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More than 500 cyclists ride in formation to the Wellesley Township location where Waterloo man lost his life in collision

Penalty levied by the MOE comes on top of the $1.7 million the company paid out to cover cleanup costs STEVE KANNON Chemtura Co. has been fined $150,000 for a 2010 incident that saw chemical contaminants rain down on parts of Elmira.

Approximately 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 Sept. 27, 2010 when a rupture disc burst as designed due to the pressure build-up in the storage vessel. The company subsequently spent $1.7 million to clean cars, houses and other personal property of nearly 300 affected neighbours in the immediate area, as well as its own property.

Since the incident, Chemtura has taken steps to ensure something like this won’t happen again, said plant manager Josef Olegarz.

The company has added new layers of protection, including interlocks, changes to the process alert/alarm system to include visual and audio triggers to allow for earlier detection and new staff training. As well, no processes will run unattended: leading up to the incident in 2010, there were no operators present to heed visual and audible alerts.

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Memorial ride a sign of solidarity A rider pauses for one last look at the ghost bike erected on Herrgott Road in Wellesley Township in honour of Barrie Conrod, a Waterloo cyclist who died when he was struck by an SUV on May 6. [james jackson / the observer]

JAMES JACKSON A drive along the roads that connect Woolwich and Wellesley townships to the rest of Waterloo Region on a warm, sunny day will quickly reveal just how popular the sport of road cycling has become in southern Ontario.

And while most cyclists say that motorists give them the space and time to feel secure on the roads, every now and again we are reminded of how quickly a spring ride can turn to tragedy.

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Named for Elmira girl, fundraising event will benefit the Arthritis Society JAMES JACKSON Like most other kids her age, Kandis Braid should be outside playing and exploring the world around her. Yet for the two-and-a-half year old Elmira resident, being active and involved is sometimes painfully difficult.

The blond-haired girl suffers from what doctors call systemic-onset juvenile arthritis. Juvenile arthritis, or JA, is one of the most common chronic illnesses affecting children – according to the Arthritis Society, one in 1,000 children under 16 has the affliction.

Yet the systemic-onset form Kandis suffers from is a rarer and more severe type of JA. It occurs in about 20 per cent of all children with JA and affects both boys and girls equally. Kandis’ problem began last August when she started complaining of joint pain and was not able to walk on her own for extended periods of time.

Four days of tests later at the children’s hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, and they finally had their answer.

The diagnosis of arthritis was actually a relief for Kandis’ parents, Bailey Palmer and Ron Braid, as doctors had completed a wide range of tests including a bone marrow tap to

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Kandis Braid (right) is the little girl behind the upcoming fundraiser Kickin’ it for Kandis on May 25 at Lions Hall in Elmira. Her parents Ron Braid and Bailey Palmer organized the evening of fun to raise funds for Juvenile Arthritis, which Kandis has suffered from since last August. [james jackson / the observer] also be a 19+ dance later check for signs of LeukeOn May 25 the family in the evening and a raffle mia, unsure of what was will be holding a fundtable with a wide range causing her such pain. raiser called Kickin’ it for of prizes, including a gas“It was a relief, but then Kandis at Lions Hall in Elpowered lawn mower and at the same time there was mira to raise money for JA weed-eater. the medication she needed research and to help offset “It will have a stag-andand she had to go for physsome of their own costs. doe type feel to it so we can iotherapy,” said Bailey. “So The event includes a faminclude all of our friends,” it was two seconds of relief ily fun portion including a said Bailey. “Not all of our followed by being overbouncy castle, cotton canwhelmed with everything dy, face painting, balloons kandis | 7 else.” and a barbecue. There will

Quilting is an important component of Waterloo Region’s long and rich heritage, and next week the annual Quilt and Fibre Art Festival will attract thousands of quilting enthusiasts from across the province to see what the area has to offer.

From May 22-26, venues in St. Jacobs, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and New Hamburg will be home to the 17th annual festival while churches, businesses and community centres will open their doors to celebrate all things quilting.

“You like to see what others are doing so they come from all over the place to see what’s new,” said Ella Brubacher, the treasurer of the St. Jacobs quilt show that is a part of the festival. “There are always new patterns and new colour choices and new ideas; that’s the beauty of it.”

A full slate of activities is planned throughout the region, from quilting demonstrations, appraisals and workshops, to the now famous Mennonite Relief Sale, which auctions off

Ella Brubacher (right) and Irma Buehler are two of the organizers behind this year’s quilt festival. [james jackson / the observer] quilts on the 25th and 26th to raise funds for Mennonite Central Committee projects around the world.

Some 200 quilts will be auctioned that day and the event takes up the entire fairgrounds. “(Visitors) can spend a couple days in St. Jacobs easily, and visiting all the other ones in the area I guess you could be here all week,” Brubacher said with a laugh. Not a quilter herself, she appreciates the hard work and time that goes into each design.

While quilting may have its roots in the Mennonite culture of Waterloo Region and beyond, one avid quilter believes the act of making a quilt has moved past festival | 7

Three St. Jacobs Conservatory of Music students qualify for provincials JAMES JACKSON Three locally-trained pianists are headed to the Ontario Music Association finals next month.

Madeline Weber, 16, of St. Jacobs, Alanna Martin, 19, of West Montrose, and Cindy Chen, 14, of Waterloo are all headed to the provincial finals to be held in Peterborough from June 6-12, and all are students at

the St. Jacobs Conservatory of Music.

“This was a really wonderful surprise,” said Constance Madelina, the director of the conservatory.

“You think your students are doing well, but it’s nice when there’s a universality of opinion.”

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“I really didn’t use the festivals,” she said. “But here everyone does it, so this is the third year that I’ve put students into the festival, but it’s the first year I’ve had anybody who would qualify (for provincials).”

The musicians say they aren’t nervous now, but

throughout southern Ontario this year. Weber was the grand-prize winner in Elmira last month and also performed in Kitchener, Martin performed in Stratford and Kitchener, and Chen performed in Kitchener.

This is the first time that the director has had any of her pupils go this far in the competition after years of teaching in Toronto, where

likely will be when the event draws nearer. Madelina said the rulebook is 16 pages in length and includes a list of prohibited clothes, such as jeans or running shoes, a strict age requirement (all performers must be 14 or older), and there are also regulations on drug use – a component that makes the director laugh.

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wanting to play seriously under the influence of drugs.”

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80-kilometre bike race is a family affair for Fred and Joe Meissner, with proceeds to help fund new playpark in Elmira gels” as they are sometimes called, can have little or no verbal skills, poor gross and fine motor skills, and possible seizure and sleep disorders.

Each rider on the team will be expected to raise a minimum of $150 through fundraising or a donation, and they will be participating at the Centurion bike race in Blue Mountain from Sept. 14-16 as part of the Kate’s Kause team. Riders can participate in any of the 40-, 80- or 160-km routes, and thus far they’ve already gotten about 20 people to express interest in joining the team.

“We’re pushing for the end of May for a commitment,” said Fred.

If the team does reach the “magic number of 25,” Joe said, they will be allowed to have a Kate’s Kause information booth at the three-day event, which would go a long way in promoting their cause even more.

The one thing they are looking hard to find more of, though, are corporate sponsors to help offset the

JAMES JACKSON Fred and Joe Meissner shouldn’t have any problem digging deep for motivation to train for an 80-kilometre bike race in September.

The father-son duo have formed a cycling team to raise funds for their granddaughter and niece Kate Meissner, and her charity Kate’s Kause, which is building an all-accessible playground in Elmira’s Gibson Park.

“We’re hoping to get 25 riders on our team and they’re going to be asked to raise a minimum donation and then go and do the ride,” said Joe. “We’ll donate all those proceeds to Kate’s Kause.”

Headed by Kelly Meissner, the charity is named after her young daughter Kate, who was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome about two years ago. Angelman Syndrome is a neurological disease affecting about one in 15,000 people, characterized by a severe global developmental delay. People with AS, or “An-

cost of the team jerseys.

Sponsors will have their logo printed on the jerseys, but the order must be sent away in June in time for the ride in September.

Both men have a background in cycling; Joe was a mountain biker during high school and post-secondary school and recently took up road cycling, and Fred has cycled for years, but they both know the Centurion will pose a challenge for them.

They rode the course last fall to test it out, and admitted the 80-km route – which includes an overall climb of about 1,000 metres – will be tough. That is why they are encouraging team members to train this summer and they are organizing training sessions as well.

“If I’m doing this, anyone should be able to get through it,” Fred said.

While the basic playground structure is paid for and construction is slated to begin this spring, there are still additional components that Kate’s Kause want to add to it, which is

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“There’s a sensory wall that they’re still trying to raise money for,” explained Fred.

While they say that this year has been more about getting the word out to possible participants and corporate sponsors, they hope to make it an annual fundraiser for the cause and have even bigger plans ahead.

“We’ve always talked about cycling across Canada, and that’s a few years down the road when we have enough time,” said Joe. For more information on the Kate’s Kause cycling team, email cycling@kateskause. com or visit their website, http:// kateskausecycling. weebly.com/. For more information on the Centurion ride visit http:// Fred (left) and Joe Meissner are organizing a cycling team to participate centurioncycling. in the upcoming Centurion bike race at Blue Mountain this September to raise funds for Kate com/canada/.

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Wellesley adopts new strategic plan Wellesley councillors this week approved the township’s new strategic plan, a project spearheaded by fire chief Andrew Lillico. Township staff have been working on the document since December.

Lillico presented a 28-page outline of what the 10-year plan will look like at a council meeting held in March. A public meeting to review the strategic plan on Apr. 17 to allow public comment, and the approval comes slightly ahead

of schedule as Lillico had been aiming for it to be passed in June.

The document outlines how the township should move forward in the next decade to provide the best service and quality of life to its residents. The vision statement that will be used to develop all future plans is clearly a homage to the historical past of Wellesley, but with an eye forward as well: “The Township of Wellesley is a sustainable community that preserves its heritage while shaping its future,” the document reads, while the mission statement will be “To deliver quality services through

leadership, innovation, partnership and community engagement in a fair and cost-effective manner.”

New chair for local CARP group Waterloo resident Jay Paterson is the newly-elected chair of the local chapter the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP).

The Kitchener-Waterloo and Area wing of the organization (chapter 25) represents some 3,400 members living in the Twin Cities and the townships of Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich.

Along with Paterson, the new board includes John Thompson (immediate past chair), Fred Hicks, (treasurer), Debbie Fox (corporate/recording secretary), Ben Fluter (benefits chair), Richard Ackroyd (advocacy chair) and Russell O’Brien (director at large).

CARP is a national, non-partisan, nonprofit organization committed to a “New Vision of Aging for Canada,” promoting social change that will bring financial security, equitable access to health care and freedom from discrimination. Its mandate is to promote and protect the interests, rights and quality of life for Canadians as they age.

GRT bus fares to be hiked in July Waterloo Region council this week approved a nine-per-cent increase for Grand River Transit (GRT) for 2012.

Rates go up July 1.

The region argues the increases will help the transit system keep pace with increased costs and sustain ongoing service improvements, adding GRT's 2012 fares remain below the average fares of comparable transit systems in Ontario.

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As part of Police Week, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) kicked off its annual

R.I.D.E. Drive Safe! campaign at the Children’s Safety Village at Waterloo Region Police headquarters in Cambridge. In the townships, residents can watch for increased speeding, seatbelt and other safety-related enforcement.

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at his home and inquired about buying his car, which was not for sale. The two men, described as in their forties, balding and with Middle Eastern appearances, were in a van that appeared to be full of scrap material.

2:10 PM | A driver who stopped to call police to report that he suspected the van travelling behind him on Arthur Street was being driven by an impaired driver was rear-ended by that van, whose owner subsequently fled the scene.

The silver/light blue Ford Windstar was last seen making a right turn off of Arthur Street onto Union Street in Elmira. The complainant suffered minor damage to his Pontiac.

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3:45 PM | A 52-year-old Ajax woman driving a 2002 Ford who braked suddenly for a cyclist while travelling on Farmers’ Market Road in St. Jacobs was rear-ended by a 1996 Ford driven by a 48-year-old Kitchener woman. Damage to both vehicles was minor. No charges were laid.

8:45 PM | A collision occurred at First Street and Bluebird Place

will continue to be rewarded with discounted passes and tickets which encourages ridership growth. As required by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), staff will coordinate MobilityPLUS fares with conventional transit fares by providing discounted tickets and monthly passes to provide fare parity.

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A home at 7444 Middlebrook Rd. in Centre Wellington Township was severely damaged when a fire swept through it May 12. Centre Wellington firefighters tackled the blaze quickly, calling off backup from the Floradale station. Damage was pegged at $400,000. [submitted]

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More than 500 riders wore white shirts to show their solidarity and support for Barrie Conrod’s widow, Heather Caron (inset). [james jackson / the observer]

funeral had been held two days earlier.

“It’s like a big, warm embrace from the community,” said Caron just a few minutes before she was set to lead the pack to the site of the fateful crash. “It’s pretty overwhelming, but in a good way. It’s nice to be connected to this community and to the cyclists.

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The memorial ride marked her first time getting back on a bicycle since the accident, and the 53-year-old admitted to being at least a little scared to get back in the saddle.

“Of course I’m nervous.

Absolutely. I keep looking over my shoulder. I’m nervous walking down the street now. It just brings it home how dangerous it is to get hit by a car as a cyclist and a pedestrian.”

Organizers of the event said it was important for the cycling community to come together in an act of solidarity and show their support for a fallen member of their community.

The vast majority of the riders had never even met or heard of Conrod before the accident.

“I didn’t know him. I belong to the Waterloo Cycling Club and I ride the same route,” said Mel Roman, one of the organizers. “When we opened the paper Monday morning and saw what had happened, we were just shocked.”

Almost immediately the group sought Caron’s permission for the memorial ride and to place a ghost bike at the site where he was killed. Roman said they wouldn’t have undertaken the ride without Caron’s blessing.

A ghost bike is a bicycle which is painted completely white – even the wheels – and is chained to a spot near the accident as a symbolic way of informing those passing that a cyclist lost his life there.

“You feel a camaraderie among cyclists. When you’re on the road you salute each other with a wave, and when something like this happens you feel like you’ve lost part of your own and part of the extended cycling family.”

The 500 or so cyclists gathered at Countryside Mennonite Fellowship Church in Hawkesville around 3 p.m. last Sunday and travelled about two kilometres south towards St. Clements to where Conrod died.

Once they reached the site the riders aligned themselves in a nearby driveway and faced the family and friends of Conrod as they placed flowers and said a few words in memory of him. A moment of silence was also observed.

Following the ceremony the riders dispersed, with some continuing on to St. Clements, while others returned to Hawkesville.

Many of the riders at the event said they hoped the memorial ride would help raise awareness for cyclist safety and road safety in general in the region, and others said it’s time for Ontario to make cyclist safety a priority.

“The reason you see such an outpouring of support is because cyclists feel vulnerable, they feel frightened, they feel disregarded and disrespected,” said Eleanor McMahon, founder of Share the Road, a province-wide organization aimed at making the roads a safer place for cyclists.

McMahon formed the group back in 2006 when her husband, OPP Sergeant Greg Stobbart, was killed in a very similar collision. She was invited to participate in the memorial ride but was unable to attend.

“My condolences are with his family and his wife in particular. I’ve walked in her shoes and she’s got a difficult road ahead.”

McMahon said that a combination of fewer cyclists (caused by poor infrastructure and city planning, and our societal reliance on cars to get around) has led to fewer drivers knowing how to react around cyclists. In 1971 85 per cent of Canadian children rode their bikes or walked to school; now, only 14.5 per cent of kids nation-wide walk or ride their bikes to school, McMahon said.

“You’re going to have friction on our roadways and that’s simply not necessary.”

Ontario’s chief coroner is currently preparing a probe to review cycling deaths in Ontario, and the coroner estimates that some 15 to 20 riders are killed each year from accidental collisions.

For her part, Caron said she will continue to ride despite the accident, and she hopes cyclists and motorists will continue to be more diligent in being safe while out on the roads so that others will not have to endure the loss she has had to.

“I still don’t want to stop cycling. It’s such a healthy thing to do and it’s good for me mentally and physically, so I don’t want to stop.

“But he’s going to be missed,” she added.

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friends have kids and they want to help out so they are more inclined to come to the later one.”

Kandis is currently taking two drugs for her pain, prednisone and tocilizumab, and her parents are trying to wean her off of the prednisone because of the harsh side effects, including swelling, and they say the new medication is working well. The family receives funding to cover the $25,000 annual cost of the tocilizumab but their

insurer is trying to avoid paying for their other drug prescriptions even though the couple is covered under their insurance policy.

They must also pay about $350 every three months for the tocilizumab, as well as their incremental costs of travelling to London and missing work.

Bailey and Ron want to donate the other half of all their proceeds they collect to the children’s hospital which has a partnership with the University of

Western. They want to raise $7,500 for a threeyear bursary for someone studying JA or who is working towards finding a cure.

Kickin’ it for Kandis is on May 25 from 5 pm to 1 am at Lions Hall. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and $25 for a family.

Tickets can be ordered ahead of time or bought at the door. For more information email bailey_palmer89@hotmail.com or visit http://kandisjajourney. blogspot.ca/.

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Buehler and Brubacher love the way that quilting has become an art form. Buehler made this quilt, which depicts the scenery of Canada from the west coast (top) to the east coast. [james jackson / the observer]

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those historical to become almost an art form.

“I think it started out that way, but now there are just as many non-Mennonite quilters as there are Mennonite quilters,” said Irma Buehler, a member of the St. Jacobs Menno-

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A taste of the coast coming to Elmira courtesy of Kiwanis Lobsterfest JAMES JACKSON It’s almost time to dig out your favourite bib and those pants with the stretchy waistband, because the Kiwanis Lobsterfest is coming back to Elmira.

The region’s most luscious lobster dinner returns to Lions Hall for its 31st year on May 26, and this year promises to be as big as ever. Lobsters weighing 1.5 pounds will be flown in fresh on the day of the event and steamed to perfection by the club’s experienced lobster masters.

Add in some prime rib for those who choose not to indulge in the lobster, along with a wide range of salads, potatoes, a secret baked bean recipe and dessert, and everyone is sure to go home with a smile on their face.

“There are two secrets – you need to start with a big fresh lobster and you have to cook it just right,” said Tom Hendrick, committee chair and founder of the event.

“We’ve cooked about eleven tons of lobster over those 31 years. When you’ve done so much for so long, you get pretty darned good at it.”

Kiwanis club member Tony Dowling said the event has become a fixture in the community over the past three decades, and is an important fundraiser for their ongoing work in the community, including the Kiwanis Music Festival, the Kiwanis Santa Claus parade, Meals on Wheels, the Kiwanis food drive, the Woolwich Memorial Centre, and others.

Some 500 to 600 people come out annually, helping to raise anywhere from $7,000 to $10,000.

“We’ve had a pretty steady core over the years,” Dowling said.

Aside from the great food, diners will enjoy live east-coast music during dinner, with a DJ and a dance to follow. There will also be a cash bar, and one of the highlights of the evening is the so-called “lightening raffles” for great prizes ranging from sporting events to weekend getaways.

Introduced two years ago, Dowling said the raffle is a real hit. After dinner a handful of ticket sellers are given about ten tickets to sell, but once they’re gone

A little springtime fun

Eleven tons of lobsters cooked to date. they’re gone, and it usually only takes about two minutes for them to be sold out. Once they are sold the item is raffled off immediately, and the next round of tickets are made available.

“It doesn’t last more than 20 minutes for the whole thing,” Dowling said.

“A lot of time you try to do raffles you lose the crowd because it goes on and on. This is very entertaining.”

The 31st Kiwanis Lobsterfest is on May 26 at Lions Hall in Elmira. Tickets are $39 per person for the early bird seating at 5:00 p.m. or $49 for the late sitting, which starts at 7:00 p.m. For tickets visit Read’s Decorating or call Tony Dowling (519) 669-1281 or email tony@elmirastoveworks.com.

Trails and tribulations

Above, Nydan Luckhai (background) causes his brother, Kieran, to lose his footing at a carnival game during the annual Spring on the Trail event in Elmira last Saturday. Left, event chair Doug Cerson tries his hand – and his balance – at riding a unicycle in the Elmira Pet Products parking lot.

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Wellesley Idol process gets in motion STEVE KANNON This year’s Wellesley Idol contest gets underway June 3, and organizers are looking to have contestants in place by May 29, the deadline for registration.

The singing contest is open to young people, 10 to 18 years of age as of June 3, who live in or attend school in Wilmot, Woolwich, Wellesley and Perth East townships.

This time around, only 16 contestants will be taken, as last year’s starting number of 20 was deemed too unwieldy, said organizer Wendy Richardson, adding there’ll be an afternoon start-time for the event rather than running late into the evening.

There will be three elimi-

nation rounds, the first being June 3 at the Wellesley Community Centre, with a workshop for contestants starting at 1 p.m., followed by the tryouts at 2 p.m.

Contestants will be expected to present one song a cappella and another accompanied by music.

The contest will be judged by Gary Goeree of the Community Players of New Hamburg, Tavistock musician Charlene Zehr and former Idol winner Scott Malloch.

Following the first round, the semi-finalists will square off at the WellesleyNorth Easthope Fall Fair on Sept. 11, with the eventual winner chosen Sept. 29 at the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival. First prize is $500, with $300 going to the runner-up and

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Ali Carol was crowned the 2011 winner of Wellesley Idol at the ABC festival last September. [observer file photo]

$200 to the singer who finishes third. There will also be $125 awarded to the People’s Choice at the fall fair.

For more information, call Wendy Richardson at

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was also awarded several Canada Council Grants to study at the Paris Conservatoire.

After teaching in Toronto she moved to St. Jacobs about threeand-a-half years ago to care for her mother, and said that “chance” became “an opportunity” when she decided to open the conservatory, and she will not allow herself to force any of her own expectations on the three students heading to the provincial finals. She simply hopes that they play their best and enjoy the opportunity.

“My mandate is to share the pleasures of music in such a way that it becomes a gift for life, so that it enriches and elevates the spirit.

“You cannot put a price on the joy it brings us in our life.”

chemtura: Public meeting

tion also went out to locations deemed more vulnerable, such as schools and nursing homes.

Facing complaints from residents immediately following the incident, the township laid the blame for the delays squarely on Chemtura.

Olegarz said the company has fixed the process, and apologized for both the release and the lag time in notifying residents. A year and half later, he is satisfied with the cleanup effort, noting he’s not hearing any complaints from residents.

“Everything that could be done has been done.”

Chemtura is still looking for feedback, though: a community meeting has been scheduled for June 19, tentatively set for Lions Hall, to allow those affected by the BLE release to meet with company officials and to learn what steps have been taken in the aftermath.

“We don’t see issues with other parts of the plant.”

Chemtura has also changed its communications procedures so that there are no delays in alerting the public in the event of a problem at the chemical plant. The company was criticized for the slow process following the BLE releases, taking more than four hours to notify Woolwich Township officials. It did, however, inform the Ministry of the Environment and Waterloo Region’s spill centre immediately after the incident.

The incident occurred at 3 p.m., but with the township out of the loop for so long, it was almost 10 p.m. before the Community Alert Network systems was activated, with automated phone calls going out to some 850 households in the area nearest the plant.

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old Kitchener man’s Chevy as he attempted to change lanes approaching the lights at Arthur Street and Oriole Parkway. Neither he nor the 20-year-old Elmira man in the Jeep was injured. The Kitchener driver was charged with ‘change lane not in safety.’

4:00 PM | A red, black and white Supercycle bike was found on Printery Road in St. Jacobs. It’s now at the Elmira detachment awaiting its rightful owner.

M ay 1 5 Savannah Weber (left), Irene Chen, Alice Wang, Nia Kang, Cindy Chen, Madeline Weber and Alanna Martin all had a strong showing at this year’s Kiwanis Music Festivals across the region under the tutelage of St. Jacobs Conservatory of Music director Constance Madelina (right). Martin, Weber and Cindy Chen are all heading to the Provincial completion next month. [james jackson / the observer]

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8:00 PM | A 13-year-old Wellesley boy suffered a swollen arm when he brushed against the side-view mirror of a car heading in the opposite direction on Schweitzer Crescent in Wellesley Village. The boy had been travelling close to the centerline at the time when he collided with the 2000 Pontiac Sunfire driven by a 21-year-old New Hamburg man.

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We won't take to cycling until it's made far safer The memorial ride for Barrie Conrod, killed May 6 when he was struck by a car while cycling on Herrgott Road in Wellesley Township, is a stark reminder why few of us choose to climb aboard bikes, particularly after the childhood years.

We know cycling is good for us in that it provides exercise, and if more of us did it there would be a net benefit to the environment, taking us out of our cars in favour of non-polluting transportation. If we were more like Europeans, for instance, we’d be better off for it.

There are, however, a long list of reasons why that’s not the case, safety being a huge issue.

Denser cities make getting around by foot and by bike much easier, as does the more temperate climate. The price of cars and fuel make alternatives more desirable.

Crowding means smaller is better when it comes to a vehicle for getting around. Theirs is a culture accustomed to walking, biking and public transit. And the older cities were not built around automobiles, as opposed to what we find in North America. Policies actively discourage automobile use, particularly in city centers.

In cities where cycling is prevalent, bicycle lanes are a priority. Not the strip of paint along the road kind of lane – which is what we get here, if anything is in fact offered up – but segregated lanes removed from the roads, like sidewalks, that often come complete with their own traffic signals.

Because of sprawl and car-centric design, our communities are largely unfriendly to pedestrian and bicycle traffic. There is something attractive about the lay of the land of most European cities, which are generally far more aesthetically appealing than anything around here and encourage a slower pace to take it all in.

We walk and bike less often here, largely because it’s neither safe nor convenient to do so. And that’s not just perception: our car-centric planning in North America makes it much safer to travel by car than by foot or bicycle.

In the U.S., statistics show fatalities are 36 times higher for pedestrians and 11 times higher for cyclists than car occupants per kilometre travelled. Car-meets-pedestrian accidents have that kind of outcome.

While Canadians are more active than Americans – we cycle about three times more often than they do south of the border, for instance – the numbers are nothing like what’s seen in Europe. Where walking and cycling account for about six per cent of trips in the U.S. and about twice that number in Canada, the figures compare poorly to the likes of Germany and Austria (35 per cent) and to front-running Netherlands, at almost 50 per cent.

Last week’s memorial ride put the spotlight on cycling, but across the region there’s been little thought and even less money given to proper lanes that would encourage ridership, somewhat ironic given plans to spend large amounts of money on a light rail transit system that would stand a much better chance of actually being used if it augmented our ability to get around on foot and by bike.

Planners argue the train will help reshape the cities, making them denser like European cities (minus the appealing aesthetics, of course), and thus encouraging greater use of transit. That’s a long-shot, but it’s a sure bet cycling won’t increase without a safer, off-road approach that’s not even on the table.

Going back to Woolwich's roots, township officials opt to circle the (Conestoga) wagons following the public reaction to the latest goings-on.

WORLD view / GWYNNE DYER

Tibetans in flames as Dalai Lama continues to wait WORLD AFFAIRS The number of Tibetans burning themselves to death in protests against Chinese policy has grown very fast recently: the first self-immolation was in 2009, but 22 of the 30 incidents happened in the past year. And while at first it was only Buddhist monks and nuns who were setting themselves on fire, in the past month both a teenage girl and a mother of four have chosen to die in this gruesome way.

The Chinese response has been repression and abuse. The affected provinces have been flooded with security forces, and Communist Party officials have condemned the protesters as anarchists, terrorists and rebels – or, in the words of one official, “rats” born of “weasels.”

The state-controlled media claim that the deaths are orchestrated by the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, who has lived in exile in India since 1959. They also

insist that the Dalai Lama’s real goal is separatism – the revival of the independent Tibet that existed until the Chinese troops marched back in in 1951 – although the protesters themselves demand only the return of the Dalai Lama and respect for their culture and religion.

The Chinese media work themselves up into a lather of indignation about the alleged intention of these “separatists” not only to fracture the sacred unity of the Chinese homeland, but to expel the large number of Han Chinese settlers who have immigrated to Tibet. As the Xinhua News Agency put it: “How similar it is to the Holocaust committed by Hitler on the Jews!”

Well, not similar at all, really. Even though many Tibetans fear “cultural genocide” if the Han Chinese immigrants become a majority in Tibet (and they are probably right to suspect that this is why Beijing subsidizes the immigration), there is still a distinction between Panzer divisions and extermination camps on the one hand, and monks and teenage

girls burning themselves to death on the other.

Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama goes on doing what he does best: he keeps Tibet before the world’s attention. As part of that process he visits world leaders and collects various honours like the Nobel Peace Prize – and he never attacks the Chinese regime directly.

Instead, he patiently and politely insists that China must respect Tibet’s cultural and religious autonomy.

He never demands Tibetan independence, nor does he let his followers in the large Tibetan exile community talk about independence.

And, of course, he laments the self-immolations.

Yet the Dalai Lama also believes that he will one day return to Tibet. He is 76 years old, but he is in good health, “so I am expecting another 10, 20 years,” he told a BBC interviewer this week. “Within that (time), definitely things will change”.

What does he think will change? Surely not the attitude of the Chinese Communist regime, which will never allow him to return to Tibet since it fears that

would unleash a great wave of anti-Chinese nationalism. Well, then, he must think the Chinese regime itself will eventually change.

Of course he does. Most people who know any history think that. Despite the death of Communist ideology in China, the regime has managed to stay in power for almost a quartercentury since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, but it has been helped by continuous, high-speed economic growth. Would it survive a major recession?

Nobody knows, but there is certainly a reasonable chance of regime change in China in the next 10 or 20 years. And that would be Tibet’s great opportunity, as the Dalai Lama must know.

The precedent is what happened when Communist Party rule ended in the old Soviet Union 21 years ago. The Soviet Union was the old Russian empire under a new name, and only about half of its population was ethnically Russian.

When it collapsed, all the republics with non-Russian DYER | 14

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Their view / question OF THE WEEK

What are your plans for the May 2-4 long weekend?

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I’m going to the Conestoga fireworks and maybe hang out by the pool.

I’m going to my cottage near Parry Sound.

I’m working for most of it, actually, at Foodland.

Dirt biking and hanging out with my friends.

I’m going to my cottage on Lake Dalrymple.

Fishing, guitar, all that stuff.

"'Horse sense' is definitely lacking in this decision." Paul Schwindt | Page 14 HIS view / STEVE KANNON

Regulators need to heed the call for cell phone reform EDITOR'S NOTES It’s a safe bet to guess where most Canadians stand on the prospect of Bell being hit with a $100-million class action lawsuit.

A Toronto law firm, acting on behalf of an Elliot Lake woman, has served notice to Bell Mobility and its parent company, BCE Inc., alleging that expiry dates on pre-paid wireless services are illegal. Anyone who’s ever dealt with cell phone services in this country will be cheering on Celia Sankar.

Chances are if you have a cell phone – and 77 per cent of Ontarians do – that you feel like you’re being treated poorly, with high rates and unfair contracts.

The reason you feel that way is because that’s just what’s happening: studies consistently show we pay among the highest fees – for regular monthly charges, roaming and data, among others – in comparisons with Organization for

Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

The reason? Lack of competition, with the bulk of the market cornered by the Big Three: Bell, Rogers and Telus.

That, says the advocacy group OpenMedia.ca, has led to many unfair practices that hit Canadians in the wallet.

“We don’t have enough choice in our wireless market,” says the organization’s Lindsey Pinto from its Vancouver headquarters, noting the group is pushing for regulations that encourage more competition.

“If Canadians have somewhere to turn outside of the Big Three, then the Big Three will make changes that benefit consumers.”

One way to do that, she notes, is to ensure small companies get access to the wireless spectrum in the auction expected next year.

“What we really need is a bold move to allow small companies to get a foothold in the market,” said Pinto. “We have to put a check on big telecom’s power.”

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Orazietti, MPP for Sault Ste. Marie. “This is a pocketbook issue that consumers want addressed, and our government bill contains measures that will reduce costs, cap cancellation fees, prevent automatic renewal and make cell phone contracts considerably more fair and transparent.”

The Wireless Services Agreement Act, 2012 contains measures to bring greater fairness to agreements for wireless services.

Specifically, the bill will allow consumers to cancel agreements at any time, with limits on cancellation charges; require the express consent of the consumer to renew, extend or amend a contract; and require greater disclosure and clarity in contracts for wireless services. Also included are provisions to force companies to use all-included prices in their advertisements and a prohibition against charging customers for services while their phones are in for warranty repairs, for instance, and they clearly aren’t using the service.

The legislation will affect new contracts for

wireless phone and data services and would take effect six months after being passed. The legislation will also cover existing agreements that are amended, renewed or extended after that date.

“For too long large telecom companies have been gouging consumers on their cell phone bills,” Orazietti says.

These kind of controls, coupled with real competition, would make cell phone usage cheaper and more consumer-friendly, Pinto argues. Full disclosure and transparency are a good first step, as all too often the companies rely on consumer ignorance to run up their bills and keep them tied to unfair contract provisions – “keeping us out of the loop is their way of doing that.”

While some new entrants

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have emerged – the last spectrum auction in 2008 saw the debut of Wind Mobile, Public Mobile, Mobilicity and Quebec-based Videotron – the reality is those companies account for less than six per cent of the market. The emergence of a bona fide fourth national player would be helpful.

In Ontario, the Big Three account for 97 per cent of the market, with six others sharing the remaining three per cent. We’ve got a long way to go before real competition has an impact on the pricing and business practices of those who dominate the cell phone market.

For now, we cheer on the likes of Celia Shankar and her lawsuit that takes aim at just one of the many unfair ways the Big Three do business.

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Caps on wireless rates and measures, such as warning messages, that protect consumers from massively inflated roaming charges, for instance, would be a good first start.

Pinto points to Ontario’s plans, announced last month, to protect cell phone customers as a good starting point for a national policy.

The Ontario bill, which includes measures originally introduced by MPP David Orazietti, would make contract terms clearer and cap cancellation fees, among other things.

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Employment increased by 58,000 in April, mostly in full-time work.

This was the second consecutive month of notable gains after four months of little change. With more people searching for work, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 7.3%

"Some police officers ignored basic rights citizens have under the charter and overstepped their authority when they stopped and searched people arbitrarily and without legal justification."

Trim Masters Inc. announced plans to build a 194,000-square-foot plant in Elmira, the U.S.-based company's first Canadian operation, as company officials met with Woolwich council May 13, 2002. The plant today operates as Toyota Boshoku Canada at the South Field Drive location.

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majorities took their independence.

The People’s Republic of China is more homogeneous: 90 per cent of its population is Han Chinese.

But in the few areas that still have non-Chinese majorities, like Tibet, separation would be possible when regime change happens in Beijing – on two conditions. It would have to happen fast, and it can only happen if the Chinese people do not see Tibetans as enemies.

It has to happen fast because the window of opportunity doesn’t stay open long: once a new regime is firmly established, no politician who wants a long career will take the blame for negotiating “the division of

Your view / letter

No horse sense in township’s new hire To the Editor, During the last municipal election we heard continuous assurances our tax money would be properly managed. It appears that our mayor needs help to do his job and has hired an executive assistant.

Where are our councillors and why are they not being more proactive in preventing this build-up of over-

the motherland.” And if the Chinese worry that an independent Tibet would fall under the influence of their great Asian rival, India, or if they are under attack by Tibetan terrorists, they will be very reluctant to let the Tibetans go.

The Dalai Lama certainly knows all this, too.

His job, therefore, is to keep the spirits of the Tibetans up while waiting for the window of opportunity to open – and to keep the impatient younger generation from launching some futile “war of liberation” involving terrorist attacks in the meantime. He has been successful in that for a long time, but the wave of self-immolations is a warning that patience may be running out.

head costs?

“Horse sense” is definitely lacking in this decision.

The position and cost were rationalized by our mayor using his Toronto experience. Those of us who follow federal and provincial politics shudder when we hear this type of justification.

The executive assistant position should be rescinded and the mayor should reconsider his position if he cannot do the job for which he campaigned.

Paul Schwindt | Elmira

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Despite suffering their first loss of the season on Tuesday during the Premier League qualifying playoff round, the Elmira District Secondary School boys’ soccer team can still advance to the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA) playoffs with a win later next week.

After cruising through the lower-tiered First Division regular season with a perfect 7-0 record and not allowing a single goal, the Lancers had their first test of the season on Tuesday against the Bluevale Knights of the Premier League, falling 2-1 in penalty kicks and knocking them out of the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association (WCSSA) playoffs.

Team captain Cole Martin scored the first goal of the match for an early 1-0 lead, but the game went into extra time after a Knight’s cross went off a Lancer defender’s head and into the net.

“We didn’t even get scored on, we scored on ourselves,” said head coach Chris Finnie. “We still haven’t had anyone score on us properly this season.”

Elmira will play Southwood Secondary School on Tuesday for the final berth in CWOSSA after

Southwood fell 3-2 to Waterloo-Oxford this week.

Waterloo-Oxford finished third in the First Division this season, well behind Elmira, but Finnie knows Southwood still presents a tough test.

“Last season Southwood was very strong and they got promoted this year and they seem to have done alright,” said Finnie.

“They’re a tougher division up top, and they’re young and good defensively, but hopefully we can continue to play as well as we have.”

The Lancers sported a 7-0 record and outscored their opponents 21-0 en route to top place in their division, and Finnie credits their success to a well-balanced team and a strong effort on team defence. That balance was apparent when starting goaltender Mike Weber suffered an injury and backup Tyler Seguin sported back-to-back shut-

Lucas Nosal (middle) is challenged by the Glenview Park Secondary School goalie during their regular-season matchup May 10. [james jackson / the observer]

Cole Martin jostles for position with a defender from Glenview Park in the first half of last week’s win. Elmira can advance to the CWOSSA playoffs with a win next week. [james jackson / the observer]

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“Our midfield is very good at dominating the ball, and our strikers are very skilled as well and can take advantage of mistakes that the other team makes,” the coach said.

The mix of players from all grade levels also bodes well for the team next season, as they will be moving up to the Premier League and will rely on that extra experience and ability to compete in tight matches.

“We have a very complete team, so when we get bumped up to the top league next year, we should be in good shape.”

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not so great outdoorsman / STEVE GALEA

A fashion-forward approach to my checkered past OPEN COUNTRY Like most outdoorsmen, I follow all the important fashion trends. So it came as no surprise to me when the big fashion houses in Mississippi decided to make Mossy Oak Breakup Infinity ™ the premiere camouflage pattern this year. It’s what everyone’s wearing.

This makes perfect sense too, provided that you don’t decide to don it as formal eveningwear, of course.

In fact, the only time you

should wear a camo-patterned suit is on your wedding day. That way, when the honeymoon is over, she can’t say she didn’t know.

And also, if you have second thoughts, it’s much easier to hide.

Still, I’m just not sure that we need to make hiding as complex as we now have.

All these new computergenerated patterns are great, but I still recall a time when outdoors camo was much simpler. Back then a man wouldn’t be caught dead walking into hunt camp with anything other than one of two standard camouflage patterns – Hydro Parka green

or checked shirt red. These were the classics.

While most of us wore the former for important social events like duck, coot, rabbit, woodcock and grouse hunting, when it came time to hunt deer or take your best girl to your favourite moose wallow, nothing would impress her more than a red-checkered shirt and simple, black rubber boots. Even now, women get nervous and excitable at the thought of this.

Besides, red checkering has all the elements of good camouflage – it has dark and lighter colours arranged in a very predictable pattern. And it has one

further advantage too; if one of your buddies wearing it passes out and you collect 24 coasters, you have everything you need for an impromptu checkers tournament. Frankly, it was all we hunters really needed.

Sadly, they went and ruined this by giving us options. All you need to do is look at the popularity of “The buck stops here” tshirts to know that hunters and fashion choices should never be allowed to meet without strong adult supervision.

Yes, giving us options was the beginning of the end of an era.

You can imagine our

confusion when they added checked green shirts into the mix. Then, they went and introduced charcoal and grey and things got completely out of hand.

These days, we have approximately 4,672 different types of camo – each designed to hide the fact that you are fast asleep at your stand.

And, as much as it pains me to say, checkered shirts have now actually entered into the realm of mainstream fashion. This means that not everyone wearing a red checkered shirt is a hunter these days. No, there are people who actually enjoy the pattern for its looks rather than for what it does.

And that’s sad.

Of course, this comes as no surprise to me either.

We hunters have always been on the cutting edge of fashion trends. We were the first to wear furs; we were the first to wear leather; we were the first to wear surplus military clothing.

But it was always for good reason. The former kept us warm; the second protected us from thorns and snakebites and the third concealed us from our spouses at foot rubbing time.

Yes, it was always a matter of complete practicality.

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ice kings capture Stratford tournament

The Ice Kings claimed first place at the Thunder Spring Spectacular AAA hockey tournament in Stratford on May 11-13. Back row: assistant coach Randy Huber, Adam Grein, trainer Steve Lee, Conner Bradley, coach Lance Brezynskie. Third row: Mitch Lee, Adam Huras, Dawson Good, Keaton McLaughlin. Second row: Brady Brezynskie, Chase Broda, Riley Benko , Colin Merlihan, Lucas Huber, Isiah Katsube. Front row: goalies Simon Huber and Chris Linton. [joe merlihan / the observer]

Sailing on dry land

Ranieri is areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athlete of the year Waterloo squash player Miranda Ranieri was named 2011 athlete of the year for Kitchener, Waterloo and the surrounding area at the Edelweiss Tavern Sports Bar Tuesday night.

Ranieri, who received her sixth nomination for the award this year, beat out 10 other nominees for the title, including nationally-ranked amateur golfer Garrett Rank of Elmira.

Nominations were announced last month and it was the first time Rank had been up for the title. He was the only athlete from Woolwich or Wellesley township named to the ballot, and the first since NHL defenceman and Elmira native Dennis Wideman was nominated in 2009. Rankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nomination comes on the on heels of a terrific 2011 season that saw him not only climb the standings in the amateur golfing circuit and earn a promotion to OHL referee, but also overcome the hurdle of testicular cancer.

The nine other Region of Waterloo athletes nominated for the award were Keely Brown (ringette), Mandy Bujold (boxing), Dillon Heap (football), Jake Jagas (wrestling), Alyssa Lagonia (soccer), Ian Logan (football), Sarah Pavan (volleyball), Leah Robinson (track and field) and Brienne Stairs (field hockey).

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HOME BUSINESS / A GROWING CONCERN

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Here, it’s hostas all the time

Bloomingdale couple has turned long-time passion for gardening into a part-time business JAMES JACKSON Ross Little doesn’t care much for grass.

That’s not to say the Bloomingdale resident hates the outdoors – quite the opposite, actually. Ross and his wife, Kathy, own a piece of land a little more than an acre in size and have a backyard that most people would die for.

For as far as the eye can see, hostas and a host of varieties of groundcover such as pachysandra (also known as Japanese Spurge) and periwinkle dominate the landscape, and a tranquil creek runs right through the middle of it. It’s a little slice of paradise – but there’s hardly a blade of grass to be seen.

“Grass is not very environmentally friendly, really when you think of how much fertilizer people put on it, how much water they put on it, herbicides, insecticides, and C02 going into the air when they mow it,” said Ross while sitting in his living room that overlooks his backyard.

“Grass it pretty bad stuff when it comes right down to it.”

Over the past 35 years the couple has turned their passion for plants into a second career as they have been selling hostas and pachysandra out of pots on their driveway to neighbours, friends and family members.

“It just sort of started as a hobby when we moved out here,” said Kathy. “He likes plants. His two brothers also are gardeners and his mother was, so it’s natural for them.”

Their business all got started with one simple question more than three decades ago: “I wonder if I could sell something that I like to do so much for a hobby?” Ross asked his wife.

To find out, he went to a local greenhouse and asked if they had any Pachysandra in stock, and when the owner said no, Ross said he’d like to sell him some. The greenhouse

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Ross Little holds up a tray of pachysandra at his home on McAllister Drive in Bloomingdale. The retired auto mechanic has spent the past 35 years turning his passion for plants, namely hostas, into a side business.

[JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER] owner agreed to buy five flats the following spring.

“So I rushed home and planted some, and they grew roots, which was a surprise to me,” recalls Ross. The next year he returned to the greenhouse to make good on the deal and the owner paid him $60 – it was the only money Ross would make that first year.

Hostas are very popular for gardeners and homeowners, as they enjoy the wide range of colours and shapes that the different varieties have to offer.

The fact that they’re “virtually impossible” to kill is an attractive feature

as well, Ross said.

The only thing they need is water, something that is available in spades in his backyard, which is bisected with a stream that provides all the water he can use, he said.

They call their business Hostas Anytime, and Ross has 146 different varieties of the plant on his property. Kathy said her husband knows where each one is and has a collection of maps and sketches outlining their exact location.

They’ve mainly operated through word-of-mouth with neighbours and friends, but about three years ago Ross started put-

ting out signs by Sawmill Road.

The couple grow their own plants on their property, and the work stretches out over all 12 months; whether its potting plants in the spring and fall, caring for them during the hot summer months, or tending to potted plants stored in the garage over the winter, it’s a full-time job for the retired auto body mechanic.

Though for him it isn’t so much a job as it is a hobby.

“When I get up in the morning I don’t have to think ‘oh, what am I going to do today?,’” he said. “I

just pick up my shovel and I know what I’m doing.”

The unseasonably warm weather in March brought gardeners out earlier than normal, he said, but much like apple growers who saw heavy losses to their crop when the frost returned in April, Ross and Kathy said HOSTAS | 19

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Camping, the May long weekend, and bears – what a slice of Canadiana. Every long pre-summer or summer weekend such as this one, we wade into bear territory, and then wring our hands or worse if we actually see one.

Lately, area residents haven’t needed a long weekend or a camping experience to be close to such an animal. Last week, in Milton and then later in Burlington, a 180-kg black bear was sighted … and ultimately shot and killed by police in Burlington for getting too close to people’s houses. “[It] was headed into a residential area,” Sgt. Dave Cross told the Canadian Press. “There were no alternatives that could have been done at that time.”

And this weekend, that single and still rare incident is making a lot of people pay attention to the plight of black bears and their relationship to people.

It’s not bears’ fault that they’re showing up where people live – especially when those people live in areas that are somewhat protected and forested, such as the Niagara Escarpment or other parts of the Greenbelt.

But the human population is growing throughout southern Ontario, and the potential for human-bear interaction could well grow.

Same thing on the farm.

Even though Statistics Canada said last week the number of farms in the country has dropped by more than 20,000 over the past five years, the ROBERTS | 19

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HOSTAS: Greening your lawn doesn’t mean grass ROBERTS: Shooting isn’t the only solution

Little enjoys taking customers on tours of his one-acre property to show them what their plants could potentially look like in a few years.

[JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]

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that they too saw some losses when the temperatures reached -8 degrees on some nights.

“Much like a farmer growing his crop, we’re at the mercy of the weather,” said Ross. “We’ve got a certain amount of time to get the crop in, hope for good weather, and then we’ve got a certain amount of time to harvest it and the weather has to be on your side.

“With hostas you have a little more control than a planted seed, but you’re at the mercy of the weather all the time.”

As part of their business, the couple also provides free guided tours of their yard to show potential customers just how their plants might look in two to three years, something that is difficult to do when buying a young plant in a pot on the driveway.

“We like to take them out here, show them around, and make new friends. If they buy a plant, that’s a bonus,” said Ross.

“I do it because I love it.

The money is just extra.”

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Farmers and some others in rural Ontario say bears are a nuisance, at best. Last week, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture called for a spring bear hunt to ease the pressure. It’s joining the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters in calling for the hunt, following news that the Ministry of Natural Resources is cancelling a program in which it trapped and relocated problem bears.

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This year’s call for a renewed hunt rekindles the fire started seven years ago when a Cambridge doctor was killed by a black bear while camping in northern Ontario. At the time, two groups called the Northwestern Ontario Sportsmen’s Alliance and the Canadian Outdoor Heritage Alliance said that without a spring hunt to help manage the black bear population, such incidents were bound to increase.

One incident such as the unfortunate situation in Milton and Burlington last week doesn’t make that prophecy true yet. But the warning signs are there – as our population grows, bears, and indeed all wildlife, need careful management. Hopefully it’s not all at the end of a gun.

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“The rising bear population is causing increasing damage to crops and putting human safety at risk,” says agriculture federation president Mark Wales.

“It’s time to bring back the spring bear hunt to responsibly and effectively get the bear population under control.”

Ontario once had an annual spring bear hunt. It was cancelled more than 10 years ago, a move that, according to the OFA’s figures, removed $6 million-plus in economic activity annually across Northern Ontario.

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THE ARTS on stage / student drama

Students tackle Greek tragedy Not the Euro crisis, rather Park Manor School stages updated version of The Burial at Thebes - Sophocles Antigone Colin Dewar The students at Park Manor school tackled a very ambitious production of The Burial at Thebes Sophocles Antigone for the school’s most recent play, performed Wednesday and Thursday.

Ted Frey, the school’s drama teacher, said he always wanted to do something with chorus and prefers to have his students act in different genres from year to year.

This is the first time the school will perform a Greek tragedy.

“Of all the Greek tragedies this is the one we could actually do in a school,” laughs Frey.

The students have dealt with the mature material very well, said Frey, who has spoken to them very honestly and openly about the issues in the play.

“This play has quite an appeal. It is a moral play.

It is not about sex or profanity, it is about doing the right thing,” said Frey.

“There are some very deep moral questions in this play and we have discussed this with the students and bring these ideas into the present.”

The performance has been updated as students wear clothes from today instead of robes and the speech of the play reflects today’s language.

“It has just beautiful modern language and when I first read this version through it was perfect.

It has common language and clichés that we might say, but they are strung together in the most beautiful poetry,” said Frey.

Frey said he has a good group of Grade 7 and 8 students who have worked very hard on their performances and have been dedicated to rehearsals that began halfway through March.

As curtain time approached for the opening performance Wednesday, a last-minute run-through got the kids ready for their well-received debut.

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The chosen candidate will work with a fast-paced summer maintenance crew operating power-trimmers and commercial lawn mowers, and doing occasional landscaping. Winter work involves either running the sidewalk/shoveling crew or operating a plow truck, depending on level of experience.

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FULL TIME PERSON required for poultry operation. Seasonal, May - August with the possibility of year round. Varied general labourer duties. Fax resume to: 519-664-3491 or email ken@freyshatchery. com HAIRSTYLIST/APPRENTICE REQUIRED FOR busy salon in Elmira. Please call 519-6692786, or email carouselsalonandspa@gmail.com HELP NEEDED FOR three full days a week at The Corner Store, Linwood. Student help for the summer also needed. Call 519-698-2600 for appointment.

HELP WANTED - Mennonite preferred. Hillcrest Home Baking. 519-669-1381, call for inquiries.

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AUCTIONS FRI MAY 25 at 7:00 PM - Charity auction of brand new furniture; donated household goods; and miscellaneous items to be held at the New Hamburg fair grounds for the Mennonite Relief Sale. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com SAT. MAY 26 at 8:30 AM - Quilt auction of approx 250 quilts and miscellaneous items to be held at the New Hamburg fair ground in New Hamburg for the Mennonite Relief Sale.

Janzti Auctions Ltd. 519-6563555. www.jantziauctions.com SAT. JUNE 2ND at 8:30 AM - Annual community consignment auction of farm machinery; woodworking equipment; lumber; shop tools; new furniture; household and miscellaneous items to be held at the Bauman Log yard 6408B Yatton Sideroad, Wallenstein. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com WED. JUNE 6 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of household effects; furniture; antiques; tools and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for a Waterloo resident with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

FARM EQUIPMENT HAY EQUIPMENT - New 7’ Haymaster Crimper w.2 steel ribbed rolls, Trail on 16” tires with hydraulic lift. $4000.00. Super-Ted High Speed Swath conditioner, semi mount, heavy duty tines for big capacity and swath boards for row width adjustment $5900.00. Disc Mower Conditioner. 10’ wide, built by JF, new unit includes warranty, hydraulic swing tongue. Double gear box for sharp corner turns. Special springs and linkage for up & over lift when hitting a stone. $15,000.00. Call 519-575-6314.

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MUNICIPAL | REGIONAL PUBLIC NOTICES

CLASSIFIEDS CONTINUED WANTED CASH FOR COINS Buying older coin collections, silver, gold, paper money. Also gold jewellery, sterling flatware.

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ACCESSIBILITY IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH Do you have comments, questions or suggestions about how services, programs or facilities of the Township of Woolwich are accessed by persons with disabilities? The first step is to e-mail your ideas or requests for improved accessibility to the Township’s Accessibility Co-ordinator for consideration. The e-mail address is vhummel@woolwich.ca or call (519) 669-6005 Monday to Friday between 9:00a.m. and 5:00p.m. All incoming requests will be investigated and responded to. Help us improve accessibility!

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RENTALS ELMIRA - TWO Bedroom apartment with large storage room, newly decorated, for senior with no pets and non smoker. Available July 1st, only $800 + utilities. Please call 519-744-3711.

BEAUTIFUL BACHELOR’S SUITE St. Jacobs - Very large partially furnished room (b.y.o. bed) with own 2-piece bath, 3 closets, high ceiling, skylight, hardwood floor, bar fridge and microwave.

Shared shower and shared side entrance with own key.

(House - quiet retired couple).

Bus stop, Tim Hortons, pizza place and convenience store all within a half block. $495.00 includes hydro, heat, cable TV, high speed wireless internet and one parking space for small or mid-sized vehicle.

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RENTALS LINWOOD - 1 Bedroom apartment, nice. Fridge, stove, washer and dryer, A/C, fireplace, deck, back yard storage shed, parking.

No smoking, no pets. $630/ mth + utilities. References.

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ST. JACOBS! LOVELY Bachelor Apartment. Looking for quiet tenant in house of retired couple (Bsmt.).

Two huge rooms, kitchen area (bar fridge, stove, sink, counter, cupboards), tile and marble bathroom, off white carpeting throughout, two closets + small storage room. Shared corridor and side entrance. No pets please. Parking for one mid-sized car only. $640.00 per month (based on single occupancy) includes cable, utilities and high speed wireless internet. One-year rental agreement (first and last required). 519-664-3364.

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COMM/ INDUSTRIAL FOR RENT WORK SHOP FOR Rent. 3 km north of Elmira, 1300 sq. ft. with roll up door 15’ x 12’, $750.00 per month.

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GARAGE SALES 3 FAMILY GARAGE Sale. Saturday May 19th, 21 Falcon St. Elmira. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Books and more.

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GARAGE SALE AT 25 William St. Elmira. Dishes, China, Cookware, Doors, Selection of colours of felt. Fri. May 18 & Sat. May 19, 8a.m. - 1p.m.

Thurs. May 31, Fri. June 1, Sat. June 2, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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ELMIRA SCOUTS CELEBRATE AWARDS, OPENING OF NEW SHED

Monika Abbott (left) received the Excellence in Scouting Award in recognition of her first year as a leader from Brian Soehner.

Brendan Marshall (left), Parker Winfield and Tyler Elg received their Six Star Cub awards at the annual Going Up award ceremony May 8.

Ron Cressman (center), the building chair for the new Scout shed, delivers a speech at the official Nate Bale shovels some mulch out of a wheelbarrow on May 12. opening on May 12.

Scouter Victoria Wilson digs in to plant one of 100 trees prior to the opening of the new Scout shed in Elmira on May 12.

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New maple kitchen with walkout to deck & 144’ yard, new flooring, updated main 5 piece bathroom with ensuite privilege, large main floor living rm., newer windows, roof & gas furnace, spacious lower level rec. room & 3 piece bathroom, plenty of storage, dbl interlock driveway. MLS

$379,900 ELMIRA. Beautifully maintained 7 year old home, ceramic foyer, main floor living room, eat in kitchen with island & walkout to a lovely patio, pergola, shed & fenced yard. Upper level family room w/gas fireplace, 2nd floor laundry, spacious master with whirlpool ensuite, central air, central vac., dbl car garage. Must See. MLS

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17 Park Avenue W., Elmira - $459,900 $899,900 NEW PRICE! Beautiful 20 acre setting with mature bush and trails. Modern bungalow with full walkout basement. Award winning private back yard patio. 9’ ceilings, custom design vaulted great room; triple garage; 60 x 32 ft. shop. MLS

$719,900 NEW PRICE! 3.74 acres sprawling bungalow; 4 bedrooms; new kitchen with granite counters, new ceramic and carpeting; vaulted great room; landscaped yard with mature trees, inground pool, cabana, patio and deck. 38 x 24’ shop. MLS

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Secluded setting welcomes you upon entering the property; 4 bedrooms; sunroom; triple garage; 4000+ sq. ft. shop

FARM SAFETY IN FOCUS AT FLORADALE PS

Spectacular older home in Elmira's most sought after location for older homes. Completely refurbished. New bathrooms, floors, kitchen, windows.

Newly pointed exterior brick, new wiring, plumbing & heating. Carpet free with C/air & c/vac. This is a must see property. Call Mildred Frey-Broker MLS 1221850. $459,900.00

30 Adam Brown St., Moorefield - $229,000 OPEN HOUSE | SUNDAY MAY 20, 2-4PM All Brick Bungalow on a large lot.

Extra large garden shed. Has 2 bathrooms. One in basement. 3 bedrooms on main floor. Lots of room to finish a play area/recroom in the basement for the children. Don't miss out come see this great starter home for small family. MLS#1221989 Len Frey will be your host. 519-741-6368 Thinking of Buying or Selling call or email today!

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Floradale Public School hosted a farm safety day on May 4 to raise awareness about the dangers of farming machinery and equipment. Left, Carson Brown answered questions about heavy farm equipment machinery and posed a few of his own to students, while Bradley Bearinger (right) tried out a pair of safety goggles.

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FAMILY ALBUM BIRTH NOTICE

BIRTH NOTICE

ANNIVERSARY

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Xaiden Maddox Weber April 2, 2012

Alexander Peter Louis Soukup

Happy 60th Anniversary

50th Anniversary Elgin & Grace McCandless (nee Ritter)

Bragging rights go to the many first time Grandparents!

Born March 9, 2012 weighing 5lbs 12oz.

Son of Angela and Mike Soukup and Little brother of Riley of Oakville. Second Grandson of PETER and SHARON BOTH OF ELMIRA and Great Grandson of INA Kieffer.

Also welcoming him Milner Family, Soukup Family and Aunt NATALIE.

OBITUARY

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THANK YOU

Linda Thomson Sutherland Jan. 11, 1980 - May 24, 2011

FREY, VERA (NEE BAUMAN) | Passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Conestogo, one week after her 78th birthday, formerly of Floradale.

Thank You!

To Loving Parents: Jeremy and Christine Weber.

Frey, Vera (nee Bauman) Passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Conestogo, one week after her 78th birthday, formerly of Floradale.

Beloved wife of the late Lloyd Frey (March 26, 2011) for 56 years. Loving mother of Gloria and Leroy Weber of Conestogo, Dennis and Lorraine of Elmira, Durrell and Colleen of Floradale, Merlin of Elmira and Lynette Frey of Elmira. Loved grandma of 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Dear sister of Lloyd and Anna Bauman of Bloomingdale and sister-in-law of Lydia Ann Bauman of Elmira, Adeline and Moses Metzger of Listowel and Beatrice Frey of Alberta. Remembered by numerous nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents Elam (1993) and Sarah (1987) (Brox) Bauman, daughter Lynette Joy Frey (1985), sister Erna and her husband Melvin Freeman, inlaws Sylvester Bauman, Clayton Frey, Eli Frey, David and Almeda and Lena Frey, Urias and Helen Frey. The family received friends and relatives at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Saturday, May 12th from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Funeral service was held at Crystal View Mennonite Church, Floradale on Sunday, May 13th at 2 p.m. followed by interment in the Crystal View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Christian Aid Ministries or Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. The family extends heartfelt appreciation to the Palliative Care nurses and Dr. Donna Ward along with her staff. Also thank you to the Red Cross Personal Support Workers.

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We little knew that day that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose, but in God we put our trust. In times as difficult as this, faith is such a must.

Your left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide. And though we cannot see you, you are always at our side. Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same. But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

Loving and missing you everyday...Ian and Jordan; Mom and Dad; Matthew, Rose and Kenzie; Laura and Terry.

Clarence & Eileen Heintz May 24th, 1952 Love and Blessings from your family

YENSEN, GREGORY | Passed away suddenly on Monday,

May 14, 2012, at the age of 49. Local relative is his sister Debbie Stranz (Dave Millard) of Elmira.

REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE LOVED ONES WITH US

Happy 50th Anniversary to our parents who were married on April 28, 1962.

Friends and family are invited to join us on Saturday May 26, 2012 for an open house from 1-4pm at the Cluthe Residence, 7224 Line 86 RR#3 Wallenstein, ON. N0B 2S0 Best Wishes Only.

A sincere Thank You to family, neighbours and friends for your part in celebrating my recent birthday. Your presence at my surprise birthday Open House was much appreciated and enjoyed.

Gratitude is extended to all who attended. For your cards, flowers, gifts, and generous donations to the Food Bank and Grand River Regional Cancer Centre, I am deeply grateful to all.

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Education / practical applications

Students find themselves on a roll Wellesley PS trio come up with second-place rollercoaster design as part of Mathletes’ challenge James Jackson You probably remember sitting in your math class and thinking ‘when am I ever going to use this stuff again?’

Well, for the past few months Grade 7 and 8 students at Wellesley Public School got to experience physics and other mathematical properties firsthand when they were given the task of building a rollercoaster as part of an extracurricular program in their school called Mathletes.

The project was part of the annual WonderCoaster Contest held by Canada’s Wonderland, and this year three of those Wellesley students – Grade 7 students Nathan Green and Jaden Pretorius and Grade 8 student Sawyer Grubb – finished second overall for technical merit at the finals held at the theme park north of Toronto on May 11.

It is the first time that any students from the school have placed at the competition in the four years they’ve been attending, and the teachers organizing the event say the contest is a valuable teaching tool that they can use to take learning beyond the classroom and into a realworld setting. A marble was used to simulate the cars of a rollercoaster.

“It meets the Grade 7 and 8 science curriculum; Grade 7 looked at the structures unit and Grade 8 looked at the systems at work unit. There is a lot of physics involved in it,” said Grade 7/8 teacher Rhonda Hergott, adding that even

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Wellesley PS students Jaden Pretorius (left), Sawyer Grubb, and Nathan Green were the runners-up for technical merit at the annual WonderCoaster rollercoaster competition at Canada’s Wonderland on May 11. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER] when elements of the students’ construction failed it continued to provide valuable life skills.

“It’s a really good life-lesson for them that it doesn’t always work out right away, you have to go back and reexamine your plan and recreate your plan and move forward from there.”

“The elements and principles of designs are all thoroughly covered in the activities they were working on,” added Grade 7/8 teacher Debbie Moore. “I’m always so fascinated by what the kids can come up

with and the originality of each of them. There were no crossovers or similarity in their ideas.”

The competition was broken down into three categories: technical merit (the rollercoaster that is determined by the judges to record the highest score according to the technical merit calculation), creativity and artistic value (the rollercoaster that is, in the opinion of the judges, the most creative and makes the best use of available materials), and the most exciting to ride (judged

A rollercoaster-themed plaque captures the nature of the contest. by engineers who helped construct the park’s newest ride, Leviathan).

There was also a long list of rules, including size restrictions of 30 cm x 90 cm x 80 cm; magnets and other forms of energy were not permitted; the marble had to be between 1.3 cm and 2.5 cm in diameter; each team needed a minimum of two members and a maximum of four; and the marble must complete one of three test runs in order to be counted by the judges.

Scoring was based on a score for the vertical drop

Nothing inspires a chef like fresh local produce. On Saturday last week I turned down my street towards the Robin’s Nest and I couldn’t help but smile: the familiar white tents were out and the vendors were showing fresh plants, flowers, baked goods and wonderful produce. Asparagus and rhubarb are the first to freshen up our palettes after a long winter of comfortable flavours.

A version of these recipes were introduced to us by our husbands! While we are busy working on a Saturday they are home taking care of things and creating recipes of their own. You never know where the next great dish will come from.

This Saturday I encourage you to grab a basket and take a walk, enjoy a coffee and pop over to the market. Recreate these recipes for your breakfast and Sunday dinner. Fun, fresh and fabulous food is our passion and the market provides the local

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St. Teresa of Avila Parish is hosting the Spotlights on Christ’s Life exhibition on Sunday May 27th and June 3rd in the parish hall at 3 p.m. All are invited to come and experience the journey of Jesus Christ in the Holy Land through the use of 10 three dimensional plexiglass display cases (dioramas) and over 100 sculpted clay figure which together, with a large scale map of the Holy Land, depict key events in the story of Christ’s life. To learn more about the exhibit go to www.sites. google.com/site/dankagocova) or contact Donna Vollmer a the church office 519-669-3387.

MAY 22 Bingo, 7 p.m. at the St. Clements Community Centre sponsored by Paradise & District Lions Club.

For more information contact Joe Brick at 519-6994022.

MAY 24 Weekly Bingo 7 p.m. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira. For more information call 519-500-1434.

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Seniors Lunch Club, Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Maple Leaf St. Wellesley at noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.) Cost $6. Join us for a noon day light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519669-3023 for more information.

Visit the WTHHS Historical Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry Street, Wellesley, on Saturday, May 26, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy new displays and interesting historical facts about Wellesley Township. In 2012, we will be open every last Saturday of each month, except December. Free admission.

MAY 29

Lions Foundation of Canada Purina Walk for Dog Guides hosted by Woolwich Community Lions Club – assisted by St. Jacobs and Ariss Lions Clubs.

Kissing Bridge Trail, Arthur St. entrance, 9 a.m. All preceeds will help fund Dog Guides programs – Canine Vision, Hearing Ear, Special Skills, Seizure Response and Autism Assistance Dog Guides.

Prizes, refreshments. All ages, fitness levels with or without a dog are welcome to participate. For more information please call 519-669-5084 or www. purinawalkfordogguides.com.

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JUNE 2 Maryhill Luau Dinner. Come out and join the Maryhill CWL & Knights of Columbus at the Maryhill Heritage Community Centre. Two seatings for dinner 5:30 & & p.m. Roasted BBQ Pig, roasted potatoes, vegetables, salad, & rolls, dessert, coffee & tea. Prices: adults $15; children ages 6-11 $7; Under 5 free. Advance tickets only. Mike 519-648-3394, Doug 519-648-2939, Mary 519-822-9287.

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Bingo, 7 p.m. at the St. Clements Community Centre sponsored by Paradise & District Lions Club. For more information contact Joe Brick at 519-699-4022.

MAY 27

Cholesterol Solutions 10 a.m. – 12:00 noon.

Attend this session and find easy ways to improve your cholesterol level. This free class is facilitated

by Registered Dietitian, Karen Reitzel and will be held at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. For more information call 519-664-3794.

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JUNE 1 PD Day Movie – 2-3:45 p.m. at Elmira Branch Library.

Showing will be Gnomeo & Juliet. Tickets are $1 each and every person attending must have a ticket.

Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult.

Admission includes popcorn and a drink, please no outside snacks. The event will take place at the library, 65 Arthur St. S. in Elmira. For more information call the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477 or elmlib@ regionofwaterloo.ca.

Dei Song, 7 p.m. at Waterloo North Presbyterian Church. You will love Dei Song…God’s song, a great ladies trio. Come and enjoy our newest gospel music ministry; 400 Northfield Dr. W. Freewill offering, wheelchair accessible. For more information call 519-888-7870.

JUNE 4 Needle Sisters Quilters Guild meets at 7 p.m. on the 4th Monday of the month at the Elmira Mennonite Church, 58 Church St. W, Elmira. Guests welcome ($5). Next meeting on June 4. For more information call 519-669-3244.

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Strange but true / BILL & RICH SONES Ph.D.

There were computers in the 18th century, but not as we know them today WEIRD NOTES

Q. What were computers like back in the days of writer Jonathan Swift, and what was google like a century ago?

A. In his 1704 satire â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Tale of a Tub,â&#x20AC;? Swift wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This I am told by a very skilful computer, who hath given a full demonstration of it from rules of arithmetic.â&#x20AC;?

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on here demonstrates the infinite adaptability of a language

where meanings of words can change to fit the times, says Anu Garg in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dord, the Diglot and an Avocado or Two.â&#x20AC;? Back in Swiftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s era, there were no computing machines, not even electric power as we know it. A computer was not a thing but a person who did the mindnumbing task of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing as his day job. He was a reckoner or a calculator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the arrival of computing machines, we outsourced the job of humans to machines and continued using the word.â&#x20AC;?

And in 1909, the London

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Westminster Gazetteâ&#x20AC;? wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Lockhart, having googled to no purpose...â&#x20AC;? Obviously, no Google search engine existed at the time; instead Mr. Lockhart was a cricket player who sent a â&#x20AC;&#x153;googly,â&#x20AC;? or trick delivery of a cricket ball.

The verb â&#x20AC;&#x153;to googleâ&#x20AC;? was backformed from the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;googly,â&#x20AC;? just as nearly a century later, we formed â&#x20AC;&#x153;to googleâ&#x20AC;? from the name of the search engine. As Garg concludes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unlike what happened to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;computer,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; here we coined the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; unaware that there was an existing word with another meaning.â&#x20AC;?

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so special about silk underwear?

A. To many of us, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a touch of luxury but for the British, American and Australian troops in Afghanistan, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re an â&#x20AC;&#x153;essential piece of kit,â&#x20AC;? says armor scientist Simon Holden of the U.K.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, as reported in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

The first thing an injured soldier tends to ask is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are my bits OK?,â&#x20AC;? and of all the fabrics available for underpants, silk is a traditional favorite. It is lightweight, stretches easily and can absorb an

Griggs. Weight for weight, spider silk is twenty times as strong as steel and four times as tough as Kevlar.

Also, being extremely flexible, it can stretch up to 50% of its length without breaking, elicits no immune reaction in humans and is biodegradable. As yet, though, spider silk is too labor intensive to exploit in sufficient quantity commercially.

about the authors Bill a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com

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impressive amount of energy, helping reduce the severity of injuries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small pieces of shrapnel are unlikely to pierce the silk, and if they do embed themselves in the groin, the silk is pulled in with them,â&#x20AC;? Holden adds. This means fragments can be extracted simply by pulling on the surrounding material.

Silkworms have long been the â&#x20AC;&#x153;industrial powerhouse of the silk world,â&#x20AC;? but researchers are currently studying giant gold orb weaver spiders for their silk-producing capabilities, says the magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jessica

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“The thing I really liked about this project was the boys got to use tools they had never used before,” said Jaden’s mother, Jeanette. “You start out with big ideas, but then they started doing it and it was way too hard to do all their ideas. We went to the thrift store and got all kinds of funky things, but it was just too much. “ She was also impressed with how the three boys – who sometimes struggle in school – could work together and make such a successful design.

“I told them I think it needed more loops, and they told me ‘We’re the committee and we think we have enough.’”

In total the boys’ coaster ride has seven loops and lasts 13 seconds, and their theme for the project is of the popular television show “Wipeout” which forces contestants to navigate a

series of obstacle courses to determine a winner.

“It has wood, plastic tubing, pins, hot glue, paper towel roll, spice tray, two napkin holders, and a CD holder,” said Jaden, adding it was a serious case of trial-and-error to get the pieces to fit together and not have the marble gain too much speed and fly off the track, or not have enough speed to make it through to the end.

In total it took about five weeks for them to build the rollercoaster, meeting a couple nights a week on their own time to get it done.

Originally, the top four teams from Wellesley were slated to compete at Wonderland on May 11 but a mix-up with the buses that day meant there were none available to take students to the park. Luckily, Jeanette was able to take the day off work and drive the three boys to Wonderland to compete.

The other student’s efforts won’t be wasted, though, as they all travelled back to Wonderland Thursday to listen to the engineers of the Leviathan give a talk on all the work that goes into designing a real rollercoaster.

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Volunteers included Parker Winfield and Nate Bale (bottom) of the 1st Elmira Scouts who planted 100 trees May 12 to mark their 100th anniversary, and Woolwich Community Lions Carol Jongerius (middle, left), Elaine Racey, Deb Cserhalmi, Vi Radcliffe, Marnie Hamilton, Brenda Cressman, and Naomi Freiburger, who planted 58 trees to contribute to the Lions International plan to plant two million trees globally. More than 900 trees have been planted this spring as part of the program.

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