, staff provided options to council regarding the size of the new bridge after investigating what future needs might be required, considering the potential for enhanced rail

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Baltimore Comic-Con is the BombBY SHELLEY BYERS

Maybe it was the way we were driving, as if swerving on a darkened rural road searching for Aunt Edna’s farm-

house. Maybe it was the Canadian license plate; or maybe it was us gawking at the buildings, pointing frantically at each in-tersection. It was well after midnight, but something prompted the woman in the white Jeep to lean her head out and ask if we were lost. Without stopping or slowing down, she proceeded to yell directions to lead us to our hotel. Our fi rst taste of Balti-more. The people sure are friendly!

We were attending the Baltimore Comic-Con where my hus-band, Gerhard was a special guest and a presenter at the 2014 Harvey Awards.

Gerhard was the background artist for a graphic novel called Cerebus. Based out of Kitchener, he and Dave Sim told the par-adoxical story of an aardvark. Cerebus died at the end of issue 300 (sorry to kill the ending) concluding a 20-year collabora-tion.

Gerhard presented the award for Best Inker, a skill he be-came quite famous for in Cerebus. He also presented the Best Foreign Material award noting that he was, after all, from Can-ada, eh?

Gerhard will also be a presenter at the coming GEEK show, now called Altekrea, Festival of Alternative Creation that will be held November 21 – 23 at Kitchener City Hall.

The free event brings the diverse talents from comic, sci-fi , fantasy, animation and other unique genres under one roof with panel discussions, speakers, art exhibits, industry guests and performances. This year’s festival also features a Portfolio-Pitch Competition for registered artists.

For those of you who are unsure, a comic-con or comic fes-tival is a venue for comic book enthusiasts to fawn over their favourite artists and writers, buy and trade comics, pick up the latest memorabilia while sporting outlandish costumes. Picture Sheldon and you have the idea.

Those who dressed in their favourite costume had something to say without saying it. “This is who I really want to be.” It was inspiring or frightening depending on the get-up. The just-over-middle-aged buttocks behind Tarzan’s napkin will, unfor-givably, stick in my mind.

The three-day “Con” was held at the Baltimore Convention Center across the street from sparkling Chesapeake Bay. Tall ships and paddleboats resembling pastel painted dragons greet-ed us from the hotel’s glass elevator on the way to our event booth.

It was apparent that fans took great joy and pains to lift their secret shadows to formulate, coagulate, and join their outer be-ings. I imagined them crouched in their offi ces planning and designing, eager for the day when they could knock over their pencil holders, break out of their cubicles and declare them-selves Superman, Cute-Girl-With-Axe-In-Head, or Monster Blaster.

I met CGWAIH (see above) in the ladies room. She had worked on her costume for over six months, tediously stitch-ing and spraying a beige dress with bling and blood. She an-swered the age-old question: What do women do with used bridesmaids dresses? I mentioned how awesome she looked.

She posed, sticky claws dangling from gnarled knuckles and said that she was proud of her costume, but that she wished she had had more time. It could have been better. She looked “awesomer” last year!

My favourite costumed highlight was the master blaster who stood 8 feet tall by 4 feet wide. This is an approximation, not an exaggeration. His full name is Guardian of the Kryptonian Codex. As he stood waiting for the traffi c light to change on Main Street across from the convention center, I couldn’t help but respect a mere human for donning this black, suffocating costume in heat surpassing 90 degrees F.

It took three people to help him through the sliding glass doors to the air-conditioned entry and he never made it to visit the artists. He couldn’t fi t into the elevator down to the booths. His costume came in second to none other than Frankenberry of cereal fame.

The awards celebrate all facets of the graphic novel genre or their classic pseudonym, comic books. Of special interest, Charles Schultz, creator of The Peanuts Gang, was posthu-mously presented with a lifetime achievement award. A former assistant of Mr. Schultz was on hand to say a few words. If there was a dry eye, it wasn’t mine. She was eloquent.

Our days were long but engrossing. As “Booth Babe” it was my job to interact with fans while Ger sketched. His technique of crosshatching is not a quick, sweeping method. He uses thou-sands of tiny lines. He also talks with his hands. I had to help answer questions so he could get his work fi nished.

After interacting with fans, signing autographs, drawing charming sketches and lobbing spitballs over the privacy cur-tain at our neighbours, we were happily drained

With limited sightseeing time, we were still able to capture some of the charm of Baltimore. Along with our spitball bud-dies, we indulged in the cozy restaurants beckoning us to eat swordfi sh, crab cakes and shrimp.

We even made time to explore the tall ship and a submarine.The Baltimore Con was a place for people to jump out of

their skins and become whoever their heroes might be. Our mothers taught us not to stare. During those three days, it was rude NOT to stare, to take it all in, to congratulate those who made us smile, giggle and gaze in wonder at their colourful in-ner beings.

We look forward to more costumes, crime fi ghters and crab cakes next year. Thanks Baltimore!

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FESTIVAL OF NEIGHBOURHOODS

Brock Street wins $21,000 capital grantBY HELEN HALL

Brock Street was the big winner this year at the

Festival of Neighbourhoods (FON) fi nale November 2.

The street, which runs be-tween Queen Street South and West Ave, held a Garage Sale and BBQ this summer involving 21 homes.

“It’s the fi rst time in 18 years we’ve entered an event (in the Festival of Neighbour-hoods),” said Mary Neil who represented her street when its name was drawn to win the $21,000 capital improve-ment grant money from the City of Kitchener. She helped arrange their street event with her neighbour Anne Marie Wetter.

Neil said she would like to see the grant money used for a park in their neighbour-hood near where Homewood meets West Avenue.

FON is celebrating its 21st season, and Kitchener in-creased the capital improve-ment grant draw prize to $21,000 from the previous $10,000.

More than 30,000 people participated in the 141 ac-

tivities registered with Festi-val of Neighbourhoods from across the city of Kitchener. Neighbourhood gatherings ranged in size from fi ve to 2,000 participants.

OTHER AWARDSThe Pillar Award, for a

neighbourhood which has register-ed an event for fi ve or more years, was won by the Alpine Community for its annual Earth Day Clean Up.

The Newcomer Award (for a fi rst-time registered activ-ity) was won by the Grand River North neighbourhood

The Auditorium Neigh-bour-hood won the Arts and Culture Award for their Mu-sical Front Porch, where resi-dents are invited to show off their musical talent on their front porch while a growing group of neighbours walk from street to street together. The event is in its second year and a growing success in the neighbourhood.

This year, the activity that won the Youth Award was a lemonade and rainbow loom creations sale organized by two young girls aged 9 and 10 to raise money for the

Humane Society. They in-vited the entire neighbour-hood surrounding Chicopee by posting posters through-out the neighbourhood and posting an invitation on their neighbourhood Facebook page, and raised $114.97 for the Humane Society of Kitchener/Waterloo.

The Safer Neighbourhoods Award was awarded to the Valleyview neighbourhood for their Windale Park Clean-up. This park is tucked in behind housing and has not been typically well known or used. Improving the park has made it a better serviced area that is more widely used and cared for by the community with a greater sense of own-ership, and has become more of a safe meeting place in the community.

The Green Award went to Bridgeport neighbourhood for their Spring and Fall Na-ture Walks in Bechtel Park led by local ecologist, Larry Lamb.

The Heritage Award selec-tion is the Mount Hope-Bre-ithaupt Park neighbourhood for their Jane’s Walks.

The Grand River North

neighbourhood was selected by the award sponsor for the Inclusion Award for their Picnic in the Park activity. This gathering was open to and attended by people with varying ages, from different cultures and with varying physical abilities.

The Neighbourhood Con-nections Award, sponsored by the Social Planning Coun-cil, was presented to the Traynor-Vanier neighbour-hood for a second year in or-der to provide more time for more engagement and com-munity development activi-ties to streng-then the social connections in this neigh-bourhood.

The Ward Challenge Award went to Ward 10 (Councillor

Dan Glenn-Graham), with 25 neighbourhood events.

“The Festival of Neigh-bour-hoods initiative is re-ally about providing the resources, encouragement and recognition that Kitch-ener citizens might need to reach out beyond their own home, to take that small step in making connections with their neighbours and to help create a sense of belonging at the neighbourhood level,” said Janice Ouellette, facilita-tor of volunteer resources for the City of Kitchener. “The fi nale is about sharing what has been done and celebrat-ing the efforts and successes of these everyday hometown leaders”.

BROCK STREET NEIGHBOURHOOD CASHES INFrom left: Kitchener councillor Kelly Galloway-Sealock, Brock Street represen-tative Mary Neil, vice-president of the Social Planning Council Arlene Garrick, retiring mayor Carl Zehr and newly-elected mayor Berry Vrbanovic at the Festival of Neighbourhoods fi nale November 2.


Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa Claus is coming to townPreparations are in full-swing as the Lions Club

of Kitchener prepares to gather the commu-nity for its annual K-W Santa Claus Parade on Saturday November 15.

The parade is scheduled to begin at King and Erb Streets in Waterloo at 10:00 am and travel along King St. where it will end at Cedar Street in Kitchener.

Rogers TV Cable 20 will be broadcasting the parade live from its location at Kitchener City Hall starting at 11:00 am. It will then be repeated several times up to Christmas Day.

Children are encouraged to bring along their letters to Santa, as a team of Canada Post letter carriers will be collecting and sending them off by ‘Special Delivery’ to the North Pole.

Those attending the parade are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy for the Waterloo Knights of Columbus and the Waterloo Fire De-partment’s annual ‘New Toys for Needy Kids’

campaign. Also, the Food Bank of Waterloo Region will

have volunteers collecting food and cash dona-tions along the parade route.

In the days leading up to (and during) the pa-rade, we encourage everyone to use the hashtag #KWSantaClaus to share your comments, pic-tures and videos!

“The Lions Club of Kitchener, its generous community partners and amazing volunteers are very excited for what’s bound to be another memorable KW Santa Claus Parade,” said Pa-rade Co-Chair Alexandra Gerlach.

JP Bell, the Parade’s other Co-Chair added, “While there’s still time for businesses and indi-viduals to get involved before November 7, we hope to see everyone from across Kitchener and Waterloo lining the parade route to celebrate the spirit of the season on Saturday November 15.

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Rachel Sneddon (witch costume) with her two sons, Vaughan (left) and Noah captured the Halloween spirit as they played games and enjoyed refreshments at the 4th annual Halloween Fun Party held October 25 at the Stanley Park Community Centre. More than 350 people attended the free event organized by the Stanley Park Community Association.

The lolly pop pull was popular at the Stanley Park Community Association’s Halloween Fun Party. Making their choice are Jenna Turner (left) and Sarah Messner.

NIGHT/SHIFT WATERLOO REGION 2014A turtle lounges beside the refl ecting pool in front of Kitchener City Hall during the Night/Shift art event on November 1. The turtle was among a number of sea animals made the SWIGS (Students of the Water Institute – Graduate Section), which had a display on the effect of plastic pollution on sealife and held a contest to guess how many bottles were used to create its art. Photo by Helen Hall

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Ever wonder how much taxpayer’s money provincial politicians are spending? Soon,

that information will be just a click away on your computer.

This week at Queen’s Park, second reading debate started on the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 8). This act includes a wide range of measures which will, if passed, strengthen accountability, oversight and transparency across government and the broader public sector.

So, what does this mean for you? Bill 8 will help ensure your tax dollars are be-

ing spent wisely and that the Ontario govern-ment achieves its fi rm commitment to eliminate the defi cit by 2017-18.

All MPPs, including Cabinet Ministers, and Opposition Leaders will be required to post their expenses online. The public will be able see which items are being expensed by their elected provincial politicians.

Working as a broadcast journalist for over three decades, I produced a number of stories detailing politicians’ expenses. But, it wasn’t al-ways easy getting some elected offi cials to part with this information. Now, they won’t have a choice.

This is a signifi cant and sweeping piece of legislation which contains many far-reaching

measures. Ontario’s Ombudsman will see an expanded role, including oversight for munici-palities, school boards and universities. The legislation will also establish a patient ombuds-man for hospitals.

Another measure in this proposed bill takes aim at senior salaries in the public sector by imposing hard salary caps. Executives across the broader public sector – from universities, big utilities, and hospitals - would see limited compensation.

“We are serious about restoring trust in gov-ernment,” said Deb Matthews, the province’s Treasury Board President, adding that “The people of Ontario have a right to know how their dollars are being spent.”

Matthews would also like to introduce an amendment adding Metrolinx, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., the LCBO, Ornge, eHealth, and Local Health Integration Net-works, to the list.

You’ve heard Premier Kathleen Wynne say, “Our goal is to build Ontario up.” That starts with leading an open and transparent govern-ment which is accountable to the people it serves. By making this legislation a priority, our government is moving forward with our commitment to lead the most open and trans-parent government in Canada.

During Thanksgiving week this year, I did something I rarely do - attend an interna-

tional gathering to represent Canada. I did so be-cause the assembly in which I participated was the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), the premier international agency dedicated to the quest for peace through dialogue. With a history that pre-dates the League of Nations, IPU brings together parliamentarians from 164 nations dedicated to the principle that democracy, equality and human rights are the best guarantee of peace. IPU pur-sues the vision of a world without armed confl ict.

Why is this important for my constituents? With our strong Mennonite foundation of peace-loving, our growing cultural diversity, and fac-ing growing international dangers, Kitchener residents instinctively appreciate multilateralism and value negotiated solutions to political prob-lems. Dialogue is the best weapon in the quest for peace, where it can be achieved.

IPU sets standards and best practice guidelines for democratic parliaments. It leads the fi ght to protect elected parliamentarians from oppres-sion. Attacks against parliamentarians are more prevalent than thought, and IPU is working on cases involving nearly 300 parliamentarians.

IPU has focused on lowering barriers to trade in order to drive global development forward. Constituted by elected representatives, IPU of-

fers a unique perspective in working closely with the United Nations and other international agencies.

During the October IPU assembly I played an active role on its Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, which prepared a resolution on reconciling national sovereignty with protection of human rights. The resolution proposed the creation of a committee to prepare a declara-tion which will articulate the balance required to achieve both of these essential aspirations. Un-fortunately, due to lengthy and heated debate, the resolution was not completed and will be re-ferred to the next assembly.

The October IPU Assembly also adopted an emergency resolution calling on governments and international donors to urgently mobilize increased fi nancial, medical and logistical as-sistance in Ebola-affected areas, and to reduce their efforts to heighten public awareness and implement effective security and health proto-cols. The resolution ultimately suggested the inclusions of public health in long term develop-ment programs.

The text of my opening remarks at the IPU Committee on Democracy and Human Rights can be viewed on my website at www.stephen-woodworth.ca.

New trustees were elected to the Waterloo Region District School Board and the

Waterloo Catholic School Board in the Octo-ber 27 municipal election.

Eleven candidates ran for the public school board and four were elected to represent Kitchener and Wilmot.

They include Ted Martin, Kathi Smith, Nat-alie Waddell and Mike Ramsay.

For the Catholic board, seven candidates ran for offi ce and four were elected to repre-sent Kitchener and Wilmot.

The include Greg Reitzel, Joyce Anderson, Brian Schmalz and Amy Fee.

Both school boards include other trustees from the Region of Waterloo that are elected in Cambridge, Waterloo, and the remaining townships.

PROVINCIAL ISSUES by Daiene Vernile

MPP Kitchener Centre

PARLIAMENTARY REPORT by Stephen Woodworth

Member of Parliament Kitchener Centre

New slate of trustees elected for both schoolboards in October 27 municipal election


Story by Helen HallPHotoS by Suzanne Hall

Thousands of people are visiting the Tower of London daily to see what looks like a river of blood flowing through its moat.

It is actually a sea of red ceramic poppies - 888,246 of them in fact - one poppy for each British or Commonwealth soldier who died during the first world war. According to Statistics Canada, 56,638 Canadian soldiers were casualties of that war, meaning that just over 6 percent of the poppies at the Tower of London represent Canadian lives.

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red is an evolving art installation that has been growing since the summer. The first poppy was planted on July 17, 2014, and the work was unveiled on August 5, which was the centenary of Britain’s entry into the war. The poppies will remain on display until November 11, 2014.

The name comes from a poem written by an anonymous World War I soldier that begins:

The blood swept lands and seas of red,Where angels dare to tread. Every day, the Last Post is played at dusk and a roll

of honour read. Members of the public submitted the names of their relatives to be added to the honour roll.

The exhibit was created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, with the setting by stage designer Tom Piper, and was commissioned by the British government.

Paul Nicholls lives in London and has taught history for 21 years. He and his wife Vickie took their sons Daniel and Sam to the Tower of London in October.

“It is a very moving sight,” Nicholls said. “The colours are so vivid and perfectly capture the meaningless slaughter of the conflict. It has been packed out every day, in fact the police have warned people not to go in the school holidays due to the congestion in the area. Londoners have felt that it commemorates, in a very

simplistic way, the sacrifice that these ordinary men made in the war and they seem very proud to have this symbol in the heart of the capital in a very historic place.”

Nicholls said his sons, at seven and five years, at first did not understand the meaning of the poppies, but when it was explained, it had quite an “impact.”

When the poppies are removed, they will continue to serve as a remembrance of the war.

Each of the poppies has been sold to individuals around the globe for 25 British pounds each, equal to about $40 Canadian.

Ten percent of the proceeds from the poppy sales will go to charities that assist veterans and those still serving.

The charities include The Confederation of Service Charities, Combat Stress, Coming Home, Help for Heroes, the Royal British Legion and the SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens Families Association).

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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red

THOUSANDS OF POPPIES IN ART EXHIBIT AT THE TOWER OF LONDON The Kitchener Citizen’s Suzanne Hall is currently travelling in Europe, and sent us these photos of the art exhibit Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London in England. The exhibit features 888,246 red ceramic poppies spilling out of the Tower of London and filling its moat. Each poppy represents a British or Commonwealth soldier who died during World War I, which includes 56,638 Canadians.

Blood appears to flow over a walkway and into the moat around the Tower of London.

Each of the 888,246 ceramic poppies have now been sold to people around the world. Part of the proceeds will go to charities that assist veterans and those currently serving.

You did it. You got out and voted. Did it feel good? Did it feel like you were participating in democracy at Ywere participating in democracy at Y

its very root, democracy in action?

The City of Kitchener would like to thank all those who amarked their ballots – your vote made a difference. Thanks for making your voice heard.

Thank you also to those who worked at voting locations for this election. Your time made a difference. And thanks to all those who ran as candidates for ward and regional councillors and for mayor, regional council and the school boards. Your commitment makes a difference.

Since 1969, voter turnout for Kitchener municipal elections has ranged from 24-41 per cent. Voter turnout in the

2010 election was 27.41 per cent. This election, 30.66 per cent turned out to vote.

So what happens next?

All standing-committee and city council meetings are open to the public; citizens are invited to register as a delegation and speak to any issue that’s on a committee’s agenda for discussion. Agendas and minutes for all standing-committee and council meetings are available to the public, and are posted in the online calendar at www.kitchener.ca. The standing committees are:

Community and infrastructure services– Considers operational issues in community services and infrastructure services departments, including those affecting programs and services, such as

community centres roads, recreation and parks.

Planning and strategic initiatives – Considers all planning and engineering matters requiring public hearings and major strategic initiatives related to city growth, including oversight of the growth management strategy.

Finance and corporate services– Considers operational issues in the finance and corporate services department, budget and labour relations, and services such as licensing matters related to the Municipal Code.

Every municipal issue needing a decision goes through a legislated process usually involving one of the standing committees, and, ultimately, city council.

In addition to considering standing committee reports, city council makes decisions on other municipal matters, such as passing bylaws and receiving presentations and delegations. To help the standing committees in making informed decisions, a number of citizens’ committees meet regularly to provide advice and feedback on a variety of local issues.

All committee and council meetings are live-streamed over the internet, as well, so you can tune in to an in-session meeting or view recordings of past meetings at www.kitchener.ca, under the Inside City Hall tab. Rogers TV also regularly broadcasts council meetings and you can also view past council meetings by visiting their website.

Your Kitchener is published every other Your Kitchener is published every other Your Kitchenermonth to keep citizens informed on local issues and events. Questions or comments can be directed to 519-741-2345 ext. 7383 or [email protected]. The City of Kitchener is committed to providing accessible formats. If another format would work better for you, please contact the number above.

More than surveysResidents’ participation in city government is critical to how well we are able

to build Kitchener for the future. When citizens have access to informationand choose to participate in discussions and consultations, they help councilmake decisions that are in the best interest of the community; the public feels confident that the city is accountable and transparent to its citizens.A recent example is the Your Kitchener, Your Say community engagement campaign. We heard from nearly 3,000 participants who told us we need to develop processes that ensure everyone can be engaged, represented and respected in the city’s decision making. We also received comments asking us to demonstrate that we listen when we ask for input and tell participants how we will use the feedback. Based on this feedback, Compass Kitchener identified 28 priorities for action for the next term of council (find out what they are at www.kitchener.ca/YourSay). There are several upcoming consultations we’d like to hear from the public about including:• The comprehensive review of the zoning bylaw (CroZBy); • Planning around rapid transit stations beginning with the central station areas;• Fischer Park skatepark;• A review of our city publications getting underway later this year;But participation and engagement is more than just surveys and focus groups. There are many ways to connect and engage with the city from volunteering inone of many opportunities across the city to attending an event or taking partin programs at our recreational facilities.We have also recently added a location-based mobile app, PingStreet, for BlackBerry, iPhone and Android devices. PingStreet is designed to enhanceonline customer service and give the public more options to access servicesand information from the city. And don’t forget you can call us 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 519-741-2345 for answers to your questions, or check out www.kitchener.ca to find current consultation opportunities, available volunteer positions and other ways to connect with Kitchener.

The results for Kitchener are:Mayor: Berry Vrbanovic

Ward 1: Scott Davey

Ward 2: Dave Schnider

Ward 3: John Gazzola (acclaimed)

Ward 4: Yvonne Fernandes

Ward 5: Kelly Galloway-Sealock

Ward 6: Paul Singh

Ward 7: Bil Ioannidis

Ward 8: Zyg Janecki

Ward 9: Frank Etherington

Ward 10: Sarah Marsh

Regional chair: Ken Seiling

Regional councillors for Kitchener: Karen Redman, Tom Galloway, Wayne Wettlaufer, Geoff Lorentz

Waterloo Region District School Board:Ted Martin, Kathi Smith, Natalie Waddell, Mike Ramsay

Waterloo Catholic District School Board: Greg Reitzel, Joyce Anderson, Brian Schmalz, Amy Fee

Conseil scolaire Viamonde: Denis Trudel

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud: Dorothee Petit-Pas

Four dates to know for the 2015 budgetIt’s early in the process for the 2015 budget, but the city staff who are preparing for budget discussionshave set some dates for residentsto note, and will be seeking feedback through the next few months.

Get involved in the discussionby responding to the City of Kitchener Facebook posts, tweetsby @CityKitchener, or coming outto address council on Feb 2.

www.kitchener.ca #KitBudget

Budget discussions for 2015 will be held in January and February. Mark these dates in your calendar:

Jan. 5: operating

budget;

Jan. 12: capital budget;

Feb. 2: public input night;

day.

The city’s publication for its residents November-December 2014

You did it. You got out and voted. 2010 election was 27.41 per cent. This community centres roads, recreation and In addition to considering standing

Kitchener Market cooks!There’s always something fun happening at the Kitchener Market. Free events take place on Saturdays, including tour of the market with Chef D every second Saturday. Cooking classes take place Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated:• Slow cooker meals: Nov. 12

• Wine & Art: Tuesday, Nov. 18 or Dec. 16

• Dinner party how-to: Nov. 19

• Ladies night out - Cocktails and appetizers: Thursday, Nov. 20, 27, Dec. 4 or 11

• Ladies night out - The great cookie exchange: Thursday, Dec. 18

• Kids in the Kitchen: seepage 3, Dec. 13, Dec. 20

For details, visitwww.kitchenermarket.ca/events.

Santa Claus paradeDress warmly and bring the kids on Nov. 15; Santa Claus is coming to town. Floats, bands and Santa, and more -- the Lions parade starts at 10 a.m. in uptown Waterloo and travels along King Street through downtown Kitchener. Canada Post picks up mail for the “jolly old man” from the children during the parade, for delivery at: Santa Claus, North Pole, Ho Ho Ho. The Waterloo Knights of Columbus are involved in the toy drive with the Waterloo Fire Department, and food items are collected for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

Christkindl MarketWillkommen! Come enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of Christmas at Kitchener City Hall Dec. 4-7. Visit Canada’s original Christkindl Market and experience a centuries-old tradition. Our festival of German Christmas features more than 70 food and gift vendors and free entertainment. Visit www.christkindl.ca for more information. There will be free Saturday parking at city hall during Christkindl. Check downtownkitchener.ca for other free parking programs.

What’s your partin PARTS?The Ion will be rolling through

Kitchener in just a few shortyears and the City of Kitchener

is hard at work trying to plan for the change it will bring.

“I’ve heard from residents, business owners and developers, many of whom have expressed some anxiety around what changes the LRT will bring,” said Tina Malone-Wright, senior planner for the City of Kitchener. “That’s what this process is about -- and why it’s so important. This is our opportunity to shape what that change looks like by developing the policies and regulations that will dictate what can and can’t be done around these station stops. It’s also important to note that not all station areas are targeted for change and that’s why we need to go through this process.”

Starting with the central stations study area plan, in part because of the work and momentum already happening in the core, the city will begin a process of consulting with the public to develop a plan that spells out the most appropriate land uses, streetscapes and infrastructure requirements within about a 10 minute walk of the ION station stops.

Other considerations that will be discussed through this process are pedestrian, bicycle, transit and road issues as well as traffic in general, stormwater management and accessto water and wastewater.

To launch the central stations areaplan, we will be inviting the public toan information session on Wednesday,Nov. 19, 2014 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Conestoga Room at Kitchener City Hall. This session will provide information about the project and the work that’s been done to date and will ask participants some specific questions to help staff understand where people’s concerns are and what factors could influence peoples’ decisions to use the light rail transit. Some examples of questions that participants will be asked are:

• Do they live, work or go to school within a 10 minute walk of a station?

• Do they see themselves using the ION and if not, what would encourage them to do so?

• What route would they take to go to or from a station stop and would they walk bike or drive to it?

• Do they want to grab a coffee, pick up groceries or stop at a park on the way to or from the station or what other amenities would they like tosee around the station stops?

Staff will take the feedback received through this phase of the project and go back to the public next spring to present several possible scenarios so that people can see what may be possible. Staff will take the feedback received from the public on the possible scenarios and develop a preferred scenario that will be presented in thefall of 2015 for feedback.

For more information and a detailed map of the area in consideration, please visit www.kitchener.ca/parts you can also email [email protected]. The website will be regularly updated with information throughout the process.

Winter may seem like an odd time to be thinking about skateparks, but did you know that the City of Kitchener is building a new skatepark next year at Fischer Park? This is the time for work on design and vision for what that skatepark will look like.

So, what would you like to see in a new skatepark?

We’re looking for input at upcoming design workshops. The feedback provided from participants will be used to design the new skatepark. All meetings will be held at Forest Heights Public Library (251 Fischer Hallman Rd.), from 7-9 p.m. on the following dates:

• Thursday, Oct. 23 - Visioning and brainstorming workshop

• Thursday, Nov. 27 - Design alternatives workshop

• Thursday, Jan. 8 - Preferred design presentation.

Consultation and design of the skatepark would take place October 2014 to January 2015, with construction taking place next spring and summer. Fischer Park is located at the corner of Fischer Hallman Road and Queen’s Boulevard. The site is adjacent to Forest Heights Collegiate Institute, Forest Heights Pool and Kitchener Public Library’s Forest Heights branch.

Throughout 2010 and 2011, staff talked to local skateboarders to get their input on where two new skateparks should be built, outlined in the City of Kitchener Skatepark Planning Study. Fischer Park was identified during that process as being a desirable location for a new skatepark, and was subsequently approved by council.

For more information on the new skatepark planning, go to www.kitchener.ca/skatepark or email [email protected].

24hrs of Nspiration

From Nov. 14-16, the City of Kitchener will be participating in a 24hr startup event with Nspire Innovation Network, a student run non-profit whose purpose is to connect, empower and inspire youth and build leaders in the business and technology space.

On Friday, Nov. 14, the 24hr Startup will begin with team building and idea generation. The competition will begin on Saturday with a 24-hour exchange of disruptive ideas and vibrant energy from some of the top university students in the region. The event will conclude with “Dragons’ Den” style pitches to a panel of judges at Kitchener City Hall beginning mid-day.

The event is part of the roll-out of city’s latest release of open data sets. Staff is excited for the opportunity to engage with the teams to understand how open data could be used to support their business concepts and what startup companies need from their local government to support their business’s needs.

“There is huge potential to come up with something great given the immense amount of local tech talent in the area,” said Dan Murray, the City of Kitchener’s Interim Director of IT. “We are really looking forward to seeing what the community can do with it.”

The city now has more than 30 open data sets posted in our catalogue and continues to release data as it become available.

Learn more at www.kitchener.ca/opendata

Two Christmas trees at Williamsburg Cemeteries Dedication Centre celebrate the season of giving in very different ways. One is a 20-foot fir

tree of remembrance decorated by staff and long-time community volunteers, Pat and Gloria Doherty; the other ready to be “dressed” with donations of new hats, mitts, scarves, socks and boots.

On Saturday, Dec. 20 from 2-4 p.m., Kitchener Cemeteries hosts a casual gathering honouring loved ones at the dedication centre, providing a personalized ornament to place on the tree of remembrance. If you are unable to join us on Dec. 20, please drop by Saturday, Dec. 6 or 13 from 2-4 p.m., to simply view the tree, donate to the “bare” tree, or personalize an ornament and place it on our Christmas Tree of Remembrance.

The items placed on the second Christmas tree are donated to local charities, such as Anselma House or YWCA Mary’s Place, which provide shelter and services for abused women and their children, and St. John’s Kitchen, which provides support and outreach services in downtown Kitchener.

Donations can be made during regular office hours. For more information,call 519-741-2880 or visit www.kitchenercemeteries.ca/christmas.

A Christmas Fantasy20th anniversaryVictoria Park comes alive with thousands of lights for the magical 20th anniversary of A Christmas Fantasy on Saturday, Dec. 6,from 5 p.m. Visit the bandstand on Roos Island this year for live entertainment at the heart of the festivities including Santa’s Workshop and Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Check out one of our community village huts on the island for some hot chocolate on Friday and Saturday nights until Jan. 3.

New Year’s EveThe countdown is on for 2015! Join us downtown Kitchener and ring in the New Year on Wednesday, Dec. 31 in retro style! We have something for everyone at this ‘80s throwback party. This free event features an ‘80s toy and collectible expo inside the Rotunda with iconic exhibits, a photo booth, and a trivia and gaming lounge featuring vintage arcade games. On Civic Square, there will be skating, food for purchase and live entertainment until the countdown. For more information, please visit kitchenerevents.ca #KITNYE.

New Year’s LeveeStart off 2015 with Kitchener’s new mayor, Berry Vrbanovic and members of council at the New Year’s Levee on Sunday, Jan. 4, from 2-4 p.m. at city hall. Bring your skates for a spin around the rink, then warm up indoors at this free family-friendly event. There will be refreshments, live entertainment, free face painting, a balloonist, and a craft table. Mark the start of another year by exchanging New Year’s greetings with your friends and neighbours, and with council, in anticipation of a good year ahead.

The Aud & Arenasskating scheduleLace up your skates for the ice season and take advantage of a variety of ice programs in the City of Kitchener’s arenas. Programs include paid public skating and adult shinny hockey, special public skating events, and free community skating presented by Josslin Insurance. Visit www.kitchener.ca/skatingschedule or call 519-741-2699 for more information.

Home safe: warm up to safety this winterEvery season brings its sunshine and leisure activities, and also its hazards. Winter is when we have to think about safety indoors as well as outdoors. There are things we should do because they keep us and our neighbours safe, and there are things the city requires us to do through bylaws. By working together as a community, we help keep each other safe.

The city also has bylaws that cover snow removal, winter parking and also ensure owners of residential rental buildings provide adequate heat for tenants. Homeowners’ responsibilities increase in the winter as snow and ice pile up. Think about these things when you’re out shoveling your driveway in winter:

• By removing snow around exhaust and intake vents, we protect our home from carbon monoxide poisoning.

• By assisting the city to dig out fire hydrants, we reduce the time it takes to respond to a fire.

• By clearing the snow around meters, we keep them accessible in case of emergency.

• By clearing snow and ice from sidewalks, we prevent falls and mishaps for pedestrians and people who are using assistive devices or strollers.

“There are a few key things we need to remember for keeping our homes, ourselves and others safe in the winter time,” said Gary Mann, interim fire chief for Kitchener Fire Department. “Thinking about it in the middle of an emergency is too late.”

Adequate heatUnder the city’s Municipal Code, all rental housing heated by the property-owner must be at least 21C (70F).

“Having adequate heat within your home or apartment is a property owner’s duty,” said Shayne Turner, the city’s director of enforcement. “Landlords must make sure their tenants have adequate heating when the weather gets colder during the falland winter months.”

A complaint can be registered with the city’s bylaw enforcement division. The property owner is required to address the issue within a certain time period, or be fined up to $5,000.

Home safe: gas metersIt’s important to keep snow and ice from building up on your gas meter. Gas meters need to vent. If ice or snow builds up around your gas meter and prevents it from venting, the gas build-up could be forced back into the house, creating a safety risk.

Home safe: carbon monoxideNow the heat is on in our houses, make you are safe from carbon monoxide (CO), an invisible, odourless, tasteless and poisonousgas, by:

• Having a certified fuels technician inspect the furnace annually;

• Keeping all outside vents clear;

• Installing a CO alarmon every floor.

CO detectors are now required by law in most homes.The symptoms of CO poisoning are similar to

the flu – nausea, headache, burning eyes, confusion and drowsiness – but without the fever. If symptoms appear, get everyone, including pets, outside to fresh air immediately and call 911.

For Kitchener Utilities inspections, service and repairs and natural gas emergencies, call 519-741-2345. Learn more about home safety and service disruptions by visiting kitchenerutilities.ca.

Home safe: smoke detectorsCity of Kitchener Fire Department urges you to practice fire safety over the holiday season, which is one of the deadliest times of the year for home fires. The law requires working smoke alarms on every storey and outside all sleeping areas; smoke alarms are missing or not working in almost 50 per cent of the residential fires the fire department gets called to.

For more home safety tips, go to www.safetyinfo.ca/autumn-winter or call the Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA) at 1-877-682-8772.

In the Christmas spiritEntertaining is a lot easier during

the holidays when you come to the Kitchener Market to pick up your ingredients on Dec. 20 from 7 a.m.to 2 p.m.

Carollers will wander the market celebrating the Christmas spirit with beautiful holiday songs.

Since the Saturday market is a one-stop shop for your Christmas cooking, while you’re there picking up your turkey (order ahead!) and fixings, learn some new recipes with your little ones at the Kids in the Kitchen in the Marketplace from 10 a.m. to noon.

Classes are taught by one of our professional chefs, who give yourkids, and you, lots of opportunitiesto participate.

On Dec. 13, make and decorate a gingerbread house with Santa Claus, and on Dec. 20, create some treatsfor his reindeer.

The Kitchener Market welcomes donations to the Food Bank of Waterloo Region at its Saturday events.

Sit down for a family-style breakfast and picture session with the jolly ole elf himself on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. Breakfast with Santa includes one photo with Santa, breakfast and a craft.

The Kitchener Market office is open Tuesday to Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Limited spaces are available so be sure to register using the cooking classes page at www.kitchenermarket.ca, or call 519-741-228 for more information.

Yes, you need both!To protect you and your family, you need to have both alarms in your home.Fire and carbon monoxide (CO) present a risk to you and your family. To manage these risks, you need to have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in your home. Under new Ontario regulation, most single family homes, townhouses or multi-unit buildings with up to six units have until April 15, 2015, to purchase and install carbon monoxide alarms. Buildings with more than six residential units have until October 15, 2015 to comply. For more carbon monoxide safety information, visit www.kitchener.ca/co

Kitchener leaf collectionprogramCity of Kitchener leaf collection drop sites open October 10.No matter where you live in the city, please, where possible:• Mulch or compost leaves on your property, or• Take leaves to one of the drop-off sites listed, or• Bag your leaves for collection under the Region of Waterloo’s yard waste

program or deliver them directly to the regional landfill site.

Drop-off sites1. Schaeffer Park (Bloomingdale Road) 2. Breithaupt Park (Kinsmen Park - off Union Street) 3. Kitchener Auditorium (Ottawa Street North entrance) 4. Meinzinger Park Soccer Fields (Homer Watson Boulevard) 5. Lions Arena (Rittenhouse Road) 6. Southwest Optimist Sports Field (Pioneer Drive) 7. Cherry Park (Strange Street at Waverly Road) 8. Victoria Street South at Eastforest Trail (Eastforest Trail parking lot) 9. Hofstetter Park (40 Hofstetter Avenue)

Use the online tool to find the leaf collection options for your specific address at www.kitchener.ca/CurbsideCollection or by calling 519-741-2345.

What does Kitchener Golf

have for you this holiday season?

Learn more about how we can help get you holiday-ready this season.

Visit www.kitchenergolf.ca or call 519-741-2949 to learn more.

A great place to host a holiday party

Early bird savings on memberships for 2015

Gift cards for the golfer on your list

www.kitchenergolf.ca

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Choose The Marketplace for your holiday party and we’ll take the stress out of planning. From a basic rental to a fully customized package with a personal chef, the Kitchener Market is your partner in creating an event they’ll cherish.The Marketplace is a 2,000 sq. ft. room located in the heart of the market with a full-sized commercial kitchen - perfect for hosting a variety of events.For more information and to view our photo gallery, visit www.kitchenermarket.ca/rentals or call 519-741-2287.

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Snow means NO!The City of Kitchener would like to remind you there

is no overnight parking on city streets between December 1 and March 31 each winter.

Parking is not permitted on any City of Kitchener street between 2:30 am and 6 am.

NO Exemptions will be granted.

The city’s tag and tow by-law remains in effect. When a snow event is declared by the City of Kitchener parking is not allowed on city streets

at any time until the snow event has ended.

For more information contact City of Kitchener by-law division at

519-741-2345 or visit www.kitchener.ca


BY CARRIE DEBRONE

While Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr has cherished his 17 years at the

helm of the City of Kitchener, like a wise sea captain, he knows that now is the right time to hand over the ship’s wheel.

“It feels right – in the head, in the heart and in the gut to step aside now. I’ve certainly enjoyed it and my life has been very full, but this is the right time to go,” said Zehr in a recent interview in his offi ce at City Hall.

“I never expected to be mayor for as long as I have. I didn’t come into the job with a time frame,” he said, adding that four years ago he almost didn’t run.

“I took a long, hard look at it but I decided there were some things I want-ed to see followed through and I real-ized that many of the councillors would be new and I wanted to bring some sta-bility.”

He will offi cially retire on December 1.“I want to take a complete break – it

might be for a day, a week, a month or a year. I don’t know, but I want to spend more time with my fi ve grandchildren, more time travelling with my wife, San-dy. Later he said he might do some cor-porate board work or volunteer.

Zehr, 69, announced his retirement last February, opening the door to a race for the mayor’s seat in the recent October 27 municipal election.

In his victory speech, newly elected Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic acknowledged that Zehr leaves some very big shoes to fi ll.

“He’s been a true mentor to me,” Vr-banovic said.

“Carl will be remembered for his calm, focused and purposeful style that helped transform Kitchener into one of Canada’s great urban centers to live in.”

“Carl’s leadership of council helped to bring the Economic Development Investment Fund into place, which not only began the transformation of our downtown, but began the economic transformation of our entire city.”

“He personifi ed public service and integrity. But most of all, Carl taught me the importance of a steady, patient

approach in working through issues. It may not always get you a quick result, but often helps get you the best result.”

Zehr’s political career spans 26 years having served nine years as a city coun-cillor before being elected mayor in 1997. He’s also served as a regional councillor for 23 years.

His fi rst attempt to become mayor in 1994 was unsuccessful. He fi nished third in a fi eld of nine candidates. But, just three years later he defeated for-mer mayor Richard Christy, winning easily with a strong margin of over 10,000 votes.

The city he inherited in 1997 is very different from the prosperous one that exists now - for many a testament to Zehr’s leadership and vision.

In his matter-of-fact way Zehr says Kitchener’s accomplishments are the result of a collaborative effort between council, staff, private businesses and citizens.

“It’s never about one person or about me alone. We always worked togeth-er,” said Zehr.

In his early political career, Zehr was involved in the planning of the new Kitchener City Hall, a building that for him came to symbolize the change he knew the city must embrace to become successful.

“The new City Hall became the focal point. It symbolized the era that Kitch-ener grew up,” he said.

“I’ll never forget the architect stand-ing up to describe the design for Civic Square at the front of City Hall. He stood there, with his arms outstretched, and said this is a community space—a place where people can come togeth-er. That always impressed me and I thought a lot about how a community can change if it wants to.”

During Zehr’s time in offi ce, Kitchen-er has experienced the development of many new community and recreational centers, parks, libraries, schools, fi re sta-tions, arenas and landmark infrastruc-ture like the new Fairway Road Bridge.

The city adopted a ‘service fi rst’ slo-gan and Zehr said staff was instructed to make customer service a top priority.

Weathering the recession and a

shrinking manufacturing sector, Kitch-ener City Hall lead the turn around of its dying downtown by establishing a ten-year Economic Development In-vestment Fund that funneled millions of dollars into rebuilding the core by attracting partners from all economic sectors.

Soon after the fund’s launch in 2004, high-tech companies like Google, De-sire2Learn and the Communitech Dig-ital Media Hub relocated to The Tan-nery building.

The city’s plan to drive change also

drew the educational sector and The Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Social Work and the University of Wa-terloo Health Sciences Campus, which are now located downtown.

“We were able to capture the imagi-nation of the public and that vision was captured by the private sector. We still have a strong manufacturing sector here, but we were able to broaden the city’s economy to reach beyond that,” Zehr said.

“It was a confi dence shot in the arm. Where would we be if we had not in-vested in these things – not taken the risk that we could bring that kind of change. We would still be struggling,”

Since then new housing develop-ments and other businesses have been built to support the new downtown economy, driven in part by the promise

of the LRT.Serving as chair of the Big City May-

or’s caucus for three years, Zehr said Kitchener was “seen in a very good light” outside of the GTA and across Canada, adding that Kitchener was able to exert infl uence on the Ontario and Canadian economies at a level well above what would be expected for a city of its size.

“I think there was a bit of envy. My colleagues would ask me ‘How are you doing it?’” Zehr said.

“We had been fl ying under the radar and then we suddenly got noticed,” he said.

Zehr said he hopes the momentum started under his mayoral terms will continue.

“It’s like being on a treadmill. You need to keep a reasonable pace and take a progressive approach to see results.”

He suggests that the new council look at the residents in Kitchener with-out dollar signs in their eyes.

Over the years he has developed an aversion to the word “taxpayer.”

“People are not taxpayers, they are citizens. It’s time to take the taxpayer mask off constituents and underneath you’ll fi nd your friends, your neigh-bours, yourself.” Most people care about their city and want to be part of the decisions made. They want to feel connected to their city and we should welcome that.”

He says the newly elected council must fi nd new ways to engage the pub-lic, but warns that social media has put decision making into hyper drive, en-ticing people to make instant decisions that are often not well thought out.

“I’m hoping councillors will not buy into that. I hope they will make thought-ful, balanced decisions,” he said.

He added that he hopes the new council will try to always think of what

is best for the community as a whole as opposed to giving into special interests.

“It’s easy to say yes to everyone who comes to council but to have the back-bone to say no is diffi cult,” he said.

Zehr said the quality he most ad-mires in leaders is integrity. His person-al hero is politician John Sweeney who served as MPP for Kitchener-Wilmot from 1975 to 1990 and was cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson.

“He earned and retained respect from all people of all party stripes. He was an honest straight shooter who genuinely cared about people. I’ve tried to emulate his approach,” Zehr said of Sweeney.

“If all I have when I leave my offi ce is my integrity, then I will consider my time here a success.”

“IT FEELS RIGHT” Carl Zehr prepares to step down

after 17 years as Mayor of Kitchener

Zehr’s political career spans 26 years having served nine years as a city councillor before being elected mayor in 1997. He’s also served as a regional councillor for 23 years.

Carl Zehr, at his desk in his city hall offi ce, will retire after 17 years as Mayor of Kitchener.

Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr in front of the wall of photos of past city mayors outside the council chambers at Kitchener City Hall, says he feels this is the right time for him to leave municipal politics.


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WINE & ART WORKSHOPTuesday, Nov. 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m.Hosted by a certified Art Innovators teacher, this two-hour class

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DINNER PARTY HOW-TO:Wednesday, Nov. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Have you ever wanted to throw an elegant dinner party, but don’t

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Kitchener library hosts lecture on the Great WarIt’s been 100 years since the

outbreak of a war that saw thousands of Waterloo Re-gion residents ship off to Eu-rope, to fi ght and sometimes die in the trenches. And with Remembrance Day upon us, the Kitchener Public Library is giving current residents multiple opportunities to delve into the history of the local war effort.

For months, library staff and volunteers have been working on creating a digi-

tal record of local soldiers. Following the First World War, the KPL’s chief librar-ian Mabel Dunham and sev-eral school children collected biographies of local soldiers. Now about 120 volunteers have transcribed all of those soldier cards, and have also “adopted” soldiers, doing ad-ditional research and writing short biographies.

Staff are now working to upload the soldier cards to an online database, and make

them publicly available. The biographies of adopted sol-diers will be added to the digital collection in the next round of uploads.

Meanwhile the library is hosting a lecture on Waterloo County’s Great War Heri-tage, by Geoff Hayes, an as-sociate professor in history at the University of Waterloo, on November 18th. The talk will take place at the Central Library from 7-9pm

Colour Paradise’s annual wreath auctionraises money for House of FriendshipAs the holiday season ap-

proaches, Colour Paradise Greenhouses is preparing once again for its sixth annual Char-ity Wreath Silent Auction.

In 2013, this event raised $2,503 for the House of Friend-ship, a local organization serv-ing families living on low in-come in the community.

The offi cial ribbon cutting for the event will be combined with Colour Paradise’s Christ-mas Open House on Satur-day, November 22. The Open House will include Santa, local music and seasonal treats from

11am until 1pm. The Charity Wreath Silent Auction will run through until Saturday Novem-ber 29, excluding Sunday.

Local businesses and com-munity groups decorate wreaths for the auction and donate them to Colour Para-dise. Some wreaths are beauti-fully decorated by those with a ‘green thumb’, while others (like the one from the Kitch-ener Citizen) offer an incentive to encourage you to bid on it.

The Kitchener Citizen wreath includes a certifi cate for a free black and white busi-

ness card sized ad in both edi-tions of the community paper each month in 2014. The value of the advertisement is $1,300.

Bidding on the wreaths will begin after the ribbon cutting and will continue until 1pm Saturday, November 29th, at which point the wreaths will be distributed and all proceeds given to the House of Friend-ship.

Learn more by following Co-lour Paradise on Facebook and Twitter or at its website www.colourparadise.com.

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In Good Taste SIMPLE RECIPES FOR A BUSY LIFE STYLE

There are easier ways to cook a whole winter squash, but this is an especially good one. If you have a source of fresh horserad-ish, it will be worth the tears you shed when you grate it; alternatively, use pre-pared horseradish to taste. Use the winter squash of your choice.

BAKED SQUASH RINGSwhole winter squash, washed but not peeledcoarse sea or Kosher saltfreshly-ground black pepperchopped fresh savory, thyme, marjoram or rosemary (or a dried

herb)3 to 4 tablespoons butter, melted2 or 3 tablespoons (or to taste) grated, fresh horseradish or prepared horseradish

Cut squash into slices that measure about ¾ inch thick. Place slices in a single layer in a large baking dish that has a lid, or on a baking sheet. Sprinkle each slice with salt and with a generous fl urry of pepper. Add lots of chopped, fresh herbs, or if you are using dried herbs, use a pinch on each slice. Melt the butter (use more if the squash is large) and stir in the grated or prepared horseradish, tasting as you go. (It should have a defi nite zip to it). Stir in a dash of wine vinegar. If you have a bottle of dry sherry in the house, it wouldn’t hurt to add a dash of that, too. Pour the butter mixture evenly over the squash slices; cover the baking dish with the lid, or the baking sheet with a piece of foil wrap. Bake until the squash is tender – about an hour at 350 degrees F.

The traditional New England Common Cracker is a buttery and crisp cracker that is deserving of a more exalted designation. The amount given will make about 40 suprisingly delicious crackers.

COMMON CRACKERS4 cups all-purpose fl our1 tablespoon salt2 teaspoons sugar3/4 teaspoons baking powder½ cup chilled butter, cut into ½-inch cubes1 cup whipping cream

In a food processor, pulse the fl our, salt, sugar and baking powder; add the butter and pulse until coarse meal forms. Add the whipping cream and pulse until a stiff dough forms. Gather the dough into a ball; fl atten the ball into a disc, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Roll out the dough on a lightly-fl oured surface to a thickness of 3/8-inch. Using a 1-3/4-inch biscuit cutter, cut out rounds, and place them on the pre-pared baking sheet. (Gather the dough and repeat until the dough is used up). Brush the rounds with heavy cream. Bake crackers at 400 degrees until they are golden brown – 15 to 17 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

I cannot resist adding minced garlic and chopped chile pepper (or cayenne powder) to this chutney. Then I like to substitute freshly-grated ginger for the ground ginger, omit the cinnamon and cloves, and use vinegar for half or more of the water. By this time, I have an altogether dif-ferent chutney from the version here – but both have their selling points. This is the one to serve with roast poul-try and ham.

CRANBERRY CHUTNEY4 cups fresh cranberries1 cup seedless raisins1-2/3 cup sugar (or less)1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 -1/2 teaspoons ground ginger¼ teaspoon cloves1 cup water½ cup chopped onion1 medium-sized tart apple, peeled, cored, and chopped½ cup thinly-sliced celery

Combine the cranberries, raisins, sugar, spices and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook until the skins of the cran-berries pop. Lower heat, and stir in the remain-ing ingredients. Simmer gently just until mixture has thickened some-what – about 15 minutes. Cool; then refrigerate.

The pork chops must be at least an inch thick for this dish to be successful

SWEET AND SOUR PORK CHOPS4 pork chops, each 1-inch thick¼ cup fl oursea salt or kosher saltcayenne powderbutter13 cup water2 to 3 tablespoons cider vinegar1 to 2 tablespoons sugar1 or 2 bay leaves¾ cup thick sour cream.

Coat chops with a mixture of the fl our, salt, pepper and cayenne powder (a generous dash). Melt enough butter in a large sauce-pan over medium heat to just cover the bottom of the saucepan. A cast-iron skillet is best for this. Brown chops on both sides. Remove chops from skillet (unless you are using cast iron, or another skil-let that can be used in the oven), and place chops in a single layer in a baking dish. Stir together the water, vinegar, sugar and bay leaves. (If you wish, add a couple of cloves of garlic, cut into halves). Taste for seasoning, then pour mix-ture over the chops in the baking dish. Cover the baking dish, and bake at 350 degrees F. until the chops are cooked through – about an hour, but be careful not to over cook. Spread sour cream over the chops, replace the cover, and bake a few min-utes longer – just long enough to heat the sour cream.


It’s Your BUSINESS CANADA’S BUSINESS

BY BRUCE WHITESTONE

In business and in govern-ment management consists

too often of mismanagement. Organizational complexity

does not simplify or clarify, but rather creates conditions that make it diffi cult to work. As more regulations are add-ed they only exacerbate the problem.

Companies often have a statement of purpose. That in itself triggers endless debate; rules and sub-clauses lead to discussion and prolonged meetings.

A consulting fi rm, Bain and

Company, analyzed samples from big fi rms that revealed that their managers spent 15 per cent of their time in meet-ings – and that many meetings had no clear purpose.

The samples also revealed that senior executives de-voted at least two full days a week to meetings accompa-nied, of course, by colleagues.

In many of the meetings, three or more e-mails were sent to those, believe it or not, sitting in the same room.

This “clutter” imposes on the time of managers. Ac-cording to Bain’s analysis, management communica-

tions soared from about 1,000 a year in 1970 to 30,000 today.

Inevitably, this entails get-ting people to do individually more “work”, and, results in even more meetings to co-or-dinate this data.

Large companies have be-come more complicated than smaller ones, which can often focus on the part of their op-eration that enables them to compete successfully.

In large organizations, man-agers build “empires” that feed on themselves; more as-sistants are required, adding an additional layer of confu-sion.

As a result, even simple things get lost -- such as the need to replace a faulty igni-tion system in General Mo-tors’ cars.

Governments are likely some of worst offenders for holding meetings and over-regulating activities.

This columnist chaired a meeting of the Privy Council Offi ce, the apex of the federal government. One entire day was consumed by a discussion about how to defi ne poverty. For instance, members at the meeting were grappling with the questions about whether two automobiles would dis-qualify a person as poor.

Some companies such as Boeing have started to hold their executives accountable for “occupational overload” imposed on subordinates. General Electric is beginning to introduce a “culture of sim-plifi cation.”

Certainly regulations are needed - perhaps if there was better management it could have prevented the contami-nated water scandal in Walk-erton, Ontario.

However, there should be periodic housecleaning to curtail the rising pyramid of clutter.

* * *Bruce Whitestone is an

economist and syndicated columnist living in the

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Q. We are fi nally retired and offi cial-ly snowbirds. We purchased our fi rst

condo this summer. We cannot fi nd any rules or information on what procedures to follow if we vacate the condo for several months. Your advice would be very helpful. A. A lot can happen while you are away and you should make a checklist to avoid any problems that could occur. First of all, pro-vide your management and condo board with a forwarding mailing address and phone number where you can be reached. Inquire if there are any specifi c procedures for leaving an empty unit. You don’t want to come home to broken water pipes do you? What about

snow removal from your porch and driveway?

Make arrangements for your mail to be forwarded or have it stopped and picked up at the post offi ce upon you return. Have you provided the corporation with a spare key? If there is an emergency situation while you are away the corporation will need access. Is your condo insurance policy up to date in case of fi re, theft or any other unpredictable incidents?

Have you provided a proxy in order to appoint someone to at-tend any condo meetings on your behalf during your absence? You wouldn’t want rules or bylaws to be passed without your input, would you?

Finally, is your monthly condo fees paid up to date? Not all con-

do corporations have an automat-ic withdrawal system set up with the bank or post dated cheques. You don’t want to receive a no-tice of a lien because of outstand-ing condo fees?

The above are just a few tips to remember before you embark on your winter vacation. If you

take time to consult with your corporation prior to leaving, you should have complete piece of mind during your winter get-away. Good Luck!

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The West Montrose Cov-ered Bridge has a new

commemorative plaque that traces the story of the bridge from the original tender sub-mitted by John Bear in 1881 to current efforts to preserve the 133-year-old structure.

Unveiled Nov. 1 by the Township of Woolwich and the Region of Waterloo, the new plaque pays tribute to the re-gion’s second oldest bridge and the only historic wooden cov-ered bridge in Ontario.

It is ranked as the second most historically signifi cant bridge out of 100 heritage bridges studied in the region

The plaque is the eighth in a series produced by the Water-loo Region Heritage Planning Advisory Committee (HPAC). Other signifi cant historic bridg-es that have been recognized include the Black Bridge Road Bridge in Hespeler, the Free-port and Bridgeport Bridges in Kitchener, and the Hartman Bridge in New Hamburg.

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St. Anthony Daniel - Catholic29 Midland Drive, Kitchener (519) 893-6960

Pastor: Michael King Associate Pastor: Bradley MarkusMasses: Sat. 5:00pm; Sun. 8:30am and 10:30am

St James’-Rosemount United171 Sherwood Ave., Kitchener (519) 742-1002

Sunday Service: 10:30amNursery, Sunday School, Youth Group, Wed. Night Bible study

Kitchener Gospel Temple-Pentecostal9 Conway Dr. (at River Rd), Kitchener (519) 894-5999

Sunday Service: 10:30amMid-week activities for all ages. www.kitchenergospel.com

Kitchener East Presbyterian10 Zeller Drive, Kitchener (519) 748-9786

Reverend: Mark S. RichardsonSunday Service: 10:30am Nursery and Sunday School provided

Sonshine Corner, Thursdays from 9 - 11am

Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran322 East Avenue (at Stirling), Kitchener (519) 742-5812

www.holycrosskitchener.orgSunday Service: (Sept. - June) 8:30am and 11am, (July-Aug.) 9:30am

9:45am - Sunday School, Youth & Adult Bible ClassesChoirs - Stephen Ministry - Youth Group - Beginnings (0 -3 years)

Hope Lutheran30 Shaftsbury Drive, Kitchener (519) 893-5290Pastors: Rev. Dr. Terry Hursh, Rev. William Chuol

FALL SERVICE TIMES (starting on Sept. 14)Sunday Services at 9 and 10 am (nursery provided)

Bible Study 10 amSunday School and Adult Bible Study at 11:15 am

Community Multicultural service @ 12:15 pm

Reformation Lutheran Church456 Krug St. (at Cambridge), Kitchener (519) 745-2561

Pastor: Neil ThomsenWorship Service: 10:00am Sunday Church School: 9:45am

Breslau Evangelical Missionary Church102 Woolwich St., Breslau (519) 648-2712

SundayWorship Service: 10:00 amChildren’s Ministry - Youth Ministry - Small Groups

All are welcome! Visit us at www.bemc.ca

St. Andrew’s - Anglican275 Mill St., Kitchener (519) 743-0911Sunday Services: 8:00am and 10:00am

Rector: Canon Robwww.standrewsmemorial.ca

Stanley Park Community Church9 Dreger Ave., (at Ottawa St.) Kitchener (519) 893-8186

www.stanleyparkchurch.caPastor: John Pearce

Sunday Service and Kid’s Church: 10:30am ALL WELCOME!

Trinity United Church74 Frederick Street, Kitchener (519) 742-3578

www.tuckitchener.orgSunday Service: 10:00am Church School and Nursery care provided.

Sunday Hymn Sing: 10:00 a.m. (1st Sunday of month)

COMMUNITY CALENDARFREDERICK ART WALK SAT. NOV. 8 - The 14th annual Frederick Art Walk will be held Saturday, Novem-ber 8. The popular event provides an opportunity see and purchase arts and crafts from over 55 artists in 25 heritage homes within a 2km walk in Kitchener’s downtown area. Winner of the 2013 Festival of Neighbour-hoods’ Award for Arts and Culture,

the Frederick Art Walk will feature the work of 55 artists including fabric art, paintings, chocolate, photography, pottery, wood art, stained glass art, sewing, crafts, tile work and jewel-lery. For a description of the artists and more information about the event visit online at www.frederickartwalk.org. Brochures can be picked up from different locations around the area or

at 230 Frederick Street.REMEMBERING ‘IN FLANDERS FIELDS’ POET- Homer Watson House & Gallery is proud to host the No-vember installment of our 2014 edu-cational Lunchtime Lecture Series. Guelph Museums’ Program Coordina-tor, Ken Irvine, will elaborate on why we should remember the “In Flanders Field” poet Lt. Col. John McCrae on November 13 from 12-1 pm. While most people know the poem “In Flan-ders Fields”, many do not know much about the author himself. In keeping with his local historical interests, Ken will speak on the life of the Guelph au-thor, soldier and poet John McCrae in this Lunchtime Lecture. The event will also include a question and answer period with the Guelph historian, as well as tasty appetizers. Contact In-formation/Registration: 519-748-4377 or www.homerwatson.on.ca/lunch-time-lecture-november-2014/ DREAM WITH ME CHRISTMAS CON-CERT – Music Alive and the Nith Val-ley Singers present Dream With Me, directed/conducted by Alfred Kunz on Saturday Nov. 29, 7:30pm at Benton St. Baptist Church, 90 Benton St. Kitchen-

er and on Dec. 3rd and 4th at 7:30pm at the Steinmann Mennonite Church, 1316 Snyder’s Rd. W. Baden. This will be the last Christmas concerts that Alfred Kunz will be conducting, with his fi nal farewell concert in May 2015. The program features a 90-voice choir, fl ute, violin, piano, synthesizer, bass, drums, a 5-octave handbell choir and PowerPoint slide presenta-tion. Tickets are Adults $20, Seniors/students $15, Children 12 and under $10. Tickets are available at Opus II Music Store in Kitchener, Words Worth Books in Waterloo, Next Time Around in Cambridge and Kathie Jor-dan Design in New Hamburg. Call 519-662-3291 or email [email protected] or visit www.kunzmusic.ca for more information.THE OPEN EARS FESTIVAL - and the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music will present Korean Pansori singer Bae Il-Dong and master drum-mer Kim Dong-Won in “IF VOLCA-NOES COULD SING”, a fi lm screening and live performance on November 12, 2014, 7pm, at Princess Cinema, 6 Princess St W, Waterloo. Kim and Bae were featured artists in Intangible

Asset No. 82, a documentary about a jazz drummer’s search for an elusive Korean Pansori singer. The evening will begin with a special screening of Intangible Asset No. 82 at 7pm(free) and will be followed by the live Pansori performance at 8:30pm (ticket required). Tickets for the performance on November 12 ($30/20, $10 student rush with valid ID) and further infor-mation are available at bit.ly/OEpan For more information, go to openears.ca, or email [email protected] or phone (519) 579-8564.FREE: DIABETES & YOU TAKE CHARGE EXPO: Sat., Nov. 15, 8:30am-12:00pm at the Holiday Inn, Kitchener. For people with type 1, 2 & Prediabe-tes. Presentations on Managing Your Weight (surgical, medication & life-style options), Diabetes & Insurance and Understanding the Disability Tax Credit. Check out our exhibitor dis-plays & MORE! Call the Canadian Dia-betes Association 519-742-1481x223 to pre-register or for more info.SMALL BUSINESS CENTRE NET-WORKING EVENING – Monday Nov. 17, join us for an evening of network-ing, prizes and appetizers to learn how to identify, attract and retain consumers. Emerging Trends, What’s Driving Consumer Behaviour? featur-ing keynote speaker Raine Mueller, Chief Executive Offi cer at Williams Fresh Café, one of Canada’s fast ca-sual restaurant leaders. His fi eld of expertise includes executive level corporate leadership, development strategy, project management, opera-tions systems review, and site selec-tion consultation/commercial real es-tate negotiations. With more than 25 years of retail and service industry de-velopment experience, he previously held the position of Vice President of Development at Cora Breakfast & Lunch and Director of Development at M&M Meat Shops - two iconic and award winning Canadian enterprises. For more information on the network-ing event contact the Small Business Centre, 200 King St W, Main Floor, 519.741.2604 or visit [email protected] HOUSE WORKSHOPS - Better Basement Renovations – November 12 –Make Progress on Your Plans: Im-prove the comfort, design and energy effi ciency of your basement space with feedback and ideas on your proj-ect. A great basement adds comfort, space, and energy savings to any home. Make your home improvement dreams a reality that you will enjoy for the years to come! Join Graham Whiting, LEED accredited architect, designer, and owner of Whiting De-sign, for an interactive workshop at REEP House for Sustainable Living. Time: 7-9pm at REEP House for Sus-tainable Living, 20 Mill Street, Kitch-ener. Registration fee: $25; Students and seniors: $15. More information: reepgreen.ca/events_workshops.php#basement Kitchen and Bath Spaces – November 26 - Make the Most of Your Functional Spaces: A great kitchen or bathroom space has a good layout, is designed to be durable and minimizes energy and water waste. The kitchen and bathroom are the place of much ac-tivity in a home, from socializing to re-treating and personal care. Join Trent Bauman of Menno Martin Contractor in a discussion on you can make your space fully functional, choose appli-ances and details that you will enjoy, and minimize water and energy waste in your home. Time: 7 to 9 pm at REEP House for Sustainable Living, 20 Mill Street, Kitchener. Registration fee:

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$25; Student and seniors: $15. More information: reepgreen.ca/events_workshops.php#kitchenbath CITIZENSHIP COURSE - Pioneer Park Community Library – 150 Pioneer Dr.Tuesdays, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Oct. 21 – Dec. 2. Planning to become a Cana-dian citizen? Need help preparing for the Citizenship test? Join the YMCA Citizenship Support Group to learn more about your local community and to become an active citizen. Call 519-579-9622 x227 or email [email protected] to register.CHRISTMAS WITH GRAND HARMO-NY CHORUS - Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 2pm. Doors open at 1:15Ppm at the Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South Street West, Elmira. Adults: $15; Children 6 – 16, $8; Children 5 and under, FREE. For tickets visit [email protected] For more information visit www.grandharmon-ychorus.com.www.facebook.com/GHChorusWaterlooRegion or call Mary, 519-669-5298CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AT A.R. GOUD-IE - Come on out and join us for our Christmas Bazaar on Saturday Nov. 22 to raise funds for our Resident’s Council. Some of the highlights in-clude Vendors, Penny Auction, Bake Sale, Tea/ Lunch Room and Door Prizes. We will help you stroke off your holiday shopping list with a large variety of homemade canned goods and baking, gift baskets and more! We welcome you to our home and hope to see you there! Happy Holidays, everyone.BECOME A MEMBER OF MUSIC ALIVE OR NITH VALLEY SINGERS - If you love to sing, we would love to have you as part of our group(s). Past members are welcome! Have you been thinking about joining a choir, come out and see what we are all about! We invite you to share your love of music with like-minded individuals. Practices are 7:15-9:30pm in Kitchener on Tuesday nights for Music Alive, and 7:15-9:30pm on Wednesdays for the Nith Valley choir. Music Alive Registration starts Tuesday, September 2 -- fi nal cut off for registration is last Tues-day in Sept. Register at Suddaby Public School, Frederick St, Kitch-ener 7pm (enter off Lancaster). Nith Valley Singers registration starts Wednesday, September 3,2014 -- cut off for registration is last Wed. in September at the Wilmot Mennonite Church Bleams Road, New Hamburg at 7pm. For more information: 519 662-3291 [email protected] SOCIETY WATERLOO WELLINGTON EVENTS - Coffee Break - You can support the Alzheim-er Society Waterloo Wellington by hosting a Coffee Break, or by hosting your own event of any kind. Com-munity partners have supported the Society in many creative ways, such as dress-down days, game nights,

garage and bake sales, and many other kinds of events. Purse-Sua-sion: Purses with Purpose - A cel-ebration in its 4th year featuring both a live and a silent auction devoted to high-end purses. November 14th, 2014 at 7pm at the Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Rd. Kitchener. Tickets can be purchased at www.pursesuasion.eventbrite.ca for $45 each Carols by Candlelight - Featur-ing the wonderful voices of The Cen-tre Wellington Singers. Enjoy a won-derful evening to the spirited tune of Christmas classics. Dec. 3rd, at 7pm at St George’s Anglican Church, 99 Woolwich St. Guelph. Tickets will be available for sale in October. Please contact Melissa at 1-866-317-6737 x4004 or [email protected] for more information on any of the above events.DIVERSECITY TOASTMASTERS CLUB - Do you have trouble fi nding the right words when speaking to a group? Need a career boost? Want to polish your presentation skills? Toastmasters is the place for you. Learn communication, leadership and presentation strategies in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Di-verseCity is a new club and is open to all. It runs Mondays, 7 - 8:30 pm at Kitchener City Hall, the Conestoga Room. For more information contact Georgina Green, 519-743-7655 or [email protected] DAY PROGRAM - Did you know Trinity Village has an Adult Day Program for seniors wishing to so-cialize with other seniors? The cost is just $8 per day and the program runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 am to 1 pm, at Trin-ity Village Care Centre, on Kingsway Drive, near Fairview Park Mall. Self-referrals welcome or contact CCAC, 519-748-2222. For more information call the Day Program Coordinator at 519-893-6320 ext. 235.MAKE NEW FRIENDS WITH BETA SIGMA PHI - Are you a woman look-ing for new friends and fun things to do? Do you enjoy a social, commu-nity service-oriented group? If so, you might be interested in our Beta Sigma Phi chapter. Beta Sigma Phi is an international women’s friendship network. For more information about Beta Sigma Phi visit the international website: www.betasigmaphi.org. There are 200 members in KW alone. Our chapter of 8 women has mem-bers in our mid 30s and early 40s, mostly married, with small children. We meet twice a month May – Sept. and plan socials throughout the year too. Email [email protected] for more information.ROCKWAY ENTERTAINERS - choral group singing four-part harmony. Recruiting new members... Mem-bership open to those over 50 years old. Rehearsals are Thursdays at 1:30 – 3:30pm from September until May

at Rockway Centre Auditorium, 1405 King Street East, Kitchener. Please phone 519-885-9978 or 519-741-2507 for more information.HOMER WATSON HOUSE & GAL-LERY WINTER 2014 EXHIBITION - Showcasing works by Riverside Print Group, and Homer Watson runs from November 9 to December 15, 2014.Viewers will take a rare look at Hom-er Watson’s history in printmaking in the exhibit: “Watson: A History of Printmaking”. This exhibit explores Homer Watson’s excursions to Eu-rope, and how his talents included more than oil painting. Several prints and plates will be on exhibit includ-ing a re-strike by Nicholas Rees from an original plate by Homer Watson. The Riverside Print Group, a group of nine local artists, invites you to its exhibition titled “Variance”. For more information about this exhibi-tion please call the gallery, 1754 Old Mill Road, Kitchener, at 519-748-4377 or visit homerwatson.on.ca.BILL COSBY COMING TO CENTRE IN THE SQUARE - Legendary comedian, writer and actor Bill Cosby is com-ing to Kitchener for a one-night only engagement. Best known for a wide variety of enterprises and his fam-ily friendly, insightful and frequently hilarious observations about human nature, this American icon takes the stage on January 7, 2015 at the Cen-tre In The Square for one night only. Tickets available through the Centre In The Square Box Offi ce, online at www.CentreInTheSquare.com or by phone at 519-578-1570.NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL TOUR - Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) is pleased to announce that the 2014/2015 National Audition Tour (NAT), which includes Auditions and Open Classes, will commence in Hal-ifax, NS on November 3. This year’s NAT, which is presented by Sun Life Financial, will visit 20 cities across Canada before concluding in Toronto on February 8, 2015. Auditions for the Professional Ballet Program – which offers full-time dance training, aca-demic education and residential care for students in Grades 6 to12, and full-time dance training to post-sec-ondary students (Post-Secondary Program) – take the form of a spe-cially designed ballet class where dancers are assessed for quality of movement, coordination and overall suitability for the demands of classi-cal ballet. The minimum age to audi-tion is 10, and no prior ballet training is required for students aged 12 and under. The tour will be in Waterloo on Friday, January 9, 2015. Registration for Open Classes and Audition dates is now open, check NBS’ website, www.nbs-enb.ca for details.FAIRVIEW MENNONITE HOME AN-NUAL HANDICRAFT SALE - Satur-day November 15th 9 am – 2 pm, 515 Lang’s Drive. Cambridge. Crafts,

Decorations, Gift Items, Stock-ing Stuffers, Wearables, Wreaths, Woodworking, Baby Quilts, Used Book Table and much more! Featur-ing: Santa’s Bake Shop, Fresh bak-ing, Tea Room and Lunch. www.fariviewmh.com 519-653-5719. No Admission Charge. Everyone is Wel-come!COMING TO THE CENTRE IN THE SQUARE - Classic Albums Live Led Zeppelin II Friday, November 14, 2014 at 8PM Tickets: $35; The Harpoon-ist & The Axe Murderer Monday, November 17, 2014 at 8PM Tick-ets: $22.75 - $37.75 CENTRE DEBUT; Royal Wood Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 8PM Tickets: $22.75 - $37.75 CENTRE DEBUT; Jeans ‘n Classics Electric Thursdays TM An Evening of Juke Box Wednesday, November 19 and Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 8PM, Tickets: $32.75 - $97.25; Manx-mouse Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 11AM and 2PM Tickets: $5 (Child), $10 (Adult), $25 (Family of 5) CENTRE DEBUT Recommended for ages 6+; The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christ-mas Rocks Extravaganza! Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 8PM Tickets: $47.75 - $112.75; Skydiggers Monday, December 1, 2014 at 8PM Tickets: $22.75 - $37.75 CENTRE DEBUT; The Book of Mormon, Tuesday, Decem-ber 9 to Sunday, December 14, 2014 Tickets: $55 -$125 CENTRE DEBUT Show Times: Dec. 9 – 13 at 8PM; Sunday, Dec. 14 at 7:30PM, Matinees Dec. 13 & 14 at 2PM.HANDEL’S MESSIAH - An Annual Winter Rite in the Village of Elora - Warming your hearts at the hearth of heavenly music, conductor Noel Edison brings this 1741 oratorio to life with the Festival Chamber Play-ers and the Elora Festival Singers. Originally for modest vocal and in-strumental forces, this frequently adapted work based on English scriptural texts, takes on the fl air and

fl avor of Maestro Edison’s distinctive interpretation at St. Joseph’s Church on Sunday, December 7th | 3:00 pm | St. Joseph’s Church, Fergus. Adults: $40 + HST | Post-Secondary Stu-dents: $20 | High School Students: $5 *Valid student identifi cation must be presented for discounts to apply. For tickets call 519-846-0331 or email [email protected] FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD - Join us on Nov. 16th (Sun-day) as we continue our fi ght against drug abuse! The Foundation For A Drug-Free World is holding an Open House starting off with Brunch at noon then followed by the event from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Venue is at the Church of Scientology, 1305 Bishop St., North, Cambridge ON. Find out what truly works and proven path to a drug free world! All are welcome. Pls RSVP to Amy at [email protected]. GIFFORD-JONES IN KITCHENER NOV. 13 – In 1975, Dr. Gifford-Jones started writing a newspaper column as a hobby for the Toronto Globe and Mail and seven other newspapers. He expected to write the column for a year or two. Now 38 years later, The Doctor Game column can be found in over 70 Canadian newspa-pers, several in the United States and the Epoch Times which has editions in a number of European countries. His latest book What I Learned as a Medical Journalist is a collection of his columns where he shares his experience interviewing outstanding medical authorities and challenging medical issues, some of which are exceedingly controversial. Giffi ord-Jones will speak about his new book Nov. 13 at Bingeman’s Conference Centre in Kitchener at 7pm. The lec-ture is free and no pre-registration is required.

Stanley Park student to perform in this year’s Nutcracker balletErin Takaya, a grade eight student at Stan-

ley Park Senior Public School in Kitchen-er, will perform for the third year in The Nut-cracker: A Canadian Tradition ballet with the K-W Symphony at the Centre in the Square on December 28.

Studying dance since the age of 4 at the Con-temporary School of Dance in Waterloo Takaya is part of Ballet Jörgen’s Nutcracker Youth Ed-ucation Program. Selection for The Nutcracker was through audition in September.

“I love all the unique experiences resulting from being involved with Ballet Jörgen and The Nutcracker: the rehearsals and making friends with dancers from other studios, and it’s a great experience to perform in a profes-sional show in front of hundreds of people and

seeing professional dancers dancing so close on the stage,” she said.

In 2013, Takaya attended Ballet Jorgen’s Sum-mer Intensive program, staying in residence in downtown Toronto, and this past summer she attended a three-week summer camp called the Junior Training Program at Broadway Dance Center inTimes Square, Manhattan, New York.

Besides dance, Erin’s other interests in-clude drawing, playing the piano and trumpet, watching Japanese TV dramas and hanging out with her friends.

There will be two performances of The Nut-cracker, a Canadian Tradition on Dec. 28 at 2 and 7pm. For tickets visit centreinthesquare.com or call the Box Offi ce at 519 578 1570 or 1 800 265 8977.


THIS MONTH’S READING:Being Mortal – Medicine and

What Matters in the Endby Atul Gawande

REVIEWED BY:Charlotte Prong Parkhill

Marketing andCommunications Associate at

Kitchener Public Library

For more great reading ideas, visit www.kpl.org and click on the “Books and More” tab.Want to share your own review of your favourite read? The library’s online catalogue enableslibrary card holders to write a review for any item in the collection. Simply click on the “Add Review”tab for your selected book, and write away!

WHAT WE’RE READING

This is a great book for anyone who doesn’t plan ondying, or has a loved one who doesn’t plan on

dying. Obviously, we’re all going to die. But how manyof us have planned for it? The end of life can comequickly, or it can be a long, complicated, messyprocess. There’s much more to think about than justwriting your will.

Atul Gawande is a respected surgeon at Brighamand Women’s Hospital in Boston and a staff writer forThe New Yorker. He’s got both the medicalbackground and the writing chops to tackle thisdifficult topic, and miraculously makes a book aboutdeath an enjoyable read.

Gawande shares the story of his wife’sgrandmother, who moved into a retirement homewhere she felt unhappy and purposeless, andcompares it to the story of his own grandfather, who,with the help of his extended family, continued to run

his farm in rural India after he turned 100.This is a thoroughly researched book – how we

treat those who are aging, how we can create betterassisted living homes and palliative care, and how tohave difficult conversations about the end of life witha person who is terminally ill at any age.

Gawande also explores the topic by sharing thestory of his own father’s extended illness. “My fatherwas in his early 70s when I was forced to realize thathe might not be immortal,” he writes. And though boththe author and his father are doctors, they grapplewith the issues of treatment, suffering and death justas much as anyone else.

Many of us are in denial about death, and find thetopic depressing. But Gawande comes up withsurprisingly specific – and even inspiring – ways tocreate your best days at the end of a life.

A monthly column featuring great reads as suggested and reviewed by librarians fromthe Kitchener Public Library. Follow along each month and discover your next great read!


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Lord in heaven, please let it be a good show,” then don’t miss this hilarious new mu-sical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone.

KW Musical Productions launches its 66th season with this Canadian-made smash hit with an eight performance run from November 6 to 15 at the Registry Theatre in Kitch-ener.

This toe-tapping comedy will take you back to the gold-en age of musicals. It all be-gins when a die-hard musical theatre fan known simply as “Man in Chair” tries to chase his blues away by putting on his favourite cast album – the 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone.

From the crackle of his hi-fi the musical magically bursts to life on stage. His apartment is transformed into an arena full of spectacular merriment and mayhem featuring clever

comedy songs, terrifi c tap dancing and larger than life characters including a glam-orous starlet bride, her dash-ing groom, his loyal best man, a scheming producer, a ditzy chorus girl, a pair of goofy gangsters, a bumbling Latin lover and the bride’s savvy chaperone.

“We are thrilled to be among the fi rst in Waterloo Region to present this award-winning show,” said John Big-elow, President of KW Musi-cal Productions.

“We are always looking for opportunities to present new musicals and The Drowsy Chaperone is the perfect blend of memorable music and laugh-out-loud comedy. The show was a hit on Broad-way and we know it’ll be a hit here at the Registry Theatre.”

The Drowsy Chaperone, originally debuted at the To-ronto Fringe Festival, opened on Broadway in 2006 winning 5 Tony Awards.

The cast includes David Atkins, Vicci Taylor , Dale Brubacher-Cressman Tristan Pilcher, Trevor Middleton, Rob Bridel, Amie Debrone, Tim Clarke Mikayla Mc-Crory, Elise Brisson, Marlon Ray Bengel, Nathan Uttangi

Amanda Kind. Kim Allred, Alison Enns, Sarah Erdman, Zach Haime, Moira King, Amy Leis, Sebastian Mateus, Victoria McGookin and Gabe Namtu round out the talented ensemble.

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Canadian-made musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone at the Registry Theatre Nov. 6 - 15

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Drayton unveils2015 season productionsDrayton Entertainment

unveiled its 2015 season of “Music, Laughter … and all that jazz!” that will feature 19 productions at its seven Ontario stages from March to December.

Marking its 25th anniversa-ry, 2015 will be a year of cel-ebration, said artistic director Alex Mustakas.

“We have planned a season full of magical moments at all of our theatres, complete with Broadway blockbusters, heartwarming comedies, nos-talgic musical tributes, and lots of family fun.”

Tickets for the coming sea-son are on sale now exclu-sively to members, followed by groups and subscribers on Monday, November 10th and the general public on Decem-ber 1.

The Drayton Festival The-atre stage will present Leg-ends … of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the hilarious Norm Foster com-edy Looking, the heartwarm-ing comedy Hilda’s Yard, and the Broadway musical com-edy The Music Man.

The Dunfi eld Theatre in Cambridge will start the sea-son with The Wizard of Oz, followed by Monty Python’s award winning musical com-edy Spamalot, and the world premiere production of Ca-nadian Legends where Neil Aitchison will reprise his fa-mous alter ego, Constable Archibald F. Inkster, and take audiences on a musi-cal journey in a brand new

show that features the music of such legendary Canadian artists as Anne Murray, Paul Anka, Leonard Cohen, Gor-don Lightfoot, Shania Twain, Michael Bublé, and Celine Dion.

Dunfi eld will also present the Odd Couple, Anne of Green Gables and Irving Ber-lin’s White Christmas.

At the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, the season starts with the madcap musical whodunit The Last Resort, followed by the comedy The Crazy Time, and the hotly an-ticipated production of Chi-cago. The venue will also host the Last Chance Romance, and in honour of the 40th anniversary of the Water-loo Regional Gilbert & Sul-livan Society, The Pirates of Penzance. Marking the holi-day season, the theatre will present Aladdin: The Panto, an entertaining production for the entire family.

Check in for a weekend of laughs with the lighthearted, racy comedy Sexy Laundry. At the St. Jacobs School-house Theatre.

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KW Musical Productions kicks off its 66th season with The Drowsy Chaperone, a fi ve-time Tony Award wining music that was written in Canada.

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