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Wellesley opts to do away with paper ballots in next year’s municipal election

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LIZ BEVAN THERE WILL BE NO more paper ballots in Wellesley Township in next year’s municipal election.

Councillors voted to have residents vote online or over the phone rather than lining up at the polling station, following the recommendation of a staff report presented Tuesday night. Registered voters will be able to vote from their homes or at the township office where a computer and telephone will be provided.

The estimated cost of the switch to telephone and Internet voting is $26,600, or $3.38 per voter. In 2014, the voting system cost $3.65 per voter.

Township Mayor Joe Nowak believes the switch from the previous system will reduce the time it takes for voters to cast their ballots.

“It seems a bit complicated at first, but in my opinion, it really is a fairly simple way of doing it. If there is problem with computers, all they have to do is pick up the phone and they can vote,” he said. “I remember in some of the past elections, line-ups of people who couldn’t get in to VOTING | 2

Officials and community members met on Apr. 8 for an official ribbon cutting at Letson Park in West Montrose for the new kiosk which has been installed with a map of the Kissing Bridge Trailway. It is just one of many new kiosks installed on the trail. From left: Coun. Larry Shantz, Mayor Sandy Shantz, Bridge Keepers member Hans Pottkamper, regional Chair Ken Seiling and G2G executive director Doug Cerson. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

Woolwich reaches fire coverage deal with Waterloo Last year’s incident on Country Squire Road prompts automatic aid arrangement for properties along border

STEVE KANNON A NEAR-FATAL FIRE A year ago is the basis of a new aid agreement between Woolwich and the Waterloo Fire Department approved this week by township council.

Under the deal, the city will provide coverage to some 270 township properties that are closer to Waterloo fire stations than to Woolwich stations. City

firefighters will respond only to confirmed structure fires, with the township paying a flat fee of $1,000 per incident.

Based on the last five years, there would be one or two applicable calls each year, Woolwich fire chief Dale Martin told councillors meeting Apr. 11.

The automatic aid arrangement stems from a fire last April at 440 Country Squire Rd. in which a

woman suffered near-fatal injuries before being rescued by Woolwich firefighters. Conestogo firefighters arrived on the scene nine and a half minutes after the call on Apr. 7, 2016, joined a minute later by crews from St. Jacobs. Upon entering the home, they found and rescued the victim. Still, there was some criticism of Woolwich for failing to DEAL | 5

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THEY MAY DITCH PAPER ballots for electronic voting options, but Woolwich councillors want at least a bit more time to contemplate the impact before committing to the process.

Township staff is pushing for changes now, allowing for the transition to telephone and Internet voting for the 2018 municipal election. Paper ballots would disappear, though polling stations would continue to be offered to accommodate those unable or uncomfortable with voting via phone or online device.

Discussing a report Tuesday night, council opted to defer the matter until at least next week, with Coun.

Scott Hahn noting there’s no need to rush given the limited feedback from residents thus far.

“There’s been a lack of public input on the issue,” he said, adding that the absence of Coun. Mark Bauman from the meeting meant there was no representation for the citizens of Ward 2.

Deputy clerk Julie Forth said staff has received input from three people – one each via phone, email and Twitter.

Elmira resident Dave Matthews registered as a delegate to speak in support of the changes, noting

we’ve had automated teller machines and then online banking for decades, so it only made sense to modernize the election system, which he called a bit of a “laggard.”

As with electronic banking, he said the systems are secure, but there will be people who’ll try to breach them.

Electronic voting is a tool for the younger generation that should be adopted, Matthews added, arguing the shift was good for democracy.

“It gives everyone the opportunity to vote pretty much instantly.”

That ease of use could prompt voter turnout, which is historically less than 40 per cent and sometimes closer to 25 per cent for Woolwich elections, suggested Forth.

“Staff hopes to achieve at least a modest increase in voter turnout,” she said, though acknowledging research to date shows there’s not always a jump in participation rates with electronic voting.

As for the integrity of the process, she said the system staff is recommending is secure, with a good track record, adding “there are no guarantees.”

Along with the integrity, the systems have no way of linking individuals to the votes they cast, she assured councillors.

While acknowledging security wasn’t an issue, Coun. Patrick Merlihan said he had reservations, arguing the traditional method of paper ballots at polling stations made election day more of a community event.

“Voting is a symbolic gesture,” he said. “It strengthens democracy by coming together, thinking about what you’re doing.”

Taking away the consideration that comes with people making their way out to vote, rather than simply spending a few seconds at home, runs the risk of turning election day into a “non-event,” he added.

Beyond a short deferral, Merlihan suggested the issue might be better decided as a ballot question for the 2018 election – “Make it a community decision rather than a council decision.”

Another electoral change offered as an option by the province, ranked ballots, is not being considered for the next vote. Instead, the township will monitor the impact in other municipalities that may opt to go that route.

Making both changes for 2018 might prove a little too confusing to voters, said Forth.

If the township makes the switch, costs of holding the vote are expected to be similar at about $75,000.

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vote. They weren’t there on time, or the line-up was out the door and people couldn’t actually vote. I have seen that here before.”

Getting younger people to cast their votes was the main concern of Coun. Peter van der Maas. He was in favour of the motion, if it meant that the younger demographic, known for steering clear of polling stations, would make their voices heard.

“I think this is a good idea and I know there is going to be a steep learning curve and a bit of work for our administrative staff, but I went to look at Elections Canada, to see voter turnout by age, those who are 65-74 turn out, but the ones that come out the least are those who are 1824,” he said. “That younger demographic is really being left out. If we incorporate a new voting method, I think we might be more likely to engage the younger voters, and they are an important demographic.”

While agreeing that would be a good thing, Coun. Herb Neher expressed concerns about alienating the older

voters in the township.

“Are we saying that there aren’t going to be walk-in ballots anymore?” he asked.

“So it will be strictly phone and Internet, no mail-in ballots. I am not too sure how well this is going to work. We are dealing with people that are used to going somewhere and voting. Is there any way of phasing this in? We have enough troubles just getting people out to put an ‘X’ down. I think the concept is good, but I don’t know. I get that we are going to get younger voters, but are we going to lose other ones that aren’t into this idea.”

He was also questioning just what impact the new system would have on voter turnout.

His concerns were addressed when chief administrative officer Rik Louwagie assured him that help would be available for any voter who needed it. There would also be a two- to three-week window when votes can be cast.

“There is a chance that the Internet voting will get a larger turnout because of the younger demographic.

I think you are still going to

get more voters this way,” he said. “For the individuals that actually want to go somewhere to vote, they can. They can come to the township office and our staff can assist them with that. It would be done on the Internet or the phone, but they can come in and we will assist them.”

Under the new system, registered voters will receive a card in the mail, detailing the instructions for casting their vote online, including voting URL, personal identification number, and the number to call to vote over the phone.

There will be security questions for the voter to answer, they will make their picks on the ballot, then be given a chance to review their choices and make changes if necessary.

Once a vote is recorded, the voter’s name is automatically removed from the list of voters.

The staff report says there is encryption in place to keep the voter information separate from the cast ballot.

All policy and procedure for the 2018 election will be finalized by Dec. 29, 2017.

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Local MPP among those honouring the fallen at 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge

Thousands gathered at the Vimy Ridge memorial in France last weekend to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War battle that saw Canada come into its own as a military force.

LIZ BEVAN THAT THE FIRST WORLD War’s battle of Vimy Ridge was instrumental in the development of Canadian nationhood was witnessed this week by the thousands who flocked to France to mark the event’s 100th anniversary.

Four Canadian divisions, along with one from Britain, took on three German divisions, emerging victorious.

Three thousand, five hundred and ninety-eight men died in the battle, and 7,004 were wounded. It was the first time in Canadian history that troops from across Canada fought together for a common goal. The battle raged from Apr. 9 to 12, 1917.

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris was among

the estimated 25,000 people gathered on the historic battlefield last Sunday, commemorating the centenary of the momentous battle.

He says he was touched and humbled by the two-hour ceremony.

“It was something that every Canadian should have had a chance to do. Of course, it has been 100 years since the battle at Vimy Ridge and, as an MPP, I attend many Remembrance Day services and each and every one is very touching, whether it is at a cenotaph or a legion, but to be able to participate in a service actually on the battlefield was truly breathtaking,” he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Francois Hollande,

England’s Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry were there to say a few words and lay some wreaths, honouring the Canadian sacrifice in 1917.

Harris was there, in part, to represent the 12 soldiers from the Waterloo Region who died in the conflict 100 years ago.

“They came from Waterloo, two from Kitchener, one from New Hamburg, one from Baden, several from the Galt area – it was extremely moving,” he said in an interview from France.

He highlighted the immense human loss for Canada, comparing it to current conflicts where Canadian soldiers have been killed.

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first time, we were a population of around 8 million people then; 100,000 soldiers went to fight at Vimy, 3,598 died in that four-day battle, and some 7,000 were injured or wounded,” he said. “When you look at the war in Afghanistan, it was over a decade long, and I believe that Canada lost over 100 soldiers. To lose over 3,500 in four days was a massive event, but more importantly, they scaled the ridge and overtook the Germans. It was something that Great Britain and the French couldn’t do.”

One part of his trip that stood out was the warm welcome Canadian visitors received on their journey to

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris (right) and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker were among the 25,000 people gathered at the Vimy Ridge battlefield on Sunday.

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Wellesley investigating options for PTSD issues that affect first responders LIZ BEVAN IT USED TO BE called shell shock or combat fatigue in military circles, but now, post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders is at the forefront of Wellesley fire chief Paul Redman’s mind.

In a presentation to Wellesley council Tuesday night, he cited a need for support services for township emergency staff and

first responders. There have been eight suicides due to PTSD already this year in Ontario, he noted.

There is a stigma around PTSD, with Redman saying it needs to be a topic of conversation, especially among emergency workers.

“First responders have an increased exposure to traumatic events. First responder suicides only, in 2014, there were 27, and 18 were in Ontario. There have

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been eight so far, this year and two in Ontario,” shared Redman. “Those two, one was in Waterloo Region and one was right next door to us. It is not like this is happening somewhere far away. It is in our backyard.”

PTSD is considered a mental illness and is often the result of exposure to trauma, death, the threat of death or serious injury.

It causes serious symptoms such as re-experiencing

the traumatic event. It can cause trouble in a first responder’s home life, alcohol and drug abuse, difficulty maintaining relationships, difficulty sleeping, aggressive behaviour and feelings of shame and guilt and suicidal thoughts, he explained.

After legislation from the Ministry of Labour last year, all municipalities are required to have PTSD supports for full-time,

part-time and on-call first responders. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board have also recognized PTSD as a work-related illness.

“Basically, if someone is officially diagnosed with PTSD and they have been a first responder, the claims process for WSIB benefits will be expedited without having to prove the link between the PTSD and a workplace event,” he said of the legislative changes.

“What that means for us, is that we are required to have a program in place by Apr. 23.”

Redman investigated different options for PTSD treatments, and some firefighters have already attended mental health first aid courses as a first step.

“The main part of our support will be peer-based.

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Growing it out, then cutting it down for cancer research After seeing so many afflicted by the disease, Joe Doherty grew out his hair and beard as part of fundraising challenge WHITNEY NEILSON JOE DOHERTY HAS LOOKED a lot more like Santa Clause than himself for the past four months. With a white beard and long hair, people he’s known for years didn’t even recognize him at first.

That is, until this week, when he finally had his hair cut and his beard shaved off.

The Linwood resident decided in December to grow out his beard and not cut his hair in support of

cancer research.

His son posted his photo on Facebook explaining what Doherty was doing, and they have had nearly 100 replies from people all across Canada including as far as the Yukon.

April seemed like an appropriate month to cut it off seeing as it’s cancer research month.

He hasn’t been collecting donations himself, but rather encouraging people to send in donations to their

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“My parents and my two sisters and brother and two nieces all died of cancer, and then in November, Maggie’s brother, who lived here in St. Clements, he died of cancer. So after that I thought I should do something,” he said.

He made the decision after his wife’s brother died of cancer.

Friends and family have embraced his initiative. His niece in Milverton challenged all of her cousins to donate to cancer.

“So there should be a little bit extra this year for the cause,” he said.

Doherty collected donations for cancer research

in the rural areas around Linwood for more than 20 years, but gave it up three years ago.

He made a donation to the cause on Tuesday after Lori Beam cut off his hair and shaved him at her salon in St. Clements.

Before she took the razor to his hair, when asked if this is the longest his hair or beard has ever been, he replies: “Yes, both,” he says with a laugh.

He hadn’t had a beard in many years, and when he did, it wasn’t nearly as long as it was up until this week when he had it shaved off.

“It’s different, especially at night. I roll over and I think there’s something beside my head.”

While in Elmira on Tuesday he went to visit a friend at the Chemtura plant, where he used to work before retiring. They went into the cafeteria where more than a dozen of his former coworkers were eating lunch, and they didn’t even recognize him with four months worth of hair on his head and face.

Now, he’s back to looking like himself again.

“I have told people to donate to their local research centre and this disease will be beaten, if not for the present victims, but in the future for everyone’s friends and relatives,” Doherty said.

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the stations and accessible to all the members. That is the big part, that we make sure to keep getting out there, especially with early recognition in the people they work with – recognize that they aren’t the same and that something might be up. That is a big part of the training,” he said.

“We can take it further and make sure that they get the help they need. It will also become a part of our yearly training for members.”

That help comes in the form of an on-call PTSD counsellor at $175 for a twohour critical incident stress debrief.

“It’s money well spent,” said Coun. Carl Smit.

Mayor Joe Nowak wanted to know more about PTSD. “So, it is a mental health issue, so there is no cure?

I mean, is there a cure?

From what I have heard, people can live a productive life with this if they get it treated,” he asked. “Then

there are others that succumb to it.”

“This has been around for hundreds of years, since whenever,” Redman replied. “It has always had a name, but it hasn’t always been addressed. In the last few years, it has become a focus and it has become okay to talk about it and take that stigma off. When it interferes with how you do your job, first responders have high divorce rates and that kind of thing, and these are all parallel. They have always been there, and we are just getting around to dealing with it now.”

A report prepared by Redman outlined some of the different steps the fire department is going to take to bring PTSD out in the open among first responders, highlighting peer supports and ongoing mental health training.

Only when a situation or case of PTSD is beyond peer support will an outside counselor be called in.

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Record home sales in March The torrid real estate market was on display locally, as the KitchenerWaterloo Association of Realtors had a record month in March. Some 729 properties sold in the area, a 24.2 per cent increase compared to the same month last year.

During the first quarter of 2017, there were 1,532 home sales, 13.4 per cent above last year’s result for the same period and 30 per cent above the previous five-year quarterly average, the group reports. On a monthly basis, home sales were 41 per cent above

the previous five-year average for the month of March.

Residential sales in March included 444 detached homes (up 15.0 per cent compared to March 2016), 164 condominium units (up 49.1 per cent), 67 semi-detached homes (up 76.3 per cent) and 48 freehold townhouses (up 14.3 per cent).

The average sale price of all residential sales increased 32.3 percent to $493,226 compared to March 2016.

Detached homes sold for an average price of $583,144, an increase of 35.6 per cent, while the average sale price for an apartment-style condominium was $265,524, an increase of 25.4 per cent. Townhomes and semis sold for

an average of $368,554 (up 29.9 per cent) and $412,226 (up 49.1 per cent) respectively.

The average days on market in March were significantly shorter than a year ago: 14 days, compared to 35 days.

Tar-and-chip contract awarded Several tar-and-chip roads in the township are slated for a fresh surface treatment this summer, with council deciding Tuesday night the work will be carried out by Duncor Enterprises at a cost of $180,000.

Near Breslau, a fresh layer will be applied to portions of Hopewell Creek

Road and Spitzig Road. In Floradale, it’ll be Florapine Road. Also on the list is Kenning Place north of Elmira, and Eldale Road.

Overall, the township has some 44 kilometres of tar-and-chip roads, which receive a new surface treatment on a five- to seven-year cycle.

Farm building fees to jump Having not raised permit fees for farm buildings since 1999, Woolwich is phasing in a 450 per cent jump over the next two years.

Jumping to $0.35 per square foot from the current $0.10, the fees for

issuing a building permit will increase to $0.45 in 2018, township councillors decided this week.

That will take Woolwich’s fees from being the lowest in the area to among the highest. Among a list of comparators presented by chief building official Dave Heuchert, rates for farm building permits ranged from $0.25 per square foot in Waterloo to $0.49 in Cambridge. When fully implemented, Woolwich’s rate would fall between Wellesley’s $0.42 and Centre Wellington’s $0.48.

EDSS play hits Registry stage

Elmira District Secondary School (EDSS) Youth players present ‘The Chasm’ by Alan Haehnel in partnership with the Registry Theatre, Apr. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

They presented the play at the Sears Drama Festival earlier this year, earning the group three awards.

Funds raised by this event will go to support refugee claimants through the Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support (MCRS).

Ticket are $10 for students, and $12 for everyone else. Tickets are available from the Registry Theatre by calling 519-578-1570 or online at www. registrytheatre.com.

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Easter long weekend brings stepped-up seatbelt campaign THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE this week reported a 20-year low and a steady decrease in seat belt-related deaths as they get set to conduct their seatbelt campaign over the Easter long weekend.

A total of 45 seatbelt-related road fatalities occurred on OPP-patrolled roads in 2016, marking the lowest number on record in two decades. Also notable over the 20-year period is the number dipping below the 50 mark for the first time in 2015 and 2016, say police.

The OPP attributes the downward trend, in part, to its provincial traffic safety program (PTSP). The PTSP is a proactive, high visibility

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“The evidence that supports the effectiveness of seatbelt use remains irrefutable. The odds of surviving or avoiding serious injuries in a collision are stacked against those who are not restrained in their seat. In exchange for the few seconds it takes to buckle up, you can cross this risk off the checklist of things that threaten your life on the road,” said OPP Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair in a release.

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10:00 AM | Wellington County OPP investigated a breakand-enter at an address in the Village of Elora after receiving a call that the front door of the residence had been forced open.

Suspect(s) appeared to have entered the residence sometime overnight and damaged property within the home. Police are still gathering information on any property that was stolen. Any person with information regarding this incident should contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit a tip on-line at www.csgw.tips. You may be eligible for a reward from Crime Stoppers of up to $2,000.

10:00 PM | Police received a call about a break-in at another residence in Elora. Suspect(s) appeared to have entered the residence sometime between 6:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. by forcing open a ground floor window. Suspects then rummaged through property and stole a selection of jewellery. Any person with information regarding this incident should contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

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“On the way into Vimy, around some small towns and villages, homes were flying the Canadian flags and smiling people waving at the buses going to the ceremony,” he said.

He was also happy to see so many young people in the crowd. There were more than 12,000 Canadian students at the ceremony on Sunday.

“Our plane was full of students in red coats and it makes you think, 100 years later, it is a great sign of how important that battle of Vimy Ridge was,” said Harris.

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have an aid deal with the city, which has a fire hall just minutes away from the cluster of homes right on the border.

As there was no agreement with the city at the time, the Waterloo station was not dispatched, nor was there a request for coverage,

said Martin.

Coun. Murray Martin noted of the Country Squire incident that even if the Waterloo firefighters had responded from the nearby station, they could not have entered the structure until backup arrived from elsewhere, as there would have been only four city firefight-

ers. The outcome was unlikely to have changed.

Following that fire, however, Waterloo met with officials from the surrounding townships – Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot – to discuss coverage options.

Mayor Sandy Shantz, who attended the meetings with Waterloo, said the deal of-

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In response to Coun. Patrick Merlihan, chief Martin said the township will have the opportunity to recoup some of the costs from insurance companies, just as it does with collisions involving vehicles from outside Woolwich.

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More participants make for a much better democracy WHAT DOES IT MEAN to be a good citizen?

Ask a hundred people, get a hundred different answers.

Some people will argue the Internet and social media have ushered in a new era of citizen engagement. It’s certainly helped, as in the case of the Arab Spring and other popular uprisings.

Electronic devices allowed decentralized groups and individuals to communicate, organize, react in a timely fashion and stay one step ahead of authorities. We’ve seen dictators topple from power. That’s great. But the real test will be what kind of governments emerge from the ruins of the fallen despots. Will new powermongers emerge, as in revolutions elsewhere? Will some nominally democratic movements peter off into new authoritarian regimes? Even if those countries emulate governments in the West, you certainly can’t argue that we’re the end-all and be-all of democracy, let alone empowered.

Most of us can’t be bothered to get involved. Half of us can’t even muster enough energy to spend five minutes every four years casting a ballot.

With that in mind, Woolwich and Wellesley this week waded into the issue of Internet and telephone voting, the former deferring a decision and the latter embracing the change. Both municipalities are hoping a new system will increase voter turnout.

Numbers have generally decreased for all elections.

Municipal elections, typically devoid of leadership and hotbutton issues, tend to see the lowest turnouts, sometimes lower than 20 per cent. Local, provincial or federal, turnout has generally been declining.

That’s especially true with younger people, precisely the audience most likely to embrace technology ... though it remains to be seen if that would translate when it comes to voting, as that would mean at least some level of awareness, and even engagement.

Our electronic devices might be a gateway to greater involvement, recent studies indicate. This applies to both elections (online voting, for instance) and the use of social media as way of increasing overall participation in governance. Canadians would be more engaged in conversations on government policy, for instance, if there were ways to take part online.

Not surprisingly, a younger demographic is most influenced by social media in terms of their perception of elected officials.

Politicians have taken in that message, though to date social media has been another tool for getting out the message, not for fostering generally participative democracy.

Thus far, the technology has been little more than another public relations tool. As something that helps us move towards a true democracy, it remains only a theory.

Real voter engagement is likely going to require reforms not only to the electoral process – recently nixed by the Trudeau government – but an overhaul of the generally corrupt system of governance. The likes of an honesty-inpolitics law and much more demanding ethical rules – with severe penalties for lying and poor governance – would restore the public’s faith in the system. Right now, people don’t believe in the system or the politicians, so it’s much easier to disengage.

Feeling like our votes matter might actually prompt more of us to cast a ballot, in person, online or whatever form of technology works.

United Airlines shows that one man’s public relations disaster is another man’s goldmine.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

International machinations demand that we ask “cui bono?”

WORLD AFFAIRS Donald Trump has spent a lot of time in the courts, so he must be familiar with the legal concept of “cui bono” – “who benefits?” When a crime is committed, the likeliest culprit is the person who benefited from the deed.

But he certainly did not apply that principle when deciding to attack a Syrian government airbase with 59 cruise missiles last week.

The attack against Shayrat airbase, the first U.S. military action against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in six years of civil war, was allegedly a retaliation for a poison gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun three days before that President Trump blamed on the Syrian regime. But who stood to benefit from the chemical attack in the first place?

There was absolutely no direct military advantage to be derived from killing 80 civilians with poison gas in Khan Sheikhoun. The

town, located in al-Qaedacontrolled territory in Idlib province, is not near any front line and is of no military significance. The one useful thing that the gas attack might produce, with an impulsive new president in the White House, was an American attack on the Syrian regime.

Who would benefit from that? Well, the rebels obviously would. They have been on the ropes since the Assad regime reconquered Aleppo in December, and if the warming relationship between Washington and Moscow resulted in an imposed peace settlement in Syria, they would lose everything. (Only a few days ago, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that removing Assad from power was no longer Washington’s priority.)

Al-Qaeda – and probably several other rebel groups – have access to chemical weapons. The country was awash with them before the war, because the ability to make a mass chemicalweapons attack on Israel was Syria’s only deterrent against an Israeli nuclear attack. (Assad, and his father before him, under-

stood clearly that Syria would never be allowed to have nuclear weapons of its own.)

Chemical weapons were stored in military facilities all over Syria, and at one point half the country was under rebel control. So of course the rebels have had some for years, and are known to have used them on occasion in their own internecine wars. Would al-Qaeda have hesitated to use them on innocent civilians in order to trigger an American attack on the Syrian regime? Of course not.

The results have already been spectacular. The developing Russian-American alliance in Syria is broken, the prospect of an imposed peace that sidelines the rebels – indeed, of any peace at all – has retreated below the horizon, and Rex Tillerson has just declared that “steps are underway” to form an international coalition to force Bashar al-Assad from power. Not a bad return on a small investment.

But we should also consider the possibility that Bashar al-Assad actually did order the attack. Why

would it do that? For exactly the same reason: to trigger an American attack on the Syrian regime. From a policy perspective, that could make perfectly good sense.

The American attack didn’t really hurt much, after all, and it has already smashed a developing Russian-American relationship in Syria that could have ended up imposing unwelcome conditions on Assad. Indeed, Moscow and Washington might ultimately have decided that ejecting Assad (though not the entire regime) from power was an essential part of the peace settlement.

Assad doesn’t want foreigners deciding his fate, and he doesn’t want a “premature” peace settlement either. He wants the war to go on long enough for him to reconquer and reunite the whole country (with Russian help, of course).

So use a little poison gas, and Donald Trump will obligingly over-react. That should end the threat of U.S.-Russian collaboration in Syria.

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What are your plans for the Easter weekend?

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“I will be spending time with my cousins and my aunt and uncle.”

“We always do an Easter egg hunt, but other than that, we just chill.”

“We are going to my grandma and grandpa’s “First, we are celebrating Titanic Day on Apr. house and doing an Easter egg hunt and 14, and then there is going to be a big Easter spending time with my cousins.” fest with my relatives.”

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»»Samantha Thompson “I will be getting together with family, and there will be chocolate.”

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Keep a tight rein on bureaucrats to ensure our liberties remain with us EDITOR'S NOTES There’s an important tenet of English law – the basis of jurisprudence in former colonies such as Canada and the U.S., for instance – that says everything which is not forbidden is allowed. The theory is that individuals in society are free to live as they will unless otherwise proscribed by laws that were to be limited in scope and scale.

This is important both in protecting our rights and protecting us from authorities, who have a habit of serving their own needs ahead of the public good.

Even a passing glance at human history demonstrates a pattern of corruption and incompetence from the earliest monarchs and church officials through to present-day politicians and bureaucrats, even in so-called democracies such as ours.

Totalitarian dictators and theist states are, of course, even more blatant

examples of the worst tendencies of human beings, especially as it applies to governing. But they’re not alone in sending us down a road that sees “everything which is not forbidden is allowed” warping into “everything which is not allowed is forbidden,” whereby we must act and even think only in ways set out for us.

More than an interesting philosophical debate, the sliding down the continuum has a very real impact on governance today.

That’s not restricted just to the rapid erosion of civil rights in the ersatz fight against terrorists or other would-be reasons to control the populace. Rather, it’s a fundamental part of determining just how much power we should cede to governments, which have been bloated by decades of mission creep.

The principle that “everything which is not allowed is forbidden” is supposed to apply to governing authorities, to limit their powers in protection of the people and the common good.

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That’s when we become involved enough to build up enough anger to vote the bums out at the next available opportunity.

Concerns about grasping politicians and power-hungry mandarins/bureaucrats are as old as the system itself, but the growing scale and complexity of our societies have made the issue much more pressing.

Throw in the much more recent technological capacity for Big Brother-ism and we’ve got a huge problem in need of tearing down.

The late American academic Judith E. Gruber decades ago identified the threat to democracy posed by bureaucracy – ironically a debate kindled by the election of Donald Trump that precipitated a collision with the so-called deep state, the entrenched bureaucracy, particularly in the intelligence community (themselves part of the race to wipe out our civil rights).

“We live in a democracy.

That fact, taught in school and persistently reinforced by political oratory, is a source of pride and satisfaction to most of us.

Although we often disagree about what a democracy entails, most people would probably accept the idea that the heart of a democratic political system is control of the government by the governed. In modern, complex democracies complete control is, of course, impossible, but at minimum we expect the popular election of public officials,” she writes in Controlling Bureaucracies: Dilemmas in Democratic Governance, noting the public much more often interacts with bureaucrats and other appointees rather than elected – and therefore nominally accountable – officials.

“Bureaucrats have not usurped this power from elected officials; they have been given it deliberately,” she writes of how we’ve come to this state. “Yet the result of such delegation is that the people making the myriad decisions about who benefits and who is regulated are not voted in and out of office by the citizens they are benefiting and regulating. They are generally people hired on the basis of competitive ex-

aminations, promoted on the basis of the judgments of other bureaucrats, and fired only under extreme provocation. How then is their work to be controlled by ordinary people?

How can we reconcile the growth of decision making in powerful government bureaucracies with our ideas of democracy and popular control?”

With the growth of freedom-expunging governments and their bureaucracies comes a real threat to the concept of “everything which is not forbidden is allowed.” We see that every day, from the petty policies of local governments to the array of edicts and regulations at the federal level.

In his book, Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy, Georgetown University professor Henry Richardson takes aim at the inherent problems of bureaucracy, arguing the problems go beyond size and outcomes due to their basic ethical flaws. He notes that, while large and complex societies rely on KANNON | 8

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That’s the theory, at any rate. Experience has shown us, however, that once politicians and bureaucrats are given the power to decide what is “allowed” or “prohibited,” we’re on the road to tyranny. It is difficult to limit the scope of their power once they’ve acquired any. Democracy is supposed to give us control over government, but in practice we are essentially slaves to the system, which become more entrenched and cumbersome despite the periodic trips to the polls that pass for accountability.

Cynicism about politicians, bureaucrats and the system of governance, we’re told, has many of us turning away from politics. Our distaste for how politics is done is partly to blame for falling voter turnout numbers, especially among young people.

Cynicism, in that assessment, breeds disengagement. Many of us barely take notice. When we do, however, it’s usually because the government has done something even more corrupt and egregious than we’ve come to expect.

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Due to rising health care costs and an aging population, the total number of pneumonia cases requiring hospitalization is expected to double to 49,424 in 2025, up from 24,761 in 2010. Meanwhile, the annual total direct health care cost of treating the disease will reach over $530 million by 2025, up from $216.2 million in 2010.

“In other words, the ‘sharing economy’ looks a lot like traditional service sector jobs: precarious. The only major difference is the business model they’re using to find work. They are turning to businesses that connect them with customers through online platforms, or apps, to provide a wide range of on-demand services – cleaning, rides home, meal prep, food delivery – using their own skills and their own assets.”

The organizers of a skateboard park in Elmira can check off “location” from the to-do list, as Woolwich this week gave the green light to Bristow Park as the home of the facility. Skate Elmira, the student-led initiative to bring a skate park to Woolwich, saw councillors back the selected spot this week. The group will be making another appearance at council Monday night to make it official.

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ties – a false-flag attack by al-Qaeda or a deliberate provocation by the regime itself – is quite plausible.

What is not remotely believable is the notion that the stupid and evil Syrian regime just decided that a random poison gas attack on an unimportant town would be a bit of fun.

Villains in DC Comics do bad things simply because they are evil. The players in the Syrian civil war do bad things because they are part of serious (though of-

ten evil) strategies. Whoever committed the atrocity at Khan Sheikhoun wanted the United States to attack the Syrian regime, and Donald Trump fell for it.

But if Trump was taken in by the Syrians, he certainly exploited his attack to send a very serious message to China and North Korea. He is a player too, after all, and it can hardly be an accident that he timed the attack for the day of his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping.

Wheels within wheels. It is going to be a wild ride.

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Trading recipes is all part of the fly-tying experience OPEN COUNTRY

tough on both sides. I thought we played well.

As the games went on I thought we got better between the first and the second and the second and the third. Friday night I thought we played really well. If it wasn’t our best, it was one of our top games against them on Friday,” Canal said.

Back home in Elmira Sunday evening, it was do or die for the Kings. More than 1,500 people packed into the Dan Snyder Arena where it was standing room only, to see if Listowel would take the cup, or if Elmira would live to see another day.

But the Cyclones came

THIS MORNING, I GOT off the phone with a friend of mine after we traded a couple of recipes. John and I trade recipes every so often. And while this is very worrisome to our spouses, we both find it useful.

You see we are fly fishermen and we also tie our own flies. In fly tying, each fly pattern has a recipe that shows the materials required to create the fly and the order in which they should be placed on the hook. A simple, effective fly pattern is what most of us want, so when someone says they have a pattern that works well and is easy to tie, you listen.

It is probably better not to listen if you are a non-fly tying spouse, however.

In our latest conversation, John gave me his recipe for tying an imitation of an olive shrimp that local rainbow trout have been gorging on at a lake he lives close to. In return, I told him all about how I have been experimenting with Frenchie nymphs.

When I got off the phone, Jenn approached hesitantly.

“You were talking about

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Listowel comes back to take Cherrey Cup, but points differential sees Elmira earn wildcard spot against Caledonia Ethan Skinner skates up the ice on a breakaway with more than 1,500 pairs of eyes on him in the Elmira Sugar King’s Game 6 loss to the Listowel Cyclones. Listowel won the Cherrey Cup and will go on to the Sutherland Cup. Elmira earned the wildcard spot in the Sutherland Cup series and start the semi-finals this week against Caledonia.

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Last Friday in Listowel for Game 5, the Cyclones took the game 2-1 in overtime. Listowel struck first with a late goal in the second from Holdyn Lansink, assisted by Tommy Hoogars.

Elmira’s Jacob Black evened the playing field five minutes into the third frame, helped in by Zack Cameron and Andrew McIntyre.

In overtime, while Spencer Comelli was sitting out on a holding call, Listowel took advantage of the power play opportunity and Jakob Lee scored (Lansink, Cullen Mercer) to give Listowel a 3-2 lead in the Cherrey Cup final, their first lead in the series.

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didn’t tell the players, which was evident from their faces as they came off the ice after the loss.

“The guys were ready to go and we were definitely trying to force Game 7 and the guys were upset after the loss. It’s tough to lose a series like that. All the games were close. It’s tough, for sure. It definitely feels like a loss, whether we got into the wildcard or not,” Canal said.

Elmira started the series with Listowel with two wins, before Listowel came back to win four straight.

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THE ELMIRA SUGAR KINGS may have lost out on the Cherrey Cup for this year, but they’ve already got their eyes on the next prize – the Sutherland Cup. Sunday’s 3-0 Game 6 win for Listowel earned the Cyclones the Cherrey Cup. But the season is not over just yet, which must come as a relief to those Sugar Kings playing in their final year of junior hockey.

With the best playoff winning percentage and goal differential of the teams who lost in the finals of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL), the Sugar Kings earned their spot in the Sutherland Cup semi-finals

as the wildcard team.

Elmira and St. Catharines were tied for the winning percentage, so it came down to a goal differential percentage after Game 6.

They’ll face Caledonia in the semi-finals which got rolling today (Apr. 13) in Caledonia. Caledonia has won the Sutherland Cup for the past three years.

“We’re fortunate enough that we can still play so we’ve got to try to regroup this week and get ready for Game 1,” said head coach Ty Canal.

He says the coaching staff knew it was a possibility heading into Sunday’s game if they lost, but nothing was set in stone – and the goal was to win and head to Game 7 – so they

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“Yes,” I said. “Don’t worry. Frenchie nymphs are a great subsurface fly.”

“Honestly, I was more worried about the green shrimp,” she said. “It’s your turn to cook dinner.”

Of course, things could always get worse – I still remember when Jenn and I were starting out and I told a friend about my favourite woolly bugger. The point I’m trying to make is that you can get yourself in trouble if the wrong people overhear fly tying conversations.

The biggest problem is when you have a really good pattern that has been catching you lots of fish and suddenly your buddy, who normally outfishes you, starts begging for the recipe. That’s when most

fly tyers get a little creative.

It’s also when you’ll hear questions that no one else in the world has ever heard.

Questions like: “So I really need the eyelashes from a recently road killed skunk?”

And, if you can reply with a straight face, you’ll say, “Yes but it has to be a female skunk, otherwise that fly won’t fish right.”

The sad part is, the very next week at the river, you’ll see that same guy fishing alone – mostly because he somehow found the material you told him to get. But also because he doesn’t want anyone to know about the secret pattern he is using – although, trust me, if you are downwind, you’ll know.

This is why you need someone you can trust to exchange fly tying recipes

with. Not just anyone will do, either. The person has to be generous with their hard-earned knowledge, smart about selecting useful patterns and willing to share information that may one day help you outfish him or her badly.

John is excellent that way on all counts.

The interesting thing about him is he doesn’t tie flies during winter like the rest of us. Instead, he waits till the good weather arrives and then he gathers his materials from the garage. Then on the first windy day, he takes them and his vise outside and does his tying on a picnic table away from everyone.

He says it keeps peace in the house.

One day I’ll tell him that he can substitute craft hair for that road killed skunk.

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Dreams are coming true for another Elmira hockey player.

Cyrus Martin was selected in the eighth round (144th overall) of the OHL priority draft over the weekend by the Saginaw Spirit. The Elmira resident is a goalie with the Waterloo Wolves midget squad.

Overall, eight players were chosen from the Waterloo minor system.

Martin is the sole player from Woolwich Township who was selected. The other Waterloo Wolves players who were drafted are Keean Washkurak, Nate Allensen, Brayden Krieger, Gavin Wood, Callan Christner, Kurtis Goodwin and Tyson Hillier.

“It was kind of a dream come true,” said Martin.

“All year I was working hard to get to where I did, it’s just the combination of a lot of emotions.”

Prior to the draft, he had spoken to a few teams, but he didn’t know where he’d be selected, if at all. He says it was an honour to be selected by Saginaw. He’ll spend the summer preparing for their rookie camp.

“Obviously trying to hit the gym as much as possible and working with my goalie coach a few times at least a week and just trying to hit the ice and the gym as much as possible so I can get ready for camp,” he says of his plans.

The 16-year-old is realistic thought, recognizing it’s unlikely he’ll go straight to the OHL. He plans to try out for

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Elmira’s Cyrus Martin was selected by the Saginaw Spirit in the eighth round of the Ontario Hockey League priority draft on Saturday. some Junior B teams, including his hometown team, the Elmira Sugar Kings. This is what draft picks from Woolwich – Zack Cameron, Mitch Hoelscher and Keenan Stewart – did last year. The Kings

will be looking for an additional goalie next season as Jon Reinhart ages out at the end of this season.

He explains why he chose to play in Waterloo rather than Woolwich.

“Waterloo is AAA, so

Cyrus played for the Waterloo Wolves this season, along with his twin brother Josh, and fellow Elmira teammate Justin Taylor. [SUBMITTED]

it’s just better exposure to scouts. That’s what made my decision. As well as in Waterloo we had a nice room and great coaches, not saying that Woolwich doesn’t have great coaches, but better exposure,” he said.

He thanks his parents for helping him get this far in his hockey career, as well as a variety of coaches.

“All my coaches in Woolwich when I was growing up, John my goalie coach when I was younger and Tony Code was also a huge part in getting here, just since I was little they’ve both been supportive of my hockey career and they were great coaches. As well as all my coaches in Waterloo. [Shawn] Dietrich was a great coach this year and my goalie coach Will, he’s been great as well.”

This close to winning the gold medal, Sue Martin of the Elmira Curling Club, along with the rest of Team Ontario, took home silver at the 2017 Hy-Grade Steel Roofing Canadian Masters Curling Championships in Guelph last week.

Martin, and her team, skip Dale Curtis from St. Thomas, third Rosemary Gowman and second Brenda Clark from Galt Curling Club, had never been to nationals before, and ended up facing off against champions Team Saskatchewan in their final game of the week.

After some initial disappointment in the loss, the women reflected on how well they had done in their debut showing. They had beaten Team Saskatchewan in the round robin earlier in the week.

“Losing the final, that was a huge disappointment for our team because we had a great week. But winning a silver medal in our first appearance at this national event is definitely something that we are proud of. Even though there was that initial disappointment, we are still proud of our accomplishments,” she said.

Their final game didn’t go their way, however.

“Saskatchewan was hot and we weren’t. They dominated the whole

game. They say curling is a game of inches, and I have to say, Saskatchewan was always on the right side of the inch. We struggled a bit,” said Martin. “It is not good to have your off-game in the final, but you never know how it is going to turn out.”

The team did well in the round robin, winning all but two games, against Team British Columbia and Team Manitoba.

“We were up and down in the round robin, even though we won a number of games, I can’t say we played our very best there.

As people say, the W is what counts. In the semifinals, we played against B.C.,” said Martin.“We only had two losses in the round robin and that was one of them. We had just played them as our last game in the round robin, so we met them again right away in the semifinal.

Again, it was a very close game. It was back and forth, and they actually went on to win the bronze medal after playing against Manitoba, who was our other loss.”

Outside of hitting the rinks, Martin says the tournament itself was a great experience.

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The Woolwich Wildcats became the Minor Bantam A Tri-Country Champions on Mar. 16. Back row: assistant coach Matt Schieck, Evan Roth, Tyler Moore, Tyler Martin, Ethan Birmingham, head coach Jake Radcliffe, Kolin Weigel, Owen Lee, Carter Servais, Michael Hayes, Cameron Leonard, Kyler Austin, assistant coach Evan Buehler. Middle row: Easton Gowing, A. J. Mitchell, Cole Slade. Goalies: Brett Strohoff, James Berti.

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The Woolwich Wild squad became the LLFHL Peewee BB division champions on Apr. 2. Front row: Mackenzie Koenig, Avery Leech, Krista Bentley, Haylee Clemmer. Middle row; Carly Bauman, Makenna Mclaughlin, Faith Katsube, Braelyn Macpherson, Payton Ravelle, Jane Hinsperger, Jocelyn Pickard, Tanis Uhrig, Chloe Hislop, Teesha Weber, Paige Woods. Coaches: Rod Bauman, Lisa Bauman, Bob Clemmer, Don Pickard. The girls were also the league’s regular season champions. [SUBMITTED]

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ready to play, blanking the Sugar Kings 3-0 to take the cup for only the second time in Listowel’s franchise history.

In the first period, while Tyler McBay was out for high sticking, Listowel’s Mercer put his team on the board. Max Coyle and Lansink provided assists.

The second period saw no scoring. In the third, Listowel increased their lead with a goal from Lansink, helped in by Lee. And in the final minutes when Elmira pulled goalie Jon Reinhart to add an attacker, Lansink found the puck again and scored on the empty net to take the game.

“I don’t know what the real difference was. We got shots on net, we didn’t get a lot of odd man rushes or that type of off the rush.

We tried to adapt to what Listowel was giving us too.

We knew we had to get pucks in low and in the sec-

ond period [Sunday] night I thought we did that well,” Canal said.

Canal says this series was a full-team effort, from Klayton Hoelscher playing good defensive hockey to Jacob Black stepping up in the faceoff circle.

“McIntyre, he doesn’t take anything off. So he’s always skating, he’s always working. Jonny [Reinhart] I thought played well as well, kept us in games.

When we had a few little breakdowns, Jon was there.

Brown was playing two ways, Jordy was all over the ice. Cameron played a good two-way game.”

Game 2 is in Elmira on Sunday at 7 p.m., followed

by Game 3 on Apr. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Caledonia, and Game 4 on Apr. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Elmira. Games 5, 6 and 7 will be played if necessary. Listowel will face the winner of the western conference, the London Nationals in the semifinals.

Hundreds of cyclists raced through Woolwich and Wellesley townships on Sunday for the fifth annual Steaming Nostril event, put on by Cycle Waterloo. The unique course draws cyclists from across the province and includes a steep climb where they have to carry their bikes up a hill on a local farmer’s property in Hawkesville.

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Guelph Curling Club put on a fabulous competition. They were able to do that through the sponsors.

They had great sponsors.

They had about 150 volunteers working at the event all week, that is why they were able to put on such a great event. Everyone was just amazed.”

Martin says the team would love to defend their silver medal at next year’s national contest, being held in B.C., or even to go for the gold, but competition is high to represent Ontario in the Masters category.

“As you are there and you are talking to the other curlers from across Canada, to get there from Ontario is the hardest. We have more teams entered

Sue Martin with her silver medal from the national curling championships held last week in Guelph.

[LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] love to win that again and in Ontario than any other go back to nationals, meetprovince or territory,” she ing the wonderful women said. “For example, this that we curled with from year, there were 33 teams across Canada, but we that started competition know it isn’t going to be in Ontario. The skill level easy to do.” is high, as well. We would

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EDSS goalie Connor Duench named 2017 WCSSAA hockey MVP WHITNEY NEILSON FROM A DOZEN BOYS’ hockey teams across the region, one player stood out among the pack.

Connor Duench was named this year’s league MVP for the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletics Association.

Duench is a fifth-year student at Elmira District Secondary School who served as goalie for Elmira’s boys’ hockey team this season.

Despite EDSS finishing in fourth, the coaches agreed he was worthy of the most valuable player designation.

“It’s a really big honour.

I was kind of speechless.

It was really cool when Mr. Munroe texted me and told me about it,” Duench said of being notified by his coach.

Duench has also helped fill in goaltending duties with the Elmira Sugar Kings on occasion.

He’s sad to see his high school hockey years come to an end, but is thankful for the recognition from the coaches.

“I wish I could have got to play another year at least or a couple years. It was a lot of fun, I made a lot of new friends through it and had a really good time,” Duench said.

Next season he plans to try out for some junior hockey teams, and if those don’t work out he’ll try out for the Woolwich juvenile team.

EDSS teacher and boys’ hockey coach Dave Munroe said Duench was a clear choice as his nominee for the award.

“It was pretty unanimous. I just piped up at the start, made my case for him, with regards to his numbers with his save percentage and his minutes and his goals against. Some of the other teams had a lot more skill upfront and for us to finish top four in WCSSAA, a large portion of that was because of him. Without him we would have been closer to the bottom of the league,” Munroe said.

He notes most of their losses were only by one goal, except for their final game against Grand River, so the other coaches had the chance to see how good he was and they were on board with him

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Elmira District Secondary School’s Connor Duench received the league MVP for boys’ hockey after being nominated by his coach, Dave Munroe. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] ing for the next season getting it.

At the meeting they also soon.

Duench will receive the decided, based on how MVP trophy with his name well each team did, how on it to keep for a while. many players would be Munroe says he’s glad to selected for the first and see him get this type of second all-star teams, as recognition. well as honourable men“He worked pretty hard, tions. The all star teams he saw a lot of rubber don’t actually play a game, it’s just to recognize this year, so it’s nice to be rewarded for his efforts,” their work. Colby Bond Munroe said. was named to the second He adds that he believes team from Elmira, and Duench has the skill to Tyler Martin received an play at the Junior B level honourable mention. if there’s a team next seaBack when Munroe son with an opening. played high school hock“From what I’ve seen he ey, they used to have the definitely has the ability all-stars play the team to play at that level,” Munthat won WCSSAA, but roe said. they don’t do that anyWhile Duench wasn’t more. the most vocal player in At the meeting, they the room, Munroe says his also talked about changleadership shone through ing the rules for next in other ways. season regarding if A, “The guys, definitely AA, and AAA players can when he’s in net, have a play high school hockey confidence because of the too, which wasn’t allowed fact they know how good this year. All the coaches he is and they know that emailed in their votes he’s going to keep them in on that and they should every game.” know if the rule is chang-

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Plenty of stories, and lots of laughs as Jacks wrap up season with banquet Hardware doled out, including MVP Alex Uttley’s trophy as the leading scorer; graduating players get a sendoff WHITNEY NEILSON The 2016-17 Wellesley Applejacks gathered for the final time last weekend for their annual awards banquet, where they doled out trophies and shared stories about the graduating players.

Kevin Kleihauer served as emcee for the awards portion of the evening.

“We may or may not be the largest village in the loop. We may or may not have the most sponsorship in the loop from the dollars perspective, but you guys can bet, when it comes to heart, when it comes to horsepower supporting this team, we’ve got it,” Kleihauer said.

The coaching staff and the executive handed out nine awards to eight players.

Alex Uttley received the leading scorer award with 75 points for the 2016-17 season. He also tallied another 20 points in the playoffs. He was also named team MVP. Team captain Cal Jefferies was given the Don Green Memorial Trophy for being the most sportsmanlike player. He was presented it by assistant coach Ted Jefferies.

Don Green was an avid sportsman in Wellesley before he passed away after a car accident on Aug. 28, 1984.

The Coach’s Award went to Brenden Goran for the second year in a row.

Brady Gerber earned the Martin Novack Memorial Trophy for being the unsung player of the season.

Martin Novack played with the Wellesley Applejacks from 1995 to 1997 and was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1997.

The S.J. Campbell Memorial Trophy for the most improved player of the season went to Greg Huber. Steve Campbell played baseball and hockey in Wellesley and was the principal of Wellesley Public School. He passed away while playing broomball in 1979.

Spencer Brick received the Wellesley Apple Products Trophy for being named the Most Valuable Local Player. The trophy was donated by Ralph Yantzi, Wellesley Cider Mill’s owner. He passed

The Wellesley Applejacks celebrated their 2016-17 season on Apr. 7 with their annual awards banquet. From left: Cal Jefferies, Ryan Hergott, Nick Mercier, Brenden Goran, Brady Gerber, Spencer Brick, Jordan Hoekstra, Alex Uttley and Greg Huber.

[WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] away in 1992.

The John Igley Memorial Trophy went to Nick Mercier as the Most Valuable Defenseman Award.

The Rookie of the Year went to Jordan Hoekstra.

“What a hell of an impressive campaign,” Kleihauer said of Hoekstra’s first year with the Jacks, where he earned 31 goals and 32 assists in the regular season.

The Jacks finished the season in third place with a 24-14-2 record. They fell in the semi-finals of playoffs to Paris, who went on to lose to Ayr. “The Schmalz Cup is Graduating players Cal Jefferies, Brenden Goran, Nick Palmer and Sean McEwan received Captain Cal Jefferies received the Don Green Memorial Trophy for being the most one of the toughest junior commemorative jerseys with their names and numbers. sportsmanlike player. It was presented by assistant coach Ted Jefferies. trophies to win, it really Bear Toss was an incredible tive, D is for downright Grebinski remembers ing and gregarious. By the is,” said head coach Brad belligerent. I think you see act put forward by an inmeeting Goran at a tryout third year they’re becomGerber. where this is going,” Grecredible young man.” two years ago. ing the leaders of tomor“There’s 63 junior C binski said.

Goran raised $810 for “I went over to the stall row, playing pranks, causteams in Ontario. When The equipment staff a local children’s charity and said ‘is there anything ing minor issues, they start you compare that to 27 would put out snacks for in conjunction with the you need, sir?’” Grebinski testing the boundaries,” junior B teams, 22 junior the players before the Teddy Bear Toss. said, to more laughter.

Grebinski said.

A tier teams, the Schmalz game, which Jefferies was McEwan was noted as a He notes Goran is one of The four graduating Cup is tough,” Gerber said. notorious for taking adplayer who comes to the those players who attends players – Cal Jefferies, He said they’re looking vantage of. Grebinski said rink, does his job and goes all of the Jacks’ activities.

Brenden Goran, Sean forward to next year with a on his way, never asking for when caught with pockMcEwan and Nick Palmer – He recalled how at last core group returning. ets full of snack bars and much. year’s golf tournament, each received a jersey with Assistant equipment bottles of water, you always “Sean was part of one Goran’s golf cart malfunctheir name and number manager Rick Grebinski got the same response – of the best line combos tioned and he and Ryan and a plaque. shared some serious – but ‘what?’’’ to come around in a long Porter ended up in the “Nick is a legend in his mostly humorous – stories But in all seriousness, time. He and Cal worked lagoon. The marshals were own mind, I mean his own about the graduating playtheir magic many a night to “Cal had four very producso concerned that they had right. Over the last season ers before wrapping up the tive years in Wellesley. He lead the Jacks to victory on him sit out the rest of the and a half he’s played the evening. made captain for the final tournament due to possible numerous occasions.” least amount of games of “You see them come year, filling the role very And last but not least, injury. the regular players, but has in as young teenagers, admirably. We’re all very Grebinski reminisced on “Brenden looks tough, the most penalty minutes.” nervous, shy, wondering fortunate to have you Cal.” Jefferies’ four years with walks tough, talks tough on “It was always the ref’s if they’re going to fit in.

The Wellesley Applethe Jacks. fault and in no way due to his the ice. But off the ice, he’s They get that first season jacks’ spring prospects “A is for argumentative, the sweetest, biggest teddy loosely unhinged yap,” Greunder their belt and they camp runs May 27 at the B is for belligerent, C is for bear in our organization. binski said to laughter from start building confidence, Wilmot Recreation Centre. consistently argumentaWhat he did for the Teddy become a little more outgo- the players and parents.

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Building centre’s materials put to use very close to Home JL’s Duke Street Home Building Centre is now putting the finishing touches on renovations WHITNEY NEILSON WITH JUST A FEW finishing touches left to go, JL’s Duke Street Home Building Centre, is looking like a newer, brighter version of its old self.

JL and Deb Belisle have been the dealer-owners for the Elmira building centre since 1996. They also operate a pair of stores in Guelph (Wellington Street, Grange Street).

JL explains all three of them needed to be updated.

“We did the Guelph store in 2014. This was the next one on the slate. In 2015, we started planning and executed last year. And we did the Grange Street store last November and it’s just completing now,” JL said.

The building was stripped to the bare walls inside and out. They took out all the flooring and ceiling tiles out, and brought in new light fixtures, drywall, and flooring tiles.

When they stripped the building, they took the siding and the cladding off.

All of the original doors and windows from when the building was Beaver Lumber are still in place, they’re just sandwiched between the walls.

“For the outside we stripped down all the old siding, we did some insulation and recladded it all.

It’s basically a new building in an old shell,” JL said.

They’re in the same building that’s been there since 1876. It was owned

Tear down some of the fences, and Africa will feed Africa FIELD NOTES

Deb and JL Belisle, dealer-owners of the Duke Street Home Building Centre, have done extensive renovations inside and out to the Elmira location. The building itself has a long history in building materials, dating back to 1876. They plan to reprint many of the historical photos from the building’s former life to display in the store.

[WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] ning to set up a watering computerized, as well as “There’s a lot of history by a variety of building station for the horses to designed to make it easier to the place,” JL said. companies, including N.M. get a drink of water when for customers to get in and They just have some Bearinger Limited, The they’re tied up outside out and access product. finishing touches to add to Elmira Planing Mill Comwith the buggies. It’s alThe renovations have been the building before it’s ofpany Limited, and Beaver ready been ordered and in the plans for five years. ficially fully renovated.

Lumber. Beaver Lumber just needs to be hooked up “The one thing that we Rick Lackovic, JL’s marwas purchased by Home before the summer heat are very cognizant of is our keting manager, says the Hardware in 2000.

Mennonite community and sets in. building needed structural They have an assortment “Last summer when we I’m really trying to reach and cosmetic updates. of old photos of the buildwere doing the renovaout to them,” Lackovic Lackovic says the store ing, which they plan to said. has been completely rereprint larger and display DUKE | 24 In that vein, they’re planmerchandized, and rein the store.

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Most of the focus is on Africa, and the growing population there.

So the question goes: Who will feed Africa?

Well, after spending two weeks with some 150 agricultural journalists from nearly 60 countries visiting South Africa farms and agribusinesses, meeting progressive farmers there and seeing the enormous potential that is starting to be realized, one thing is clear to me: to a major extent, Africa will feed Africa.

Granted, it will do so with a significant measure of help from abroad, particularly financial investment and research. But I saw evidence that South Africa can lead the way in helping feed millions of Africans. It has vast amounts of land, favourable weather, resourceful farmers, and proximity to those who are the hungriest.

Unfortunately, though, it also has water shortages, and president Jacob Zuma. I’m not sure which is worse.

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In beautiful Cape Town, at the southern most point of the country, even hotel guests are being asked to use every conservation measure possible to help management get through the water crisis. Farmers and ranchers are waiting anxiously for southern hemisphere autumn rains to arrive and replenish dangerously low reservoirs.

Africa has some resilience when it comes to drought.

It’s been through it before.

Research at home and abroad, including at the University of Guelph, is targeting the development of drought-resistant varieties that will help farmers persevere, particularly as climate change continues to take hold.

But as for lifting the misery caused by president Zuma and the political degradation that can be laid primarily at his feet, well, that’s another matter.

Zuma is hurting his own people with his incompetence and corruption. He’s

wrecking the African National Congress, the party founded by anti-apartheid visionary Nelson Mandela, and the dream of a prosperous future for Africa.

Zuma’s latest folly, firing the country’s popular finance minister, sent South Africa’s currency tumbling.

Its bonds have now sunk to junk status on financial markets. Among other things, that means the price of borrowing goes up and credit tightens.

What a shame. The world was starting to look favour-

ably on Africa overall for investment. The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association says private financiers invested $3.8 billion in 145 deals across Africa in 2016, including many in agriculture. That was more than 50 per cent higher than the previous year.

Meanwhile, the instability caused by Zuma is perpetuating conditions that open the door for racist factions to terrorize farmers and bastardize the equality goals of 1994’s Restitution of Land

Rights Act. This act was brought forward by Mandela to enable indigenous black South Africans to lay claim to parcels of land that was theirs before apartheid ripped the country apart.

In some cases, those claims have gone smoothly.

I met one farmer who gave up land through the government-mediated and funded process, and was paid for his land in a month.

But still, horror stories exist about angry indigenous people simply moving onto farmers’ land and taking it

forcefully, whether theirs is a legitimate claim or not.

An organization called Free State Agriculture is trying hard to promote peace and cooperation among the farm community.

Its job – and that of South African farmers poised to help feed others on the continent, and even abroad – will be much easier in a different political climate.

Pray for Africa that it comes sooner than later, and that Zuma departs. Then the healing that Mandela began can continue.

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tions we were watching the horses and we would carry out every now and again a bucket of water for the horses,” JL said.

They’re also going to dedicate one of their sheds as a shelter for the horses.

They would have built a shelter for them, but because the property is in a floodplain, it wouldn’t be easy to get a building permit.

They would like to also have a mini-farmers’ market set up in front of the store in the morning on

Wednesdays. They’re working to make that a possibility with local Mennonites who’d like to sell their goods.

So far, customers are loving the new look of the store.

“We get a lot of comments that we’ve enlarged the store, but it’s the same,” Deb said of the floor space.

As part of the renovations they’ve tripled the assortment of goods. They went from just under 7,000 items to more than 20,000 items in stock.

“Customers expect to be able to come in and find

the item that they want.

In the old days it was kind of okay to special order items and have it for them in a couple of days, but it’s not the way to do business right now,” JL said.

The store is open now and they’re holding their official grand opening on May 5 and 6. They’ll have a special flyer coming out in conjunction with that.

Mayor Sandy Shantz will do a ribbon cutting on May 5. The charity BBQ will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 6. The proceeds will go to Woolwich Community Services.

Store manager Sara Tilcox says customers appreciate the changes to the store, including tripling the products available in store. They’ll hold their grand re-opening May 5 and 6, but they’re open for business now. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]

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They’re weekend shows, but they’ll all be Tuesdays with Morrie Theatre Wellesley finds a meaty subject in producing the stage version of Mitch Albom’s touching story WHITNEY NEILSON AUDIENCES LOOKING FOR ENTERTAINMENT and a heartfelt true story can find both with Theatre Wellesley’s upcoming production of Tuesdays with Morrie.

The autobiographical play follows Mitch Albom, an established sports reporter, and his relationship with his former sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz.

The play was written by Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher, and based on Albom’s book of the same name. The play first opened in 2002 at the Minetta Lane Theatre.

Dave McNorgan explains why Theatre Wellesley chose to bring Tuesdays with Morrie to life for their Wellesley audience.

“Tuesdays with Morrie, it’s so well known, for one thing. That would be an immediate attraction.

But like with all our spring shows we’re looking for a script with a small cast for our smaller space here, and something with some dynamic characters – meaty, as we call it,” McNorgan said.

The show is being directed by Lori Hoelscher.

Due to the small venue size at the Wellesley Library, she says it will be an intimate experience.

Figuring out how to make the scenes work in the smaller space without the technical equipment like pulleys they would have on a large stage has been a wel-

come challenge.

“Being able to add some creativity to it is the exciting part of it,” Hoelscher said.

Allan Strong has taken on the role of Morrie, and John Settle will play Mitch.

Settle just finished up a run of The Sting with Elora Community Theatre.

Strong has been found more often in the director’s chair for Theatre Wellesley, but was looking to get back on stage.

“And he’s been wondering why he did that,” Strong jokes.

“However this is a great script and a very powerful story,” Strong adds.

The production is billed as a “dramedy,” with both comedy and dramatic moments. Albom watches as Schwartz battles Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS).

“It’s very touching humour, warm humour and it’s incredibly profound. It’s based on a true story. Morrie Schwartz died in 1995 but here it’s just over 20 years later, all of Morrie’s many sayings they still hold true, his little pieces of wisdom,” McNorgan said.

For the crew, one of the biggest challenges has been finding era-appropriate props, like the large tape recorder Mitch uses in the play.

For the actors, it’s all about doing justice to their characters.

“For me, it’s capturing the decline of Morrie in a way that is true to that decline

Allan Strong as Morrie and John Settle as Mitch bring Tuesdays with Morrie to the Theatre Wellesley stage later this month. The autobiographical story follows Mitch as he watches his mentor decline due to ALS. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] audiences with some of “Mitch is having everyand still trying to keep his presents Tuesdays With Morrie’s wisdom, which is thing he ever believed in spirit there. He was a very Morrie from Apr. 21-23 and sprinkled throughout the challenged. His whole life engaging, dynamic, intelApr. 28-30 at the Wellesley play, about the importance is being questioned,” Settle ligent man. His brain was Library (1137 Henry Street). of living and friendship. said. still working even though Tickets are $15 and available “I hope the audience They’ve been rehearsing his body was failing,” Strong at Pym’s Village Market, in watching the play and since February and look said. by emailing contact@ feeling the emotions of the Strong says both actors go forward to welcoming auditheatrewellesley.ca or characters that they would ences into Morrie’s study, through an emotional jourcalling 519-573-2992. Space feel a little bit more of where they’ll only be a ney with these characters as is limited. Show times are 8 what’s going on in their own p.m. on Fridays, 2 p.m. and couple feet away from the Morrie is facing death and lives,” McNorgan said. actors.

Mitch is facing the loss of 8 p.m. on Saturdays, and 2 Theatre Wellesley The cast hopes to leave his mentor. p.m. on Sundays.

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Cell – 1-519-501-8864 | peterdumart@jfm.ca Approx 75 acres – 55 workable, balance is black loam and buildings.

2 Barns – #1 Beef Barn – 70’ x 100‘ with 2 attached additions (34’x45’ and 45’x45’) Loafing pens for 125 feeder cattle and 7 horse stalls Upper level has penning for 50 sows w/gravity feed bin. 2 Silos. #2 Farrow to Wean – 30’ x 130‘ w/adjoining hoper bottom feed bins (5 & 10 ton) Concrete liquid manure holding tank. Automatic feed and ventilation systems.

Steel, concrete & plastic pennin (dry stalls, farrowing crates and breeding pens (250 sow capacity).

Out Building 50’x90’ implement shed w/lined and insulated workshop.

Small Greenhouse with hot water heating.

Small Garden Shed with adjoining shed used as engine room currently housing 2 diesel gensets.

House (Approx 1 acres) 2 storey, 6 bedroom frame (vinyl siding), lge. kit, bathroom, washroom, walk/up attic, & attached woodshed. Hot water, w/stove and forced oil heat. Well & septic in 2002.

View by Appointment Only. Reserved Bid. ALL TENDERS TO BE RECEIVED BY 3 P.M. ON THE 8TH DAY OF MAY 2017 AT THE OFFICE OF WATERS, HASTINGS & GRAINGER PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 21 ARTHUR STREET, SOUTH ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2M4 PHONE 519-669-1641 | FAX 519-669-1944

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SEE THE GRILL ON THE GREEN AD ON PAGE 2 FOR MANY AVAILABLE POSITIONS FOR SALE 10LB DOWNRIGGER CANON Balls. $30.00 ea. or 2 for $55.00, limited quantity.

Also Cedar Rails $2.00 ea.

Phone 519-699-5723 BLUEBIRD NESTING BOXES. Hand made out of old barn boards. Call 519-698-2059.

GENERATOR FOR SALE. Case 9000 Watt, Model R7100DP, mint condition. Pick up only, NO TRADES. Moving so must go. Asking $875.00. Call 519669-2666.

GREEN BISSEL MACHINE cleaner. Used only twice. $70.00. Call 519-669-2574.

FOR SALE MATTRESS AND BOX Spring, new, never used, still in sealed bag. Sacrifice $195. Delivery available. 519-635-8737.

TRACTOR - 1947B AllisChalmers, 35 hp, excellent running motor and tires Weiler at 519-648-2411 or 519-502-3147. Asking $1800.

WASHER/DRYER FRIGIDAIRE. FRONT load, stackable, white, new pump $350. Call 226-868-0245.

AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE OF Riding lawn mower, household effects and miscellaneous items, to be held at 7262 -3rd Line of Mapleton Twp. (1 Mile north of Wallenstein or 4 miles west of Elmira) for Clayton and Alice Metzger, on Saturday, April 15th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

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AUCTION of Farm Machinery, Farm Support Items, Shop Tools, Lawn and Garden Equipment Sale to be held at #7213 Line 86 Wallenstein approx. 6 km west of Elmira

SATURDAY, APRIL 22 10:00 A.M. Van: 1996 Ford Winstar Mini Van 80,000 km, excellent condition.

Equipment: 16 run iH seed drill w dry fertilizer and grass, NH 352 Mixmill w loading auger, Kvernland big bale chopper, 12’ tire packer, 20’ steel rack round bale wagon on double reach truck tire gear, 790 NH Harvestor w p/u head, 14’ one way disc all new bearings, 18’ S tine high clearance cultivator, JD 4 furrow plow w spring reset, 353 Kuhn disc bine centre pivot 2 pt hitch 12’ cut field ready, Gehl 1065 Harvestor w p/u and 2 row corn head (nice), 30’ steel rack round bale wagon on double reach truck tire gear, 24’ steel mesh top round bale wagon on double reach tandem gear, 1018SE Dion forage wagon on tandem gear, 1016SE Dion forage wagon on tandem gear, 3 NH forage wagons, 3 pth cement mixer, shaver 3 pth stump grinder, Hesston harvester w p/u and 2 row corn head steel Gerber seed tote, industrial shelving, quantity of 8’ cedar fence posts, coats tire changer, 8” x 51’ Farm King grain auger, 24’ S tine high clearance cultivator, Model 5500 vertablend TMR Mixer w Honda electric start engine, 18’ transport sprocket packer, Oswalt 250 TMR mixer on wheels w electronic scales in excellent condition. 90’ belt bunk feeder w/independent plow drive, 20’ steel rack bale thrower wagon, 500 Gal Hardi sprayer w foam markers, PTO operated vertical TMR mixer w electronic scales (nice), iH 5100 seed drill w press wheels and grass seed 21 run, 15 ton Horst wagon running gear, 16’ S tine high clearance cultivator, Pequea single rotor rake, truck mount crop sprayer, 3 pth 65” Roto tiller, 3 pth scraper blades, electric roller mill, plastic hydraulic fertilizer auger, pallet pump carts, round bale feeder and more.

Tractor and Skid Steer: Case D 2wd gas tractor, NH L250 skid steer w 2 buckets.

Shop Equipment: Lincoln stik welder, sand blaster, Busy Bee Wood copy lathe, portable air compressors, handyman jacks, wide straw fork, alum ladders, wheel barrows, live traps, Halogen work lights, 8’ stroke sander single phase power, edge sander.

Lawn and Garden: Good selection of riding mowers, self propelled and push mowers, front and rear tine tillers, chainsaws, string trimmers, tow along weed sprayers and more.

Furniture: 4 pc lite coloured bookcase waterfall bedroom suite, 5 pc dark queen sized bedroom set, green sofa and loveseat reclining, 2 brown recliner chairs, solid oak 2 door china cabinet (nice), double ped office desk w hutch, oak sideboard w clock shelf (nice), double bed complete, sewing cabinet w elevator and machine, bar stools, uphostered dining chairs, drop front desk, treadle sewing machine, leather office chair, Arborite table, oak drop leaf table, folding chairs, chest of drawers, pressback chairs, microwave stand.

Misc Household: New floor model water dispenser, power treadmill, piles of bedding and towels, 12 place setting of Royal Albert Highland thistle dishes, milk can, dehumidifiers, large collection of old wooden crates, Propane turkey cooker, gas and propane BBQ’s, patio chairs, chest freezer, new bar fridges, snow shoes, bushel baskets, new insulated overalls, 2 wagon loads or new hardware.

Guns and Army Memorabilia: Lee enfield sport model, 12 gauge double barrel shot gun, Army rifle KAL 7.62mm, 12 gauge shotgun magazine clip, 1954 B2104 Army Rifle w bayonet, Model 60 Cooey Repeater 22 calibre, 1942 Aktiedolag Husqvarna Army Rifle, 776F27 Army Rifle, 30-30 model 340A Savage rifle, D.R.P. 22 calibre antique German rifle, mini pistol crossbow, Saxon Badger mini crossbow, Boonets 44”, 20” 25” long. Army Ammo boxes, Civil War U.S. Cavalry ammo box, knives in sheath lots of them, army helmets, leather army boots, gun cleaning kits, gun magazines, W.W.1 or 2 Canadian Army saddle, piles of old comic books, stamps, toy guns, lots more, too much to list.

Gerald Bowman Auctions & Appraisal Ltd. RR2, Drayton, ON N0G 1P0 Office: 519-638-5708 For full listing & photos visit our website: www.bowmanauctions.ca

Of Household goods, antiques, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Shirley Diefenbaker, Kitchener & additions, on

FRIDAY, APRIL 21ST @ 10:00 A.M.

HOUSEHOLD: KENMORE fridge. Apt. size freezer. 3 new white bar fridges. Bedroom furniture. Newer dry sink. Single beds. Navy blue matching sofa & chair – good. Desk.

Corner china cabinet. Curio cabinet. Ext. table & 6 chairs. Sofa table. Coffee & end tables. Small tables. Card table & chairs.

Rocker. Walker. Samsung 42in. LCD TV. Broil King barbeque. Newer wheel chair.

Sewing basket – full. Silverware in chest.

Electronics. Printer. Books. Cameras. Lamps.

Peter Etril Snyder plates, plus the usual household goods.

ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES:

POSTER

bed with new mattress. Chest of drawers.

Round pedestal table. Fainting couch.

Victorian arm & side chairs. Oak office chair. Singer treadle sewing machine. 2 Royal Doulton’s. Document box. 6 pocket watches (2 Elgin’s, Waltham 15 Jewel, American Waltham, Henry Birks & Sons, Thomas Russel & Son, London). Brass bells including Canadian Beaver. Oil lamps. CocaCola collectibles. Collector cars. Old windup toys. Hockey figurines. 50’s electric 5 car passenger train. Daisy BB Gun Model 155 with wooden stock. CNR water jug. Silver tea set. Grundig radio. Royal Doulton set of china. China & glass (cornflower, depression, Shelley cups, fancy cups & saucers, etc.).

MISC. ITEMS: Variety of tools, welding &

battery cables, sewer snakes, fencing wire, Ridgid dies, grinding discs, road markers, welding rods, sinking pond hose, air brake hose, Snap-On leak detector. Welding mask & accessories. New wheel barrow handles.

Stihl FS36 trimmer. Blue & brown vinyl.

Propane construction heater. Drill bits, airline quick connects, tool holsters, hardware, etc.

Note – Some of the above are new!

NOTE – See www.auctionsfind.com/gerber

for photos. Terms – Cash or cheque with I.D. 10% buyer’s premium.

AUCTIONEERS:

Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451

2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)

AUCTIONS

AUCTIONS

SAT. APRIL 15 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of quality furniture; household effects; tools; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at 560 Hallmark Drive in Waterloo for Alex and Marlene Redekopp.

Jantzi Auctions Ltd. www.jantziauctions.com 519 656 3555.

AUCTION SALE OF Fork lift, machinery, tools, feed, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1346 Three Bridges Rd. I mile west of St. Jacobs (take Henry St. west to “T” intersection then turn south), for Cleason B. Martin, on Thursday, April 20th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

SAT. APRIL 15 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of quality furniture; household effects; tools; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at 560 Hallmark Drive in Waterloo for Alex and Marlene Redekopp.Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com

AUCTION SALE OF Household goods, antiques, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, on Friday, April 21st @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451.

WED. APRIL 19 at 10:00 AM Clearing auction sale of furniture; tools; antiques; collectables; household effects and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. www.jantziauctions.com 519 656 3555

AUCTION SALE OF JD tractor, tools, cattle showing equipment, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 806718 Rd. 29 of BlandfordBlenheim Twp. (1 1/2 miles west of Drumbo), for Stan Becker, on Saturday, April 22nd @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138.

AUCTION

To be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacobs for an Waterloo estate with additions on:

WEDNESDAY APRIL 19 AT 10:00 AM

HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: double bed with

dresser and matching mirror; chrome table and 4 chairs; solid oak dining room suite; table and 6 chairs; 4 door china cabinet; brown floral couch with matching chairs and side chairs; coffee and end table sets; card table and chairs; oak roll top desk very nice; double bed; microwave; heritage grandfather clock; hall table and mirror; sewing machine and chair; rocker; matching chair and ottoman; hall table; telephone table and chairs; 2 living room chairs; single brass bed; side tables; kitchen table and chairs; quantity of good glass and china; dinner sets; cookware; towels; bedding; linens; kitchenware; small appliances; etc.

ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES: teak table and chairs; plant stand; small bar with stereo and turn table unique; milk can; washstand; chamber set; underwrite typewriter; fur coat; Kierstead paintings and other artwork; small pedestal plant stand; half moon table; magazine table; oak side table; parlour tables; record player; records; Corningware; crocks; jugs; oil lamps; cabbage cutter; vintage jewelry; vintage linens; older glass and china including depression; crystal; pinwheel; Bavaria; cups and saucers; dinner sets; older tools; primitives; etc.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: patio swing; deck box; metal shelf; lawn chairs; bikes; variety of hand; power; and lawn and garden tools; metal shelving; ladders; step stool.

TERMS: 10% buyers premium, cash, cheque, Visa, Mastercard and debit.

AUCTIONEER:

Jantzi Auctions Ltd. Wellesley | 519-656-3555 www.JantziAuctions.com

AUCTIONS APRIL 22 - 1 p.m., 7275 4th Line, West of Floradale. 3 piece bedroom suite with mattress, 1 double bed with mattress, 2 china cabinets, 1 antique dresser, 1 chest of drawers, 8 stacking chairs, 11 wooden folding chairs, folding high chair, brown couch and love seat, sofa bed, play pen, steel desk, pine chest, round card table with 4 chairs, child’s’ card table with 4 chairs, old trunk, chain saw, tomotoe cages, dishes, bedding, miscellaneous items.

Not responsible for any accidents. Terms cash or cheque. By Harvey & Mary Horst.

SAT. APRIL 22 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of household effects; furniture; antiques; collectables; and much more to be held at 11 Linpine Lane in Linwood for Bob and Bonnie Elliot. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. www.jantziauctions.com 519 656 3555 SATURDAY APRIL 22 at 10 A.M. Double ring consignment and estate auction of farm machinery and farm support items, lawn and garden equipment, furniture, antiques, tools etc.

Sale to be held at #7213 Line 86 Wallenstein, approx. 6 km west of Elmira. Phone 519-638-5708.

Website: www.bowmanauctions.ca

AUCTIONS WED. APRIL 26 at 7:00 PM - Property auction of a 101 acre farm, including 10 acres of bush; with 2 homes; bank barn; driveshed; etc. to be held at 1330 Bleams Rd RR2 Petersburg for Mannview Farms. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. www.jantziauctions.com 519 656 3555 AUCTION SALE OF 2 country properties, riding lawn mowers, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 2242 Nafziger Rd. (near Erb’s Rd.), in Philipsburg, for The Angus & Shirley Gillis Estate, on Saturday, April 29th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

SAT. APRIL 29 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; household effects; antiques; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at 50 Moore Ave in Kitchener for the estate of the late Nelda Schafer. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. www.jantziauctions.com 519 656 3555 AUCTION SALE OF Machinery, household goods and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1825 Middle Block Rd. (off County Rd. 17 near Kossuth Rd. bordering Cambridge), for Jerry and Ilean Renner, on Saturday, May 6th @ 10:00 a.m.

Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519699-4451 or 698-0138.

AUCTION SALE

11 Linpine Lane in Linwood (off Manser Rd) for Bob and Bonnie Elliott on:

SATURDAY APRIL 22 AT 10:00 AM

PARTIAL LIST: Solid oak double pedestal rectangular custom made table with 8 chairs and 3 leaves; wicker table and 4 chairs; 3 door cabinet; dehumidifier; cooper boiler; 60” Sharp flat screen TV; sectional recliner very good; milk can; quilt stand; art work; golf clubs; freezer; pine cabinet; 22 inch Torro lawnmower; Ryobi weed trimmer with edger attachment; stubby beer and pop bottles; plant stand; 2 chairs and ottoman; variety of glass and china; hand; power; and lawn and garden tools; sunshade patio umbrella; etc.

Well kept; quality; high end furniture; be on time as there are few smalls.

AUCTIONEER:

Jantzi Auctions Ltd. Wellesley | 519-656-3555 www.JantziAuctions.com

AUCTION

AUCTION SALE

Of Fork lift, machinery, tools, feed, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 1346 Three Bridges Rd. I mile west of St. Jacobs (take Henry St. west to “T” intersection then turn south), for Cleason B. Martin, on

THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH @ 10:00 A.M.

MACHINERY: Clark C500 propane fork lift, indoor/outdoor, 2 stage, 10ft. lift, running order. AC 2000 – 3 furrow, 16in. semi-mount plow. 12ft. cultivator, high clearance, “S” tines. Int 13 run seed drill on steel. 12ft. chain harrow. 12ft. sprocket packer. McCormick No. 9 - 6ft. horse drawn mower, high speed, good condition. Horse drawn manure spreader. Horse drawn crop sprayer. Orchard sprayer. NH Mix mill, customized with Hoban sheller, hammer mill, hopper & blower, pto.

Brandt 852 auger. Water tank on trailer. 4 row corn head (wide) to fit IH 914 combine. Older 2 row corn head off a Gehl harvester. Cutting box with drive belt.

TOOLS, FEED & MISC. ITEMS: Quantity of corn silage. Horse drawn carriage. Fore cart (2 wheel). Heavy team sleigh. ½ ton grain mixer.

Commodity scale (800lb. capacity). 18 & 40ft. steel storage boxes (to be removed). Augers.

Heavy duty milling machine. Steel lathe, 7ft. bed, 9in. swing, 3 & 4 jaw chucks, taper attachment. Wadkin 16in. heavy duty table saw. Dewalt 14in. heavy duty radial arm saw.

Heavy duty floor model drill press. Heavy drill press vice. Heavy duty hub boring machine (single phase). Hub machining lathe. Wagon Wheel tenant cutter. Toolex 8in. jointer, 5 ½ ft. single phase. Small air press. Outdoor wood burning furnace. Firewood (hardwood split in 4ft. lengths). Mueller 1500 litre bulk milk tank. Steel firewood racks. Canox portable stick welder. Quantity of wooden wagon parts including hubs, wagon spindles, etc. Buggy tire machine. Cement mixer. Utility trailer.

Chain link fence. Skid of cedar lumber. Scrap metal. Few antiques including roll top desk with bookcase, washstand, knee hole desk, chest of drawers, set of 6 press back chairs, singer treadle sewing machine, table top cream separator, sad irons, lanterns, etc. plus a wagonload of farm related items.

NOTE – Plan to attend. Many useful items.

See www.auctionsfind.com/gerber for photos. Proprietors and auctioneers not responsible for accidents day of sale. Terms – Cash or cheque with I.D.

PROPRIETORS:

CLEASON B. MARTIN 519-664-2188 AUCTIONEERS:

Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138

2827 Hutchison Rd., RR#1 Millbank (Crosshill)

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MILL OPERATOR FULL-TIME

AZ DRIVERS PART-TIME

PFI Inc. requires a self-motivated individual for a full-time position making livestock feed. This position includes mixing and pelleting of feed with accurate record keeping. Some experience would be an asset but willing to train. Must be flexible for shift work, with some overtime and weekends if required. Competitive wages and benefits are provided.

PFI Feeds requires a dependable part-time driver to deliver feed to farms within 70 miles of Elmira. Approx. 20 – 30 hours per week. Must be available to work flexible hours if needed. Some weekend/holiday work required.

Possess a valid class AZ license with a clean driver abstract.

Pneumatic unloading experience would be a definite asset.

Forward resumé to: PFI Farms Inc. 1580 Listowel Rd., Elmira, ON N3B 2Z3 Fax: 519-669-4363 Email:

Forward resumé to: PFI Farms Inc. 1580 Listowel Rd., Elmira, ON N3B 2Z3 Fax: 519-669-4363 Email:

DAIRY HAY - 300 large squares, second and third cutting, alfalfa grass mix.

Good protein and feed value. Also straw for TMR. Can deliver anywhere.

519-373-3127.

FOR SALE - 24 - 4x4 3rd cut alfalfa balage. Call 519-501-1169.

SMALL SQUARE STRAW bales for sale, delivered to your farm. Call 519-635-5416.

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

LOOKING FOR TALENT? Find it in the pages of the Observer!

Advertise your employment vacancies in the area’s best-read weekly.

Call Donna for a quote at 519.669.5790 Ext 104.

FARM SERVICES FERTILIZER AND SEED GRAIN - at competitive pricing. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141.

ICE SALT & ICE MELT - Ice salt comes in 20 & 40kg’s, Ice melt comes in 20kg bags. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

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

FIREWOOD GERBER’S FIREWOOD SERVING you for over 10 years. Your #1 source of quality slabwood and bodywood. Delivery available.

519-656-2057.

HORSES

WANTED

WILL BUY OLD and used horses and ponies to go direct to plant in Quebec.

Will buy all types, drug form required but will buy either way. TOP PRICES PAID. Contact Calvin Kuepfer for prices at Horizon Trail Equine at 519-272-3290.

WANTED ROLEX, OMEGA, POCKET Watches, antique clocks, gold rings, jewellery, coins, toys, militaria, records, musical instruments, toys, any gold or silver items.

Call Terry @ 519-242-6900, or 519-210-0551 or email: gallamore@golden.net. We pay cash!!!

WANTED - SOMEONE to redo kitchen in home. Must use recycled material and doors and be extra reasonably priced. Call 519-699-4461.

WE NEED - Primitives, benches, crates, boxes, crocks, cast iron, cupboards, old farm tools, hand tools, cast iron & old metal, stands, vinyl-jazz/rock/ blues, picture frames, paintings. Not charity store stuff.

Iron Bucket 519-787-8287 leave message. St. Andrew St. W., Fergus.

REAL ESTATE CASH BUYER! FARM or land wanted with or without buildings. Roger Roedding Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage.

519-744-2211 or email:roger. roedding@gmail.com

GARAGE SALES MULTI FAMILY GARAGE Sale.

Items large and small. 7218 Line 86, Wallenstein, Sat. Apr. 22, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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ELMIRA – Freshly painted top to bottom, this 3 bedroom 1600 sqft home has new granite countertops in the large eat-in kitchen, a separate dining room and refinished hardwood floors in the living room. The master bedroom comes with an ensuite and walk-in closet and the fully finished basement has a generous rec room making this a great family home. The kitchen includes a new dishwasher (2016) and microwave (2014) with sliders leading to the deck and backyard.

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ELMIRA – Step inside this 2150 sq foot former duplex and be impressed by the mix of original character and stunning new finishes. The large kitchen boasts new cabinets, granite counter and glass tile back splash. New flooring and paint throughout. 4 bedrooms and 2nd floor laundry. Finished attic and basement gives loads of space for your family to spread out.

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We are thrilled that Sarah received a new liver on November 11, 2016.

We have been touched by the support we have received from our family, friends and this community during Sarah’s illness and transplant.

$429,000 LOTS OF WINDOWS! Lots of natural light in this bungalow, situated in a quiet area of town. Hdwd floors in LR/DR. Convenient breezeway/mudroom leads to the kitchen w/ painted cupboards & dishwasher. Large master bdrm. w/laminate flr & 2 closets. Lower level features a rec. room, office area, 3rd bdrm. & 3pc. bath. Private deck area. Lots of parking! MLS.

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We miss you more than words can say.

Thank you for all the cards, texts, and emails of encouragement. This got us through the difficult times. We thank everyone for their support with food, gift cards, flowers, visits to the hospital, care packages, and gifts of money to help us through this time. Some of our supporters were anonymous as we found items left on our door step. We felt truly cared for and loved by these acts of kindness.

Thinking of you always, Millie, family and friends

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Thank you to the family that made a decision that will forever change our lives, by donating their loved ones organs. We know this was a young person that Sarah received her liver from. This family made a difficult decision in one of the most devastating times of their life. Thank you!

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Martin, Reta B.

It is with deep sadness that we announce his passing on Sunday, April 9, 2017, at the age of 80 years. As we mourn our loss, we also rejoice that he is reunited with his beloved wife, Doreen who passed away December 22, 2016. Dear father of Sharon (Mark) Bauman of St. Jacobs, Susan (Bruce) Brubacher of Elmira, and Marilyn (Paul) Leis of Elmwood. Lovingly remembered by his grandchildren: Dave (Crystal) Bauman, Michael (Alli) Bauman, Josh (Trin) Brubacher, Janna (Mark) Brubacher Greco, Brandon Leis, and Kristin Leis; and his greatgrandchildren: Grayson, Georgia, Patrick, Sage, Nicholas, and Matthew.

Loved brother of Gerald (Peggy) Martin, and brother-in-law of Mary (the late Art) Martin. Floyd is predeceased by his parents Alfred and Irene (Sitler) Martin, brothers and sisters-in-law, Lester (June), Howard (Clarene), and Orlan (Virginia). Floyd’s gentle soul, sense of humour, and love for his family will be cherished by all who knew him. Special thank you to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre and Innisfree House staff for their excellent care. Memorial visitation was held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church. Family interment will take place prior to the memorial service which will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy can be made to Grand River Regional Cancer Centre or Innisfree House.

Passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Lisaard House, at the age of 81 years. Her generous, patient, and loving spirit will be missed by all who knew her. Beloved wife of Orvie S. Martin with whom she shared nearly 60 years of marriage. She will be deeply missed by Orvie; her children, Lois and Ralph Cressman, Steve Martin and Marilew Albrecht, Stuart and Karen Martin, Nancy Martin and Greg Stere, Janet and Trevor Bauman, Sherman and Shellie Martin; her 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Reta cherished her immediate and extended family connections. Cherishing their many memories with Reta are her siblings, Alice and Glenn Buschert, Laverne Martin and Elsie Kuepfer, Grace Schweitzer, Barb and Orrie Gingrich, Ken Martin, Ernie and Edith Martin, Murray and Ruth Martin, David and Ruth Martin, Don and Julia Martin, Elaine and Bill Pearce; and Orvie’s siblings, Minerva and Elias Bauman and Erma and Gordon Bauman; and her many nieces, nephews, and friends. Predeceased by her parents Emanuel and Leah (Bauman) Martin and her parents-in-law Jesse and Selina (Shantz) Martin, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Elsie and William Ilan, Melvin Martin, Norma Martin, Erle Schweitzer, and Mary Martin. Reta was a faithful member of St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, contributing generously to its programs and ministries. Visitation will be on Thursday, April 13 from 7-9 p.m. and Friday, April 14 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

Following a private family burial, a memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 15 at 2 p.m. at the St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, with pastors Mark Diller Harder and Wendy Janzen officiating.

Special thank you to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre and Lisaard House staff for their excellent care. Expressions of sympathy can be made to Lisaard House or Mennonite Central Committee.

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Catherine M. Martin peacefully at her home in RR1 Wroxeter on Friday, April 7, 2017 passed away in her 61st year.

Sister of Daniel (Rebecca) Martin of Dundalk, Ivan (Lizzie) Martin and Aaron (Mary) Martin both of RR3 Wallenstein, Lydia Martin and John Martin both of RR4 Elmira.

Predeceased by her parents Emanuel M. and Elvina Martin.

Viewing was from the home of Enos M. Martin, RR1 Wroxeter on Monday where funeral services took place on Tuesday, April 11 at 8:30 am EST and thence to the Wroxeter Orthodox Mennonite Meeting House for further services and burial in adjoining cemetery.

Arrangements entrusted to the Schimanski Family Funeral Home 519-887-6336.

www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com DEATH NOTICES MELITZER, RONALD WILLIAM | November 24, 1921 - April 10, 2017 It is with great sadness that we announce Ron’s passing at his home in West Montrose.

SAUDER, ERLA (NEE MARTIN) | Passed away peacefully at her

home RR1 Newton on Friday, April 7, 2017. Age 56 years.

Local relatives are her in-laws Harvey and Annie Martin of Hawkesville, Martha and Isaac Martin of RR1 West Montrose. Amsey and Martha Martin of RR3 Wallenstein and Henry Martin of RR2 Elmira.

WILLIAMS, WANDA (WYLIE) | Passed on at Chartwell Elmira

Retirement Residence on Friday, April 7, 2017, in her 80th year.

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LIVING HERE MEDICINE / LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE

Elmira woman knows the importance of being a donor Having received a liver transplant that saved her life, Sarah Norcott is now an advocate for the cause; with April being Be A Donor month, she encourages everyone to sign on to the program WHITNEY NEILSON ELMIRA’S SARAH NORCOTT KNOWS firsthand how important it is to register to be an organ donor.

The 19-year-old underwent a life-saving liver transplant on Remembrance Day last year.

This month is Be A Donor month and she’s encouraging everyone to consider registering to become an organ donor.

“It was kind of nervewracking but really exciting at the same time,” Sarah said of the experience.

“I got to start my life again, which was really nice.”

On average 1,500 people in Ontario are waiting for an organ transplant every day.

Judy Wells, Trillium Gift of Life Network coordinator, explains donor cards are obsolete now. This year’s Be A Donor month theme is “Check Your Status.”

“We constantly hear ‘I’m registered, I signed my organ donor card years ago.’

Well you might have signed your donor card years ago, but that doesn’t mean you’re actually registered,” Wells said.

The only way to try to ensure your wishes at the end of your life are respected is to register on the BeADonor.ca website or in person at Service Ontario.

“It will change someone’s life, give them an extra

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in, we had gift cards just put in our mailbox, we have no idea who gave them, we had local churches raise money,” Gail said.

Sarah was on the transplant list for nine weeks.

On Oct. 17 they got a call to go to the transplant hospital in London, but that liver was too big for Sarah.

But it ended up being a bit of a blessing in disguise because she was able to go to

FINALLY, THERE ARE DEFINITE signs of spring everywhere. The daffodils have plump buds and the crocuses are blooming; the grass is green, the frogs sing loudly in the evening and birds are busy building nests. And it is warm out!

Warmer, anyway.

This weather makes me think of gardening and all the fresh vegetables that are sure to follow. I can’t wait for asparagus – I wish I had some in my garden but the roots I planted did not grow. In grocery stores there is asparagus from far away countries, but I will try not to buy any until I see Ontario asparagus. Then I will make this Creamy Asparagus Spaghettini with chicken. It is a light-tasting entree – as for the actual calorie count, I can’t help you there!

I have substituted tuna for the chicken and it is also scrumptious.

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Having spent two months in hospital following a liver transplant, Elmira’s Sarah Norcott is now feeling much better and getting to enjoy some time at home with her dog, Stanley. Having seen firsthand the benefits, she’s an advocate for signing up to be an organ donor.

[WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] chance to live,” Sarah said.

Sarah was diagnosed when she was 15. Her family went on a trip down south and when they got back she had developed jaundice.

They discovered she had a genetic syndrome called alagille syndrome. Her liver continued to become more sick.

Last May her Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score was 15, which was high enough to put her on the transplant list. Gail

Norcott, Sarah’s mom, says she still felt reasonably well and was going to school and working part-time.

They went on a vacation in August and noticed she got worse. When they got home her MELD score had gone from 16 in July to 28 in August. They urgently admitted her to the hospital to get her on the transplant list. She was put on the list just after Labour Day. Sarah is very petite, so they were waiting for a

child donor.

“In the meantime we had people step forward that wanted to see if they could do live donations,” Gail says of the incredible generosity they received.

Some people who had never even met Sarah stepped forward wanting to become a live donor.

She says texts, emails and words of encouragement were very much appreciated.

“We had meals brought

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THE WOODSIDE EVERGREEN FOR Seniors invites you to attend “Welland Canal Mission” - Chaplain: Art Taylor. Music: Joyce Ruppert and Marlene Toye.

Starts at 10:30 a.m. at Woodside Bible Fellowship.

Suggested donation $7 includes hot meal at noon.

OPTIMIST CLUB OF ST. Jacobs Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Riverside Park, Water Street, St. Jacobs. Hunt starts at 10 a.m. sharp. Bring a basket and have fun.

COMMUNITY CARE CONCEPTS INVITES you to join us for a hot noonday meal, fellowship and entertainment at Wellesley Community Centre. Cost: $6. Call 519664-1900 by noon Apr. 13 to sign up.

NEW HORIZONS FOR ZOOMERS, boomers and seniors has guest speaker Scott Gallagher, certified athletic therapist. Topic: Is Your Body Keeping up with You? Please join us, 10 a.m. at the Maryhill Community Centre 58 St. Charles St. E., Maryhill. Admission is $2.

Enjoy tea or coffee and a delicious snack.

COMMUNITY CARE CONCEPTS INVITES you to join us for a hot noon day meal, fellowship and entertainment at Breslau Community Centre. Cost: $6. Call 519-6641900 by noon Apr. 10 to sign up.

OPTIMIST CLUB OF ELMIRA Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Bolender Park, Church Street, Elmira, 12 p.m. Bring a basket and join the fun in a race to gather up as many treats as you can. First hunt for the little ones, then for the older kids. Sweets and prizes for all! Rain or shine.

APRIL 17 ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society Education meeting at Trinity United Church, 7:30 p.m.

Speaker Lisa VanderVliet: “The Landscape Architect’s Perspective on Well-Planned Spaces.” Members free; non-members $2. New members welcome.

WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY - This week Detective Schnarr will talk to our group about identity theft, telephone scams, computer fraud and home security.

Also cards, games and fitness are included, as well as refreshments. No charge. For mature adults. Starts at 1 p.m. at St. Clements Community Centre. Courtesy of Paradise and District Lions Club and Community Care Concepts.

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COMMUNITY CAN DINE, DINNER for April is pork roast.

Free for everyone; donations are accepted to cover the cost of food. Held every second Friday of the month 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church Fellowship Hall. Come eat with us!

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PLANNING FOR YOUR HEALTH Care Future. Join us at 6 p.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre. For more information, call Linda at 519-664-3794 or go to www.acpww.ca.

AMONG FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP, for women who have experienced the death of a partner. Support and friendship will be developed over coffee, tea and dessert at 10 a.m., Crossroads Restaurant. Please call Julie at 519-664-3794, ext. 229.

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION - Driving for 55+ talk. Free. Starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Woolwich Seniors Centre. Call Karole 519-669-5044 to register

GOOD FRIDAY FISH & Chips at Maryhill Heritage Community Centre from noon until 7 p.m., Eat in or take-out. No reservations. Haddock with fresh cut fries & coleslaw; 1-piece dinner $13 or 2-piece $15.

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STRANGE BUT TRUE / BILL & RICH SONES PH.D.

Having a robot light up is a much safer way to study the impacts of smoking WEIRD NOTES

Q. Whatever is a robot doing smoking cigarettes, taking leisurely shallow drags, then faster and faster?

A. Better a robot than a

nicotine-addicted Homo sapien, with all the maladies that might attend such a habit. Researchers at Harvard University designed a machine that can be programmed to puff a cigarette fast or slow and to take deep or shallow drags, reports â&#x20AC;&#x153;IEEE Spectrumâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to adjust â&#x20AC;&#x153;the amount of smoke flowing into a lung-on-a-chip, a sensor lined with human lung

cells.â&#x20AC;? With no harm done, they can replicate â&#x20AC;&#x153;the effects on lung disease of a multiple-pack-a-day smoking habit.â&#x20AC;?

Q. For those of us who grew up with temperature readings expressed in Fahrenheit, the Centigrade scale is not intuitive. Sure, you can take a C value and convert it to F using the formula we learned in math class: Multiply by 9, divide by 5, and add 32. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too much mental work.

Instead, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s convenient to rely on a few F-C correspondences, such as waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freezing (0C=32F) and boiling points (100C=212F). Can you cite some others?

A. One easy-to-remember correspondence is -40, which is identical in both

the F and C scales, but this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much practical value unless you happen to live in the Arctic or Antarctic. More useful is to recall that â&#x20AC;&#x153;room temperatureâ&#x20AC;? is about 20C (68F) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;body temperatureâ&#x20AC;? 37C (98.6F).

And just for the fun of it, consider the swapped-digit (approximate) correspondences 16C=61F and 28C=82F, as pointed out by Liz Strachan in her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Slice of Pi.â&#x20AC;?

Q. Can you think of any special circumstance when brain loss might be a good thing?

A. The latest data suggest that pregnancy selectively shrinks momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gray matter to make her brain more responsive to baby (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature Neuroscienceâ&#x20AC;?), says Laura Sanders in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Newsâ&#x20AC;? magazine. In general, a

whose brains changed the most scored higher on a questionnaire about attachment to their babies.â&#x20AC;?

Q. The sister ships RMS Titanic, HMHS Britannic and RMS Olympic were bound by virtually identical designs and a similar family fate. Not so for Violet Jessop, who was in a class of her own.

Explain, please.

womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reproductive history can reflect long-lasting changes to her brainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pregnancy leaves signatures so strong that researchers could correctly predict whether women had been pregnant based on the brain changes,â&#x20AC;? changes still evident two years after pregnancy.

Further experiments suggested â&#x20AC;&#x153;the regions that shrunk the mostâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;parts of the frontal and temporal cortices as well as the midlineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; are thought to be involved in understanding other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mental perspectives.â&#x20AC;? Perhaps these regions then become more specialized, helping a mother better care for a baby. The regions showed greater responses to photos of a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infant, and tellingly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;moms

A. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re no doubt familiar with the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage in 1912, leaving some 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers and crew dead. But only a year earlier, under the command of Captain Edward Smith (later captain of the Titanic), the Olympic crashed into a British warship and nearly

capsized, reports Dan Lewis in his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I Know.â&#x20AC;?

Fortunately, the ship was able to return to shore with no casualties. Then, in 1916, four years after the sinking of the Titanic, the Britannic sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, though the death toll was smaller, with 1,036 of the 1,066 people on board surviving.

One of the survivors was nurse Violet Jessop, who had previously been on the Titanic when it sank. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is the only person to have survived both, and was also on the Olympic during its aforementioned collision.â&#x20AC;?

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is 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.

OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Gang land 5. Kind of rug 11. Ultrapatriot 16. Form of ether 17. Foil 18. About-face 19. Inconsiderate 21. Wears out 22. HGTV tour sites 23. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ we forget...â&#x20AC;?

24. Blue bull 25. Rockyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greeting 26. Ad headline 28. Most like a chimney flue 30. Make tracks?

32. Sci-fi master Isaac 35. Loose debris 36. Repulsively 39. Big bird 41. Leafy sides 43. Apprehensive 45. And 49. Bypass 50. Serf 51. German sub

52. Nobody 53. Persian elves 54. Early online forum 55. Nothing 56. Sodium ___ 58. Rash 62. Follower of Dionysus 64. Crude 67. Catholic service 69. Complete 72. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beats __â&#x20AC;?

73. Not impressed 74. Puff 77. Poet W. H. ___ 79. ___ bar 80. Window shade 82. Wombs 83. Rococo 84. Stow, as cargo 85. Old times 86. Pekoe portion 87. Coaster DOWN 1. Moon of Saturn 2. Detach 3. Study, say

4. Chimneys 5. Extreme 6. Naive 7. Foul 8. Simians 9. Spot on 10. Photo ___ 11. Martial art 12. Slanted 13. Shover 14. Oil 15. At the scene 20. U.S. property manager 24. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forget it!â&#x20AC;?

27. Bonny one 29. Blatant 31. Ice house 33. Less well 34. Medullary sheath 37. Game delayer 38. Quirky 40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gosh!â&#x20AC;?

41. Chucklehead 42. Map abbr.

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46. Hermit 47. Motor oil letters 48. Giant Giant 50. Directs 51. G8 member 53. 3.14...

54. Language of Pakistan 55. Ruin 57. Crisp fabric 58. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zip your lip!â&#x20AC;?

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300 gr. spaghettini pasta 2 cups chicken broth 2 Tbsp. flour 1/2 cup light cream cheese spread 3 Tbsp. parmesan cheese 1/3 tsp. nutmeg 2 Tbsp. chicken soup base

Cook pasta in salted water.

Meanwhile, combine broth and flour in medium saucepan.

Add cream cheese, parmesan cheese, nutmeg and chicken soup base. Mix well.

Bring to a boil, stirring

Serves 5-6 people.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Donna is the author of A Taste of Nostalgia Cookbook, which is available by calling 519-638-5791 or email donna.atasteofnostalgia@gmail.com.

in a bit of oil until crisp tender.

Drain pasta when cooked.

Add sauce, peppers and asparagus and cooked chicken to pasta.

Add fresh parsley and black pepper.

Toss to coat. Check seasoning.

Top with additional parmesan cheese to serve.

constantly, until thickened.

Set aside.

In frying pan, sautĂŠ peppers, onion and asparagus

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Creamy Asparagus Spaghettini with Chicken

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1/2 sweet red pepper, sliced 1 small onion, cut into thin wedges 1-1/2 cups diced, cooked chicken, seasoned 3 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley Freshly grated black pepper Additional Parmesan cheese

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her high school commencement that week.

They got their second call on Nov. 10 and she had her transplant on Nov. 11.

She spent eight weeks in the hospital, and she says she’s felt great since coming home.

“We are incredibly grateful to the family that chose to donate their loved one’s organs. This extraordinary gift gave my daughter an opportunity for a longer and better life. I can’t imagine the sadness and overwhelming grief this family was going through when making this difficult decision. We are so thankful for the team at the Trillium Gift of Life that work with these grieving families and help them to make the decision to donate,” Gail said.

Sarah’s transplant brings her a bit closer to her dad, Paul, who had a kidney transplant 27 years ago when his brother donated a kidney to him. Paul and Sarah’s conditions aren’t related, just a weird coincidence.

Wells has spent the past 12 years helping families and patients through the donor transplant process.

But before that, she and Gail became friends at

stops beating, the organs quickly die.

Roughly 100,000 people die in Ontario every year.

Last year they had a record number of organ donors at 352.

“People will die without organ transplants, absolutely will die. In Ontario every 2.8 days someone dies waiting for an organ transplant,” Wells said.

Wells and Gail encourage families to have these conversations ahead of time and make their wishes known to take the difficult decision off grieving loved ones.

“It truly is the best way to try to honour your loved one’s final wishes. Donor families are amazing, how someone in acute grief can think of someone else,” Wells said.

She notes they have had several organ donors come out of Elmira in the past few years, and it’s possible to create something positive from a devastating situation.

You can check to see if you’re registered at www.

BeADonor.ca.

“Sarah is now planning for her future and we are excited that she has had this second chance on life,” Gail said.

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Sarah Norcott Grand River Hospital where they were both nurses.

“When Gail was texting me that horrible night the end of August saying how sick Sarah was and that she was being placed on the transplant list – I’ve been doing this job for 12 years and truly believe in doing this job – but it was a whole different feeling doing this job when you have a personal connection with someone who desperately needs an organ. As Sarah got sicker and sicker it was really hard,” Wells said.

The need for organ donors is huge, as less than two per cent of the population die in circumstances that allow organ donation.

You have to be in the hospital in the ICU on life support to be an organ donor, because once your heart

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