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MARCH 14, 2019 FUNDING MODEL

Ontario announces joint $30-billion infrastructure program

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

The Elmira Sugar Kings’ season came to an end on Saturday in a 4-0 loss to Kitchener in game seven of the GOJHL playoff series. [FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER]

Kings eliminated by Kitchener in first round 4-0 defeat in game seven puts an end to any hopes of returning to 2016-17 championship form

BY FAISAL ALI

fali@woolwichobserver.com

The Elmira Sugar Kings season came to an end this weekend via a 4-0 shutout in game seven of the first-round series against Kitchener.

Coming to the brink of elimination in the penultimate game of the series last week, the Kings

squeaked by with a 3-2 OT win, forcing the two teams to settle the round in a winner-takes-all matinee at the Kitchener arena on Saturday.

It wasn’t close last weekend, however, and any hope of returning to the Sutherland Cup finals fell flat.

The loss put a definitive end to a season that included a fifth-

place finish in the Midwestern Conference and saw the head coach let go in January.

“I can imagine how difficult of a season it was for the players in the context of the coaching change,” said the team’s new head coach Rob Collins, who stepped up to the position after Trent Brown’s removal. “I was definitely trying to implement a

few different things than Trent was and I think we just ran out of time to have the things that we were trying to apply to our game turn into habit.

“Speaking from experience, in playing on teams that had coaching changes in the middle of the year, there's definitely an adjustment period that's needed in orKINGS | 02

The region’s townships have a shot at new infrastructure funding under a joint municipal-provincial-federal program announced this week. Road and bridge projects in rural and northern communities are part of the first phase of a 10-year, $30-billion funding model.

Provincial Infrastructure Minister Monte McNaughton made the announcement at the Wilmot municipal office in Baden on Tuesday morning alongside a group that included regional chair Karen Redman, Wellesley Mayor Joe Nowak and Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris.

“This investment will improve the lives of the people across Ontario,” said McNaughton during Tuesday’s announcement. “It will make our roads safer, our commutes easier, and our communities healthier. It will also create and sustain local jobs – good jobs – in your communities.”

The first stream of funding applies to cities and Indigenous communities with populations under 100,000, which means Woolwich (25,000) and Wellesley (11,260) qualify. These townships, INFRASTRUCTURE | 02

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The Sugar Kings kept their season alive after a tight game six in Elmira saw the home team clinch a 3-2 win in OT.

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KINGS: Mid-season coaching change may have played a part FROM 01

der to find your niche,” he added. “Obviously, we just didn't attain the goals that we had for ourselves and came up a little short on the weekend.”

The final score notwithstanding, the Kings kept on the Dutchmen’s heels until late into the third at Saturday’s showdown. Down 2-0 in the final quarter of the frame and with nothing to lose, the Kings pulled their netminder for the extra firepower, but saw two empty-netters scored on them instead.

Game six proved to be a tighter affair. Played in Elmira March 6, the two teams traded pucks and points all night for a full 74 minutes of ice time.

The Kings were in the hole coming into this match; down 3-2 to the Dutchmen in the best-of-seven series, the Elmira team was just a loss away from a game-six elimination.

So when Elmira’s Jeremy Goodwin (Mason McMahon, Kurtis Goodwin) found the back of the net first, halfway through the second frame, the excitement was palpable.

J. Goodwin’s goal would prove to be the lone goal of the second frame, condensing the back-and-forth jockeying to the final leg of the match.

Kitchener opened the

scoring just 45 seconds out in the game’s third stanza, making it a 1-1 game with a dwindling amount of time to spare. At this point, it felt like it was was anyone’s game.

K. Goodwin (Harrison Toms, Hunter Dubecki) put the Kings back on top at the seven minute mark.

Together, the Goodwin siblings, Jeremy and Kurtis, had a hand in every goal scored that night, with the pair picking up a goal and an assist each.

It looked as if the Kings were going to make it a 2-1 finish when Kitchener returned fire with seconds to spare. Drawing out an extra attacker for the play, the Dutchmen knotted the teams up with just oneand-a-half minutes on the clock, forcing the game into overtime.

It took another 14 minutes of play for the final point to be scored. Making use of a Kitchener penalty late in the period, Mason McMahon (Dubecki, J. Goodwin) slotted the game-winner on a power play, earning the Kings a reprieve.

Living to fight another day, the Sugar Kings found no such game-saving goals in Saturday’s game seven at the Kitchener arena.

As in the previous game, there was no scoring to be

had in the first, and it was not until late into the middle frame that the Elmira team started losing ground.

The Dutchmen found the back of the net 13 minutes into the second, making it 1-0 for the next 20 minutes of play.

The crucial point came 13:41 into the third, however, when Kitchener’s Drayton Duckett put in a short-handed marker for the team. Down 2-0 with six minutes to go, the Kings pulled out all the stops to get the win.

Pulling their goalie in a bid to even the count, the Elmira team saw another two goals knocked into an unguarded net instead, at 16:47 and again at 18:34, to end the game in a 4-0 defeat.

With the season over, the Elmira team will have a chance to reflect on the season past before turning their attentions to the future.

“Any season’s a good season when you’re playing on an organization like that,” said Zack Cameron, after Saturday’s loss. “It’s not the outcome we wanted, but I thought everyone brought it every game this series, and unfortunately we didn’t get the bounces this game.”

Despite the loss, coach Collins points out that the

Elmira team were able to hold their own against one of the best teams in the league. Despite being only one spot higher in the standings, the Kitchener team had Elmira’s number for much of the regular season.

“I was really, really proud of the way the guys played.

They played hard, and like I said, we just came up a little short,” said Collins.

“And for Kitchener there too. They played a good game, and they must have been the best team since November in our league statistically.”

For Cameron, a veteran of three seasons with the Kings, there’s always hope for a comeback next year.

But of course, not everyone will eligible to make a return to the Junior B league, as some on the current roster will age out.

“I feel for the three 20 year olds we’ve got,” added Cameron. “It feels like just yesterday that I strapped on the skates for the Kings, but now my last season’s next year, and I’m not taking anything for granted right now. Just trying to take it all in. It’s not easy.

There’s a lot of guys on the team that can say ‘there’s always next year’, but you do have to feel for the guys that don’t get to say that.”

along with some 500 other eligible cities in the province, will have eight weeks beginning March 18 to nominate road, bridge, air or marine infrastructure projects.

“So if you’re one of the eligible communities, my message to you is simple: get out your laptop,” said McNaughton. “You have eight weeks to submit your project to our ‘one-window’ web portal on the Grants Ontario website.”

Under the provincial plan, all of the processes will be done in one place, including handling application intake, review, nomination, reporting and transferring payment.

The intake period will end around mid-May, giving enough time to review appropriate projects and to move forward with the nomination.

Municipal leaders have long advocated for a guaranteed funding model for these types of projects rather than an application process. While this program does not necessarily ensure money, local leaders are confident that it will still pay off.

“It was good to hear that the monies will be spread over ten years. While there is no guarantee that we would have a successful bid, it gives staff the opportunity to prioritize projects and reapply if need be,” said Nowak.

The township is currently looking at a list of potential projects, he noted.

“Our road and bridge

infrastructure is in reasonably good condition for now,” said Nowak. “Staff is reviewing our capital plan to see what might qualify in the near future. I think that anytime there is a significant investment in infrastructure for smaller rural communities, we must be encouraged by the fact that the province has listened to our concerns.

“Also, the timing of the announcement allows for municipalities to take advantage of this year’s construction season. All in all, a very positive development.”

For Ottawa’s share, the funding falls under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure program.

Ontario’s share per project will be up to 33 per cent, or $10.2 billion spread across four phases, with the rural and northern the first of the four. The second will be aimed at public transit projects, the third will be for green initiatives, and the fourth and final phase geared towards community, culture and recreation.

“I’m really excited to see a renewed focused on rural and northern infrastructure,” said Harris in a statement. “Growing up in a rural community, I understand how core investments in roads and bridges help promote economic growth. Therefore, our government’s 10-year investment will elevate our region’s rural townships and ensure they will participate in a province truly open for business.”

Wilmot Mayor Les Armstrong welcomed Minister of Infrastructure Monte McNaughton to the township office in Baden to announce a $30 billion, 10-year [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER] infrastructure plan.

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Ottawa will provide up to $1.5 million, subject to a formal funding agreement, to help the Region of Waterloo increase gas collection efficiency at the Waterloo landfill facility. The money announced this week will help expand the region’s existing landfill gas capture system, which prevents greenhouse gases like methane from being released into the air, and instead uses them to generate renewable energy.

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Woolwich councillors this week approved doubling, for a period of one year, the bimonthly rate paid by some 3,750 water customers. Residential users will now pay $24.88 on their bills every other month, up from $12.44.

The extra money will be used to pay off a 2002 water reserve fund deficit of $270,000. The increase follows a 5.5 per cent increase – to $0.77 per cubic metre from $0.73 – to water usage rates approved last month.

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H E A LT H CA R E M AT T E R S

Local health centre looking to be a rural voice under province’s new healthcare scheme

BY FAISAL ALI

fali@woolwichobserver.com

The province is proposing a massive overhaul of Ontario’s vast healthcare system, which, if implemented, promises to shakeup how services are planned, delivered and funded in the province.

Dubbed Ontario Health, the new system would do away with the network of 14 Local Health Integrated Networks (LHINs), which individually operate across the province, as well as the six provincial agencies like Cancer Care Ontario and the Trillium Gift of Life Network that supplement the system.

In their place, these services will be organized under the umbrella of Ontario Health Teams, where local healthcare providers, including hospitals, primary care and health centres, can band together into teams to organize health services in their areas.

The government says the move would revamp a “fractured” health system, which has been inundated with rising costs and increasing demand.

“When care is funded in silos, care ends up being delivered in silos,” said the Ford government in a statement. “When providers are asked to partner to work together as one connected team, care will be integrated. Integrated care looks at the whole person, not just the illness. It means patients and their caregivers will have someone to call to

The healthcare system overhaul, which will see the provinces LHINs folded into a single organization, is expected to be phased in over the next few years.

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help them navigate the system, to answer questions and to understand their circumstances.”

Opponents warn the government’s proposal would cause job losses in the health sector, pointing to the Grand River Hospital’s recent slashing of 40 nursing positions as an affirmation.

“Ontario families remember the disastrous health transformation of the [former premier] Mike Harris era, when hospital beds were closed, hospitals were shuttered, and thou-

sands of nurses were fired,” said Andrea Howarth, leader of the Ontario NDP, at the legislature on February 28.

“Not long ago, the premiere pretended not a single job would be lost.

However, just yesterday, the Grand River Hospital in Kitchener announced 40 nurses would be losing their jobs this week due to budget shortfalls.”

The NDP also accused the Ford government of opening the province’s healthcare to “unprecedented levels of private and

for-profit health care.”

Local health organizations were more optimistic with the changes, however, with the Woolwich Community Health Centre saying no impacts on service were expected during the years-long transition to the Ontario Teams model.

“The community health teams will be a grassroots collaboration of existing health care providers coming together and developing local health delivery plans meeting specific criteria,” explained Rosslyn Bentley, executive director

of the St. Jacobs-based organization. “The goal is better coordinated care and patient focused care.

The focus is also on front line care and community care. No impact on care delivery is anticipated throughout this transformation.”

Under the current system, the WCHC plans health services in the community together with the Waterloo-Wellington LHIN and other stakeholders.

That could mean planning for end-of-life or palliative care ahead of time which

in turn alleviates pressure on hospitals, which are often the first points of contact for people in need of healthcare.

“What we do with the LHIN currently, we participate in the healthcare system planning, so both at the regional level and the sub-regional level (Kitchener and Waterloo),” said Bentley. “It's two-third urban in the Kitchener-Waterloo, and then one-third rural. So of course we feel very aligned with the rural resources and services, so we sit regularly at the planning table with our colleagues from across the region.”

Who will get a chair at the table under the new model is yet unclear, says Bentley, but the change in how healthcare is structured in the province is bound to have an impact on the WCHC’s role.

“It might be the same people, they might have different titles, or it could be different people,” she said. “So then the agenda for us changes to being a little bit more about making sure the rural aspect of care is represented.

“People in rural areas, because they don't have transportation, and they don't know what's being offered sometime, don't ask for those sorts of services,” added Bentley.

“People make do. So we're very good in communities about coping with what's not there, and that's not always fair in a publicly funded healthcare system.”

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St. Jacobs event marks national farm safety week

BY VERONICA REINER

vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

You may not have marked it off in your calendar, but we are in the midst of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, a campaign dedicating to promoting the importance on-farm safety.

Events are occurring countrywide this week.

Locally, activities took place Wednesday at the St. Jacobs Community Centre, featuring several guest speakers and displays under the banner of “Stop, Think, Act.” One of the guest speakers was John Aird of Workplace Safety Intervention Services.

“He [talked] about the responsibilities that

farmers have if they employ anyone other than immediate family members,” said organizer Heidi Wagner. “The Guide to Occupational Health and Safety Act that other businesses are subject to are also applied to farmers.

And sometimes, they don’t understand that this is in effect.

“If there an injury or an incident on their farm, the Ministry of Labour has the right to come on the property and investigate. So it’s best to be prepared rather than have something happen and not realize that you’re not in compliance.”

In addition to the laws surrounding farm safety, guest speaker Rob Campbell of Waterloo's Acute

Environmental and Safety Services covered how to safely work within confined spaces, such as silos or barns. There is potential to encounter noxious fumes in these types of areas, so it is best to prepare before entering. Strategies include the use of proper safety equipment and forming an escape plan.

Police representatives addressed the importance of transporting farm equipment safely on roadways, as the results can be disastrous when not done correctly.

“So how they should be displaying lighting equipment and how they should be properly hitching up their equipment so that it’s safe to travel on the road,”

said Wagner. “Because we’ve had some incidents and even fatalities where there’s been farm equipment on the road and been hit by cars or trucks.”

Woolwich Community Health Centre also showed educational videos and sponsored a poster contest to get kids involved.

“This year, we’ve encouraged the school children to draw a safety poster,” said Wagner.

The group kept the posters and gave out prizes to everyone who participated, including T-shirts, hats and toy tractors. Wagner stressed the importance of staying prepared not only during this week but at all times of the year.

“I think it’s the aware-

ness that it can happen so quickly and it can change not only your life but your whole family, depending on what happens and how severe it is,” said Wagner.

“So it’s just sort of to be cautious and to take that extra minute.”

The Stop, Think, Act promotion encourages farmers to remain cautious before starting a job.

“So before you attempt any job, stop – is it safe?

Do you know what you’re doing? Are you clear on the instructions? Do you have the right equipment?

And then think, do I need to ask more questions? Am I prepared for this?” said Wagner.

Only after going through those steps should a job

be started. This way, any potential for injury will be reduced, she explained.

The Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is an annual public campaign hosted by the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association. This year, it takes place March 10 to 16 all across the country and is commemorated through various events, such as educational workshops.

“Everyone can agree that safety on the farm is important,” said Michael Hoffort, CEO of Farm Credit Canada in a release. “While farming can be dangerous, there are simple safety measures everyone can take to mitigate the risk.”

For more details visit www.agsafetyweek.ca.

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Students got the chance to pie their teachers in the face during an assembly Mar. 7 at St. Jacobs PS to raise money for SickKids Hospital. The fundraiser was a success, amassing a total of $2,496.25 for the charity - $1,441 was raised online and $1055.25 was garnered at school. [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]

POLICE REPORT

Police on distracted-driving blitz over March Break March Break finds police out enforcing distracted driving laws. Of particular focus is the use of cell phones while driving.

Police noted that some drivers may be caught off guard by the tougher penalties that took effect on January 1. The new penalties include a fine increase up to $1,000, three demerit points and a three-day licence suspension. The penalties increase with subsequent offences. For novice drivers in the graduated licencing system, there

MARCH 7 ■■4:30 AM | Members of the Perth County OPP were investigating a suspicious person in the area of Gads Hill when officers located a frigid male matching the description given by witnesses.

The 33-year-old man, a resident of the Municipality of Central Huron, was arrested and charged with ‘possession property obtained by crime under $5,000,’ ‘fail to comply with recognizance,’ ‘fail to comply with probation order,’ ‘fail to comply with conditions of undertaking given by officer in charge,’ and ‘possession of a schedule I substance – opioid.’ He was held for a bail hearing. In

is no fine or additional demerit points but longer licence suspensions now apply.

Ontario Provincial Police report that the deaths of 55 people and more than 9,115 collisions were linked to inattentive drivers in 2018. The OPP laid 13,529 distracted driving charges last year against drivers who chose to make roads unsafe by dividing their attention between driving and using a hand-held electronic device.

“Among the most dan-

gerous drivers are those who continue to ignore the facts and convince themselves that using a cell phone while driving is not dangerous and forms part of today's driving culture. Never let a driver use this, or any other justification for using a hand-held device while driving. It is as dangerous a driving behaviour today as it was when Ontario's Distracted Driving laws came into force ten years ago,” said interim commissioner Gary Couture in a release.

cases of suspicious vehicles, persons or activities, police ask resident to report it immediately by calling 1-888310-1122. For emergencies, dial 9-1-1.

however, both vehicles received minor reportable damage. The 12-year veteran of the OPP was charged with ‘start from stopped position – not in safety.’

■■2:00 PM | A member of the Wellington County OPP was issued with a provincial offences notice (ticket) under the Highway Traffic Act following a collision.

The investigation revealed that the officer was stopped behind another vehicle at the intersection of Wellington Road 17 and Highway 6 in a marked cruiser. The officer proceeded forward and struck the rear of the vehicle in front. Neither driver was injured during the collision,

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“I knew LRT would faceplant 10 years ago. ... And now people go oh that’s weird, LRT’s way late and over budget, but it’s a one-off, everything’s fine, let’s do it again. And it will happen in some form where you live too unless we wake up to why politicians hire engineers to dig big holes and throw money in.”

Using Ottawa’s ill-fated LRT project as an example, columnist John Robson discusses the dubious decision-making process behind such megaprojects

The Web was created 30 years ago this week.

While the Web is probably the largest service on the Internet that most people use, it's not the entirety of the Internet – everything that makes up the Web runs over the Internet, but there is a lot more to the Internet than the Web. The Internet provides the foundation for all kinds of applications, like email, chat, and video conferencing – and also the Web. Internet Society

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Oversight is council's primary function, though overlooked more constructive than the type of hijinks we’ve come to expect of politicians at the upper levels of government, but like the legal system, governance works better when its adversarial. Councillors should disagree with one another from time to time: it’s very unlikely the first recommendation rolled out will be the best one ... or even a good one. More importantly, councillors should always stake a contrary position from that of staff. That doesn’t mean there will never be agreement or common ground, only that every report outside of the workaday items should be viewed with a critical, even skeptical eye.

There’s been precious little of that for years.

We’ve long decried the lack of oversight in Woolwich council, which has been far too compliant with staff proposals. That’s especially true when it comes to

s was the case at the region, Woolwich has passed another budget with little in the way of scrutiny and even less in the way of consideration, for the public good or otherwise. Essentially, elected officials rubber-stamp the poorly justified requests of bureaucrats.

The trend has been that council is little more than a formality for proposals brought forward by bureaucrats, often not in the public interest. That’s especially true with the expansion of unnecessary staff positions and overinflated wages and benefits.

There’s simply been no pushback and, in more than a few occasions, outright compliance with counterproductive recommendations.

All too often there is little debate. Some councillors will claim consensus-building is G LO B A L O U T LO O K

hiring consultants. Sometimes it’s necessary when there are very technical issues at play, but that’s not always the case. As with hiring additional managers and similar employees – we’ve seen staff creep across the board with local government – the use of consultants can help insulate senior bureaucrats and politicians from the public and the accountability that comes with such scrutiny.

Why are we paying administrators – overpaying, in the case of bureaucrats – if they can’t make decisions ... and stand by them, whatever the consequences?

Councillors are now essentially complicit in myriad failures and inefficiencies. Worse still, the budget process sees almost no discussion about where money could be put to better use, including essential infra-

structure or simply returning it to taxpayers. If any alternatives ever crossed a councillor’s mind, there was certainly little indication of it around that table.

As the still-troubled economy has made painfully clear, nowhere is that more apparent than in the financial burden government imposes on citizens. Now more than ever, it’s time to focus on why local government exists in the first place: providing services to residents at a manageable cost. With spending outpacing inflation and the falling standard of living of many taxpayers, something has to give. Reversing the longstanding trend of increased spending and taxes is essential, as is ensuring good value for every dollar spent. Cutting what’s unnecessary means more money available for essential expenditures, such as dealing with aging infrastructure.

It’s council’s job to challenge reports and recommendations brought forward by staff.

Bureaucracies are inherently self-aggrandizing and self-serving, something that has to be kept in check by elected officials.

The latter group is prone to the same faults, though much less so at the level of small municipalities, but the tendencies shouldn’t be in sync with the administrators. For the system to work well – or better, at any rate – there should be a steady pushback by councillors.

It would be wrong to assume every recommendation is the best option, or even to assume it’s good for the public. That’s why ideas need to be vetted in a public forum. Luckily, that’s what council meetings are for, even if the many ersatz representatives seem to have forgotten that fact.

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Xinjiang and the silence of the Muslims

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uslim governments were not silent when Burma murdered thousands of Rohingya, its Muslim minority, and expelled 700,000 of them across the border into Bangladesh. They were unanimous in their anger when the Trump administration moved the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But they are almost silent on China’s attempt to suppress Islam in its far western province, Xinjiang.

It is the most brazen frontal assault on Muslims in modern history. Up to a million Chinese citizens have been sent to concentration camps in Xinjiang for the non-crime of being Muslim. They are also guilty of the non-crime of being a

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ten-million-strong ethnic minority, mostly Uighurs but including a million and a half Kazakhs, who do not feel sufficiently ‘Chinese,’ but Islam is the focus of the state’s anger.

And in the face of this repression, the 49 Muslim-majority countries of the world have said almost nothing. Malaysia refused to send a dozen Uighur refugees back to China last year, four members of Kuwait’s parliament made a

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Even more than obesity, inactivity is shortening our lives

e’re on the cusp of spring, and the weather is beginning to act like it, so we might actually start to enjoy some time out of doors. The recent stretch of wintry months has certainly provided plenty of excuses for staying inside where it’s warm and comfortable.

Of course, many of us are experts when it comes to making excuses for sitting on the couch.

This winter has been particularly icy, leading to a big demand for de-icing products and complaints about the passability of sidewalks.

Those most likely to be out chopping ice from walkways were older people. Sure, that demographic skews towards retirees who, it could be argued, have more time to be bothered with such things.

But the observations, admittedly non-scientific, do jibe with actual scientific findings about our increasingly inactive lifestyles.

Older generations who grew up without all of the technology that predominates our lives today are perhaps less likely to be entranced by the toys, finding time to do, well, actual things. Subsequent waves of younger people are decidedly less active.

“Go outside and play,” which was a popular suggestion even when I was kid, seems to be on a dramatic decline: young people just aren’t as active as they once were, especially outside of organized sports and school gym classes.

Beyond electronic distractions – kids spend hours glued to the TV, computer, video console, tablet or smartphone – that are making this the most sedentary generation, there’s just not enough simple activities such as getting out to enjoy the winter activities this year has provided.

Research shows participation levels for organized sports and school activities have remained relatively stable, but there’s been a marked decrease in the kind of

impromptu exercise – walking and biking to get places, pickup sports with friends, and the like – that used to be commonplace.

The absence of such activities is largely responsible for the fact just five per cent of young people between the ages of 5 and 17 get the prescribed 60 minutes of activity each day.

Something as simple as walking to destinations less than one kilometre away instead of parents driving their kids everywhere would make a big difference, but we don’t partake.

Report cards issued by ParticipACTION, for instance, notes the phenomenon, calling the trend hazardous to the long-term health of our children. It’s another indictment of helicopter parenting.

Over-supervising kids or keep-

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ing them indoors to ensure they are safe limits their opportunities for physical activity, endangering their long-term well-being. It's time to get out of kids' way, let them play outside and give them the freedom to occasionally scrape a knee, the experts suggests.

The study notes the consequences of keeping children indoors can be more hazardous than letting your kids be the free-range variety.

In the long-term, sedentary behaviour and inactivity elevate odds of developing chronic diseases, including heart disease, type-2 diabetes, some forms of cancer and mental health problems.

Hyper-parenting limits physical activity and can harm mental health.

When children are closely supervised outside, they are less active. Children are more curious about, and interested in, natural spaces than pre-fabricated play structures. Kids who engage in active outdoor play in natural environments demonstrate resilience, self-regulation and develop skills for dealing with stress later in life.

Outdoor play that occurs in minimally structured, free and accessible environments encourages socialization with peers, the

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community and the environment, reduces feelings of isolation, builds inter-personal skills and facilitates healthy development.

Sure, your kids may pick up a few choice words and be exposed to some, well, interesting things, but that’s going to happen anyway – and there will be much more of it when they’re cloistered indoors in front of the television and Internet, which has been known to contain information some parents take issue with.

Our plugged-in lifestyles shoulder much of the blame. Studies show that kids who play more video games or watch more television are more sedentary and consume unhealthy snacks, leading to the well-documented obesity epidemic. Beyond making them fatter, inactivity is bad for children’s brains.

ParticipACTION’s 2018 report card notes that hearts and lungs aren’t the only organs suffering from inactivity. A growing body of evidence indicates that physical activity in childhood is essential for a healthy brain. The numbers aren’t good, however.

“The data around physical activity is alarming: on average, kids are still sitting too much and moving too little to reach their full potential,” the report notes.

Kids aren’t the only ones suffering from our sedentary lifestyles, of course. In fact, on the whole we are twice as likely to die due to factors related to inactivity than to obesity.

A 12-year study involving some 335,000 European men and women, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that eliminating inactivity would cut mortality rates by nearly 7.5 per cent, or 676,000 deaths, but eliminating obesity would cut rates by just 3.6 per cent.

There is, of course, a correlation between the to, though even nonobese people increase their risk of premature death if they remain inactive.

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public protest in January, and Turkey loudly condemned China’s behaviour last month, but the other 46 governments have assiduously avoided the issue. It is very strange.

When Turkey finally did cut loose, foreign ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said: “It is no longer a secret that more than a million Uighur Turks exposed to arbitrary arrests are subjected to torture and political brainwashing” in Chinese prisons. ... “The reintroduction of concentration camps in the 21st century and the systematic assimilation policy of Chinese authorities against the Uighur Turks is a great embarrassment for humanity.”

But even then, other Muslim countries remained

silent. With the honourable exception of Al-Jazeera, the issue is rarely even mentioned in the Arab media, and popular awareness of what is happening is minimal in big Muslim countries like Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia. Why? It’s true that the mass repression of the Uighurs and other Muslims in China only became known abroad in the past year, although it was already state policy at least two years ago.

It’s true, too, that a lot of the evidence is circumstantial. While there are plenty of first-person reports of the brutal treatment of the Uighurs, for example, the estimates of how many are actually imprisoned – “up to a million,” which would be one-tenth of all the Muslims in Xinjiang – are really

estimates of how many the camps could hold, based on satellite observations of their size.

China denies both the scale and the purpose of the repression. These camps, it says, are ‘vocational training centres’ that tackle ‘extremism’ through ‘thought transformation’ (what used to be called ‘brainwashing’, an old political tradition in Communist China).

The detainees are held indefinitely – there are no formal charges or sentences, but hardly anybody has been released in the past couple of years – and are allegedly volunteers. They are ‘trainees’, said the top Chinese official in Xinjiang, Shohrat Zakir, last October, who are grateful for the opportunity to “reflect on their mistakes.”

Shohrat Zakir is obviously a Muslim name: as always, there are collaborators and careerists among the oppressed. But it is a classic late colonial situation, with a Communist twist.

The population of Xinjiang was over 90 per cent Muslim and Turkic-speaking when the new Communist regime in China reconquered the region in 1949.

Beijing’s original solution, as in Tibet to the south, was to drown the native population in Han Chinese immigrants: Muslims are now only 45 per cent of the population.

When the inevitable push-back came – anti-Chinese race riots and some terrorist attacks – the Chinese regime responded with intense surveillance and repression of the na-

tive population. Part of the package was an attempt to curb Islamic observance and the use of the local Turkic language. And when that wasn’t producing the desired result, Beijing began expanding the ‘re-education centres’ that now hold up to a tenth of the Muslim population.

There is nothing surprising in all this. Assimilation to the Han Chinese norm was the policy of all Chinese governments even before the Communist takeover.

What is surprising is the response – or rather, the lack of response – of Muslim governments elsewhere.

Why are they silent?

Mainly because China is lavishing loans and grants on them: $20 billion in loans to Arab countries, a rumoured $6 billion to Pakistan, even

more to the nearby Muslim countries of Central Asia ($27 billion in joint industrial projects in Kazakhstan alone). They need the money, so they shut up. So do their tame media.

When the de facto dictator of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, visited China recently, he endorsed China’s right to take “anti-terrorism” and “de-extremism” measures in Xinjiang. Of course, he needs China’s support in fighting off the accusations that he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi even more than he needs the money.

Xinjiang’s Muslims have been abandoned by the ‘umma’, the world community of Muslims. They are on their own, and they are suffering.

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Jacks in the driver’s seat in playoff series against Braves Tuesday win puts Wellesley up 3-1, with a chance to clinch during midweek match

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The Applejacks took a 3-1 lead in their second-round PJHL playoff series with a 4-2 win Tuesday night in Wellesley over the Tavistock Braves.

The Jacks had a chance to clinch in game five Wednesday night, but results weren’t available before press time.

The South Doherty Division series got underway March 6 in Tavistock, with Wellesley coming out on the winning end of a triple-overtime war of attrition that ended 3-2. Only one extra frame was needed on Saturday night, as the Braves came back with a 5-4 win. Sunday’s 4-1 Wellesley victory put the Jacks ahead once again.

Opening the series last week, Shaun Pickering drew first blood at 13:16, with Alex Uttley and Warren Gorman picking up assists.

This would be the lone goal of the frame, giving the Jacks a slight advantage headed into the second stanza.

The Braves found their footing in this period, scoring at 7:38, with Wellesley not getting the chance to respond until the final frame. Wellesley's Zach Ribeiro regained the Jacks lead early on at 1:36, only to see Tavistock retaliate at 12:52. This put both teams head-to-head in a fierce overtime battle that kept getting extended.

The Applejacks picked up another win (4-1) against the top team of the division at the Tavistock arena on Sunday. With a win Tuesday, Wellesley is up 3-1 in the series.

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There would be no scoring for the first two overtime rounds – the Jacks and Braves even managed to keep things civil during these intense game, with no penalties on either side. It would be Uttley (Pickering) who would finally break the standoff in the third round of overtime, finally securing the Jacks’ 3-2 victory.

Saturday's Wellesley arena game saw another battle that dipped into overtime, with the win this time around going to the Braves.

Tavistock wasted little time getting on the board, potting one at 2:44. Welles-

ley was quick to respond with Ribeiro (Kyle Soper, Reade MacInnes) taking advantage of a power play.

But the frame ultimately went to the Braves when they scored shorthanded with under 15 second left to go at 19:47.

The second stanza was their most action-packed frame thus far, with more penalties and goals than the previous rounds. Tavistock's Josh Helgerman kicked things off with two consecutive goals, with the first unassisted at 4:40 followed by another at 8:38.

Wellesley retaliated with

even more force, with Uttley (Daniel Tsiampas) scoring shorthanded at 9:53.

Gorman followed up with an unassisted, shorthanded goal at 16:06, then Uttley potted another for good measure with a single second left to go in the period.

This made the game a deadeven 3-3 – the usually civil teams racked up a collective five penalties in this frame.

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Bad investments in the outdoors

’m not the type of person that anyone should turn to for financial advice, but, as a veteran outdoors writer, I do feel like I so have some insight and solid recommendations for those who have been thinking of investing money in hunting- and fishing-related products.

There are some solid investment opportunities out there, for sure.

The one that immediately comes to mind is any company that markets shotgun shells to new dove hunters. I suspect this is an investment that will have incredible returns, since dove hunting is gaining in popularity and the accepted success rate for experienced dove hunters is one bird per five shots.

You’d also probably make a good return on your money if you bought stocks in any company that sells 12-packs of underwear to hunters who are hoping to shoot at charging cape buffaloes, tigers or rhinos.

That’s based on the fact that nobody needs to change their underwear more often than these guys.

The problem is there are far more bad investments in the outdoors than good ones.

A really bad investment and one you should stay away from is taxidermy mounting kits and bases for smaller-sized fish and game. I don’t care if a company tries to convince you that people are sick of large, overwhelming and gaudy taxidermy mounts and are looking for taxidermy that is more compact, understated and suited to smaller spaces,

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it’s just not true.

Find a better investment – like a slot machine or pyramid scheme.

Another horrible outdoors investment opportunity is camouflaged ATV keys.

Sure, it seems like a good idea since we outdoorsy types love to camouflage almost every item we possess from trucks and rifles right down to knives. Having said that, I think the market on camouflaged ATV keys will be hot right up until everyone who bought a set puts them down after getting to that isolated spot way back in the bush.

Girzzly bear, Siberian tiger or lion calls are a further example of an investment that will not pay well for long.

That’s because, if they work as advertised, people will only buy them once, God rest their souls. Similarly, I can’t think of an investment that would open you up to more liability than a seal suit for underwater photographers who want to get close ups of orcas or great white sharks.

The all-time worst investment I can think of, however, is in any company that solely produces ammunition for turkey hunters.

That’s because most turkey hunters end up using two shells a year at most and a typical box of turkey loads holds ten.

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match into overtime once again, though this time the victory went to the Braves, finally obtaining the 5-4 win at 16:02.

Sunday's game on away ice was considerably less even, with Wellesley gaining the lead in the second period that they never relinquished. Things started off tense but uneventful, with no scoring in the first frame.

Soper drew first blood, taking advantage of a power play at 4:15. Pickering picked up the assist. Zachary Lyons followed up at 11:13, with assists going to Ribeiro and Danny Ranson.

This gave the Jacks a comfortable 2-0 lead going into third.

Tavistock finally got the chance to respond at 4:13, but it was a shortlived win.

Ribeiro (Lyons) potted one at 17:53. In a last-ditch effort to take back the game, Tavistock pulled their goalie with 1:25 left in the game.

This strategy backfired however, making the empty net easy pickings for MacInnes at 18:58. The final goal secured a 4-1 win for the Jacks.

Tuesday night again belonged to the Jacks, though it was a close, seesaw affair until the final minute.

Lyons got things rolling, putting the home team up at 7:59 of the first period, with help from Ranson and Ribeiro. Tavistock tied it up, however, with just over three minutes to go in the opening period. As with the score, shots were even at ten apiece.

Wellesley made it 2-1 in short order when play resumed in the second, with Uttley (Pickering, Soper) scoring at 1:09. Less than two minutes later, however, the game was tied again.

Wellesley wasn’t having it, as MacInnis restored the lead on a power play at 4:47, assisted by Uttley and Pickering. There would be no more scoring, though the visitors outshot their hosts 15-11.

Down by one, the Braves were unable to muster any real pressure in the final 20 minutes, registering no shots on net. The Jacks, meanwhile, put 11 on the Tavistock side, including an empty-netter that would seal a 4-2 victory at 19:26.

The teams were in Tavistock Wednesday night.

If game six is needed, the action resumes Friday night at the Wellesley arena.

Game seven would go Saturday night in Tavistock.

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EDSS boys give school its first regional hockey championship in half-a-century

BY FAISAL ALI fali@woolwichobserver.com

The EDSS boys have clinched the regional hockey championship for the first time in decades.

Playing at the Central Western Ontario Secondary School Association (CWOSSA) championships last week in Fergus, the Lancers brought home the title with four straight wins.

The perfect performance earned Elmira its first regional win in boys’ hockey since the 1960s, and sets EDSS up as the fourth-seeded team out of 16 at the upcoming Ontario provincials, to be held in Barrie next week.

“I think all the teams are going to be pretty solid once we get there, but I certainly think that we have a good a chance as any of the teams up there to win it,” said head coach David Munroe.

“Being in the top four certainly puts us in a good spot – if we play as well as we can, I think we can beat anybody there.

Our expectations going up there is we have hopes to do well and medal, for sure.”

The Lancers are certainly going into the provincials with their heads held high, as the Elmira team knocked out its rivals at the regionals without taking a scratch. Playing first against Owen Sound and Orangeville on day-one of the twoday event, March 4, the boys earned back to back

wins by scores of 2-1 and 6-1, respectively, placing them on a direct collision course with Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School in the semi-final games the following day.

Again, the Lancers came through, knocking out Waterloo-Oxford in a 6-1 landslide. The final matchup between EDSS and Resurrection proved to be a much tighter game, with Elmira squeaking by with a 4-3 finish.

The perfect CWOSAA session came on the back of an undefeated regular season at the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletics Association (WCSSAA). The team’s stellar performance can be attributed to a significant rule change at the Waterloo County games this year that allowed players from the Elmira Junior Sugar Kings minor hockey team to play for the high school.

“It's been huge. Up until this year, all these guys weren't able to play and now because of the rule change, 85 per cent of our team is made up of those Junior Sugar Kings guys,” said Munroe. “That team, being one of the best of in the province in the OMHA at that level, then all those guys playing together all year makes a big difference.”

The injection of new players from the Junior Kings puts the EDSS team on a more equal footing with other schools playing in the OFSAA series,

noted Munroe.

“The whole premise behind [the initial rule] was that whenever they changed that rule 25 years ago, their hope was to make more of an opportunity for nonclub players ... to have an opportunity to play high school hockey. The problem now is that you have to change with the times,” said Munroe.

“What we found was the OFSAA rule is that anybody can play unless you're playing Junior B, C, D hockey,” he added.

“We were just kind of putting ourselves in a hole where we're not putting our best teams forward when we go to CWOSAA and OFSAA, because [we were] pigeon-holing ourselves not allowing our better players to play hockey for our high school.”

The rule change will put EDSS in line with other schools participating at the regional and provincial games.

“Our stance was, whatever the provincial standard is with allowing players to play, we should follow suit if we want to be successful outside of WCSSAA,” said Munroe.

Earning four wins in as many games at the regionals, the boys will be hoping to carry on the momentum into the upcoming Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) provincials in Barrie, March 20-22.

Worse still, every turkey hunter I know has ammunition that dates back to the late 1990s, which is essentially comprised of turkey loads their father or grandpa never ended up using and passed on. That means in two or three generations, no one will ever have to buy turkey ammunition again.

I currently own about 40 turkey loads. So even if I get my two-bird limit of turkeys for the next 20 seasons, I’ll never have to buy another round of turkey ammunition for the rest of my life. And no one has 20 perfect turkey seasons in a row.

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Woolwich Thrashers season ends in the quarter-finals But there’s still plenty of action on tap, as Elmira prepares to play host to the Canadian Sledge Hockey Championships in May

BY FAISAL ALI fali@woolwichobserver.com

The Woolwich Thrashers this week wound down a regular season that saw the sledge hockey team put up a record of 8-2. Playing the Durham Steelhawks at the quarter-final playoffs on Sunday in Whitby, the open non-contact division Thrashers met their match in a game that saw the visitors fall 6-4.

Despite the loss, the Woolwich organization has plenty to celebrate as they completed their second ever season in the rep league.

“We played a good team on Sunday in Durham.

We've played them a couple of other times earlier this season in tournaments, and we had lost both games to them,” said Drew Bomhof, a volunteer with the Thrashers.

“In both of those games, we hadn't scored in either one of them, and we managed to score four goals on Sunday. Overall we were pretty happy with how the season went as a whole. I think the kids are a little

The Woolwich Thrashers played the Grand River Collegiate Institute students in a friendly match organized by Thrashers player and GRCI student Logan Gillingham.

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bit disappointed that the season has ended, but they're still coming together and growing as a whole group so they're already looking to next season.”

There will be plenty more action in the township before then, however, as Woolwich gets ready to host the 2019 Canadian Sledge Hockey Championships in May. The event will see provincial teams from across Canada compete on Elmira ice.

In a bid to raise the

sport’s profile and garner some new fans ahead of the tournament, Thrashers open non-contact player Logan Gillingham organized a sledge hockey game with the students at Grand River Collegiate Institute last Friday.

“Well I started playing sledge hockey last September, so in 2017, and I noticed that nobody really knows about it and it’s a really small sport,” said Gillingham. “So I thought it would be really cool to

get a lot of people from my school out and try it out, and then show our school population what it’s like to play sports with a disability.”

One hour and several sore arms later later, the Grand River students say they definitely gained a new appreciation for the sport.

“It's so tiring on your upper body, like those guys who are ... just playing must have insane core and arm strength,” said Grand

River student Andrew Fulton.

“It definitely make you look at it differently. It's not as easy as it looks,” added fellow student Connor Marsh.

The students, to their credit held their own in the game, staying tied right until the final frame before falling 5-3, though they admit the Thrashers may have taken it easy on them.

“Oh yeah,” they say without hesitation. “They were getting a little nervous,

and they were like ‘OK, we got to start trying.’”

The sledge hockey championships will be held in Elmira from May 10-12 and are being coordinated in large part by the Thrashers organization.

Hosting the championships will not only help put Woolwich on the map within the parasport community, but will help to grow the popularity of the sport at home, which is at the heart of the Thrashers’ mission.

“Our whole focus is about development, the grassroots development of the sport of sledge hockey, so you can start developing athletes for the future and long term,” said Sandy Metzger, who together with her husband Keith founded the Thrashers.

“Eventually we can have a national sledge hockey player coming out of Elmira, just like we have NHL players.”

The Thrashers are still looking for volunteers and sponsors for the event, and encourage anyone interested to reach out to the group.

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EDSS sees a good turnout for this year’s badminton team

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

The EDSS badminton team saw a spike in enrolment this year, with plenty of enthusiastic students practicing almost every day of the week to prepare for their big upcoming Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association tournament on April 9-10.

Junior (Grade 9, 10) and senior (Grade 11,12) players all train together to form a team of the full 32 players, both boys and girls. This year saw some 40 EDSS students sign up for the team as of early March.

“This year we’re going to have a full team,” said coach Mark Carlin. “Some years we don’t get the 32, we might get 24 or 28 or something like that. But this year it looks like we’ve got a lot of keen people.”

The team may have to do some actual cutting of players this year to get to 32, which is decided in badminton competitions rather than the coach choosing who to keep and who to cut.

The team practices right after school to align with the student schedules – and sometimes the enrolment number is not an accurate reflection of how many students attend.

“Some schools have alternate practices for ju-

EDSS has seen an increased interest in the badminton team this year, with a turnout large enough to fill all of the available spots on the roster.

niors and seniors, we just have them all together,” said Carlin. “Kids have jobs and things so sometimes the attendance is sporadic.”

Given the experience of some of the players, Carlin is considering creating a mixed team for the tournament.

“So this year, we’re still

trying to figure out whether we might separate them,” said Carlin. “And play them as mixed teams.

Because we have a couple of strong girls; it might be our best competitive advantage as a school.

“Because there are some really strong club players.

They play badminton clubs around the area and

get way more hours on the court than just the high school practices.”

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badminton club.

Carlin has been coaching for more than 15 years and compared the sport to another favourite of his, tennis.

“There’s a lot of quick reflexes in badminton,” said Carlin. “Tennis is not quite as critical because you have time; tennis is more technical – the way

you pace your strokes is a lot more technical. So it makes tennis a lot harder to learn as a beginner.

With badminton, anybody can pick up a badminton raquet and have some fun.”

Members of the EDSS team all compete against one another during pracBADMINTON | 24

California trip proves fruitful for pair of young martial artists

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Martial arts may be a fiercely competitive sport, but for Breslau's Hannah Wright, it’s a way to make lifelong friendships.

Wright met Ayr's Kate Slater after she joined Shamoun Generation Martial Arts in Waterloo. The two became inseparable within months, always cheering each other on from the sidelines. That’s something that crossed international boundaries when the pair travelled to California to take part in the Compete International Martial Arts Championships from February 22-24.

“It was awesome,” said Wright, of the results.

“Yeah, I think I did well.

One highlight was having my friends there to support me. They know what I'm going through both physically and mentally so they can always help me if I need to go through a form.”

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divisions, bringing home a second-place finish in traditional weapons, second in traditional forms, second in sparring and third in extreme forms.

Slater competing in the 12-13 junior black belt division walked away with a first in traditional forms challenge, third for traditional forms, and fifth in weapons. She also made it to first-ever junior black belt NASKA (North American Sports Karate Association) runoffs. This was a huge milestone in her martial arts career.

“Hannah is my best friend,” said Slater. “It was always fun when we did compete against each other.

I'm going to do it. It's such a confidence booster for me, and it's just amazing. I've met a lot of people through it; it's my second home.”

“Well, it's cooperative and competitive,” said Wright, of the training atmosphere. “Like if Kate is at the side of the ring yelling at me, I know it's to get me motivated to push me further rather than to get frustrated with myself.”

One of the trainers, Ju-

lian Shamuon, noted the rapid skill increase in both martial artists.

“Their skill has been exponentially increasing, literally,” said Shamuon.

“It's incredible how quickly these kids have been getting better and better.”

Slater is a junior black belt, which took her nearly seven years to achieve, while Wright is a brown belt. California is one of many locations the martial arts team gets the opportunity to visit; previous competitions have taken place in Jamaica, and all across North America.

“We're going to Buffalo next week for SMAC Internationals,” said Shamuon, of upcoming competitions. “Then April we have around three events, then in May, we're going to have the GMA Championships, which is actually my family's tournament, our local tournament. It's going to be very big this year; we're planning on having quite a lot of competitors come out for it.”

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Energy-efficient homes project in Breslau

Spilling the beans on local production

With much of the region’s development happening on the east side, Breslau is poised for yet more growth

BY FAISAL ALI

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It’s the latest addition to the settlement. Opening the doors to a suite of energy-efficient houses at the Riverland subdivision last week, developer Empire Communities offered a look at the big, if slow-moving, development boom occurring in and around the village.

The Empire Discovery Home pilot project is an experiment in research and development that the company says will impact the future of home building.

The project is just one of the initiatives going on in Breslau. Hundreds of homes have been built and hundreds more planned by the village’s two major developers, Empire Communities and Thomasfield Homes, along with new roads, neighbourhoods, parks, schools and employment and industrial lands. By 2031, the population of Breslau is expected to more than double to 7,690, with an estimated 3,845 jobs being offered in the settlement.

And yet, that may just be the tip of the iceberg as Breslau is targeted for intensified urban development comparable to the neighbouring cities. At the moment, just two developments are in the works in the Breslau area.

But in the long term, all the lands west of Kitchener, from the Grand River to Shantz Station Road, and north of Cambridge, from the city limits to Highway 7, could be developed into

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Empire Communities held an open house Mar. 7 for a suite of energy efficient homes at its Riverland subdivision in Breslau. Among those taking part in the event were Empire representative Raj Ahluwalia and Nick De Ruvo.

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one contiguous stretch of urban landscape, as more lands are opened up to developers.

“Eventually, the whole urban area will spill over,” suggests John Scarfone, Township of Woolwich planner. “It's starting in

Breslau. Eventually the whole urban area will go to Shantz Station Road in the fullness of time. Now a lot of it is going to be primarily employment, because you have this airport and obviously anything in proximity to the airport,

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they want to be non-residential uses.”

It’s a far cry from where the community was 15 years ago, when Thomasfield and Empire Communities opted to extend water services from the City of Kitchener in a bid

to create large-scale developments in the township.

At the time, Scarfone estimates the village had some 220 residential units.

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he drive to increase ultra-local, ethical food production and transparency, while reducing food-packaging waste, has found a champion in Ben Cullen.

The Guelph entrepreneur, proprietor of Cullen Foods, recently introduced a line of locally sourced, organic edible beans (black, navy and kidney beans) that come in a totally compostable, locally manufactured package.

And a portion of the proceeds from product sales are going to a development organization called SHARE, which helps small farmers and schools in Central America countries take greater steps towards prosperity.

Here’s the story.

Cullen, son of Canadian horticulture icon Mark Cullen, was a student at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus in 2009-2011, an institution he calls “the heart of agriculture” in southwestern Ontario.

When he graduated, he ROBERTS | 14

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“If we're looking at the expansion of the city-urban fabric, they wanted to go more east. Going north was a lot of the good farmland, so they didn't want to go north,” says Scarfone. Similarly, the west side of the region, in Wilmot, contained a lot of the vital water recharging areas that that the region wanted to avoid disturbing. “So they have this hard edge, and they looked at the Breslau-Cambridge areas as the primary growth area.”

The growth planned for Breslau, as well as the growth expected past 2031, will undoubtedly change the community as a place to live as well as work. Two schools are being planned for the Empire and Thomasfield developments, while a library has also been tentatively budgeted for in the

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in the early 2000s. Prior to the early 2000s, Breslau was basically a small rural settlement serviced by private services, individual wells and septics,” said Scarfone. “There were a few areas in Breslau that had a private communal system that serviced multiple properties. But essentially, because of the private services, you were looking at estate lots, very limited commercial.”

The plan for Empire Community will add another 400 to 585 units to Breslau alone, says Scarfone, or an additional 1,725 new residents. “Now with the Empire, it’s pretty well all residential. In the Thomasfield you've got 930 to 1,150 units, generating a population of about 2,500 people; but that has residential, it has commercial, it has mixed-use, it has employment lands and it has a GO station.”

At the same time in the early 2000s, the Region of Waterloo looked at the dwindling lands available for development, and opted to focus on the east side of the municipality.

“The region did a new regional plan, and so they saw these side lands, which included the Bre-

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At the same time, any developments beyond the two existing ones would see the loss of some of the local farmlands, as well as an extension of Kitchener and Cambridge into the township. That encroachment is limited,

however, by the regional government’s “countryside line,” which lies along the Shantz Station Road and Hwy 7, creating a hard boundary for future development.

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lope, and that can only be done through a municipal comprehensive review of their plan, they'll do obviously logical extensions of the urban area and those lands would be converted to urban purposes,” says Scarfone.

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pursued businesses degrees, worked for a seed company, a grain elevator and a packaged goods company.

All along, he knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur in the food sector.

“When you’re raised by an entrepreneur, it’s in your blood,” he says.

An environmental scan, and knowledge he gained working with his dad in the family business Mark’s Choice, helped him identify a market gap in brand name, packaged dry goods – like edible beans – typically found in the vast expanses of grocery store centre aisles, or in bulk bins.

He further discovered that even at farmers’ markets, it was difficult to find Ontario-grown organic edible beans. This all led to his eureka moment and the inspiration to create Cullen’s Foods.

His first challenge was finding suppliers. And that’s where his Ridgetown campus connections came in.

Through his classmates, he’d become familiar with a variety of farmers across the southwest. Ultimately, he found three producers, on farms near Palmerston,

Newberry and Branchton, who would grow organic edible beans for him.

Problem solved.

The next hurdle was packaging. In food retail, plastic has become a pariah. Cullen wanted something he could market as environmentally responsible.

It turns out he didn’t have to look far. Not far down Highway 6, in Puslinch, he found a green packaging ally in renowned manufacturer Rootree. The company provided Cullen with compostable stand-up pouches made of corn starch and wood cellulose. They can be easily stocked along with other dry goods on mid-store grocery shelves.

Cullen says working hand in hand with the growers gives his company the means to ensure every package they sell can be traced back to the very farm and field from which it came.

This traceability is then passed onto consumers, who can access the information by entering an individual code on the package on Cullen Foods’ website.

It’s a rare approach in edible bean retailing.

Most particulars about bean production are nowhere near as specific as this. Organic beans from any source can be pricey.

Cullen’s research showed imports from China, Turkey and the U.S. were retailing for $5.99-$7.99 for a 500-gram package. His sell for $6.49.

Cullen is further sharpening his entrepreneurial skills as a member of the University of Guelph’s 12-week Hub Incubator program. This service, operated through the John F. Wood Centre for Business and Student Enterprise within the College of Business and Economics, is for new ventures, designed to support early-stage business ideas with high potential, but unproven business models.

“Entrepreneurship can be a lonely endeavor, particularly during the early stages,” says Dr. Tyler Zemlak, the centre’s business incubation services manager. “We attract and nurture a supportive community of start-ups that are always looking for ways to help each other. This team chemistry is palpable and seems to be very beneficial for entrepreneurs like Ben.”

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The Crash Test Dummies have reunited for a tour honoring the 25th anniversary of their breakthrough album God Shuffled His Feet, which features “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.” They’re going to play the album straight through along with other fan favorites like “Superman’s Song” and “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead.” They’re at the Centre In The Square Mar. 26, joined by The Grapes Of Wrath.

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This musical road trip is anything but a drag Take a journey across the Australian outback aboard Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, now on stage in St. Jacobs VERONICA REINER

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The Australian outback isn’t the only wild part of the decidedly atypical road trip we take with a cast of colourful characters in the Tony-Award winning musical, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, now on stage at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse.

Based on the award-winning indie film of the same name, the story follows three cross-dressing performers – Mitzi (Robbie Towns), Felicia (Billy Lake) and Bernadette (Patrick R. Brown) – on their adventure across rural Australia in a battered lavender bus, lovingly nicknamed Priscilla. They may not be very fond of each other at first, but eventually become closer along the way.

The group travels west from Sydney to perform a drag show at a remote resort in Alice Springs, encountering a comedy of errors along the way. Their journey turns from a simple trek into one of enlightening self-discovery.

“I think people will be surprised at how much fun they’ll have, and I think they’ll be surprised at how touching the story really is,” said Brown, who plays Bernadette Bassenger. “At its heart, it's really just about people looking for love and accidentally discovering it.”

“I don't want to give too much away, but I can say it is literally surprise after surprise after surprise,” he added.

Billy Lake plays Felicia/Adam, Robbie Towns is Mitzi/Tick and Patrick Brown takes on the role of Bernadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. [SUBMITTED]

Along with the case, music is also a prominent part of the entertainment. Audiences will recognize classic disco hits including “I Will Survive,” “It’s Raining Men,” “Hot Stuff,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Boogie Wonderland” and “Finally.”

“This is the most fun you

can have at the theatre,” said Drayton Entertainment artistic director Alex Mustakas. “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is not only packed with dance floor favourites, it is a visual spectacle full of outrageous costumes, sequins and feathers, towering head-

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pieces, dazzling dancing and more – all wrapped around a poignant story about love, acceptance and the meaning of family. Audiences are going to laugh, dance and cheer.”

Brown also noted that the cast isn't your typical Hollywood lineup, which

was particularly noteworthy for the time period when the film was released.

“What's unique about this show is that it's about counterculture,” said Brown. “There aren't really many musicals – I don't know if I can name another one – whose lead charac-

ters are two drag queens and a transgendered woman. It's a very unique story, especially considering the age of this show – it came out in the 90s. So even 15 years ago we weren't talking about transgender nearly as much as we are now.”

In addition to the central trio, Tiffany Deriveau, Kelly Holiff and Stacey Kay add their vocal finesse as the Divas. They also act as a narrative voice for the tale.

“We have an incredibly talented and energetic ensemble,” said Brown.

“They're in all the big production numbers and dance numbers and out of that ensemble, some unique and colourful characters appear on their journey as well.”

Other roles include JJ Gerber as the mischievous Tina Turner-esque drag queen, Miss Understanding, Gabrielle Jones as Shirley, the owner of the Broken Hill Pub, and Brad Rudy as Bob, a local mechanic who helps the trio out of a jam.

Monique Lund takes on the role of Marion, the estranged wife of Anthony “Tick” Belrose (aka Mitzi) and mother to their 8-yearold son Benjamin, played

by Thomas Winiker.

The Drayton Entertainment production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert runs through April 7 at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse.

Tickets are $48, $29 for youth under 20, available online at www.draytonentertainment.com , at the box office or by calling (519) 747-7788 or toll free at 1-855-DRAYTON (3729866).

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AUCTION SALE OF COMBINE, TRACtors, machinery and miscellaneous items, to be held at 9288 Con. 11, Wellington North Twp. 4 miles south of Mount forest or 5 miles northeast of Teviotdale (off Highway 109), for Wayne & Maria Weber, on Saturday, March 16th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138 SAT. MARCH 16 AT 2:00 PM - CHARITY auction of 65 rare hockey cards mainly Bobby Orr and Darryl Sittler and other hockey memorabilia etc. at the Woolwich Community Centre 24 Snyder Ave in Elmira for the MCC Thrift and Gift. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

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The coordination of workflow to/from our Metal Polishing Department with a high priority for ensuring adequate inventory levels of raw and finished materials.

Experience with Excel and working with a Computerized Inventory System would be an asset.

Production/Assembly of Kitchen Appliances The ideal candidate will have previous experience working with hand and power tools, a keen eye for detail, the ability to assist others as required and a strong desire to learn.

In addition to assembling appliances, this person will coordinate with our Painter to initiate equipment start-up and parts set-up for powder coating.

The successful candidates must have a Positive attitude, Good communication skills, and a Strong work ethic.

If you are an individual who meets the requirements of either position, we welcome you to email your resume with employment references to barb@elmirastoveworks.com or drop it off in person at 285 Union Street, Elmira.

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St Agatha. Antiques, tools, household effects and other miscellaneous items. Details at Woodbridge advertiser.

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AUCTION SALE OF COMBINE, TRACTORS, machinery and miscellaneous items, to be held at 7113 Wellington Rd. 9, Mapleton Twp. Approx.

5 miles southwest of Teviotdale, (or north off Highway 86) for Allan and Lorna Weber, on Wednesday, March 20th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138 WED. MAR 20 AT 9:45 AM - CLEARING AUCtion sale of furniture; tools; household effects; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob's Community Centre in St. Jacob's for an area estate with additions.

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

AUCTION SALE OF TRACTORS, SKID steer, machinery and miscellaneous items, to be held at 3838 Lichti Rd, Wellesley Twp. 1 mile west of Linwood (corner of Lichti Rd. and Ament Line), for Ira Martin, on Friday, March 22nd @ 11:00 a.m.

Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138 AUCTION SALE OF ANTIQUES, 100 FARM & other toys, household goods, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Don and Marg Koch, Wellesley, & additions, on Saturday, March 23rd @ 9:30 a.m.

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

Cow & Calf Sale – Featuring the Complete Dispersal for Don Ceasar of 90 Black Angus X Heifers due April 1st on and 2 Black Angus Bulls. This is a tremendous offering of heifers from Don’s cow herd breeding. Followed by cows, breeder bulls, and cow/calf pairs. Cull cows at 11A.M. followed by Stocker sale.

Consignments Accepted!

SAT. MARCH 23RD – 12:00 P.M. – The

PIC Bull Sale Followed by a Select Offering of Beef Cow Consignments. Offering an exceptional selection of BIO Tested Evaluated polled bulls of various breeds. A Selection of Beef Cows will follow the PIC Sale. For more info on the PIC sale info call Jack McCoubrey 519-671-2776.

MONDAY APRIL 1ST – 1:00 P.M. –

Grass Time Stocker Sale. Offering all pre conditioned, bunk adjusted, and age verified calves of various breeds. Call now to Consign!

Carson’s Auction Service R.R.#3 Listowel, ON N4W 3G8

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AUCTION SALE At the St. Jacobs Community Centre in St. Jacobs for an area estate with additions on: Wednesday March 20 at 9:45 AM

HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AND ANTIQUES:

Frigidaire fridge; Frigidaire stove; washer; dryer; Tempus Fugit grandfather clock; 5 piece bedroom suite (queen bed; dresser with wing mirror; armoire; 2 night tables); couch with matching loveseat newer; wing back chair; plaid couch and wing back chair; lazy boy; teak kitchen table with 4 chairs; maple rocker; maple chairs; glider rocker; pine 4 drawer chest; retro leather couch; French provincial coffee and end tables; arm chairs; table and 4 chairs with matching server; mantel clock; small pedestal table; crocks; oil lamps; washboard; cabbage cutter; curio cabinet; 4 iron chairs; parlour table; Trumeau mirror; honor roll from 1899 from St. Jacobs school; farmers bench; old tins; candle holders; framed artwork; old wrenches; wall scones; wall mounted sink; file cabinet; cedar chest; oak desk; vacuum cleaner; area rugs; old trunks; L shaped desk; mink coat; cranberry lamps; sideboard; Victorian lamps; Victorian furniture; side tables; scalloped edge table; wall clocks; settee with matching chairs; French provincial couch; mirrors; variety of occasional; hall tables; magazine stands; chairs; quantity of older glass and china; depression; pinwheel; dinner sets; cookware; bedding; linens; and many other interesting items out of these older homes.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Torro snow blower; golf clubs; fertilizer spreader; lawn mower; assorted hand; power; and lawn and garden tools.

AUCTIONEER:

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

AUCTION SALE OF TRACTORS, MACHINery, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 537097 Oxford Rd. 34, East Zorra-Tavistock Twp. 1 mile southwest of Tavistock off Highway 59 across from JD Premier Equipment, for Clare and Jean Brown, on Friday, March 29th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138

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AUCTION SALE OF TRACTORS, CULTIVAtors, tools, household goods & miscellaneous items, to be held at 7118 Perth Rd. 121, Perth East Twp. approx. ½ mile north of Millbank, for Del & the Late Doris Lichty, on Saturday, March 30th @ 11:00 a.m.

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

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Of Tractors, machinery, and miscellaneous items, to be held at 537097 Oxford Rd. 34, East Zorra-Tavistock Twp., 1 mile southwest of Tavistock off Highway 59 – across from JD Premier Equipment, for Clare and Jean Brown, on FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH @ 11:00 A.M.

MACHINERY: Ford TW-5 diesel tractor,

cab, air 18.4R38 rears, 1 owner, 2500 hours – good. Ford 3600 diesel tractor, 2wd, 1 owner, good. JD 1590 – 10ft. no till drill, dry fertilizer, Kearney markers, 1 owner – excellent.

Int 14ft. disc. Kongskilde 10ft. S-tine 3ph cultivator. M&W 1825 – 15ft. rotary hoe.

NH Hayliner 273 baler. Killbros. 385 gravity wagon with hyd. auger – good. 2 – 250 bushel gravity wagons. 16ft. flat rack wagon.

Hardi 300 gal sprayer, foam markers, 40ft. booms. 9ft. flail chopper. Farm King 851 pto auger – good. 14ft. sprocket packer. McKee 620 – 7ft. snow blower.

ANTIQUE FARM RELATED: 1 row horse

drawn scuffler. JD Killefer ripper on steel.

Various scufflers. 2 – 2 furrow horse drawn plows. McCormick hay loader. Cutter. Old horse drawn wagon. Wooden wagon on rubber. Turnip seeder. Old wheels. Wooden yokes, etc.

MISC. ITEMS:

Sommers 20kw pto generator. Farm King 6ft. 3ph finish mower.

3ph wood splitter. 34ft. pipe elevator. Belt driven circle saw. Heavy trailer frame.

Cement mixer with motor. Stihl 270 and 170 chain saws. Power hacksaw. Metal bandsaw. Floor model drill press. Bench grinder. Lincoln AC225 welder. Craftsman planer. Wood lathe. Jointer. 2 gas weed trimmers. Used steel siding. 25 cedar rails.

10ft. square portable dog kennel. Few household goods plus a wagonload of farm related items.

SELLING FOR MERVIN SCHLEGEL: Ford

4600 diesel tractor, 2wd – good. Fox Brady 2310 forage harvester with pickup. White 18ft. cultivator with wings. 2 – Dion forage wagons, right hand, 10 ton horst wagons.

20ft. wooden bale thrower wagon. NH 28 forage blower. Ebersol 32ft. enclosed elevator c/w motor. Dynavent small bale chopper. 4 sections harrows with pole. Silo pipes. Bin fan, etc.

NEIGHBOURING

CONSIGNMENTS:

Terra-Gator 1603, 1600 gal. tank, 75ft. booms, 60in. spacing, automatic transmission, 555 Cummins (turbo), JD light bar. JD 750 – 15ft. no till drill, liquid fertilizer, markers, draw bar hitch. 1977 Ford tandem, aluminum feed body, blower (no air lock). 300 bushel gravity bin on wagon, with 6in. auger. Brillion 15ft. mulcher. 1500 gal. plastic tank, 3in. fitting.

NOTE – A well-kept and shedded lineup.

See www.gerberauctions.net for photos.

Lunch booth. Proprietors and auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale. Terms – Cash or cheque with I.D. Sale order – wagonload, miscellaneous items, machinery, tractors.

PROPRIETORS – Clare & Jean Brown (Bill 519-462-2211)

AUCTIONEERS:

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

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

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

KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter.

Minimum 15 ton lots.

Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

ICE SALT & ICE MELT - ICE SALT COMES IN 20 & 40kg's, Ice melt comes in 20kg bags.

Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

ORGANIC FERTILIZER FOR SALE. SULFUR 90 and Sulfate Potash. Call George Haffner Trucking at 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

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Sat March 16th 9:30am Honda Air Compressor * 36”Wood Lathe * 14” Wood Bandsaw Table Saw * Radial Arm Saw * 3hp Air Compressor * Drill Press Surveillance Cameras * Survey Tripods * 12/14” Carbide Blades 8 - Snowblowers * 4 Skids of HD Power Cables * Cordless tool Kits Long Pallet Cart * Bosch Jig Saw * Hand Tools * Propane Torches Generator * Roto-Hammers * Elec Panels * Water Coolers 2 - Large Solar Panels * Mig Welder * 11- Portable Staging * etc Vintage & Misc. Equipment => 2-Man Saws & Buck Saws * Saw Blades McClary Tortoise Caboose Stove * Pepsi/Pop Wood Crates Wooden Washing Machine * Brass Blow Torches * Hand Tools * etc

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AUCTION SALE Of Antiques, 100 farm & other toys, household goods, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Don and Marg Koch, Wellesley, & additions, on SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD @ 9:30 A.M.

HOUSEHOLD: Major appliances. Hentschel

grandfather clock in oak, 80in. tall, nice. Oak hutch/buffet – nice. Oak corner cabinet – nice. Oak china cabinet. Maple ext. table & 6 chairs. LG 32in. TV. Electronics. Royal Albert Old Country rose 12 place setting of china. etc.

COLLECTIBLES: Matching dresser & bed

(high wooden headboard). Pieced quilts.

Accordion. 1940’s Toronto Maple Leaf binder & albums. Pequegnat King Edward clock.

Singer Featherlite sewing machine. Old wall telephone (payphone type). Old traffic light. Tin signs. Old carpenter’s tools. Coke memorabilia. Metal toys. Jewelry boxes.

China & glass, etc.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: (selling at approx. 11am) Snoflite snow blower. Lots of hand, power & garden tools. Evinrude 20hp outboard motor. Minnkota electric trolling motor. Big-Jon downriggers. Delta QT-10 table saw. Delta 5.5hp air compressor, etc.

TOYS: To sell at approx. 10:15am. Approx.

100 toys (1/16 scale “new in box” tractors, construction, Hess vehicles, coin banks, Dinky, etc.).

See www.gerberauctions.net for photos, complete list & terms. 10% buyers premium.

Furniture to sell at approx. 1:30p.m.

AUCTIONEERS:

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

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

FERTILIZER AND SEED GRAIN - AT COMPETITIVE pricing. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141.

TRADES & SERVICES

GENERATOR REPAIRS. JOHN AT 226-622-4598.

RON'S DRYWALL AND RENOVATIONS. OVER 35 years experience. Please call 519-496-7539 or email ron.spncr@gmail.com

REAL ESTATE

HOUSE WITHOUT PROPERTY. 20 YEAR Old 1300 sq. ft. modular bungalow. Granny suite or second home on farm. To be moved from Bloomingdale area. Open to offers. To view contact Art 519-998-0828, Wes 519-578-8978.

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Elmira - This detached bungalow is perfect for a small family or empty nesters. Enjoy the open concept living room, dining room & kitchen with loads of counter space and storage. The main bathroom boasts a jet tub for a spa like experience. The basement has a large rec room as well as an office/den space with a 3 piece bathroom and separate laundry room. There is plenty of parking for all of your guests who will enjoy your back yard next to green space with a giant deck. Roof and solar panels /2018. Appliances included.

Drayton - Welcome to 30 Parkside St. in Drayton! Beautiful single detached home, built in 2006, has much to offer! 3 bedrms, 4 bathrms, ensuite & walk-in closet, some new flooring, upper floor laundry, appliances included, walk-in pantry, mudroom, gas fireplace, open concept feel, finished basement with wet bar, double car garage with ample parking, huge deck, large corner lot....with all of this and more, don't wait to preview this home! Call us today!

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3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Country Bungalow. Features a Large living room, Mainfloor Laundry, wood burning fire place in basement, mud room, attached garage , walk up from Basement. Relax on your back deck and enjoy the peaceful view of the countryside, as your large lot backs onto farmland. Located 15 minutes from Elmira, and 25 Minutes from Waterloo. Book your showing today. MLS# 30716680

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Bowman, William M. Passed away at his home on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the age of five months.

William was the son of Enos and Hannah (Martin) Bowman of Crosshill; brother of Elsie and Betzy; grandson of Allen S. Bowman of Crosshill and Anson and Rebecca (Bowman) Martin of Linwood. He was predeceased by his paternal grandmother Lovisa Bowman (2009) and sisters Barbara (2013) and Naomi (2018). The family received their relatives and friends at the family home. Interment and funeral service were held at Crosshill Mennonite Meeting House on March 11, 2019. Arrangements entrusted to Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

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NEEB, WAYNE - Passed away suddenly on January 20, 2019 at his home in Conestogo at the age of 67.

MCLAUGHLIN, JANE ANN - On Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Stratford General Hospital, surrounded by her children after a lengthy illness.

Jane Ann (nee Colvin) formerly of Wellesley and Wingham in her 73rd year.

WEPPLER, MADELINE MARIE - Marie passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in her 94th year, at Chartwell Elmira Long Term Care Residence.

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Balazsik, Joseph Passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Carpenter House, St. Jacobs at the age of 88 years. Loved brother of Margit Ferenczy of Elmira, Laslo Balazsik (Lenke) of Hungary.

Will be remembered by many nieces, nephews and their families.

Predeceased by his parents Joseph and Erzsebet (Laki) Balazsik, sisters Erzsebet Varga (Andras), Iren Gyori (Ferenc), and Ilona Kardos (Istvan), brother Tibor (Aranka), and brotherin-law Jozsef Ferenczy. Cremation has taken place. Visitation was held from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A memorial service took place at 2 p.m. with a reception following. The family wishes to express their appreciation for the wonderful care Joseph received at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, Carpenter House and Dr. Keleherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated by the family.

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This notice will be of interest to any person or organization considering selling food and/or merchandise in Elmira on Festival Day. Please be advised that any person or organization intending to sell food or merchandise at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival on April 6, 2019 must Phone: Fax: 519-669-1820 After Hours www.woolwich.ca be519-669-1647 registeredor 877-969-0094 with the Festival Committee toEmergency: sell in519-575-4400 the downtown mall or at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. Any other location in or near the downtown core will require a Salespersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Licence from the Township of Woolwich. Established businesses that are members of the Elmira Business Improvement Area are exempt unless they intend to bring in their own outdoor vendors. Vendor licensing will be strictly enforced.

Registration Deadlines: The deadline to apply for a Salespersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Licence from the Township of Woolwich is March 29, 2019. Call the Township of Woolwich Licensing Officer at 519-669-6004 or email sgoldrup@ woolwich.ca for assistance with licensing or for inspection authority contact information.

See www.elmiramaplesyrup.com for vendor opportunities with the Festival Committee.

Overnight Parking Ban December 1, 2018 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March 31, 2019 The Overnight Parking Ban in Woolwich Township will end after March 31, 2019. As of April 1, 2019, residents may once again park vehicles on the street overnight, until November 30, 2019. However, vehicles of any kind may not park on-street for longer than 24-hours at a time. For more information, please visit the By-laws page on our website (woolwich.ca), which can be found under Township Services.

Please be advised: should it snow in April, causing winter maintenance operations to resume, the Township would appreciate residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cooperation in parking off-street during this time.

Crossing Guard Appreciation Day Wednesday, March 20th is Crossing Guard Appreciation Day! The Township of Woolwich extends sincere appreciation to our Crossing Guards, who diligently serve our school communities.

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Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 Region of Waterloo Community Environmental Fund, with a deadline of Apr. 12. The fund provides grants to assist community members and organizations carry out projects that protect, promote and enhance our natural environment and/or reduce environmental impacts. www.regionofwaterloo.ca

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OUT AND ABOUT PEI and the territories are the only jurisdictions that provide health coverage to residents who require emergency health services while travelling at the same rate as if the emergency had occurred while at home – as required by the Canada Health Act. Ontario shared the lowest rating, a C+, for providing only minimal coverage for their residents who have emergencies outside of Canada.

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Young EDSS skier’s extensive effort is paying off

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

She may have been among the youngest competitors there, but that didn’t stop EDSS student Abby Byers from earning herself a bronze medal in the giant slalom division, and fourth-place finish in slalom, representing her school at the OFSAA alpine skiing championships last week.

The competition took place at Blue Mountain in Collingwood at the Osler Ski Club, where Byers faced off against competitors her own age in Grade 9 all the way up to skiers in Grade 12.

“I was very happy to see her do so well,” said EDSS coach David Vandenberg.

“It was a very difficult field. She’s competing against top racers from across the province and racers 9-12. There’s no age classification in alpine skiing – it’s all an open category, so she’s a Grade 9 racing against Grade 12s.”

The open category includes racers with experience, rather than the high school-trained category that includes athletes with limited experience – Byers trains outside of school with the Devil’s Glen Ski Club in Collingwood.

“She had an exceptional year. [It was] the strongest performance of any ski racer that I’ve coached. It’s hard to comment on the progress through the year because there are very few races – she just kept on winning when it counted and then obviously did very well at provincials.

She won at CWOSSAA – one gold there, and then

Abby Byers has been enjoying the plentiful snow this winter, with the hardware to prove it.

bronze third and fourth at OFSAA,” said Vanderberg of the young skier’s success at the regional and provincial levels.

It’s not by accident: Byers trains four days a week to stay in top form.

Byers says that it’s her

passion for the sport that truly drives her.

“It’s so much fun, and I just love everything about it,” she explained. “This is my main sport, but I also play hockey if I have time or track-and-field in the spring and summer.”

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She excels in these areas too, beating out a previous long jump record in 2017 that had been on the books since 1996. Byers managed to break the record when she was just 12 years old. And just last year, she came in first

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place in the giant slalom division for the U12 provincial competition.

Training this extensively is a serious time commitment – mother Shannon Byers said EDSS has been helpful supporting her daughter’s athletic journey.

“Abby missed the whole month of December when she was in school. She was in British Columbia for the month, so during December she was selected by Alpine Canada to go train with a national development program,” said Shannon Byers.

“Then she went and trained with the regular team for the remainder of December, so the school was great. January she was in Quebec training so they had to make some adjustments so that she could write her exams at different times. So the school was really helpful when it came to accommodating her schedule.

She trains a lot and manages to keep her grades in the 80s and 90s.”

Collingwood is not the farthest she’s travelled for athletic endeavours – Abby has gone as far as training in Austria in Europe, as well as Sugarloaf ski resort in Maine, and Whistler, British Columbia.

“I’m excited and optimistic for future years as well, given that she’s in her first year of high school right now,” said Vandenberg.

But there’s still plenty of time left in the season for Byers to keep the momentum going.

“Her season’s not over yet – she’s probably got about five more weeks of racing,” said Shannon Byers. “Provincials are next week, and then after provincials, she’s hoping to make Can-Ams - and that’s Eastern Canada and some U.S. states, so that’s the goal.”

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MARCH 14 EVERGREEN SENIORS' FELLOWSHIP AT WOODSIDE Church, Elmira at 10:30 a.m. "Images and Stories From Nature" with Merri-Lee Metzger, Photographer. Spiritual encouragement with Pastor Paul Westerholm. Music: Emily Schlueter. $7 donation includes hot lunch.

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SENIORS' LUNCH CLUB AT BRESLAU COMMUNITY Centre at noon. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a light lunch and fellowship, $7. Please call 519-6641900 by March 11to sign up.

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NEW HORIZONS FOR SENIORS, BOOMERS AND zoomers will meet at 58 St. Charles St. E, Maryhill - guest, Jean Horne( race walker) Topic - There is No Stopping Her. Admission 2 dollars. Contact -jehaid@netflash.net

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Plenty of options for these flavourful fajitas 400 g/12 oz) 2 tsp. chili powder 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 tsp. fresh ground pepper 2 tsp. canola oil, divided 1 onion, thinly sliced 2 red, orange or yellow bell peppers, thinly sliced 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro 6 small whole grain or corn tortillas Lime Sour Cream: 1/4 cup light sour cream 1/2 tsp. grated lime rind 2 Tbsp. lime juice

These Beef Fajitas with Lime Sour Cream are so fresh and flavourful. As an added bonus, this musttry recipe can be whipped up in a snap.

Cut down your prep time with a little planning.

Slice the veggies and beef ahead of time, and make the lime sour cream. That way, you only need 10 minutes to make dinner.

Instead of beef, you can use other sources of protein. If you’ve got chicken, swap out beef steaks and use 400g of boneless, skinless chicken breasts instead. Got a hankering for some seafood? Substitute the steaks for one bag (400 g) of large raw peeled, deveined shrimp, thawed.

For a vegetarian option, there’s tofu. Omit steaks and use 1 package (350 g) extra firm tofu. Add 1 tsp. of oil to the chili and cumin mixture to help spices stick to tofu.

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MARCH 18 ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SPEAKER Janet Cox (from John’s Nursery) “Pruning and Bed Preparation” at Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Non-members $2. New members welcome!

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2. In a nonstick skillet, heat half of the oil over medium high heat and brown beef. Remove to plate. Add remaining oil in same skillet and sauté onion, bell peppers and cilantro for 4 minutes or until tender crisp.

Return beef to skillet and heat through.

3. For the lime sour cream, in a small bowl, stir together sour cream, lime rind and lime juice.

Beef Fajitas with Lime Sour Cream

4. Divide beef-veggie mixture among tortillas and top with lime sour cream.

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MARCH 19 TUESDAY LUNCHEON AT GALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Roast pork, mashed potatoes, gravy, bread, vegetables, salad, chocolate oven pudding with ice cream, beverage $12 per person.

SENIORS' LUNCH CLUB AT WELLESLEY COMMUNITY Centre at noon. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a light lunch and fellowship, $7. Please call 519-6641900 by noon, March 18 to sign up.

MARCH 21 WONDERING WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOU LOWER BACK pain? Join us March 21 & 28 for a two-session workshop that looks at pain management strategies and how to do things without hurting so much. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs.

MARCH 22 BACK & NECK SPARING - MARCH 22 - APRIL 12, 10 A.M. - 12 p.m. Learn ways to reduce strain on your spine while doing your daily activities, pace & modify activities/ movements to minimize pain, explore the complexity of pain.

Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs.

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MARCH 20 YOUNG AT HEART CLUB. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE A member of Wellesley Horticultural Society coming to talk about gardening and answer our questions from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Clements Community Centre. Snacks will be served.

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COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION (rescheduled) 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm. Learn tips for clarifying your goals in a dispute & how to generate win-win solutions, especially in situation in which mental health concerns may be involved. Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs.

SAFETALK IS A SUICIDE ALERTNESS TRAINING THAT prepares anyone 15 or older to become a suicide-alert helper. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs.

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1. Using a large knife, thinly slice steak crosswise into thin strips. Toss with chili powder, cumin and pepper.

80 BY 50: TRANSFORMING WATERLOO REGION JOIN Climate Action WR from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Elmira Public Library to hear about its collaborative two-year project that will build capacity with municipalities and engage community members. This presentation will explore Waterloo Region's progress on climate action to date and plans on developing a new climate action plan for reaching the region's 80% emissions reduction target by 2050. Come out to hear about opportunities to engage with us over the next two years!

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Q. Their unit was 80 strong and about to start a tour of duty that would see them deployed to war zones around the world to assist U.S. military operations. Can you guess the composition of the group?

A. Bottlenose dolphins that with their agility, trainability and incredibly sensitive sonar proved invaluable to the U.S. Navy, says Arran Frood in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

With little knowledge of cetaceans, veterinary officer Sam Ridgway â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now called the grandfather of marine mammal science â&#x20AC;&#x201D; took on their care. He also carried out pioneering research, establishing that dolphins â&#x20AC;&#x153;could dive to more than 300 meters and hold their breath for up to 10 minutesâ&#x20AC;Ś,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;could dive to those depths in less than a minute without getting the bends, something that a human can avoid only by descending over several hours.â&#x20AC;?

With these skills and specialized training in marking the location of targets, the marine mammals were deployed during the Vietnam War in 1968, after the Navy suffered the greatest loss of lives in a single incident. For the nine months the dolphins were

at work in the harbor area, looking for swimmers and deterring anyone trying to reach the ships, no seaborne attacks occurred.

As Frood details, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since then, US Navy dolphins have been deployed in Bahrain during the Iran-Iraq war of the late 1980s, and in Umm Qasr harbor during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. They have even guarded nuclear submarines.â&#x20AC;? The program continues to this day.

Concludes Lewis: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The White Day custom does not imply that a return-gift comes with specific romantic overtures, but simply a repayment of obligation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; except, one assumes, in the case of things like lingerie.â&#x20AC;?

Q. The Japanese celebrate Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day with a twist and a turnabout.

Can you explain?

A. The nose, able to distinguish thousands of different flavor molecules, starts the process, with aroma compounds in the air reaching our noses even before we put food into our mouths, reports â&#x20AC;&#x153;How It Works: Book of Amazing Science.â&#x20AC;? Then, as we chew and swallow, air from the mouth and throat moves into the nose, carrying flavor molecules with it.

Additional molecules are released as we break our food down even more.

Once engaged, the taste buds respond to five basic tastes: salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami, â&#x20AC;&#x153;enabling us to distinguish good food from bad.â&#x20AC;?

So, please pass the salt for the hot chocolate. (As the book explains: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Salt actually helps the cells on your tongue sense the presence of sugar, so it makes chocolate taste even sweeter.â&#x20AC;?) Yum!

A. First, the twist: On Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day in Japan, â&#x20AC;&#x153;girls and women give gifts of chocolate to boys and men, and not necessarily to those they are romantically linked to,â&#x20AC;? says Dan Lewis on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I Knowâ&#x20AC;? website.

Women present high-quality chocolate to their romantic interest and something called â&#x20AC;&#x153;obligation chocolateâ&#x20AC;? to friends and co-workers. Men are the recipients, no gifts given.

For the turnabout, credit Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Confectionery Industry Association that in 1978 established â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Dayâ&#x20AC;? to be celebrated on March 14, one month after Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Now, men are expected to â&#x20AC;&#x153;triple the returnâ&#x20AC;? to gift-givers, delivering not just chocolate but also cookies, marshmallows and even jewelry or lingerie. White chocolate was also heavily marketed for the occasion.

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