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orried about the safety of pedestrians and cyclists using a stretch of King Street south of St. Jacobs, a village resident is looking to Woolwich officials for solutions.

Sara Spencer will be presenting a petition to township council Tuesday night dealing with

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the neighbourhood’s traffic concerns.

From her kitchen window that looks out directly across to the Tim Hortons restaurant, Spencer gets a daily reminder of the potential threats. She sees kids out darting across the road during the short break in traffic, mothers

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t’s been nearly a year since the devastating earthquake that leveled much of Haiti and left millions of people dead or homeless back on Jan. 12, 2010.

On Monday morning, Elmira resident Marilyn McIlroy will be making her third trip back to the underdeveloped nation since the quake, joining a team devoted to helping the Haitian people pick up their lives and try to recover from the disaster.

When the magnitude seven earthquake struck, McIlroy, Deb Paton and Lois McLaughlin were standing on a third-floor balcony overlooking their guest house.

They were part of a local mission group that had just arrived in Haiti. The other members of the group included Marilyn Raymer, Alice Soeder, Laura Steckley and the woman who would become the first Canadian confirmed killed in the quake, Yvonne Martin.

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Haiti: Little recovery; aid groups see only slow progress > CONTINUED FROM COVER Next week, McIlroy will meet with Lou Geense, the director of global initiatives for the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada to work on a plan to distribute and construct the prefabricated houses that were developed in the summer by Vancor Homes and delivered to Haiti back in October.

She will be in the country from Jan. 10 to 22. There’s much work to be done, as she notes the country has made little headway in the year since the earthquake.

“People are still living in the tent cities and struggling.

There are students who aren’t in school yet, and there is just a lot of difficulties with moving forward, but it takes time to move forward.

Basically, we’re in post-emergency state, but we’re not too much further ahead.”

Vancor Homes has created a prototype for homes specifically designed for Haiti. One home can be assembled by a four- or five-person crew in one day. They feature insulation that make them ideal for warm-climate countries, are maintenance-free, sanitary and termite resistant.

In the 12 months since the earthquake, local charity groups have worked hard to organize and send aid as well as money to the western hemisphere’s poorest nation.

That includes the Mennonite Central Committee. Of the

MORE WORK TO BE DONE Marilyn McIlroy is busy preparing medical

supplies and documentation ahead of her next trip to Haiti. She first visited the impoverished nation back in the late 1970s and lived there for about 11 years. She was also in the country when last year’s earthquake struck. nearly $14 million MCC has help the people of Haiti the raised for Haiti, $2.8 million best ways possible, the monhas come from Ontario alone, ey must be carefully commitwith nearly half a million ted to projects that best serve dollars more worth of ma- Haitians.

“You can rush to get it terial aid such as blankets, done, but really it’s better to food, and relief kits.

“Most of it came in through make sure that it’s well spent direct donations from people instead of quickly spent,” who were impacted by hear- Driedger explained.

The recent political unrest ing the stories and seeing the visuals from the earthquake in the nation has not had and wanted to respond,” said much of an effect on MCC MCC resource generation di- delivering aid to the country, however, as the group avoids rector Dan Driedger.

Of the $14 million, only dealing with the government about $4.6 has actually as much as possible and inreached the country, leaving stead goes directly to the some to question why aid grassroots level to deliver has not been delivered faster. aid.

“With the MCC approach, Driedger said that in order to

we’ve been there since 1958 and we already have longstanding relationships with local groups there, so it’s just a matter of working through them to continue doing work there.”

Driedger notes that the MCC was particularly impressed with the contributions of the people in the Elmira area. Floradale Mennonite Church, for instance, is holding a benefit concert to raise even more funds on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

“It’s nice to see that people haven’t forgotten about it and just said ‘yeah we helped out, been there, done that’ and have moved on.”

McIlroy agrees that the MCC approach to helping the people of Haiti is perhaps the most effective way of delivering aid. She said it’s better to understand exactly what the people need and where, rather than throwing money at the problem and hoping it will fix itself.

“I think that we are all part of the North American mindset that needs immediate results for what we’re doing.

The bottom line is that, even before the earthquake, Haiti was an underdeveloped country that had huge needs,” she said. “But we need to look at what will happen in five years as opposed to ‘it’s been a year already and nothing has happened’.

“Today I am optimistic that things will improve with time, but we need time.”

Traffic: Resident taking her case to Woolwich council > CONTINUED FROM cover with strollers trying to get over to the sidewalk on the west side and, more times than she can count, trucks parked in front of her driveway, and those of her neighbours, as drivers head over to grab a coffee.

“Often I can’t get out of my driveway. Same with my neighbours,” she said, noting that the trucks force pedestrians and cyclists using the road to move even closer to the speeding traffic – there’s no sidewalk, only

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a ditch, on the east side of King Street.

Cars routinely speed along that stretch of the road, she said, with northbound traffic not slowing down until they reach Highcrest Lane, where the crossing guard helps kids on their way to St. Jacobs Public School.

With more seniors and families on the east side, there are more people than ever trying to cross all along King Street, noted Spencer, adding there’s a real bottleneck of vehicles and pedestrians in the vicinity of her

house.

“Sometimes it’s a bit of a jumble at Tim Hortons.”

She would like to see more enforcement of speeding and parking along the section of King Street from Printery Road to Highcrest Lane.

“Parents recognize it’s dangerous. There’s a concern that this is an issue that’s getting worse.”

Tuesday’s committee-ofthe-whole meeting will be the first for Woolwich’s new council, with four of the five members new to municipal politics. But the issues are

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ones the township has dealt with before. Specifically, council has had to address parking and stopping concerns at the Tim Hortons restaurants in Elmira and St. Jacobs.

In Elmira, measures were taken to deal with trucks parking across residents’ driveways on Arthur Street.

And even before the St. Jacobs location opened, council debated measures in 2002 to control the kind of onstreet parking Spencer plans to discuss in her presentation next week.

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re you sick and tired of making New Year’s resolutions that you know you probably won’t stick to?

Well, local lifestyle coach Jeremy Tracey may have the solution you’ve been looking for.

On Tuesday, Tracey is holding a 90-minute presentation called “New Year, New You” at the Robin’s Nest coffee shop on Church Street in Elmira. Not only is it a seminar to raise awareness of how to become healthier both physically and mentally, he is also using it to raise money to support Woolwich Community Services’ youth centre.

“My oldest son, Reid, goes to the youth centre at the arena, and absolutely loves it,” he said. “It’s such a great environment for the kids, and I just wanted to do something to give back to raise some money for it.”

Tracey is also using the timing – just under two weeks into 2011– to try to entice people to come out and listen to his talk. He knows that resolutions are on people’s minds now, even if he disagrees with the practice in general.

“I will make fun of the New Year’s resolution – the whole ‘pump up and fizzle’ thing – and I try to convince people that changing small and changing often is their most likely path to success.

But I figure if that’s when people are motivated, then strike while the iron is hot.”

The owner of the coffee shop, Robin Martin, knows Tracey through his kickboxing classes. Her 13-year-old son Jacob also frequents the youth centre, so when Tracey approached her to ask to use the space she readily agreed.

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Man makes off with oxycontin in Shoppers robbery Clements man was charged with ‘careless driving’ after his Dodge pickup truck collided with the rear of a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 57-year-old Waterloo man, who had been stopped at the intersection of Lobsinger Line and King Street, south of St. Jacobs.

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Floradale woman driving a GMC Yukon collided with a parked car while backing out of a driveway on Oakcliffe Street in Elmira. She struck a Nissan Rogue parked on the opposite side of the street.

There was only minimal damage to either vehicle, and no charges were laid.

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The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 25-30 years old with an average build wearing a black hoodie.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Waterloo Regional Police at 519-650-8500, ext. 3399 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

hall in the village. The man, dressed in dark clothing, stepped off the trail, but did not reappear.

The officer investigated the scene, but found nothing suspicious.

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>>2:45 PM | A Conestogo >>2:20 PM | A collision occurred woman, 43, lost control of her Nissan Pathfinder while driving on a private lane, subsequently striking a fence post. There were no charges.

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approached an officer on patrol in St. Jacobs to report seeing a suspicious person while walking her dog on the trail near the fire

at the roundabout near St. Jacobs when a 37-year-old Kenilworth woman driving a GMC van struck a Honda Civic being driven by a 32-year-old Kitchener man. The Honda suffered extensive frontend damage and had to be towed from the scene. Damage to the van was minimal, but the woman was charged with ‘fail to yield.”

There were no injuries.

a disturbance at the Tim Hortons restaurant in Elmira, where a 19-year-old woman, distraught over a domestic issue, had slammed a door, causing a pane of glass to shatter. There were no charges, as the woman made arrangements to compensate the establishment.

>>9:51 PM | Woolwich firefighters

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At approximately 9:45 p.m., a man entered the store at 11 Arthur St. N. and produced a note demanding oxycontin pills. No weapon was seen and the suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of oxycontin

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this Chrysler van was charged with ‘careless driving’ in a four-car collision on Monday afternoon. There were minor injuries sustained in the collision that occurred on Lobsinger Line at Reitzel Place. the wreckage. The two men in the oncoming vehicle, a large pickup truck towing a trailer being driven by a 21-year-old Elmira man, were not injured in the collision, which caused a tire to fly off and strike a nearby house, startling the occupants. The road was closed for several hours, and police continue to investigate, with charges pending.

December 31 >>8:50 AM | In the latest episode of an ongoing saga, police discovered children’s clothing scattered along the side of the road on Northfield Drive East, near West Montrose. There have been several such incidents in the area over the last few years. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Division 3A in Elmira.

>>2:33 PM | Police arrested

an intoxicated 46-year-old Elmira man after he was rude to customers and staff at the McDonald’s restaurant in Elmira. Responding officers tracked him to a spot near South Field Drive, charging him with ‘public intoxication,’ ‘causing a disturbance’ and with ‘breach of terms.’ He was held for a showcause hearing.

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>>11:40 PM | A Kitchener man received a three-day suspension of his driver’s licence after being pulled over by an officer who observed him driving erratically on Arthur Street, south of St. Jacobs.

The driver was administered a roadside breathalyzer test, which registered an alert. The man’s vehicle was towed from the scene.

January 1 >>6:18 AM | A report of a stolen car began an incident that eventually saw an Elmira teen injured in a collision and facing numerous charges. The car was taken from an Elmira home, the complainant noting the keys and her 15-year-old daughter were both gone. Shortly thereafter, police on the other side of the region discovered a single-vehicle rollover near Roseville. The car is believed to have sailed 18 metres into the air, hit the ground and become airborne again before striking a snowbank, rolling over and coming to rest after hitting three trees. The girl subsequently

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January 4 >>3:34 PM | A 1988 GMC RV van, bearing the licence plate BEJX 023, was stolen from an address on Line 86 near West Montrose sometime between Dec. 29 and Dec. 30. Police believe the theft may be connected to similar incidents in recent months in which older vehicles have been stolen from various locations in the township. The vehicles include those that were not drivable and would have been towed from the scene. Police are interested in talking to the owner of a white flatbed tow truck, which bears no markings.

January 5 >>12:49 AM | A Ford pickup truck

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW: 2010 JANUARY >> Woolwich outside workers get 3% Even in 2010’s tough economic climate, Woolwich’s outside workers received pay increases of three per cent annually over the next three years, as the township reached a new collective bargaining agreement with 19 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 1542.

The contract, effective Jan. 1, replaced the previous three-year deal that expired Dec. 31, 2009. For 2010, the deal brings the average wage to $22.50.

>> Elmira woman dies in Haiti Yvonne Martin, 67, died in the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti Jan. 12. She was the first confirmed Canadian casualty of the magnitude seven quake.

Martin was part of a team of seven nurses from the Kitchener-Waterloo area that was in Haiti to conduct medical clinics in the northern part of the country. The visit was her fourth trip to Haiti, where she travelled to each January since retiring.

>> Woolwich tackles Breslau speeding The speed limit on Chilligo Road running through the township dropped to 70 km/h, as Woolwich responded to residents’ safety concerns.

Also approved by councillors meeting Jan. 12 were new lane markings and signage to prompt drivers to slow down.

The decision follows last fall’s petition

by Chilligo Road residents for action on speeding and dangerous passing incidents, the result of commuters discovering the route had been paved. Once a gravel road, it has become a favourite for drivers seeking a shortcut between Cambridge and Guelph.

>> Big increases in taxes, water rates Having opted against developing part of Victoria Glen Park, Woolwich moved to cover the $1.5-million shortfall by borrowing more money to pay for its recent building spree. That Jan. 19 decision led to taxes increasing by another 0.79 per cent, putting the tax rate hike at 4.48 per cent for 2010. The jump added $23.46 to the Woolwich portion of the average tax bill, based on a home valued at $214,000.

Also approved was a water rate increase of 7.26 per cent, to $1.33 per cubic metre from $1.24. That represented about a $16- to $22-per-year jump for the average household. The wastewater rate climbed by 10.1 per cent, to $1.63 per cubic metre from $1.48, adding about $27 to $36 per year to the average annual cost.

>> Wellesley opts for 2% tax increase Wellesley homeowners faced another $9 in township taxes in 2010, the result of a two-per-cent tax increase given tentative approval Jan. 19 by council.

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The increase brought to about $700 the township’s share of property taxes applied to an average home assessed at $214,000.

>> New building for Floradale P.S. Almost 270 students poured into the new Floradale Public School Mar. 22 for the grand opening of their new facility. The official sod turning for the new school was held the previous September.

The old building, constructed in 1966, gave way to the new $5.3-million school. Almost $4-million in funding was awarded by the Ministry of Education for the school, which serves students from Floradale, Wallenstein, Yatton, Hawkesville and the surrounding rural areas.

The Waterloo Region District School Board contributed $1.3 million to the project.

>> Wideman pledges $250,000 for

recreation fund NHL defenceman Dennis Wideman gave to his hometown in a big way with the announcement of a $250,000 donation to the Fit for the Future campaign.

Wideman’s donation of $50,000 a year over the next five years brought the Woolwich Community Recreation Foundation campaign within striking distance of its $5.5 million goal.

>> Jacks’ playoff bid falls short The Wellesley Applejacks’ last flickering hopes for the 2009-2010 season playoffs were extinguished Jan. 29 with a 9-0 loss to Port Stanley.

The Jacks, then sitting fifth in the Bauer conference, needed to win their last five games and needed Tavistock to lose every game. The loss left the Jacks 12 points back of Tavistock in the standings, too far to catch with only three games left in the season.

>> Expansion approved for Safety-Kleen

FEBRUARY >> Wellesley arena workers get pay hike Part-time employees at the Wellesley and St. Clements arenas saw a big boost in their wages in 2010, with township council approving a 31-per-cent hike on Feb. 2. The hourly wage for part-time facility attendants increases to $15 from $11.42, a jump of $3.58 per hour.

>> Jean Horne named Citizen of the Year An active member of the community for more than 60 years, retired teacher Jean Horne was recognized for her efforts by being named the Wellesley Citizen of the Year by the Wellesley and District Board of Trade.

>> Woolwich scales back arena fee hikes Minor sports groups won a reprieve from higher rates at the Dan Snyder Arena, as councillors came up with alternative funding methods in approving the 2010 budget Feb. 9.

Rather than charge everyone a premium to use the larger arena in the Woolwich Memorial Centre, the township will exempt minor sports teams from paying the additional $18 an hour. The decision meant an $8,500 hit to the 2010 budget.

>> West Montrose development on hold

pending CHL review Temporarily halting major development in West Montrose was Woolwich’s first step in studying the heritage of the covered bridge and its surroundings.

In adopting an interim control bylaw for lands surrounding the bridge on Feb. 9, council put on hold for one year a gravel pit bid by Guelph-based Capital Paving. The decision cleared the

ALWAYS READY TO LEND A HAND Yvonne Martin, a retired nurse in Haiti as part of a volunteer group doing medical work, was killed when a magnitude seven earthquake devastated the Caribbean country on Jan. 12, 2010. way for a study to determine the need for a cultural heritage landscape (CHL) designation for some of the area surrounding the historic bridge.

>> Elmira bus service extended Despite lower-than-expected ridership numbers, the bus service linking Elmira and St. Jacobs to Waterloo was extended for another year. Grand River Transit’s route 21 began operating in April, 2009 connecting Elmira with the Conestoga Mall transit terminal, with stops in the St. Jacobs core, at the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market/Outlet Mall and the new WalMart-anchored power centre.

>> Family finds peace in Ferguson

guilty plea Kenneth Ferguson, 43, was sentenced to 20 years in jail Feb. 18 after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the strangling death of his wife.

Valerie Ferguson, 44, was found dead in the bedroom of the family home in April 2008. Ferguson was charged with first-degree murder and the prosecution had strong evidence that the killing was planned, but accepted the plea to the lesser charge to spare the family a drawn-out trial.

>> Plans scrapped for Breslau servicing The hundred or so Breslau residents

who packed Woolwich council chambers Feb. 23 were happy the township decided to do nothing. Councillors quashed a report calling for the extension of water and sewer services into the older parts of the village. Outraged by forecasted costs of some $92,000 apiece, homeowners voiced their opinions in no uncertain terms.

>> Pedestrian dies after being struck A pedestrian was struck and killed in Wellesley Township on the evening of Feb. 25. Samuel Martin, 34, was walking westbound along William Hastings Line near Manser Road when he was struck by an eastbound Ford pickup truck driven by a 39-year-old Wellesley man. Emergency services responded, but the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

>> Woolwich needs millions for future

bridge work Fresh from a decision to repair the Glasgow Street bridge at a cost of $335,000 Woolwich discovered it will need more than $6.8 million to repair or replace bridges and culverts over the next decade. Acting on a consultant’s report, Woolwich councillors charged staff with preparing a capital program for the rehabilitation work.

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Meeting Mar. 23, Woolwich councillors cleared the way for an expansion at the Safety-Kleen oil re-refinery in Breslau, passing the Official Plan amendment and zone change necessary for the company to acquire 15 acres of land from the neighbouring Forwell gravel pit.

The decision came despite lingering concerns about the environmental impacts. Part of the 15-acre parcel has contaminants underneath, a legacy from Breslube Enterprises and other former operations on site. Safety-Kleen has been working for years to clean up the pollutants based on a remediation action plan approved in 2002 by the Ministry of the Environment.

>> Kings’ playoff run ends in semis A gutsy, spirited playoff run came to an end Mar. 24 when the Elmira Sugar Kings were eliminated by the Brantford Golden Eagles in Game 6 of their semifinal series.

The Kings took on Brantford after putting out Listowel in the first round.

The odds favoured the Golden Eagles, who finished the season at the top of the Midwestern Conference of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League with a 42-5-4 record. In six matchups with Elmira during the regular season, Brantford won all six games handily.

>> EMSF continues to draw ‘em in More than 70,000 people took to the streets of Elmira Mar. 27 during the annual Elmira Maple Syrup Festival.

>> New community centre in Breslau Breslau celebrated the grand opening of a new community centre Mar. 27. The new building, a 10,000-square-foot gymnasium, was designed to complement the existing sales pavilion erected

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APRIL >> Elmira biogas plan wins FIT contract Woolwich Bio-En Inc. was one of 184 suppliers offered Feed-in Tariff (FIT) contracts to supply alternative energy power to the province. Although the Elmira biogas project has yet to receive provincial approval, the facility was cleared Apr. 8 to connect to the power grid.

The project, the subject of many meetings throughout the year, still remains under review by the province.

>> West Montrose bylaw appealed to OMB Calling the move too broad, the Murray Group has appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board a township bylaw temporarily halting development near West Montrose. The Moorefield-based road construction company has an interest in developing a gravel pit in the area covered by an interim control bylaw approved earlier in the year by Woolwich council.

The land is adjacent to farm properties at 1420 and 1433 Letson Dr. where Capital Paving hopes to build a large gravel pit, but the Guelph-based company did not launch a legal challenge of its own.

>> Woolwich backs tougher property

standards bylaw In doing a little housecleaning of its own, Woolwich expected its residents to do likewise. The passage Apr. 20 of a new clean yards bylaw streamlined the process, making it quicker and easier to assess fines and force the cleanup of unkempt properties. The target is debris, long grass, excessive weed growth and derelict vehicles.

The new bylaw replaced one first adopted in 2007. Under the bylaw, the township has the authority to set and enforce standards for the appearance of individual properties. The rules do not extend to buildings, which are handled under the property standards bylaw.

>> Walter Hachborn retires from Home

Hardware After more than 70 years in the hardware business, Home Hardware cofounder and president Walter Hachborn retired in April. In the wake of that announcement, the St. Jacobs-based company made two changes to senior management.

Paul Straus, vice-president and CEO, was appointed president and CEO. Terry Davis, Home Hardware’s vice-president administration and strategic planning, was appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer.

Hachborn, who will remain as president emeritus, originally began with Hollinger Hardware alongside Gordon Hollinger where the Home Hardware store now stands in downtown St. Jacobs. He purchased the business, transforming it into Home Hardware.

MAY >> Community rallies against gravel pits Conestogo-area residents took a look at the future, and they don’t like it one bit. Painting a picture filled with heavy equipment grinding away all day long, dust filling the air and large trucks crowding pedestrians and cyclists off of area rounds, they called on Woolwich council to put the brakes on gravel pit development. The focus of their attention May 4 was the Hunder Develop-

ments bid for a pit immediately to the east of Conestogo.

A public meeting saw some 150 people pack council chambers in opposition to the project.

$2.8 million.

When a new facility is finally in place, the 1,000-square-foot pre-engineered building approved in June will be converted into a storage facility.

>> Fire destroys barn

>> Seniors’ apartment building OK’d

Arnold Bowman was milking cows in his barn north of Elmira on May 19 when he became aware of a fire in the structure. He attempted to evacuate his animals, but the barn quickly became fully engulfed in flames; four cows, 10 calves, 500 chickens and three horses were lost in the fire that completely destroyed the building. More than 50 firefighters from three Woolwich stations were called out to battle the blaze.

Damage was estimated at $250,000.

>> Wellesley PS adds new wing Wellesley Public School opened a $3.2-million addition, required to accommodate growing enrollment. Renovations that started the previous April saw the entire front side of the school redone and 10 new classrooms added.

The students moved into the new classrooms in November and six portables were removed over the summer.

>> King/86 Developments joins BIA The Elmira Business Improvement Area (BIA) group can count on an additional $10,000 each year following a Woolwich council decision to allow King/86 Developments to join the organization.

As part of a settlement that saw the BIA drop its opposition to the Walmartanchored power centre in St. Jacobs, the Elmira business group got a lumpsum payment of $90,000 and an additional $10,000 annually as the developer’s membership dues.

JUNE >> Woolwich arena board sales in-house Both the township and sports groups figured they’d make more money under a revised arena advertising plan approved June 1. Council opted to take sales in-house, axing the idea of a third party selling ad space at the arenas.

>> WCS marks 35 years Woolwich Community Services celebrated its 35th anniversary June 15.

It was also a milestone for executive director Don Harloff, who marked 20 years with the organization.

WCS started life as the Woolwich Community Information Centre, operated out of the back of Linda Snyder’s home by a group of local women who, in 1974, were stay-at-home moms with an interest in contributing to the community. They got a $100 grant from the Canadian Mental Health Association to put in a phone and buy some supplies.

>> Woolwich arranges for fire coverage

in Breslau Gradually introducing fire services in Breslau, Woolwich opted to spend $264,000 in 2010 to build a temporary substation on Beacon Point Court.

The site is located in the Thomasfield Homes subdivision, and will eventually house a full fire station. For now, the operation will function as a subset of the Maryhill fire station.

Meeting June 15, Woolwich council approved the work, following a staff report that deemed building more costeffective than leasing space in the village until a permanent facility is built, likely within five years. The township has pegged the cost of constructing and equipping a Breslau station at

Two older buildings on Elmira’s Church Street are to replaced by a four-storey seniors’ apartment complex under a plan floated at Woolwich council June 15. Cameo Homes Ltd. hopes to build a 20-unit structure at 30 and 32 Church St. W. The company eventually got the necessary Official Plan and zoning changes from the township.

>> EMSF distributes $50,000 to groups Community groups in Woolwich and area were $50,000 richer following the disbursement of proceeds from the 2010 Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. The organization distributed cheques June 16 to Elmira District Community Living (typically the largest recipient), 1st Elmira Scouts, Friends of Guiding Elmira, Elmira Nursery School, Elmira Library, Maple Syrup Museum, Elmira Theatre Company, Woolwich Community Services, YWCA – Mary’s Place, Kiwanis Transit, Community Care Concepts and the John Mahood Public School parent council.

The new facility is located on Country

>> Province ponies up $300 million Squire Road in Woolwich Township, just The province announced $300 million in funding for rapid transit in Waterloo Region. The money represents part of $790 million the region hopes to drop on the first stage of light rail transit (LRT) connecting Conestoga Mall and Fairview Park mall, with rapid buses connecting the system to Cambridge.

The idea is to eventually link all three cities by LRT.

JULY >> Cancer claims a real friend of

townships’ seniors The woman who launched social services for seniors in the townships succumbed to cancer July 1, leaving behind a lasting legacy. The founder of what would become Community Care Concepts, Veronica MacDonald was 54.

“She was it when it came to developing services for older adults when there were none in the townships. These are services that wouldn’t exist without her,” said Irene O’Toole, a longtime colleague and friend, who was working in a similar capacity in Waterloo when MacDonald started what was then known as Woolwich Home Support Services.

>> Community loses a real booster in >> Johnston named governor general

Bob Waters Bob Waters, an Elmira lawyer, a former Woolwich mayor and long-time supporter of recreation projects, succumbed to cancer June 21. He was 69.

Waters was remembered as a man dedicated to community service, sometimes leading the charge but often quietly doing his part.

Waters was a councillor from 1982 to 1986. He was named mayor shortly after the ‘86 election when Ken Seiling vacated the post on being elected the chair of Waterloo Region. Waters then went on to serve three terms as mayor until 1994.

His tenure at the head of council included the difficult times that followed the discovery of contaminants in Elmira’s drinking water. Pollutants from the Chemtura Chemical plant – then known as Uniroyal – had seeped into the groundwater, eventually forcing the installation of a pipeline from Waterloo, which supplies water to the town to this day. When the crisis first hit, municipal officials were kept extremely busy. Waters worked tirelessly at the time, said Seiling.

>> Wideman heads for sunny Florida The Boston Bruins traded Elmira native Dennis Wideman to the Florida Panthers June 22, along with a 15th overall pick in this year’s draft and a third-round pick in the 2011 draft. In exchange, Boston acquired forwards Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell.

>> A long life well lived Ernie Kendall, a retired teacher, war veteran, athlete, volunteer, father, grandfather and friend passed away June 26 at his home in Chateau Gardens at the age of 101.

Kendall was a man who wore many hats, but he is best known for his role as an educator. He began his studies at the Ontario Agricultural College Campus in Guelph, graduated in 1932 with a degree in entomology but then transferred to teaching shortly after. He taught sciences for 37 years at Elmira District Secondary School, followed by supply teaching for 14 more years, and retired at age 75.

University of Waterloo president and Heidelberg resident David Johnston was tagged as Canada’s next governor general.

The vast majority of the 69-year-old Johnston’s working years have been spent in academia, although he had some ties to the Canadian political scene.

Born in Sudbury in 1941, Johnston studied government and international relations and law at Harvard, Cambridge and Queen’s University. His public service is seen as non-partisan, given his work for both Conservative and Liberal governments. A legal expert, Johnston is also well-versed in constitutional matters and the inner workings of Parliament Hill.

>> Wellesley council chambers get a

facelift Renovations planned for Wellesley council chambers Renovations to the Wellesley council chambers, budgeted to cost $79,000, got underway in Crosshill.

Built in 1854, the former township hall is the oldest continually-used municipal building in the Region of Waterloo.

>> Linwood fire station to be overhauled The Linwood fire station was in line for some upgrades after Wellesley council approved spending up to $100,000 for an addition and renovations on July 5.

The first phase of the project was the construction of a 20-by-55-foot truck bay on the east side of the building.

>> National post for Legion’s Moore After some 25 years of service with the Elmira Legion, Gordon Moore moved up to represent the branch on a national level: he was selected to serve as Dominion first vice-president of The Royal Canadian Legion. His election to the Legion’s top executive council came at the 43rd Dominion Convention in Winnipeg.

>> New digs for Waterloo North Hydro Construction of Waterloo North Hydro’s new service centre officially got underway after a groundbreaking ceremony held on the site July 21.

north of the Waterloo boundary. Half of the 104,000-square-foot facility will house administration offices, while the other half will be used for storage and maintenance of vehicles and equipment.

The work is scheduled to be completed by December 2011.

>> Cancer claims Elmira librarian Mary Anne Cressman, longtime librarian and library supervisor at the Elmira branch, passed away July 25 after a brief battle with cancer. She was 67.

Cressman worked at the Elmira library for 40 years before her retirement in 2009. She presided over a number of changes during her tenure, including its expansion in the 1970s, the switch to a computerized catalogue system and recent renovations to make the building wheelchair accessible.

>> Fire engulfs Elmira-area barn The fire that leveled a barn southeast of Elmira July 26 left $250,000 in damage and more than a hundred dead animals in its wake.

Columns of smoke were visible miles away from the farm on New Jerusalem Road, not far from the newly expanded parochial school. Firefighters believe the blaze began when an overheated electrical cord got too close to the nearby hay bales.

Six trucks from the Conestogo and St. Jacobs fire stations responded, along with an extra tanker from Floradale.

AUGUST >> St. Jacobs’ south end to remain

unserviced The development outlook got a little brighter in St. Jacobs Aug. 2, as the township freed up sewage capacity.

With the move, 16 property owners in the south end of the village no longer faced the prospect of paying up to $37,000 for hookups to municipal water and sewer systems. Instead, the affected homeowners were to remain on private wells and septic systems.

The township asked the 16 property owners if they would prefer to see the extension of water and sanitary sewers at a cost of $36,500 per household, the extension of municipal water only ($13,500) or stick with the status quo.

Of the 13 who responded to the survey, the majority (nine) opted for the donothing approach. Three were in favour of water and sanitary sewers; one chose the water-only.

>> Jean Renault Classic raises $14K More than 100 golfers who took to the links at the Conestoga Country Club Aug. 12 raised $14,000 for family violence prevention programs. It was the 16th annual outing for the Jeanne Renault Golf Classic organized by Woolwich Community Services.

>> Bieber fever grips Elmira Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber’s quest for an evening of small town life in Elmira set some pre-teen hearts aflutter, but left a bad taste in the mouths of a number of youths who deemed themselves former fans.

According to a number of witnesses, Bieber visited Elmira’s Lions Park on the evening of Aug. 23 to take in the soccer match between the Woolwich U16 girl’s team and his hometown of Stratford, but when approached by fans – members of the soccer team and spectators – the teen heartthrob told

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>> Council gets tough on encroachment Woolwich’s new get-tough approach to dealing with encroachments on public land got a written policy.

Earlier in the summer, the township identified more than 100 cases where homeowners had taken over use of abutting township property. In about 20 instances, that involved erecting structures such as fences, sheds and gazebos. Other violations included expansion of gardens and walkways.

Meeting Aug. 24, councillors approved a policy that outlines cases where the township might enter into an encroachment agreement rather than forcing the property owner to move off of the public land.

>> Woolley named captain of Kings Going into their 40th season, the Elmira Sugar Kings hockey club turned to one of their most-senior players to lead them through it, naming Josh Woolley as the team’s new captain.

>> Rental fees on the rise in Wellesley Meeting Aug. 31, Wellesley council approved a three-per-cent increase on all recreation facility rental fees for the 2010/ 2011 season to cover increased costs associated with the HST. In a report prepared for council, director of recreation Brad Voisin indicated that, “facility rental rates are the key source of income for our recreation department. These rates must be adjusted yearly to reflect inflation, user group demand, and area competition.”

SEPTEMBER >> Feds promise cash for transit Prime Minster Stephen Harper’s visit to Waterloo Region Sept. 2 included a pledge of up to $265 million for rapid transit projects. The promise to fund one-third of eligible costs up to the specified maximum follows Ontario’s contribution of $300 million.

The region wants to spend $710 million building a light rail transit link between Conestogo Mall in Waterloo and Fairview Park in Kitchener. Another $80 million would provide rapid buses in Cambridge.

>> Report calls for pay hikes for council A report indicating Woolwich councillors should get a 47-per-cent pay hike, the mayor 25 per cent met with an unenthusiastic welcome Sept. 14, coming just weeks before an election.

Compiled by Listowel-based Ward and Uptigrove Human Resources Solutions, the study was deferred until a later date following public input on the proposal.

>> CANS founder wins award

Elmira’s Dustin Martin, who started a Halloween food drive seven years previously, was presented with the 2009 Outstanding Organization Donor Award from the Food Bank of Waterloo Region and Woolwich Community Services at a Sept. 21 township council meeting.

Citizens Always Need Supper (CANS) began as a chance for five or six kids who felt as though they were a bit too old to be trick-or-treating to still go out into the community and do something fun. That goal changed from good times to giving back, and the number of participants grew from six to some 130 kids and adults who took part last year.

Nichols was third at 266.

In Ward 2, incumbent Mark Bauman survived an early scare – the first poll reporting had challenger Eric Schwindt up 134 to 57 – to eventually post a 735to-478 victory, 60.6 per cent of the vote.

>> Expansion gets underway at Safety-

Kleen plant Touting the importance of the Three Rs, Ontario Minister of the Environment John Wilkinson joined Safety-Kleen executives to break new ground for their $26-million expansion in Breslau Oct. 28.

The expansion, which received approval from Woolwich Township last March, was expected to take about 18 months to complete. It will enable the facility to increase its oil re-refining operations by 25 per cent, to 191 million litres annually from 152 million.

>> One Book, One Community at EDSS The literary tour by Terry Fallis, author of this year’s One Book, One Community selection, made a stop in Elmira Sept.

22. He was at EDSS to answer questions and read excerpts from The Best Laid Plans.

NOVEMBER >> Councillors jeered for gravel pit

>> Elmira teen claims Wellesley Idol Elmira’s Maggie Wang took home the title of Wellesley Idol and the top prize of $350 at the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival held in the village Sept. 25.

>> Tar-like substance rains down Chemtura Canada Co. immediately agreed to foot the bill for any cleanup costs associated with a chemical release over parts of Elmira Sept. 27.

Residents around the plant reported a tar-like substance speckled over their cars and homes following the incident shortly after 3 p.m. Chemtura identified the compound as BLE 25, a mixture of diphenylamine and acetone used as an antioxidant in the making of some rubber products.

While no health consequences were reported, the company is still dealing with cleanup efforts.

>> WWLHIN dumps its CEO The agency that oversees access to health care in the region ousted its CEO. Sandra Hanmer left the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) Sept. 27 following a board decision.

Hamner, who was paid $280,000 in 2009, was under contract until 2013.

She had been with the WWLHIN since its inception in 2005.

OCTOBER >> Soehner property faces demolition The Elmira home of prominent community member Harry Soehner, who passed away earlier in the year, moved closer to redevelopment Oct. 25 as Woolwich council cleared the way for demolishing the two-storey house at 250 Arthur St. S. Developer Emerald Homes hopes to create five new building lots on the

VICTORY SALUTE Todd Cowan was elected Woolwich's new mayor in the municipal election Oct. 25, defeating four-term incumbent Bill Strauss.

1.2-acre property. Four lots with 60-foot (18-metre) frontage would be accessible from Oriole Parkway, while the fifth, 75 feet (23m) wide, would front onto Arthur Street, as does the current home.

>> Acclamations across the board in

Wellesley Township The deadline for filing nomination papers having passed, Wellesley Township found itself with only the five incumbents running in the Oct. 25 municipal election. All were acclaimed to office for another four-year term: Shelley Wagner in Ward 1, Herb Neher in Ward 2, Jim Olender in Ward 3, and Paul Herrgott in Ward 4, along with Mayor Ross Kelterborn.

>> Death initially deemed suspicious Waterloo Regional Police investigators were in West Montrose Oct. 18 following the discovery of a body near the covered bridge. A passerby walking his dog found the body of a man. A gun was also found nearby.

>> Collision claims Elmira teen Miles Hamilton, 18, of Elmira was killed Oct. 22 when the black Dodge pickup truck he was a passenger in crashed into another truck parked on Elmira’s Barnswallow Drive, subse-

quently bursting into flames.

Police say they pulled Hamilton and the driver of the vehicle, 17-year-old Brendon Fitzgerald, from the wreckage, but Hamilton was pronounced dead at the scene.

>> Woolwich council gets a new look Woolwich voters opted for change when they went to the polls for the Oct. 25 municipal election.

Todd Cowan upset four-term mayor Bill Strauss by taking 2,777 votes to Strauss’ 1,483. Former Ward 1 councillor Pat McLean finished second with 1,784 votes.

In Ward 1, where at least one new face was expected as incumbent Sandy Shantz declined to run again, two new people joined the council table. Longtime councillor Ruby Weber finished third with 1,178 votes, making Allan Poffenroth (1,775 votes) and JulieAnne Herteis (1,257) the new representatives for Elmira. Jim David garnered 747 votes and Mary Young, who removed herself from the race shortly after nominations closed, still managed to get selected on 297 ballots.

Ward 3 also got a new councillor. Bonnie Bryant replaced four-term incumbent Murray Martin, winning 818 votes to Martin’s 681. Maryhill resident Doug

In one of its final acts, Woolwich’s current council gave the green light to a large subdivision that will reshape the northwest section of Elmira. The Official Plan and zone changes approved Nov. 16 pave the way for up to 1,400 residential units on what is currently farmland north of Church Street West.

Work on the Lunor Group project could get underway as soon as next spring.

>> Pendergast sides with residents in

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DECEMBER >>>New council makes it official There was no real business, and the reception was as warm as it’s likely to ever get as Woolwich’s new council was sworn in Dec. 7 during a special ceremony at Lions Hall in Elmira.

Mayor Todd Cowan pledged to get right to work on the changes he discussed on the campaign trail leading up to the Oct. 25 election.

>>>Chemtura finds cause for

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In findings released Dec. 16, the company also notes a series of audible and visual alerts, activated as the pressure grew, went unheeded as there was no operator in the vicinity.

Some 4,200 kilograms of BLE 25, a mixture of diphenylamine and acetone used as an antioxidant in the making of some rubber products, and 112 kg of acetone were released when a rupture disc burst as designed due to the pressure build-up in the storage vessel.

In the cleanup effort that followed the release, which continued through the end of the year, the company washed BLE spots from 270 cars and 213 homes in Elmira.

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e could have bumper crops everywhere and the prices could collapse – you never know – but, at the same time, high prices are not going to go away and there is a strong possibility that they might remain high for two years.

> Abdolreza Abbassian, an economist at the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) , discusses rising food prices

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Of course, consumers here are much better placed to handle rising food prices, much more so than in a good chunk of the world, where soaring prices are likely to lead to hunger and instability.

World food prices continued to rise sharply in December, bringing them close to the crisis levels that provoked shortages and riots in poor countries three years ago, according to newly released United Nations data.

The food price index of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization rose 32 per cent from June to December, when the index was

slightly higher than it was in June 2008, its previous peak.

According to the UN agency, the double whammy of high food prices and the global economic slump pushed an additional 115 million people into poverty and hunger. By 2009, the total number of hungry people in the world had topped one billion.

According to new global hunger figures, that number has since dipped to 925 million people, thanks in part to expected economic growth and a drop in international food prices, down from their 2008 high.

But food prices continue to be volatile.

From July to September 2010, wheat prices had surged by 60 to 80 per cent in response to drought-fuelled crop losses in Russia and a subsequent export ban by the Russian Federation. Rice and maize prices also rose during that period.

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And the cost of basic food staples remains high in many developing countries, making life difficult for the world’s poorest people who already spend between 60 and 80 per cent of their meagre income on food.

For consumers here, the past year has seen double-digit hikes on a variety of items at the supermarket, from cheese to pasta. Low-income earners have felt the pinch, but we’ve been sheltered from the kind of impacts seen elsewhere, particularly in the developing world. That’s about to change, however, as producers expect to start passing on increased costs that have been partly offset by price wars in the grocery industry. We’ll likely see price hikes well above inflation.

The increases are likely to be good news for farmers. Though the weather that’s at the root of the spike in commodity prices has had an

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impact in Canada, particularly on the prairies, continued higher prices will be helpful when production bounces back.

Unlike the food crisis in 2008, oil prices have not gone up so dramatically – $90 a barrel today versus $140 then. Under that scenario, farmers faced much higher input and transportation costs. That being less so today should allow them to fare better this time around.

While consumers won’t be turning cartwheels over higher prices, there is a silver lining if it leads to greater health in the farming sector. Yo-yo pricing, at times lower than the cost of growing crops, has wreaked havoc in the industry. It has also led to all kinds of government subsidies and support programs, which we all pay for indirectly. If farmers prosper, rather than middlemen, we could all benefit

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11 OPINION

Looking at the big picture, 2010 was no big deal F

ake elections in Egypt, Burma and Belarus. A massive earthquake in Haiti, devastating floods in Pakistan, and a volcano in Iceland that killed nobody but inconvenienced millions.

Something verging on civil war in Thailand, a reviving civil war in Ivory Coast, and a real civil war in Afghanistan (with lots of foreign help). As these things go, not a bad year at all.

There are 192 countries in the world – or 202 countries, whatever the number is this week. There are almost seven billion people. All those countries and all those people will unfailingly supply enough bad news to hold the ads apart all year, every year. It doesn’t mean that the planet is really going to hell. The media will always search out what bad news there is and highlight it.

A broader view of events would report that not one country in the world was invaded in the past year.

Not a single one out of 192, or however many it is. That’s not bad, considering our history, and it’s not just a fluke. No countries were invaded in 2009 either, or in 2008. In fact, the last time a country really got invaded was Iraq in 2003.

It is the absence of really big events (which are generally really bad events) that characterises the year. No Second Great Depression, for example (though the essential work on avoiding that was actually done in 2009). No Great Flu Pandemic. No war in the Korean peninsula despite the sinking of the South Korean frigate Cheonan in March and North Korea’s shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in November.

No American attack on Iran, despite all the threatening language. No largescale killing on the Israeli-Palestinian front, though of course no progress

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International Affairs GWYNNE DYER towards a peace settlement either.

No high-casualty terrorist attacks on Western countries, though lots in Pakistan, Iraq, India and Afghanistan.

(Why do attacks on Western countries matter more? Because they tend to go berserk when they are targeted.)

No financial meltdown in Europe, though both Greece and Ireland have been put through the wringer. No recession at all in the emerging economies of the former Third World, which still account for less than 40 per cent of the world’s economy but provided two-thirds of the world’s growth over the past year. And maybe that’s the real news of 2010: this was when the new world order finally became manifest.

This revolution has been predicted since economist Jim O’Neill at Goldman Sachs first grouped the big developing countries with fastgrowing economies together as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) in 2001. Subsequent Goldman Sachs studies predicted that their combined economies would be larger than the combined economies of today’s rich countries by 2050, and every update of the study has brought that date closer.

It is still probably five to 10 years away, but this was the year when China, the biggest of the BRICs, overtook Japan to become the world’s secondlargest economy. It also overtook the United States in 2010 to become the

world’s biggest producer of cars. For all practical purposes, the revolution is no longer imminent. It is here.

This is as big an event as the end of Pax Britannica and the rise of the United States, Germany and Japan to great-power status at the end of the 19th century. Just last year the G8, the group of seven rich Western countries plus Japan, was still at least notionally the board of management of the world economy, while the G20, incorporating the emerging economies, was a mere courtesy gesture to the new players.

This year, the G20 was where real action was, and the preceding G8 meeting was just a regional strategy session before the big event. The consequences of this historic shift in the world’s centre of gravity will play out over the years and the decades to come, but the reality and irreversibility of the change is now undeniable – even if China’s economy, at the moment, is the biggest bubble in the history of the world.

Apart from that, what else can we say about 2010 that is in any way meaningful? Lists are traditional at this time of year, but there isn’t really much point in a list that includes an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a British royal wedding, and 33 trapped Chilean miners. If you must have a list, go online and you’ll find hundreds of the things. They all mean virtually nothing.

And then there’s predicting the future. The year-ender format always includes some predictions about the future, but the real future is full of surprises. Just consider what a reasonable person would have predicted, on

THE VOICE

Do you have a New Years resolution for 2011?

“To be honest, I don’t really have any. Maybe to do better in science.” > Angus Malcolm

“I was told what my resolution was, and I was told to be nice and not cuss for 42 years.” > Rick Grebinski

> SEE DYER ON PG. 12

BY SCOTT ARNOLD

“Nope, I don’t usually make one.

Just good, clean living.” > Don Herd

Woolwich's new mayor expects council to take a more active role in the decision-making process than township staff has been used to in the past.

“My resolution is to increase my fitness level and the amount I exercise.” > Brenda Howorth

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With population growth, we keep adding to our problems H

ow much is enough? With turkey dinner, for instance, it’s the point before you feel the urge to undo the button on your pants. When it comes to the number of us scurrying around on the surface of the planet, however, the answer isn’t as clear.

There are those who say our technology and ingenuity will make room for plenty more than the 6.7 billion of us around today. Other researchers argue we’ve already far exceeded the planet’s carrying capacity.

I side with the latter. The last thing the Earth needs is more of us.

It took thousands of years for us to reach a population of one billion by 1804. However, it took only 123 years for us to double to two billion in 1927.

The population hit four billion in 1974, and just 37 years later, we’ve added another 2.75 billion. Such is the power of exponential growth.

As a closed system with finite resources, the planet can only do so much for its inhabitants, which includes a long list of animals and plants not labeled ‘home sapiens,’ a fact we overlook at our peril. Every person, even one living the most basic of existences – an altogether too common scenario in much of the world – puts a demand on the ecosystem. We all need air, water and food as a minimum. Providing just that places another burden on the planet; those of us living in the consumption-mad West each place far more stress on those resources.

From the Editor Steve Kannon We are deluged with stories about climate change, food shortages, peak oil, epidemics and a host of similar unsettling facts. At the root of all those problems is the issue of population. Quite plainly, there are too many of us.

That, says Madeline Weld, is the elephant in the room. It’s there, but nobody wants to talk about it.

Weld, a biologist at Health Canada, is president of the Population Institute of Canada, based in Ottawa. The organization’s mandate is to raise awareness about the perils of overpopulation. It’s something of an uphill battle, she notes.

Politically correct thinking dictates the topic be swept under the rug. Because the largest growth is taking place in the developing world, it looks paternalistic for the West to talk about population control. Birth rates have fallen dramatically in Canada, the U.S. and Western Europe, with immigration spurring much of the growth.

Not talking about it, however, doesn’t mean the problem does not exist. It certainly won’t go away simply by ignoring it, says Weld.

The institute advocates that each country take responsibility for its own

population growth. In Canada, that would involve immigration flows.

Weld takes issue with the idea Canada is a large country with plenty of room. Geographically large, the country is full of uninhabitable stretches. The fact is, many people end up in southern Ontario, for instance, where prime agricultural land is disappearing rapidly.

Even here, where the climate change debate is front and center, we can do our part by controlling population numbers, she says, challenging the need for continuous growth.

“If we’re trying to reduce our carbon footprint, then why do we need more feet?”

Every additional person adds to the demand for resources. Because Canada is a cold country, we need to heat our homes and we need to import food for much of the year, meaning more fossil fuel consumption, as an example.

Along with restricting our own numbers, Canadian officials can act by tying international aid and investment to the population-growth policies of recipient countries, Weld adds.

It’s evident much of the problem lies in the Third World: Asia, Africa and South America. China and India are the largest countries, with the latter set to outstrip the former in a matter of years. China has a one-child policy that has helped – there are about 400 million fewer people than there would be otherwise – but even small percentages

add up when you’re talking about 1.3 billion people.

Globally, the population increases by about 75 million a year. To put things in perspective, she says, the 2004 tsunami that wreaked havoc in the Indian Ocean killed about 250,000 people, representing a little more than one day’s population growth.

The impacts of overpopulation are clearly evident, particularly in Africa. Wars are fought over territory. Ethnic and tribal battles are commonplace, most recently in South Africa. Economic and environmental refugees abound. And food riots are breaking out in places.

The problems will only get worse as the population grows and resources get scarcer. That’s true of everything from oil to water. Weld expects conflicts to grow more common as time goes on if nothing is done to reverse the trend.

“The more of them that there are, the less likely people are going to have any resources.”

Given that we’re short-term thinkers, change is unlikely to come any time soon. For those of us in the West, our habits will continue until external forces require us to change: most notably, when we feel it in our wallets.

A little intervention now could prevent a disaster down the line, though she’s not overly optimistic about the prospect.

“There might be no way to avoid a catastrophe – it’s likely were going to pursue growth until we hit the wall.”

who might agree with us and who fear the invasion of their own property. As well, it menaces political honesty, especially in a small town.

Someone suggested that, given the timing of this sabotage, there may have been the desire to wreak vengeance on those who voted for the recently elected members of council, who were perhaps seen as more open to criticism of the Bio-En project.

Personally, I hope this overstates the case, because that sort of thing is anathema to most of us. Simply stated, the act was wrong. Whoever stole the signs should own up to it and apologize. This action was despicable. We also want to be reimbursed for them, because we are going to put up more.

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More than vandalism at stake in theft of signs To the Editor,

 When our family arrived home last week from a Christmas vacation, we discovered that the “stopthe-stink” sign in our yard was missing. Apparently ours was not the only one to have disappeared.

Other residents have complained that almost all the signs on Arthur and William streets were stolen.

I will be the first to agree with the opponents of the signs that they are not attractive. However, the fact that they have been up so long is not our fault. The provincial Ministry of the Environment and Bio-En are still negotiating the feasibility of the plant. With those temporary signs we announce that we are worried about a permanent despoilment of our community.

That sign was our property on our private space; it expressed our right to have an opinion on what is a public matter. The signs indicate the solidarity of residents concerning that opinion.

However unsightly they may be, the signs serve a purpose that is extremely important. Whoever removed them has disregarded our civic liberties. This act of vandalism

is illegal, and possibly a cowardly, undemocratic, and intimidating abuse of our property rights and threat to our freedom of speech.

I say “possibly” because maybe this second attack on the signs (the first was on Church Street), was an offense perpetrated by kids, who may have no understanding of the significance of the erection of the signs in the first place. One would like to think that parents educate their children about such serious matters as trespassing and theft.

However, there is the possibility that if children are responsible for this crime, they may have been encouraged or at least condoned by their parents, who may not share the same views as the members of the Bio-En Citizens Response Group. If that were the case, the act is shamefully cowardly, to say nothing of morally corruptive.

If adults took the signs, the offenders have denied us the right to express our political views. The signs are not hate literature; they are just a statement of our objection to having noise, odours, increased traffic, and possible accidents that may well be associated with the installation of a biogas facility.

Overriding our right to display the signs belittles the democracy we enjoy in Canada. It intimidates others

> Shannon Purves-Smith, Elmira

Dyer: 2010 no worse than usual > CONTINUED FROM PG. 11 the available evidence, in the last couple of years that ended with “10”.

In 1810, all the European empires had been at war for more than 15 years, with fighting in every continent. In the next five years, Napoleon would invade Russia and lose an army of half a million men, Britain and the United States would fight a war that included the burning of Washington and Toronto, and after Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815 the old absolute monarchies would come back all over Europe.

So who would have predicted in 1810 that after a few more bad years Europe would enjoy a full century of almost uninterrupted peace and

soaring prosperity, or that democracy would spread to most of the big European countries? Nobody.

Same with 1910. It was very near the end of the Long Peace by then, but nobody knew that at the time.

The First World War would shatter the old world in only four years’ time, the Second World War would come only a quarter-century later, and by the end of the 20th century the European empires would all be ancient history. Nobody foresaw it.

Nobody could.

And the future? Who knows? One could seize the opportunity to bang on about the world’s failure to address the threat of radical climate change, but this year’s failure is not worse than last year’s, nor in all probability than next year’s.

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13 BUSINESS

BUSINESS

Producers already gearing up for maple syrup season Waterloo-Wellington Maple Syrup Producers Association will be holding an education day in St. Jacobs Jan. 13 aple syrup season may still be a few months away, but those who make their livelihood at it are already preparing. Next Thursday, the Waterloo-Wellington Maple Syrup Producers Association is holding its annual maple syrup education day at the St. Jacobs Community Centre.

The event sees producers in the region, and throughout Ontario and Quebec, gather together to hear about the newest in maple syrup technology while discussing ways to promote the industry.

There is a full agenda on tap, but this year’s meeting will have special emphasis on sanitation. Representatives from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) will be present to make a presentation. As well, other local producers will discuss ways to ensure their product is as safe as possible.

“We’re basically just trying to encourage people to use the best production practices,” noted Bob Richmond, a syrup producer near New Dundee

should help eliminate some of the stress of being in a situation like that.”

Maple syrup is a vital industry for the region. There are about 2,600 maple syrup producers in Ontario, with Waterloo-Wellington and Lanark County in eastern Ontario being the highest-production regions. The sweet stuff contributes up to $15 million to the Ontario economy, up from $7 million in the 1980s, according to OMAFRA. Ontario’s production, however, is a fraction of Canada’s output as a whole; Quebec boils up 91 per cent of Canadian maple syrup.

Martin said he has seen his business increase by more than 50 per cent in recent years, as larger producers have had trouble supplying their customers with a constant supply year-round.

The success of any given maple syrup season –

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and the secretary and treasurer of the Waterloo-Wellington Maple Syrup Producers Association. “They updated the manual a year ago on everything from the bush to the sap to the syrup, and they’re going to review that manual, but focus on the sanitation part.”

For Fred Martin, a syrup producer from West Montrose, it all starts with traceability. In the event of a recall, he wants all producers to ensure they have maintained a proper paper trail.

“Obviously we’re making a product that’s consumed by human beings so we want to produce a good, clean product,” explained Martin, who is also the president of the Waterloo-Wellington association. “Just seeing what the Barrie Brothers went through with their soups that were recalled about a month ago, I think it’s a good reminder that we all need to do our part as well.

“If there was ever a recall or something, that

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Farmers must prepare to defend food prices

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lobal food prices are on the rise, having spiked over the past six months. This week, an announcement by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization put farming on the front pages, saying worldwide, food prices hit record numbers in December.

Look at that again. Food prices hit record numbers.

Yet, we hardly notice. Despite the fact that food is essential, it’s so cheap relative to other commodities and pursuits in the developed world, that even when it hits a peak it’s mostly a hiccup in our lives. Think about what happens when other record numbers appear. Record high oil prices send car shoppers scurrying for Smart Cars, Honda Fits, Nissan Micras and Kia Rios.

Skyrocketing interest rates (remember them?) drive home seekers to rental units. Plunging and stubborn low temperatures prompt housebound Canadians to flock to the Caribbean.

But food’s different, and I wonder if most of us had a clue that in December food prices hit the ceiling.

Likely not – the pinnacle occurred during the height of consumer spending for Christmas, when almost anything goes. So what if food’s a little more expensive? Everything is expensive at Christmas. Many consumers wouldn’t notice, let alone raise an eyebrow over it.

Before long, though, someone other than economists will need to answer for this spike. I suspect it will be farmers, because inevitably that’s where fingers will point.

Here’s why. Many of the wholesale items found in the international food basket are straight from the farm – wheat, rice, maize (corn) and soybeans. And since June, some of them gained value by doubledigit percentages. Wheat, in fact, was up almost 70 per cent. Corn rose more than 50 per cent. Again, did you notice? At some point, you will. Inevitably, these gains will make their way down the line to consumers. Processors and retailers won’t absorb them for

Food For Thought Owen Roberts long. Then, farmers, it will be over to you.

Ironically, it’s easier to explain the price spike globally than domestically, and graphically show the reasons it exists. For example, weather calamities in major agricultural countries such as Russia and the Ukraine (drought) and Australia (flooding), as well as western Canada (too much precipitation), led to pressure on supplies, which meant higher prices.

Video captures these situations easily. But how do you graphically show chronic low prices? It’s reasonable for consumers to wonder how farmers could have existed on prices that were half as high as they are now. It’s understandable that record prices could

conjure up some suspicion of gouging.

So farmers need to head this off at the pass. Price spikes give them a golden opportunity to recount the chronic, misery-laden past, to explain commodity prices have been in the basement for decades.

That explains why grain farmers have mostly been scraping by, having to resort to huge federal aid some years, and expanding their operations to realize economies of scale to survive. The price spike is actually just getting them to where they need to be to make a decent living. That, however, is poorly understood, and when prices rise, farmers are vilified. It happened in 2008, and steps must occur to make sure it doesn’t happen again. No one else in the so-called value chain will take the hit, and it’s easy to blame farmers. Local food’s popularity is helping warm-up consumers to the concept of fairer prices for farmers. But it’s a slow process. Education, rather than price-spike pressure, is how to get there calmly and sustainably.

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Sap: Syrup a valuable part of local economy > CONTINUED FROM PG. 13 which typically runs from Mar. 1 to Apr. 30 – is largely dependent on the weather, not only in the winter but throughout the entire year.

“We want to see that minus-5 (degrees) at night and plus-5 through the day time. A little sun through the day, but we don’t want heat coming through or we get up to 15 degrees that is not good for our trees,” said Martin. “They tend to think that spring is here and start to put out buds.”

Once the buds sprout, the sap develops an off taste and cannot be collected for syrup, noted Martin, who started making maple syrup only as a hobby 22 years ago on his farm, where he also raises beef cattle, turkeys and cash crops.

“We’ve had a fairly good season leading up to it, in the summer we had a lot of moisture so the trees aren’t stressed out,” added Richmond.

“Everything is fine in the bush right now, and

if you get ideal temperatures you’ll have a great year. If you don’t, it’ll be mediocre.”

Martin and other producers are taking the time now to head out into their sugar bush and check their lines for any damage that might be caused by animals gnawing on the plastic or any tree branches knocked down by heavy snow or winds.

“Right now is our setup time,” said Martin as he walked through the bush at the back of his farm, inspecting his maple syrup lines, of which there are “hundreds of miles of out here."

Martin runs between 9,000 and 11,000 taps every spring, which classifies him as a large producer in this region, but only medium or even small in the grand scheme of production.

“You get into Quebec and you’ve got producers with 80,000 to 100,000 taps,” he said.

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Owner Naide Zacharczuk and the staff are dedicated to creating a pleasant, enjoyable experience each and every time you dine with them. They know that what today’s customer really wants is tasty food prepared from the freshest ingredients, plus a hospitable atmosphere, and service that won’t keep you waiting.

From fresh, crisp salads and homestyle soups to All-Day Breakfasts that include French Toast, Omelettes, Steak & Eggs, and more, they’ll get your meal off to a great start. The menu offers something for every age or personal taste. Choose from Triple Decker Sandwiches, Hot Sandwiches, Kaiser Sandwiches, Pitas, Stir Fry, Beef or Chicken Burgers, Greek specialties like Gyros and Souvlaki (Pork or Chicken), and Italian dishes such as Chicken Parmesan, Lasagna, and Spaghetti. Other popular choices include New York Steak, Chopped Sirloin, Boneless Pork Chops, and Grilled Fish. There’s also a Kid’s Corner for 10 and under, plus a Senior’s Menu, making Sip ‘N Bite Restaurant a family favourite.

Find out why customers keep coming back to Sip ‘N Bite Restaurant and referring their friends. This licensed family restaurant has been satisfying tastebuds and appetites since 1987.

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From decorating and renovating projects to repairs and improvements for the home and farm, plus gift ideas for any occasion, Elmira Home Hardware is the popular choice year after year. They offer a convenient location, a well-stocked showroom, plus a friendly and knowledgeable staff to offer advice, product suggestions and answer your questions.

In a clean, bright retail environment, Elmira Home Hardware offers an excellent selection of nationally recognized brands as well as many Home-brand private label products created by leading manufacturers, including Benchmark tools, and Beauti-Tone paints (rated #1 paint manufactured in Canada).

This store showcases home improvement supplies, hardware and fasteners (including bulk bins of nails), lighting, plumbing and electrical products, cleaning supplies, small appliances, lawn and garden equipment and supplies, barbecues, auto accessories, housewares, giftware, and toys. Other offerings include sporting goods, hunting-camping-fishing supplies, work wear, bottled water, V-belts, pulleys, and a 2,000 square foot Farm Supply Department.

Elmira Home Hardware has an 1,100 square foot Frigidaire Appliance Gallery on the Mezzanine. They also offer consumer electronics including audio-video products, telephones, computer accessories and electronic gadgets galore. To keep your home cozy, look to Elmira Home Hardware for wood stoves from Drolet, plus repair parts and maintenance supplies for your wood stoves.

Owner Krista McBay and staff at Elmira Home Hardware are members of your community, dedicated to meeting your needs and keeping you coming back.

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Celebrating 10 years of business, Martin’s Pharmacy St. Jacobs has been the choice of many families in the region for their service, expert advice and assistance in maintaining or improving your health and wellness.

Finding a pharmacist who is available to answer questions relating to healthcare in a trustworthy and professional fashion is invaluable.

With their knowledge and experience, the pharmacists at Martin’s Pharmacy are able to counsel patients regarding prescriptions, as well as vitamins, herbals, and over-the-counter medications.

Because it is important to have a proper understanding of any prescribed medicines being taken, the pharmacist provides information to reaffirm and expand upon that given by the physician.

For patients with multiple medications, a detailed personal consultation can also be offered. Compliance packaging is available upon request, with convenient blister packs to assist in taking the correct doses at the correct times. An eFill prescription reminder service using e-mail is available for patients with ongoing medication needs. They can also help with anything from proper asthma inhaler usage to blood pressure screening, and blood glucose monitor training.

Other offerings at Martin’s Pharmacy include home health care supplies, diabetes supplies, health and beauty aids, and more. Free prescription delivery is available.

Owner/pharmacist Alan S. Martin invites you to stop in often and get the personal service and attention that Martin’s Pharmacy has been known for over the past 10 years.

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The automotive industry is constantly changing, but at Thompson’s Auto Tech taking pride in their client relationships and work performance has never gone out of style. It has been their passion for 14 years. They recently moved from Howard Avenue to the new site on Oriole Parkway on July 19, 2010 to better serve you.

If your goal is safe, reliable transportation and peace of mind, let Thompson’s Auto Tech provide repairs and maintenance for your vehicle with quality parts that meet or exceed the manufacturer’s standards.

Owner Chris Thompson and the team at Thompson’s Auto Tech understand that sometimes vehicle repair can be stressful. Their friendly service staff will explain all work before it happens to help their clients feel confident and satisfied with their service experience.

As a dealership alternative, Thompson’s Auto Tech is able to provide factory-scheduled maintenance for all newer vehicles and many used vehicles still under warranty. It’s the best way to protect your investment and will not void your manufacturer’s warranty.

From Castrol lube-oil-filter service to diagnostics, MTO safety inspections, steering, suspension, exhaust, brakes, climate control and driveability issues, the new facility at Thompson’s Auto Tech provides complete service. They utilize state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment along with current resource materials to remain current with all the latest technologies. They are an accredited Ontario Drive Clean Test & Repair facility. Ask about the MotorVac Carbonclean service designed to decrease emissions and improve engine performance.

Call Thompson’s Auto Tech soon for your appointment.

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A reputation for reliability, choice and personal service at Elmira Insurance Brokers Limited begins with their staff of insurance professionals who are dedicated to meeting your specific requirements. By searching the market from many service-driven insurance companies with their unique product offerings, they will purchase a policy while keeping your interests and need for value in mind. As an independently owned broker, they offer choices that you simply cannot get from a direct insurance provider or agent who works for only one insurance company.

For those making a claim, prompt and personalized service from the team at Elmira Insurance Brokers ensures that losses are repaired or replaced quickly.

Elmira Insurance Brokers Limited has serviced the Region since 1927. Owner Wil Lichty and staff members Mark King, Lee Clemens, Ruth Norris, Kerry Mullen, and Brittany Hahn are well aware that obtaining insurance can become complicated and confusing, especially with the on-going changes in premiums, deductibles and coverage. Their goal is to help you get the right amount of coverage, while ensuring that you also benefit from any available discounts.

This company provides homeowner’s, condo, cottage and tenant’s insurance, personal and commercial automobile, commercial liability and property insurance, as well as farm, marine, RV, and motorcycle coverage.

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Whether it’s tractors and machinery for hay and forage, harvesting, crop production, and material handling or extensive short lines of attachments and accessories, Stoltz Sales & Service carries respected brands such as CASE IH Agriculture. CNH Capital Financing is available to get the equipment you need fast. They also provide homeowners, farmers and contractors with a selection of skid steers, loaders, utility tractors, zero turn mowers for lawn and garden care or turf management, equipment for snow removal, and more.

If it is important for you to remain productive and keep downtime to a minimum, you’ll appreciate the customer support that Stoltz Sales & Service has been known for over the past 20+ years. The parts department carries a good selection to keep you up and running, with a fast turnaround on those non-stock items.

Many repairs and factory scheduled maintenance on today’s technologically advanced machines require specialized training, tools and experience. Stoltz Sales & Service has qualified factory trained technicians who provide expert service for everything they sell plus all other makes, whether you purchased it from them or not.

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NEW YEAR, NEW ARRIVAL

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Elmira’s Marilyn Scott and her three-year-old son Leland are busy at home caring for Carly, the first baby born in the township in 2011.

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more hectic for her parents.

Marilyn says it was worth it in the end.

“We were not going to make a huge deal out of Christmas, nothing over-the-top, because we didn’t know where we were going to be or anything like that. We just stayed close to home. We did miss a few things that we couldn’t go to, but it was just kind of nice to sit at home,” she smiled.

Carly’s delay also meant that she would share a birth-

es, it is that time of the year again to get out your paper and pen and start writing all your goals and dreams for the new year of 2011. What do you want to achieve in your home, your career, your fitness or your personal life? What is your BHAG – Big Hairy Audacious Goal – for 2011? What are your dreams for the next one, five and 10 years? What is your purpose? What one thing do you need to do this year that will make it your best year ever? What is your theme for 2011? What are your fitness goals?

I believe 2011 is going to be an amazing year both for myself personally and professionally for my company.

Despite the economy, despite the market, despite all the negativity, this is going to be an amazing year. How do I know this? Faith, belief, planning, hard work, desire, commitment to excellence, and a strong sense of purpose in what I want to do with my life.

For me, it all comes down to helping people get better. Whether they want to lose weight, gain strength, get healthier, increase performance, get off their medications, or get out of pain – I want to help you accomplish your goals. Even if it’s just through reading these columns.

So, what does your plan look like for 2011? I invite you to take a weekend, a

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Happy New Year, baby Originally expected to make a Christmas arrival, Elmira’s Carly Scott waits it out to become the first baby born in the township in 2011

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arly Scott is officially the first baby born in Woolwich Township in 2011, and narrowly missed being the first born in Waterloo Region in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Elmira’s newest resident was born at 1:21 a.m. to Wayne and Marilyn Scott at Grand River Hospital, just 24 minutes after Gryphon O’Donnell who was born at Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

But for mother Marilyn, there is nothing wrong with second place.

“I really wasn’t even thinking about it,” she said sitting on the couch in her Aspen Crescent home. “When I got to the hospital I saw a couple other pregnant women, but none of them were in labour like I was, I guess. It really wasn’t even on my mind that she would be the first one (in Woolwich), but it was kind of nice.”

Carly was a quick delivery as well. She was born only about half an hour after Marilyn and her husband first arrived at the hospital. The

quick arrival weighed in at 8 lbs, 13 oz.

“It was very fast,” said the mother of two. Her first child, three-year-old son Leland, had to be delivered via cesarean section. “On New Year’s Eve I woke my husband up at midnight and said ‘happy New Year, we’re going to the hospital!’ So yes, she came very fast.”

Carly was actually scheduled to be a Christmas baby, but managed to delay her delivery into the world, making any holiday planning a little

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After the holidays, it’s time for something different Rebecca From The Cannon G etting back into a routine after the holidays can be a bit of challenge. The Christmas leftovers are long gone (or you’re just sick of looking at them!), a cookie no longer has the same appeal and the motivation to put food on the table is just not there. Even for us foodies, sometimes you just want to take a break. So this week, for inspiration and motivation, The Flavour Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenbug proved indispensible.

This book matches just about any main ingredients with endless possibilities, some you wouldn’t even think possible, with inspirational dishes from some amazing chefs. So if you’ve got a head of broccoli and some chicken in your fridge, and maybe some rice in the cupboard just open this book and get ready to be inspired.

On a recent trip to Vincenzo’s to re-stock the fridge we picked up a whole chicken (bred locally in Arthur – this is what chicken should taste like), a head of cabbage, some feta cheese and half a honeydew melon. This is the result: “Honey-Roasted Chicken with Cabbage, Melon and Feta Slaw with Cashews.”

This makes a very refreshing and satisfying supper after indulging over the holidays, with great leftovers for the fridge.

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Honey-Roasted Chicken with Cabbage, Melon and Feta Slaw with Cashews >>3 lb whole chicken >>Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

and pepper, drizzle with honey and olive oil and roast for 1 hour, uncovered. Turn oven down to 350°F, loosely cover with foil and roast a further 20 minutes.

Remove from oven, and let rest, covered for about 20 minutes before carving. Serve with collected juices.

Mix all ingredients together well; allow salad to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes, as this will soften the cabbage; Serve salad with chicken slices and sprinkle dish with fine sea salt, if desired.

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Baby: Carly was the second arrival in the region > CONTINUED FROM PG. 16 day with her mother, who was the first baby born in Woolwich back in 1982, but Marilyn is more than happy to share the date with her new daughter. Unlike Carly, however, Marilyn was born around the supper hour, 5:57 p.m.

“Our birthdays will be all about her from now on, but that’s OK.” Throughout her pregnancy Marilyn and Wayne resisted the temptation to find out whether Carly would be a boy or a girl because they wanted to preserve that sense of anticipation and surprise.

“We just didn’t care to know.

You need to be surprised for some things. You already know you’re having a baby so you’ve got to leave something up for surprise so you can say, ‘Oh! It’s a boy or it’s a girl.’”

Leland, however, seemed to know something his parents didn’t all along. Marilyn says

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Carly Scott and her mother Marilyn share the honour of being the first baby of the year – though 29 years apart. that Leland would refer to his unborn sibling as a “she,” even though he had no idea about the baby’s sex.

The family is settling back into its normal schedule now.

Wayne has returned to work in Cambridge as a truck driver for Toyota, and Marilyn is trying to get used to two small children

around the house. Even Leland has pitched in to do his part.

“He’s been a big help, and he likes being around and holding her and everything else,” said Marilyn.

When asked if he was excited to be a big brother, Leland responded with one emphatic word: “Yes!”

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38. Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone) 41. Easter flower 42. Beanery sign 44. Ballpoint, e.g.

45. Remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of 46. Astern 47. Leave suddenly 49. Husk 50. Some Olympians, nowadays 51. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I, Claudiusâ&#x20AC;? role 52. Fluff 53. Honoreeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spot 54. The thing named or in question 55. A chorus line 56. Yanks 59. Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position 60. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ Smileâ&#x20AC;? (1976 hit) 61. Brightly colored fish 63. Brio 64. Ad headline 65. Commend 66. Medieval body armour that covers the chest and back 71. An end to sex?

73. (informal) cousin 74. Balaamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mount 75. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Highâ&#x20AC;? time 76. Heavy, durable furniture wood 78. Heartfelt 80. To mix again or repeatedly 82. Someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another 85. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coolâ&#x20AC;? amount

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40. Concern with things of the spirit 43. In the direction of 48. A very short time 57. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire 58. Least wild 61. Academy Award 62. Stop 67. A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune 68. To a very great extent or degree 69. Costa del ___ 70. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Idylls of the Kingâ&#x20AC;? character 71. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Seventeenâ&#x20AC;? singer Janis 72. Schuss, e.g.

73. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities 76. The passage to the stomach and lungs 77. Forever, poetically 78. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good grief!â&#x20AC;?

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Fitness: Why not make this your best year ever? > CONTINUED FROM PG. 16 day or even an hour to look at your life and make sure you are going in the right direction. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to take a big leap into 2011. To find success, you need to make sure you have some clear goals established or 2012 will roll around and you are still â&#x20AC;&#x153;sitting in the plane.â&#x20AC;? You need to take the leap! You need

to take responsibility. There are three kinds of people in this world: those who MAKE things happen, those who WATCH things happen and those who stand around and say â&#x20AC;&#x153;WHAT happened?â&#x20AC;?

Who are you going to be?

My next column will be giving you specific tips to help you with actually taking action on your goals, giving you step-by-

step guidelines that you can follow to ensure your success! Titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plan your life & live your planâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it will help put things into perspective. It is time to live the life of your dreams. It is time to have the body you know you can have. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to get off your medications, clean up your nutrition and prepare your body for an amazing year ahead. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make this your best year ever!

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» JAMES JACKSON

Kings will Support Our Troops Jan. 30

OUT OF HARM'S WAY Elmira keeper Matt Smith makes an initial save in the first period of Sunday night’s game against the Owen Sound Greys, while defenceman Wade Pfeffer moves in to clear the rebound.

Kings show no signs of rust in two convincing wins

Teamfollows6-1 win over Owen Sound with shutout of Waterloo James Jackson

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oming off a two-week break, the Elmira Sugar Kings could be forgiven if they showed a little rust against the Owen Sound Greys on Sunday night at the WMC. They quickly put those worries to rest, however.

Jarred Parent scored just nine seconds into the game to jump-start the Elmira attack as the Kings cruised to a 6-1 victory.

“Yeah, that was nice, a little unexpected but it’s nice,” said head coach Geoff Haddaway.

“We knew the night wasn’t going to be that easy, we just happened to score early. It was good, and Jarred is known for coming ready to play so it was nice to see him succeed that way.”

Parent – who lost the open-

ing draw – showed that hustle when he forced the Greys’ defenceman to turn over the puck. Parent skated in all alone and slid the puck through the five-hole of Owen Sound keeper Domingo Torrenueva.

The rest of the period was dominated by the Kings as they held the Greys off the shot-clock until 14:25 of the first – a harmless shot from just past the centre-ice line.

The Kings used their speed to cause turnovers all over the ice, and won most of the races for the loose pucks.

The Kings nearly made it 2-0 when Wade Pfeffer let a perfect shot go into the top corner at 7:31, but it was disallowed after Chris Zubac was called for goaltender interference.

Elmira would eventually make it 2-0 at the 19:38 mark of

the first on a goal from Brad Kraus. Jordan Benton was initially denied on a wraparound attempt, but Kraus was there to shovel the loose puck into the wide open net. It was his 11th of the season and first since Nov. 21 after missing more than a month with an injury.

“If you can score early and late in the period, in the first shift or two and in the last shift or so, it’s a momentum builder and it’s almost deflating to other teams too,” said Haddaway, adding that the squad really missed Kraus’ contributions when he was out of the lineup.

“He’s a big part of our hockey club. He plays with such a passion and he’s just a really good hockey player and a great kid – we did miss him. I

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Special events, unique uniforms will help club raise money for the London Military Family Resource Centre

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ressed in camouflage, the Elmira Sugar Kings will still be recognizable: they’ll be the team playing for a good cause.

Support Our Troops is the theme of the home game Jan. 30, with all proceeds going toe the London Military Family Resource Centre (LMFRC). The organization’s aim is to enhance the quality of life of military families in southwestern Ontario.

“We are a community-supported team, and we want to give back to the community,” explained director Steve Webb of the drive behind the hockey club’s event.

The LMFRC was chosen because it does good work for military families, with all the money staying local to the area served.

In honour of the troops, the Kings will be sporting special camouflage jerseys and matching socks. The Royal Canadian Legion colour guard will take part in the opening ceremonies, with Cpl. Scott Hahn of Elmira, who served in Afghanistan, dropping the puck.

While the game’s in action, a silent auction will be underway, with each of the game-worn jerseys up for grabs.

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READY FOR ACTION Captain Josh Woolley, director Steve Webb, Lukas

Baleshta, Brad Kraus, Shane Smith, and Jarred Parent show off the Kings’ camouflage jerseys ahead of their Jan. 30 Support Our Troops match.

Jacks start off 2011 in winning form Wellesley claws its way back from a slow start to beat the Burford Bulldogs 5-4 in a shootout James Jackson

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he Wellesley Applejacks got the New Year off on the right foot as they rallied to defeat the visiting Burford Bulldogs 5-4 in a shootout on Wednesday night.

The team may want to resolve to have a better start to their games than they showed in this one, though. The Bulldogs scored two goals less than a minute apart early in the first period to get the jump on the Jacks, forcing them to play catch-up all night.

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A BUSY NIGHT Jacks goalie Kurt Martin tries to see past the big body of Burford Bulldog captain John Slade during first period action on Wednesday night.

Martin finished with 46 saves in the 5-4 shootout victory.

The first goal came on a scramble in front of Wellesley keeper Kurt Martin at 3:35, and the second was a goal that Martin certainly wanted back after a harmless looking shot from the blue line somehow evaded his blocking arm and found the back of the net at 4:19.

Wellesley managed to shake that poor start, and began to assert themselves in the second half of the first period. Tim Stern scored his first of the season at 15:08 from Michael Forster and Justin Milne, and Read Shantz tied it on a nice

cross-ice pass from Forster at 18:27.

Burford outshot Wellesley 15-9 in the frame, and Martin made several key saves to atone for the soft goal early on.

“Kurt’s the type of kid where if he lets in a bad goal you don’t have to worry about one turning into two, three, four,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick.

“He’s able to shake it off and that’s why he’s one of the best goalies in the league.

“He always gives us the op-

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Every angler needs to have a bucket list

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ach January for the last year or two, I have noticed articles in the mainstream media referring to bucket lists. Apparently, they are inspired by a movie of the same name.

Though I never saw the film, it’s only natural to assume that it is primarily about ice fishing. Hey, it’s no secret that almost every serious ice angler carries a bucket full of gear out on the ice.

If that’s the case, it does my heart good to know that ice fishing is finally gaining the popularity and recognition it deserves. And it’s also nice to know that Hollywood finally got something right too. After all, having an organized bucket it really important.

Needless to say, to do this you need a good bucket list.

Without one, you’d forget the crucial things that should be taken along. For instance, my bucket list reminds me to bring along rods, tip ups, tackle, split shots, spare line, hooks, measuring tape, multi-tool, GPS, bait, ladle, auger, fish finder, spare gloves, lunch, thermos, matches and camera.

It’s a fairly comprehensive list, but this, of course, is what it is all about. Without a good bucket list, you are apt to forget the wax worms, power grubs or – god forbid – emerald shiners. And, without these critical things, you are left wonder-

Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea ing, possibly for the rest of your life, about what could have been.

A bucket list, as I understand it, is also about things you don’t take along. And by this I mean the experiences you’d like to enjoy before it all ends – and by this I mean in late winter when the ice is getting iffy.

We’re not talking about mundane achievements either. No, this is all about the really big, life-altering dreams, such as almost catching a limit of jumbo perch or icing a lake trout or walleye that isn’t in the slot size restrictions. Or, just for once, going out ice fishing with someone who truly enjoys drilling and slushing out fishing holes or dragging heavy toboggans up and down hills to distant lakes.

Yes, a bucket list encourages you to think of truly grand things. For instance, before this winter is over, I’d like to pull my sled and gear out onto the ice without having to stop several times because it overturned in a snowmobile rut. As if that’s not asking enough, I’d be thrilled to fish for a full morning without losing

a single lure or having to untangle a bird’s nest of line in my reel. It’d also be great if the zipper in my pants didn’t fail when the wind is blowing really hard. Or not to have a group of cross-country skiers appear out of nowhere when I’m answering nature’s call.

These are the kind of miraculous things that any hard water angler would surely place on their bucket list. These are the once-in-a-lifetime moments that we all fantasize about.

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They could conceivably happen too – for instance I knew a man who said he ice fished for a full day without once having to break off nasal icicles. That’s right, a good friend did it for him.

Now that’s living large.

That’s the point of it, I suppose.

Check a string of these off your bucket list and you will surely be able to look back from your twilight years and smile contentedly. And not just because your ice fishing days are far behind you either …

Troops: Jerseys to be auctioned off > CONTINUED FROM PG. 19 “The players will take them off right after the game and hand them over to those with the winning bids in the auction,” said Webb.

The Kings are hoping for a good turnout, as that will increase the size of the contribution to the LMFRC. “As a club, we’ve guaranteed a donation of $2,000. If we can fill the rink, we can make that closer to $5,000.”

The team will likely do a cheque presentation during the second intermission, after the gate has been tallied and organizers know just how much has come in. Early indicators show the community is very interested in the fundraising initiative.

“We’re a community-based team.

All the directors are volunteers. We get great support from local business. We have great fan support,” said Webb. “We thought we’d like to help another organization.”

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DEC. 18 Woolwich 9, Waterloo 5 Goals: Madison Waters x3, Ava Henderson x2, Cassidy Moser, Erica Buehler, Hannah Gramlow, Madelyn Camm (Madison Waters x2, Hannah Gramlow x2, Brianna Jacobi, Erica Buehler, Ava Henderson, Caylee Gallant) DEC. 29 Hanover 6, Woolwich 3 Goals: Madison Waters, Brianna Jacobi, Cassidy Moser (Cassidy Moser, Alice Wang, Erica Buehler) DEC. 15 Woolwich Storm 7, Cambridge 7 Goals: Ava Henderson x4, Brianna Jacobi, Cassidy Moser, Alice Wang (Madison Waters x2, Cassidy Moser, Ashley Brubacher, Erica Buehler, Brianna Jacobi, Alice Wang) WOOLWICH ATOM LL - GIRLS

DEC. 19 Woolwich 3, Grand River #1 0 Goals: Claire Robertson, Paighton Uridil, Holly Faries (Gracie Durrer, Hannah Petrosino, Paighton Uridil) DEC. 27 Woolwich 0, Wilmot #1 0 DEC. 28 Woolwich 7, Grand River #1 1 Goals: Sydney Dettweiler x 2, Claire Robertson x 3, Gracie Durrer, Holly Faries (Gracie Durrer, Claire Robertson, Dezarae Kirkey, Sydney Dettweiler) DEC. 29 Waterloo 1, Woolwich 0

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DEC. 22 Hericanes 1, Stratford 1 Goals: Sadie Diebold (Madelynn Jantzi) WOOLWICH WILD ATOM C - GIRL

JAN. 2 Woolwich 5, Wilmot 0 Goals: Alyssa Pogson x3, Tegan Schaus, Alenna Martin (Melyssa MacDonald, Abi Burkholder, Hannah Carr, Tegan Schaus) TWIN CENTRE PEEWEE C - GIRLS

JAN. 2 Kitchener 2, Woolwich 1 Goals: Taylor Duench

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DEC. 18 Twin Centre 3 Toronto 0 Goals: Jill Sebben, Cassidy Pearce, Carly Bender (Lauren Brick, Jessica Reitzel, Jill Sebben, Carly Bender, Cassidy Pearce, Casey Hodnett) Shutout: Laura Hemmerich DEC. 22 Twin Centre 3, Toronto 0 Goals: Cassidy Pearce x2, Breanna Michael (Chantal Cook x2, Breanna Michael x2, Cassidy Pearce, Jessica Reitzel) Shutout: Laura Hemmerich DEC. 27 Twin Centre 2 Grand River 0 Goals: Jessica Reitzel x 2 (Leah Gloin) Shutout: Laura Hemmerich JAN. 3 Grand River 3, Twin Centre 1 Goal: Cassidy Pearce (Breanna Michael, Carly Bender) TWIN CENTRE MIDGET LL 1 - GIRLS

DEC. 27 Hericanes 2, Kitchener 0 Goals: Shannon Novak, Janessa Heywood (Callie Churchill, Jessica Dunbar, Meagan Smart) Shutout: Lindsay Dietrich

21 SPORTS DEC. 28 Waterloo Ravens #4 2, Hericanes 1 Goals: Janessa Heywood (Brittany Wagner, Lisa Guenther) DEC. 29 Hericanes 2, Grand River #1 2 Goals: Holly Lorentz, Janessa Heywood (Callie Churchill, Shannon Lorentz, Becky Cornwall) TWIN CENTRE NOVICE LL 1 - BOYS

DEC. 23 Twin Centre 7, Ayr 1 Goals: Tyler Zyta x4, Alex Kaufman x2, Zach Lipczynski x1 (Devon Lee x2, Michael Hayes x2, Zach Lipczynski, Kodie Gerber, Sam Erb) DEC. 28 St. Mary's 3, Twin Centre 0 DEC. 28 Twin Centre 8, Mitchell 2 Goals: Alex Kaufman x3, Tyler Zyta x2, Michael Hayes x2, Zach Lipczynski (Alex Erb x2, Zach Lipczynski, Tyler Zyta, Ben Belcourt, Kodie Gerber, Alex Kaufman, Sam Erb, Michael Hayes) DEC. 29 Twin Centre 7, Tavistock 0 Goals: Tyler Zyta x3, ALex Kaufman x3, Zach Lipczynski (Zach Lipczynski x3, Tyler Zyta x2, Kodie Gerber x2, Ben Belcourt, Michael Hayes) Shutout: Aidan Lipczynski DEC. 29 Twin Centre LL #1 4, Twin Centre LL #3 3 Goals: Zach Lipczynski x2, Ben Belcourt, Michael Hayes (Devon Lee, Kodie Gerber, Sam Erb, Michael Hayes) DEC. 29 Twin Centre 4, St. Mary's 1 Goals: Zach Lipczynski x2, Tyler Zyta, Alex Kaufman (Devon Lee x2, Tyler Zyta, Kodie Gerber, Josh Carere) JAN. 3 Twin Centre 8, Paris 0 Goals: Zach Lipczynski x3, Tyler Zyta x2, Aidan Lipczynski, Devon Lee, Kodie Gerber (Aidan Lipczynski x3, Tyler Zyta x2, Josh Carere, Will Edwards, Michael Hayes) Shutout: Alex Erb

JAN. 2 Woolwich 4, Caledon 4 Goals: Connor Waters, Colin Merlihan, Matthew Brubacher, Jake Clemmer (Hunter Weigel x2, Brendan Grant) WOOLWICH ATOM LL 2

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Goals :Luke Haugerud (Kieffer Beard, Justin Uhrig) JAN. 2 Woolwich 2, Arthur 0 Goals : Kyle Bruder, Jackson Hale (Zac Pickard, Ryan Belanger, Riley Shantz, Luke Haugerud) WOOLWICH PEEWEE LL #1

Woolwich Atom LL #2 2, Woolwich Atom LL #3 1 Goals: Hayden Fretz, Devin Williams (Ben Weigel, Brendan Knipfel) WOOLWICH MINOR ATOM A

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JAN. 3 Paris 5, Woolwich 3 Goals: Luke Charter x2, Matt Greene (Noah Rawlinson, Arron Logan) WOOLWICH PEEWEE LL #2 - BOYS

Woolwich 4, Guelph 0 Goals: Lukas Shantz x2, Brody Waters, Justin Taylor (Brody Waters, Kurtis Hoover, Jake Code, Eli Baldin) Shutout: Cyrus Martin DEC. 23 Woolwich 9, Brampton 1 Goals: Ethan Young x2, Brody Waters, Lukas Shantz, Griffen Rollins, Austin Cousineau, Jake Code, Mackenzie Willms, Eli Baldin (Brody Waters x2, Griffen Rollins x2, Josh Martin x2, Seth Morrison, Mackenzie Willms, Ethan Young, Eli Baldin, Austin Cousineau) JAN. 2 Woolwich 1, Centre Wellington 1 Goals: Brody Waters (Mackenzie Willms) JAN. 4 Woolwich 2, Centre Wellington 0 Goals: Josh Martin, Austin Cousineau (Kurtis Hoover, Brody Waters, Sam Davidson, Griffen Rollins) Shutout: Cyrus Martin WOOLWICH ATOM AE - BOYS

DEC. 17 Arthur 2, Woolwich 2 Goals: Keiffer Beard, Ryan Belanger (Justin Uhrig, Kyle Bruder) DEC. 18

DEC. 18 Woolwich LL1 4, Woolwich LL2 1 Quinn Young (Jonathon Martin) DEC. 29 New Hamburg 6, Woolwich 1 Goals: Connor Graham (Jared Beacom) WOOLWICH PEEWEE AE - BOYS

DEC. 21 Arthur 4, Woolwich 1 Goals: Benton Weber (Nathan Schwarz) JAN. 2 Woolwich 5, Erin Hills 2 Goals: Nathan Schwarz x2, Alex Taylor, Aaron Weigel, James Cooper (Aaron Wegel x2, James Cooper) WOOLWICH MINOR PEEWEE A - BOYS

DEC. 27 Woolwich 4, Ajax 0 Goals: Tyson Bender, Ryan Kieswetter, Connor Martin, Sheldon Metzger (Sheldon Metzger x2, Tyson Bender, Connor Martin) Shutout: Dylan Creelman DEC. 27 Woolwich 3, Vaughan 3 Goals: Jacob Uridil, Ryan Kieswetter, Tyson Bender

> SEE SCORECARD ON PG. 22

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Russian talent on display at all-star game Three Kings, coach get an up-close look at just how fast the Junior game can be James Jackson

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wo days before team Canada lost to the Russians in World Junior action on Wednesday night, another group of Russian Junior hockey players showcased their skill in Stratford.

On Monday night, the Midwestern Conference All Stars – including Elmira Sugar Kings forward Lukas Baleshta, goalie Matthew Smith and defenceman Wade Pfeffer – took on the visiting Russian Red Stars, but fell 11-4. Kings head coach Geoff Haddaway, an assistant coach on the all-

> CONTINUED FROM PG. 21 (Tyson Bender, Connor Martin)

star team, said the experience was unlike any other he has seen in all his years in hockey.

“They’re just so skilled, and the speed with which they do things is unbelievable,” he said of the Russian squad. “I think both goalies found out that the puck is on their stick in the slot for no time at all.”

The Midwestern All Stars actually carried much of the play at times, but couldn’t crack the Russian keeper, Rafael Khakimov, despite outshooting the Russians 47-39.

The Russian team was composed of the best players in the Russian MHL, the youth

branch of the Kontinental Hockey League now touring through Canada and the United States.

“This isn’t a bunch of guys that they just put together at the last minute,” said Haddaway of the Russians. “The best Juniors are at the World Juniors right now, but the second-best group may have been in Stratford (Monday) night.”

The Russian’s scored early and often. Just 2:28 into the game Konstantin Plaksin beat Stratford Cullitons keeper Evan Groenestage. It was 2-0 just 1:12 later, and by the end of the period it was 4-0 for the

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Owen Sound 6, Woolwich 1 Goals: Jayden Hipel (Connor Runstedler) Burlington 3, Woolwich 0 DEC. 28 Markham 4, Woolwich 1 Goals: Connor Runstedler (Blake Doerbecker)

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DEC. 22 Woolwich #2 6, Tavistock #1 4 Goals: Matt Lalonde x3, Andrew Stoltz x2, Nick Berlet, (Calvin Cressman x2, Matt Lalonde, Nick Berlet, Trevor Bowman, Marty Metzger)

Woolwich 4, Whitby 4 Goals: Johnny Clifford x2, Timmy Shuh, Alex White (Alex White x2, Mike Martin x2, Alex MacLean x2, Sebastian Lane)

Goals: Weston Morlock, Dylan Wagner (Ryan Ament, Jordan Moore, Ryan Bauman)

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to do so. Matt Smith came on in relief of Groenstage at the halfway mark of the second period, and gave up 7 goals on 24 shots.

“Wade (Pfeffer) had a couple chances by jumping up in the rush and was composed with the puck. Lukas got an assist and was dangerous at times, and won some good draws. I felt a little bit bad for Smitty (Matt Smith) because he went in half way through the game, which is real difficult for a goalie to do, but he enjoyed it and make a couple great saves. It was great for all four of us.”

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DEC. 22 Woolwich 2, Burlington 2 Goals: Garrett Schultz, Isaac Frey (Connor Goss, Tyler Moser, Kelby Martin)

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“They weren’t shoveling them into the middle (of the net), it was picking corners and backdoor stuff. They had a lot of skill and played with a lot of chemistry,” said Haddaway.

The Midwestern All Stars struck 7:13 into the second to cut the deficit to 4-1, and again at 11:37 to make it 5-2, but Russia scored shorthanded and on the powerplay to close the second period up 7-2.

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Kings: The new year is off to a good start

Jacks: Team perseveres to skate away with the win

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was glad to see him have some success.”

The Kings outshot the Greys 20-3 in the first period alone.

In the second, however, Owen Sound made it a game again with a quick powerplay goal just 3:32 in, but Spencer MacCormack restored the two-goal lead at 15:18 from Lukas Baleshta and Andrew Smith.

In the third the Kings iced it with three goals in less than four minutes: Josh MacDonald at 12:50 from Brady Campbell and Shane Smith; MacDonald again at 14:07 from Campbell and MacCormack; and Kraus with his second of the game at 16:27 from Campbell and Zubac.

Matthew Smith was solid in net making 19 saves for the win.

With Owen Sound buried in the standings with only eight points compared to Elmira’s 46, it could have been easy for the Kings to look beyond this game to their Wednesday match against Waterloo, but Haddaway said that wasn't the case.

DOWN LOW Lukas Baleshta makes pass from corner to an open teammate

while on the powerplay. The Kings overwhelmed the Greys en route to a 6-1 victory.

“There was no danger in us Smith’s goal at 5:45 of the seclooking past them,” he said. ond, assisted by Baleshta and “They’ve had some recent suc- Clayton Greer, got the Kings cess and what I really liked on the board. from their team all year is that In the third, Parent (Benton they’ll compete. They show up and Josh Woolley) made it 2-0 to play and keep playing.” at 8:41, and that was essentialThe Kings followed their ly it. MacCormack rounded victory Sunday with a rare out the scoring at 19:24, asWednesday night tilt against sisted by Baleshta and Shane the Waterloo Siskins, a 3-0 Smith. win.

The Kings are in Guelph Elmira was dominant on tonight (Saturday) to take on home ice, outshooting the the Hurricanes, returning visitors 56-32. Although the to the Woolwich Memorial match was scoreless through Centre for a 2 p.m. tilt against the first period, Andrew the Stratford Cullitons.

portunity to win, and that’s what you want out of your goalie.”

Wellesley really took control about halfway through the second period after killing off a couple of 5-on-3 penalties without allowing any quality scoring chances. Those penalty kills seemed to inject new life into the Jacks bench.

“Our penalty killing was really good, as it has been all year. Our guys just seem to feed off things like that,” Fitzpatrick said.

Matt Aspden scored for the Jacks, assisted by Josh Herd.

Dallas Boakes then responded for the Bulldogs. Burford again had the edge in shots throughout the period, however, and held a decisive 34-17 advantage heading into the third.

In the final frame, the game quieted down as each team only had one minor penalty each, but Burford made their time count as Matt Cartmel scored on the powerplay at 6:37 with Stephen Lewtas in the box for interference. The

Jacks would not go easily in their own barn, however, and Bobby Gray tied the game at 12:50 from Aspden and Ben Ahier.

The five-minute overtime solved nothing and the game had to be resolved in a shootout. Michael Forster was the lone scorer on the night for Wellesley as they escaped with a hard-fought 5-4 win. Martin rebounded from the first period to make 46 saves to earn the victory.

“I thought it was a pretty gutsy effort. We ended up with three forwards playing defence and one had never played in his life,” said Fitzpatrick, whose lineup has been decimated by illness.

The match was the make-up game for the cancelled homeopener back on Oct. 9, rescheduled due to bad ice.

The Jacks issued a thankyou to their fans for coming out to support the team at their annual teddy bear toss game back on Dec. 29. They collected 117 bears in their 4-3 victory over Ayr.

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SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: • Self-motivated individual with experience in equipment sales.

• Applicants preferred to have an agriculture background.

• Familiarity with the farming community considered an asset.

• Ability to use standard desktop applications such as Microsoft Office and Internet functions.

Only applicants to be interviewed will be contacted.

Please forward resume in confidence to: elmira@elmirafarmservice.com or fax to (519) 669-5251 – by January 17, 2011.

Please also specify which location is your preference.

You’ve come to the right place!

TRAINING & LESSONS

>>Guitar & Bass Lessons, Musical Instruments & Accessories.

Gift Certificates available. Call 519 -669-5885.

new, never used, still in sealed bag. Sacrifice $195.

Delivery available. 519-6358737.

>>TOPS (Take Off Pounds

Sensibly) Take off come help yourself feel better in 2011.

Location Elmira Library, 65 Arthur St. S. Weigh in 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Meetings start 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Contact Almeda 519-669-5937.

Website: tops.org

FOR SALE Stove - Dansk Northland. $50 or b.o. 519669-0148.

Custom cutting, custom freezer orders. No order too big or small. Natural locally grown beef, pork and lamb.

Wild game in season. 33 Northside Dr., St. Jacobs.

519-664-2826.

>>1999

Honda Civic EX. 4 door sedan, manual, air, cruise control, power windows, heated mirrors, cd, silver. Reliable. E-tested in November. Some exterior blemishes. 209,000kms. $1750 Call 519-6693833.

PLEASE CONTACT:

Leo Sr.

We get you

Results.

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.

>>Passport

Photos, Gun licences etc. $10. Brian’s Photo, 57 Arthur St. S., Elmira. 519-210-0608.

RENTALS

>>Elmira

- 2 Bedroom townhouse. Please, no smoking, no pets. $875 plus utilities. Suitable for quiet tenants. Call 519-7437479 . One parking space included.

>>Main

Floor Apartment available close to downtown Elmira. Newly renovated with new windows, laminate and tiled flooring. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. New fridge, stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Parking for 1-2 vehicles. $1050.00 per month plus utilities, available January 15, 2011.

Please email tracey-steve. lee@sympatico.ca or call 519-846-8959 to book appointment to view.

COMING EVENTS

>>DivorceCare

Tuesday evenings 7-9 pm. Jan. 19 - Apr. 19th. Emmanuel Evangelical Missionary Church. Corner of First & Arthur St. Elmira.

DivorceCare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. Call 519-669-5030 to register.

Cost $15.

PLACES OF FAITH

HEARING ASSISTED

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

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

Welcome to

Jan. 9

CALVARY UNITED St. Jacobs

Wheelchair accessible • Nursery Care provided • Hearing Assisted

48 Hawkesville Rd. • 519-664-2311

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

SUNDAYS @ 10:30AM

5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459 Services at

Church

John Mahood www.elmiracommunity.org Public School

CALL FOR DETAILS

Come see our showroom at:

112 Bonnie Crescent, Elmira

519-669-5551

AUCTION Police, Government, Repo, Bankruptcy, Fleets & Others

Municipal PUBLIC Vehicle

AUCtIon to be held at

BRESLAU AIRPORT ROAD AUCTION COMPLEX 5100 FOUNTAIN ST. North, BRESLAU (Kitchener)

Sat Jan 8th 9:30am

8-07/08 Charger’s 1-08 Impala 3-05 Impala lS’s 2-05 Taurus SE’s 1-02 accord 4-00 Montana/Venture 1-99 Windstar Wgn

1-07 Chev Tahoe 4x4 1-06 Chev Suburban 4x4 2-02/03 Gr Cherokee lTD’s 1-98 Ford F150Xl Pickup 1-04 Ford E350 Diesel Ext Van 1-01 GMC C7500 20’ Van 1-00 Ford F750 Crew Diesel

hi-Way Slide-In Sander arctic 6’ Jeep Snowplow Partial List ONLY!!!!!

Check Website for up to date lists!!!

No Buyer’s Premium!!

VIEWING: Friday Jan 7th, 2011 - 1pm to 4pm TERMS: $500 Cash Deposit on Each Vehicle, or as announced

M.R. Jutzi & Co

PRoFESSIoNal IN ThE oRDERly lIquIDaTIoN aND aPPRaISalS oF CoMMERCIal, INDuSTRIal, CoNSTRuCTIoN, MuNICIPal EquIPMENT & VEhIClES

www.mrjutzi.ca

Sunday, January 9, 2011 Series: Imagine A Life “Free from Lies” 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca

519-648-2111

TRADES & SERVICES

LOST & FOUND

>>LOST Black Cat. Answers

to the name Tristan. Lost in Mockingbird/Oriole Pkwy area. Please call 519-6165694 or evenings 519-6694469 .

>>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.

NURSERY PROVIDED

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sun Jan 9th

@ 11:00 am Ron Seabrooke Daniel Chap 7

Discovering God Together

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

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

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

9:15 & 11:00 AM “Why do I need a Church Family”?

Sales and Service

Upbeat Family Worship & Sunday School 10:00 am

www.bloomingdalemennonite.com

Our 5th Anniversary

COMPUTERS - LAPTOPS

905-738-5046

>>Upstairs

FOR SALE

>>St. Jacobs Meat Market.

HEALTH CARE

>>Wood

FOR SALE

>>Mattress/Boxspring,

COMPUTERS

LOCATED: Town of Schomberg

RENTALS

Only successful applicants will be notified for an interview.

Renumeration package will be based on experience.

HELP WANTED

TERRITORY EQUIPMENT SALES (Elmira and Listowel Locations)

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

Growing to Serve You Better

SERVICE MANAGER

PLACING A CLASSIFIED AD | Classified ads can be obtained in person, by phone, 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.

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

HELP WANTED

» Saturday, January 08, 2011

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

27 Mill St., Elmira • 519-669-2593

Check the Observer for your local faith listings!

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REAL ESTATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Potential West Montrose Cultural Heritage Landscape Tuesday, February 1, 2011 7:00 p.m.

Township Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira

Lose 10Lbs in 10 weeks

The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting to present information regarding the potential designation of a Cultural Heritage Landscape in the vicinity of West Montrose. The lands subject to the Cultural Heritage Landscape Study are generally identified on the map below.

A staff report concerning this matter will be available at noon on Friday, January 14th, 2011. The report can either be picked up at the Township office during normal office hours or will be available on the Township website (www.woolwich.ca under News and Events, Public Notices, Cultural Heritage Landscape). The staff report will make recommendations concerning a proposed boundary and protection measures for the recommended Cultural Heritage Landscape.

Look good. Feel good. Now! This great 10 week program will kick start your weight loss for 2011.

Don’t wait! Get started on your weight loss program today.

$99.00 +hst

Starting: Monday January 17, 2011 • 10 | 45min. group training sessions (flexible days & times) • 1 | 1 hour nutrition seminar • Weekly newsletter filled with tidbits to help you reach your goal.

• Nutrition Journaling and advice • Final weigh-in and Prizes

FITNESS CENTRE MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED FOR PROGRAM

Fitness Centre WMC | 519-669-1647 x7011 | fitness@woolwich.ca

TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN Help us shape your community`s future!

Are you interested in the future of Woolwich’s quality of life and economic well-being?

What would you change?

What do you value?

The Township of Woolwich is working to create its first Economic Development Plan and requires your help to shape the community’s future.

To share your thoughts and ideas online please visit:

http://woolwich.ca/en/economicDevelopment/economicdevelopmentactionplan.asp For further details, please contact: Laurel Davies Snyder, Economic Development & Tourism Officer at 519.669.6020

TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH BUSINESS DIRECTORY The Township of Woolwich is working to create its first Business Directory.

If you would like your business to be included, please submit your information online at:

http://woolwich.ca/en/economicDevelopment/WoolwichBusinessDirectory.asp For further details, please contact: Laurel Davies Snyder, Economic Development & Tourism Officer at 519.669.6020

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Our take on justice in the world depends on our perspective

Q.

How just a world is it?

Depends on who you ask, doesn’t it?

Strange But True

A.

Classic cartoon: A large fish prepares to devour a midsized fish, declaring, “The world is just.”

The midsized fish, on the verge of being eaten, readies to gobble a little fish, saying, “There is some justice in the world.” It’s the doomed little fish with no prospect of getting a meal that thinks,

Bill & Rich Sones

“There is no justice in the world.”

This cartoon epitomizes the “just-world phenomenon,” the idea we commonly teach our kids that good is rewarded and people get what they deserve, says David G.

Myers in Psychology: Ninth Edition.

From here, it’s but a short leap to conclude that those who fail (the eaten) have done something to bring on their bad fate. “Such reasoning enables the rich to see both their own wealth and the poor’s misfortune as justly deserved.”

People often justify their prejudice by “blaming the victim”: As one German civilian is said to have remarked when visiting the

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after World War II, “What terrible criminals these prisoners must have been to receive such treatment.” In other words, when bad things happen to people, it is because these are not good people.

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

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF ST. JACOBS, ELMIRA & HEIDELBERG The Township of Woolwich is ready to start round 7 of the Community Lead Testing Program regulated by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.

The Township will be sampling for round 7 until April 15th, 2011.

A water operator may be visiting your home within the next few months to request your participation in this program. These operators will provide Township of Woolwich ID and will have an information handout on lead in drinking water available upon request. Having a lead water test done as part of this program allows the homeowner and the Township to determine whether lead service lines or lead pipes are present. There is no cost to you for the sample collection, visit or laboratory service. The program will require a commitment of approximately a half hour of your time.

The results of lead analysis will be shared with you within seven days upon receiving the results from the laboratory.

Should you wish to participate and prefer to schedule an appointment for the testing of lead in your home, please contact Cynthia Lean-Martin at 519-669-6009 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6009.

The Township of Woolwich thanks you for your interest in participating in this program.

INVITATION TO ALL WOOLWICH YOUTH! Make your voice heard and help us shape Woolwich’s economic future.

Join us for the Youth Focus Group on January 19th

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Please join us for a New Years Levee on Sunday, January 9, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Township Office at

The Mayor, Council and Staff of the Township of Woolwich.

7pm – 9pm, Youth Centre, Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave S, Elmira (feel free to just show up or register with Laurel Davies Snyder – contact information below)

We want to know about you and what you need in your community.

Where do you currently shop?

What stores would you like to see in Woolwich?

What kind of services would you like to see in Woolwich? (e.g. libraries, youth activities) If Woolwich could attract companies, what kinds of companies should they be attracting?

What is it about Woolwich that you like, value, and dislike?

Date: January 19th, 2011 Time: 7pm – 9pm (presentation at 7pm, Break-out Groups 7:15pm – 8:15pm) Place: Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Avenue South, Elmira Refreshments will be served.

Door prizes for participation!

Questions | Information | Contact Laurel Davies Snyder Economic Development & Tourism Officer T: 519.669.6020 E: ldaviessnyder@woolwich.ca www.woolwich.ca

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REAL ESTATE

For all the property details visit

www.homeswithpaul.ca

OPEN HOUSE Sunday 2-4

Family friendly Cres. in Waterloo. Lg kit w/island, walk in pantry. Upper flr lndry. Carpet, ceramic & hrdwd. Lg new deck, fenced yrd. Spacious bdrms, master w/5pc ens. MLS Call Paul direct.

$519,900 OPEN HOUSE Sunday 2-4

Paul Martin 519-503-9533

BACKING ONTO GREENSPACE

Beautiful home on quiet cres in Kitchener. This affordable home has many updates: all new windows since â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07, roof â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10, some newer flring.

Fenced yrd w/playcenter & patio.

Finâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d RR w/wood burning FP. MLS Call Paul direct.

$279,900

Call Paul for your Free Home Evaluation! $274,500 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

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80th Birthday

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BACKING ONTO FARMLAND Incredible location on this large lot backing onto farmland, just steps to Elmira Golf course. MLS Call Paul direct.

$215,000

1718 SQ. FT. SEMI

1681 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.

FAMILY ALBUM

Bright eat in kit, open to lg FR. Gleaming hardwod flrs in DR and LR. Main flr laundry. Backing onto greenspace & walkway. MLS Call Paul direct.

$359,000

On quiet crescent near schools. Many updates incl: new RR carpet(07), furnace, A/C, gas fp, roof (05), patio, watersoftener. Hardwood & vinyl on main flr. Side entrance from driveway. Detached 14' x 22' garage w/opener. Lg private yd, lg driveway. MLS Call Paul direct.

$295,000

Incl appliances, property taxes under $1600/yr. Attractive townhome very well taken care of. Lg master w/w-in closet. Living rm fp, finished rec rm. Close to down town. MLS Call Paul direct.

$234,500

QUIET CRESCENT

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$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.

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$449 Open House at Maryhill Community Center January 16th, 2011 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Best Wishes Only OBITUARY

CALVERT, Helene Morin formerly of Ottawa and Elmira passed away peacefully at Forest Heights Long Term Care, Kitchener on Monday, January 3, 2011 in her 93rd year. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Gerard Calvert (1998). Mother of Jodie Calvert Wang and her husband David of Elmira and Heather Calvert of Toronto. Grandmother of Joseph, Mary, Margaret, Madeleine, Michelle, John, James, Monica and Jordan. Beloved aunt of Ronald Calvert of Gatineau, QC Fondly remembered by many friends and neighbours in Ottawa. To honour Heleneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishes cremation has taken place. A Memorial Mass was held in St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church, Drayton on Friday, January 7, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.

As expressions of sympathy donations to the Humane Society would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to Heritage Funeral Home Drayton. 519-638-3072

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REAL ESTATE

Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage

519-669-3192

» Saturday, January 08, 2011

OPEN HOUSE EVERY SAT & SUN 1-4pm - Homes from $179,990

ELMIRA REAL ESTATE SERVICES

BROKERAGE

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

519-669-2772

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

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

$294,900. Nova Model Ready for quick possession. With $55,000.00 of upgrades!

What a deal!! Large bungalow features 9ft ceilings, ceramics, hdwd, upgraded cabinets and windows, master bedroom has his and hers closets and a large ensuite with corner tub. Many other models available build.

BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record

SHANNA ROZEMA Broker.

DARREN ROMKEY Sales Representative

LAURIE LANGDON Sales Representative

MONIQUE BRUBACHER Sales Representative

THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES PARADIGM ELMIRA HOMES VISIT OUR NEW SITE AT 14 KNAPP STREET, ELMIRA

CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN - one owner 4 bdrm home. Formal dining rm, eat-in kitchen. Mn flr. 2-piece. Finished rec. rm. Central air. Patio & deck. Quiet street. MLS $279,900.

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.

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.

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.

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

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY - 5 plex w/character. Always rented! Large 3 bdrm. unit (great for owner occupied).

Lots of parking. Shows a good return.

MLS $449,900.

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2 - 4

HOMES STARTING AT $299,900 $400,000+ | Exciting Plans to choose from.

Bungalows & 2 Storeys 1500 – 2400+ sq ft, 32 – 43’ wide lots. Great central location in Elmira. Exclusive

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4 12 SAMUEL STREET, ELMIRA

$208,970. Move in now! Fabulous 1500 sq ft Semi features beautiful stone

fireplace, open concept, 3 bdrms, huge master walk in closet and unspoiled an basement awaiting your creativity. Many other models available to build.

Lisa Hansen Tribble

$299,000 | BUNGALOW, open concept updated kitchen. Garden door to private patio.

Gas fireplace in living room, 2 baths, recroom and games room. Many updates. MLS

Sales Representative

Alyssa Henry

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$182,000 | 3 bedroom spacious semidetached home offers 2 baths, kitchen, dining, den and livingroom. Walking distance to downtown Elmira. MLS

COUNTRY LIVING

$279,000 DRAYTON | Almost new and very clean home in quiet neighborhood. Features include oak cabinetry and railings, gas fireplace, large main floor family room with vaulted ceilings and garden shed.

Independently Owned and Operated

519-669-1544 24hrs

17 Church St. W., Elmira www.thefreyteam.com

IMPRESSIVE 2 STOREY

THE FREY TEAM

Len Frey

Mildred Frey

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

BROKER

mildred@thefreyteam.com

Open House • Sunday January 9th • 1-3pm 1818 Sawmill Rd. Conestogo - $309,900

$359,900 ELMIRA | A must see home, offers a list of exciting upgrades including, hardwood and solid wood stairs, 5 appliances included, slate floors, gas fireplace, garden doors to deck, fenced yard and shed, master bedroom ensuite, finished basement + much more. Located in a great neighbourhood close to parkette. MLS

Renovated older home in desired town of Conestogo. Large lot with shed. Mature trees. Just updated electrical & upstairs bathroom and Master Bedroom.

Finishing touches have just been completed. Must be seen! MLS Call Mildred Frey.

A CLASSIC!

$362,000 ELMIRA | The charm and beauty offered in this family home is stunning.

Natural woodwork throughout, edged stained glass, grand pocket doors, finished walkup attic. MLS

3 Erb St. Elmira - $585,500 Presently a retirement home operating as pilgrims provident. 8 tenants & manager in apartment. Has 20 beds. Room to expand business. Large veranda on Main Floor. Blacony upstairs. Covered Parking.

Natural light windows. MLS Call Mildred Frey to view.

GLEN ALLAN BUNGALOW

$334,900 | Beautifully maintained, mainfloor master suite offer ensuite and walkout to private balcony. Open concept family/dining room. Lower level is full walkout, 2 additional bedrooms, recroom & games and full 4 piece bath. MLS

WELLESLEY BUNGALOW

$279,900 | Very well maintained, offering 3 bedrooms. Finished rec room. Seasonal sunroom with walkout to deck and fenced back yard. Quiet Street location. MLS

WINTER WONDERLAND

$699,000 | 2.5 acres nestled in a farming community. Stunning 2800 sq ft 6 year cape cod home offers an abundance of natural beauty, (post and beam construction, hardwood flooring, grand fieldstone fireplace, natural wood trim and doors).

GeoThermo heating/cooling and in-floor heating.

Full walkout basement offers additional living space.

Added features included century barn, inground pool and hot tub. MLS

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage

ALLI NORRIS

BILL NORRIS

OFFICE:

SALES REPRESENTATIVE CELL:

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FAX:

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519-577-6248

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519-588-1348

THE PERFECT HOME?

Find local open house locations listed here every Saturday.

billnorris@rogers.com

$379,000

OPEN HOUSE • 172 CHURCH ST., W., ELMIRA SATURDAY JANUARY 8TH • 2-4PM

Impressive country property and 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.

www.elmiraandareahomes.com

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.

519-669-9885

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

LOOKING FOR

www.thurrealestate.com

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 Allen. $289,000 MLS Great all brick bungalow in Fergus.

Hardwood floors, finished recroom with gas fireplace, on a large lot. $219,900 MLS Industrial For Lease. Local heated shop is available in February.

Total Square feet is 4400. Lots of parking. $2400 per month. MLS ADDRESS: 4-B Arthur St. S., ELMIRA • EMAIL: leonmartin@remax.net DIRECT: 519-503-2753 • OFFICE: 519-669-5426

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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 ELECTRICAL

CONSTRUCTION

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

GLEN

BIRMINGHAM PAINTING & DECORATING

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

ORTLIEB Read’s Decorating Specializing in Paint & Wallcoverings

519-669-3658 27 Arthur St. S., Elmira

Various sizes & rates

CLEAN • DRY • SECURE

Call

519-669-4964

100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA

CRANE & Equipment Ltd.

• 14 ton BoomTruck • 35 ton Mobile Crane

troductor y Offer

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

Taking Salt to Peoples’ Basements Since 1988

519-747-2708 Waterloo www.riepersalt.com

CARPET CARE

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

NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS

519-664-9999

$139 FREE Gift Offer Learn More Online At...

budurl.com/SAVE139 Chem-Dry Acclaim® 61 Arthur St., N. Elmira

24 Hour Service 7 Days A Week

669-3332

GLASS SERVICES COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL

ST. JACOBS

ALL SIZES NEW & LIKE NEW

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

519-669-7652

SINCE 1961

PAINTING

Mike Heeley

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

CARPET CARE

CRANE

Tel:

18 Kingfisher Dr., Elmira

Accredited Test & Repair Facility

30 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA

ECRA/ESA Licence # 7000605

PAINTING

Because Your Home Is Our Business.

accuracy and confidence.

Randy Weber 519.669.1462 Fax: 519.669.9970

21 Industrial Dr. Elmira

519-669-4400

33 First Street, East Elmira, ON

MATTRESSES

• Residential • Commercial • Industrial

AUTO CLINIC

to repair your vehicle with

MATTRESSES 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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T R

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR “A GOOD JOB DONE EVERY TIME”

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

Carpet Care

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West Montrose, ON

Truck & Trailer Maintenance

TROPHY

RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EFFORT!

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

Cardlock Fuel Management

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

22 Church St. W., Elmira

Tel: 519-669-5537

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

HOME ENERGY SYSTEMS

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

YOUR OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS AND AIR CONDITIONING EXPERTS

MEDICAL TREATMENT

Reimer Hyperbarics of Canada Established 2000

TOTAL

F. David Reimer

UNDER PRESSURE TO HEAL

11 HENRY ST. - UNIT 9, ST. JACOBS

519.664.2008

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Crush Injury Enhancement in Healing of Wounds Necrotyzing Soft Tissue Infections Intracranial Abscess Clostridal Myosistis and Myonecrosis Crush Injury. Compartment Syndrome Skin Grafts and Flaps

www.reimerhbot.com For more information call:

519-669-0220

63 Arthur Street S., Unit 3, Elmira, ON, N3B 2M6

Maryann (Martin) – Peacefully at her home at Anson Martin’s, RR 5 Mount Forest, on Monday, January 3, 2011 in her 87th year.Local relatives are her son Emmanuel Brubacher and his wife Adeline of Elmira, and her daughter Mary Bowman and her husband Clarence of Wallenstein.

>>KERSHAW,

Helen (Siegrist)- Peacefully on Monday, December 27, 2010 at St. Mary’s General Hospital. Helen Kershaw (nee Hanely) age 77 years of Elmira formerly of New Hamburg.

>>KRAEMER, Luwina – Luwina’s Heavenly Father called her

home today. Our beloved mother Luwina Christna Kraemer age 95 passed away peacefully at Leisureworld LTC in Elmira, on Friday, December 31, 2010.

>>LORENTZ, Jerome (Scotty)- It is with deep sadness that

we announce the passing of Jerome (Scotty) Lorentz on Thursday, December 30, 2010 in his 97th year. He owned and operated the Maryhill Feed Mill for 50 years.

>>MOORE, Sarah Elizabeth (nee Wylie)- 15 May 1914 –

23 December 2010 in her 97th year, Sarah quietly took her last breath and left this world to join her family in Heaven. Local relative is her step-son Larry Goodwin of Elmira.

>>Kitchener-Waterloo

chapter of the Thyroid Foundation of Canada meeting; 6:30 p.m., speaker 7:30 p.m., Kitchener Public Library, 1500 Block Line Rd., Kitchener. Topic: Nuclear Medicine – Thyroid Scanning/Testing. Guest speaker Dr. Richard A. Dubeau, Department of Nuclear Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital.

Wheelchair accessible, all welcome. For more information call Joan 519-7454475.

>>The

Waterloo Regional Police Male Chorus invites men who like to sing to join us for an open house/rehearsal at 7 p.m. at Olivet United Church, 47 Onward Ave. Kitchener. For more information visit www.wrps.on.ca/volunteers/male-chorus. htm or leave a message at 519-208-9326.

>>Toddler

Tales is fro children 2436 months and a parent or caregiver.

Tuesdays from 10:30-11:15 a.m. Elmira Branch of Region of Waterloo Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. For more information call 519-669-5477.

>>New Year New You. Join Jeremy Tracey,

Holistic Exercise and Lifestyle Coach to gain the tools to move you toward your life and fitness goals quickly and more easily. 7-8:30 p.m. at the Robin’s Nest. All proceeds support the WCS Youth Centre.

Tickets $6 in advance, $8 at the door.

Tickets can be purchased at WCS Info Centre or the Robin’s Nest.

JANUARY 12

>>Storytime is for children ages 3-5 years

old. Wednesdays from 2-2:45 p.m. and Thursdays 10:15-11 a.m. starting Jan. 13. Elmira Branch of Region of Waterloo Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. For more information call 519-669-5477.

>>Storytime

SANYO CANADIAN

MACHINE WORKS INCORPORATED

DEATH NOTICES

>>BRUBACHER

JANUARY 10

Tales is for children 24-36 months and is held Wednesday mornings 9:30-10:15 a.m. Wellesley Branch of Region of Waterloo Library. For more information call 519-656-2001.

● Air or Gas Embolism ● Thermal Burns ● Acute Traumatc Ischemias ● Exceptional Blood Loss ● Decompression Sickness ● Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ● Delayed Radiation Injury + Many More

is for children ages 3-5 years, Wednesday mornings from 10:4511:30 a.m. Or Thursday afternoons 2-2:45 p.m. beginning Jan. 13. Wellesley Branch of Region of Waterloo Library. For more information call 519-656-2001.

JANUARY 19 33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591

NANCY KOEBEL

Bus: 519.895.2044 ext. 217 Home: 519.747.4388

Individual life insurance, mortgage insurance, business insurance, employee benefits programs, critical illness insurance, disability coverage,

RRSPs, RESPs, RRIFs, LIFs and Annuities.

Suite 800, 101 Frederick St., Kitchener

www.cooperators.ca

www.freybc.com

>>Toddler

Safe, effective and proven for 13 + UHMS (Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society) Approved indications:

FREE CONSULTATION

519-699-4641

JANUARY 11

QUICK LOCAL SERVICE | 245 Labrador Dr., Waterloo

WINDOW COVERINGS

25 Industrial Dr., Elmira, On.

Bus.:519.669.2632

3435 Broadway St. Hawkesville

Cell: 519.581.7868

519-669-1836 Thomas Martin

DENTURE Allen Morrison Insurance Inc.

T. 519.669.2033

COLLEEN

Since 1987 - DentureTech Since 1995 - Denturist

Home Auto Business Farm Investments Life

Rugs and Upholstery

•Mattress Cleaning •Residential •Commercial •Personalized Service •Free Estimates

•Branch Chipping •Stump Grinding

Skilled craftsmanship. Quality materials.

CONSTRUCTION STARTS HERE.

Kleensweep

•Hedge trimming

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>>Storytime

for Children ages 3-5 at Bloomingdale Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library. Join us for stories and fun activities on Wednesday afternoons from 1:30-2:15 p.m. or Thursday from 1:30-2:15 p.m. Space is limited. For more information call 519-745-3151.

>>Storytime

for Children ages 3-5 at St. Jacobs Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library. Join us for stories and fun activities on Wednesday mornings from 10-10:45 a.m. or Thursday from 1:30-2:15 p.m. Space is limited. For more information call 519-664-3443.

JANUARY 19

>>Community Lit. – Making Sense of the

Continuum: Health and Illness Literature.

A Beginner level course exploring major works in English Literature at the Elmira Branch Library, 65 Arthur St. S. Ten sessions, Wednesdays 6:30-8 pm. Free.

For more information call 519-669-5477.

• Total Denture Care “The RightDay Coverage • Same Service For You” on Repairs and Relines • Metal Partial - Soft Relines •Since Implants 1987 - DentureTech •Since DENTURE SPECIALIST 1995 - Denturist

Denture

DENTURE Vinolea Jahandari DD

• ELMIRA Total Denture Care • Same day service on and relines 15repairs Memorial Ave., Since 1987 - DentureTech • Elmira Metal Partial - Soft Relines 1995 - Denturist BankSPECIALIST of Montreal) • (Behind DENTURE

519.669.1535 KITCHENER

JANUARY 21

>>Robbie Burns Dinner, Royal Canadian

Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira – downstairs. 6 pm – first come first served. Steak pie, mashed potatoe, turnip & mushy peas $7/person.

FREE CONSULTATION 519.744.9770 ELMIRA • Total Denture Care KITCHENER 519-669-1535 • Same Day Service519-744-9770 15 Memorial Ave., Elmira (behind Bank of Montreal) on Repairs and Relines • Metal Partial - Soft Relines • Implants • DENTURE SPECIALIST

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.

Vinolea Jahandari DD ELMIRA

New to the Community?

519.669.1535 Do you have a new Baby?

15 Memorial Ave., Elmira

time (Behind Bank of It’s Montreal) KITCHENER

JANUARY 25

to call your Welcome Wagon Hostess.

Elmira & Surrounding Area 519.744.9770

>>Chip

n’ Dip Book Club is for 10-12 year olds and is held on the last Tuesday of the month from 7-7:30 pm. Wellesley Branch of Region of Waterloo Library. For more information call 519-656-2001.

SHARON GINGRICH 519.291.6763 psgingrich@hotmail.com

JANUARY 28

>>Kids Book Club

is for 10 – 12 year olds and will run one Friday a month from 6:45 – 7:30 pm. Elmira Branch of Region of Waterloo Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. For more information call 519669-5477.

JANUARY 29

>>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.

21 INDUSTRIAL DR. ELMIRA

519-669-2884

FEBRUARY 2

>>Stitch

and Read is for 9-12 year olds held Wednesday afternoons from 4-5 pm. 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 12

>>Woolwich

Community Lions Club presents Shania Twin Dinner & Show, Lions Hall Elmira. Doors open at 5 p.m, dinner at 6:30 – catered by Kennedy’s Catering. Advance tickets only $55. Call Vi 519-669-5902 or Naomi 519-6692190. Final draws will be made for two cash prizes $100 and $200 and a Grand Prize of $3,500 travel voucher. Raffle tickets $2.00 each and may be purchased from any lion members.

CORPORATE WEAR PROMOTIONAL APPAREL WORK & SAFETY WEAR | BAGS T-SHIRTS | JACKETS | HATS

245 Labrador Drive | Waterloo

519.886.2102 www.UniTwin.com

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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                                                                        

                     

                                                                                      

          

                                                        

         

            

              

              

                         

                                                                                         

                             

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