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Taking over the position an easy transition for longtime Woolwich firefighter Dale Martin WHITNEY NEILSON THE JOB TITLE IS new, but there’s a familiar face at the helm of the Woolwich Fire Department with longtime deputy Dale Martin stepping into the chief’s role. He takes over from the retired Rick Pedersen.

Having retired from the Kitchener Fire Department, Pedersen spent 10 years with the department before announcing his departure earlier this year.

Martin says Pedersen didn’t want a big to-do for his retirement. His fellow firefighters took him out for dinner and then he was on his way.

“He brought us up to date with a lot of equipment, different programs. His background was fire prevention, so it enhanced our fire prevention program in

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Martin started with the Woolwich Fire Department in 1978. He says he saw a large fire being fought and the next day he went to the fire chief to see if they needed more volunteer firefighters.

“It just kind of evolved into that. After I started, I knew I enjoyed it so I took more courses and worked my way through, not that I aspired to be a fire chief, I just enjoyed what I did,” Martin said.

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Martin had been the deputy fire chief for Woolwich since 2008.

The two worked closely together, so the transition isn’t a real challenge.

“It’s a large responsibility, which I feel I’m up to that. It’s exciting too.

I think we’re in pretty good shape as far as a fire department goes.

I’m just excited to keep growing that and continue on the path we’re heading,” Martin said.

There’s no set term for him to remain as fire chief. He took over as fire chief on Apr. 3.

Former Woolwich fire prevention officer Dennis Aldous was named as the new deputy fire chief earlier

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Group wants Woolwich residents to lend their voices to Community Conversation

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LIZ BEVAN THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, along with Wellbeing Waterloo, wants to hear how you’d make life better in Woolwich Township.

With their Community Conversation, the foundation is hosting an open forum for residents to share their concerns, thoughts and ideas with different service groups, setting priorities and goals.

Inga Rinne, a member of the Woolwich Community Foundation board, says events like these are vital to the township. For her, it is about giving residents an opportunity to be proactive.

“I think it is really important to think about some of these issues when it is not a crisis. Too often, people don’t bother getting involved until it is a crisis.

Something horrible has happened, and something needs to be done,” she said. “Historically,

Both the Elmira and St. Jacobs Optimist Clubs hosted Easter Egg Hunts on Apr. 15, despite the rainy, cold weather. Danielle and Claire Dixon show off their spoils in St. Jacobs, braving the wet weather for chocolate and treats.

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Abner Martin to be inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame A founder of the Menno Singers and, later, a pioneer in cattle breeding, he joins hall Apr. 30 LIZ BEVAN ABNER MARTIN CAN STILL remember the moment he wanted to pursue a career in music.

The founder of the popular Menno Singers and the Mennonite Mass Choir, conductor and music professor, Martin is being inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame on Apr. 30.

The Hall of Fame is not honouring him just for his contribution to music in the region, however. One of Martin’s other passions is cattle and the science behind breeding cattle. He and his family have bred award-winning cattle for decades.

When he first found out he was being inducted into the hall of fame, Martin was surprised.

“I did not know that anybody was working on my behalf so I was totally taken aback, to tell you the truth. My first reaction was ‘why?’” he said. “That was a long time in the past, and I suppose that is one of the main

reasons it was such a surprise. I have been retired now from both music and agriculture for at least 20 years now.”

Martin was born in Waterloo Region in 1934, growing up on Rock Elm Dairy Farm on the border of Waterloo and Woolwich Township. He is best known for his contribution to choral music in the region with the Menno Singers – a renowned choir that still tours the country more than 60 years later.

He started the group after he graduated from high school in 1955.

“Well, the choral music in Kitchener-Waterloo was very different 60 years ago than it was now. There really was an opportunity there for that kind of an activity, so I took advantage of it,” he said.

Martin remembers when he decided to be a conductor full time.

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Abner Martin, seen here during his days as the founder of the Menno Singers, is being inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame on Apr. 30 for his work in agriculture and choral music.

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Public meeting to provide costs to residents of proposed St. Jacobs drainage project WHITNEY NEILSON ST. JACOBS PROPERTY OWNERS will find out next week just how much a municipal drain discovered last year will cost them.

A project review meeting is being held on Apr. 26, where GM BluePlan Engineering will present the draft plan, estimated costs, and estimated property assessments, while also hearing input from property owners.

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“Where we stand is we have to make sure we have a lot of people there and I would like to see other communities come in on it,” Frey said.

Jared Puppe, acting manager of engineering for Woolwich Township, explains the first meeting was an onsite meeting, which is required under the Drainage Act. “It was a notification and fact finding meeting. The upcoming meeting will be providing the benefiting property owners with the outcome of the engineer’s

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by Woolwich council. A copy of the report will be mailed to all affected property owners, along with information regarding the presentation to council for consideration.

The first public meeting was held in August, 2016.

St. Jacobs resident Dale Frey says he’s hoping for a better turnout this time around now that residents understand it’s not just property owners who have the pipe beneath their homes that could be affected.

report, which will have proportionate costing assigned to each affected landowner – this will likely be of the greatest interest to all of the stakeholders,” Puppe said.

He says under the Drainage Act, a municipality or public agency has the same rights than any private landowner – no more, no less. This means any private landowner or public authority can petition under the Drainage Act. In this instance, the township was unaware the drain existed until it was uncovered during road construction.

“Despite the lack of knowledge or maintenance being done on the drain, this does not negate its status under the Drainage Act, therefore, council requested that an engineer be obtained to investigate and then report back to council as to their recommendations,” Puppe said.

Residents have previously been given estimates of $5,000 per property, which could in actuality be higher. That’s one of the pieces of information residents should find out at this meeting.

According to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, municipalities can accumulate the cost of maintaining a drain for up to five years or $5,000. This means you may be billed for work that occurred before you owned the property.

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ecstatic. This is a first for many of our team. The last time we went was in 2014.

We’ve had a couple of years where we’ve been really close,” Fletcher said.

He notes parental and community support has been a great part of the team this year, from parents making the trip to watch competitions in Mississauga and Windsor, to local companies putting up thousands of dollars to make the program possible at EDSS. “We are so thankful for the sponsors, Elmira Pet Products and Systematix are two of our big, local sponsors. Google is another sponsor that we have. We wouldn’t be able to do this if it wasn’t for the thousands of dollars that they put in.”

Not every team is lucky enough to have a huge group of mentors and local businesses willing to support their local high school’s FIRST Robotics Team.

“This is a very costly program, but the Elmira community never ceases to amaze me how they get behind something and they support it 100 per cent. It’s great that we enjoy that.”

And he says the students definitely reap the benefits.

“For me to see kids on our team that have pretty much changed the career they’re going to do and things they’re going to do just based on this experience alone, that for me is reward enough for all the work and why we do this.”

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2,800 students face suspension Waterloo Region’s Public Health department this week sent out suspension orders to 2,816 secondary school students for failure to provide up-to-date immunization records.

Suspension orders will take effect on May 3, with those who received a suspension order having three weeks to submit new records or receive the required immunizations.

Region of Waterloo Public Health is required to collect and maintain the immunization records of all students (under the age of 18) attending school

in Waterloo Region. This is done to ensure the immunization status of all students is up-to-date in the event of a vaccine preventable disease outbreak, the agency reports.

The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) requires students to be immunized against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and meningococcal disease. Records of immunization must be provided to Public Health directly. If students or parents do not provide an up-to-date immunization record or legal exemption, they will face suspension from school for up to 20 days or until documentation is provided.

In late 2016 and early 2017, Public Health mailed 6,024 notices to secondary students to notify them that their immunization records were not up-to-date according to the Immunization of School Pupils Act. Students who are 16 years of age and older, or parents of students under 16 years of age may contact their health care provider or family physician to obtain immunization records and/or immunizations. For those without a family physician, Public Health offers immunization clinics in both Waterloo and Cambridge offices. Parents can make an appointment by calling 519-575-4400, ext. 5003.

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a straight stretch of Beitz Road when he lost control and drove into a farm field. The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital by ambulance. As a result of the investigation, the driver was charged with ‘careless driving.’ Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact Waterloo Regional Police Traffic Services at 519-653-7700.

Waterloo man was charged with ‘race a motor vehicle’ and will appear in Guelph Provincial Court on June7. His driver’s licence and vehicle were seized for a period of seven days as per statute.

Warning booms and buoys are being redeployed this week around Grand River Conservation Authority dams.

They serve to remind paddlers, anglers and boaters to stay clear.

The older orange booms at dams are gradually being replaced by yellow booms, consistent with regulations set

by Transport Canada, which oversees navigable waterways. For this reason, some of the booms are orange and some are yellow. The booms are made of plastic floats joined together by a chain.

Installation is planned for these dates, although the schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions: • April 18 – Rockwood and Everton • April 20 – Wellington Street (Guelph), Conestogo and Woolwich • April 21 – Bissell and Drimmie (Elora), Shand Dam (Belwood) • May 1 – Byng Island (Dunnville) • May 2 – Caledonia and Wilkes Dam (Brantford) • May 3 – New Hamburg and Parkhill (Cambridge) • May 4 – Baden and Wellesley • May 5 – Breslau and New Dundee The buoys and booms are installed each spring and then removed in the fall before winter freeze-up.

Rank athlete of the year nominee

Elmira›s Garrett Rank was one of the athletes nominated this week for the annual Athlete of the Year Award for Waterloo Region.

Rank has found success in both golf and hockey. He was the Canadian Mid-Amateur champion for three years running. And when he›s not hitting the links he›s a full-time NHL referee, a gig he started in 2016.

The other seven nominees are Alec Elliot, Darryl Fitzgerald, Alyssa Lagonia, Jamal Murray, Mark Scheifele, Dhane Smith and Kevin Sorley.

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Regional police launch CopTalk events for township residents LOOKING TO ENGAGE THE public in the townships, the Waterloo Regional Police are launching what they’re calling CopTalk.

Each CopTalk event will take place in a different location within Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich townships. The topic of the first series is “Fentanyl and our Kids.” Scheduled dates are May 1 at the Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Maple Leaf St., Wellesley; May 2 (tentative) at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira and June 5 at the Wilmot Community Centre, 1291 Nafziger Rd, Baden.

The presentations will start at 7 p.m. and run until

8:30 p.m. The first 45 minutes of each presentation will be for the topic of the evening. The last 45 minutes will be a general Q&A. The meetings are open to the public, with everyone invited to attend.

The other topics slated for this are “Fraud” (July, August and September) and “Mental Health and the Police” (October, November and December).

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2:00 PM | Waterloo Regional Police responded to a single-vehicle collision on Beitz Road near Crowsfoot Road in the Township of Woolwich. A 26-year-old Kitchener man was driving a motorcycle on

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3:40 PM | A Wellington County OPP officer was monitoring traffic on County Road 18 near Third Line in the Township of Pilkington. The officer observed a male driving a 2009 Volkswagen travelling at a speed that appeared to be well above the posted speed limit.

The vehicle was locked on radar at approximately 135 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. As result, a 25-year-old

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8:30 AM | An Elmira man was charged with “driving while suspended’ after his blue Toyota Solara was stopped by Wellington County OPP while travelling between Fergus and Elora. Investigations revealed that the driver of the vehicle was suspended for unpaid fines. He is scheduled to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on May 17 to answer to the charge.

A first conviction of driving while under suspension may result in a fine from $1,000 to $5,000.

Subsequent conviction fines start at $2,000 and a driver may also be

liable to imprisonment of up to six months.

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12:40 AM | Waterloo Regional Police responded to a robbery at Twice the Deal Pizza located on Bloomingdale Road in Kitchener. A lone male entered the business and brandished a hammer, threatened the clerk and made off with an undisclosed amount of money. The male was described as: white, approximately 30 years old, 5’9”, slim build with blond hair and wearing a blue shirt. The male fled the area in a black pickup truck on Bridge Street towards Breslau.

Police are requesting anyone with any information to contact Waterloo Regional Police, North Division at 519-650-8500, ext. 6399 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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the biggest example has been the water crisis. All of a sudden, our water has all been poisoned and everybody thought it was this terrible thing, and people started working to fix it.

We want to see people giving ideas without just being reactionary,” she said of the 1989 contamination of the Elmira aquifer.

Anyone is invited to join the discussion, being held at the Breslau Community Centre on Apr. 27, even those who think that their ideas aren’t groundbreaking.

“Once you watch other

people get involved with something like this, people think, ‘oh, I can do this too,’” said Rinne. “You don’t have to be a visionary, you don’t have to have a full-blown set of ideas, you don’t have to have a cause. People who don’t have an agenda are often far more useful because they are much more open to other people’s ideas, or whatever might float up.”

Woolwich Community Health Centre executive director Denise Squire will be one of the speakers at the Community Conversation. She says these types of forums are valuable to

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“To me, that is really important that as planners and service delivery organizations, that we be coordinated and not repeatedly come to the community asking them to come to this focus group, or that focus group, attending different kinds of consultations with our own rural township focus,” said Squire. “We have done those collaboratively with agencies that specifically serve the rural townships, so what is really exciting to me personally is to see that kind of coor-

dinated and collaborative approach happening on a much larger scale.”

She says she isn’t expecting to hear about certain topics at the Community Conversation, rather, the floor is open.

“I am keeping a pretty open mind about it. I am always so pleasantly surprised at events like this, the depth of caring that people express about their community and the passion they have for issues they feel are significant issues to them, their families and their neighbours, wherever they may live,” she said, adding that she

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gone straight to the river, end of story,” Frey said.

He says at the last meeting one of the residents noted that repairs were done to the municipal pipe under her home in 1976 at no cost to her.

Frey is questioning why property owners will likely be on the hook this time around.

“If we don’t resolve it now, once they do it in one town, everybody’s done.

And here’s the worst part, that’s one pipe. Two years from now they find another pipe, you’re on the hook again. They’re not being very out front or forthcoming with that,” Frey claimed.

He adds another woman stood up at the meeting and told them she was retired and on a limited income.

“She was devastated,” Frey said.

All residents are welcome to attend the project review meeting for the proposed municipal drain #10 in St. Jacobs on Apr. 26 at 6 p.m. at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church.

Any residents who cannot attend their meeting are encouraged to submit their comments to Ash by May 12.

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is always impressed with the information gathered at these events. “I think it is sometimes easy for those of us that work in human services organizations, it is easy for us to forget that people are passionate and committed to their communities and that they want the best for their communities, not just for themselves as individuals.”

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“A seminal moment in my musical life happened when I was still in elementary school. We were taken to a concert by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

They actually visited the area and it was at the old Queen Street Auditorium.

This would have been, I think, in 1947,” he shared.

“From that moment on, I wanted to be a conductor, whether I had the ability or not. They had a fairly demonstrative conductor and I was mesmerized, not only by his conducting, but by the playing of the musicians as well.”

His last concert with the Menno Singers was in 1979, and it was then he decided to try a completely different career. He went back to his agricultural roots, working with cattle.

“Even though I had taken a long route away from agriculture, I was still fascinated by particularly genetics and cattle breeding and so on. I figured, half way through life, if I don’t get into it now, then I probably never will, so I took the plunge,” he said.

“That was another one of my obsessions since childhood. I was fascinated by genetics and pedigrees, at a very early age. I am not sure what it was, or what was behind that, but

Abner Martin, far left in the middle row, with the Menno Singers in the 1960s. The conductor founded the singing group when he left high school in 1955. Music has been a part of Martin’s life for as long as he can remember. Here, he is listening to some tunes as a child.

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I remember my dad telling a visitor sometime that I knew more about the background of every cow in the herd than he did. You know the expression, you can take the boy out of the farm, but you can’t take the farm out of the boy.”

Martin and his family managed to bring home many awards for their work in cattle breeding, and have been recognized internationally for their high quality animals.

“We had bred an animal that was junior champion at the Royal Winter Fair and we bred some show winners in other places as well, like in Ohio, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Manitoba and other places around the world.

A lot of our cattle went all over the world, actually,” he explained.

Martin joins inductees Harry Greenan, Helen Koepke and Margaret Dickson, Margot Page, Lloyd Schmidt, Donald Allan Snyder, Kelly VanderBeek and the Waterloo 4-H Association in the class of 2017 at the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame, located at the Waterloo Region Museum.

The ceremony takes place on Apr. 30 at 2 p.m.

For more information about Martin and the other eight inductees, visit www. waterlooregionmuseum. com.

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He can’t fail to mention the five district chiefs and five district deputy chiefs at each of the stations that make the fire department possible. In his new role he hopes to continue in the direction the fire department’s heading with more training certification.

“We have to continue to train and add to the training that we have. Health and safety is a big thing for me. I have a health and safety background, that’s important for us. And we have future growth happening within the township, so that could add to the

demands of the fire department,” Martin said.

They’re also planning to start building a new fire station in Breslau within the next month. And they’ve got to keep on their 20-year truck replacement schedule.

“We’re waiting on one truck for Conestogo and also ordering another new one for Breslau because of the large growth happening in Breslau, along with the airport, so we’re looking at an elevated water stream for an aerial device for Breslau. We’re working on that for this year. The fire station’s supposed to be done by early 2018. We’d like to have our truck in there for

that opening,” Martin said.

Along with their restructuring they’re looking to make someone a full-time Community Emergency Management Coordinator.

Martin served as the CEMC in his previous role, but the department decided to make it a full-time position.

They’re legally required to have a CEMC. Martin hasn’t had too much on his plate as of yet.

The last big fire in the township was on Aspen Crescent in January, and a small house fire in St. Jacobs in February.

“We haven’t had a whole lot of fires lately,” he said knocking on his wooden desk for good luck.

Dale Martin is the new chief of the Woolwich Fire Department. He’s been a volunteer firefighter since 1978 and takes over from Rick Pedersen, who was the township’s fire chief for a decade.

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Fundraising push allows EDCL to complete second housing project in Elmira ate affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities and parallel housing for people who are interested in providing supportive relationships,” said Bechard, adding that the project fills a gap in accessible housing in the township.

The support tenants, who in the past have been students, live in the buildings for less expensive rent, and lend a helping hand in creating a sense of community with their neighbours.

It helps the residents with

LIZ BEVAN CO-HOUSING APARTMENTS ON ELMIRA’S McGuire Lane have doubled up, with construction completed on the second of three buildings and tenants moving in.

The apartments were built by the Elmira Developmental Support Corporation and Elmira District Community Living, but it wasn’t easy getting them paid for. Greg Bechard, executive director of EDCL and CEO of EDSC, says at one point, they were more than $700,000 short, that is until local businesses came to the rescue.

“This building, we got sponsorship for three of the seven units from the Region of Waterloo, so we received $300,000 and the cost of the building is slightly over $1 million,” he said. “That was our challenge at the outset. As a board, we decided to go ahead, but we knew we had to raise a lot of money. It was a real leap of faith for us.”

intellectual disabilities maintain independence, with a strong support system around them.

The plans are in place for a third section of the apartment complex, but Bechard says nothing is set in stone quite yet, but the third building will be completed eventually.

“We met our goal, and now, we even have a small amount of money left to go towards the next build.

Now, we have just submitted a proposal to the region – they are looking for more

affordable housing projects for 2017-2018 and 20182019 – and we will find out on Apr. 25 if we have been recommended for the third building,” he said. “If we don’t get approved there for that funding, then we will just have to regroup and try and figure out how we get the next building built, whether we wait and try again, or continue fundraising.”

To learn more about the affordable housing project from EDCL and EDSC, visit www.elmiradcl.com.

Representatives from Toyota and EDCL met at the 45 McGuire Lane building to take a tour of the newly opened apartment building. Toyota Canada donated $100,000 to construction.

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Several companies came to the aid of EDCL and EDSC, including Toyota Canada to the tune of $100,000 and the Cowan Foundation with $50,000.

“It was a huge effort.

There are other affordable housing projects that are fundraising in Elmira, too,

so we had to look outside of the Elmira community as well as inside it,” said Bechard.

The two apartment buildings are considered to be accessible housing, and have a couple of different types of tenants.

“The mission is to cre-

St. James Lutheran Church to host concert as fundraiser for the Humanitarian Coalition WHITNEY NEILSON CONTINUING THEIR NEW TRADITION of hosting benefit concerts, Elmira’s St. James Lutheran Church welcomes Jubilation Male Chorus this Sunday for an afternoon of music and fellowship.

The concert will support the Humanitarian Coalition, which is working to fight the drought in South Sudan, Somalia, Northeast Nigeria and Yemen, which the United Nations said earlier this year could be the largest humanitarian crisis since the UN was formed in 1945. More than 20 million people are at risk of starvation.

Ken Huehn from the Jubilation Male Chorus says they’ve been doing benefit work throughout southwestern Ontario since the chorus was founded in 1994.

“We try to help out wherever we can. We’re a registered charity so whenever we do something we don’t take anything off the top. Everything goes to the charity that we support,” Huehn said.

They will be directed

by Robert Shantz and accompanied by Karen Enns.

Additional music will be presented by Enns and her son, Jeff Enns on piano

and violin. Jeff is the organist and choir director at St. James.

The chorus’ offering will include spiritual music from the Southern gospel genre as well as some classical repertoire.

“The last three concerts that we have done on our own we’ve raised money for the House of Friendship and the one previous to that we raised some funds for the MennoHomes project which is currently underway in Elmira. And then before that we supported Mennonite Central Committee for the ongoing refugee problem,” Huehn says of their previous charitable efforts.

He says any time they put on a concert they sit down with the chorus – which includes four members from Woolwich – and see if anyone has a cause they would like to support, and go from there.

For this concert, they’ve added an extra special local touch.

“There’s one piece of music that we’re going to do that has some local roots to it and it’s a piece

by Stephanie Martin, who is Abner Martin’s daughter, who founded the Menno Singers and on from there. We’ve chosen to do that piece because we think there will prob-

ably be some people who know she is and know her background,” Huehn said.

The Lutheran Church became a member of the Humanitarian Coalition earlier this year through the Canadian Lutheran World Relief Service.

The Humanitarian Coalition’s executive director, Richard Morgan, says it’s been wonderful to see the collaboration of new partners like the Lutherans.

Morgan explains the crisis that’s occurring and likely to get worse.

“If you were to tell Canadians that more than half of Canada was at risk of a food insecurity, it would just be mind boggling. But that’s essentially the situation that’s happening right now. If you were to draw a bit of a belt from Northeast Nigeria across to South Sudan, parts of Ethiopia, parts of Kenya, Somalia, and then over to Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, there’s a terrible combination of drought that is one big part of the problem and there’s also some dislocation caused by conflict,” Morgan said.

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Restoring lost connections a fine Earth Day goal A LITERAL CONNECTION WITH the environment – getting out and getting dirty – is a great way for kids to gain an appreciation for nature.

While that was a given for almost every kid at one point, in recent decades the advent of the helicopter parent has greatly reduced what was once an essential part of childhood. That sad state of affairs is the impetus behind EarthPLAY, a new program launched by Earth Day Canada to promote unstructured outdoor play time for kids.

Aside from the health benefits, more outdoor play should provide kids with a stronger motivation to protect the natural environment.

With Saturday being Earth Day and the nicer weather encouraging us to get outdoors, now is as good a time as any for everyone, not just kids, to muck it up a little. Woolwich Healthy Communities would doubtlessly welcome a few more bodies for Saturday’s community clean-up day – while not play time per se, it’s certainly an opportunity to get your hands dirty and learn firsthand how much of a mess we’re capable of inflicting on our environment.

The idea behind EarthPLAY is a good one, with benefits behind the environment.

Unstructured play is seriously undervalued, with doting parents stifling any form of adventurism in their kids, pushing structured programs and encouraging passive indoor activities as “safe.”

Many adults have forgotten the simple joy of pure, unvarnished fun that comes with being a kid, especially with the arrival of spring, not to mention the eventual summertime school holidays.

For many adults who predate the helicopter generation, your summers were environmentally friendly and good for you, body, mind and spirit.

Think about it, summers – at least as we knew them – were spent being active outdoors. At that time, we were literally in touch with the earth – and we had the grass stains on our knees to prove it.

We made sandcastles and mud pies, proving that you’ll eat more than a peck of dirt in your lifetime. Better for our digestive systems were the wild berries we picked, and ate on the spot.

Ponds and creeks – home to the occasional plunge – were perfect places for catching tadpoles, frogs and turtles. Nearby trees provided the essentials for makeshift spears, bows and arrows. Pick-up baseball games – there was always one to be joined – combined athletics with a chance to bake in the sun … and go home with your shoes and underwear full of sand.

Running through yards and hedges playing hide-and-seek or chase led to scratches, scrapes and burrs in your hair.

Hands that were always covered in something – bicycle grease or perhaps the mysterious stuff accumulated by the Frisbee – only saw a nailbrush when mom got a close look.

A rope stretched between backyard trees and covered with a blanket was perfect for camping out overnight.

Even as we grew older, into adolescence and high school, we were still outside more often than not: campfires, barbeques, shooting hoops and the like.

At some point, however, many of us move away from that.

Walking, running and cycling are replaced by the car. Our time with nature is something of a battle: mowing lawns, plucking weeds, trimming hedges. It’s a chore. The interaction with nature is a means to an end, not an end in itself, the way it was when we were kids.

Reclaiming such childhood rites is an appropriate Earth Day goal.

A combination of increased recycling numbers and loose materials can made Community Clean-up Day something of an exercise in re-recycling.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Erdogan’s drive for power is flushing away Turkey’s future WORLD AFFAIRS “The office of the President of the Reich is unified with the office of the Chancellor. Consequently all former powers of the President of the Reich are demised to the Führer and Chancellor of the Reich Adolf Hitler. He himself nominates his substitute.

Do you, German man and German woman, approve of this regulation provided by this Law?” Adolf Hitler’s 1934 referendum, abolishing the office of prime minister (Chancellor) and concentrating all power in his own hands, was the final step in consolidating his control of Germany. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has just won a referendum abolishing the office of prime minister and concentrating all power in his own hands, is not another Hitler, but he is starting to look like another Putin.

He didn’t win his referendum by Hitler’s 88 per cent majority, of course.

He didn’t even win it by the narrow 52-48 per cent majority that decided the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum last June. He only got a hair’s-breadth 51.3 per cent of the vote, against 48.7 for keeping Turkey’s existing parliamentary system. But it’s still a victory, and if Erdogan can go on winning elections, he could have almost absolute power in Turkey until 2029.

He can certainly go on winning elections for a while, because his support is rock-solid among the half of the population who felt oppressed by the secular state created by Ataturk almost a century ago.

His Islamism is the main source of his political support, and the devout will go on voting for him no matter what he does. You almost wonder why he bothered with this referendum.

He already has almost absolute power in practice.

Since the attempted coup last July (whose origins are still murky), the country has been under a state of emergency. The government controls almost all the mass media. Some 150 journalists, 13 members

of parliament and at least 45,000 other people are under arrest, and upwards of 130,000 – academics, judges, police, teachers and civil servants – have been fired from their jobs on suspicion of disloyalty.

With those who urged “No” to the constitutional changes being publicly denounced as coup-plotters, traitors and terrorists, it’s remarkable that almost exactly half the population still dared to vote against Erdogan’s plan. But that doesn’t really help: Erdogan wanted to have the law underwrite his power, and now it does.

He can dismiss parliament whenever he likes. He can enact laws by decree.

He can declare a state of emergency. He can directly appoint senior officials and judges (handy, given the evidence of massive corruption in his inner circle that emerged in 2013). He can be a democratic leader if he wants, but he can also be a dictator if he likes. All the checks and balances are gone.

It is a great pity, for Turkey was turning into a genuinely democratic country.

Five years ago there was

still a free press, civil liberties were generally respected, the economy was thriving (highest growth rate among the G20 countries year after year), and the country was at peace. And much of this was at least partly due to Erdogan’s own efforts.

However, democracy, as Erdogan once famously said, “is like a train. You get off once you have reached your destination.” He was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Now the few remaining free media outlets are under siege, civil rights are a joke, the economy has plunged into recession, and the country is at war.

And this is mostly Erdogan’s fault.

The wars in particular are his own fault. He restarted a war against the Kurdish minority in the east to win over nationalist Turkish voters after he lost an election in June 2015. (He won the re-run in November.) He intervened in the Syrian civil war and eventually alienated Islamic State (for whose members he once left Turkey’s borders open), so now DYER | 10

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Saturday is Earth Day, what have you been doing to help the planet?

»»Sophia Donsig

»»Izzie Silveira

“We’re doing ‘ban the juice box and plastic water bottles’ at school.”

We did sweater day where we turned down “We’re doing The Lorax play at school with the heat in the school. We did lights out lunch people in the Eco Club.” where we turned off all the lights in the school so we didn’t use so much power.”

»»Halle Murray

»»Ella Martin

»»Becca Martin

“We’ve been collecting the compost twice a week.”

“We’re doing a seed planting party.”

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U.S. politics have been dumbed down, but we have plenty of concerns here too EDITOR'S NOTES Are we getting dumber? More specifically, are Americans getting dumber, with Canadians following in their wake?

Looking at the political scene, we’d be forced to say ‘yes.’ And we’ve been doing nothing if not taking in the political theatre south of the border.

There’s nothing like watching American politics for sheer entertainment.

Unfortunately, it’s more amusement than it is the thoughtful political philosophy of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Yet like the accident on the side of the highway, we can’t help but gawk.

That’s been true for years, but the train-wreck approach to politics has certainly blossomed under Donald Trump, as every new day supplies another misstep, misunderstanding or miscue. If lives didn’t hang in the balance – literally, given the bombings in Syria and Afghanistan and

posturing over North Korea, despite Trump’s pledge to stay out of the fray – it would be some form of surreal humour.

As Canadians, we have the luxury of watching at a distance. While the election and constant blundering of Donald Trump will have little direct impact on us, our boat will be rocked too, as we sail the same waters.

Americans are angry. So are we, though not to the same extent. And our outlets for anger are fewer and much less shrill. What’s playing out next door could be a version of our future.

Go beyond the “entertainment” value of the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin and we see just what politics has become in the U.S., and what it’s threatening to become here. Dumb. Partisan. Bereft of policies. And the opposite of an engaged citizenry, despite the populist trappings.

But our wellbeing is so connected to the health of the U.S. economy, it’s hard not to watch with trepidation the increasingly dysfunctional political situation there.

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Canada, are complex. Partisan sniping and sloganeering won’t help. Apparently, that’s the best we can do.

That’s way we have pundits yelling on TV. Ersatz politicians using homey platitudes. And issues reduced to the lowest common denominator.

The crazy-making rhetoric was in full stride leading up to last November’s election. It hasn’t subsided much since then, such is the polarization in the circus tent that is U.S. politics.

Even before Trump seized the leadership, the Republicans provide little in the way of credibility, especially on the economic front – the Tea Party contingent continues the fantasyland created by Ronald Reagan and embraced ever since. The Democrats offer a smidge more sanity – it would have been more than a smidge if Bernie Sanders hadn’t been undermined – but both parties have long been bought by a handful of oligarchs and corporate interests.

It’s this very corporatism that has eroded the middle class, subverted democracy, fostered inequality,

stolen billions of dollars and led to an unproductive economy where money and power is increasingly held by a small minority.

Yet Americans cling to the idea that there are choices.

And, worse yet, that their choices matter.

It’s the kind of reasoning that has Americans believing Republicans are all about smaller government and fiscal responsibility or that Democrats make policies for the public good, when just the opposite is true. Substitute Canadians and Conservatives/Liberals here and you can see we’re in the same boat, albeit without some of the worst fundamentalist dogma coming out of the States.

If voters are so polarized that they can’t see the obvious – they’ve truly drunk deeply of the KoolAid – then Americans can never have a rational debate about how to move forward.

Of course, that assumes real change is actually a possibility. Keeping the public occupied with mindless partisanship, petty bickering and, above all, pop-culture distractions

works out just fine for those who are happy with the status quo: the real power elites who have no interest in changing a good thing.

Powerful corporate interests spend millions to influence public policy, from fighting public health care to quashing environmental controls. Their efforts pay off. Need proof? Look no further than the completely dysfunctional system in the U.S. Thanks to decades of concerted effort, many people have bought into a set of diminished expectations about the role of government and, more troublingly, the possibilities of shaping a better society. We’ve had democracy reduced to the occasional trip to the polls.

We’ve seen government reduced to managerial functions, where debate is constrained to a few wellworn topics. We’ve seen the economy reduced to fiscal policy – deregulation’s the order of the day as the financial services industry sets the agenda. We’ve seen citizenship dumbed down to passive observation, at best.

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Long corrupted by corporate interests, the convoluted system of governance has proven completely incapable of doing what’s right for average Americans, opting instead to prop up the discredited financial services industry, trickle-down-economic theory and military-industrial complex.

Yes, Americans are angry. And scared. They have every right to be, given the state of their economy. But the anger is directed at the wrong targets. Supporters of Trump and the offshoots of the Tea Party movement who voted for fringe candidates do so in direct opposition to their own best interests. There’s the obvious stuff – the so-called grassroots organizations created and funded by the billionaire Koch family, which has been working for decades to undermine the public good for its own benefit. Then there’s the underlying issue of corporatism and consumerismtrumps-citizenship, far more difficult to get on the agenda, let alone resolve.

The problems in the U.S., and to a lesser extent in

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Canadians ranked their CEO or most senior boss as the leader they trust the most, at 51%. Women scored their bosses higher at 54%.

Virtually tied for first were mayors at 50%, the prime minister at 44%, and Premiers were last at 30%. Calgarians are least likely to trust their Premier (21%), below Torontonians (28%) and Ontarians more broadly at 26%, suggesting that relatively low popularity of Premiers Wynne and Notley is negatively impacting trust levels.

“Trade without justice further entrenches global poverty and misery.”

Elmira’s retirement-home boom got another boost this week as the Elmira and District Association for Community Living unveiled plans for a Barnswallow Drive facility. The non-profit agency is requesting a zone change to permit a 20-bed assisted-living centre on a one-acre property at 118 Barnswallow Dr.

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both IS and Kurdish terrorists are attacking Turkish cities.

At least 2,000 people have died in the war against Kurdish separatists in the past year, and 500 have been killed in terrorist attacks in the big cities. Ordinary Turks are shaken by all the violence, and at least half of them clearly don’t buy Erdogan’s explanation that evil foreigners who hate Turks are to blame for it all. Unfortunately the other half,

mostly pious, rural, and/or ill-educated, believes it all and sees him as the country’s saviour.

Erdogan is unlikely to last until 2029: the failing economy and the wars will gradually drag him down. But he has divided the country so deeply with his determination to “reIslamise” Turkey that an attempt to oust him, even by democratic means, could easily end in a civil war. What has happened to Turkey is a tragedy, and it’s hard to see a safe way back.

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only knew a little bit about them. We knew some of the players, but we really just went back to looking at our team and seeing what makes us play well and what makes us stay in the game,” he said. “We just try to come out of the gate and adjust as we went through the games.”

Game 1 in the series, on Apr. 13, started with a Caledonia goal in the second period from Jamey Lauzon, helped in by Cole Mayo and Trent Mallette.

Elmira’s Klayton Hoelscher tied it up on the power play while Caledonia’s Lauzon was in the box

On Saturday, Ontario’s general trout season begins.

This has got me thinking that trout sure do have it easy these days.

You see, when I was a kid, we used worms and barbed hooks and bobbers and any trout we caught that was remotely edible was thrown in the creel or on a forked stick.

Sometime between then and now however, the concept of catch and release really caught on.

In fact, if you were to post a photo of trout on a stringer or in a creel these days, you’d be sure to take abuse from most trout anglers – at least those who fly fish. It’s apparently sacrilege not to let them go.

It didn’t end there either.

Sometime after catch and release caught on, barbless hooks gained popularity.

These were intended to make it easier to release fish and to leave cleaner holes in their darling little mouths.

Now, barbless hooks are required by law in many fishing areas. And, again, there are some anglers who look at you as a sadistic

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Elmira Sugar Kings goalie Jonathan Reinhart makes the save against Caledonia in Elmira’s Sunday afternoon win in Game 2 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. Reinhart made 36 saves in the matinee game.

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Kings take first two games before dropping third to Caledonia Elmira in the thick of Sutherland Cup race after claiming wildcard spot to make the final four in GOJHL playoffs LIZ BEVAN After squeaking into the wildcard spot for the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Sutherland Cup, the Elmira Sugar Kings have won the first two games of the semifinals before dropping Game 3 to the Caledonia Corvairs on Tuesday night.

The two teams were right back at it Wednesday night, but results weren’t available before press time.

It’s a first-time matchup

for the two teams from different conferences, Elmira in the Midwestern Conference and Caledonia from the Golden Horseshoe Conference.

The Kings skated to a 2-1 win in Game 1 and a 1-0 win in Game 2 before falling 3-0 on Apr. 18.

Caledonia’s three goals were scored by Zachary Core in the first period, Griffin Roubos in the second and Brandon Lindberg in the third, bringing the final score to 3-0 on Tues-

day night.

Elmira’s head coach, Ty Canal, says the speed he saw in the first two games of the series just wasn’t there this time around.

“We knew it was going to be a tough series, there is no doubt about that.

We know they are a good hockey team,” he said. “I thought we played a little on our heels compared to the first two games. We weren’t playing as fast with the puck as we needed to be, and we weren’t going as quickly as we were in the previous games.”

He says the team just didn’t have enough shots to secure the win.

“We just gave them a

little bit more time and space than Game 1 and 2.

They were able to get on the forecheck harder than previously, and get to the puck,” said Canal. “We had some scoring chances, especially in the first period, but we weren’t moving up as quick. We just didn’t have it last night. We weren’t getting the puck to the net like we were in the first couple games, and the shots weren’t there.”

Following the first two wins, Canal says the team has to look at how they work rather than the competition when it comes to facing a team they aren’t familiar with.

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Elmira District Secondary School’s junior badminton team competed last week at Conestoga College, coming away with their best WCSSAA performance in 20 years, with a second-place finish out of 15 teams. This week, Eric Luo, Ian Naisby, Devin Gerth, Sydney Montague, Evan Rees and Megan Spark competed in CWOSSA. The results weren’t available before press time.

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As if that weren’t enough, a few years ago, when taking digital photos of fish became a thing, there was a push to only bring fish out of the water briefly for a quick photo.

We were told to hold them gently with wet or gloved hands before reviving and releasing them too.

Now we have the latest trend called “keep them wet.” Proponents of this philosophy would prefer if an angler never raised a caught fish out of the water at all, as fish that are treated this way are even less stressed and more likely to survive when released.

I’m having a hard time with this one since, every now and then, I actually like to strike one of those Lion King poses with the fish raised above my head.

Having said that OK, if it’s good for the fish, I’ll try it.

But I will only try it, if those people who invented keep it wet will try my latest trout conservation technique. It is one I have been perfecting for years now.

I call it using the wrong fly.

Look, barbless hooks, catch and release, and keep them wet are all fine for as far as they go. But if you really want to help your local trout population, do what I do – use a fly that not even the dumbest brook trout would take a lunge at.

I spent much of last fishing season experimenting with gaudy flies and towards the end of the season found that a fly that imitated a 95-pound Rottweiler was best, although I’ll admit it was difficult to cast on a 5 weight rod.

The results were worth it, however. As soon as that thing and its studded leather collar splashed in a calm trout pool, every fish in the place would flee into the undercut banks and remain there, totally uncatchable for at least three hours. I never had to handle a single fish during the time I used that fly.

Many of my angler friends and even perfect strangers fishing nearby have yelled, “We’ll never get our hands on any fish here because of that guy!”

To which I say, “You’re welcome.”

I expect Trout Unlimited might give me some special award soon.

Like I say, trout have never had it so good.

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for boarding at 17 seconds into the third period. Jacob Black gave Elmira the lead with a goal at 14:05 in the third, assisted by Austin Ulett and Andrew McIntyre.

Goalie Jonathan Reinhart made 30 saves in the win.

The puck dropped for Game 2 on Apr. 16 in Elmira. It was a one-goal game with the only marker coming from Quinten Bruce on the power play at 6:35 in the third period.

The score could have been higher, but two goals, one for Caledonia and one for Elmira, were called back by referees. Ethan Skinner nearly brought the count to two, but the whistle was blown as he released the shot. Caledonia nearly notched their own goal, but the puck was put past Reinhart off a high stick.

Canal says the team has been doing what they need to do in order to put the ticks in the win column for the series, and now, they just need to build off that.

“They were both onegoal games, tight right to the end, and Jonny had some great saves for us when we needed them, and timely goals in both games and our guys are skilled and they are quick and the big thing right now is that we are just trying to limit Caledonia’s time and space and we are doing pretty good at that,” he said.

The Sugar Kings have also been trying to keep the play to five-on-five, with only 25 penalty minutes over the first two games.

“Caledonia is a good hockey team and anytime you give them power plays, if they don’t score, they are still gaining momentum off

it,” said Canal. “We have to try and limit that, staying with the flow of the game, and we want that consistent five-on-five. You just have to try and stay out of the box with them. They are skilled and they have a lot of really good hockey players, and anytime you are shorthanded, you are giving them some type of opportunity, whether it is scoring chances, momentum, or even goals.”

The Black, McIntyre and Zack Cameron line has really benefitted the team, with a goal in Game 1. Canal says the rest of the team feeds off that energy.

“In Game 1, with Black’s goal, the whole shift was about speed, with McIntyre and Cameron and Black, they were all in good spots.

They didn’t try and do too much, but were all over the puck and we just have to try and keep that going,” he said. “That line has played well. I think the big thing is that they have picked up their defensive game. They have worked harder in the defensive zone and made it simpler and that has translated into offense for them, into time in the offensive zone. It has really clicked with them. It has been working out nicely.”

The Sugar Kings faced the Corvairs last night, Apr. 19, but results were not available as of press time.

Game 5 is set for Apr. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Caledonia.

Game 6, if required, brings the series back to Elmira at 2 p.m. on Apr. 23. Game 7 is scheduled for Apr. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

If Elmira wins the series, they will be facing either their Cherrey Cup opponents, the Listowel Cyclones, or the London Nationals from the Western Conference.

The Elmira Sugar Kings are leading the semifinal series against the Caledonia Corvairs in competition for the Sutherland Cup. Quinten Bruce scored the lone goal on Tuesday afternoon, giving the Kings the win. The team lost Game 3 by a score of 3-0 in Caledonia on Tuesday night.

This year’s outing of the Elmira ENDURrace will see funds go to WCC WHITNEY NEILSON Elmira runners have two chances this month to lace up their sneakers for a good cause.

The Economical ENDURrace runs for the following two Saturday evenings, with a 5-km race on Apr. 22 and an 8-km race on Apr. 29.

Runners are encouraged to fundraise for the Woolwich Counselling Centre as part of their participation in the race or races, with 100 per cent of the fundraising going to WCC. Any proceeds from the event will be split between WCC and Run Waterloo.

This is the 15th year for

the Run Waterloo event, which has been held in various locations in the region over the years.

Run Waterloo spokesperson Jordan Schmidt says they’ve finally settled on Elmira as the ideal location for the races.

“Some of our events rotate charities and in the past this event has supported charities that are based in Waterloo. So this year we were looking specifically for a charity based in Woolwich Township, and then we consulted with the presenting sponsor, Economical Insurance, to find a good fit for the race, and we settled on Woolwich Counselling Centre,” Schmidt said.

The race is a favourite among many runners because of the flat course, allowing runners of all ages to complete it, and for serious runners to set personal bests early in the running season. It’s the same course as in previous years.

This is the first year the races have supported a Woolwich charity.

“They’re a great organization run on a small, tight budget and they know that an event like this – a good longstanding event in the community that can hopefully raise some money for the charity as well as just generally bring some excitement and exposure to their causes – I think was

definitely something that they were very interested in doing and we’re hoping on turning this into an annual thing,” he said.

They have over 100 people signed up to run both, plus 136 others signed up for one of the two races. He says this is already ahead of last year’s registration.

The appeal for many runners is a race which they can use to test their fitness or set a fast time due to the flat terrain to qualify for other running events later in the season.

“People can use it for any amount of goal setting, whether we’re talking about racing against a field where there is prize money

for the combined events, as well as people just racing age groups or just racing against yourself,” he said.

They also started a learnto-run group in Elmira for the first time this year. This week marked the group’s tenth and final week.

They sold all of the spots in the group, with the majority being Elmira women in their 30s.

“So far they’re having a lot of fun, they’ve built a little bit of a community around it where they have running partners in the town to run with and train with, and learn to run with. That’s been a big success. It’s something we’ve never done before in Elmira,” he said.

Residents are welcome to come watch the race and see runners who will be finishing in as quickly as 16 minutes for the 5-km race this weekend.

“It’s great for spectators to have a steady stream of people coming in. Even for a race as short as a 5-km, people will be finishing for more than half an hour. As long as the weather’s good then it’s a great environment.”

The 5-km race is this Saturday at 6 p.m. starting at Lions Hall. Registration ended earlier this week for the 5-km race, but is still open until Apr. 26 for the 8-km race on Apr. 29 at the same time and location at www.runwaterloo.com.

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Woolwich Healthy Communities initiative now extends beyond the month of April LIZ BEVAN Local produce, mindfulness and community are the push behind this year’s Woolwich Healthy Communities initiative.

In 2017, the group has decided to spread events out over a full season, running from April to June. There are quite a few new events on the Woolwich Healthy Communities calendar.

Starting with Community Clean-up Day on Apr. 22, committee member Inga Rinne believes giving the public more events to participate in only increases the benefits. The committee is trying to cover many different aspects of health with the series of events.

“Part of this is about getting people who might not otherwise be involved, to be involved,” she said.

“Healthy Communities has always been about a broad definition of health. A lot of this isn’t just about getting good physical health, but about that connectedness. Whether it is singing in a choir is your thing,

or if not, maybe planting trees is, or maybe going for a walk, or eating – well, eating is everyone’s thing.

We want to have something for everyone. We want to cover social, environmental, physical and economic health for everyone in Woolwich.”

One of the new events is a nature therapy hike.

Along with the annual bird watching hike, on May 16, a certified nature therapy guide will be encouraging hikers to look at nature in a different way. Woolwich Healthy Communities is also hosting a family hike on June 24.

“She takes people out and really reintroduces people to the health benefits of the outdoors. In Japan, they call it forest bathing,” said Rinne. “There is all kind of research about

how just getting out into a forest reduces your blood pressure, reduces your heart rate and all sorts of physiological things they have measured.”

Woolwich Healthy Communities is partnering with the Elmira Farmers’ Market for the 11th annual Taste of Woolwich on June 17.

The event is usually held in April, but Rinne says they were looking for a change.

“It is all about introducing people to local producers and supporting local producers. The farmers’ market doesn’t start until the middle of June and it has the advantage of the fresh produce right in Elmira. The market is a bit of a secret,” she said.

“After ten years, you need to change it up a bit, so we thought first of a change in venue, and we wanted to be

Woolwich Healthy Communities month starts this weekend. The many different events include tree-planting excursions planned for April and May.

outdoors.”

The Cooking Ladies will be joining the event, demonstrating different techniques for grilling veggies and smoking meats.

On Apr. 29, Trees for Woolwich will be planting, and this year, will be celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday, inviting new Canadians to join in. They will also be planting near Breslau on May 6. The Woolwich Green Waterways Group will be planting trees on Apr. 25 and 26 in Elmira.

The annual Community Can Dine event has been combined with the Local Vocals and BBM Band concert on May 12.

For a full schedule of Woolwich Healthy Communities events and registration information, visit www.healthywoolwich.org.

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Great Ride n’ Stride to raise funds for cancer research Local routes will host participants in Apr. 30 event with a fundraising target of $15,000 for Canadian Cancer Society LIZ BEVAN FOR MORE THAN THREE decades, cyclists, walkers and runners have been raising money for cancer research with the Great Ride n’ Stride through the Canadian Cancer Society.

This year’s event has a goal of $15,000, and takes place on Apr. 30.

Sarah Bradshaw, a breast cancer survivor, is on the local organizing committee. She says the event

hasn’t changed much in the last 30 years, but improvements haven’t been needed. Families have been participating in the Great Ride n’ Stride as the years go on.

“You know, it is interesting, we’ve had it in different communities, and I would say that there was a strong presence in New Hamburg for a bit, but that strength has moved into the KW area,” she said.

“Elmira is a solid event for

us, but a lot about it hasn’t really changed and I think that has been interesting for families. Some of our original participants have grown up and brought in the next generation to join in.”

The event is suited for everyone of any age and physical fitness level. The idea is to raise awareness and funds for cancer research, not race to the finish line. Registration starts at noon and participants

hit the road at 1 p.m.

“It starts out at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, then people go down to the Kissing Bridge Trail, and then they can go towards Floradale and then they get to decide how far they want to go. You can go to Floradale, you can go to Wallenstein, they can decide if they are walking, riding a bike, bringing the dog, pushing a stroller.

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Bradshaw has seen the results of increased research into cancer treatments firsthand.

“One of the things that I always refer to is how incredibly well we have done in tackling some of the major cancers. There has been so much money put into research and we have seen some really great results. Mortality rates have really dropped since the 1960s,” she said.“You have people like me, who had fairly advanced breast cancer, and my survival has totally been based on the fact that there has been research done on breast cancers that has really helped to make treatment much more effective.”

There is still some work to be done, however.

“There are always sad stories, and unfortunately, there will continue to be, but I think that you can see the progress. That I think is very hopeful for people.”

Organizers have upped

their fundraising goals after seeing a huge turnout last year.

“Last year, we hit about $14,000, so I said to the committee, ‘let’s top that.’

We are going for $15,000 this year. It really just depends on the people who come out,” said Bradshaw.

“Last year, we had a couple of groups that rallied around specific people and they really did well.

They almost egged each other on, which was kind of neat. People respond to that.”

The event will be running rain or shine on Apr. 30, and Bradshaw encourages anyone and everyone to come support cancer research.

“Just come out and do what you can, and raise what you can. Every bit helps. It all goes towards a good cause. I think people feel that if they can’t raise $500, then what’s the point? But, even that $10 makes a difference in how much research we can fund, how many rides we can offer, that kind of thing,” she said.

The annual Ride n’ Stride is coming back to Elmira on Apr. 30.

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LIZ BEVAN NEW PROVINCIAL REGULATIONS AND the prospect of some new growth have prompted Wellesley to revise its development standards for the first time since 1997.

The review approved by council last week will see the township update its bylaws and rules governing new construction. It could also have an impact on issues such as on-street parking as accessibility becomes even trendier with Queen’s Park.

Changes to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and a shift in the township’s focus prompted the review, completed by the departments of public works, planning and building, along with an outside engineering consultant.

The idea was to update the township’s guidelines for developers and designers looking to build subdivisions, severances, infill lots, condominiums, residential, commercial and industrial properties.

Kevin Beggs, director of public works with the township, presented the changes to the development standards document to council on Apr. 11. He told councillors there were quite a few new additions to the document, highlighting accessibility and compliance with the provincial AODA. “Going forward, this is

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adding that there are new standards for utilities in new developments, as well.

“We make sure all our utilities in new development are underground. We have a cross-section in our roads that basically say where we want these utilities: hydro, communications, cable, gas, fire hydrants and street lighting.”

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BY U.S. President Donald Trump against our dairy farmers, things are looking good as we head into spring planting, and even the harvesting of early crops.

Asparagus producers are expected to start their harvest sometime between May 1-5. Asparagus is Ontario’s first field crop.

And in some parts of the province, corn is being planted right now. Thanks to a few days of aboveaverage temperatures, average precipitation and windy conditions, most soil types have dried up nicely.

Those conditions bode well for the 2.1-2.2 million acres of corn that farmers will be planting this spring.

They’ll be followed a little later by soybeans, which are likely to cover about 2.7 million acres of Ontario cropland this year. Those comprise our major field crops, along with winter wheat, which was seeded last fall on about 800,000 acres of Ontario farmland.

Some of the crops that grow here go towards feeding livestock, including dairy cows. Dairy (along

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Wellesley Township is currently revamping its development standards for projects such as the subdivision currently under construction at Gerber and Greenwood Hill roads.

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new to the township. We are going to be requesting that we have sidewalks on both sides of our streets in new developments,” he said. “We have to follow the accessibility act, which now includes things like the width of a sidewalk – 1.5 metres – that is a big one.”

The accessibility act also prompts municipalities in Ontario to add directional lines to intersections and detectable plates to be put at intersections. Safety

municipalities are doing the same thing.”

New traffic calming measures are also outlined in Wellesley’s development standards, although they have not been put into widespread practice in the township.

“We thought that we should identify it because it seems like it should be something that the township should be looking at in the future with new development,” said Beggs,

was also a factor in some of the other changes to the township’s development standards.

“This is new, too, to the Township of Wellesley. We are going to have parking on one side of the street only. I think the reason we are pushing that one is because we find when people park on both sides of the street, we can’t maintain a six-metre emergency route,” shared Beggs. “We find, too, our neighbouring

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with chicken and eggs) is what’s known as a supply managed industry.

That means the supply is regulated by government decree, and cheap imports are mostly restricted from entering the country.

This all started after the last World War when farmers were getting their feet back on the ground, gearing up to feed what was then a growing population.

It was thought farmers needed protection at the border to help them get a reasonable price for their commodities.

Over the years, supply management has become

part of our culture.

Some say keeping imports out makes the price of these commodities unreasonably high. Others say it helps our farmers offer superior products.

President Trump sides with the former argument.

Not only that, he thinks the woes of U.S. dairy producers, who do not have supply management, are tied to Canada. “Because in Canada, some very unfair things have happened to our dairy farmers and others,” he said, in his usual disjointed fashion. I think he meant because of Canada, but it doesn’t matter, he’s saying what he needs to say to Midwest America

that elected him. He needs them to believe he can break through the barriers that have long existed, barriers that might help them be more prosperous.

The reality is that Canada cannot help American dairy farmers get over the hump they and dairy farmers from other countries – ones who don’t have a supply managed sector – are facing.

They’ve overproduced.

So, on the world market, dairy prices have fallen.

They’re looking for markets to sell into, and Canada is a natural … if only foreign farmers could get access for a wide range of dairy-related commodities

(they have some access already, but not nearly the range they want).

If Trump is successful, we have a problem. If changes are made, it will impact many farmers. If the prices dairy, chicken and egg farmers receive tumble, those who grow feed for them, for example, will find new challenges too.

But there’s a bigger issue here. Supply management in Canada simply cannot be managed by another country’s government.

Former U.S. administrations have threatened Canada over supply management. Trump, however, is unpredictable, vindic-

tive and in a difficult spot.

He’s said he’s going to do something to help farmers.

And as far as agriculture goes, this could be his launch pad.

The Canadian government and the dairy sector are fighting back with facts, trying to explain that Canada is not to blame for the problems with U.S. or global dairy prices. They’ll need resilience to keep it up, especially if it all gets mixed together in NAFTA renegotiations.

Meanwhile, planting will continue, as it does every year. But what the landscape will look like come harvest time is anyone’s guess.

WORK GETS UNDERWAY AT FIRST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BUILD IN WELLESLEY

Grade 6 students from Wellesley Public School stopped by the site of a new Habitat for Humanity build in Wellesley on Apr. 12. Township Mayor Joe Nowak and Tracey Appleton, vice-chair of the Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region board, ceremonially turned the soil to kick off the project.

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township has nine, are also included in this year’s and the last development standards document, but now, Beggs says they will be following through with the guidelines set out by the township.

“Every storm water management pond should have a sign stating what the pond is and how it works for the public to see.

It is to make the public aware that everything that goes down the catch basins, it will end up in that pond and it will affect the quality of water,” he said.

“We are working on the signs to be put up, hopefully in 2017.”

Coun. Carl Smit questioned why the development standards hadn’t been updated for two decades.

“We thought it was time to do it. I think we have gotten by in the past with the way it is, but we started this in 2016 and thought, ‘you know what, it is something that we should do.’ Going forward, we are going to say yearly, or as trends change,” said Beggs, mentioning there was no set schedule for the review process.

The review cost the township $3,200 in engineering fees.

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THE ARTS ON THE STAGE / LOCAL THEATRE

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St. Jacobs students go down the rabbit hole

The school stages its first musical in four years this week with its take on Alice in Wonderland

A peek behind the door of the school Staff Room Latest production by the Elmira Theatre Company provides a series of vignettes to demystify the goings-on LIZ BEVAN

taken and made more modern. So some of the timing is kind of tricky for the kids and the harmonies have been [tricky too],” Vanier said.

The last musical the school put together was The Wizard of Oz, four years ago. She likes that they both share a similar plot with a character travelling to a magical land that’s much different from their home.

“I think as well, especially with our refugees and

As a student, you wonder what goes on behind the door of the staff room, but the dynamics behind that door can be found in any office.

This spring, the Elmira Theatre Company is staging Staff Room, a play made up of a series of two- to three-minute vignettes showing the inner workings of a high school staff room.

“It is very true to life in education, certainly, but for everyone. You see what goes on from the perspective of a staff room’s walls.

There is a lot of growth that goes on when you put in 20 or 30 years, you change a lot and you learn so much from the environment and the students and people that you meet, and now it is all onstage,” says director Denise Gismondi.

The show, written by retired teacher Joan Burrows, won Best Production at the Theatre Ontario festival in 2004, and has since been updated for 2017. Gismondi collaborated with Burrows for the Elmira production.

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St. Jacobs Public School presents the wacky world of Alice in Wonderland this week, which includes three Alices and three Cheshire Cats. From left: Rebecca Perry, Avery Leech, Braelyn MacPherson, Jaiden Krupicz, Kierra Martin, and Avery Lehmann. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] WHITNEY NEILSON St. Jacobs Public School has awakened its students’ imaginations with their production of Alice in Wonderland.

More than 100 students from Grades 5 to 8 have been working to put together Lewis Carroll’s eccentric tale of quirky characters since January.

Music and drama teacher Katelyn Vanier is directing the show. She says it has been a real community experience for the kids. Stu-

dents have been involved in everything from ushering to set building to designing posters to building props.

The group gathered on Easter Monday for their dress rehearsal to work out the kinks and get used to performing with new-tothem technology, like headset microphones.

This is Vanier’s first time directing a musical at St. Jacobs PS, something she says the school has been wanting to do for a few years.

“I feel like there’s so much adventure and imagi-

nation that sometimes in the modern age of technology, a lot of it is just fed to kids, and this allows kids to explore. During class I’ve been going through it with the whole school and we’ve been talking about imagination and what is nonsense and how does that relate to me and what can we picture in our minds when we think of these different quirky characters. It’s been a lot of fun,” Vanier said.

She says the biggest challenge has been finding time to get the full cast together

to rehearse, since many of the students have other extracurricular activities which keep them busy. But for the students, she says they’d probably say memorizing their lines has been the steepest learning curve.

The music is also a good test for the students.

“Alice in Wonderland was written in a time when jazz music was getting to be really big and experimental in the ‘50s, so a lot of the music that is in the show is based on those original songs, but they’ve been

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“Burrows wanted to do some updating and rewriting of some pieces of the play. There was one scene that she completely took out and we had to balance it with a couple of other scenes to balance out the first and second act.”

The production presented quite the challenge for the community theatre group, with around 40 different characters throughout. Along with fast wig and costume changes, the actors need to be able to change character on a dime. Gismondi says the troupe is doing great in rehearsals.

“There have to be at least 20 vignettes. We have eight actors with those 40 characters, and usually you have to develop a character from the beginning to the middle to the end,” she ex-

Elmira Theatre Company’s Melissa Roe and Dale Langdon rehearse one of the many vignettes in Staff Room, its spring 2017 production. [LIZ BEVAN / THE OBSERVER] Then they have to go for it, plained. “When they come then they have to switch it on, they have to know who up very quickly. They have they are playing, they have been having a great time.” to know what they are goThe play, although staring to say, they have to ring teachers as the main know how they are going characters, is relatable to to establish their character everyone, says Gismondi. right from minute one.

The first vignette starts at the beginning of a teacher’s career, and ends with the school’s graduation, and in the middle, different adventures and challenges for the many characters.

“Everybody has gone to school. Everybody knows something about education, about formal education and I think that this would be entertaining even to those who haven’t seen it through a teacher’s eyes,” she said. “We’ve all been mentors, we’ve all been in other business situations where these types of situations and relationships happen. Maybe it was a cafeteria at a place of work, but you would see a lot of conversations and a lot of the things people can go through in the course of a year.”

Gismondi wants Staff Room to bring back memo-

ries for those in the audience.

“I hope they have a wonderful time, that they think a little bit. Maybe it makes them think back to their school days, or if they happen to be educators, to have them think back to some of their experiences and for everyone, we want them to think about their favourite teachers. People are going to have, I think, all kinds of reactions to this. There is enough variety in all of these scenes to have something for everyone,” she said.

The play is Elmira Theatre Company’s first of 2017 to take the stage, and this year’s theatre season has a theme: Canada 150.

“I sit on the play reading committee, and we decided this season, in honour of Canada’s 150th anniversary, we decided that we were

going to have an all Canadian season. Burrows is from Richmond Hill and it is a great play,” said ETC’s Bev Dietrich.

The group will also be hosting a dinner theatre with Staff Room centre stage, something they have never done with their spring production before.

“We are doing the dinner theatre on Saturday nights this time. Usually it is something that we only do in the fall, and in the spring, it is the show only,” she said.

“Never Enough Thyme is catering the dinner, and we want everybody to come out and have a great time.”

Staff Room premieres on Apr. 28 with curtains up at 8 p.m. The dinner and a show special runs on Apr. 29, May 6 and May 13.

For tickets visit www. elmirathreatre.com or call KW Tickets at 519-578-1570.

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people coming in, the kids might not have had those cultural experiences before.

It’s neat to see someone experience something where everything is new to them and they’re just taking it all in,” Vanier said.

The kids’ version of the play has a few more characters than the original story.

There are three Alices and three Cheshire Cats, instead of just one of each. “[Alice] grows and shrinks in the show. One of them is small Alice, one of

them is tall Alice, and one of them is medium. And there are three Cheshire cats because in the show the Cheshire cat is the narrator of the show, and because there’s so much text, that’s how it’s broken up so it’s not so much for one per-

son to learn, especially for that age group because they are on stage for the whole show,” Vanier explained.

She says the biggest takeaways for the students have been the importance of team work and that there are no small parts.

Vanier would like audiences to leave with a sense of adventure.

“I hope that they leave with a smile on their face and a little feeling of adventure, that they’ve gone somewhere fun with their kids and explored a land

that is eccentric, where anything can happen.”

The show opened on Wednesday. There are two additional performances today (Apr. 20) at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids and seniors.

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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 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.

HELP WANTED

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

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

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.

www.JantziAuctions.com

AUCTIONS HELP WANTED

HORSES

FARM SERVICES

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.

HAY & STRAW SMALL SQUARE STRAW bales for sale, delivered to your farm. Call 519-6355416.

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.

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

#1

HORSES

SPECIAL HORSE SALE to be held at OLEX April 28 & 29th. Horse preview begins at 10 a.m. Friday, Stallion presentation at 11 a.m. followed by sale of crossbreds, approx. 20 Dutch Harness horses, and approx. 40 Standardbreds.

Horse preview begins 6 a.m. Saturday morning.

Approx. 100 Dutch Harness horses sale beginning at 8 a.m. followed by approx. 50 Standardbreds. To consign or more information call 519-595-3307.

NEWS

SOURCE

IN THE REGION

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.

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

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PUBLIC NOTICE “PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAS T; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.”

Community Information Page

P.O. Box 158

24 Church St. W. Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

Internet and Telephone Voting for the 2018 Municipal Election On April 11, 2017, Council deferred a decision to implement internet and telephone voting as the only available voting methods for the 2018 Municipal Election. Council will be considering this decision again, and for the final time prior to the 2018 Municipal Election, at the Council Phone: 519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hourswould Emergency: meeting on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Council like519-575-4400 to hear from www.woolwich.ca you. Township staff is making the recommendation to move to internet and telephone voting based on: • Accessibility – whether an elector is away on personal travel, suffering from an illness, working days or nights, has a disability or difficulty travelling, they may cast their ballot from anywhere with an internet connection or telephone; • Convenience – electors may cast their ballot from anywhere using a computer, smart phone, tablet or touchtone telephone, 24 hours a day throughout the voting period; • Environmentally Friendly – voters will no longer need to get in their cars and travel to polling locations, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the Township will no longer require the printing and subsequent shredding of paper ballots, including all the unused ballots; • Fast, Reliable and Secure – internet and telephone voting has been successfully implemented in Ontario municipalities for over ten years and continues to grow in popularity each municipal election.

• Cost – while many municipalities implement internet and telephone voting and continue to provide the option of traditional paper ballots at polls on Election Day, staff does not believe that this can be done in addition to internet and telephone voting within budget.

Internet and telephone voting, without the option of paper ballots, provides an opportunity to conduct the election with significantly increased convenience and accessibility to the electors at a comparable, if not more efficient, cost.

“PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAS T; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.” Internet voting has been available to municipalities for more than 10 years and allows the elector to access the voting process from anywhere in world, 24 hours a day, for as long as the Box 158 voting period is open. Telephone voting is similar to internet voting; however, electorsP.O.access 24 Church St. W. the system by phone. Telephone voting is comparable to telephone banking and provides an Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 alternative for any electors that do not have access to a computer and/or the internet. Telephone voting is not compatible with rotary phones.

Throughout the voting period staff intends to establish voting stations at the Breslau Community Centre, the Woolwich Community Centre and the Administration Building for anyone that would like to attend in person to vote or requires assistance with the voting process. Additionally, staff will continue to visit nursing homes individually as they have in the past. Voting stations would be set up electronically with a laptop; paper ballots would not be issued.

Staff have developed a short survey at www.woolwich.ca. Please take a moment to have your say on this initiative.

Comments or questions may also be directed to Julie Forth, Deputy Clerk at 519-669-6010 or jforth@woolwich.ca or your Council representative.

Community Information Page

Phone: 519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hours Emergency:

519-575-4400 www.woolwich.ca

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SHOWING OFF THEIR SKILLS AT THE ELMIRA MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 LOST & FOUND LOST - RC Airplane, 1.5m (60”) wingspan, white with red decals, battery powered.

Lost radio contact while flying near Winterbourne on April 14th. If found, please call 519-664-9959. $50 finder’s fee offered.

GARAGE SALES MOVING/GARAGE SALE. SAT. April 22, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 3399 Lobsinger Line, St. Clements.

Appliances, furniture, dishes etc.

MOVING/GARAGE SALE. SATURDAY April 22, 8 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m. 32 Greenwood Rd., Bloomingdale. Lots of household items, furniture and outdoor items.

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE Sale.

5158 Ament Line, Linwood.

Friday April 28th, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

GARAGE SALES MULTI FAMILY GARAGE Sale.

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

SEEK & FIND Treasure Sale May 6th - 8 a.m. Reduce, resuse, recycle. Bottle drive, Ewaste, paint cans and Rummage Sale. St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 131 Flax Mill Dr., Conestogo.

THE ST. TERESA of Avila Catholic Women’s League is holding a garage sale at St. Teresa of Avila Church Hall, 18 Flamingo Dr., Elmira.

Fri. Apr. 28th from 2:30 - 8 p.m. and Sat. Apr. 29th from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. For more information please call Carol Kieswetter at 519-669-5392.

GARAGE SALE SEASON is starting to warm up, just like the weather. Get the word out early about your sale and place an ad where your neighbours are sure to read all about it! Right here.

Paul and Jacob Frenette from the Carver Kings showed off their skills during the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival on Apr. 1 outside of the Elmira Home Hardware.

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IRA HOME COMFORT M L E (519) 669-4600 APPLIANCES – FURNACES – FIREPLACES AIR CONDITIONERS – WATER HEATERS SPRING SPECIAL ON AIR CONDITIONING TUNE UP $99, INSTALLED FROM $1999 FURNACES INSTALLED FROM $2499 FRIDGES $499, STOVES $399, WASHERS $399, DRYERS $369, FREEZERS $199 Come visit our show room FREE QUOTES 1 Union Street, Elmira

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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY HOME IMPROVEMENT

SPACE FOR RENT

Steve Co.

Plumbing and Maintenance Inc.

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

For all your Plumbing Needs.

24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi

ELMIRA

519-669-3652

AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

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SKATE SHARPENING

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Bring in this coupon to redeem offer.

Complete Collision Service

WHERE TIRES SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE.

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

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Weekly exposure with fantastic results!

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GENERAL SERVICES

OUTDOOR SERVICES

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•Final grading •Lawn repair & complete seeding well equipped for large stoney areas •Spike Aerator/Overseeding •Natural & Interlocking Stone •Retaining Walls, Walks & Patios •Help for Top Water & Drainage issue

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

The Spring Market Has Arrived!

OPEN HOUSE COMING SOON!

Donating back to the community we call home.

Saturday, April 22nd 1-3pm 63 Sugar King Drive, Elmira

ELMIRA – Stunning two storey! 3 bedroom 1600 sqft home with granite countertops, eat-in kitchen, a separate dining room and refinished hardwood floors in the living room.

Master bedroom with ensuite and walk-in closet. Fully finished basement has a generous rec room. Dishwasher (2016) and microwave (2014), Sliders leading to the deck and backyard. Close to all amenities, an excellent location within a wonderful community.

$499,000

Alli Bauman Paul Martin Sue Wideman SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT

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

3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426

Thinking About Selling?

Call today and book a

FREE

HOME EVALUATION

ELMIRA – Many updates done in 2011 including a beautiful Hanley Custom Kitchen. The open layout on main floor and finished rec room with walk up to the backyard. Concrete private driveway continues into the gated backyard allowing extra parking, or a private patio for entertaining. This large fully fenced yard is perfect for the hobbyist with its insulated, heated 16 X 10 workshop as well as garden shed.

Other updates in 2011 include roof, windows, insulation, typar, all flooring, furnace, all wiring, water heater, water softener. Huge storage area in the crawl space under the main floor. MLS.

NEW LISTING

ELMIRA – Larger than it looks! This backsplit semi has 4 levels of space for your growing family to spread out as well as a large fully fenced yard backing on to Barnswallow Dr. Equipped with 3 +1 spacious bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, family room, rec room/games room plus storage area! Lots of parking in the double wide interlocking driveway as well as the car port on this 149 ft lot with mature trees and shed. MLS.

$375,000

1-3pm

28 Hampton St., Elmira

$495,000

ONLY 20 MINUTES FROM KW! Peaceful and luxurious country living awaits you in this newer custom-built bungalow. On 4.96 acres, this 3-bedroom, open concept home has the benefits of small-town living. Enjoy the beautiful view year round from the hot tub in the 15ft x 32ft screened-in lanai. Custom gourmet kitchen with maple wood-stained cherry cabinets and quartz countertops – all appliances included. Large master bedroom with 5 pc. ensuite and walkout to lanai. Fully-finished rec room with in-floor heating contains golf simulator/theatre. Attached 2 bay garage plus an oversized 1 bay heated workshop. ICF built home (insulated concrete forms). MLS.

$375,000

Sat., Apr. 22nd

$495,000

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.

Steps from down town, this is the perfect location, close to amenities and public transit.

A must see! MLS.

D L O S

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$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.

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Very clean with laminate in parts and lots of parking.

To view call Mildred Frey-Listing Agent direct 519-741-6970 or Peak Realty Office at 519-669-1544 to page.

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Two gorgeous bathrooms w/ walk-in showers. Main flr. laundry. Rec. Room & office in lower level. Some heated floors. Furnace (2015). Detached garage.

A must see! MLS.

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SPACIOUS RAISED BUNGALOW with lots of natural lighting. Open concept L.R. & eat-in kitchen. 3 bdrms. up + 4th bdrm., office, bathrm & a cozy rec. room in the lower level (w/ large windows and walkup to the back yard). Lots of updates in the last 10 years! NEW MLS.

$384,900 WELLINGTON RD. 8, R.R. #2, ALMA A GREAT COUNTRY PROPERTY north of Elmira and backing to farmland. Private lot is 100â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 179â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and well treed. Large country kitchen w/walkout to deck. Lots of finished bsmt w/ large windows - rec. room, games room & office. Attached garage & lots of parking. MLS.

$429,900 ISABELLA ST., ST. JACOBS HOUSE & SHOP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; First time offered in over 50 yrs. Very well maintained century home w/3+ bdrms, formal living & dining rooms and eat-in kitchen. Main floor office/mudroom. Fin. rec. room & 3pc. Wonderful heated shop, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 34â&#x20AC;&#x2122; for a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;man caveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or toy shop. MLS.

SOLD $599,900

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS CONTINUED

FAMILY ALBUM

Shanna

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Brubacher

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NEW LISTING!

SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND | 1-3PM

PROPERTIES NEEDED!

10 LIMERA AVE., ELMIRA

$394,900 Welcome to this stunning architecturally designed semi-detached. Spacious 1614 sq ft open concept kitchen with granite counters, great room with attractive built-in feature wall and walk-out to back yard. Spacious Master offers vaulted sitting area, walk-in and 4 pc ensuite, generous sized 2nd & 3rd bedrooms and 2nd floor laundry. NEW MLS.

If you’re thinking of Selling, now is the time!

THE SPRING MARKET IS HERE!

DEATH NOTICES BOLGER, ROBERT “LORNE” EUGENE |

Went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Village at University Gates, Waterloo, at the age of 91 years.

BRUBACHER, EARL | Suddenly, on

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 as a result of an accident, Earl Brubacher, in his 5th year. Beloved son of Mark and Naomi (Frey) Brubacher of RR 2, West Montrose.

BRUBACHER, OWEN | October 18, 2014 - April 13, 2017 Died unexpectedly, at home, at the age of two years. Owen was the beloved son of Clayton and Connie (Martin) Brubacher of RR 2, West Montrose.

HORST, ORVIE | April 30, 1929 - April 14, 2017 Very peacefully passed into the presence of his Lord on Friday, April 14, 2017 at St. Mary’s, formerly of Elmira.

O’GRADY, ANN | Peacefully, with her

family by her side, Mrs. Annie Marie (Walter) O’Grady of Listowel passed away at Listowel Memorial Hospital on Thursday, April 13, 2017, in her 88th year. Local relative is her sister Betty Furlong of Elmira.

ZEHR, LYDIA | After a short illness at

Grand River Hospital, Kitchener on Saturday, April 15, 2017, Lydia (nee Wagler) of Baden in her 85th year.

HUNTING SEASON The thrill of the hunt is half the fun. This year’s Bargain Hunt starts in our pages.

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FAMILY ALBUM BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

OBITUARY

Happy 99th Birthday!

Happy 90th Mary Voisin

Happy 80th Birthday Proud Grandpa Ed

Foerster, Sadie

Frank Walter

On your 90th birthday, may you only know the joy, peace and health that comes with a life well lived.

April 25th.

You are loved by all

Love Your Family

STAG & DOE

MARRIAGE NOTICE

OBITUARY

Born: April 26th 1927

Buck and Doe for

Brubacher, Harvey M.

Jessie Thiessen & Larry Martin

Saturday April 22 Elmira Legion 8pm- 1am

Mark and Jane Weber of Winterbourne and Paul and Marilyn Brubacher of Elmira announce the upcoming marriage of their children,

Laura Jane & Jonathan

Dancing, Games, Raffles, Cash Bar, Food and Fun!

on Saturday May 13 at 2 pm at Floradale Mennonite Church.

OBITUARY

OBITUARY

Bowman, Eileen M.

Elizabeth M. Sherk

Passed away peacefully surrounded by family at her home in Dorking on Friday, April 14, 2017, at the age of 75 years.

Loving wife of Amsey M. Bowman for 51 years. Dear mother of Dennis and Doreen, Douglas, Darlene and Keith Wideman, and David. Grandmother of nine grandchildren and three greatgrandsons. Survived by her siblings Lloyd (Mary) Martin, Erla (Clarence) Martin, Leona (Elmer S.) Martin, Edgar (Esther) Martin, Leonard Martin, Marilyn (Gerald) Weber, and sister-inlaw Edna Weber. Predeceased by her parents Alvin E. and Lydia (Martin) Martin, and brother-in-law Aden Weber. Visitation was held on Saturday, April 15, 2017 from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday, April 16, 2017 from 1-6 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A family service took place in the funeral home chapel on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 9 a.m., then to Goshen West Mennonite Meeting House, RR 2, Drayton, for burial and public service. The family wishes to extend their appreciation to the caregivers from the community, CCAC and Bayshore Palliative Care Team.

Elizabeth M. Sherk peacefully at her home in RR#2 Wroxeter on Monday, April 17, 2017 passed away in her 85th year.

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Wife of Eli M. Sherk. Mother of Edna (Aaron) Martin of Algoma, Henry (Anna) Sherk of Wellesley, Emanuel (Emma) Sherk of Flesherton, Elizabeth (Noah) Hoover of Wallenstein, Elam (Catherine) Sherk of Clifford, Elvina (Daniel) Bauman of St. Clements, Joseph (Nancy) Sherk of Wellesley, Paul (Annie) Sherk of Wroxeter, and Adeline (Joseph) Martin of Chelsey. Also survived by brothers Josiah, Daniel, and Simon Martin and sisters Lucinda Bowman and Adeline Martin, 59 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.

Predeceased by daughters Salinda Sherk, and Maryann (Alvin) Martin, one grandson, brother Nelson Martin, and sisters Elvina and Annie Martin.

Funeral services were held at the home of Paul Sherk, RR2 Wroxeter on Thursday, April 20 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.

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Passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 13, 2017, at his residence, RR 2, West Montrose, at the age of 74 years.

Harvey Brubacher was the husband of the late Selinda (Martin) Brubacher (2014). Father of Bertha and Elam Martin of Harriston, Erla and Abner Martin of Elmira, Edgar and Mary of Harriston, Walter and Elizabeth of West Montrose, Vera Brubacher of West Montrose, Ruth and Benjamin Weber of Gladstone, MB, Mark and Naomi of West Montrose, Clarence and Elsie of Lindsay, and Floyd and Lovina of Dunsford. Grandfather of 56 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Brother of Melinda and Noah Brubacher of Holyrood, Henry and Saloma of West Montrose, Lucinda Bowman of Wallenstein Lena and Amos Knorr of Ripley, Sidney and Susannah of West Montrose, Herman and Seleda of West Montrose, and Elmer and Minerva of Lucknow. Brother-in-law of Aaron Martin of Chesley. Predeceased by his parents Ephraim and Amanda (Martin) Brubacher, brother Mahlon, sister Anna Martin, brother-in-law Menno Bowman, and grandson Earl Brubacher (April 11, 2017). Viewing for Harvey and his grandson Earl took place at the home of Mark and Naomi, 1155 Crooks Tract Road, West Montrose, on Saturday, April 15, 2017 from 12-4 and 5-7 p.m. and Sunday, April 16, 2017 from 1-5 p.m. A family service was held in the home on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 9 a.m., then to Winterbourne Mennonite Meeting House for burial and public service. Arrangements entrusted to the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

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Peacefully passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Lanark Heights, Kitchener, at the age of 86 years. Sadie (Lewis) Foerster, formerly of Elmira, was the beloved wife of the late George Foerster (2010). Dear mother of Sharon and the late Tom (2010) Sitone of Brightwaters, NY, and Gary and Valerie Foerster of Tillsonburg. Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Thomas (Kim) and Dave (Theresa) Sitone, and Andrew and Elise Foerster, and great-grandchildren Adriana Sitone and Kai Sitone. Sadie was the last surviving member of her family, having been predeceased by her parents William and Florence (Marshall) Lewis, brothers George and Ivan Lewis, and sister Peggy Lewis. The family will receive their relatives and friends on Friday, April 21, 2017 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment in Maplewood Cemetery, RR 3, Durham. In Sadieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory, donations to St. James Lutheran Church in Elmira or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

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Anderson, Bessie Peacefully passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Freeport Health Centre, at the age of 94 years. Bessie was the beloved wife of the late Lloyd Anderson (2008). Dear mother of Mary Ann Goslin of Cambridge, John and Linda of New Brunswick, Pam and Bert Hesselink of Burlington, Kevin and Teresa of Sarnia, and Kirk and Brenda of Kitchener. Loved grandmother of Julie Goslin, Matthew Goslin, Wendy Dion (Derek), Susannah Anderson (George Dobbie), Martin Hesselink (Emma), Scott Anderson (Trish), Alex Anderson, Jesse Anderson, Cailey Anderson, and ten great-grandchildren. Lovingly remembered by Barton and Carolyn Coxon of Michigan. Predeceased by her parents and by her son-in-law Dale Goslin. Bessie was a life member of Trinity UCW and also the Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary. The family received their relatives and friends on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. The Royal Canadian Legion Elmira Branch assembled for a service at the funeral home on Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. A memorial service to celebrate Bessieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira. A family interment will take place in Elmira Union Cemetery. In her memory, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.

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LIVING HERE VOLUNTEERISM / MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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Out there developing a real vision for helping others Elmira’s Carole Wilkinson brings eye care to Guatemalans as first-time team member with Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity, making a big impact on people’s lives

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WHITNEY NEILSON MANY SMALL PIECES OF Elmira have made their way to Guatemala.

Elmira optometrist Carole Wilkinson was part of a team of optometrists and volunteers who recently travelled to the Central American country to provide eye care to people in rural areas.

Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) organizes the medical trips and the glasses are gathered by local Lions clubs, including the Woolwich Lions Club to which Wilkinson belongs.

They spent eight days conducting eye clinics. All donations go toward eye care, and the optometrists and volunteers completely pay their own way.

“You reach a point in your career where you want to give back. It was time for me to start giving back. You go down there and you realize how well off we are here.

Some of them have really basic shelters, some are barefoot, they don’t wear shoes, and they don’t have eye care. Without sight, it limits what they can do to earn an income for their families,” Wilkinson said.

This was her first time making the trip to Guatemala. Her husband, Jim, has gone for the past three years.

The team she was part of delivered eye care to 900 patients, referred 30 cases

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Elmira optometrist Carole Wilkinson’s trip to Guatemala as a volunteer proved to be an eye-opening experience in more ways than one. to volunteer eye surgeons, and delivered more than 1,350 pairs of eyeglasses.

“By the time we’d get to the villages they would be all lined up already, ready and waiting. And some would wait, half the day, three quarters of the day to be seen,” she said.

Un-ironically, she says “It was an eye-opener that’s for sure.”

She says some of the common issues they saw were cataracts and con-

genital eye disease. And because they cook over open fires and are exposed to a lot of dirt and sand due to the roads, they often had red, itchy eyes. They’re also exposed to a lot of sunlight because they work outdoors, so they need to wear sunglasses. They provided every patient with a pair of sunglasses.

“Even if you’re in the coffee fields, you have to be able to see the colour of the coffee beans. And that’s

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often one of the symptoms is they can’t sort the coffee beans in the coffee fields if their vision is too poor,” she said.

They each brought a 50-pound hockey bag full of eyeglasses and supplies.

They were joined by an eye surgeon who brought surgical supplies and conducted eye surgery on patients. For patients who had a cataract removed, this service was like a miracle – restoring their sight.

“We go in remote communities where it’s not available, but even if it was available they couldn’t afford it. They often say that they’ve been forgotten by the government and when we come in they say we’re like angels of hope because they feel forgotten, they really do,” she said.

They try to pick the closest prescription out of the glasses they bring with

WE’RE GETTING READY TO celebrate the love this weekend with a wedding for a special couple and a family I have grown to treasure. This business has brought many special people into our lives.

A compliment is of course when someone says “your food is amazing!”

Although the biggest compliment is when they invite you to their special occasions over and over. This weekend we will be serving our signature cake in the form of dessert and wedding cake. It did not occur to me when we came up with this delectable berry layered torte that it would be a staple on the menu.

As we approach a very busy time in catering we have to pause and remember how lucky we are to have a place in the community where we are known for good food. Our team has grown a lot in the last few years, but the approach has always been the same: Memorable food from scratch, made by people who love what they do!

All the best to the happy couple this weekend and thank you for allowing us to cook for your big day!

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MAY 6 ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society Annual Plant Sale 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Eldale Machine & Tool parking lot, 3 Industrial Dr., Elmira. Bring your donations to the parking lot between 6-8 p.m. on Friday May 5 (you’ll receive one plant voucher for every two plants you donate.)

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

In novel ways, technology just might end up being the death of us WEIRD NOTES

Q. Technically speaking, what are a few rather novel ways of dying these daysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;some more literal than others?

A. If you suffer from FOMO

(fear of missing out), you just might be a candidate for death-by-smartphone, as you hear that ding or chirp (â&#x20AC;&#x153;attention magnetsâ&#x20AC;?) and just have to know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on, even as you cross a busy intersection, says Paul McFedries in â&#x20AC;&#x153;IEEE Spectrumâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

Or consider death-by-GPS, so coined by Death Valley National Park rangers, who attested to people following their GPS into the hostile

environment of the park and perishing when they ran out of gas and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get help.

And, adds McFedries, â&#x20AC;&#x153;by now the stories of clueless tourists who drive straight into the ocean or go 900 miles in the wrong direction because they mindlessly followed the directions on their GPS devices are legion.â&#x20AC;?

Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the psychic toll at the workplace, when a program or robot does most of the work and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there mostly just to watch.

Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;automation complacencyâ&#x20AC;? (a lack of engagement and reduced attention); or â&#x20AC;&#x153;automation biasâ&#x20AC;? (trusting the decisions of automated systems even when they contradict our experiences); or â&#x20AC;&#x153;skill fadeâ&#x20AC;? (when our mental and physical proficiency diminishes without ongoing practice),

technology is changing the nature and language of work.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a slow death of sorts, not from burnout but from â&#x20AC;&#x153;boreout,â&#x20AC;? and from the resulting ill health known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;underload syndrome.â&#x20AC;?

Q. What were Christopher Columbusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beliefs about the Earth which set him apart from his contemporaries?

A. The ancient Greeks

knew the Earth was round.

Indeed, in the 3rd century BCE, Eratosthenes of Cyrene had already made a rather accurate estimate of Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circumference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By a combination of wishful thinking, selective observations, and a confusion of Roman for Arabic miles, Columbus believed the Earth was a quarter smaller than Eratosthenes had found,â&#x20AC;? says Tyler Nordgren

in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sun, Moon, Earth: The history of solar eclipses from omens of doom to Einstein and exoplanets.â&#x20AC;? He also thought the eastward distance from Europe to Asia was much greater than did his contemporaries, leading him to conclude that the open sea westward from Africa to Japan was no more than 2,400 nautical miles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about a quarter of the true distance.

So the beliefs which inspired Columbusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey were simply wrong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By all rights, Columbus should have been sailing out into an ocean spanning over half the planet; it was only by luck that he found the Caribbean approximately where he expected to find the eastern reaches of Asia.

It must have been so confusing when nothing he

found was as he expected.â&#x20AC;?

Q. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dismiss those

wacky math-sters out there who may have an answer for this one: Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say your beloved Cleveland Cavaliers are leading by 18 points at halftime. Can you count on them having the game in the bag?

A. When Aaron Clauset of the University of Colorado and his colleagues analyzed more than a million encounters in basketball, hockey and American football, they found that much of the dynamics of these sporting contests followed a simple model, reported â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The emergent behavior of these highly trained athletes in a wellregulated environment is basically equivalent to a random number generator.â&#x20AC;?

The probability applied to a lead being â&#x20AC;&#x153;safeâ&#x20AC;? at any given time. For example, for an NBA basketball game lasting 48 minutes, they calculated that â&#x20AC;&#x153;a team with a lead of 18 points halfway through the match will win 90% of the time.â&#x20AC;? To work out the lead required to be 90% safe for other times in a basketball game, you need â&#x20AC;&#x153;to multiply the square root of the remaining seconds by 0.4602.â&#x20AC;?

Said Clauset, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is stunningly accurate considering the model knows almost nothing about the rules of the game (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Physical Review Lettersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;).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. Attempt 5. Bran 10. Grande dame 15. Pigeon-___ 16. Hardships 17. Destiny 18. Go off script 20. Fairy tale figure 21. Beast of burden 22. Native on the Bering Sea 24. Symbol of sovereignty 25. Inactive or sluggish 27. Theater employee 29. Hurting 31. Toronto-to-Ottawa dir.

32. Blood-typing system 35. Times long past 37. Sedum telephium 39. Island rings 41. My group 42. Heaviest known metal 45. Squeals 46. Out for the night 48. Figureheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place 51. Consume

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11. Winston Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ Countryâ&#x20AC;?

12. Tone down 13. Saved on supper, perhaps 14. Commingled

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them. Some prescriptions they have to have made up so that’s where they’ll use donations to create those eyeglasses.

She plans to return next year and says her goal this year is to learn more Spanish so she can communicate better with the patients, instead of through an interpreter.

She accepts eyeglasses year-round at her office in Elmira for the Lions Club’s eyeglass recycling program.

Even if it’s just lenses, sometimes they can re-cut the lenses into a different frame. They’ll even take frames with no lenses.

“All the materials are used and they go directly to the Guatemalans.”

Lemon Cake with Fresh Berries 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 2 cups of sugar 4 eggs room temperature 2 tsp. vanilla extract 3 cups all purpose flour 1 Tbsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1-2/3 cup milk 1 Tbsp. lemon zest

Carole Wilkinson provided free eye care to hundreds of patients in Guatemala, working with the help of an interpreter, seen here, to refine eyeglass prescriptions. [SUBMITTED]

Cream mix: 1 cup 35% cream 3 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. of vanilla 1 tsp. lemon zest Fresh mint

1/2 quart of berries (strawberries, blueberries or black berries – all will work)

In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until pale yellow and fluffy.

Beat in eggs, one at a time, add vanilla.

In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture alternating with milk in thirds, adding lemon zest until all is combined.

Scoop into two buttered and parchment paperlined cake pans. Bake in preheated 350 F oven until golden and cake tester comes clean, about 15- 20 minutes.

Remove from pan and allow to cool.

Whip 35% cream with

sugar until soft peaks form, adding vanilla, sugar and lemon zest.

Cut top off of the cakes to level them, then take a spoon and spread whipped cream on the top, add diced berries. It may be tempting to add a lot of whipped cream in the middle but don’t add too much!

Stack the other layer of cake on gently, then top with more whipped cream and berries.

Chill in the fridge to set.

Garnish with fresh mint and berries. Enjoy!

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A DONATION TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING

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CONCERT: Helping an agency in on the ground FROM | 7

now for the planting season aren’t happening.

“That virtually guarantees we’re marching toward a terrible situation within a couple of months,” Morgan said.

He explains in some rural areas, farmers were being sent cardboard by the cities to have something to feed their livestock.

“One of the ways we can help the most effectively is by just contributing funds to an agency that’s already working on the ground. All of our partners are in the region working in different parts trying to fight the food crisis and the dislocation that’s happening.”

The benefit concert is Apr. 23 at 3 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church in

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Children and students are free. Receipts for tax purposes will be issued for charitable donations of $10 or more beyond the ticket payment. Tickets are available at www.eventbrite.ca, the Window Box in Elmira, and St. James’ office in the morning, as well as at the door.

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