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IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE Their vehicles were total write-offs, but two men were lucky to walk away relatively unscathed from a collision near Breslau Thursday morning, say Maryhill firefighters who responded to the scene. The vehicles were jockeying for position while travelling eastbound on Victoria Street near Spitzig Road, where two lanes merge into one. They collided, subsequently flying off the road into an area around Hopewell Creek. Both drivers were taken to hospital by ambulance as a precaution. Police reported charges have yet to be laid, but the investigation continues.

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n advance of meeting with provincial ministers at a conference next month, Woolwich Mayor Todd Cowan is developing a plan of attack. In the township’s sights are a variety of measures that rob citizens of control over their lives while dipping into their wallets to fuel yet more wasteful spending.

Meeting this week, council identified two key targets: reforming the Ministry of Natural Resources’ gravel policy and fighting proposed new guidelines from the Office of the Fire Marshal.

Township officials will be armed with information, ready to state their case while meeting with ministers at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association/Ontario Good Roads Association (ROMA/OGRA) conference that gets underway Feb. 27 in Toronto.

The goal is to meet with the Minister of Natural Resources to discuss aggregate and with the Minister of

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COUNTRY LIVING Waterloo Regional Police Service constables Michael Arthur, Chris Black and

Shawn MacIntyre transferred to Elmira Jan. 10, as the department deploys more uniformed officers to revamped patrol zones.

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ine new officers were welcomed into the Waterloo Regional Police Service rural north division in Elmira on Jan. 10.

With four transferring back to Waterloo, there are now 15 police officers working at what was formerly Division 3A. The patrol division is now equipped with three

additional vehicles, as well. The increased resources come as the division’s territory is being expanded to include Maryhill, Breslau, Maple Grove Road and the Region of Waterloo International Airport.

According to division supervisor Sgt. Sig Peters, all of the new officers volunteered for the rural posts and are happy to be in their new

location.

“Only experienced officers come out to the rural division, as they are required to work on their own with little supervision, especially at night,” said Peters.

As part of the expansion, the division has been provided with a Ford Expedition so officers may better respond to calls even in bad weather.

would be very remiss,” she said.

Bryant, an Elmira resident, is the founder of APT, a local environmental group, and has also been an active member of the Chemtura Public Advisory committee (CPAC) since 1989.

She got involved immediately after the water crisis that followed the discovery contaminants from what was then Uniroyal Chemical had rendered the groundwater under Elmira undrinkable.

“It was just a big shock to me and to other people in this community that this could happen and that we could suddenly lose our whole water supply because we’d not been attending to what was getting down there, so I’ve worked on water protection issues ever since,” she said.

Bryant’s environmental work has also led her to help establish a large

garden at Renison. The East-West Garden represents the Asian Studies programs offered at the college.

“It’s quite a unique, large garden that takes up the whole courtyard,” said Bryant.

“It’s native species and their East-Asian counterparts.”

Woerns sees the garden as a quiet and reflective place at the heart of the college grounds.

“It’s a wonderful place to enjoy some open air space. It’s got a lovely feel to it. It can be whatever you need it to be.”

Bryant said she was thrilled to be given the honoury designation and says she often attends the annual celebration, full of pomp and circumstance.

“Renison was an Anglican college in the beginning, so it’s a lot of marching around and gowns and hoods from your university,”

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ocal environmental advocate Susan Bryant was honoured Jan. 16 at Renison University College in Waterloo for her work on local water protection initiatives.

The former Renison English instructor, now an honourary fellow of the college, was one of seven people recognized at the annual Founders’ Day celebrations.

Renison’s director of development and alumni affairs, Caroline Woerns, said recognizing contributions and saying thank you to members of the Renison community is a part of the college’s tradition.

“It’s who we are. It’s really about connecting people to people and for us not to be able to recognize those in our community, especially those near and dear to us like Susan is, with some type of an honor to say ‘thank you for what you’ve done,’

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

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Music to Haitian ears

> Third-quarter payout tops $500K

Floradale Mennonite Church to present second benefit concert IN TUNE WITH MCC Rev. Fred Redekop sits at the grand piano inside Floradale Mennonite Church, which is sure to get a good workout on Jan. 29 during the church’s “Hope For Haiti” benefit concert.

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ore than one year after a devastating magnitude seven earthquake flattened much of Haiti, the rebuilding process is still a long way from complete. Oxfam has recently reported that only five per cent of all the rubble has been cleared, while the reconstruction process has been crippled by indecision. Approximately one million people still live in tents – down from a peak of 1.5 million in July – and the Caribbean nation has been devastated by a crippling cholera outbreak and political turmoil.

In an effort to remind the Woolwich community of the ongoing struggle in Haiti, Floradale Mennonite Church has organized a second benefit concert for Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. entitled “Hope for Haiti.”

Like the church’s first benefit concert last January, all of the proceeds will go towards the Mennonite Central Committee’s efforts in Haiti.

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“Our congregation is really connected to the Mennonite Central Committee, and they keep us updated on the work they are doing, and we found that things were going slowly and wanted to raise a little bit more money and awareness,” said Rev. Fred Redekop.

The concert features the return of singer-songwriter Kevin Coates and his band, The Interesting People.

Coates played at the first benefit concert as well, sold CDs and donated the proceeds from those sales to the rebuild effort. His wife sold copies of her book, and his daughter also made jewelry to sell. All three will be repeating the gesture this time around as well.

“It’s such a heart-breaking story, and a year later you start to read the personal stories of struggle and how people are trying to survive on a daily basis,” said Coates of why he chose to become involved again. “It’s a story that still should get huge recognition and requires so much money to put these

people back on their feet.”

Coates will play a wide range of music, from Bruce Cockburn to Elton John and Bob Marley.

To date MCC has donated about $4.6 million to the reconstruction effort, with approximately $10 million more waiting to be sent. The organization has also sent $500,000 worth of material aid such as blankets and food.

MCC Ontario executive director Rick Cober Bauman was at the first benefit concert last year. The concert managed to raise about $7,000 and with the government matching all donations, that amount rose to $14,000.

He plans to attend the concert next week as well.

“I was intrigued by this request when folks from Floradale called us,” recalled Bauman. “By June of last year our response to Haiti was fully funded and we requested people to help fund MCC’s other work around the world. So when they approached us again, I said ‘I think there are some

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other good reasons to do this concert again.’”

Bauman said that the funds raised at next Saturday’s concert would be used to help move past the initial earthquake response and to aid the Haitian people in rebuilding their lives and their communities. Bauman said that MCC is now aiming to help replenish the very modest capital stocks and small businesses in the country to help the Haitian people to help themselves.

“People that need $100 or $200 so that they can continue to sell produce or other goods in their small business, that (money) will allow them to have some economic self-determination moving forward.”

Bauman also said the concert is an affirmation to the people around the region and the world that Haiti has not been forgotten through the passage of time.

“That is the reason why we were excited to work with them. First to remind

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Centre Wellington Township is $529,364 richer this week thanks to the latest installment of its share of revenues from slot machines at the Grand River Raceway. The payment represents five per cent of the revenues generated in the third quarter (October to December). To date, the township has received more than $13.4 million in non-tax gaming revenue since the Slots at Grand River Raceway opened on Dec. 4, 2003.

Since that time, it has attracted more than 4.3 million visitors.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation issued more than $17.7 million in revenue last quarter to 23 host communities of slots at racetracks and charity casinos. To date, those communities have collected $742.5 million.

The tracks themselves receive 10 per cent of the gross slots revenue, with another 10 per cent going to the horse-racing industry.

> No wage restraint at region Despite calls from the province to freeze public sector wages, the Region of Waterloo will dole out two per cent more to its employees over each of the next three years.

More than 1,000 workers will see pay jumps under collective agreements reached with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

The region is currently in the process of drafting a budget, which is expected to include a hike in property taxes, though the size of the increased burden has yet to be decided.

> Woolwich supports the troops Woolwich will waive the arena rental fee for the Elmira Sugar Kings’ Support Our Troops game Jan. 30, freeing up another $600 to donate to London Military Family Resource Centre (LMFRC).

Meeting this week, council opted to show their support for the cause.

Ron Hackett, a member of the hockey club’s board of directors, invited councillors to take part in a special opening ceremony prior to next Sunday’s match against the Cambridge Winter Hawks.

The Kings will be wearing camouflage jerseys, which will be auctioned off as part of the day’s fundraising efforts. Game time at the Dan Snyder Memorial Arena is 2 p.m.

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

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Reading can be hazardous to drivers' health at the scene of an accident on Crowsfoot Road, two vehicles were spotted in the ditch of the same area. A 28-year-old woman Guelph woman hit a tree, destroying her silver Ford Focus. There were no injuries and no damage to the tree. No charges will be laid due to poor weather conditions.

January 13 >> 10:50 AM | A fire broke

out at in the basement of a woodworking shop on Hackbart Road in St. Clements. Flames were visible when the fire department responded. The fire was quickly extinguished.

There were no injuries.

>>3:00 PM | Staff at the

Woolwich Memorial Centre contacted police after several youths posted information on Facebook indicating they were going to perform acts of self-mutilation at the facility.

Police intercepted the two 15-year-old Elmira males and IA clearance dissuaded them sale:Layout from cutting their tongues.

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collision occurred.

The male driver of the black Mazda was taken to Grand River Hospital complaining of neck and back pain.

The woman in the third vehicle was pregnant, but reported no injuries. Significant damage was done to both the second and third cars, while the Hanover woman’s vehicle suffered only minor damage. Police caution drivers against reading maps while driving.

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the south wall of the building.

The fire was discovered by the owner and an employee who saw smoke as they were locking up for the evening. The employee used a claw hammer to create a hole in the wall, putting a fire extinguisher to use. The cause was attributed to a faulty heat exchanger.

There were no injuries.

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was knocked down when it was hit by a cement truck in a new housing development in Breslau. The truck backed into the pole. No injuries were reported and the pole has been repaired.

>>5:44 PM | A report of a fire

to repair the pole.

>>10:04 PM | A 21-year-old

driver of a Nissan Versa flipped her car several times after losing control of the vehicle while heading eastbound on Listowel Road near Floradale Road. Weather conditions were poor and the car skidded on snow and ice, swerving into the westbound lane. When the vehicle hit what police call a deep ditch on the westbound side, the car flipped two times and broke through a fence before coming to rest on its wheels in a field. A 22-yearold passenger was treated for minor injuries to her hand.

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Hanover woman was charged with ‘careless driving’ after hitting another vehicle while reading a map book and causing a chain-reaction collision at Hwy. 7 and Shantz Station Road near Breslau Jan. 19.

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n Jan. 19 at about 9:15 a.m. a three-car collision occurred at Shantz Road Station at Victoria Street, near Breslau.

A Hanover woman was charged with ‘carless driving’ after rear-ending a black Mazda, deploying its airbag and sending it into a red Mazda stopped in front of it. The Hanover woman was reading a map book and did not notice traffic had stopped when the

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to deal with rowdy youths on the premises. A young male was arrested and charged with three counts ‘breach probation’ and ‘possession of over 30 grams of marijuana.’

>>4:37 AM | Candy was the

target of a break-in at a St. Jacobs cookie outlet. Police were called when it was discovered a screen taken out of a window and a back door window that had been broken and used as a point of entry in to the building. An undisclosed

January 15 brought emergency services to a butcher shop on Floradale 1 1/12/10 8:18 AM Page 1 Road. Earlidale Meats was >>12:19 AM | Police were empty when the fire broke out in called to the Elmira Golf Club

amount of candy was taken.

>>9:44 AM | A 45-year-old

women was arrested for driving with a suspended license when she hit a Bell telephone box on Arthur Street in Elmira, causing extensive damage.

>>9:35 PM | A 19-year-old was

taken to Cambridge hospital as a precaution when a hydro pole was struck on Chilligo Road near Kossuth Road on the Woolwich-Cambridge border. Hydro crews responded

Fire quickly contained

January 16 >>2:59 PM | A quantity of

cash was stolen from Pym’s Village Market on Queen’s Bush Road in Wellesley. During working hours an employee heard someone in the office, but failed to discover the source of the noise. Later it was discovered money was missing. The investigation continues.

January 18 >>7:50 AM | A 29-year-old

Wellesley woman broke a fence post while swerving to avoid a second driver backing out of a private driveway. She lost control of her vehicle after hitting an icy patch of road and spun around twice, coming to rest in a west-side ditch up against a small tree and the post. Damage to the vehicle was minimal, and no injuries were reported. The crash is being blamed on poor weather conditions.

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break-in was reported at a St. Jacobs restaurant. A window was smashed, but the suspects did not gain entry into the building. Police are still investigating.

January 19 >>11:30 AM | An elderly Elmira

woman was struck when a car was turning left from Arthur Street to Church Street East.

The woman left the scene of the accident and returned home before emergency services arrived. According to witnesses, the woman said she did not want to be taken to hospital, but was limping.

The woman was later found by police and taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Kitchener as a precautionary measure. Police are still investigating.

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Woolwich to honour road-paving deal Township to pay $50,000 to rework road leading to proposed gravel pit Steve Kannon

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ittle if any traffic other than gravel trucks will use it, but a portion of Jigs Hollow Road will be paved, with Woolwich Township tossing $50,000 into the project. A move by Ward 3 councillor Bonnie Bryant to rescind a previous cost-sharing agreement fell short in a split vote at council Tuesday night.

The 3-2 decision leaves in place that portion of a deal with Kuntz Topsoil, Sand and Gravel, agreed to in November when the previous council, in its parting act, gave condi-

tional approval to the company’s gravel pit application.

Bryant and Mayor Todd Cowan voted to scrap the deal, with the other three members willing to stay the course.

For Coun. Mark Bauman, the sole returning member of the previous council, the decision to retain the paving deal was much the same as his vote to grant conditional approval to the pit: reducing the amount of issues at play should the battle go before an Ontario Municipal Board hearing.

Noting that the ex-

pense was not justified given that the gravel road was an unlikely candidate for paving, he said honouring the original deal avoid giving the impression of “waffling” in future legal proceedings, which are all but guaranteed to come.

The stretch of Jigs Hollow Road is to be paved from the proposed pit entrance to Northfield Drive. It’s the township that is requesting the asphalt surface – the applicant would prefer to retain the gravel road rather than pay for paving, estimated to cost $130,000.

Given an annual expense of $5,000 to main-

tain that 1.2-kilometre portion of the road, paving it would save the township $50,000 over the 10-year lifespan of the pit, explained director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley.

In response to a question from Bryant, he noted that the cost of maintaining the gravel road would be even higher due to the abuse of truck traffic, prompting the request to pave the road.

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Julie-Anne Herteis, looking at ways to reduce the outlay, suggested the township look at providing Kuntz with $5,000 a year over the next 10 years

rather than paying a lump sum upfront.

The project itself would be handled by the township, with Kuntz Topsoil, Sand and Gravel eligible to bid on the tender that would be called, Kennaley noted.

The issue of the road, paved or gravel, could be rendered moot, however, based on the ultimate outcome of the gravel pit application.

Although granted conditional approval by the previous council, the applicant must still file additional studies, after which another staff report will be considered by the

current council, which will make a decision on the zone change needed to permit the extraction bid to go ahead. Ultimately, however, the whole thing is likely to end up before the OMB, either as a result of an appeal by the applicant or by the resident groups determined to prevent a gravel pit adjacent to their neighbourhoods.

The Kuntz proposal calls for rezoning some 90 acres of agricultural land at 125 Peel St. to permit extraction on approximately half the property, which contains an estimated 840,000 tonnes of aggregate.

Woolwich, region oppose weakening of gravel pit rules Province wants to water-down new Regional Official Plan items dealing with aggregate Steve Kannon

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nimpressed by provincial efforts to weaken controls over gravel pits, Woolwich will join Waterloo Region in a fight centered on the region’s new overarching planning document.

Adopted by regional council last summer, the Regional Official

Plan was recently given provisional assent by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, subject to some revisions. While the changes are typically minor in nature, both the region and township took exception to the watering-down of the sections governing aggregate extraction.

The proposed chang-

es are serious enough to warrant challenging them at the Ontario Municipal Board, director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley told Woolwich councillors meeting Jan. 18.

“The policies within chapters eight and nine of the Official Plan which deal with mineral aggregate are signifi-

Haiti: Not forgotten

cantly weakened by the province’s proposed modifications,” he said.

The township has a particular interest in the issue, as it is currently processing five gravel pit applications, with a sixth expected shortly.

The province is proposing to eliminate the ability to protect groundwater by zon-

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ing for depth of extraction, and to delete the region’s call for a ROP amendment in the case of below-the-water-table extraction.

As well, the province is seeking to weaken several measures in the new ROPP, including: Policies governing whether and how mineral aggregate extraction operations will be

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he Paradise & District Lions Club and Wellesley Lions Club are singing the praises of community members who donated to their Tree of Light campaigns over the Christmas season, allowing local charities to make lives a little brighter.

At the monthly dinner meeting of the Wellesley Lions Club Jan. 18, cheques were presented to Meals on Wheels and the Community Action Program for Children (CAPC). The campaign raised more than $6,700, splitting the money equally between the two groups.

“I like doing it, it’s a lot of fun and we get a lot of help,” said coor-

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dinator Marilyn Bisch, “It’s very rewarding to see that everybody is willing to donate.”

Sue Martin, family outreach coordinator with CAPC and Mosaic Counselling, was overwhelmed by the donations received this year, the most the club has raised to date.

“I think they do a fabulous job. It’s just incredible. There is lots of community spirit there,” she said.

This is the 20th year Wellesley Lions have run the Christmastime fundraiser, but only the third year for Paradise & District Lions Club, which collected more than $4,000.

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Concerns: Woolwich officials look to bend some ministerial ears > CONTINUED FROM COVER Community Safety and Correctional Services to discuss firefighting policy.

Two other areas outlined in a report by chief administrative officer David Brenneman – a biogas plant proposed for Elmira and the infrastructure deficit in funding for roads and bridges – were deemed priorities that were already being handled through other avenues.

In regards the province’s handling of gravel pits, Woolwich is currently dealing with five applications, with a sixth expected shortly, Brenneman noted.

Current policy makes it difficult for municipalities to prevent such operations from going ahead despite negative impacts on residents.

To that end, the township is calling on the ministry to increase the taxes payable to municipalities to help offset the costs they incur due to gravel pits.

Woolwich also wants minimum separation distances between gravel pits and settlement areas, while calling for the elimination of the ministry’s ability to make unilateral decisions that roll back conditions set by municipalities. In addition, the report calls for betterPublications: enforcement of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Times rules, including oftenSt. Thomas Elgin Weekly News Elmira/Woolwich Observer neglected rehabilitaPort Perry, Scugog Standard Manitoulin West Recorder tion orders.

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“In light of the last three decisions in the OMB where the gravel pits have been stopped, we want to include these changes,” he said in an interview following Tuesday night’s meeting.

On the firefighting issue, the township is concerned guidelines hastily introduced by the outgoing Fire Marshal could have a dramatic impact on fire departments, particularly those in small communities.

The guidelines – officially known as Operational Planning: An Official Guide to Matching Resource Deployment and Risk – are part of a package that’s supposed to help fire departments analyze risk, map out existing capabilities and determine where gaps need to be plugged. However, the document, introduced without much input, is ambiguous, and could have big financial ramifications, said Brenneman.

Woolwich fire chief Rick Pedersen explained there’s a possibility it the Fire Marshal could be aiming at unrealistic and even unnecessary service levels that would be especially burdensome on volunteer departments.

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

7 NEWS

ix weeks ago, 10 firefighting students from Conestoga College spent a week in Wellesley learning what it takes to be part of a fire crew outside of the classroom setting.

On Tuesday night in the Wellesley council chambers, two of those students – along with their program coordinator Brad Kuneman – returned to thank the township for their support and to donate $1,000 back to Wellesley in recognition of the partnership between the township and the college.

“It was a great opportunity to really further our education outside of the classroom and our text books,” said Kevin Collins, one of the firefighting students in Wellesley from Dec. 6-10.

“We were filling (water) reservoirs, cleaning the trucks, cleaning the halls, and testing hose,” continued Matt

Bloom. “And we had the opportunity to see a fire and find out what it takes to put it out while not having the luxuries of a hydrant right beside you.”

The students filled three local reservoirs, totaling more than 140,000 gallons of water during the week. They also tested every piece of equipment in the stations as well as cleaned and maintained that equipment, which saved the volunteer crews enormous amounts of time and will allow them to spend more of their time on training, said township fire chief Andrew Lillico.

“It has to be done and it is an important task, so thanks for helping us with that,” Lillico said.

He also said that having the students around took him and the other members of the Wellesley fire team back to their roots as firefighters, and reminded them to take each project that week one step at a time to ensure their direc-

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Student firefighters say thank-you to Wellesley

TRAINING TIME Students from Conestoga College’s firefighting program tapped into the expertise of the Wellesley Fire Department as part of their training last month. Front row: Dave Randall, Laura Guglick, Brock Shoemaker, Mack Stewart and Matt Bloom. Back row: Kevin Collins, Aaron Roeck, Eli Sample, Chris Hering, Alex Prince, Wellesley fire chief Andrew Lillico and volunteer firefighter Steve Martin.

tions were clear.

“There are a lot of things we take for granted that just happen on the fire team, so when he have the students here we say ‘lets just slow down a step.’

It keeps us in touch with the everyday op-

erations.”

The fire chief said in a subsequent interviw that the township’s fire advisory team will have to decide on how the $1,000 donation will be used. Last year’s donation went towards updating their pagers, and

“I certainly hope to see this partnership continue on in the future because it’s a great experience for you people, and it’s a great help for our township and our fire departments.

Thanks a lot and good luck.”

this year’s donation will also go towards something to directly benefit the firefighters again, be it training or equipment.

Coun. Jim Olender extended a thank-you to the students for their time and efforts.

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

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yes alight with wonder paraded through the halls of Elmira District Secondary School Jan. 13.

The school hosted its annual Grade 8 night, to begin the orientation of the Grade 9 class of 2011. Art Wombwell, the school’s guidance counsellor, said the transition process, which consists of about four stages, is important to helping the new students succeed in their first year.

“It’s so invigorating to appreciate the energy that comes into this place when our new Grade 9 class arrives and this is just a bit of foretaste of what that’s like,” he said. “These kids are so keen to be here and so keen to be excited about high school and we’re providing them an opportunity to display that.”

What Wombwell termed a small army helped him to put together the event, which introduced prospective

students and their parents to the school and helped answer questions about electives and the registration process. Grade 11 student Candace Kuepfer was one of about 28 volunteers leading the new students around.

“I remember my Grade 8 night and I remember how nerveracking it was and to just be able to make the Grade 8s feel as welcome as they can from a student’s perspective is, I think, really important,” she said.

Both Wombwell and Kuepfer believe one of the key ingredients to success at EDSS is the level of involvement students have at the school. They hoped to pass that message on to the incoming cohort.

“The difference that we observe as students move from junior students to senior students, when they choose put themselves out there and get involved, is like black and white to full colour.

We want every student

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A sneak peek at the high school experience to come

A WARM WELCOME Senior students at Elmira District Secondary School showed off their

enthusiasm as they introduced the Grade 9 class of 2011 to their new school last week. Left to right: Jordan Siroki, Lydia Frey and Candace Kuepfer, all EDSS leadership students.

to have a full colour experience here,” said Wombwell.

The full-colour experience message translated well to many students, who were excited to get a preview of next school year.

Jessica Campbell, a 13-year-old from Con-

estogo Public School, isn’t nervous about starting Grade 9 and enjoyed the chance to look at her new school.

“It was educational and fun,” she said. “I really like music so I’m looking forward to taking music.”

Not every student

was as at ease with the process, especially after a presentation about the importance of picking course levels – applied or academic – in the first year.

“I’m scared that I’m going to get to Grade 12 and realize I should have taken something

in Grade 9 that will get me where I want to be,” said Brittany Macdonald, from Linwood Public School.

Although, Wombwell stressed the choices a student makes for Grade 9 does not mean they are stuck with them for the full four years, he did mention it was hard to switch until after the Grade 9 year was completed.

Academic fears aside, fifth-year student Jordan Siroki said the incoming class should not be apprehensive about coming to school next year.

“There are no initiations that happen at this school. ‘Grade 9s, do not be afraid when you come to this school, at all,’” he said.

The positive message of inclusion permeated the night leaving both students and parents with smiles.

“There’s unbelievable potential that comes through these doors and I can just hardly wait for it to happen,” said Wombwell.

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

9 NEWS

Wellesley supports Michigan-bound hockey team James Jackson

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n an effort to reduce his team’s tournament costs, Doug Ridge appeared before Wellesley council on Tuesday night to request a donation to the Twin Centre Bantam Rep boys’ hockey team that he manages and coaches.

The team, which won the Silver Stick regional hockey tournament “A” championship in Kincardine over the Christmas break, earned the right to represent Wellesley at the international Silver Stick tournament in

Michigan Jan. 27-30 for the national championship. The drawback, however, is that the tournament’s entry fee is $1,050 and Ridge was concerned that some parents wouldn’t be able to afford the extra costs.

“When we had our parent meeting at the beginning of the year, we told the parents that we would be entering into three tournaments this season. It’s expensive to enter tournaments,” he told councillors. “This will be our fourth tournament, and it’s a little more ex-

pensive than the others we’ve entered.”

Ridge added that aside from the entry fee – which he had already paid – there were additional costs such as acquiring passports, which he said many families didn’t have, adding another $137 per adult who wanted to attend.

“I’ve taken it upon myself to get sponsors to help offset the extra cost, but a lot of parents mentioned I should come before council to see if there was an opportunity for a donation,” Ridge explained.

In a report prepared for council, recreation director Brad Voisin wrote that council has granted such requests in the past. For example, a $300 donation was made in March 2009 to the St. Clements Junior “AA” Ringette club to compete in Charlottetown at the national championships, and a $500 donation was given to the Linwood Midget Boys fastball team in July 2007 to compete in Alberta.

Ridge said that he did not come to council with a set amount of money in mind, and

that any amount they would be willing to donate would be hugely appreciated.

Coun. Jim Olender said that he would have no problem supporting Ridge’s request, and made a motion for council to approve a $250 donation to the team as well as provide the pins for the team to exchange once they got to Michigan.

“Going to Silverstick International is pretty prestigious for an

area,” he said. “They’re a good club and a good bunch of kids.”

Coun. Shelley Wagner, who is the chair of the recreation committee, requested the motion be amended to increase the donation to $500 to match other donations that have been made in the past, but that motion was not supported by any other councillors, so the original amount of $250 plus the pins was approved.

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Woolwich is also looking at changes in its own Official Plan that would strengthen its ability to deal with gravel pit applications.

Acting on a recommendation from new Ward 3 councillor Bonnie Bryant, planning staff will look at an amendment that would add three new criteria in evaluation requests for gravel pits: setback distance from settlement areas, the financial impact on surrounding properties and an assessment of potential contaminants

on sites proposed for gravel operations.

In response to a question from Coun. Mark Bauman, Kennaley said, if approved, the tougher standards could be applied immediately to any outstanding gravel appli-

cations, including those now under review.

In a later interview, Mayor Todd Cowan said these steps – along with plans to press the Ministry of Natural Resources for improvements to aggregate policy – don’t necessarily reflect an

anti-gravel stance, but rather a determination to protect the interests of the township and its residents.

“We’re not saying no to gravel, but we should be taking into account these additional considerations.”

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

The current policy nullifies so many potential benefits that the walking track could and should provide.

Trevor Bauman letter on page 11

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he 2010 data confirm the Earth’s significant long-term warming trend. The ten warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998.”

> World Meteorological Organization secretary-general Michel Jarraud notes temperatures in the last decade are up 0.46C

THE MONITOR he federal government introduced mortTduce gage measures to reduce debt loads: rethe maximum amortization period to

30 years from 35 years; lower the maximum amount Canadians can borrow in refinancing their mortgages to 85% from 90% of the value of their homes; withdraw government insurance backing on home equity lines of credit.

> Department of Finance

EDITORIAL

The onus is on councils to show value for money

M

unicipal councils all around the region are busy working on their 2011 budgets, as taxpayers wait to hear how much more they’ll be forced to pay this year for no more – and probably less – than they got last year.

In Cambridge, for instance, they’re looking at a 4.26 per cent increase in property taxes. It’s a safe bet Coun.

Gary Price doesn’t want to hear the choice words most residents of that city would have in response to his statement, “I want to hear if they are happy with a four-and-a-quarter (per cent) tax increase.”

The short answer is no. The actual responses might be more emphatic.

That increase would add $43 to the average tax bill. That’s on just the city portion.

Residents unhappy with that prospect, Price went on to say, should suggest to council “what you want

to cut.”

Presumably, he means cuts to services. Citizens, however, might have other suggestions, starting with cuts to council salaries and extending to layoffs and rollbacks of salaries. A multi-year freeze, at any rate.

Typically, politicians couch the debate in such terms: pay more or lose services. And, really, that’s what it boils down to … eventually. In the near term, say in times of economic downturn, taxes can be frozen if councils pare back wages, salaries and related benefits and perks. It’s the share-the-pain philosophy.

Take the Region of Waterloo as another example. They recently tied their hands by agreeing to pay increases of two per cent annually over three years. That flies in the face of provincial calls for a wage freeze – Queen’s Park has done so, additionally pledging to cut staff by

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five per cent. Given that wages make up the largest single expense, council is predisposed to pass on those costs to taxpayers, though that has yet to be determined.

Over the longer term, tax increases are inevitable. The key is to make them worthwhile.

As we’ve pointed out on numerous occasions, fees for municipal services such as water and sewers are rising at rates well above inflation, as is the case with other utilities.

The key to helping residents cope with those increases is to cut other spending so that the net cost is zero.

So, if water costs the average resident another $100 a year, property taxes – i.e. other spending – should be cut by a commensurate amount.

The same applies to water and sewer rates.

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dents, then to begin trimming away at everything else.

As with governments of all stripes, program bloat and internal entitlements become entrenched. In budget deliberations, there is a rationale for every spending request.

Taken in isolation, each may make sense, but it’s the role of elected officials to see the big picture, and to nip in the bud empire-building and incremental growth.

This is not a call for wholesale hacking and slashing. We need services. We have to pay for them.

Where needs shift into wants, we’ve got more leeway. Where spending does not directly benefit the bulk of the citizenry, the axe should fall.

Indefinite tax freezes are not feasible. But now would be a good time for politicians to show our money is being used wisely. Of late, we’re just not seeing that.

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

11 OPINION

Tunisian example could set other revolts in motion T

he analogy might be with the chain of non-violent revolutions that drove the sclerotic Communist regimes of Eastern Europe from power in 1989. Or then again, it might not.

Many people in the Arab world hope that the popular revolt in Tunisia will become a genuine democratic revolution that inspires people in other Arab countries to do the same thing. Other people, notably most of the existing regimes in the Arab world and their foreign allies, hope fervently that it will not. But the current situation is certainly fraught with possibilities.

It’s not yet clear whether the street demonstrations that drove the Tunisian dictator, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, into exile after 23 years in power will lead to a genuine democracy. The prime minister he left behind, Mohammed Ghannouchi, is promising free elections soon, but it’s still the old regime, minus its leader, that is making the promises. They may not be trustworthy.

This was a spontaneous uprising, an outburst of sheer exasperation with the corruption and incompetence of the Ben Ali regime. The rebels have no plan for what happens next, and several hundred thousand people with guns and good communications facilities have a lot to lose if the old regime just vanishes. It is estimated, for example, that one in 40 adult Tunisians works for the secret police.

On the other hand, miracles sometimes do happen. The East German Communist regime in 1989, after 44 years in power, controlled not only the army but also a well-armed Communist militia several hundred thousand strong. Yet when the Berlin Wall came down, they just decided not to start

THE VIEW FROM HERE

International Affairs GWYNNE DYER killing their own people. No matter how loyal they were to Communist ideals, they understood that their time was up.

Many of those who served Ben Ali’s dictatorship will not want to start killing their own people on a large scale either, and no ideology underpinned the Tunisian regime. Those who gave it their loyalty did so only out of selfinterest, and their perception of where their interests lie could change quite fast. So the question arises: if the Tunisian revolt turns into a real democratic revolution, could its example spread?

The neighbours certainly think so.

Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s ruler for the past 41 years, was almost comical in his public dismay at Ben Ali’s fall.

“You (Tunisians) have suffered a great loss,” he said in a speech broadcast on Libyan state television. “There is none better than Zine (Ben Ali) to govern Tunisia.” Or more precisely, none better to keep Gaddafi safe from his own people.

Tunisia’s neighbour to the west, Algeria, is even more vulnerable to popular revolt than Libya. The president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has only been in office since 1999, but he was put there by the army, whose senior generals have really run the country from behind the scenes since the mid-1960s.

Algerians have already begun demonstrating publicly against the high price

of food, and the regime’s response has already turned violent.

The social and economic conditions that made Tunisia such a tinderbox also prevail in many other Arab countries: widespread poverty, huge unemployment (about 30 per cent of the under-30s in Tunisia, and even higher among those with a post-secondary education), and great popular anger (usually carefully hidden) at the brutal authoritarianism and endemic corruption of the regimes.

The strict censorship of news that has always been standard practice for the more repressive Arab regimes has been subverted by new media, from al-Jazeera to the internet. Everybody who wants change has seen how easy it was for the Tunisians to make it happen, and they may want to try it themselves.

Egypt, Syria, Morocco – in fact, almost all the Arab countries except the oil-rich Gulf states – are potentially vulnerable to a Tunisian-style revolt.

Not all or even most of them are likely to have one, nor will every attempted revolt succeed: some of the regimes are much more capable of using massive force than Ben Ali’s ramshackle dictatorship. But some revolts may succeed.

So the big question is: what would the successor regimes look like? In Tunisia, if all goes well, it could be a secular democracy, but in many other places a strict Islamic regime would be a much likelier outcome. The old leftist and secular liberal parties, beaten and bribed into submission, have long since lost credibility in most Arab countries. Only the Islamic parties

> SEE DYER ON PG. 12

THE VOICE

How do you keep active during the winter months?

“Actually, I just got back from the gym. I do cardio and lift weights.” > Eric Bowman

“I go to the gym every day, and I play rep hockey in Woolwich for the Wildcats.”

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For the province, it's easy to keep ordering from the menu, no matter how outrageous the request, when you plan on stiffing municipalities with the bill.

“I cut my own fire wood.” > Harry Kempster

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

The end may or may not be near, but it's coming

D

epending on which calculations you use, last Monday or the one upcoming was/will be the most depressing day of the year.

Based on a public relations exercise in 2005, Blue Monday is born of a combination of winter we weather, post-Christmas debt, broken New Year’s resolutions. And, oh yeah, the whole Monday thing.

What better time to dwell on the end of the world?

Forget about how much money you spent shopping or the amount of snow the township plow just dumped in your driveway. If life as we know it ended tomorrow, would any of that matter? Ever have mattered?

Yes, I suppose I am a little ray of sunshine today.

Speaking of which, the sun is at the heart of the eventual obliteration of the planet. Eventually, the sun will begin to run out of fuel, expanding to engulf much of the inner solar system. Whether or not that includes the Earth, life here will be wiped out.

As that scenario is more than five billion years off, it’s not surprising very few of us are worried today.

Still, it is the ultimate end if nothing else happens in the meantime.

That, however, is not a safe bet.

Today, we are already killing the planet, just far more slowly. While

From the Editor Steve Kannon the Earth would not be reduced to space dust, it’s not inconceivable to think of the place bereft of human life. The third rock would continue circling its star – until the sun goes through its death throes, that is – oblivious to the loss of Homo sapiens.

According to the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, there are a variety of scenarios that could see catastrophic consequences unfold – from volcanic eruptions to pandemic infections, nuclear accidents to worldwide tyrannies, out-of-control scientific experiments to climatic changes, and cosmic hazards to economic collapse.

We haven’t determined all of the risks. And of those we’ve identified, we can’t always pinpoint just how big the risks are. There’s a pretty good probability, for instance, that a big asteroid will crash into the planet eventually. It might be tomorrow (well, probably not) or in 50 million years, but something akin to the collision that’s believed to have

wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago will play out again.

The cosmological risks – the sun becoming a red giant, collision due to galaxies passing through each other or freezing as the universe expands – are of such a distant future, that we can largely ignore them. The other risks are the kind that might play out in this century, perhaps.

Prior to 2100, the chance that more than a billion people will be killed by war is 30 per cent, according to the FHI’s Global Catastrophic Risk Survey. By engineered pandemic or nanotechnology run amok, 10 per cent. The risk of human extinction is much lower, but still in the range of one to five per cent.

Natural disasters, in particular a super-volcanic episode such as the one that nearly wiped out humans 75,000 years ago, could spell ruin for civilization even if they didn’t kill off the species. The ash and other particulate spewed into the air would be akin to the nuclear-winter scenarios commonly discussed during the Cold War, lowering temperatures globally for decades.

That would be counter to the most talked about environmental issue in recent years: global warming, aka climate change.

While the Future of Humanity Institute sees the short-term risk from

climate change as relatively small, the risk grows with the decades and even centuries, if we make it that far.

Whether or not we’re inducing climate change, if the changes are severe enough, they will have consequences for how we live … if we live.

The Earth has undergone massive changes in a history that’s included humans for only a tiny, tiny fraction of time. The convulsions and catastrophes that preceded us may have shaped our existence, but the ones yet to come will have a direct impact on us.

For some people, the thought of humans having an impact on global climate is as inconceivable as humans ceasing to exist. That doesn’t make either improbable or even unlikely. (As noted, on a cosmic scale, the end will come.) But science tells us more than 99 per cent of all species that ever existed on the planet are now extinct. We differ from all of them in our ability to think, recognize the dangers and, perhaps, do something to alter coming threats.

That doesn’t, however, make us immune to the outcomes.

Nor does it ensure that we’ll do what’s best to avoid the near-term threats, do the right things and act in the best interests of humanity.

Now there’s a reason to be blue, Monday or not.

many bags came with it, but we are getting low. Now I was at Home Depot the other day and saw these replacement bags. This is in no way intended to be a slur on Home Depot, but more on the manufacturer of the bags. On the bottom shelf we have outside waste bags; you know the kind, most any kid under the age of 15 could get inside of one and hide.

No doubt about it, they are big. Five for $1.99 – good price. Next shelf up we have the green bin bags and next shelf up are the kitchen green bin bags: five for, wait for it, $5.89. Who are they kidding?

that the entire Cassandrian littany of woe in the Observer was dependent on two simple statements: “If climate models are on target ...” and “If the models hold ...”

Are the climate models accurate, or even relevant? The basic assumption of the models that predict doom and gloom (or fry and die) is that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere drive temperatures, and that human-induced carbon emissions are driving carbon concentrations and temperatures to catastrophic levels.

Let’s consider the work of Dr. James Hansen, the scientist who got Al Gore turned on to climate concerns and has been an incessant political activist for anthropogenic (man-made) global warming – or AGW for short. Study a graph detailing the link between humaninduced carbon emissions and tem-

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Woolwich should review walking track usage policies To the Editor,  On Tuesday night I was at the Waterloo Rec. Centre with the Tri City Track Club doing our weekly interval training. At 7 p.m., 52 of us are running two-minute intervals around the track above the arena. At the same time, a junior track club of seven- and eight-yearolds was doing wind-sprints down one side. There was a smattering of other people doing their own running or walking routines.

On the ice rink, a minor hockey game was being played with 60 or 70 people watching, occasionally moving in and out of the arena by crossing the track. An older boys’ hockey team was doing dry-land training by running up and down the steps at one end of the rink.

This was all happening simultaneously ... and it works.

I know the walking track at the Woolwich Memorial Centre is not the same kind of design or surface as the track in Waterloo. However, surely there is enough flexibility and common sense in Woolwich Township to allow hockey teams to jog a few warm-up laps before a game. Surely our hockey trainers can supervise a few runs up and down the stairs. Surely at 9 o’clock some evening I could do a few

strides down the back side of the walking track.

I would like our new council to direct the recreation department to revisit the permitted uses of the walking track. The current policy nullifies so many potential benefits that the walking track could and should provide.

> Trevor Bauman, Elmira

There's a price to pay for going green To the Editor,  OK, so politicians from all levels of government agree we should “go green,” as it is called. The politicians take this stand to get votes; most couldn’t care less, but that is another issue.

As I have become older, I have seen things we have done in my younger years are not good for the planet. So, yes, I agree with going green. Why should it cost more, though? My local municipal government came out a month or so back with a green bin to recycle kitchen wastes. We had been doing that, however, as they also supply composting containers.

The kitchen green bin, though, can take some items not recommended for a composter.

The green bin came with a kitchen container and brown bag liners for both bins – basically, a brown bag that will break down in a composting environment. I’m not sure how

> Mike Gore, Elmira

No basis for climate change claims To the Editor,  An Observer editorial on global warming during the depths of winter. Cute. What really struck me is

> SEE LETTER ON PG. 16

Dyer: Muslim response an unknown > CONTINUED FROM PG. 11 have not been co-opted.

There are as many flavours of Islamic politics as there are of ice cream. Some are retrograde and hostile to all opinions other than their own; others are as open and reasonable as the “Christian Democratic” parties of Europe. In the coming years we may well have the

opportunity to observe all of those varieties in action.

Assuming that all or much of this comes to pass, the most important thing that non-Arabs can do, especially in the West, is not to panic.

Knee-jerk assumptions that such regimes would be implacably hostile to non-Muslims would operate as self-fulfilling prophecies, but it ain’t necessarily so.

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Biogas energy by the numbers

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Conference to look at the economic and operational issues associated with anaerobic digesters

DOES IT MAKE DOLLARS AND SENSE? Robert Anderson, a master’s student at the University of Guelph, is writing a thesis paper and developing a spreadsheet to analyze the economic viability of farm-level biogas plants in Ontario. He will present his early findings at a biogas conference in March.

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t seems these days that everything green is turning into gold. Green energy, that is, and anaerobic digesters like the one proposed by BioEn Inc. in Woolwich are fighting for their slice of the renewable energy pie.

Wind and solar have traditionally been viewed as the green energy alternatives available to the average citizen, but increasingly anaerobic digestion is becoming a viable option as well.

From Feb. 8 to 10, biogas production will be the topic of a three-day conference in Cambridge organized by Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph. The talks will focus on the safe and effective operation of a biogas facility, with an emphasis on farm-level digesters that are much smaller than the 2.8-megawatt facility proposed for Elmira.

With biogas nudging its way into the renewable energy talks along with more conventional sources, where does biogas stack up at both

the industrial level and at the farm level? And is it economically viable? Given that there are more than 1,400 farms in Waterloo Region, and the Ontario government’s plan to phase out coal-burning power plants by 2014, it’s an important question to ask.

“It’s not as simple as putting gas in a vehicle and it starts and you drive it,” said Earl Jenson, an expert on anaerobic digestion from the research group Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures and one of the keynote speakers at the biogas conference in Cambridge.

“Anaerobic digestion facilities are capital intensive, there is no doubt about it.”

Even with Ontario’s incentive pricing, many smaller producers just might not be able to make the economics work, particularly if they are relying on their own manure or crop wastes to power the digester. Jenson says most would have to rely on food waste from restaurants, for instance, and tipping fees – a fee levied by the owner of the digester to the company

dumping the waste – to make it work.

Chuck Martin agrees. He is the president of Woolwich Bio-En Inc. and has proposed building a biogas facility in the north end of town providing 2.8 mW of electricity – enough to power 2,200 homes – and 3.4 mW of heat.

“The price that they’ve established just doesn’t work on manure and energy crops alone. They’re not paying enough money,” Martin said.

Ten to 15 years ago he first looked into the biogas option here in Canada after seeing it in action in places like Germany. He said that over in Europe the government was paying an incentive fee, much like Ontario is now, to develop the technology. At the time the government and hydro companies were paying 18 euro cents per kW/h – about 27 cents Canadian at the time – but when he applied the technology to the Canadian system, the numbers didn’t add up.

“It just did not work at the price of electricity, which at the time if you were supply-

ing Hydro One, was somewhere in the three to four cent range per kilowatt, and it just did not make sense,” Martin said.

But when the province introduced the Standard Offer Program in an effort to spur on the development of renewable energy back in 2006, the government said that it would pay 12.25 cents per kW/ h, which led Martin to revisit the idea of biogas.

The Standard Offer Program has since been replaced by the Feed In Tariff program under the Ontario Green Energy Act, and Martin’s digester will sell energy back to the grid at 14.7 cents per kW/h under the FIT agreement.

Martin’s proposed $12-million facility will actually be comprised of two smaller facilities, each producing between one and 1.5 megawatts of power. They have designed the holding tanks to be the most efficient size as possible, as well as including computer monitoring systems to ensure that the digestion is occurring at peak efficiency – and to improve the bottom line.

Part of the reason why Martin believes that smaller farmers would have a tougher time making the economics of biogas work is because of the high start-up costs associated with the project. However, he added that some farmers could make it work if they already possessed some of the items that many startups would not.

“If you have a farmer who already has a liquid manure tank, a tractor, and a liquid manure spreader, and he just looks at the incremental additional costs versus the additional revenue, then he might be able to make it work.

They’re able to do small-scale projects on a much lower budget and they’re able to justify it because they already have a lot of these things anyway.”

However, Martin also agreed that without the Ontario government’s FIT program, the tipping fees his company will charge, and the revenue from heat generated at the facility, he wouldn’t be able to make the business work either.

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Technology will make farmers, animals more productive F

armers and farm animals are facing a brave, new world – brave, because agriculture is entrusted with feeding an increasingly hungry and growing globe. And new, because farming’s future looks like it will be based on molecular biology as much as machinery and hard work.

As time goes on, farmers will indeed still be tillers of the land. But the hi-tech approach they’ll take to feeding livestock – using an advanced understanding of genetics and what’s called programmed feeding – will keep animals healthy. It will help livestock reach full potential, based on treatment they receive even before they’re born.

That’s the word from Drs. Mark Lyons and Karl Dawson of Alltech, who stopped in Guelph Monday as part of the family-owned company’s annual North American Lecture Tour.

Alltech is a Kentucky-based natural feed supplement, with its Canadian headquarters in Guelph. Its grown from a handful of employees some 30 ago to now employing 2,300 people in 120 countries, and done so by using technology to create feed additives and other products that enhance animal productivity.

But, say Lyons and Dawson, we ain't seen nothing yet.

Alltech scientists, as well as those whose research the company sponsor at institutions such as the University of Guelph, are fully engaged in the molecular aspects of agriculture. And

Food For Thought Owen Roberts they’ve started to move the approaches they’ve taken in the lab into the field.

For example, they’ve found that in some cases 75 per cent of the nutrients normally recommended in animal feed can be cut back through programmed feeding. This involves highly specific feeding regimes, including diets fed to pregnant livestock to boost embryonic health, or additives that are able to get through an animal’s rumen and be absorbed later for maximum effectiveness.

Some of these dietary interventions change the regulations of genes, to make the animal more efficient at digestion. In that way, livestock can grow just as big, with less feed. And that saves farmers and consumers money.

It was a big week for animal feed activity, but not all of it was positive. Alltech delivered its messages in Guelph on the day I was boarding a plane for Germany for the annual business meeting of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. Germany is being rocked by a scandal in which an unscrupulous feed additive supplier (not associated with Alltech or any Canadian manufacturer) sold a feed company there

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However, farmers still have to keep feeding people -- 9.3 billion people, in fact, by 2050. To a major extent, they’ll do so through large-scale farming.

Mistakes get amplified when the agricultural sector grows. But fortunately, so does its ability to feed people.

Unethical behaviour in the food chain can plague farmers big or small, and corporate responsibility needs to be constantly reinforced – as well as recognized – to keep the system on track.

Biogas: Investing in new technology > CONTINUED FROM PG. 13 For farmers trying to crunch the numbers to decide whether or not anaerobic digestion is right for their business, there is some help out there.

OMAFRA has a number of resources available to help farmers out, but new research out of the University of Guelph is trying to make it even easier.

Robert Anderson is in his first year of a two year master’s program at Guelph in food, agriculture, and resource economics. He is focusing much of his research on the economics of renewable energy, and right now is looking at the business of biogas.

On Mar. 1 he will be presenting some of his early findings at a biogas conference in London.

“I’ve always been interested in the environment and economics,” explained Anderson of his interest in renewable energy. “When I found out that I would be able to work on a project like this one I was interested because agriculture and renewable energy are both strongly linked to the environment.”

What Anderson is hoping to achieve is a spreadsheet that farmers can use to do an economic analysis on anaerobic digesters or biogas systems for farms in Ontario. He hopes the research can be applied to policy research and as a first step for farmers looking to invest in anaerobic digesters and to do an as-

sessment of whether or not it would be a good investment.

Anderson notes that OMAFRA has a similar spreadsheet developed by Don Hilborn a number of years ago, but that it was based on an estimation of power production, capacity and the basic costs of the systems. Anderson hopes that with dozens of these facilities now operating throughout Ontario, he can take the data from those existing plants to refine the spreadsheet.

“There are still a lot of unknowns in the project right now, so we’ll just have to wait and see. I can see a lot of good if it is economically feasible for more people, but it is still too hard to say,” he said.

Despite some of the uncertainty surrounding the economic side of the green energy boom, Jenson – who worked for five years in the oil and gas industry before making the switch to biofuels – said that renewable energy is certainly the future of energy production, and that governments need to support the switch through initiatives like the Feed In Tariff program.

“It’s not just giving money away to people. It is building an industry and there’s jobs being created because of it. The time to figure out how to make all these alternative energy forms work is not the day you run out of the other stuff, right? You have to be somewhat proactive and that’s where the government comes in.”

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The company was caught, but thousands of farms selling eggs, poultry and pork were closed while livestock were tested.

This is a blow to the German food system, which prides itself in having among the world’s highest standards.

Addressing the federation executive Wednesday, Germany’s popular minister of agriculture, food and consumer protection, Ilse Aigner, blasted what she called the “intentional and criminal behaviour” of the company.

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t Elmira District Secondary School, students and teachers alike are singing the praises of their new music teacher.

As he speaks, you can tell Paul McLeod, known around the school simply as Mr. Mac, is more comfortable communicating through music than just chatting. His fingers drum on the table, he mimes a guitar and several times during our conversation, he jumps up to demonstrate on the piano.

Mr. Mac came to EDSS in September as the new head of music and his focus on creativity and performance, in combination with his musical enthusiasm, has caused a stir.

McLeod’s passion for the subject has spread to the students, creating a wider interest in music, said Art Wombwell, head of guidance at EDSS. “It’s amazing what he’s done with the department.”

McLeod began his schoolyear by expanding extracurricular activities for music students to see where their passions lie and has discovered a wide interest and musical talent.

“We’ve been running a concert band, a string or-

chestra, a string quartet and then I started a jazz ensemble,” said McLeod, listing only some of the groups performing at the school and in the community.

McLeod also tried several stage combos, a jazz band and a choir, only the choir didn’t take. He even formed a teacher band, which made its debut performance at the Christmas assembly.

“We had a few trumpets, a sax, a clarinet, a couple of violins and a viola. Our English teacher played electric bass. It was great,” he laughed. “We did this rock song. A number of students said it was a hit.”

When teaching, McLeod places an emphasis on group work and performing, having the students play pop songs as often as not.

“If they enjoy the music they’ll want to play and they’ll play more and the more they play the more they’ll improve,” reasoned McLeod, whose personal experience has proven this to be true.

“When I was a kid, I was taking private piano lessons growing up and I quit.

I hated it. I hated practicing, I’d rather be out on the street playing ball hockey, but when I got to high school I started tinkering

around on the p i a n o for a bit, for fun, and then I started playing pop music,” McLeod said this triggered an interest in the piano and he taught himself how to play.

Only three years into his teaching career, McLeod obtained a business degree from Ryerson University before going back to teacher’s college while majoring in music.

McLeod NEW BANDLEADER Paul McLeod is changing things up as the new head of the music uses mudepartment at Elmira District Secondary School, taking students to perform at seniors’ homes, sic to teach town squares and even Kitchener Rangers games. more than just notes: he conveys important life skills, like sibility of working in a has gone up, and up, and teamwork, confidence and team, but also gain the con- up, which is really neat.

It’s exciting.” perseverance. fidence to stand out.

That same inexperience “You learn to function as “With a lot of the groups a team when you play in a that I have, I have a lot of that can be exciting can band. In our stage combo, soloists,” he said. “For a also provide McLeod with for example, if our drum- Grade 9 to stand up, who’s frustration. He finds stumer doesn’t show up, that’s only been playing an in- dents join the music prolike a hockey team without strument for four months, gram not expecting the leva goalie,” he said. and play a solo, that really el of work required to learn Playing together stu- builds confidence. So I can > SEE MUSIC ON PG. 17 dents learn the respon- see their confidence level

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That’s what we want at this time of year. So last week Jody came home to find just that simmering on her stove.

A firefighter who can really man the stove at home, Jody’s partner brought together vegetables including zucchini and eggplant along with chickpeas and Indian spices. Coconut milk rounded out the spices in the dish, a winter vegetable curry.

Although some may be a little reluctant about the dish at first (without meat being the center of attention), in the end the out-of-this-world flavours and creamy texture and heartiness make up for any lack of meat.

This is a great recipe for those who want to start experimenting with spices. Making a curry powder from scratch is a good start and allows you to play with different flavours.

You can find all of the spices in bulk and buy small quantities, as you need them.

Tips to make this phenomenal stew include cutting the vegetables as evenly as possibly, to ensure their even texture after cooking as well as adding them in order from hardest to softest.

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perature, Hansen’s forecasts and actual values. The reasonable conclusion would be to note that carbon emissions don’t seem to have much effect on temperatures. Or that any effect is easily swamped by other natural phenomena (i.e. the effect must be very small). But believers in the gospel of AGW are anything but reasonable. Their gospel is sacred and inerrant.

Dr. Kevin Trenberth is a scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a U.S. publicly-funded research centre. He is a prominent apostle and evangelist for the gospel of AGW. But in a rare outburst

of intellectual honesty in 2009, Dr. Trenbeth opined to his fellow believers: “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t.”

But not enough of a travesty to recant erroneous beliefs.

Instead, we hear of “new models” and “better models,” yet they are still based on failed assumptions. Conveniently, they all make dire predictions for about 100 years in the future. Who of us will be around at that time to hold these AGW evangelists to account for their errors?

One simple test would be to look for a causal relationship between carbon and tem-

perature. And wouldn’t you know it, someone has done just that.

The International Journal of Geosciences is a peer-reviewed journal (unlike the UNIPCC which accepts magazine articles by activists as equivalent to scientific research).

In the fall, it published a paper by Paulo Cesar Soares, of the Federal University of Parana, Brazil. The title is plain enough: “Warming Power of CO2 and H2O: Correlations with Temperature Changes.”

I’ll let the lead statements of the abstract and the conclusions speak for themselves.

Abstract:”The dramatic and threatening environmental changes announced for the next

decades are the result of models whose main drive factor of climatic changes is the increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Although taken as a premise, the hypothesis does not have verifiable consistence.”

Conclusions: “The main conclusion one arrives at the analysis is that CO2 has not a causal relation with global warming and it is not powerful enough to cause the historical changes in temperature that were observed.”

And still we get editorials that rely on “If climate models are on target ...” and “If the models hold ...”

>>Alan Findlay, Elmira

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6. A rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating 7. The act of eating dinner 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bellefleurâ&#x20AC;? author 9. Red ink amount 10. By ordering items listed individually on a menu 11. Behave in a certain manner 12. Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shuffle 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ momentâ&#x20AC;?

14. The pseudonym of an actor 15. Defensive spray 16. Religious image: Var. 17. Copper 21. Archetype 23. Roald Dahl title character 29. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chicagoâ&#x20AC;? lyricist 33. Square cloth used for wiping eyes, nose 34. Dead, as an engine 36. Of or relating to bionics 37. Rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

38. C-___ 39. Reddish brown 40. Coastal raptors 41. Asinine 42. Of or related to the anus 44. Fit tightly and fasten 47. Calphalon product 48. Some trick-or-treaters 49. Chivalrous 50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Idylls of the Kingâ&#x20AC;? character 53. Of the same period 55. Daughter of Saturn 56. Provided with gills 59. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aquariusâ&#x20AC;? musical 60. All the animal life in a particular region or period 61. A small soft bag containing perfumed powder; 62. Put to the test 63. Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol 64. Tower with a l clock visible high up on an outside face 68. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harper Valley ___â&#x20AC;?

69. Discussion of an event after it has occurred 70. Vermeerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woman With a ___â&#x20AC;?

71. And others, for short

72. Accordingly 73. Broad-winged soaring hawks 75. Given to avoiding association with others 77. A stand, box or frame for keeping goods off the ground e.g. in a warehouse 78. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals 82. Shellfish contaminant 85. Celebrate 86. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sweetheart of Sigma ___â&#x20AC;?

87. A disorderly outburst or tumult 88. Imp 89. Fill in 91. Wishy-___ 93. Native New Zealander 94. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snowyâ&#x20AC;? bird 95. Sonata, e.g.

96. Cost of living?

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Music: Life lessons are also on the agenda > CONTINUED FROM PG. 15 a new instrument. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live in an instant society, coffee in 45 seconds in the microwave and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t microwave a musical skill,â&#x20AC;? he said. The furrow this brings to his brow disappears quickly when he talks about his students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the students here. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very proud of them. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

topnotch. You certainly have to maintain that professional relationship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I am their teacher â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but a friendship does form as well,â&#x20AC;? said McLeod, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own high school music teacher still calls him every year on his birthday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A special bond can take place between a music teacher and their students. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just the relationship that forms in the classroom, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the stuff

youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing extracurricularly as well. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a togetherness that I think is harder for, say, an English teacher to form with their students.â&#x20AC;?

With a vision for the music department that focuses on incoming students, extracurricular activities and expansion, McLeod plans to be at EDSS for awhile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a teacher at heart. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I love to do.â&#x20AC;?

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Injuries take their toll as Jacks lose twice Dismal trip to Ayr ends in 8-3 loss; return to home ice proves no better Elizabeth Bate

Woolwich Memorial Centre on Jan. 16. Horrigan made the stop, but Guelph won the game 6-2.

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iding a seven-game win streak, the Elmira Sugar Kings came back to Earth with a thud last weekend, falling 4-3 to the Cambridge Winter Hawks Jan. 15 and losing 6-2 at home to Guelph the following day.

The Kings found themselves playing catch-up from the first period against the Winter Hawks, and that set the tone for the rest of the weekend.

Head coach Geoff Haddaway said the team fell short in Saturday’s game, running out of time to tie it up.

“You don’t want to put yourself in a position where you feel like, ‘gee, if we’d played for five more minutes we would have won the

hockey game,’” he said. “The game’s 60 minutes long and if you’re prepared to play right off the bat and you’re prepared to play for 60 minutes, you’ll generally get the results you want. We didn’t play 60 minutes and we paid the price.”

Elmira scored the first goal of the game, finding the back of the net just 3:33 in.

Cambridge scored consistently throughout the rest of the first, with goals coming at six, 11 and 16 minutes of play time.

The Kings started the second period down 3-1. Cambridge rounded out its scoring at 6:41 of the second, putting Elmira down by three.

“We scored to take an early lead and then we just sat back for a period, pe-

riod and a half and then we found ourselves down 4-1,” said Haddaway. “And that’s a tough place to play from in the best of games.”

Play picked up for the Kings with just over three minutes left in the period, resulting in a second goal, scored on a power play by Josh Woolley with assists from Brady Campbell and Wade Pfeffer. The middle frame closed with the score 4-2.

The third period was a scoreless affair until, with just under a minute left in play, Lukas Baleshta, assisted by Josh Woolley and Pfeffer, scored the final goal of the game.

“I’d like to leave every single game and point out some-

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NOT THIS TIME Kings goalie Nick Horrigan defends the net against Hurricanes’ forward Shane MacDonald at the

he Wellesley Applejacks suffered two crushing defeats last week. After being slammed by the Ayr Centennials 8-3 on Jan. 13, the Jacks returned home last Sunday to be shutout 3-0 by Hagersville.

Coach Kevin Fitzpatrick said the team was not bringing the necessary intensity to the ice.

“We were not at the level we need to be,” he said.

“We’re working on our special teams, we’re working on our transition game, I think we can do better. We’re a very soft hockey team, so I think we have to work on our speed better than we have.”

In Ayr, the first period was a bit of a seesaw battle, though the Jacks were outshot by a two-one margin (17-8), with the Centennials ahead 4-2 after 20 minutes. That was as close as it would get, as it was all downhill from there.

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blood, scoring at 3:28. But Wellesley replied just over a minute later with a goal from Justin Roeder, assisted by Kevin Howorth and Spencer Aspden.

Ayr replied in short order with a goal at 5:43, followed by a powerplay marker at 8:35. Roeder scored again for the Jacks just before the period’s halfway point, this time assisted by Michael Forster and Rob Hinschberer, but it wasn’t enough to fend off the Centennials as they scored again with five and a half minutes left in the first, leaving the Jacks to start the second down by two.

Only one goal was scored in the second period, with Ayr finding the back of the net on a power play, bringing the tally to 5-2.

Fitzpatrick characterized the game against Ayr as a total disaster, citing injuries as a major reason for the team’s loss.

SHUT DOWN The Wellesley Applejacks faced off against the Hagersville Hawks on home ice Jan. 16. The Jacks failed to crack the visitors’ defence, falling 3-0.

Elmira’s Metzger named to U25 wheelchair basketball squad Teen enjoys eye-opening experience, success at first-ever tryout for the national team James Jackson

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lmira’s own Corin Metzger has earned one of 12 spots to represent Canada at the inaugural women’s under-25 wheelchair basketball world championships from July 1523 at Brock University in St. Catharines.

The team, which includes women from all across the country, was announced earlier this week after an intensive week-long selection camp in Winnipeg.

“It’s an indescribable feeling. I was very shocked actually,” said Metzger from her dorm room at Mohawk Col-

lege in Hamilton.

“I didn’t really expect to make the team, but I’m really honoured because there are a lot of really amazing players on the team.”

The selection camp was used to evaluate women for the senior team as well as the under-25 squad, and an-

other Elmira native, Katie Harnock, was again named to the senior women’s roster.

She has won nine medals on the international basketball stage, most recently a bronze at the 2010 World Championships in Birmingham and gold at the 2010 Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.

This was the first time Metzger had ever been selected for a national team tryout, and she said that the selection camp was more intense than anything she had ever experienced before.

“There was a lot more skill

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Versatile digits nothing to thumb your nose at pender and giving only half as much enthusiastic approval – just one thumb up – when a buddy makes a great shot.

All in all, however, we’d get by.

On the other hand – no pun intended – if a young person loses the use of one thumb, we’re dealing with a major social disaster – they are no longer textually active. That’s right, their ability to text message has immediately been cut in half. So slow is their response time that they might actually have to engage in face-to-face conversations with the people around them, in the very same room!

No longer will they be able to text the guy beside them in the ice hut.

What follows is both predictable and sad. You see, in an effort to avoid this uncomfortable, old school verbal communication and keep up with the rest of the herd, the other thumb gets overworked until the strain becomes way too much.

Suddenly, it snaps clean in half. And, they are, for all intents and purposes, rendered mute in the electronic world.

It’s traumatic – especially when you are the one who made that great shot.

And, all it takes is someone, in a fit of anger saying, “One-two-three-four, I

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thumb war!” or “It’s real dumb to fight with thumb!”

I’m working on catchier slogans.

In any case, this movement will try to enlist the Hollywood elite as well as veterans of past thumb wars to speak out about the futility of going into battle with your most opposable digit. This will be for the good of the outdoors too.

Without two good thumbs, building duck blinds wouldn’t be half as entertaining …

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declare a thumb war!”

Which begs the question, when are we ever going to learn?

Nothing – literally nothing – is solved by thumb wars. All they cause is pain and suffering.

That’s why I am starting a local, antithumb-war movement. Even now, I’m organizing a rally where like-minded people can gather, remove their gloves for a moment and carry tiny little signs that bear slogans such as “No more

OVER IT GOES In girls’ volleyball action at EDSS Tuesday, the Lancers lost an incredibly close match 3-2. Left, Lancers Lydia Frey (13) and Leah Shuh (9) go up for block against Huron Heights. Above, Katie Martin (11) taps the ball over a Huron Heights defender.

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’m not an anthropologist – I don’t even play one on television – but it seems to me that the only thing that separates modern man from the apes these days are two opposable thumbs and a penchant for using them.

This occurred to me this morning as I was eating a banana, using the tire swing, and thumbing through the Yellow Pages.

More importantly, I realized that these very same characteristics are also the things that separate younger folks from people my age.

Have a look at anyone under 30 and you’ll see something incredible. Years of text messaging and video gaming have given these people the greatest thumbs in the history of humanity.

Their opposable digits are toned, fit and muscular – look close and I suspect you’ll see little six-packs on each one.

This is something that outdoorsmen do no have. Instead, our thumbs are misshaped by those accidents with sledgehammers that routinely occur while building duck blinds. With young people it is different.

Their athletic thumbs move with panther-like speed and agility previously unknown to our forefathers. This is good, but it’s also a bit terrifying for them, I suspect.

I mean, if an outdoorsman my age loses the use of a thumb while serving on the front lines in a thumb war, it’s not such a big deal. Sure we’d be limited to hitchhiking in one direction, having only one hand supported by a sus-

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EDSS skiers ready to hit the slopes School's team prepares for short, intensive season of competition James Jackson

MAKING THE GRADE Elmira’s Corin Metzger was one of 12 athletes selection to the women’s Under-25 national wheelchair basketball team.

Above, (left) fights for possession of the ball with Jessica Vliegenthart of Victoria, B.C. and Claire Smith from London, Ont. during the tryouts in Winnipeg last week. who invited her to camp because he felt she would be a great asset to the team.

“She was very aggressive, both offensively and defensively, and that is something we’re lacking a little in the program, and she brought that to the court which stood out nicely,” he explained.

Broughton said that the team has high hopes for a medal at the world championships on home soil, and that they will be busy preparing between now and then.

They will be heading down to the University of Alabama in the coming months to play against top college teams, and then to Germany in June for a final tune-up before the championships in July.

“We’re very excited; the

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and you needed to be aware of that if you wanted to make the team,” she said, adding that she had been invited to a similar camp back in the summer, but it was more a chance for coaches to see what the talent level was like and who they may have wanted to invite to Winnipeg.

The 18-year-old is one of the youngest girls selected for the team and has spent her entire life in a wheelchair, having been born with a disability. She was first exposed to wheelchair basketball when she was four, and now plays with a club team in Kitchener called The Spinners.

“There was a program that I was involved with that exposed young children to all kinds of different disabled sports like basketball, tennis and karate,” she explained, “and when I was 11 I joined the Junior Spinners and that’s when I started playing (basketball) competitively and playing in tournaments.”

Head coach Michael Broughton said that while Metzger may have been an underdog heading into the selection camp, she was an instant standout.

“She really impressed us,” he said. “Her chair skills are an asset, and in our sport that is important, but I don’t think too many of us knew a lot about her when she came into camp.”

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girls have been waiting for this for a long time, and who wouldn’t want to represent their country?” said Broughton.

“Since this is my first-ever world championships, it’s a little bit nerve-racking but I’m looking forward to it,” said Metzger. “This is essentially the path to making the senior basketball team some day and hopefully making the Paralympics.”

he EDSS ski team has once again hit the slopes in what their coach hopes is another successful season. The team was at Devil’s Glen Jan. 13 for a training day, and then visited Chicopee on Tuesday for a mini-meet against other local teams.

The nine-person team consists of five girls and four boys and is split into two groups: Level 1 boys and girls for those with no racing experience outside of high school, and Level 2 boys and girls for those who have raced other than on their high school team. There is one Level 2 girl on the team; the other eight skiers are all Level 1.

“They don’t try out,” said head coach Terry Lapalme. “As long as the kids are decent skiers and they can maneuver well on the hill than we can teach them to race and they’re allowed on the team.”

Lapalme said that some people may not realize that no real racing experience is required, which leads to a small team each season, but that they try to advertise the fact as much as possible.

The team is looking to repeat their success from the past few years. The team has competed in OFSSAA for five straight years, and routinely challenges for individual racing titles as well.

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“Every year we do really well,” noted Lapalme. “Every year we have some OFSSAA contenders and we do really well at CWOSSA. I would say that our boys look as strong as they have any year, and the last few years they’ve either been first or second. And we have a number of new girls and they’re pretty strong too.”

The race season is incredibly short, with only a few short weeks of on-the-hill training prior to WCSSAA on Feb. 9, the regional CWOSSA championship a week later, and the provincial finals Feb. 27-29. For that reason, the team gets an early start to the season before the snow even flies.

“We do dry-land training from November through to Christmas, and that’s twice a week. It consists of a lot of squats, lunges, running, and spinning. We have a room of spinning bikes in the school.”

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“If you stay on your feet for two runs, you’re golden because lots of people will fall and get disqualified. But our girls and boys are really sturdy. Really sure on their feet,” Lapalme laughed.

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vantage of their power plays and we couldn’t, so that’s the difference in the game right there,” Haddaway said.

The score remained unchanged until seven minutes into the third when Guelph added one more to their total.

With just under two minutes left in the game, an enthusiastic Elmira crowd made some noise as Nic Maceachern, assisted by Shane Smith and Woolley, scored one to make the final tally 6-2.

“This group never, ever quits, regardless of the score. Even on Sunday, we didn’t have a great effort, but we didn’t quit, we played hard right until the end,” said Haddaway.

Going into the 40th anniversary game this weekend, the coach plans to keep the team focused on being prepared and executing strategy.

“I was told my first year, the Sugar Kings never, ever quit. Never. There were lean

thing we did well, and for us to be able to go on the road and come back – at 4-1, most people would say the game’s over, well we don’t play that way. We don’t quit.”

Sunday Elmira was on home ice, but that didn’t prevent Guelph from handing them their hats.

Guelph scored the first goal mid-way through the first period. Elmira countered at 11:56 with a goal by Cory Genovese assisted by Jarred Parent. Guelph scored two more goals, both on a powerplay, to put them up 3-1 going into the first intermission.

Elmira couldn’t find the net in the second, but Guelph did, scoring at just over two minutes into the period and again with a powerplay marker at 14:21, making it 5-1 after 40 minutes.

“The fact that Guelph scored three powerplay goals … you can’t give a skilled team more opportunities to score. They took ad-

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Kings: Hockey club celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend

I'LL JUST HANG ON TO THAT Elmira defender Shane Smith tries to keep the Hurricanes’ Alex Cremasco from finding the net during last Sunday's game. years along the way when adopt that mentality and beThe King’s 40th anniversathey were losing big scores come a part of it, become a ry weekend will see the team and it didn’t matter, you just part of that tradition and on home ice against Brantkeep going,” he said. “That’s that culture or else there’s ford tomorrow (Sunday). the mentality and you either no room for you in Elmira.”

Game time is 2 p.m.

Jacks: Expect more bodies back in uniform you can’t do that.”

The Hawks scored twice in the first period, getting past goalie Alex Murray at 16:25 and 19:20. Murray kept the second period scoreless, but saw one slip by him with 10:28 left in the game to leave the Jacks devastated.

“The shots were equal,” said Fitzpatrick. “We didn’t

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WHY YOU NEVER SAY QUIT The EDSS Lancers posted a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Waterloo Collegiate Wednesday afternoon at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. Above, Elmira’s Jacob Caldwell (7) dumps the puck into the WCI zone. Below, keeper Alex Martin moves across the crease to take a goal away from a WCI player during first-period action.

Martin made several key saves to lead the Lancers to victory.

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TAKE THAT! Wellesley’s Tim Stern takes a blow from behind courtesy of the generate shots off our chances and that was a concern for me. I thought we had to be smarter with some of our shot selections and shoot more often.”

Moving forward, Fitzpatrick is treating the Jack’s last eight games in regular season play as though they were championship games.

“I told these guys after Sunday’s game, you consider the rest of your season as playoffs,” he said. They need to

“It would be such a blessing,” he said. “Some of these injuries we’re holding them out a little bit longer because of that. We’ve got time now, we know we’re going to be in the playoffs, so why, for the sake of one or two games rush them back a week early.”

After travelling to St. George Saturday, the Jacks return home tomorrow (Sunday) to face Delhi. Game time is 3 p.m.

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Hawks’ Dakota Powless on home ice Jan. 16.

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“We played the game with 12 players with injuries and the score really wasn’t indicative of the game,” he said.

“We had a very good chance to come back in that hockey game and actually out-played them for a good portion of the second period and part of the first.”

Ayr continued the scoreboard slaughter in the third period, however, potting three more goals. Wellesley’s Derick Lebold scored unassisted with 2:30 left in the game, making the final 8-3.

With three powerplay goals, Ayr took advantage of the 24 minutes of penalty time dished out to the Jacks during the game. Fitzpatrick said that number was way above the seasonal average for time spent in the box, but the team had a repeat performance on Sunday, landing themselves 26 minutes of penalty time against the Hagersville Hawks.

Ten of those 26 minutes came from an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty issued late in the second period to each team. Fitzpatrick said the team could not afford to lose anyone for that length of time, even though it didn’t give the Hawks an advantage.

“Our penalty killing was pretty equal,” he said. “Defensively we broke down twice and when you’re playing a top team like they are

understand what intensity level it takes.”

Fitzpatrick said another factor in the teams repeated losses was the number of players lost due to injuries.

More Jacks players will be returning to the ice this weekend and Fitzpatrick hopes to have most of the team dressed for the playoffs.

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Lancers come back to win 3-2

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SCORECARD TWIN CENTRE NOVICE LL #1 – GIRLS

JAN. 16

Novices skate to a silver finish

Twin Centre 3, Wilmont #2 1 Goals: Blythe Bender x3 (Lauren Skanes)

WOOLWICH BANTAM AE - BOYS

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Waterloo 4, Twin Centre 2 Goals: Sadie Richmond, Stephanie Ringrose (Libby Henderson, Ashley Yost)

Woolwich 5, Arthur 4 Goals: Owen Griffiths x 3, Colton Williams, Tristen White (Colin Hartwick x2, Owen Griffiths, Jasper Bender, Nigel Baldin, Jordan Shantz, Spencer Inglis)

TWIN CENTRE BANTAM C - GIRLS

Twin Centre 2, Grand River 1 Goals: Leah Gloin, Carly Bender (Carly Bender, Leah Gloin) TWIN CENTRE PEEWEE C - GIRLS

JAN. 16 Woolwich 1, Mitchell 1 Goals: Nicole Merlihan (Ciara Hea) JAN. 17 Woolwich 2, Milverton 1 Goals: Jaycee Kaufman, Meghan Mathieson (Jaycee Kaufman, Nicole Merlihan) WOOLWICH BANTAM BB - GIRLS

JAN. 18 Woolwich 2, Bluewater 0 Goals: Randi Paul, Rebecca Luis (Emily Chapman) Shutout: Lauren Lesage JAN. 18 Woolwich 2, London 0 Goals: Emily Chapman, Kendra Harold (Randi Paul, Landis Saunders, Gillian Olsthoorn) Shutout: Lauren Lesage TWIN CENTRE BANTAM C - GIRLS

JAN. 17 Waterloo 2, Twin Centre 1 Goals: Roslyn Mainland (Laura Hemmerich) TWIN CENTRE MIDGET LL #1 - GIRLS

JAN. 16 Hericanes 1, Stratford 1 Goals: Holly Lorentz TWIN CENTRE NOVICE LL #1 - BOYS

JAN. 15 Twin Centre 8, Ayr 2 Goals: Zach Lipczynski x2, Tyler Zyta x2, Devon Lee, Kodie Gerber, Josh Carere, Alex Kaufman (Zach Lipczynski x2, Kodie Gerber x2, Will Edwards x2, Tyler Zyta, Alex Erb, Alex Kaufman) WOOLWICH NOVICE TYKE SELECT - BOYS

JAN. 8 Erin-Hillsburg 5, Woolwich 1 Goals: Tyler Martin (Jake McDonald) JAN. 9 Georgetown 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Colton Schmitt, Gavin Roemer (Cole Slade, Brett Moser, Ethan Birmingham, Colton Schmitt) JAN. 15 Woolwich 7, Hespeler 0 Goals: Jake McDonald x4, Tyler Martin x2, Brett Moser (Colton Schmitt, Tyler Martin, Brett Moser x3, Jake McDonald) Shutout: Brett Strohoff and Quinn Brown WOOLIWCH NOVICE AE – BOYS

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JAN. 16 Woolwich 4, Plattsville 3 Goals: Joseph Dubue x2, Jordan Shantz, Austin Mole (Kyle Arsenault x2, Joseph Dubue)

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JAN. 13 Arthur 5, Woolwich 0

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Twin Centre 3, North York 0 Goals: Leah Gloin x 2, Roslyn Mainland (Hannah Klassen, Breanna Michael, Jill Sebben, Jessica Reitzel)

WOOLWICH BANTAM LL #3 - BOYS

WOOLWICH BANTAM MINOR A - BOYS

GETTING TO THE FINALS The Woolwich Novice LL3 team made a run to the finals at the

Oak Ridge Tournament in Richmond Hill Jan. 14-16. The team placed second in the tournament, losing a hard-fought match against the hometown squad. The team is currently placed 7th in the Grand River division and has its sights set at the playoffs. Team members are Nathan Curtis, Dante Del Cul, Jordan Dickieson, Jackson Dumart, Brady Gingrich, Seth Horst, Ben Martin, Cameron Martin, Parker Merlihan, Keith Mikel, Kieren Oberholzer, Patrick Perry, Dominic Roth, Cole Seabrook, Caden Sellars.

Goal: Jake Clemmer (Brendan Grant, Eric Martin) JAN. 8 Milton 3, Woolwich 2 Goals: Jake Clemmer x2 (Zach Verway, Jesse Martin) JAN. 9 Dundas 1, Woolwich 0 JAN. 15 Orangeville 3, Woolwich 1 Goal: Colin Merlihan (Jake Clemmer) CLIFFORD NOVICE LOCAL LEAGUE LL #2 – BOYS CLIFFORD NOVICE LL TOURNAMENT

JAN. 15 Woolwich 7, Goderich 2 Goals: Nathan Taylor x3, Andrew Kieswetter x2, Matthew Thaler, Andrew Weber (Matthew Thaler x2, Andrew Kieswetter x2, Cameron Leonard, Connor Kroetsch, Nathan Taylor) JAN. 15 Arran - Elderslie 4, Woolwich 3 Goals: Cameron Leonard, Conner Kroetsch, Nathan Taylor (Andrew Kieswetter) JAN. 15 Woolwich Wildcats LL #2 won the Clifford Novice LL Skills Competition. Placed first in the goalie drill (James Ormson), first in the relay race and 4th in the shooting contest.

BURLINGTON NOVICE MAJOR A - BOYS

JAN. 18 Woolwich 2, Burlington 0 Goals: Mitchell Lee, Dawson Good (Kyler Austin x2, Brett Allen, Mitchell Lee ) Shutout: Ryan Martin WOOLWICH ATOM LL #2 - BOYS

JAN. 15 Woolwich 6, Platsville #2 1 Goals: Devin Williams x4, Autsin Whittom, Hayden Fretz (Kyle Gingrich x3, Hayden Fretz x2, Devin Williams, Ben Weigel, Owen Hill-Ring) JAN. 16 St. George # 2 8, Woolwich 4 Goals: Austin Whittom x2, Brendan Knipfel, Kyle Gingrich (Devin Williams x2, Matthew Mckay) WOOLWICH ATOM LL#3 - BOYS

JAN. 11 Woolwich 3, Paris LL#2 0 Goals: Kayden Zacharczuk x2, Ryan Parrott

(Travis Weber, Johnny Wang) Shutout: Bryce Dettweiler WOOLWICH MINOR ATOM A – BOYS INTERNATIONAL SILVER STICK TOURNAMENT

JAN. 14 Woolwich 2, Whitby 2 Goals: Sam Davidson, Josh Martin (Austin Cousineau x2) JAN. 14 Woolwich 3, Ajax 0 Goals: Jake Code, Mitch Lee, Austin Cousineau (Mitch Lee, Griffen Rollins, Sam Davidson ) Shutout: Riley Demers JAN. 15 Innisfil 5, Woolwich 0 WOOLWICH PEEWEE LL #2 - BOYS

JAN. 15 Tavistock 4, Woolwich 3 Goals: Matthew Uhrig, Walker Schott, Liam Catton (Tevin Piper, Joe Hanley, Connor Graham, Dylan Smith) JAN. 16 Woolwich 2, Beverly 2 Goals: Liam Catton, Christopher Williamson (Connor Graham, Quinn Young, Jared Beacom) WOOLWICH MINOR PEEWEE A

JAN. 15 Guelph 2, Woolwich 1 Goals: Keegan Saunders JAN. 16 Woolwich Wildcats 3, Caledon Hawks 2 Goals: Cameron Brown, Daniel Gallant, Sheldon Metzger (Tyson Bender, Keegan Saunders, Mitch Waters, Cameron Brown, Ryan Kiestetter) WOOLWICH MAJOR PEEWEE - BOYS

JAN. 14TH Woolwich 5 Guelph 2 Mathieu Fife, Kelby Martin, Brant McLaughlin, Garrett Schultz, Ryan Keiswetter (Kelby Martin x2, Brant McLaughlin, Connor Bauman, Tyson Bender, Owen Reed, Jayden Hipel, Tyler Moser, Liam Dickson) WOOLWICH BANTAM LOCAL LEAGUE LL #2 BOYS

JAN. 15 Woolwich #2 2, Ayr #2 1 Goals: Brendan Taylor, Calvin Cressman (Mike Sokolowski, Matt Lalonde, Austin Horst)

JAN. 14 Woolwich 4, Brampton 1 Goals: Grant Kernick, Cole Lenaers, Alex Uttley, Harrison Clifford (Grant Kernick x2, Connor Peirson x2, Harrison Clifford, Adam Jokic, Jason Gamble) WOOLWICH BANTAM MAJOR A - BOYS

JAN. 14 Woolwich 4, Caledon 4 Goals: Alex MacLean x2, Timmy Shuh, Mike Martin (Matt Lair, Alex White, Johnny Clifford, Timmy Shuh) JAN. 15 Woolwich 3, Oakville 1 Goals: Alex White, Harrison Clifford, Johnny Clifford (Sebastian Lane, Grant Kernick, Alex White, Alex MacLean, Brady Erb) JAN. 18 Woolwich 5, Burlington 3 Goals: Adrian Gilles x5 (Grant Kernick x2, Alex MacLean x2, Sebastian Lane, Alex White, Mike Martin) WOOLWICH NOVICE MAJOR A - BOYS

JAN. 15 New Hamburg 2, Woolwich 1 Goals: Mitchell Lee (Ryan Elliott, Dawson Good) WOOLWICH MAJOR MIDGET A - BOYS

JAN. 12 Woolwich 2, Owen Sound 4 Goals: Ryan Ament, Ted Sebben (Alex Albrecht, Ted Sebben, Adam Brubacher) WOOLWICH MAJOR ATOM A - BOYS

JAN. 2 Woolwich 4, Hespler 2 Goals: Cade Schaus x2, Nolan McLaughlin, Garrett Reitzel (Liam Hartman, Riley Runstedler x2, Daniel Carr) JAN. 7 Woolwich 3, Brampton 0 Goals: Garrett Reitzel, Sam Davidson, Riley Runstedler (Cade Schaus, Cole Altman, Austin Cousineau, Nolan McLaughlin) JAN 8 Woolwich 6, Oakville 2 Goals: Nolan McLaughlin x 2, Riley Runstedler, Chase Mooder, Austin Cousineau, Cade Schaus (Garrett Reitzel x2, Liam Hartman, Cade Schaus, Nolan McLaughlin, Cole Altman, Austin Cousineau) WOOLWICH MAJOR MIDGET A - BOYS

JAN. 18 Woolwich 5, Wellington 3 Goals: Ted Sebben x 2, Brayden Stevens, Alex Albrecht, Dylan Wagner (Ryan Ament x 2, Matthew Schieck x 2, Ryan Bauman)

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

ENTERTAINMENT

Step right up, folkies Popular Folk Night at the Registry series moves into the busy part of its schedule, with reunion night sure to be special Steve Kannon

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ow that we’ve rolled into 2011, the busier part of the Folk Night at the Registry series kicks into gear.

It’s a busy time for Jack Cole of the Old Chestnuts Song Circle, though part of that comes from working on next season’s bookings as well.

In the immediate future, he welcomes Haines and Leighton to the Registry Theatre next weekend.

The Jan. 29 show is one rescheduled from September.

An even bigger organizational job is the next show on the schedule, the Southern Ontario Folk Reunion in March.

Next Saturday, the stage belongs to Mark Haines and Tom Leighton.

The two joined forces as a duo in 1992 with the release of “Foot To Floor, Repeat On Beat.” They perform an original and traditional repertoire, influenced by their Celtic and North American folk roots. They are multi-instrumentalists, combining traditional fiddle, accordion, guitar, bouzouki, and bodhran, blended with synthesizers, tone generators and processors. Leighton sometimes plays four instruments at once: left hand pumping the accordion and bass, the right hand thumping the drum, while his feet deftly work the pedals of the keyboards.

It makes for a big sound.

“These guys put on a great live show.

Mark is an excellent songwriter and Tom is ‘Mr. Everything,’” said Cole, noting they’re known for their personable stage presence and humour.

There’ll be plenty of that traditional folk-show mainstay – storytelling – during the Southern Ontario Folk Reunion that marks the fourth show in the six-concert series.

That show, said Cole, will be a walk down memory lane for anyone who took in the folk scene during the 1970s, and a musical history lesson for other fans of the genre.

Two venues in London and Stratford (Smale's Pace and The Black Swan Coffee House) nurtured a company of songwriters the likes of which are unlikely to be seen again, he said.

Writers and performers included legends such as Stan Rogers, Colleen Peterson, Willie P. Bennett, Bill Hughes, Michael Lewis, Walter Maynard, Jackie Washington, all now passed on. Others still at it today included David Bradstreet, Garnet Rogers, David Essig, Doug McArthur, Paul Mills, the Dixie Flyers, Rick Taylor, Laura Smith, Valdy, Brent Titcomb, Bob Burchill, Cedric Smith, Terry Jones and Richard Keelan – the last four being part of Perth County Conspiracy (DNE).

“These are the guys that showed up at all the coffeehouses and all the folk venues,” said Cole, who credits them for inspiring his own foray into performing folk music.

“These are top-quality songwriters. It’s about time we celebrated it.”

Seven of those musicians, all still active today, will take to the stage Mar. 12: Juno-winner David Bradstreet, Bob Burchill, Doug McArthur, Paul Mills, RickTaylor, Brent Titcomb and David Woodhead.

Each will likely do three songs, along with plenty of storytelling and tributes to Stan Rogers, Willie P. Bennett and Colleen Peterson.

“It was a prolific period – there’s lots to choose from. They’ll do their songs, and they’re all going to be on stage together, backing each other up.”

The series will be rounded out with a performance by Dave Gunning (Apr 9) and then capped by the appearance on May 7 of the legendary Sylvia Tyson.

In a first, Cole is arranging a summer concert, A Tribute to Harry Chapin (June 17 and 18) to raise money for world hunger relief, a humanitarian cause for which Chapin fought. The concert falls a month prior to the 30th anniversary of his death.

Haines and Leighton hit the stage Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. The Southern Ontario Folk Reunion is set for Mar. 12 at the Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. Tickets are $18 ($20 at the door), available at the Centre in the Square box of-fice by calling 578-1570 or toll free 1-800-265-8977 or online at www.cen-tre-square.com. For more information, check out www. folknight.ca.

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THE PAST COMES ALIVE The Southern Ontario Folk Reunion will feature seven performers from the heyday of ‘70s coffeehouses, including (from left) bassist David Woodhead, a composer and producer who has appeared on more than 150 albums; Rick Taylor, who appears on three acclaimed recordings of blues and finger-style guitar; and guitarist Paul Mills, the Award winning founder of Borealis Records.

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» Saturday, January 22, 2011

Benefit concert a chance for artist to lend support to FCS Elizabeth Bate

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ospel-turned-country artist Kevin Pauls will be performing a concert to benefit Foundation Christian School on Feb. 4.

The Winterbourne private school will be raising funds to offset the cost of tuition for parents. Pauls, one of the school’s co-founders, is excited to be supporting them through the concert at Waterloo Christian Reform Church.

“I’ve done as much as I could for this school at any time,” he said. “I love the kids, I love the people that run the school and, being there from its inception, you feel a little bit like it’s your baby too.”

Pauls, who recently inked a deal with Sony Records, will be playing some gospel songs his fans are familiar with, along with new country tunes, like “Make Forever Stay,” co-written with David Foster.

“There will be a little bit of the new stuff and we’re going to debut some of the brand new songs that no one’s ever heard before. I’m hoping it will be kind of exciting for the new people and some of the older fans too.”

The new album, set to be released in the fall, has taken Pauls more than two years to produce. Originally signed with Universal, the album was delayed until Sony took over within the last year.

“I am really sick of this record. I’m going to know the music really well, let’s put it that way,” laughed Pauls, who despite his playful cynicism is excited about the line-up of artists who will appear with him on the album. “We’ve been working with guys like David Foster, Bill Chapman from Chicago, some of Keith Urban’s band, some of the people from Rascal Flatts. We’ve had a lot of Nashville influence.”

Sony will be distributing the record in Asia and Australia, as well as in local markets.

“We’re kind of going for it,” said Pauls, who is not used to playing venues as large as the ones he will see with the new label.

“It’s been interesting for me, because being in our ‘bar scene’ is singing in churches.

Touring (now) is not as often, but it’s often better and bigger dates. The transition has been, I guess, slower than I would like it, but I love doing it.”

The benefit concert in Waterloo provides Pauls with a chance to focus on a topic he's passionate about.

“He is a true advocate of Christian education,” said Laurie Gray, Foundation’s finance manager. “He felt such a need here he wanted to do this benefit concert for us.”

Although Pauls is very committed to giving his new album a more mainstream feel, he says his faith will always com

shining through.

“There’s always going to be an undercurrent of what I believe and the faith background that I come from,’ he said.

“Even though I am someone of faith I’m able to sing songs that aren’t, necessarily. Everything I do is going to be represented through the eyes of my faith, but talking just about life has opened up this whole brand new type of theme.”

Whether fans are looking forward to hearing some new sounds or familiar tunes, Gray thinks supporters will be in for an evening of good entertainment.

“He’s an incredible singer.

It’s wonderful to know he’s doing this.”

ELMIRA BLOOD DONOR CLINIC

Here's your opportunity to save lives.

The Next Elmira Clinic:

Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 2:00pm - 8:30pm at Lion's Hall, Elmira Blood and blood products are a critical part of everyday medical care, such as major surgeries and other medical procedures.

THE ELMIRA BLOOD DONOR CLINIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE BROUGHT T O Y O U B Y T H E F O L L O W I N G C O M M U N I T Y- M I N D E D B U S I N E S S E S :

Home Baking Light Lunches Breakfast

HANEY, HANEY & KENDALL

Coffee • Soups • Sandwiches Donuts •Pies • Muffins Bread • Cookies

Barrister & Solicitor

Mon. to Sat. 6 am - 5:30 pm • Closed Sunday

22 Church St. W • 519-669-5353 • Additions • Renovations • Exterior Cladding • Insulation • Doors & Windows www.waymar.on.ca 3585 Ament Line RR#3, Wallenstein • 519-699-4236

JOHN KENDALL 41 Erb St. E., P.O. Box 185, Waterloo ON

315 Arthur St. S., Elmira • 519-669-5403

Serving you for over 100 Years

Mon. Closed · Tues.-Fri. 8-6 · Sat. 8-5

TEL: 519-747-1010 FAX: 519-747-9323 EMAIL: jkendall@haneylaw.com

Direct: 519-747-1256 Ex 209

2192 Floradale Rd. ~ Floradale, On.

1145 Printery Rd., St. Jacobs | TEL: 519.664.2263

(519) 669-1381

FLORADALE FEED MILL LIMITED “Finest in quality feeds and service.” www.ffmltd.com

519-669-5478 • Toll Free 1-800-265-6126

EM STORE HOURS: OPEN 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS A WEEK

• Fabrics • Men's Wear • Ladies Coats • China • Glass Ware

Mon to Fri 8 - 6 | Sat 8 - 4 Fax: 519-664-1505 • www.martinsapples.com 1420 Lobsinger Line, RR#1, Waterloo • 519-664-2750

emtsales@bellnet.ca

3 Industrial Dr., Elmira • 519-669-5195

RR #2 Wallenstein, Ontario

Registered to ISO 9001, 14001

ELDALE MACHINE & TOOL LTD.

MANUFACTURING SPINDLES & HUBS FOR FARM EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTION MACHINING

Bus: 519-698-9930 Res: 519-698-2213

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Manufacturers of Sulphuric Acid and Sodium Bisulphite

SANYO CANADIAN MACHINE WORKS INCORPORATED

Sulco Chemicals Limited

60 First St. E. • 519-669-5166

33 Industrial Dr. • 519-669-1591

Various sizes & rates

Inc.

A division of Grandridge Farms Inc. Specializing in: Local & Long Distance Trucking Flatbeds • Rack & Tarps • 53’ Stepdecks

www.woolwichrentals.ca

Tuesday-Friday 8am - 6pm • Saturday 9am - 12

100 Union St. • 519-669-0524

2065 Floradale Rd, RR1 • 519-669-2300

CLEAN • DRY • SECURE

R.R.#1 West Montrose

100 South Field Dr. • 519-669-4964

519-669-3388 • 1-877-711-9677

CALL 1 888 2 DONATE for more information or to book an appointment. bloodservices.ca

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25 CLASSIFIEDS

CLASSIFIEDS

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd is a fast paced livestock feed manufacturing facility located outside of Elmira, Ont. We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual to answer the phone and assist our customers. We pride ourselves on being the leader in customer service for the livestock feed industry. This is a full time permanent position. If you are interested in a rewarding work life please submit your resume via mail to P.O. Box 22, 7307 Hwy 86, Wallenstein Ont., N0B 2S0 or via email to recruiting@wfs.ca by, Friday January 28th, 2011.

Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

HELP WANTED

Chassis Uplifter - Welder: layout, fit and weld components, parts, subassemblies, truck bodies.

Chassis Uplifter - Mechanical: mounting new equipment on trucks: pumps, tanks, hydraulics, frame equipment, PTOs, trouble shooting, repairs.

SERVICE MANAGER ESM Farm Equipment Ltd. is seeking a dynamic individual for the position of service manager.

A strong technical background, knowledge of agricultural equipment, administrative and customer relations skills are essential. Experience with New Holland equipment is preferred, however all qualified applicants will be considered. Please forward your resume in confidence to Neil Martin at the address below or email to: neil@esmfarmequipment.com Only applicants to receive interviews will be contacted. The successful candidate will be remunerated with a competitive wage and benefits package.

The #1 Weekly in

the Region. >>Green Valley Health and Herbs has a part time position available immediately, approx. 30 hours/week. Experience in the natural food industry a plus but willing to train the right candidate.

Please send resume to greenvalleyhealth@gmail. com or 9A Church St. E., Elmira, N3B 2K7.

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519-669-5551

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

PLEASE CONTACT:

Progressive truck body builder requires team players for days and evenings. + $17 to start. Apply in person, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday.

519.669.5176

HELP WANTED

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

>>M i l l w r i g h t s ;

Fast-paced on site environments.

Service and construction in feed manufacturing industry.

Sound mechanical knowledge/experience in conveying systems an asset. Tues. - Sat. (negotiable) & weekend warriors. Fax resume to: 519-669-0155, E-mail piihumanresources@gmail. com

>>Exhibitors Wanted for Home Improvement/ Gardening Events in Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge. Leads. Sales.

1-800-561-5076.

FOR SALE

>>Mattress/Boxspring, new, never used, still in sealed bag. Sacrifice $195.

Delivery available. 519-6358737.

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HELP WANTED

LOCATED: Town of Schomberg

Tank Finisher: prep, sanding, gritblast, paint and assemble large steel tanks and trailers.

Sales and Service

112 Bonnie onnie Crescent, Elmira r ra

Seeking someone to remove and dispose of a barn and silos.

Immediate openings for qualified technicians.

COMPUTERS - LAPTOPS

Come see our showroom at:

HELP WANTED

ENVIRONMENTAL TRUCK BUILDERS

PLACING A CLASSIFIED AD | Classified ads can be obtained in person, by phone (519-669-5790), fax or email from Monday to Thursday 8:30am-5pm or Friday 8:30am-4pm. All classified ads are prepaid.

Deadline is WEDNESDAYS by 4pm.

COMPUTERS

Busy automotive shop in Waterloo is looking for auto mechanic/truck mechanic. Drive clean repair facility, competitive wages, and benefits.

Send resume to: northfieldauto@bellnet.ca

Sales & Service Professional

Please EMAIL resumes to: ghawkins@secureinsurance.ca

Commercial 20-Word Ad $12.00 (Extra Words 30¢/word)

HELP WANTED

Secure Insurance Solutions Group Inc., regional insurance brokerage is currently seeking a career minded

for the Drayton Office. Candidates must have exceptional computer and communication (people) skills, be able to multi-task and set and reset priorities on an ongoing basis. RIBO or General Agentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license or general insurance experience would be an asset.

Residential 20-Word Ad $7.50 (Extra Words 20¢/word)

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FOR SALE

>>Passport Photos, Gun licences etc. $10. Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Photo, 57 Arthur St. S., Elmira. 519-210-0608. >>St. Jacobs Meat Market. Custom cutting, custom freezer orders.

No order too big or small.

Natural locally grown beef, pork and lamb. Fresh sausage made weekly. 33 Northside Dr., St. Jacobs.

519-664-2826. >>Trucks - 86 Dodge, 4X4, 318, 4 speed, extra engine, boxes, cap, tires, heavy back springs, two parts trucks, new brake cables, riven daily, parts or fix up, package $2200.00.

Snowblower, 7 ft, 3 HP, Lucknow $1250.00. Dan Seifried, Harriston, 519338-2688 . >>Wallenstein General Store Inc. Specials Jan. 17 - 29th while supplies last. 519-669-2231. 25% off Christmas candy, peanuts in the shell, mixed nuts in shell. Frozen Maple Leaf smoked ham, thick slices, random size, vac pac $2.49 lb; Heinz beans with pork, 398 ml $1.39, reg. $1.79; Hamburger Helper - four cheese lasagna, creamy noodle, lasagna, beef romanoff, 193-223g 2/$4.00, reg. $3.29; Heinz Tomato soup 284 ml, 3/$2.00 reg. .99; Pillsbury Pizza Pops & mini pizzas 370 - 400g $2.89 reg. $3.59;Highliner Fish in Batter 700g, $4.99 reg. $6.29; Maxwell House original Coffee, ground, 326g, $5.19 reg. $6.29; Hershey Chocolate Bars & Marshmallow snowmen 3/$2.00; Shirriff Butterscotch or lemon pie filling 175-212g $1.49, reg. $1.79; McCainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s French Fries, crinkle or straight cut $1.99 reg. $2.59.

RENTALS

>>2 Bedroom Apartments for rent - 27 Robb Street, Moorefield.

Fridge and stove included, washer & dryer avail. in building. No pets.

Lower apartment $695 plus utilities and upper apartment $725 plus utilities. Leave message at 519-291-2590 or 519-2914453 .

RENTALS

>>Elmira - Living Accommodation for mature single Christian girl. No smoker, no pets. Shared kitchen, private bath & rec room. 519-669-3996 , after 5 p.m. >>Upstairs Office Space - 3 rooms available from $450 per month depending on size. Includes heat & hydro. Main floor in an active real estate office. Call Mildred Frey, 519-669-1544.

REAL ESTATE

>>Building Lots $39,900. Permit ready, 2 only available in Town of Clifford. Ideal for retirement bungalow. 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; X 150â&#x20AC;&#x2122; each.

Call Paul Kelly, Broker, Peak Realty Ltd., 519-747-0231 Waterloo. >>Century Home for Sale In Drayton. On a quiet street with a mature back yard. 3 bedrooms. Has detached carport. $229,000. 519638-3372 . >>Elmira - 3 Bedroom bungalow. 1200 sq. ft., 1/2 acre lot, near golf course. $250,000. 519-669-0201. >>The Duke Centre - 1 bedroom, 900 sq. ft. apartment for sale on main floor. Available now. Call 519-669-2027.

TRADES & SERVICES

>>Try Bowen Therapy for treatment of pain and numerous health conditions.

Daytime hours now available! Contact Kevin Bartley, Certified Bowenwork Practitioner. 519-669-0112, Elmira.

Printing & Copying Services >>Black and white, 8 1/2 X 11 flyers designed and printed for as low as 6¢. Professionally designed, quick turnaround, local service.

Delivery, folding and colour work also available.

Call 519.669.5790 ext 107 for details.

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Backwash may not be as bad as we think Q

. From an Akron, Ohio reader: “My friend refuses to turn on his car headlights until it’s almost dark, claiming he’s saving gas. Is operating the headlights really a gas drain?”

A.

Supposing each headlight runs on 50 watts, or 100 watts total, this corresponds to about 0.13 horsepower.

Since gasoline contains about 130 million watt-seconds of energy per gallon and a typical gasoline engine is 20% efficient, the engine can deliver about 26 million watt-seconds of useful energy per gallon. For 100 watts, this amounts to 260,000 seconds, or about 72 hours.

Thus, very roughly speaking, your friend could run his headlights continuously for about three days on a gallon of gas.

Assuming your friend delays turning on his headlights half an hour later than recommended each evening and gas is around $3/gallon, he’d save 0.5 x 3.00/72, or roughly two cents a night! If he drove every night except Sunday, he’d save only two gallons of gas in a year. So when driving with your friend, let him know you’d rather be safe.

Q.

Even if you’re careful to refrain from cellphoning while driving, what allied form of carelessness might develop as you carpool to the office?

Strange But True Bill & Rich Sones

A.

All it takes is for one of the passengers to talk on a cellphone and the driving may well suffer, according to Lauren Emberson and colleagues at Cornell University, as reported by David Schoonmaker in American Scientist magazine.

Human speech is relatively predictable when we overhear dialogue or monologue, but when we hear only half a cellphone conversation -- what the researchers call a “halfalogue” -we have much less information about what is coming.

In the study, this turned out to be about six times as distracting as a background of talking or silence when test subjects attempted behaviors such as tracking a dot on a computer screen. And it was the information content of the halfalogue that was the culprit, since when Emberson rendered the words unintelligible yet preserved the acoustics, the distracting effect disappeared.

While it is well established that driving while talking on a cellphone impairs performance, says Schoonmaker, “this is the first time that listening to passengers talk has been implicated.”

Q.

What’s one of the more mysterious and exotic objects in your bathroom -- even if you don’t always look at it that way?

A.

Consider an everyday mirror: light from the reflected object hits the mirror’s surface and makes electrons move and emit light that makes us think there’s something there though there really isn’t, says Richard A. Muller in The Instant Physicist.

This is similar to a hologram, where laser light makes electrons move and emit light that creates a sort of 3-D effect.

Yet the reason people are taken by holograms but not by mirrors is that mirrors are so common today.

Only a few centuries ago, good quality mirrors were expensive and rare and much valued. Interestingly, the Biblical phrase “through a glass darkly” (1 Corinthians 13) refers to the poor images seen in ancient mirrors. By comparison, today’s mirrors are minor miracles, so good that a hall of mirrors can completely confound. Mirrors are also used by magicians who know that people can’t distinguish a good reflection from reality.

“They produce a much better image than a hologram does. So next time you look in a mirror, take

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some joy at this amazing high-tech device.”

Q.

Not to gross anybody out, but doesn’t the last sip of a soda become about 90% saliva from the repeated mouth backwash?

A.

Previously, only “swish” and “hold-it-up-to-the-light” tests had been performed that he knew of, says microbiologist Dr. Ian York. But this didn’t satisfy the scientist in York, who as a post-doctoral research fellow felt a more quantitative experiment was called for. So he drank a mug of water (not soda, because sugar throws things off), sampling the protein concentration at the start and finish. “I used a sensitive protein detection assay to uantify the amount of saliva,” and a comparison standard ranging from 1 part saliva in 2 parts water all the way down to 1 part saliva in 200 parts water. “The saliva was donated by a geeky but startlingly handsome researcher, as I was the only one in the lab.”

And the upshot was ... cheers! The amount of saliva turned out to be less than 1% of the final sip. “I made no particular effort to drink either carefully or sloppily, but obviously, someone with a more primitive drinking style may have different results.”

>>Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at strangetrue@cs.com

RECRUITMENT OF NEW CPAC MEMBERS

Woolwich Memorial Centre 24 Snyder Ave. S. Elmira, ON 519.669.1647 ext. 7001

Moving Together

The Chemtura Public Advisory Committee is seeking new members. The Committee is seeking members from a variety of professional backgrounds. The duties of the committee are as follows:

Mommy and Me Fitness Class

• Make recommendations and lobby the Ministry of the Environment and Chemtura

Canada Co./Cie on behalf of the community.

• Monitor the issues and activities related to environmental matters at Chemtura Canada Co./Cie. • Provide information to the public on a regular basis.

• Provide a forum for concerned groups and community representatives to share their concerns with the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee.

• Attendance at meetings - second or last Monday morning - subcommittee meetings ( 5-6 per year) - voting membership only (6-8 per year) • Term of Membership - concurrent with Woolwich Council term December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2014 To apply for the membership selection process: Please submit a letter by February 28, 2011, stating any applicable experience or education you could contribute as well as your personal information i.e. name, address, phone number, business phone number and email address: Mrs. Christine Broughton, Clerk Council & Information Services, Township of Woolwich P.O. Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Member appointments will be recommended to Township of Woolwich Council by the CPAC Committee.

Look good. Feel good. Now!

Need more motivation to get moving? Consider the following benefits of exercise for moms: • • •

Stronger and healthier bones, muscles, and joints.

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There are many fun exercise routines for you and your baby to enjoy together!

Register Today for a 10 Week Mom and Baby Fitness Class Thursdays, 9:00 – 10:00am $75.00 (+hst) $95.00 (+hst) for non-fitness members STARTING: February 3, 2011 (10 Week Program) Register Online at www.woolwich.ca OR at the Woolwich Memorial Centre The township reserves the right to cancel classes if insufficient registration

INFO | 519 669-1647 x7011 | fitness@woolwich.ca

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FAMILY ALBUM Open House Celebrating Wesley Sauder’s 90th Birthday.

OBITUARY

BIRTHDAY / RETIREMENT

BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

Happy 4th Birthday Princess Allison Curry

Help us celebrate

Grampy’s (Wayne Curry) 65th Birthday & Retirement

Poffenroth, Julius fred

Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:00-4:00 p.m.

St. Jacobs Mennonite Church 1310 King St. N., St. Jacobs

SURPRISE OPEN HOUSE

Best Wishes only please.

Due to Wesley’s visual impairment, the family asks that in lieu of cards, please extend congratulations in person, call with your greetings or consider making a donation to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (donation cards available at the celebration).

Celebrate your Friends & Family with a

PLACES OF FAITH

Gale

Worship 10:30am Sunday School during service

Minister: Rev. Dr. Linda Bell

Presbyterian www.galepresbyterian.com Church 2 Cross St., Elmira • 519-669-2852

Office Hours: M-TH 9-Noon & 1-3 • E galepresbychurch@golden.net

Saturday January 29, 2011 2:00 - 4:00pm Waterloo Rod N’ Gun

Love Daddy & Mommy Grandma & Grampy Curry Grammy Coombs

HEARING ASSISTED

Best Wishes Only

Family Album Ad! WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

NURSERY PROVIDED

IN MEMORIAM

ERTEL, Claude

SUNDAY SCHOOL

St. Teresa Catholic Church

No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope!

Celebrate Eucharist with us Mass times are:

Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am

19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387

Trinity United Church, Elmira “Our mission is to love, learn & live by Christ’s teachings” Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School during Worship Minister: Rev. Dave Jagger

rm A Wlcaome We all! to

In loving memory of a dear husband, father, grandfather, & great grandfather, Claude who passed away 25 years ago Janaury 24, 1986.

You are quietly remembered everyday & sadly missed along life’s way.

Although not in our lives to share, in our hearts you are always there.

www.execulink.com/~unitedchurch/index.html Visit us at: www.wondercafe.ca 21 Arthur St. N., Church office 519-669-5560

Bloomingdale Mennonite Church Sundays - 9:45 am Family Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School for all ages

1151 Snyder’s Flat Rd., Bloomingdale • 519-745-2411 www.bloomingdalemennonite.com

Lovingly remembered by your wife Reta, your children Sharon, Dennis & Kevin & their families.

OBITUARY

Riefling, August “Gus”

Sun Jan 23rd

Discovering God Together

@ 11:00 am Gary Goodkey Daniel 7: 13-14

519-669-2319 | www.wbconline.ca 4522 Herrgott Road, Wallenstein

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

10:30am Worship Service 9:15am Sunday School Pastor: Richard A. Frey www.stpaulselmira.ca

27 Mill St., Elmira • 519-669-2593 -New Series-

Peacefully passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Freeport Health Centre. Gus age 81 years of Elmira.

Beloved husband of the late Irmgard “Irma” (2007). Dear father of Werner, Margaret and Doris. Brother of Herbert of Germany. There will be no funeral home visitation. A memorial service will be held at a later date. In Gus’ memory, donations to Community Care Concepts of Elmira would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy and may be obtained by calling the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira 519-669-2207.

Julius passed away on January 19, 2011 of Elmira. Born September 5, 1912, in Calgary, Alberta. He is survived by his son Allan and wife Darlyn, fondly remembered by grandchildren, Aaron and Taylor Poffenroth and Alanna, Kyle and Moira McAndrew. He will be missed by special friends Debbie, Jessie and his many Legion friends.

Predeceased by his wife Agnes (Link) 2002, daughter Faye McAndrew 2000 and her husband Dennis 1986. He was the last surviving member of his family.

Predeceased by his parents John 1960 and Matilda Redmann 1936, and siblings Edward Uveida, Amelia Uveida (Kaiser), Elizabeth (Stone), Lydia (Kneeshaw), Frederika (Frances Weichel), Rosa (de Caux) and Gustav. He grew up in the Riverside district of Calgary, Alberta.

During his twenties, he worked in B.C. coal mining and fighting forest fires. He married Agnes Link in 1943 and served in the Canadian Army overseas during World War II. He returned to Canada in 1946 and settled in Elmira. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Elmira, and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 469 Elmira. The family will receive friends and relatives at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St South, Elmira, on Sunday, January 23, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The Royal Canadian Legion will assemble at the funeral home for a service Sunday at 6:45 p.m.. The funeral service will be held on Monday, January 24 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Elmira, with Rev. Richard Frey officiating, followed by burial at Elmira Union Cemetery. Following the burial, friends are invited to share fellowship at the Legion (11 First St East, Elmira) from 3-5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Kiwanis Club of Elmira (Trees for Elmira) would be appreciated by the family as expressions of sympathy.

DEATH NOTICES

>>BRUBACHER, January 23 Purity

Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:15 & 11:00 AM

Series: Imagine A Life “Free from Fear” SUNDAYS AYS @ 10:30AM Services at John Mahood Public School A

5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459 www.elmiracommunity.org

200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca

Mabel (nee Snyder)Peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 17, 2011 at Heritage House St. Jacobs. Mabel Brubacher age 83 years of Elmira.

>>EBY,

Melinda (nee Schallhorn)Peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 14, 2011 at Chateau Gardens, Elmira. Melinda was in her 92nd year.

>>FREY, Salema – Of RR1 Moorefield, passed away at Grand River Hospital on Saturday, Janaury 15, 2011 at athe of 79 years.

>>PEMBER, John Roger – January 5, 1935-Janaury 13, 2011. Passed away holding hands with his wife of 37 years, Sandra and daughter, Beth.

>>KARLEY, Irene – It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Irene Karley of Linwood at St. Mary’s Hosptial at the age of 72.

>>ROBB, Dorrie – At Listowel Memorial Hospital, on Sunday, January 16, 2011, Mrs. Dolores Chrysanthia (vonNeubronn) Robb of Listowel, in her 88th year. Local relatives are her son David Robb and his wife Janet of St. Clements.

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REAL ESTATE

is the time to sell! Extremely low Inventory!

Buyers need your home. Call for your free home evaluation Paul Martin

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

26 Tanager St, Elmira

FEATURE PROPERTY

$395,000 STUNNING BUNGALOW

CALL DIRECT

519-503-9533

Nestled in countryside. 4bdrms, 3baths, main flr lndry, sep DR. Ceramic & hardwood in mn traffic areas. Beautiful vaulted ceiling & skylights in spacious GR. Master bdrm w/walk in closet & spa like ensuite w/double sinks, shower & whirlpool bath. Lg fin'd basement w/gas fp & bar. MLS Call Paul Direct.

X T FT T LO 4 8 0F 25

$274,500 BUNGALOW

For all the property details visit

www.homeswithpaul.ca

Oriented to seniors with many updates. Hardwood & vinyl on main floor. Large yard 90% fenced. Detached 14'x22' workshop/garage. Fin'd RR w/wood burning FP. MLS Call Paul direct.

$295,000

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated | 180 Weber St. S., Waterloo

HOME HOME 519-669-3074 OFFICE OFFICE 519-888-7110

EMAIL paul@remaxsolidgold.biz ONLINE www.homeswithpaul.ca

1718 SQ. FT. SEMI

Spacious semi, yet to be built. This 1718sqft. home is close to downtown in mature area. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large eat in kitchen equipped with pantry, breakfast bar and slider off dinette. Large great room open to kitchen and dinette. Single garage big enough to park in. Master bedroom with large walk in closet and ensuite. MLS Call Paul direct.

BUYING OR SELLING?

You’ve come to the right place to find a home.

®

LEON MARTIN

Solid>Gold>Realty>(II)>Ltd.,>Brokerage>|>Independently Owned and Operated

COUNTRY LOTS .5 acre don’t miss this chance to enjoy sunrises and sunsets. Within 40 minutes KW, or Guelph. High speed internet is available with fibre optic. Starting at $66,000 MLS

3 bedroom country bungalow with high speed internet available open concept. Master ensuite, main floor laundry, large 2 car garage, new ready to move in.

Hobby shop allowed. $319,900 MLS. Financing Available O.A.C. Two storey 3 bed and 3 bath room home on a half acre lot, open concept, high speed fibre optic internet available. $317, 900 MLS. Financing Available O.A.C. 3 Bedroom back split. 1 1/2 bath, open concept with eat in kitchen & dining room with fireplace, semi finished basement, private lot, scenic view of Conestoga River Valley, in the friendly village of Glen Allan. $289,000 MLS Great all brick bungalow in Fergus.

Hardwood floors, finished recroom with gas fireplace, on a large lot. $219,900 MLS ADDRESS: 4-B Arthur St. S., ELMIRA • EMAIL: leonmartin@remax.net DIRECT: 519-503-2753 • OFFICE: 519-669-5426

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSE Sunday 2-4

REALTY LTD., BROKERAGE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

519.500.1865 (Direct)

17 Church St. W., Elmira • 519.669.1544 (Business) www.KellerSellsRealEstate.com dale@kellersellsrealestate.com

PARTLY TREED LOT Incredible location backing onto farmland. 84ft x 250ft building lot with driveway.

MLS Call Paul direct.

$215,000

1681 SQ. FT. SEMI $293,000 Fabulous semi, yet to be built. This 1681sqft. home is close to downtown in mature area. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large eat in kitchen equipped with pantry, breakfast bar and slider off dinette. Large great room open to kitchen and dinette. Single garage big enough to park in. Master bedroom with large walk in closet and ensuite. MLS Call Paul direct.

LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT HOME?

Dale R. Keller Sales Representative

$354,900 Drayton - Picture yourself on the large deck in the backyard of this fully finished family home. Loads of custom features. Incredible value! Compare. You won't be disappointed. MLS.

$169,000 Drayton - Great opportunity to start your own business. Retail/ commercial main floor. Apartment upstairs for owner or rent out for extra income.

Excellent downtown exposure! MLS.

$210,000 Drayton - Perfect starter or retirement home. All brick, 2 bedroom bungalow with detached garage/workshop. Note the exceptional lot size of 100 x 150. Edge of town. MLS.

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated

4B Arthur St. S. Elmira • www.remaxsolidgold.biz OFFICE: 519-669-5426

DIRECT: 519-572-2669 EMAIL: bert@remaxsolidgold.biz

BERT MARTIN, BROKER

GOOD FAMILY HOME!

Backing to green space this property offers a beautiful kitchen w/centre island, dining area w/walkout, 2 bedrooms plus master w/ensuite, loft or bedroom on upper level, 3 bathrooms, walkout basement and double garage. MLS. $389,900.

GREAT STARTER! Reduced to $135,900 this home offers eat-in kitchen with walkout to new deck and rear yard, living room, dining room, 3 bedrooms, sunroom, new roof 2006.

Located central to schools. Parking for 4 vehicles. MLS.

OFFICE SPACE

For lease in busy plaza. Large reception area, 3/4 offices, board room, kitchenette and bathroom.

Lots of parking. MLS.

$269,000 Glen Allan - Quiet village living. 20x30 shop with 12 foot ceilings and 10 foot roll-up door. This is a great family home with up dates and on a large lot! MLS

Your referrals are appreciated!

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REAL ESTATE

Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage

519-669-3192

ELMIRA REAL ESTATE SERVICES

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 1, Elmira N3B 3L4

ALLI BAUMAN

BILL NORRIS

OFFICE:

SALES REPRESENTATIVE CELL:

SALES REPRESENTATIVE CELL:

FAX:

HOME FAX:

180 Weber St. S., Waterloo, ON N2J 2B2

519-577-6248

519-888-7110

SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.

DARREN ROMKEY Sales Representative

LAURIE LANGDON Sales Representative

519-588-1348 HOME FAX:

519-669-9885

519-888-6117

BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage

519-669-9885

allibauman@rogers.com

billnorris@rogers.com

$379,000

MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Representative

BROKERAGE

R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. 45 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA

519-669-2772

BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record MVA Residential

Res: 519-669-1068

JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-8629

TRACEY WILLIAMS Sales Rep. Cell: 519-505-0627

invESTMEnT PROPERTy RARE OPPORTuniTy! 5-PLEX in ELMiRA! Loaded w/ character. Always rented! Large 3 bdrm. unit (great for owner occupied).

Laundry hook-ups in each unit. Lots of parking. Shows a good return. MLS $449,900

HAVING A PROFEESIONAL REALTOR HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL! THE FOLLOWING ROYAL LEPAGE ELMIRA REAL SERVICES LISTINGS WERE SOLD IN THE FIRST 21 DAYS OF 2011!

IMPRESSIVE COUNTRY PROPERTY D SOL

Well maintained home at the edge of Elmira. Features include detached insulated workshop as well as a detached two car garage both with hydro and situated on a nicely landscaped lot. A wonderful home and close to all amenities. MLS.

D SOL

www.elmiraandareahomes.com

D SOL

D SOL

yATTOn - country living! Lots of house! - nearly 2400 sq. ft. Large updated kitchen. Newer windows, doors and shingles. Upper level family room. Main flr. laundry. MLS $399,900.

WEST MOnTROSE – Huge lot backing to greenspace. Open concept. Lovely great rm. Main flr. master bdrm. Fin. lower level - full walkout. All the extras you’d expect! MLS $629,900.

GREAT STORAGE- or business opportunity in FLORADALE. 2 bldgs w/approx. 4680 sq. ft. Lovely property backing onto GRCA. MLS $214,900

COunTRy LivinG - outside Alma. .72 of an acre. Immaculate 3 bdrm. bungalow. Huge kitchen w/ walkout. Walkup from garage. Partly fin. bsmt. Insulated workshop.

MLS $429,900.

Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage

OFFICE PHONE: 519.343.2124 A Paradigm Home

159 William St., Palmerston (Across from Home Hardware)

“HELPING YOU IS WHAT WE DO”

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Whether you are thinking of Buying or Selling Please call Royal LePage Elmira Real Estate Services

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KATHY ROBINSON **Broker

519.292.0362

EDITH MCARTHUR DEBBIE ROY *Sales Representative *Sales Representative 519.638.2509 519.343.4817

OPEN HOUSE Sunday Jan. 23 | 1-3pm 22 CAROLINE ST. MOOREFIELD

Brick bung. semi-new. Open concept, cathedral ceiling/ pot lights, central air, insulated garage, large sodded lot. Some choices still avail. from specs. $199,900. Edith MLS 1111612.

This certificate entitles you to a...

Free no obligation Comparable Market Analysis of your home

OPEN HOUSE Saturday Jan. 22 | 1-3pm

for areas serviced by Royal LePage Elmira Real Estate Services, Brokerage.

Family home w/ newer addition, 4 bedrm, 2.5 baths, fin basement, new gas furnace, central air, detached garage. Large treed lot. $229,000. Edith MLS 1037476.

This is not intended to solicit already listed properties or buyer’s under contract.

OPEN HOUSE Saturday Jan. 22 | 1-3pm

17 MAUDSLEY ST. MOOREFIELD

112 MILLER CRES. PALMERSTON

Elmira@royallepage.ca | www.royallepage.ca/elmira

Lots of room in this 3 bedrm, 2 bath backsplit, many recent updates, move in condition, great location. $229,000. Kathy MLS 1041120.

Did you know that the Government of Canada is instituting new mortgage rules as of March 18, 2011? Go to our website www. thurrealestate.com for a link to the Government of Canada’s announcement concerning these changes.

www.thurrealestate.com

Find local open house locations listed here every week!

IN PRINT | ONLINE | IN PICTURES | IN DEPTH

TEL: 519.669.5790

EMAIL: info@observerxtra.com

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SERVICE PROS AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

TIRE

WHERE TIRES

Body Maintenance

Complete Collision Service

ARE A

at

SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE.

RUDOW’S CARSTAR COLLISION CENTRE Call Us At

519-669-3373

Farm • Auto • Truck Industrial • On-The-Farm Service

35 Howard Ave., Elmira

33 First Street, East Elmira, ON

519-669-3232

101 Bonnie Crescent, Elmira, ON N3B 3G2

519.669.8330

FAX: 519.669.3210 AFTER HOURS

519.669.8917 BEDS

CONCRETE

SOLID WOOD TWIN-TWIN TWIN-DOUBLE

Ltd.

Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Barn Renovations Finished Floors • Retaining Walls • Short Walls

519-638-2699

226.749.3584

1-800-CARSTAR 519-669-3373

Design/ Build Agricultural/ Residential 6672 Ruggles Rd. Floradale RR#2 Wallenstain, N0B 2S0

-Framing -Roofing -Renovations -Repairs

519-669-3082

HOME RENOVATIONS

ORTLIEB Read’s Decorating Specializing in Paint & Wallcoverings

27 Arthur St. S., Elmira

GLEN

BIRMINGHAM

Mike Heeley 519.835.0622

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING • WALLPAPERING

mike@heeleyinspections.com

www.heeleyinspections.com

SELF STORAGE

OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE!

519-669-1131 SALT

Softener Salt & Pool Salt

Various sizes & rates

CLEAN • DRY • SECURE

Call

519-669-4964

100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA

• 14 ton BoomTruck • 35 ton Mobile Crane

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> Superior Salt Products > Fast, Friendly Service > Convenient Delivery Times > Discounts for Seniors

Taking Salt to Peoples’ Basements Since 1988

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NEW CLIENTS

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24 Hour Service 7 Days A Week

669-3332

GLASS SERVICES COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL

ST. JACOBS

GLASS SYSTEMS INC. 1600 King St. N., Bldg A17 St. Jacobs, Ontario N0B 2N0

FREE ESTIMATES • Store Fronts • Thermopanes • Mirrors • Screen Repair • Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures • Sash Repair

226.749.3584

20 years experience

TEL: 519-664-1202 / 519-778-6104 FAX: 519 664-2759 • 24 Hour Emergency Service

PLUMBING

PLUMBING

Steve Co.

Plumbing and Maintenance Inc.

free estimates interior/exterior painting wallpapering & Plaster|Drywall repairs

519-669-2251 36 Hampton St., Elmira

SKATE SHARPENING

FREE BAG In

CARPET CARE

World’s Largest & Most Trusted Carpet, Upholstery and Fine Rug Cleaners For Over 30 yrs

NOW ACCEPTING

519-664-9999

ALL SIZES NEW & LIKE NEW

PAINTING

PAINTING & DECORATING

Home Buyer’s Pre-Purchase inspection Home Seller’s Pre-Listing Inspection New Home Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) Pool & Spa Inspections Tarion Warranty Inspections Renovation Inspections

CRANE & Equipment Ltd.

Tel:

18 Kingfisher Dr., Elmira

519-669-7652

SINCE 1961

ECRA/ESA Licence # 7000605

519.669.1462 Fax: 519.669.9970

Accredited Test & Repair Facility

CARPET CARE

CRANE

Randy Weber

PAINTING

Because Your Home Is Our Business.

accuracy and confidence.

30 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA

MATTRESSES

• Residential • Commercial • Industrial

21 Industrial Dr. Elmira

519-669-4400

33 First Street, East Elmira, ON

MATTRESSES CONSTRUCTION

AUTO CLINIC

to repair your vehicle with

519-669-3658 ELECTRICAL

CONSTRUCTION

Auto Tech Inc.

ST. JACOBS

Call for estimate DRAYTON, ON

THOMPSON’S Providing the latest technology

24 Hour Accident Assistance

For all your home decorating needs

RESIDENTIAL & AGRICULTURAL

Willis Martin

RUDOW’S CARSTAR COLLISION CENTRE

DECORATING

BUNK BEDS

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

For all your Plumbing Needs.

24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi

ELMIRA

519-669-3652

YOUR

Renovating?

Let us do the clean up

RENOVATION CLEAN UPS! Call for Details • Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location • Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off and Pick up Service • Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair • Janitorial • Grout Cleaning • Carpet Repair & Re-Installation • Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping www.completecarpetcare.ca

ROB McNALL

LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-866-669-7607

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES Your Source for year round property maintenance

PLUMBING & HEATING SPECIALISTS!

• Commercial & Residential Snow Plowing • Top Dressing/Overseeding • Lawn Maintenance/ Landscaping • Mowing Packages Available • Mulch Delivery & Installation

C.J.

BRUBACHER LTD. 19 First St. E., Elmira

519-669-3362

519-669-7607

Telephone

Jeff Basler Owner|Operator

519-669-9081 Mobile

519-505-0985 ever-green@sympatico.ca

We call Elmira home but we service the surrounding area.

TREE SERVICE •Tree Trimming & Removal • Aerial Bucket Trucks • Stump Grinding • Arborist Evaluations • Fully Insured & Certified • Certified to Work Near Power Lines

FREE ESTIMATES

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SERVICE PROS TREE SERVICE

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR “A GOOD JOB DONE EVERY TIME”

•Removal of Trees or Branches of Any Shapes or Sizes in Almost Any location

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Kleensweep Carpet Care

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•Branch Chipping

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•Stump Grinding

West Montrose, ON

Truck & Trailer Maintenance

TROPHY

Cardlock Fuel Management

RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EFFORT!

TROPHIES | CUPS | PLAQUES | MEDALLIONS RIBBONS | NAME TAGS | NAME PLATES DOOR PLATES | CUSTOM ENGRAVING

COMMERCIAL 24 CARDLOCK FUEL DEPOT HOUR MATERIAL HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS

www.UniTwin.com | 519.886.2102

now available

• Design • Installation • Custom Fabrication

MILLWRIGHTS LTD.

519.669.5105

P.O. BOX 247, ROUTE 1, ELMIRA

24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

TOTAL 22 Church St. W., Elmira

Tel: 519-669-5537

STORE HOURS: M-F: 7-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 12-5

MEDICAL TREATMENT

Reimer Hyperbarics of Canada Established 2000

HOME ENERGY SYSTEMS

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

YOUR OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS AND AIR CONDITIONING EXPERTS

519.664.2008

F. David Reimer

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JANUARY 23

>>Hungryman’s Breakfast with the Elmira Sugar Kings at the Elmira Legion Branch 469, 11 First St. E., Elmira. 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

JANUARY 25

>>Chip n’ Dip Book Club is for 10-12-yearolds and is held on the last Tuesday of the month from 7-7:30 p.m. Wellesley Branch of Region of Waterloo Library. For more information call 519-656-2001. >>Teen Wii Fun! 3:45-5 p.m. at St. Jacobs Branch Library. Recommended for teens ages 12-16. Play Wii sports games like bowling, basketball, table tennis and more! Free event. For more information contact the Region of Waterloo Library, St. Jacobs Branch located at 29 Queensway Dr. in St. Jacobs, 519-664-3443.

JANUARY 28

>>Kids Book Club is for 10- 12-yearolds and will run one Friday a month from 6:45-7:30 p.m. Elmira Branch of Region of Waterloo Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira.

For more information call 519-669-5477. >>H.U.G.S Program 9:15-11:15 a.m.

Come meet with other parents to discuss parenting and child heatlh issues. Topic: Programs offered a the local libraries; Betty Cummings from the Elmira library will inform parents about children’s activities available at he library. No registration required. Held at Woolwich >>Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside

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>>Spaghetti Dinner & Salad Bar – Royal

Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. 2 sittings 5 and 7 p.m. Tickets – adults $10; children 5-10 yrs $4; under 5 $2. For tickets call 519-669-2932. without going broke! Rags to Riches is a monthly crafting drop-in starting Saturday, January 29, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the meeting room at the Elmira Public Library. No preregistration, no admission fees, no age limit although children under 9 must be with an adult. Contact 519-669-0837 for more information. January’s project is baskets made from old newspapers.

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Fundraiser “Strength For The Community”. Floradale Mennonite Church, 6:30-7:30 pizza being sold. 7:30-10:30 concert – Kevin Coates and Friends, piano, guitar, sax, drums and bass. Music of the Beatles, U2, Bruce Cockburn, Cat Stevens and Elton John. Fundraiser to raise money for small business in Haiti through Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). For more information contact Steve 519-6698630.

JANUARY 30

>>Waterloo Regional Police Male Chorus 7 p.m. Come to a great evening of music.

Free will offering, wheelchair accessible.

Waterloo North Presbyterian Church, 400 Northfield Dr. W. For more information 519-888-7870.

JANUARY 31

>>Building Bridges of Respect.

Interfaith Grand River, representing various faith groups in our community invites everyone to a Building Bridges event at Church of the Good Shepherd (Swendenborgian) at 10:30 a.m. Queen & Margaret streets, Kitchener across from Centre in the Square. Following the service there will be refreshments and time for dialogue. >>Prenatal Nutrition Matters – Join Robin Hicken, Registered Dietitian to learn about prenatal nutrition in the two-part seminar. Jan. 31 and Feb. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Topics will include foods to be careful of during pregnancy, what “eating for two” really means, how to make enough milk for breastfeeding, and how to find the support you need. Held at the Woolwich Community Health Centre 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Free seminar. For more information call 519-664-3794. >>Men’s Health Matters; 7-9 p.m.

Join Dr. Tom Simpson, Tiffany Krahn, Registered Dietitian, and Bernadette Vanspall, Registered Physiotherapist and learn how to lead a healthy lifestyle after 40. Topics will include prostate health, hypertension, physical fitness as well as general nutrition and food samples. Held at the Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Call 519-664-3794 for more information on this free event.

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FEBRUARY 1

>>Caregiver Coffee Hour at Chateau Gardens LTC., Elmira. 10-11:30 a.m.

Topic is ‘Dealing with Depression.’ This group is comprised of those caring for family members who have Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. For more information call Lorraine at Woolwich Community Health Centre 519-6643794 or Cara at the Alzheimer’s Society 519-742-1422.

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FEBRUARY 3

>>Colon Health; 10:15-11:15 a.m. What you can do to prevent colorectal cancer.

Presented by Jelena Damjanovic, IMG, Family Physician. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr. St. Jacobs. For more information call 519664-3794. Everyone welcome.

FEBRUARY 2

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and Read is for 9-12 year olds held Wednesday afternoons from 4-5 p.m. for stitching and reading fun!

Elmira Branch of Region of Waterloo Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. For more information call 519-669-5477.

FEBRUARY 4

>>Foundation Christian School presents Kevin Pauls and his band with special guests the Foundation Christian School Children’s Choir. 7 p.m. at Waterloo Christian Reformed Church, 209 Bearinger Rd. Waterloo.

Tickets $15 each. Tickets can be purchased online at www.kevinpauls. com/foundation or call the school at 519-664-0110. Seating is limited.

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