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Woolwich signs on to plan that will see rural townships collaborate

BY STEVE KANNON skannon@woolwichobserver.com

Saturday morning's fire was a close call for the LeBlanc family, whose 13-year-old daughter, Brookelynn LeBlanc Quesnelle (bottom left), was in the house at the time. They have since started a GoFundMe for the displaced Graham family. From left to right top: Pica (dog), Brenda LeBlanc, Jeanna LeBlanc, Jaiden LeBlanc [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER] (5), Cameron Kean (15), Isaiah LeBlanc. Bottom row: Brookelynn LeBlanc-Quesnelle, Austin LeBlanc Watson (8).

Fire displaces family of six

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

A fire in Wellesley Township Saturday morning displaced a family of six and caused an estimated $460,000 in damages – $400,000 for the structure and $60,000 for contents.

A four-year-old playing with a barbecue lighter is said to be the cause. After the child set fire to a blanket at around 8:30 a.m., the situation got quickly out of control.

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stations and a tanker truck from Woolwich’s Floradale station responded. Wellesley Township fire chief Paul Redman said firefighters were out all morning and early afternoon battling the blaze after getting the call at 8:55 a.m. on July 27.

Everyone in the house got out safely before fire crews arrived. At the time, the Graham family of six and a fifth child, 13-yearold Brookelynn LeBlanc-Quesnelle, a friend of one of the Graham children who had stayed overnight

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The Red Cross found lodging for the family at a Guelph hotel until Tuesday, while some members of the household, including the family dog, stayed at LeBlanc’s house. Graham and her husband have a 14-month-old, a fouryear-old, 12-year-old, and 13-year-old. The family had moved to Wellesley Township from Kitchener FAMILY | 04

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“I basically woke up because somebody was screaming,” said LeBlanc.

“And then I just grabbed the baby and ran outside.”

One of the older siblings of the Graham family notified the household of the impending danger. While everyone got out safely, Redman added that some members of the family were transferred to Listowel Memorial Hospital.

“They transported the parents and two of the four kids just to be observed for

With Woolwich signing on this week, the region’s four rural municipalities have now all agreed to look at ways they can work together to offer services more efficiently and with lower costs.

Township councillors meeting July 30 approved plans to hire a consultant for a joint service delivery study as the first step in a new working agreement.

It makes formal an undertaking between Woolwich, Wellesley, Wilmot and North Dumfries townships.

“It is anticipated that a series of studies could be undertaken through to 2022, subject to the success of this initial study.

The intent of the study is to improve the understanding of the services currently provided by the respective townships and to provide better information, which will allow the councils and staff the opportunity to make more informed, strategic choices regarding those services,” wrote Woolwich chief administrative officer David Brenneman in a report pre-

sented Tuesday night.

The first study will focus on five areas seen as the best chance for finding common ground between the townships: fire services, emergency management, library services, information technology and corporate communications.

“These were the five areas we thought we could make the best impact with,” said Mayor Sandy Shantz of the findings of longstanding meetings between the mayors and CAOs of the four municipalities.

Brenneman noted the conversation among the four townships began before the province announced its regional review, seen by many as a prelude to another round of amalgamation talks.

While amalgamation isn’t being highlighted, much of the feedback from municipalities during the review – conducted by special advisors Michael Fenn and Ken Seiling, the latter the former chair of Waterloo Region – have opposed that prospect.

By working together, said Brenneman, the townships

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When it comes to dealing with the vagaries of power outages, it’s weather, not peak demand, that’s the biggest challenge

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When the power went out for a few hours last week, for example, Waterloo North Hydro (WNH) crews dealt with downed trees that took out power lines, not with any overload to the system, despite the heat.

“The outages were tied to the weather we experienced,” said Jeff Quint, the utility’s manager of energy conservation and corporate communications, noting demand hasn’t been an issue.

In fact, peak demand has been fairly steady for years at a level much lower than in the past.

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years ago, the demands on the system have been “almost flattening” for the past decade or so. That can be attributed to an array of factors, says Quint, pointing to greater energy efficiency, time-of-use pricing and public awareness, with more people taking energy-saving measures to heart.

“I think there are a number of things that account for that flattening,” he said.

“For us, it hasn’t been a concern,” he added of demands for power. “Our systems are designed to handle a much larger load than we have experienced.”

That reflects a trend that’s been seen province-wide, notes the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), which manages the transmission of electricity.

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Despite the recent string of hot, hazy and humid days, Waterloo North Hydro has seen demand at normal levels, though the weather does play a role.

“Peak demand is always related to temperature, and the cooling load,” said Quint. “The [current] demand hasn’t had any implications on our system.”

While Waterloo North Hydro and its counterparts throughout the province have taken steps to shore up the system to avoid demand-related blackouts, weather, on the other hand, remains an uncontrollable variable.

The industry can take steps to mitigate the outages likely to come from more severe weather, but it can’t avoid either the weather or the repercussions.

The goal, says Quint, is to find ways to make the system more robust. The utility has become more efficient at restoring power, with automated systems that can reroute power to get people’s power back on.

“We’re prepared for more frequent events. Our goal is to keep the lights on,” he said, noting WNH is at the mercy of the weather. “You can only do what you can do.”

At the provincial level, reliability is a top priority, characterized by shared standards across North America, some of which emerged from the huge blackout of Aug. 14, 2003 that left 50 million people without power in central Canada and the eastern U.S. In Ontario, it’s the IESO that looks after adherence to continental standards.

That includes making plans for extreme weather.

“We’re always looking at what the weather is going to be like 18 months ahead, five years and even 20 years down the road,” said Penic.

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Woolwich will spend $59,000 – less an expected Save on Energy grant incentive of $9,950 – to retrofit some of the lighting in the township administration building in Elmira. Meeting this week, councillors awarded a contract to Wagler Electric to replace 243 light fixtures with energy-efficient LED lighting.

An inspection of the Wellesley arena has uncovered several “modifications” needed to bring the facility’s refrigeration in line with industry regulations. The work – will also be done pre-emptively at the St. Clements Arena – is expected to cost $3,000 for each location.

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A JOINT EFFORT

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Region gets funds to study health effects of climate change Public health will collaborate with its Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph counterpart

BY STEVE KANNON skannon@woolwichobserver.com

Regional efforts to assess and react to the health threats of climate change just got a $300,000 boost from Ottawa.

The Health Canada funding was announced last week following a joint proposal by Region of Waterloo Public Health and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. Over the next three years, the money will allow officials in the area to look at the impacts of rising temperatures, extreme weather and an influx north of certain pests and the illnesses they may spread, from Lyme disease to West Nile virus.

“We’re looking to develop a climate change and health vulnerability assessment,” explained Chris Komorowski, Waterloo Region’s manager, health hazard prevention and management.

The partnership with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph made sense to avoid any duplication of efforts, as the two areas share many similarities, he noted.

A review of climate-change readiness has been mandated by the province, with the new funding allowing it to move ahead sooner.

“This has helped us fasttrack that process,” said Komorowski.

With the money, the two

health units will work with a consultant, ICLEI Canada, a national non-profit organization, to coordinate information among stakeholders such as municipalities, emergency services, academia and utilities.

The review process will help determine the largest health risks associated with climate change, assessing all the variables.

“This will help inform a climate-adaptation plan, with a health focus,” he said, noting it will assess the vulnerabilities.

Among the factors to be studied are rising temperatures and the increased prevalence of extreme weather.

“We’re expecting to have quite an increase in the amount of extreme heat days and heatwaves,” said Komorowski.

Where today an average year has 10 days where temperatures exceed 30 degrees Celsius, that number is expected to reach 30 days by 2050, and 60 days by 2080.

“Now’s the time to look at how we can manage that.”

Extreme weather – droughts, heavy rainfall and flooding, and winter freezing rain, for instance – will also take a toll on the region, including the health of its residents. Beyond the physical, those impacts could include mental health issues relatCLIMATE CHANGE | 04

Local autism services in limbo as province vows to change course KidsAbility not sure if policy change will halt lay off plans of 20-25 autism workers

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

It’s still too early to say what, if any impact the province’s course reversal on autism programs will have on KidsAbility’s recent announcement it would be laying off 20 to 25 workers at year’s end.

The Ford government’s mea culpa on its handling of the autism file is the latest in a protracted battle between the province and parents of autistic children.

In February, the provincial government announced changes to the Ontario Autism Program, opting to give money directly to families based on age and income, rather than to regional service providers such as KidsAbility. The decision to do so instead of a needs-based funding model sparked a multitude of protests across the province, including in Elmira.

KidsAbility, which serves approximately 8,000 kids a year across Waterloo Region and Guelph-Wellington, had provincial funding cut by 25 per cent in April. This forced the organization to lay off nine workers at the time – eight therapists and a social worker – which officials said is a direct result of the provincial changes. This latest move, which will see approximately half of the autism staff laid off at the start of next year, is yet another impact of the fee-forservice model.

“Our board has elected to go forward with a model

Jennifer Beckett and her nine-year-old son Quincy outside the KidsAbility office in Waterloo. Beckett said the organization was instrumental in shaping her son's development. [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]

that unfortunately required us to lay off 50 per cent of our autism staff because every expenditure we have now in the autism program has to be offset by families paying for the service, either through their childhood budget or through another source of income that they might have,” explained Linda Kenny, chief executive officer at KidsAbility.

The layoffs have an impact not only on families in

need of these services, said Kenny, but also discourage students and skilled workers from pursuing a career in autism therapy.

“We’re not sure what those job opportunities will be for those staff in the future. We’re finding that many of them are walking away from the profession or they’re deciding to retrain and do something else because this is difficult and challenging work,” said Kenny. “It’s highly specialized

work, and we need to actually recognize the skills that passionate, caring people bring to their profession.”

They may have a change of luck, however, as new Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Todd Smith announced on Monday at a press conference in Toronto that the government will design a new funding program based on needs.

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can demonstrate efficiencies can be found without reducing the region to a single-tier government from the current system.

“It’s a process that can show that ultimately the two-tier system can work,” he said, noting the agreement moves the process beyond simply talking about changes. “It clearly documents that we can walk the walk.”

While agreeing it was a

good idea to collaborate, Coun. Larry Shantz expressed some concerns about the prospect of taking on library services as “a pretty big chunk to bite off.”

Under the current system, the townships provide and maintain library buildings, with the Region of Waterloo Library operating them, a budgeted expense of $3.2 million.

Brenneman noted having the townships take over the libraries would give

each greater control over both capital and operating costs, pointing to rising administration costs in recent years.

Pointing out that Woolwich has a more pronounced relationship with neighbouring Wellesley Township – the two even share the village of Heidelberg – Coun.

Patrick Merlihan inquired if the new joint commitment precluded Woolwich from working with just one other on certain efforts, with

Brenneman noting there would be no such restrictions.

As a bonus, the cost of the joint study would be covered from one-time funding the province provided to all municipalities with fewer than 25,000 residents in support of finding efficiencies and modernizing how services are offered. Woolwich’s share of that pie was $725,000, cash that’s already in the bank, Brenneman said.

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of children and youth with autism is, we have heard you, and we are taking action,” said Smith in a release. “Our government is committed to a needsbased program that provides children and youth with the supports they need to thrive.”

The program will work on a $600 million budget, he said.

A spokesperson for KidsAbility noted that it was too early to reconsider the layoffs until more details were announced, however.

This would replace the controversial original plan that saw caps on spending as families with children

under age six would receive up to $20,000 a year with a lifetime maximum of $140,000. Children over six year of age were eligible for up to $5,000 a year, with the cap at $55,000.

Autism is a developmental disorder with a wide range of symptoms from mild to severe, and intensive therapy can cost up to $80,000 annually.

Jennifer Beckett, a Waterloo parent and part of the Waterloo Region Alliance Against Autism Funding Changes, was one of the many parents vocal about her disapproval of the original plan. She called it a one-size-fits-all approach that would end up adequately serving very

few families.

“It’s like eyeglasses: if they give everybody the same pair of glasses, for some kids, it’ll be just the right amount –they’ll be able to see with them no problem; other kids didn’t need glasses at all. And other kids still can’t see because the glasses are nowhere near strong enough to what they need to function and have a good life,” said Beckett.

Her nine-year-old son having attended KidsAbility, she noted that the organization has been instrumental in shaping his development from a young age.

“For us, KidsAbility was a huge partner for our family altogether,” said

Beckett. “They helped my son in so many ways – from being not being able to speak, or manage toilet training, all of that... They helped him with all of the skills he needed to be successful at school.

“So I’m just really sad for all the families who are currently in service there, who know their service will end unless something changes with the government plan. New families don’t even have that opportunity to go there.”

While the province as vowed to take a new course, parents are still waiting to find out what that will mean. The government said that the new plan would not be fully rolled out until April of 2020.

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The IESO runs models and emergency preparedness exercises for coping with a variety of scenarios and threats, from severe weather to cyber attacks.

“We take a number of steps to ensure the system’s reliability.”

On the weather front, incidents such as ice storms are top of mind in what-if scenarios.

“Ice storms tend to be the most dramatic in terms of their impact and timeline associated with the impact,” said Dave Robitaille, IESO’s director of market operations.

Anticipating such weather events and preparing accordingly has been the mantra in the wake of events of the huge blackout, which saw mandatory reliability standards put in place.

“The system has come a long way since then,” said Robitaille.

Efforts to make the system more responsive following an outage have been ongoing for years, not tied to changes the climate or the weather per se.

“That’s an ongoing effort, not driven by climate change,” said WNH’s Quint.

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ed to coping with events such as flooding, he suggested.

Along with the increased probability of news pests and diseases, climate change could have indirect health impacts on drinking water, for instance, and even the prospect of power outages brings with it concerns for food safety, Komorowski added.

“There really are a wide variety of impacts.”

Identify the potential

effects and who might be most vulnerable to them is the first stage of the new research project, eventually leading to a plan for dealing with the changes.

“This will help inform a climate-adaptation plan, with a health focus,” he said of the newly funded work, noting there will be no simple solutions. “It’s a long-term project to do this.

“We’re setting the foundation.”

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The fire on July 27 tore through a farm property on Line 86 in Wellesley Township, sending four people to the hospital and causing an estimated $460,000 in damages.

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around a month ago.

“It’s just something to be very grateful for that everybody came out alive – that was my biggest thing,” said Jeanna LeBlanc, Brookelynn’s mother. “It scares me even to let [Brookelynn] go anywhere right now, because I could have lost my kid too in this whole thing.”

There was no damage to the livestock on the prop-

erty. Leblanc set up a GoFundMe page on Facebook aimed towards helping replace the contents of the home for the family. The fundraiser has a set goal of $1,500, and had raised a little over $200 as of Tuesday.

The Graham family rented the house. Eli Bowman owned it for nearly two decades since he took it over from his father in 2000.

Noting the situation could have been worse,

Redman said there was a lesson to be learned in what happened.

“Keep lighters and ignition sources hidden away from kids and make sure people have working smoke alarms,” said Redman. “We can say there wasn’t smoke alarms. They were up anyway, but we didn’t find any working smoke alarms in this house. This definitely could have been worse than it was.”

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POLICE REPORT

Police issue warning about counterfeit currency circulating in the region Waterloo Regional Police are warning community members after receiving several reports of residents falling victim to counterfeit currency.

Since January, police have received more than 205 incidents involving counterfeit money being passed as currency.

In most instances, $20, $50 and $100 bills have been passed at local retail and fast food businesses.

Regardless of the cir-

JULY 25 ■■10:00 PM | A Wellington County OPP officer monitoring traffic and conducting radar on Wellington Road 7 near the Fourth Line in the Township of Centre Wellington observed a vehicle travelling southbound at a speed that appeared to be well above the posted 80 km/h speed limit. The vehicle was locked on radar in excess of 130 km/h. The driver was also in possession of multiple driver’s licenses.

The 25-year-old Harriston man was charged with ‘race a motor vehicle’ and ‘possess more than one licence,’ and is scheduled to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on October 2.

The driver’s licence and vehicle were seized for a period of seven days as per statute.

■■11:55 PM | An OPP officer on patrol on Wellington Road 22 observed a white pickup truck travelling eastbound at varying speeds and all over the roadway. The officer conducted a traffic stop and while speaking with the driver, determined that his ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol and he was placed under arrest. The 60-year-old Fergus man was charged with ‘impaired operation’ and ‘impaired operation – 80-plus.’ A 90-day licence suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment were initiated as per statute. The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Guelph on August 27.

JULY 27 ■■12:15 AM | Members of the Wellington County OPP responded to a report of a possible impaired driver on Green Street in Drayton involving a white Dodge Charger. Officers located the suspect vehicle on Wellington Road 12 near Wellington Road 7. Police conducted a traffic stop and while speaking with the driver, determined that he had alcohol in his body. A roadside screening device test was conducted, resulting in a fail. The driver was placed under arrest and transported

cumstances, any individual who knowingly or unknowingly accepts a counterfeit note bears the loss. The Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Fraud unit advises that you should check and know your currency.

“If you know your notes, you’ll be able to detect a counterfeit at a glance and protect yourself from fraud,” says Mike Payne, a detective in the fraud unit.

If you suspect that you’re being offered a counterfeit

note, assess the bill by checking the ink and serial number. If you believe it’s counterfeit, you should: • Politely refuse the note and explain that you suspect it may be counterfeit • Ask for another note (and check it too) • Advise the person to check the note with local police • Inform your local police of a possible attempt to pass suspect-

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ed counterfeit money Be courteous and remember that the person in possession of the bill could be an innocent victim who does not realize that the note is suspicious It’s essential to report any suspected counterfeiting activity in your community since timely reporting can assist police in identifying the individual(s) involved, police say.

More information about detecting counterfeit money is available online at www.bankofcanada.ca/ banknotes.

If you have any information on counterfeit distribution within Waterloo Region, call police at 519570-9777. Information can also be left anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. If your information leads to an arrest, you can earn a cash reward up to $2,000.

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Staff and shoppers alike were evacuated from the Elmira Food Basics Monday morning after emergency personnel were called in to investigate a gas leak.

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to a local OPP operation centre for further testing. The 28-year-old Kitchener man was charged with ‘impaired operation – 80-plus.’ His licence was suspended for 90 days and his vehicle seized for a week. He is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Guelph on August 27.

■■12:39 PM | Waterloo Regional Police responded to the scene of a fatal collision on Lobsinger Line in Wellesley Township. A white Acura RDX, which had been travelling westbound on Lobsinger Line, made a left turn into a private drive in front of an oncoming motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, a 65-year old Heidelberg man, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The motorcyclist swerved to avoid a collision – there was no contact between the two vehicles.

The driver and passenger of the Acura were uninjured.

Police are requesting any witness to this collision contact the Waterloo Regional Police Traffic Unit at 519-570-9777, ext. 8856 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

■■2:03 PM | A 63-year-old Woolwich man was driving a grey BMW northbound on Northfield Drive, west of

Conestogo. As he stopped for a car turning left near New Jerusalem Road, he was struck from behind by a green Toyota driven by a 21-year-old Kitchener man.

No injuries were reported and both vehicles were towed from the scene. The driver of the Toyota was charged with ‘careless driving.’

■■6:30 PM | A Wellington County OPP officer monitoring traffic on Highway 6 near the Second Line observed a black sedan travelling northbound, tailgating the vehicle in front of it until it made an abrupt lane change and accelerated by it at a at a speed that appeared to be well above the posted 80 km/h speed limit.

The vehicle was locked on radar in excess of 135 km/h.

The driver, a 22-year-old of Selwyn Township man, was charged with ‘race a motor vehicle’ and ‘follow too close.’

He is scheduled to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on October 2. His driver’s licence and vehicle were seized for a period of seven days.

JULY 28 ■■8:00 AM | Waterloo Regional Police responded with Wilmot firefighters to the area of Grandview Avenue

and Hunter Street in Wilmot Township for reports of a body found in the Nith River.

A male’s body was recovered from the river, with the assistance of the Kitchener Fire Department. The body has been taken to Toronto for a post mortem examination.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 519570-9777 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

■■7:50 PM | A 57-year-old Waterloo woman was driving a blue Chevrolet on Katherine Street North near Tribe Road when she swerved to avoid a slowing vehicle in front of her. The driver left the roadway and struck a hydro pole, causing it to break. No injuries were reported. Waterloo North Hydro responded to repair the pole and Katherine Street North was closed for several hours. The woman was charged with ‘careless driving.’

JULY 29 ■■4:40 AM | Members of the Wellington County OPP responded to a break-andenter in progress at a business located on Side Road 14 in Guelph-Eramosa Township. Officers were advised

that two male suspects were observed fleeing the scene eastbound in a grey Dodge pick-up truck with wooden racks in it. Officers located the suspect vehicle travelling on Elmira Road north of Wood-

lawn Road. The truck was stopped and the two occupants were taken into custody.

An Investigation revealed that licence plates on the pickup truck were previously reported as stolen. Copper wire in the back of the truck was also seized and confirmed as stolen from the business that was entered. One of the suspects was also found to be breaching a condition of a probation order that he was bound by.

A 33-year-old Kitchener man was charged with ‘theft under $5,000,’ two counts of ‘possession of property obtained by a crime’ and ‘break and enter.’

He was held for a bail hearing.

A 37-year-old Waterloo man was charged with ‘theft under $5,000,’ two counts of ‘possession of property obtained by a crime,’ ‘break and enter’ and ‘fail to comply with probation order.’ He, too, was held for a bail hearing.

■■10:30 AM | Members of the Perth County OPP, Perth County Paramedic Services and Perth East Fire Department responded to the scene of a collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Perth Road 107 and Line 37.

An SUV travelling north on Road 107 collided with an SUV travelling east on Line 37. The driver of the eastbound SUV, a 19-year-old Kirkfield man, was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries and was later upgraded to stable condition. He was charged with ‘fail to yield to traffic on through highway’ and was issued a provincial offence notice. The 36-year-old female driver of the northbound SUV was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

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Canadian parents report their children read an average of 52 books per year and spend an average of 4.5 hours per week reading. This varies widely with age: 2-5-year-old children consume 79 books per year, which includes reading the same book multiple times and reading aloud with the child. Children 6-8 years old reportedly read 74 books per year, which drops to 29 books per year for kids age 9 to 13.

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More hot, hazy and humid brings more risks Specific findings include: by 2031, almost 90,000 Canadians will have died from the acute short-term effects of air pollution; the number of deaths, due to long-term exposure, will be more than 700,000; 80 per cent of those who die due to air pollution will be over age 65; Ontario and Quebec residents are the worst hit Canadians, with 70 per cent of the premature deaths occurring in Central Canada, even though these two provinces comprise only 62 per cent of Canada's population.

There’s also a financial cost, estimated in 2008 at more than $8 billion. By 2031, the cost of air pollution will have accumulated to more than $250 billion.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development notes direct health-care costs

o, hot enough for you?

That question might just be enough to set some people off of late, as the area baked in a heat wave. Beyond the bottled water, ice cream and surging electricity bills, the hot, hazy and humid weather comes at a price for our health.

The Canadian Medical Association estimates more than 20,000 Canadians will die prematurely from the effects of air pollution. While most of those deaths will be due to chronic exposure over a number of years, almost 3,000 will be the result of acute, short-term exposure.

Studies have shown the effects of poor air quality based on the concentrations of smog-related pollutants, ozone and particulate matter.

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due to pollution cost us billions of dollars, and come with negative consequences on our incomes due to sick days and lost time, for instance.

It estimates income costs of upwards of three per cent of the combined net income of households, businesses and governments.

Smog is a complex mixture of pollutants, mainly ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter.

Ground-level ozone is different from the stratospheric ozone layer, which protects us from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. At ground-level, ozone gas is toxic to the respiratory system, and is the pollutant that has historically triggered nearly all of the smog alerts in Ontario. Fine particulate matter consists of

tiny specks of liquid or solid particles that are suspended in the air, and contain soot and acids, which can lodge deep in our lungs.

The main sources of the manmade chemicals that make up smog are automobile emissions, coal-burning power plants and heavy industries.

The toxins may be local, or from as far away as the U.S.: prevailing winds often carry pollutants from the Ohio valley up into the province.

Since polluted air masses cover large areas, and usually move slowly, the smog problem is not only confined to cities and industrial centres.

That’s why the haze of the worst smog days can be seen out in the townships.

Ironically, the air quality is worst just as we want to be

outside. We’re encouraged to be active – walking, hiking and cycling – but also warned about the increased stress on our lungs due to the pollutants.

A quick jump on a bike in the thick of traffic, even on the best of days, will let you know why that is. The heat and exhaust pouring out of cars, buses and trucks can be stifling. A bout of that makes you appreciate the wide open spaces and sparse traffic to be found on township roads. But with the kind of weather that enveloped us of late, we’re being warned against all kinds of strenuous activities, and advised to stay indoors as much as possible.

Not the ideal summer lifestyle, but a reminder of what we’ve done to the environment.

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The Bug-Eyed Monster problem

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There is absolutely no procedure enshrined in international law to respond to a signal from an alien civilization,” said Martin Dominik, an astronomer at the University of St. Andrews. “It makes sense to create a legally binding framework that is properly rooted in international law.”

Well, yes, it would make sense. But if the Bug-Eyed Monsters do send a message, would we really want to reply at all?

Bug-Eyed Monsters (BEMs), generally portrayed carrying off half-naked Earth maidens with evil intent, were a standard feature of pulp science fiction in the 1950s. We are all more sophisticated now, of course, but fear of alien

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contact is not necessarily irrational.

The specific reason for Prof. Dominik’s remarks is a survey of public attitudes towards alien contact that was launched in July by London’s Royal Society and the UK SETI Research Network, but in broader terms it is a response to two important developments in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) that occurred in 2015.

One was a debate at the

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onstantly connected, plugged in and logged on, we’re at a loss when the power goes out – we simply don’t know what do with ourselves.

Luckily, those episodes are few and far between, and are usually short-lived when they do happen, though it perhaps feels like an eternity as you sit around in the dark – literally and/or figuratively – waiting for the lights to come back on. Well, more to the point, for the TV, gaming system and streaming services to come back to life.

The electrical grid is much more reliable here than in much of the world, where service interruptions and even regular blackouts and brownouts are the norm. Still, there’s reason to be mindful of the potential for future disruptions if we get the kind of extreme weather predicted for the future.

The likes of high winds, tornadoes and freezing rain can all bring down power lines, cutting off power to a few homes in the case of a fallen tree to thousands should a major ice storm take out large swathes of the grid.

We’ve got the upcoming 16th anniversary of the Aug. 14, 2003 blackout that turned out to be North America’s largest power outage, eventually leaving 50 million people in eight U.S. states and Ontario without electricity.

The massive power outage served as an in-your-face reminder of just how dependent we are on the electrical grid – the very same one that’s been politicized by successive provincial governments, each looking to squander the legacy of Ontario Hydro.

The system has become more robust since the blackout, however. Likewise, attempts to bring more supply online and to boost conservation efforts have made it much less likely peak demand will take down the system. The

recent spate of hot weather, for instance, has seen an increase in demand, but nothing like the peaks of 15 years ago.

Still, there’s no reason to be complacent, as that situation can change, particularly given Ontario’s reliance on nuclear power and the costs of maintaining the system.

Substantial efforts are needed on the conservation and alternative-supply fronts to tackle the long-term issues we face in maintaining a safe, abundant and – equally important – affordable electrical system in place for Ontarians. We’ve taken conservation measures to heart, but prices continue to climb.

Time-of-day pricing hasn’t had the impact proponents claimed, though it has hit us financially.

Doing your laundry and cook-

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ing at, say, 2 a.m. would prevent you from paying more, as would avoiding heat in the dead of winter and air conditioning on the most stifling of summer days. Unfortunately, peak time is identified as that time when most of us need electricity: if the house is empty all day because we’re at work and school, there’s no usage going on. Ditto for the wee hours when most of us are asleep.

That said, there is every rea-

son for us to conserve, and it can be done without completely revamping your schedule. Simple measures such as reducing the wattage of light bulbs, using timers, and turning off lights and equipment when they’re not in use can be beneficial. Ultimately, larger-scale conservation measures are in order: requiring more stringent codes for home building, demanding more from appliance manufacturers, and the like. Retrofitting projects, whereby utilities actually pay for users to replace energy-hogging appliances and to upgrade insulation in their homes, have proven more cost effective than building new capacity, the usual choice of expansion-minded utilities.

Down the road, we’ll likely have to look at off-the-grid and

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neighbourhood micro-generators to help with costs and to improve reliability if severe weather, for instance, starts to place a bigger burden on the transmission system. There, too, conservation will be the key to making costs more manageable.

We should be mindful of our energy consumption, which is among the highest in the world.

We’re also well advised to keep an eye on the alternatives. Ontarians, of course, are very much aware of what electricity costs us, at least as it applies to our wallets.

Somewhat ironically, green energy is often blamed for ever-rising hydro rates. Though increasingly problematic, the impact is overstated by opponents. Whatever method we opt for, prices will go up. As consumers of electricity, we’ve never paid the actual cost of bringing it to us, let alone all the things that come along with our dependence of energy, such as the environmental impacts.

As with so much of our infrastructure, we’re having to renew decades-old systems while building new ones to accommodate population growth.

Increasingly criticized for generous payouts open to abuse, the Ontario government’s Green Energy Act has the ability to put the province in a better position for the long-term changes coming to the electricity industry. Consumers would see virtually no relief from high electricity prices in the medium and long run if the province scrapped its alternative energy plans.

If we’re to move away from our dependence on conventional energy sources, however, we’re going to have to go down the road less travelled.

In the near term, conservation is the most important factor. It’s the cheapest form of “generating” new supplies of energy, if the most neglected.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science convention in 2015 about whether ‘Active SETI’ was a good idea.

Should we advertise our existence and publish our address to the cosmos, or is that just asking for trouble?

Many of the scientists present backed a declaration that a “worldwide scientific, political and humanitarian discussion must occur before any message is sent.”

The other major event of 2015 was the launch of Russian-Israeli tech billionaire Yuri Milner’s tenyear Breakthrough Listen project, which is buying thousands of hours of time on the world’s most powerful radio telescopes to

search over a million stars for artificial radio or laser signals.

This is ‘Passive SETI’, and there’s certainly no harm in just looking for signs of the existence of other civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy.

There is “no bigger question in science,” said the late Prof. Stephen Hawking, who was an adviser to the project. But if you find such a civilization, an enormous debate will immediately erupt over whether we should reply or not. Hawking thought not.

The Breakthrough Listen project has been up and running for several years now, and last month it announced that it has so far examined 1,000 star sys-

tems within 160 light years of Earth but detected no transmissions from alien civilizations.

However, even if there were ten thousand civilizations in the galaxy, the probability that one of them would be within 160 light years of us is very low.

Moreover, they would have to be using a very powerful signal aimed specifically at us to be detected at that range. Old television programs do not travel across the galaxy intact. (Sorry, Galaxy Quest.)

In fact, it is remarkably quiet out there, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that there are no other civilizations in our corner of the galaxy. There is a rival hypothesis which suggests that there may

indeed be one or more civilizations in our galactic neighbourhood, but that they are observing radio silence.

Why? Because they know or at least suspect that there is something big and bad and dangerous lurking out there in the dark, and they do not want to attract its attention.

This hypothesis is increasingly being called the ‘Dark Forest Problem,’ after the extraordinary success of Chinese science-fiction writer Liu Cixin’s ‘ThreeBody Problem’ trilogy.

It traces the calamitous consequences over four hundred years of an alien contact scenario, initiated by well-meaning human beings, that goes desperately wrong.

Nothing in the science we know makes this hypothesis plausible. Interstellar travel is virtually impossible, and neither trade nor conquest would be profitable at interstellar distances even if it did somehow became possible.

The energy required and the time taken would simply be too great.

Or so we assume, but our current level of scientific knowledge is probably not the last word on the subject. We still have much to learn even about the basic physics of the universe – the nature and role of ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energy,’ for example – and distance alone might not be enough to protect us from any ill-intentioned BEMs with a sufficiently high level of

technology.

So Dominik is right: we do need to have an international discussion about whether we should make our existence known, should the intensified SETI research yield a positive result. And it would be wise to have it before the media circus that would erupt if we actually found a message.

Another of Milner’s programs, Breakthrough Message, is working on what kind of answer we might send, but its remit is clear. It has pledged “not to transmit any message until there has been a global debate at high levels of science and politics on the risks and rewards of contacting advanced civilizations.”

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There’ll be more information about the roof issues that have forced the closure of the Wellesley arena as the township hosts a special council meeting tonight (Aug. 1) at 7:15 p.m. in the Crosshill council chambers.

Anyone who would like to register as a delegation is asked to contact the clerk at gkosch@wellesley.ca no later than noon today.

The Nith River Monsters opened the game with six runs in the top of the first inning, pretty much sealing the fate of the Elmira Expos, who fell 11-2 in South Perth Men’s Fastball League action July 25 in Elmira.

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No holiday for these crews as Grand River Raceway marks Industry Day Monday will see two of the season’s biggest races, the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of the Belles, play out

Why you really need fishing glasses

BY STEVE KANNON skannon@woolwichobserver.com

The last round of eliminations having been run Monday night, the field is now set for a pair of marquee events at Grand River Raceway’s Industry Day: the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of the Belles.

The Battle of Waterloo, with $239,000 in prize money up for grabs, features a slate of nine Ontario-sired two-year-old pacing colts. For the Battle of the Belles, where the purse is $157,000, the field will be nine Ontario-sired twoyear-old pacing fillies.

The races are part of the Industry Day activities in which Grand River Raceway hosts a series of harness racing and family events. Along with the signature races, there’s a free kids’ zone with a petting zoo, face painting and bouncy castles.

“It’s one of the biggest draws of the year,” said Jenna Knox, the raceway’s meetings and events coordinator. “It’s a busy day – the parking lot is full, with people everywhere.”

Industry Day and the Battle of Waterloo, launched in 1998 at what was then the Elmira Raceway, are now part of the civic holiday tradition.

“One of the great things is the daytime racing as opposed to our usual night time card,” she said.

The festivities get underway at noon on August 5, with post time for the first race at 12:30 p.m. As always, there’s no cost for admission.

The elimination races July 29 determined who’d be taking part in next Monday’s battles.

In the Battle of Waterloo field, 13 of the nation’s top two-year-old colts battled for a spot, with the top four from each division and one fifth place finisher advancing based on a draw.

The first Battle Of Water-

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Alicorn, driven by Louis Philippe Roy, won the first elimination race Monday night at Grand River Raceway to qualify for the Battle of the Belles, part of the Industry Day activities slated for Aug. 5. [EMMA ONGMAN / AG PHOTOGRAPHY]

loo elimination saw Blake MacIntosh trainee Beach Blanket Book and driver James MacDonald blaze by the field to win by a head in 1:56.4. MacIntosh will be looking to score his second Battle Of Waterloo title since winning with Sports Column in 2016. Beach Blanket Book will leave from post 4 in the final.

Better B Swift finished second to Beach Blanket Book. The Scott McEneny trainee was driven by Sylvain Filion and dueled early with race favourite Denali Seelster (Doug McNair / Ian Moore).

Both Scott McEneny and Ian Moore will vie for their second Battle of Waterloo victory (McEneny won with Simple Kinda Man in 2017 and Moore won with Wellthereyougo in 2009) while Hall Of Famer Carl Jamie-

son will seek his sixth Battle Of Waterloo victory.

Better B Swift will need to bring some swift skills to the table as he will leave from the outside post 7, while Sports Obsession and team Jamieson will battle from post 5. Denali Seelster will leave from post 3.

Betterthancheddar colt Mr Cheeseman scored the final ticket to the big dance for driver Bob McClure and trainer Scott McNiven. The pacer was randomly drawn from the fifth-place finishers and will leave from post 6.

In the second division, Aneto and Bob McClure were able to fend off Wind Blown and J Harris. Aneto, trained

by Tim Gillespie for Synerco Ventures Inc., will leave from post 9 in the final.

The Battle Of Waterloo has been won by multiple

sons of the late Mach Three including Machapelo, Three Of Clubs and Somebeachsomewhere. Leaving from post 1, Wind Blown could add his name to the list of Mach Three grandchildren to capture the Battle of Waterloo.

Betterbuckleup will also advance to the final for driver James MacDonald and trainer Eric Adams who will leave from post 2. Tabloid Writer will start from post 8 for the brotherly tandem of Mario and Ben Baillargeon.

Twenty-two rookie freshman fillies contested three eliminations to determine the contenders for the Battle Of The Belles. The top three from each division advanced to the final.

The fastest freshman of the season thus far, Alicorn, was victorious in the

first of three Battle Of The Belles eliminations.

Driven by Louis Philippe Roy, Alicorn is trained by Chantal Mitchell, who is looking for redemption after finishing second with Bettors Wish in the 2018 edition of the Battle Of Waterloo. Alicorn will aspire to give her connections their first Belles victory from post 4 in the final.

The rest of the first elimination was rounded out

by Sound Idea, driven by Sylvain Filion and trained

by John Balzer. She will leave from post 6 in the final. Preeminence, driven

by Paul MacDonnell for trainer Marcel Barrieau will start from post 1.

Also advancing to the Battle of the Belles final is Blake MacIntosh trainee Queso Relleno, who swept the field RACING | 9

This week I finally broke down and bought a pair of new fishing glasses. This is an essential piece of gear every angler should have in summer because a) they cut the glare on the water and allow you to see into the depths, which is useful when figuring out structure such as weed beds, rock shoals and b) they also allows you to keep track of your lure and fish. Then there is c) they protect your eyes from errant hooks.

Most importantly, however, is d) they allow you to encounter people in skimpy bathing suits without having to look like a Marty Feldman impersonator. This last part is probably just as important as all the rest combined.

Here’s a good example why.

The other day I was minding my own business fishing, when a couple approached me and began a polite conversation about what I was catching and then about fly fishing in general. Normally, I am pleased to have conversations like this – especially since they only witnessed the pretty casts. Unfortunately, these people were in bathing suits and, if you combined both of their garments, they couldn’t have collected enough material to make a kid’s bow tie.

It is at times like these that an angler is happy he or she is wearing quality fishing glasses. Had I not been wearing them, they might have seen the look of sheer horror in my eyes – and once people like these sense fear they begin putting on sun tan lotion.

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Sugar Kings roster already taking shape

Elmira Junior B squad has added some new talent ahead of training camp, which opens Aug. 17

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

It may be mid-summer still, but the Elmira Sugar Kings roster is already starting to take shape.

Things will start moving forward with the first official training camp on August 17.

About a dozen returning players make up the lineup for the 2019/2020 season, including last year’s MVP Hunter Dubecki, versatile forward Brody Waters, and top defencemen Harrison Toms, along with several new recruits.

“We’re excited about the year going forward – we like our team, we think we’ve got a lot of good pieces in place.

We’ve got an experienced team with a lot of returning players and added some really good young players to that mix,” said Jeff Snyder, director of hockey operations.

“We’re just excited to get going.”

Joining the roster this year is forward Cooper Way from the Waterloo Minor Midget AAA squad.

Way was captain of the Waterloo Wolves and is a fourth-round pick of the

Oshawa Generals.

Adding to the defensive line of the team is former Kitchener Dutchmen Carter Lennon. Lennon has played consistently for Kitchener teams since the 2014-2015 Kitchener Junior Rangers Minor Midget AAA team and is making the move to Elmira this season.

“He’s a defenceman with two years’ experience going into his third year that we know very well because we’ve played against him,” said Snyder.

“We’re really happy to get him – we think he’ll fit into our group pretty

well and give us some excellent experience on our defence.”

Another newcomer is goaltender Gregory Brassard, who brings some diverse goaltending experience playing for a variety of teams, most recently the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners for the Northern Ontario Junior League in the 2018/2019 season.

“We have the same coaching staff coming back,” added Sugar Kings head coach Rob Collins.

“Everyone in the organization is focused on improving and not having the early exit – we think

of a first-round exit in this organization ... not to have that happen again.

Everyone’s got to get better, from the best player on the hockey team to a trainer.”

There are several spots still available on the roster before training camp opens. The camp will feature live scrimmages with referees, off-ice training, and testing to give the coaching staff a feel of what the team they’re working with.

Returning players from last year’s roster include Harrison Toms, Anthony Azzano, Liam

Burke, Tyson Hillier, Jeremey Goodwin, Kurtis Goodwin, Brody Waters, Hunter Dubecki, Mason McMahon, Zach Cameron, Jonah Burley, Jakson Kirk and Jacob Black.

“We’ve picked up a couple really good young, local players that we’re really happy to have and expect a couple more other local young players to make our team at training camp, so we think we’ll have an exciting team to watch,” said Snyder.

“Hopefully our fans will come out and support us and give them a great environment to play in.”

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tions and found a subtle way to immediately remove myself from the conversation. I told them I was feeling an imminent onset of Montezuma’s Revenge.

Then I ran off with buttocks intentionally clenched.

It was a close call, but at least I got out of there with my dignity intact.

Of course, not just any fishing glasses will do in a situation like this.

Here are a few things you should look for in a quality pair of fishing glasses. First, fit is critical.

The lenses should be close enough to your face to re-

duce the amount of light that comes in, but not so close that – when your eyes pop out of your head, as they will in situations like these – your eyeballs collide with them.

Next, they should be good dark lenses so no one can see what is going on behind them. If you have light lenses, this is just startling. To the people you are talking to, your eyeballs will look like two birds continually smashing into a plate glass window.

Lastly, your glasses should fit tight onto your head. I tend to use a leash or crazy glue to keep them

in place. That way they don’t fall off at an inopportune time, like when people in skimpy swimsuits break out in a spontaneous volleyball game or decide to recreate the opening scene from Baywatch.

That’s all you really need to know about fishing glasses and why they are so important.

If you have these bases covered, you will be able to go fishing anywhere, including clothing optional beaches and be able to hold your head up high – which, if you think about it, is better than holding your head down low in places like these.

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with Jody Jamieson aboard.

Queso Relleno scored her maiden victory in the second elimination division in 1:55.4 and will leave from post 3 in the final.

Joining Queso Relleno in the Battle of the Belles final will be Temagami Seelster (J Harris / Wayne McGean) who will leave from post 2 and race favourite All Day Sunshine (Sylvain Filion / Richard Moreau) who will start from post 9. Trainer Wayne McGean seeks his second Battle title after winning with Bronx Seelster in last year’s Battle of

Waterloo. Harris, Moreau and Filion are all looking to score their first Belles title.

It wouldn’t be Industry Day without an entry from the local father and son duo of Doug and Gregg McNair who have been victorious in the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of the Belles with stable stars such as Trail Boss, Three of Clubs, Magnum J and Lady Shadow. This year, the team will send out Karma Seelster, the winner of the third and final elimination.

Karma Seelster let the early action unfold before coming on to mark her

first lifetime victory in 1:56.2 (after heavy rainfall degraded the track from a fast to good speed rating).

Karma Seelster will start from post 8.

Finishing second to Karma Seelster and advancing to the final was the Amanda Fine trainee Highland Salsa, driven by J Harris. Highland Salsa will leave from post 5 for her young teamster. Trainer Blake MacIntosh will have another shot of capturing the Battle of The Belles title with Bettorbeasecret, driven by Robert Shepherd. She will leave from post 7.

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Notice of Intention to Amend the Fees & Charges By-Law The Region of Waterloo intends to amend By-law 19-016 (Establish Fees and Charges). The amendment to the by-law will include changes to Child Care Fees.

The by-law will be considered at the Regional Council Meeting scheduled for: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Regional Municipality of Waterloo Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Administration Building 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener If you wish to speak at the Council meeting, please register as a delegation with the Region's Council and Administrative Services Division at 519-575-4400 by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 19, 2019. If you require accessible services to participate, please contact the Council & Administrative Services at least five days in advance of the meeting.

This notice is in accordance with the “Municipal Act”, 2001.

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The Woolwich Wave swim team is practicing twice a week at the WMC to prepare for their upcoming finals swim meet Aug. 10, the semi-finals having been held last weekend. [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]

The funding source for a host of recreation projects in the township over the past decade, the Woolwich Recreation Facilities Foundation plans to add to the list starting this month.

The latest proposal calls for the installation of a zipline feature at Elmira’s Bolender Park. The structure will be similar to the one installed five years ago in Gibson Park, only larger, WRFF’s Ruby Weber told councillors meeting Tuesday night.

Work is expected to get underway shortly.

As with the structure adjacent to the Kate’s Place playground, this zipline will be accessible to kids of all ages and abilities.

Also in Bolender Park, and with different kinds of strings attached, WRFF offered to contribute $20,000 towards the purchase of portable washrooms near the splash pad – itself another project funded

through the foundation – but with conditions.

Weber asked the township to agree to differentiate men’s and women’s facilities – i.e. no urinals in the ladies’ room – and to look at moving them from their current location.

“They’re conditions that I think can be met,” she suggested.

Recreation director Ann McArthur said the washroom situation is already part of the plan, but noted the electrical supply is in place and moving it would cost more money. There are also accessibility concerns that would require a proper walkway to the restrooms.

Her department has been renting the higher-end portable washroom units, but plans to purchase them as a more cost-effective move.

Weber’s request to move them stems from the high-visibility location, which also happens to be a low spot in the parking lot

that is prone to large puddles forming around the restrooms.

“My concern is the aesthetics – when you drive in, the first thing you see is the washrooms, not the park,” she said in response to a question from Mayor Sandy Shantz.

Also on the agenda is $5,000 towards a climbing wall at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, the project for which WRFF was originally launched.

Weber also noted there are now plans to move ahead with a $250,000 splash pad for Breslau.

Smaller in scale than the $500,000 project in Elmira, it’s a more manageable fundraising goal, she said, adding the effort would require a partnership between WRFF, the Breslau Lions Club and the township.

Weber plans to apply for grants available in 2020 and 2021 as part of financing drive that will also require a fundraising effort from the community.

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ON THE FUNDING BUS The province has allocated $60.7 million for transit infrastructure projects such as new bus shelters in the Region of Waterloo, this week nominating 16 projects under the public transit stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). The projects are now with the federal government for final funding decisions as they are reviewed for eligibility under the ICIP program. Some projects could begin as soon as fall 2019.

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PUMPING PORK The federal Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food last week announced an investment of up to $6 million to Canada Pork International to strengthen, diversify and grow Canada's pork exports in priority markets around the world. The money is supposed to help Canada's pork industry in their efforts to boost awareness of the industry in priority international markets, positioning Canadian pork producers to further benefit from new opportunities created by Canada's free trade agreements.

Brewing up something special in Elmira S O M E T H I N G N E W O N TA P

Tough conditions make this Food Day extra special

Roger Lichti pursues his passion and sense of community with the Rural Roots Brewing Company

BY STEVE KANNON skannon@woolwichobserver.com

For Elmira’s Roger Lichti, beer is more than just a refreshing beverage: it’s the catalyst for socializing with people.

That was the case when he’d have friends over to sample his home-brew creations, and now he’s looking to expand his circle of friends by opening the doors to the Rural Roots Brewing Company in Elmira.

A long-time enthusiast, his interest in brewing stems from a late-1990s trip to the UK, where he was introduced to a variety of different beers and to the concept of the local, a public house that serves as something of a community gathering place.

That concept stayed with him over the years. The home brewing followed later on, the idea of the friendly pub lingering in the background. Provincial rules not being conducive to the old-fashioned public house – opening the doors of one’s home to patrons interested in a pint and a bite to eat, perhaps – Lichti’s next step was setting up shop in a licensed venture.

The space he chose is tucked back off the road at 21 Industrial Dr., sharing the property with Martin’s Small Engines and Auto Clinic.

Most recently an ac-

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Roger Lichti has his kegs ready for tapping at the Rural Roots Brewing Company, with just the final paperwork to go before the beer flows.

counting office, the building was completely revamped to suit the open format of Lichti’s vision.

Within the cozy confines, there are sitting areas, a bar and brewing setup open to full view. It’s a spot he hopes proves welcoming.

“We’re about more than just beer. We want to create that space and place where everyone feels comfort-

able,” says Lichti of Rural Roots, a business name derived from his childhood growing up on a farm near Ethel and his current home in Elmira.

“I’m people-focused as opposed to beer-focused,” he adds with a laugh.

The beer is the impetus for the new business, but it’s really “all about community” at the end of the

day.

He started making his own beer, gradually expanding from simple kits to more involved brewing, acquiring better equipment, experience and recipes along the way.

From there, the decision was whether to make the big leap from hobbyist to a professional operation.

“The big question was

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Making the leap was easier with the support of family and friends, Lichti notes, crediting his wife and business partner – Sue From, a sales representative for RE/MAX Solid Gold BREWING | 12

aturday, August 3, is what’s become known as Food Day Canada, thanks to the hard work and determination of Elora Canadian food stalwart Anita Stewart.

The first Saturday in August was specifically chosen by Stewart for Food Day Canada, going back more than 15 years. It’s hard to beat August for fresh food, which is the whole premise of the event.

Like Thanksgiving is a nod to the end of the crop harvest, Food Day Canada is a celebration of our bounty at its freshest, and of those who produce it.

Food Day Canada is not an officially recognized event, as in government recognition, but it’s as close as it gets, with 22 municipalities across the country lighting up their town halls or other iconic buildings – such as the CN Tower – to signify their recognition of the way food helps shape our nation.

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“My wife, Sue, is fully engaged in doing this. I wouldn’t be doing this without her.”

When the doors open, five of his brews will be on tap. Given that it’s summertime, he’s starting with some light options, including what he calls his NQ IPA, short for Not Quite an IPA, a kolsch and a cream ale. There’s also a porter.

More offerings will follow, and Lichti says he expects local tastes and preferences will play a part in determining which will become standards.

To that end, making Rural Roots a welcoming environment extends to encouraging people to try out the brews and provide some feedback.

“The idea is to take people through a tasting journey,” he says of the beers on offer, which reflect his preference for traditional, simple ingredients and techniques.

“I wanted to go back to

Thyme to come up with some unique flavours.

“We try to use ingredients as local as we can,” he says. “Again, it’s been about keeping things simple.”

As he readied the locale, he’s found other microbrewery operators in the area to be extremely helpful and generous with their time. There’s also been plenty of support from

local businesses, including his new landlord, Rick Weber of Martin’s Small Engines.

Busy this week putting the finishing touches on the completely transformed space, Lichti had one more detail to contend with: the paperwork. The final approvals of the Canada Revenue Agency and the Alcohol and Gaming

Commission of Ontario, however, are issues well beyond his control. His hopes of being open for the long weekend rest with the bureaucracies, a situation that might lead anyone to search out a nice refreshing beverage.

To find out just how things turn out, keep an eye on www.ruralrootsbrewery.ca.

A BATTLE OF THE BREWERS

Lichti has been spending plenty of time with his new brewing equipment.

some simple beers with flavour and a lot of taste.

“I like variety. I want there to be something for people to see and try – I like beer that has some character.”

Beyond the beer, Lichti has plans for a simple menu of a few appetizers and some mains in the vein of pulled pork, sausages,

whistle dogs and sandwiches. Perhaps a few visiting food trucks to mix things up, he suggests.

With both the beer and food, Lichti says local is always the first choice in sourcing ingredients, whether that’s sourcing hops from Tavistock or working with Dierre Acheson at Never Enough

Block Three Brewery took home the hardware in the 5th annual Battle of the Breweries July 24 at Abe Erb Brewing in Kitchener. The St. Jacobs brewery participated in friendly battle among seven KW Breweries for top honours in fruit beer styles. Attendees were enamoured with their Fickle Mistress: POG, enough to secure the top spot. Block Three reps Drew Chester, John McClare, James Pate, Graham Spence and Kevin Freer accepted the honours for this friendly competition amongst some of the region’s best brewers.

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questions floating around about what is truly Canadian food.

That’s where Stewart’s Shop Like a Canadian feature on fooddaycanada. ca comes in. She put it together as a tribute to our country’s 150th birthday, and it continues to resonate ... maybe more so this year, because of the challenges facing Canadian

farmers.

“Our country is staring down a global food system that is not always in Canada’s favour,” she says, citing assaults from China on our canola and pork exports and foreign efforts to dismantle our supply-managed industries, particularly dairy and poultry.

“When Canadians support Canadian producers,

it means our food system – made up of our friends, neighbours and family members – is that much more insulated against a volatile market,” she says.

“Supporting Canadian is also better for our environment, and honestly just tastes better.”

The University of Guelph is getting behind Food Day Canada with a promotion that includes commentary

from its head chef Vijay Nair.

He says for him, Food Day Canada is about the commitment to local farmers and producers. His team works year-round with local community leaders and food producers, from day-to-day to award-winning events and occasions.

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On Aug. 3, Stewart is encouraging people to post photos of their Canadi-

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Happy Food Day Canada.

We’re spending ours on our daughter’s family crop and livestock farm, celebrating a grandchild’s first birthday, anticipating local food that day will centre on cake and ice cream.

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A favourite summer pursuit of some leisurely reading is a bit more involved this year for those avid readers taking part in the Evergreen Book Awards.

The program allows participants to explore 10 different stories and nominate their favourite as the winner.

The awards are part of the Forest of Reading, the largest recreational reading program in Canada. An initiative of the Ontario Library Association, its goal is to instill a love of reading in people of all ages.

Forest of Reading offers seven programs for kids (Blue Spruce, White Pine, etc.) and one aimed at an adult audience, Evergreen.

Those participating in the program read a total of 10 fiction and non-fiction books by Canadian authors, before eventually selecting their favourite.

The Elmira branch of the Region of Waterloo Library played host to an Evergreen gathering July 24.

“They are all different genres,” explained Cher Carpenter of the Elmira library. “French Exit (Patrick deWitt) is a quirky comedy; Hysteria (Elisabeth de Mariaffi) is suspense, I’m Afraid of Men (Vivek Shraya) is written in poetry form, Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore (Kim Fu) seems to be a crowd favourite right now – that and French Exit.”

The titles were all selected

by Canadian librarians. Other novels include All Things Consoled: A Daughter’s

The Elmira library's Cher Carpenter with this year's Evergreen Book Award nominees. [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]

Memoir by Elizabeth Hay, Foe by Ian Reid, Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, The Return of the Kid Cooper by Brad Smith, The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson, and Vi by Kim Thúy.

Those participating have the opportunity to read the novels throughout the summer months.

“In September, everybody casts their vote to what their favourite book was,” said Carpenter. “Then we give all that to the Forest of Reading committee, and then they would decide who received the most number of votes.

Then that author would receive the award.”

The Elmira branch is simply referring to this program as a summer book

club for adults. The group meets periodically to share their thoughts. This program is active across the country, including many local library locations.

“We have four of our branches that are doing this: Ayr, Wellesley, New Hamburg and Elmira are all running these Evergreen book clubs,” said Carpenter. “And it’s with a purpose; they determine who their winner is.”

Wellesley’s seminar to discuss the findings is still upcoming and will take place on August 7 at the Waterloo Public Library’s Wellesley branch.

Those interested in getting involved can visit their local library branch for more details.

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The Front Page, one of the great satires about the world of journalism, hits the stage in Stratford under the direction of Festival veteran Graham Abbey. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and newly adapted by Canadian playwright Michael Healey, this comedy-drama is now in previews at the Festival Theatre and will officially open on Aug. 15. www.stratfordfestival.com

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Beauty and the Beast gets a Drayton spin The classic tale of Belle and the Beast comes to the stage in Drayton Entertainment’s musical adaptation

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Jessica Gallant as Belle as Tony Edgerton as The Beast in the Drayton Entertainment production that opens Aug. 15. [SUBMITTED]

the end when everyone’s happy and there’s a happy ending. It’s really fun as an actor to play a Disney princess but feel all the feelings.”

A veteran actor of nearly a decade, Gallant easily fits the role of Belle. And she’s no stranger to Disney productions, having played the role of Ariel in Drayton Entertainment’s 2018 production of The Little Mermaid.

Her previous roles include Anne Shirley in Anne of

Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival), Ali in Mamma Mia (Neptune Theatre) and Savannah in Freaky Friday (Neptune Theatre).

Gallant said that while she looked to other interpretations of her character in forming the role, including the 1991 animated version and the 2017 film, she put her original spin on it.

“What’s great about our director Jayme Armstrong is she let me bring myself to Belle,” explained Gal-

lant. “So I knew the story, but I’ve brought myself to her.

“Belle is so strong and brave. What I love about Belle is, everyone calls her beautiful and talks about her looks, but she’s so smart. Just brilliant and calculated and just a super courageous and brave character.”

Another experienced actor, Tony Edgerton, plays the role of Prince Adam/ Beast, a part he has taken

on many times before for several theatre companies (Arizona Broadway/ Herberger Theatre). His previous works include Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd (The Herberger Centre), Jekyll/Hyde in Jekyll/ Hyde (Slow Burn Theatre/ Broward Centre), and Pharaoh/Issachar in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (national tour).

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A tale perhaps as old as time, Beauty and the Beast has been told in many versions, with most of us being familiar with some iteration: films, novels, television shows or perhaps animation. Now, Drayton Entertainment aims for a fresh retelling on the fantasy/romance musical while remaining faithful to the 18-century fairy tale.

An enchantress disguised as a beggar metamorphoses a handsome prince into a monstrous beast to punish him for refusing to let her into his home. All of his servants are transformed into household objects, and the spell can only be broken if he finds his one true love before the last petal falls off an enchanted rose. He meets his match with the bold and beautiful bookworm, Belle, after he saves her from a pack of wolves.

But can the Beauty tame the Beast and see the humanity in him before time runs out?

“The most challenging part – there’s a moment in the story where it’s hard for her because she gets ripped away from everything that she knew,” said Jessica Gallant, who takes on the lead role of Belle. “Her father gets taken away from her, and she loses her freedom because the Beast says that she has to stay in the castle forever.

“There are some ups and downs in the story, so it is sometimes hard to go to that place and feel that but it makes it pay off in

Belle’s affections Gaston (David Light), and his loyal sidekick LeFou (Eric Dahlinger), Belle’s inventor father Maurice (Geoffrey Whynot), the motherly Mrs. Potts (Valerie Boyle), the kindhearted, rebellious Lumiere (Billy Lake), Lumiere’s best friend Cogsworth (Aidan deSalaiz) and the adventurous, curious Chip (Lucas Way). A large ensemble cast is also featured in the performance.

“We have a lot of Drayton regulars like Billy Lake who was in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – he’s playing Lumiere. The whole cast is just unbelievable,” said Gallant.

The cast gets to enjoy a vibrant array of costumes designed by Rachel Berchtold to portray the unique characters. For instance, Lumiere has been transformed into a candlestick, Cogsworth into a clock, Mrs. Potts into a teapot, Chip into a teacup.

“The costumes are on a whole other level. They’re so colourful, and it goes with the set perfectly,” said Gallant. “You get immersed in the world. It’s so easy to act with everybody when they literally look like a teapot. They’re so amazing. I get to wear the iconic yellow dress which I love.”

The Drayton Entertainment production of Beauty and the Beast runs at the Drayton Theatre from August 15-31. Tickets can be purchased at any Drayton Entertainment box office, by calling (519) 638-5555 – toll-free at 1-855-drayton (372-9866), or online at www.draytonentertainment.com.

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At Floradale Feed Mill Limited we take pride in providing the finest in quality feeds and service to our customers in the livestock and poultry industries. Therefore, a background in agriculture is considered an asset.

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Drayton in sight of the home stretch in preparing for its upcoming 163rd annual fair next week

BY STEVE KANNON skannon@woolwichobserver.com

Heading into the final week before the Drayton Fair, the volunteer organizers are busy putting a year’s worth of planning into action.

“It’s panic mode just now,” Drayton Mapleton Agricultural Society Fair Board treasurer Arlie Zantinge said with a laugh. “It’s a lot of hoping and praying that nobody is away on vacation right as we’re getting down to the details.”

While the volunteers are in go-go-go mode right now, the thousands of people who attend the event are simply waiting for the gates to open on August 9.

For its 163rd outing, the fair will be offering up a range of family-friendly events and activities, agricultural exhibits,

farm-animal shows and the traditional crowd-favourites that are the truck and tractor pulls and the demolition derby.

The gates open on the Friday night at 5 p.m., allowing visitors to tour the exhibits before the local truck and tractor pull revs up at 6 p.m. Things get going in earnest on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. There will be a range of exhibits and animal and horticultural contests, including the horse, goat and dairy shows.

“We’re one of the first shows of the season, so the kids are eager to get going and show what they’ve been doing,” said Zantinge of animal shows, which have a large component of 4-H Club members.

A baby show and the Diamonds in the Ruff dog show are also on tap. The day will involve plenty of

activities for kids, including all things bubbles.

“There’s bubble soccer, bubblemania, and the kids will be painting things with bubbles,” she said.

Saturday wraps up with Ontario Truck and Tractor Pulling Association truck and tractor pull.

The antique tractor display runs all day, and through the weekend.

On Sunday, the sheep and beef shows take over the contest component.

New this year is a show

by Tiger Paws Exotic Pets at noon. As usual, the big draw is expected to be the demolition derby.

“The tractor pull and the demolition derby are our bread and butter,” said Zantinge.

All told, the fair sees about 3,000 people show up each day. To keep things running smoothly, the board depends on some 60 volunteers.

“We have a great group of volunteers of all ages.”

The Drayton Fair runs August 9-11. Admission for adults is $10 per entry ($15 after 5 p.m., and all day Sunday) or $30 for the weekend. Children ages 6 to 12 pay $5, with a wristband good for the entire weekend, while those under the age of 6 are admitted for free. The gates to the fair will open at 5 p.m. on August 9, and 10 a.m. on Saturday and 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. More details and the full schedule can be found online at www. draytonfair.com.

In the meantime, preparations continue, along with checking out the weather forecast.

“We’ll all be watching the skies, checking our phones and looking at the forecast,” Zantinge said with a laugh. “It’s always exciting with the fair to see what we get.”

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F A M I LY A L B U M OBITUARY

OBITUARY

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THANK YOU

Thank You I would like to thank family, friends and neighbours for all their thoughts, prayers and support during my recent bereavement and illness.

DYCK, Peter Gerhard Brubacher, Aden S.

Martin, Abner

Went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the Freeport site of Grand River Hospital, in his 88th year. Loving husband for 63 years of Ida (Martin) Brubacher of Elmira. Dear father of David and Dianne of Listowel, Betty and Al Marshall of Elmira, and Dennis of Elmira. Grandfather of Jeremy, Lindsey (Jeff Elders), Jonathan (Shivani Handa) and Melody (Brett Banks); Katie Marshall (Aron Roxin) and Daniel Marshall (Farah Ateeq).

Great-grandfather of Caleb and Colin Elders. Brother-in-law of Edwin Martin, Eileen and Clarence Heintz, Mildred Martin, Edith Martin, and Alice Martin. Predeceased by his parents Henry K. and Susannah (Sittler) Brubacher, brother Irvin, sisters Edna, Minerva and Lovina, brothers-in-law Levi Kraemer, Elmer Martin, Aden Martin, Roy Martin, Howard Martin, and Amsey Martin. Aden and Ida were the owners of the Dorking General Store for 29 years. Aden was a faithful member of Zion Mennonite Church and a dedicated volunteer at MCC Thrift and Gift.

He loved to visit with people, and made friends wherever he went in his travels.

Aden was an avid bowler, crokinole player, and popcorn connoisseur. The family received relatives and friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira. Interment took place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in Elmira Mennonite Cemetery. A memorial service followed at 11 a.m. at Elmira Mennonite Church. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Mennonite Central Committee, or Diabetes Canada would be appreciated.

Passed away peacefully after a brief illness on July 27, 2019 at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, at the age of 83 years. Beloved husband of Ann Martin of Elmira. Dear father of Debbie Martin of Mississauga, Dawna Martin of Elmira, Jeff and Debbie Martin of Elmira, and Jon and Chris Martin of Waterloo.

Loving grandfather of Angela and Andrew (Alicia); Olivia and Maria; Jason and Jessica, and great-grandfather of Wynter. Fondly remembered by his sister Elvina Woolner, many nieces, nephews and their families. Will be missed by his ‘Group of Seven’. Predeceased by his parents Nelson and Maryann Martin, siblings Cindy, Urias, Maryann, and Nelson. Ab was employed at Canada Trust for 43 years, having managed the Elmira branch for 27 years. He loved hockey and baseball, volunteering, and spending time with his family. The family received relatives and friends on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Elmira Mennonite Church, 58 Church St. W., Elmira with reception to follow. Interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated.

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BRUBACHER, SARAH (MRS. NELSON) Sarah Brubacher (Bearinger), of RR#1 Holstein, passed away at her home on Friday, July 26, 2019 at the age of 92 years.

LOPERS, DOREEN TRIJN (STEENBERGEN) - Of Drayton peacefully went home to be with her Lord at the Chartwell Nursing Home, Elmira on Tuesday,

Thank you and God Bless

Passed away peacefully at Barnswallow Place Care Community on Friday, July 26, 2019, to be with his Lord and Saviour, in his 96th year.

Millie Sanders PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

Beloved husband of Lillian (nee Fehderau) for over 68 years. Loving father of Dianne Friesen, Randy (Ruth) Dyck and Jamie VanDyck. Proud grandfather of Dana (Joel) Crawford, Jared Friesen, Jeremy (Lisa) Dueck, Karalyn (Aaron) Smits.

Great-grandfather of Cadence, Kirsten, Ethan, Tristan, Carter.

Predeceased by his son at birth and son-in-law Albert Friesen. Peter was the last surviving member of his birth family, predeceased by parents Gerhard and Louise (Unruh) Dick, siblings Walter, George, Marwood, Mary, Louise and Frieda.

Peter worked at Sutherland-Schultz for 20 years before starting his own company, P.G. Dick Electric Limited for the next 25 years. His involvement in the Mennonite Brethren Church choir and the Jubilation Male Choir spanned almost 50 years. Throughout his life, Peter cherished good friendships and nurtured them.

The family would like to thank the wonderful staff (nurses, care workers, Dr. Hahn) at Barnswallow Place who made his life more comfortable to the end.

The family received relatives and friends on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo. A celebration of Peter’s life will be held at WMB Church – Kitchener Site, 19 Ottawa St. N., Kitchener on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

Reception at the church.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to Multiply (MB Mission) or the Canadian Bible Society would be appreciated by the family and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

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Hugh lived well, laughed often and loved much. He will always hold a special place in his loved ones’ lives, full of memories of how he helped shape their futures and guided them through thick and thin.

Hugh Pitcher’s family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home (507 Frederick Street, Kitchener) on Wednesday, August 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday, August 8 from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. His Memorial Service will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, August 8 at 10:30 a.m. In memory of Hugh, please come in your favourite Hawaiian shirt.

Hugh’s last ride will take place on August 8. If you’re a rider, please ride your motorcycle to the funeral home and join the procession following his service.

A reception will follow Hugh’s last ride.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to The Grand River Ride for Dad will be greatly appreciated.

Hugh’s family extends their heartfelt thanks to those who worked to save his life before emergency services arrived, to the witnesses who came forward, and to the emergency responders for their care of and respect for Hugh and his family.

When a motorcycle is in motion, please see more than the motorcycle - see the person under the helmet... It could be your friend, neighbour or relative. In this case, it was a husband, father and grandfather.

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On Aug. 9, 19 year old photographer Leah Denbok brings her work to Cambridge with an exhibit at Millpond Records & Books in Hespeler. The exhibit runs until Sept. 6. Titled “Nowhere To Call Home”, the exhibit’s aim is to raise awareness about the plight of those experiencing homelessness. All proceeds from the sale of her portraits during this exhibit will be donated to The Bridges.

Cambridge Rotary Ribfest returns for another year Aug. 9-11 at Riverside Park in Cambridge. The event offers free admission, parking, entertainment and a kid zone, though a donation to Rotary is welcomed.

Donations collected help fund various charities, projects and humanitarian causes that Rotary supports.

Organizers expect some 30,000 people to attend. www.cambridgeribfest.com

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In the EDSS class of 1970? Save the date Organizers getting the word out in advance of a 50th anniversary reunion set for next June in Winterbourne

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

A good friend knows all your best stories, but a best friend has lived them with you – it’s an expression that certainly rings true for the Elmira District Secondary School class of 1970.

Members of the Grade 13 graduating class are scheduled to get together at a Winterbourne farm property for their 50th high school reunion in June 2020 to reminisce and reconnect. They’re already busy getting the word out, looking to reach as many of their former classmates as possible.

“In many things you do ... sometimes there are bonds that form,” said Mark Soehner, the Calgary resident and EDSS graduate who is spearheading the latest effort. “In this case, it was well-established when we graduated in June of 1970.”

Various grads from the class of ’70 get together fairly frequently, having reunited four times at the 10th, 20th, 30th and 40th anniversaries, said Soehner. The 40th reunion took place locally at Soehner’s parents’ house on Arthur Street in Elmira, with 40 former students and 30 spouses/friends showing up.

The latest get together was in 2016, when many members of the group collectively celebrated their 65th birthdays that year – that event had 35 students and 15 friends/spouses attending. Refreshments, food, and picture board

Calgary resident and EDSS graduate Mark Soehner stands by the school crest that he helped put up nearly half a century ago. Also adorning his yearbook, "Ad obscuriate ad lucem" translates to "From darkness into light." [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]

collages were all featured as the alumni played some fun games that also served as a real test of their memories.

“We had some door prizes last time. I brought in some birdhouses from Calgary,” said Soehner. “We had some goofy prizes – we had some games questioning ‘who said this?’ – some famous statements back

then by one of our students. Or a question who was in this club, or that club. At that last party, we had teams coming up with these answers.”

Soehner has been reaching out by email to many alumni since April, suggesting the group save the date in June of next year.

Email addresses were obtained a number of years

ago through a network of emails and records collected by EDSS. As of now, 10 members of the class of 1970 have signed on for the half-century celebration, with his search sadly indicating the passage of time as nine former classmates have since passed away.

At the 2010 event, former teachers were invited as guests, including but not

limited to Bill Crane, Bill Exley, and Terry Bryant.

There are a fair number of alumni who reside in Woolwich Township, such as Elmira lawyer David Teahen, and Steve and Rhonda Bock of Bock D R Optometry. However, many alumni can come from as far as Winnipeg, Kamloops, British Columbia and Colorado in the

United States.

Those interested in learning more details about the event can contact Soehner at mark@calgarycupola.com. The exact event date is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2020 in at Dennis and Helen Martin's Winter Rose Farm in Winterbourne. It will be a late-afternoon to early-evening event.

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Using hard cooked eggs in sandwiches adds protein and a creamy texture to this filling. While this recipe calls for feta, you can easily switch things up with goat cheese or ricotta for a flavour twist.

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1/2 cup whole-grain couscous 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 tsp. dried thyme or Italian herb seasoning 3/4 cup sodium-reduced vegetable or chicken broth 1/4 cup each grated carrot and zucchini or diced bell pepper 3 hard cooked eggs, peeled 1/3 cup 0% fat plain Greek yogurt 1/2 cup quartered grape tomatoes or chopped tomatoes 1/4 cup crumbled light feta cheese 3 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil or parsley 1/4 tsp. fresh ground pepper 4 small whole grain flour tortillas 1. Place couscous in a bowl with garlic and thyme. Bring broth to a boil and pour over couscous. Stir in carrot and zucchini; cover and let stand for 5 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, in another bowl, mash eggs with a fork and stir in yogurt, tomatoes, feta, basil and pepper. Add couscous mixture and stir to combine.

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Mooning over some common phrases Q. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eating bread crusts actually gives you curly hair,â&#x20AC;? the headline reads. What? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s news to you. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that all about?

A. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually fake news, created by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) called Grover that can both write and detect fake news, says Donna Lu in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

Created by Rowan Zellers and his colleagues at the University of Washington, Grover can write articles, adjusting the style to mimic pieces from particular time periods or on a specific website. When given a fake headline like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eating bread crusts actually gives you curly hair,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;within seconds, Grover spits out articles complete with invented statistics and fake quotes, often from real experts or politicians.â&#x20AC;?

Then, Grover and three other AIs were given the task of distinguishing between 5000 real news articles from human journalists and 5000 fake ones generated by Grover. The verifier version of Grover could identify fake news 92% of the time, while the next-best AI achieved only 73% accuracy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the future, major websites and platforms could run text-checking AIs to filter for fake content before it is shared, in a similar way to how YouTube already uses algorithms to check for nudity and copyright infringement on uploaded videos,â&#x20AC;? says Zellers.

can fly, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take off,â&#x20AC;? explains Dan Lewis on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I Knowâ&#x20AC;? website. Birdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wings have long, feathered protrusions that can generate enough thrust to achieve liftoff. But batsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wings â&#x20AC;&#x153;are basically large, webbed hands; the wings are composed of a skinlike membrane stretched across three jointed bones similar to fingersâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Fridayâ&#x20AC;?). Once airborne, they can fly long distances and maneuver seamlessly.

So how do bats take off ? Though their tiny, underdeveloped legs canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t push themselves forward, their claws enable them to climb high enough off the ground; then using gravity, they only have to drop a few feet and take to the skies. During the day, when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asleep and might otherwise be easy prey, bats use the special-

Q. Why do bats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; those winged, flying mammals that tend to dwell in caves â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sleep upside down?

A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because while bats

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ized tendons in their feet to hang upside down and catch some Zâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Q. Are you â&#x20AC;&#x153;moonstruckâ&#x20AC;? by a full moon?

Perhaps you can define these other moon-related terms: â&#x20AC;&#x153;superluminary,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;lunule,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;meniscusâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;blue moonâ&#x20AC;??

A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Superluminaryâ&#x20AC;? draws from the Latin for â&#x20AC;&#x153;aboveâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;moonâ&#x20AC;? and means â&#x20AC;&#x153;situated beyond the moonâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;celestial,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;exalted,â&#x20AC;? explains Anu Garg on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;wordsmith. orgâ&#x20AC;? website. And did you know that â&#x20AC;&#x153;lunuleâ&#x20AC;?

(LOON-yool) is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the

crescent-shaped whitish area at the base of the fingernailâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;any crescent-shaped mark or object.â&#x20AC;?

Somewhat related is â&#x20AC;&#x153;meniscus,â&#x20AC;? from the Greek â&#x20AC;&#x153;meniskosâ&#x20AC;? (crescent), diminutive of â&#x20AC;&#x153;meneâ&#x20AC;? (moon). It has several definitions, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;something having a crescent shapeâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;a thin cartilage disk between bones in a joint, such as in a knee or wrist.â&#x20AC;?

moon is called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;blue moon,â&#x20AC;? occurring on average every 2.7 years.

When a full moon appears blue, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually due to the smoke or dust particles from forest fires, volcanic eruptions, etc.

The reason for the name is unknown, but, Garg suggests, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perhaps the literal blue moon got conflated with the other extra full moon because both are unusual and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t occur that often.â&#x20AC;?

Finally, â&#x20AC;&#x153;once in a blue moonâ&#x20AC;? means â&#x20AC;&#x153;rarelyâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;not often.â&#x20AC;? Though a year typically has 12 full moons, an extra full

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