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Elmira resident grills council over biogas plant proposal Steve Kannon

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Pittman of the Rigarus Construction 9-10 boy’s soccer team made a valiant effort, but it was not quite enough to beat the Raphael’s Pizza team on the evening of Aug. 10 during the house league playoffs which began that night at St. Teresa’s Catholic School. Raphael’s won 6-0.

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evenues are down and expenses up, but councillors aren’t pressing the panic button over the situation at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. Rather, they’re prepared to complete a full year of operations before reviewing the budget numbers, forecasts for which were partly guesswork, staff admits.

In a report to council Tuesday night, director of finance Richard Petherick noted the township’s overall operating budget is tracking slightly over what was projected, mostly due to shortfalls at the new multi-purpose recreation facility.

Director of recreation and facilities Larry Devitt had an explanation: “Quite frankly, when we came up with budget numbers, a lot of it was guessing. We guessed low.”

Coun. Sandy Shantz, asking if the shortfalls were due to increased staffing costs or operating costs,

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oolwich may have no say in the decision, but that’s no reason not to be vocal about the impacts of a biogas plant proposed for Elmira, says a local resident who gave councillors an earful Tuesday night.

Mike Hicknell told township officials they aren’t putting enough pressure on the province to prevent the project from going ahead in Elmira’s north end.

Bio-En Power Inc. plans to create electricity by converting organic waste into methane to power a generator. Materials such as livestock manure, food waste, used cooking oils and other fats will be fed into anaerobic digester, creating the fuel for the process. The $12-million facility would generate 2.8 megawatts of renewable electricity – enough to power 2,200 homes – and 3.4 mW of heat.

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Under the province’s new Green Energy Act, municipalities are no longer involved in the approval process for alternative energy projects. Rather, the decision will be made by the Ministry of the Environment.

Acknowledging that reality, Hicknell said there’s nothing stopping the township from taking a strong stand in talks with the province. In addressing council this week, he expressed particular concern about the number of extra trucks travelling to and from the proposed site on Martin’s Lane, adjacent to the pet food mill.

Bio-En predicts the operation will see seven to 15 trucks daily, though opponents have been citing 80 trucks, the top-end limit listed in the application process.

Most of the trucks bringing in food waste will be

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A cure for the fly-ball blues in Breslau cost Woolwich $47,000.

Looking to solve the problem of errant balls damaging neighbouring homes, the township first introduced new measures at the ball diamonds: the use of reduced-flight balls and restricting men’s teams to only the upper diamond. When that failed to solve the problem, the backstop on the lower playing field was moved back some six metres at a cost of $11,800.

That helped, but didn’t eliminate damage complaints. Next up was some higher fencing, to the tune of $7,500.

Better, but not good enough. Then, new netting was strung up, requiring the township to shell out $31,400.

With that last move, the fly ball problem has been eliminated, director of recreation and facilities Larry Devitt reported to council this week.

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e’ve all seen the commercials on television – the one with the overjoyed parents dancing through the school supplies aisle to the tune of a Christmas carol reminding us, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”

But for some families, that joy can turn to stress when it comes to paying for those new supplies.

Woolwich Community Services aims to ease some of that stress through its annual Backpack Program, which runs from Aug. 23 to Sept. 3. The organization collects new backpacks and school supplies such as pencils and binders, as well as cash donations, and distributes them to underprivileged members of the community.

“It started in 2002 because

we felt there was a need in the community,” said WCS’ Kelly Christie. “We do the food bank here as well, and Christmas goodwill and sometimes it’s a difficult time for low-income earners to also provide back-toschool supplies for their children.”

WCS approaches service groups, churches, and members of the community to ask for their support by making cash donations or donations of schools supplies, she explained, noting the response has been tremendous. The program has grown steadily over the past eight years; they had enough supplies for some 220 children last year, nearly three times the 79 children who received school supplies in 2003.

Part of the process involves making the ex-

perience fun for children, who might not always be thrilled with the idea of heading back to class. They get to pick from the assortment gathered by WCS. “We don’t put the [backpacks] together – they actually get to shop and get what they want. So a little girl might go out with all pink stuff, and a boy might go out with all cars. It’s a lot of fun for them, and the families really appreciate it.”

The township has given Woolwich Community Services access to the old council chambers at 69 Arthur St. to set up a “store” for families to come and pick up their supplies, but Christie is asking them to visit Woolwich Community Services first.

Families need to live in Woolwich Township to qualify for the program, but

Reacting to complaints from Breslau Public School and its parents’ council, Woolwich this week approved a number of measures to boost pedestrian safety around the school.

When the school year begins, the speed limit on portions of Joseph, Dolman and Shields streets will have been reduced to 40 km/h from 50. The bus loading zone will be relocated to Joseph Street from the school parking lot. Noparking zones will be enacted on both sides of Joseph Street at the intersection of Dolman. A new no-stopping zone is planned for the north side of Dolman Street, from Joseph to Norwich.

The township turned down a request for a four-way stop at Joseph and Shields streets, saying traffic studies don’t warrant that change.

that is one of the only restrictions. The organization doesn’t really do an income assessment: this program is based more on the honour system, Christie said.

“With the economy the way it is, some people have been making a good wage but may be laid off now and receiving less income through EI, and that has affected their budget. Their expenses haven’t gone down as far as mortgage payments and paying bills, and they could certainly use the help of a backpack and school supplies.”

Donations are already coming in, and anyone interested in donating to the program can drop new school supplies off at Woolwich Community Services at 73 Arthur St. in Elmira. A tax receipt will be issued for any cash donation made over $10.

> Let lot leases lie Woolwich council is fine with one bit of austerity, it seems. When it comes to leasing land for the municipal parking lot on Wyatt Street in Elmira, the going rate for the last 20 years is good enough for the next decade.

Since first consolidating downtown parking on the site in 1990, the township has paid a number of property owners 6.4 cents per square foot to lease the land. That amounts to about $12,350 a year.

Meeting this week, councillors rejected the idea of increasing that rate, maintaining the $0.064 level for the next 10-year lease.

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ome 600 people came out to mingle, dance and celebrate summer at the annual street dance Aug. 7, the last hurrah of the Elmira BIA Sidewalk Sale last weekend. After a twoyear hiatus when the event

was rained out at the last minute, this year’s party went off without a hitch.

“It was very well attended,” said event organizer Hugh Weltz. “I was pleased to see a lot of families come

out this year.”

Weltz mentioned that typically the crowds don’t stay for the entirety of the show but this year was an exception. “The band was excellent. I have heard

nothing but good things said about them.”

Fundraising totals will be announced a few weeks from now when the proceeds are totaled. Next year’s dance is Aug. 6, 2011.

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LAW & ORDER

Lock it or lose it, police warn motorists Creek Road in Elmira called police to report that their car had been keyed on the night of Aug. 2.

>>2:23 PM | Three vehicles were

broken into sometime overnight in the area of Anita Drive in St. Clements. Stolen from the cars was a digital camera, a pocket knife, $15 in Canadian currency, $60 in American money and a few coins. There was no damage to the vehicles.

>>8:00 PM | Police were called

to a farm in Linwood after a group of youths and teens refused to leave the pond they were swimming in, located on private property. The shared pond is in the middle of a cornfield and a group of Mennonite youths had gathered there to swim. They were asked by the owner to leave the premises, at which point, one of the young men swore at the homeowner and refused to leave. The group left without incident upon police arrival.

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Police responded to an agricultural business in the 1500 block of Listowel Road in Woolwich Township to investigate a break-and-enter that had occurred overnight. Several pieces of electronic equipment were stolen from the business.

The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact police at 519650-8500, ext. 3399 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS.

>>5:00 PM | A woman in her late

seventies backing up her BMW collided with a Honda Civic in the parking lot of the No Frills

cent of the vehicles had valuables in plain view.

Police remind the public that they can play a role in crime prevention by always using methods that will reduce the risks of becoming a victim of property crime: lock your vehicles, remove keys, park in well-lit areas and remove valuables.

For additional crime prevention tips, please visit www.wrps.on.ca. store in Elmira. There was minor damage to both vehicles.

>>5:20 PM | The driver of

a horse-drawn buggy was charged with ‘failing to yield right of way’ after entering the roadway on King Street North in St. Jacobs and striking a black SUV. There was minor damage to the SUV, but no damage to the buggy. The horse had a minor cut on its front left leg.

>>6:47 PM | Police from

Division 1A conducted speed enforcement on Weimar Line near Bamberg in the Township

of Wellesley as part of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP). Calls from the community indicated that speeding had become a concern on this road during commuting hours. An officer observed a car travelling at an excessive rate of speed. The 53-year-old driver was charged with ‘stunt driving’ for exceeding the speed limit by over 50 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. The driver also received a seven-day license suspension and his vehicle was seized for seven days.

he went out with his family for the evening and left the doors to their home unlocked. Nothing was reported stolen, but police found blood at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.

AUGUST 7 >>4:25 PM | A man was driving

down Memorial Avenue in Elmira when his vehicle was shot at several times with paintballs, causing damage to his vehicle. A 35-year-old Elmira man was charged with ‘mischief’ and ‘possession of a dangerous weapon.’

>>8:00 PM | A suspicious male

was observed taking pictures in an area of Lions Park where children were playing. Police approached the man and later arrested him when they found marijuana in his possession. He was released with a date to appear in court; allegations of improper photos are being investigated.

AUGUST 9 >>3:00 AM | Police were called

to Katherine Street North in Woolwich Township when two men and a woman were approaching residents homes asking for help getting a tow truck. Their vehicle, a blue pickup truck, had veered into the ditch and the driver was saying that he didn’t have the money to pay to have it towed. When police arrived at the scene, the occupants of the vehicle had fled and upon further investigation, it was discovered that the vehicle was in fact, stolen. The investigation is ongoing.

AUGUST 6 >>11:38 AM | Police were

called to a residence on Shantz Station Road in the Township of Woolwich regarding a weaponsrelated incident. A man had suffered non-life-threatening injurie was transported to hospital by EMS and later released. Two people were arrested and held for a showcause hearing the following day, facing firearms and assault related charges. The investigation is ongoing at this time. On Aug. 8, a 47-year-old Woolwich Township man was arrested and charged with ‘assault causing bodily harm,’ ‘possession of a controlled substance’ and ‘production of a controlled substance’ in connection with the previous firearms-related incident.

>>8:00 AM | The owner of a 1990 white Ford F-350 pickup truck called police to report the vehicle stolen from Cox Creek Road in Woolwich Township sometime overnight. Police are investigating.

>>11:30 PM | A vehicle was

police after arriving home to his Heidelberg home to find one room ransacked. The man said

his dog last week on the trail near the river in St. Jacobs when he saw a man watching him from the bushes. Later, the complainant was out walking and saw the same man bike past him and pull down his pants in plain view. Then, a few minutes later the same man jogged past, this time entirely naked. The offending man is white, between 48 and 55 years old, over six feet tall, with short graying hair, a thin moustache and round shaped glasses.

Anyone with information is asked to call division 3A.

AUGUST 11 >>11:45 AM | Emergency

crews, including firefighters from Conestogo, were called to a Northfield Drive industrial location following a report of an industrial accident. Initial reports suggest the incident may have been caused by gas used in the course of work, perhaps a welding job. A man sustained burns of a yet-to-be-determined severity. There was no fire.

Cyclists on the Kissing Bridge Trail near Arthur Street in Elmira Wednesday morning may have seen this piece of vandalism, a swastika spray painted on the public sign.

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The driver of the approaching car attempted to flash their lights so the oncoming car would see them but did not do so in time. The driver reversing was charged with ‘starting from stopped position not in safety.’

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Region to review Woolwich’s wastewater needs

Sewage capacity, I&I projects to be part of master plan study over the next two years Steve Kannon

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t. Jacobs is not flush with sewage capacity, but finding a solution for that will be part of a forthcoming Region of Waterloo wastewater master plan. In Elmira, where capacity issues were addressed a few years back, longerterm planning will be part of the process.

Work on the new plan is expected to get underway later this year, with a completion date in 2012. Work on the two treatment plants in Woolwich would be in the 2014-

2018 timeframe, Nancy Kodousek, director of water services, indicated in a presentation to council Aug. 10.

The Elmira treatment plant has the capacity to handle 7.8 million litres per day, but currently averages about 4.1 million litres.

That leaves room for another 6,000 people in the service area, to a total of 16,300.

In St. Jacobs, where development has been somewhat curtailed by a lack of sewage hookups, upgrades are more pressing.

With a capacity of

1.45 million litres per day and a current usage of 0.98 million litres, the plant has room to handle growth in the village of about 289 more people. The number is actually up over the past couple of years, due largely to a new formula for calculation capacity. As well, relatively drier weather has seen less runoff enter the sewage system, a process known as inflow and infiltration, or I&I. Wastewater flows are down this year. In 2008, however, the weather was very wet and flows

increased, dropping by 22 per cent last year when conditions improved, she noted.

The I&I situation is one closely monitored in the township, as a recently ended agreement between Woolwich and the region saw tens of million of dollars spent on rehabilitating underground pipes to reduce the amount of inflow.

Earlier this year, township determined large-scale I&I work is no longer cost-effective.

Instead, small improvements will be undertaken. That includes

manhole repairs, identifying leaking laterals from homes and investigating a sump pump program. In the latter case, the township would look at installing the pumps at homes where foundation drains are disconnected from the sanitary sewer system.

The I&I work in St. Jacobs has been particularly disappointing.

Although the 10-year program had a target of reducing inflow by 50 per cent per capita, the actual reduction was only 7.5 per cent.

For Coun. Sandy

Shantz, the numbers mean the township has to take a hard look at future I&I measures.

In the short term, Ward 2 Coun. Mark Bauman is seeking assurances fluctuation flow rates won’t lead to a drop in sewage capacity in St. Jacobs.

“Are those assured units, or could those be clawed back?” he asked Kodousek of the current capacity at the wastewater treatment plant, noting at least four developers are looking for sewage hook-ups for their projects.

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Woolwich surplus properties see some movement Steve Kannon

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aving sold only one of its larger surplus properties, Woolwich is now starting to see some movement on its real estate listings. The township has two offers on the old Woolwich Township hall in Conestogo and expression of intent on the former administration building on Arthur Street in Elmira.

If the two properties move, they’ll join the former Floradale fire hall on Ruggles Road, which sold for $100,000 in the spring.

A decommissioned

gravel pit in Maryhill – located between 1220 and 1230 Maryhill Rd. – is set to go up for auction.

The remaining building, the Elmira pool on Ernst Street, has seen some tire-kickers, but no offers to date.

The sites were listed with a realtor after a tendering process failed to attract any bids.

In a report to councillors this week, director of recreation and facilities Larry Devitt said he’s “happy with the numbers” on the bid for the Conestogo property, a heritagedesignated building at

1924 Sawmill Rd. Along with the larger sites, the township has been selling off a few small pieces of land, mostly old road allowances of interest to adjacent property owners. One property, on Northfield Drive, at Balsam Grove Road, valued at $3,000 an acre has already sold. Others are in the works, including a small piece of land on Princess Street West, adjacent to St. Jacobs Public School, and another small piece at Klinck Street and University Avenue, adjacent to Elmira District

Secondary School. The Waterloo Region District School Board will buy the land for $2, plus surveying and legal costs. Lawyers are working on the final details of the school board deal, said Devitt.

Money from the sale of all of the properties is earmarked for the township’s recently completed major capital building program, which saw some $35 million used for the Woolwich Memorial Centre, a new administration building and a new fire station in Floradale, among others.

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during a public meeting held on Wednesday night in the community centre room of the Woolwich Memorial Centre, attended by about 30 people. Opponents have been looking to spread the lawn signs around town.

> CONTINUED FROM COVER coming from the south, east and west, Hicknell argued, meaning they’ll pass through the intersection of Arthur and Church streets.

Given all the other streets and driveways that intersect those two main roads, the impact on local traffic would be significant.

“I hope you do something about it, otherwise we’re going to have

a plant in the north end of Elmira that people are going to die because of,” he said, predicting more collisions.

“Does council intend to do anything about reducing truck traffic in our downtown?” he asked, adding the area is home to many older residents. “Can trucks and senior citizens coexist in downtown Elmira?”

Dan Kennaley, the township’s director of engineering and plan-

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While councillors did not respond directly to those questions, Coun.

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asked if there were any near-term solutions.

“Is it something we have any control over?”

Expenses, particularly for utility costs such as electricity, have been much higher than anticipated. Where staff had used figures from operating the former Elmira arena and pool, the new building has expenses much higher than simply the sum of the old operations, he explained. More common areas, more public spaces, more washrooms – “All of these things add up.”

Halfway through 2010, revenue is about $200,000 behind what was expected. Expenditures, about $35,000 higher.

“They’re big numbers, but we’re dealing

with big numbers,” Devitt said of his budget.

“We know we have some issues with the budget and expenditures.”

By the end of June, about 65 per cent of the budget had been spent.

The situation will even out somewhat later in the year as some of the expenses were upfront, while revenues will climb again in the last four months of the year, he said.

“The situation [for the rest of the year] depends on keeping expenses in line and generating more revenue.”

Operating the $23-million, 113,000-squarefoot complex has been something of a learning experience for staff, he offered. With almost a full year under its belt, the department should be able to make

better budget forecasts for 2011, while determining ways to reduce costs and boost income.

One of the areas to be reviewed will be the fitness centre. Rather than rent the space for guaranteed revenue, the township opted to have more control by paying an outside firm to manage the 2,300-sq.ft. centre. To pay for the $132,000 contract council awarded to Personal Best Health and Performance Inc. of Caledon, the facility needed to sell more than 300 memberships, but has fallen short of that goal.

Staff will be meeting shortly to look at changes at the fitness centre operation for the rest of the year, also deciding on some longer-term plan – “It’s a source of concern.”

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Thousands flock to Drayton for a fair time Katie Edmonds

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he ominous-looking clouds and on-andoff sprinkling of rain last Sunday morning didn’t deter the crowds of people from coming out in droves to check out the demolition derby at the Drayton Fair.

Organizers recorded more than 3,100 paying attendees, as well as all the visitors under 12 years of age who entered free of charge.

“We were really happy with the turnout and how the weekend went,” said fair treasurer Jean Campbell.

“It seemed as though people were having a great time and so that means it went well.”

The fairgrounds were filled with the sound of merriment all weekend, as the popular event got rolling on the evening of Aug. 6.

The weekend included a whole host of events, including the baby show, the garden tractor pull, a miniature horse show with more than 60 animals on display, tractor and truck pull and a horticulture exhibit, to name a few.

The event brought in more than $50,000, which goes towards the operation of the fair and the upkeep of the grounds.

FOR THE BIG KIDS With the mud flying, engines roaring and metal crunching, the demolition derby Sunday afternoon drew a large crowd of people.

FOR THE LITTLE KIDS Morgan Fleet

(left) and Jesse and Emma Smith try out the Ferris wheel at the midway, while Logan Furtado was all smiles in the driver’s seat of the train ride.

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9 NEWS

Upclose with our cold-blooded friends

WORD UP Kitchener native Rae Crossman writes poetry both

for the page and for oral performance. Here he performs alongside the Montreal poets during a stop on the Fish Quill Poetry Boat tour.

The group performed readings in the West Montrose covered bridge on the evening of Aug. 11.

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GETTING SNAKY Ethan Waterhouse and the Travelling Reptile Show wowed the young and the young-at-heart on Wednesday afternoon at the St. Jacobs Branch Library. The show featured nine different exotic creatures including a tarantula, an alligator, and an albino Burmese python named Marshmallow. Anne Metzger-Oke with an albino corn snake around her shoulders.

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ABOUT FACE

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What do you do here?

I am a salesperson. I have worked here on and off for five years.

What do you do in your spare time?

I play sports, do some reading and I love to travel.

What do you like about the job?

I like interacting with people – some we see each week and others are new to the store.

Where have you traveled?

Just recently I was in South East Asia, Australia and then New Zealand for a few weeks. After that I went to Halifax. I easily could have spent more time in New

Zealand, it was amazing.

Did you work while you were there or just travel around?

I worked for a week picking potatoes. It was a job posted at the hostel so I tried it out. It felt like the worst job ever but it paid pretty well which was important.

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» Saturday, August 14, 2010

If anyone wants to hear the impact of a gravel pit, I would suggest that they take a short trip to Heidelberg ...

Sarah Potter

letter on pg. 12

VERBATIM

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think the government has been creepy, dishonest and underhanded. I can’t think of any other way to describe it.

> Liberal MP Bob Rae on the ongoing saga that is the Tory decision to axe the mandatory long-form census

THE MONITOR verage weekly earnings in Canada rose A$848.45. by 3.7% between May 2010 and 2009 to Overall, Alberta had the highest average weekly earnings, at $985.17 in May, followed by Ontario at $874.66. These were the only two provinces in which earnings were above the national average.

> Statistics Canada

EDITORIAL

Food too important to lurch from crisis to crisis F

or most urban dwellers, food is something found on store shelves – how it got there is the same kind of mystery behind the lights turning on when they flick a switch. In Woolwich and Wellesley townships, straddling the divide between rural and urban, agriculture remains an everyday part of life.

Anyone in the market for groceries – and that’s all of us, one way or another – will have noticed significant price hikes, the result, we’re told, of escalating commodity prices and the cost of transportation.

As with the oil companies, the major supermarket operators tell us they’re simply passing on increased costs.

While food prices have been increasing, many farmers are seeing lower returns.

Statistics Canada reports that food

costs continued to put significant upward pressure on prices, albeit to a lesser degree than in previous months. In the 12 months to July, food prices rose five per cent, compared with increases of 5.5 per cent in June and 6.4 per cent in May. The main factor was higher prices for food purchased from stores, which rose above inflation again in July.

For consumers, the past couple of years have seen double-digit hikes on a variety of items at the supermarket, from cheese to pasta. Low-income earners have felt the pinch, but we’ve been sheltered from the kind of impacts seen elsewhere, particularly in the developing world.

Climate change, biofuels and political upheaval have played a role in reducing outputs and increasing the cost of the food we do produce.

In North America, where food takes

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up 10 or 20 per cent of our incomes, the results have been noticeable; in countries where food takes up 60, 70 or even 80 per cent of earnings, the changes have been catastrophic.

Prices paid to farmers have been dropping, in some cases down 50 per cent from earlier peaks. We haven’t seen those kinds of drops on items found on supermarket shelves, so consumers continue to suffer even as farmers take a hit.

Although farmers feel unloved by governments – witness the increasing tendency for protests – casual onlookers may figure plenty is being done for the agricultural sector. Funding announcements have been frequent over the years since the mad-cow issue began in Alberta in May of 2003. But Canadian producers facing a hostile marketplace are not seeing anything like the support offered

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by the governments of two major competitors, the U.S. and European Union, where subsidies amount to tens of billions of dollars.

Experts now say the challenge for Canadian producers is to adopt new technologies, to innovate and to produce value-added products to remain ahead of international competitors.

The key here is research, particularly the government-funded variety.

In that way, government money could be directed toward longer-term strategies to keep the agricultural sector alive and kicking, rather than going to emergency aid for a sector that seems to be lurching from crisis to crisis.

In the end, rural Canada will be much healthier. For urban shoppers, that will mean a continued stream of products to choose from at prices they can afford.

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11 OPINION

Today Russia, tomorrow the world I

t cannot be proved that the wildfires now devastating western Russia are evidence of global warming. Oncein-a-century extreme weather events happen, on average, once a century.

But the Russian response is precisely what you would expect when global warming really starts to bite: Moscow has just banned all grain exports for the rest of this year.

At least 20 per cent of Russia’s wheat crop has already been destroyed by the drought, the extreme heat – circa 40 degrees C (104F) for several weeks now – and the wildfires. The export ban is needed, explained Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, because “we shouldn’t allow domestic prices in Russia to rise, we need to preserve our cattle and build up supplies for next year.” If anybody starves, it won’t be Russians.

That’s a reasonable position for a Russian leader to take, but it does mean that some people will starve elsewhere. Russia is the world’s fourthlargest grain exporter, and anticipated shortages in the international grain market had already driven the price of wheat up by more than 80 per cent since early June. When Putin announced the export ban, it immediately jumped by another eight per cent.

This means that food prices will also rise, but that is a minor nuisance for most consumers in the developed countries, since they spend only about 10 per cent of their income on food. In poor countries, where people spend up to half their income on food, the higher prices will mean that the poorest of the poor cannot afford to feed their children properly.

As a result, some will die – probably a hundred or a thousand times

International Affairs GWYNNE DYER as many as the thirty-odd Russians who have been killed by the flames and the smoke. But they will die quietly, one by one, in under-reported parts of the world, so nobody will notice. Not this time. But when food exports are severely reduced or banned by several major producers at once and the international grain market freezes up, everybody will notice.

Two problems are going to converge and merge in the next 10 or 15 years, with dramatic results. One is the fact that global grain production, which kept up with population growth from the 1950s to the 1990s, is no longer doing so. It may even have flat-lined in the past decade, although large annual variations make that uncertain.

Whereas the world’s population is still growing.

The world grain reserve, which was 150 days of eating for everybody on the planet 10 years ago, has fallen to little more than a third of that. (The “world grain reserve” is not a mountain of grain somewhere, but the sum of all the grain from previous harvests that is still stored in various places just before the next big Northern Hemisphere harvest comes in.)

We now have a smaller grain reserve globally than a prudent civilization in Mesopotamia or Egypt would have aimed for 3,000 years ago. Demand is growing not just because there are

more people, but because there are more people rich enough to put more meat into their diet. So things are very tight even before climate change hits hard.

The second problem is, of course, global warming. The rule of thumb is that with every one-degree C rise (1.8 degrees F) in average global temperature, we lose 10 per cent of global food production. In some places, the crops will be damaged by drought; in others by much hotter temperatures. Or, as in Russia’s case today, by both.

So food production will be heading down as demand continues to increase, and something has to give. What will probably happen is that the amount of internationally traded grain will dwindle as countries ban exports and keep their supplies for themselves. That will mean that a country can no longer buy its way out of trouble when it has a local crop failure: there will not be enough exported grain for sale.

This is the vision of the future that has the soldiers and security experts worried: a world where access to enough food becomes a big political and strategic issue even for developed countries that do not have big surpluses at home. It would be a very ugly world indeed, teeming with climate refugees and failed states and interstate conflicts over water (which is just food at one remove).

What is happening in Russia now, and its impacts elsewhere, give us an early glimpse of what that world will be like. And although nobody can say for certain that the current disaster there is due to climate change, it cer-

> SEE DYER ON PG. 12

THE VOICE

Should there be a federal election this fall?

“I couldn’t say one way or another.

I don’t think many of the politicians know what they’re doing.” > Alan Thomas

“No, I don’t want the Liberals to get in, and whatever the Conservatives do is enough. I wish they had other people running.” > Anna Prochnicki

THE VIEW FROM HERE

“Yeah, I think we’re probably due for one. I think we need some change.” > Dennis Dingeldein

Now with the province into online gaming, if the people of Woolwich can't go to the slots, the slots will come to them.

“Probably not, it always costs so much to do elections. For the amount of cost, it doesn’t really help us that much.” > Joanne Schots

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» Saturday, August 14, 2010

Economics the trump card in immigration debate W

ith any mention of immigration, the issue of racism is never far behind.

Reaction to Statistics Canada figures about the tendency of recent immigrants to send money back to their homelands is a case in point.

Reading public forums – the Web certainly allows us to contribute our two cents’ worth, early and often – feedback followed a predictable pattern: those opposed to immigration patterns seized on the study to condemn the practice, followed by a host of others playing the racism card.

Canadians remit about $5 billion overseas each year. While not insubstantial, the figure represents a small piece of the economy. In fact, from an economic perspective, the practice is no different – though much smaller – than what happens when we import goods from other countries, spend money on a European vacation or nip over the border to Buffalo on a shopping spree: Canadian dollars leave the country.

That particular economic argument is moot. Undoubtedly, much of the backlash is related to race, as immigrants from the Philippines and Haiti are the most likely to send money home. The study found the poorer the country of origin, the greater the chance of remittance.

By the numbers, roughly four in 10 immigrants who arrived

Dyer: Our food supply at risk > CONTINUED FROM PG. 11 tainly could be.

Late last year, Britain’s Hadley Centre for Climate Change produced a world map showing how different countries will be affected by the rise in average global temperature over the next 50 years.

The European countries that the Hadley map predicts will be among the hardest hit – Greece, Spain and Russia – are precisely the ones have suffered most from extreme heat, runaway forest fires and wildfires in the past few years.

The main impact of global warming on human beings will be on the food supply, and eating is a nonnegotiable activity. Today Russia, tomorrow the world.

From the Editor Steve Kannon in Canada in the last decade sent money to family or friends abroad at least once during their first four years in the country.

Over the entire period, about 41 per cent of immigrants sent money home at least once. Within six to 24 months of landing, 23 per cent of immigrants had sent remittances to their home country; within two to four years after landing, about 29 per cent had done so.

Among those who sent money home, the average amount was $2,500 in the first period, and $2,900 in the second period.

The likelihood of immigrants remitting depended on three additional factors: their income, family obligations in Canada and abroad and demographics.

According to World Bank figures, remittances represent an important source of revenue for people in developing countries. They accounted for about 20 to 30 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in countries such as Haiti, Lesotho and Jordan, and for about 10 to 19 per cent in several others, such as Jamaica,

Councillors should do homework before gravel pit decisions To the Editor,  Re: Last week’s article about the effect of gravel pits on property values, did any other taxpaying resident think Ruby Weber’s response was just a little bit arrogant when she maintained falling property values would have no impact on taxes, as the township would simply adjust the tax rate to maintain revenues.

Sounds to me that Ruby’s primary consideration is no longer the taxpaying residents of Woolwich! I think she has served long enough on council.

If anyone wants to hear the impact of a gravel pit, I would suggest that they take a short trip to Heidelberg and sit for a day as the gravel trucks make their way through that community. Might I suggest

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the Philippines and the Dominican Republic.

In a sense, remittances by immigrants can be seen as a form of foreign aid. Probably a superior form, as the money goes directly to those in need, rather than siphoned off by agencies and corrupt government officials.

If we view international development as a good thing, then the practice is one we can support.

Yes, there are economic impacts here of sending dollars offshore.

As noted, the amounts involved are miniscule by comparison to imports and direct foreign investment.

There is certainly a need to make sure money isn’t flowing to groups supporting terrorism or domestic warfare, but that, too, is a minor consideration. Likewise, there’s no issue with people working here using their after-tax dollars after tax dollars as they please – providing the money comes from employment income, not government assistance.

No, much of the criticism boils down to “them” sending “our” money to “those people.”

Overt racism aside, however, Canadians should be questioning immigration policies and their impact on our society. At that level of discussion, economics, demographics and pace of change are all valid topics. These are issues brought to the fore as officials in B.C. await a

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our councillors make it a field trip before they foist the same misery on the property taxpayers of Conestogo, West Montrose and Winterbourne?

In fact, council, please don’t just sit on the main roads where the trucks actually travel but take a side trip back into the streets of the expensive subdivisions and listen awhile. You will be enlightened and understand why people are opposed to these pits being developed.

By the way, Observer, how about doing a report showing us the facts about how much these councillors earn and the details of their individual expense accounts? I am sure we taxpayers might also be enlightened.

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ship said to be loaded with would-be refugees from Sri Lanka attempting to jump the queue.

Much of the growth we’re seeing in the country – largely in Toronto and southwestern Ontario, including right here in Waterloo Region – is fueled by policies dictating we need immigrants to offset declining birthrates and an aging population: we need more taxpayers to support increasing numbers of retirees.

Our solution has come at a cost, however.

A 2005 study by Herbert Grubel, professor emeritus at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, shows a sharp decline in the economic performance of recent immigrants to Canada since 1990.

The paper cites official statistics showing that recent immigrants, on average, have lower incomes than comparable Canadians even after 10 years’ residence in Canada. As a result of these lower incomes, Canada’s progressive income tax structure and the universal availability of government benefits have resulted in substantial transfers to these immigrants. Grubel estimates the transfer to immigrants who arrived between 1990 and 2002 is approximately $18.3 billion every year, based on 2002 data.

Among the reasons for the low incomes of recent immigrants, Grubel cites the fact that there are large numbers who bypass the government screens that are designed to allow entry only to applicants likely to be economically successful. Those bypassing the screens include large numbers of family members and refugees, many of whom have low earnings capacity.

It’s with those figures, not country of origin or racial issues that we have to look at the system. There’s no room for the race card or politically correct posturing at the table.

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13 BUSINESS

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A Curves veteran, Deanne MacIntosh is the new owner of the Elmira location of the women's-only fitness club.

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ike some of the members testimonies posted on the walls and on the company’s website, the Curves women’s fitness facility in Elmira is undergoing a transformation of its own.

Under new ownership as of Aug. 1, the facility in the Birdland Plaza is set for a makeover, including new signage, updated workout equipment and the introduction of a new technology called ‘Smart Equipment.’

“The stage has been set at this Curves location and now we are just trying to take it a bit further, to expand our client base a bit,”

said new owner Deanne MacIntosh.

After 10 years of leadership by self-starter Shelley Cassel, the franchise is now under the guidance of fitness fanatic MacIntosh, who has 10 years of experience working for Curves. For the last four years, she's been the owner of a Kitchener location.

“After 10 years I was ready for something different, ready for a new challenge,” explained Cassel. “I put the word out that I was looking to sell the business. The whole process went a lot more quickly than I anticipated, but I was ready.”

MacIntosh made her

way to Curves in 2000, after a two-year bout of depression left her with low self-esteem and a negative body image. Curves is the first fitness and weightloss facility designed for women. It provides one-stop exercise and nutritional information, and the exercises work every major muscle group with strength training, cardio and stretching in just 30 minutes, three times per week.

“A friend told me about Curves and it actually saved my life,” explained the new owner. “It was a manageable, quick and easy workout and the place wasn’t intimidating. I

felt safe there.”

Now the Kitchener native has lost 40 pounds, exceeded her fitness goals and is hoping to help women who are in similar situations reach their goals as well, with a host of new opportunities at the local club.

“My goal is to make it easier for women to come in here and make a fitness routine that works for them, and works with their schedule. The new technology we are installing will be a big part of the change.”

The ‘Smart Equipment’ is a feature that MacIntosh tested at the Kitchener location, finding it to be quite effective. To use the de-

vice, a member scans their tag and the electronic coach will count their repetitions, check their range of motion and calculate their calories. The coach is designed especially for each client and it remembers every workout. At the end of the workout, simply scan the tag to check your results at the kiosk.

“It’s like having a personal trainer with you at every station,” she enthused. Other changes to the club include some new equipment and longer hours. Previously, the club closed for a couple hours around midday but it will now remain open all day long.

Cassel said that she is looking forward to seeing what MacIntosh will do with the franchise in the coming months.

“I think she will do just fine,” said Cassel.

“She has a lot of good skills and experience and I know the club is in good hands.”

As for Cassel herself, the entrepreneur who has been self-employed since the age of 19, the future is an exciting time for change.

“I truly will miss the members at Curves and the relationships I have built,” she said. “But I am looking for another door to open. If that doesn’t happen, I will just have to open it myself.”

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was fortunate to travel through Memphis earlier this week, and for a day or so partake in its fascinating mix of culture, agriculture and food. They’re all closely tied together, thanks to poor sharecroppers who moved into the city during the depression looking for jobs, and brought with them their music – which would become known as the delta blues – and their menus.

Some found a better way of life.

And there’s no question their music became legendary. It shaped rock and roll, and in Memphis you can still stand where Elvis recorded “That’s Alright Mama” in Sun Studios more than 50 years ago. In fact, you can even handle the very microphone he used to record it.

What a slice of pop culture.

But prosperity eluded many of those who arrived in the city, creating a legacy that Memphis can’t shake. Today, it’s one of the poorest cities in the U.S., with nearly one-quarter of the residents living below the poverty line. That’s about twice the national average.

It’s also one of the most sedentary of America’s largest metropolitan areas. Beale Street, with its music

Food For Thought Owen Roberts row, comes alive after dark with people traipsing from bar to bar looking for great blues. But otherwise, no one seems to walk anywhere. That’s understandable when it’s 107 degrees Fahrenheit and you’re drenched from the humidity.

But that’s not the case every day.

However, what does happen with clock-like regularity is southernhospitality style food consumption. It too is part of the culture, at homes and in restaurants. On a brunch menu at my hotel, seven different kinds of eggs benedict were featured, including one dominated by fried oysters.

To people from Memphis, that’s local food in the traditional sense. So is fried chicken, fried fish, fried everything. Other notable indulgences include Elvis’s peanut butter and banana sandwiches, which feature a half-stick of butter. Graceland sells

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All this contributes to another distinction for Memphis: America’s most obese city. Poverty, little exercise and high-calorie foods have turned this cultural capital into a troubled town. Some local programs are in place to try turning it around, but it’s tough to change a culture.

It seems that no matter where you look, it’s not the production methods or the raw commodities that make food a problem – rather, it’s the processing, manufacturing, preparation and consumption.

Combine that with inactivity, and obesity moves in fast.

It’s up to us to determine what happens to food after it leaves the farm. For example, health authorities want us to eat less salt. I speak to people all the time who say they’ve put away the salt shaker in favour of spices. But they still feel helpless because many processors are slow to reduce salt content.

In Canada, we have our own misguided cultural food icons, poutine and beaver tails among them. But we also have an incredible foundation for healthy food, should we make that choice, thanks to farm-

ers’ efforts. They do their job with aplomb, making sure we have all we need at a price we’re willing to pay.

That’s a key message. Farm groups say they’re struggling, with cheap food having become part of our culture. Realized net farm income fell in Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and Nova Scotia last year, and they’re trying to explain that they can’t keep producing food without reasonable returns.

And we can’t keep eating food willy-nilly without paying attention to nutrition and exercise. Let’s learn from Memphis. We can only hope to have its rich culture. But we need to try to avoid the pitfalls that come with too much of a good thing.

Home driver is champ Home Hardware Stores Ltd. truck driver Shawn Matheson was recently crowned Grand Champion at the Ontario Truck Driving Championships. He took first place in the tanden tandem class and received the highest points overall, making him the Grand Champion.

A Listowel resident, Matheson, along with the other first-place class winners, will be representing Ontario at the National Professional Truck Driving Championships, to be held Sept. 16-19 in Winnipeg.

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Please be advised the Regular Council meeting for the Regional Municipality of The Region of Waterloo will be holding a public information centre to introduce a draft Waterloo scheduled for Thursday, August 19, 2010 will commence at 3:00 p.m. in the Regional By-law respecting signs on Regional roads. The proposed Sign By-law addresses Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Regional roads Administration Building, 150business Frederick Street, all types of unofficial signs on Regional including election signs, accessory Kitchener. signs, farm accessory signs, mailbox accessory signs, open house signs and poster signs.

The proposed Sign By-law establishes requirements for unofficial signs including: For more information or to register as a delegation, please conatct the Regional Clerk’s • Location and placement; Office at (519) 575-4420.

• Size, shape, construction and content; • Impacts to the function of the road; • Number of signs and timing of placement; and • Sign removal.

Staff are also proposing an amendment to the Region’s Tourism and Essential Services Signing Policy to allow tourism signage on Regional roads for agri-toursim activities.

When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, drop in 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Place: Regional Administration Headquarters (lobby) 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener This public information centre is being held for the purpose of providing information and receiving comments from the public. A copy of the draft By-law is available for review in the Clerk’s Office, Region of Waterloo, 2nd floor, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener or on the Region’s website at: www.region.waterloo.on.ca - tab Newsroom, tab Public Notices If you have questions concerning the By-law, please contact Nancy Button, Manager, Transportation Engineering at 519-575-4520 or by email at bnancy@region.waterloo.on.ca If you require accessible services to participate in this meeting, please contact the above noted person by Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to the person indicated above.

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When she isn’t volunteering at the MCC Thrift Shop, Laura Bauman is busy sewing items for fundraiser sEW MUcH To Do Since recovering from cancer, Elmira’s Laura Bauman has given much of her “extra time” to MCC causes.

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he operation of the Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Shop on Church Street in Elmira is a bit like Santa’s workshop: many hands make light work. That said, each person’s contribution is essential to its success.

The assembly goes something like this: donated shoes get sorted and priced on Wednesdays; donated clothes are a Thursday job. The books have their own specific time slot, as does the remainder of the sorting, pricing, shelf filling, cleaning, packing, receiving and even dishwashing that is required to run the community-based relief business.

The jobs are split up among the 200 or so local residents who pitch in an hour per week, a day per week or sometimes more. For Elmira resident Laura Bauman, her contribution is more of an ongoing commitment.

Bauman is a retiree who has spent a good part of the past year at her Husqvarna sewing machine making several hundred aprons, bags and quilt tops out of material donated to the MCC. She then donates her items for sale, the proceeds going directly to the MCC and the communities the agency supports. Some weeks, she says, she can hardly make enough to keep up with the sales.

“It takes me about an hour to make an apron,” said Bauman who also volunteers for about 10 hours each week at the store’s cash register. “It keeps

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Bauman makes aprons, bags and quilt tops from material donated to the thrift shop. me busy.”

Bauman first got the idea to make quilts when she read in the Floradale Mennonite Church newsletter about someone doing a similar project in Winnipeg. Her aprons sell for $8 and a bag may sell for as little as $3.

“If I can’t go to the areas to serve where help is needed, this is my way of doing what I can,” she explained.

“I enjoy giving my time for others

and helping those who are in need.

It’s amazing what you can do in your spare time.”

Bauman especially appreciates her spare time since battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma a number of years back. When first diagnosed, the situation did not look good for the mother and grandmother, an experience she says gives her even more motivation to do as much as she can with the time she is given.

“I like to think that these years are my ‘extra years.’ I can’t imagine spending them sitting around, not doing anything. I have the health and the strength and I want to be busy.”

Despite Bauman’s remarkable efforts, she is very keen to mention that it is not something that can be done by one person alone.

Throughout the bi-national network of 107 shops, thousands of volunteers as well as paid managers help with day-to-day MCC operations. At the Elmira location, volunteers such as Bauman bring their various skills and talents to the table and donate items such as knitted slippers, sewn dishcloths, quilts, crib quilts, quilts made from used blue jeans, as well as mitts, scarves, hats, potholders, and even fire-starters made from recycled damaged or used candles.

“It’s just amazing what people come up with,” she said. “Although there are typically only about half a dozen people in the shop at any one time, there are dozens more people pitching in and helping in other ways.”

hat started out as a simple canoe trip has evolved into something much more meaningful for Bill McBay and, he notes, the entire community.

In fact, what is now the annual Family Fun Weekend has led to the formation of the area’s newest service club. The festivities planned for Aug. 20 and 21 at the West Montrose Family Campground mark the first big event for the Kin Club of Woolwich and its president, McBay. The weekend features a carnival for the entire family, a car show, movie nights under the stars, a silent auction, raffles, a casino, a gourmet barbecue, and live music all day Saturday provided by local musicians.

The Woolwich Kin Club was chartered on June 20, but this event goes back much further than that – in fact, the club started because of Family Fun Weekend.

Ten years ago, McBay organized 10 father-andson/daughter pairs to canoe down the Grand River. He collected enough money for two days of canoeing, but when rain forced them to cancel the second day, the group decided to donate the rest of the money to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kitchener-Waterloo. The following year, he organized the same trip, this time with the charitable donation in mind.

“My wife was a Big Sister and her Little Sister was a big part of our lives,” he explained. “We saw there was a huge need there, so we approached Big Brothers Big Sisters and started raising money just for the kids.”

The event, which has undergone two name changes in the past decade, continues to grow. At first known as the Big Person, Little Person Canoe Trip, it became the Family Camping Weekend before its current

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technical booth is where a lot of ‘theatre magic’ happens. The lighting and sound set the mood and help patrons suspend their disbelief, enabling them to fully enjoy the presentation. The lighting board is fully computerized, thanks to a Trillium Foundation grant.

Future grant money is earmarked to computerize their audio controls.

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2) BAcK IN BLAcK

> In their 30th year and after

several different homes, ETC’s place on Howard Ave. was built in 2006 as a typical ‘black box’ theatre.

More widespread in the ‘60s and ‘70s, this kind of warehouse space absent of colour gives the audience a sense of “anyplace,” allowing flexibility from play to play.

3) cosTUMEs

> ETC is blessed with a vast

selection of costumes. Laurie Kleinknecht as well as Debbie, sort, catalogue and hunt down costumes needed for their performances. Much of the clothing comes from estates. These gifts provide an array of selections

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from different time periods.

Laurie and Debbie will also create costumes, or find costumes from neighbouring community theatres, anything to keep costs down. This rack of clothing will be used in their September production.

4) BArD NEVEr BorED

> Debbie holds a large hardcover

book called The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a play unlike anything the Theatre has ever tackled. Debbie will direct this three-actor whirlwind of a play

that she describes as Monty Python doing Shakespeare. Men in drag, tights and Converse shoes will make light of the great bard’s work.

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> This set is only half done and

Debbie has already spent about 30 hours getting it to this point.

She wants visuals and colours to accompany her actors, but it can’t distract the audience. The boxes will be book covers of some of Shakespeare’s work. The paint in the theatre is all Pittsburgh

Paint mixed and provided by Read’s Decorating in Elmira. The Read family has supported ETC since the beginning and still volunteers with set painting.

6) LIGHTING

> Theatre lighting is essential,

creating colour to set the mood on stage. One use for lighting the audience doesn’t think about is the ability to hide shadows created by the actors and props on stage. More lighting is another item on the wish list for future grant money.

7) AWArDs > ETC has won its share of awards over the 30 years they’ve been in the Western Ontario Drama League. The 10 awards displayed here are a small representation -- these mostly ‘ensemble’ awards are the company’s most cherished.

ETC’s own internal awards are called the “ETCie Awards.”

8) ProPs

> This prop room sitting above

the theatre is an amazing treasure trove of gadgets, furniture and hand

props, all catalogued and labeled

by Lorna Wittman.

9) sEATING | sTAGING

> The theatre can hold 160

patrons comfortably on this versatile platform. It’s set up right now to accommodate tables for their dinner theatre, but it can be reconfigured into row stadium seating when the need arises. ETC rents out the space for various functions, including weddings and funerals. Theatrix Kids Camp will take over the space this week.

Keep a few staples on hand to whip something up S

ometimes all you need is an idea.

I know many people who don’t mind putting a meal on the table for family or friends, but the inevitable question always pops up: ‘What am I going to make for dinner tonight?’

Or, you can do what we do: let the refrigerator speak for itself by always having a supply of just a few key items that have a long shelf life, that most people like, and go with just about anything.

That list for us begins with some kind of bacon, such as double smoked, pancetta, prosciutto or even some salami. This is your base for a ton of different sauces and soups.

Next, the lemon. A squeeze of fresh lemon is an instant sauce to chicken, pork, fish or vegetables. Third, something seasonal, which you eat in abundance for two weeks and then wait again until the next season when it is at its flavourful peak, is always on the shelf or in the fridge.

Right now we’ve got tomatoes, zucchini and green beans; coming around the corner in September

From The Chef's Table Kirstie Herbstreit & Jody o'Malley we can look forward to crisp kale (oohhh, just thinking about frying some of this with bacon is exciting!), squash and even apples.

Finally, we rely on the pantry staples: pasta in its various forms, rice, orzo pasta (my new favourite: small pasta that almost looks like rice), chickpeas, black beans or even couscous can form the base, the substance.

Now all you need to do is start cooking: fry your bacon, add the seasonal vegetables, squeeze with the lemon, toss with the pantry staple and get creative with the garnish. Maybe it’s some leftover grilled chicken chopped up, or a big handful of fresh herbs from your garden, or some grated old cheddar

Orzo pasta with tomatoes, bacon and cheese > 1 450g package of Orzo pasta > 1/2 lb bacon or pancetta, chopped > 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil > juice of 1 large lemon > 1-1/2 cups chopped tomato > 3 green onions, chopped > handful of chopped fresh parsley or basil > 1 cup grated old cheddar cheese > salt and pepper, to taste (be generous with the pepper)

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Here is a ‘recipe’ to get you started, but be sure to play around with

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Cook pasta in boiling salty water until al dente; drain and cool on a large baking sheet; While pasta is cooking, fry bacon in a pan; Remove with slotted spoon and place in a large salad bowl; Toss bacon with olive oil, lemon juice, tomato, green onion, and parsley; Toss gently with cooled pasta and grated cheddar; season with salt and pepper; Serve at room temperature, warm or cold; great with grilled meat or fish, on its own or even on a bed of chopped romaine lettuce.

More and more backyard herb gardens are in bloom: use lots.

> Chefs

Kirstie Herbstreit and Jody O’Malley are both Red Seal certified chefs. Together they run the company YouCanCook2, specializing in interactive dinner parties. You can also find them cooking at Entertaining Elements in St. Jacobs, where they hold private dinners for eight people. To contact the chefs, visit their website www.youcancook2.com.

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Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event was so big, McBay and the rest of the organizing committee decided they needed some help. They looked into the Lions Club, the Optimist Club, and the Rotary Club, but decided that the Kin Club provided the best fit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so they chartered their own club, and now have 28 members.

Their goal this year is to raise $20,000 to help support the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region. This is the third year of a five-year pledge to raise $125,000 to help rebuild Anselma House, a shelter for abused wom-

en and their children in Waterloo Region.

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The Family Fun Weekend is at the West Montrose Family Campground, located at 6344 Line 86 in West Montrose.

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Kin Club of Woolwich president Bill McBay (centre) stands outside of the West Montrose Family Camp, home of the 2010 Family Fun Weekend, with his wife and Kin Club secretary Brenda McBay (left) and Kin Club vice-president Tina Littler.

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Local seniors encouraged to take up urban poling

Linwood squad has something to build on for next season

the ground and as they walk to push off or themselves forary Jane Berry of Elmira ward. The form of exercise is a jack of all trades when evolved from an off-season skiit comes to fitness for senior training activity known as ski citizens. Certified in re- walking, hill bounding or ski flexology, Japanese striding to become a way of exalternative medicine ercising with poles year-round.

Reiki, heated stone Ski walking and hill boundmassage and physio- ing with poles has been practherapy for a host of dif- ticed for decades as dry-land ferent body parts, as well as training for competitive crossear candling, Berry is adding country skiing. Ski coaches one more facet to her expansive saw the success of world-class skill set: urban pole walking. cross-country skiers who used Urban poling, or Nordic pol- ski poles in the summer for ski ing as it is somewalking and hill times known, is a bounding, and it form of exercise By walking with became a staple of in which you walk off-season Nordic these poles, you with a specially deski training. signed pole in order burn more calories Hikers with knee to engage a greater and you engage pain discovered number of muscles more of your core they could walk than simply walkmore powerfully muscles. ing or jogging. with a pair of trek“It’s ideal for peoking poles, often Mary Jane Berry eliminating or reple who are looking to increase their ducing hip, knee, physical activity level,” ex- and foot pain. plained Berry, who has 25 years The result, according to Berof experience in long-term care ry, is a full-body walking workand has just started offering out that can burn significantly classes in urban pole walking more calories without a change for seniors. “By walking with in perceived exertion or having these poles, you burn more cal- to walk faster, due to the incorories and you engage more of poration of many large core your core muscles.” and other upper-body muscles Essentially, each time the which comprise more than 90 walker swings their arm for> SEE WALK ON PG. 22 ward, they plant their pole into

Sport evolved from dry-land training programs for cross-country skiers Katie Edmonds

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Mary Jane Berry demonstrates the technique for urban poling. She's now offering instruction to area seniors.

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layers from the Linwood Chiefs midget fastball team arrived home in Ontario last weekend sans trophy, but with their heads held high after placing ninth out of 10 teams at the Canadian Junior Men’s Fastpitch Championships held in St. Croix, Nova Scotia Aug 2-8.

“There was some very good competition out there,” said coach Don Freeman, who has coached the boys since they were playing peewee ball.

“It made the guys realize just how good we have to be next year when we go at it again.”

On the weekend of July 9-11 at the Ontario Junior Men’s Elimination’s in Cobourg, the Chiefs won a berth in the Canadian Fastball Championships. The local team finished third in the tournament of 15 teams to qualify. They earned their spot at the Canadian championships in an exciting extra-innings game, with a 7-6 victory over Oshawa.

In St. Croix, they faced some stiffer competition. The team won two out of the nine games they played.

In their first game, a match against Owen Sound, Luke Leahy of the Owen Sound Selects threw a perfect game, striking out 12 of the 15 Linwood batters he faced, defeating the local team 7-0 in five innings. Two of their following games were lost by only one run.

The Chiefs finished their tournament on a positive note Friday afternoon, however, beating the defending champion Kelly’s Pub Canadians from Newfoundland and Labrador 10-2. Helping the cause for the Chiefs were Orangeville native Kyle Coles, who managed to hit a double and three singles, Darryl Schwartzentruber, who notched two singles and an RBI, Linwood native Drew Barton, who hit a double, three singles, and three RBI, and Sean Mackey, who recorded a triple and a single.

» KATIE EDMONDS

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Wellesley hosts Don Green Memorial baseball tournament James Jackson

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t’s all about baseball in Wellesley this weekend, as the village plays host to the 26th annual Don Green Memorial baseball tournament.

Twenty teams are entered in this year’s tournament, which is raising money to help operate a new splash park in Wellesley next spring. As is the case every time out, all of the profits are going back into the community.

There are five divisions this year, including three for men, one coed and one just for families.

The tournament is named after

Don Green, a local businessman and sports enthusiast who was killed in a car accident in 1984 at the age of 42. The organizers – who had started the tournament two years prior to the accident – approached Don’s younger brother, James, to rename the tournament in Don’s honour after his death.

James agreed, and he has played an integral part in planning the tournament ever since. He handed the reins over to the Lions Club for this year’s event.

“It’s a tournament where teams meet once a year to see their friends and have a little fun, rain or shine,”

said Green, noting the tournament always places an emphasis on local teams. All twenty teams are either from Wellesley or affiliated with the township in some way.

The event will also have a barbecue, a bar, and a 50/50 draw, with all profits donated back to local service clubs. There’s even a little bit of prize money for the tournament winners as well, said Green, adding that they often donate the money back to the tournament.

The Don Green Memorial Tournament is being held at the Wellesley ball diamonds and picnic shelter at 1004 Catherine St.

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21 SPORTS

It's important to get your ducks all lined up C

ontrary to popular belief, I am not one of those duck hunters who gets too attached to their decoys. In fact, I only know the birthdays of less than half of them. And I rarely sleep with them anymore. My wife put an end to that.

I only mention this because, like most duck hunters, I’m preparing to take inventory of all my decoys, sometime very soon – OK today. The duck season, after all, is only a little over five weeks away. Heck, it might take me that long to untangle the lines. Or count how many I have accumulated.

Untangling and checking decoy lines is just part of this long and painful process, actually. The other part is attaching new anchors and touching up paint jobs. It’s routine maintenance really. And it’s all right, if you choose to stop there.

But who can do that?

You see, I feel that I owe my plastic ducks a little more. OK, I’ll admit

Not-So-Great Outdoorsman Steve Galea that the commendations I gave out last season might have been a bit much. Then again, some of those decoys came under a lot of withering fire and Leon and Ross actually took direct hits during that incident when the lone mallard took cover behind them – and, yes, the subsequent inquiry confirmed that it was friendly fire from an old buddy, who I will not hunt with again. As if that’s not enough, Kramer, one of my best plastic wood duck drakes, is still suffering from post-traumatic stress from that incident.

Even so, this year I think I’ll scale back my personal involvement with my decoys just a bit. There will

be no pre-season fireside chat, for instance – they melt and it scares the wooden blocks. And, regrettably, I will no longer invite top earners to dinner or provide an inspirational talk about how to be the best decoy you can possibly be. They don’t listen anyhow and I’m starting to suspect that this familiarity breeds contempt – if only from my wife.

That’s not to say that I will cancel the traditional training sessions.

I think it’s important that we as a group memorize a few rudimentary formations. And I will definitely remind them that they should always keep at least three feet between them and the next decoy. With that will also come a stern warning about fraternizing with the enemy, no matter how beautiful the plumage or seductive the quack. And this year, I’ll try to follow my own advice too.

Lastly, I’ll caution them against running off with the first deer that

swims through – as happened with Marvin five seasons ago. Who can forget how we found him heartbroken and embarrassed on the far shore later that morning?

The point here is that I will be readying them, and myself, for the duck season that is rapidly approaching. And that’s a good thing, because there’s nothing worse than opening a decoy bag just before dawn on opening morning, only to find that lines are tangled and weights are missing.

No, when I open that bag, I want each of those plastic ducks to be ready so that they hit the drop zone without incident. And I want their complete loyalty once the shooting starts. It’s disheartening to check the decoys only to find that three have snuck off. Or sunk.

I mentioned this to my wife and told her that this drives a person crazy. And right away she said that this explained a lot.

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Jake Moggy ALL SOCCER, ALL THE TIME The Woolwich girls U12 team beat the Woolwich rural league

select team 1-0 last Sunday during one of many games held as part of the Woolwich tournament at locations around Elmira, St. Jacobs and St. Clements . Here, Dana Columbo (inset) battles for the ball.

Alysha McMurray makes a save during the same game.

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per cent of the body’s total muscle mass.

“The baby boomers are all getting to the age where they will experience joint pain and muscle fatigue,” explained Berry. “So many people are getting hip and knee replacements and so much of that stress on the body is preventable with some simple exercise.”

Berry, who currently teaches a weekly fitness class at Elmira District Community Living, is now a certified instructor of urban poling

and has started a new business, ‘Seniorcize S.O.S (Supporting Our Seniors)’ in which she will be instructing inhome lessons to seniors in Woolwich Township.

“It’s not only for seniors – anyone can participate. It’s a great cardio workout for anybody, but as I am starting to get older and feel the joint and muscle pain, I want to get more involved in the elderly community.”

For more information about urban poling or to register for instruction, contact Mary Jane Berry at 519669-2359.

Chiefs: Already looking to next year

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Poling: An ideal workout for the joints

WOOLWICH WINS Woolwich players battled hard in the final game of the Woolwich Youth Soccer Club U14 boys game against Owen Sound on Aug. 8. Woolwich won 3-2.

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Coach), Darryl Schwartzentruber, Dave Juniper, Robbie Martin, Brock Gerber, Brent Freeman, Kevin Boyd, Drew Barton, Ben Hodgins, Alex Ehrlich, Don Freeman (coach), Absent: Murray Martin (asst. coach).

> CONTINUED FROM PG. 20 The team played nine games in four days, and the championship title was taken by the Napanee North Key Express, the only other team from Ontario to play in the tournament.

“They were the powerhouse of the tournament,” explained Freeman.

The Chiefs are a first year midget team who are looking to have a competitive team for the upcoming season,

he said.

“We are basically going to have the same team lined up for next year which will help us out a lot. We will be a bit more prepared next year.”

The Chiefs play in the North Waterloo Rural Minor Softball League, taking part in tournaments across Ontario throughout the season.

“We had a good experience. It was tough – we played hard and we didn’t do quite as well as we would have liked, but we are happy.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Rent is right up young actors' alley

G

iven the musical he’s directing, Gord Davis had no shortage of young performers auditioning for parts. In fact, The Singer’s Theatre had the largest turnout ever for Rent, which will be staged Aug. 20-22.

Since its debut in ’96, Rent has struck a chord with young people, drawing huge crowds of those not usually associated with live theatre. It’s a natural fit, then, for a group that offers intensive workshop training for young people, a twoweek grind that culminates in performances before an audience.

“The young people

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were really eager to do this one. When I got them together, I asked them why; for some it was the music, but most of them said, ‘It’s about us. It’s about real people ... about issues important to us,’” said D a v i s , who’s had plenty of experience working with young actors.

H e ’ l l need all that savvy to work into shape some 50 performers – 13 to 22 years of age – in just 10 days. Having started on Monday, he has until next Friday to prepare them for what’s coming. He’ll put them through their paces via intensive workshops that get them up to speed quickly, just like what would happen

IN IT TOGETHER Andy Stimpson (Mark), Sonja Malton (Maureen), Laura Larson (Maureen) and Gavin Tessier (Roger) are part of a cast of some 50 young performers preparing to stage the musical Rent under the direction of Elmira's Gord Davis.

with a professional production.

“My goal is to give them that feeling of how a professional show is put together.”

The goal is to foster young talent, performers who might like to pursue a career in theatre, perhaps. The Singer’s Theatre program is hard work, but it pays off in well-polished productions, including past stagings of Les Miserables, Titanic, Parade, Jekyll and Hyde, Cats and Rags.

Inspired by Puccini’s La Bohème, Rent is a joyous and often bittersweet musical that celebrates a community of artists as they struggle between high hopes and the tough realities of today’s world.

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Mark is a documentary filmmaker and exboyfriend to Maureen, a performance artist now dating Joanne, a neurotic human rights lawyer. Roger is a depressed HIV-positive musician, and Mimi is an HIV-positive exotic dancer and drug addict who works her way into Roger’s heart. Collins, a friend of Mark and Roger’s, starts a relationship with Angel, an HIV-positive drag queen.

Mark and Roger are being evicted by their former friend-cum-

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This is not your grandfather’s Puccini.

The updated story, filled with rock music, reveals to us real people that audiences – particularly young people who don’t usually go to live theatre – can relate to.

While some productions bring a loud, ringing rock-show vibe to Rent, Davis is looking to focus on the singing – not drowned out by the music – and the story.

“We’re being very careful to make the story very clear,” he said, noting he’s working on the assumption people in the audience won’t be overly familiar with the musical.

“I told them I want [their] grandparents to be able to come and to enjoy themselves,” he said of his young charges.

All of the young performers have seen the movie version; others have seen theatrical versions or the DVD recording of the last Broadway production.

They’ll draw on that for inspiration.

The Singer’s Theatre production of Rent runs Aug. 20 (8 p.m.), Aug. 21 (2 and 8 p.m.) and Aug. 22 (2 p.m.) at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts (formerly the King Street Theatre Centre) in Kitchener. Tickets are $21, available at www.ticketscene.ca or at the door. Visit www. thesingerstheatre.ca for more information.

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> Elmira Building Lot - $146,900. 2 blocks from downtown on Wyatt St. 64’ frontage. Build your dream home. MLS listing. coach HOuse Realty Inc. Brokerage.

519-343-2124. > Wanted To Buy Home on quiet street, with nice sized lot, in Elmira or Conestoga. ecjon@rogers. com or call 519-577-2704.

The #1 Weekly in the Region.

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TRADES & SERVICES

> CRD Accounting Services - Income Tax (E-File) Services. Small business accounting, payroll & gov/t filings.

Chuck Downs, 95 Aspen Cr., Elmira. 519-669-1498, cell 519-569-1744.

GARAGE SALES

> Garage Sale - Sat. Aug. 21, 97 Arthur St., S., Elmira, 7:30 a.m. DVD’s, christmas tree with stand, household items and much more to see.

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How can robots become man’s new best friends?

Q. A.

also hear frequencies up to 45,000 Hz, about twice as high as youknow-who, though far from those They’re programmed to help with hearing champion porpoises at 150,000 the elderly or stroke victims or Hz. And Fido the nerd will touch his autistic children, says robotocist and Bill & Rich Sones nose to a computer screen showing a neuroscience professor Maja Mataric picture of another dog but will stay in The Robotics Primer.” clear of those landscape pix. through prescribed exercises, all the A robot named Bandit excels at Apparently, dogs do look like their while providing coaching and spoken blowing bubbles, making odd sounds owners, going by a study at England’s encouragement to aid recovery. and mimicking the movements of Bath Spa University in which people When Pearl the Nursebot roams an children with autism or related disor- eldercare home, she helps residents were able to match photos of dogs (out ders, winning them over better find their way to the dining room, TV of three) with photos of than most human caregivers, says their owners more than half the room, etc. Studies show that those Susan Karlin in IEEE Spectrum maga- with a pet or a plant tend to feel happi- time. Finally, another reason to love zine. er and live longer, but since the elderly your boxer: It is used for doggie After a presentation, the kids will often overlook the necessary feedings, DNA studies because the breed has invariably want to meet Bandit, which robots can be effective substitutes. a singularly high degree of genetic quietly collects behavioral data in uniformity.

Let’s hear it for dogs and dogorder to predict, for instance, when a Three cheers if you were barking up lovers! But then what exactly child is about to stop exercising. Sothe right tree. are we cheering for? cially assistive robots also help kids The professor painstakingly overcome extreme shyness or manThe number of dogs worldwide is trained scores of rats to run a age attention deficit or hyperactivity estimated at 400 million, roughly maze, then cut out pieces of their disorders. the human population of the U.S. and cortex before retesting this ability.

During the months right after a stroke, adds Mataric, a patient has the Mexico combined, says Rebecca CofWhat was he trying to prove? fey in Discover magazine. best chance of avoiding permanent A dog’s nose has some 220 million In Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A disability, but only if she properly olfactory receptors, about 40 times Study in Scarlet,” Sherlock exercises. Hands-on rehabilitation as many as humans have.

Dogs can Holmes offered a popular theory of robots like Thera help guide patients

In this age of robots, who are “carebots” caring for?

Strange But True

Q.

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Q.

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memory capacity: “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose...

Depend upon it, there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge, you forget something that you knew before.”

Now to the rat studies: Amazingly, no matter what small brain section psychologist Karl Lashley removed, the rats retained at least partial memory of how to navigate the maze, says David G. Myers in Psychology: Ninth Edition.

This demonstrated that memories are not stored in single, specific spots of the brain but rather are spread throughout holistically. Contrary to Holmes’s belief, our brains are NOT like cluttered attics, which once filled can store more items only if we discard old ones.

Rather, our capacity for storing longterm memories is vast and at times even phenomenal.

>

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

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE WOOLWICH LOCAL ART PROGRAM

ACCESSIBILITY IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH

Deadline: Submissions must be received by October 29, 2010

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

The Woolwich Local Art Program supports art and local artists, and encourages art appreciation and education through connecting people with the wide variety of art created in the Township. Through this program, the work of local artists is displayed at the Township Administration Building in Elmira throughout the year on a rotating basis.

The Woolwich Local Art Program Committee meets once per year to review submissions and we are currently planning exhibitions for 2011. This program is open to artists who live or work in the Township of Woolwich. There is no age restriction, and no fee to the artist to enter the program or display work.

Submissions must include 8-10 good quality colour images of current work and a completed Application Form. Please note that we cannot display 3-D work at this time.

For complete information, review www.woolwich.ca/en/tourism/artsandculture.asp or contact Laurel Davies Snyder at 519.669.6020.

Drop off or mail submissions by October 29, 2010 to: Woolwich Local Art Program C/O Laurel Davies Snyder Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West, PO Box 158 Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

24 Church Street West, PO Box 158 Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC) Meeting will be held Monday, August 30, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers 24 Church Street West, Elmira

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BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED

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Nanny/ In-Law suite. Minutes to North Waterloo.

BONNIE BRUBACHER Broker of Record

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Beautiful brick bungalow located in desirable "Birdland" neighbourhood.

Walking distance to all schools and new Rec Centre. This well maintained home is on a large lot, has beautiful mature maples, and a parklike backyard setting, with a lovely stone patio. Numerous updates including bathrooms, some windows, and roof. Come out and see this neat and tidy house, you'll want to move to beautiful small town Elmira. "A Great Buy"

For Lease - Kitchener

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ALLI NORRIS

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

In exclusive Whispering Woods backing onto Nith River just under 1/2 acre wooded lot. Hardwood, ceramics, private park-like backyard with extensive gardens.

A must see! MLS Call Mary Lou,

Thinking of Buying or Selling call or email today!

$619,000

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17 Church St. W., Elmira

Mary Lou Murray

This 2800sqft home in quiet scenic setting only 10 mins to Waterloo.

Surrounded by 100ft trees, 2 springs, pond, and riding trails. 6+1 bdrms and 4 baths. MLS. Call Paul direct.

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519-669-1544 24hrs

Wendy Taylor

PEACEFUL COUNTRYSIDE!

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Unique bungalow perfect for Seniors.

Close to downtown. Sep DR, kitchen addition with garden door to deck.

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wendy.taylor1@rogers.blackberry.net

$195,000

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

OPEN HOUSE Sat. 3-5

$264,900

FIRST TIME BUYERS

1500 sqft semi, 3 bdrms, 2baths, big kit, sep DR, lg bdrms, FR & RR! 4car drive. Many updates. Put your TLC into this home. MLS. Call Paul direct

LINWOOD Plenty of living space in this century home located in the downtown core of Linwood.

Close to school, church, ball diamond and the new Community Centre. Presently a four plex. A very unique property with potential development possiblities or easily converted back to a single family dwelling. Rare find!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy summer.

Please feel free to call us for all your Real Estate needs!

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$173,000 DRAYTON | NEW PRICE | this home is spacious with wide open concept and features large bedrooms and 2 large walk-in closets. this is great value for your money!! mls.

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$219,000 ELMIRA | beautiful lot backing onto mature trees; corner “l” shaped lot with wider area at back. Huge kitchen; family room with walk-out; workshop and storage areas; needs tlC; NeW mls

DRAYTON DETACHED!

$224,000 | this well maintained home is sure to please. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, fenced yard and huge deck off kitchen. Double asphalt drive. 55' wide lot. mls.

ORIGINAL MODEL HOME

$259,000 DRAYTON | Property is well maintained inside and out. large fenced yard backing onto school yard. Close to all amenities. House is one owner and pet and smoke free. Come and see!! mls.

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

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REAL ESTATE

Coach House Realty Inc. Brokerage

OPEN HOUSE -

31 Parkhaven Drive

$528,000

call 519-664-3720 or 519-588-5729 email: jbuggs@sympatico.ca

AUGUST 14/15 12-4PM

Bromberg custom designed home w/ 9 ft. ceilings on mn. level jumping to 11ft. in the great room. 2 garden doors open onto an impressive 800+sq.ft. wood deck with a pergola leading down to 300+sq.ft. of stamped concrete patio.

The design both inside and out allows for great entertaining. In the cooler months you get the warmth and comfort of 2 gas fireplaces along with a lg downstairs media rm. to watch a good movie on the 90â&#x20AC;? screen. Sale price is inclusive of all appliances and media centre in lower level. All contents of home are negotiable. This beautiful bungalow is a must see home.

Let Team McNeil find your dream Palace!

We will treat you like royalty!

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Sunday August 15 | 1-3pm 37 BOOTH ST., MOOREFIELD 1/2 acre lot on edge of Town w/ exceptional view from deck of greenspace & river! Brick w/ 1 1/2 car attatched garage, fin. basmt w/walkout, 3+bdrm, 2 baths, Shows AAA. Edith MLS 1027482

PALMERSTON | $269,000.

Victorian 4 bdrm, 2.5 baths family home w/lg eat in kit, formal din/liv rm, main floor laundry & family rm, hardwood floors & natural trim on beautiful landscaped yard w/grand porch, privacy decks.

Impressive! Kathy MLS 1024365

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Call us for more information!

BROKERAGE

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BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record MVA Residential

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JULIE HECKENDORN Broker Res: 519-669-8629

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

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IMMACULATE bungalow. 7 acres close to Elmira. Updated from top to bottom! Fin. lower level. MLS $659,000

CHARMING older home, close to downtown. Maple kitchen. Fin. attic.

MLS $254,900

NICE BACK YARD! Updated windows, refaced cabinetry. Rec. rm. & 4th bdrm. MLS $279,900

3 bedroom country bungalow with high speed internet available open concept. Master ensuite, main floor laundry, large 2 car garage, new ready to move in. Hobby shop allowed. $319,900 MLS Great property on the edge of town, approx. 21 acres workable, the rest is wooded with a large portion of maple trees, 1.9 acres is inside an industrial designated area. $599,900 MLS

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BACKS ONTO RIVER! RENOVATED

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3 bdrms, updated kitchen & windows, hrdwd & ceramic flrs. C/A, re-insulated.

Fenced yard backs onto park & river. MLS

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DOWNTOWN LIVING AT ITS FINEST!

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Two storey 3 bed and 3 bath room home on a half acre lot, open concept, high speed fibre optic internet available. $317, 900 MLS Country Property outside Elmira, 2 bedrm, finished basement. Enjoy sunsets and sunrises. $224,900 MLS

$3 6

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RESTORED CENTURY HOME!

Steps to Victoria Park & amenities. F.R. addition, updated baths, finished attic.

Wrap around porch & large yard. Just move in and enjoy! MLS $3 F 04RO ,9 M 00

CUSTOM BUNGALOW TO BE BUILT

OVERSIZED principal rooms. Fin. rec. rm. & 4th bdrm. MLS $319,000

ADDRESS: 4-B

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4 acre country property with 5 bedroom, 2 bath home. Kitchen and dining room, family room, rec room, two car garage. Lots of area to entertain both inside and out. Camp fire site in the woods. Large garden and much more $459,900 MLS

LOTS OF SPACE! 1883 sq. ft.-3+ bdrms, 3 bths.(enuite). NEW PRICE MLS $286,900

NEW CONSTRUCTION IN DRAYTON Mapleton model to be built by quality builder.

Impressive standard features. Limited lots left, Call Team McNeil today! MLS

NEW CONSTRUCTION IN DRAYTON Quality Builder. 10 plans to choose from! Only 2 lots left! Build your dream home today! MLS

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KATHY ROBINSON

Nelly Hofer

Broker

3 bdrms, 3 bath, huge lot! Large kitchen with granite, and great room. Finished bsmt with large rec-room. Central Air, Vac, Natural Gas, fenced yard! Call Mel today! MLS

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Doug Gilmore

FLORADALE Opportunity knocks! LINWOOD huge lot.Lge. master w/ Business opportunity or storage. 2 ensuite. Main flr office & laundry. bldgs w/approx. 4680 sq. ft. MLS MLS $374,900 $249,900

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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY

50th Wedding Anniversary

ANNIVERSARY

MARRIAGE

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary

MARRIAGE

Kylie Ahier is getting married!

GILBERT and RITA RUNSTEDLER September 3rd 1960 - September 3rd 2010

John & Laney Campbell were married on Aug 20, 1960 in Toronto An OPEN HOUSE will be held on Sat. Aug 21st at the Elmira Golf Course (Curling Club Room) from 1:30-4pm Your presence is their gift!

MARRIAGE

To celebrate this occasion, the family invites friends and relatives to an

OPEN HOUSE

on Sunday August 22nd, 2010 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

1098 Isabella St. Linwood ON BEST WISHES ONLY

BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

Happy 85th Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday Kandis

Happy 1st Birthday Cruz

Edna Martin

BIRTH NOTICE

Wishing you a Lifetime of Happiness!

If there are any teachers, classmates, teammates, coworkers or other friends who would like to witness Kylie say "I DO" to Cody Bechtold, you are welcome to attend the ceremony on Saturday August 28th at 3:30 pm at Woodside Bible Fellowship.

BIRTHDAY

August 20, 2010

The parents of Melissa Downey and Justin Gutz are thrilled to announce their marriage which will take place at West Montrose Covered Bridge on August 14, 2010 Our love and best wishes are with you both.

Cindy & Jim Reid along with Barb & the late Douglas MacMillan are thrilled to announce the upcoming marriage of their children Jennifer Reid and Daynard MacMillan on August 21st 2010 at St. Mary’s Church, Linwood.

May the Lord continue to bless you with good health and happiness!

Lots of love, hugs & kisses!

With love, from your family and friends

Nana, Grandpa, Auntie Ashley, Great Nana & Grandad Abbott

IN MEMORIAM

STAG & DOE

STAG and DOE for

Love Mommy & Daddy

IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory

Melissa Martin & Dale Frey

METZGER, Florence

Proud parents Ben and Steph, along with big brother Brady, are thrilled to announce the safe arrival of their 1st child, Addison Jane Gunn, born June 14, 2010, weighing 7 lb. 71/2 oz.

Spoiling privledges go to Grandma & Grandpa Jane and Bob Gunn, & Mark and Shelley Erb.

Mike Jongerius April 1, 1980 - August 14, 2000

Saturday, August 21th, 2010 8:00pm - 1:00am Lion’s Hall, Elmira

Games * Dancing * Food

$10 per person

In loving memory of our dear son Mike who was taken from us in a car accident ten years ago.

It broke our hearts to lose you We still wonder why you had to go The joys and love you gave us Are ours to have and hold The 20 years we had with you are worth their weight in gold Always remembered and sadly missed.

We love you dearly Mike.

Mom, Dad, Holly, Amy & Neil

In loving memory of our precious Mom, Gramma, and Wife who left us for Heaven August 10, 2008.

You are the heart of our family and we still ache as we miss you so much. We remember your cheerful smile, laughter, loving care, energy, generosity and kindness. We miss your genuine interest in our lives, as you loved each of us as your best friend. You always enjoyed the times when the whole family was together. We look forward to being with you again in Heaven where your bright smile and unconditional love will greet us. We love you so much! Lorne, Craig, Kelly, Christine, Val, Lori, Luke, Joe, Bryan, David, Abby, Mark, Clay, Tia and Nicolas.

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St. Jacobs

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Bloomingdale Mennonite Church

Trinity United Church ELMIRA

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

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“Making Faith Live” Sunday Worship 9:30 am - 10:30am

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Gale

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Minister: Rev. Dr. Linda Bell

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

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St. Paul`s 10am Worship Service Lutheran Pastor: Richard A. Frey Church www.stpaulselmira.com 27 Mill St., Elmira • 519-669-2593

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OBITUARY

Diebold, Betty (Mrs. John) On Monday, August 9, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Betty (Oliver) Diebold in her 76th year of Elmira.

Dear wife of John Diebold for over 48 years.

Betty is lovingly remembered by her many nieces, nephews and their families. Betty is the last surviving member of her family having been predeceased by her parents Ware and Lottie (Statton) Oliver and by her 4 brothers Garnet, Clayton, Douglas, William and by her sister Evelyn. At Betty’s request cremation has taken place. A family graveside service will take place at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo on Saturday, August 14th at 2:00 p.m. In Betty’s memory, donations to Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Arrangements entrusted to the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

“A GOOD JOB DONE EVERY TIME”

Kleensweep Carpet Care

West Montrose, ON

Cardlock Fuel Management

DEATH NOTICES Vera (Mrs. Walter) - Peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at KW Health Centre.

Vera (Reist) Bartman in her 93rd year of Kitchener. Local relatives are sisters adele (Dolly) Holling and Caroline Johannes both of Elmira.

> BAUMAN, Erla (Mrs. Mervin – nee Musselman)- On Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at her home.

Erla Bauman, age 80 years, of St. Jacobs. > ECKERT, Florence M.

– Peacefully in her sleep at the A.R. Goudie Nuring Home on Wednesday, August 11,2010, at the age 87 years.

> LINSEMAN,

Rose (Mrs. Carl)- Peacefully on Friday, August 6, 2010 at Leisureworld Card Centre, Elmira. Rose (Yeitenheimer), in her 99th year, of Elmira.

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MILLWRIGHTS LTD. P.O. BOX 247, ROUTE 1, ELMIRA

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Passed away August 4, 2010.

Local relatives are her son Garry Peters and his wife Diane of Wellesley.

> POWER, Marjorie (Peggy) – Peggy passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Leisureworld Caregiving Centre in Elmira at the age of 88 years.

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AUGUST 15 > Lynn Russwurm anniversary jam. 7 p.m., free, Gore Park bandstand, Elmira. > Kidspark! Hands on activities, games, music, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free admission; Victoria Park Kitchener. 519-741-3330.

AUGUST 17 > Creature Feature from GRCA at 3 p.m.

Learn about species that are local to Waterloo Region, the Grand River and more! This show is recommended for children 5 and up.

Tickets $3 per person or two for $5. For more information contact the St. Clements Branch Library 519-699-4341.

AUGUST 20 > Cold Plate Dinner including ham, turkey, potato salad, coleslaw; $6. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira at 6 p.m.

AUGUST 22 > Family

Fest 2010. Food, face painting, rides, 3-6 p.m., free admission. Koinonia Christian Fellowship, 850 Sawmill Rd., Bloomingdale. 519-744-7447.

AUGUST 23 > Community Corn Roast & Car Show, 5-7 p.m. at Leisureworld Elmira. Proceeds from the corn roast to Woolwich Hospice. Everyone welcome – please call ahead if you are bringing your classic car to park as space is limited. 519-669-5777, ext. 1008. > St.

Paul’s Lutheran Church invites children ages 3-14 to Planet Zoom Vacation Bible School, where bold BEE-lievers zip, zap and zoom for Jesus. Planet Zoom will be held Aug. 23-27 from 6:30-8:45 p.m. each evening at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 27 Mill St., Elmira. Admission is free. For more information please call 519-669-2593.

33 Industrial Dr., Elmira 519.669.1591

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Golden Disposal • Roll Off Containers • Curbside Garbage Removal • Registered Hauler for OTS Tire Program • Total Trash Removal of • Apartments, Estates, Insurance, Residential sites • Locally owned and operated since 2001 P.O. BOX 111 Breslau, On. N0B 1M0 goldendisposal@bellnet.ca

Ken Kolpean Julie Lavigne-Kolpean Tel: 519-744-5246 Fax: 519-744-5295

519-744-5246 www.goldendisposal.com Serving Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge/Elmira/Guelph areas

> Paul Weber - 7 p.m., free, Gore Park bandstand, Elmira.

SEPTEMBER 10 > H.U.G.S. Program 9:15 – 11:45 a.m. For parents and their children (0-5 yr). Topic: Life with a new baby. Waterloo Region Public Health Nurse to present. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 519-664-3794.

SEPTEMBER 15 > Wellesley

Caregiver Education and Support Group meets from 10 – 11 a.m. at the Wellesley Township Community Health Centre.

Are you caring for a frail or elderly family member? Are you looking for information and resources that are available to you in your caregiving? Call Lorraine at 519-664-3794 for information on this new group.

SEPTEMBER 16 > Woolwich Caregiver Group 10-11:15 a.m. at the Health Centre in St. Jacobs. This caregiver session is open to caregivers of family members who are ill or elderly. There is opportunity to give and receive support in an informal setting with others who are on a similar journey. Call Lorraine 519-664-3794.

SEPTEMBER 23 > “Happy Feet” will be the topic of the Health Education class from 10:45-11:45 a.m. Sarah Ferguson, Chiropodist, will offer tips on choosing healthy footwear and exercises for your feet. For more information call 519-664-3794.

SEPTEMBER 27 > Cholesterol Solutions class will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Find easy ways to improve your cholesterol level. Led by a Registered Dietitian. Call 519-664-3794 for more information.

SEPTEMBER 30 > Arthritis Chronic Pain Management is a two-hour course that focuses on pain management. Session will be led by the KW Arthritis from 1:30-3:30 at Woolwich Community Health Centre. Call 519-6643794 for more information.

OCTOBER 24 > 160th Anniversary Concert Series at St.

James Lutheran Church, 60 Arthur St. S., Elmira; 3 p.m. The Gloryland Chorus. Freewill offering, handicap accessible, refreshments will be served following concert. For more information call 519-669-5591.

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SEPTEMBER 7

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> H.U.G.S. Program 9:15-11:45 a.m. For parents and their children (0-5 yr). Topic: How much is too much? Is children’s involvement in too many extracurricular activities a cause of anxiety? Woolwich Community Health Centre, 519-664-3794.

AUGUST 29

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